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Taxing Plano*.
The French Chamber has during
(he past two days Indulged in a couple
fiscal eccentricities. In France the
•ycle Is already taxed; so is the mo
tor car, aod there la now a proposal
Cor adding to the amount. The sub
ject has been referred to the Sen
ate, and while It is under considera
tion the Senate has put an impost on
pianos, ranging from 8 shillings 4
pence on the cottage to 1G shillings 8
pence for the salon grand. Organs
Will pay 4 pounds. Persons who use
titles of nobility will also have to
pay for the privilege, although such
titles are not recognized—London
Globe.
A Progressive Hog Raiser.
Cheater Thomas, of Waterville, in
probably one of the most progressive
hep breeders of Kansas. He believes
la keeping his stock up to the high
est standard and in appropriately
bousing the animals he raises. He
baa Just completed a cement hog
bouse, whieh cost him SBOO. One of
the features of this house is a dipping
tank, which is a novelty. Instead of
Clppln/g one animal at a time, he has
built a huge dipping tank and ar
ranged an elevator which workß In
aide the tank. He loads this elevator
full of hogs, and then lowers it un
til all the hogs are immersed, when
the platform is raised and, aftfer the
hogs are allowed to drip for a min
ute or two, the gates are opened and
the hogs releasi-d r.s the elevator Is
being again tilled. By this method he
can dip more hogs In a minute than
can be done in an hour by the old
ajrstem.—Kansas City Journal
An Art Sals.
Two young artists were talking the
•tflier day of the state of the market
for their wares and tho temptations
Which beset them to forsake their
high Ideals and hopes for tho salt®
Of making money. Both came to the
Conclusion that, tho prosperous year
Just closed had done very little in the
■ray of encouraging art.
"I haven’t painted a pot-boiler this
year,” said one. “Into everything
I’ve done I’ve put my best efforts anid
tny most conscientious work, and I
haven't sold a thing.”
The other considered for a while
And then said:
f "Well, it's pretty bad, but It might
he worse. You know Jones never
(>ainls anything but his best, and 1
hear he made a good sale during the
/holidays.”
Just the® Jones happened to come
'is.
| "Jones,” said the first speaker, "did
you sell anything during the holi
days?”
Jones's hesitation was manifest
"Yes," he said at last, "I sold my
Overcoat ami my crash hat" —Phi>
Adel ah la Record.
POOR KITTY!
Mrs. Watkins —Why, Willie, what
Are you doing? Put that cat down im
mediately. What do you mean toy
torturing the poor creature?
Willie—l 'ain’t hurt your old cat.
That man that was here last night
•aid there wasn’t room anywhere In
this flat to awlnig a cat, and there is
m every room, for I've just done It—>
Somerville Journal.
In London the Salvation Army has
Mtabliahed n bureau to give advice
to those about to commit suicide.
%tie advice, briefly and Invariably,
Will bo “Don't.”
DREADED TO EAT
A Quaker Couple’s Experience.
How many persons dread to eat
(heir meals, although actually hun
gry nearly all the time!
Nature never intended this should
he ao, for wo are given a thing called
Appetite that should guide us as to
what the system needs at any time
and can digest.
Bht we get In a hurry, swallow our
food very much as we shovel coal
(nto the furnace, and our sense of
Appetite becomes unnatural and per
verted. Then we eat the wrong kind
of food or eat too much, and there
ywa are —indigestion and Its accom
panying miseries.
A Phila. lady said the other day:
“My husband and 1 have been sick
and nervous for 15 or 20 years from
drinking coffee feverish, Indiges
tion, totally unfit, a good part of tho
time, for work or pleasure. We act
ually dreaded to cat our meals.
“We tried doctors and patent med
tolnes that counted up into hundreds
of dollars, with little if any benefit.
“Accidentally, a small package of
Fostum came Into my hands. I made
gome according to directions, with
•urprislng results. We both liked It
ond have not used any coffee since.
"The dull feeling after meals has
left ns and we feel better every way.
