ADVICE TO FARMER9,
Proper aod Adnitafeeai Way to Bell
Farm Products.
The Independent shippers of grain to
Chicago begin to realize that they have
p tlimmon obstacle to surmount. The
X^jfufi&slonal grain shippers over a
(duaen big states tributary to Chicago
r umber an army. Many of them have
grown rich from the farmers’ wagons
by a 25 years’ stay at their stations.
Some of them have private banks,
aome have bought farms, all are pros
perous. This house has not a word
ngaicst these people. It is not doing
business with them. It is doing busi
ness with an army of farmers. It has
given producers the best practical help
cii.ce the railroads made the big central
markets possible. If 10,000 farmers
have discovered that they have no
further use for 1,000 country
grain buyers, they have a per
fect right to go past them, fill their
own cars, and ship their own grain.
Many years ago farmers discovered
that the old reaper and the old double
shovel ore-herse corn cultivator were
too slow. They left them in the fence
corners and bought improved machin
ery. The manufacturers did not kick.
They met the demand with sblf-bind
ers and riding sulky plows. The world
has grown tired of many old things.
' The farming world is getting tired of.
paying others to do what it can do it
self. If farmers wish to desert the
local, shippers (who may have been
needed 40 years ago), no amount of
keftuleishncBS on the part of the ship
Wjjtrs cm stop them. Grain shippers
* have an organ to keep up their cour
age. Their publication has again filled
its columns with abuse of the farmers'
commission house. It is a case of sore
toe. They howl because they are hurt.
The farmers understand this sort of
warfare made on the house which has
put them in to» c'l with Chicago. Their
letters to us show that they believe
this fact, viz., that if there is enough
in grain shipments to fight for, the
farmers want that margin. All that i3
now needed to spread direct shipments
is some well-developed opposition.
Farmers are in a frame of mind to do
r.bout as they please this year. Wo
welcome any fair and honorable at
tention from the paid organ of grain
shippers, and will see that its attacks,
are well spread before Independent
shippers and independent thinkers in
a thousand farming communities. We
have assurances that our efforts'in be
half of farmers will be fully ap
preciated and rcc’proeated. Any man
cr any house may be glad of a fair
criticism from the enemy with such an
army at his lack, but unjust, malig
nant attacks, made with the intention
of vilifying and injuring us, are differ
^ cat. Farmers never were in better tem
per to demand their full rights and
full prefits for their labor^ than they
are to-day.—H. H. Carr.
Looking Forward and Upward.
One cannot too soon forget his errors
emdTm isderaeanors. To dwell long
upAn them is to add to the offense. Not
to/grieve long for any action, but to
go immediately and do freshly and oth
erwise, subtracts so much from the
wrong; else we may make the delay of
repentance the punishment of the sin.
—Thoreau.
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoko Your Lila Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Mac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak
men strong. All druggists, 50c or SI. Cure
guaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling ltcinedy Co., Chicago or New Yorlo
Bismarck Cards,
A New York printer, who has struck
off several thousand Bismarck cards,
has disposed of more than 6,000, some
for parties in Texas, and from the
United States between 25,000 and 30,000
congratulatory postals will be sent to
Prince Bismarck. The cards of United
States origin go for 2 cents.
Read the Advertisements,
You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting study and
will put you in the way of getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver
tisers are reliable, they send what
they advertise.
| . Unexpected Corroboration.
}' Mrs. De Flatte—Dr. Knowall says
"‘Thilk should not be used In large quan
tities, because it makes the hair, fall
ont. Do you believe that? Mrs. Sub
urb-Dear me! It might be. Our cow
sheds Its coat dreadfully.—New Yprk
Weekly.
^ Hall’s Catarrh Cure
U a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Fare and Stare.
Blazley—"I was coming downtown in
a car this morning and the conductor
came along and looked at me as if I
hadn’t paid my fare.” Blzley—“What
did you do?” Blazley—"I looked at
him as if I had.”—Roxbury Gazette.
Dr. Kay’s Renovator builds up the nerv
ous system and worn-out tissue, renovates
the whole system and makes the weal
strong. See advt.
Foer. Indeed.
Mrs. Crimsonbcah—“The gas is very
poor tonight.” Mr. Crimeonbeak (snif
fing)—"Yes; It seems to b*re only *
bad scent.”—Yonkers Statesman.
FITS PermanenalyC’nred. Xo Qts or newouswe arte
tirat atily a use of l>r. Kliae i (trout .Narva Restorer
Mood lor FREE 8a.OO trial bottle and treatise
lie. R. H. Klin*. Ltd., 931 Aach St-. Philadelphia, Pa
A man who laughs at his own jok»
usually tells a poor story.
