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Drawbacks to Magazine Guns. “I am glad to see that the War De partment has Anally decided not to or der onr Krag rifle ammunition put up In clips, like the Mauser cartridges,” remarked an ex-volunteer officer. “The Idea was that the clips would enable a soldier to load his magazine a trifle quicker than by putting in the cart ridges one at a time, but, as a matter of fact, the gun shoots too fast as it is. In the heat of action it is almost im possible prevent troops from wast ing ammunition when they have maga zine rifles in their hands. The imjiulse to blaze away at top speed is next to Irresistible, especially when a fellow Is a little scared, and that, of course, means the .worst kind of marksman ship. It is not the number of cartridges that are fired, but the number of bullets that And a billet that tells the tale, and 1 am confident that the averages are much better with a single shot gun than with a repeater. Look at the Boers, for example. It is admitted that their marksmanship has been phenomenally accurate, and it is well known that the majority of their gharpshooting force is armed with a single-shot German rifle. I have talked with a good many army officers, and they all deprecate any thing that will add to the rapidity of fire of our service rifles. Most of them are doubtful about the real value of the magazine under any circumstances, even with troops under the hottest Are.”—New Orleans Times-Domocrat. f-- - - -- “Oht How Happy I Am,” ' “HOW IIAPPY I AM to be able to ■ay thgt I am free from pain after five years of severe suffering from neuralgia,” writes Mrs Archie Young, 1817 Oaks avenue. West Superior, Wis. “I am so thankful to be able to say that your '5 Drops’ is the best medicine I ever got in my life. When I received it from you last November, 1 used some of it right away. The first dose helped me. It is Impossible to explain how I was suffering from neuralgia. I thought no one could getworso and that death would soon 'fCrno. 1 wtig, very wfak, and I hardly thought I could life to see rhy Inisband come back from his daily labor. Now I can say that I am free from pain, my cheeks are red, my appetite is good and I sleep well all night. Many of my friends are surprised, and say they will send for some ‘5 Drops.’ ” Sample bot tles of this wonderful remedy 25e, large bottles, containing 300 doses. SI.OO. For information write Swanson Rheumatic Cure Cos., 104 E. Lake street, Chicago. 1 Frig lit ful Precocity. “Oh, John,” exclaimed the fair young mother, “I’m glad you’re home. I have been so worried.” “Why, dear,” he asked, “what’s the matter?” ’ about the baby. I tremble to think of it. You know they say chil dren that are too smart never grow up?” “Yes, yes,” he cried, “go on! What Is it? Where is our darling? What has happened? Go on!” “John,” she said, putting her arms around his neck and sobbing upon his breast, “he said ’da-da’ to-day, and he Is only nine months old!” —Chicago News. Homesceker*’ Excursion!) Via Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. On the first and third Tuesdays of June, July and August the Chicugo and Eastern Illinois Railroad will place on sale Homeseckcrs’ Excursion tickets to various points in Alabama, Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes see and Texas. One fare (plus $2.00) for the round trip. Tickets are limited on going trip fif teen days from date of sale, with stop over privileges in Homeswkers’ Terri tory. Returning, tickets are limited twenty-one days from date of sale. Remember that we now have in service anew wide vestibulod train between Chi cago ami Waco and Fort Worth, Texus, leaving Chicago daily at 1:50 p. in. Through Pullman sleeping cats and free reclining chair curs. For further partic ulars call on or address any agent Chi cago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, or C. L. Stone, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. Willies to Show ’Em, An honest young man, who had es caped a great peril by an act of hero ism. was much complimented for his bravery. One lady said: “I wish I could have ■een your feat.” Whereupon he blushed and stammer ed, and finally pointing to Ills pedal ex tremities, said: “Well, here they be, mum.” What Do the Children Drink? Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the uew food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish ing. and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grams, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costa ■ bout as much. All grocers aell It. 15c and 23c. So It Should. “What is the effect of mercury taken Into the human system?” asked Ton ■pot “Mercury is quicksilver, isn’t it?” asked Friable. “Yes.” “Then 1 should think the effect would l>e to make the patient more active in Ills movements” j Hinder Twine nt Low Price*. If you want a special inside or Ice on binder tutur, eliher Sisal, Stamlara or Man ila, cat tl*is notice ont nnd mall to Sears, Roebuck & Cos. tßtuder Twine Depart ment), Chicago, stating about how much twine you will require and how soon yon will waot It. aud they will save you money by quoting you a price that will either secure your order or compel the party who supplies you to sell to you at a lower price lUau be otherwise would. , About the Size of It. Father Where is your mother, Johnny? ~ C. ■ JoTituiy She's out in the back yard whittling. Father Are you sure she is whit tling? Johnny- Yts sir; she’s trying to sharpen a lead pencil.