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^ â- / 'â-  FRAOiCAL FARMING. FOR QUICKEST RETT^RNS IN OR- CHARDING. *FTt)m all accouats it would appear that the present sea.«>a is to witnes-i tlv planting of a largely-increased area to fruit trees, the greater part of ivhich will, of course, be apple tree^*." says a writer In Country Gentleman. "This. I think, is a wiae move, fop the fruit industry U not likely to bo overdone in tnis generation increased, demand keeping well ahead of an in-" creaiied supply. _Then, Ox). it is to tj© rememtjcred that thausiiulB upon thousaatlK of old orchards are passiiig; their day.s of uiolulness so that large plantings are needed each year simply to mainiuin the existing status of our ore bards. "The planting of an apple orchard is > building of hupes for the future, for one cannot expect 10 reap any great returns for many years, while, in the intervening lime of waiting for returns, coutinue<l lalwr and plant food must be expended upon the trees. They must tie fertilized and the land on which they are planted must be well cultivat- ed and cropped U at all, with great cau- tion, ihat the trees lie not roblied of the plant food in the soil. But it all pays in the end. "However, there is a way to get quicker return* from orcharding. If one objects to the waiting thai apple trees demand, I refer them to the plant- ing of dwarf winter pear*. Wlieu the pear is grafted upon the quince, the result is a dwarf tree that comes so quickly into bearing that many trees are found producing fruit even before they leave the nurserymen's hands. These trees can lie planted from eight to ten feet apuri eat-h way. greatly econoiuizing .space and makint; the cost of cultivating th» land materially less. Trees can be obtained at the nurseries from three to four feel in height at from S8 to 9li per 100. and these trees in a very few years should be produc- ing good crops of pears. "In some partJ'ol the country it may pay to plant an orchard of duarf pears for fall fruit, chouiing for tlie purpose such sorts as the Bartleci, Clapp's Favorite Margaret. Uuchess. Howell and Seckle, but ordinarily in most local- ities the supply of suuuucr and fall fruit will be found -mi abundant that the markets ore apt to be overstocked and prices very low. though here, as in every other branch of farming, fino quality will win a place for iT^II, even in sm overstocked market . "It will be found much <he safer plan, however, to make planiings of winter fruit. With such fruit one can wait till the market is in shape to make consignmentii with profit for winter planting, perhaps no better selection could be made than Anjou and Law- renc-e. planted in alternate rows, since crosa-fertilixation seems to give better assurance of a crop of pears than where single varieties are planted. These two THrieties are as good as are to b* found in the catalogue of wiut«r pears, and perhaps they may with truth lie term- ed the very best, quality, hardine;^'* ar>.d proiluctivenesB considered. Both vari- eties can be held (vte ihe holiday mar- kets, or even • mouih or mure Wyond this time, if a cool, moist i-ellar is at band in which to store them. "Knr quick and profitable returns in orcharding I do not believe one can choos," more wisely than to set out such au orchard of dwarf [lear tre<\s as I have dt'Mribed; but iietore beginning on such a course it will be the height of wisdom to resolve on clean cultiva- tion for years after the trees are set. Many have an idea that a big circle of earth kept well spoiled and mellow about a tree answers, all purposes of cultivation: but while this is lietter than sod close up to the trees, it is wholly inadequate to .secure the rapid devel(i{Hiient of the t.rees. One baa only to try the two plans side by side to lie convinced. Roots run out much farther from tJie tree trunks than i» commonly imppo.