Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Tlio Wny of tVio Almanac. ‘To! Oil, pa! I know how t’ make a olm’noc.” “flow, Tommy?" "Wh’ y’ je»’ got up a lot of eclipnen on* mokn 'em como off Romewhoroa where they ain* t viniblo." Whftt Will Beoomo of 01* In a? None can forMQO the outcomoof the «uar- rel between foreign powers over the divis ion of Chinn. It Is interesting to wntch the going to pioces of tills nnclent but unpro- gresnive moo. Many people in America arc also going to pieces because of dyspepsia, constipation, blood, liver and stomach dis eases. We are living too fast, but strength, vigor amt good health can be retained if wo keep off and cure the above diseases with llostetter’s Stomach Bitters. that ain't built by foreign pauper It's c label To Cure a Cold In One I>i»y. Take I,ax ativk Miiomo QutNINK Tabmeth. All drniritlstH refund the money If It foils to euro. JC. W. Ukovb'h slKiinturo Is on each box. :13c. •Imn|inpps~(i. that Idea Is out o ---*--,t idea r $g * -Ltfo. sin Tuttl Fruit I aftor each raoal. Basil for the Pole?” r—No. Call It ?*A I) lure Platform."—Until more American. Wanted. A travellnK salesman In each Southern Slate; Iftfi lo $00 per month and traveling expenses; xperience not absolutidy necessary. Aa< Pknickh To u acco Wo it k 8 "CO ,.l ’ e n ickn, Va. “Oh, nurse plaited her hair In a pigtail and •bo won't have It."—Indianapolis Journal. , Amcrlcto Coro. Ityp Is tho charactcrlntlc food crop of Germany and IluBiita, millet of In dia, and wheat of France, while com is pre-eminently an American crop! over three-fourths of tho world's cort- sumptlon being produced In this coun try. Tho Crop Reporter for August contains good news In regard to the outlook for corn; namely, tlmt the de mand for It abroad is rapidly Increas ing. Until within recent years, Ku- rope failed to recognize tho superior ity nnd oconomy of corn as a cheap food for animals, hut thoy arc. now awakening to that fact. Indeed the Increase In tho oxport of corn observed In the last five years has been tho most stlrlng featuro of our forolgn commerce, tho Increase obsorved dur ing that period being equal to about 254 per cent. Tho maximum was reached In the last fiscal year when tho exports attulncd tho unprecedent ed total of 200,848,273 bushola, valued at $85,200,880. This figure It should bo cnrefully noted represents but-one- tenth of tho total value of our corn crop. To Clean Delicate Fabrics, Tho Ifliiglloh Boefety of Arts .recent ly offered a prlzo of $100 for the host method of clemilng silk, woollen and cotton fabrics, and this Is tho recipe that won: Into a pint of clear, soft water grate two potatoes of goodly slzo, strain through a coarso sieve Into a gallon of water nnd let the liquid sottlo. Four tho starchy fluid from the sediment, and, In it rub the arti cles to bo cleaned, rlnso thoroughly in clear water, dry and press, v’/ could"nt Sew another Stitch to Save my Life. ' A gorgeous costume flashed beneath tho brilliant lights o£ a ball room. Tho queen of society is radiant to-night. Tho nervous hands of a weak woman have toiled day and night, tho weary form and aching hoad have known no rest, for the dress must be finished in time. To that quoon of - society and her dressmaker we would say a word. One through hothouse culture, luxury and sooial excitement, and the other through tho toil of necessity, may some day find thoir ailments a common cause. Nervous prostration, oxoitability, fainting spells, dizzi ness, slooplossnoss. loss of appetito and strength, all indioato serious trouble, whioh has been promoted by an over-taxed system. For the soolety queen and tho dressmaker alike, there is nothing so reliable as Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to restore strength, vigor, and happiness. Mrs. Lizzie Atiderson, 49 Union St., Salem, N. J., writes: DBAS Mbs. PimmAM:—T fool it Is ray duty to write and toll you how grateful I am to you for what your modloluo lioa dono for mo. At ono time X suffered ovorythlng a woman could. X had inflammation of tho ovaries, falling of tho womb, nnd loucorrhasa. At tlmos oould not hold a it. X am thankful to tho Glvor of all good for giving you tho. wisdom of ourlng suffering women. I rocommond your med- iclno to ovory woman troublod with any of thoso dlsoaaos." Mrs. Sarah