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C O N S U M P T I O N Bee Industry Is a Myth. • " | Bees, said Farmer William Ilu^sell to a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, are just like human beings. "When they are busy they are, virtuous and peacea­ ble; but when iii idleness they beconie vicious, given tp foolish actions that dissipate the strength of the Colonies anil make the work of the beekeeper twice as arduous. Last year the season ran so that the bees were busy all tue time. The blossoms came in rotation and the bees always had something to do. They made honey very fast and the business was prosperous. ' This season there has been less honey to gather and the bees, with nothing to busy themselves upon, have devoted their time to frolic and idleness. The old rhyme, "How doth the busy bee Improve each shining hour--" is all nonsense. Tlie bees are marvels of thrift and industry when they have to do, but they can be quite as fooflsli as men. The talk of the "idle drone" is anoth­ er foolishness that has crept into tho language through ignorance. The drone is'.th^ male bee. He has no bus­ iness to gather honey; his function is altogether different arid quite as impor­ tant as that of-the worker. He is th'ft father of the hive, and when his work has been performed he is killed off as , useless. , • 7 • ; ; , A reduced scale of prices for the sum­ mer season lias, been inaugurated at the Chicago -Opera House. The priees- now range* from §1 for the .best reserved seat to 15 cents for the gallery--an average re­ duction of about 33 1-3 per cent. . The privilege of enjoying so brilliant' a show as "Ali Baba" at these prices is evidently appreciated, as the theater has been packed at every performance. The busi­ ness is phenomenal for the season of the year,' and fully indicates the wisdom of Manager Henderson in his efforts to make the Chicago Opera House the one great center of amusement attractions in Chicago. He has always dealt fairly and liberally with the public. The tremen­ dous drawing powers of "Ali Baba" in­ dicate that the Chicago Opera House will continue to hold its great prestige. TJie popular extravaganza lias now passed its 650th performance, and is rushing along toward the 1,000 mark. Never before has the play had the benefit of two such accomplished comedians as Ezra Kendall and .lolin Burke. Miss Ulmer's superb singing is on The plane of grand opera, and appeals to every lover of fine music. The great pickaninny scene is a hit .inder the skillful leadership of Frank Cush- jnan. Ada Peaves and Arthur Dunn have an important part in the fun mak­ ing. Miss Raymond and Miss Crater ap­ pear in some fetching duets. The "Tril­ by"' quadrille is made very unpressive by Mr. Ali, Mr. Cain, Miss Lynch and Miss Evans. The donkey, the lion, the great dragon, the magnificent cataract, the lovely prismatic fountain, the. cave of jewels, the palace gardens., the trans­ formation scene, the vast volumes of cool air, and the iced tea that is served free between acts--all these make up a mid­ summer entertainment par excellence. "The 50-cent Wednesday matinees are a great popular success and will be con­ tinued. - Too Knowing. Sometimes the youth who thinks him­ self qualified to instruct meu of ex­ perience as to the way in which they should conduct their business affairs, receives a salutary lesson. "Mr. Smart." said tlie head of the firm, "I happened to overhear your criticisms, this morning, of the manner in which business is carried on here. You ap­ pear to be laboring under a mistaken idea. As a matter of fact, we are not running this house to make money. Not at all. We carry on this business simply as a School of instruction of young men. But as you seem to know so much more about business than we do. it would be only wasting your liDit­ to keep you here. The cashier will set­ tle with you. What is our loss is your gain." . ' The Trust After Xo-To-Bac. Chicago Special.--Heported here to-da.v that a large sum of money had been offered for the famous tobacco habit cure called No-To- Bae, "by a syndicate who want to take it off the market. Inquiry at the general offices revealed the fact that No-To-Bac was not for ' sale to the trust at tiny price. No-To-Bar's success is marvelous. Almost every Druggist in America sells No-To-Bac under guarantee to cure tobacco habit or refund money I Neighborly Borrowing. , Mrs. Skrimp--Is that the butter we I borrowed from th^. Sliarpes? . Domestic--I think it be. mum. , Mrs. Skrimp--I declare! I believe it , is the same butter with which Ave paid • the last borrowing. And I suppose the Sliarpes call that neighborly.