-'ed. and it is the little roots at the ends that do the greater part of th" feeding. '"It IS. therefore of the highewt value to have the soil mellow aD<l rich where those little rt»ilets are at work. Plow up th" whole field where trees- are to bi> set and keep it up. That is 1 he only satisf.uMory way to get a young orchard into quick bearing. "(Juick returns in orcharung can also doubtless Ije eecinred by planting the new JafHUtese plums; but one must lie sure of hi.s uuirket in thus ca;«e. He cannot b<dd his fruit ud can the man whose crop is winter i>o«rs, while his choice of a market, as regards distance, is much more circumscriljeil with plums than il would be with long-keeping Tajieties of pears." A GOOD FAKM GATE. J send description of a farm gate. cheaply and easily made, strong and nol apt to sag. writes a »ul>scriljer. I have made several for myself and am well pleased with t Item. The hinge piece is 4 feet C imhes long. 3x4 inches, rounded at the ends, and lianded to pr.'-vent splitting. A round rod 'i I inch in diameter and alwut ."> inchejt long is inserted in eai-h end alx>ut 3 inches; the lower rod or pivot should have a flange welded on I l-i inches from one end. .\t the foot of the jiosi sink a l>lock of wockI (or slime) so that its up- per surface will lie level" with the ground. In its upper surface mortise a hole about 2 inches s.juare and I 1-4 iiichLW deep; In llie liotiuiu of this hole lay a pie<-c of an oKl Imgtry spring - inches long ; on il place a blauk 7-8- inch nut. This will l»e a step foi" the gate to be pivoted nn. Set the gate in I hi! step; lake a piei-e of ^ilank a'Kiut 18 iiwhes long; liort' a 3-4-inch hole 6 inches Cront one end; put Ihe plank on th? top, and pivot aiul spike itsccurel.r io top of gate post. rhe gate swings in either diroi'iums, and (loe« nol pull on the [HiMl so bu'ird as if hung ou bingeis. HARVESTING CRIMSON CLOVER. Criiivson clover should l>e mowed when the Wos-som is aliout half faded, al- loweil tp wilt, and then raked but left in the field viiitil fully cured Ijefore kotwiux. A^ 'Jie se«soa when it is out {May in this latitude), the sun la not very hot. neither are the nights warm, so it requires to stay out longer than red clover. If rained on. It is not in- jured aa eaaily a^ red clover, whiith Is ofte« made worrhleiia if thoroughly wot. Slock of all kinds do well on crimson olovep, and eat it in preference to any- thing else. For enaUage it is consid- ered excellent. As a soil improver we know of nothing better, but we are In- clined to lielieve it is best to cut the crop for hay and plow under the stubble only. To save crimson clover seed, the crop should be alloweid to stand un- til half or two-thirds of the head is brown, and a pa;-t of the seed is ripe. As all of the si-ed cannot !« saved, it is best to cut liefore it gels too ripe. '.?ut early in the morning or during moonlight nights, while wet with dew. .So soon as the dew is off stop cutting. A self-raking reaper is best. If you have not one. use a mower, running a horserake behind it. House or stack the crip as soon as dry. taking care to haul while the dew is on, so aa to lose as little seed as poHsible. If stai'ked, cover mth cauvaa or boards to keep iMit ihe rain. If this is nol done, many seeds will sprout in the stalk. It will pay to take extra precautions to secure a crop of prime seed this season, as the wonderful qualities of this plant have now become so widely known that the market is goo<l. HURDEBED FOR LOVE'S SAKE. Jaoies W: alttea, Arier Klshleaa Wrv*. •'•â- rested to a 4 rlnw. FOUND IN BOOKS. A Lsadea .