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Middletown transcript., 1921-01-08
HONOR FOR CANADA
Wins Championships at Interna-
tionaI Live Stock Show.
Splendid Exhibits, Both Of Animals
and Grain, Won Admiration Of
Judges and Spectators.

One of the most interesting sights
at the International Live Stock show
at Chicago was the evening parades
of horses and cattle. AS the Cana
dian section of these parades came in
! to view, and as 1t passed around the
ring, there was continued applause.
There were two or three reasons for
this, the principal one being that In
this section there were the wonderful
Clydesdales, the Belgians and the Per-
cherOns that had carried off champion
ships and first prizes. The province
of Saskatchewan had splendid dis
play of ClydeSdales and showed in
number of classes, and in every class
they got in the money. A remarkable
and noted winning was that of the
University of Saskatchewan, showing
Lady Bruce" female ClydeSdale, in
a class of "a and taking second. In
competition there were entries from
such famous studs as COnyngham Bros.
of WilkeSbarre, p. l.. James of EaStOn,
Mass, and George Chiett Of the same
state. She was beaten by an imported
mare, but was later made champion
American-bred mare and reserve
grand champion, an honor never before
conferred upon anything but an i'm
ported animal.
The following are some of the good
things that Canada won at the Inter-
national, in fair fight and no favors.
Grand championship for Clydesdale
stations; championship for American
bred Clydesdale mares; reserve senior
and reserve grand championships for
Clydesdale mares; grand champion
ship for Southdown sheep; sweepstakes
grand championship for wheat for the
continent Of America; championship
for Durum wheat for America.
Another of the reasons for the ap-
plause given the Canadian sections of
the parade was the heartiness with
which the American spirit was imbued
that impelled it to greet with the full
est appreciation the efforts Of the win
ner, and the hundreds of Canadians In
the immense audience Of the amphi'
theater appreciated it.
The purpose that Canada had in
making exhibits from their farms.
whether it was of live stock-and they
had it there in all branches-grains.
grasses or roots, was to demonstrate
that the war had not created devasta-
tion. that the country was alive with
interest in the matter Of production
and that it had ability to produce in
manner that would bring 1t, champion
ships, and what better place than the
International, where it would be placed
before thousands many Of whom, with
the enlightenment thus gained and
with desire to better their condition,
would be made to realize that in the
neighboring country to the north there
was an opportunity that it might be
of advantage to them to embrace
Advertisement.
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KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
John, for Once, Thought Of an Effee.
tive "Comebaek" During Little
Matrimonial Tiff.

Judge Gary Of the United States
Steel corporation was discussing mar
riage.
MANY marriage which began as a
pure love match" he said, develops
into an eternal wrangle. Haven't you
seen marriages wherein the contract
ing parties do nothing but argue and
fight and contradict each other over
trifes from daylight until dark?"
II remember dining once with such
a menage. When the soup came on
they started an argument about the
price Of parlor carpet or some such
ridiculous matter, and the serving of
the fruit saw this argument at its
height.
"Then the wife interrupted herself
to say to her husband plaintively:
81 don't know what would happen,
John, if you ever agreed with me on
any topic
"I'd be wrong said John. I'd be
wrong"
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INCREASE IN ALFALFA CROPS
Laroer Yields Secured by Oregon and
Washington Farmers by Appii-
cation Of Sulphur.

Farmers in Oregon and Washington
have greatly increased their alfalfa
crops by the application Of sulphur.
This practice is based upon the re-
suits of investigations by the expert
ment stations in these states as well
as upon demonstrations of the use Of
sulphur on alfalfa conducted by the
county agricultural agents in co-opera-
ton with specialists from the agricul
tural college. In Deschute county last
year 2S5 tons of sulphur were used,
at q total cost of little more than
$4,000, and the increased yield, reck-
oned at $40 ton, was S12O,OOO. In
Jackson county 277 tons, costing
about $4,000, are estimated to have
increased the yield $4,000. In Kla-
math county SO tons. costing $500,
gave an estimated increase of $4,000
reckoning alfalfa at SIS ton. Dem
onstrations in Josephine, Wallowa and
Wasco counties give similar ratio
of results. The first experiments in
sulphur fertilization in these states
were made in 1912. Rapid develop
ment of the innovation was made pos
sible through the system Of county
agents and key men who were practi-
cal farmers.
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WOMEN need SWhMP-ROOT

Thousands Of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
Ifa the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am.
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test TINS
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When. writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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He HAD SOMETHING COMING
Postmaster Quite Ready to Resign
After Satisfactory Financial Set
Element Had Been Made.

