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Aid to N ature." !"

"Aye"'S Hair Nigor is a most excel
lent preparation for the hair. ISpcall of
il from my own experience. Its uSc pro-
NOTES the growth of new hair, and makes
il glossy and soft. The Nigor is also IA
sure cure for dandruff.''-J w. Bowen,
Editor " EHqHirer," Macarthur, Ohio.
Bessie II. Bedloe, Burlington. VT,
had IA disease of the scalp, causing !er
hair to become very harsh and dry, and
To fall so freely that she scarcely Jared
comb it. Ayers
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A writer who has practiced sheep
feeding warmly recommends a mixture,
by weight, of corn, oats, peas and mil
let, to every fifteen bushels of which
one bushel of flax seed should be added,
and the whole ground together.
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JAMES FRENCH reports ~ bushels average
from G. w. Kennard y Co.'S Phosphate, great
improvement on previous crops; buys the same
fertilizer again this fall
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GEORGE w. Bolton reports a very large crop
on the Big Meadow farm and is much pleased
with results We have his order ior fall fertilizer
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THOS BLACKISTON. on the Pippen farm, reports
30 bushels to the acre says I've can buy his goods
cheaper from G.. W Kennard y Co. than anyone
else and has always grown big crops from the use
Ol their goods. Wants no other and takes pleasure
in recommending it.
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The Ladies

Prefer Ayers Hair Vigor to any other
dressing for the hair. 1t restores color,
prevents the hair from falling out, pro-
notes its growth, and keeps it soft,
glossy, and free from dandruiT.
Il have used Ayers Hair Nigor for II
number of years, and it has always given
Inc satisfaction. Ii is an excellent dress
ing, prevents the hair from turning
gray, inSures its vigorous growth, and
keeps the scalp white and clean -
Mary \. jackson, Salem, Mass.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Holmes, Maiden, Mass,
certities: 81 have experienced
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Use No Other

Dressing for the Hair while applying
Ayers Hair Nigor, and thus avoid in
terfering with its action on the scalp
and ON the hair-forming glands. The
Nigor, properly applied, will keep the
scalp healthy and clean.
J. i. Williams, Florenceville, Texas,
writes: " Some time ago | lost all my
hair in consequence of measles. After
due waiting, no new growth appeared.
I then used Ayers Hair Nigor and my
hair grew ont thick and strong. II has
apparently come to stay. The Nigor is
rvileutIy "A GREAT
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The above reports are from Kent farmers and
only a lew among many pleased customers
and we have more to come Remember we do not
publish and republish old testimonials; every
thing new and true Call on early. We hou2 ht
early, filled our house early, saved in buying
early and from the way orders are coming in eX-
pect to do a large early and fine business and
save our customers money.
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Great Benefit

from the use of Ayers Hair Nigor. 1t
freed my scalp from humors. and has
restored my hair TO its original color
and healthy condition"
q have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
promoting the growth of the hair, and
think it unequaled. For restoring the
hair to its original color, and for a dress
ing, it cannot be surpassed = Mrs.
Geo. La Fever, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
Miss Sarah j. Gregory, Elizabeth,
y. j., says: Il have used
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JNo. N. DoDD and .INo. LoLLAR, ESqs., report
"A remarkable result on corn ground. seeded late.
and consequently winter killed; the wheat branch
ed greatly, and the head was from to y inches
longer than other wheat SOwn in his iallOw, where
hiph. priced brands of fertilizers made " other
parties. were used. Mr.. IIUllar says that other
fertilizer hnt kennard'e could give such won
derfu result. He knows their worth, having
always grown crop rom their use.
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M MERIT.
InnE2
CECIL.
500 The Season.

