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Show A NOVEL INSOMNIA REMEDY. or Not, It Will Cost Little to Try. Mr. Stackpsol ODell puts forward a He novel remedy for sleeplessness. says: Take a card about the size of a sheet of foolscap and obtain a bottle of luminous paint Write with the paint upon the card the words, Sleep U& Tf'ectlva Sleep Sleep," large and clear. Place this card In the daytime where the light will get at it, and at nighttime in such a position on the wall or on a screen that you will have to lift up your eyes In order to look at it while you are lying In your easiest position on the bed that is to say, the position in which you generally go to sleep. 'As you see the illuminated words, repeat them to yourself in a monotonous manner. As the eyelids become tired let them close. You will not in most cases repeat the words very often before sieep brings on for getfulness. Humanitarian. Garden Yeast" And as wonders never cease, says a writer In The Garden Magazine, the scientists have now captured the bacteria that attract or urge the plants to draw the nitrogen from the air through the leaf and stalk into the root system, and thus supply fertilizer that one would otherwise have to pay ntghly for to make the garden vegc tables grow. The bacteria trainer cultivates, tams or grows these small creatures, dries them In small, hard cakes, gives them to us to inoculate or vaccinate the seed or land, so that these plants will draw more nltro-gen- t into the soil than they normally do. The government Agricultural department gives us "yeast cakes," as we call them, so there is no outgo but a postage stamps value and the re turns are great Indeed. I am sure Piio's Cure for Consumption saved uny life three years oso. Mas. Thou. Bobbin a, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.. Feb. 17. 1900. Heir to Great Income. The young heir to the Duke of Westminster, If he lives, will be one of the wealthiest men In Great Britain. His income will be more than a million and a quarter dollars a year. He will inherit, among other possessions, acres, including 600 acres of the most valuable land in the West End of London, which, as years go on and leases fall in, increases constantly in value. There are also 29,400 acres waiting for him iu the country. i I 1 1 & man walked cautiously along until he and reached the The Prophet's Prayer. beach. He looked into the "Kneel, John. Take off your bat, face of the hoy who trudged beside lad. Let us pray! him. You are a brave lad, John; a An old man and a boy clung like wreckage to a rock which marked brave, good lad. It is beginning to The rain. We must hasten homo." the outer edge of Black Reef. dickering light of a lantern accentuCHAPTER TWO. ated the gloom of the night; a night famous In the annals of New England Jessie Carden. for the storm which tore the coast I I dont care to pick flowers! from Quoddy Head to Siasconsct. The lantern's light revealed two fig- want to stay right where I am. Let ures worthy the pencil of a Hogarth. me stay and watch for one of those Bared to the gale, the ol I mans scant thingumbobs in the water. Please. white locks streamed back from a Govie!" forehead massive and unfurrowed. Jessie Carden dung firmly to an Wonderful eyes of steel gray glowed Iron rod of the old bridge, and spoke of a with fires of fanaticism beneath dark, with the pleading defiance shadowing eyebrows scarcely touched spoiled child of twelve. The goverwith the rime of years. The thin lips ness smiled sadly down upon the parted In a line which suggested im- pouting lips and rebellious eyes. Certainly, my dear, replied Miss placable tenacity of purpose, not haltDon't lean out over the ing at cruelty nor stopping at cun- Malden. ning. Above the mouth, the head was bridge, sweetheart, and keep away that of a Greek god; below It showed from the creek. I shall not be gone the civilized savage selfish, relent- long. You will be very careful, wont less the incarnation of courage, you, Jessie?" The Just awful careful, Govie. There's strength and determination. mans frame was so broad that the one of those spidery things now! Jessie was spending her first sumlegs seemed stumpy, yet Peter Burt stood six feet four at three score mer in the country. For three weeks she had been living in the Bishop years and ten. His companion on this night mis- farmhouse. So many things had Black Reef happened that the memory of the sion to hurricane-swepwas a boy of eight. No fear of the Carden mansion In Boston had bestorm or of the strange old man come a dream. The Bishops were showed in