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An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport; or rather the sole of booty ls
so great as to attract hunters. The
Arabs give themselves to it with real
passion. Mounted on their fine little
horses they try as much as possible to
fatigue the ostrich, for as it is eight
feet high and has very strong legs it
possesses a quickness of movement
which the best horse cannot attain.
1t has great endurance. Overtaken by
the hunter, it seeks to defend itself
with its feet and wings, but more Of
TIN it still strives to escape by flight,
uttering a plaintive cry. In fact, the
ostrich is deprived of the power OF
fight by reason of its great size. The
muscular force with which nature has
endowed it is not equal to lifting such
6 weight. 1t peculiar organization
has made it the courier of the desert,
where it is able TO quickly traverse
the almost limitless expanse. The
Arab knows very we'll that it is the
habit of the ostrich to make great de.
tours about its nest in a circle. He
chases it tten without ceasing until it
is almost there, when, worn out. it
succumbs, concealing its head in the
sand in order not to see its enemy. or
instipctively hoping to escape a dan
ger which it cannot see any more.
This chase requires eight or ten
hours. but it offers large rewards.
The plumes are worth considerable
sum, the skin makes good leather and
the Arabs are very fond of the flesh.
Besides, in spite OF the fact that it re-
produces its species rapidly, the os-
trich is all the time becoming rarer,
and it is hunted for export and do
mestication in other countries. 1t is
one OF Airica's great resources and
may become a new source of prosper
isy to Algerians if they are willing to
nake the effort. The truth of the
saying, ''the stomach of an ostrich, Z"
has been confirmed recently by an
autopsy on one, doubtless for time
captive. when the following was found
in it's stomach: A parasol handle, two
keys, two great pieces of coal, agloTe,
a handkerchief, pair of eyeglasses, a
ring, a comb, three large rocks, the
necks OF two beer bottles, the sole OF
q shoe, bell and little harmonica.
PARIS Univers Illustre.
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A Clock Of Bread Crumbs.

There exists at Milan, Italy, clock
made OF bread crumbs. 1t was made
$50 years ago by man who had not
the meal to buy the metal necessary
FOR the constru ,tion of the works,
This workman hit upon the ingenious
idea of taking his bread crumbs from
day to day and solidifying them by
means OF a strong addition of salts.
Thus he managed to obtain very
hard matter, which could not be dis
solved in water, with which he con.
structed the clock in question, which
is of one the euriosities OF the capital
OF Lombardy.
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Destruction of Sodom aud Gomorrah.

Destruction Of Sodom aud GomOrrah.
The destruction of the Oldest seats
of civilization and culture in the
Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea dis
tricts, namely, that of the four cities
of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and
Zeboim, is one of the fixed facts of
earliest tradition, and for the critical
geologist the phenomenon presents no
difficulty, as far as 1t can be traced at
sll. The tragedy was caused by
sudden break of the valley basin in
the southern part of the Dead Sea, re.
sulting i'll the sinking Of the soil,
phenomenon which, without any
doubt, was in intimate connection
with catastrophe in nature, or an
earthquake accompanied by such
sinking OF the soil along one or more
rents in the earth, whereby these
cities were destroyed or "overturned,"
30 that the Salt Sea now occupies
their territory. The view that this
sea did not exist ut all before this
catastrophe, or that the Jordan before
this period flowed into the Mediter-
ranesn Sea, contradicts throughout
all geological and natural science
teachings connecting the formation OF
this whole region. That the Pentapolis
at one time was situated in the south
srn part of the Dead Sea, which is
now called Sebeha, is proved also,
among other things, by the probable
location at this place of Zoar, the
place which escaped destruction in the
days of Lot; in accordance, too, with
the writers of antiquity and OF the
middle ages, including the Arabian
geographers. AS yet nothing certain
gan be determined concerning the
location of the four other cities, viz,
Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and zeboim.
of which names only that of Sodom,
in Djebel Usdum, is found reflected in
any place in these precincts. And
sven apart from geological and geo.
graphical reasons, this seems to be
the natural thing, as the book OF
Genesis rep, esents these places as hav-
ing been thoroughly destroyed with
ont leaving any trace or remnant be-
hind. The fact that now these dis
tricts are dreary waste, and by the
Arabian geographer Mukaddasi called
. "hill," is no evidence that in earlier
times this was not different, and this
valley not really vision of paradise,
DIR. Max Blanckenhoru.
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EXPERIMENTS ON RvERY Farm.