Mares proving in foa have the privilege of breeding
back until toaled without advance the seasons price
For further information the catalogues which will be
out February and can be had application to
R.T. G. CROUCH, Supt.
EIKTOHI, MD
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SONNE
ARTIST

Sired by Macey's Hambletonians 1852 (sre of
Basque Bonita 2:2614 the fastest yearold record
over y mile track to date) LIST dam Lottie by
Alcalde 1903. I'd dam Florence by Sir Wallace Sd
dam by Copperbottom.
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Dr.. Ayers

Hair Vigor for a number of years, and
find it very effective in promoting the
growth of the hair
Prepared by DIR. j. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
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uEvutEd tn HrEEdinE and developing the
Standardized HursE.
Elktop Stock Farm.
Stations in Service for Season Of 1889.
STAR DUROC.
30 i s..
I tECORD 2::253I

Sired by Messenger Duroc loo. (Sire of IS in
the $50 list he is also sire of h. c. Lancelot which
sold last year as yearling for S12,500) dam the
Lorilard Mare (the dam of Regulus 264) by
Seely's American Star Il, who has in the 2:30
list; while his sons have added TO- and his daugh-
ters IL to the list.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-30

Baked Tomatoes -Scald and peel
a sufficient number of smooth round
tomatoes; put into deep earthenware
dish. sprinkle plentifully with salt and
pepper; have teacupful or more-ac-
cording to the quantity of tomatoes
of fine cracker crumbs, and spread over
the top. Bake in quick oven from 81
to As minutes. Drop few Jumps OF
butter into the tomatoes and serve.
To make very pretty and serviceable
mats for the saving of carpets in front
of touches, beds or other places where
the carpet is much used, take pieces Oh
old ingram carpeting and cut them In
strips like carpet rags. Ravel two or
three threads on each side, sow them
together and wind them in balls ana
weave like rag carpeting 1t will 'fuzz
up and look very pretty. You can
cut any length you want :, 80
--lodlde OF potassium is salo w
quickly relieve the dull headache ~
often accompanying an ordinary coiu
in the head. Two grains may De us
solved in glassful of water, when 70
to be taken in little sips during nan az
hour.
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URUGUAY.
A Country Which Promises to Be q Pow.
erful Commercial Rival of the
United States.


erful Commercial Rival of the
United States.
We are accustomed to regard Uru-
quay as an obscure and insignificant
country, worth not even thought, but
the commercial strides she is making
show that che means competition with
the United States in the near future.
Chill has taken the -four market of the
west coast of South America away from
Californ a, and Uruguay and the Ar
gentine Republic are soon to meet our
Dakota, illinois and Kansas wheat in
the markets of Europe, while they
threaten an even greater danger to
our cattle interests. With 100.000,O0O
sheep in the Argentine Republic. and
100000 sheep in Uruguay; with 80
100000 cattle in one country and 7,000,-
600 in the other, and only about 4.OOO.-
OOOpeople to furnish domestic consumers
between them, it is easy to see what the
supply of beef and wool and mutton
will soon be for expectation. There
is more cause tor alarm in the ranches
of Uruguay and Argentine than in the
manufactures of England and Germany.
We can compete with FOREIGN indus
tries in the quality and price of mechan.
ical products. but we can not compete
with ranchmen who can put beef cattle
into the market at $40 and S12 per
head.
One of the greatest advantages the
cattle producer of Uruguay and Argen-
tine will always have over those of The,
United States is the pearness of their
ranges to the sea. The present supply
of beef in both these countries for the
export market comes from within a
radius of one hundred miles from an
ocean harbor, in which can be found the
steamers of every maritime nation on
earth except our own. Ocean vessels
can 90 thousand miles up the River
Plata, and five hundred mi es up the
Uruguay River into the heart of the cat
tie country, and almost tie up to the
trees on the ranches, while our cattle
have to be carried 800 to 1000 miirs
on the cars. The geographical and nav
ig BILE conditions of these countries are
such that ours would On'y equal them
if ocean steamers could visit Denve: and
Fort Dodge. Any man of bus: ness can
calculate the difference in the value OF
the product and the differences in prof
it's 1t is c aimed that the cattle com
panies of the countries of which | have
been speaking can sell marketable GERS
at $40 and S12 head and declare thir
ty per cent dividends. -M0nteUide Cor
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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;otne presence seemed to be.~ irwin

