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The Noble Do;. A wild cry of alarm rang out. Little Mildred Gumborie, the fair haired pet of the millionaire, had ventur ed too near the brink of the ragin; stream and had fallen into the water. "Save my child!' he shrieked. Seated on the steps of the hotel veran da was Col. Hanthunder. At his feet la; a large and magnificent Newfoundlani dog. "Be calm, sub," he said to the distract ed millionaire. "My dog will save you: child. Rovah I?and he spoke to thc an imal?"Good boy! To the rescue 1" Rover rose slowly, shook himself walked leisurely to the bank, looked a' the struggling form of the little girl, anc shook his large magnificent head. Whereat, with a muttered curse, Col Hankthunder rolled up his trousers; wailed in, and saved the child himself. "Kftt*. Innards." Aii actor who was accustomed to spend his summers in Wilton, Me., noted when, as the custom was, a farmer "kill? ed a critter," thc liver, sweetbreads, kid? neys, &c, were thrown away. He offer? ed to purchase these delicacies, but, though he got the goods, the "sturdy farmer, scorned his proferred gold." Not long after he observed as he walked through the village that he was the cy? nosure of all eyes, and was followed by a wondering, if not admiring crowd, chiefly of the young "Aha," thought he, "1 cannot escape my fame; my glory as an actor has followed me even to this i tacnre hamlet." And he was mightilj puffed up till he overheard one yokel shout to another: "Bill, there goes th< feller what eats innards'!" MerrlU'e Koot Powder. An absolute cure for all foot troubles. Guaranteed to stop all odor and excessive perspiration. Brings red, burning, smarting, tired and tender feet to a perfectly normal condition. A superior toilet article for ladies. This powder does away with the use of dress shields. Druggists, or sent direct in hand? some sprinkle top tin package for 25c. Ed win P. Merrill, Maker. Woodstock, Vt. The present law in Germany limits wom? en's labor to eleven hours, with a midday res^ of an hour and a half. A Doctor's Testimonial. Dr. C. I. S. Cawthon, of Andalusia, Ala., mites: "Telterine is superior to any remedy known to mt- for Eczema and stubborn skin diseases." 50c\ a box by mail fi om J. T. Nhuptrine, Savannah, Ga., if your druggist don t keep it. The chronic borrower, like death, lovel a shining mark. Use Allen's Foot-Kase. lt is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25o. Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent Free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeBoy, N.Y. A square meal is one that will go round. The drawbacks of literature ? return postage FITS permanently cured. Nofltsornervous rees after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great 2serveRestorei\$2trial bottle and treatisefree Dr. E. H. Kuyb, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. -ratuitous advice often acts like a boom? erang. A. K. Triest, Druggist, Sholbyville, Ind., says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials, ns tt cures every one who takes it." Drug? gists sell it, 75c. The fellow who depends upon luck neve* ee*.s there. idrs.WiDslow's Soothing Syrup forohildren leethlng, soften the gums, reducesinflamma* i;cn,aliays pain,cures ">ind colic. 26c.abottl The people who act like fools generally do so because they can't help it. i do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump? tion has an equal for coughs and colds?Johic F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. When a belle marries she expects the man to ring her. Gray ? "My hair was falling out and turning gray very fast. But your Hair Vigor stopped the falling and restored thc natural color."?Mrs. E. Z. Benomme, Cohoes, N. Y. It's impossible for you not to look old, with the color of seventy years in your hair! Perhaps you are seventy, and you like your gray hair! If not, use Ayer's Hair Vigor. In less than a month your gray hair will have all the dark, rich color of youth. $1.00 a bottle. All dru-jlsts. If your druggist cannot supply yon, send "us one dollar and we will express you a bottle. Be sure andgive the name of your nearest express office. Address, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. _ *3><S>$><?^3><$<$<i><Sx$ <$><$ $>QQ?