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is moist and not too much shaded. II
will flourish nicely in a SPOT near the
sink drain, but not near enough to
allow Of its being burned with any hot
water which may pass through the
drain. Unless you have a suitable place
for it out of doors, it should be left
in the pot, but be careful to keep the
eaIth moist, since the lily requires
great deal of water.
During the last of August, or the
first Of September, the Gala should be
taken from the ground and repotted.
Be sure that the pot is large enough
to allow of growth. When you take
it from the ground, you will find that
the roots have grown SO much and be-
come SO matted together that part
Of them must be removed with the new
bulbs that have grown during the sum-
mer. Use soil made by taking equal
parts of sand, leaf mold and loan. Add
dressing as is necessary, but if too
much dressing is used the leaves will
turn yellow. When the Gala is ported,
it should still remain out Of doors,
but should be kept in the shade for
about a week, to prevent whiting. DO
not leave 1t out over nlgnt, Wnen Inc
nights become at all chilly. Keep It
out of doors during the day as long
as the days are warm and pleasant
When it must be kept in the house dur
ing the day as well as at night. try
to see that it has plenty Of sunshine,
as well as plenty Of water. 1t is good
plan to set the pot occasionally into
deep dish containing hot water, and
to leave it there for some time. This
warns the roots, and the Gala is very
fond of warmth. Do not pour the hot
water into the pot, or you will kill the
plant.
Keep the stocks and leaves free from
dust and insects by washing them fire.
quently with a soft cloth and tepid
water. My lily is treated in the above
manner, and everyone who sees it ex-
claims over its beauty. 1 have three
bulbs in one pot.
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The Advantage. of the mocoa.ln.

The moccasin is the most rational
and comfortable of all footwear. In
moccasins the feet have full play;
they can bend and grasp; there is
nothing to ehafe them or to impede
Harper's Magazine. In moccasins one
can move like an acrobat. crossing
slender and slippery logs, climbing
trees, or passing with ease and secur-
ity along dizzy trails on the noun
tain side where a slip might mean
sure destruction. The feet do not
stick fast in mud. In the north, when
the mercury is far below zero and
no civilized boot will protect the feet
from freezing, the savage suffers no
inconvenience. His moccasins, stuffed
with dried grass, let the blood course
freely. The perspiration may freeze
on the hay in a solid lump of ice, but
the feet remain warm and dry. The
buckskin moccasin, Indian-tanned
with deers' brains and wood smoke,
autumn, when all the leaves and
twigs are dry as finder, a man wear
ing shoes makes a noise in the forest
like troop of cavalry; but in moe
casins he can move swiftly through
the woods with the stealth of a pan
ther. The feet are not bruised, for,
after enjoying for time the freedom
Of natural covering, these hitherto
laundering members become like
hands, and feel their way through the
dark like those Of cat, avoiding OBJ
stacleS as though gifted with a special
sense. Best of all, the moccasin is
light. inexperienced sportsmen and
soldiers affect high-topped laced boots
with heavy soles and hobnails, i'm
agining that these are most service
able for rough wear. But these boots
weigh between four and five pounds,
while pair of thick moose-hide moe
casins weigh only eleven ounces. In
marching ten miles. man wearing
the clumsy boots lifts twenty tons
more shoe-leather than if he wore
moccasins.
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Crimson Glover.