—Chicago News. , 1 A Good Line. “Ah,‘ sighed the poet “1 gftall be satisfied if I oau"prosuye but oue line that *w ill ruJiLc the world better.” “Say,” sdlvT the poet’s wife, “Just come back here and, try your hand on stringing this cTotHes 'fine, will you?’} ,A Good Mother. Smith’s mother is aw ful good to him. Jimmy- Whet did she do? “lift him have the measles the day school opened.” CASTOR IA For Infant and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Sip gigutorw of C^ox^V/ nDADQV HEW DISCO Vtst:c *• UfvV/r CP I rOat .* *M Rwkott-oltioiidiua It #Al*’ tiwlmMt YtUCE. tr. u. H. Unu^•<•, lli A lijiutk • 'sssi Ttonpsoa'sEyeWattr y| Best x'vucfe Bymp T*tM o*o4. Cm M in lint*. SoM by ersaw*. ”- j, ‘ Jerusalem Artichokes. The Jerusalem artichoke is of the easiest culture. Its treatment is essen tially that of a potato. If grown for the tubers, the stalks should be allowed to mature, so that if it is the purpose to allow the hogs to have the run of the lots and root for themselves, they should not be turned in till after mid summer. The seed is sown in the form of detached tubers, just like potatoes, except that they are not cut to imitate JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. Single Tuber Shown at the Right. single eyes. This plant belongs to the great sunflower tribe, and is called llelianthus tuberosus. A recent report of oue of the experiment stations states that in fatening hogs excellent results have been secured, by giving them the run of the artichoke plot, and supple menting this food with a small amount of cormueal each day. Artichokes will persist in the ground from year to year, wherever the soil is covered with a fair amount of snow during the winter. In case it was thought that the soil was too poor to give good returns, it might be enriched by sowing in the drill, at the time of planting, superphosphate at the rate of eight hundred to ten hun dred pounds per acre. The feeding value of the Jerusalem artichoke has not been investigated to the extern that Its importance deserves. New Hay Stacker. A Colorado man has Invented a hay stacker which is very simple in con struction, strong and durable, and has no castings. It is a combination of base frame, swinging derrick aud stationary STANDARP HAY STACKER standard. The standard is the most novel feature about this machine. 11 serves to shorten the draft aud elevate the draw rope to the are of a circle, the derrick being pivoted in the center of gravity, thereby minimizing the power required to elevate. The draft is the same nt all points until the hay is de livered. One horse does the elevating. It is claimed that the new invention will do an equal annum* of work in less thau one-fourth the time required by the old-style derricks. Its capacity Is estimated at from 75 to 100 tons a day. Improved Horcihoe Nail. Here is an invention wliich will not only do" rUue the. cojtof keeping hoScsshouTout v.illlTlsoTcthcuu’atTS Tf proven.iug roatij t / ofjore feet and lameness. All horse shoes wear unevenly, Ijv aud when so worn, k * ' A though thick atul en- 'H 'TRST / Jm worn in many places, jfflP the whole s'joe baa to be removed on rc-‘ - - count of a part wldoh has worn thin, but with this invention the thin part is made up level with, or thicker than, the thick part by the enlarged nail heads, l'.y their use a shoe which would otherwise have to be removed can be retained, and the expense of anew shoe thereby be avoided, in addditlon to which a better grip or adherence on the surface of the roa‘4 i8 obtaino ' ! I> J a horse's foot so ghod. C *•-> - sfcw-. , „ Tumut(x !> as a Farm Crop. • The tomato seed was planted lu a bed taade by driving down stakes aud nail ing up wide board* aud covering its nights nud cold days. It was planted April 15 in rows 5 to 6 inches apart and covered one-haif Inch deep. The plants came up slowly, but grew well, and we raised about S.OOO from one fourth pound of seed. The variety was Stone. The ground was plowed T to 8 Inches deep, harrowed, eross-harrowed and marked in rows S 5 -* feet apart. We let just au acre, be* nning to transplant May 24 and finishing June 7. setting the plants 3 feet apart and using 4.lbt>. A few plants had tc bo reset principally on account of cutworms. The young plants were hoed June 12 aud the weeds were cut out with a hoe on June If*. 