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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
tie needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
feys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but 1t Is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered
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Future of Horse Growing.

notwithstanding the talk about the
''borseless carriage" and the use OF
electricity reducing the demand for the
employment of the horse, it will be
many years before man, if he ever does,
learns to do without the horse. There
never has been enough first-class coach
horses to supply the market. The farm
err should confne himself to the heavy
draft and omnibus or light draft
horses. 1t will pay to buy good, sound,
large, heavy draft colts, and raise
horses capable of meeting the demands
of the ADMINISTRATION Cultivator.
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WENT HOME 70 DIE.


The old Mama Fnce was Wreathoa n
Smiles When They Found Him.
They told me in the dining car OF 4
train on the Louisville & Nashville
road that in the smoking car was an
old colored man who was going south
to see his old plantation home again
before death claimed him. By and
By / went In to have talk with him.
He was wrinkled and white haired, and
evidently yeryold, and when expressed
wonder that his friends In Kentucky
should have let him set out on such q
long journey he replied:
"Dey just couldn't help deirselves,
sab. / tole de chill'en was bound to
cum, an dey jes had to let me-"
"And how long since you left the
old plantation?"
sway back In wah times, sab. dun
went right off wild some Yankee sogcrs.
an iiat's de last / cher did see of Mars,
Thomases folks. lie gwine down "
'sprise 'em,"
"where Is it?"
"Jest leetle ways out o. Selma. DeS
tell me da' am great changes bout
Selma, but rcckon / kin walk right
down de road an find de plantashun
In de night. Dress de Lawd. sab, but
/ doan' reckon 1 could hev closed my
eyes in death Il dey hadn't let me ctiin.
Oars bin SIGH longin' to see de Ole
place agin dat / couldn't stand IT,"
Three or four Of us Clipped in to
get his meals and make him comfort
able, but we saw that the Journey was
telling on his strength. On the morn
ing of the day we were to reach Selma
l could see that he was weak and ner-
vous, and when I sat down beside him
he said:
''Ize feelin' sort o. skeart bout my
self dis mawnin'. / had a dream last
night dat / was walkin' long de road
an met a funeral, an when axed
who was gwine to be buried q white
man spoke up and said:
"'Pon my soul, il dat hain't Mara
Thomases old niger job, who ruined
off doorin' de wehi Heah boy, let me
tole you soinethin'. Yo' has cum too
late 10 see yOr olc IndISs uut \ MIN III
de coffin, an he was akin bout yo'
jes de day befo' he died."
/ told him that dreams did net sig
Nifty, and after bit had him quite
chirped up. ! got him some tobacco
for his pipe, saw that he had breakfast,
and as / left him he smiled all over with
happiness. as he said:
"Only two hours mo- to Selma! lie
moas dun got derei"
Thirty minutes later the conductor
beckoned to three or four of us to
come into the smoker. The old mar
sat in his chair, leaning against the
side of the car, and seemed to be sleep
ing.
"He's been dead ten minutes" quiet
iy observed the conductor, "and he
died as peacefully as child falling
asleep!"
So he had. There was smile on his
old black face--a smile of anticipa-
ton, and the pipe had not fallen FROM
his fingers. Death had come like
soft and fleecis mantle.
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

The R0thschilds aFe believed TO b
all together worth 81, o00, 0o0. 600.
The estate Of the late Eben D. Jordan
Of Boston, Is estimated at 81, 600 900.
Whiieiaw Reid, the editor OF the New
York Tribune, Is spending the winter
In Phoenix, A. T., whose climate, he
says, is better than that Of Cairo.
The presidents who were over go when
inaugurated were: William Henry Har-
rison, 6s; Zachary Taylor, CO; Buchan-
an, 66; Jackson, 62, and John Adams, 81.
DIR. Meiancthon Storrs, who has just
been elected president of the Hartford
Conn Medical society, was graduated
from Yale in 1882 and was one of the
leading surgeons in the union army
during the war.
Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, is said to
have struck it rich in California gold
mines. He is in partnership with man
who owns a cattle ranch on the San
jgaquin, H'ho has discovered a great
placer deposit of unusual richness.
Mrs. Hannah Lovett died at Nashua,
N. H., recently at the age OF LOG years.
She was born in county Kerry, Ire
land, and her nge was authenticated.
All OF her ten brothers and sisters lived
more than 90 years, and one brother
died at Merrittac, Mass, few years
ago at the age OF 1o5 years.
John ~. Macaay, the American mil
iionaire, has sent to the city Of Nancy,
France, large sum Of money fo- the
purpose OF erecting a statue OF Jeanne
dare, by Lorraine sculptor, upon the
square of st. Nicholas Du Port, where
in 1929 Jeanne offered prayers to he.
pafron saint
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Time and Tide.

