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Rhode* Scholar*.
London Chronicle: A contingent of
•the Rhodes scholars U already, as ap
fuears from the Oxford university cal
endar Just Issued, in residence at the
university, although the full number
jwill not be made up for some time. The
German emperor has, In terms of Cecil
Rhodes' bequest, certain nominations
ko thee# scholarships In his gift, and It
ks an Interesting fact that his first two
nominees should both be Roman Cath
olics. One, Herr von Muller, Is the son
Of a Bavarian minister, and has been
St school tn Munich: while the other,
Who has entered at Magdalen, Is Count
feely de Talleyrand Perlgord, great
i rand son of the second Due de Talley
rand In France, and Herzog von Sa
Van In ths kingdom of Prussia. Count
Bely, by the way, has a relative living
|n thla country, Lady Stanley, born
FTalleyrand-Perigord, and widow of Sir
(John Stanley of Hooten, last baronet,
tnd last of the senior male line of the
ouse of Stanley.
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No Room for Newe.
Titbits: Mrs. De Brain—Anything In
"the paper today?
. Mr. De Brain—The Dally Blowhard
has sent two special correspondents to
Koaccount islands, while Its contempor
aries have sent only one each.
"Well?”
. "The Dally Blowhard has DO per cent,
tnore advertisements this year than
last rear.”
"Well?"
"The Dally Blowhard now has the
largest cirulatlon In the world.”
"Well?"
"The Dally Blowhard published an
exclusive account yesterday of the
tramp mystery,"
"The Dally Blowhard has opened a
new city office for the receipt of adver
tisement* and subscriptions."
■■wJnr
"The Daily Blowhard has ordered five
new printing presses at an expense
of—J’
"Isn't there any news in the paper
-Shout what Is going on outside of The
tDally Blowhard office?”
"No; I suppose that was crowded
Sut.”
The late Mrs. Harriet Converse used
9 tell a little Incident which took place
/hllo she was on one of her numerous
•lslts to Seneca reservation in New
fork state. For a certain reason she
wished to write out the name of an Jn
dtnn there. He did not wish to show
the white woman chief his ignorance
of spelling, and he adroitly avoided the
point, when she asked how to spell his
no ne, by saying:
"It make no matter; put It down
•wldout spell.”
Good New* from Minnesota.
Lakefleld, Minn., Jan. 4.—Mr. Will
iam E. Gentry of this place is one of
the best known and most highly re
spected men in Jackson County. For
45 years he lias suffered with Kidney
Trouble and now at 77 years of age he
has found a complete cure and Is well.
Ills cure is remarkable because of
the length of time he had been suffer
ing. Cases of 40 years’ standing might
be considered Incurable, but tlie reme
dy that cured Mr. Gentry seems to
know no limit to its curative power.
Mr. Gentry snys:
“I have suffered with misery In my
hack for about 45 years and had nil
the troublesome symptoms of Kidney
pnd Urinary disease. 1 tried various
kinds of remedies, but all io no effect
until I tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Now
1 have no pain In my back and feel
quite well In every way.
“I am 77 yenrs of age and I feel
better than I have for the lost 10
(years. I attribute It all to Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills.”_
^ The Worth Bros, company, Philadel
phia, recently completed Us new plate
Jiilll tit CoateBvllle, Pa. It Is said to be
-(equipped with all the latest improve
nients and has a capacity of producing
from 4,600 to 5,000 tons of plate per
(week.
* If you are thinking of Investing In
a farm or of changing your location,
(call on us or write and we will have
Viur agent see you.
MARCUS P. BflEBE,
IPSWICH, EDMUNDS CO., S. JX
Befitting ■ Waitress.
t Philadelphia Press: Polk—She took part
In your amateur play, didn’t she?
Jolk—O, yes, she took the part of a
■ a-altress.
"What sort of costume did she wear?"
"A fetching one. of course."
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| ALEXEIEFF.
The Czar’s Mild-Mannered Autocrat of
Manchuria.