No-To-Hac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit, cure, makes weak
lea strong, blood pure. 6oc, $1. All druggists.
Every man is secretly proud if fail
H ard is stiff and hard to cut.
*
Mrs. WImI«w*i Boothlag >rra»
rJf’#r ^blldrcn te«thtac,fioftei»« the (rum*, reduce* intern
allaje pain, mrt* wild colic. 26 cent**bottle ,
The smallest humming bird weight
twenty grains.
I
! DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
now SocceMfnl Former* Operate Title
Department of the Farm—A Few
Bint* a* to the Car* of LIm Stock
and Poultry.
Boat Important Oae Thin* In Dairying
T the present time,
the most important
single Item In
dairying, is the
testing ot cows,
writes Prof. W. N.
Cook In Jersey.
Bulletin. This may
seem a simple mat*
ter, but It rightly
conducted, its in
fluence Is far reach-'
ing. With the present easy,
rapid and cheap , .method of
testing milk, by the Babcock
test, no one. can afford- to be 'ig
norant of the butter capacity of his
coww.^First, as to the method of test
ing, and then as to lts advantages. The
milk of cows, whether taken separate
ly or in herds, is constantly varying
from day to day, and from milking to
milking, these variations usually fall
ing within an extreme range of one
per cent. In addition, the milk is grad
ually growing richer, from the time
the cow calves until it dries up. To
overcome these variations, a cow
should be tested for at least four con
secutive milkings, and eight milkings
are still better. This is easily done,
by mixing samples of the different
milkings and making one test of the
mixed sample. To get an average test,
for the whole milking period, two tests
can be made, one six weeks, and the
other, six months aft^r calving. The
average of these two, trill closely ap
proximate tl'.e average quality of the
milk given during the year. If but a
single test is to be made, the samples
should be taken toward the end of the
fourth month after calving. It will be
necessary to know the weight of milk
given, and this'can be learned just as
accurately, by weighing the milk the
first and fifteenth of each month, as by
weighing every day. The real labor
of doing all this weighing and testing,
is much less than would be imagined,
by one who has never tested cows,
i Having now the weights and tests,
what use can be made of them?- In
every herd, there are some cows better
than others. Testing enables the own
er to weed out his herd successfully, to
get rid of the unprofitable cows, and
tacks of this Insect. In the mature
state this insect is a fly, which deposits
its eggs in the pulp of the apple be*
neath the skin. The young maggots
grow within the fruit, which they ren
der worthless, and when mature
emerge from the apple and go into* the
ground, lying In the pupa state be
neath the surface soil among the grass
roots. Samples of the earth, six Inches
square, were taken, and the number of
maggots under the trees varied accord
ing to the size, from 1,600 to more than
12,000 under each tree, the pupae some
what resembling kernels of wheat
Now comes the point which was par
ticularly interesting to me. The ex
periment was tried as to whether poul
try, If confined to a small range and
encouraged to scratch, would destroy
these pupae. A large movable wire
fence was placed about a tree whose
fruit had been destroyed by insects.
One side of the fence was raised and
about fifty hens were called Into the
enclosure. ' The fence was let down
and they were confined to the space
around the tree. As soon as they had
eaten the corn they naturally began to
scratch for the pupae, and in the course
of three or four dayB It was found that
the latter had disappeared. As these
Insects remain in' the pupae state from
the fall of the apple to the following
spring, when they appear, It may be
expected that next year the number
of files breeding the apple maggot will
be greatly diminished in the localities
where this plan Is followed. From per
sonal experience, extending over many
years, I can speak positively of the
advantages of allowing fowls ' and
chickens a free range in apple orch
ards. They not only manure the soli
and destroy all Insects harboring In It,
but they find, for some weeks, a con
siderable proportion of their own food
.—the windfalls, which they devour
greedily, with any grubs they may con
tain. The raising of poultry for sale
may be much more advantageously
carried on where the land is made to
produce two crops—namely, apples and
eggs—than where only one Is gathered.
Batter Fraud*.
A few years ago I spent some time
in ferreting out the black pepsin but
ter swindle, says Milo Baldwin, in the
Otsego Farmer, and now, here comes
its twin brother, the electric churn,
which originates its own electricity, by
the aid of which, you can churn In one
minute, without regard to the tempera
ture or condition of the cream. But
the greatest, saving claimed. Is in the
quantity and quality of the butter. The
descriptive circular says: "One hun
dred pounds of milk contains fourteen
pounds of solid matter, consisting of
SINGLE-COMB WHI TE LEGHORN COCK.
to know which ones are paying the
best returns for their food. With this
knowledge at hand, the dairyman has
a powerful aid to correct breeding.
