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CORRECTION MADE.
The News Letter Answers and liz
Answered.

In certain Texas paper there ap-
reared an ,,rt;clo some weeks ago rel
alive to the expensive administration
of the I. L. A., and We fes that Ia
Justice TO the members and officers OF
this association the article should be
answered and correct figures given
A member OF the association was
guilty of the article and we nope that
he will take this article in the spirit
In which II is written. and convince
himself that he is right before he
makes another statement. The News
Letter seems to be MIR -----.--'s pet
aversion aud he never misses an OPP
portunity 10 abuse the National board
for the New Letters existence. Now
the n, l.. is not such an expense to tue
association as Mr. ---------- would
have goa believe. The cost OF the ~
l.. since May /. 1895. the beginning OF
our year, is as follows:
Expenses .,,.....,.,.......,..S 50, 6Sl.5S
Receipts .,..,.,,.,..,....... l,155,So
------
Net cost ..... ......,.... ssO7IS
or an average cost of sa07T a month,
and as the receipts arc increasing
each month II will only be a very
short time before the News Letter will
be earning money for the association.
and II Mr.. .- would send in HIS
subscription and quit knocking, he
would he much better men her Of T.
F. A. As to the expense OF conducting
the association proper we wish 20
state that the present admintsira h,n
IS the most economical we Foe had
for yeais. and the secretary report
Tor this year VIII show the expenses
per capita to be some thirty or forty
cents lower than last year. and Will
also show II 10 he lower than any as
Eoniption Of the Kind in the country
Mr. also copies an article
which appeared In the Commercial
Traveller Of February. and tries TO con-
vince his readers that the T +. 4. Will
be thing OF the past In eight years
The srticle IN question proves moth
ing and in fact Is incorrect. Mr..
Lyons. the editor OF the Commercial
Traveller, In compiling the table, made
4 mistake and took the December
membership instead OF the January.
thereby throwing the table out about
four cents the wrong way. The tact
ct the matter Is that our association
Is IN better shape in every way than
Il has ever been. and not in worse
shape than last year, as Mr.. ------
endeavcrs 10 show. The following
table VIII convince you OF this:
Jan Membership. Cash bal. Per Can.
~
Feb. 1.
1885 1886 lnsfs.0S 54ss
1899 ls,0ss 4s,9sf.00 s742
These figures are correct and Mr..
- need not hesitate 70 copy them.
IT. 7. a. News Letter
She editor Of the Travellers Protectly
Association News Letter always gets We:
warm N the neck when anything is sai
shout that newspaper, 1t is true that Il
News Letter is costing the association LEI
than ever before, but on the other har
The association should be receiving q proh,
However, the 20 cents charge made {,
the publication Ia what Is pulling it o,
" tn hole and this 20 cents Is only pal
~ enthutisstie members. and II cor
&Hhutiou from them "A lssx ardent man
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George B seeord. the we'll known con-
i'eotor OF Towanda, n Y. says: Il have
nsed cnamoerlain's Couch Remedy in nv
family for long time and have found Il
superior to any other" For sale by all
druggists,
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NEW OFFICERS.
r. r. A. Posts Tint Have Held Fieo-
lions Rerrutty.

lions Recently.
Brennan. Post Q, 7. p. A.. meeting
held March 49, Mr.. r. 7. Jasggli was
elected president. II. Gardner first vice
president c. W. winkelmann second vice
president, l.. +. Grossmucl third vice
president. r Gross fifth vice president ond
l.. u Harrison secretary and treasurer
Following is the board Of directors X.
A, Schurenberg, Y. Striekert. r, Lsnge.
Ben Scherrid and G. w Reichardt.
Chairmen Of the various committees
provided for by the constitution OF the
post were appointed as follows r. NJ
Young, railroads; n. Gardner hotels; l..
y. Harrison, press A W wangemauu
legislation, ], r. Williams. employment
Or ]. 7 York, physician; Rev. Jane
Noble, chaplain delegate, from the pos
n the state board OF directors, L. q. Har-
rison
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A TOAST TO AGu1NALpo.
For IRE Post.