Most farm work is experimental.
There are few ruts which ali farmers
get into, but aside from these almost
everything the farmer does is 80 sub
ject to varying conditions that its re.
suit cannot be surely forecasted. For
his own protection the farmer is
obliged to try both early ad late seed
ing. Sometimes one and sometimes
the other will produce the best results.
Thus each year every farmer must be
accountability new facts to modify his
previous conclusions. They are, too,
facts that are generally use sppreia-
tingly, for they are reasoned about by
men who know that their success de-
pends on making use of what their
dealing with nature has taught them.
Yet none the less such farmers read
with interest of experiments made on
farms devoted exclusively for such
purposes, and which, being supported
by the State, can make experiments
that are impossible for average
farmers. Cultivator.
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Grants Toilet in Camp.

General Horace Porter, in his
"Campnigning with Grant," in the
Century, says: In the night OF the
18th Lee began to move troops to his
right. Grant now directed Hancock's
corps to be withdrawn and massed be-
hind the centre of our line, so that it
could he moved promptly in either
direction. When the General got
back to camp that evening his clothes
were mass of mud from head to foot,
his uniform being scarcely recog-
nizable. He sat until bed time with
out making any change in his dress !;
he never seemed particularly incom-
moded by the travel-stained condition
of his outer garments, but was scrupu-
lously careful, even in the most active
campaigns, about the cleanliness OF
his linen and his person. The only
chance for bath was in having bar
rel sawed in two and using the half OF
it as 81 sort of sitz-bath. During moot
of this campaign the General, like the
staff officers, used this method OF bath.
ing, or, as our English friends would
say, "tubbing." Afterwards lie sup
piled himself with a portable rubber
bath-tub. While campaign life is not
a good school for the cultivation OF
squeamishness, and while the General
was always ready to rough it in camp,
yet he was particularly modest in per-
forming his toilet, and his tent fronts
were always tied close, and the most
perfect privacy WAS secured, when ne
was washing, or changing his clothes.
While thus engaged even his servant
was not allowed to enter his quarters.
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NEW POTATOES IN WINTER.

Genuine new potatoes, fresh from
the soil, as in July or August, will
doubtless be considered a remarkable
delicaey in midwinter. Yet just such
potatoes are now on the market IN
Milwaukee, and are meeting with a
ready sale, although the novelty OF
new winter potatoes is one OF the very
latest things known among produce
commission men heKe.
eff you want to inspect really new
potatoes, drop in and see us" was the
request which foated into the Wis
cousin office yesterday over the tele-
phone wire from o weli.known COM
house on lower Broadway.
TakinG the sender OF this message at
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YOn Will Never Be Sorry.

For living pure life.
For doing your level best.
For being kind to the poor.
For hearing before Judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears 20 gossip.
For brldling a9slanderous tongue.
For being square in business deal
ings.
For giving IN unfortunate person o
lift.
For promptness in keeping your
promises.
For putting the best constructions
on acts of Others. Free Press.
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SUGGESTIONS FOR TRUCK GROWERS.