<$>*>QQ*> LIBBY Luncheons Wo neal the product In key-openlne cane. Torn a koj nnd you find the meet euell/ ss it left di. We put them up in tali wey Potted Haw. Beet and Tongue, Ox Tongue (whole), Veal Loaf, Deviled Ham, Brisket Beet, Sliced Smoked Beet. AU Natural Flaror food*. Palatable and wholesome Your grocer should hare them. Libby, McNeill & Libby. Chicago "How to Mae* Goon Things to Eat" will be sent (ree it rou ask us. CANDY CATHARTIC DrefftsU Guanine stamped C C C. Never sold In balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." Lead the World. Are You Sick? Send your name and P. 0. address to Th? R. ?? Willi Medlelni Co., Higtrstovn, Md. Wills Pills AMERICA'S BICE CROP* CARE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FOSTER THIS INDUSTRY. The Importance Which Klee Has Assumed Among the Cereal Crops of the South? ern Seahoard States?KducatlnR People In the Art of Preparing Klee. Suth an enormous quantity of rice is now being planted in the Southern sea? board States where suitable stretches of land for its cultivation exist as to call attention to the Importance which rice has assumed among the cereal crops. This is due to several causes, chief of which is the care taken by the Government to foster and enlarge the scope of this Industry. For several years past the United States has im? ported from abroad seed rice to experi? ment with in the rice lauds of this country, and now has a commission at ?work, under the direction of its De? partment of Agriculture, studying rice, Its culture, and the lands -wherein it has been and may be grown in every part of the world. The reputation of t Ivis country for its success in the cul? ture of rice is known in the East, and it was to the United States that Tur? key turned for instruction aud infor? mation relative to putting certain linds under cultivation In rice. Japan has 150 varieties of rice, many of which are adapted to American soil, and ene, known as the "short straw Japan," is in general use in the Gulf coast rice belt. It ls a most prolific plant, and the stalk is short and hardy, which enables it to resist those heavy winds that sometimes flatten fields of long-straw rice. Tho United States Rice Commission ls composed of Professor S. A. Knapp nnd Professor W. H. Hellman. Pro? fess! r Knapp, who left Iowa, and took up lils residence in Southwest Louis? iana several years ago, for the benefit of his health, has become an expert upon the subject of rice culture. Ile has been making a tour of the world studying the processes of raising rice in various countries, and especially In China, Japan, India, the Philippines. Egypt and the islands of the Pacific, and he has sent to the experimental growers in this country seed that seemed to him adapted to the soils of their States. Professor Hellman is making a soil survey of the rice belt, after which he Will map out Its different soils and de? termine their adaptability to various qualities of rice and other crops and decide what fertilization might be ad? vantageously supplied. ? For many hundreds of miles under the rice belt an underground reservoir of fresh water, at a temperature of seventy degrees, is tapped at a depth varying from 123 to 200 feet. The United States Government ls endeav? oring to discover the course and extent of this underground river, which sup? plies innumerable deep-well irrigation plants and canals with an Inexhausti? ble quantity of clear water. This un? derground river is easily tapped. A well has been sunk in it to a depth of 200 feet in fourteen hours' time. It lies in the region of the oil reservoirs and sulphur beds of Southwest Louis? iana and Southeast Texas; how far be? yond is not yet determined. Through the wide extent of rice lauds, wild and cultivated, which lie In this region, flow ten navigable and many smaller streams besides a bun? dled irrigation canals which vary in length from one to forty-five miles and in width from twenty to 150 feet. These have many miles of laterals and pumping stations, or relifts, wherever a fall in the incline of the land throws the canal below its highest level. The canals are built in the ridges, or high portions of the prairies which are from si:: to twenty-five feet above the sur? face of tiie streams that traverse them. Some of these pumping .stations have a capacity of 250,000 gallons a minute, but most of them average 20,000 to 50, 000 gallons a minute. The Chinese claim to bare been cul? tivating rice for 5000 years, and their crop has attained to 3,000.OOO,OOO bar? rels annually. In this country the first rice that grew successfully