sTime and tide wait for no man." saith
the adage but there are many other things
OF the non-waiting kind which will not be
put of and ought not to be. Half the mis-
cry OF the world Is caused by delay, and
which demands prompt attention, especially
in mid-winter, when the cold accelerates its
action and intensifies pain. If allowed to have
its way, it will wait for no man in its rapid
development of the chronic stage. When
this is reached, then come troubles, not
only in its misery but in many ways where
o helpless condition throws the sufferer out
OF work and money. But whether in its
acute, chronic or inflammatory stage, don't
wait. The tide of pain will go on and so
will loss of time. At the same time we all
know that st. Jacobs Oil is made and sold
for the express purpose Of curing the worst
cases In their worst form at any stage. 1t
has cured and will cure In nine cases out of
ten.
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The lew prize OF corn will be strong
temptation for the farmers to return
to the old habit of using it as the ex-
elusive grain food for the hogs on
grass or in dry pens. 1--WE have for
years protested against it," says Wal.
laee's Farmer; believing 1t to be not
the CAUSE OF cholera, but tie meahs Of
Weakening the constitution so that il
is more liable to diseases which pass
Under the name, and which results Ia
lack of Vitality which renders the
animal more likely to succumb to what
ever disease may come along. Corn it.
self does not contain all the elements
needed for the growth of any kind of
farm antmal. It ~ fatteaipn food and
fed alone it is not a proper food fof
growth. Oats are cheap now, potatoes
are very cheap, beans and shorts are
cheap, skim milk and buttermilk are
cheap, and all Of these, or any, will
tend to balance up the ration and tend
70 maize eprn q ft fced for growing
stock. Corn can be fed to great adTaia~
tage to balance up the skim milk, or,
rather, the skim milk AID buttermilk
can be used to balance up the corn,
these being albuminous or fiesh-form-
ing foods, while corn furnishes the
carbohydrates and fat; or heat and fat
formers: II these are lacking Id GUAM
tity, or altogether, then we say feed
oats, and by all means have clover
pasture. For the next month pump
kins will form an excellent variety.
Do not hesitate to feed the hogs the
small potatoes. If it is inconvenient
to boil them, SO tnuch the better.
Boiled potatoes and clover pasture will
make an excellent change from the
whole corn diet. If bran can be had,
or better still, with shorts at $40 ton,
we would say buy it. If none of these
can be had then we would say use oil
meal which is cheaper now than it has
been for long time past. We would
even risk cotton-seed meal, but would
feed very sparingly, as for some rea-
son, yet undiscovered, fed In any large
amount 1t is death to the hog. What
we are aiming at is to warn our read.
ers against the danger of exclusive
corn feeding, which, though it may not
result in disease, will result in lack of
constitution, small bones and tenden-
cy to produce hogs that are mere gobs
of fat, and not the healthy, firm meat
that is so desirable in the markets.
American Corn and Hog Journal.
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The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarf'h
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, q.
Sold by Druggists, S5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Keep the Breeding Sow In Good Condi.
tiOn.

Experienced swine breeders assert
that spring pigs can be made to weigh
over $50 pounds by fall, If the sow 10
kept in prime condition up to and after
narrowing, in order to make her an ex.
cellent feeder, and afford an abun.
dance of milk for the pigs. Feed her
literally, and put in the drinking water
little salt and & teaspoonful of salt
peter once a week. Wean the pigs
when twelve weeks old, and continue
the same treatment for the pigs
Southern Cultivator
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WHERE Df5 foT osT rms COFFEE ;

Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our
Church out for tea, forty of them, ana
all pronounced the German Coffeebe1ry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about it! IS packages Earliest
vegetable seeds $i.09.
Ii rot wifi ctr THIS orT AND SEND
with 15c. stamps to john A. s..lset Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get free a
package of above great coffee seed and
our 14s page catalogue! Catalogue
alone sc. postage. (K)
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compost HEAPS.
eds Of Advice IS to Their Man.