The influence of the dam, and particu
larly the sire, on the quality of the
milk of the offspring, has been but
little studied, and offers a fruitful field
for investigation. The owner of a herd
of cows, of his own breeding, will be
able to trace many lines of influence,
from parent to offspring, and to note,
not only those that are prepotent for
good, but equally Important, to de
termine prepotency for evil. The man
who is systematically testing his cows,
soon begins to note the relation be
tween food and milk flow—to know his
cows individually, as to which ones will
make suitable return for increased
feed. He has brought knowledge to
bear on many questions that were pre
viously indefinite, and the result can
not fail to be increased commercial as
well as Intellectual profit.
Poultry In Orchnrrin.
Mr. Tegetaeier, the famous English
authority on poultry, in commenting
on a report of the Rhode Island experi
ment station regarding the value of
fowls to orchards, says:
“For many years I have advocated
the introduction of poultry into apple
orchards, maintaining that they do
good service, in two very distinct
modes—first, by manuring the ground,
.and, secondly, by the destruction of in
sects and grubs that hibernate in the
soil. The apple maggot appears to be
extending in America, attacking the fa
vorite Baldwin, which 16 so well known
au being imported largely into this
esuntry, and rendering it entirely un
fit for use, but the spraying the trees
with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green
has appeared to prevent all serious at- |
four pounds of oleo, found pounds of
casing, four pounds of sugar, and two
pounds of varied salt production, and
by the old process, you only save the
oleo, or butter oil; but the electric
churn, takes up a portion of the sugar
and casing, and combines it with the
oleo, thereby increasing the quality
and quantity of the product.” But be
fore we decide on the quality, let us
understand what this “casing” is. Ac
cording to Webster, casing is a cover
ing, or a cjse. That would seem a hard
thing to work into butter, but we can
not tell what this electric churn may
do. Possibly, In trying to be scientific,
he uses the word In lieu of casein (milk
curd). If so, it must be a great im
provement on the quality of the but
ter. I knew a man in my boyhood days,
who discovered the art of making this
same kind of butter, but he produced
the electricity, by dropping a little
rennet into the cream Just as it began
to break for butter, and it fixed it in
a minute, so that it turned out a large
quantity of what he called extra but
ter. He sold a quantity of it to a deal
er, who had him arrested for fraud, and
when he got through and settled up,
he found it the highest-priced butter
he ever sold. If anyone is not satisfied
with the above expose, let him invest
six dollars and try his hand.
The Little Leaks.—The little leaks on
the farm amount to a considerable sum
every year unless they are carefully
looked after and stopped, says an ex
change. Every hill of corn missed in
planting or rooted up in cultivating
reduces the crop without reducing the
work of cultivating it. A leak in a roof
that might be stopped in a minute may
be the means of spoiling a dollar's
worth of grain, and is a warning to
look for other leaks.—Ex.
CARNOT MEMORIAL, CHAMBER.
Widow of France*! Martyred Prraldent
Mow Has It Completed,
ilme. Garnot has now completed the
memorial chamber dedicated to her
martyred husband, and means that it
•hail be used as a private chapel. The
rpom contains some praying chairs.
President Carnot’s desk and inkstand,
and the souvenirs to which he was at
tached. On the walls hang the ribbons
that tied the wreaths that appeared at
his funeral, with the inscriptions turn
ed to view, and the different silver
wreaths sent from Russia are placed on
easels. ‘ Albunjs filled with the letters
of. condolence find telegrams received
l from all the great ones on earth, and
photographs of every description re
lating to the visit to Lyons and to the
funeral are disposed in cases especially
made for them. At Mme. Carnot's
death these family treasures become her
son’s, but after that they will be given
to the state, if then the state is repub
lican and cares to remember the tragic
assassination of its president well
enough to receive their charge. The age
changes so rapidly that one can not
predict, even in a matter closely allied
to the nation's welfare.
ttnnflnement and Hard Work
Indoors, particularly in a sitting posture,
tiro far more prelmHoial In health than exces
sive ntuscuUr exertion in the open air. Hard
sedentary workers are far too weary after
: uBieti hours to lake much needful rest in the
open sir. they often need a tonic. When* can
they seek invlgoralloii more certain and
agreeable than from Hostetler's Stomach
Hitters, a reiiovnnl particularly adapted to
recruit, the exhausted force of nature. Use
also tor dyspepsia, kidney, liver und rheu
matic aUaieats.
Ratio of Sickness.