London Mail: A pleasing personality,
with nothing in his appearance to strike
terror to the world, Is the man who holds
the keys of peace and war In the far east
today. Admiral Alexeiefif, a man whom
the czar has many times been pleased to
honor. Is still young enough to look for
word to great conquests, yet Just old
enough to Impress us as a kindly, middle
aged, man. with a patriarchal beard,
whose delight Is to dandle a child on his
knee.
He Is the first Russian viceroy In the
far east, the man upon whom Nicholas
II. has Imposed the momentous ta;* of
building up a new empire. Just what part
Alexeiefif has played In the recent moves
on the great chessboard of Asia nobody
ouslde the czar’s empire knows. He has
been In his time governor general of East
ern Siberia and governor of Russian Man
churia: and he is today commander-ln
chlef of the Russian forces In the Pacific.
It is an office hardly understood In Eng
land, for Alexeiefif has power over the
forces on land and on sea.
If he has played his part In the strange
developments which have brought Russia
face to face with Japan, AlexelefT has
contributed hfs share also to the strength
of the Russian navy. Time was when the
czar’s navy was commanded and officered
by Englishmen, when the sea power of
Russia was not such a thing as appalled
Its enemies. But It Is different now, and
Russia’s fleet stands third among the na
vies of Europe. With ports 9,000 miles
apart, Russia has a naval position which
Sir George Clarke declares ‘‘absolutely
unique,’’ and Its new sea power is due not
a little to the foresight and skill of Its
greatest sailor.
So lately as 1900 Alexeiefif was side by
side wdth the forces of Japan, against
which he may soon be engaged In war.
He was In charge of the Russian troops In
China, and had under him when war be
gan more troops than all the other pow
ers together, except Japan. The story is
told that the Russian band played the
French “Marseillaise” as It marched Into
Peking, and that it teas only after some
minutes of acutest agony that the general
was able to stop the army of the autocrat
sounding the republican march. But It
was the simplest blunder and should not
be taken as In the least suggesting lack
of discipline. Where Alexeiefif rules, there'
the soldier knows that obedience Is the
only virtue In the world.
If AlexelefT Is not the salve of a strict
convention—and we know that his soldiers
were seen In China marching under um
brellas—he knows how to fit In freedom
with efficiency. It was he probably of
whom a traveler was thinking when he
wrote home that "I have seen high Rus
sian officers Joke and laugh with their
soldiers as if they had been chums.” Yet
the same traveler wrote that on the try
ing march to Peking, “where soldiers of
all other nationalities collapsed in hun
dreds along the road from sunstroke or
dysentery, or oppressed by the great heat,
I never say a single Russian fall out of
the ranks." When the allies left China
the czar sent Alexeiefif a sword shining
with gold and diamonds and inscribed:
"For victories at the seat of war In Pe
nMlI 1 OAA *»
Since then the emperor has made him
lord of Russia’s far eastern empire, with
powers almost absolute under the czar
himself and a special committee. The
admiral has become, as a Russian paper
said, the instrument of the will and pur
pose of the czar, and that in the terri
tories where Russia’s movements cause
the greatest uneasiness to the rest of the
world.
It is said that when he first received his
flag Alexeieff had a consuming passion
for “Russian bridge,” and was the best
player on the Pacific station. But he has
no time for bridge today, especially if it is
correct that the czar has telegraphed to
him that “I give you full power to main
tain, if necessary, the prestige of Russia
by force of arms.” We shall hear more
of Admiral Alexeieff if that is true.
The Passing of the Hearth.
Chicago Inter Ocean: An elderly woman
In Wisconsin, who was a young wife in
the young west, is telling in a local news
paper a few of the things that the young
wife of the older west does not have to
do. And in telling of this she recalls
vividly her home as It was sixty years
ago.
There were no wood, coal, or gas ranges
in those days, but there was a fireplace,
with a wide, deep hearth—and a chimney
that would draw, built large enough for
the sweep to pass through.
The fireplace would take a log four or
five feet long and a foot and a half
through. This was piled on andirons and
as there were no matches In those days
one of the greatest anxieties of the care
ful housewife was to prevent the fire from
going out If it did go out she had to go
to one of the neighbors, perhaps a quarter
of a mile away, for a shovelful of live
coals.