A bulletin of the United States de-
partment of agriculture says: Grim
son clover (trifolium incarnatum),
also known as scarlet clover, German
clover, Italian clover and carnation
clover, is an annual plant, native to
southern Europe, and has long been
cultivated as a forage crop in the
warmer portions of that country. It
is an erect, tufted plant, one to two
feet high, with SOLITARY stems and
leaves, and usually bright scarlet flow
ers in elongated heads. The root sys-
tenn is well developed and penetrates
deeply into the soil and the plant is a
vigorous grower. Crimson clover will
not stand severe freezing, although it
is one of the so-calIed winter an
nuals," and under favorable conditions
makes much of it's growth during the
cool, moist weather of fall, winter and
early spring. While requiring warm
climate, it will not endure severe
drouth.
Crimson clover has come into prom
inence in this country within compare
lively recent years. It can hardly be
regarded as a successful crop outside
of the region from New Jersey west to
the Allegheny mountains and south to
eastern Tennessee and Texas. True.
good yields are often obtained in other
sections, but cannot be depended upon
year after year. In the middle and
south Atlantic states this clover is one
Of the best crops that can be grown
for forage and soil renovation. 1t has
given good results in many portions Of
the gulf states, but many failures are
also reported. In the colder sections
of the country this clover is sometimes
successfully grown as summer crop,
but it usually winter-kills badly when
SoWn in the autumn. At the expert
ment stations in Rhode Island, New
York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, South
Dakota, Nebraska and other states in
the North and West, the general re-
suits Of tests show that it is too tender
for the climate and is less valuable
than red clover.
The bulletin publishes the following
conclusions:
/ 1. Crimson clover is an annual, not
adapted to use in permanent meadows
and pastures, and too tender for sue
cessfuI general cultivation outside of
the middle and south Atlantic and guilt
states. It thrives best in warm, moist
loans of at least moderate fertility,
and makes most of it's growth in the
fall and early spring.
2. The seed should be sown in late
summer or early autumn July Is to
September 15) at the rate of from ten
to twenty pounds per acre on a we'll.
prepared seed-bed. 1t may be sown
alone or with other crops, a frequent
practice being to SOW With corn, pcta-
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Our New Sultana Makes Her Son Flag
Word comes from the island OF SuIu
that the dowager sultana has just COM
pleted with her own hands a new flag
to be carried by her royal son, the
reigning sultan. The flag is red and
the field, on which appear the five
stars, is blue. The four smaller stars
represent the four principal tribes
which owe allegiance to the sultan. The
large star in the center is supposed to
stand for the sultan himself People
who are versed in the internal politics
OF the Sulu archipelago say that the
dowager sultana may ger her son into
trouble by making his star SO much
larger than the others. The chiefs or
datos Of the four tribes are mighty
men Of war and are expected to object
strongly to the undue prominence
given their nominal chief on the new
Tag.
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white fruit often remains on the plant
till late in the winter. The leaves
often resemble those of the box elder,
as shown in the illustration. They
differ from those of the Virginia
creeper in having only three leaflets
instead of five. Poison ivy grows
everywhere in open brush, in raVines
and on the borders of woods, and it is
spread along roadsides and cultivated
fields from seeds carried by crows,
woodpeckers and other birds that feed
upon its fruit in winter. Through ig-
norance or carelessness, and at the
imminent risk of causing great bod
lily injury to many persons, this vine
is sometimes planted around dwellings
as an ornament It occurs wild in
abundance throughout the United
States as far west as eastern Texas,
eastern Kansas, and Minnesota, and in
greater or less abundance throughout
the less arid region of the West, with
the exception of California and the
western parts of Washington and Ore
gon, where it appears to be entirely
replaced by Rhus diversiloba.
Inc Is d AOu-SOldI14S JILL IL
is found in all parts of the plant, even
in the wood after long drying. Like
all oils it is insoluble in water, and
cannot therefore be washed off the
skin by water alone. 1t is readily re-
moved by alcohol. Care must be taken
in removing this plant that the hands
and clothes do not become covered by
the oil. Some kill the plants by pour
ing half teaspoonful of concentrated
sulphuric acid on the stems every two
or three weeks during the spring
time. Great care must be used even
in washing the hands after they have
touched these plants, for even the
towels are likely to retain and carry
the oil. An alcoholic solution of sugar
of lead is said to be a quick cure for
the poisoning, it being applied on the
place affected.
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The Kohinoor Diamond.

The famous Kohinoor, the property of
Queen Victoria, weighs 102 IL carats,
but on account Of its purity is rated az
worth three times as much as the Or
lon. Some authorities claim that the
RaJah of Mattan, Borneo, owns a dia-
mond weighing 367 carats. but it's pur-
ity is doubtful. The great Braganza
diamond, weighing 1880 carats, was
found in the collection of the emperor
OF Brazil, but it is believed to be really
remarkable specimen Of a coIorless
topaz.
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LIQUID AIR in Surgery.

In the case Of the X-rays, it is pos
sibIe that one of the earliest practical
uses of liquid air will be in surgery
Already experiments have indicated
that a spray of liquid air can be ap-
piled as a local anaesthetic, but the
application should never be made ex-
cept by an experienced operator. In
a few minutes a small part OF the body
can be frozen as hard as ice, and
surgical operations conducted with
the aid Of liquid air are attended with
no hemorrhage. In the Medical Rec
ord DR.. A. C. White describes various
experiments with liquid air, including
the successful treatment of such dis
eases as sciatica, neuralgia and ivy
poisoning. Boils and carbuncIes can
be aborted with liquid air, and it is
useful in the treatment of ulcers.
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parrot used to live in a Newcas-
tie, England, public-house bar, where
there was always great trade on
Saturday nights. One evening the
parrot was missed. Search was made;
at length it was discovered in the
middle of a field surrounded by crows,
which were steadily plucking out its
feathers. AS the rescuers approached
the now half-naked bird was heard
to call out: One at time. gentlemen,
If you please; if you only wait you'll
all be served"
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Raising Reindeer.

