PURIFY
THE BLOOD
If you would have health
and energy in hot weather
you should see to it in the
early Spring that your blood
is pure and vital organs
strong and active.
IS THE GREATEST
BLOOD PURIFIER
ON EARTH.
The efficacy oi this remedy
in purifying the blood and
putting the system In order
is without a parallel in the
medical world. So thorough
and iar-reaching is it that it
carries its great cleansing
and regulating influence to
every part of the body, cast
ing out impurities that have
resulted from Winter diet,
purifying the bowels,
strengthening the kidneys,
liver and stomach, and pre
paring the entire body to
resist the disease germs
which come with warm
weather. Those who use
this great purifier during
the Spring months will
stand the heat better and be
free from the debilitating
ailments which invariably
attack the body that is
clogged up with impurities.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
W. L. DOUGLAS
*3 & $3£9 SHOES S'
W. L Douglas shoes are the standard of the world.
W. L. Douclaa made and sold more men’s Good
War Welt Hand Sewed Prorees) shoes in the first
»tx months of 1002 than any other manufmrturer.
* “ nnn REWARD will he paid to anyone who
iUUU fan disprore this statement.
L. DOUCLAS $4 SHOES
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
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— J1.I0-5.S20I ffffSa* $2,340,000
Ut 6 month*.
Best imported and American leathers, Heyl’$
Patent Calf. Enamel, Box Calf, Calf, Vici Kid, Corona
Colt, Mat. Kanqaroo. Fast Color Eyelets used.
Caution * The genuine haveW.L. DOUGLAS'
* name and price stamped on bottom.
Shoes by mail,. 25c. extra. Ulus. Catalog free.
W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS.
fard's Big Bargain Book
' ards off high prices, by
holesallng goods to all.
orth a dollar.
Ill savs you many dollars.
It contains over 1,000 pages quoting whole
sale prices on 70,000 different articles—17,000
illustrations are used to help you under
stand what the goods look like. Send 15
cents for catalogue and learn how to make
four dollars do the work of five.
CHICAGO
The house that tells the truth.
WEATHERWISE
IS Tht MAN WHO WEARS
WATERPROOF
^Soiled clothing
reputation extending over
' sixty-six year® and our
guarantee are back, of
every garment bearing the
' -SIGN OP- THE Pl3h.
There are many imitations.
Be sure of the name.
TOWER on the buttons.
ON SALE EVERYWHERE.
A.J.TOWtR CCUOSTON.MASSt
THE MUSKMELON CROP.
Proper Grnilinpr and racking Add
Very Mach to the Profit to Ue
Derived from It.
To know just wlien to pick a musk
melon is a matter of judgment, ac
quired only by a practical acquaint
ance with melons. Each variety has
its characteristic coloring when ripe.
The stem end colors and softens
first. This part furnishes the signal
for picking. The melon must be
picked before it has softened at this
critical point. It is not less impor
tant to grade melons than peStehes
or apples, and no progressive fruit
grower dreams of marketing these
fruits without grading them. Grad
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HANDY MELON BASKETS.
ing according to size is a distinct ad
vantage, because it frequently hap
pens that one consumer desires a
small size while another prefers a
larger grade. The work of grading
and packing can he done best on a
properly constructed grading table
in the packing house or in a shaded
corner of the field. The packing
house is the best place, however.
In w'estern New York there are
three types of packages—12-pound
baskets, bushel baskets and crates.
The 12-pound basket usually holds
16 melons, the bushel besket and the
crate hold from 30 to 45 melons
each. A favorite size of the crate
is 9 by 11 by 22 inches. Baskets
tire neat and easily handled, but are
not suitable for shipping fruit to
distant markets. For long-distance
shipment the crate is undoubtedly
the best package, economy of space
and ease of handling considered. In
w-estern New York most of the prod
uct is shipped by canal boat. Net
ted Gem packs nicely in 12-pound bas
kets, while the larger varieties, like
Surprise.are more conveniently hand
led in bushel baskets. It is doubt
ful. however, if growers could af
ford to use this package if shipped
by railway.—J. Craig, New York Sta
tion.
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THE OSAGE ORANGE
It Forninhen Excellent Timber for
Post*, Railroad Tie* anti Pur
pose* of Like Nature.
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Osage orange is undoubtedly the
very 1 est timber for posts, wagon
timber, railroad ties and for all pur
poses where the timber is exposed
to the weather.