For Tire Post.
Acu1aldo l drink to thee,
n'nntless chief OF tno would be free.
Here 10 his cup that trimming flows
= a cheer Tor thee. a hiss Tor thy foes
What though they he my kith aud kim
God save the nght and my land from
sin!
Out over the brine Of the laughing sea
| send thee pledge of the yet-to-be.
send thee pledge, and l send thsa a
cheer
Ftom tho plain. bold men who are rulers
hers.
What though the traitors abuse their
powert
Trust God and swait-the coming hour.
The mills Of the gods-so slow, so slow!"
ave true, but twas ours in the long ago
70 bend our necks To the CALLING VIZ,
70 strike and bleed till the chain was
broke
We have not forEot--still our blood is rcd
Liberty Hark, her SPELLS not dead.
Hear ye that shout from the vale and htll7
Slowly Cah, seeD starts the pondrons mill,
no unto others-Curse God and die"
List Chief 10 the waking cry.
moving now Is the mighty mill,
anu ! thunders forth. Thou shalt not
kill!"
In this land Of the free there be those will
save
Our Nation from shame, else sink IN the.
The voice OF the people is the voice Of
And the iyran, shall hear and pass under
The rod
Bravo chief, take faHh-yet the Lord ia
king
ana His voice through the temple once
more shall ring
eth a light
J. am God and will save the right.
--cildord Mckinney Taylor.
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Mcnth Or state couren,,nn..

r P. A. News Letter
State conventions viii be al the rage
during the early part Of April. and there
viii be some gay old times in several
towns throughout this country. illinois
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u. &. II. ELECTIONS.
New officers of the Houston and An
tonic Councils

tonic Councils,
Houston council No. So United CONNER
cial Travellers OF America, elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing term:
Senior counsellor J NJ, Mather iunior
counsellor, T., II Bailey. secretary and
treaeurer. Thomas H. Freoland; past
counsellor. W. c. Akard; conductor. Tom
c. Swcpe; page, H. NJ White sentinel.
John Il. knight executive committee for
two years, j. Schwartz and j. W. Crote
executive committee for one year. NJ. Il.
Armstesd and V. T.. Fermieri chaplain.
Rev Seth Ward. surgeon, DR.. r. W.
Knox.
San Antonio council No. 81, U. C. T.
elected new officers as follows: Senior
counsellor, Hugo T, Goodman, past coun-
sellor. Nato Villereal; junior counsellor,
Leo j. McMahan; conductor, Sam Speir
page. J. B. Winfield; sentinel. r. 7.
Pruitt: secretary Ed H. Everett; treas
urer James Dechman; executive commit
tee, B. *. James and Joseph Flory.
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nnApn ar nIREcroRe.

Post CD. W. Mlchaux, Houston.
Post Drank Arnold. San Antonio .
Pest &c. A. Msngold, George Sturgis anu
y. p. Msrchbenk, Dallas.
Post FA. u. Edgar, Ausup.
Post CT. A. Guttman, Galveston.
Post H--Dan Well, Waco.
Post III ID. singletary. corsieans.
Post wv Y. Craddock, Fort Worm.
Post KS. G.. Bennett, Gainesviils
Post LII G. Heillig, La Grange,
Post Mr., p Wexford. Cuerb.
Post Nj y, seeger. Temple.
Poet o--Robert Groce, Victoria.
Post P-Tom c. Swope, Beaumont
Post Go. r. Jaeggii Hrenhan
Post R--F. A. Inman, FL Peso.
Post T-Cal c. Brewster. Laredo.
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'REsI REM.E!D!!y!, IN !,. THE WeR!l'
S A Us
POSTMASTER GIBBS.

and sick headache in the world. i have uv,
many remedies and find yours by far the best
w. K. GIBBS, Postmaster
Fall Cliff, N, q
Smiths Bile Beans will cure ninety.nn|
out of hundred cases Of sick-headach.I
biliousness, constipation, indigestion and|
dyspepsia, for the simple reason that th.,|
contain the right drugs in the riQht|
proportions to get the right action on th.|
stomach, liver and bowels, thereby remoyiippl
the cause and quickly performing cure
Take them for restlessness, sleeplesI
ness, low spirits, belching after meals dds,)
,turbed stomach, headaches, lack Of appetia)
and feeling Of weakness during the day |
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Corpus Christi, Texas. March "a ID. y
Williams and A. J. Yates, the twin repre-
sents,ivss Of the Gosss,t Shoe company o,
Bcston. we're here this week. making a
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Fress--C, s. r. Holland Houston.
RAilroad-A. p. Fout, Fort Worth.
Relief--Psul r. Erh OF Dallas. -
Legislature-B f. McNulty Of San Antoni''
Eriployment-E g, Barrett OF Waco
Hotel-Ernost LaskeT Of Galveston.
Livery and Transfer-A. l.. FEWER OF ftoue'
ton. - \,
Executive ommlttes--Chafles hangnl9 %
Dallas. chairman. Fl, p Marchhanks oil bei-
las; w. r Craddock ot Terrell
tNots.--Committee chairrnen are also mem
bers Of the board Of direotors)
Next state convention meets at Yiolouh
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rExAs DIVISION. r. p. A. OF

