DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Round tho Capital
Information and Goss'p Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Work planned Is work quicker done.
Have you real cows or only scrubs?
1'ost your herd and see.
Rye makes nn ideal Tall pasture If
sown ahout the middle or .Inly or Uio
Hist of August.
Millet Intended for liny should be
ml when the heads are all tilled out
and some are netting ripe.
Unless a big cow Is an extra milk-
r slie Is Inns profitable than a smnii-
er one that Is a fair milker.
Kindness and perfect self-control
urn -ii'lnui iitniiU'lfnu In Mm mlllfcr I
who breaks in the heifer calf to first
milking.
PostH treated with creosote last
fully twice as long as the untreated
post. A government bulletin No. 320
tells all about it.
The too ranid milker is ant to mnke
the fretful cow. The mllklnu should
never be done so fast as to cause real
discomfort to the cow.
Give the boy an occasional half
dav off. A (taliinc or huntlni: trln or
attendance at a ball game In town will
do much to relieve the tedium of the
farm work.
Weeds nlowed under before they
have gone to seed will return to the
soil the plant food which they have
stolon and will supply needed humus.
Rapid milking which verges on the
iini'vmiH mid wlitnti (miiikou llio cmv
mill or makes lim- niinimv la n inlslnko.
Oftentimes the future vnlnn of tho
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cow Is sacrificed to tlio fovoi-lsh hnsto
of tho present.
' As you plant, and cultivate your corn
remember that the second national
crop exposition w!K be held In Omaha
(taring the first half of Docomber
next. Keep a lookout for tho ear
which would make a creditable show
lag and might win you a prlzo.
Milk rich in cream moans butter,
rich In casein means much protein
good for calf and hog feeding and
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mat a uiiin. in luiiiui wiuuu in nun
In both these elements. Pick the
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meet your neeus
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A witty agricultural expert who
does not believe in the dual purpose
cow suggests that when Hurbank can
.grow .an apple that, is sweet on one
Klilo mill Kfinr nil tlin iitlmt- rltni-n will I
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side and make beer on tho other.
u is tne nuniness ot tno Dees to
n:ilh(r hnnnv. nml Minv will ntirlr flin
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juices of fruits and flowors whorovor
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imiuu, urn. ciireiui ouservauon nas
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ror uio purpose or getting at the juice.
uvea liiul iimv fin Tim liiiiinriirn ii-mr
Such Injury to fruit Is caused by other
nsects and birds, the bees only tak-
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OllIIU IU UlUUI,
11 is a goou pian to tram the colts
to Htay in the barn or pasture while
.the mures are at work. It Is simply a
iiuattor of education. Shut them lu a
roomy box stall at first until they be-
come accustomed to having tho mare
go out without them. It will not take
,tho colt long to become reconciled to
a separation or a hair a day at a time,
una it win ne a rooii deal hotter for
tho mare and the colt, as well as ror
the temper or tne larmer.
When horses contract rheumatism It
may bo successfully treated as fol-
lows: Bathe the parts in a liniment
composed or spirits of turpentine,
three ounces; tincture or belladonna,
three ounces; and tincture of iodlno,
two ounces; mlxod and shaken well in the United Statos in 1SS0 was $28,
heroro using. Also glvo ono or tho 500,000. Ton years later 't was $:i,-
following powders In Its feed three
times a day: Salicylate of soda, ono
and one-half ounces; bicarbonate of
soda three ounces; pulverized mix
vomica, one and one-half ounces; pul-
ve.rlzed colchlcum ono ounce; mix and
make Into 24 powders.
It Is a lazy farmer that use? a dull
tool.
Cut. the tops of poKttTou the slant sc
that the rain wlU run off.
Don't Hpfthe tipple trees too close.
Fifty feet is recommended by some.
Ihuikwheat Is considered by some
as a groat soil renovator and Is an
Ideal eateh crop.
In working out. the buttermilk and
working in the salt, look out you do
not overwork the butter.