The sap of this remarkable timber
is an cily caoutchouc, which renders
the wood impervious to liquids and
gases and not readily affected by ex
posure to air. acids and alkalies.
Osage orange grows rapidly in the
low lands of the Missouri and Missis
sippi and their tributaries as far
north as latitude 42 degrees, perhaps.
It is in its glory in the latitude of St.
Louis and farther south.
I had plants to grow 12 feet the
first year from seed and could not
use the plants, they being too large
to sell. In three years they make
line everlasting fence posts. In eight
or ten.years they make railroad ties.
When one post gets large enough,
cut it off and another tree will
sprout from the stump and make a
straight sprout of 20 to 25 feet high
—so you have an everlasting patch
of trees and everlasting wood in the
trees.
Don’t plant your patch on poor
ground; you will be disappointed if
you do.
There are many thousands of miles
of railroads and new railroads are
being built—they all need ties, no
substitute will ever take their place.
The islands in the Missouri river
will grow finp posts. In 1874 Judge
Miller, of llluffton, and the writer
were looking at a fine lot, which
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we calculated that. 2,000 good posts
could be grown on an acre of island '
laud in three years, and then contin
ued indefinitely.—Julian Ilagby, in ‘
Rural World.
‘ The Snath I* AVnklnar I p.
Stock growing is certain to become
jne of the leading industries of the I
south. The progress that has re- 1
cently been made In this direction I
has demonstrated that the southern 3
farmer is waking up to the possibil- i
ities that can be achieved in this di- <
rection. The abundance of water i
and grasses, the mild winter season, <
and the short season in which stock
have to be fed, make a combination
off advantages that cannot be sur- <
passed anywhere in the world.—Cot- 1
ton and Farm Journal.
THE FARMER’S CLOTHES,
They Should Be Neat and Well
tins and Worn with the Man
ners of a Gentleman.
In this day of agricultural college*
and agricultural journalism, ready ac
cess to liigh-class literature, tele
phones, free delivery of mail and elec
tric railways, when the farmer is no
longer isolated and uneducated, but a
man learned in the sciences, in art and
literature, and emb&icing in his voca
tion the best that is in botany, chem
istry, geology and natural philosophy,
the contempt sometimes shown the
countryman certainly proves that
there is something out of joint.
The cause of this attitude must lie
in the oddness of wearing apparel or
general carelessness or utter disre
gard of personal appearance displayed
by many a farmer when he visits the
metropolitan center. It is not expen
sive clothing that marks a well
dressed man, be he from country or
city, but care, neatness and cleanliness
and avoiding of oddity in personal ap
pearance. There are no successful
farmers who cannot afford to wear
ns good clothes as nine-tenths of the
city men.
The average farmer cannot follow
all the latest styles, but he need not be
1 Hlouehyvgawking.specimen of human
ity. bringing down contempt not only
an himself, but on farmers as a class.
It is hard for a farmer to appear any
thing but a farmer, do the best he can,
imt this fact need not worry him any
if he will only strive to bring his eall
ng to the point where it will be recog
lized as it is. When he is at work on
us farm, when he goes to the home
■ullage or town market, and when h©
lauls his produce along the highway,
to matter how he is dressed, the farm*
■r is not looked upon with disfavor by
iny well-bred persons; he is then mere
y at work and is respected by those
vith whom he comes in contact the
ame as any other good, honest work
ngman is; hot when he lays aside his
ififairs of the farm and goes into the
ity on business or pleasure it is un
[oubtedly a duty he owes to his voca
ion and to his fellow men to present
is good an appearance as his means
vi 11 admit. If he is to be respected by
hose who have no other means of
stimating him, meeting him but cas
lallv as they do, than by his personal
ippearanee and manner, he must pay
;ome attention to attire, cleanliness
ind manners. He must not neglect
hose little courtesies that mark prop
t consideration of others, and that
>elong to the well-bred man. lie must
lot be odd, nor rude, nor uncouth,
lood clothes and good manners will
(Illiterate self-consciouFness which
nakes one awkward and ill at ease in.
he presence of others, and will de*
elop that proper amount of self
steem which makes a man scorn to be
dd or untidy or uncouth, and which
cill enable him to easily adapt him
elf with quiet imperturbed demeanor
o his surroundings, however polished
nd cultured. It is easier to say this
han to do it, but like all character
evelopment it must be worked for
pith the hardest of effort and most
onstant practice.—J. G. Allsliouse, in
>hio Farmer.