fresident-- Howard W. Peak. Fort worth.
Secretary and treasurer James u. Ludlow
Dallas.
FRS, Vice Presidsnt-Dan N. Lasker. la
second vice Presidept--w. J. HusheS, Gal
vestop -,
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OFFICERS OF THE TRAVELLERS PRO
TECTIvE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
National President Charles H.. DUNN,
Terre Haute. Ind.
National Secretary and Treasurer--Louis T.
La Beaume, room 412, Union trust bu!ldins'
Seventh and Olive streets. ST. Louis. mo-
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There are lots of people who think SO
much Of Smiths Bile Beans that they never
want to be without them in the house. SO
buy them by the dozen bottles to have
5 them always handy in case of need.
The Postmaster at Fall Cliff, N. G., is
Some. and this is what he says in his last
}order:
81 F. SMITH & Co, New York.
Enclosed is postal note, for which please
Ssend me one dozen Bile Beans. first got the
Beans from you when in Wisconsin, and since
}have been in North Carolina ! can hardly keep
}enough for my own family, for as soon as my
: eghbors learn Of my having them they are
soon taken. can say that they are all that is
claimed for Them the best remedy for biliousness
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-12-28
Homemade Soap.

One Of the many sensible things given
this month in the American Kitchen
Magazine" is rule by contributor for
making soap. She says: | have a rule
that cannot be excelled. The ingredients
are three pints OF cold water, one can oil
potash, one large tablespoon of borax
and one small cup OF ammonia | take q
very small piece of fat and grease and Try
it out when have a quantity, and when
have five pound pail Of it all tried out
make my soap
put the potash into cold water; it wiz
Immediately become hot; then let it cool.
1t will take about 80 or 40 minutes to
become cold. BY putting the pan into
cold water it will cool sooner. When ii
is cold put in the ammonia ano borax
Strain the grease through a soft ohreS'
cloth and add it; stir slowly until as thick
as honey. Put clean white Goth Ia IN,
bottom of ar old dripping pan, then pui
piece of thick wrapping paper over III
cloth. Grease this aIer ; then when the
soap is as thick as honey pour it in.
" hen hard cut in pieces for use.
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State Prison.

The officers of the State prison have
issued their annual report. The docu-
ment makes a satisfactory showing in
every particular unless il IS in the manu-
featuring departments, where the profits
of the year have been greatly cut into by
the fuctuation of the market. The dis
cipine has been excellent. There has
been no contagion and but two escapes,
These latter were those OF Rose Carson
White and Charles Plummer. Both were
recaptured Plummer has served out his
full term and it is stated that Rose While
will serve out her full term with no time
off The net loss or difference between
the profits and expenditures for the year
were 50 oo2. 20 There were sixty COM
milm, nts during the year, including II
for breaking and entering and larceny, two
for forgery. three for mansaughter and
TWO for murder in the first degree.
OFF the total number of commitments
AndroscoQgin had s. Cumberland 10,
Franklin 2, Kennebec 9 Knox 2, Oxford
3. Penobscot 8, Waldo I, Somerset g.,
oagadahoc 3. Piscataquis I, Washington
1. and York 8
Relating TO the nativity OF them it is
stated that 81 were natives OF Maine and
the next largest was Canada, having
seven.
There were two sentenced for lille, one
for 80 years, one for 10 years, IS for two
years, - for one year Thirty-two were
between the ages of 20 and 80 years,
while " were between 80 and 40 One
was between 90 and 10. Forty-one were
single men and "A could read WIG.
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Tanning Maple Orchardn.