One of the signs of neatness In a house
keeper in those old days was the way she
kept the hearth cleaned, using the broom
knd wing, and a few of her many duties
were to dip candles, put down pork and
beef by the barrel, make sausage for the
year, put down lard by the Jar, preserved
fruit by the gallon, apple sauce by the
quantity, boiled cider by the keg; to p:o
vlde dried beef and smoked ham, to srln
all the yarn for the men's clothes, to
weave it into cloth, and to send it to the
flyers to be dyed, fulled, and pressed.
The coming of the cooking stove marked
the beginning of a new epoch in the lives
Df our grandmothers. "Oh,” exclaims this
survivor, “the good cheer the fireplace
brought to the children I No corn was
quite so good as the ears roasted before
tbe fire. No potatoes so good as those
toasted in the ashes in the winter. No
pple equal to frozen apples, boiled; then
We would melt maple sugar and sugar oft
again on the snow.” And she says lu con
clusion:
“With the passing of the fireplace has
passed the word ’fireside’ and the word
‘hearth.’ It was around the fireside we
gathered for family prayer, around the
preside we gathered to read, to chat, to
Visit. Gone with the fireside and the
hearth are most of my dear ones, with
whom I knelt every day.”
The Mad Mullah.
London Chronicle: There Is much
gossip In military circles concerning
the big advance which, It Is announced.
Is shortly to be made against the Mad
Mullah. None of his English pursuers
have ever come Into contact with the
Mullah, or Abdulla Achur, to give him
his proper and much more reasonable
name. He Is neither mad nor savage,
but a man of considerable learning and
very sharp wits. A true Somali, he Is
tall, vigorous and has regular and not
uncomely features. His father was a
shepherd and he himself was brought
up among the herds. But he soon rose
In the world. The first of the four pil
grimages which he has made to Mecca
was accomplished when he was only
20 years of age—he Is now about 35—
and the Sheikh Mahomed Salah, su
preme chief of the mysterious confra
ternity called the Tarlqa Mahadla, was
so much Impressed with him that he ;
kept him by his aide, and In these days
Abdulla Achur Is the favorite pupil of
this powerful religious leader. It Is
said that no other mahdl hae ever re
called Mahomet In the way that this
one has done He excommunicates all
who do not subscribe to his pecultar
tenets with a freedom that comes of
omnipotence only.
THIS JOSEPH SEES
A LEAH YEAR AHEAD
But After I 904 Prophet Ben
ner Predicts Seven Fat
Ones Will Come.
ROOSEVELT TO WIN OUT
And After the Government’s Policy Is
Settled by This Event Business
Will Get Better and Prices
Take Upward Turn.
"CANALS” OF MARS.
Lines on Schiaparelli’s Charts May Bk
Dus to Physiological Influences.
New Yenk Tribune: Although the planet
Mars Is not now well placed for direct
scrutiny, some of the questions excited
by past observations are still provoking
discussion. In the November issue of
"Knowledge," a periodical founded by tha
late Richard Proctor, two astronomers
give reasons for regarding with skepticism
most of the talk about "canals.” One of
the writers is M. Antonladi, an assistant
>f Flammarlon, and the other is E. Wal
ter Maunder, at one time president of tha
British Astronomical association. While
conceding that a limited portion of the
linear markings have an objective reality,
both of these writers give reasons for
thinking that the majority of them, as
charted by Schiaparelli and Lowell, are
not genuine.
For one of the objections now offered the >
astronomers are Indebted to an English
amateur, Mr. Green. He pointed out some
time ago that in drawing the vague boun
dary between two areas of slightly differ
ent color, gray and orange, there was a
tendency to emphasize unduly the con
trast and to make the border darker than
It should be. Following up this hint, M.
Antonladi has examined Schiaparelli's
charts, and finds that the distinguished
Italian has Intensified the shading in a ^
large number of such places. He Is con- >
vinced that fully one-half of the lines •
which have been introduced into the most
reputable drawings of the Martin geog
raphy are the product of physiological in
fluences alone.