the dark gray eyes of the distant relatives of General Marshall youth. He was garbed In a tightly Carden, the banker; and to them had buttoned jacket and a pair of home- been consigned the welfare of his spun trousers, securely tucked Into daughter, in special charge of a boots. The ends of a trusted governess. copper-toeJessie peered over the rail and blue yarn comforter" fluttered In the watched the waters In vain for angale. As the old man spoke, a wave other of the "thingumbobs." She ran dashed Its Icy spray across the rock. back and forth and threw sticks and Its awful wet, granddad. Cant stones Into the creek in a vain atI stand up and pray? tempt to lure Its denizens to the surKneel, my boy, kneel, replied the face. Then she spied a old man in a deep but not unkind which had fallen from a passing CHAPTER ONE. ; weed-strew- surf-lashe- n c d hoop-pol- I Dill Inn Dollar Grass, When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., of U Crosse Wig., introduced this remarkable grass three years ago, little did they) dream it would be the most talked of grass in America, the biggest, quick, iiay pro ducer on earth, but tins has come to pass. jb bra; Agricultural Editors wrote about it, Agr. College Profevtors lectured about it, Apr. Institute Orators talked about it, while in the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the corner grocery, in the village at the creamery, at the depot, fact wherever farmers Saler's in ion Dollar Grass, that gathered, marvelous grass 14 tons 5 to good for hay per acre and lots of pasture besides, is always a theme worthy of the farmers voice. Then comes Broinus Inerrais, then which there is no better grass or better permanent hav producer on earth. Grows wherever soil is found. Then the fanner talks about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces 100 stocks from one kernel of seed, 11 ft. high, in 100 days, rieh in nutrition and greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc., and is vovlzjl, . cjf? good for 80 tons of green food per acre. Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for bogs and aherp, which can lie giown at voice. "The Ixird will not harm His 25c a ton, and Speltz at 2c a bit., both servants whether they apprrach Him great food for aherp, hogs and cattle, also come in for their share in the discussion. In storm or in calm. Falling on his knees, the old man JlST PEND 10c IV STAMM to nd this notice to John A. FJrer Reed faced the sea, raised his arms Co.. La Crosse, Wia., lor their big catalog heaven, and prayed to the God who U . i. L.J rides on the ana many farm teed ataiplea. wings of the storm. The his face, but he heeded stung spray Remedy for Varicose Vein. A giant surge swept the lannot. it As a remedy for varicose veins, tern away, and Its faint light went rapid walking or movements, without as it clattered along the rooks. out violence, for one or two hours every old man prayed fervently that The day, is said to be preferable to the his sins might be forgiven. There use of elastic stockings. was one sin which weighed heavily upon him, though he named It not In his petition. j The year was 18C0, and on that NoDo you drink Schillings vember day the news had rome to of Abraham Lincolns Woods Rocky Best? election to the presidency. In the tempest which lowered when you know it? the election was In doubt, and broke What! dont know it! In fury when the triumph of Lincoln was certain, Peter Hurl saw Yaw trocar rataraa yoor siaaay If yaa 4 aa't Uka tt an augury of the atornt which was An arUse of Ether. soon to sweep the country. Ether was first used In surgical op- dent Abolitionist, and a rabid advoeration! in 184C. cate of Unionism, he lifted his voire that November night In a frenzy of eloquence which thrilled the child at his side and left an Impress years the crash of Shake hands, we are did not efface. Amid waters, his gray hair streaming In friends, tea friends, friends the wind, his dripping nrms stretched over the foam, Peter Burt prophesied altogether. the four years of desid.itlng war then Impending. He Invoked the curse of Wc have hosts of friends. God on the enemies of his country, Your sneer return your money If yon don't returned thanks for the coming emanMo SchlUIng'a port. In cipation of the slaves, and exulted tho achieved be by to the victory Lifting Jacks on Cart. a tender It Is suRgitted In San Francisco that Union arms, lie ended with beside tho kneeling for grandson each street car be equipped with a plea "who Is tho heir." tho old man lifting Jack, so that. In case of acci- him msss-slons- , dent. a