When ]. X. Paulding was secretary
Of the navy he wrote to the postmaster
of small village in the South as fol-
lows: "Sir: This department wishes to
know how far the Tombigbee river
runs up" The answer came back: 1T
don't. It runs down." The postmaster
general was informed Of the affair and
failed to see the humor Of it. He wrote
a letter to the postmaster that said ::
"Sir: Your appointment as postmaster
is hereby revoked. You will turn over
funds. etc., pertaining to your office to
your successor"
In no wise put out the postmaster
once more took up his pen, and the
postmaster general received this: ''The
revenue for this office for the quarter
ending September 30 has been IS
cents; its expenditures, same period,
for candles and twine, So cents. Please
instruct my successor to adjust bal
ance."
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ARTIFICIAL DAY
FAVORED BY HEN
'ouItry Flock Given More Time
for Eating and Exercising
During Winter Season.
INCREASES EGG PRODUCTION
Many Farmers Find it Profitable to
illuminate Houses for Severa:
Hours Each Day TO Encour-
age the Pullets.

Domestic fowls originated in the
tropics where the days ana nights are
of about equal length. AS a result OF
this, the reproductive ard digestive
systems of the hen are developed to
fit the environment Of 12-hour day
and 12-hour night. For this reason
she is somewhat like an alarm clock,
except that she must be wound up
about every II hours instead of every
a. In the winter in the North, her
digestive system strikes at about or
4 o'clock in the morning. AS she is
unable to locate food in the dark she
has no alternative but to wait until
daylight or until the caretaker gets
around to feed her.
Habits, Not Nature, Changed.
Up in the nOrth-temperate zone
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A neighbor recommended Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to me,
and the second day after started tax
ing it began to feel better and I kept
on taking it for seven months. Now /
keep house and perform all my house
hold duties. You can use these facts as.
you please and will recommend Vege-
table Compound to everyone who sufierp
as I did" Mrs. J. S. LITTLE, S4b5
Livingston St., Philadelphia, Pa.
How much harder the daily tasks OF
a woman become when she suffers from
as did Mrs. Little. No woman should
allow herself to get into such condition
because such troubles may be speedily
overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, which for more than
forty years has been restoring American
women to health. !
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homemade HIDES
ARE TOO UNCERTAIN
It Does Not Pay Farmer to Tan
His Own Leather.
Packing Houses Have Considerable
Advantage Because Of Ability to
Carefully Grade Skins-Holes
Are Avoided.

Apparently it doesn't pay the farm
er to tan his own leather. The bureau
Of chemistry. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. is conducting
leather-making experiments upon the
scale to which the average farmer
would have to adjust his work. ana
specialists say that the results OBJ
tanned thus far do not warrant gen.
eral practice. Good leather can be
made in individual tanneries, but the
results are too uncertain to give re-
liable profits.
The work was taken up by the de-
partment when it became evident that
the farmers were feeling the injustice
of transaction wherein they sold
whole cowhide for less than they PAID
out for a pair of work shoes-an oc-
currence not at all unusual. lnvestl'
CATION shows that the leather dealer
is not entirely to blame for the 10"
prices that the farmer receives Ior
his hides. Too often the hide from
the farm COW is taken off IN a care
less manner that leaves the skin full
Of cuts and holes-farm hides are new
er as uniform as those bought from
the packing houses. where the animals
are carefully graded and the skins
removed by expert skinners. For tha1
reason the hide buyer is always will
ing to pay more for the packers prod
uct than he can offer the farmer.
Then, too. the farmer sells his cow
hide to the junk dealer, who deducts
his profit from the price he pays.
Whenever it is possible to collect
number of hides and skins it will pay
the owner to deal directly with
large dealer. the specialists say.
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EGGS FOR HIGH-CLASS TRADE
Where Dirty Eggs Have Been Cleaned
Shiny Appearance Is Left
on Surface.

Even If dirty eggs are cleaned, they
are cut in some markets the same as
though they were dirty. This is be-
cause the characteristic rough surface
of the egg is removed and becomes
smooth by washing, giving a shiny ap-
pearance This is not wanted by
high-clasS trade.
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CUTTERS KEEP CELLARS DRY
Cement bitches Carry Water From
House Far Enough to Prevent
Injury by Seepage.