««c*B<|.aa«d Dealer •Iscavrred â-  Valuable Will. In reply to a query from a corres- pondent of Cassell's Saturday Jour- nal, a London second-band bookseller said: "I frequently make finds in looks I buy. It is exlraonUnary the number of things that are slipped be- tween Ihe pages of liooka for * mo- ment, and afterwards entirely forgot- ten. Letters without numljer I have found, and flowers, locks ut hair, un- mounted photographs, bttok notes, cheques, and many other things, too. "I bought a volume of a >vell- kuowtt woiHc from a lady some years ago, and after she had gone, whila turning over the leaves, came across a will which disposed of some thou- sands of pounds" worth of property. I put the will careful^- away. and the following day the lady returned in a frightful slate of excitement, and wanted to Ijuy the book back at my own price. I guessed what «he really wanted, but thought it strange thati she should aak to buy the book in- stead of merely asking to 1« allowed lo examine it, which would have loen just u effective. However, 1 told her I had found the will. and supposed that that was what she wanted. She looked confused, but Confessed it was, 80 I handed it to her. and she went away. Up to this time that will had not beea filed, so I ]ufte learned, and I have not the slightest doubt that it has lieen suppresaed for the pur- pose of depriving some one of the pro- perty which it disposed of. But the moot INTERESTING CASE in which I have lieen concerned in this way happene<l not long ago. "A weM-dressed, gentlemanly man brought me three bulky volumes, and wanted me to purcha.se them. As they were of a cla.ss of liooks the value of which varies consideraliljr, according to the con<tition and edi- tion, and I was very busy »t the time, I asked him to leave them, that 1 might examine them, and call next day. This he consented to do, and weni away. When I looked at them I came across a large numlier pf iiank notes. They were evidently quite new. and there was something about I hem which made me doubt their authenticity. 1 compared Uiem with notes of mv own. Iiut could not discover the lainiest dissimilarity. However, to make auie of the mat- ter. I sent Ihem lo I* paid into my bank. Naturally, when my messenirer came liack. having passed the notes without the slighiest difficulty, I con- cluded they were all right. "'The next morning I receiveil a message from the manager of my bank saying he would like me to call upon him. I went around, and was not very much .surprised when he said that every one »C ihe notes 1 had tianked the day liefore were forgeries. I explained the matter an<J we wired Scotland Yard. That afternoon, 1 had a new assistant In my shop. To- wanlB the close of the day the owner of the three volumes came .saunier- inif into the shop anit a.sked it 1 in- tended to buy them. At a sign from me my new assistant â€" a detective- pounced upon hiiu and hurried him oft. Scotland Yard had lieen looking for hiiu for a long 1 ime, ii appeared. I still have the ixjoks in my own library. I keep Ihem as a momunto of the occurrence." James Waldon, a landed farmer nv- in,< in Ru3hvill«, Ind., on a consump- tive's deathbed, the other day confess- ed to the murder of Paul Sprague eigh- teen years ago. The murder of Sprague at thu time created a profound sensa- tion in the community of Woodville, in which he lived, but all efforts to ar- resc the perpetrator of the crime were unavailing. The motive of the murderer was un- known. Sprague was an exemplary younrf man and was to have lieen mar- ried on the day following the night of his murder. While, standing at a window in his father's house, he was shot from without and died almost in- stantly. Waldon. who has confessed to the killing, said he \vas jealous of Sprapcue. Ha waa in love with a Miss Col /ins. a youuif wpman who was 10 be- couio the wife of Spra,ru«. Miss Col- lins was prostrated with grksf over the dreach of her intended husband, and died in a few months after the mur- der. Waldon lin^red a few hours after making the confession and died almut 10 o'clock next mornin,;. For eighteen years the visions of the crime had haunted Waldon, so h« lold the officer he sent for, and came very near drivin,j him insane. On two occasions he at- tentpted suicide. WELL TESTE80AT-0EA0 TO-DAY. Kaddea Taklac «« Br Heart •iarase. That pain in the .side, that sense of smothering, that palpitation of the heart, that restivcness renderini< it impossible fur one to remain Ion,; in any one position â€" these are symptoms of heart disease that should tie im- meduitel;^ heeded. And practical heed will lie given by securing a bottle of Dr. AgneWs Cure for the Heart, the most wonderful heart specific that has ever been given to the world. As has lieen shown frequently in these columns. gome of the most desperate cases of heart trouble have l)een cured by its u.se. One dose will relieve in 30 minutes. The remedy is harmless as milk, as it is entirelv vegetable. Sold by W. E RiohardaoD. Zibleyâ€" " Why are jou always Ixjr- rowin? cigarettes from Jizley .' Why don't you have some of your own ?" Zab- lev â€" "• Why. man; I'm doing it for the fellow's good ! If Jizley were to be al- lowed to smoke all the ci«rarettes he buys, he'd lie a wreck la a week." CATARRHAL DEAFNESS OP TWELVE YEARS STANDINO. Corad by Dr. Asaaws Catarrhal Fow- darâ€" An Kxtraardlaary â- zpartaaoe. Catarrh nearly always leaves its mark aftei il. These are freuuently revealed in d«afne«i of the victim. A case in point is that of Capt. Ben Conn6r. of 189 Berkeley street. loronto. who was deaf lor twelve years from catarrh. No medicine or treatment did him any good. until he iiro«-ure<i a lioitle of Dr. .Ag- new-'s Catarrhal Powdar. which gave immediate relief, and continuing t« use it. in a .short lime the deafness was en- tirely removed Mr. Connor's friends, who knew the exliseniiiy of the mals<iy. are loud in tlwir praisett of this medi- cine; and Capt. Connor himself will 1» only toi glad to an«>vier all inquiries coni'eming hi.s case and remarkable cure. Sample bottle and blowar sent by S. G. Detchon. 44 Church St.. Toronto, on receipt of ten cents in stamps or silver. Sold bv W K Richardson. THE TRl'K WIFE. Oftenlimos I have seen a tall ship glide b.v against the tide as it drawn by some invisible bonvline, with a hundred strong arms pulling it. Her sails unfilled, her streamers drooiiing »he had neither side wheel nor stern wheel; still she moved on stalely, in serene triuuiph. as with her own life. But I knew that on the other side of the ship, hidden lieiieath the great bulk that swam so ma.ie^stii^vally, tbei-e was a little toilsome steam tug, with a heaet of fire and airms of iron, Ihat was tuggiilg it bravely on: and I knew thill it The little steam tug untwined her sriu and left the ship ii would wallow and roll alxiut and drift hither and Ihiiher and go off with the refluent tide, no uxan knows whither. And so i I bixvv found moiv than one genius, â-  high-decke<l, full-freighted, idle-sailed, ' gay pennoned, that but for the bare ! toiling ariua and brave, warm-lieating . heart of the faithful little wife that nestled olose to him so that no wind or wave oould part them, would have gone down with the 3tisp«m), and have been heard of no more. â€" O. W. Holmea. Courtierâ€"" Has your maje-sty read the I ' History of the Sixteenth Dynasty." by the royal historian.' It is a master- • piece." The King of Eg>T>tâ€""' Truly it ' IS but he ou.;ht to boil it down. It is long enough to cover thre«' pyramids, ; and he knows I can't spartt him more Ihan one." (irowlnsr Pr«valenee of Brigrht'i Disease. Bright's Disease shows itself usually in d»i)re9sion of spirits. Life loses its ze~.t. Efforts bring an early fatigue. There is loss of appetite; lestles.snes.s ; sleep fails lo refresh. There may. or : ma.v not lie pain in the rett'on of the kidneya It is not only astonishing, but I alarming the extent to which this ili.s- I ease is seizin^; the ablest men of the country. The deceptive nature of the ' trouble is almost akin to that of con- I sumption. Our dearest friends are car- I rie<I off with il liefore we are aware nf I the nature of their disease. The one salvation Is to rid t he svsleju of the i ti-ouble at ils inception. This is lieing moat successfuUv accomplished by S ut h .