--Boston [ Transcript I To Avoid ' constipation is to prolong life. Ripana • Tabules are gentle, yet positive in their cure of constipation. One tubule gives re­ lief. i There are said to be 200 women in ' New York who go to Europe twice a . year to buy their dresses. The number i of men who cross the water for their ; new wardrobe is much greater, as many men take the opportunity oftrun­ ning over to Europe for rest, recreation . and business all combined. A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. \eavê Jent 5 Q0^ertV ABSOLUTELY PURE /vox &uYata\\\\v} w Vms - N % vbAyvM wnva\Ve& Steers Fed In Summer Gain Rapidly-- Clover Should Be Cut Closely--Heavy Soil Should Be Plowed on Edge--Gen­ eral Farm Notes. Feed for Steers in Summer. Steers fed in summer on grain and coarse fodder gained in weight two and a^half times faster, thau steers at pas­ ture. Charging forty cents per wfcek for pasturage per head made the cost of feed, to produce a pound of live weight about 7M> cents, compared to S% cents for the soiled steers, including their fodder at full market prices, says the Agriculturist. But .the manure in the case was worth three and three-quar­ ters cents, lfiaking the net cost five cents per pound gain. If the manure equals the cost of attending to the fed steers, summer soiling appears to be as cheap as pasture. This is the final re­ sult of five years' work with the steers at the jfassachusetts Experiment Sta­ tion. It Suggests the advisability of combining the two methods, by feeding a little cottonseed meal, wheat, bran, gluten meal Or corn meal (whiehevr gives the most, actual .lutriment for its cost) to the steers at pasture. Increase the ration toward fall, so the steers can be quickly finished off when desired. Mow Clover Closely. The less stubbie is left at the first cutting of the clover the more quickly it will sprout and the larger will be the second growth. In this clover differs from the grasses, which are better for- cutting high When clover is lodged it is very difficult to cut it low if the piece is cut around. One side or the other the knives will run with the lay of the clover and only cut off the tops, some­ times cutting through a stalk length­ wise as it lies on the surface. It makes more labor, but it is better for the land to cut and carry a swath, throwing aside the clover so as to make a path without running over it. A still better way is to grow some timothy with the clover. This will make the clover grow loss rankly, and the timothy and clover together can be cut better and be cured more quickly than can clover alone. Plowing Plat or on Kdge. Heavy soil is best plowed in narrow furrows, so that they will not be tfqm- j pletely turned, but set on edge. This turns some of the lower part of the fur­ row to the surface, so that when it is harrowed the upper and lower strata of the soil will be thoroughly mixed. This also Insures a greater circulation of air and warmth through the plowed soil. Running a spring-toothfnarrow crosswise through a sod set on edge will not bring the sod to the surface, but will, cut the roots and mix them with the soil so as to make a mellow seed bed. This is much better thau the seed bed which will be made by liar- rowing the upturned subsoil, brought to the surface by a fiat furrow. No matter how fine this seed bed may be, it cannot be as rich as that made over furrows turned on their edge. Some Newspaper English. Franklin Matthews writes in the Chautauquan of the use of correct Eng­ lish in newspapers. The following are among the examples he quotes as hav­ ing been sent to newspapers for publi­ cation to show the care necessary in editing "copy" before it can be used: "City of Mexico, July 20.--Within a few hours total blindness came on the stricken minister, and, notwithstand­ ing the best medical treatment obtaina­ ble, he has been unable to see anything at all, being kept in a dark room with -bandaged eyes." ' .--i--:.l • • • "ftiverliead .(L? I.), Jan. 4.--Chester, sou of Jacob Carter, of East Quogue. was drowned yesterday. He was. found this morning skating on the bay. lie fell in an air-hole," 1 ' "The fore part of the animal passed over in safety, but the hind part broke through, dragging the fore part to the bottom, of the well.'* . "The boy was quite dead, and no ef­ forts could resuscitate him in the least'5 "If every pearl contained in the long string could speak they would form no inadequate history of the country of the fleur-de-lis and of its short suprem­ acy in the east during the last 350 years. The fat and hearty oysters that produced these gems so long ago in tlie depths of the Indian sea little fore­ saw that tlieir descendants would be served up on the half-shell at the tables of the Waldorf to the husband of their future possessor." Camels and Hard Times. Assistant Postmaster General Max­ well and Secretary of Agriculture Mvrr- ton went to the zoo in Washington other day. They were particularly in­ terested in the sacred cattle. Secretary Morton thought the little sacrrel TynH was a beauty and had some porpffsof*. prize winner. "But I wonder/* st&ft/ the secretary musingly, "wbatevear tnat hump on his shoulders was jrafe-. therefor." "I don't know," said Gen. Maxtre^. "unless it is as they say the earneJ"® hump is, a sort of food reservoir for hioiv to live off <>f in hard times."7" "Well, now. that's a' good schemed- replied Mr. Morton; "what a pity it fe they can't build people that way." •_ ' W'hen Traveling, . Whether on pleasure bent, pTr boSSBMB^. take on every trip bottle of* Syrap ®C Pigs, as it acts most pleasantly effectually on the kidneys, liver aEtsk bowels, preyentiiig fevers, hthidaclae® and