A few homemade cement cutters will
drain away the water from the gutter
pipes and help keep a cellar dry. The
cement ditch can be s inches wide, .
inches thick and widened at the receiv.
ing end to resemble shallow platter,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture. 1t should be sufficiently
long to carry the water from the gut
ter pipe far enough from the house
foundation to prevent seepage. If the
work is set flush with the ground 1t
offers no hindrance to passing feet or
to the lawn mower.
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Lighting Experiments.
where during the fall and winter the
nights are from 13 to Is hours long
the transplanted domestic fowl from
the tropics has changed her habits
but not her nature. During this time
she takes her vacation when she has
the least to eat and to do. This is
from necessity rather than frcm
choice, for, given an opportunity to
eat, exercise, and enjoy herself for II
hours a day, she lays nearly, if not
quite so well, as during the summer
months.
Acting on this theory many poultry
keepers have found it profitable to
light their poultry houses for several
hours each day. This heightened day,
together with the right kind of feed
and plenty Of exercise, has been found
to increase to marked degree the
number of eggs laid by pullets in the
fall and winter. 1t does not pay to
provide light for older hens. A a.
hour day for the laying flock during
the winter months is the aim of these
who are following this practice.
Experiments are being carried on by
the United States Department of
Agriculture at the government poultry
farm at Beltsville, Nd. for the pur-
pose of securing more data on this
phase of poultry work. The results
secured thus far corrOborate the testi-
mony of others as to the value of il
Elimination in hen houses.
The birds used in the government
experiments are fed four times day,
at eight, twelve, four and some time
after dark. This last feed is for the
birds breakfast. In addition to the
four feeds dry mash is kept con-
stantly before the birds.
BY means Of an ordinary alarm
clock an electric switch is turned on
about 4 80 in the morning Care is
taken to increase the length of the
time of illumination gradually or the
effect on the birds would be disas-
trous. At the close of the season the
decrease must be made slowly. From
November 1, the opening of the pul,et
season, to April 1 Is the time when
lighting is usually provided for fowls.
To secure the desired results it is
necessary not only to provide food
ready for eating when the birds
awake, but also water. In very cold
weather some special means of heating
it must be provided or the watering
trough will be frozen over. The birds
will not do we'll If drink is not avail
able also. A small oil lamp under a
bucket, an electric attachment for
slightly heating the water, and
watering tank insulated somewhat af-
ter the idea Of a fireless cooker are
the methods used for keeping the
water for the flock at a temperature
above freezing.
How to Save Light.
In pen 20 by 20 two lights rather
than one should be used. A wide
angled reflector that will throw the
light to all parts of the building also
helps to get the best results from the
amount Of electricity used. To save
illumination the windows should be
placed when feasible on the south,
east and west sides of the building.
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ADJUSTABLE CREEP FOR PIGS
Boards Held PerpendicularIy by Bolts
May Be Close Together or
Far Apart.

Here is an adjustable hog creep that
may be used to admit to pen or feed
lot pigs I'D to certain size, and ex-
clude all above that size. Usually the
boards of hog creep are horizontal
but in this case they are perpendicu-
lar, says writer in Successful Farm
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Adjustable Hog Creep.

ing. The hogs can always pass through
without STOPPING, and since there is no
board to rub along their backs there is
less danger of injuring them. The two
outside boards are nailed to the cross
pieces while the two middle boards are
held in place by bolts which pass
through elongated holes. These two
middle boards may be close together or
far apart depending upon the size of
the hogs to be excluded.
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Big IMPORTANCE IN WINTER
Windows on South Side of Poultry
House Should Be Opened to
Supply Fresh Air.

Open the windows on the south side
Of the house on all except the coolest
days and open them wide when the
sun shines and it is fairly warm, so
that the fowls can have plenty Of
health-giving fresh air when the tenn
perature Is not too cold.
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How to Save Light.
SELECTING BEST C0CKERELS
Male Bird SHOULD Have Short, Stout
Legs and Full 6reast-Comb Is
Good Index.