DURABLE PLANT LABEL.
L Slinide-I.lttle ThlnK, Out of Ineatl
lnnlilc Value to the Gardener
and Fruit Grower.
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Where one has several varieties of
he same kind of plants, or is trying
lew varieties, it is always desirable
o put a marker at the end of th©
ows. A piece of lath with the nam*
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LABELS FOR PLANTS,
narked upon the end with a lead pen
il is a common plan, but before the
ml of the season tlie pencil mark is
isually nearly, if not wholly, effaced.
l simple plan is shown in the aceom
lanying sketch. The lath and the
ame in lead pencil is used as usual,
nit over the name is fastened a hit of
•ood. as shown in the cut. to protect
he marking from the weather. A
liin strip of wood, a few small screws
nd a jackknife are all that are needed,
nd a dozen of such markers can be
repased in a few moments.—H. C.
Vest, in Farm and Home.
nr«lh to C aterpillars.
Caterpillar nests or tents are yet
llowed to disfigure many of our fruit
rees. We who spray with Bordeaux
nixture and ursenites have no trouble
rom leaf-eaters on apple and pear
rees. A resident of Shippensburg,
*a., says he saturates a woolen cloth
nth black machine (lubricating) oil,
astens it to the end of a long pole and
tirs it in anti through every caterpil
ar’s nest he can find, select ing for this
ob the early morning hours, when the
aterpillars are at home. It makes
hort work of them. Wild cherry trees
ire their favorite breeding places,
ind should be cut out of till the fence
ows.—Troy (X. Y.) Times.
It Par* t° Keep Aceonnt*.
Hoard's Dairyman has found that
here are herds of dairy cows, owned
>y patrons of Wisconsin creameries,
hat with good care produce from
1.50 to $2.13 worth of milk for every
lollar’s worth of feed consumed.
)ther herds produce less than this;
n a few cases $1 worth of feed pro
lucing only 93 cents worth of milk.
Sither the care or the cow was not
vhat it ought to be in these latter
?ases. We have an idea that the cov»»
las much to do with it. Do you know
what kind of a cow you Veep?
WIVES OF GREAT MEN.
Fielding, the novelist, married a
maid servant.
Moliere. at the age of 40. married an
actress aged 17 summers. She ran
away, and it snowed and covered her
tracks.
~ Hazlitt’s wife cared nothing for his
ability. Her temper was an intensity.
And the tragedy of the unsympathetic
played itself to the bit-ter end.
“Ben” Jotison’s wife went to the inn
after him if he stayed too long and
brought him home, tongue lashing him
ail the way.
Napoleon conquered the world, ma
terial. But he often swore at Joseph
ine (a woman who was once his wife),
and when she cried, said: “Hush; it
makes your nose red.” But he was a
great man.
Prl»«t» of I'nllaiN I'arnde.
The Priests of Pallas will give a grand
electrical parade in Kansas City on the
night of October 7. It will be the most
splendid and elaborate display ever wit
nessed in the west, entirely new and orig
inal. All railroads have made a rate of
one fare for the round trip.
Why He Rejoiced.
Daughter—Papa seemed in an unusually
good humor this morning when he started
down town.
Mother My goodness! That reminds
me. I forgot to ask him for money.—Toledo
“I Had the Headache Con
tinually-Could Not Do My
Work-Pe-ru-na Cured.”
Mrs. Esther M. Miluer, De
Graff, Ohio, writes:
"/ was a terrible sufferer from
female weakness and bad the
headache continually. / was
not able to do my housework for
my husband and myself. / wrote
you and described my condition
as near as possible. You recom
mended Peruna. I took four bot
tles and was completely cured.
I think Peruna a wonderful med
icine and have recommended it
to my friends with best results. ”
•—Airs. E. /W. Milner.
Shake Into Your Shoes
Allen’s Foot-Ease, it cures painful, swollen,
imarting, sweating, feet. Makes new shoes
easy . Sold by all Druggists and Shoe stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREJ&
Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
What Did She Meant
Flora—Yes, 1 sing in a church where they
have an awfully small congregation.
Dora—Then why don’t you stop singing?