was in 1004 at Charleston, S. C., and in the Gulf coast rice heit in 1817, while the total rice production last season represented four and a half pounds per capita, Louisiana and Texas produced over 300,000.000 pounds between them, and have enlarged their canals many miles,' increased their acreage, and ar? ranged to produce double that amount tliis year. Under the irrigation system a rice crop never fails, as it ls not subject to tiie effect of low water in the rivers or drought. Over thirty rice mills, largely owned by New York capital, are situated in the rice centres of Louisiana and Texas, exclusive of those in the large cities. These have a daily capacity of from 300 to 8500 barrels, and can ware? house as high as 100,000 sacks of rice at ene time. These sacks hold 102 pounds of rico in the hull, or 100 pounds and over cf clean, polished rice. Notwithstanding the increase in irri? gating canals and rice acreage the ce? real did not assume great proportions as a merchantable article until the Gov? ernment took an interest in it. Thea the Rice Association of America es? tablished a kitchen at the Buffalo Ex? position, where rice was cooked in 200 different ways by culinary artists, avIio could have made anything taste delic? ious. This was a great advertisement for lice, and the association, which in? tended to sink money in the venture, cleared $3000 over and above all ex? penses. The Southern Pacific Railroad is reported to have spent $100,000 in making known the values of rice, and is now maintaining rice kitchens in Washington and other largo cities, with a view to educating people in the j art of preparing rice. These various endeavors to further rice interests, combined with the work of the Carolina Rice Growers' Associa? tion, have not only increased the de? mand for rice as a nutritive article of diet, but have increased the applicants for rice lands. These lauds have ad? vanced in values ranging from .$1 to $10 per acre to from $15 to $50. The ! latter is now an average price for the ; b?St rice lands. This price is beiug ' paid for land under which oil is known ! to lie, with uo idea of ever boring for ?il on the part of the purchaser. | Men who own rice lands in the Irri? gated territory of Louisiana and Texas either put in one deep-water -well to li every 200 acres to be irrigated, or pay ?he irrigation companies a sum of never more than $1.50 per acre to water their lands. If the land is owned by the companies they furnish land, seed and water for one-half the crop, or furnish water only lo any farmer for oue-flfth or one-fourth of dis crop. The average cost of cultivating an acre of rice is $10. and it yields $30 to ?40 per acre, so that nearly every man iv ho leases a farm one season owns it the next, if he has an average good urop. Nearly all the big mills and irrigating systems are owned by organizations yf farmers who protect their own in? terests and prevent the eating up of property on the mortgage system by mtside capitalists. They also own peat warehouses for storiug rough rice, so that they need not be com? pelled to throw their rice upon tin: Diarket when a corner has been made lt a full market has lowered the price. Resides the average price of $3.25 and ipward for rough rice delivered at thc railway station, rice bran sells for $12 per ton. the polished rice for $10 per ton, while rice straw is used as fod ioi. Attempts to make white paper of he straw have proved so successful that there is a slow but steady move? ment toward the erection ol' paper mills in rice sections where the straw can be had almost for the asking. Nothing about rice need be wasted.? New York Times. CURIOUS FACTS. In a recent San Francisco lecture Professor George Davidson, of the University of California, spoke of a lapanese junk thal had been picked up 100 miles southwestward of Santa Bar? bara, with three survivors of a huge *rew, after drifting for 517 days in the Japan current thousands of miles. Thc largest crater in the world ls that of Haleakala, in the Sandwish Islands. Tue circumference of the cra? ter is about twenty miles; its depth, in places, being 21MX) feet. If the interior were cleared of its debris New York City should be placed on the black lava floor and from three to five other big cities put over it before their spires would protrude nt the top. In Anglo-Saxon tim?s when fighting nt banquets was as common as drink? ing, it was customary for the