Some men are so suspicious that
they tire afraid to buy sheep for fear
thero will he cotton in the tloeee,
Pity that more farmers do not ap
preciate the value of breeding pure
bred poultry. No more work, but
more money In It.
The farmer with pluck' Is bound to,
succeed, while the fanner who de
pends upon luck in his running opera
tions Is more tban apt to rail.
flrlud your tools. There is nothing
which Is so trying to use as a dull
tool. It makes the work harder, and
the task longer. Tnke time to put an
edge on.
Watch out for the head lice on the
in no chicks. niiestea chicks tire
stunted by the post, and never make
the chickens tlioy would If their vital
"J' '""d tn sucked out by the
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Instead of using the term breaking
In connection with the horse that. Is
being put to harness for the flr.st time
' Iwifor llig milked for the
"rat time, why not the word training?
Hronklng is too suggestive 0f vio
lence
u,le reason tor so many railures In
1110 poultry business Is that there havo
m!fi R" "y men engaged in it who
wore Incompetent and their inability
to milko n success of other business
"'"lurus prompted them In undertak
something which seemed simple
A proper number of cows, coupled
with a wise method of crop rotation.
'' !l natural and cheap method of
retaining and increasing the natural
fortuity of the soil. For this reason
,ll0re ' type or farming which
so conserves tne natural resources of
Ul lumi ilb 'J"iS.
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Plmu' u'et?s "round die schoolhouse.
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hlren.are to receive the rudiments of cd-
ucatlon stand exposed to the scorching
rays or the sun in summer and the fu
rious blasts of storm in winter? In
far loo many country districts the
grounds around the schoolhouse are
as bare and dreary as a desert.
One reason why spraying gives such
unsatisfactory results oftentimes is
because the materials out of which
the sprays are made are adulterated.
To check this evil Senator Klttredge
of South Dakota has Introduced Into
congress a bill prohibiting the manu-
facturo. sale or transportation of adul-
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ta--Mi ivtu ui i nvililius UHU uiuur
Insecticides
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,hn f,,rHntv nf , unit m, u
bulId up tho soI1 aft(JI. ,t ,
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tnln the f(J,.tllty euc h f
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wm una tirnt lie wi have more money
,he , r.lrinil. ,H (lnn tn nt
lug anything in return.
Some farmers recommend n, nn
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ui vuiu uir uu uui ii io prevent crows
and blackbirds nlckinc u fmn, i,
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ground. The corn Is treated as fol
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iu. rut ui u pun mm pour on
.,imiirh warm wntnr tn fnviii- It Ail I
a teaspoonful or tar to a peck, and
BtIr weIK Throw the corn )Ut 'on ft
a,ovo 0l ,n n ,)asket to drain, and then
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oin in n tvn liuillilllin ill 11111(4 piIlS
ter (gypsum). Do not nour tu tar
on tho dry seed.
What can be done In the Improve
mont or a dairy herd has beon demon
Bt rated by a Michigan dairyman who
began In 1SS1 with eight cows with an
average butter production or 1SG
pounds. In l'-lOG. 15 -i head or cows av-
eraged 37.) pounds or butter. No regis-
tered cows were kept, but sood nuro
bred bulls were purchased and used
hh long as serviceable. The choice
heifer calves wore saved and tho 1m
provemont has been sure and profit'
able..
Farmers aro learning tho value of
fertilizers. According to the consus
reports, the expenditure for fetlllzers
fiOO.000, and in 1900 it -oachod the
significant sum of $51,7r)0,OOu. There
senilis little doubt that this rate of in
croase In tho uso of fertilizers will
continue for some time to come. The
spreader hasn't arrived a bit too
I soon.
Society Hastening
WASHINGTON. Washington's so
defy Is on tho wing, and In a
very short time will be scattered to
all rour quarters of the earth.
