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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT December 23, 1897 OSS Ifhe shoals' Kogaga la Dairying. There It a great deal of reck lew and stravagant advice (Iran In regard to tbe advantage! of dairying over other phase of agricultural production, ays writer In Southern Farm Gazette, While good profit are being made by man? dairymen It remain a fact that ft great deal of the dairying practiced doe not pay m well as some other Ilnee of work might Where a man live near a good market and posses ses the ability to properly manage a dairy we know of no business that of ten more pleasant or profitable work; but few men are fitted for dairy work and not many women are likely to1 fancy the drudgery and attention re tulred to operate a dairy successfully, The man who engage In the dairy business and eipecta to mak a living out of It without work 1 almost cer tain to be dlNeppolnted. With good facilities, careful and constant atten tion and a special fit new for the busl ne a fair profit may be expected. On the other hand while tome are aure to make a success of It under the moat Adverse condition other will a cer tainly fall under the moat favorable circumstances, Where dairying can b Bade moat profitable and where It should be most encouraged la on the farm where mixed farming I prac ticed, A few cow can be made to pay bandaomoly on any ordinary farm and beside will afford on of the rarest but grealeat luxurlea, good milk and butter for family use, Core alius V Cora Fodder. Director K, D, Voorhee of the New Jersey eiperlment station baa mad oareful, comparative teat of corn all age and field dried corn fodder for milk and butter production, with following results: 1. That the coat of harvesting, stor ing and preparing the dry matter con tained In corn was greater In the form of silage than In the form of dried fod der. 2. That the change that occur In tb composition of llage were not ucb as to decreaaa It feeding valu to a greater degree than those which occur to the proces of dry curing corn fodder. t. That for milk and butter produc tion the feeding valu of the dry mat ter of the silage was greater than that of the dried fodder corn. The yield of Bilk was 12.1 per cent greater, and the yield of butter fat 10.4 per cent greater. 4. At one cent per pound for the milk produced, the value of the corn crop was near f 10 per acre greater when fed to the form of silage rather than In the form of dry fodder. Tbl test was from a field of fif teen acre that yielded only 11.25 tons of allage to tb acre. From tbl It will be seen that when one has ten acres of a fair growth of corn (112.6 ton), It would pay for a hundred dollar alio the first year, to ensile It Instead of feeding it dry. Sometime a little fig ttrlng on correct data reveal some bad "sink bole" In one' farming opera tion. Lime Water fur sooar la Snoop. A w are all having more or leu trouble with our sheep and lamb be ing off condition and generally scour log, In many cases going 10 far a to cause the loss of half the lamb crop in thl county, and a my experience may be of some benefit to some brother heepman, I tbougbt I would send It to you, write V. Dement In American Sheep Breeder. After trying all the old remedlea used before with aucceaa, and atlll the trouble Increasing and lamb dying, I finally thought of try ing Urn water. Knowing that to be a great agent for purifying; the stom ach at times when every other tried remedy had failed, I began using lime, air slacked (rock lime Just aa well or better). Put otie quart of lime In trough and pump on say fifty gallons water, theu let settle and water sheep off the top; a the strength decrease fill up with new lime. The sheep, scouring, were feverish and drank heartily ; therefore the remedy went where needed most. The effect was magical; all began Improving at once; the offensive smell disappeared, and only lust one weak lamb after using lime. All are eating fin and appear to be gaining. I don't know what ef fect Ume would have on Intestinal worms, It any, but I dn know how It 'worked with the aruure, There baa been quite a loss of lamb In this coun ty, la eouie rase (0 per rent dying. Or us too washy, hot days, wet night, reusing coUU. worm snJ goneret weakening of hrp. Mlaat ( kttt. The fortieth annual nieoiiug i the etw-lety will b aM In MoUrly, Mo.. iWewUr 1, 1 a4 I, bT, la the court haues. 