mass
SHE?
Plenty of aliado is essential.
Keep tho peppers picked clean at
least every other day.
A few trees In the sheep pasture
will turn It Into a paradise
Cement or concrete silos, when well
built, are practically everlasting.
Allowing weeds to go to seed now
means Increased labor next season.
Tho best method to determine If
your hens are good layers Is tho trap
nest.
A strong swarm of bees will furnish
a hundred pounds of honey aside from
what they themselves consume.
If you grow late-maturing crops In
the orchard they will keep the wood
growing too lato to make them safe for
winter.
Cowpea vine hay has a feeding value
practically equal to that of wheat
bran, which Is worth .now more than
(30 per ton.
It is folly to raise hogs, feed them
high-priced feeds, get them in good
shape and then let them die on their
way to market.
Early potato blight Is liable to at
tack the potato crop at any time from
June until the crop is ripe, but Is
most seriously destructive in July and
August.
A lfeifer becomes a cow after she
drops her first calf and begins giv
ing milk no matter at what age, and
she remains a heifer until theso ma
ternal obligations are assumed.
In dairying, there are special breeds
enougb and reliable information
enough, so there Is no excuse for a
man who 'goes it blind and blames
tuck and the wenther for his failure.
With dairying, as with other lines
of farming, the dairyman should fa
miliarize himself as much as possible
with every fact which can be brought
to bear upon the quality of bin pro
duct. Bacon Is only the intermingling of
fat und lean meat, and if the meat is
grown along rapidly it will be more
tender and palatable than If It Is
pinched until the lean is dry and taste
less. In all those portions of the coun
try where dairying is a leading and
dlstluctlvo feature, and other grains
than corn are used as a growing and
fattening ration the bacon hogs can bo
raised to advantage and profit.
As the days wax warmer and waim
er one's efforts are apt to relax, but
the young fowls destined to take their
places in tho show room must not be
neglected. They must have their feed
regularly, and water in abundance.
Upon tho horse-collar depends
much more than appears at (Irst
glance. Tho day-in-and-out elllclency
of the team, its labor service, its
thrlftlnoss depend very largely upon
the proper kind and fitting of tho
collars used.
The man with a silo will be in a
position to congratulato himself this
winter and we urge evory farmer to
consider tho eroctlon of a silo this
fait. No other means will provide
so much palatable and nutritious
feed from an acre of land.
Cultivation ns the plants develop re
quires not only care and skill, but
forethought also. If heavy rains have
beaten tho soil into a hard mass and
It 1b water soaked it may be neces
enry to go as deeply as possible with'
out Injuring the roots in order to
aerate tho ground properly.
Once tho calf Is well started toward
an early and profitable marketable
maturity by liberal feeding and good
care at this season of the year, there
la llttlo need of advising with regard
to his future feeding care, as the
owner's good sonso will tell him that
!t will pay to continue to feed and
care for him well.
Fowls will lay occasionally In win
ter If they nre not cared for other than
having a few scoopfuls of corn tossed
to them in a filthy house, but they will
make a profit over and above the feed
and housing if they are well sheltered
and fed a vurlety of clean and whole
tome grains nnd havo a bit of green
food and cut bone evory day. The day
of keeping chickens in the haphazard
way Ib about over.
Fowls dlBlfke a filthy house.
Give flower plants lots of room.
The British highway is far superior
to tho American.
It is quite possible to get a fair crop
of cano after early oata.
Rcmovo tho suckers from fruit
trees as fast as they appear.
Light shining on potatoes colors
thonvand Injures, tho. flavor.
To rotaln soil moisture a loose
mulch of between two or. threo Inches
Is necessary.
Underfeedlnc and overfcedlne are
both wasteful as Is also feeding one
article of diet.
A pig can be raised by the hand
method ns easily as a calf, If tho sama
pains are taken with It
Pounds of meat or amount and qual
ity of other products that an animal
will provldo are what count.
If n sow proves a good breeder, thero
Is no reason why sho should not bo
kept as long bb she produces strong
pigs.
To tho Intelligent corn grower n
weedy field spells n Bhlftless farmer
who Is fooling with his chances of suc
cess.
'Do not allow any fruit to ripen on
berry plants set this season. Prema
ture frult-bearlng stunta the growth of
tho plants.