American Cultiyator advises those
whose maple trees were badly injured
by the forest caterpillar this year to
decide not to tap them next spring.
Where the foliage was nearly all de
stroyed. as 1t was in many cases, there
was great drain upon the tree to re-
place it. even as there Is when fruit
tree is allowed to oyerbear. 1t needs a
rest the next year to recover from it.
Even If ii yields some sap it is likely
to be thin and of poor quality, making
but little sugar. and the tree will be
injured for future crops, If ne killed
by the drain. The temptation will be
great. as sugar may be scarce and
high, but farmer had better lose a
single crop than to destroy his orchard.
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There are some foods that do not prop.
erly come into dinner menu, but which
people still do not thoroughly understand.
Eggs, for instance, should be eaten from
the shell In this way there will be no
danger of getting bad or inoffert nj egg
mixed up with the good ones. For the
best restaurants will sometimes get fooled
on eggs, as was Witnessed the other day
when a waiter answered guest who had
reque sted an omelete to be brought him
by exclamirg Il am very sorry, sir, but
we have no omelettes this morning The
eggs were all good" In eating lobster
remove the paper which is put over it
when it is b oiled, season it aiId~eat from
the shell with the fork Scr mps that have
not been cooked may be peeled from the
shell with the fingers and the fork need
not be used with them at all. Stewed
scrimps are already taken from the shell
when they are served and must be eaten
with the fork
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TWO WAYS OF FENCING.

got two inch cracks where there
was but one before. In making fences
and gates | have also found that 1
inch lumber will do as well for most
purposes. If it is of the right quality
as the 6 inch fencing. Your lumber
dealer will not like to sell it to you, for
obvious reasons, but give him to under
stand that you know what you want
and will have no other, and you will
get it,
Here are two panels of fence. One is
made of inch lumber with two wires,
and the other of 6 inch fencing. There
are four inches at the bottom for an
other wire. if needed in each fence. 1t
will be found that there is a saving in
lumber In the inch fencing, and it is
about the same height and of the same
utility. Figure this out and see the
ga wing
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A Sure Cure For Group.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use witho,
E.lII

Twenty-Five Years Constant Use without
Failure.
The first indication OF Group is hoarse-
ness, ard in a child subject to that dis
ease ii may be taken as a sure sign OF
the approach of an attack. Following
this hoarseness is peculiar rough
cough. Ii Chsmberlain's Cough Remedy
il given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
appears, it Will prevent the attack. 1t
is used in many thousands Of homes in
this broad baud ana never disappoints
The anxious mothers. W. have yet 10
learn Of single instance in which it has
not proved tffpctual. No other prepa-
ton can show such reeord-twenit -tive
wears constant use without a failure.
For sale by Horatio w Cushing, > W.
hogan, and sullivan Newton, J ckm, n.
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Brave MI en- Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness, head
ache and tired, listless, run down feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that.
j. ". Gardner of Idaville, Ind, says:
electro Bitters are just the thing for
man when he don't care whether he
lives or dies. 1t gave me new strength
and good appetite. | can now eat any
thing and have a new lease ON life "
Only so cents
At f. II. Wings Drug Store.
Every bottle guaranteed
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CORN HUSKING.
A Michigan Mans Method and Ways
of "Cutting Corners"


of "CuttinE Corners"
We never throw two shocks together,
but leave the corn from each shock by
itself The corn piles are never cover
ed up with fodder. but are heaped up
INTO nice piles, so the sun and wind
will dry them out. A short time of
sunshine and wind is sufficient to dry
them out after a hard rain. We prefer
to put the fodder up in large shocks
and tie them well rather than leave it
around the field to cover up corn piles
and spoil. The corn itself should not
be put in large piles and let lie on the
ground for a considerable length of
time. Mice and rats will work dirt up
through it, and If a rain should come
the dirt will be made into a mud, and
the corn will 90 into the crib in a very
unsatisfactory condition.
There Is no way so satisfactory with
me as to keep everything "sleeked up"
as fast as you go along. Don't let
more than a load or two accumulate
before drawing in. A pretty good way
is to have the wagon right in the field,
.husk in baskets and empty in the wag-
on This Is a safe way and saves pick
ing up the corn. Then set your fodder
up in very large shocks and tie a
strong string around the tops. Fodder
keeps so much better In large shocks.
If the corn is sound, we don't sort, as
we feed 1t all out. A crib of sorted
corn looks WELL but 1t doesn't pay for
the bother We must save all unneces-
sary movements In our farm work.
We must cut across every corner that
we can and not slight our work. This
Is one way of cheapening production
and saving of money.
| said above that we piled our corn
up in nice piles to dry out. This is not
true now, but was a few years ago.
We now have crates and pitch the corn
into them as fast as husked. When a
shock is finished, we set one crate on
another until four or five high. The
corn soon dries out in this way, and
none Is pitched on the ground. One
man can draw a large load to the crib
in n few minutes and empty bushel
at time into the crib.
1t requires 100 crates to work we'll
You can draw 80 bushels at a time,
and when you go out after load you
can take the 80 empty crates and dis
tribute them to the shocks, then put on
your load and go to the crib.
\ hundred crates will cost you about
$S if you make them yourself and don't
count your time They can be made on
rainy days; writes Michigan man to
the Ohio Farmer.
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To Clean Lace.

