Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 27, 1902, Page 3

ntpe Spring Vetch. We illustrate Spring Vetch, a plant that is being tested on various soils as a renovator and forage plant. At the Kansas station it has been tried “Dean Mrs. Pryxnam:—It is with thankfulness I write that Lydia EB. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been of the greatest help to me. My work keeps me standing on my feet all day and the hours are long. Some months ago it didn’t seem as though I could stand it. I would get so dreadfully tired and my back ached so I wanted to scream with the pain. When I got home at night I was so worn out I had to go right to bed, and I was terribly blue and downhearted. I was irregu- iar and the flow was scanty, and I was pale and had no appetite. I told a girl friend who was taking your medicine how I felt, and she said I ought to take it too. SoI got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound and commenced to take it. It helped me right off. After the first few doses menstruation started and was fuller than for some time. It seemed to lift a load off me. My back stopped aching and I felt brighter than I had for months. I took three bottles in all. Now I never have an ache or pain, and I go out after work and have a good time. 1am regular and strong and am thankful to you for the change. “T recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound when- ever I hear of a girl suffering, for I know how hard it is to work when you feel so sick.” —Miss Mami Kerns, 553 9th Ave., New York City. Women should not fail to profit by the experiences. of these women; just as surely as they were cured of the troubles enu- merated in their letters, just se certainly will Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cure others who suffer from womb trou- bles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, irregular and painful menstruation, nervous excitability, and nervous prostra- tion; remember that it is Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound that is curing women, and don’t allow any dtuggist to sell you anything else in its place. \ Miss Amanda T. Petterson, Box 131, Atwater, Minn., says: “Dar Mns. Pryxuam.—lI hope that you will publish this testimonial so that it may reach others and let them know about your wonderful medicine. “Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I was troubled with the worst kind of fainting spells. The blood would rush to my head, was very nervous.and always felt tired, had dark circles around eyes. “JT have now taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s- Vegetable Com~- pound and am entirely cured. I had taken doctor’s medicine for many years but it did me no e “Please accept my thanks for this most excellent medicine whichis able to restore health tosuffering women.” No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Those women who refuse to. accept anything else are re- warded a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want '—acure. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutes. $ FORFEIT if we cannot forthwith produce the original letters and signaturesot 5000 ener eee } Which wil! Puja I. Finkham Medicine Oo., Lynn, Mass. Constipation Makes Bad Blood. MULL’S GRAPE TONIC CURES CONSTIPATION Constipatiofi is the rotting and decaying of pnd poate food in the alimentary canal. Disease germs arise from this fester- ing mass, which find their way into the blood. ‘The blood becomes impure and shortly the entire system gives way to the unhealthy condition. You cannot cure a case like this by taking pills or other commoncathartics, g A laxative will notdo. A blood medi- cine is ineffective. Mull’s Grape Tonic is a gentle and mild laxative in addition to being a blood-making and strength- giving tonic which immediately builds bP the wasted body and makes rich, red blood that carries its health-givin: quepeth to every tissue at every hi Mull’s Grape Tonic fs made of crushed fruit juices and is sold under a positive guarantee, Doctors prescribe it, All druggists sell it at 50 cents a bottle, Send 10c to Lightning Medicine Co., Rock, Island, Ull., to cover postage on tange sample bottic. Better keep on the safe side. Don’t use a liniment you’re not sure about. If you have an Injury, an Ache a serious Cut or Bruise, Lembago, Neuralgia or anything that is curable by a liniment, “s* MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT, It cured aches and injuries of Man and Beast before many of you were born. It was found to be reliable by your sires and grandsires; it will be found so by you. business men, taught in “ JINESS as conducted “ pil time teachers who are experts in feesion. The m >it complete and thorough Actual and pariment in the West. One of shoois of Penmanshi; shorthand Typewrit the eT. ‘We secure em] ent for 3 ore Puy enter at any time, For our beautifully fustrated catalogue address Cedar Rapids, 20o™ Cedar Rapids Business College, °*t5 5) BEAR IN MIND wegive More Valuable Information en the Domestic end Wild Animals Hides and Skins than any other Firm in the World, and pay highest Cash Book Beavtety astratedspostp. Zo: Phe List Free NORTHWESTERN HIDE & FUR CO., CL lp MINN... U. BA The Great Skin Remedy wil} asap She pain of baraaaee meee es once there will be no scar. Don't wait until someone gets burned but Keep a bex handy. 