Some presence seemed to 6esN - With
me asking me question after question
in rapid succession, which l was inn
PEELED to answer in rhyme. Words or
meter never once failed me, and in one
night | am certain l composed suf-
ficient verses to set dozen poets up in
life; in fact, / had been suddenly
transformed into living, breathing,
rhym;ng dictionary; but the distress
this form of delirium caused me can
hardly be imagined. On the third
night there was an entire change in the
performance; the rhyming power left
me, my eye no more rolled in fine
frenzy, and the delirium was changed
to diOramic entertainment-to-w wit, in
my travels and voyages around the
world, / had gazed on many beautiful
coast scene from my cabin; these scenes
were framed. as it were, by the round
portfolio, and very pretty pictures they
often made. each one varied as the
weather or climate varied, but always
having the sea in the foreground,
weather calm and serene, or ruff1ed
and angry; the sky above, whether
blue with fiocks of snowy cloudlets or
dark and lowering with the coming
storm, and the landscape in the middle.
Now back from the realms of memory
came those circulating pictures, one by
one, and by the hundreds gliding be-
fore my half-closed eyes like dioramic
scenes of enchantment. MY recovery
was long one, but hope had renewed
in my heart, and in three months |
could walk as many miles. Sleep, too,
returned to bless me, and / felt indeed
a new man. Blessings on the rough
kindness of that good and clever doc
tOr.-Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
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CD fnasss, Chose we're fie days OF al.
luvial deposits. of big nuggets LOOKING
the diggers in the face, so to say. Large
portions of the colony of Victoria were
then veritable Tom Tidaler's Ground.
where gold was to be had for the pick
ing up, for the scooping out. for the
shoveling together. The consequences
was that everybody, from all parts of
the world, who had little money
and great deal more energy and
pluck. started for the d ggiugs There
was proportion of weakened breth-
rem. whose pluck vanished as quickly as
their money did. and it soon became
case of the survival of the tittest. There
was left residuum real Give men"
as the Americans say, and those live
men and their sons have made Mel
bourne what she is-ma gniticent and
marvellous. George augustus Sala, in
London Telegraph.
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VOLCANIC RELICS.
Curious Natural Formations to Be Seen II
Northwestern New Mexico.

Curious Natural Formations to BE Seen in
Northwestern New Mexico.
During the past summer Captain G.
E. Dutton, of the geological survey, has
been studying some remarkable relics
of ancient volcanic action in the north
western portion of New Mexico. They
consist of a multitude of needle-like
peaks rising out of the broad valley
bottoms to attitudes varying from 1000
to 1900 feet. They are called CHM
neys by the residents. They are COM
posed of black basaltic lava, having
beautiful cofumnar structure like the
basalt of the Giants causeway. They
are remnants of lava which once rose
up out of the earth through the strata
and CONCEALED in the volcanic pipes or
vents. In later periods the strata which
inclosed them have been dissolved away
and removed by the general erosion of
the country. leaving these basaltic cores
projecting many hundreds of feet in the
air, as casts of the volcanic pipes or pas
sages through which the ancient towers
rose to the surface. The proof of this
origin is conclusive. Around the val
leys in which they stand rise lofty ia
bles or plateaus known in the west as
mesas. These are capped with heavy
sheets of basalt, and beneath them are
the stratified sandstones and shales of
the western coal fields. In the walls
and upon the slopes of these mesas may
be seen many of those chimneys in
every stage of partial disinterment,
some nearly excavated, some half dis
entombed, and some just beginning to
appear, as the mesa walls still have
remnants of the old cinder cones upon
their SUBMITS, while from those which
are wholly OF in the greatest part exca-
waited all traces of the cinder cones
have disappeared. Thus the veritabIe
roots of the ancient volcanoes are un-
earthed and laid open to the inspection
of the geolOgist. The locality where
these volcanic ''necks" (for this is the
technical name given them by geol-
ogists) are seen lies along the eastern
flank of Mount Taylor, one of the great
extinct volcanoes of the west. 1t is
about sixty miles west of Rio Grande,
and seventy miles northwest of Albu-
querque.-Bostom Transcript.
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A CURIOUS TRIBE.

