At tbr rufp at which the Improremcnt> are beta* carried on at the terminal uf the New York Central 1U 11rood. Forty‘•ecotxl afreet. New York CVty. It U expected that three montha more win *ee the Grand Central 8taOon rased and work be»un on the MKalflot-n: > true lure which la to reFiaca It Work on the Iniproreroenta has fono as far at It can go without entering (be atatloa or ratuing an Intermptlon at the train eerrlce. Where two yean ago stood aeeeral hundred homes, to day la to excavation qo'te extensive in Itielt. bat only a fraction of. the great bole that will be made In the Bluetcen Kjuare blocks a bleb tbe terminal win cover. So anxioc* ere tbe oflircn of tbe railroad company to get iL. tr Improvements into Shape In time to be ready to glee station facilities lo tbe new subway root--* planned for the city that mm have been kept working day and night on the great rir.vatloii. The plana of the railroad company rail fur the expenditure of »2fi.000.000 <ai tbe improvementa. AH of tbe land ■mr occupied by station and tracks la to be evacuated aid an entirely new terminal built. About $17.1100,000 alone IS to !«• spent In a new station. There are to be two systems of tracks, one raiaed above the other, one system for suburban service and the other for arnica to distant point* Electricity will also tv substituted for steam throughout the terminal. it may not tw generally known that tbe-New York Central Hues constitute tbe War.-r l-ecrt line connecting tbe Kast and the West. They run along the Hudson stiver. New York to Albany, siong tbe Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Albany to Buffalo: along Lake Erie. Buffalo to Toledo and Detroit, and along the level of Lake Michigan from Toledo to Cbl-cmgvs-lKC miles of water level, with water .u sight nearly every mile of the The New York Central operate* more than twelve thousand mile* of railway vast of Chicago. St. Loola and Cfbcinnati. ‘ It I* tbe direct Itne from New York and Bostdc to Niagara Fall* and to the West, the Northwest and tbe Southwest, by wav of tbe great cataract and Chicago, St. Louis or Cinuicnat!. This is one of the reasons why tbe press of two continents call tbe New York Centra! "America's^ Greatest

Children

New York .s tbe leading salt producing State, tbe yield being one barrel for each Inhabitant. We boy GOO.000 worth of cast from other nations, and aetl only $100,000 worth, largely lo Mexico. Japan and Canada. Balt coots lb* producer less than.on<lecrti of-a cent a pound. Never mind tbe grocery price. Uncle Bam'* 1901 figure* are 27cents for each barrel of 306 pounds. Balt la In many European countries a beamy faxed government monopoly. Italy patrols its beaches to prevent poor people from evaporating sea-water for low-grade wilt.—New York Press.

TY>e ballrf of Sir James CricbtonBrowne that brain-workers achieve their beat work in later middle age la easily confirmed by glancing at the careers of a few of tbe grand old men who are still with on, many of whom are as busy as in tbelr younger days. Lord Roberts at seventy-three is still worth iSOQO a year to the nation aa one of our .mpenal defenders. Lord Kelvin at eighty-one may startle ua with further generaJisatioDS on the mysteries of aclen.-e. Sir William Huggins at tbe same age still explore* Interstellar space*, while tbe activity of tbe octogenarian Duke ot Rutland and Lord Wemysa is as effective aa ever in preserving the privileged of our old nobility —London Chronicle.

Look V •lands Trank and bough. Naked strength

OUST THE DEMON.

There la something fairly demoniacal In tbe way coffee sometime* wreaks Its fiendish malic* on those who use It. A lady w- 'ic- from Calif, ays: "My husband and I. both lovers of coffee, suffered for fame time from a very annoying form of nervousness, accompanied by roort frightful headaches. In my own case there was eventually developed some sort of affectlon of tbe nreves leading from the spine to tbe bead. **1 was unable to bold .my' bead up straight tbw tenalon of tbe nerve* drew tt - to op* side, ranting me tbe most Intense pata. W* got no relief from ordiriMt and wore purxled aa to what eansed tbe trouble, till a friend suggested that poaalbly tbe coffee we drank bad -otnettlag to d> with It. and advised that W* Quit It god try Po*tum Coffee. “We followed bis advice, and from tbe day that we began to ua* Fostum we both began , to Improve, and very - - - tlrely