25 and 50 cents by all druggists. and condemned for Kansas. But this ‘ ) SPRING VETCH , does not prove that it has no value for other states. We have yet to learn what possibilities are locked up in it, Cultivation and selection may yet evolve something from it. Rate of Seeding Wheat. Unless some unusual condition ex- ists, the Oklahoma Experiment Sta- tion seeds wheat at the rate of ope and one-half bushels per acre. Cover- ing a period of several years at this station different amounts varying from three to eight. pecks per acre were seeded on different plats to fur- nish data on this question, says a bul- letin of the Oklahoma station. The average of these results show a few: bushels in favor of the five and six peck rates, but there were cases in which there was practically no dif- ference in yields from the lightest to the heaviest seeding. On the other hand there were times when such un- usual rates as three pecks and eight pecks gave much poorer results than a medium amount. Similar experi- ments have been carried on by many of the stations over the United States and the results agree very closely with those given above and all recommends @ good liberal seeding as being the safest rule to follow. Conditions have been found to influence the results very much at times, sovthat any fixed rule cannot be laid down, and the farm- er should give each individual case due consideration as many poor yields have been the result of not using the Proper quantity of seed whéat per acre. -The following factors are to be considered in deciding the rate of seeding, time of seeding, character and condition of soil; location, char- acter of seed (quality, size of berry, purity, method of seeding and variety characteristics. Before considering these it is well to recall to mind that wheat, like other small grains, has the characteristic of throwing out from each seed, stalks varying in num- ber from two to several dozen, in ex treme cases. The number usually runs as high as half a dozen at least, This is the tillering or stooling of the plant. Due to this habit of growth the number of seed stalks per foot may not vary much even if different amounts of seed are used per acre, and consequently the yield per acre may not differ materially. But much will depend upon the factors cited above whether we get the proper num- ber of seed stalks per foot or whether they produce the maximum amount of good grain. If any céndition exists that stimulates or allows an abnormal amount of tillering, it is usually det- rimental to the yield and quality of the grain, but the injury is sel- dom due to there being too many stalks produced per foot as the tend- ency is to produce about so many seed stalks per foot and then the tillering ceases. Saving Seed Corn. From Farmers’ Review: In your issue of the 12th inst.’ an article on seed corn saving in the cellar by Ai T. Evans, leads me to say that seed corn saving can be much simplified by. making a flat box large enough to hold the seed required, with doors along one side*and covered all over with screen wire similar to that used for window screens. Suspend this from the floor joists. This prevents all ‘loss from mice or rats, which is some- times considerable, saves much time, labor and string. As to dampness, I have. seen corn come out quite mouldy, but still vigorous, safe seed. Surely no cellar too damp for corn is fit to live over. A wet cellar should be drained and plastered on the out- side of the walls with portland ce- ment. A damp one made dry by a ventilating hole in the chimney near the cellar bottom.—W. L. Frisbie, Win- nebago County, Illinois. > eee From Farmers’ Review: In. regard to saving seed corn in a cellar I would say: Corn at this time of year should be sound and ripe. Any common cel- Jar on the farm will prove to be all right. A green mould may form over it, but that will not prevent it from growing in the spring. Before shell- ing eee Btn ne air and let it be-| i .—A. T. Evans, Knox County, | a barnyard to be tainted by washin Tiinois, _ [from it z 4 The Plumbago. From Farmers’ Review: Among the best of winter-blooming plants} adapted to amateur culture must be | ‘listed the Plumbago, with its large, loose sprays of dainty blossoms of the softest, most delicate lavender- blue. I know of no other flower so exquisite in color. Individually the flowers are small—about the size of, and almost identical in shape with, the annual phlox of our summer gar-| den,—but there are so many in a clus- ter that the plant is quite showy. Of course, because of its subdued color- ing, it cannot rival the geranium, or the Hibiscus, but what it lacks in brilliance it makes up for in refined beauty. To see a well-grown speci- men of it in full bloom is to admire