Swoder, 103 West St,, La Porte, Ind., writes: “Deab Mrs. Pinkuam:—It gives mo great ploosuro to toll you how much good Lydia B. Plnkham’B Vegetable Compound has dono for mo. “X had been a sufferer for yoars with fomalo trouble. X could not sow but a fow minutes at a tlmo without suffering terribly with my head. My buck and ltlduoys also troubled mo all tho time. I .was udvlsod by a frlond to take yourmod- iolne. X had no faith In It, but docldea to try it. After taking ono bottle I folt so much bettor that I continued Its use, and. .by tho tlmo I had takon six bottles X was cured. There Is no other mediolne for mo. X rocommond It to all my friends. 1 ’ 9999999999999999999999 AGRICULTURAL ■% a I%n Coins to the fact thmt *ome akeptlc.l * null people have from time to time auctioned n|L ,, M|BU thetjcnulnenecolthetestlmoalalletter, ■■ vro nrc constantly oubllehlnj, wo hnv« deposited with the N.tlon.1 City Bank, 01 Lvnn, Halt, (too which will he paid to any peraon who will .how that the ehot. testlmonlalsnre not item,Inn, or were published before obtaining the writera' speck] permission.—Lyons K. 1'tNxltAM Mintcis. Co. 1 ^4eeece«6e«ee«eec€6€6ee' Visa suuooeaful Dairyman. to. Dairying Is a business, ami son* farmers wfll succeed where others fall bocauso they lmvo more energy and Intelligence, adhering strictly to busi ness principles. Tho dnlryinan who gives'particular attention to tho core of his stock will nlwnys ho repaid for his labor with largo yields and greater. profits. !* - Caesa Ara Clans, lllrdi. In an Intorvlow Mr, Itcnnger, tho Kentucky goose raiser, gavo tho fol lowing Interesting facts regarding goose nnd tliolr lmblts: “A goose Is the cleanest fowl nltvo. I lmvo been In the poultry business since 1871, have' hnndled nil kinds of domestic fowl, nnd lmvo studied their lmblts closely. Thoy nrc constantly nt work Itooplng tlielr feathers clean, nnd It furnished with plenty of water thoy are never seen except when lit for dress parade. “They are equally ns careful regard ing their food. On ono occasion wo bought a lot of corn which had grown musty, and tho geese would not oat tho dough mndo from It. Nor will thoy ont dough after It 1ms soured. Oil tills account we lmvo to ho very careful to mix up no more dough than tho goeso will oat In a day. "Anotbor thing peculiar nbout geese Is that they eat.n groat deal more somo days tlmu thoy do on others. For In stance, It frequently requires thirty or forty buckets of dough a day to a given pen of geeso. Thou for a fow days, they will probably ent not more than d dozen buckets.” — Southorn Fnrmor. a Catching Crow, pm! llanki, Xt Is most easily dono with the com mon steel trap used for woodchucks, otc. Watch for some particular spot Where crows are frequenting for something they llko In the way of food, and ns quietly ns posslblo place oho, or more If you have them, of the traps, somewhat coucealcd by a little earth, securely anchored by n strong chnln or rope. Sprinkle a few kcrnelB of corn nbout for bait. Then retire a littlo way nnd watch tho result. As soon ns tho birds return you will sure ly got ono or more. Hang on a pole nt any point you wish to protect und you will not seo any crows about there tho rest of tho sc-nsou. Hawks are not so easily caught, but with a Uttlo trouble somo mny lie ob tnlncd. Fix a littlo platform upon a post sot firmly lu the ground nnd plnco a wire box with a few chickens In It on top. Place the traps around tho wire cage, and It tlio birds nrc plentiful nnd hungry somo will be caught., Hawks have tho habit of alighting upon objects uenr what they wish to devour, and nn extra post a littlo wnjr from tho chicken cage with a trap lngonlously fixed nt the top so tho bird will not suspect danger might bo tho menus of securing some.