victim may bo taken from be- declared, not of my worldly In Thine which nre nfhlng neath the car wheels without delay. that and of those but gifts ryes, power of divination with which Thou hast graciously vouchsafed me, John Burt shall be the chosen one of the There are perhaps no two house of Hurt Withhold not. O Lord, Tl Messing from him! Ament" more important words beThe old man arose and shook the water from his hair. The prophet tween you and your grocer had gone, .the New England fnrtner The resonant stood In his place. than Schillings Best. voice which challenged wind and Yoor frocor return) yoor amoey If yon dost Ilka la wave Bounded harsh as he exclaimed: "Wheres the lantern. John? See Swedish Brldsl Superstition. If you can find It. Well break our The Swedish bride, who Is superstinrcka trying to get hack without It" tious, fills pockets with bretd, John found the lantern, and after which sh dhpensea to everyone she attempts and muttered commany meets oa her way to the church, every It. Holdlaea she disposes of averting, as she plaints the old man lighted the Old head, over his It high ing Mllevcs, a mlafi) tune. post-offic- Know Us. is systt logy, i y sin; lfic br provi! meau ctingi t sever or cell F t the r ir not an Weft ie cie met b same.1 yets doc i r tit n teller out? meter roc ells et nly i' irch t! as it: n trail i coir putc rental Jose ie. ISIO Zoili : Ignilt soltiti f eon Ingk Zeslw c: , rod or enft tat on, i' he ft ile tf tsblf ! hfne blet ! V 0 to f nd V r ,o t,E t car 16' 1 Dont TEA ni : TEA TEA Perf eded y." zw r, hr ycxjzzT:zsU ..c- - izs e d by a miss of twelve Is the same as that extended by a lad of seventeen, bo neither suffered In the other's estimation. "What were you trying to do with that pole?" asked John as they, reached the bridge. I was trying to stir up those spidery things down there in the water," replied Jessie, again grasping the pole, which had remained erect, fast in tho sticky bottom of the creek. Oh. bow 1 wish I could catch one! Thats easy, said John Burt, as Walt ho climbed Into the wagon. until I hitch this horse and Ill show you how. Want some anyhow; you can watch me." John Burt speedily returned with some scraps of meat and a mysterious implement which consisted of a pole with a stout dip net at the end of it. Jessie regarded the prepare tions with keen interest. The boy took a piece of string from his pocket 'and securely fastened a idece of tough raw beef to it; then he lowered the meat into the water. In his loft hand he held the pole, with the meshes of the dip net but a few inches above the surface. Jessie watched with bated breath and wide opened eyes. Slowly and carefully John raised the string. At last the meat showed red in the murky water of the creek. As it came to the surface John thrust the net below. Out of the swirl of water it emerged, laden with the meat and a struggling, writhlug crab. Got him! said John, as he lifted the dripping collection over the side of the bridge. Isn't he ugly! Look at his legs! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven no, ten I counted one of them twice. Does he bite? Jessie hovered over the net and stretched her fingers towards the floundering crab. Tho little beady eyes glittered, the claws clashed helplessly. You .get You bet he can bite! near enough and hell nip you good and hard, said John as he unsnarled the crab from the twine and meat. "Run over to the wagon and get the basket. I forgot it." Delighted to be of assistance in so famous an undertaking, Jessie ran swiftly to the wagon and returned with a largo wicker basket. John had already dropped the bait In tbe water and the crab was crawling along the bridge. Reaching down, he deftly grabbed the crab and dropped him into the basket. For an instant Jessie was speechless with wonder and admiration at such bravery. "Boy, let me catch and you poke," I she ventured in a plaintive note. Wont you never caught a crab. please John Burt? Why, certainly! said John. "I'll show you how." Jessie left the squirming mass of crabs and sprang to Johns side. Reach down as far as you can, Thats right. When John directed. you- feel something pull or Jerk, pull up slowly, though, or youll scare him. Do you feel anything?" "The lino kind of twitches," whispered Jessie. Be careful. Raise it up slow. Theres one on. sure! Now jam the net under him! Jessie male a swing with the net. but dipped too low. A huge crab dropped from the meat, struck the edge of the net and floundered back Into the water. I lost him! What a shame! Wasn't he big? Go on; try again," said John This slender