At Telemarken, in eastern Norway,
a company has just secured a tract Of
mountain land fifty miles square for
breeding and raising reindeer. AS a
start 2.400 head of deer have been
bought, and it is intended that this
number shall be increased by births
and buying to something like 1000
head, LOO of which will be killed every
year. In addition 20 the sending out
of venison in the carcass refrigerator
cars and chambers on vessels, guam
tity will be put up in tins to prevent
Cutting Of the markets in the winter
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Warm Baths More neaIthfu1.

A tepid bath is more permanently re-
freshing than a cold one. The latter
seems to refresh more at the moment,
but cold water promotes rapid circu-
lation, thus causing heat, whereas
tepid will leave the skin cool and
moist. A small quantity of ammonia.
or the addition of little soda, to the
bath is useful in case of undue per-
spiration, but water with additions of
this kind must not be used for the face
Bathing with ammonia in the water
VIII prove very refreshing to a tired
body or weary feet, after long walk
or bicycle ride.
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The Same Except in Name.

A ranch or plantation in Peru is a.
hacienda; in Venezuela it is a hatos,
in the Argentine Republic an estancia,
in Chile rancho, in Uruguay a finca,
and the proprietors are called hacien-
dados, hatoras, estanciaros, rancheros
and fincaros, respectively. In Peru
there are volunteer fire companies in
nearly all the cities similar to those
we used to have in the United States
before the days of paid organizations,
and they are called "bombarderos.
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Making billiard Balls.

1t requires skilled labor to turn out
a billiard ball. One-half of it is first
turned, an instrument of finest steel
being used for the work. Then the
half turned ball is hung up in a net
and is allowed to remain there for q
year to dry. Then the second half is
turned, and then comes the polishing
Whiting and water and a good deal of
rubbing are requisite for this. 1t is
necessary at the end that the ball shall,
to the veriest fraction of grain, be Of
a certain weight.
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Few plants are more easily grown
than the Gala, and, when it is proper
~ treated, none gives more satisfac-
ton. 1t is mistake to give the Gala
q rest through the summer months
Ny experience goes to prove that it
should be kept growing the year
round, says Marian n. Sargent in
Housekeeper. It takes a long time
for the Gala to recover from its sum-
mer rest-so long that it is almost time
for another rest before it gets ready
TO bloom. An excellent way to dispose
Of it during the summer months is to
set it In the ground, out OF doors, pro-
yided spot can be found for it which
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toes and like crops at or after the last
cultivation. The seed may also be
sown in the spring. but the results are
not as satisfactory as when sown as
above stated.
g. Crimson clover has a high feed !.
ing and fertilizing value, and is one II
the best crops that can be grown in
short rotations for forage and soil
renovation, lending itself readily to use
for hay, pastLrage, soiling, silage.
green manure, and as a soil cover to
prevent teaching and washing.
4. The crop should be cut for hay at
or before full bloom, and for seed as
soon as ripe; in the latter cast it should
be thrashed or put under cover as soon
as dry.
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There have been various stories

There have been various stories
written about the stealing of the Bal
timOre and Ohio Rail Road engines
/ at Martinsburg, W. Va, during the
, rebellion and their transfer across the
country for service on southern rail-
roads by Col. Thomas Sharp, who is
still living in Ohio. Recently, an Of
fetal of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road made some inquiries of old en-
p1oyes who were at Martinsburg at
the time the incident happened and
they say that on June IS, 1861, 200
men of Gen1 Stonewau Jackson's
command were detailed to destroy the
Baltimore and Ohio's equipment at
Martinsburg. They piled wood and
coal over Il engines and nearly 400
cars and then set fire to them. Only
ten or twelve of the engines. however,
were seriously damaged, and these not
by the fire, but because the water was
first let out of the boilers. Col. Sharp
arrived in Martinsburg on August 1S,
1861, and remained there until the fol-
lowing March, engaged in removing
engines, machinery, etc. He took
eight engines across the country over
the turnpike, either to Staunton, Win
chester or Strasburg, land there are
some historians who disagree on this
point 80 horses being required to haul
each engine. He also removed all the
duplicate parts of engines and cars
and all the rough iron at the station.
and took away all machinery and
tools which were afterward used in the
Southern arsenaIs. The country around
Martinsburg is extremely billy and the
work of getting the engines over the
country roads required considerable
engineering ability. 1t has been cur
rently reported in late years that one
of the locomotives was the Winans
camel-back No. 80 which at that time
was numbered II, but Col. Sharp did
not care for this class of engines and
took only ten wheel and passenger en-
gines. There was only one eight wheel
locomotive taken and that was No. 81.
Some years after the war Col. Sharp
was employed on the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road as Master of Trans
portation.
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cause. IF that cause is not removed its
influence reaches out and overshadows a
whole life. The reason Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been so uni-
form1y successful for over a quarter of a
century in overcoming the suffering of
women, is that it is thorough and goes
directly to the cause. Il is a woman's
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by local application as they cannot reach the
dfsea ed portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by conSti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have ruInbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing viii be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
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Naturalist.a schame

A naturalist found that black ants
we're devouring the skins of some bird
specimens on table. so he made tar
circles on four pieces Of paper, and put
one under each leg OF the table. Ants
viii not cross tar. Pretty soon he
found the ants busily at work again,
and, looking at the tar circle, found
each one was bridged by bits Of sand
which the clever ants had brought in
from the street.
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The Isthmus of Panama.

