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HQRTICVLTVRAL HINTS) • TO ED,ra> BY *— “•iJAiS*' Transplanting Berry Bushes. The best time to transplant blackber ry and raspberry bushes is in early spring, although it can be successful ly done In the fall if set deep and well banked or mulched* One Farmer’s Experiment. A correspondent of Farmer’s Ad vance says he set his strawberry plants three to four feet apart in the row, with a cabbage plant between each two strawberry plants, and thus gets a good crop of cabbages, which docs not prevent the strawberries from making a thick matted row before the next spring. This takes but about 3000 plants to the acre. This year he had strawberry rows four feet eight inches apart, and plants four feet apart in the row, and has rows of early cab bages and cauliflower between the strawberry rows, while between the strawberry plants he set onions. All these crops require clean cultivation and liberal manuring, which fits the land for the strawberry runners, and they are out of the way in season to allow the runners to make a matted row. Ferliaps this is as good a plan as any for those who set strawberry plants in the spring, as it gives them an inducement to keep the land clean and well worked, and the use of it is not entirely lost the first year, but other crops might be used instead of those named if desired. Setting Apple Trees Accurately. In setting out a young orchard it is highly important that the trees be set exactly in geometric order, exactly in line with each other in two directions. An orchard presents a much more at tractive appearance if care is exer cised in this direction, and the looks of an orchard prove to be an impor tant factor if a time conies when it is desired to sell the orchard. Now one cannot set trees in a per fect line by sighting along the line of TRIPOD FOR SETTING TREES. trees as they are set out. The tops ob scure the view, and when the row is finished some trees will be found much out of line. Setting out stakes before hand will not answer, since each stake must be taken up in order to dig a hole. An excellent plan is shown in tlie cut. Set out small stakes in the spot where each tree is to stand. Make a light tripod, as is shown in the cut, with a cord and weight, arranged as shown. Set the tripod over the stake so that the weight at the end of the cord will be exactly over the stake. Now pull up the stake and dig the hole for the tree, without moving the tri pod. Set the tree so that when the weight is lowered it will touch the trunk. In this way every tree will stand finally in the exact position of the row of stakes first set out.—Amer ican Agriculturist. Quick,Returns From Berries. The strawberry has a good reputa tion for giving quick returns for the expense of preparing the soil and set ting plants, but the blackberry and raspberry are nearly as prompt. They have an advantage on the farm, that more of the work in caring for them can be done by the horse, as the rows should be far apart enough to allow the cultivator to be used' between them, and where one is situated so that he cannot hire cheap help to pick the berries, it is a satisfaction that it is not as stooping work as in the strawberry bed. Caring for strawber ries and cranberries is hard on a back that has borne the burdens of thirty or 'forty years of hard work. If we were on a farm we should try to grow strawberries enough for home use, but as a crop for market we prefer the blackberry, raspberry or currant, and think they are as profitable Compared to the labor of growing and picking them. When well set and well cared for they are almost a permanent in vestment. They need to have old wood ett out, and to he prevented from miking too much new wood, which re quires some care, but not much hard labor.—The Cultivator. There were 7014 more marriages iu JLTussi* last year than in ISO 9. NEW DISEASE IN TOWN. It Is Called Grocers’ Dyspepsia,” and Buyers Who Sample Are Victims. Hundreds of men in this city are suf fering from a most insidious and energy-sapping form of indigestion known as “grocers’ dyspepsia.” Buy ers for grocery houses and commis sion merchants are the ones who suf fer from this peculiar ailment, which is caused by their inevitable pro pensity to taste the crackers, fruits, spices and other tempting forms of food which are displayed by the whole salers. “Do you see that tall, lanky, cadaverous fellow over there,” asked a prominent wholesale grocer. “Well, what would you say was ailing him? Dyspepsia? Well, sir, you have hit the nail on the head. But it isn’t auy common, ordinary sort of dyspepsia from which he is