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Pure Air In Heated Dwelling Rooms,

"When a coal fire is in use for heat
ing and the electric light for lighting
an inhabited room the air is purer
than by any Of the other plans tried
for heating and lighting" Such Is,
perhaps, the most important conclu-
sion arrived at in an interesting inves-
tigation on this subject by Mr.. Francis
Jones. Mr.. Jones's investigation has
led to other observations which are
not less in point Of interest as bear
ing upon the question Of the healthy
condition Of domestic apartments. He
finds, for instance, that the air Of a
room, however heated and lighted. Is
purest at the. floor, less pure three
feet above, and most impure at the
ceiling, and that when gas fire is in
use for heating and the electric light
for lighting the amount Of carbon d.
oxide In the room rises rapidly in the
first two or three hours and then re-
mains uniform for three or four hours
afterward When a coal fire is in use
and an ordinary gas jet is burning the
air of the room is purer than when a
gas fire is in use and an ordinary gas
jet burning. The use of gas cooking
stove with a fue connected with the
chimney greatly raises the amount Of
carbon dioxide in the air of the room.
The humidity of the air of the room
is much diminished by the use Of gas
fires.-London Lancet.
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New Discovery About Cobwebs.

An old-time remeuy to stop blood
flowing from a cut is to put cobwebs
ever it, but from recent discovery it
appears a dangerous thing to do.
Some time ago woman fell and cut
her head, and when ner friends hur-
,ied to her assistance they found the
blood flowing from deep cash. Cob
webs were applied and the bleeding
quickly stopped, but in a few days the
woman was taken with lockiaw.
A scientist declare there were lock-
law germs in cobwebs, and that was
the way the woman contracted the
disease. He has made quite study
of the subject. and says that in a
handful of cobwebs he found sixty
one different disease germs. That
being true, it is very easy to see how
one could get not only lockjaw, but
many other dreaded diseases, as the
cobweb is placed right on An open
wound and the germs can enter the
blood. Cobwebs form in dark, dirty
places, and it is not to be wondered
that they gather germs.-Chicago Rec
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Time Balls For Mariners.

The largest time ball in the United
States is being erected on the roof Of
the Fourth street end of the Bourse,
the task being under the supervision
Of Lieutenant Hughes, who is in
charge Of the Branch Photographic
Office in Philadelphia. The ball,
which is four feet in diameter and
weighs sixty pounds, will be hoisted
to the top of an iron column 100 feet
above tidewater, five minutes before
noon each day, and dropped electric
ally forty feet to an air cushion exact
ly at noon by the naval observatory
clock in Washington. The object Of
the time ball is to enable all the mari
ners in the Delaware and Schuylkill
Rivers to regulate their chronometers
before sailing. 1t will be discernible
at a distance Of seven miles. Time
balls are dropped every day at noon
at Boston, Newport, Woods Holl, New
York, Baltimore, Washington, Fortress
Monroe, Savannah and New Orleans.
Philadelphia mariners have long felt
the want Of time ball, and now they
are about to have not only the largest
but the most improved mechanical ap-
paratus Of its kind in the country
Philadelphia Record.
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Forming a Partnership.

Here Is a true story Of the origin OF
one of the large commercial houses Of
New York: Mr. Blank q am not per-
mitted to tell the name) had noticed
from the surface cars and elevated
trains and read in the leading news.
papers for many months most attract
i've ADVERT sements directing your at
tention to certain goods sold by a GER
tain dealer. They preyed upon his
mind until he visited the dealer. "Who
does your advertisingT' he asked, 80
abruptly that the merchant was nearly
confounded. "Of course you think It's
none of my business, but" Here
he was stopped short. Indeed I do
think tits none Of your business. You
are exceedingly out of place. have
nothing to say to you. Please excuse
me-" Blank never was turned down.
II beg pardon" he said. II was alb
rupt. But am no advertising agent.
I am a capitalist, and you have inter
ested me so much that couldn't help
asking who Of your firm gets up those
wonderful ads. If could find such
q man I should form q partnership
with him this very day. He's the kind
of genius I've been looking for these
twenty years." This mollifed the
merchant, who modestly admitted that
he was the author of the ads. The
conversation grew pleasant, and before
it ended the two men were in business
together, Blank putting 100000 in the
firm. Both are millionaires to-day
New York Press.
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Life In the Great Deptlls,