IDS Of Advice as to Their Man
Agement.
ging the compost heaps,
h we have a good many in
his season, it is most i'm /.
;nard against the escape of
~ They should be COW
18th packed down, and pro-
the weather. Acid phos-
xed with the compost, will
materially aid in conserv-
ia. but il can Dst be used If
resent. The application of
5 found particularly benefi-
e the land Is heavy. On lighk
5 advantage Is not so marked.
heeessity t5r the eeoae@iesl ssss
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When they contain the germs Of malaria.
To annihilate these and avoid and CONQUER
chiils and fever, bilious remittent or dumb
ague, use persistently and regularly Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which also rem
edies dyspepsia, liver trouble, constipation,
loss Of strength, nervousness, rheumatism
and kidney complaint. Appetite and sleep
are improved by this thorough medicinal
agent, and the infrmities of age mitigated
by it. A wineglassful three times day.
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as poor as church mice; but since her mar
riage to wealthy John Gotmore she has it
easy.n the Visitor-"Easyl should say
sol Why, she hasn't q single thing to do
all day but sit and worry. n-Puck.
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Whenever there IS bounteous fruit
crop vegetables are not cared for az
they should be. It is always best to
have a little variety laid by for winter
use, for before another crop is harvest
I'd they will be hugely appreciated.
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81 TELL you, Binks, tennis is great
game-n "Really, Jones, you should be more
careful in your English. Tennis ,cds q great
Eume Bazaar.
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MISS OLDuN (playfuliy) -"rm older than
tt.n-Tit-Bits
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WE cannot too often think there is a never
sleeping eye, which reads the heart, ana
registers our thoughts.--Bacon.
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"WHAr did ron buy this piece Of music
forf' asked Mr.. barley, Grossly, as he took
up sheet from the piano. u bought 1t Tor
. song" replied Mrs. barley, sweetly.-De
troit Free Press.
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WHY Time glides so swiftly
All history shows,
That the reason of this
Is by cycle he goes.

THE mind Is found most acute and most
uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, in
deed, species of sagacity-a passive sa-
gacity. Fools are never uueasy.-G oethe.
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EvAyGELIsT-"Do you ever have any re-
vivals in your town?" Mr.. Bute-"Nope;
they mostly dies once they gifts plugged.h-
Judge.
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A SERIors CnAReE.--Alkan nke-"Why
didn't you stay In Texasf" Panhandle
Pete-"Them people down at Cowskin City
charged too much.n Elbow do you meanf'
charged me with stealin' . boss. Puck.
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Mr. K. {who has bow-iegs, to the pho
tographer) mercy's sake, hurry up, !
can't hold my knees together any longer"
-Fliegende Blaetter.
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"SAY, Jimmie, d yer maliclx yeri' NAV,
you bet she didn't - ssGeei you got OF easy
"Yep; you see she was 'fraid I'D boiler 50
loud I'd wake the baby"
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800 Reward 800.

To HAVE what we want is riches, but to
be able to do without is power.-G. Mac
donald
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"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" are an
eftectual remedy for all Bronchial Affections.
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Nor An ENTHUSIAST HERsELF.-Mrs. Up
ton Greene fwho has been watching an
italian collect cigaf stumpsl-"Dear me!
I've heard OF this mania for collecting
things, but that's carrying fad too farP'-
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HuIsov-sShalI you send your son to col
legep' Millson-HWhst's the usei He
could not achieve any honors-" Hillson-
aHasn't he brains enough" Millson-
ssBrains-braipss He has enough for two;
but he's fast losing his hair, and no foot
ball team would have him"
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MRA GossIPy-4sI think young Mr.. Chat
ter is delightful conversationalist." Mr..
Gnssipy-"Well, yes, he succeeds pretty
SAP. Truth.
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Piso's Cure is the medicine TO break up
chiidren's Coughs and Colds Mrs. IA. =.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March s, ~.
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A OLD q the hills-The valleys.