suffering. Not a bit of it. It’s what we In Hie trade call ‘grocers’ dyspepsia,’ and it seems to me the name fits the case exactly. Now just watch him. “You see the first thing he docs is to mako for that open bag of roasted cof fee beans. There go some into his mouth. Now let us see what the clerk is going to show him. If it is anything softer than a cocoanut, you can wager he will sample it. Prunes! Well, he is good for about an eighth of a pound of those.” “Now that fellow—he’s a well-known buyer ror one of the largest grocery stores up town, by tlie way—probably visits from eight to ten wholesale houses in the course of a forenoon. Iu every one he will taste of something, a cracker, a cinnamon stick, some dried fruit or, worst of all for the state of his health, a handful of cloves. It doesn’t seem much, to be sure, but he gets the habit, and day after day he goes through the same performance, and then wonders why he is troubled with Indigestion. “I was speaking to a doctor about it only last night. He said that eating continually, as many of these buyers and commission merchants do, is enough to ruin the best digestive ap paratus provided by nature. The stomach can’t stand the wear and tear of always being obliged to work. Then, much of the stuff that these men can’t seem to resist is bad enough, even when taken with other food. When taken alone they prove most pernicious in their effects. Take spices, for ex ample. They continually excite the secretion of the glands of the diges tive organs, and in time succeed in ex hausting the gastric juices. Then the glands themselves become abnormally large, with the result that they are unable to perform their proper func tions. “The punishment for .these indiscre tions seems bad enough, doesn’t it? Yet I 'ike to think of it as a sort of divine retribution, for there is another side to the story. You can readily realize that the loss to us is consider able when I tell you that some fifty first boss did to me, of these men come in every business day in the year, and that fully three quarters of them indulge, so to speak. I know no way to cure buyers of the habit except to do with them what my first boss did to me.” “What did he do?” was asked. “Well,” said the grocer, with a slight chuckle, “when 1 was a lad, my first position was with a wholesale grocer. The morning I started in the boss said to me: ‘You see a lot of nice things around here —raisins, fruit, crackers, cinnamon, etc. —don’t you? Now, I want you to eat all you feel like eating. Understand?’ “Being a most innocent and unsus pecting youth, I followed his direc tions literally. 1 didn't do a thing to those raisins. I also dipped into the coffee and sugar, and polished off about a half pound of crackers. “The next day I stayed at home with mother. When I appeared again, and was greeted with a knowing wink from the boss I tumbled to his scheme. It was successful, for I never cared to taste of the dainties I saw around af ter that.” —New York Mail and Ex press.. The Largest Toy Factory. The largest toy factory in the world is in New York City, where playthings iu tin are manufactured literally by the million. It stands five stories high and turns out 1.G07 dis tinct varieties of tin toys. The out put of circular tin whistles is 20,000,- 000 per annum. The extent to which the fruit trade has been developed may be judged by the fact that the Admiral Schley, one of the four modern built swift sailing fruitxsteamers now running be tween Jamaica and Boston, recently brought to Boston 30,653 bunches of bananas, to say nothing of 203 bags of cocoanuts. PORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTING. Only One Exponent of the Art in Thii Country. Chicago claims the only portrait cameo cutter in the United States. There may ho other cameo cutters, but portrait cameo cutting is ns far be yond ordinary cameo cutting as is por trait painting beyond photography. It is an art in itself. The only portrait cameo cutter is A. Hylen, a nntiye of Sweden, where he learned the Rrt of engraving ffn metal, which is the basic art of cameo cut ting. lie learned cameo cutting in Vienna. Like other fine arts, earned cutting requires Infinite patience, be sides artistic sense, and it was not until Mr. Ilylen had worked for some tliink like 40 years that he considered himself a competent portruit cameo cutter. Cameo cutting is one of the oldest fine arts. It probably originated in India, but was carried thence to Egypt, where it flourished before the time of Moses. It was carried from Egypt to Persia. In those early days it Is be lieved that the art of cutting precious stones \vas a part