In selecting cockerels, they should
have short, stout legs and full breasts.
The comb is also good index in judg-
ing the maturity of a male, as some
are far ahead of others hatched at the
same time. Good judgment goes long
way in selecting fowls.
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Don't Foroet cuticura Talcum

Don't Forget cuticura Talcum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, rem
dering other perfumes superfiuous
You may rely on it because one OF the
Cuticura Trio (Soap. Ointment and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv
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IIlOSL VI IlS tlu19 WO
felt bad in my left
side. My monthly
periods were irreg-
ular, sometimes five
or seven mouths
apart and when they
did appear wouldlast
for two weeks and
were very painful. /
was sick for about q
year and a half and
doctoredbut without
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In the interest of Quiet.

NIistress-Norah, rang for yt'..
four times and you didn't come. I'm
getting tired Of it.
Maid-So am 1; that's why I've
come.-BostOn Transcript.
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Peace and plenty breed towards;
hardness ever of hardness is the
mother r-ShakeSpeare.
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Cultivate the habit of detecting the
possibilities for good in things and
neople, It is worth the effort.
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Be a good listener, and you will
not be allowed to say anything. You
never get chance.
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Never permit costive tendency to de-
velop into habit; if the habit exists have
recourse at once to Garfield Tea.-Adv.
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Garfield Tea, by purifying the blood,
eradicates rheumatism, dyspepsia and many
chronic ailments.-Adv.
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Dads Opinion.

"Just think. They skin the poor
otter for his fur "Well, the otter
isn't the only one skinned"
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As well eat the devil as the broth he
is boiled in.
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AS usual, When a precedent is brok
en-, it is proved that it shouldn't be.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Cattle-To
steers, $40; others, $7@9; prime cows
held at S.; good heifers. $S.25; bulls,
Gamers and calves steady; bulk can.
ners, $3@3.25; practical top on veal.
ers, $11; bulk and choice, $10011;
feeders weak to Csc lower.
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Some Husbands Still Timorous

I'm old colony days it was against
the law for man to kiss his wife on
Sunday"
II fear we are still feeling the effect
Of those laws"
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In this hour of adversely be not
without hope. for crystal rain falls
from black clouds.
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THE
MARKETS

BALTIMORE.-Wheat-No. l red
winter, spot. $1.97A; No. 2 red win
ter, spot, s1S7; No. 2 red, garlickly,
spot, s1.81A; December, $1.S1A; JAN
uary, &.S1A bid.
Corn-Cob corn is quiet and in
ample supply on basis of s4 to $4.o5
per barrel for prime nearby yellow
on spot.
Oats-No. 2 white, 6Oc; No. white,
5Sc.
Rye-No. Western, export, spot,
S1.73 bid; bag lots nearby rye, as to
quality, $1.5O@1.65 bushel.
Hay-No. 1 Timothy (nominaD
s2S@2S5O; Standard Timothy, $26.5o
@27; No. 2 Timothy, $25.50@26; No.
Timothy, s21@23; No. 1 light Clover
mixed, s25.5O@2S; No. 2 light Clover
mixed, s23@24: No. 1 Glover mixed,
s25@25.5O; No. 2 Glover mixed, $21@
%; No. 1 Clover, s26@27; No, 2
Glover, s2I@24; Sample Hay, s17@21
Straw-No. 1 tangled Rye, SIT; NO.
? tangled Rye, SIG; No. wheat, s1S
@135O; No. 2 wheat, s12@12.50; No.
l oats (nominaI), s1S@1S.50; No 2
oats, s16@17.
Butter-Creamery, Western separa.
tors, extras, 57@5Sc; do, firsts, $50
56; do, prints, II pound, extras, bs
@59; do, frsts. 56@57; DO, l pound
extras, 5S@59; do, tirsts, 56@57;
nearby creamery, extras, 5Q@51; do.
firsts, 47@4S; dairy prints, Maryland
Pennsylvania and Virginia, extras, 2s
@3O; do, firsts, 26@27; storepacked
firsts, 1920; rolls, West Virginia
extras, 21@22; do; Maryland an6
Pennsylvania, extras, 22@23.
Eggs-Western Maryland, Pennsyl
vania and nearby, frsts, CSC; Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia, firsts
So; Western (Ohio), firsts, 6S; West
Virginia, firsts, 81; Southern (Nortf
Carolina), firsts, 66.
Live Poultry-Chickens, young, by
boat, pound, 36@37c; do, by express
pound, 36@37; do, old roosters
pound, 20; do, old hens, over 4
pounds, pound, 36@37; do, small
pound, 1882; do, white Leghorr
hens, pound, 34@35; do, young white
Leghorns, 11s pounds, pound, 34@35
Ducks, Muscovy and Mongrel, young
pound, 31@32c; do, white Pekins
young, pound, 34@35; do, puddle,
pounds and over, pound, 32@34; do
smaller, poor, pound, 26@2S. Turkeys
choice, fat, pound, SOC; do, thin
crooked breast, pound, 40@45; do, ole
toms, pound, so.
Potatoes - White, Maryland and
nearby, per 100 pounds, $1.5o@175:
do, Eastern Shore, Mccormick, 10C
pounds, $1.25@1.40; Sweets, yellow
No. /, per barrel, kiln-dried; $3@3.5O;
do, yellows, York river, per barrel
S3@3.5O; do, Eastern Shore, Mary
land and Delaware, per barrel, s2.5C
@3 do, native, per hamper, $1@1.25;
Vans, fancy, bright, per barrel, $2.5C
@3.
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AN open letter
T.. TO WOMEN
Mrs. Little Tells How She
Suffered and How Finally
Cured