24 and July 11. They were cultivated June 11 and 22. The tomato won the patch and killed 100. Some of the tomatoes were in hlootn July 6 and the first were ripe Aug. 12. We began pick ing for the canning factory Sept 1, and until Sept. 28, when we had a se vere freeze, sold 14.330 pounds at $5 per ton. 18 bushels to the neighbors at 25 cents per bushel, and used 8 bushels at home. At the time of the freeze there were 3,0u0 pounds of tomatoes on the vines. Besides the above, there were sold I,GOO plants at 10 cents per 100, making a total of $44.43 received. The picking cost 2 cents per crate, or 70 cents per ton. The cost was as fol lows: Preparing ground and planting seed $2.25, seed ?0 cents, transplanting and resetting $3.05, cultivating $5.30, harvesting and marketing $12.05, total $24.05, and profits $20.38. Distance Apart of Corn Hills. When we were young we were taught to make the furrows for corn hills four feet apart each way, but later on we decided that 3M> feet each way was bet ter, as giving many more hills b- the acre, and afterward when truck farm ing we put sweet corn 3Ms feet apart one way and three the other for all but the large evergreen varieties, and we found it to produce just as many ears to the hill and to till them out just as well as when we used more space. We manured liberally, had the wide rows rim nearly north and south to let the sun lu, and used the cultivator only one way. The difference between the last method and the first one was the difference between 16 square feet to a hill aud 1114 square feet, or we had 3,787 hills to the acre instead of 2,722, a gain of 1,065 hills or nearly a half acre. We never weighed the crop or counted the ears to know the actual gain in production, but our observation convinced us that there was a gain in the closer planting. If anyone has made or will make the test carefully to know the exact results we should be glad to publish it, but we shall stipu late that It must be on god soil made rich enough to produce a good crop and shall be well cared for.—American Cul tivator. Value of Shade Trees. Trees have a distinct value on a place and add greatly to the enjoyment of the farm as a home and also to its sell ing value. The worth of a well grown tree will differ in different localities, of course, aud there are few places in the west, comparatively treeless as the prairies are, where trees are worth as much as in the Eastern States. In a recent lawsuit in Niagara County. New York, a row of shade trees had been destroyed in front §f a country borne by the building* of a trolley line, and expert Jestimjny was called to settle their value. The trees had been plant ed twenty-six years and were mostly maple. The testimony showed thir teen of them to be worth SIOO each, nine were jvorth each and a few others were appraised at $125, each. These values were not reduced testimony c-f the defendant company that had destroyed the* trees. Asa country grows older adornments of this kind become more valuable because more appreciated aud it would be hard to predict what, a good, well-located shade tree would be worth twenty-six years hence. Fertilizers and Germination. Many have learned by practical ex perience that strong fertilizers in close contact with the seed make the ger mination later, even when it does not destroy the germ, and it may do this last under certain conditions and not under others. A shower of rain—just ’ enough to wet the fertilizer—will kill the seed when a soaking rain might so wash its soluble strength out of it and into the soil around it as to do no harm, while the roots would soon reach out after what bad soaked away. We have seen in old times, Ik l fore chemical fer tilizers were in general use, corn nearly destroyed in this way when a table spoonful of hardwood ashes was put in the hill and the seed put on it. Potash and nitrate of soda or any strong ni trogenous fertilizer is worse than the phosphates in the risk of killing the seed, but it is better in all cases to mix the fertilizer v oh with the soil where it is used in hill 01 drill before putting in the seed. And for small seeds, like onions, carrots, cabbages, etc., in drills it would be better to apply the fertilizer broadcast.—Exchange. Feeding Little Chicks. Probably there is no better ration for young chicks for the first three or four weeks than bread crumbs, rolled oats and millet seed, says a eori espondent of Rural Press. I have found a very little Venetian red—a product of iron—in the water to be very beneficial. This is highly recommended by many Eastern growers, and its efficacy has been found by the writer. As to feeding after the first three or four weeks, the rule, as laid down by many practical experi enced men. is “little and often,” as, in deed. during the first weeks of the biros existence. It may seem heresy to some, but 1 think it a good plan to keep always before the chick—at least, after the first month—.a shallow dish filled with coarse-ground corn meal in a perfectly dry state. Feed occasional ly, in addition, cracked wheat, millet seed hr similar grains; then, as the chicks get larger, lay cracked corn be fore them and they will grow and grow. Wool Prices. It is evidently safe to predict that there will be higher prices on wool, both in this counttj and England, for the next five years than we have now, and it is not all due to the tariff. The number of sheep destroyed in Africa will have some effect in reducing the amount of wool produced there, but probably the off in wool production will Be due to the number of sheep killed in Australia to fyrnish mutton for the armies in South Africa and the Philippines. There is little gpin if not a decrease In the sheep kept in the Argentine Republic, as they have been killing many for mutton since the United States has ceased kill ing off her flocks. We anticipate an advance of 50 per cent, above present prices within live days.