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Ti~O Dovon~, T h e l~eninsu la which f o r m s ' , the

~oa£hw&s~erai por t I0~ ot~ E n g l a n t l iS the ~nme, o~ a ~hrifty and attracUv~ race o~.d:e~B~re'4 cattle~ Which t a k e f~ae~r .an.me ~ i m the" e l eva t e4 r e g i o n in the .nortl~, o£ DevonShi re ;~where t h e y h a v e ,been ,bvo~g!~ to {he: g r e a t e s t e v e n n e s s ,,~d f ix i [y o£ type , I l l so l id color ",~oa~gl~0tlg a'~d re~is tanc~ to v a r i a t i o ~

~ aYl~ Par t iCu la r s be accep ted as evi - ,~]~enc~ o f - a n t t i l u l t y it~ a .breed, t h e ...Devon~ m~s~.'be r ega rded as a m o n g the .,9Ides~ and pures t , IL certarinIy f~ o n e ..o~ Lh.a,be;% dofiued o£ B r i t i s h breeds of ,,CaCti'e,. : f f l h o u g h l i t t l e is k n o w n o£ ie~ ,origi:ra It, was" n n d o u b t e a t y v e r y .,.g.radc~{l~y deve loped , b u t i ts . g rea t e s t : impro : :em0nb s i n c e t h e record beg&n -;:aa~ h e e n a% ~ha h a n d s of the b r o t h e r s Q t ~ a r t ~ M:essrs. J o h n T. a n d J a m e s ,L~av~%. tmR'",Mr. Cbk~ Of Holk.ham, af - = ~ e m v a ~ E a r l of Leicest.er.

lit i~ be l i0ved t h a t D o y e n s w e r e &menD. Cltt~ v ~ r y " f l r s t c a t t l e b r o u g h t ,-acro~ ~:~m At lan t id , r e a c h i n g Now E ~g- ~ n d . o ~ : ~he sh ip 0 / i a r i t y in t h e y e a r I623. i-mpor~aUons o f some conse-

..qucneo. w:~re m a d e in 1800, a n d to N e w Yortk goo~ a f t e r w a r d s , hub t h e f i rs t /herd t:O bo bro~gh~ to th i s country .add m a i n t a i n e d pure~ so ~ h a t - b r e e d e r s .can s~il} trace, t o it, was a p r e s e n t , o f a ~b'ull ~ i l s ix he i fers f r o m H o l k h a m , -,sent d i r e e t l y to Mr. R o b e r t P a t t e r s o n ,,a~ M a r ~ , ~ n d and a r r i v i n g a t B a l t i m o r e . J u n e tt!, f817, Th i s P a t t e r s o n h e r d has bocn kepb up d u r i n g the g r e a t e r par~ o~ ~ ~he cen tu ry , O the r i m p o r ~ - 4 ~ a , o a c u r r e d in 181S, 1820, 1835, 1855,~ and Eeeffuently in la ter yeal~.

T h e .ch~,ractoris t ics of the D e v o n ,are c o m # a c t a e g e and genera l b e a u t y , ibx~rdin.ew~, a~t iv i ty , in te l l igence , doci l - ~'y, aI~ti{ude tO f~ t ton a n d quality o£ m:Ik. 'Dhe p r e v M l i n g red va r i e s f r o m a cleric, r i ch co]0r t a pale chesmtr t , bu t ~ o black or w h i t e is a d m i s s i b : e excep t - ;rag ~ l i ¢ ~ ! ~ , w h i t e p a t c h - o n and i a :~ ron t ot~ ~he udder , wh ich s o m e t i m e s , e x t e n d s ~ r w a r d on the be l ly , a n d w h i t e .ha{r in the swi t ch of the ta i l . T h e sk i~ i s ye l low a n d unc tuous , i t s , r i c h n e ~ be ing s h o w n In a n o r a n g e r~ng a r o l m d t h g eyes and m o r e or less o£ ~h~ s a m e enc i rc l ing t h e muzzle . T h e

. ,hair ~ sof t , fiilb, and o f t en cu r l s close-

.,ty 0~ f~h.O nooks, shon lde r s , and faces. "The head lg adorned , tn t he case of. :~he female~ w i t h p a r t i c u l a r l y e Iegant ,

