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America's Greatest Medicine Greatest. Because in cases of Dyspep sia Hood's Sarsapariila has a toaci like maic, which jail hits the spot, brings relief to the sufferer, ana fives Ue sal strength to the stomach as do other medicine does. Could Not Eat without Pain. Foe mini rears I have been a sufferer frr-m a Severn case i t dyspept v 1 it uid ant eat nrulnut treat p.iu la my store. ten and wou d be uck and von.it ip what I did est. O . day I real tf a case cured by Hood's S irsajonaa I loli ht h'.is band I beiievel tui meukiue would he r toe. He tvei.t right away and f t a botlil of Hxni's Sarsapart;. 1 txk fuur bott.es and 1 was cured" Mas AX-Lts Stives, Makauda, Iltiuoi. Hood's8 Is America's Greatest Medicine. II : n (or it. Sold by a:l druiwutv Orl on.j HooJ a. Hivut'c ;c ar-ihrst aft-r-du-.rier 1 1UUU ." 1 1115 j, lit ,l4 (njk.n- lie WASHINGTON WIDOWS. They FerJt la brtaKins Camber Oac tm the .Vroat oi Uiery I like (fratituJe. I like to !;ear of grate ful Iwupir, inj an met dot? I iifard rtnt Ir of ouc W s"hiijj;ton man has kae.J me Uiimeaae.r. lie tun ret-vi.tly married the widow vi a very wealthy gentumaii, and od tbe rrmmis t;f tine tran-.jtK n he has built a linn iwime hute. W inn the houe was ..fmne-l and U:k .miring into it was ac rompitsbed, the mile and htr mother fell to dinicjnir ju-st where tht-y fhould hanjr the JNirtrait of the former hu.-hand. They had just iccided to hunt? it in a fmall room on tlu bevomi tWr, uen the new huimd tame in and heard of the matter. "Mann him uf.M.m!" he iaitl. "Ko, aire. No, airve. That man wan my ben factor. I owe everything 1 have to him. He ah all hdUig in the iilare of honor. And huand No. 1 now Kinilea down from the mantel of the drawing room. liut tint iiuke me think of another Wahiriifton widw 4io ha recent. le atowed herwlf and her Ix-longinga ou a tec Ol.d hu.hdfi.l. "It'a foitunate," nald iilie to me; "my first hunlnd s lut mme Utfan with a W jou know, ami o d'e my wTom. liu Vand'a Jir-t name. Ail .Mr! V handker chiefs are just the thing for Willie, and I haven't even had to have the itiitiu! on them changed." Washington J'ut. IXPCJOY Both tlio method ana results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and ref resiling to tbo tasto, aad nets gently yet promptly on tbe Kidneys, Liver and liowels, cleanses tho cys. tcra effectually, dispels eolda, bead aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to tho ta:tto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in' its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable Fubstanccs, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for pale in CO cent bottles by all leading drug gifits. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA F13 SYRUP CD. can FRtmsco, cu. iovisviiu. nr. i.za york, it.r. the dread of the cotton grower, caft be prevented. Trials at Experim-.!. otauors and the exence vi '.taJir. grcvers prove po'My tiiat is the only remedy. We will be glad to send, free of charge, Interring and useful pamphlets which treat of the cutter in detail. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St Nrw York. t. W4thhit9 JotaMNr frauds A X - 1A ol T w fHn urt, of X 4 -sA-fc EXCHANCtO k. 8 (U Snbbm. UP-TO-DATE '081 UATni a CT CfSB A. 12 11 lortll It-tl fr tM. 1 tj rati lik licfci., k.4 tr likr . f-fl .Mn. nn) st.ftbl. Mrto. roil-r. iKiatiff. ftarad ej .till, tnd mU th. ttii windmill bntlMU. TMI NEW BEATS THE OLD AS THE OLD BEAT THE WOODEN WHEEL. On ript -f unottnt. rvntri otor (but not .h(l r wiil intto rf ikr olrl od tbn t bm I 1 iMifMi OSvr jbt in rfc4iai'wi tnf tin. U im M wt M n4 ui Acraotof, writ f f, Ny fC put K ffB. ItrWWCtHUlMf. EUnmu fsAME 6NAP0STM. CARD AND vra wiasrxDYou wr a6 pGe itLOSTit'crcD orrALotwe FREE Viiicfi3iiR Repeating Arms go. CWlMCWJTfVe, Hf Mf(N. Ooi. 3 "Rust" Kamlt V FAK.M ER and PLANTER. I THE COW PfA IS A TREASURE. ; f-TwprrlT t tlillfl. Its .lue ttr Rrruprrml- j M luta valnljloauil tsnui.rfdl tnai u'e tho s.iuth p.-..VH-s ia t!ic cow rn-a! I'i'i r!y ut;!:i'.l. one caa hanliv over ! t-timatc Hi n.uv Si a cnp for niaio- j tiinini fertility or for recuperating ishauftnl Luni. Ii prrwnta the para-i-xof rviliicinjr a fnrarre crop of es-, clin? Taiue. which may be taUnl tt'ia the laaJ. aad vet leave the laml ! ehcr anJ mre pr.lu'tiTe than it was t.-furv. The explaaation of tills para- j a x involves two peculiarities, one. ti e power of tlii plant to appropriate ! t ie free nitrogen of the air; the oth er, its preat root power for e.