1'Mopevta Hilat to our usual good nieoilug here, h4 we U lit urge all our earn! fruit grastr to arrange for the si(iag aM bo iter, gkiaue tt the bt tu ! Ike stale will tltoal, 4 It l l tselr eiporloare- ltttHHi will tt alt OH all truli M Bowers, sa l we urge yv 10 sat ! eplnio f appU ttf that dtUy. lUUnxU sat frul4 t.t ratea. proiMtag as .. r4 but J tfU. , tt Is ajwari that t s. ura mu ai ww NT r titkt4 H l will " '' " rr . ftttiae fcrwle ffH gnt tk state wl be frt. A ih praw grass w a sre(.ratta, a ya . t4 W st thl Meettag. I A. lfe4u, eWrwtarr, 8 Millinery fi ..Economy s V j Astonishingly low prices rj J I to reduce our n t stock. ' V j fraM S3 Hats. C A k uenyer milliner, W, WILLIAMS, Mgr. H 1221 OSt Lincoln. ALL OF A FOREST MONARCH. tawlag Down a Ulant I'lne Tree la the Minnesota Woods, I bad my, eye on a grand old pine standing a little way from any of hi follow, a monarch in the forest, It must have boon a hundred and forty feet, perhaps more, from tbe topmost point in It glossy green coronal down to tbe dead goldenrod In the snow at Its base. It was about three feet In diameter at the ground, ao Jail, so strong, ao straight, a noble tree In tend, in very truth a king of tbe fur eat. It wua the result of tbe life which dwelt in the tiny black, winged toed which wua lost to view more than s century and a half before. While I wua admiring the splendid propor tions of tbe tree three men came to ward me. One was a bright-eyed fel low, short of stature and swarthy of ikln, looking like one of the Chippewa Indians whose home this foreat had been nobody knowa how many centu los. He looked the tree over sharply, topping to this aide and to that, eyed 't critically from various points of view, ar1 then with a small, sharp II cut a een gush in the trunk about t foot above the top of tbe dead gold Mi rod in the snow. He was an under sutter, a man whose business It Is to jut Into the tree on the side on which It should fall, ao that It may not be broken In the fall, or lodge In the srotch of another tree. The cut on tbe tide of the tree la the guide for the sawyer. The other men, bearing a big saw, began cutting down the pine, sawing steadily and powerfully through the fragrant yellowish-white trunk. Now and then the undercutter would step up to them to see bow tbey were progressing. When their taw had passed the heart of the pine h placed a small bright steel wedge In tbe path of the saw and drove It In. "Look out there, now I" came the call of tbe undercutter aa be looked to my direction. I made a quick scram ble through the deep anow, nearly tumbling over a bidden log, and grab bing my camera as I went. I bad no intention of staying to the Immediate vicinity, for I bad seen trees like this fall before, and I knew it was a risky thing to stand hard by. The best di- ected tree will sometimes veer a tit le In Its fall, and woe to the one who Hands below It. Many an experienced woodman has been killed in Just such t place; many a one has been caught ind pinioned, perhaps to escape with nly broken legs or ribs. In a second more the noble pine came crashing lown through the branches of the other trees, falling upon the frozen farth with a noise which drowned all '.be other nolsos of the forest a roar which echoed and re-echoed through '.he long, dim aisles of the forest like the booming of some mighty cannon !'. W. 8. Harwood In St. Nicholas. MIm Tonnant Had Chang-ad. The pretty story is told how Henry VI. Stanley wooed and won Miss Dor othy Tenuant. Mis Teunant was tbe rlglnal of Sir John Mlllals' famons ilcture, "Yes or No?" It seems that Stanley hud asked the question and Jie reply was "No." The great ex tlorer went to Africa again, and after teveral years returned to London to Ind himself the moat talked-of man of 'be day. The thought of Mlsa Tennant was still uppermost In hla mind. When j le met her at a retention h maile I lonversatlon by asking biro: "lHi you Ind Ixmdon much changed, Mr. Stan ey?" '"No, 1 haven't found lx4on thanged, and I'm not changed, either," eturned the eiplorer, with his usual ntrepldlty; "have ou?" "Yes. I've thanged," answered Mis Tennant, My. A few days later Mlllals received t note from his former subject, be (Inning: ".My I War Mr John -The no nrutous question has been at last de Ided It I a Joyful and triumphant Yee!'" I lUf.Koto QaMltoa. Flow 1'utk; Murray llltl "tta your 1th unci Ned baa elgntflrd a dealr to a uu -!' probably about to wake tie will - bat are to going to cay to ilt?' t'tatral rtke"iift. I'm all at ia ,!.out II t in afraid that tf 1 Ul hint at doing wolt be wll av ble money more aoedy rUllea; and I Ja t ell bits) I w dolug tit, fur fwar be wilt ate It lu eutae more worthy tela lsM Ikt lt4ol fcowtdt ' J 'u.a MmV. la k..w Hum,' '"tt iK t.F I iuimIii aatot h-t.t a Mil ewa tki eV4 tow qua- to Mum te iottr. Mh )4 M-M 4fc 4 'M W Ilk vyhl f t My a4 f KK tUt II ! 