. c r e a m y ~ w h i t ~ , s h a r p - p o i n t e d , black=

p u l l e t s la id 6,209 eggs, and the oil, fowls 6,349, or a d i f ference in f a v o r of the old hens of 140 eggs'. The breeds were whi t e a n d b r o w n Legt lorns , and the old hens were th ree and four y e a r s e f age, Th i s seems to d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t ~lie no t ion of k i l l i ng off 01d h e n s over two y e a r s of age is n o t a good one. But the lesson is n o t pe rhaps of gen- era] app l i c a t i on for the reason t h a t L e g h o r n s are said to c o n t i n u e d r o p p i n g eggs in l a rge n u m b e r s long a f t e r m o s t b reeds have ceased to lay. One p o u l t r y - m a n says he keeps his B r o w n L e g h o r n s a~ long as t h e y wil l lay , and t h a t he k e p t one hen t i l l she was n i n e y e a r s of age.. A good m a n y e x p e r i m e n t s will h a v e to be made before we can ge t m u c h def in i te l i g h t on the subject .

T h e a d v i s a b i l i t y of no t s e n d i n g ehiclcens to m a r k e t in a lean cond i t i on ts bo rne out by a b o u t al l the experN n l en t s u n d e r t a k e n a long the l ine of f a t t e n i n g fowls for m a r k e t , One y e a r ~he Maine E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i on se- cured a cons ide rab le n u m b e r of f o w l s ' to be used in a t e s t of th i s k ind . The ch i ckens were 130 days o l d a t t h e b e - g i n n i n g of the test , and the f eed ing was c o n t i n u e d for t h l r t y - f ive days . The 40 we ighed 147.9 pounds a t t h e begin- . n i n g of t h e tes t a n d 237.1 a t i ts close,

. and ga ined a to ta l of 89.2 pounds dur - i~g the period, an ave rage ga in of 2 23 pounds per chick. The q u a n t i t y of d ry mea l requi red to p roduce a p o u n d o~ ga in was 5.52 pounds . W h e n sold, the b i rds b r o u g h t 14 cen t s ne t each m o r e ~han t h e y would have b r o u g h t if sold a t t he fo rmer we igh t s . Of course th i s advance was made in a state where r e t a i l pr ices for p o u l t r y a re h igh , bu t tile cost of feed is c o r r e s p o n d i n g l y h igh . T h e q u a l i t y of the wel l -covered. so f t - f l e shed ch ickens , if t h e y a re no t too fat , is so much supe r io r to t h a t of the s ame b i r d s not spec ia l ly p repa red t h a t t h e y wil l b e s o u g h t for a t a h i g h e r price.

Th i s is an exceed ing ly fa ta l con ta - g ious disease, wh ich is wide ly d i s t r i b u - ted over th i s c o u n t r y , a n d causes enor- mous a n n u a l losses, especlaI1y in t h e cen t r a l a n d s o u t h e r n sect ions .

T h e f i rs t s y m p t o m s of t he d isease are, in t h e m a j o r i t y of case~, a ye l low c o l o r a t i o n of t h a t p a r t of t he excre- m e n t w h i c h is u s u a l l y whi te , qu i ck ly fo l lowed by v io l en t d i a r r h e a a n d r ise of t e m p e r a t u r e , O the r c o m m o n ac- c o m p a n y i n g s y m p t o m s are d rooP ing o~ the wings , s tupor , lessened appe t i t e and excess ive t h i r s t .

S ince t h e d isease is due to a Specille ge rm, i t can o n l y be i n t r o d u c e d in to

flock by d i r e c t i m p o r t a t i o n of th i s ge rm, g e n e r a l l y by fowls f r o m in fec ted premises . As soon as the s y m p t o m s of t he d i sease a re observed t h e l~owls shou ld be s epa ra t ed as much as possi-

!;ll~ped Imrns of m e d i u m l e n g t h , ' h a v - ble and g iven res t r ic ted qua r t e r s , iz~g ~ good e l eva t ion a t t lm j u n c t i o n w h e r e d i s i n f e c t a n t s can be f r ee ly used. .With [he h e a d mid c u r v i n g upward . I n As soon as tho pecu l i a r d i a r r h e a is no-

':he &nit U~o h o r n s a r e s h o r t e r in pro- :.~e,~}~re. 6o th ickness , stralghl~er,, a n d

, : ~ s ra ised. : '

l)~{try I~'o LO~o E X l ) e d m o n t s have been m a d e %o

.... :Ira:runs%rate, !she, poss ib i l i ty of coo l ing : :e l f ,demeter ca r s by m e a n s of l iquid

o ~zir, am[ ~:lm e x p e r i m e n t s proved suc- cesa~u% D a i r y m e n a n d c r e a m e r y m e n .a,re n~tCrc~ted in the m a t t e r , as i t a£- ~e, cta tbc~ t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of all k i n d s of da i~y p roduc t s . Bu t t i :ero is t i t t l e ~-(,':~on. £or be l iev ing t h a t th i s gen-era- ~ton w i n see l iquid a i r used fo r s u c h a ~m'po;m, tor the reason t h a t no w a y

: h a s beem f o u n d oe IFocl.ucing i t cheap- Uy .