"AIL ! demand for my Client" shouted
the attorney, In the voice Of a man who was
paid for It, IFS iusticep' 'I'm very sorry 4
can't accommodate you," replied the Judge,
more than fourteen years."-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
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A REroRrER, in describing the murder Of
. man named Jorkins, said: "The murderer
was evidently in quest Of money, but, luck
ny, Mr.. Jorkins had deposited all his funds
In the bank the day before, 30 that he lost
nothing but his life. "--TitrBits.
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TIE ExAaGERATIvx AoBNT.-"Now Is to
the salary" .Fifty per cent. Is what l
shall expect" ssWhati Fifty per cent. OF
the grossin ssDear me, no. Fifty per cent.
Of what your press agent viii say you ara
paying mel "Or'-1ndianapoli Journal
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Hrs REssoS.-sWhy did Brumley say that !,
he was not o her0f7 he Is ms own Saies. !
Detroit Free Press.
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aOSE soweth and another reapetn' Is
verify that applies to evil as wen as GOOD
George Eliot.
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FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Resforer Motifs afterfiist days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and ~ trial bot
tie free DR.. Kline, 81 Arch St., Phila-, Pa.
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AIrrnSArs rest and labor long endure
Ovid. --
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stSoxs folks said Unc!c Ebrn, ssgifs &c
reputation OF bcin, great leaders, when, cz o
matter err TACK, dey Is jes' bein' showed for-
ward rum behind. IL Washington Star.
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Hoods Pills Msed nsE ssfsaSssSa . e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-13
THE FACTS FOR WAGE RNERS.

There are about | 10000 male wage earners
of the voting age. Not so many are now en-
poyed, but so many would be If occupation for
labor were as full and wages as good as in 1890,
when the last census showed about l0,001,o00.
for the increase in population since. according TO
the Treasury estimate. has been l42 per cent.
In like manner there should now be. OF the in
creased population about :, $40 600 farmers, and
about 2WjO.UOO business men, including mer
chants, bankers and brokers. officials of cor
porations, and proprietors of hotels. restaurants.
saloons, livery ard other business concerns and
manufacturers. The wage-earners would settle
every question If they wee united And they
have n deeper interest than anybody else in pre-
serving the soundness Of money in which their
wages are paid. Probably all Of them know, in
a general way. that wages do not easily rise
But not all realize how surely and how greatly
depreciation of money robs wage-earncrs by
causing imitation of prices.
In the following comparison the wages Of
1105 classes Of hands. as given in the census of
1880 volume on wages, are averaged for each
year The prices, not widely differing from
those of the Senate Finance Committee for the
years named are from Mr.. GroSvcnor's tables
because the tabulations of the committee are
for January only, whereas averages are here
given for quotations at various points through
each year and, moreover. TO each article its
relative Importance IL allotted. In the third col
umn is given the value of wages expressed IN
quantities Of all commodities which those wages
would buy according to the average OF prices
for the year. The imitation Of wages came first
when multtudes of men were withdrawn from
labor for service in the Army. while prices de
cllned In gold until after the suspension OF gold
payments By the banks, and the Issue Of legal
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THE EASTERN CRISIS.

THE London Chronicle" does not mention the
date on which, according to its veracious vatic-
nations Great Britain and Russia are 10 take
Joint action for the protection of both Crete and
Armenia from further Turkish ouirages. The
omission can however, readily be supplied. The
date in question is the Greek Kalcnds. On no
other could so fantastic a scheme be realized
The simple proposition, of joint action by those
two Powers, is sufficiently chimerical. But
when IT is remembered that only a few months
ago Russia refused to agree to intervention in
Armenia but insisted that Turkey should have
a free hand to harry that unhappy country, and
that only few days ago Russia was strongly
in favor of Intervention in Crete against the
Christians and ia behalf of the Turks and Mos
lem Greeks, then the idea of her joining Great
Britain in an exactly opposite policy is saved
from being farcica only by the inexpressible
tragedy of the whole situation
Great Britain was the one Power in Europe
that was sincerely intent upon saving the Ar
menians from determination. Her fault was in
deferring to the urgent protcstations of Russia,
and not venturing to move alone in the matter
Had she placed half dozen Of her batle-ships
of Scragl0 Point, the outrages and massacres
In Armenia would have come to a sudden end
anu not ahOtner european Power would have
ventllred even to remonstratc In the present
case she has acted with more courage. She has
Indignantly rejected the hideous proposition that
her fleet in those waters should he used to aid
the Turks in crushing the Cretans and has
plainly signified that her sympathies are with
the latter IN their struggle for freedom. That
is an attitude more worthy Of the foremost
Christian Power Of the Old World
Matters in Crete have, however. now reached
n crisis. and ii is difficult TO see now the Powers
can avoid taking some action. Turkey has not,
as was rumored, agreed TO grant the reforms
demanded by the Cretans. She has. on the con
trary. positively refused 10 grant them, and has
announced her determination TO suppress the
agitation In the island by force OF arms She