'J !( A4 ti, "tan H Ml'l," iy Casearel sttiastot lees, ll-laey a4 heweMiMH ateWevbasfviyxlO Moro About the San Jose Seal. Bulletin 86, Alabama Experiment Station: In the Inspection of various nurseries made to Alabama this spring several fact of Interest regarding thl peat were noted. In nuraerlea whr all stock was kept moving every three year, there were no case of evident infestation among the nursery trees. Although on some of these places ap ple trees In old orchards and the old wood of pear grafting stock over five years of age, bore the San Jose scale, 1 was told by experienced nurserymen that it would be entirely practicable to move also all blocks of grafting stock every three years. On tbe ptoses above mentioned this plan will be fol lowed, and the orchards removed en tire, All of which will practically pre elude the possibility of the San Jose or any other scale gaining a foothold to these nurseries. Acting on my ad vice all the nurserymen visited (and most of the larger nurseries to tbe state were Inspected) have undertaken thorough methods of fumigation. Thus, while the first move will protect the nurserymen the fumigating will still further protect purchasers of stock. Food Plants Other Than Fruit Trees. The question Is often asked as to what trees other than the fruit trees, tbe San Jose scale will attack. Web ter, in Oblo, has found It on Bass- wood or Linden, Sumac, Elm, Walnut, Willow, several Poplars, Catalpa, Chestnut, Osage, Orange and Snowball A specimen of Cotoneaster, coming from a Long Island nursery and sent to Webster for examination, was rouna to be very badly Infested. Varieties of Fruits Possessing Im munity. Inquiries have frequently come to me as to whether there were any varieties of the various fruits pos sessing Immunity from the attack of tbl pest, I have beard of but one, and that was reported by Webster. He says; "The Early Richmond Cherry I believe to be exempt from attack, as I bave found trees whose branches in terlocked with those of a pear that bad been killed by tbe scale, yet the cherry was unlnfested; and to two cases that came under my observation, where this variety of cherry had been grafted upon mahaleb stock, and shoots bad sprung up from below the graft, the hoots were badly infested with scale, while none at all could be found on the trees themselves. Long lilaod t'ranbarrla. The cranberry grower of tbe east ern end of Long Island are now bar- vesting the crop of 1897, which prom ises to be an unusually large one. Tbe berries are also very fine, being large and sound and bave an excellent flavor. This section of the Island haa quite a number of marshes, moat all of them being under constant cultivation and growing large quantities of berries. Long Island cranberries alwaya find a ready market and at a good figure. The price paid thla year will undoubtedly be at least $3 per bushel. A cranberry marsh needs little or no fertilizer, the moat essential point being to see that the marsh Is flooded with water at the right time and drawn off with equal precision. In consequence of this there Is very little labor and less still of capital needed in conducting a cran berry marsh after the ground Is pre pared, the plants set out, and the marsh Is in growing condition. This, of couse, Is expected during the harvest ing period, when for the space of six weeks or two months the owner Is busy looking after his crop. The largest cranberry grower on the Island Is Syl vester N. Woodhull of Rlverhead. About twelve years ago he prepared twenty-five acres of seemingly value less low land as a cranberry field and It now yields aa great a profit aa any equal acreage In Suffolk county. Thla year Mr. Woodhull will spend about 12,000 In harvesting his crop, while as a return he will secure upward of 9, 0O0. Long Islander. Valaa of UimxI frail. Ripe apple are especially healthy and children may eat them without danger, Home doctors say that an ap ple at bedtime produce sleep, says Central Stales