-1 tract ir- ins luhle, unavilalile plant- ! fo.l from the soil: a:i l a thirl. po-' MNNcd in commun with Kiue other ' plautv iti having deep, stronif tap-root ) v hich enabl.- it to forage through a I dcejier layer of earth. draw tug not only I on ti c surface soil.but the subsoil also. Its power of appropriating the free B'troeu of the air. Ion? suspected and o.'ten as.sertcil, but without direct proof. has of late j'ears been substantiated by abundant and convincing proof. It hvsthe work through the assistance of certain microbes w hich make their home on its roots, penetrating them and forming little knots or tulxreles Q1 thc::i. These ui'tcnilies feed on t!ie riots of the pea. and to that extent i'o harm, just clubfoot of cabbages nd nodules on p.-a.'h apple roots do hitrm. Jiut the harm done by the mi crobe on the pea root is jrre:itly more thiin compensated by its supplying to tke pea in available form nitrogen from the air which is always present in cul tivated soils. How it does this is not as yet know n, but that it does is shown by talcing soil and sUriluing it that is, subj -etin? it to heat, which will destroy all living organisms in it then p.a:t':n p.-as iu a jHjrtion of this stv'i'ili.-d soil, and mixing with an other portiuu of the sterilized siil some of the tub .Tch-h taken from roots of peas, ami then planting p-as also in this inoculated soil. The peas in the inoculated soil will develop luxu rious growth and have tubercles o;i their i i its. Those in the sterilizL-d sji, nnt inoculated will laake very little growth and have uo tulHTcles 0:1 their roots. Such ex p 'laments have b rn made again and again with uiol uniform results. The pea and the microb.' thus lead u com bined life, mutually beneficial to each other. Tile technical name for this combined life is "symbiosis " u word of lireek derivation, which means com bined li fe. As the supply of nitrogen in the air is praeti"ully inexhaustible, it can be .veil how a crop of p.as w ith the aid of t ies.-mierob.'s can appropriate apart of the available nitrogen of the soil ami yet return to the soil, in its roots ami fallt 11 leaves, as much or more ni trogen than that taken by it from the nir. When a crop of pens is turned under it i.1 .vays restores more nitrogen to the jil than it took from it. liy the frc'iuent intro luetion of a pea crop in a rotation it is possible to keep i.p the supply of uvailahle nitro gen in the soil indelinitelv without the aid of commercial or other fertilizers. One very great advantage of the cow pea over clow r and other leguminous plants which possess similar powers, is tl'iit il will grow 011 poorer land than these others, indeed will 'make fair growth on land too poor to grow ul 111. ist any other crop, and is therefore a wonderful re iiperating crop for restor ing exhausted soils. IMPOHITANC2 OF ROTATION. A .Mil Her Too Apt In br Overlooked hyths i'.iriuer U thu l'roper l.alatiun of lli ttOlfl. The importance of a nys'.ematic crop rotation is greatly overlooked by many ia-uieri. T.ie writer can remember iv'ien. not more than 3d orH."i years ago, fa' i.icrs U.-pt cei-Uiin lieldi for certain cop., year after year, aoine Heidi fo -oats or barley, some for buckwheat or corn, and others for meadows. Thia was not u scientific way of farming, und could not be expected to be profita ble in the long run. Kut as the soil whs then in its virgin slate, even this nii.siis,- gavo fairly good results, it is very ilitlorent lit the present (lay. The soil, as a rule, is exhausted. Through n. gleet of prop.-rly fertilizing many Ileitis have become impoverished ami no longer prodiive paying crops. The question is, how cau we speedily im prove our land with the. least expense, and at tiu sa na time receive, some in come from our worn-ont farms? This can bj aeeo.npl'aii'jd b.- Ml itll' B'lT.'.TI"'' .'ouiuount of fertilizer, cither corn Hi. Sl.'iliic manure o.' any of the arti li.ial foTiijKiunds of trade, can keep land in condition to produce the same crop for an indefinite length of time. The crop will grow less vigorously, year lifter, year, until at last it fails entirely, although the land may be in the very best condition for other crops. Hut, change the crops, give the land something else to do. and it will re scind with r.'iiewed energy. No two crops draw the same kind of plant-food frsmi the soil. The rotation of crops toffethcr with deep, thorough tillage, will restore the land in a few years to its former condition, especially if clover '.orms one of the rotation. A