The ratio of sickness rises and falls
regularly with death rate in all coun
tries, as shown by Dr. Farr and Mr. Ed
monds at the London congress of 1860,
when the following rule was estab
lished: Of 1,000 persons, aged 80, It la
probable 10 will die In the year, in
which case there will be 80 of that age
sick throughout the year, and 10 In
valids. Of 1,000 persons, aged 75, It ia
probable that 100 will die in the year,
in which case the sick and invalids of
that age will be 300 throughout the
year. For every 100 deaths let there he
hospital beds for 200 sick, and In
firmaries for 100 Invalids,
There Is m Vises at reople
Who are injured by the use of ootfee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the .grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains.'
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives It with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It doee not-cost over
as much. Children may drink It with
great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents
per package. Try It. Ask for
GRAJN-O.__
Wealth of England.
• Highly Important and significant are
the figures just Issued, with compari
sons, showing the wealth of England
in spite of twenty lean years of de
pression. The taxable property of Eng- .
land and Wales in 1894 was £161,000,
000, compared to £104,000,000 in 1870. '
This increase of more than 50 per cent
has taken place when the taxable value
of -land has decreased within fifteen
years from about £40,000,000 to £33,
000,000. The land formed in 1870 about
one-half the taxable property of the
country. It is now little more than
one-fifth.
Deopst treated free bv Dr. H. H. Green's
Soon, of Atlanta. Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adrer- '
tfsement in another column of this paper.
Perfectly Satisfied.
Crack Boat Builder—Ah! How de do.
Mr Richman? How did that row-boat I
made you last summer suit? Mr. Rich
man—Perfectly. Crack Boat Builder—
Ah! I’m glad to hear It. I always like
to give satisfaction. Suited perfectly,
eh? Mr. Rlchman—Yes. I left It in
front of my boat-houee all summer, and
every scalawag who tried to steal it got
upset or drowned.
Beienmi’i Camphor Ice with Glycerine.
Cure* Chapped Hands and Face. Tenderer SoreFee^
Chilblains, File*, C ti. Clark Co., New Haven, Of
The Hog's Saved Him.
Gus Teeler, of Klrwin, Mo., fell off a
windmill tower and saved his life by
falling on bis two porkers. It killed
the hogs.
We have noticed that lawyers have
very little respect for the law.
$100 To Any Man.
WILL PAY SIOO FOR ANY CASE
Of Wsakaass to Man They Treat and
Fall to Care.
An Omaha Company placet for the flnt
time before the public a Magical Treat
ment for the cure of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
Phosphorous or other harmful drugs. It is
a Wonderful Treatment—magical in its
effects—positive in its cure. All readers,,
who are suffering from a weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical Buffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb., and they will
send you absolutely FREE, a valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
of their truly Magical Treatment. Thous
ands of men, who have lost all hope of a
cure, are being restored by them to a per
fect condition.
This Maoioal Treatment may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go there for treatment, if they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They have
1250,000 capital, and guarantee to cure
ev erv case they treat or ref u nd every dollar;
or their charges may be deposited in a
bank to be paid to them when a cure is
effected. Write them tivlev.
IT’S DANGEROUS
To hu? M'ALKN. guaranteed ‘*.4* GOODAH"
•'“A IK BAKU*!', for !<*** money; they can't be
made bny. tiniest you get the best. A
cheap Meal* Is ibe mutt expense Investment
you can make; tt is unreliable, and means that
aoonflr or later you mti*r hiiv again. Bag only ,
a genalae. laletl Iwiiruved VAIEBANIth :
which will last you a lifetime., and prove the
cheapest In the end. No one can then dispute
your weight* Ul.lVAKKOr IMITATIONM!
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO.,
1102 Farnam St.. Omaha, Ntb.
•Old denies Mepalretf.)
F»r a Son'll Memory.
Mrs. Elisabeth Ludlow, the mother
of the well-known New Yorker, Robert
Center, who was killed while riding a
bicycle on the Western boulevard in
New York, some months ago, has given
his entire estate, valued at $150,000, to
endow in his memory a fund for in
struction at Columbia College.
• 10.80 TO BUFFALO AND RETURN
Via Michigan Central, "The Niagara
Falls Route,” from Chicago, good go
ing August 21-23. A rare opportunity
to go East at very low rates over ”A
First-class Line for First-cIasB Trav
el.” Reserve your sleeping car accom
modations early by writing to L. D.
Heusner, Oen’l Western Pass'r Ag’t,
119 Adams Street, Chicago.
|10.5u to Buffalo and return.
Half the kissing in the world is a
habit.