Fruit Grower. I'ear are more savory than apple, but not so healthy, unleea cooked. Prunes have medical qualities which cannot be denied. They are better cooked however. Apricots are also more healthy cooked than raw. Peat he are very healthy, The most healthy of all fruit, however, are graphs. Con aumption baa been cured by grapes when every other remedy baa tailed, fberrlea may bo eaten, aa they fre quently rvelor health and strength lo Ih weak, Hirawhmlo, though a cold fruit, bat a virtu of beating rbeuma Htm. Uovweberrlee auj rurraut are Ut nmkrd. I'lge are alt MielUnt, They wre to great fat or with aarioat ltittn ladlra. wh.i alaay at ikeat lft break ft. I'taaipp at said la bo Ih Imk Cltl for d)ilw.4 y kttusn, Nuts of U kind are Udl I 'Hid. Ores ars la ui;at a a r fol dMtl'el- Uwe trd u rkwifula and pivloag t, liwat JUftnlni Prvfv.r I.. It luilr ) "It l tlU thai u' (IttOml UP frU rtu kas praf. treat of t4 Uatloa, aa4 111 V tb blna l ittwiag gere. .Ut U daletwtna what lhe powal. grille ars," ! think Ikat la II n ,l e4 srsotat m M taJ a trite ai of bl rullurs arJ a4 KMMopotttaa van!!, 1 kH t4 tf 4rt o lkf OLD VIOLINS. A OarpoaUf Faaaloat for Oollaotlsg Thorn He Was tbo Floaoer. It was about the beginning of the present century that the craze for the possesion of the works of tbe old Ital ian masters set In, and England and France vied to tbe ardor of the strug gle to obtain them, says Household Words. At that time many of the famous Cremonese instrument, and those ttlonglng to other tallan schools bad passed Into na"lect and oblivion, numbers of them being scattered about among Italian villages, in tbe bands of ignorant people, unconeeous of their beauty and worth and Incapable of ade quately appreciating them. It was Louis Tarislo who acted as pioneer in thl matter. Bom of bumble parents, wholly unconnected with the art of music, be adopted the trade of carpen ter, and In bis leisure time learned to play a violin. He possessed no partica lar musical talent, but became interest' ed In tbe construction of hi instru ment, so that the playing of it became at length quite a secondary matter with him. A passion for the collect Ing of violins was aroused in him, and giving up fals former employment, he traveled far and wide In search of lost Cremona. Wandering about from vil lage to village throughout Italy to the guise of a peddler, exchanging new fiddles for old, be became possessed of treasures of the greatest value. , He then mode bis way to Paris, and sold them to the best-known dealers In violins at that city. His whole life af terward was spent In this fashion, and be amassed considerable wealth. He came to love bis violins, however, for their own sake, apart from the riches they brought him, and wan often loath to part with them. He was eccentric and solitary in bis habits, and at last died alone In wretohed lodgings to Mi lan, surrounded by numerous and priceless specimens of the instruments he bad loved and lived for. Through his enthusiasm and that of others who followed In his wake, England and France, during the present century. have become possessed of some of the finest masterpiece of the old Italian schools, On Way of lining It. r!lawV Country traveling in tbe park. Au Eiporlonned Agent, House Agent RiiNh around to 120 Bank street, quick, and get last month's rent. Book-keeper What's up? Afrent As I passed there this morn ing, I heard a baby. There won't be any spare cosh around that house for six weeks at least. I've had 'em my self. Kranlvo. George Did you sell your horse for 1 much as you paid when you bought him? John Well er 1 sold him for as much as he was worth when I bought him. He We seem quite destange tula evening. I)o you notk-o the comment we are creating? She Yes, but I think it's the ticket on your cout-tail that does it. Out of tli I'au. Beu Captain Yes, I want a boy, but I think you look like a runaway. Now ain't ye? Didn't you run away from home? Boy Ye-ye-y-e-s, but I couldn't help it They wuh goln' to send uie to a dentlxt to have six teeth filled. "They was, was tbey? Well, I'd run off, too. 1 don't believe to flllln' teeth." "N-o, sir, I don't either." "Of eounie not. You come on board with nie, and if anything'a wrong with your teeth, th' earpeiiter cau take 'en out with a monkey-wrench." Boy went home. Mak a III lWree. J ink I hear that a hotel waiter was dlsehargtHl the other day for de manding a tip. Minks (Jet