The Sakeis of the Malay Peninsula ant
Their Habits and Custo ms.
The report of the Resident in the
Sta e of Selangore, in the Malay PENN.
sula, Or the last year contains some
curious Information with regard to Sab.
original tr hes" called TIE Sakeis, who
numb.r between seven hundred and
eight hundred. They are in nine divi'
sions, IN er head-men ca u Baths,
and they live mainly by collecting gut.
ia, rattans and other jungle pTo,.uce.
As far as is known they have 10 form
of religious worship, but they are very
superstitious. relieving good and BAG
omens, the sacred character OF certain
birds, and they always desert a vii age
as unlucky on the death of any member
of the tribe. They tattoo figures or
their arms. but apparently only for tbs:
sake of ornament and do not use any
specially significan figures, pecu lar tt
each tribe analogous to tie tot ms o.
the North American Indi Ms. They
consider no kind of ed BILE tooC
unclean, but eat even mon.
keys, snakes and scorpions
which they kill by means of blow-p:pe'
throwing dart poisoned with the juice
of the poh or upas tree. For large
game they use kind of cross-bow, CON
sisting of sharpened bamboo spear
placed horizontally on grooved log
and bent sapling fastened back by
rattan cord. This cord is stretched
across path in the jungle, and, on be-
ing touched, releases the sapling will
sufficient force to drive it completely
through deer's body. The Saheis live
in small huts built of bamboo ant
matched with leaves of The Bertan
palm, raised eight feet or more abov'
the ground. They are shy and easll.
frightened. but are quite harmless, ant
are gradually becoming accustomed
Europeans, by whom they are employe,
to track game and cut paths through
the Jungle. They are small in stature
but are otherwise very similar in ap
pearance to the Malays, from whom
they differ. however, in usually havln.
wavy instead of straight growing haif
A few Malays are attached to ever.
Sakei community to act as go-betweeS
in the sale of their produce. ana IN
officials have received special lnsirnc
tions to protect these aboriginal tfioes
Mature.
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THE ohoULs' BELL.

Ger the tombs Of pious people.
In quaint and ancient steeple,
Hangs q bell
A haunted belll.
And ghouls do the knelling;
And people tell,
When the winter blast Ia swelling
Around each humble dwelling,
Or the summer sun Is shining
Ger the tender vines entwinlng,
How spirits dwell
And claim the ancient steeple astneir OWN
And they tremble when the tone
Of the bell
Like the angry wind doth moan,
Like grieving soul doth grOans
ThrO' the dell!
And they cross themselves, the people,
When they gaze upon the steepie-
The haunted bell!
And at midnight when it's swaying
The people tell
Their beads, and keep on praying,
plea for mercy saying;
And they hear the ghOulish laughter
Ringing from each dusky rafter
And in each hollow knelli
They hear the Fri king mutter,
And his mdledictiOns utter,
And they swell!
On the dusky folds of night,
With the speed of elfsh might,
ThrO' the dell!
And the simple village people,
And the quaint and ancient steeple,
And the bell,
The haunted bell
That ghouls are ringing,
Still do dwell,
Where the flOwery vine is swinging,
Where the tender buds are springing.
Where beauty is in hiding,
Meath the German skies bidng.
And the knell
Echoes DER an azure river
Where the golden sunbeams culver.
And the smell
Where the violet pale repOses
Near the open hearted roses
Fills the dell!
ALFRED EnSiQn,
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"A Frencfman has made his suicide
remarkable by dropping from the tower
of Notre Dame.
The refusal by a teetotal tailor to
make Clothes for rumsellers is q new
cause Cor temperance discussion in
London.
The classic Tiber is once more to
become commercial highway, line
of steamers having been built to run
between Rome and Genoa.
-Ons of the large English war YES
sells, the Resistance, is to be coated
with India rubber to q considerable
thickne's, to see how that material will
repel pI ojectiles.
"A French musician has succeeded
in making piano from musical stones.
The tiints are suspended by wires from
a sound ng board and are played upon
by two other fiints.
The museum of st. Petersburg has
bank note probably the oldest in ex-
istence. 1t is of the Imperial Bank of
China, issued by the Chinese Govern
ment, and dates from the year 1899 be-
fore Christ.
The winner of the grand prize
($10,00OO at Baden races this year be-
longs to an analytical chemist, who
bought her for $l65. She has since
won him ten races, worth from $50, 900
to $50, ZOO, and would fetch as much at
auction.
Sir Lyon Playfair has ascertained,
in the course of some inquiries into
the manufacture of lacifers-of which
it appears every English person con-
a few families who adhere to the tinder-
box. and for whom tinder-boxes are
manufactured.
Among the wedding presents of
Mile. De kravura, young lady con-
nected with the princelv Russian house
of Suwaa'off, was quaint little model
of Russian house in gold, with door
of emeralds and diamonds, which,
when it is opened, discloses portrait.
After q severe illness an English
man shaved off his whiskers and other
wise disguised himself. He then went
to his doctor and said he was brother
of the sick man, who, he asserted, was
now dead. He thus obtained certifi-
cate of his own death, had his own de-
cease rexiste red, drew the burial money
from his lodge and decamped.
The late Earl of Dysart, Life (Lon-
dong says, was one of the most eccen-
trio of noblemen. Though h. had
splendid park near Grantham, and very
great. not to say unbounded, wealth,
he chose to live in two rooms on the
second floor of a house on Norfolk
street Strand, where he allowed nobody
to see his face. Indeed, it is said that
when he ed new pair of boots or
shoes the son of St. Crispin, who sup
piled his lordship, had to measure his
feet on the outside of his sitting room
door, the noble legs to which they be-
logged be ng thrust through the door
panels.
One of the most obstinate duels
sver fought was between the Earl of
Lonsiale and Captain Cuthbert. of the
Life Guards, in June. 1892. They fired
together. Lord Lonsdale's shot passed
through the frill of his opponents
shirt. The seconds having endeavored
to ad ust the matter, but the principals
remaining obstinate, they again fired,
but with no effect. The seconds then
insisted that IS neither would make the
first concession. the principals should
advance toward each other, step for
step, and both declare in the same
breath that they were sorry for what
had happened. This ingenious plan
was agreed to.
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.
HUMOROUS,