\iuerican Kidney Cure, a medi- ' cine t hat will cure anv case of Briarhi '8 ; disease, tliat has not already siitned the death warrant of its victim. It is a medicine that nmsl i-oinpletel,v rids the avstein of those elements thai xo to con- stitute this duseAse. workiitg di.s- 1 tiiv^tivelv on the kidnevs. i Sold by W. E. Richardaon. I "But why did you refuse Prof. Gruel>- I lin^. Miss Mebinie ? He is such an able and i!oted mathematician. Fhiit's just the re.ison I He would alw,ivs lie inalhe- nialicnlly <letnonsl rating tne errors of my milliner's hills." Rheamatlsm la Still Beinx Cured In from One to Three Days ky South Amei'loan Rheumatic Cure More Testlmoay. Mr. Z. .\. Van I.uven. Governor of the Countv Gaol, of Napanee. Onl .. writes:â€" "My wife ha.s lieeu a great suf- ferer from thiimatUin for some time past. The di-soAse attacked the limbs and was drawing them out of shajie. The pain was most, excruciating. She couM nol get inyl hing to cun» her. Mr. Huffman, druggist, of this town, reoora- mende<l South -American Rheumatic Cui-e. The first few doses gave my wife i)ertect relief. To-day after tak- ing four Ixittles of the remedy, she is certait\ that the dlsea.ie U entit-ely eradi- cated from her system and l)Ie,s.ses the day she firs! hoard of this remedy." Sold by W. E. Richardson. FEA-rS OK ROYAL WOMEN. You may not have heard, but it !â-  true, that Brnpresaes and Queans have often a;chieve.d disl^inction by equestriaa feats that one dnes not expeot to \vH- neaa except in a. circus. A certain ri>yal lady won ranown aa one of the foremost conjurers of Europe. It was reserved, however, for the tall and sta- tesque Archduchess Maria Thereae of Austria, consort of that brother of iba Emperor who is the next heir to the throne, to earn fama by feats of mus- cular strength that savor somewhat of the variety of show. Two years ago she was losing the ele- gance and elasticity of her fine figure, and began a course of calesthenics. .She soon acquired a remarkable proficiency with the Indian cluba. dumb bells, eto. This led her to other methods of devel- oping the muscles, such as punching the bag. wrestling and putting the ham- mer and the shot. Austrian journals, offisial and semi-official, say that she has now developed sucb an astonishing amount of strer.gth that she is able to raise a full-grown man. from the ground by one bujid. and to hold hiui aluit on her axleudeil arm for several seconds. The Archduchess onee rode horseiiack from ReictiMuau to Guns and back, a distance of considerably more than 100 miles, without stopping, .i court dig- nitary ventured to remoqalrate with ths Emperor about the matter, urging that iIm Archducbeos was by such im- prudences endangering not only hsr bealth but also the succession lo ihe Crown. "Ah, it is easy to see that yqu are not a married man," was the reply of His Apostolic Jlajesty. The Archduchess is a bold mountain- eer, and unaided by professional guides she has made some exceedingly diffi- cult assents in Austria and in Switzer- land. She painu Ijeaulifully. too, sculp- tures well, writes cleverly and is singu- larly well fitted mentally and physi- cally to become the Empress of a sport- lovmg people. Empress Elizabeth of Austria, once a performer of daring circus feats of equest rkinism, has lieen compelled to cease riding becausa of her health, and she now walks for exercise, ufieu, how- ever, covering distances that would weary an amateur iiedesirian. Queen H.-nii'tte of Idelgiiun, by birth an Austrian Archduchess, continues in spita of her snow-while hair and rank ad a grandmoiher. 10 occupy her time with uircus riding. A year urfo she gave in the riding scnuol of the Royal Palace at Brussels a semi-publlu performanca in which she and her daughter Clemen- tine put their horses through all kinds of fancy paces and trick riding with the skill of prnfcssionals. Thev leaped their horses thrnugh burning loops and over flaming hedges, and her Majesty jumped a pet horse over a dinner table covered with flowers and lighted can- delabras. Then she drove :i team of iwenty-in-hand, herself mimnied on her favorite mare. Ihe Queen is a wonderfully clever conjurer, too, having b.'en instructed by the great magic-professor Hermann, now dead. The widowed Comtesia d« Paris, so astonishingly