—A. A. Southwlck, In New England Home stead. , v* to A Strong liny Derrick, Tho bnso of this derrick should be mndo of 3x12 stuff, fourteen feet long, tiio centre crosspiece of 3x8 n'ml tho outsi.de crosspiece of 2x8, nil mortised In ns show In cut mid securely bolted, ono bolt nt each corner passing through foot of brace, which should bo mndo of 4x4 stuff. Tho post (e) 1 may bo either round or square (If squnre 8x8 Is nano too large), nnd should he nine or ten feet high Tho polo (n) should bo tlitrty-flve or forty foot long, depending upon tho slzo of stack or rick to be made, nnd CATALOG OF FREE! SPORTING GOODS. RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, 020 laocabl St., ST. LOUIS, MO. That Little Book Vo7Iadtes, MS ALICE MASON, ItOCJUBxrn, N. X- CANEs MILLS, Evaporators, ETTLES ENGINES, BOILERS.AND SAWMILLS; ! AND ltEI'AIKS FOB SAME. Bristle Twine, B-bbll, Sew Teeth end 1 yg, Belting, InJe-»— itlnga. KS & SUPPLY CO, g TA. OA. • <'bompson’s Eye Water not only benefited, hut the genera! honltli of tho trees also. In my own experience I have found tlmt this practice when Judiciously followed lins n distinct benefit upon the licnltli the trees, nnd lienee enables them withstand the rnvnges from Insects. This Is n point that 1ms not been em phasized much, but If you go Into nny orchard where thinning out Is prac ticed you will And that Insects nre less destructive tlmn In another where tho lot-nlouo method Is adopted. The Insects nre destroyed by this process in two wnys. When you make trees grow vigorously nnd thriftily you make them less susceptible to disease. Thus tho yellows will rarely nttacl: n peach tree In good condition, nor the blight nnd rot appear on apple and cherry trees that have nn lron-lll;c con stitution. Ono way recommended for combating fruit tree diseases Is to fer tilize nnd cultivate the trees so they will be strong nnd hcnlthy. Tho more Important effect that thinning ont fruits has upon tho tree diseases nnd Insects Is In the destruction of tho lnrvno of tho insects In the wormy and Immature fruit. Now the larvae tlio codling moth produces tho wormy fruit on apple trees, nnd If these deformed apples are pulled off the thinning but process scores of would-be codling moths will be-killed.! Tho plum curcullo produces thewormyj plums and cherries, nnd by destroying tills Immature fruit wo kill them.! There nre many other Injurious worms nnd Insects that are killed In this Im mature fruit, and thus tho season's crop of destructive Insects Is limited by Just that number. 'Usually this Im mature fruit nover amounts to much, but ovontunlly drops on tho ground and dries up. Tho Insects nnd worms then emerge forth and breed a now crop. In thinning out the fruit from nny trees all the undersized, worm-eaten, deformed nnd nnsliupcly fruits should first bo selected when very young. They should nil ho destroyed by fire or somo other way so that the larvae tho Insects will not escape. Throw ing them away or burying them raere- glves tho Insects another chance to grow nnd mnture. It Is only after the poor fruit has been destroyed that the thinning process should bo extended to tlio belter clnss. Usually It Is bet ter to thin only a little nt a time, fur sometimes the fruit with worms in them do not show nny defect until qulto large. If the thinning out Is nil done one does not feel llko pulling off more fruit toward the end. By leav ing on the treo rather more fruit -.ban you Intend to let mature you have a chance to destroy thoso In which de fects nppear very late In the season.-- W. Chambers, In American Culti vator. IBB DBimtOX COMPLETED. should be of good stiff timber. White oak is good, and seasoned elm first class. Slab off butt end to save hand ling unnecessary weight. Have your blacksmith make a fork (b), and fit In old buggy spindle on top of post for fork to work In. Tho piece (c) Is made of straight grained 2x5, hinged to post nnd bolted to pole. The two hooks for pulleys aro mndo ns Illus trated to bolt through polo nnd short ond to enter shallow holo to prevent pulley Jumping off. The derlck should bo set to the windward of the stnek, nnd if It does not swing over stack when load clear of ground tilt tho far corner little by putting block under It. properly made nnd used It will be valuable addition to the haying ma- chtnery for those who stack their hsy Ip. the meadow. Tho writer stacked ten acres of good clover Inst year In little over half a day, with no one el: on tho stack from beginning to flnlsL, You would never dream there was so much hny In the stack, It was so well well packed by the dropping of the heavy loads.