whats the matter?" the school.
mistress asked. Backs sore, ma am I"
'What made it sore?" "Pop pounded
his thumb with Ratchet this mornin'
and laughed"
-Sunday-Schoo Teacher Ito new
pupiD-''We are taught by the Bible
that when some one smites us on one
cheek we should turn the other to him.
Isn't that beautiful sentiment"
Eyes, a'am." '.Now, if an enemy
were to smite you on one cheek, what
would you do?" I'D pound der top
of his head off. NEBRASKA State
Journal
--Parson-''You are total abstain
er, believe, Mr.. Flint" Farmer
Skin1int-''Yes, sir, / be. l never
tasted liquor but once, and that was to
tho county fair twenty-three years ago.
Hez Hawbuck treated me three times
that day, and I got jest dizzy enough
to let some scamp pass a lead nickel on
me. When found that out says to
myself: You've had enough an !
amt teched a drop sence, nor amt
a-goin' ter!'-Epoch.
"A gentleman and lady whom he
did not know were seated vis-a-vis in
q compartment of a railway train.
Not a word was exchanged for some
time. All at once the gentleman threw
down the paper he had been reading
and attempted to kiss the lady. ''Oh.
monsieur she cried, ''what au-
dacity.' "A thousand pardons, mad.
am. My sight is a little dim and
thought the train was passing through
q tunnel Texas Siftings.
-"Mr. Spouter," said the spokes-
man of the committee, 1--WE have called
to ask you, as the 'silver-tongued ora
tor of Biggsville,' to make pre-
sentation speech for us tomorrow
evening. 1t will be Gagstatter's tenth
wedding anniversary. and we are
going to give him little surprise"
Gentlemen. replied Mr.. Spouter,
with some severity, lean you expect a
silver-tongued orator to speak at tin
weddingP" Tribune
-Committeeman-''Theb boys want
to buy a presentation gift for the al
derman. Show me something first
class" Salesman-"Here is beauti-
fully-chased water-pitcher. You can
have it for $500" Committeeman
ear too small and expensive! Show
me something else" Salesman-"Per-
haps this plated punch-bowl would
suit. 1t holds two gallons and costs
only $25." Committeeman" Just the
thing. I'll take it. Jewellers Week.
".
SPICE Cake. One and one nalf cun
OF sugar. one cup of good coffee one-half
cup OF butter. two eggs. one good tea
spoonful each of cinnamon and cloves
with little nutmeg, two full teaspoon
fuls OF baking powder mixed thoroughly
with two and two-thirds cups of flour.
Cream butter and sugar then add the
other ingredients, except the eggs.
which should be we'll beaten and added
last Bake in moderate oven.