rod easily the water, and Jessie thrashed the surface with all possible vigor. A projecting branch from the pole caught her cap. and it fell Into the creek, where the tide swept it under the bridge. Jessie lowered the meat and waited With a cry of dismay, Jessie turned for a minute. Then she and dashed across, almost falling be- patientlytalsed the line. With much slowly neath the feet of a horse. care she dropped the net below the "Whoa. Jim! meat and raised It from the water. Checked in a slow trot by a pair of (To be continued.) taut lines, an old farm horse stopped so suddenly as to rattle the contents DESERVED TO WIN BRIDE. of the wagon. The driver, a boy of seventeen, dropped the lines and How Hindoo Lover Secured tho Maiden leaped lightly to the bridge. of His Choice. Did he hit you. little girl?" In many parts of India Hindoo girls Jessie Carden stumbled and fell just not with a ring, but with a wedded are hoofs. Before the beyond the horses At the wedding of a tball. or necklet boy could reach her, she was on her a native of leading daughter over the bridge. feet and peering there were present among the "There It Is! There It Is!" she numerous guests a Hindoo maiden and exclaimed, dancing In excitement and whose suit had not so far her lover, dismay. "Oh, what will Govie say? to his satisfaction. While progressed me my cap! Boy, get ceremony was In progress the wedding The youth, startled at the Imperiwent up to man ous summons, followed her gaze and the young before suddenly one her any and, suspected caught a glimpse of tho cap as It was what his object was, pulled out a thall tide. the carried along by Looking from his pocket ami quietly tied It up the rond, he placed Ills fingers be- round her neck. Of course there was tween his teeth and whistled shrilly. a hubbub and parental lamentations Newfoundland A large dog came over dramatic this episode, but so towards him, leaping In huge bounds. la the veneration for the thall fyeat It! He pointed Hey, Prince, go get Hindoos that no one dared to to the cap. now whirling In an eddy. among remove It from the nerk of tbe asPrince soon reached tho cap, and, tonished All concerned maiden. holding It well above tho water, therefore repaired to the Marrlamme were sides bank. The turned for the temple, where the act was ratified, steep and slippery, hut tho hoy took and the maid who went to the wedfirm hold of the dogs collar, and after ding of her friend fancy free left the a struggle hauled him to solid ground scene as the legal wife of a bold and Prince dropped tho cap, filling the air successful husband. with spray as he shook himself, waggl'd his tail, and lolled his tonguo Where Cun Berrele Are Made. in canine self satisfaction. The Damascus gun barrel Is manuHere Is your rap. said tho hoy, as factured only, at Nessovaux, near ho held a much bedraggled piece ol Liege, Belgium, while the steel barrel millinery gingerly at arina length. Is made In Every barrel must, said Jessie, under the law, successfully withstand Thank you, boy! smiling through tears which wero the government test before It Is adwelling In her eyes. WHh a llttlo mitted for sale. The gun barrels are algh of relief she noted that the gov- made by the workmen In their own erness wss not In sight. Jessie patted homes, and are delivered to the the dog on tho head, and with a rowho combine the parts for the guish gtsnee addressed her unknown markets, it Is the universal undercompanion. standing that the United States la the "What Is your name?" abe asked, best market for the cheap grade of with the direct frankness of twelve guns. The two towns sold $273,000 worth to the United States last year. years. My name Is Burt John Hurt. said My name Is Jessie Carden. Japan's Population. The population of Japan Is twelve the young lady as she crawled through times as dense as that of tbe United tho fence unassisted by her new The courtesy expectod States. wagon. reached good-naturedl- Moul-mei- n mer-cant- s, LIVE? FEPYS I STOPS Sheep Raising in Montana. Montana Is the banner sheep state of the Union with 5,000,000 sheep owned within her border. The number of sheep have increased rapidly In the past ten years, due to tho excellent grass on the range and the substantial profit In the business. From observation and information guthered, the limit of increase, as far as the range is concerned, Is very nearly reached. Thus a much larger number of the increase of the flocks will have to be marketed yearly. This condition will probably call for some change of method in the handling aqd management of the range flocks. If