Tho man who raises pigs ought to
havo n field of .peas Into which they
can bo turned Just before tho pens
becomo hnrd.
The richest color of the cream Is
when It first rises to the surface, nnd
If churned In that condition tho "butter
will be yellow.
You will have to spray with kero
sene emulsion to reach the cabbage
lice. Do sure to get it on the under
side of the leaves.
Corn has become a good crop,
whether hogs are high or low, but It Is
not a good plan to' plant more corn
than can be well tended.
Cocks should not be nllowcd to run
with the hens during moulting, so that
as the number of hens not moulting
decreases they should bo confined with
tho cocks.
Anyone who will knowingly sell milk
from a diseased cow well deserves
the epithet of criminal, for his act Is
nothing short of crime. To sell filthy
milk or butter Is scarcely less repre
hensible. The trouble with a great many poul
try keepers Is that they think they
can fly before they nre renlly able to
walk. Take time to learn the busi
ness, ly and by the flying will come
easy enough.
There Is some difference In the cost
of corn whether it is "hogged down"
by sheep and lambs In the Held, 01
high priced help husks It nnd hauls It
to tho station, and high priced
railroads ship it to feeding yards.
It is a law of nnturo that all plants
must havo a season of rest from ac
tive growth. In the tropics this Is
done In tho dry season. No plant
can bo forced Into contlnunl growth
without weakening It and finally kill
ing it.
Tho cockerels which are to bo
marketed should, of course, bo fod
a moro fattening ration than tho pul
lets, and those which are to be used
vaB breeders should bo kopt from tho
pullets until about six weeks before
tho eggs are wanted for hatching.
- As soon ns tho cockerels get old
enough to pay attention to the pul
letB they begin fighting nnd the
weaker birds are crowded out and
don't got their shnre of feed. For
this reason the sexes should bo sepa
rated so ns to allow full and rapid
development.
There Is no better way to warm &
hen up In the morning than to scat
ter some warm wheat r.round In a
good clean layer of straw and let them
work hard for It. They will get right
down to business as soon as It is fair
ly light and stick tp It till they have
earned their breakfast. By that time
tboy are as warm as a toast.
If you do not cultivate soon after n
rain has hardened tho surface your
tusk will be ever so much more dim
cult. The tendency of a hard baked
soil under cultivation Is to break up
Into clods, especially tf It has not been
well worked previously. This does not
produce the necessnry mulch but rath
er tends to dry out the soil further,
and, In fact, Is frequently worse than
no cultivation at all.
The average life of a worker bee
during the summer time Is not over
three months and during the height of
the clover bloom perhnps not over six
or eight weoks. Its life Is probably
cut short during the summer months
by tho wearing out of Its wings. When
Its time comes It will crawl away by
Itself whore It can die without hinder
ing the work of tho rising generation
Drones, if they ore not put involun
tarily out of the wny. may live per
haps three or four months. The queen
beo Is very seldom killed by violence,
but usually lives to a good old age.
ft GREATJNVENTDR
Activities of George Westing
house Circle the Globe.
Genius Who Holds 15,000 Patents and
Whose Air Brake Is In Universal
Use on Railroad Trains
of tho World.
New York. Tho recent retirement
of George Westlnghouso, "for -nearly
twcnty-flvo years hend of the Westlng
houso Electric and Manufacturing
company, recalls tho career of this
Napoleon of Invention.
For mnny years the name of George
Westlnghouso hnB been a namo to
conjuro with. Tho man has been n
modern fulfillment of tho Aladdin
lamp Idea. Everything ho rubbefl
with his Inventlvo genius became a
wonder artlclo; everything ho touched
turned to gold. First It waa tho fam
ous air brake, that great applianco by
which "ho saved more lives than
Napoleon lost In all his .battles." Then
It was tho system of operating rail
way signals and switches by com
pressed n!r; after which camo tho In
candescent lamp, tho gas engine, tho
(team turbine, electrical motors and
machines by the score, nnd a thousand
other Inventions that placed Mr.