three-year rotation, namely, clover, coin or potatoes, and oats or bar-li-j , w ill be more effectual in bring ing up land than in a Iongc rota tiu.i. Two-years' product of manure, both solid and liquid, which must be saved ami usd in the most econom ical way. should be applied to one of Hie crops. I have always practised ap plying the same on the clover stubble, drawing out and spreading through the w inter as fast as made, to lie plowed under in the spring for the potato crop. It is a mistake to let inunme accumu late iu the barnyard and lie there any great length of time. Manure w ill nev er be any better than w hen lirst taken from the stable, and the longer it is left in the barnyard tha more liable it is to waste by lire-fanging, leaching, etc. As we hardly ever have manure enough to go all overthe required num ber of acres, even if spread sparingly, the remainder must receive the benefit uf the season's growth of clover (the second crop may do), to be left on the field and plowed under the same way as the manure. If we work our farms in th;s way, and do the work of culti vating thu Tarious crops thoroughly, our land will rapidly improve aid funning lie made profitable. KKKM.Nfl tl.OVKII. However, there is one drawback in this lurc'-yea.- rotation; we are com- pe'.ied to ssf.l after spr'ingrai.i. For mariv vears 1 have o!.erved that clover is not as sure to catch and does nut .o sVs well, even after a poo l catch, as when sown on winter grain. For this reason 1 favor anil practice the four year rotation, letting a erop of w inter yra. n .lye. because it is better a.Liptcd for this locality i follow the spring grain. This enables us to sow our i-lover-seed at just theright time, either on a new-fallen snow or on the frozen ground at the opening of spring. 1 have never lost a seeding by doiug s. although some of my neighb. rs object to this early seeding for fear tho elover-sced might sprout and then be killed by late frost Ac cording to my experience their fear is without foundation. Clover Need, or any other seed, docs not sprout in one or two warm days; if requires steady, warm weather and warm soil, and w hen we have this the danger cf being injured by frost is past. We w an, it to sprout and grow early; earlier than we could possibly get it on the ground, if we had to delay the sowing of it until after sowing our spring seed. When sow n on the frozen ground it is more liable to get well eovered; the ground is then full of little cracks and crevices in which the little tiny seeds are sure to find their way, and the action of the so'l by freezing and thaw ing completes the coverning. Sown at this time the little clover-plants do not only get an early start, but their chance to get deeply rooted is very much in their favor. I consider this the secret of successful clover-seeding; it can re sist the droughts, which we frequently have the latter part of the spring, bet ter than when sown after spring grain. IlIVIUI.XM TUK rROKI I'S. The four-year rotation gives us an other advantage; it divides our work more evenly all through the season. All the w ork of the rye crop comes at a time when the farmer has nothing driving to do. The sowing is done when the oat crop ia out of the way and the iotatoor corn crop not yet ripe enough to require our attention. The harvesting also comes at a time when no other work is crowding, be tween haying and oat harvest. Jiy di viding our acreage in this way, setting part of it aside forth.' rye crop, we have a better chance to do our spring seeding und planting with the neces sary care und thoroughness. U. C. (ireiner, in Farm and Fireside. MONEY IN TOBACCO CULTURE. Cuban Cigar Toao-co Afford, a I'roMtalria 1'roHoect fur the farmers of the South. The farmers in many sections of the south have a very profitable crop awaiting their attention in Cuban ci gar tobacco. It is one of the most re munerative crops that can be grown, finds a ready sale, and possesses advan tages over many other crop i. The in surrection in Cuba has almost totally ruined the tobacco industry there, and cigar manufacturers are at a loss to know what to do for stock. The tariff on cigar tobacco, lij cents a pound on fillers, and Sl.Sa on w rappers, alone guarantees the grower a lurge profit. There never was a more opportune time for farmers to turn their utten ion to cigar tobacco than ai the pre i ent While the war last in Cuba ia thu time for the southern farmer to get the reputation of his tobacco established. Last year the I'nited States bought from abroad