When lace is soiled, even the very. fine
such as honiton and point, you can clean
it by being careful in this way sew the
lace upon strips of muslin and roll it tight
around smooth glass bottle and fasten
securely. Make suds by adding a tea
spoonful of Gold Dust washing powder
and put the bottle in this to soak for
several hours. II the water looks soied
make fresh suds, and repeat this process
patting he lace frequently between the
fingers and rinse in several waters; Their
dry the lace on the bottle with a soft
towel
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The correspondent desiring the best
variety Of early cabbage for CONNER
back on good strain of Jersey Wake
field. If his trade calls for small
solid head. know of no better variety
than a selected strain Of American
grown WinningStad! sown late. writes
a Pennsylvania gardener to Rural New
Yorker. While no rule Of practice will
be applicable or suitable for every To-
cality or person, yet in my experience
the plan of sowing the seed in the
place to be occupied by the plants has
much to commend it. Personally !
prefer the Wakefield for early and
Flat Dutch for late.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-12-28

AS cure for rhf umatism Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide repu-
talion. ID. b. Johnston of Richmond
Ind.. has been troubled with that ailment
since 1862. In speaking of it he says
~ never found anything that would
relieve me until | used Chamberlain
Pain Balm. Ii acls like magic with me.
My foot WAS swollen and paining me
very much, but one good application OF
Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by
Horalio w. Cushing, Skowhegan, and
Sullivan Newton, JAckman.
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Araby In BIest.

Pound for pound, size for
size, berry for berry, others sell
Coffee cheaper than we can.
But the difference comes in the
quality of the berry, and in our
roasting.
We have special machinery no
others use. We have enormous
facilities. We handle immense
quantities. We buy for cash.
But we stand out for high quail
ity and most firms are too selfish
to make coffee as we do.
If any one could give you the
same berry at a lower cost we
certainly could, and we would.
1t would double our business.
But it cannot be done.
You get in this world only
what you pay for. There never
was a woman who tried our
High Grade Coffee in parch-
ment-lined bags who could not
detect that it was very different
from ordinary coffee.
1t is for economical families
especially. The working-man
needs its nourishing virture more
than any one else. 1t won't take
you long to try it. Ask your
grocer for the Chase & Sanborn
HIGH GRADE Coffee, sold
under our seal trademark, with
signed guarantee.
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The Sow Hpau.

The soy bean is one of the staple
crops of Japan. which attracted little
attention in this country until about
ten years ago. but is now becoming
quite common. The crop is cultivated
like corn. the seed being planted in
drills at the rate of half a bushel per
acre. The stems alone are too coarse
to make good hay, but are covered with
such a dense growth of leaves and are
so prolific in fruit that the hay is priced
highly. especially for milk cows and
for fattening animals. The yield of
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SOY BEAN-LEAyEs, FLOWER AND POD.

SOY BEAN--LEAyEs, FLOWER AND POD.
green forage is heavy when grown on
good ground. and the yield of beans is
usually from 20 to 80 bushels per acre.
Those who have had most experience
with this crop find that the best way
to handle it is to cut or pull the plants
when the first pods begin to open and
thrash as soon as dry enough. In this
way the coarse stalks are so broken in
pieces and mixed with the leaves and
immature fruit that nearly all will be
eaten. IT is doubtless one of the best
of the legumes for the slo. as it can
be more easily handled for the cutter
than plants like clover or cowpeas.
There are a number of varieties. diff
fering mainly in the time of ripening
and the coloring of the seeds.
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FEED RACK FOR SHREDDED FODDER.

FEED TIAN Il VIN 1INF.IJIJfIJ FVIII7IIs'
cess. The shredded fodder as ii comes
from the machine is run directly into
a pen or rack right in the feed yard
and large enough. as n rule, to hold at
least a days thrashing, say IL by "a
or Is by % feet A sort of manger is
made around the rack. into which the
fodder passes through an opening at
the bottom of the rack. as illustrated.