It's engineers believe that they have
solved the problem of the successful
completion of this great enterprise. If
so, it will prove a great benefit, no
more than has HOstetters Stomach
Bitters, the remedy which never fails
to cure Affections of the stomach. The
Bitters strengthens weak stomachs and
torpid ivers.
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Poison Ivy.

The Latin name of this plant is Rhus
radicans. Popular names. other than
Poison ivy, are poison oak, poison
vine, poison creeper, mercury or
markry, black mercury, mafkweed,
pickry. A government bulletin has
this to say of it: This is a climbing
or trailing shrub sometimes erect,
with three foliate leaves, aerial root
lets, and greenish flowers appearing in
May and June. The Emooth. waxy
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Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get in the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting study and
some excellent bargains Our adver-
Users are reliable and send what they
advertise
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United States Senator Sullivan.
81 desire to say that have been TAX
ing Pe-ru-na for some time for ca
tarrh, and have found it an excellent
medicine, giving me more relief than
anything 1 have ever taken.-W. Y.
Sullivan, Oxford, Miss
United States Senator Roach.
Persuaded ny a friend I have used
Pe-ru-na as II tonic, and am glad to
testify that it has greatly helped ms
in strength, vigoT and appetite. have
been advised by friends that il is re-
markedly efiicacious as d cure for the
almost universal complaint of catarrh-
w. n. Roach, Larimore, North Da-
kota-"
a free book on catarrh sent to any
address by TIE Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg
Co., Columbus. Ohio
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Blasting.

A new way OF blasting rock is to
place a cartridge OF water in a shot
hole and convert it into steam in
stantly by electricity. This method
is especially applicable in coal mines.
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We will forfeit 81 900 if any of our pub,
Gshed testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. THE PIso Co.. Warren, Pa.
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FITS PermauentlyCu Motifs ornervousness after
first days of DR.. klne's Great Nerve Restorer
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
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Men and women who are odd might
get even by marrying.
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What often passes for modesty is
merely another brand of conceit.
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After the prodigal came to himself
he came back to his father.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
25c. Il. W. Groves signature on each box.
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Cured After Repeated Failures wifi, Others
! will inform addicted to Morphine, Laudanum,
Opium, Cocaine, of never-fa ling. harmless, home
sure. MIS-. n. II. Baldwin. Box 1912, Chicago. Ill.
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Hasty pudding ought to be all right
for a quick lunch.
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A woman's smile is more dangerous
than her frown.
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Liberal religious literature sent
FREE on application to Mrs. n. D.
Reed, 1872 n. 39th ave-, Omaha, Neb.
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knowledge is weakness when it is
displayed
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Faith can never walk on water with
its pockets full of doubts.
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Ask for the Best Reading.

Go ahead in the world if you can but
don't get head in a saloon
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We pay s24 per week for man with rig to intro
duce eur goods ia the country. Write for terms.
kansas Food Co., Dept s., Kansas City, Mo-
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Major General Joseph Wheeler, COM
handing the cavalry forces in front
Of Santiago and the author of The
Santiago Campaign" in speaking OF
the great catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-na,
says: 81 join with Senators Sullivan,
Roach and McEnery in their good
opinion of Pe-ru-na 1t is recon-
mended to me by those who have used
it as an excellent tonic and particu-
larly effective as a cure for eatarrh."
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A PrOsperou. Manufacturing CITY.

Don't get the idea into your head
that grass widows are green.
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Deafpes. cannot Be Cured

A mans condition is truly pitiable
when he has nothing good to live for.
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" TOMEN- do sufer
w Even so-caed healthy women sufferi
But they not healthy!
The marks left by pain the young faces Of many
daughters. Pain that leaves its mark from
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United States Senator MeEnery.

United States Senator McEnery.
Hon. S. D. McEnery, United States
Senator from Louisiana, says the fol-
lowing in regard to Pe-ru-na:
'Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. 1
have used 1t sufficiently to say that I
believe it to be all that you claim for
its. D. McEnery, New Orleans,
Louisiana"
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Sold by Druggists. roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.