TO WARD OFF BTINGB. Borneo and bees art- not so a] Oting a person It be keeps absolutely still, but this is not necessarily due lo tbe fuel that they do not see readily, but simply that they do not recognise an enemy tn a perfectly stationery body. The accumulated tulelligvure of generations bat shown them that still objects, like posts, stones, not rpemies. and that disturbance of tbelr nests is always occasioned by objects having power of motion. It tbca follows that disturbed or if a beet" neat tie agitated, danger of -tinging is much leas if tbe pertou keeps perfectly still —St. NichTHE BIRD DEALERS. Tbe game of tbe bird dealers la played as follows Tbe children stand In a row. leaving two outside. These two represent tbe bird dealer*. Each child represent* bird, one being a crow, another a crane, another a canary, and so one. One bird dealer says to tbe other. "1 wl lo boy a bird." “What kind of a bird?" «ayi tbe »' end dealer. “A bird that can fly fast." rays the first dealer. ••Very welk* answers tbe other dealer. “take what Jon wish " “Then." rays the first dealer. "I will take a robin. ‘ A* soon as tbe word is out of bis moulb, the "robin" must leap from the row and run around to escape. If tbe dealer catch** tbe bird, be put* It Into a cage, where it must stay until all tbe other birds are caught. THE BOY HERO. Till time shall be no more there can De no grander deed done by mortal soldier, let alone by a boy Just out of school, a mere lad of seventeen, who r*i was an officer In tbe Seventy-fourth Highlander*, now the "Highland Light Infantry.** Everybody know* tbe story ol “Tbe Loss of tbe Birkenhead"—bow tbe troopship struck upon a rock, how the soldiers were formed In ranks while tbe women and children were being saved: now tbe whole force—officer* . and men—stood at tbe ealate. while "8tin, inch by inch,* the doomed ship tow Yet under steadfast Bussell was ordered Into .one of tbe boats carrying the women and tbe chip* Iren, for the purpose of commanding It. and be rat with dimmed eye* In tbe stern, some way off tbe doomed ship, watching the forms of his beloved comrades and fellows standing upright there. He saw the ship go down, carrying with it tbe hundred of brave hearts. Then, when all for him was safe, wbcu to him was given -(with honor) life, ambition and dory, be iw a sailor's form rise- close to tbe boat, and a band Mrlve to .grasp tbe There was not room In the craft for ■ single person more without great risk of upsetting tbe boat But. as the sailor's face rose clear at tbe boat-aide, a woman in tbe craft called out In agony: "6av* him! 8avi i! Save him! He la my hosbandr No room In that boat for one more Bnt Bussell looked at tbe woman, -then her children, then at tbe rallor struggling In tbe wave*, with bis eye* beseeching them, then at tbe dreaded sharks. Alexander Cumin* Bnasell ro«e In the stern of the boat With a bold plnnge be Jumped clear of it. and helped that r Into what had once been hi* oi place—and safety. Then, amid as of “God bless your from every sool in tbe lx)*t, tbe young officer—a lad of seventeen, mind!—turned'roDud icet his death. And those In tbe boat abut their eye* and prayed. When they opem ‘ '* -• -•* — Cumin* Bussell was nowhere to be —Wind

THE STORY OF “BOY." Tbe following from Oar Dumb Animals gives an Instance of remarkable n teUlgesce: Boy U dead. Boy was s big sbep-

dsred to do with the *M kind sf cofilo ■’xjini?* ** ***** n* 1 ' riiiaM

dawn by B-w barking and :**pl*g against the kilebrn door. Tbe house was found In flame* and two of tbe children were In daug-v of deslb. Heroic action only raved tbr babies and the boose. After that there was forever a home for Boy In the Barber family. The Barbers live close to the tracks of tbe Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and * crossing on Eighth avenue, which many children- traverse dally on tbelr way to and from the public schools. For more than six year* Boy baa watched that crowing In the morning. at noon and at night, and on four different occasions be has polled wee tots from the track* Just In time to rave them from being run ovef by a train. It eras for this that employes of tbe company-give him a handsome silver-mounted collar, bearing tbe Inscription: 'To Boy. with tbe gratitude of tbe C. and O. and many loving parents" Boy wore that collar when be

died.

