1 m V FARM AND HOME. )W TO CULTIVATE AND CROW POTATOES. Newly t'lrarvl LauU I Cood Draiu( Poultry Whiter Quarter fr jk Hugs F.triu Kote and M Home Hint. J How to Colli vte and irow Potatoes. As potato crop are almost a profit able a crop as the farmer can raise, it is well to take some extra work in the preparation of the soil au;l ia the cul tivation of the crop, and I believe a great deal more than is generally taken even by those who make grow- ' potatoes a specialty. Successful ing of potatoes depends upon conditions, viz: T'od soil, : 1 d" and thorough cultivation. ThU also true of ra si crops. Th;. soil should be and must bs rich in plant foods, and also in vegetable matter. A firm, rich piece of land, on which t i. .. i , i i t...y in w m t good and far better tlian a dry, light f9 lnam rr fi!inlr nil V. w 7-i'ln r.fl land is good. Old land, long culti vated, very seldom produces good result, and the labor expan lel in cultivation is far greater. Tha ground should b2 broken ai daep as the soil or bottom lands, eirrht ineiin cep at least. Harrow and pulverize it thoroughly, and if it has been prs vifihsly manured, let the manure ba worked into the soil. I think the manure should be hauled on the ground before it is plowed, and then it is better mixed with the soil. Mark off the rows three feet apart, ab ut four inches deep with a shovel plow, and if the ground is rightly p.-eparsd le soil will partly fall back in the 'urrow, and will make a good saJ ad, on which to plant the seed. Now re are ready to plant, says the Prac- ical Farmer. Don't plant what you can't eat A potato too small to eat js ' oo small to plant. Select nice. '.mooth, sound potatoes; cut them two ves in a piece; plant them from i-i to inches a art, one piece in each place; cover hem the depth of the fur row or more; a little elevation keeps the soil from getting hard. Next be gin'kthe cultivation, which should be donAls soon as the plants are up. (Jo oejf them with a smoothing harrow. it'Cestroys the weeds that have started better than a cultivator, and the is easier done. Use the harrow gain in a week or oftencr, if V weeds start. When the potato plants are four incites high, use a cul tivator or double shovel plow. Don't throw more dirt to the row than is necessary to cover up the wee Is. Af ter this cultivation, give them, if pos sible, a good hoeing; then in a week or ten days cultivate them again, but L don't plow quite so close to the rows. If the season is dry, leave the ground as level as possible when you have laid them by; but if it promises to ba a wet season, take a small turning plow and ridge up the vines; they are easier to harvest from a ridge, as the ground is not so hard. There are no grain crops, the yield of wh'uh can be so greatly increased by high and thor ough cultivation and manuring, or which will yield a greater return for fertilizers than the potato Cultivate often, cultivate well, cultivate deep itween the rows and shallow around hills. Every one knows how to g potatoes. Of course a digger is vest, but if you have none, a plow can be run on each side of the row, and Len the potatoes can easily be forked out Dressing Poultry. As this is the season when our neighbors are preparing their poultry for the trade, and like to be convers ant with all the new methods of procedure, we give them one style of dressing which for cleanliness and rapidity we have never seen equaled: To dress a fowl with the least trouble hang it up by the feet so that it will "drop to a convenient heitrht, and at tach a wire hook to the under beak of the fowl, to which hang a brick. Sever the jugular vein with a sharp knife and pro eeel to pick, holding the ")n5 with one hand while j'Oil pick h the ottier. vorn qmciuy. uai fctof the feathers oi" the breast side with three or four pulls, and other hand hiinjre the wings to the jield across the breast of the fowl, and ... 11.. w,-.- t t, Wltil a lew jniiis cu iiiusij ui tuc feathers off the back. Urasp one wing at a time and pull out the long feathers at a stroke. Then finish picking entirely before taking down. When dune, chop off the head, take a sharp knita and cut through the akin around the vent, being careful not to tear the in testine, full gently and as the in testine comes out insert the forefinger Ind bring out the intestines rapidly ; do not break them. Uet them out the gizzard and break off there by Smb and forefinger and your fowl is read;" for market. If you wish to ' make ready to cook, the hole must be slightly enlarged and the gizzard pulled out, cut open and the inner Jining removed with all food, gravel, itc A slit must be made in the breast 'siad the crop removed, which should I be empty when the fowl is killed. ?ome people remove the lungs. It is fWt necessary. The heart should be removed and washed as some clotted blood is usually arou nd it The oper ation of preparing a fowl for market can sometimes lie done by an expert ia three minutes. Midland Foultry Journal. ' Winter Quartern for Hugs. Vsfeveral years ago a writer for the Veders Gazette put up quite an ex- . 