~ P r o f ~ o r Conn t~ well k n o w n a~ sc:e~,:[st, thal~ has devoted a good dea l of t,mc: to tile i so la t ion of baci l l i for .mil£ r f~oning. J u s t how v a l u a b l e ~:his wor£ iu has y e t to be d e m o n s t r a t e d , a'.=d experiments w i t h t h e cui.tuyes has .~o~ bce.~ at all one way. At the time ~yf t h e C o l u m b i a n ExDosi t ion a good <ieai off m i l k came. to U h i c a g o f r o m dis- . , ~ a t p a r t s a t t h e world . E v e n fa r -of f ; U r u g u a y made, a c o n s i g n m e n t of t h e I,~cO2al fluid. .Prof. Conn i n v e s t i g a t e d ~(m~e e l ~his mi lk and f o u n d i t excel - : on t . T h e cream f rom it r i pened w i t h ~m f lavor supor i0 r to mos t o f ' t h e butter ,:~mde in th i s comltry., F r o m t h i ~ c r e a m . h e i so la ted the baci l lus t h a t gave t h e ,,~avor and m a d e ¢ u l t u r e s f r o m it. ,Once stun'ted t he p r o d u c t i o n o f b a c i l h v~eut o n indef in i te ly , and a c o m p a n y ~a~ £ermed to sell i t u n d e r t h e t i t l e

,o£ ",D. 41," w h l c h m e a n s " B a c i l l u s No. 4-~." ][tt r e l a t ion to i ts v a l u e of t h e ordinary m e t h o d s of r i p e n i n g b u t t e r : r e q u 0 t o f rom " M i l k a n d I ts P r o d - n o t s " : " A series of ir~vestigations by P r o f s . B 'a r r ing ton and Russe l l in -which :~ l a rge n u m b e r of san~ples of ,butted, were made f rom c r e a m r i p e n e d ~y tir~ u~e of B, 41, a n d in t h e o rd i -

.naxy w a g , oe n o r m a l l y , a n d s u b m i t t e d ~ ~h'o judgment of severa l expe r t s ,,~-ho were i g n o r a n t of t h e process o~ ~ : ~ . u f a e t u r e , led t o t he conc lu s ion ! . ~ , t h e Conn :culture,, B. 41, d id n o t . improve . the fl~wor of the s e p a r a t o r b~:cter r i pened for one day a t a h i g h ~am, perat~we, or: e l t i : a t r ipened for h k r u g e r (:ime at: a lower t e m p e r a t u r e :

,..b~ t h e c o n t r a r y , the score o f t'he B, 41 hu : t e r ; by the var ious judges , was, i n

~ m a j o r i t y of cases, m a t e r i a l l y tower r2mn that of n o r m a l butter. * * * V(£th e, e p a r a t o r - b u t t e r in c o l d s t o r a g e

, t h e ~ e was bu~ l i t t le d i f fe rence in l l avor be~veeea~ t h e s e - t w o bu t t e r s , a l g h o u g h rr:e n o r m a l b u t t e r w h e n f resh s c o r e d

. h i g h e r . " We have to add tha,t c l ean , c r e a m f r o m c lean mi lk s e l d o m needs ~.ssista:a,:e to develop a good bu*.~ev >t'~vor.

l 'oul t ry l ~ r | ~ r s .