The following suggestions from the
Louisiana Experiment Station are to
the point for the farmer, trucker or
one who plants family garden:
Truck farming means intensive high
farming. Lands dedicated to truck
must he heavily fertilized, not with
commercial fertilizers only, but with
such home made manures as will insure
large supplies of organic matter. The
frequent incorporation of vegetable
matter by the growing and turning un-
der of some leguminous crop-prefer-
ably COW peas (clover at the North
will answer the same purpose.-Ed.)
supplemented by mineral manures,
will in few years render these soils
adapted to truck growing.
If table manures be used, they
should first be thoroughly composted
and several times piled and cut down,
in order to bring them into most
available condition as plant food. A
compost of stable manure, cotton seed,
acid phosphate and kainit, mixed in
such proportions as will suit the crop
to be grown, will be found very ef.
fective fertilizer, perhaps superior to
any other mixture.
When the supply of home manures
is inadequate for the demands of your
crop, these may be supplemented by
cotton seed meal, acid phosphate and
kainit, mixed to suit the kind of vege-
table grown.
Proper rotation must be observed in
truck growing as in general farming,
if the fertility of the soil be maintained
and maximum results desired. A
slight knowledge of botany, yea, even
of the character of vegetables grown,
will greatly assist the farmer in deter
mining the rotation to be adopted.
Melons, cucumbers and squashes be-
long to one family, and should not
succeed each other. Egg plants, to-
matoes and Irish potatoes form an
other. and beans and peas another.
Always follow a crop by another OF
a different family. Expressed in q
Blu pier h"hHe1, Aooto onooio NV Aoi
low roots. a tap.rooted plant will
follow we'll fibrous-rooted one. Af-
ter heavy manuring, q csbbages,
onions, Irish potatoes and egg plants
should be planted, since these require
excessive fertility for best results.
Follow these crops with tomatoes,
squash, etc, and these in turn by
beans, peas, etc. A farmer will soon
have a suitable rotation of both crops
and fertilizers.
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SETTING MILK.

A bulletin of the Perdue lind ex-
pertinent station contains some useful
Information in regard to the setting of
milk. The poorest method is consid-
cred to be the setting Of it in shallow
tin pans or crooks on pantry shelves,
or in cellar, the reason being that milk
thus set is exposed to a greater air
contact, and is, therefore, more liable
to be affected by injurious odors, by
disease transmitted through the stmos-
phere, and by heat and cold. Milk SO
set often sours rapidly and in cold
weather may freeze. If it sours rap
idly in summer curds get into the
cream and remain more or less III the
butter, forming white spots and affect
ing the quality; or if the milk or
cream freezes an Inferior grade OF
butter will be made from it.
Where cream is to be secured by
setting, the best plan is to set the
milk IN round TIN cans about eighteen
inches deep and eight inches in diane
ter. The separation OF the cream is
greatly improved if such can is placed
in ice water or in cold spring water
to the height OF the milk in the can.
This keeps the milk in uniform tenn
peratu1e and enables the cream to rise
to the best advantage. This is what
is commonly known as the shotgun
can, which is sold by dairy supply
houses, or can be made by any timer.
The deep cans are skinned either
with a ccnical skinner from the sur
face, or by means of faucet or valve
at the bottom through which the skim
milk is drawn off. Experiments show
that the latter is much the better
method, the loss of butter fat being
only about one. half that which takes
place when the skimmlng is on the
top.
Tin vessels should be used for setting
milk. and they should be made of tin
plate of good quality, as cheap tin is
so thinly washed that it really cor
rodes and the under metal of this gives
a ruinous flavor to the butter if there
is any souring in the vessels at all.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
+. CnEHgY & Co., Props, Toledo. Q.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last Is cars, Ind believe him per.
fectly honorable in all business transactions
ton made by their lr1r.
WEST & TRUAS, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo
Ohio.
WALD1Sa, KlNNAN MARVIN, wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur;
faces of the system. Price, :5c; per hottie. Scle
by all Druggists; Test.aoniSls irss.
HALLS Family Pills are the best
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Badly Hipped.