'J , , -i i ; irvKive nog nouse, pianneu accoruing 'to his best ideas at the time. The rooms where the hogs slept were not ,; large and had a plank floor raised from the ground. Wishing to tost the ,t-v building he kept one lot of hogs V ' : ni-f. nn rtt it. anA r,ilt an tt Mai lnmber in a cljeap structure rrl$ a ifV-dlri floor not far away. He had1 ex- aL4 to iiaw a dBtroa f tcreral dollars la frr ml ktpia fcae baaca of hog in tke large keaae, vat bo a is surprika those outside Aid rather the best. He says: Oar aanW f hogs increasing, we have for so in winters past been obliged to seek temporary quarters for the overplus Each win ter we have kept hogs ia a lot in which was a movable square pen made of common lumber, the sides eight feet in length aud ab nt five feet in height, with a board roof. These hogs slept on the ground and were given a rea sonable amount of 6traw bedd'iDg. Tbey came out into the snow to eat out of a trough in the open air. An imals kept in this way have uniformly done well both in healthfulness and gain for food consumed. The arrangement that has suited me best is the result of an accident Owing to the overplus ve were obliged to make use of a lean-to about fifty feet in length and fifteen feet in width, having a dirt floor. From this shed the hogs passed by gates to a feeding floor in the main barn where troughs were arranged for economical feeding. The hogi wera kept in the lean-to-except at feeding time. This was di vided into two parts by a partition and each part further divided iuto two parts by a plank si or eight inches iu width set edgeways. In one of the apartments straw was placed for the hogs to sleep on, and the other was where the droppings accumulated. The ceiling was about nine feet in height Ha.?h week the droppings were carefully cleaned out; this done the old bedding was all thrown over into the space where the droppings accumulate and fresh bedding sup plied. The lean-to is double boarded with building paper between so that there are no draughts. Windows high up are kept open, sometimes only one or two, usually most of them, all win ter long. Now our expensive hog house never proved entirely satisfactory for often animals are ailing, the most common trouble being in dragging of the hind quarters. In our outside cheap sheds aud in the lean-tD described the ani mals have at all times done remarka bly well, there being a surprisingly small amount of ailments and each animal showing thrift and content ment. As a result of our experience we are about to tear down that part of the main hog house which has heretofore furnished the sleeping quarters and to rebuild. We shall now build a room about fifteen feel in width, the length of the building. This will be divided crosswise into pens about fifteen feet in width. Right of these pens will be a place for sleeping, and six or seven for a space for droppings. I assure you there will be no plank floor in this room, but instead a layer of clean straw resting on dry earth. Along the south sl.i;! will be a series of win dows arranged to give an abundance of light, sunshine, and ventilation, from the frequent cleansing out of the spa.e where the droppings accu mulate the ground becomes lowered and the hogs root a little where the bedding is pla.-ed. Each fall a few wugo:i-loi'ls of earth should be thrown in to keep the ground up level. Farm Xotos. The wheat straw can nearly always be worked into good manure. S .1 . (joss is not made in farming now willnv.it more or less planning ahead. Tlie horse that has steady work every day is best able to stand li3rd work. The knowledge of how to sell farm or du ts will come largely from ex-Mi-ris'iice On plowed land there is very little Inss of manure applied in winter by ieacii:ig. Do what is necessary to be done in jool season: there is often much loss in do'ay. On many Western farms there should Ko less plow laud and more meadows and pastures. A complete failure rarely falls to t lot, of a really gog;l farmer with ;t"v o;u( crop. Home Hint. Persons of defective sight, when ihi'iradiiuj' a needle, should hold it over something white, by which the r.ight "ivil! be assisted. A beautiful smile on the female countenance has been compared to the sunshine on the landscape, it embel ii ;'.KS an inferior face and redeems an ugly one. Cheap, impure articles of toilet soap should not be used; it is very injurious to the complexion. If the face and hands are powdered with corn starch each time after washing them it tends to keep them smooth. lihick lace will resume much of its pristine beauty if washed in thick suds made of tar soap. The lace must be allowed to dry without rinsing, as the tar imparts a slight stiffness, which is very desirable. It is a great mistake to make a large tea biscuit. Properly speaking, a tea biscuit should not bo more than two inches in diameter and proportionate ly thick when baked. This gives a delicate, moist, flaky biscuit which will be cooked through before the out side crusi has become hard or over brown. A new household implement which will delight those who have suffered the annoyance of putting down a modern carpet at home with the old time carpet stretcher and tack hammer is a combination stretcher and tacker. lly its means the carpet is stretched in place and tacked at the same time. A room isdusted only when the dust is taken out of the room, and that is done only when It has been carried out of the room. This is done by us ing a soft cloth to dust with, and by wiping the surface of each article slowly, and with caro not to throw the particles ef dust up in the air, whence they will settle again some where lse. Hnaploy mt of lifle I.al.or. The ;overnmest u oae tetwo million laborers at 500 1 