Westlnghouso at the tlmo of his re
tirement In control of the largest ag
gregation of patented appliances In
the world. Fifteen thousand patents
are filed away in his strong box. Ills
activities circle the globe; thero are
Westlnghouso plantB In Russia, Can
ada, Great Britain, Germany and
FYnnce. His parent plnnts nro of
sourso'ln or near Pittsburg, 'more es
pecially Wllmordlng.
To condense tho career of this man,
who ranks with Watt, StephonBon,
Morse and Whitney, Into a paragraph
or two, the biographers tell us that ho
was born at Ccntrnl Bridge, Schoharie
county, New York, on October 6, 1846.
A decade later his parents moved to
Schenectady, where Ills father became
In time connected with tho prosperity
class as owner of certain agricultural
works. The tinkering son divided his
attention between the school and the
George Westlnghouse. ,
ihop; when he wasn't mastlcntlng hia,
books, ho was monkeying with the
buzz-saw. At fifteen ho had Invented
and made a rotary engine, Ono day
the notion struck him that he'd llkq
to help Uncle Sam out In the navy.'
Bo ho took a shot at the examinations
and scored a hit, landing a Job as as
sistant engineer. Before ho reported
for duty the Civil war hod broken out,
He enlisted in tho Twelfth New York
Nntlonnl Guard, re-enllsted later in
the cavalry, and finally turned up on
tho high seas as an engineer on tho
gunboats MuEcoota and tho Stars and
Stripes.
After Gettysburg was fought and
won, his thirst for more education,
landed him In Union college. Two
yenrs thero were enough for him. Tho
magic of machinery called him away
from the academic life, and ho found
happiness again by taking up his old
work In his father's factory. It wna
while working there that he Invented
the air brake. Railroad managers who
first Jeered at his Idea of "stopping a
train with wind" had to eat humble
crow. In a short tlmo tho Invention
was In universal use and had revo
lutionized railroading, as locomotives
could be constructed that would travel
at a high rate of speed, so long as
they had that llttlo lever in the cab,
which by a single turn of the en
gineer's wrists would bring the train
to a standstill In half its length. In
the United States all railroads are
compelled by law to use the device,
and this was adopted by congress
and everywhere around tho great
curve of the world tho "whlstlo ol
WeBtlnghouse" nlr brake Is heard.
111b first prominence In electricity
came with hia. purchase from Gaulard
& Olbbs of alternating electric cur
rent patents. This wns In 1886, nnd
he met grent opposition from publlo
sentiment In trying to perfect nnd In
troduce this system for lighting nnd
power making. At the tlmo of the
Chicago world's fnlr In 1893 ho re
ceived tho contract for lighting by
making a bid of 11,000,000 undor
others. Ills shop In Pittsburg soon
became the place where electrical ex
perts of the world' gathered. Tesln
went thero and received Westing
house's flnnncinl and practical help In
developing tho Induction motor.
Westlnghouso built tho first ten
great dynnmos for NIngara. Ho also
constructed the dynamos for the elo
vated and subway lines In New York.
Silas Carter's Romance
By Carl
Coijrrlbl, igio, by AuocUleti Literary Pieti
Thero was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. Ho wna .a strapping
young man who worked In n sawmill
and tnto three t squa.ro imrals a-day.
When evening camo ho sat down to
storo his mind with knowlcdgo. He
couldn't borrow Shakespeare or
American history and, In conscquenco
ho borrowed romances. They were
not eaotly dime novels. They related
mostly to knights and chcvnllors nnd
rescues of distressed damsels.
"After reading for two or three
years Silas got tho ld?a that ho waB
a chevallor, and that tho distressed
damsel would sooner or later heavo
Into view. Ho didn't tiny anything
about U. It might bo that ho wasn't
a chevalier, and it might bo uiut the
distressed dnmBel would bo detained
on the road.
Ono night when ho wns calling on
Miss Eunlco Bebeo, tho daughter of
a villager, ho casually observed:
"Eunloo, I lovo you and want you
to bo my wife."
"I will," Bho replied.
Eunlco hnd known 811ns for a long
tlmo, nnd had como to reallzo that
she loved him, and why shouldn't she
havo answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in hir mouth nnd
reply 'that sho would a"o her father
about It? Sho dld-Juot as a plain,
sonBlblo girl always does undor the
circumstances she waited, for Silas
to say more.