it, and make one feel envious of its own- er. But there need be no envy of its possession, as any one can grow it with but little trouble. I would not advise attempting to grow it from cut: tings, as I have found it a difficult plant to propagate in that way. The best. way is to get a young plant of the florist. It will probably have an unpromising look, when received, as many of its leaves will be shed, while in transit, but if the stalk is hard and green, no harm has been done by its journey. Pot it in a soil of ordinary garden loam made light and mellow by mixing coarse sand with it. Do not use a large pot at first. Water mod. erately, and give it a place a little way back from the sun. In a short time it ought to begin to grow. When growth really sets in, its development will be rapid, and after two or three months a shift to a pot two or three sizes larger will be advisable. The habit of the plant is to send out back the branch to about one-third its original length. Soon the buds at the base of the stub will develop intc branches from which you will get more flowers. By continued cutting back, as advised above, you keep the plant producing new branches, conse quently new flowers. It is an easy matter, therefore, to keep it almost constantly in bloom. Old plants often send, out branches four and five feet in length, and repeated cutting-back makes them so bushy that there will be scores of flowering-points on each good specimen. It is a good plan tc force the plant to take a few weeks rest in summer. This can be done by keeping it quite dry. No harm wil! be done if you allow the soil to dry out until most*of the leaves fall, By} and by cut it back about one-third give more water, and allow it to begir the work of renewing itself, as it will! soon do. Those who have , never grown this charming flower will be delighted with it. The variety de seribed is catalogued a P. capensis There are two other varieties in cul tivation, P. rosea, red, and P. alba white. Both are pretty, but they lack the free-flowering qualities of the blue variety.—Eben E. Rexford. An Upper Study. In city houses it is becoming quite common to find an upstairs sitting room or library to which the student ‘who wishes to read, write or study can go and get away from the hubbub that often characterizes the evening reunions of a big family socially in clined, who like to visit among them: selves or to entertain their friends after the business of the day is over. There is less need in city than in } country houses for such a den as in the former there is ordinarily a gen. eral and uniform system of heating which makes their bedrooms comfort able and available for all who desire privacy. But one cannot always, have a library in one’s bedroom and there is a certain fitness which appeals tc most people in having one room in th¢ house sacred to intellectual uses. Though there is great need of such ¢ provision in many country homes, par- ticularly if the family is large, it is seldom found, perhaps because the ap would seem a kind of trespass on the long established custom of. devoting the second story of a dwelling to dor. mitory purposes only, yet, as already remarked, the need is great because the majority of country houses aré¢ equipped with neither furnaces no: steam heating plants, but instead are dependent upon‘stove heat which is unevenly distributed. Often the bed. rooms are only partially heated and therefore cannot be used as sitting rooms in the winter. Sports and “chores” generally consume the hours <= THE SON OF EX- | blood or constitutional disease, and in order to propriation of a room to that service | of daylight which. the boys and girls have before and after school, which means for them study in the evening; and a suitable place should be pro vided for them. Literary men have been fond of utilizing attics which often make ideal studies. A good sup. ply of daylight ‘should be a prime con- sideration in locating such a place unless it is to be used exclusively in the evening and then the best of arti- ficial light should be furnished. That requirement can be easily met by pre- viding a student lamp, than which no better reading lamp has ever been made, and they are no longer very ex: pensive. In many a country house there is a large upper hall, and if no | other room is available a portion of this may be screened off and furnished with a table, chairs, book shelves and other necessary or desirable fittings. No well should. be near enough to. Hon. Louis E. Johnson is the son of the late Reverdy Johnson.who was United States Senator from Marylana, also Attorn ey General under President Johnson, and United States Minister to England, and who was regarded as the greatest constitutional lawyer that ever lived. In a recent letter from 1006 F. Street, N. W., Mr. Johnson says: «<No one should longer suffer from catarrh when Peruna is ac~ cessible. To my knowledge it has system.”’