—Ornnge Judd Farmer. ACT OF A JAPANESE HERO WONDERFUL DEED OF COURACE AND SELF-SACRIFICE. Almoit a Soir-Illver. There lins been it grant deni mild nnd written on tho subject of self- lilvers, nnd a great deni of experiment ing, too, but so fnr wo lrava not rtached nny degree of perfection. In .i,,. A QUEEN THAI*. nn nplnry of sixty hives or more it frequently happens that several swarms Issue simultaneously, nnd, of course, nlwnys cluster together In ono huge mass. If the queens nrc nt large with tho bees, the cluster will neces- sarllj^be lilvcd ns ono swarm, nnd the queens will kill cnch other until only one survives. To prevent this loss, I practice In my home nplnry a method with perfect success, which, while It Is not exactly a self-hlver, still comes very near to It A week or so before swarming time I slip a qncen trap on tho hive entrance of each populous colony. Just a word nbout attaching tho queen trap, Pig. 1. Tho directions which accompany tho trap are to fas ten It to the hive with two nulls. It Is not the best thing for n beekeeper to hammer on a beehive that Is boil ing over with bees, so I Invented the contrlvnnco Herewith shown, which consists of two small pieces of flat Iron bent nt right angles and fastened to tho trap with a screw, Fig. 2. To nflix tho trap to the hive, slip the fas teners under the lighting board. No matter how many bees ure clustered all over the trap, it can be removed lo nn Instant without even a Jar. When a swarm issues, the queen remnlnsln the trap confined In an apartment by herself. I then remove the old hive nnd place nn empty one In its place, also removing the queen trap with tho queen, nnd then sit In the shade and wntch results. The swarm will Invariably return In from ten to twenty minutes nnd enter the empty hive, for the bees mark the location nnd come back to their old stand after they have missed their queen. I then release the queen and let her mu In with tho swnrm. have had three queenlcss swarms hanging In one cluster, but they re turned to their respective hives, hnre also had them return and cluster all on one hive. Such a mass of bees could not nil enter, so I take a dust- pan and brush nnd divide them, could not always get tho right bees nnd queens together, bnt that seemed to make little difference at swarming time, when such intense excitement Thinning Fruit to Kill Insectf. In thinning out the fruit in the or- chard during summer growth the to-1 prevails among tho bees.—F. G. Her itage and fruit left on the trees are I mnu, In American Agriculturist Goto nil Life to Open n Way For tlio Al llot Into Tlon-Toln—Awful Scene. «t tho Copturo or tho City — Torrlblo KITect. of Lyddite. The most realistic description of the horrors attending the battle of Tlen- Tsln, nnd tho only account bo fur pub lished of the heroism of the Japanese soldier who blew up tho wall of tlio city nnd blow himself up nt tho snme time, comes In a letter from Corporal John E. White, of the Ninth United States Infantry, written from Tlen- Tsln on July 20, when he wus noting sergeant-major of the Third Bntnlllon. says the Atlanta Journal. 'After the awful experience of the battle In which Colonel Llscuin nnd Captain Austin Davis were killed, this regiment moved on Fckln with Gen eral Chaffee nnd participated In the brilliant forced march through ex treme lient nnd the subsequent storm ing of the gate and the reduction of the city. His letter wns written to Ills brother, Mr. Lewis White, of Atlanta, Gu. The letter follows: ‘Tlcn-Tsln. China, July 20. 1000. “Mr. Lewis White, Atlanta, Go.: Dear Brother—I wrote you about tlio 18th of Mny from Conception, P. Since then a great muny things have transpired that have been very Interesting nnd exciting to me. My regiment received nn order nbout June 20 to proceed to China. We went to Manila and from there to Nugasnkl, Jnpnu, nnd reached China July 10. Tlen-Tsln Is a lnrgo city, n million nnd a half population. It Is divided Into several parts, according to the creed of the Inhabitants. 