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
“D be taken as a formal notification
that the campaign is on,” said the large
waisted philosopher, "when the candi
dates begin to say: 'This is on me.’”—In
dianapolis News.
Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
Jo be found in bad company is often
equivalent to being lost.—Chicago Daily
News.
Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever
tsed for all affections of the throat and
lungs.—Wm. 0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind..
Feb. 10. 1900.
With the true artist money is a secondary
consideration; but it is usually a very good
second.—Puck.
Better use blarney than vitriol.—Atchi
son Globe.
Always.—Old Gotrocks (after signing
will)—‘‘There! There’s no way under the
»un in whioh my relatives can get up a row
liter I’m gone. I’ve remembered each and
every one of them.” Family Lawyer (grim
ly)—“Yes. But—er—‘Where there’s a will
ihere’s always a way.’ ”—N. Y. Sun.
Philosophic.—Poorman—“It’s so hard to
>e economical. Many a time I get wishing
1 was a Russell Sage or something.” Cum
nazy—“Huh! he’s worse off. If it’s hard
to be economical when you have to, juot
think how much harder it must be when you
ion’t have to.”—Philadelphia Press.
Hla Pla»
"Why is it," asked the happy bridegroom,
ifter the ceremony ivas over, and the
friends were crowding about with their
:ongratulations and good wishes, “that
>ne hears so much about the ‘June bride,’
while the June bridegroom is relegated to
;h* background?”
But nobody heard him, and he realized
that he belonged there, though he smiled
ind tried to look ae if ne were one of the
itar performers.—Chicago Tribune.
Sore Care for Blocs.
Have you a dark blue pain in the small i
if the back, do you experience hot flashes, |
ire the whites of your eyes turning yei- '
low, with dark blue rings under them,
io you experience loss of appetite, have
rou that tired feeling in the morning with .
oss of memory when your wife asks you
m order the groceries, are you'startled out
>f your sleep by dreams of being dragged
through eigtit yards of lead pipe by seven
jald-headed angels? If so, ft is not safs t
to neglect this condition, or it will grow 1
»n you. Get out and hitch onto a few of ‘
ihe weeds in the garden or on the empty [
ot. and lift them out before breakfast,
rake an old siding and slap the rugs a few
imes that are left out on the line. All
.his is a sovereign remedy for that stats
>f mind which used to be known as the
‘charlie hoss.”—Minneapolis Journal.
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In a dainty little booklet, 25 out of some 3000
bright boys tell in their own way just how they
have made a success of selling
THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST
Pictures of the boys—
letters telling how they
built up a paying busi
ness outside of school
hours. Interesting
stories of real business
tact.
We will furnish you with
Ten Copies the first week Free
of Charge, to be sold at Five
Cents a Copy; you can then
send us the wholesale price for
as many as you find you can
sell the next week. If you want
to try it, address
Boys' Department
Th» Curtii Fubli.hing Company, Philadelphia
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SCHOOL HOUSES
AND HOMES
must be decorated with ALABAST1NE
to insure health and permanent satis
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' CUTS,WOUNDS
tf ALL. DRUGGISTS SELL IT
DON’T SUFFER
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“I SUFFERED TERRIBLY
WITH FEMALE WEAKNESS;”
SAYS MRS. ESTHER M. MILNER.
Miss Mamie Groth, Platteville,
Wis., writes: “Accept a grate
ful girl’s thanks for the won
derful help I have received
through the use of Peruna. Although 1
looked well and strong I have for sev
eral years suffered with frequent back
ache and would for several days have
splitting headaches. I did not wish tc
011 my system with poisonous drugs,
and so when several of my friends ad
vised me to take Peruna, I asked my
physician what he thought of it. He
recommended it and so I took it and an:
entirely without pain of any kind now.’
—Miss Mamie Groth.
Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, has had ovei
fifty years experi
ence in the treat
ment of female ca
tarrhal diseases.
He advises women free of charge. If
you are suffering from any female de
rangement write him a description of
your symptoms and he will give you
the benefit of his experience in the
treatment of women’s diseases.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of I’eruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President ol
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
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the Bowel Troubles of
Children of Any Age.
Aids Digestion, Regulates
the Bowels, Strengthens
the Child and Makes
TEETHING EASY.
for mall 26 cents to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D.. ST. LOUIS, MO.
. . Office of D. H. Hardy, Secretary of State, Austin, Tex,, Nor. 21, 1900.
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