Washington was likened at one time
to a winter Newport, but now that the
whole senson, and not a month, is
passed hero by visitors, It has become
the meeting place or the nation and
ranks as one of tho great social cen
ters of the country. Hut it is not the
thing In these days to stay too long in
any one place. One must lead a sim
ple life at one's country place during
June. Then the correct thing is to
go somewhere else, yachting or trav
eling, to Newport or Bar Harbor, for
a month, in one's best bib and tucker.
rhen come life at Lenox or on a nioiin.
tain top and a few weeks' camping
In the Adirondack's.
Manchester by tho Sea and Har Har
bor are rather close rivals where the
President to Hunt
IMMEDIATELY nfter the ending of
his term March 4 next President
Roosevelt will start on an extend
ed hunting trip In Hrltlsh East
Africa. Ills second son, Kermit, now
In the preparatory school at Groton,
Mass., is to be his companion.
If the present plans are carried out
tho trip will last fully a year. When
the expedition starts it will be
equipped with all modern weapons for
killing elephants and other wild
bensts. Some preparations have al
ready been made.
Tho president has told a Tew friends
he looks forward to the trip with tho
greatest pleasure. The president
goes as much to study the African
wild animal as anything else. He
wants to know the nature and habits
of the beasts in their homes.
Upon his return he will do consider
able writing.
White House Kept
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NOT since Lew Dockstader, mado up
as President Roosevelt, rode down
Pennsylvania avonue In company with
a negro for picture machine purposes
has official Washington been so
wrought up by a practical joker as It
has been by an advertising stunt
pulled off the other day.
An advertisement offering a reward
of $500 for the return or a valuable
portfolio of papers lost by a "foreign
agent" appeared In the local newspapers.
Appropriation Made for Playgrounds
EVERY one must agree that the sen
ate amendment to tho district ap
propriation bill, by which the sum of
51,500 approved by tho house for play
grounds was Increased to $ 15,000, Is a
piece of wiso legislation. Tho fathers
and mothers as woll as tho children
of Washington aro interested in it
and thoro Is greater need hero for play
grounds than thoro Is for a good many
other Institutions with more dignified
titles.
That "all work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy" Is as true tor children
now as It has ever been, must be con
ceded even by those who have forgot
ten tho requirements and the Joys of
their childhood. Play Is not moroly a
matter of pleasure for the chlldrou:
to Summer Resorts
diplomats are concerned, and as the
diplomats almost always show a dis
position to entertain, they bring gay
ety In their train and are most wel
come, for if there is one thing that
the true American society woman
loves more than another it Is the for
eigner. Many of the embassies are
dotting themselves along the north
shore. The Hrltlsh and the Italian em
bassies will be at Manchester, and as
Haroness des Planches Is especially
fond or keeping open house, a great
deal of entertainment is counted on
from the Italian embassy. Count
Hatzfeldt, who Is charge d'affaires for
the German embassy In the absence
of Huron Speck von Sternburg, will go
a few miles further along tho shore
and be at Heverly Farms, while the
charge d'affaires of the Russian em
bassy, Prince Nicolas KoudachefT, will
be at Magnolia, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Loft us of the Siamese legation
at Cape Ann.
Three of the most popular bachelors
or the diplomatic set, Huron Haymerlo,
Count Torok and Prince Vincent zu
Windisch-Graetz have taken a house
at Har Harbor, where the Austrian
ambassador and Baroness Hengel-mullet-
will make their headquarters.
Big Game in Africa
Rumors that Mr. Roosevelt was to
leave the country at the conclusion
of his term of office have been print
ed heretofore, but when confirmation
was sought at the White House the
answer has been that no definite con
clusion had been reached as to the
president's plans.
Hut now It Is stated pc Uively that
Mr. Roosevelt, with his son Kermit,
will sail from New York ror Cairo in
April, 1909 just as soon ns the neces
sary arrangements for the departure
could be made after March 4. It is
the desire of the president to bring
back at the end of the year from
the wilds of Africa specimens of every
species of big game to bo had on the
dark continent. He will visit no other
country, It is stated. k
The outfit of the expedition will be
obtained on reaching Africa, but an
active correspondence in this connec
lion already Is under way. The ex
act size of the hunting party num
ber of guides and retainers, animals,
etc. has not been determined on. Tho
president, however, will take with
him an assortment of arms which he
will require In the variety of hunt
lug contemplated.