one who rose to drink from the great cup, which passed from hand to hand, to ask some? one to become his pledge, that he ?should not be stabbed while both Bands were raised. The "pledge" rose, :)ften with sword drawn, and stood by the side of the drinker to protect him from treachery. Russian photographers who are lina? llie to get a settlemeut from their sit? ters hang the portraits of the latter jpside down in the showcases before heir studios. The significance of this position is. of course, understood by the general public, and it is said that photographers' debtors in many in? stances hasten to place themselves right again in the eyes of their fellow ownsmeu. "Time was," says the London Chron? icle, "when men wore their hats in ?hurch, aud Pepys evidently consid >red it an unnecessary piece of strict? ness to insist on the hare head in ?hurch. In his diary for Nov. 17. 1061, ie has the entry: 'To church aud heard t simple fellow upon the praise church uusique. and exclaiming against men's .vearing their hats on in church.' On September 28 following be went to the (Trench church at the Savoy, where the minister do preach with his hat iff I suppose iu further conformity frith our Church.' Probably it was ibout this date that the custom ol' re uoving hats in the church began." In the northern part of Japau tho ;row is worshiped. The crow will fly nto the huts of the Ainu at meal inns and help itself to whatever it takes a fancy to in the way of food, or dight in the street on the bundles of ish a woman may be carrying on her (boulder, and satisfy her hunger on he spot. The native would not dream >f disturbing it or checking its depre lations. The people believe thal, after he Good Spirit had created the world he evil one saw that man would die if leprived of light and the heat of the ?un. so he made up his mind to get up me morning before the sun had risen ind swallow it. But the Creator knew ?f his intentions and caused a crow to lefeat this malicious project. As the wil one came along with his mouth >pen to gulp down the sun a crow flew nto it, and so saved the sun. Thus the ?row is held to have a perpetual claim m tiie gratitude and devotion of the nunan race. In China the sun and tho noon, as also the wind and thunder, ire worshiped and temples erected in heir honor. Totem* and Mascotte*. The totems cherished by some of the ndian tribes suggest Hie French mas ?otto. A "totem" is the generic word or a class of material objects which I savage regards with superstitious we, under the belief that between lim and every member of tho class here exists an intimate relation. The otem may be a wolf, a beaver, a Imf alo, a salmon, a snake, tho wind, ilrcb-bark, the leaves of trees, the sun r the snow. But whatever it happens o be, the connection between it and ts protege is mutually beneficial. The idem protects the mau, aud thc man ?stifles his esteem for his protection j not killing it should it be an animal, nd not destroying it should it be a laut. Expensive t>ug Collar*. Dog collars are made of all sorts of nni-preeious stones in effective de? igns. One fashionable style is of lany rows of coral beads, with a irge c!asp of brilliants. A fantastic lllar is of imitation pearls, with a irge vampire-like buckle in front, tho 'ings being of odd blue euaiuel and ie eye of blazing red stones. Hydrogen ii mild roloon. Hydrogen, which heretofore has been jgarded as harmless, is now believed > act as a mild poison. Thia opinion based upon certain observed effects C lt on workmen in thc electric light ations of Dublin, Ireland, where ac unulatori giving off hydrogen were in ??. __ L OLD DOl? Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State. THE NEW VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION, Policeman Killed la a Duel-Two Thousand Men Are Now on Strike in Norfolk ?Col. Baker Fined tor Not Attending Court?President of King College-Death of Judge Charles Grattan. Judge Charles Grattan died ot hearl disease at his home in Staunton, in hi? 69th year. Deceased was born in Rock? ingham county, Va., and belonged to thc distinguished Grattan family oi Scotch-Irish stock. When he was 23 years old he was elected to the Virginia Legislature and served in that body un? til the beginning of thc war between the States. He served in the war first as primate and afterward as an officer. Af? ter the war he began the practice of law in Staunton and was elected Judge ot the