out. "True as presetting. He didn't aak for it either, merely acted aa If he wauled one," "JkMi't believe It" "it'aau. He wa new to the place, and didn't know that the man ho was waiting 011 wa the proprietor," ... h 1 HAVE FOR SALE K LOT OF PIGS I kvtk , l tt4, VI Ilk 4 I . B, ! I wl aJw . k a . WMH Sr4 M Mnli" MJt k tkm ko. 1 ! XSnw faai aa KliHta 1- Ut.SUTOWlUMcb. . tiO II 'r.if-J ' . ra ait 1 riiirri i n n -7 1 PO 0- 1 RUDGE& MORRIS CO 1118-1126 N St., Lincoln, Neb. The Christmas Climax has been reached. We lead the van. Our stocks are the largest, newest and most var ied of any in the west. Our qualities are above reproach and our prices cannot be touched When in the Capital city do not fail to visit this store. In fact, a saunter through the Rudge & Morris House Furnish ing Emporium is alone worth a trip to the city. Plated Spoons $1 17 C buy a set of triple IV plated ltogers' Chev alier lesspoons. buys m set of triple plated Rogers' Chev alier Tablespoon. $350 tf f A C buys a aet of section- sA.tsV a! I triple olated tinned teaspoons, buys a aet of section al triple plated tip ped Tablespoona. $250 Plated Knives $300 buys a set of William Rogers' triple plated Knives ana Fork. 04 CA buy a set of Roger Bros.' 1847 triple p'd Kaivee and Fork, tf C AA buys a set of Antique I? J.UU Ivory Handle Knives and Forks, tf Q A A buys a set of Fancy ipO.UU Antique Ivory Han dle Knives and Forks Chairs fi A C A buys a set of cane ftpXvU seat, brace arm, oak chairs. tf C A A buys a set of extra ftpU.UU heavy cane seat brace arm Oak chair. tf A AA buy a set of leather If v.vv cobbler seat, brace arm Oak chairs, tf 1 O A A hi?" fancy quar P 1 fi.UU tered Oak back, can seat set cbair. Rockers . A AT buys a full size, solid vvv Oak, cane seat, ladies' ' v Rocker. tf I I C buys A large, heavy If 1 . 1 V Oak, cane sea toadies' liocker. tff fiCbuy a solid Oak If l.VV leather cobbler seat, arm Rocker, tf 0 1 R buy BD tra heavy tfao.AWUak, cobbler - Arm Rocker. Thl Mill 1 made to adver tlw our high grade of work, and is old t about cost. OeLOACH mill manufacturing CO. TEACHERS WANTED ! UNION TKAt'll Kits' AGKNCIKH OF AMKHIOA. KEV. U V. MASS, Pitubarg, Paw Toroalo, C r.a OrlB. ,a. I'al.. Iklcaaa, 1IIH St. LuuU, Ma.. a4 Itr. lo urada. Tk'arUaal(irBiUoatfcIM lM.lu.rt I nr art tl tk U. S. a4 I ), M o.r M ft rant ul Ikuw ahu twmin h,tt Mr4tiUua. OmM riKra wfflaM, A4Ur all altatloa la fla-Warc,ra ANDY CUntCOIISTIPATIOII ;tl.v"r .1..-. .1. Jf) M SO tw''iv:Ut 'fTl- '"JaT" moiuuiT coiRi.rrEKo ir.rz.r.r t rir.! t4. Ttsilw ktaist TURKISH f tMALC TONIC, A fc.HSU.ty t Weak Wtts, ISwaitvii it, it tm4f 1. mat ktaMi ,.f biiM ttwwlw U ml wl 4 iaMaMSwu ! Ikuil tka fvMniiio y4i, 1"mi hit k . Si .!' lwtu tat ttteriNf H Dinner Sets 4 C A boy a 73-piece deco kla.uU rated semi-porcelain dinner set. tf CA buys a 100-piecedeo-If V.W v orated semi-porcelain dinner set. 01 tLli buyaatlO 100-piece 7I.Vv aemi-porcelain dim mi, decorated. tf Ola AA bnys a 100-piece Q6)V) Havlland & Co. dinner set. Knives 25c CA buys a good two-blade boys' knife, buys a three-blade pearl handle knile, buys a warranted three blade knife, buys a 3 blade, pari bdl warranted knife. d Razors tf 1 fx A boy a genuine Star f Ifl.UVI Hafety Razor. 14 tf Q RA buys a genuine Htar i: WU VV safety razor with 2 or blades leather case. $150 buys a genuine Hwed ish razor, warranted. $2.00 S.."" best razor Skates e 40c buys a solid steel pair skates, worth 60c. C A buy a pr Klipper Klub OUC Hkates, blued top. i tf I buy a pair nickle plated fVlfl club skates. il tf 1 It A buy pair of bard J 91.IUned steel nickle pltd f. skates. d Sleds - - - V ..... buy tbe boy a led with steel shoes, buys a good strong sled, large size. ipso il I7C buys a coaster with spring teel runners. p $1.50 buys the best Iron sled in tbe market. DeLiOflCH VAKIABLK FKED SAW MIU.8, PLANHKS and KHINGLK MACHINES, BNGINUHand BOILHR9, CORN, FEED, and FLOUR MILLS, WATKR WHKKLfl. BALI NO PRKSHKS, CORN SIIELLERH, PKA HULLBRS, BIIAFTINO, PULI.KY8 and MILL GEARINO. SAW REPAIRINO A KPKCIALTV. Sa-PRICKS LOW. LasgkCataloodb Pass, ATUNT4, 6E0R6IA. U. t A, r.uun (in, 1 wuhlnftn m., n. V. tiM OlftM, II I S. I Ilk SI., HI !M.U. Ma. D. I4 Maaagar. N Yark. K. V.. WutltXoi. t G . r.. Sinn tk arkuol Iwn. eaa hf PMlfnatloa. CATHARTIC ALL DDUfifiLtTt tfc.tfcM.w, Bt.L.:,M,tMk7 TlI TURKISH TANSY N PENNYROYAL fILLS mm iwifaa w i-. .. iwia, tla M4Mk) swaaMacv, a 4 1 tnaa. , t sntiai User vvt(tars