of the literature of the times, rather than a means of ex pressing the artist’s sense of the beau tiful, and it was not until the art was taken up by the Greeks that It at tained that perfection which lias since distinguished it. With tho decline of the Roman empire it became a lost art, but was revived in the Renais sance and been me more prominent than ever. Up to that time the art liad been one of engraving on precious stones, but the artists of the later period not only discovered that it was possible to put pictures and portraits in shell, but they carried it to such perfection that shells are now universally employed for the finest work. Tho shells used are the large conch shells found in the Bahama islands. Only one or two pieces of shell suit able for cameos can be cut from one conch. The pieces nje ground to an oval surface and then are examined for flaws and bad coloring. If the least flaw is discovered or a color which would destroy the value of the cameo, the piece is rejected. If the surface shows pure while, the cameo cutter sketches an outline of his portrait or figure on the surface and then exam ines the thickness of the white part, lie removes the superfluous parts of the white surface outside of his out line, and then gradually works out his design, tnking care to work uniformly so he can compare his figure with the photograph from which lie works. The work is so trying on the eyes that the most powerful magnifying glasses must be used, and even then the cut ter can work only ten or fifteen min utes at a time. After those short in tervals of application he has to rest his eyes for an hour before taking up the work again. Considering the slow ness of the process and the long time required for the artist to become com petent for his work, it is easy to un derstand why genuine cameos are ex pensive. Many fraudulent cameos are made in Europe and sold in this coun try as genuine. Most of them are made of opaque glass, which is ce mented to a background of onyx or other stone. Ivory is sometimes used in the making of spurious cameos, but it soon becomes yellow.—Chicago Times-^Heraid A Gloomy Tragedy. It Is a dark night. It is also a dark kitchen. The kind-hearted man in Ills stocking feet is after a drink of wa ter for his fretful youngest. He thinks he can find liis way in the inky darkness. He is mistaken. He turns to the left instead of to the right and falls down cellar. Another good man gone wrong!— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Otir Nation’s Wealth. Gold and silver are poured abundantly into the lap of the nation, but our material wealth and strength is rather in iron, the most useful of all metals, just as the wealth of a human being lies in a useful stomach. If you have overworked yours until it is disabled,try Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It will relieve tho clogged bowels, Improve the appetite and euro con-tipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney disease. Full Blown. H called her mouth a rosebud then. But. eh, it riia' os him wince To think thev’re mairled now, and It's Been blowing ever since. To Cure : Cold in One I)av. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabuets. All druggists refund th * money li it fails to cure, t. \V. Gkovi'S signature is on each box vC>c Tiie Blot That Fa He 1. “Arabolla doesn't look at all happy.” “No: rhe married a man younger lhan herself under h i impression that he would be more manageable than an older one A Colonel in tho British South African army snys that Adams’ Tutti Frutti was a blessing to his men while marching. A Youthful Observer. Mamma—Don’t lounge that way. Tommy. Sit tip It ;*i ilttio man. Tommy-WU-'. mamma, m-n sit down; it’s I only dogs arid things that sit u.i. A Noble Porter, A correspondent writes: “A girl belonging to a Sussex village was en tering the service of a lady living at Arundel. Arriving at the railway station, she engaged an outside por ter to carry her box, and having gone a short distance she mentioned she could not give him more than three pence, as the box was quite small. Thereupon, after the manner of so many of his kind, he set it down in the road and walked off. “A homely-looking man, wearing a coat green with age, chanced to over take her. In spite of old clothes, lie looked very respectable, she thought, and thinking he might he glad of a few pence, she offered him tho job. He picked up tne little box and walk ed with her, but on reaching the des tination, he set it down on the door step, and hurried away without waiting to be paid. She mentioned the fact to her mistress, and from her description of the man, the lady’s amused suspicious were aroused; but she said nothing until a few days later, when the Duke of Norfolk happened to pass the house. “That's the man that carried my box,” the girl said promptly, about to rush out forthwith and pay him, for the duke was wearing the identical green garmeut. Her confusion may be imagined on hearing that the erstwhile porter wus the first peer of England.”