'E~o'~v{{':Uch age a[~ects t h e l a y I n ~ ~q:aalities'.:oL some. fowlg is yet a n un- solved prob lem. An expep imen t w a s

.c:arrie0 o u a t t h e W e s t V i r g i u i a Ex- ~:)eriment Station. for: the purpose O£ ;g;pthering some da ta r e l a t ive t he r e to . A b o u t 300 pulletg Were p i t t ed aga ias . t :~'b0 old hens , and the con t e s t was k e p t ,h:p fo r 210 days. D u r i n g t h a t t i m e t h e

t iced w i t h a n y of the fowls t he birds o£ t h a t lo t s h o u l d be changed to frest l g r o u n d a n d the sick ones lcilled. Th~ in fec ted e x c r e m e n t shou ld be ca re fu l l y s c r a p e d up and burned , and the inclos-

l ure t h o r o u g h l y d i s in fec ted w~th one- ha l f per cen t so lu t ion of carbol ic acid,

i wh ich m a y be appl ied wi th an o r d i n a r y w a t e r i n g pot, Burn dead birds.

'[ 'he g e r m s of t he d isease are t a k e n into the system only by the mouth, and for this reason the watering troughs and f eed ing places m u s t be kept t h o r - o u g h l y ' f r e e f rom them by f r equen t dls- i n fec t ion with one of the so lu t ions m e n t i o n e d .

" T r e a t m e n t of sick b i rds is no t to be r e c o m m e n d e d u n d e r a n y c i r cums tances . T h e m a l a d y :~uns i ts course, as a rule, hl one, two or t h r e e days , and i t can o n l y be checked wi th g r e a t d i lHcul ty ."

Roup is one of the most dreaded o~ diseases . I t is s o m e t i m e s spoken o~ as the w i n t e r disease. The s y m p t o m s a re h o a r s e b rea th ing , s w e h e d ' e y e s , dis- c h a r g e a t the nos t r i l s and s o m e t i m e s a fe t id b rea th , T r e a t m e n t is no t gen- e r a l l y s a t i s f a c t o r y . T h e af fec ted birds s h o u l d be r emoved , the house c leansed and dis in fec ted . Damp. foul a i r and cold d r a f t s in the p o u l t r y ho~s s shou,d be c a r e f u l l y avo ided w h e n e v e r fowls a r c subaect to roup. A decrease in the p r o p o r t i o n of corn and an inc rease i n the p r o p o r t i o n of m e a t food In t e e da i ly :ration is held by some to be highly benef ic ia l in w a r d i n g off t h i s disease,

In g e n e r a l the t r e a t m e n t of t h e com- m o n d iseases o£ lewis is not so sa%is- f a c t o r y as preven t ive measul , es. No- where more than in t11o poultry busi- ness does t h a t old adage apply , " A n ounce o£ p r e v e n t i o n is w o r t h a pound ol~ cure ." ~ A g r i c u l t u r a l D e p a r t m e n t 13ulletin,

Sho~faml ~Imep ~Vo~d, T h e wool of the pure n a t : v e S h u t ' a n d

sheep is g e n e r a l l y compared to m c r i n a c a a c c o u n t o~ i ts fine t ex tu re . Like the S h e t l a n d pony , the pure S h e t l a n d sheep is a mnail and ve ry ac t ive crea- tu re , o f t en to be seen m o v i n g w~th ti~e s w i f t n e s s and ag i l i t y of a goa t or c h a m o i s a m o n g t h e cliffs and c rags o~ tno snore . F o r the first few m o n t h s the lambs live on the hill pasture: w i t h t h e i r mo the r s , bu t t o w a r d .the close of s u m m e r t h e y are t a k e n in f r o m the hill and t e the red , u sua i iy i: pa i r s on the g ra s s ins lde the dike.:~ t h a t s epa ra t e the hill p a s tu r e f rom th crof ts . This is done to give t h e m ;: be t t e r chance of s t a n d i n g the w in t e r . b a t wl len bad w e a t h e r r ea l ly se t s I.: t h e y are s h u t up in s u u g and comfor t - ab le l i t t le folds eve ry nk .h t , and regu- l a r l y fed. i n s p r i n g they a re a g a i n a l lowed to r u n free on t he hi11 pas lures,

T h e wool of t he n a t i v e sheep is no g e n e r a ! l y clillped or sho rn . On tile bi f a r m s w h e r e chev io t and b lack- face sheep are kept s h e a r i n g is, of course t1~e pract ice , bu t the S h e t l a n d e r s l e a w the sheep ' s fleece i n t a c t till the woo is ripe, so to sp£,.al:, and ju s t about t:, c o m e of[ i tself ; t hen it is roced o pul led off carefu l ly , so as n e t to hur ' the c rea tures , aud a n y pa r t of it t ha , does n o t come off r e a d i l y is lef t til 0~±cr.--C.~=~mber's J o u r n a l .