Hustings Court in 1887 and contin? ued to hold that office until 1901. He is survived by his widow and five daugh? ters, Mrs. Gilmerc Weston, Radford. Va.; Mrs. S. B. Stover, Lamaure coun? ty, North Dakota; Mrs. Mary G. Ste? phenson, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. W. L. Oli? ver, Jr., and Miss Virginia Grattan, Staunton. The indications now are that the Vir? ginia Constitutional Convention may possibly be kept alive for some time. The Meredith resolution having this object in view will be the first matter to come up when the convention reassem? bles this week. The negroes of Rich? mond and vicinity have started a move? ment to test the validity of the new in? strument. A fund has already been raised for this object and it is claimed that as much money as necessary can be collected. Ex-President of thc Supreme Court Lewis, Hon. John S. Wise, of New York, ex-Senator Thurston, of Ne? braska, and, it may be, other men of national reputation, it is asserted, will be employed in this case. The plan to establish a Baptist Acad? emy at Newport News as a feeder to Richmond College materialized when a board of managers was organized, will George B. West, the founder, as presi? dent. He has given the institution 100 valuable lots. The other officers arc: Maryus Jones, secretary; W. E. Barrett, treasurer, and H. L. Schmeiz. Hamp? ton, auditor. Dr. Boatwiight, president of Richmond College, and Dr. W. E. Hatcher, of Richmond, were present at the meeting. There is now on hand $4800 from the sale of lots. Professor Lignon, of Georgia, will be principal. A special from Bristol. Tenn., to the Roanoke Times says: "News of a fatal duel between James Ellis, a policeman in the town of Elk Park, N. C.. and William Winters, a mountaineer, hai reached here. Hie men fought with pistols and fired several shots. Ellis was killed, while Winters was severely, if not fatally, wounded. Winters was able to ride unaided to a physician across the mountain from the scene ol' the shoot? ing. Winters had a grudge against the officer, who had formerly arrested him for disorderly conduct and handled him roughly, so Winters charges." There is no material change in the strike situation. About 2000 men arc now idle. The greatest annoyance i? caused by the strike of carpenters at work on over 300 houses in course ol erection. General Organizer Odell, oi the Carpenters and Joiners Union, was in the city endeavoring to adjust thc dif? ferences. He advised all carpenters to refrain from work and asserts that his organization is amply able to pay bene? fits for io years. Unless a speedy settle? ment is made it is highly probable that a sympathetic strike will be thc result Col. Harry H. Baker was fined $25 ir the Circuit Court at Winchester b> Judge T. W. Harrison for contempt 0! court in not answering a summons as a witness in a case on trial. Colonel Ba? ker's excuse was that he was called from town on an important business en? gagement and \v\d expected to return in time for court. Thomas D. Ranson, William A. An? derson and George Perkins, commis? sioners, sold at public auction at Staun ton the Guy Run estate, lying in Augus? ta and Rockingli.-.in counties contain? ing 17.325 acres, or 28 square miles, o! mineral land, to William Gordon Fel? lers, a New York capitalist. Rose Hill, in Orange county, near Rapidan, belonging to the estate of O. F. Breesee, of Baltimore, was to have been sold at public aution in New York last week, but as only $60,000 was o|? fercd, and Mr. Breesee had spent about three times that stun on the property, it was withdrawn. A son of Mr. Philip Pemberton died recently in King George county of typhoid fever, and the fatherv another son and two daughters of the same fam? ily now arc all dangerously ill with thc disease. ? Garner Bros, of Lewiselta. arc build? ing a branch telephone line from Lewis etta, in Northumberland county, to Bookers. At the latter point it trill con? nect with thc Northern Neck telephone linc. The handsome new Methodist Church at Chiltons, in Westmoreland county, will bc dedicated on the second Sunday in July by Bishop A. W. Wilson, of Baltimore. Judge J. M. Mullen, of thc Corpora? tion Court of Petersburg, granted a charter to the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association of the United States. Dr. Geo. J. Ramsey, editor for the Johnson Publishing Company, of Rich? mond, was elected president of King College, in Bristol. He