'The foreign populhtlon have > con cession nnd live apart from the Chi nnmen. There nre somu magnificent buildings lu tlilB part of the city. The main part of Tlen-Tsln Ims n huge wall around It, thirty feet thick nnd fifty feet high. Tills wall Is built In tlio form of a squnre, and Is about two miles long on each side. Quito n wall, Isn't it? The Chinese bombnrilod the foreign part of tho city from these walls, and most of the line buildings nrc In ruins, Tho big buttle occurred on tho 13tli, and It did look silly to run lufnntry up against those walls, hut It wns done nnd nt n frightful cost. The British used their forty-flve- ponnd Lyddite gun with terrible effect In fnct, I don't think we could have run them out of there without that gun. "Tlio Japs were next to us, nnd they flglit like demodns nnd enn outdrlll nny troops I ever saw. There Is not two Inches difference In tlic height of nny of them. They lost heavily nnd stood It bravely. One of them volun teered to blow up a part of tho wnll with gun cotton, and blow himself up with the wnll (It could not bo dono otherwise), nnd he wns allowed to try It; so that the troops could get Into the city. How ho ever got to the wnll nobody knows, but a few minutes ut ter he left nn awful explosion occurred, a big part of tho wall wns down, nnd tho bravo little Jap went with It. How Is tlmt for licrolBm? "Tho Busslans also lost heavily, and they nre a elnss of men who have my deepest sympathy. Some of them could speak German, nnd ns we lmd n good many Germans In our regiment, we learned a great deni about them. “Their salary amounts to about thlr- ty-flvo cents In our money per month, nnd it was disgusting ns well ns pit), fill to sec soldiers of n grant nation like ltussln walking around picking up little scraps of hnrdtacl: .that wo lmd thrown away. We fed qulto a lot of them, nnd. a more grateful set of men you never saw. I don’t mean by this that they lmd no rations. Oh, no! But you should see their bread. It Is cooked in large round loaves, looks like burnt gingerbread nnd cannot broken In your hand. And Just think of It—we were tho first to tell them of the Spnnlsh-Amerlean war and the Filipino Insurrection, ns they wore JUBt from Siberia, where no newspapers or anything to read Is allowed! “We went Into the walled city on the 14th, nnd the sights there were sickening. Without nny exaggeration, there must have been anywhere from ten to fifteen thousand dend Chinamen, all over the city. Most of the place' Is lu ruins from the bombarding and is on fire, and thousands of bodies are burned. * “The Chinamen never touched their dead and wounded, and no matter where yon look it Is nothing but dead bodies In nil stages of decomposition, npd a common occurrence to see a dog chewing on one. It was awful! Horrible! We had to stay in'there two days, and I had ebnrge of a fatigue detail who were forcing the Chinamen nt'the point of the bayonet to bury their dead. I had two severe vomiting spells before I go through with that job. “I helped to pick up eleven of our own men the dny before who lmd lain on the field nil night. Our regiment got Into n tight place, had to Ho there nil day and wait for night to esenpe, as the instant you raised your gun you would get the stock shot off or the gun shot out of your hands be fore you could raise yourself up to fire! This may'sound like nn ‘Arabian Nights’ stdry, bnt It is nn honest one, nnd will be sworn to by most nuy American soldier here, nnd there are plenty of guns to show for it that have bullets in the stock. I was right be tween two men that got shot ‘In the rifle,’ nnd the Bpllnters from one of them struck me. • , “The Chinamen are certainly dead Bhots, nnd there were fully 100,000 of them making targets of us, but we were too well intrenched for them, Our loss In the reglmonr was ninety-olglit men and eight officers,, .killed nnd wounded. "You could tell a Lyddite victim ns Boon ns you saw him, anil there were thousands of them. They were black In tho face nnd splotches of green were on their bodies, with long strips of skin torn off nnd bleeding nt the mouth, nose and cars. ’The women nnd children did not escape. Mothers with Imbes In tlielr arms nnd children of nil nges were scattered all around. Tho stench from the bodies In the burning buildings wns simply unendurable. “There was a mint here, containing million of dollars’ worth of sliver bull ion, nnd nil troops were allowed to take nil they wnnted of It except the Americans. It finally enught fire nnd that stopped It. I stood guard there In charge of a squad one night, nnd It wns quite n job to protect 1L as there nre several fortunes there yet, and tho bullion Is plainly visible among the bricks of the fallen walls. "All troops except ns