AN H E R E D I T A R Y M O L E .

And the It~fltmneo I t ~gxerted Over One Ie~mlly s ~ortuno.

T h e y were in the Tur l : i sh b a t h h o u s e and a .10osely-draped shee t exposed a mole on the lef t shou lde r of the blonde one. T h a t s t a r t ed the conve r sa t ion .

" H a v e i t r emoved!" ' she echoed in response to the sugges t ion of her d a r k f~iend. "VTell, no t j u s t now. I t would be s o m e w h a t of a tr iM, I ' l l admi t , if i t was a l i t t l e h i g h e r up, bu t m y even- ing gowns are :lot cut down tO it y e t .

" E v e n if f a sh ion decreed t h a t t h e y shou ld be, I would h e s i t a t e abou t par t - ing wi th it, H a v e you one? No? Wel l , pe rhaps t h a t has n o t h i n g to do wi th the case a f t e r all. I d o n ' t k n o w t h a t o r d i n a r y moles h a v e a n y effect on the f o r t u n e s of t he i r possessors , but the re is s o m e t h i n g a b o u t th is one of mine t h a t makes i t v e r y dear to me. Oh; the re ' s no secre t a b o u t i t and I d o n ' t m i n d t e l l ing you.

"You k n o w I am Huite supe r s t i t i ous a b o u t m a n y thif igs. Wel l , th is mole is no t the f irst to appea r i n our f ami ly . ,I~ fact , m y g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r , m y g r a n d f a t h e r and m y f a t h e r each had one, and as t he re were no sons of m y p a r e n t s t h e f a m i l y ,mole seems to have d e s c e n d e d ' t o m e : ' None o~ thq o the r g i r l s has o n e .

" W h a t happened to m y great- ,grand- f a t h e r ' s mole does no . appea r In the f a m i l y records and he p robab ly kep t i t to the end of his days . Not so w i t h m y g r a n d f a t h e r . He y ie lded to Fer- sonal v a n i t y and got r id of it in the o ld - f a sh ioned w a y by t y i n g a s i lk t h r e a d a r o u n d it. Luck p r o m p t l y t u r n e d against him and he d:ed pool-.

"My f a t h e r s t a r t ed in l i fe wi th l i t t le or n o t h i n g , bu t was succes:s£~ll in a cen t r a l New York business , and whi le st i l l a young m a n a m a s s e d a comfor t - able fortune. About tl~is time some new e ectrica] t r e a t m e n t In" fhe cu:'e of sk in b lemishes was wide ly adver - t ised and my fa'd~er fell a v ic t im to it and had his mole akcn off. Sho: ' t lv ,~fterward he declded to give up his bus iness in New Yort: to en te r wlmt looked l ike a m o r e p r o m i s i n g field in Ca l i fo rn ia .

" W e all moved out the re aud the c o u n t r y and c l imate were a d m i r a b l e . bu t bus iness was no t and c o m p e t e fa i lu re fol lowed. Of course, you m a y t h i n k t h a t the r emova l ~of the m01e had nothing to do with th is fact , but I am f i rmly convinced t h a t it had all to do wi th it.

"Now, I have been f a i r l y pro~per0us in m y l imi ted career , a n d I In tend to avoid the e r rors df m y ancestors an4 c l ing to the mole ."

And the da rk one nodded her head In silent approval .

H A S N O U S E F O R A LIAR.

|low . . . . . . . . . . . ~Vu 8q~ele|lod ~:l Ull~rtUh- | Ill Corre~pon *~ n ,

One of the nlost c o m m e n d a b l e char- ac te r i s t i c s of the Chinese minis er at W a s h i n g t o n is his f r anksess . He doe no t hes i t a t e to express i~is op in ion u - on all matters that are brought to hi attenlon. One day he was visited by a Washington newspaper correspondent, who is perhaDs not a lone in his profes- sion in r e g a r d i n g h imse l f as a g rea t man . Before he had lea rned a n y t h i n g w h a t e v e r f rom Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu was {)lying h im wlth his usual quest ions . When the query as to the a m o u . ~ el his week ly s t tpend was put tb;~ col'- r e s p o n d e n t heaved up his chest , s~roked his mus tache wi th pride and p repared to a s ton i sh the .simpl~ c ~es. t ial . "One hund red and fif ty dol lars a w e e k ! " he excla imed. " I t is t o , much , ' came quick as a sho t f rom the min is - ter ' s l ips; " i t is al:ogetl~ r too much --you arc not worth more than 825 a