Tl* incident that closed tbe beautiful career la pathetic In the extreme. This morning at No. 19 was pulling out of the depot for Cincinnati, little Louise Brown, daughter of B. F. Brown, of Eighth avenue, who had risen with her father at an nnuaually early boar, wa* out playing in tb* snow by bersdf. ran upon tbe trick Intent on rolling a big globe of snow, and failed tp apprehend her danger. She would bare been Instantly killed had not Boy. from a point of vantage on the Barber front porch, seen her In time, and rushing swiftly scross tbe intervening spare, struck tbe child wllh his head, sending her tumbling head over beeis off the track Into tbe snow—hut ra'fe. Tbe Jar of striking tbe child so forcibly threw Boy backward directly In front of tbe engine, and the cruel wheel* crushed out bla

Uf*.

This afternoon Boy was bnried with every honor that could be given him, and tb* children for blocks around, all of whom had played day after day with Boy. were at tbe funeral, the four Uttle girl* whose lives he bad saved acting as pallbearers. IMITATING ANIMAL BOUNDS. Tbe art of decoying wild animals by Imitation of their cries 1* a very primitive one, practised by ravages In all countries as a m'eanq of procuring food. Many white men excel In “calling'' animals and birds, notably tbe moose among tbe larger animals, but If Inquiry could be carried far enough It would probably be found, writes Ueutenanl-Colone! Andrew Haggard In Forest and Stream, that tbe most skillful owe tbelr aptitude in this respect to tbe teachings of untutored savages, whose lives depend upon tbe exercise of this gift An exception to this origin of tbe art of calling may. perhaps, be found In tbe art of using the “bare pipe.” wblcb imitated tbe voice of tbe bare. This waa employed largely In England In mediaeval time* and was made a penal offence In somewhat more modern days when utUIxeQ by poachers In tbe pursuit of tbelr nefarious occupation. A young lad In tbe wilds of northern Manitoba waa one of tbe most remarkable Imitator* of animals whom I ever met. My young friend bad been Instructed from bis earliest‘youth by a 8 wimpy Indian la tbe art. witb tbe result that *t tbe age of fifteen, be could call any tame or wild animal about tbe backwoods settlement where he Uve& His father, be and I used to drive'togeffier out is tbe prairie, to some rotby lagoons In search of docks and geese, wblcb abounded. -Tbe animals bame«nMl to tbe backboard were mace*, each of which bad a foal, and these fdals'fised. as a rule, to follow the backboard, cantering alone behind. Never aball I forget my astonishment one evening when, after having driven a few hundred yards from tbe Hudson Bay post, bis father suddenly stopped tbe mares, raying: “Bae, tbe foals have stopped behind, call them.” InrUntly tbe lad commenced whinnying exactly like a mare. He repeated tbe ary several time*, ending up on each occasion with two natural snorta. Tbe Imitation was no exact that not only were tbe foal* deceived, and came ga'loping to Join ns. but It waa almost Impossible to believe that it was not one of tbs iijare* that bad called them. "One evening when ont shoaling prairie chicken, night fell upon us before we got back to tbe wagon, to the wheels of wbletu we had failed to •ttacb tbe mare* property. One of them we found close by. tbe other bad escaped, and as It was a wet misty night not a sign of her was to be seen anywhere Then Jt was that the bey's accomplishment proved most useful, for while his father and I remained by tbe backboard tb* youth rallied forth into the foggy darkness making a sound to imitate the voice of a fool. He was abssnt for half

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RATION TO SUIT THB COW. Palatabillty is a large factor in the

cow ration, and thAt la tbe age la to good. With It

largely. A writer truly any* that the balanced ration la an Important matter, but if you want to make money with four cows you must still respect tbelr Individuality. Each cow has “a mind af her own,” and you bail better watch

out for It Under Profi

new treetment tbe general rule Is, In making up tbe herd ration, pnt one pound of protein to six pounds of carbohydrate*. That Is tbe new Tatlo, bnt remember the palatabillty *11 the time. In other words, bold this proportion, but moke a ration that tbe sew loves to eat—Indian* Farmer. ' OATS AND CLOVER. ordinarily oat* are sot a good crop to get a stand of clover with. They are too rapid grower* and consume about all tbe moisture of the soil, giving tbe young clever plants Uttle chance to thrive Just at tbe time when It 1* most Important that they thonld be doing tbelr best Then, tbe oal remain on the, ground for a longer period than la good for the clover. Where a seeding of clover la required, we believe it can best be. gotten through tbe use of wheat, rye or barley as tbe nurse crop. In case clover Is tried with oats one can be more sure of success when tbe oats are cut for bay somewhat before they mature. Tbe common red clover answers every-requirement where a good bay crop Is wanted, and for enriching tbe ■oil no clover crop la better. For permanent pasture a mixture of grai seed will generally prove more satisfactory than a simple variety of either clover or grass.—Farmer’s Guide.