It is hardly compliment to say that any
one is clipped" bat anyone is pretty badly
hipped who suffers with sciatica- 1t is in
the hip that the excruciating pain takes hold
and tortures 1t is Just there where st.
Jacobs OIL, with its soothing penetration,
has done some of its most remarkaole worA
Of cure. Those who suffer thus, therefore,
need not despair Of cure when this great
remedy for pain cat be had SO readily. and as
If is known as a sure cure, be sure to get it
and insure speedy and perfect riddanee Of
the intense misery. There are cases OF con-
frmed ctipplins from this malady which
this great remedy has effectually cured and
restored The sufferer to sound condition.
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A few years ago many reputable
physicians taught and believed that
there was no such disease as hydro
phobia, and that the bite of mad dog
was not fatal to human beings, except
as their imaginations were excited to a
fatal strain on their nervous systems.
In simpler language they held that
such victims were actually scared to
death. There WAS, and is yet, much
force in that contention, for there can
be no doubt that many people not
really poisoned by the bite, die OF
fear and mental strain but that hydro
phobia exists, and is fatal disease, IS
now well established. Atlanta Jour
nal
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A TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE

A TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE.
RECoLLEcTIoNs RECALLED BIZ IN.
DIAN INCURsIONs.
What a Lowell Reporter Discovered In
the Historic Tovu OF Dunstabie---
Miraculous Escape From n Misera.
bic Existence of q Descendant
of One of the Pioneer War.
riors of Colonial Times
1.-The Talk OF tho
Neighborhood.
From, the Ne,os Lo,cell Mass.
Mr.. Hiram Spaulding, who was for many
years the proprietor of the Massapong
House. Boston summer resort. is undoubt-
edly as we'll known as any man In Middlesex
County. Mr.. Spaulding. besides having bean
a popular hotel man, boasts Of being lineal
descendant Of John Spaulding. we'll known
soldier who was killed In action with the
Indians while serving in the command Of
the famous Captain John Tying in 1904. He
also is well known as the first leader of the
celebrated Dunstable Cornet Band, of Dun
stable, Mass, fsmiliarly known as the
mounted band."~ Altogether Bandmaster
Spaulding Is perhaps the best known citizen
in town, and respected everywhere for his
uprightness and sterling character. r
Mrs. Nellie A. Spaulding Is the wife OF this
gentleman, and almost as well known as her
popular husband. A recent severe illness
from overwork and malaria caused grave
fears among her numerous acquaintance,
and the local physicians seemed powerless
to aid her. Chills and fever, impaired
action Of beart and liver, and general wretch
was called to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and she began to use them. On
Labor Day. Monday, Sept z, 1896, MrA
Spaulding finished the first box Of Pink Pills,
and she informed the NetDs reporter that on
that day she performed one OF the hardest
days work ever accomplished by her. She
Is still taking Pink Pills according to dIrec-
tions, and all traces Of malar1al poison seem
to have vanished.
"No one was more astonished at myrecov-
cry than my husband and my neiRhbors,
find in me such champion OF what IL des-
tined to become household medicine, the
precious Pink Pills 81
At the request Of Mrs. Spaulding, the
Neus reporter called on several persons In
the town OF Dunstable, all highly respectable
ladies OF prominence in the community; he
found them using "Pink Pills" with good,
results, and after a fair trial will ESQ they
thought) be ready to add their testimonials
to that Of Mrs. Spsulding as TO their medlci-
nal and curative worth, especially In chronic
cases Of nervousness.
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give ne W life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves They are an un-
failing specific for such diseases rs locomo-
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.Vitus' dance,
soiatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects of 10 grippe, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow COM
plexons, all forms Of weakness either In
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all:
dealers, or will be sent post pa1d on receipt
of price, 30 cents box or six boxes Tor
$3.50, they are never sold In bulk or by the
1000, by addressing DR.. Williams MediHine
Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
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cupy tnelT tHOuSAt anu
their one object is to get well.
They have no confidence in them
selves, and only too often lose faith in
their physicians.
All irregularities, whites, bearing
down pains, nervousness, headache,
backache, "blues," distaste for society,
sounds in ears, pulpitation. emacia-
tion, heavy eyes, "all gone" feeling,
dread of impending evil, sleeplessness,
etc, should att once be removed and
vigorous health assured.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has for twenty years saved
women from all this Hear this wc.
man speak
az wish to publish what Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Sanative Wash have done for Inc. Ihad
falling OF the womb and leucorrhea,
and they have cured me OF both. lam
= well woman. 7 suffered dreadfully
with such dragging pains in the lower
part of the back and extending around
the body, irritation of the bladder,
pain when walking and painful men
situation weakened terribly. 1 had
been treated by three doctors without
much help, and it only took i've
bottles of your Compound and three
packages of Sanative Wash to cure me.
can recommend them to all women
suffering with complaints like these
MRS. VANNATrA, 1927 N. Broad St.,
philadelphia. Pa.
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To Establish Model Farms.