Mr. Maunder brings to bear on the sub
ject another class of testimony. Experi
ments have been made with a number of
selected school children. Charts, which
purported to represent the surface of Mars
but which contained no “canals,” were
hung on a wall to be copied. Almost in
variably lines were put into the drawings ,
which had no precfedent in the originals.
Some of these were introduced as borders
to faintly colored and Indistinct tracts,
thus lending partial confirmation to Mr.
Green’s theory. Others were drawn be
tween well defined spots. Finally there
was a general disposition to connect with
straight lines microscopic markings which
had been put into the charts with studied
Irregularity. This last fact derives addi
tional significance when it is learned that
»t least two “canals,” usually represented
»s absolutely continuous, break up into a
eries of dot3 under careful telescopic ob
ervatlon.
S. W. Kent, who Is on the road for ths,
,'udahy Packing company, is home for
he holidays.
Among the Sioux City visitors Satur-,
day were John eWhite, Gena Jphnson,
Hazel Volmer, Patsy Dyer and Will
'3rown.
The Reliable Partridge Cochini.
Those who are Interested In any branch
of poultry culture except that of breed
ing for the show room are familiar only
with a few breeds; If they are after a
JSh
New York special: Benner’s prophe
cies for 1904 have been Issued and the
bulls of Wall street are much cast
down, while the bears are correspond
ingly elated. Mr. Benner thinks that
the prices In all lines of industry are
going to be much lower during the
coming year, but he believes that It
will be the turning point in the bear
movement and will be followed by
twenty years of inflation.
Benner's prophecies have been so
often correct in commercial as well as
political matters that they' are taken
.seriously in the business world.
Samuel Benner Is an Ohio farmer who
tills the soil by day and studies the
2tars by night. For many years he was
a local oracle only. Be told the farm
ers of his neighborhood by star gaz
ing whether or not to plant their po
tatoes in the dark of the moon, when
It would be the best time to shuck corn
jto get the best results, and how best
ito swap a roan horse for a sorrel when
jthe moon was in perigree. By and by
the fame of his predictions spread
through the whole country round and
for twenty years or more they have
been published In pamphlet form every
year. The first copy of the 1904 vol
ume reached Wall street yesterday and
was read with deep Interest by the
[peculators. Mr. Benner’s predictions
for 1904 are as follows:
"I predict that prices for pig Iron,
railroad stock and many commodities
bill be lower in 1904 than In 1903.
"I predict that the republican party
tvill be successful In the election of
November, 1904.
Revival After 1904.
“I predict that after the year 1904
there will be a revival in trade, better
limes and that higher prices will pre
vail until the year 1911.
“The present down cycle in prices
and in general business ends in 1904;
and by reason of protective tariff this
rountry has not had an old-fashioned
period of hard times during the last
three years. Nevertheless, there has
been a stupendous fall in prices and
Shrinkage in values of railroad and in
dustrial securities, with a severe de
cline in iron.
"'Prices for iron, railroad stocks and
many industrial securities will con
tinue to be depressed until the future
policy of this government is settled In
the coming election for president.
Now, while we have had a disastrous
reaction in prices from stocks and in
vestment securities, it is to be reason
ably expected that a further moderate
business reaction Will follow to the
close of this low cycle.
’ Therefore the decline in iron and
steel, curtailment of orders for rail
road materials and manufactured com
modities will continue through the year
1904.
"The year 1905 will be the beginning
of a new up cycle in pig iron and for
a long continued prosperity In general
business, lasting until the next com
mercial revulsion, which will be In
1911.
“The coming opportunities to catch
business and prices at their lowest lim
its of depression will not happen again
for twenty years. It is estimated by
financial experts that the shrinkage
in values In railroad, mining and va
rious industrial securities during the
last two years amount to $4,000,000,000.
It is possible that the loss of this vast
amount of money can be recovered and
a thousand million dollars more of in
flated values added to these securities
during the coming years of prosper
ity.” __
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Capsicum Vaseline
Put Up in Collapsible Tubes.