Sir John Murray described to the
members of the Geographical Section
the conditions of life in the great
depths Of the ocean.
Of the 103,0OO,000 square miles
which the ocean. floor measures, more
titan half, he said, was at depth Of
between two and three geographical
miles. On the Challenger charts all
the areas where the depths exceeded
5000 fathoms NEARLY thre': and half
miles, had been called ''deeps," and
distinctive names had been conferred
upon them. Forty-three depressiohs
are now known, twenty-four In the
Pacific, three in the Indian Ocean, ff-
teen in.>the Atlantic, and one in the
Southern Ocean. Within these "deeps"
twenty-four soundings exceeded 1000
fathoms. including three exceeding
5000 fathoms. 81.
The greatest depth Of all was to the
east of Friendly Islands. in the South
Pacific, where the depth was 5155
fathoms, or $50 feet more than five
geographical miles, or, again, 1000 feet
more below the level of the sea than
the highest part of the Himalayas
was above it. ..
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&gSSSo'VSEHoI0'~' &gSS'VSE
~; RECIPES: :
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Baked romatoes-Cut twelve large,
ripe tomatoes in halves, fill each half
with grated bread crumbs seasoned to
taste, cover with little bits Of butter,
and bake slowly for three-Quarters Of
an hour.
Fried Artichokes--Eoil one quart of
artichokes until tender, and cut into
inch lengths, dip into batter and fry
in hot deep fat, drain on paper and
serve at once Vegetable oysters are
excellent cooked in the same way.
Imperial Sandwiches - Spread thin
slices of bread with peanut butter OF
with peanuts rolled fine and blended
with melted butter. Dip lettuce leaves
in lemon juice and sprinkle lightly
with paprika. Lay a leaf between
two slices of the buttered bread and
make into sandwiches.
Blueberry Custard - Place over the
fire quart of cleaned blueberrics and
two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice;
cook until soft; rub through sieve,
return to the stove and heat until
nearly boiling; for each cupful Of
cruit stir in one beaten egg; remove
at once, fill small ,custard cups and
serveseold with cream and stale sponge
cake toasted.
Pineapple Pie-Cut the pulp in fine
slices and s.Ieeten it with granulated
sugar. Helt for few moments. Line
a tenirch pie plate with rich pastry,
fill it with prepared pineapple and
cover with puff paste. Brush 1t over
with the white of an egg and bake
about h.ty minutes in quick oven.
When baked dredge with sugar and
set in the oven until the sugar melts
and forms a glaze.
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The Bud and the Full Grown Rose.

Shortly before the Duchess Of Teck's
Ieath she and her daughter were at
.-nding a charity bazaar opening,
when the provincial chairman took the
floor and commenced to euloglze the
merits Of their distinguished patroness.
After be had exhausted his eloqdence
on "the great charity and large and
liberal views" Of the Duchess his at
tention was. directed to the slender
lady at her side, and Princess May
had turn. Remembering the Ouch
ess Of Teck's substantial proportions,
the righteousness of his remark Is ap-
parent, when he wound up fowery
sentence by hoping that the Duchess
of York would develop on the same
broad lines as her mother" The
Duchess of Teck, wo never failed to
see a joke, was immensely amused,
and joined the audience in a hearty
laugh.-New York Telegram.
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Early Breeding of Sheep.