masculine in all her tastes and mamiers. shires with her son-in- law, the King of Portugal, a paasion for bull fighting, and on her estate near Se- ville, sne enjoys organizing bull fights, she herself, armed with u lance, luting the part of u picador. tier son-in-law. King Carlos, is as skilful and courageous a torrenj as sha is a picador, and in the presence of his court has laid low many a bull. While the Comtesse de Paris tackles the bulls on horseback, the King dariiicl.v as- sails them on f<ioi. He is not the first King of Portugal to achieve tame as a bull fighter; for one of his ancestora King John V.. surn^imed "The Magni- ficent." was in the habit of descemiing in the arena himsidf once in a while tu show his subjects his dexioriiy asator- rero. Queen Jl.irguerile of Italy "s sister- in-law. the young Duchess of Genua, is the only red-haired Princess of the blood in Europe. Her time is devoted to fencing, tennis, calisthenics, hortzon- tal-bar practice and sprinting. She has iwhieved distinoiiou by her skill in handling a Ixwt, and by her long rides on hor.seiiack from Turin lo Munich and liack again on t he same horse on the oi'casiun of her annual visits to her relatives in Germany. She is a superb swimmer, too. rivalling Queen Chris- tina of Spain and Qiuvii Pia of Portu- gal. Queen Piii of Poriugiil wears two medals for saving life at sea at the peril of iior own. The widowed Empress of Russia ex- cels in driving a troika, three horses abreast, the two wheelers being kept, at a trot, while the third maintains a steady, unswerving canter. It sounds very eu*y. liut is very difficult, and the Dowager Czaritza us one of t he few Russian women who have mastered it. The widowed Queen of NiipleB is the heioof the siege of Gaeta. and the only I.iuly Knight of the Russian Order of St. George, .in honor conferred solely for exceptional gallantry under fire. She in a skilled sailor and alone often sails a small boat, in all sorts ut weather, across the English channel from Fol- kestone to Boulone. Her sister, the Empress of .\ustria. ratvs hors«'s, her entries bearing the pseudmiyiu of "Count IsoUa." In Advaaced Years Tha stretHftk and pare blood naoa» â- ary to retii t the etfaotd of ool4 eea«Ml are »iven by Hood** SarMputlle. "I hsvstMthaiasttS ysMn oi my Uf* baan compltialog ot a w««to«sa g( ibd laogs and oolds ui the haad, tppaeUffif ^ Ihe wtntu. Lwt f»ll I was tfaiB attaefc^ Baadlng ot Hood's Sartaparilla I was l8 to try it. I am now taking Um StMi be4» tie with good rasttUs. I can poaitlvvty tfif that I have uot (pant • wlgtat m ttmm ^Mf^ oouf hs or pains and difBoitll biaatJt^M â- pells for (he last "iS ys^a as wm teat «1^ tar. I oan lie down and itoap all ntflH without any aonoysnos ttpm coaah fl In^tn^ths Inage or a«tha»a*lgdlSoSity^ M. Cbambhbs, i P., r Hood's Sarsaparllla Is the Only True Blood PMrlfier Prominenlly in the publlo ay* today. Hood's Pill, zi vrSa^sr FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND LARaesT Salk in Canada. tour years ago I bud a severe attack of la gripiie. which left me in a fearful condition. 1 had for a number of yuare . l>efore this attack lieen a sufferer front I dyspt•psi;^ but following the la gripM I it took a more acute form, and to add lo my di«tr«a« my liv»r appeared not to perform its usual functions, and mf heart troubled me greaily, and there were as well oUier cuniplicalione which baffled the .skill of four doctors whom I suooessively call- ed in in Che ho|W of r«fa.ialag my health, fc'roiu tne knees down luy legs were 13 cold as ice^ my Ixxwali would bloat and I suffere4l great pain. My case went from liad to worse despite the medical treatment I was undergo- ing and ai last I got so bad that I waa forced 10 give up business. I oould hardly e.it anything, got but little slae|^ at uigbi. and as you will readily lutdar- stnnd iiiv condilion liecaius one of da. spair. >l.v father ur^d me several times to give Ut Williams" Pink PiH| a trial, but I was su discouraged that, I had no further fait h left in any medi- cine. However, more to please hiin ihae from anv hope of beneficial result.