has accepted. Dr. Ramsey is a graduate of the Uni? versity of Virginia. At Stafford Courthouse a petition was filed for an election on the question of subscribing to thc stock of the Freder icksburg and Rappahannock Railway Company. Rappahannock and Culpcp er counties have each already voted $50,000 toward this enterprise. Two thousand and more volts of elec? tricity were passed through the body of William Johnson as he stood on top of a Bay Shore Terminal car in Norfolk repairing wires and he was instantly killed. The plumbers on strike in Norfolk talk of opening a co-operative shop. George Schmeiz, president of the Newport News Clearing House Asso? ciation, has declined to be a candidate for thc Democratic Congressional nom? ination. Ephraim B. Baer, an undertaker, died in Augusta county from blood poison? ing contracted while embalming a corpse. . The residence of Mr. Charles Smith, in Madison county, was destroyed by fire. A portion of the furniture was saved. There was no insurance. The mill of Turner Dehaven, situated near Gainesboro, was destroyed by fire, together with all thc contents. Ihe loss is $2ooa oarliallv insured. f TT7G. of trade says:?"T\TT iness is apparent from labor controvu sics, owing to the prosperous conditions of the agricultural sections and thc bright outlook for this year's crops. Re? tail distribution of light-weight wearing ??apparel has felt the stimulus of higher temperatures. Railway earnings in May were 8.7 per cent, larger than last year, and 21.7 per cent, above those of 1900. "There continues to be a wide discrep? ancy between the amount of business offered and the contracts closed in many branches of the iron and steel industry owing to the inability of producers to as? sure delivery at a specified time. "Tardy deliveries of sample pieces by thc woolen mills have caused complain* among the clothiers and fall orders are not placed freely. Wool sells more free? ly at leading Eastern markets and quo? tations are steady. "Grain markets have shown the effect of conflicting crop estimates and weath? er reports. "Failures for thc week numbered 162 in thc United States, against 179 last year, and 20 in Canada, compared with" 23 a year ago. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour?Spring clear, $3.^3.35; best Patent, $4.80; choice Family, $4.05. Wheat?New York No. 2. 78^c; Philadelphia No. 2, 82a82^c; Baltimore No. 2, 81 #c. Corn?New York No. 2, oo^gc; Phila? delphia No. 2, 65I-4a66; Baltimore No. 2. 67^ 368c Oats?New York No. 2, tfifcc; Phil delphia No. 2, 51c; Baltimore No. 2, 50j*C Haj?No. 1 timothy, $!4.50ai5.oo; No, 2 timothy, $13.00314.00; No. 3 timothy, $n.5oai2.oo. Green Fruits and Vegetables.?Aspar? agus?Eastern Shore, Maryland, per dozen, prime. $1.25a!.80. Beets?Nor? folk, per bunch 334c. Blackberries North Carolina, per quat, 9311c. Cab? bage?North Carolina, per crate $ 1.90a 2.00; do, Norfolk, per bri $1.0022,00. Cantaloupes?Florida, per crate $i.coa 2.00. Cherries?Maryland and Virginia, per bri, Red, $3.0034.00. Cucumbers? Charleston, per basket $1.2531.50; do, North Carolina, per basket $1.00a 1.50. Eggplants?Florida, per crate $3.0033.50. Green peas?Anne Arundel, per bu, sugar, 6oa65; do, small, 6;",a8o. Goose? berries? Maryland Virginia per lb 4j^a 5c. Huckleberries?North Carolina, per quart 8aioc. Lettuce?Native, per bush? el box 25335c. Onions?Bermuda, per box $1.7031.75; do, Egyptian, per ssck $2.7533.00. Peaches?Florida, per car? rier $1.5084.50. Pineapples?Florida, per crate $2.7533.50. Radishes?Native, per 100 bunches, white, 75ca$i.oo. Rhubarb ?Native, per bunch 2a2j?c. Spinach? Native, per bushel box 203250. Spring anions, per loo bunches 50360c. Straw? berries?Eastern Shore, Virginia, per quart 639c; do. Maryland, ncr quart 63 io. String beans?Charleston, per basket, green. 75011$ 1.00 do, wax. 50375c. Tomatoes?Florida, per six-basket car? rier, fancy, $2.0032.50; do, fair to good $1.7532.00. Potatoes?Old?White?Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bu. No. 1. 65a7oc; do, seconds, 50a6o; do. New York, per bu. best stock, 65370; do, seconds. 5oa6o; do, Western per bu, prime, 65370. New Po? tatoes?White?Charleston, per bri, No. 1, $3.0033.25; do, seconds, $r.5032.00; do, culls. 75ca$i.oo; do, North Carolina, per bri. No. 1, $2.5033.00. Seed Potstoes.?Mine Honiton. Early Rose, $3.25 to $3.35; alaine grown Bcsu ty of Hebron. $3.25 to $3.35: Maine grown Green Mountain, $3.24 to $3.30. Provision and Hog Products.?Bulk clear rib sides, io)4c; bulk shoulders, 9*4; bulk bellies, il^: bacon clear rib sides, n}4: bacon shoulder* 9M'. sugar cured shoulders, extra broad. 