Good treatment has of course much
to do with the earlier breeding of all
sheep If they are poor and thin
they Will not show much desire for
mating, and sometimes it is impossible
to bring them around with any kind
Of success. Ewes intended for early
breeding should not be made to live
out in the hot sun without any shelter
from it il the middle of the day eX-
cept such as they can find on the shady
side Of fence. Provide them with
sufficient shade, good pasture and
plenty of clean water through the
summer, and then before you want to
breed the feed them literally on
oats. This will often help to bring
them around and give the desired re-
suits. Always have thoroughbred
buck at the head Of the flock, but the
flock itself should consist of grades.
As they have better constitutions they
will rustic better and prove more prof
liable. Ii is the early tlocks of lambs
that nav the best. and early breeding
is cuite necessary tor success. The
ewes must be fed literally and intelli-
gently until the lambs are born and
ready for market. We cannot afford
to he niggardly in this respect. The
little lambs relish roots in the fall and
winter. and it pays tc have a stock
of these on hand. On the whole the
roots ceem to 40 them good, and they
require less of more expensive food.
| The roots also help 10 keep the ewes
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Poultry Notes.


Boiling tie milk that is fed to fowls
lessons the risk of disease.
Warm washed boiled potatoes, with
kitchen scraps, make very good COM
bination.
Ordinarily hens and fowls should be
fattened ut the expiration Of the Sec
ond year.
PouNry is the cheapest, best and
most COZ renient meat grown upon
the farm.
To raise poultry successfully you
must have suitable buildings and give
your fowls good attention.
Fowls often learn to cat eggs by
being fed the shells nearly whole.
Crush them before feeding.
Sitting hens can be trained to leave
the nest of their own accord by hay
ing the door open at n regular time
each day.
4 handy way to feed roots to fowls
is simrly to split the beets or cab
bages lengthwise and fasten to the
partition with long wire nail.
Wire fences with close mesh need
not be as high as other fences because
for various reasons the fowls do not
readily attempt to fly over them.
The worst food for young chickens
is sour cornmeal 1t is a cher cause
of dysentery. Better bake 1t, or at
least scald it and mix fresh every day.
An overfat hen is sure to produce
but few eggs. Besides Overfat hen'
are more liable to disease than hen
that is kept just hungry enough 10
scratch in the litter all day.
Kerosene or carbolic acid and water
poured into the crevices about the
roosts will kin red mites. In falrly
clean poultry houses there is seldom
much trouble from lice or mites
Some peoples idea of cleaning pour
try house is far from thorough.
While rich dishwater, milk, etc. Is
relished by fowls as drink pure
water is as much relished at leas'
once a day as though they dio no'
have the former. Pure, clean water
now and then is rclished by most &nJ
! hen.
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Evolution offho Tomato,

It was once thought that the tomato
was a rank poison. disturber of the
mind and sure route to the insane
asylum. 1t was original, called a
love apple" and was grown in pots
and in gardens as a pretty plant, to
satisfy the eye, but to le denied the
tongue on peril Of life. The evolution
in public taste and opinion has been
wonderful, and now the tomato, while
it has been degraded By being taken
from the flower garden to the back
lot, has become an item of great agri-
cultural value.-Chitago News.
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A Lucky Wait.

A FARMER in Clay County, Iowa, has
q bin containing about eight hundred
bushels of wheat. A little over .
month ago he proposed to market the
grain, but on going to the bin he dis
covered that hen had established her
nest on the wheat, was setting there.
and that TO remove the grain would
"break her up" He decided not to
disturb her, but wait until she come
off with the chicks. In the meantime
the price of wheat advanced until the
farmer discovered he had gained over
$1OO by allowing the hen tossit it out. :
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inches above this perforated with
holes. Air is admitted to the two
inch space through holes in the sides
of the box. A small one-burner oil
stove beneath causes constant cur
rent of warm air to pass up through
the box lin which the fruit can be
placed on tiers of Slated shelves) land
out at the top through the small open
ingS in the sides. The whole of the
bottom OF the box Is covered by the
sheet iron.-New York Tribune.
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Genius a Nervous Disease.

g Mr.. Treyes, the great surgeon, in hIk
lecture to medical students at the
opening of the new club rooms IN the
London Hospital, is reported to have
said that "genius, he took It. was
some form Of neurosis, an untabulated
nervous disease. The few persons OF
genius he had known bad been ex,
ceedingly impossible persons, and II
there was one profession where geuins
was out of place it was shes nieslical
profession. The thing which In that
stood above all else was hard wofks
and one very peculiar facults thai tsoft
close observation'-Lo london Siectator.
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TIE Red Croas in China,

"A phase of the trouble in China
which may prove to be of great i'm
portance is the fact that the Govern
ment Of that country is not a party
to the Geneva Red Cross Convention,
by which the signatory Powers bound
themselves in time of war to respect
the Red Cross, and to treat surgeons
as non-combatants. 1t is thought pos
sible that this fact may deter the War
Department from permitting any Of
the women nurses who are being sent
to the Far East from landing in China
for duty ere.-Medical Record.
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Latest Aspirations IN Bathing Suits.