A KICKING COW.

There are many recommended methods of dealing witb kicking cows. One. which Is by some found to be very effective, la to rope or strap tbe bind legs together Just above tbe hock Tbe rope or strap should be put on In tbe form of a figure eight, baring it

croea between tbe legs,

era apply tbe rope close down to tbe feet and fasten It to a ring In tbe floor. Rather than fasten tbe rope securely, It is better at the first trial to have an attendant to hold tbe rope, so that be can loosen’it In cane tbe cow herself in her effort to kick. A plan

that does no good an“

harm Is to beat the animal. This only Increases tbe retallstlon in the form of kicking. A kicking cow is an angry cow, and after one has exhausted his efforts In attempting to soothe her by means of petting, currying, giving masbea, etc., without success, tbe only thing to do is to secure her in n ner that she can neither kick nor In-

A HANDY POULTRY HOUSE. I wia give my plan for a handy poultry house..which 1 know la a good one. Make your house eight feet wide and twelve feet long, with a partition four feet from tbe front door for a shell, grit and grain room, with a double window in the cons nei the roost, so that you can open tb*

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window and air out the house every cracker boxes, cut two holes In back Side and put a partition in it for two scuts and nail it to the partition from the grain room; 'have hole* in the partition, so tbe hens can go Into the sestn and i«y. and you can get the eggs by Just lifting the lids from the grain room without going Into the

for thorn—John

can i Control swarming* Tbs following piss, which, I believe, Is entirely original, was tested on a few colonies during tW “ 190t, and cannot, tory results for that: If It appeals to you, try it, had I ahoold like to know of the results.

In tbe reading room of tbs British 'Museum tbe desks are crowded with students all long, and In addition to the books of reference, some 30,000 in number, wblcb fill tbe open shelve* of tbe room, from 8000 to 4000 volume* are given out every day. Theology in a wide *eu*e. Including (be Bible, Biblical literature, church history, end works on tbe religious rite* and ceremonies of all race* and creed*. 1* easily at tbe bead of tbe list, with about 800 volumes. Topography comes next with about twenty fewer, and of these books on London amount to a quarter, hooks on English typography to another quarter, tbe other half being for the rest of tbe world. History and biography 'come next. English history being mostly In demand, and books on France and tbe French province* second. Essays, criticism and miscellaneous literature take tbe fourth place, and are followed by fiction—not leas than five year* old—moral philosophy, poetry and tbe fine art*, the drama, law and philology, political'economy, and so on down to politic*, mathematics and chemistry, which have about forty volume* apiece, and lastly works on naval and military subjects, wblcb seldom have more than three or four volumes each. It 1* a curious list, and throws a useful light on tbe sort of studies taken up by tbe readers in the. museum.—Lohdou Globe.

The War (° De Thiers. If there Is that In your nature wblcb demands tbe best and will take nothing else, and yon do not demoralise this standard by tbe habit of deterioration In everythng yon do. you will, achieve distinction In some line If you have the persistence and determination to follow your ideal. But if you are satisfied with the cheap aud shoddy, tbe botched and slovenly, if you are not particular about quality In your work, or In your environment, or In your personal habits. then you must expect to take second place, to fall bock Into tbe rear jf the procession. People who have accomplished work worth v^hlle Nave bad a very high sense of tbe way to do. things. They have not been content with mediocrity. They have not confined themselves to tbe beaten tracks; they have never been ratlsfied to do things Just as other* do them, but always a little better. They always pushed things that raiue to tbelr bands a Uttle higher up. a little farther on. It 1* this little higher up. this little farther on, that rounts In the quality of life** work. It Is tbe effort to be first elass in everything one attempts that conquers tbe heights sf excellence.—O. 8. Harden, in Sucre** Magazine.