A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or e*»
«*’ her t>lister. ami will not blister the most delicate
• shin. The pain allaying ami curative qualities of this
'•rticie are woudprful. It will stoc the toothache at
-V. e. «nd relieve bond Ache and sciatica.
W* Ktcommeud it as the best und safest external
* > nJer-irritutif knowu. also as an external remedy for
i;r*-* in the chest und stomach and all rheumatio,
*irulkfiq ami gouty complaints.
A trial will prove what we claim for it. and it will be
und to lot iuvaluubie in the household. Man? people
■> ‘ It is the l>est of all yoor preparations ”
)'n« e 15 cents, at all druggists, or other dealers, or br
turfing this amount to ns in postage stamps, we will
^•ud you a t - be by mail.
article should l>* aoc pted by the public unless the
OttMW* carries our label, as ot herwise it is not genuine.
i :iESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO
17 State Street, New York City.
breed for the carcass market they study
the Plymouth Rock and the Wyandotte;
If a breed laying white eggs In abundance
Is desired then the White Leghorn Is about
the only .fowl they know. As a conse
quence other breeds which fall but little
short of those named In the main re
spects ure overlooked. This is the case
with the Partridge Cochin which. It Is
admitted, If a very different bird today
than ten years ago.for those who are in
terested In it have, by proper matings,
greatly Improved it as a breed. The Il
lustration shows a typical hen and she
will delight the eyes of those who want a
nigh grade table fowl. The Partridge
Cochins will not lay as many eggs as the
White Leghorns but the eggs are larger
md. If well mated, they will keep close
to the 150 a year mark. As table fowls
they are ns good as any breed and be
cause of their large size they fill a de
mand which few other breeds can fill. It
would be a good plan for those who have
i. good market for carcasses to Investi
gate the merits of the Partridge Cochins
for they are Inexpensive to feed and bear
confinement as well or better than other
af the laige breeds.
Pickling Hams and Shoulders.
More or less fresh meat is prepared on
the farm each winter and In many sections
the first of the year Is the time for getting
together the store for the second half
af winter. The smoked hams and bacon
tre good and should be made a part of
the stock for the winter, but a variety Is
obtained by picking a portion of the sup- j
ply. The following recipe has been used
on our farm for many years with entire j
latlBfaction and may be relied upon. On
the basis of 100 pounds of meat use eight
pounds of salt, two and one-half quarts
af New Orleans molasses, one ounce of
taltpelre, two ounces cf soda and enough i
toft water to cover the meat In the barrel.
Mix a portion of the salt with a little St
:he molasses (five pounds of sugar may bo
ased In place of the molasses if desired)
ind rub each piece of meat thoroughly.
3prlnkle the bottom of the barrel with salt
tnd pack In the meat as closely as pos- j
llble. Put what salt and sugar or mo- |
lasses there may be left, after rubbing the
meat as directed, In the water, and, after
Jlssolvlng the soda and saltpetre In hot
water add It to the water and, when the
sntlre mixture Is cold, pour It over the
1 meat. Cover over with a board that will
3t the barrel and weigh It down so that
ill of the meat will be under the brine.
Killing Lice on Cattle.
It Is astonishing to know how many
cattle in the country that are barn fed
luring the winter are troubled with lice, i
and It Is Just as astonishing to realize
that farmers will not apply the ounce of
prevention Instead of asking for the pound
af euro. Two winters ago the writer, lec- [
Ijirlng before farmers’ Institutes, was
iSkod how to remedy this trouble, a dozen
ar more times, and In each and every case
\t was found that the poultry were per
mitted to roost In the barns or at least
had the run of the barns during the day.
There Is no question but that the lice from
the poultry got on to the cows. It Is not
•lalmed, by any means, that all of the lice
that afflict cattle are hen lice, but simply
that In eight cases out of ten they are.