proSt for for year t eon, araatii; workf of great national importance aid per manent value. Our nat on of wealth owes t erery citizen the right to earn an honest iiving. tvery human being that Clod sends into tnis world has the right to exist 'in o right to exist implies tha right of labor to support ex istence. I nder the present condition there are. all the timo from one to two mil lion of able laborers seeking employ ment and Uiiabie to find it This condition Las become a na tional or. me and a Dational peril. Under t:-e direction and manage ment of the engineer corps of the army and navy (departments of gov ernment freo from taint of conuption or partisanship, and of world-wide fame for eiciency), a million or more of laborers may be most profit ably employed lor years to come on such public works as the building of the Capo od Canal, the Hennepin Canal, the Nicaragua Cunal. the per manent improveineut of the Missis sippi Kiver. i be vast irrigat.on works needed in the arid regions of tha West, the drainage ot such largj swamp tracts as the ankakoo swamp (where, at a cost of two million dol lars. mo:e than twenty million dol lars of land can bo rodeo '.nod), the great swamps of the South, and. last but not least, the construction of a good system o. public highways in all see lions of nearly every state (for which there is an urgent demand. ) Th iabor probieiu t-tands before us a spectre of possible aud probable revolut'on. The continued appeal for work to do goes up to that God whoso ear is always open to the needy when they cry. The million of idle men are needy and small consumers, rmployed, they would be good con sumers, and every line of production would bo stimulated. Tho rel'ef to the overcrowded labor market would be liko a sa.'ety valve, until a peaceful evolution of a satis factory solution can be arrived at. Ti e government now employs a hiilf-million men in posto'.lice and civil service. Well organi.ed. well paid, useful, profitable. It employs thousands in army and navy at the in dustry ol destruction. Jn the manufacture of naval ord Dance and army supplies government shops are models of efficiency and successful industry. The proposed employment of labor on great works of permanent wealth will not interfere with ekilled iabor now employed, but, will be a great stimulus to nil other lines of labor and production. Thirty years ago the government employed a million of men, whose vocation was the destruction of wealth. If that vast power had been turned to tho production of wealth, and could have been continued to this day. what a spectacle of accomplish ment we could to day show to the world. Paternalism" somo will say. A strange objection for "a government of the people, by the people, for the people," when it offers profitable em ployment to tho people who need labor to o'.ist. "Increasqd immigration" says an other. What matter how rapid immi gration of able labor, so we have the meaus of turn;ng it (labor) to profit able account in producing permanent works of national wealth. Corruption" says another. Let all the work be put under strictest rules of civil service reform and it may be the grandest education to ward a purified civil service Such a system o" enlarged industrial activity will necessitate an increase of circulating medium. Let the labor be paid: 1st Py issue of full legal-tender greenbacks to the ex lent of $50 per capita of total population. id. By long-time taxation of ad jacent properly to be benefited by in ternal improvements. Let a monster petition go to the next congress for immediate steps to employ idle labor. Let a bill be pre sented for such action as will secure this -first step." Journal of the Knights of Labor. TIic Presidential Term The direct expenses of a presiden tial election amounts to many mill ions of dollars, and the inuirect losses to the country in an exciting campaign by the retarding of business is incalculable. A shrewd political authority, accustomed to handle cam paign funds, estimates that it cost the two Bolitical parties $1. 500. 000 in New York state alone to conduct the recent campaign. The lengthening of the term to eight years would reduce such ex penses and losses by one half. It would be greatly to the advantage of our diplomatic service in the longer continuance in office of experienced men. and would also strengthen civil service teforrn among all classes of employes and save them from the temptations always incident, in a greater or a lesser degree, to the frequent changes in the minor offices which follow in the wake of presi dential elect;ons. The professional politicians and the bosses would be likely to oppose such a change, and the hungry crowd who are waiting for fodoral appointments would raise the old cry of 'an aristocracy of office holders." but the common sense of the country will yet demand the sta bility and tranquility which would come from a lengthened term of office for tho chief magistrate of the United States. They ill Nver On It. The child is yet unborn that will live to see the reforms promised by tho Democratic 'party brought about It Is an utter impossibility under its present management and control The people may with perfect safety look forward to another four years of 6-cent cotton and 60-cent wheat with out a single ray of hope for btlr llmu ad hanrtldn Jnr1(illtna A CURIOUS CURE. Father Kneipp aud Ilia TVomterfut Sue cm la Cola Water Pr.ietiee. A short time ago Re. Bramley Moore visited the famous eura of Father Sebastian Kneipp, the parish priest of Worishofen, Bavaria. The special features of th Katipp cure as distinet from ordina lro pathic pra-.