S17,u;i(l,u:itj worth of cigar tobacco. There is nc necessity for a dollar of this money leaving our country, for the south can anil ought to raise every pound of to bacco used in the United States. It is time the farmer? w ere awakening tc the profit in cigar tobacco and letting King Cotton alone. The people ol Florida put their whole dependence in oranges for years, but the freeze killed the trees, and many of the growers: turned their attention to tobacco, with the result that last year the tobuccc crop equaled half the value of the orange crop the year of the freeze, und it is confidently expected that this year's crop will exceed the value of tin orange crop mentioned. Hundreds ol farmers are turning their attention to its culture, and the industry has at tracted national attention. The Secretary of ugriculturc spent a week in looking over the tobacco lields of Florida, nnd he expressed him self as being astounded at thepossibili ties of tobacco culture. Cuban tobacco thrives on any well-drained sandy or loamy land with or without clay sub soil, and there are thousands upon thousands of acres of such land in -the south. The tobacco makes in a few months, does not require much cultiva tion and any cotton farmer can grow it. It requires sjiaek .ledge when too. cm rin.i c ure, but complete instruc tion i" print 'd fo-m ran be obtained from several sources, and the average farmer can very quickly learn how to cure it. Every section of the I'nited States engaged in growing cigar tobacco is prosperous, money plentiful and the farmers happy. Fort Meade (Kla.) was a dead town twe years ago, but the people took up to bacco culture, and to-day it is one ol the liveliest little tow ns in the state. A colony of 300 Cubans direct from tbe famous Vuelta Abajo district of Cuba have settled there and are engaged in growing tobacco as they grow it in Cuba. Hundreds and hundreds of acres are planted to tobacco, and thousands of dollars huve been invested In lands. Cigar factories will be established, and an era of prosperity is daw ning that was never dreamed of under the orange. What one section has done others can do, and every public-spirited farmer in the south should study the cigar to bacco industry. Cor. Southern Culti vator. HERE AND THERE. Don't crowd the sheep in the sta bles, or there will be disease developed ure. Don't dispose of hardy stock that you have had on the farm for a long time and that is doing reasonably well. Study markets and market condi tions. Jt requires as much, or more, tact to sell profitably products as to grow them. In nearly all cases the eggs from the two-year-old hens will produce the strongest and hardiest chickens. Provide some refuge behind w-liich the sheep can run for a wind break. They dislike strong, penetrating wind more than a severe cold, just as their owners do. Anything which interferes with putting the soil in perfect mechanical condition should lie avoided, flowever careful, when turning cattle on culti vated fields, the soil wiil be injured tc wine extent. Though pastures go tt waste to som extent whee this sug gestion is followed, it is quite possibla that the gain offset! the loss. KO RIUGIOM ABOUT FISH. the Naairi of Setersl Are I a4 aa Term of Opprobrlam kaiei fvr lte. "Didn't it ever strike vu tb.it it's ti;gh!v imor.atent ta a-'-:a:e th wih lnt. ai ine inuuh dues, Mrs. i;ruuipu? ' 6'd Mr. (iniintus at toe l.reanust table. a he p:cUd dut iuu.lv into the suburbs of hit tia cake ith one tme of li.s fork. Mr. Iti-umpu' ai.fetite i.a-1 been sunn ifntiv grati.ied at the club me ljrcvious n.ght to cake l.irn a tnlie critual. 'What put that nii.fuious notion into your Utair'' inquired Mi, l.rumpus, with one eiebro-ar lined ia a upiduus aud in quiring way. t . , "TaLe that popular expression: 'ou re a lobster.' " continued Mr. (JiuuiIjus. "Not that Vou are a lobster "Oh. let remain, 'You're a lobster, said Mr, litumpus, cheertuiiv. "Mariar, don't tr rle. Lobster, Bow. is a term of reproai h. That's one instance of the way the tinny world U resorted to lor inei pressiun of censure. An.'tlier old phrase is as dumb ss an oyster.' Hie very dumbest thing on earth or in the waters under the earth, Mariar, it an oyter. It's the very cpRsite of a woman, veil know, ba, ha. Thal't one on you, eh, Mariar? Kunember that other old term showing how a man looks to the scaly world when he want! a s-imile or a metaphor induatiris contempt I mean it is still common t call a bad law yer a "land shark.' Why. I could prove how low down tish