In any case the following remedy will be
found effective. Huy one of the sheep
lips on the market containing carbolic
acid; they are generally sold under the
name of carbolic sheep dip, and take one
part of It to fifty parts of warm water,
stirring until dissolved, then wash the
cattle with this mixture, using a large
sponge. After washing blanket the ani
mal until the hair is dry. One or two ap
plications of this mixture will destroy the
Uce. Then look well to the cracks of the
bam and whitewash the boards thorough
ly, or, better still, spray the walls with a
strong solution of carbolic acid. Next, re
form nnd keep the fowls out of the barn.
Beginning for Early Chicks.
As long as It Is generally conceded that
It Is the early hatched pullet that Is the
profitable egg producer every provision
should be made to obtain a good early
hatched bird and now Is the time to be
gin. The selections for mating should be
made at once from among the birds that
are designed for this purpose and they
should be mated by the middle of Janu
ary so that the eggs can be used for
hatching In February. This is early to
be sure, but If one Is provided with proper
quarters there Is no trouble In raising the
chicks hatched thus early provided they
are turned out on the range as early In
the spring as Is safe. The best results
will be had by taking the mated stock
away entirely from the rest of the flock;
indeed, this is largely essential unless one
has automatic nest boxes so that the eggs
of the several hens can be Identified. Be
fore the writer owned Incubators chicks
were hatched In February in an old shed
which was made warm and cosy with
plenty of old newspapers (I could not af
ford lumber or sheathing paper) tacked
over cracks after they had been stuffed
| with strips of paper. A rough partition
kept the direct draft of air from the chicks
when the door was opened and a board a
foot high set on edge with a strip of
meshed wire above kept them in the small
enclosure Try it for the results will be
not only Interesting but profitable.
Flowers for tne Window.
While a nuinbei of cheap flowering
plants can be successfully raised in the
window of the farm home even by the
novice, the following suggestions are for
the benefit of those who can afford but
little or whose experience in (lower grow
ing makes them fearful of success. Buy a
[ sweet potato In the market, making sure
| that it is so' <d. Take a quart glass fruit
can, fill it with water from which the chill
has been taken, then take two wires and
run through the sweet potato a little above
the middle In in opposite directions, mak
I Ing a wide spread. Then set the long end
I of the potato Into the can of water, al
I lowing the wires to rest on the edge of
the can and hald the tuber in position. Set
the can and hold the tuber in position. Set
freeze the water, apply water when nec- !
essary so that the bottom of the potato
Is at all times In the water, and keep in
the dark until the roots reach the bottom
of the glass can or jar. Then bring It Into
the light of the window and the top will
start quickly, giving you, in a few weeks, I
an exceedingly pretty vine. At the same !
time this sweet potato Is prepared buy a i
package of dwarf Nasturtium seeds and j
plant three or four In a flower pot, keep- j
lng the pots In a warm room and the soil |
In them moist. In a few weeks you will
have nice plants wnlch may be transplant
ed, one or two to a pot, and long before
early spring these plants will bloom
abundantly. Thus at a total expense of
25 cents one may have a pretty display of j
plants to brighten the home. They may be
crude but they are exceedingly attractive.
Growing Feed Next Summer.
Farmers who are feeding a consider
able number of cows and not getting the
results from them they ought can plainly,
see that there Is something wrong in the
method of feeding or In the feed itself,
probably the latter. It Is a good plan to
think out some of these problems this
winter and work on new lines next sum
mer If It Is necessary. For example, do
you realize that If you had alfalfa to feed
you would save the cost of considerable
concentrated food which otherwise Is nec
essary to supply the needed protein in the
ration? Then do you know that If you
would build a silo and feed ensilage you
would also save on the cost of grains andi
obtain more and richer milk? Would It,
not be wise also to raise a small quantity
of wheat so that the bran would not cost,
as much as now? These things and oth
ers which are so closely allied to local or*
individual conditions that one cannot do'
more than generalize on them, ought to,
at least, start farmers to thinking wheth
er they aro working along right lines in'
their farming operations. If you have
plenty of leisure for reading this wdnter,
and most farmers do, study this depart-,
ment und all other practical farm litera-.
turo you can get closely and see If
changes cannot be made on your farm
which will give better results for no
additional expense or labor.
Why Green Food Is Necessary.