There can be little doubt that the
bathing suit is another proof Of pro-
gress. Compare the old-fashioned,
ready-made. square, clumsy garment,
in all its severe dignity and flannel,
with the latest aspiration-soft. cling
ing folds, dainty trimmings, neat and
artistic in every feature, approaching
positive elegance, and almost too
tasteful and costly for it's purpose.
What sights we used to be twenty
years ago, with huge straw hats and
baggy garments which gave US the
grace of porpoises; whereas now the
naiads have come to life again.-Jew-
Ish Messenger.
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Printed Paper II ReYerad.

It is considered a sacrilegious act to
tread on a piece Of printed paper in
China. Receptacles for waste paper
are on every street corner. 1t is a
meritorious act to gather the sacred
characters and save them from desc
Grafton. The love of learning is so
great that many learn to read from the
fowery Oriental signs over the shop
fronts. 1t is said that if all the classics
were destroyed the knowledge Of these
scriptures is so diffused that there are
100000 men in China who could re-
produce them from memory.
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arowis P.rsnips in winter.

-e,.Sgtt3 OroWtR& <SEships Al "'h''
The comas6n parsnip is root that
Always brings a good price in market.
;1t can be grown as cheaply as any
'dfher whe. the proper conditions are
yobsefved, and these are not nearly so
difficult as many are apt to suppose.
Yet the price remains high, and there
are times nearly every winter when
the demand cannot be supplied except
at rates which.if the grower could get
them would make this the most profit
able crop grown. In such cases 1t IS
the fact that parsnips are held back
by the difficulty Of getting them to
market that makes them scarce, rather
than apy real deficiency in the supply
iii it could be brought to the con-
lsumer., The parsnip is so hardy that
at Is often left in the ground all winter
and thought it must be frozen it thaws
out iii contact with the soil and its
.fayof Is not injured. There is a diff
3cufty with those parsnips that are
wintered where they grow. The plant
starts to grow so soon as the ground
thaws, and after the first green sprout
appears it very soon becomes unfit to
eat. For this reason most growers
put the parsnips in underground pits,
covering them we'll with earth and
throwing some water on this to pre-
vent them from drying out. From
these pits they must be removed early
in spring IN placed in close proXim-
ity to ice so that they will always be
kept at near the freezing temperature.
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y err y
Years
Pain

HSass, q school teacher,
have suffered agony
monthly foA ten years.
MMy nervous system,
was q wreck. Z suffered
with pain In my side and
rad almost evsry III
known. fhad fake, freaf-
mont from a number OF
shyskckans who gave me
no s'sEefs
"0ns srecialisf said no
medicine oaWtd help me,
: must submit to an
operafSon.' =
81 wrote TO Ms's. Pink.
ham, stating my case, and
reoeiveH a prompt repIy'
I took kytsza e. Pinkt'affa's
VagefahIe COMPOUND ana
Followed the advice given
me and now ! suffer no
more. IF any one cares
N know more ab0uf my
oase, ! will eheerfuny
enswer all Ieffers:w-
1sLSS EDNA ELLIS, Hfg-
s.lnsu0sf, OTTO,
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Observation-Disclosures,
FARM and GARDEN,
NNE<NEEERN%N~
Weeds in the strawberry Bods.

Strawberry plants may be worked
until the rows are full of runners. and
should any weeds or grass appear in
the rows pull them out by hand, as
every weed that goes to seed in 4
strawberry row means n hundred or
more next spring. The beds will last
two or three years if kept clean this
Vpor
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A Painful Comparison.