are by a number of ex amples, and yet Huh are associated with the most re'.isioiis part of the vear." "John." "Yes.' "N there tuch a fish a state?" "Why er yea. 1 believe there is." "Is it cvr used by men as a simile or a metaphor ia describing other men sonie time!;" "You don't mean to be personal, Mrs. Grumptis:'' "Well, dohn, if I were a man I'd say That's one on von and now we are even." M r. Ciiumpiis irrinnisl and ate his fish rake like a man, although it had grown cold. N. V. Sun. WOMEN AND THE WHEEL. From the Oazette, Delaware, Ohio. The healtlifulnest of bicycle riding fof women is still a disputed question between eminent pliys. lans and health retormeri. I'sed in moderation it surely creates foi women a uitans of out-door exercise, the. benetit of whu-h all physicians concede. I'sed to esrrs, like any other pastime, its effect is hLV.y to be dangerous. The experience of Miss lk-rtha Reed, the seventeen war -old daughter of Mr. J. K. Keed, 3A1 Lake St., Delaware, Ohio, may point a moral for parents who, like Mr. and Mrs. lired, have experienced tome concern for their J.mirliters who are fond of wheel ing. In the fall of '96 Miss liertha, who had riad?n a great deal, began to fail in an alarm ing manner. She grew steadily paler and thinner, and it appeared she was going into consumption. Kent and quiet did her abso lutely no good. A physician found her pulse at 104 a very high rate. Thinking this may have teeL due to tempo rary nervous ness when he examined her, he watched her closely, but her pulae continued at that rate for two weeks. He was satisfied then, from her hieh pulse and steadiW' wastituf condition that she was suffering from anaemia or a bloodiest condition of the body. She trrame ex tremely wpak, and could not stand the least noie or excitement, hi this condition of affairs they were recommended by an old fiic-nd to get mine of that famous blood medicine Dr. Williams' l'mlt Tills for l'ale People. Tliey did so, and almost from tin first dose Uertha beun to improve. She continued to take the pills and vas by meant of those pills made entirely well, and more gtateful people than her parents cannot be found in the whole State of Ohio. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved a boon to womankind. Acting direct. y on the blood and nerves, they restore the requisite vitality to all parts of the body; creating functional regularity and perfect harmony throughout the nervous system. The pallor of the cheeks is ehangeil to the delicate blush of health: the eyes brighten ; the mus ilet grow elastic, ambition is created and goot health returns. .Modern Science. "Steam lias rendered m.in inestimable sen ice," Tenia rl.ed the observer of men and things, "und wwinati nlso, since it lias en ubl'd lier to oitcn her liu-1 und's letters w itiiout Ilia ever Knowing it." Detroit Jour nal. Quite Natural. Mrs. McFceg.in Sliurc, Moikc, yei black oye do be t ti rin ri' grp.ne. .Mr. Mi lY-i g;in An' why wiuln't it? Oj Hot it from nn Oirishinun on Kaint Tat rkVa day. Judge. Ilewnre of Ointments fnr tairrh Tlint Contain Mercurj, .is mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely dc-rungc the wlioie sys tem when entering it thiough the mucous cjrtaces. Such iirti(Ics should never be ti-ed except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the diouage they will do il often ten foid to the good you can possibly dcnve from them, if, ill's Catarrh l ure, manufactured by I. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, 0.. contains no mercury, and" is taken inter nally, acting 'directly upon the blood and mucous surlacOH of the system. In buying liall's Catarrh Cure be ;:r. you gel thegen nine. It is taken internally, and luinle in Toledo, ():,io, by 1". J. Cheney Si Co. Testi monials free. Sold by Driigztsts. price 7 per liottle. Hull's Family I'ills -re the best. lyct a big fish rh.ive of! his mustache and 'ill the little fish follow suit. Washington Democrat To Care a Cold In One Drnj Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 2ic The easiest kind of advice to follow is the kind we had intended to follow anyway. Washington Democrat. The family with but one boy in it may be tleinkful if he amounts to anything at all. Washington Democrat. Overworked "I think I shall have to dis charge mv olliec boy." "What's, the mat ter w ith him?" "All there is for loin to do at the office is to tear off the sheets once a month from the calendars lainging on tlie wall, and when lie tore thrm off on the first day of March, he kicked