week." i . a t e r on, by d i n t of c ros s - examina -

t ion of o the r newspape r men. Mr. Wu learned that his $150-a-w el: v t s i t o r ~:n(i p reva r i ca ted to the ex ten t o: about $90 per week. The next t ime th is g n. t l e m a n called a t the Chinese l e g a t i ~ and sen t his ca÷d to the m i n i s t e r h : was accorded an audience , but the firs t h i n g the min i s t e r satd to hl was "You l tcd to me abou t y o u r sa la ry . I~ you will lie about such a t h i n g a t h e you wiI1 lie about a n y t h i n g . I do not t r u s t you. ~ have n o t h i n g to tell you. I w a n t to revise m y f o r m e r e s t i m a t o ycur v a l u e ~ i n s t e a d of being we th $2 a week you are not w o r t h a n y t h i n g , sir. Good day . "

Bird. T h e o d o r e R e ~ v e | t ,

As the wife of vice-president of the Uni ted S ta tes Mrs. Rooseve l t will be obl iged to a s sume a p r o m i n e n t posi t ion in the world , and it m u s t be said for her t h a t she has y ie lded to the inevi- table w i t h grace and dign i ty . T h : s t a te of Mrs. McI,: inley's hea l th p ie e ludes the possi 'bill ty of her t a k i n 7 ac t ive p a r t in society, w h i c h re:egat , , the respons ib i l i t i es of " t h e first lado- :n the l a n d " to Mrs. Roos_velt . Them is m u c h cu r ios i ty in W a s h i n g t o n so. c le ty c o n c e r n i n g the new lca.qer. Thor will not be much seen of her unt i l nex year , however . The v ice-pres :dent ' . [ ami ly will no t t ake up a p e r m a n e n . res idence in W a s h i n g t o n untll nex fall.

Mrs. Rooseve l t was. a Miss Edit.I K e r m i t Carow. She is now abou t a~' yea r s old, and. whi le n o t a beau t i fu w o m a n , pcssesses an unusua l a t t r a c t - iveness of face and figure. She has av u n m i s t a k a b l e appea rance o~ racia l dis t inc t ion , and ]:as also the simple, g r a cious m a n n e r s of a t r u l y , r i s t o c r a t i c w o m a n . She dresses e x t r e m e l y well.

"~1|110 Of ~ l n , l c h m , ! %V, ' t~o rw~rk~ .

G r c a t e r h e w York has $125,000,000 invested in water works, Ciueago $3&- 000.000; Boston, $15,000,000; Baltimore, $18,000,000; Cincinnati. $/0,000,000; St. Lou~, $20,000.000; Philadelphia, $~5.- 000,000; Plttsburg, $8,000,000; New- ark, $I0,000,000, Milwaukee, $5,000.- 000; San F ranc i sco , $25,000,000; Cleve- land, $10,000,000; New Orleans, $5,- 000,000. and P rov idence $6,000,000,

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ff F e v e r y o~e ,',~ the wor ld were hea l thy and happy ~@at ~ g lad day E~ster w o u l d be. But +~" sun rises e v e r y E~ster morning" o~ a mgfftitude of sicl¢ a n d afflict-

ed. The P£aster lilies gladde~ tile hearts o f the s i ck and wel l ahYee. B u t to the s ick s o m e t h i n g m o r e than the Eas ter l i ly Is n e c e s ~ r y to br~'~g that

#ape a~d cheer which e v e r y one expec t s on Eas ter day . T h e wel l need no phys i - cian, but the Sick ~eed a remedy .

Near ly one=half the people in t,~e United S ta t e s are suffer ing f rom s o m e form or pl,~se of cat~rrhel a i lme~g These a i lments take different forms a t different seasons of the year . I~ the spr ier ' t ime c~tarrh assume~ ~ s y s t e m i ~ form. pro- during nervoa~ness, lass i tude ~ d genera l languor.

S y s t e m i c catarrh deranges the digest ion and through deranged digest ion i t impover i shes or corrtami~ates the blood. T~us we h~ve b lood diseases and ner- vous derangements through s y s t e m i c catarrh.

Peruaa is a specif ic for these c~ses. No o ther r e m e d y y e t dev i sed b y the media~l profess ion i s 'ab le to success fu l ly m e e t s o m a n y phas,as of spr ing ~ff- m e a t s as Peru;~a.