Guessing by Joker
The wallet was said to contain doc
upieuts which, if made public, might
cause serious International complica
tions. Later It was Btated that pri
vate executive papers of the president
were in the wallet. The advertise
ment gave Washington police, the se
cret service men and Secretary Loeb
a busy day, but luter it was learned
that the missing papers consist of a
political puzzle which some zealous
salesman expects to spring on the
public as soon as his mission is prop
erly advertised.
The puzzle consists of a sort of a
pigs In the clover arrangement with
a picture of President Roosevelt in
the center. Two little balls, one la
beled Bryan and one Taft, are easily
worked Into tho eyes. The puzzle Is
to put a third-term ball In the open
mouth of the. president.
It Irt a matter or health, and proper
play can only be indulged In upon
grounds or In places suitable for It
The street Is not tho place Tor play.
It Is tho avenue for business and tho
childish romping which so often In
terfores with business In tho streets
Is a nuisance. Yet ir thero is no other
place for them who can be so Indiffer
ent to their welfare as to prevent tho
boys and girls from indulging their
youthful spirits In tho delightful
gan.es for which only the streets af
ford them room?
Washington, with all Its beautiful
parks and Its well kept squares, is pit
Ifully lacking In the matter of play
grounds for school children. It Is well
for congress to take more active cog
nizance of this need for plnygrounds
and provide woll for them. Tho son
ate's amended appropriation Is not
nearly enough to do all that Is re
quired, but It Is a worthy beginning
and Washington's parents as well as
children aro thankful for It.
Denver, Colo.
LOW RATES NOW IN EFFECT
ROUND TRIP
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VIA
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SHORT LINE
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REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR GIRL
Flirtation is like a cocktail with in
headache ,iu it, champagne with no
"next morning.'
Some men think that by putting on
a silk hat and a white Ascot tie they
are disguised as gentlemen.
Love Is llgo gambling; you want to
be sure that you are a good loser be
fore you go in for the game.
One tiling I can never understand,
and that is how a man can tell tho
front from the back or his hat, but he
always can.
A man's idea or honor is so pecul
ar: ho would die rather than steal a
friend's money of cheat him at cards.
but he will steal his wire or .?!nfc
him out of his daughter with perl'ecr
equanimity.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
A private knocker Is a public nui
sance. No man who is fit to live llke3 U
live on charity.
The discouragement of capital, if a
crime, is a crime against labor.
The political trust-buster and pro
fessional muckraker, firing at capi
tal, lilts labor nine times in ten.
The extra hazard of honest enter
prise Is driving capital to Wall stteet,
and labor to the benches in the park.
Labor should be protected from Us
fool friends; the socialist should he
screened off from the anarchist; tho
anarchist, from high explosives, and
gin. From Cy Warmna's Speech, Ca
nadian Club. Guelph. Ont.
RULES FOR HAPPY MARRIED LIFE
Think a little.
Lead the "simple life."
Have no foolish illusions.
Try to understand each other and be
chums.
Lot your life be a partnership which
equalizes all joys as well an sorrows.
Do not look away from yourselves
for happiness; It Is in you.
Seek to please your husband or your
wife and make reasonable sacrlflves.
He or she will then to the same, and
truo happiness will result. New York
World.
WAIFS OF WISDOM.
$16
Self-consciousness is the deadly Pl
enty of dignity.
The Indigent and naked world might
bo comfortably clothed with the need
less trappings of the reckless rich.
An empty pumpkin shell In which a
child displays a lighted ?andle dif-
Experienco should bo a searchlight
fuses more real llsht than a vain head,
tor all men. Hut, alas! It Is usually L.
like the stern lights of n vessel which
illumine only tho pathway already
traversed.