Ho began nnd ended right there.
If the distressed damsel nppcared he
would tell Eunlco that ho had
changed his mind; If sho didn't then
they would, get married some day.
Eunlco continued to bo n good, plain
girl, nnd Silas kept his eyes open
for what whs coming.
It camo ono July day. A young
lady from tho city, stopping at n sum
mer hotel In tho village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
In tho mill yard, wrestling tho saw-
He Wrote That (He Took His Pen In
Hand. ,
logs about, and after a time ho heard
a scream. Ho ran for tho water and
was In tlmo to pull n very wet and
frightened girl out by tho hnlr.
When sho could speak sho called
him a hero and said he had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude.
She was tho distressed damsel and
ho tho hero tho chevalier. Thero
could bo no two ways about that. Ho
was Invited to call at tho hotel and
receive further thanks, nnd the drip
ping damsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by tho heroic deed ho had dono,
nnd ho felt vory Important when ho
found himself In tho presence of a
young lady wearing diamonds nnd
flno clotheB, nnd almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. Ho
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he stowed
them away somewhere and modestly
Enid that he stood ready to rescue a
damsel every day in the week.
Ho was thanked nnd thanked, and
the damsel said sho could nover for
get, him, She even went so far as. to
give him her address In the city and
say that Bho would be pleased to hear
from her hero occasionally. In get
ting on the hotel veranda Sllns fell
over a widow's poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but ho was none tho
less a hero In his own eyes for this.
Ho hnd read that they occasionally
took a tumblo ana wcro none tho
worse for It. That evening when ho
went over to see Eunice ho said;
"Euny, I nsked you n fow nights
ago to marry me, didn't I?"
"Yes."
"Well, we'll hold on awhile about
It, I guess."
"Very well, Silas," replied tho duti
ful Eunice,
Sho might havo become angry and
Jumped up and down nnd threatened
a breach of promlso suit, but sho
dldn t. 8ho had henrd about tho
rescue, and sho had nn Iden It was
that, but sho did not lose her temper.
She Just moved the pitcher along nnd
Bald;
"Sllns, havo another glass of hnrd
elder before you go. It's good to keop
off the nightmare."
Silas, didn't seo tho damsel again
before she left for home After wait
ii ).iiiutiiMu
Jenkins
ing for two weeks ho wrote to her.
Ho wroto thnt ho took his pen In
hnnd to hopo thnt she wns well, and
that his own 'health was never bet
tor. He wroto thnt tho sawmill busi
ness wns good, and thnt ho expected
to have his wages raised to $22 n
month. He thought of her often, ho
snld. In fact, ho had driven n stnkb
nt tho spot whoro she had fallen In,
nnd wont thero to look nt It fivo or
six times a dny. Then ho copied a
verso of poetry nnd ended tho. letter
by saying that he hoped for nn an;
Bwer by return mall.
Ho didn't receive ono, however. Two
weeks dragged along, and thon ono
night as he was calling on Eunlco ho
said:
"Euny, nbout our getting married."
"Yes, Silas."
"f think we'd bettor."
"Very well."
Sho waited for him to ask her to
namo tho day, but ho had nothing
further to Bay on tho subject. A
bright Idea hod occurred to him. Ho
hnd written "In has to" on the en
volopo of his letter, but by so doing
ho may havo made the postmaster
mnd nnd the eplstlo hnd been torn up.
He decided to write again,
Ho vtook this - pen In hand 'with
firmer .grip this tlmo, ns his wages
hnd been raised to $22 per month.
Ho hoped for an answer within " threo
dnyB, but at tho end of n fortnight
nono hnd como. Ono mall a dny
reached tho village post office, but ho
Inquired five times a day, so as to
mako sure of missing nothing. An
other two weeks and no letter.
Was Chevalier Silas In Iqvo with
tho damsel ho had rescued? Ho was.
Ho- didn't kick around nights and
dream of her, but ho lbvod hor gal
lantly ehlvnlrously knightly tho
same ns tho heroes of IiIb romances,
had loved. Perhaps tho reason shq
hadn't answered wns that sho was
coyly waiting for him to como to tho
city und tell of hts adoration. Her
mother might have tied her up In tlo
garret or her father thrust her Into
a dungeon deep becauso sho had told
of hor lovo for him. For three days
Silas debated as to what the Chevalier
St. Aubyn would have done under
like circumstances, nnd then he left
for tho city.