—M. A. P. Court Stopped the Discussion. At Hoisington, Kan., in th<r middle of a six days’ debate over whether Saturday or Sunday is the Lord's Day, the Rev. E. T. Stewart was taken be fore the probate qourt and adjudged Insane. The local papers fail to state the manner In which the other party to the debate made his escape.—Kan sas City (Mo.) Journal. '1 li*> Rest Preemption for Clklll and Fever Is a bottle of GtiOVB’S TaSTKl.ksi l HIM, Tonic. It Is Simply iron and quinine In i, UteielesH lor in. No cure—no pay. Price >i: Forewarned. “You can’t believe more tlinnhalf you hear.” “Which half of whnt you tell me shall I be lieve? S’is. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for -children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inllainm.v lion, allays pain, cures wind colic, -io. a bottle Out of Harmony. “In't this a lovely puritan picture?" “I should say not! Look at that puritan maiden—wearing a rufled apron while she picks a turkey.” Thirty minutes is nil the time required to dye with I'ctnam I'aoelesb Dyes. Bold by alt druggist.-. Sign*. Briggs—Monkorly is losing his interest In gob. Griggs -What makes you thinks ? Briggs—l saw him at his office yesterday. Best For tho Dowels, No matter whnt ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Casoakets belli nature, cure you without a grips or pain, iirodu* easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascauets Candy Cathartic, tho genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has C. 0.0. stamped on it. fiuwars of Imitations. Expensive anil Exclusive. “Whnt Is this social struggle wo hear so much about?” "it is partly getting in yourself and partly keeping other people out.” 8,100 Reward. SIOO. The readers of this papbr will be pleaded to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science nas been able to euro in all its stages, and that is i ’atarrh. Hall’s (,'atarrh ( ure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being acon | stitutional disease, requires a constitutional j i ve tnpnr. Hall’s Catarrh Cure i* taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation ot the disease, and giving the patient strength oy building up the con slifution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers thatthey offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that itfails tocure. ' Send for list of lestimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Holiday Zest. “Well, now wo can settle down and think about * hrlstmas.” “Settle down? Get stirred up, you moan.” Undo Ham’s Soldiers Will cat Libby’s l’lum Pudding for ( hrlstmas dinner. The U. S. Government lias Just pur chased a large consignment of Libby, McNeill Ac Libby’s famous p.urn pudding, which will j be supplied to Am rican Soldiers in the Phil ippine Islands and Cuba. — . Inadvertently Pleasant. “I didn't know it was to be a comic opera.” “Well, you knew it was to be an opera given I by an amateur company. 1 am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved : my life three years ago. Mbs. Thos. Hob- j bins, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1000. llie Charm of Novelty. 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Send for our handsome book on The Hair. We make a specialty of mince meat employ the best skill use the best materials. Wc stake our fame on it. We use it to advertise the many other j good tilings that we make. I LIBBY’S MINCE MEAT I I 8 A package makes two large pies. Your grocer will furnish it if you ask him. You will find it better than home-made better than any mince meat you ever tasted. You’ll eat Libby’s roods thereafter. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago Our book, "How to Make Good Thine* to Eat,” scat free. Two hundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds Aa of “actual” Potash from the h' •f-—' soil. Unless this quantity : is returned to the soil, I 'J%. the following crop will materially decrease. •Vi-'.-. "2E> J , r vWc have boohs telliaj; about ; composition, tire and value of '•.■rii&ri, '* fertilizers for various crop*. 11,ey are se:,t <rec - Saw Mills $129 TO $929 00 With Improved Hope ami Ilelt Feed, RAWS, KII.KS and TKKTII in stock. 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