—American Cultivator. .] -ahr |||| |||| Cure for Colic in Horses. When a horse takes the coliq, procure some gunpowder containing saltpeter, which acts upon the kidneys. Charcoal and soda, which act on the stomach and the intestines. To give relief, drench the horse with this: or better, take saltpeter, alum, charcoal and lau danum, equal parts, and make a drench and give the horse. These are all safe with the exception of the laudanum. Re careful not to give over an ounce of the laudanum. Keep horse well blank eted and in a good, warm stable. See that he is not driven hard nor over heated. as this will cause colic; also, see that he has plenty of water, but not too much, aud feed. Rat Remedy. Our barn and outbuildings were over run with rats. Tried wire, water aud steel traps—ail to no purpose; neither would poison do the business to our sat ; isfaetkm. At l*st. catching a live sat. she was promptly tarred with coal tar: after that released to have her own • way. Well, she must have to’.d the | other rodents of bow she had been treated. We do not see or hear much ; of them since.—Herman Ocke s. J \yORK OF CONGRESS Review of the Doings of the Ses sion Recently Ended. Veteran Officials Say It Has Been the fTFF*Busiest in Many Years. . Its Actual Accomplishments, It Is Claimed, rj lit Stand Well in Comparison with the PT ■ b" ’ Most Energetic Congresses. Washington correspondence: HE record of the first session of "riE the Fifty-sixth Congress is now v* closed and it is possible to survey the important work it has accomplished during the last six mouths. It has been a busy Congress, the busiest, according to veteran officials, in many years, lu some respects the work has been less ex citing than that of the preceding Con gress, which covered the dramatic period when war was declared against Spain, and also the period of reconstruction and treaty making with Spain, following the successful close of the war. But in work actually accomplished and started toward accomplishment the record of the present session stands well in comparison with tl>' most energetic Congresses. * Our new territorial possessions have received much attention, and while there has been no definite action as to the Phil ippines or Cuba, a form of government and a means of raising revenue have been provided for Porto Rico and a com prehensive territorial form of govern ment has been given to Hawaii. The financial act has made important changes in the laws relating to the parity of metals, the bonded indebtedness, nation al banks and the security of the treas ury by a gold reserve. The Nicaraguan canal bill has passed the House and is on the calendar of the Senate ready for attention when Congress reconvenes. The anti-trust bill is similarly advanced, the anti-trust constitutional amendment has a defeat recorded against it. The Pa cific cable measure has passed the Sen- S tc. The Roberts and Clark Cases. The exclusion of Brigham 11. Roberts from a seat in the House because of his polygamous status, the refusal of the Senate to admit Mr. Quay on the appoint ment of the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the sensational charges, investigation and developments in the Senate in the case of Mr. Clark of Montana have add ed exciting personal phases to the session. Investigations have been prolific, in cluding the inquiry into the Coeur D'Alene mining riots in-Idaho, the vari ous inquiries on polygamy growing out of the Roberts case and more recently the Senate investigation of the postal and other irregularities in Cuba. The total of appropriations is approx imately $700,000,000 for the session. The Senate in executive session has been occupied to a considerable extent with important treaties. Of these the treaties with Great Britain and Ger many, closing the tripartite government of Samoa and awarding to the United States the Island of Tuluila, with its val uable harbor of Pago-Pago, has been ratified, while the commercial reciprocity treaties with France and the British West Indian Islands and the Hay-Paun cefote treaty concerning the interoceanic canal, go over without action. The New Financial Law. Of the legislation actually accomplish ed and now on the statute books the financial act is regarded as the most im portant of the year. The noteworthy feature of the debate on this measure in the House was that party lines were broken to some extent, a number of Dem ocratic members from the Eaifiern and New England States joining with the majority in passing it. In the Senate also party lines were not entirely re garded, Senators Lindsay and Caffrey voting for the measure ami Mr. Chandler against it. As it became a law by the President’s signature on