carefully entered upon, it also means the establishment of large and profitable feeding operations in the state. Because of the excellent herding qualities and closeness of wool, the Merinos will always predominate in the range flocks. The market, however, demands a mutton type. It is believed that both these demands may be met by the range herder. In those districts that cater to the feeding demand, the range flocks should be largely a ewe flock, strong, vigorous ewes, of the typo that would result from using a Ramboullet or Delaine ram. All ewes added to the flock should be of this style and breeding. Such a flock of ewes bred to a good, pure bred mutton type of ram, would give an excellent feeding lamb. The plan of breeding outlined may not be wholly feasible to the small range holder, but would be entirely so for the larger holder. It may even be profitable to produce the kind of ewe needed by the man who is catering to the feeding trade. Bulletin 47, Montana Station. Punishment bohydrate material, available at a low Further west in the regions alfalfa is growing EXECUTION. of Malefactors In Year 1663. In England In the early days of public executions, It was no uncommon thing for the condemned man to be hanged on the scene of the crime, or even at his home. Mr. Iepys attended such a spectacle on Jan. 21. 1663, for we read the following entry in his diary: "Up, and after sending my wife to my Aunt Wright's to get a place to see Turner hanged, I to the 'Change, and, seeing people flock in tho city, 1 inquired ami found that Turner wss not yet hanged; so I went among them to Leadenhall street, at the end of Lyme street, near where the robbery was done, and to St. Mary Axe, where he lived. And there I got, for a shilling, to stand upon the wheel of a cart, in great pain, above an hour before the execution was done, he delaying the time by long discourses and prayers, one after another, In hopes of a reprieve; but none came, and at last was flung off the ladder in bis cloak. A comely looking man he was, and kept his countenance to the end. I was sorry to see him. It was believed there were at least 12 or 14,000 people in the Btreet." Protein and Carbohydrate Feed. The farmer is called upon to purchase his feed according to the elements it contains. Lack of knowledge v ill result in a man that is feeding stock paying out much more money for feed than Is necessary. This Is done in the feeding of an over balance f n either the protein or the carbohydrate side. The only economical food is that which Is balanced or nearly so. Locality also cuts a good deal of a figure in solving the composition of feed problem. Thus In the middle west. In the corn belt, there is naturally a great superabundance of carprice. where AT AN in large areas and on the Pacific slope it is different. The problem there Is to balance the protein with carbohydrate. The protein contents of some of our leading kinds of feed on the market are about as follows: Cottonseed meal, 45; linseed meal (new process), 37; linseed meal (old process), 30; gluten meal, 34; gluten feed, 25; oat feeds (good grades), 13; oat feeds (poor grades), 8. It will thus be seen that the name does not tell everything, as, in the case of oat feeds, onb kind is worth twice as much as another. This applies to tbe regions where corn and such feed Is very abundant. In other regions the carbohydrate values would have to be taken Into consideration. Shrinkage of Sheep In Marketing. Sheep shrink In weight a great deal if sent a long distance to market. Five lots sent from Bozeman, Montana, to Three Chicago, shrunk as follows: lots of lambs, 8.7 per cent, 8.7 per cent, 7.6 per cent; two lots of wethers, 8.6 per cent, 7.1 per cent; one lot of old ewes, 11.3 per cent. Sanitary Sermons. Once a year the archbishop of Tuam preaches a sermon on health and cleanliness. The national board of the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland has Issued a sanitary sermon as a pamphlet which sells at a penny; it will, tt Is believed, do much good. Cured Her Diabetes. Ind., Feb. 27th. (Special.) will cure Diabetes will cur any form of Kidney Disease, as so Ilalo, ff what many physicians say, then Dodd' Kidney Pills will cure any form of Kidney Disease. For Mrs. L. C. Bow. era of this place has proved that Dodds Kidney Pills will cure Dla belts. , I I had Diabetes, Mrs. Bowers s&ysj "my teeth all became loose and part of them came out. I passed a great deal of water with such burning sen satlons I could hardly bear it. I lost about 40 pounds in weight, I used; many medicines and doctored