12; sugar cured California hams, Q-ft: hams, can? vased or uncanvased, 12 lbs and over, 13; refined lsrd, tierces, brls and 50-lb cans gross nc. Butter?Separator, 23324c; Gathered Cream, 22a23c; imitation, 19320; Prints, T-lb. 2432=;: Rolls, 2-lb, 23824; D3iry pts. Md.. Ps.."Vs.. ?323. Eggs.?Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen, i5T2ai6c. Cheese.?Large, 60-lb, lOfgaiO^c; medium, 36-lb, io^aio^; picnics, 22-lb, I0T/-3I0-}/i. Live Poultry.?Hens. Ii^aiac; old roosters, each 25330c; spring chicken;. 23324c: young stsgs, 13314c. Ducks, 103 nc. Hides?Heavy steers, association and salters, late kill, 60 lbs and up. close se? lection, Iiai2c; cows and light steers, 8l-j 39c. Live Stock. Chic3go.?Csttle?Mostly 10.115c low? er; good to prime steers $7.3037.90; poor to medium $5a7; stockers 3nd feeders $2.5035.25; cows, $1.4037.50; heifers $2.5036.45; canners $1.4032.40; bulls, $2.7535.75. Texas-fed steers $5.0036.70. Hogs?Mixed and butchers $7.1037.55; good to choice, hesvy $7.4537.62' \; rough, heavy. $7.1037.40; light $6,953 7.35; bulk of ssles $7.1537.45. Sheep Sheep and lambs slow to lower; good to choice wethers $5.0035.50; Western sheep $5.0035.50: native lsmbs, clipped, $5.0036.75. Esst Liberty?Cattle stesdy; choice $7.1537.50: prime $6.7537.25: good $6.00 36.50. Hogs higher; prime heavy $7-508 7.60; mediums $7.20; heavy yorkers $7.1037.15: light do $7.0037.05; pigs $6.8o S&85; roughs $5.0037.00. Sheep stesdy. Best wethers $4.6534.80 culls and com? mon $r.5032.00; choice lambs $6.2536.50; \C3l calves $7.0037.50. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Carpenters are on strike at Quincy, III. Plsning-mill men are still on strike at Portland. Ore. New Bedford, Mass, weavers are on strike, due to a question of wages. Yonkers. N. Y. hatters are on a strike for a 20 per cent, increase in wages. Kansas mine workers have prepared a new scale, due to dissatisfaction over last year's contract. Machinists of the International and Great Northern have struck at Palestine, Taylor snd S3n Antonio. Texss. Because of their inability to procure recognition of tiie muon, needle-makers of Franklin, N. H., are on strike. The journeymen bakers at Glen Falls, N. Y.. have organized and an application has been msde for a charter. Telegraphers of the Western Union at New York City are organising under the direction of the American Federa? tion of Labor. Los Angeles, Cal., has been chosen as me next place for the convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The Boss Bakers' Association and their employes at Hartford, Conn., are rontinuing their warfare against the non-union bakers. The lumbefmen of Chattanooga, Tenn., have organized the Chattanooga Lumbermen's Association as a fraternal md protective union. The strike of the blast furnace work :rs in the Shenango and Mahoning Val? leys has been settled by thc payment of in advance of io per cent, in wages. A compromise between thc contrac? tors and thc striking workmen at Lem bertr. Austria, has been reached ur. to Suffering Women. Dr. Hartman, the Famous Gynaecolo? gist and Inventor of Pe-ru-na, Of? fers to Treat Women Free During the Summer Months. America is the land of nervous wompn The great majority of MBJOOfl women are bo because they are gunering from some form of female disease. By tar the great? est number of female troubles are caused by catarrh. Women afflicted with pelvic catarrh de? spair of recovery. Female trouble is so common, so prevalent, that they accept it as almost inevitable. The greatest obsta? cle in the way of recovery is that they do not understand that it is catarrh which is the source of their illness. In female com? plaint, ninety-nine cases out of one hun? dred are nothing but catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. The following letter was recently re? ceived: 186 W. 38th st.. New York City. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0. Gentlemen: ? "What bread and meat means to the hungry Peruna means to the sick. It is an especially valuable medicin* for sick women. I have found that no med? icine so quickly restores health and places the body in a normal condition. I but voice the sentiments of women who were once sick, but now are in perfect health." MISS LIZZIE SNEATHfN'G. All women who are in doubt as to what their trouble is should write Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, (live him a full descrip? tion of your trouble, previous treatment, symptoms and age. He will promptly re? ply with full directions for treatment" free of charge. This is an opportunity which no ailing woman should miss. Dr. Hart? man has become renowned through his suc? cess in treating women's diseases. His ex? perience in these matters is vast. Corre? spondence is strictly confidential. No tes? timonials published without written con? sent. Dr. Hartman relies principally upon 1'enma ia these cases. Panama cures ca i tarra wherever located. Mrs. Alex. Johnson, 250 University ave? nue, Kingston, Ontario, Can., writes: "I have been a sufferer for years with bearing down pains and back { ache, and got no relief from doctors' prescriptions, 1 commenced taking ?Peruna and after taking the first bottle I felt much better and within a month I wus a well woman, and heirttly recommend it to any woman who is in as poor health as I uas. "?MKS. A. JOHl\SOX. Miss Mabel Meyers, Argentine, Kansas, collector for the Kansas Temperance Union, writes: "Peruna has proved a friend to me, for it cured me when I was sick, and the least I can do in return is to ac? knowledge ita value to thc public. Since I was 17 years old I have suffered with headache! backache and pains in the shoul? der blades. I caught cold easily and my lungs were weak. Catarrh of the lungs wa., what the doctors called'my trouble. I took their medicine for eighteen months without anv benefit, and hearing about Pe? runa I decided to try it. I used nine bot? tles and was restored to health. This was lwo years ago, and I am now in perfect health." If vou do not derive prompt and satis? factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be glad to give you his valuable advice gratis, gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of Tho Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. ALABASTINE FOR YOUR SCHOOL HOUSES Cleanly and Sanitary Durable and Artistic Safeguards Health The delicate tints are made with special reference to the protection of pupils' eyes. Beware of paper and ^erm-absorbing and disease breeding Kalsomines. ALABASTINE COMPANY, Orand Rapids, Mich. I suffered from a difficulty about breathing, a sort of breathlessness which was very distressing. It was always worse on just rising. I thought these spells proceeded from something wrong with the heart, but I believe now it is con? nected with the stomach, for I find Ripana Tabules do me good, and my breathing is better already. I do not have that miserable, de? pressed feeling and can eat and sleep well. At druggists. The Fire-Cent paoket ls enough for an ordinary occasion. Tha family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. Free Test Treatment If yon hara no faith In mr method of treatment, tend me a sample of four morning urine for analreU. I will then tend ron br mall mr opinion of your d i?es?e and one week'a treatment MEt Of AU COST. Yon will then be convluood that mr treatment earea. Mallina caaa and bittle for arina uni free. DR.d. H. SHAP11R, sn penn Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. ADVERTISE IN THIS IT DIVO HAMUNS WIZARD Olt tm neural:;;a ITCHING HUMOURS Complete External and Internal Treatment, One Dollar. 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Millions of Women use Cuticuba Soap In thc form of baths for annoying Irritations, Inflammations, and ex? coriations, or too free or offensive perspir ation, tn the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily" suggest themselves to women, especially mothers. CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS (Chocolate Coated) are a new, tasteless, odour? less, economical substitute for the celebrated liquid CirnoxTBA Resolvent, as well as for all other blood purifiers and humour cures. Fut up in pocket vials, 60 doses, price, 25c. Sold throughout th? world. SoAr.2Sa..OmT*'rirT ,V)?. Ptlx*. 2V. Brituh Depoti 17-fl. Ch?rterhou?e Sq , Lon doa. f'rrnch Depoti 3 Rued* la Palx, Peri*. Pottib Deco aub Cu au. Coar., Bole Prop*. Botton, D. 8. A. nQOPQY NEW DISCOVERY; ?am B*#Vm%*T?V ?B ? quick re'lef and cures woft cases Book of testimonial and IO dnys' treatment Vree. Or. ?? H. (MIEN'S 80X8. BoxS, At ann. Ga I FlSO'S CURE FOR ro CURES WHERE ALI ELSE FAILb. ? 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