Pino's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs ana colds.—Mrs. 0.
Be.tr, 489 8th Ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8, t)5.
The best cure for a love is another
one.
FAEBBI.L’S BAKINS SOWDIB
The best, st half the price; sll grocers will re
fund your money If you ere not eutlefled.
Of tlie 136,000 persons In Johannes
burg 50,007 are Europeans.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cuseareta Candy Cathartic. 10c orKe.
- If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
Wild birds do not sing more than ten
weeks in the year.
HALL’S
Vegetable Sicilian'
HAIR RENEWED
Beautifies and restores Gray
Hair to its original color and
vitality; prevents baldness;
cures itching and dandruff.
A fine hair dressing.
& P. Hall& Co.. Props.. N'.xhaa, N. H.
80I1I by nil Druggists.
For noil 30
doyt wo win
•tN Oils mo*
| cfclM lor II.
lo odvcrtlM
MOW.
Wem your
ITyi A tines for 140.
ICOMPLETEOOTTITr^ pined.
AMERICAN TRUSS FENCE CO.. TREWMT. IU.
WE
RAY
CASH
each work to men Ml over IT. 8. to srll
Stark Tiees-cheupe.t.BKST. Outfit rum
—take* no money to Til v the work Also
want club MAKRKB-get their trees free.
Drop ua postal;name references. Stark
Nurserv. Louisiana Mo..orHoekport llL
PENSIONS. PATENTS. CLAIMS.
JOHN W MORRIS. WMp(IT0N.0 &
UU Matlpol tirolie V.X frailis aviso.
Spaa la last rtf, Uo^jadfaaUat olaliaa. sttjr. .mas
W. N. U. OMAHA. NO. 35.-1807.
Whan writing to advertisers, kindly men
tion this paper. ■
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
a
W* AM ASSERTING IN THE COUNTS OUR RIGHT TO THK
EXCLUSIVE USE or THE WORD “ CASTORIA,” AND •
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARE. » ^
It DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of By'annis, Massachusetts,
wot the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA/' the sayip
that has borne and does now SW y/fi, . *** on every
bear the foe-simile signature of wrapper.
This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you hat/e always bought //<r», T* on the
and has the signature wrap
per. Jfo one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. /> ^
March 8, 18971+
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substituto
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. ,
“The Kind You Have Always Bought*9
. BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF
*
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Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
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Ride on Certainty
• rlt-ii £*".v:
STANDARD OF THE WORLD
$75
TO ALL ALIKE.
Not absolute certainty, for that i::-t anywhere, but as near to it as
possible. The Columbia of 1697 is the culminativc finish of on
evolution of twenty years of best bicycle building.
1896 COLUMBIAS.$60
1897 HARTFQRDS. 50
HARTFORDS Pat 2 ... . 45
HARTFORDS Pat 1 . . . 40
HARTFORDS Pats. 5 and 6 30
POPE MANUFACTURING CO., Hartford, Conn.
If Cdrabtti trt 1
mhi!t**!t*****3t4£**ii**tHht>tit*i
JJj If You Need Renovating Take
Dr. Kay’s Renovator. *
It invigorate* anti renews tbe whole system. A perfect renovator. removing the Mfc
riKornte* anti renews the whole system,
cause. Send tor our new (t'-pape bcok with .’.6 recipes
Mr. Andy W Hirer, of East Cbi
cayo, Ind., writes: “1 would not take 111 for your book it i could not pniunotber ’ (M*
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THE COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD
BEACHES THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD!
1
Ute Pass, licperman Psss, Hell Gate. Pike's Pcafc
Mount Hoprls, Mount of the Holy Cross.
THE WONDERFUL FRUIT LANDS OF THE GRAND VALU V; ' -
Grand Juact!.i:i end DeBeque.
THE MOST FAMOUS MINING CAM°S:
Cripple Creek, Victor, Lccdvllle, Aspen.
ii
W. F. BAILEY, Oeneral Passenger Agent,
Denver, Colo.
A MEW WAY TO
SHIP YOUR GRAIN.
INSTEAD of aellin? your train at hone rend It Iona
and nara middleman’s profit. Wo hav* Saved
Other Farmer* Tboe«a».e »r Bellare. Why
don’t YOU try itf AddrcM for full particular*,
H • H • Ca RR*CO.”
•cr-seM
I SHIP YOUR CRAIN MI as
tabllshed 1664
| TO MARTI! D. STAYERS ft «».. COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
i sis kialto hcii.ding Chicago.
X GRAIN, SEEDS AND PROVISIONS.
(Chicago Board of Trade Orders and Consignments Solicited.