because Febru ary was such a short month." Chicago Tribune. Some people even think they concede t preat deal il they nllnw others to think as they please. Washington Democrat. When a man is not on terms with him self, lie is not on terms with anything. The disaster is not n single one. He shows it in everything; and much of his conduct, his tieatment of others, his opinions, mysteri ous as they may seem, are but the inevitable oiitcroppings of his self-disturbance. J. F. W. Ware. Declined to Pun. "What are my chaneet for reelection? " asked the state senator. "Y'ou haven't any," replied his lieutenant. "Are you sure of that?" "Positive." "Then, will you kindly convey the informa tion to the press that my private bieinesa has become so pressing that, in justice to mvaclf and family, I feel that I can no longer afford to neglect it? Consequently, I shall positively refuse to accept h reelection un der any circumstances." Chicago Kvening Post. The nobler the character, the larger and deeper its friendships will he, the more na tures it w ill enter into and illumine. Lucy Ijarconi. " The end of pleasure is to support the of fices of life, to relieve the fatiguet of busi ness, to reward a regular action and to en courage the continuance. Jeremy Collier. Y'ou may say what yon please about the fairness of the people, and their desire to do light, and their patience, but the fact remains that a rumor of war is as popular as a juicy piece of gossip. Atchison Globe. Sunday is the golden deep that binds to get'icr tiie volu'iit- ot the week. Jnfel low. ln S1 Tfldei Well. THE COMMERCE OF THE LAKES Total Tniassr of the oo Double I of ike fart I ' The commerce of the lakes is ciior- -. .. . . I . .vmuirinr tn Uious. 1 tie outlet iroiu i.a "i - Lake Huron had always been a serious r.listBele to commerce, iu that it was not deep enottgh to allow the larger freight and passenger boats to p' ,-oiiifort'ably through. Locks Inn e been built at government eeiise, at the .-oast of muny millions of dollars, which now allow the passage of large boats: and two more locks are being built ; and md two more locks are being built )ne bv the Canadians, and one by the tmeri'cans which will still further in -reuse commerce. The new kick on the American side is lurger than the old and, when completed, will be one of the most wonderful pieces of masonry tc be found in the country. It will allow the passage of vessels drawing 21 feet of water. It has cost several millions jf dollars, and will not be completed foi year or two. For many years the great Suez cana was looked upon as the most wonderfu piece of commercial engineering in Hit world, carrying enormous cargoet through its gateway from the eaat Itut in this newer land the commerce ol the lakes has dwarfed the Suez canal The total tonnage of the Sooduring th vear ISO? was 10,500,000. The tonnage of the Suez canal in lS'JO was T.uO'i.i-oo This tonnage of the Soodoes not by anj means represent the entire commeret of the great lakes; it is only a iiortion o it. Hundreds of thousands of tons ot merchandise and supplies of all kind are sliipied annually up from Lakt Michigan points through the straits o Mackinac eastward, which do not pass through the Soo; nnd many thousand) more go eastward from points below the Soo on the other lakes, to be ex changed for other supplies for point; also below the Soo. Year after year this immense traffic ii growing. From the great west then come, to the gateway of the Soo, w heu and flour and lumber and iron ore al the natural products from a vast arei of country, drawn to the lake routt because it is so much cheaper to movt goods by water than by rail. In re turn, the east sends the west vus' quantities of manufactured goods, ant immense supplies of html and soft coal The west furnishes raw materials; tht east manufactures these materials ant sends back the products of her fac tories nnd mills. There were receiver at the ports of Duluth and Superioi during the year is that is, dttriii' the lake season 1,775,712 tons of coal. On the margins of these lakes, par ticularly on the shores of Superior there are ore-bearing rocks containint iron, silver, copper and gold. The i rot ore is of remarkable commercial value and pnrcitcnlly inexhaustible It amount. Immediately tributary t Lake Superior, In some cases on iti ery bunks, nre Iron mines the output of which rivals that of any mines in tht world, and the supply in "sight." as tin miners say, will furnish the world witl iron for centuries to come, Some of the lumber