Mea a~d wome~ e v e r y w h e r e are pr~isMg P e r ~ ~s foIIows- A F i r s t C I a s s Tonic.

}Vm, A. Coffler, A s s i s t a n t P a y r a ~ s , t e r U. & N., w~qtes: *'1 h a v e taken Perun~ and recomme.nd tt to t hose neetH1tg ~ f i rst .c lass telzIc. "

A O r e ~ t T e ~ i c . H e m M. ~. Bgtler~ E x . U . S . S e n g l o r

~nd E x . O o v e r ~ o r o f Sautes C~roHna, wr i t e s f~om P~dZeiiefd~ S , C.: ' q lmve been u s ! ~ Perana ~or u s h o ~ per~od ~nd ~ h*.eI very m ~ c h reHevedo It Is in. deed a w e r m e a u l med ic ine a~d ~x~sides e grea~ aortic. '"

Splendid f o r t h e Arervc&

~ b c ~ B. ManteI l , the f ~ m o ~ ~ u r , writes Cr~rn N e w York C i t y : ,~Pcrrzna ts spfetzdM a n d m o s t tnvl2"oratl~F.~ r e f~s*~ ing to the nervc~ eznd bral~, '"

F o r General D e b i l i t y . Hen . dno. V. W r t ~ t , 02 t ~ Save

~ep~rir~en~, O e n e ~ l Lat~d Office o f Te~gesgee, w r i t e s : '*I w i s h e v e r y , ono w ~ o ls srf f lertn~ w i t h F.eneral debi l i ty or p~oatragloz~ could k ~ o w a t

A S p r i n g T o n i c . M~" rD" W" Timber laRe , Ly~ehbur£~,

V~,, s~ysg **There is no better spriag tonic t ;mn ~erunn, a n d ~ # a v e u~ed about ~11 o¢ t h e m . ""

A G o o d Tam'co Capta?n Perry V/. Moss, Second

An~ans~s Volunteer& writes f~r~ Par- ago~ld, Ark . : ~'I flnd Peruna e very g ~ sprinf¢ tonic, a n d w i l l r e a d i l y ~ c o m m e n d It a t any t ime . '"

B u i l d s U p ¢~e E n t i r e S y s t e m . M i s s de~.~le doh~:son, 3I lB L a k e Parle

~en~re , C#lca£ro, HI., ts Vice ~rcs lde t l t 0¢ Chlc~g'o Teachers" Federa~lott. She w r i t e s : , 'Per~d~ta , ~ s t o r e s ~he ~u~c- gfon~ of u~tgr~ , l¢lduces s l eep ,and bu i lds up ¢~e en l t~e s y s t e m . '"

M ~ r e s S t e a d y N e r v e s .

B~ L. iz/&ffavz, C b a ~ e r Me¢~bor ~l;- t, ernattor~ai R~bel"a ~ Unlo.% t 5 Bze.~tern a v e n u e , MlmzeapoBs , Minneso ta , w~qtes" *,! n o w feel ~plendid. My head is clear, m y nerves are steady,

T h e B e g t o f T o n i c s . Hen. V/. C. Chambers , Ch']ef Jus t i ce

o f S a m o a , ~eys: " i h a v e t r ied one be# t ie o i l , t u n a a ~ d ; c ~ . t r u t h f u l l y s~y i t Is o~o o~ th~ h e ~ reales I e v e r uscd. '"

A ~ r g ~ d T o n i c . ~fra. Orl~.fey, motl, er of Captai~

Orldfey, of t ~ *~OIym~la," wr;r~s: " l ~ sed Per~-r~za ~nd con trutl~fuI£y say ~

J~a = O ~ 2 r w o ~ t t ,

Mr, T e f f t duhamo~, a prom]t :eu t a c t o , o f Wa.~.~iu~ten, D. C., wfff tes fr~r~ Fourgee~tb ~.'.ml * ' t " s t r e e t s : " I ~ t~e e f t o ~ to l m F ~ a ¢o~.dltIo~ lmp~t r~d ~W ovet~orR, I [;ave found n o i h t n g t ~ n t h ~ d ~ ea m u c h g~ed ~ Pc.