At least two railroad companies, one
operating in the far West and one IN
the South, are about starting mode!
farms with a view to demonstrating
the capabilities of the lands through
which their lines run, and thus at
tracing settlers, who, in turn will
make business for the railroads.
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Secret of Success.

The secret of success is concentra-
tion: wherever there has been a great
life, or great work, that has gone
before. Taste everything little, look
at everything little; but live for one
hing. Anything is possible to a man
Who knows his end and moves straight
'or it, and for it Alone Olive Schrei'
ler,
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Strikes in 1929.

Strikes occurred centuries ago, and
their outcome was just as disastrous
as is that of the present day work
struggles. In the year 1929 strike
of brass workers was initiated IN
Breslau, Silesia, which lasted year.
Boston Globe.
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Watch and Locomotive.

The accuracy in some parts of the
locomotive is ten times finer than in
the watch, but for absolute measure
ment the accuracy in the watch is al
most three times as fine as in the
locomotive.
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There are about seventeen million
COWS in this country, or one to every
four inhabitants. The annual value
of the dairy products of the United
States is estimated to exceed S4oV,'
Hnn 600.
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The results OF the census OF Ger
many taken in 1895 give a population
OF 52,244,5O3, an increase since lS9O
of 2, SIG, OF, or LA per cent. increase
per year.
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Florida.

The West Coast of Florida. the finest SEMI
ropical country in the world. Illustrated de-
scriptiye book sent upon receipt four Gents
postage. J. J. Farnsworth, Eastern Pass.
AGENT. Plant System, 31l Broadway, n. Y.
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Deposit, of mari, which are said t.
be as valuable for fertilizing material
as the phosphate beds of Florida, have
been found near Hamburg, Ark.
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FITSstopped freeand dpermanent!ycured. No
nts after first days use of Dir. KL1NE's GREAT
NERvEREsToRER. Free Setrial bottieand treat.
jse send to Dr.. Kline. 831 Arch ST., Phlla.,P0
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Over 400 900 cured. Why not let No. To-Bac
regulate or remove yo1r desire for tobacc9f
Saves money. makes health and manhood:
Cnre guaranteed. " cents and S1.oo, at all
druggists
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Snnnyside, formerly the home ef
Washington Irving, has been closed to
the public,
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How'e This 4?

The longest electric railway in the world
Is in Jasper County, Missouri.
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A healthful clearness is acquired by the sal.
low skin washed with Glenn's sulphur soap
Hills Hair &Whisker Dye, black or brown, 5Oc'
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lntiamma-
lion. ALIAS pain, cures wind collie. 2jc. Il bottle
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WEEE bilious or costiTe, eat 3 Cascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed; lOc., 25c.
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Iuse Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice.-Dr. u. w. fA1IEis-
soN. Inkster, Mich. Nov. s, 1894.
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So.To.Bac for Fifty Cents.

Seven persone were killed by asphyxiation
in Boston, Mass. during forty eight hours.
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Ostrich Hunting,

CAscARETs stimulate liver. kidneys and
towels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; lUc-
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JUST try a lOc box of Cascarets. candy ca
htartic. finest liver and bowel regulator made.
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In Spain street car drivers get % a week.