were allowed to loot, nnd there wns plenty of it Magnificent fiirs nnd robes tlmt would easily bring from $150 to $300 In the United Stales were plentiful. “The grandest sight wns when tbelr mngnztnc wns exploded by one of our shells. There wns a cloud of smoko fully, n mile thick that was blown two miles high In nbout a second. The explosion wns terrific. It broke all the window panes in the now city (forolgn) nnd killed over seven hun dred Chinamen. There nre seven arse nals here valued nt over $20,000,000. nnd the enemy left them behind. I haven’t time to write more, ns I nm acting sergeant-major of tho Third Bntnlllon. “When this reaches you write me. wherever I nm, ns you can find out where I am by tho pnpers. "JOHN E. WHITE. "Corporal Compnny L,Ninth Infantry.” Quite Different. “An Incrcnso of salary!" exclaimed the pompous amnnger of a small omni bus compnuy to a clerk who- lmd Just mndo tlmt request “I nm afraid, sir. that you nre extriivngnntl” lie toyed with his heavy watch chain and looked severely nt the young man. who returned his stnre boldly. It wnB the Bet phrase on such occasions, aud tlio applicant hnd heard it all before, lie meant to have that rlso or—go somewhere olso. "Excuse me, sir,” he replied re spectfully, “I haven't nny chance to bo extravagant on what I earn.” ‘Young mnn,” continued tho pomp ous gentleman, “I lmve risen from tho rauks. How? By being careful. When I was young I made money by saving bus fares.” “Ah, that was in the old days,” snld tho young mnn, with a knowing wink. “But with the bell punches and the present system of Inspection, you would find j’ou couldn’t savo six pence without being collared, how ever careful you wore.” Tho manager nearly fainted, nnd the young man lmd to seek otht.- employment Ooir In Mexico. Golf 1ms found a lodgment In Mexico City. It has been many yenr-s In find ing its way from the United States to the republic In tlio south, as there has been u feeling that It wns more of a fnd thnn n serlouH nnd engaging occu pation. Besides, it 1ms In Its practice a little more freedom tlmn has been considered consistent with social Ideas In the seml-trloplcnl city. Persons courageous enough to toll of the witcheries of the' sport nnd to follow their convictions have been found, however, nnd after mneh trouble links have been laid out nt Snu Pedro. Americans and English men resklent In the city are tho principal movers In a club tlmt has been formed, nnd they Intend to put up a club house nt Snn Pedro nnd mnke It rival the clubs In America. Mexicans did not take kindly to the Idea nt once, but some of them havo ventured to piny, nnd the game prom ises to take hold among them as It bns In the United States. There are now nlne-liole links that nre pronounced to be very sporty. Hemp Industry of tho Philippines. * The entire hemp Industry of the Philippines Is still worked by primi tive methods and with simple con trivances. Tho native, though unam bitious himself, Is Jealous of the Chi naman, nnd is averse to the Celestial getting control of the plantations or contracts, while scorning up-to-date methods himself. The “Cheno,” how ever, has made Inroads In this Indus try, as well as in others In the Phil ippines. Had he not, tho development would not have been ns rapid ns lt hns. Tho native Is thoroughly capable and understands the treatment of the plant and Its lmrvcBtlng and could he be in duced to work with regularity would be as good a laborer as the Chinaman, but the Celestial usually controls tho baling and locul marketing of tho hemp.—Edwin Wlldmnn, In Harper's Weekly. Harvesting by Moonlight. The London .nark Lane Express re marks that the rather unusual sight of harvesting by moonlight has been witnessed every night during the Inst week In South Lincolnshire. Labor Is so scarce In the district that the men cannot be spared to secure their own allotment crops, and some have conse quently gathered them by the light of tho moon. Mnny men have been seen working In the fields until nearly mid night. On some farms, too, harvesting has also been carried on at night: many of the crops are dead ripe, and there Is not much liability of tho wheat shak'ng out v^hen gathered with a dew upon it. TJJIs scarcity of labor Is mainly duo to tlj,\> draft of the . military reserve force. /■>*