We are so well satisfied with Postum
(hat we recommend It to our friends
Who have been made sick and nervous
and miserable by coffee.” Name giv
en by Postum Cos . Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. “The Road to
Wellville.” In pkgs. “There’s a Rea
son.”
WAR STARTED
BY SPINNERS
On Cotton Associations and Far
mers of the South.
A SURPRISE IS SPRUNG
Anent Resolution Calling for Probing
of Exchanges-Matter Construed
in New Light by Garfield.
A Washington dispatch says: Cor
poration Commissioner Garfield has
construed the Livingston-Burleson cot
ton resolution, that recently passed
the house, to provide not only for
(he investigation of the cotton ex
changes dealing in futures, but also
for an investigation of the methods
of the great cotton and cotton seed
associations of the south.
lie accordingly proposes to direct
an inquiry into the methods of the
Farmers’ National Union, the South
ern Cotton Association, the National
Ginners’ Association and other or
ganizations of similar character.
The views of the corporation com
missioner are not as yet generally
known among the southern congress
men, but the few that haft; heard
of his intention express great sur
prise. When the attitude of the de
partment becomes generally known,
It Is bound to create a sensation, and
will no doubt meet with resentment
in the south among the members of
the associations to be affected by the
inquiry.
Representative William C. Lovering
of Massachusetts, the member of Oie
interstate commerce committee, who
reported the demanded resolution, is
authority for the statement that the
corporation commissioner will inves
tigate the associations of the south
In connection with the cotton ex
changes. He himself Is a member of
the New York cotton exchange, at
which the original resolution was di
rected.
Mr. Lovering was also responsible
for the amendments that were tacked
onto the original resolution, and he
now very calmly asserts that it’was
his purpose at the time to incorpo
rate all of the associations of the
south.
“Why have a one-sided investiga
tion?” he asked when seen Friday.
“Certainly the corporation commis
sioner will investigate the Farmers'
Union, the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, the National Ginners, etc. He
can do nothing else under the pro
visions of the resolution as it pass
ed the house. It was our purpose to
have a thorough investigation.”
Representative Lovering continued
by saying that, in his opinion, the
associations of the south were or
ganized to advance the price of cot
ton, etc. He said these associations
are as much responsible for the fluc
tuations as is the New York cotton
exchange, of which he is a member,
Mr. Hovering is a New England spin
ner, and as such he insists that the
spinners are entitled to know why
and how the price of cotton is ad
vanced as much so as the farmers
of the south are to know why and
how it is beaten down.
“The associations of the south are ,
combinations to bolster the price of
cotton,” continued Mr. Lovering, “and
1 can assure you that the corpora
tion commissioner will be given tes
timony to bear out this statement.”
11 now develops that Mr. Lovering
has been careful to have the amend
ed resolution so worded that the or
ganizations were included. He was
wise enough to say not a word about
this and as no one else suspected
as much at the time the resolution
was unanimously passed.
While it is known that the South
ern Cotton Association, the Farmers'
l T nion, eld., are legitimate organiza
tion along co-operative lines and
should have nothing to fear from an
investigation, it is known that cer
tain Interests are anxious to destroy
their usefulness if possible.
Representative Livingston express
ed surprise when informed of the
new turn the matter has taken. He
insisted there must be a mistake, and
claimed that the corporation commis
sioner bad no right to investigate the
cotton associations under the terms
of the resolution.
“It specifically provides for an in
vestigation of cotton exchanges and
makes no mention of the associations
of the south.” he said, “but Mr. Lov
ering quotes the resolution as it pass
ed the house and as he says the cor
poration commissioner understands
It,”
Stuffing Him.
"I have heard,” said the stranger,
"that when a train stops here the
conductor calls out ‘St Joe! Fifteen
minutes for getting married!’ It that
so?”
“Bless you, no,” responded the St.
Joe man. “That’s the way it used to
he, but there’s so much lake compe
tition now that they hold the trains
until the boats have gone. Souvenir
postcards? Yes, sir. Millions of ’em
In those showcases over there.-
Agriculture is the largest industry
in the United States and is pursued
by thirty-live per cent, of our work
ers.