Some who raise poultry object to "mak
ing such a fuss about their food,” hence
will not give them green food. The best
way to test the value of green food Is to
take two lots of laying hens, feeding one
lot green food with the grain several
times a week and the other lot one-third
moro grain without the green food. The
result will be that the first lot of hens
will lay the greatest number of eggs.
There Is no particular food value or egg
making value In the green food, but It
has a decided action on the digestive or
gans which Is beneficial. The hens that
are fed grain wholly cannot and do not
give the best return In eggs. As stated
before In this department It makes little
difference what the green food is, pro
vided the hens like It, if It Is fed with
somo changes (raw at times and cooked
other days) and In some variety. Every
farmer who grows potatoes ha3 enough
very small tubers to keep a large flock
of hens In good laying condition all win
ter and fed In this way they will give
better returns than when fed to swine.
Plan for Storing Seeds.
It Is assumed that none of the readers
of this department is careless enough to
take his seed corn from the bottom of
the crib in the spring, but that some place
is provided for saving the selected ears.
The writer 13 not In favor with the plan
of keeping seed corn, or other seeds, .
where it is perfectly dry. All seeds to do
well should be where they may absorb a
certain amount of moisture, for when In
this condition It means quick germination
after planting. It Is true that It requires
somo skill not to overdo this moisture,
but the following plan works well: Have
a place that Is dry and cool, but free
from frost: store the various seeds so that
vermin cannot get at these and keep in
the room a small vesel containing water,
whlck will slowly evaporate and supply
the needed moisture In the air for the ben
efit of the seeds. Should some seeds be
found absorbing more moisture than Is
necessary to their proper preservation
wrap an extra paper around such pack
ages. It will be found by this plan that
the seeds will be in much better shape i
for sowing in the spring than If kept in
a room where they dry too much.
Improving Home Grounds.
V.'hile the Illustrated design may seem
too elaborate for application to farm
home grounds, and they will apply quite
as well to town or small city plots, it Is
not expensive, for the main Item is that
of labor. One’s home may not be so
pretentious as that shown In the plan,
but that will not Interfere with the ap
plication of the design. It will be noticed
that two things in the design are prom
inent—the preservation of a large ex
panse of lawn and the grouping of the
shrubbery in masses instead of dotting
individual shrubs here and there over the
lawn. Then the drives are in simple
curves by which the symmetry of the
plan is preserved. The back yard or the
farm proper if it extends back from the
j rear of the house is shut off from the road
I view by a line of shrubbery at one side
; on a line with the rear of the house and
on the other side from a little back of
the mlddl8 of the house. At the joining
of the drives (which are also the walks)
is made a bed for flowering plants, other
places for such plants being provided at
the corners of the veranda. The whole
plan is simple, but very harmonious and
artistic and may be readily carried out
from the design shown.
CARE OF PAVEMENTS.
Heavy Loads on Narrow Tires Destruc
tive to Streets.
Asphalt Journal: Properly cared for,
a good pavement should last for many
years, and the real economy In work of
this character Is to build nothing but
good, substantial pavements at the
start, and then .see to it that they are
protected from abuse and misuse. It is
becoming generally recognized that the
most attractive and satisfactory pave
ment for all ordinary pu: poses is the
modern, up-to-date asphalt pavement,
some of which has already been laid in
this vicinity, with the prospect that an
other considerable stretch of it will be
completed during the present season.
The old theory that asphalt is not well
ndap'ted for standing the wear and tear
of heavy teams is gradually being dis
carded, and the claim is now accepted
jthat a good asphalt pavement, laid on a
(substantial foundation, will stand fully
(is much strain as any other kind of
pavement, provided care is taken to in
j’ist on wide tires for heavy loads. It
Is in accordance with thl3 theory that
he city of Chicago is planning to pave
ill of its downtown streets with as
ihalt, which is far more noiseless than
n ick, block or cobblestone.
It is a fact that js well understood,
Jiowever, that the use of narrow tires
for heavy loads is terribly destructive
to any kind of street pavement, no less
than to the maintenance of good coun
try roads, and there is a gen
eral tendency to require by law that all
wagons and other vehicles used in
transporting heavy loads shall be
equipped with tires of specified width.