which goes enst by way of the lakes is sent nwuv on tc South American points without separa tion, taking first a journey, of peiliupi several hundred miles, down the riven to the mills, then n thousand miles nut more on the lakes to the St. Law rence passing through the Welhind canal tc get to Ontario, and then trying a few thousand miles of salt water- u pictur esque voyage indeed. W. S. Ilarwood In St. Nicholas. IN OLD PHILADELPHIA. (looker ll Once he (irrnlrst Toirl on the Continent. Ill 1774 Philadelphia was the largest town iu the American colonics. Flsti mates of the population, which are all we have, differ widely, but it was prob ably not fur from 30,000. A single citt now lias a larger population than al i lie colonies possessed in 1771, nnii there nre in the I'nited Stales to-duv 104 cities ami towns of over .'to.utio in habitants, l-'igiires alone, however I'.oweier, cannot express the iliiTcrenct between those days and our ow n. Now a town of 30,000 people is reached h railroads and telegraphs. It is in close touch with all the rest of the world Business brings strangers to it con stantly, who come like shadows am! m depart, unnoticed eve; ju ;,v those witl w hom the , nre immediately concerned It was not so in 1774, not even in Phila delphia, which was as nenrly as possi ble the central point of the colonies as well as the most populous citv. Thanks to the energy und genius of r rnnklin, Philadelphia was paved, light ed, and ordered in a way almost tin known in any other town of flint period. It was well built and thriving. Business was active nnd the people were thrift ana prosperous, and lived well. Yet despite nil these good qualities, we must make nn effort of the imagination tc realize how quietly nnd slowly I i ft moved then in comparison to the pact of today. There in Philadelphia was the center of the postal system of the continent, and the recently established mail coach called the "Flying machine," not in jest, but in praise, performed the journey to Xew York in the hitherto unequaled time of two days. Another mail at longer intervals crept more stowiy to the south. Vessels of thi coastwise traffic, or from beyond the sens, came into port at uncertain times, nnu alter long nnd still more uncertain voyages. The daily round of life was so regular and so quiet that any inci dent or any novelty drew interest and attention in a way which would now be impossible. Set ibner's. Little IMtrher. A bright little girl, who sees nnd hears everything that is going on around her, was present during a con versation the other day, in which a gentleman acquaintance of the family was described as a "henpecked hus band." A few days later the subject of the gossip happened to call at the house while the little one was in the parlor. She looked at him with great curiosity for awhile, and then, slipping over to her mother's side, whispered "He don't look like a picked chicken mamma." Troy Times. A Coanteaa as a Xumr. The countess of Wisborg, wife 0 Prince Osear of Sweden, is at present in London going through a course of training as a nurse, in order that she may help her husband in the mission ary work he has undertaken in West Africa." e Wasn't Readr. She Let us visit thecemeterv. Hc-Xo. That is the last place c arth I want to go to.-Town Topics. IL Mil b a good thing to ba rid of, because bad blood ia tba breeding place of disfiguring and dangerous diseases. Is Y0TR blood bad? You can have good blood, which b pure blood, if you want it You can be rid of pimples, boils, blotches, sores and ulcers. How? By the use of Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It is the radical remedy for all diseases originating in the blood. " Dr. Ayer't Sarsaparilh waa recommended to ma or By physician as a blood purifier. Whea I begaa takiag it I hid boils ill over y body. Oca bottl. cared " Bonnes Cairr, Keaaon, II faKe Jger's 2Psaparina Not Bigoted. Jenkins I thought you were a vegetari an, but 1 hear vou eat mutton. Cibbs I am not a bigoted vegetarian. I only eat the meat of such animals as live on vegetable food. Tit-Bits. Sbake Into Voir Shoes Mien's Foot -Kase, powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, nervous, smarting feet and instantly takes the tting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort liseoverv of the nge. Allen sFoot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easv. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot. tired, ach ing feet. Try it to-.M. Sold by all drngci.ts nnd shoe stores. 