with two local doctors but never got any better till I started to use Dodds Kidney rills. They cured me so com pletely that In three years I have had no return of the disease. I am a well woman now, thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills." Dodd's Kidney nils cure all kidney ailments Backache from to Brights Cure your Backache with Disease. them and you will never have Bright Disease, Diabetes or Rheumatism. Heat from Alcohol. Alcohol Is one of the great heat producers, and if It might be manufactured and sold untaxed would b an available source of beat in steam plants. One pound of alcohol Is as valuable as a pound of coal for fuel, and its burning for fuel Is a much simpler process, involving the mini, mum of waste. CUTICURA GROWS HAIR. Scalp Cleared of Dandruff and Haln Restored by One Box of Cuticura and One Cake of Cuticura Soap. A. W. Taft of Independence, Va., writing under date of Sept. 15, 1904, I have had falling hair and says: dandruff for twelve years and could get nothing to help me. Finally I bought one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, and they cleared my scalp of the dandruff and stopped the hair falling. Nowi my hair Is growing aa well as ever. I am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap aa a toilet soap. (Signed) A. W. Taft; Independence. Va." Irish Inscription. The Hen In Winter. In the old churchyard at Kllkeel, IreIn the Reviewing difficulty getting followMrs. Hen to lay egga It may be said land, Is a tombstone with tbe lie the remains "Here that ahe eats insectivor so largely In ing Inscription: died In the summer ss to suffer severely the ot Thomas Nichols, who be PhilaHad lived he 1753. March, delphia, loss of a meat dietary, especially If here." in order to live she has to eat corn would have been burled She then (tits or Osio, Cirv or Tattoo, ( morning, noon and night. I i:wty. simply converts herself Into a grease make oetb thet he It reuloo j. ctimi moor Arm of Co., dolus J. pot wherein neither eggs nor healthy S rin.r of th. uoln.M It I ho ( Itf of Tuldo. Cuunif tad Store meat ran exist. Offal meat fresh aforreuid, tnd hot uld Sriu will pof Iho turn of Is cheap feed with boiled wheat In O.NK HL'NIIHKU IMU.I.AIU fr wk nd conaot b cured by lb w 1 im of Coronal that use. place of corn, and place to live In Boll's CHM1T. 55 to 60 degrees, where they can reSwum In before nre ond ouhwrih--d In uif prere CO. thl) (lb dor of Irecontbor, X. I'. 10. tire when It Is too cold to their liking . . a. w. olkason, outside. When she produces over one I Notoit Pculio. billion dozen eggs per annum It is Ilall'a Cirrb Cure lu tuk.a Int.nrelly und one on Iho blood ond niuoouo aurfoceu of lb just as well to help her In her noble dtrerUy for work when de punkln done got froze iroutiu. Broil i.otliiionloio, r. J. lit.SfcVfr., CO., Toledo, O. Sold til hr pmruloio. -- v. an de turkey Iors he toes." lukd lion) kowiir I'liu forcooutpttloe. What an auxiliary to egg producing is found In cabbage, bocts, mangle, For Shining Shoes. Boots and shoes, however damp, will rutabaga, an sick! Those who prepare them for tho winter time when polish In a few minutes If a drop or eggs are worth money know and those two or paraffin oil be added to the Mr. Hayseed. only. blacking. It also prevents the leather from cracking. American Pears in Foreign Markete. According to the report of tho secretary ot Agriculture not less than 165 carloads of pears were shipped to Did you ever lose any foreign markets last year, principally across the Atlnntlc ocean. About money on Schillings Best packages of Hartletts were shipped to England. The great obstacle In the anything ? Is to of of get pears pears shipping Tour grocer return jour money if you 4o't Uk lib good quality to ship. Bartlett pears are certainly good pears to send First United Steta Mint across tho ocean to help foster that first United States mint was The trade, but the trouble Is that we have atabllshed In 1792. not very large supply ot Bartlett from which to draw. It Is with the pear as It Is with the apple: we have an abundance of pears like the Keif-fe- r Do you like your tea? of poor quality, but of great stayreliable as to and the ing power, Do you like your tea? amount of fruit produced year by year. rim I TEA 75,-00- TEA Tbe keeper of fine stock Is benefited by having his neighbors raise only Ills own reputation Is fine stock. mixed up to some extent with th renutstlon of the neighborhood. Is it Schillings Best? Yur f rarer return) tour mnnur If d.u'l Ukult To Clean Furs. Furl can be cleanrd by them with Iren. rubbing |