THE IDEAL WIFE Shapes the Deatiny 41 Men—The Influence of a Cahoot & Overeat!mated.

beautiful in tbelr . because she bae thequaUtlas which inspire admiration. respect and love. There 1* a beauty in health which U mors attractive to men than mar* regularity of feature. The Influence at women glorioss In the poaaeeafcm of perfect physio*! health upon man and upon the efrlllsatioa of the world eould never be measured.

lo see the fair yoong • branty fading away before a Veer psasea over her brad 1 A sickly, bait-deadend-alive woman, asnedally whsfc aha Is tbe mother of a family, is a damper to all Joyoes-

pon hi cost of a wife's

illness is a serious

household, and too often all the doc-

toring does no good.

H a woman finds her energies «A flagging, and that everything tire* her, dark shadows appear coder her eyas, her sleep Is disturbed by horrible dreams: if shaiws backache, bcad-

ring-dowu pains, nervoun ». Irregularities, or deaponahould take means to build

At tbe Chautauqua Assembly cumber of stories about ab*etit-mlnd-tdneas wetv being told, ray* tbe Cincinnati Enquirer. There was tbe story of tb* absentminded doctor who banded bla patient a fee and took bis prescription himself; tbe story ‘sf the professor, who, coming borne to dinner too early, and see tbe table cleared, went back upstairs again, muttering that be had quite forgotten baring dined; and there were many other stories told. But Bishop Vincent, among an these anecdote*, carried off tbe palm with a story about an absent-mlnd«L minister. “There was a minister." tbe Bishop ■aid, “who waa so absent-minded that be once lathered and shaved bla reflection In tbe mirror."

What Galls the Westsraer. One thing that annoys and bnmlllate* a Western man In New York City is tbe way in which be la herded with the crowd. Out West a man Is a dlridual. He feel* that be la • body—* responsible cltisen, a factor In tbe community, a person more or less worth while, entitled to a certain amount of respect merely aa a man. and regarjjlera of wealth or uodal position or political power. But in New York, unless be 1* somebody very important, be is nobody at all. He la a mere unit In tbe mob. of so more moment. than one ant In a bin. — “ Francisco Bulletin.

self from bis

That ryuh-sjlg^sl theatrical manager, Mr. Charles Frobman, draw* ibis Interesting contrast between peoples: "In London people go to tbe threetre, buy tbelr tickets and demand tbelr money’s worth, wberegs in New York when a man separates hlr wad at tbe box office ibe i •Well, that’* gone.’ and/f be geis entertainment be looks upon vifas to much tk He expects nothing^ Tbe English attitude, Is tbe more difficult of tbe two, of course.” And, incidentally. results in vastly better performance*. Tbi*. however, for reasons probably patriotic. Mr. Frobman did not ad(L—Harper’s Weekly.

creams: u SB* AM i ache*, bearing-down ness, white*.

■stem

epoytm. such as Lyd Vegetable Compound. This great remedy for women baa done more in tbe way of restoring health to tbe women of America than all other medietas* put together. It if tbe safeguard at woman's health. Following we publish, by request, a letter from a young wife.

ritallty." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ainaley it will io tor efery woman who is in poor health and ailing. Its benefits begin when its use begins. It gives strength and rigor from tbe start, and surely makes sick women

table Compound bolds tbe r the grestestmumber of sc Inal cures of woman s ,111*. This fact is attested to by the thousands of letters from grateful women which are on file in the Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can produce such result*. Women should remember that a cure for all female diseases actually exists, sad that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Take no substi-

B.w (o Flow. In plowing a field many person* make tbe mistake of plowing round and round it la the same old way. year after year, until on ad aides of tbe field there forms n ridge or high bank near tbe fence. Tbe proper way to plow a field is witb a back furrow, one ride at a time and all around tbe field. —Country Life In America.

W. L. DOUGLAS •3S&»3SSHOESB

equal led at any price. ,

A WOMAN’S SUFFERINGS.

Mra. E. W. Wright, of 172 Main BU Haverhill, Mara^ says: "In IflBB 1. i.;

the .small back and bad such frequent dlxay spell* that I coold scarcely get abfeiif i tbe boose. The

dl stressing

approach. This waa my condition for four yesn. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right away when i began with tbemj and three boxes cored me permanently." Foster-Mllburn Co, Buffalo, N. I. For sale by all dealers. Prlo* 80

There are eight men In the vicinity f Solomon who are named Mike Bn Ulan. To distinguish them they are nown as: Mike Pete. Mike Bat Bmokf Bat Prairie Mike. Mike Dan, Corner Mike. Wild Mike, Big M0UM Little Mike.—Kansas City JournaL^

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