Having tho damsel's address, It was
easy to find her father's . house. Ho
found It early In tho 'morning, Just
oh tho father was emerging with a
vory strong cigar in.hlB mouth. Ho
feavo Silas a looking1" over; 'uttered n
"humph!" to himself,, and then nsked:
"Well, what is It?"
"Your your daughter wns up nt
Bollvlllo In July," stammered tho
young man.
"Well, what- of It?"
"Sho tumbled Into tho mill pond."
"And got wet. Well, what of that?"
"I I work In tho sawmill there."
"I thought so. Go on."
"f pulled her out of tho pond."
"Oh, you did? Did It strain your
back any?"
"No, sir."
"If It -sJI'd try a porous plaster."
"Bui I saved her llfo, Blr," con
tlnued Sllns, "and aho said she'd
never forget It."
"And I don't think sho will. Sho
lost her false hair and complexion,- I
believe.
"And sho asked me to call on her If
I was over in town."
"And being ns you are In town, you
have como to call. Well, you can gq
In and Interview tho cook If you
wIbIi. My daughter has been married
bIx weeks nnd Is still away on a
bridal tramp. She never menttondd
nnythlng nbout you, but If you really
saved her life, why, havo a cigar with
me,"
8llas renched homo that night at 11
o'clock, His Jaw was sot and his look
wns determined. Tho villagers had
long slnco got to bed, but thnt was
naught to him. Ho walked to tho
house of Eunlco'a father and around
to her window, nnd, In response to
his cnlls, n head was poked out and
a voice exclaimed:
"My stars, Silas, but what's hap
pened:
"Nothing yet, but something's go-.
Ing to. You be ready at nlno o'clock
In the morning 'to bo married) There's
ueen iooung enougn nbout ur
Red Deer's Winter Home.
Tho winter homo of tho American
red deer 1b very interesting. When
tho snow begins to fly tho leader nt
tho herd guides them to some shell
terod spot where provender Is nlontl
ful. Here ns the snow falls thnv nnnu
It down, tramping out a considerable
...l.lln 1 . I. 1
nfiuvu, wuiiu uuuuh mum Ulu SHOW
mounts higher and higher until they
cannot get out if thoy would. From
tho mnln opening, or "yard." as It i
called, tramncd out naths lonri tn ihn
noar-by trees nnd shruhbory which
supply them with food. In this way
tney ninnago to pass tho winter in
comparative poaco and safety. St.
Nicholas.
$500 For a 8cream.
'Nobody knows whnt risks men of
wenlth run but tho men themselves,"
said ono of them. "I know ono thing.
Nothing could pay mo to admit a
woman to my ofllco when I'm lu It
alone. I did onco. It wns enough.
Bho was selling volumes of somo book
or other. Sho told mo tho price, 1
refused very politely to buy. Sho sat
perfectly still.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Neyvs Notes of Interest From Various
Sections.
Beatrice Us making war on fako ad
vertising schemes. '.
Roosevelt, when ho visits Omaha,
is going to bo asked to speak but
once.
Auburn's chnutauqua closed with a
good nttendanco and was a success
throughout.
Burglars havo of Into been operat
ing In Falrbury, but -not 'with-vory
great success. i
Imperial Is ono of tho many11 No-
brasksa -towns making' nanny 'Improve
ments this year. . ,
Georgo Osborn, In Jnll nt Fremont,
has confessed to the killing of John
Hoctor, a pcddlnr, some tlmo ago.
Tho warchousu of tho Grlswold
Seed company in Lincoln was de
stroyed by fire. Tho loss will bo
nb-ut $30,000.
During n sovcro thunder storm tho
house of Thomas Ilrcnnan, a ranch
man living threo miles from Hccla,
wns struck by lightning nnd burned.
The county commissioners of Burt
county nro going to straighten Logan
river, making nvnllable somo good
Innd that .has laid dormant for whnt
of drainage.
Martin Buchanan, a farmor living;
eight miles from Lincoln, near Ray
mond, wns shot and Instantly kllltnt
by his 6-yenr old son. Tho shooting
was accidental.