Many a man never reaches success
because he tries to carry too much
along with him on the journey.
Deafness Cannot Be Cared
bylocal applications as theycannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. Taere is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
ma‘ u can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh,-which is nothingbut an
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that can
not be curedby Rail's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. F. J.Uhenuy & Co.,Toledo,O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Every man sees an earthly angel In
the woman he loves.
Only One “Bromo Quinine”
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Similar
ly named remedies sometimes deceive. The
first and- original Cold Tablet is a White
Package, with black and red lettering, and
bears the signature ot K. W. Grove. 25c.
An ounce of push is worth a pound
of lucky charms.
|
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Of all men gailors suffer most from rheu
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”It takes a gootTdeal of courage not
to resent some insults.
DON’T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience of a Minnesota
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was thought to be at death’s door.
Since Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me I
feel as if I had bten pulled back from
the tomb.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box-
Poster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Follies In the East.
In the Bast one may be a bachelor
and In virtue thereof enjoy the hospi
tality of a bachelor’s married friends
indefinitely, but the moment after the
bachelor commits the indiscretion of
marriage the Nemesis of tennis and
bridge parties overtakes him with the
same ruthlessness with w-hich he prey
ed for entertainment on those who
had married before him. The moral
of the East for young men with econ
omical views is—don’t marry.
John D. Rockefeller, it Is said, gets
SI.OO with each tick of the clock.
And the ticking never gets on his
nerves, adds Puck.
The Badge of Honesty
Is on every wrapper of Doctor Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery because & full
list of the ingredients composing it is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its superior
worth as a blood purifier and invigorat
ing tonic for the cure of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. It builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can in
which alcohol is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queen’s root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce
at Buffalo, N. Y„ for free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recognized med
ical authorities such as Drs. Barthnlow,
King, Scuddeu, Coe, EUingwcod and a
host of othepz!, showing that these roots
can bo daptmded upon for their curative
action in all weak states of the stomach,
accompanied >y indigestion or dyspepsia
as well 2s in/611 bilious or liver complaints
and in im/wasting diseases” where thero
is losvnFnesh and gradual running down
of and system.
The "Golden Medical Discovery "makes
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regulates the~stomach, liver and howelfj.
and.' through them, the whole /system.
Thus all skin affeetions, blotches, pimples
and eruptions as well as scrofulous swel
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, it is well to in
sure their healing to apply to them Dr.
Pierce’s All-Healing Salve. If your drug
gist don’t happen to have this Salve in
stock, send fifty-four cent3 in postage
stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel
and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y., and
a large box of the "All-Healing Salve’’
will reach you by return post.
You can’t afford to accept a secret nos
trum as asubstitute for this non-alcoholic,
medicine of known composition, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make a little bigger profit.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow-els.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
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constantly
W growing bank account awaits you
if you plant, fertilize and cultivate your crop with system. M
The most important thing is to apply to your soil, about ten jfl
days before seeding, a plant food in the shape of 400 to 1000 Mm
Virginie-Carolina Fertilizers
per acre on fewer acres. If you follow this advice, your
cotton will be Waist high by the time many of your “exten- si
sive culture” neighbors are hoeing o'/er their crop the first
time. Then too they may have used a poor grade
fertilizer. Insist upon having only Virginia- jmf&tSß
Carolina Fertilizers —accept no substitute.
Ask your dealer for a copy of our handsome new
almanac, or write us for one —it is free.
NQT MATURED.
“What ard you looking so gloomy
about?”
“Oh, I’m just home from the rac*
track.”
“Why, you told me before you went
down there that you had picked a sure
winner.”
“Yes; but —I—er—guess I picked
him before he was ripe.”—Philadet
phia Ledger.
If babies would only make It their
invariable rule to weep, instead of
crying bloody murder, how much
more peaceful this world would be,
opines The Somerville Journal.
11l
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