other forms of sickness. POT -sskle in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Manufactured by the Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup Co. only. The man who knows himself well xs well acquainted with many Other peo­ ple. Mrs. Wlnalow'a SOOTHTSO BTBTJ* for CMMExm teething: sotteng the annas, reaueei tnfl&nrmsiSsav allays cain. cureg wine colic. S5 cents a bottle. . Given Pecuniary Satisfaction. Two brothers named Mabron were convicted at Manchester, England, some time ago, of murdering a police- mail, and condemned to death. Doubts of their guilt having arisen they were reprieved. Before the expiration of their reprieve another man was ar­ rested for the crime and confessed that he committed it. As a result the Ha- brons have been not "pardoned," as is the American ^procedure in similar cases, but "released," and, in compen­ sation for the law's blunder, have re­ ceived .$10,000 from the treasury. Beecham's pills are for bil­ iousness, sick headache* diz­ ziness, dyspepsia, bad taste in the mouth, heartburn,tor­ pid liver, foul breath, sallow skin, coated tongue, pimples^ loss of appetite, etc., wfoes caused by constipation; audi constipation is the most fre­ quent cause of all of them.. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is 'that constipstksr causes more than half the sickness iaa 42ac world,especially of women; snd it can <&3S be prevented. Go by the book,free at yon* druggist's,or write B.F.AUenCo. ,365C»»s£ St., New York. Pills,io<* and 25$ a box,. Annual tales more than 6,000.035 6or«w~ Ten Thousand Miles or Thirty, It matters not which, may subject you to sea sickness on the "briny deep" Whether you are a yachtsman, an ocean traveler, out for a day or two's fishing on the salt watPr, or even an inland tourist in feeble health, you ought to be provided with Ilostetter's Stomach Itltters, a valuable remedy for nausea, colic, biliousness, acidity of the stomach, malaria, rheumatism, nervousness and sick headache. Lay in au adequate supply. Not Due to American Fruits. The recent alarming mortality among the French soldiers in the garrison at Vitre, which was first ascribed to the use of damaged canned fruit from the United States, turned out to be due to tetanus or cerebro-spinal fever result­ ing from overcrowding. Piso's CURE cured me of a Throat and Lung trouble of three years' standing.--E. Cadv, Huntington. Inct., Nov. 12.1894. The only medicine which does women more good than harm is dress. A TEN PICTURE, Many Women Will Recognize It. £SPECIAL to OUR LADY READERS.] "Oh, I am so nervous! ,No one ever suffered as I do! There isn't a well inch in my whole body! I rt honestly think my lungs are diseased, my chest stomach, and have Then I have palpita- 1|*X tion, and my heart^^^^^M^M I am losing headache near- ||" B \ lower part of my bowels, bearing down all the time; ami there arc pains in my groins and thighs. I can't sleep, walk, or sit. I'm diseased all over. Tho doctor ? Oh! he tells me to keep quiet. Such mockery! Inflammatory and ulcerative conditions at the neck of the womb can produce all the above symptoms in the same person. In fact, there is hardly a part of the Dbdy that can escape those sympathetic- pains j and aches. No woman should allow herself to reach . such a perfection of misery when there is positively no need of it. Lydia E. Pink-ham's Vegetable Com­ pound acts promptly and thoroughly in such cases; strengthens the muscles of the womb, heals all inflammation, and restores that unruly organ to its normal condition. Druggists are selling carload3 of it. Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass., will gladly and freely answer all letters asking for advice. Mrs. E. Bishop, 787 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., suffered all tlie above described horrors. Now she is well. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound cured L-er. Write her about it. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. You can carry the little vial of Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pel­ lets right in the vest- pocket of your dress suit, and it will not make even a little lump. The "Pallets" are so small that 42 to ^44 of them go in a vial Sscareely more than an finch long, and as big round as a'lead pencil. They cure constipa­ tion. One "Pellet" is a laxative ; two a mild cathartic. One taken after dinner will stim­ ulate digestive action and palliate the cffects of over-eating. They act with gentle effi­ ciency 011 stomach, 1 iver and bowels. They don't do the w o r k t h e m s e l v e s . They simply stimulate the natural action of t h e o r g a n s t h e m ­ selves. Southern Cora Not Profitable. Prof. Jordan, of the Maine Agricul­ tural Experiment station, has been making some tests which show the folly of growing the large Southern corn in the northern parts of the country to be cut for fodder or for ensilage. This •ill-growing Dent corn makes a great bulk, but the season is not long enough to allow it to ripen. When it is cut in an immature state analysis shows that the Maine flint corn, which ma­ tures pe^ectly, is worth more than the Southern corn, pound for pound, judg­ ing simply by the per cer<\ of dry mat­ ter. It is also shown that the quantity of dry matter in an acre of corn at maturity was two and a naif times greater than it was at the silk period thirty-seven days before, and that the starch and sugars, which are the most valuable compounds, increase more rapidly than the less important con­ stituents, so that the mature plant is of better quality than at any previous stage of growth.