Georco Green, fireman on tho
southbound Burlington train, foil un
der his engine and had his foot
crushed so It had to bo amputated.
Ills homo Is In Sutton.
Sheriff Dally of Saunders County
returned "from Blnnchnrd, In,, with El
mer Fox, accused of passing n raised
cheek on the Farmers & .Merchants
bank of Ashland. Fox confessed hla
guilt.
A. squaw was found dond down by
tho railroad track In Valentino nnd
upon Investigation It wns found slio
was Mrs. Four FoathorB. Sho nnd her
husband hnd been camping there for
several days nnd had been on a
spreo.
Attempting to cross tho tracks In
tho Burlington ynrds undor tho. Tenth
street viaduct In Oranhn, presumably
to go to tho Union station, J. D. Pe
terson, a laborer, of 811 South Eighth
streot, wns struck by a Union Pnclfla
engine nnd killed.
Will Stnbler. a former Fremont
boy, who Is now ranching In Wyo
ming, Is In South Omaha with a ship
ment of cattle. Ho doclaros that
Wyoming herdsmen In hts section
haven't onough liny to carry them
through tho season.
The Fromont Gun club !b being re
organized. After a dormant period
of six yenrs, new members nro being
taken In, nnd It Is expected that thero
will bo fifty members when tho club
opens, nt blue rock shooting ground
nenr tho city Soptombor 1.
August Nowhnus of Nellgh wan
brought to Fromont for medical at
tention for Injuries suffered when a
NorthwcBtorn frolght train Btruck hln
wagon near Nollgli, NowIuuib wan
thrown to tho ground and suffered it
fractured skull. His son, who wan
with him nt tho time, was Injured
nbout tho hend.
Brookflchl (Mo.) dispatch: E. 0.
Bohannn's Lincoln, Nob,, pneer won
the three-year-old pace hero, lower
ing the world's record ono nnd n
half seconds over a half mile track.
TInrvy Hamlolr, who hold the world's
record as a gelding In 1909, started
nlso and hnd never been beaten bo
fore. Time, 2rl0 1-2.
A mnn registering as Mooro, tried
to pass a check for $40 on the plght
clerk at tho Frontier hotel In Nebras
ka City, but when tho clerk wont to
the telephone the man fled, leaving
the check lying on tho counter, Tho
officers tried to locato him, but ho
walked out of tho city. Ho claimed
to he n commorclalvman. it was nf
terwards ascertained that ho Ib Want
ed In Knnsns for passing this kind of
checks. -
A llttlo yellow dog which CormTinr
tor J. W. Omstead, of tho Northwost
ern, befriended In tho railroad yards'
at Ffomont sot out In. pursuit of hls
train on the Hastings lino nnd fol
lowed It thirty-three miles, to the sfiu
tlon nt Octavla, How much further
it would have gono Is n matter of con
jecture. Chancellor Avery, Regents Coup
Innd, Dean Burnett nnd Mr. Chnso
wero at Valentine Inspecting the Btato
experimental farm and looking over
things In general. Thoy are nbout
ready to build as tho employes of
tho stato farm havo been mnklng tho
cement blocks for somo tlmo, of
which tho buildings are to be con
Bti ictetl, '
A telegram was received by Judgo
Work of Hastings that his son,
Georgo W. Work, who lived with hln
family nt Ocampo, stato of Chihua
hua, Mexico, had died of typhoid
fever. Tho wife, who was in HastlngH
recently, was In Buffalo, N .Y when
hor husband wns taken 111 nnd left
the railroad for a three days' horse
back trip over tho mountains to,
reach his bedsldo before ho died. The
body will he buried in Hastings.
Walter Pauley has boon sontenced
to servo sixty days In tho Gage coun
ty Jnll for benting his wife, This la
the fifth enso of wlfo beating within
tho past few months and In order to
give Pauley tho limit, a complaint
was filed against him under the
statute.
Lightning Btruck a largo barn bo
longing to Hormnn WulklnhorBt.
several, miles north of Arlington, set
flro to it nnd burned it to tho ground.
The hpraea wero nil gotteu out In
safoty, but about twenty tons of liny
and n quantity of grain were de
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