March 14, it makes specific the declaration of the gold standard, provides a treasury reserve of $130,060,000, establishes a division of issues and redemption of the treasury, provides for the redemption and reissue of interest-bearing bonds of the United States, and makes new regulation as to national banks,’ their circulation, estab lishment in small communities ami the tax they pay. The act also contains a declaration that its provisions “are not intended to preclude the accomplishment of international bimetallism.” Porto Rico legislation has been the most fruitful theme of controversy in aud out of Congress during the session. The discussion first turned on the revenue bill, levying a duty of 15 per cent of the Ding ley rates on Porto Rico goods. The ma jority of the wajs and means committee urged the constitutionality and necessity of this course while the minority, re enforced by Mr. McCall of Massachu setts, a member of the majority, main tained that the constitution of the United States extended to Porto Rico nnd that Congress was inaugurating anew nnd dangerous precedent by giving the island any other law than that of the rest of the country. Excitement ran high under the spur of widespread public attention. The debate in the House was signalized by the division of the majority, which for a time made the result doubtful, but the bill ultimately passed. The contest in the Senate was animated but less acute, the Senate changing the entire scope of tlje measure by adding a form of civil gdvcrnTnTnt. In tins form, rais ing revenue and establishing an island government the measure i>eenme a law. Subsequently it was amended so as to limit corporate franchises and on the 1 resident’s recommendation an act was passed appropriating for the use of Porto Rico the $2,005,445 collected from island sources since its acquisition. Hawaii ami the Philippines. Next in importance in the accomplish ed work of the session is the act “to provide a government for the territory of Hawaii.” The debates on it in the Sen ute and House aroused little division save on matters of detail. The act provides a system of government much likr that of territories, with a Governor appointed by the President, a Legislature of two houses, franchise rights practically the same as those of voters in the United States, with the additional qualification that a voter shall “be able to speak, read and write the English language or the Hawaiian language.” Administrative and judicial officers are provided and the isl and is given a delegate to the oi Representatives of the tinted States, chosen by the people, with a right to de bate in the House, but not a right to vote. The Philippines and Cuba have occu pied mneh attention in the way of de hate and the adoption of resolutions of inquiry, The Spooner bil’, providing that w hen all armed opposition to the author ity of the Ifciited States shall be at an end, then all military, civil and judicial powers shall, until otherwise provided by Congress, tie carried on under the direc tion of the President, formed the basis of the senatorial debate on the Philip pines, but was fruitless of action. . The only legislation as to Cnba is of a comparatively minor character. relating to Cuban shipping. The extradition bill, applying to .ill insular possessions and dependencies, has jessed both houses, snd doubtless will become a law. It is designed main!v to reach cases like that j of Charles F. W. Neely. Bills Partially Advanced. The Nicaraguan canal bill and the ship ping subsidy bill are notable instances of legisiatieii partly advanced during the present session, but not enacted into the law. The canal bill has passed the House and has been made the special order in the Senate beginning Dec. 10 next. The shipping bill is on the calendar of each house with favorable recommendation from a majority nibmbership of the Sen ate and House committees. Anti-trust legislation has come promi nently into attention in the House at the close of the session, the House having passed anew anti-trust bill and defeated a constitutional amendment. The Senate has passed a bill for a ca ble to the Philippines and beyond, to be constructed and maintained under gov ernment control, but no action has been taken on it in the House. The restriction of oleomargarine has been productive of considerable agitation, mainly in committees, and a radical re strictive bill has been reported to the House. The general pension laws have been materially changed by the present Con gress, largely as a result of the efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic, which secured the passage of a bill amending the law of June 27, 1-890, so as to permit the “aggregating” of disabilities and changing the provision as to widows so that a widow may receive a pension when she is “without means of support other than her daily labor and has an actual net income not exceeding $250,” etc. The “free homes” act has at last be come a law. It provides for the patent ing of homesteads on the public lands acquired from the T .idians on the pay meijj of the usual fges and no other