=--Louis E. Johnson. Catarrh Poisons. Catarrh is capable of changing all the life-giving secretions of the body into scalding fluids, which destroy and inflame every part they come in contact with. Ap- plications to the places affected by catarrh can do little good save to soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms. Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atomizers and inhalants} only serve as temporary relief. So long as the irritating secretions of catarrh continue to be formed so long will the membranes continue to be inflamed, no matter what treatment is used. There is but one remedy that has the desirable effect, and that remedy is! caused relief to so many of my branches terminated with flowers. As| friends and acquaintances, that it is humanity to commend its use to soon as the flowers have faded, cut! all persons suffering with this distressing disorder of the human Peruna. This remedy strikes at once to the roots of catarrh by restoring to the capillary vessels their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not a temporary palliative, but a radical cure. Send for Dr. Hartman's latest book, sent free for a short time. Address The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co, Co- lumbus, Ohio. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state- ment of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reacli the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a cure it youmust take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. Tt was prescribed by one of the best physicians jn this country for years, and is a regular pre- scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is ‘hat produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. ¥. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price tbe. Hall's Family Pilis are the best. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued This Week to Northwestern Inventors. Benjamin Fowler, Minneapolis, Minn., lamp burner; William C. Gregg, Minneapolis, Minn., portable cradle for hauling and handling sugar cane; Al- ~~ Give It a Chance. Gatee First Doctor—How many died of that new disease of yours? Second Doctor—None. But then, it isn’t generally known yet.—Life. DON’T EXPERIMENT WITH CROUP, cure the children quickly with Cole’s Cough Cure. ‘They like it. Every bottle guaran- teed. Insist on getting the genuine. All good druggists, 25c and 50c. Many a man’s vices have at first been nothing worse than good qualities run wild.—Hare. Bookkeeping Taught by Mail By a practical accountant of twenty years’ experience. My “Plain System” taught in twenty-four lessons at your home without loss of time and at trifling expense. Write for circular. O. C. Syl- vester, Principal, Box 191, St. Paul, Minn. exander Hill, Bovine, S. D., hitching post; William G. Kachel, Minneapo- lis, Minn., automatic stop for govern- ors; James Sampson, Duluth, Minn., bevel attachment for squares; Will- iam Schultz,. Minneapolis, Minn., ve- hicle thill; William Tosch, Cobden, Minn., engine, Lothrop and Johnson, patent attorneys, 912 912 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. It matters not how long we live, but how.—Bailey. SKUNK MINK ‘citiicis TRAPPERS BOOK © HENTIQH THIS PAPER DA D. Minneapold. Minn. Only When Oredered. Scientific and Nervous Visitor (at country hotel)—“I suppose there’s no ptomaine in this pie?” Waiter (quite equal to the occasion) —‘“No, sir. We never puts that in unless specially ordered!”’—Punch. We call our readers’ attention to the Northwestern Hide and Fur company’s advertisement. This is an old and re- liable firm to ship to, or to buy such goods from as they sell. They send price lists on application. Mention this paper. Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.—John Staurt Mill. Mrs. Winstox"s Soothing Syrup." For children teething, softens the cums, reduces ine dlammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25¢a bottle. The biggest man on earth began life in a small way. I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption .NW.HIDE & FUR TO WOMEN To prove the healing and cleansing power of Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic we will mail large trial treatment with book of instructions absolutely free. This is not a tiny sample, but a large package, enough to convince any one that it is the most successful prepara- tion known to medicine as a cleansing vaginal douche and for the local treat- ment of woman’s special ills, curing dis- charges and all inflammation, also to cleanse the teeth, mouth, and cure ca- tarrh. Send today; a postal will do. Sold by druggists or sent postpaid by us, 50 cents large box. Satisfaction guaranteed. THE R. PAXTON CO., Boston, Mass. 214 Columbus Ave. has an equal for coughs a:d colds.—Joun F Borsn, Trinity Springs, Inc, Feb. 15, 1900. * Lots of people complain from\a mere habit of complaining. Write today for custom price lists. Edes Kobe Tanning GOODRICH & JENNINGS, Anoka, Minn. HOFF’S German The Quick, Clean Cure. Rheumatism, Neural- gia, Sore Throat and Quinsy, Bronchitis, Cold on Lungs, Ery- sipelas, Stiffness, Aches and Pains ine side or out with LINIMENT Ag Drogen U. S. MINISTER TO ENGLAND