^, I liegaa the luie of Pink Pills. The firsk beneficial effects I found was that the warmth and nalural feeling liegan to return to luy limlis, my liowels cea.*- ed to bloat, .tnd wRh the oontmiied use of the pilU my appetite reiuruad. I slept soundly ait ntghi. and the aciioq of my heart again liecame normal, t continuad la-king the Pink Pills until I hud u«ed ill all fifteen Iwxas, and I have not .fell better in years tban I do auw. I liid .some imrticularly hard work last (all, and was able to stand il Miss Pacemakerâ€"" Are you looking for au early spring. Mr. Newbike f" Mr. Newbike â- -' On the contrary, .vs I lie- gin lessons on the bicycle to-morrow, my mind is deviling on an early fall." He â€" " I should have been here ear- lier, but business is pickin.( uo a littlev and I w.as detained at t h.< oft'ice." She â€""Oh, I do hoih> your business will coulinue tu improve, Mr. Mashman." k NEW LEASE OF LIFE. How a Cumberland Co.. N. S.. Man Obtained It. t SHil'rrer t'l'om trnle lt.t<|H>|tslH HHd â-  4'onipllra"l'V'. ofTroHblrs Follow Ins au Allack or Lh <;rtp|M-- He >«n« r»rce<l i<i 4|Hit Knslnr^s hikI »n« H»|H>le«>l.< iH<<. eonrnK4-4l ^hrn Help 4'iiiiio. Krom the .Vtiiherst. N.'s., .sJentiuel. -Mr. Charles Tucker, who lives almiit two miles from Lix'kpori. is one of the liesi known men in that, .section. He is eii^a;jred in busiuess as a lobster pack- er, and di'uler in (loqr :ind salt, and in addition Ij.us a fit.e farm Duriiijr the past three years Mr. Tucker has l>een an almost eonstint invalid, lieing the victim of a complication of troubles fol- lowing a. severe attack of la gri|>()e. Re- cent l.v he has been restored to his old lime health and having learned that h,» gave the entire credit lo Or. Williams' Pink Pills i-oncernin.jr which so tnnch hius l)een said through tli« press, ,i re- porter interviewed him in ilw matter, and was cheerfully .riven his siory for publication. Mr. Tucker said:â€" "'AI>out VI •ilh a stiengih and vigor which sur- ri.seil me. 1 coasider Dr. WilliauM' ink Pills, nol only a wonderful medi- cine, hut also in ihe light of what iny other treatment i.i>st . the least e;tpanr sive medicine in the world, and I e|.roiW ly re<'i>miu«nd Pink Pills to all in need ot a uiedi»ine. Dr. Williams" Pink Pills act direct ly upon the blood and nerves, buildiufp them anew and thus driving disease fiom the system. I'here is no trou- ble due to either of these causes which Pink Pills will not cure, and in hun- divds of-ca."ie8 Ihov have resioiod pa- tients 10 health after all other rema- ilies had failed. Vsk for L)r. Williama" Pink Pills and take nothing el.se. The genuine are always enclosed in l«xe», the wrapper around which lears the lull iraile mark, "Dr. Witjiams' Pink Pills for Palo People." .May lie had from all dealers, or sent post paid on ,receipt ot .'lO conis a 1hi.\. or si.\ i<oie« for $'2. ."in, bv addre.vsiiig the Dc Wil- liams' Medicine Co.. Brockville. Ont . NO TIME TO HE PRL DISH E.iir Patientâ€" Is there no way of tell- ing exactly what is the mailer with me, doi-lor .' Di.Kiorâ€" Only a post-mortem examin- atinn can reveal that. She â€" rUeu for heaven's .siiko make one. I ilotrt see why I should lie at all squeamish at such a lime ;is this. 10 Nl MBKR THREVD. The question. '"Why is sjiool ooitoB numliered ;is it is, and why are the figures not used in regular order f" lit iifteii asked. The e.vplanatioii Is this: The mimlH-rs on the .s|hiii1s express the nuui'.ier of "h'uks"' whi'"h are leqi'ired to wind a iKiund. The \ery ftnesE spinning rnrely exceeds SOIt h:iiiks to the iwund. while in the coarsest there is about halt a pouml to each hank. Jhe more loiiiinou (lu.iiiiies. however. th>^ friiiii which sewing threa<l is usually made, run from leii to fifty hiuiks li the pound, anil the spools on which it is wound are nuiutiered ten to fifty in accorilancc. Keokuk, low.i. UHidical colle,{ea baT<e ju.<it turned out ninety doctora.