or further charges. This opens to free homestead entry many millions of acres of \iublij lamb in the West heretofore sold at stated hguref per"acre. Another measure passed of some gen eral interest permits the Secretary of Ag riculture to restore game birds which are becoming extinct, and provides means for the restriction of traffic in dead animals, birds, etc., from State to State, the lat ter provision being, in part, designed to limit the destruction of song birds for the sale of their plumage. Miscellaneous Bills Fending. • Among other miscellaneous acts of the session are those for the preservation of the historic frigate Constitution, and for extending the work of the twelfth cen sus. Considerable general legislation is car ried on appropriation bills. These provis ions include the amendment to the mili tary academy bill, making the command ing general of the army a lieutenant gen eral, and the adjutant general of the ar my a major general; also the amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $5,- 000.000 for the St. Louis Exposition. The latter has been passed by both houses, but the former is still pending. The naval appropriation bill adds two battleships, three armored cruisers, three protected cruisers and five submarine boats to the naval strength, and may include special legislation as to armor plate and a gov ernment plant. The other appropriation bills in the main carry the usual govern ment supplies. The Alaska code bill, giving a complete civil system of laws to the territory, has passed both houses, and undoubtedly will become a law. Other measures which have passed one house or the other, but are still pending, include those for the election of Senators by the people; au thorizing the President to appoint a com mission to study commercial conditions in China and Japan; for increasing the effi ciency of the army by making service Li the staff corps temporary; extending the eight-hour law; increasing the annual al lowance to the militia of the country from $400,000 to $1,000,000. A $14,000,000 BRIDE. Senator Clark’s Daughter Now One of New York’s Richest Women. One of the most beautiful weddings that has ever been seen ia New York was that in which Miss Katherine Stauf fer Clark, daughter of Senator William A. Clark, the Montana copper king, be came the wife of Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris, a descendant of Robert Morris, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The ceremony was per formed in the fashionable St. Thomas’ Church and 6,000 invitations were issued for the nuptial event. The decorations of the church wore a dream of magnifi cence that were only surpassed when MR. AND MRS. MORRIS. Consnela Vanderbilt became the Duchess of Marlborough. Forty thousand blos soms were used, of which 15,000 were Easter lilies. 10,000 roses, 3,000 peonies 2.000 orchids and others in proportion. With all the wealth displayed, however, the wedding was one of taste and sim plicity. No bride who was ever led to an altar received more costly presents than did Mrs. Morris. They came from all parts of the country. Chief among them was a diamond necklace from her father valued at The dowry of the bride was that of a princess. Her father had set tled on her a sum approximating four millions, and iu addition bestowed upon her interests in his raining -.hemes amounting to altout ten millions. This, together with the superb presents from others, tjje £>ride one of the weal thiest of New York women. Experts of the ordnance bureau of the War Department say that the cost of fir ing the 12-inch guns of the coast de fenses. which arc the largest now in use, is approximately StittO. A charge consists of about 300 pounds of powder, valued at S3OO. and about S'** or 900 pounds of shot, at an average cost of 30 cants a pound. "The United State? and Russia are be tween them producing, in round numbers, 130.00Ct.000 barrels of petroleum per year, and the production of outside coun tries has of late increased so much that they are able to bring the world's aggre gate annual production to about I.Vt,MUO,- 000 barrels. Canada will have 1.697 exhibits, rained at 1900.000. at the Paris exposition. The display embraces horticulture, agricul ture. minerals. timl<er —all natural pro ducts—manufa mires and the Govern ment exhibits of fish and game. New Orleans has an ice war, end tee is sold at be a hundred pounds at the fac tory. A Final Effort. Miss Antique—Why, how do you do. Mr. Globetrot? I am delighted to see you back. Of course you remember me? Returned traveler (wrestling with his memory)—Of course, of course. De lighted to see you looking so well. And how are the dear children? Miss Antique—Children? Returned traveler- I meant to ask how is your family—meaning, of couise, your husband. Miss Antique—Husband? I never bad a husband, sir! Returned traveler —Er —of course not: just a little pleasantry of mine, you know; I meant, of course, your brother, whom you love as much as anyone could love a bus Miss Antique—l never had a brother. Returned traveler—Um—er, of course not; just joking, you know*. How is your—your—er Did you ever have a mother?