--Garden and Forest. Ivnife-Grinders for Farmers. There has been some disappointment attending the use of mowing machine knife-grinders, and in some cases mis­ representation in selling them, says the New England Farmer. No grinder will do good work on an old knife which has the sections ground to many different bevels, some nearly worn out and oth­ ers new, without adjusting to each sec­ tion, which involves too much time and trouble. If a farmer will get a gpod grinder, and, starting with new or nearly new knives, adjust them at the right bevel, and mark the grinder plate so it can be | set at the same place any time, he can keep his knives in0 perfect order with straight bevel and keen-cutting edges. The grinder should be used carefully, and the sections brought lightly against the wheel, which should be of free-cut­ ting emery. The temper will not be drawn, and the grinder will pay for itself many times over. Potatoes from Sec<l. Potatoes can be grown from seed, ana in this manner new varieties are raised. Notes. Green bones, pounded fine, are more suitable for laying hens at this season than grain, and will enable the fowls- to produce more eggs than when the grain is used. I would not keep a cow on my farm that would not earn me $.">0 a year will) butter at 20 cents a pound. Some of my cows the past year have earned over $00 at the creamery.--Gov. Hoard. • A one-acre garden planted to proper crops and properly attended will pro­ duce a large amount of crops at a good profit--much more than any one fam­ ily would need or could consume. From a dairy averaging fifteen cows S. M. Ilood, of Topsham, Vt„ shows the following record for one year: Milk, 71.717: butter, 3,358.99. This brought $732,361 Average test of milk, 4.(59%. He litis also fcold $140 worth of hogs and $f»0 worth of calves raised on the skim milk. A horseman gives the following ad- viee: Avoid the lunkhead horse; breed- tho best; breed none but the best; breed from nothing but your best, and look out sharp to improve on the next cross, and whenever your dam is lacking be sure the sire you use is not lacking in the same point, and if possible, not lacking in any essential qualification. Prof. Crozier, of the Michigan station, from a careful sudy of the subject, es­ pecially commends broom corn millet for poor soils and a dry climate,, or dry seasons. On good soil and seasons it yields less than several other sorts, but it stands drouth remarkably well, and is better adapted than any other kind to poor soils. Oil is the cheapest substance to use 011 the farm just now, as it saves wea't of implements. Have several oil cans at convenient points, so as not to be compelled to hunt for one. Neglect to use a cent's worth of oil may cause a ioss of several dollars. Oil also saves" labor by rendering the working of the implements lhuedi easier. ^ When a young tree does not grow and the leaves are yellowish instead of green, dig down to the roots and en­ deavor to discover if some insect or parasite is not working under ground. Then dig away plenty of dirt and drench the roots with strong soapsuds, to which should be added a few pounds of unleached wood ashes, or put the ashes in after drenching the roots. It will not injure the tree and may prove of great benefit. KENEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. Bear in Mind that "The Gods Help Those Who Help Themselves." Self Help Should Teach You to Use UUnMLil i\L(ilit.!J 11 Ul llUAuUni) tilhcOiy Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, a!! within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war­ ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains,* like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This ic caused by the ducts being stopped, and ahtfays disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablesp&oafeUq water at bed­ time. Sold by jflHttkists. I fall 's Catarrh Cure, Is taken internally. Price 75 cents. It is said that when the common earth­ worm is cut in two, to the tail there grows a head, and, two animals are formed. As the wound heals, a small white button forms, which afterwards develops into rings and . a perfect ex­ tremity. Pimples are inexpressibly mortifying. Remedy--Glenn's Sulphur Soap. "Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye," Blaok or Brown, 50c. Some people never find out that there is joy in giving, because they 11 ver give enough. SAPOLIO Labor This great clean er comes to woman s aitl on wash-day and every day.. Maxes feesr work a matter of love instead of drudg- ery. Try it- Sold everywhere. _} Made only by The N. K. Falrbank Company, CHICAGO^ CURLS WHkKt All ELSE FAILS. „ J Best Cough Syrup. Testes Good. Uae In tlma. Bold by draggtiU.