F o r ~ W e m v - o u t S y s t e m ° hi~a. Cather ine Tuf t , Prer, M e ~ , "V/I"~,

IcyNen Az~eclt~tlog,'~ d 5 4 9 Gottag¢ O ~ v e ~ve~ge , Chicago, HA, wrt te~#

a, t o l t e~ advise Pem~a In cases o~ a w o r n . o ~ t ~ ' . ~ e ~ ~J~d a b~ro£e:, dov/a

~ u ~ a . '" ~ eaz]~ m y ~eod ez;d re~t wef t . ' " cu~=~,'~utlO~o

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fo~ the TEETH and BREATH Hew Sixe $OZODOHT Lll~UII} . , ~ 2E~

Hew Patent ~ox $ 0 Z 0 g O f l T POW~E}I , , 250 Largo LI~U{,~ and POW'~EII , , , 7 5 0 £ t the Stores or by 3[ail, postpaid, for the Price.

£° 2® Dentist s O-oinion: As an antiseptic and hygienic ~a 3 0~' 4 V~&~3

m o u t h w a s h , a n d f o ~ t h e care and p r e s e r v & t i o n o f t h e t o o t h a n d ~ 1 ~ ' ] 3 ~ . I ; £ [ ~ i 1 3 : ~ O ~ : E ~ gums, I cordially recommend Sozodont. I consider it the idcM ~ , ~ = ~ , , ~ ~r ~,ou t:a,o ul, ~our

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d e n t i f r i c e f o r chi ldren, use. [Name of w a t e r upon vpphcat lon. ] .... ; w,. ~.., "'

W e Lo L = , , , , , . . . . . : . , , ,.,

88 & $8.Be $ [0E8 o. ...... o, '£ho real worth of my ~3.00 and ,~%50 sheen cnmpare(l with

other makes i8 ~4.00 to ~5.00. My ~t.O0 Gilt Edge Lint) (~zano$ bO equalled ,~t anyprieo, l~est in the worhl/or men, W ( ~ . l t ~ . - t n d - N o ~ v e d ~~t.oee**~),. ~,|l:ln ~l~ny ell h~'~" Ittlatn|lfalc- gofer i n ~hO ~;vovhl. ][ ~vill p~ty ~ ) I , O O O gO ~.lay O~C tVho C~I~

(Si~ned) W . T~. :~}o l lg |n~ . "Je~k~ no ~t'b g| ~¢~. * Tnglst on having W. L. Dotlgl&s shoed

With l]~me and |)rico stamped on bottom. Your (le,%lor si~oul(l kee l) them ; I give one dealer exehLslvo sale ia each town. I~ he doe8 not keep them nnd will no~ ge~ thdm for yon, order dh'ect from faetm'y, enclosleff prlco aud 25c. (:xtra fe~ carriage, Over 1.000.000 satlstied wearers. N~w S~ . h i d t~4ttnh~g free. Fast Color Eyelets used exclusively, V/, L DOUBL~S; ~r0ckt0n, [~ass.

~ Be~ Cough Syrup. Tas¢e~ Good. ~JSO [7~

Immigrat on. I)~parLm mz of lfiterior. O~lttwa. Lanada,, or to J. Grieve. Sn~zlnaw. Mich., or M. V. Melnnes. No. 2 Morrill Block. Detroit, Mich. Speci~fl excurMona t~ Western Canada during f March and A P ril,

8 tF££? FAR 18 me,ooe 8 g B ~ $ I,,.p,'o.'ed .n,t ~,.,~p,'o.-~,, .__

f a r m i n g land:~ ~o l)a d iv ided and sam on 107~4¢ tlll]o 1ind. ~3lm, sy payments , a little W . N . U, - - D ET R O IT .-- N O. 1 5--a 1 9 0 l each year. Come and see us or wrlt~, TUg TRUMAN . . . . MOSS STATE BANK, Sanilae Center, Mich., or / lqiiCR AilSWCri~q hdvertisemcnes liindly TheTruman Moss Estate, Crosswoll, Sanilac Co,, M]c~ ] ~icntion This raper,

Turn the l~asoals Out, We are speMcing of the gmp microbes.

T h e we l l a n d s t r o n g e , n res i s t tucir poi- son, the s ic l : ly a n d w e a k arc t h e i r prey.

Bax t e r ' s M a n d r a k e B i t t e r s a rc na- t u r e ' s r e m e d y for e x p e l l i n ~ ~A' poison f rom the sys t em. A t d r u g g i s t s , m l iqu id o,- tn,1)iots n,t 25 cents pe': bott, le or box.