—Tit-Bits. Correct. A visitor at a Western school the oth er day asked one of the lower grade classes this question: “What is the axis of the earth?” “An imaginary line passing from one pole to the other, on which the earth revolves,” proudly answered a pupil. “Yes,” said the examiner, well pleased, “and could you hang a bonnet on it?” “Yes, sir.” “Indeed! And what kind of a bon net?” "An imaginary bonnet, sir.” The visitor asked no more questions that day. Electricity in Capanlee Is made from cheap chemicals, and when added to a certain quantity of water will furnish electricity enough to light a house or drive an automobile. But this is noth ing compared to the strengthening power contained in a bottle of Hostetter's Stom ach Bitters. It cures indigestion, dyspep sia, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles. Ready for the Task. “The man who marries my daughter,” said the old gentleman, “must demon strate before he receives my consent that he can earn his own living.” “All right,” the boy replied. “Just make me vice president of your com pany for a little while and 1 11 show jou.”—Chicago Times-llerald. In Doubt. Mrs. Newrocks—l thought you said he had such a good address. Miss Georgiaiia—So he has, mamma, dear. Mrs. Newrocks—Then he couldn't have wrote the address on that letter you just got from him. I couldn’t hard ly read it.—Chicago Times-Herald. Very Low Kates. The 8., <3. R. & N. Ry. will make very low rates to Sioux Falls, S. D., for the A. O. U. W. meeting in June. Call on your ticket agent for rates, limits, etc., and see that your tickets read via this line. Jno. G. Farmer, A. G. P. & T. A., 8., C. R. & N. Ry., Cedar Rapids, lowa. Careful 'Sian.* “They say that Mr. Snickers is a pro fessional humorist, but I have never heard him make a joke in conversa tion,” said 51 rs. Mcßride. “O, it’s against his ideas of propriety to talk shop,” replied Mr. Mcßride. More Ornamental than Useful. Dorothy—Papa, we girls have anew name for those men who call on us, but never take us out anywhere. Papa—What is it, daughter? “We call them ‘fireside compan ions.’ ’’—Life. A Happy Death. “Did youse hear about de lady that committed sewercide?” “Did she drown’d herself?” “No. She drank a bottle of liquid air what turned her into ice cream!”— Brooklyn Life. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweat ing Feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted, N. Y. It Gilds Her Charms. “They say the Philadelphia stenog rapher who has just inherited $50,0t)0 is very plain.” "She can’t be with all that money.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Pie Ethics. “This paper says you should never cut pie with a cold knife.” “I never do. If I haven't a hot knife I eat the whole pie.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Born Blind. The number of persons born blind averages sixty-five in every 1,060,000. RICH, BUT WRETCHED SE , Fight on for wealth, old “Money Bags,” your liver is drying up and bowels wear ing out, some day you will cry aloud for health, offering all your wealth, but you will not get it because you neglected Nature in your mad rush to get gold. No matter what you do, or what ails you, to-day is the day—every day is the day—to keep watch of Nature’s wants —and help your bowels act regulariy —CASCARETS will help Nature help you. Neglect means bile in the blood, foul breath, and awful pains in the back of the head with a loathing and bad feeling for all that is good in life. Don’t care how rich or poor you are, you can’t be well if you have bowel trouble, you will be regular if you take CASCA RETS—gc t them to-day— CASCARETS — in metal box; cost 10 cents; take one, eat it like candy and it will work gently while you sleep. It cures; that means it strength ens the muscular walls of the bowels and gives them new life; then they act regularly and naturally; that is what veu want — it is guaranteed to be found in— 2To needy mortal .offering from bowd troubles sad too poor to buy CASCARETS we will .end a bo~ free. Address Remedy Company, Chicago or New York* mentioning advertaement end paper. <2* Something: Wrong, Mr. Benny Benedict had been reading his paper -in quietcude for almost five minutes. Presently he looked up at his wife with an agonized expression of fear and dread. “What’s the matter with the baby?” he cried. Mr*. Benedict jumped up like a buck ing mule. "Good gracious; nothing, I hope!” “There must be. I feel inwardly + bat there is something grievously wrong with the pet.” “Why, Benny—oh, wliv?’* "He isn’t howling!”—Ally Sloper. Libby, McNeill & Libby. Housekeepers frequently feel the need of luncheon meats which are eitheT ready to serve or can be prepared for the table at a moment's notice. Such a need is abundantly supplied in the superior meats put up by the old reliable house of Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago, one of whose specialties is advertised in another col umn of this paper, and their booklet, “How to Make Good Things to Eat,” is offered free on application. Credulous. The yellow correspondent at the front regarded the Kaffir runner narrowly, and wondered if he were trustworthy. “What would you do with your dis patches If you were about to bo cap tured?” he asked. "Would you swallow them ?” “Yes,” replied the Kaffir. “We are a credulous people, sir.” Here the correspondent started vio lently, and dismissed his thoughts.