A list of the leading cities of the coun
try shows that most of them have or
rlinanees which require a minimum of
ane- inch to the ton for actual loads,
while in many of them the specified
width of tires is still greater. With
the growing use of asphalt pavements,
however, there is a general tendency
io require all wagons that are used to
ronvey ordinary loads to have tires not
less than three inches in width, while
;n the cases of extra heavy loads the
tires must be still wider. In this city
there is an ordinance which requires
tires three inches in width for all loads
»f 3.000 pounds or over, but this should
be supplemented by a further require
ment that extra heavy loads, such as
?oal, stone, machinery, etc., should
cave tires four or tive inches wide, ac
cording to the particular needs.
A Divided House.
Life: “No; they didn’t get along
eery well together; though she regrets
how, now that he is gone.”
"What seemed to be the trouble?”
“Creed difference; she believed in the
beauty of holiness; he, in the holiness
of beauty.”
Completely iicstored.
Mrs. P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzel,
itock dealer, residence 3111 Grand
Ave., Everett, Wash., says: “For fif
teen years I suffered
with terrible pain in
my hack. I did not
know what it was to
enjoy a night’s rest
and arose in the
morning feeling tired
and unrefreshed. My
suffering sometimes
Was simply indescrib
able. When I finish
ed flie first box of
Doan's Kidney Pills I
felt like a different i
woman. I continued
until I had taken five
boxes. Doan's Kidney
Pills act very effec
tively, very promptly, relieve the ach
ing pains and all other annoying diffi
culties.”
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
for sale by all druggists. Price 50
tents per box.
Fair Exchange Mo Robbery.
Puck: Mrs Sheep—Good morning, Mrs.
Hen. I Just came over to see If I could
borrow a couple of eggs? t
Mrs. Hen—Why, certainly—If you can ..^^4
lend me two or three mutton chops in ex- ^
change.
Beware of Olutin ntt for Catarrh that
lontaiii jVercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces. i
Buell articles should ne®r he used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is tenfold to the good you .
can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tole
do. O., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s
Catarrh Cure he sure you get the genuine. It Is
taken Internallv, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A friend of Nat Goodwlnn once took 1
him to a 50-cent table d'hote. At each
course he kept saying:
"Now, Nat, Isn’t this a fine dlnnerT
Isn’t It excellent? Did you ever eat a
better dinner in your life for 50 cents?’’
Nat was silent, until at the end of
the seventh course his friend repeated
his formula. Then he said enthusias
tically:
“Yes, It's a splendid dinner. A splen
did dinner. Let’s have another.”
10,000 Plants for lGe.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalogue, together with enough seed
to grow
1.000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2.000 delicious Carrots,
2,000 blanching, nutty Celery,
2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1.000 splendid Onions,
1,000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds—■
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
firoviding you will return this notice, and
f you will send them 20c in postage, they
will add to the above a package of th®
famous Berliuer Cauliflower. (C. N. U.) ' '
* F.e Knew Wall Street.
Baltimore American: The Sunday School
Teacher—Why did the bears eat up the
Eauey children Instead of Elisha?
J. Pierpont -Morgan Rockefeller Sag®
Green Smith—They were afraid of undi
gested prophets.
FARMS IN EDMUNDS* COUNTY,
SOUTH DAKOTA, FOR SALE on long
time payments. Interest 6 per cent. No
cash required front settlers who will
Improve the l&nd. Your terms ar^L
mine. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St-^B
Paul R. R. brings you here. ’
MARCUS P. BEEBE.
IPSWICH. EDMUNDS COUNTY, S. D.
Dr. S. M. Brlckner. president of th®
oclety of the Genesee, tells a story of
•liver Herford, who was summoned by
number of his friends In a drawing
oom In London, when another friend
pproached him and said:
"I see, Mr. Herford, you are TVr
rounded by your coterie.”
“Yes,” responded Mr. Herford; "by
ny coterie, and my vestry and pautry
is welL’’
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