2j-. Trial package I liLL. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. ri. . Kvlilence. She Wasn't John Calvin a married man? lie-lie must have been. Didn't he re ject the doctrine of free will? Puck. A good many members of the "rising gen eration" would serve their country well by sitting down. llural New Yorker. Hopeful Words to Childless Women. The darkest days of husband and wife are when they come to look forward to a childless and desolate old age. Many a wife has found herself incapable of motherhood owing to some (Treat lack of strength in the organs of generation. Such a condition is nearly always due to long con tinued neglect of the plainest warnings. Frequent backache and distressing pains accompanied by offensive uiscnarges and generally by irregular and scanty menstruation, indicate a nerve de generation of the womb and sur roundingorgans.thatunlessspeedily checked will result in barrenness. Read Mrs. Wilson's letter: DEAitMns.PiNiiiiiM: Noonecould have suffered from femalo troubles rJ more than I. 1 had tumors on tho womb, mv ovaries were discasedK and for fifteen J'ears I was a burden tff to myself. I wns operated upon three different times, with only temporary relief; also tried many doctors. Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound was recommended to me by a lady friend, and after taking four bottles I was like a new wo man. I had been married nine years, nnd had no children. I now have a beautiful little girl, and we feel assured she is the result of my taking the Compound. Mav B. Wilson, 323 Sassafras St., Millville, N. J. Modem science and past experience ha ve produced nothing so effective In treating diseases of the female organs as Lydia E. Pinkhara's VegetaUe Com pound and Sanative Wash used according to special directions. If you know any woman who is suffering end who Is unable to secure relief, or who is sorrowful because she believes herself barren, tell her to write to Mrs. Piukham, at Lynn, Mass., and ask her advice. The thousnndsof Mrs. Pinkham's cures are all recorded for quick reference, and a reply will be promptly sent wholly without charge, that will direct her what to do. Mrs. It. Ilr.uiiM, 4!i40 San Francisco Ave., St. Louis, Mo;, writes: "It has been my great desire to have a babe. Since taking your medicine my wish is fulfilled. LydiaE.Plnnfiam's Vegetable I I ' ' JL CURE CONS'ITPAroN "GOOD WIVES THE LIGHT OF ESPECIALLY PLTRYi Tn V W c it. Quires neit her inn nr Iw. torn rail, wilt not sag or is li .M... .. one oi snape posts r-rr-ilj i.Z j J.L . TJ rapiuiy and easily Cw'l lVJ? Vl-'nccnd Cert and ,ic9 iiciore olivine;. FENCING UNION FF.Nrrrri 15 H St. Atlanta Ga! SEND FOR A BICYCLE ; Mi' 1 1 i. a, CHEAT CUEARINC 8 ALB of 7 .i sh nxxieH. bet tnikn, ." to lL S approval l'.'-.""" " ! ' Uow to Earn - m...l.V ..j i 23? rrf;;"j1"iitb'" '""P'omi. nt si W, HtilCtlMin . .. . .HIVSWI, iHitiii Don't Vo Sleep? T. TT I AL- I- noes your neau .-rene: isomnin Caffehi cures instantlv. All druggists, '.'a cents Dr !.... l.l. ,.-H'n 9111 l,',v.,Sl x i- v s"" s-.. ""..iQ.J.l, Married women think every unmarritd woman must have a history. Washington Democrat. Fits ttopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline's (Jreat Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle i treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch tt., Phil., ft. T . "A word to the wise is sufficient!" Pot. sibly but the man must be mighty wiseanj the wcrd mighty sharp. Rural New Yorker. Piso's Cure for Consumption has no eqad as a Cough medicine. F. M. Abbott. 30 Seneca St., Bufiab, X. Y., May 9, 1394. A woman w ith a wart on her neel, Innti better with high-necked gowns. 'ashui tou Democrat. A pebble and a diamond are alike toabliod man. 1 1 r )pm lW'W' Or i J W jt S j- S S S S 1 1 .11 1 1 r . sjr x s mil mmmm mam Hard facts for w omen who wash. No work you do is so unliealthful as your work over a washtub. I his h.irri ne rsnirlnor vi-nrL- in trir midst of soiled clothes and tainted steam will make trouble for you. The less of it you do, the better. Wash with Pearline. and there's little or none of it. Nothing but rinsing the clothes, after soaking and boiling them. Cnniirlpr vnnr lipalth m CANDY CATHARTIC All. DRUGGISTS m T CROW FAIR IN THEIR WORKS," IF THEY USE and WM-Wjfd taome "' "JJtsJi pan leiilii'y'' F OPIUM TUWORsVP'l-.ts. . t MnllrOlHiWfTn-fil Ulbks.. Book fr. ,.i.H-g2 . rau CATtuxm. w..cBt"rocaZ- 4 LuHtSWntKtAiltiottsa, Ben Counh Sirup. Twins Gf WHEN WBtiTISe TO DTEf Jrt'"-" pirate ttnle ,,w " stent In this pancr.