— Detroit Journal. Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GltAlN-0, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re ceives it without distress. Vi the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. Gets It. Silas Saunders—Josh Markby Is one uv them fellers who's always tryin’ tor git somethin’ fer nothin’. Rybe Rahway— How does he make out? Silas Saunders—Oh! He usu’lly gits nothin’ fer somethin’!-Puck. Lane's Family Medleine Moves the bowel* each day. In order to he he? lthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures 6ick headache. Price 25 and 50c. No Overfeed! no. “So Mrs. Fluslug got rich keeping boarders? I don’t see how she did it.” “I do. She got rice while her board ers got poor.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—Win. O. Endsley. Vanburen, lud., Feb. 10, 1900. The King of Spain lias discarded his pony, Puce, for a fine chestnut horse, now* that he has entered his thirteenth year. Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Is a constitutional cure. Trice 75 cents. Great Britain is first in merchandise, Germany being second, the United States third and" France fourth. Mrs. Winslow’* Soothiwo stbup fo ■ Children teethin*; sottens the itumn. reauoes tnfli mraatioa. allay* pain, cure* wind 00110. ’lb cants * t ottls. The best diplomat is too sharp to be cutting. Better Blood Better Health If you don’t feel well to-day you can be made to feel better by making your blood better. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the great pure blood maker. That is bow it cures that tired feeling, pimples, sores, suit rheum, scrofula and catarrh. Get a bottle o? this great medicine and begin taking it at once and see how quickly it will bring your blood up to the Good Health point. Hood’s Sarsaparilla 1* America’a Greatest Blood Medicine. AN Opportunity to Visit the East Pleasantly and economically is afforded by the tourist tickets on sale jbtPMflwS via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. on and after June ist. RdHlSs Chautauqua Lake, Niagara Falls, the St. Lawrence River, White Mountains and the Atlantic Coast Resorts are among the more important points reached. Summer edition of “ Book of Trains” showing specimen tours will be of interest in arranging for your trip. Sent free on application to F. M. BYRON, G. W. A., 144 Van Boren Street, Chicago. THE NEW TWENTY-SIX HOUR BOSTON TRAIN Is now in service. Weary Women Rest and help for weary women are found in Lydfm Em Pinkham , s Vegetable Compound'. it makes wo men strong and healthy bear their burdens, am§ overcomes those Ills is which women are suhjomt because they are womsm• Is known from coast Mm ooastm H has cured mors slok women than any other medlolner Its friends are everywhere and they are oonstastty writing thankful tetters which appear Is this paper. If you arc puzzled writs for Mrsm Plnkham’s ad vice. Her address Is Lynn, Mass. She wIH charge you nothing amd she has restored a mttUes women to heelth. KW P OUT!| \ HIRES Rootbeer m Ks® will contribute more to It than tons of Ice anil a gross ol fan*. TANARUS" ■} ■Ns 5 gallons for 25 cents. Write for Hit of premium! offered vLcnAm.ES E.HMIEICO. A I T was the Pood success of 1899, ind B * the first of the kind ever offered the IK American People, Cooked, Seasoned and put up in convenient-sized, key- B opening cans. 9 Success sttrsets imitators. 9 LIBBY’S VEAL LOAF* Is the Original. All other brands of Veal Lost in tie* S are imitations of Libby’*. M When you want a delicious lunch or supper of daintily seasoned meal, get B, Libby’s Ve*l Loaf, Chicken Ld, I Cottage Loaf. There are 71 Varieties B of l.lbby’* Foods In tins. New edition, “How to Make Good K Things to Eat,” sent free if you write ft LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY, thlcr. Jj A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever. Dll. T. FELIX Ul UAL’W’S ORIFXTAIa CUE AM. UU UAI.lt AL UEALTIFIKIL .5 .. —/fTW, Hemorre Ten. pimple*, fr •* S Moth Patches, Kelt, anti Rile disease*, sod r*r Xlajrtafc nt - J f brmuty, sod deflaw --f ? ~ S’ \ /Q)yiteteeiien. It ham xii-S? VT l|C// Urmlrsaw* tttrte !• * < 3* xa "y/ tobe ure It i*pcp -5 o J trly mad*. Art ep* Ol r, yl V| > 1 *0 rountsrfrH (t 0S il 1 similar name. f>r K. <3 r i A Sayre aud to a AQr if'TThi \ lady of the hurrt-lo® /- A, '"T\ (a pai.ent) "As jm*. aSt tV ] \ ladles wll. oj* Itm, / ’ jr\^s f i • ilnMomnnt’OMP f AiJ I aud’a (’ream ’ ea U> l<*.t harmfttt of all /I 11 1. w the Skin prrpam -1 tlons.” For attic by V all nniwrtat* **■ funry-Ooods Dealers In tbo V. 8., Cttuadee, and f.'irosa FEUD T. HOPKINS. J’rop’r, SI Ore*t Jones IV,*.t C. N. 11. No. 29-11HK> \UfIEN WRIT IMi TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE SAY " yon saw the advcrilieoieai la this paper.