Philadelphia, Pa.-'I was not able T.
do my housework and had to lie down
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If you want to make thief angry
call him thief.
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Cultivate the habit of detecting the
possibilities for good in things and
people. 1t is worth the effort.
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The German army now numbers
$50. 900 men.
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RUBI-RUB

penetrating massage for Rheumatic pains.
pleasant to and will not cause blistering
Rubi Rub is not merely a liniment but a
soothing application that. after being applied
leaves a sense Of warmth followed by almost
immediate relief. Rubi Rub is equally eff
cient in Lumbago. Sciatica. Sprains and Neu-
ralgic pains. When once used. you will never
be without it. Money refunded II 1t fails to
relieve. Sent postpaid CSC OF. bottle. Sold
only by RENO LABORATORY, SOUTH
BOUND BROOK. NEW JERSEY.
District Mnnagers-Need four more. EN-
ploy, handle men, All sales credited. Drawing
acct. against commissions. Start own bus.
Assecco Mfg. Co.. Dept c, Boston, Mass.
MAKE YOUR WALL PAPER CLEAN AND
SWEET AGAIN. VIII save you money.
Simple formula SOC. G. BAUER. ia e.
Pearl, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
DANCING VISUALIZED. This patented
CHART SYSTEM teaches You any dance in
q few minutes in your own home. Address
vISUALIZED DANCING. Atlantic City. N. J.
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Society excuses the witty growler.
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LIVE STOCK

NEW YORK.-Calves-V $3.50
10; culls, $8@12; barnyard calves, Sc
@8; Westerns, S9@11.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep ewes,
s3.50@5.5O; culls, $2@3; yearlings, 81
o.; lambs, $10@13.75; culls, $8@9.
Hogs s. Light to mediumweightA
s12; heavy hogs over 200 pounds and
pigs under Is pounds, $115O;
BALTIMORE.-Calv choice, $50
16c; ordinary to medium, 10@14;
heavy, fat, 14@15; fair to good, 11@
II; heavy, smooth, fat, per head, SIS
@20; rough, per head, s12@15; com
mon thin, per head, 5000.
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Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down. condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are In
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is local disease, it is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces OF
the body, thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
+. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
With poison gas and submarines
the "glOry" of war begins to totter.
Maybe it was time.
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PHILADELPHIA = Wheat lower;
No. red winter, s1.91@l.96; do, CARL
icky, s1.S2@1S7.
Corn frmer; old, as to grade and
location, s1@1.03; new No. yellow,
92@95c; do, No. 4, 8S@92.
Oats steady; No. white, 61@61 kc
No. white, 60@6O1z.
Butter unchanged; nearby prints,
fancy, 66@6Sc; Western creamery, ex
ira, 81.
Eggs higher; nearby frsts, 77@79c;
do, current receipts, IS; Western, ex,
ira frsts, 76@78; do, firsts, 72@74;
fancy selected packed, 5000.
Cheese quiet; New York whole milk.
fancy fiat, held, 27k@2Sc; common
to good, 25@27; do, fancy flats, cur.
rent make, 24@24h; do, common ts
good, 21@23; longhorn, held, 27; do
fresh, 26A@27h; single daisies, held.
26@27; do, fresh, 25@26.