There is hack work and hack
work." said the struggling writer.
Think what I get for mine-and what
the hackman gets for his" he added,
bitterly.-Puck. .......
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ItEs saiid that tirregSlar ysbSsfw als u
indi&tion of insanity Z ~
szA4f 0; : oaio, 3 s. SS,E.s Sss. q r9l ~ s

FnasKJ Jec4s J9casSSSmaf Ssn fss SssS tSxtbe is tn,
senitr partner Of the firm OF =. ". CHENEY IL
Co. ioing businessin theC City edo, County
the Tnm of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF cATAfsRH that cannot be
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRn CURE.
90 FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
q presence, this 6th day Of December.
J SEAL A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
~ N0idrN Public.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts al rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send fQr testimonials, free:
FL. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 76c,
Halls Family Pinsare the best.
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Dryino Fruft in the House.

Fruit can be dried in the house with
such q home made device rs Is shown
in the cut. The oX has a bottom or
sheet iron. with q wooden bottom two
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Shade For the Hog.

With shade in which the hog can be
in comfort during hot weather means
not only better health for him, but an
actual gain of pound or more per
day with the same ration, that the
hog without such arrangement actu-
ally loses pound or more per day.
One of the most perfect arrangements
for this purpose is made by placing
posts in the groundIreaS ing bout
four feet above thes grS upon
watch d platform is BUILT Hes or
cheap lupber, and SUCH p41acEm ar
rangem6t covered over with ! thick
coSerinesofi straw. s8 n
ssscatt& 4 lime andssalt onsthe ground
plentifdlly under this shed. The salt
draws damp and prevents dust from
accumulating under the shed, and the
lime is one of the best disinfectants
that can be used about hog lots, and
nlso destroys all unpleasant odors.
The absence of side walls allows
perfect ventilation. One upon trying
this planswill be surprised to find how
comfortable anc pleasant !; is for the
hog beneath the. shed during the, hot
testof the weather, and how much he
receives from the extra growth for the
small outlay Of laboy in constructing
such shade.
Plenty of pure water for drinking
purposes should be kept ut all times
within easy access Of the hog. espe-
ciaiiy d6rfnG hot weather. - Farm,
Field and Nlfeside.
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Puffs Under the eyes; red nose; pimple-
b1otched. greasy face don't mean hard drink
ine always as rnuch as It shows that there is
BILE IN THE BLOOD. It is true, drink
ing and over-eating overloads the stomach,
but failure to assist nature in regularly dis.
posing Of the partially digested lurnps Of food
that are dumped into the bowels and allowed
to rot there, is what causes all the trouDle;
CASCARETS will help nature help yoF;, and
will keep the system from filing with {Poisons,
will clean out the sores that tell OF the sys-
TENS rottenness. Bloated by bae the hgure:
becomes unshapeiy, the breath foul, eyes and
skin yellow; in fact the whole body kind OF
fills up with filth. Every time you neglect to
help nature you lay tie foundation for iust
such troubles. CASCARETS will carry the
poisons ieut of he system and will regulate
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Indiana is now second smong the States
in the production of canned goods.
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Mrs. wfpslow's Soothing Syrupfogeh children
t.athine. softens th Q gv ms, reducesinnamIna.
lion. aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.a bottle.
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It's easier for most men to make
friends of their creditors than to make
creditors Of their friends. ISL
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FITS permanently cured. No fftsor nervous,
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer So trial bottle and treatisefree-
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St, Phlla, Ia.
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Fly in IL, Eye-This is a very COM
mon occurrence in the summer time,
especially when cycling. When q fly
gets into the eye gently rub the eyelid
in one direction to bring the fly to the
inner corner Of the eye, and it will
then be able to be removed with the
fingers. If this fails lift up one eyelid
so as to get the other under it to sweep
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
Ave, n, Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. g., 1900.
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England has one clergyman TO every 6lO
people; ireland one TO every H70.
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Horses in their wild state live to the
pge of thirty-siX normally.
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PUrxaM FADELEss DYES are iast t9 sum.
Hight, washing and rubbing. Sold sny ~
druggists s,s tE9ass
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Steamers are, for travellers, fifty per
cent. safer than sailing vessels.