-tiie are very sho- or douehes of cold water, putti le garments immediately an ! t drying the skin, coarse It . 1 linen for clothing being pe. walking in tho early morning bie .., , among dewy grass; walking in sandal or barefoot iu cold water, and wearing regularly a coarse linen shirt next the skin. He also uses a few preparations from the simplest herbs H'13 theory is that loeal maladies must be treated through the strengthening of the general organism aa I ia the rectifica tion of the circulation of the blood. Father Kneipp has been parish priest of Worishofen for thirly-ssven years, but has pra'.-ti e l his system of hy dropathy ever since 13-17. although it is only during the last ton years that he has attained among his country men such wonderful celebrity. Sur rounded often by seven or eight doc tors, he gives audiences every morning from 8:30 to 12, and in the afternoon from 1:30 to 4, and afterward deliver ing his Sprachstunden to an immense crowd awaiting him at the door of the Kurhaus, and who sometimes have to wait three hours befora they can ob tain the desired interview. The number of names inscribed on the visitors' book from Mar.ih 10. 1S91. to December 23, 1391, was 11 450, audit is stated that during tha prev.ous year, 1S00, Worishofen was visited by 30,000 persons as patients. The village is full of the lame, the maimed, the blind the disfigured (es pecially from lupus), the sick, many of whom have exhausted the re sources of ordinary medicine, and who have come here as a forlorn hope, many hundreds of whom have . returned cured. NOT TO BE POOLED. How Mr. V.tnderbllt Got Ahead of the Jeweler. A good story is told of one of the Vanderbilts. While abroad recently he was visited by a rich Berlin jeweler, who, without waiting the usual for malities incident on gaining an audi ence, inarched in on Mr. Vanderbilt unannounced. The intruder was an elderly man, with an intelligent face, attired in faultless evening dress, the fashion prescribed by European etiquette for visits to potentates, ambassadors and other high dignitaries, irrespective of the hour or season. Mr. Vanderbilt was surprised, but not overwhelmed, by the jeweler's evident attempt at continental com plaisance. He listened to his tale of the "greatest ruby on earth," which the dealer was willing to dispose of at a sacrifice, with a courteous air, and then offered him otie-tenth of the price demanded. "I have five stones of exactly the same dimensions and coloring," said he, "and I am willing to complete the half dozen at a fair figure. You may send me your answer within two hours. Good morning." The answer arrived eighty minutes before the prescribed time elapsed. It was in the affirmative. Subscribe for The Alliance-Independent Oregon, Washington and the North- Western Coast. The constant demand of the traveling public to the far west for a comfortable and at the.bamo time an economical mode of traveling, has led te the estab lishment of what is known as Pullman Colonist Sleepers. These cars are built on the same gen eral plan as the regular first-class Full man Sleepers, the only difference being that they are not upholstered. They are furnished complete with good comfortable hair mattresses, warm blankets, snow wnite linen curtains, Dlentv ef towels, combs, brushes, etc., which secure to the occupant of a berth as much privacy as is to be had in first class sleepers. There are also separate toilet rooms lor ladies and gentleinca, and smoking is absolutely prohibited. For full information send lor ruiiman Colonist Sleeper Leaflut. J. T. Mastin, C T. A. 1044 O. St., E. B. S1.OSSON, Gen. Agt. Lincoln, Neb. Send ten cents in straps to John Se- bastain, Gen'l Ticket and Pass. Agt, C., K. I. & f. Ivy. unicago, iora pacn of the "Rock Island" Playing Cards. They are acknowledged tne best, ana worth five times tho cost Send money order or postal note for 50c , and we will send five packs by express, prepaid. Homes and Irrigated Farms, Gardens and Orchards in the Celebrated Bear River Valle on the Main Lines ot the Union Paciiic and Central Pacific R. R. near Corinna and Jfgden, Utah. Splendid location for business and in dustries of all kinds in the well known city of Corinne, Bituated in the middle of the valley od the Central Pacific R.R. The lands, of the Bear River valley are now thrown open to settlement by the construction of the mammoth system of Irrigation from the Bear lake aud river, ust cempleted by the Bear River Canal ;o., at a cost of 83,009,000. Th com pany controls 100,000 acres of these fine anas and owns many lots jnd business locations in the city f Corinne, and is now prepared to sell on ensv terns to settlers and colonies. The climate, soil, and irrigating facilities are pronouaood unsurpassed by competent judges who declare tho vailey to be the Paradise of the Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stock Raiser. Nice social surroundings, Rood schools and churches at Corinne City, and Home Markets exist for every kind of farm and garden produce in the neighboring cities ef Ogdea and Salt Lake, and in the great mining oarnps. Lands will be shown fron tho local of fice tot the Company at Corinne. ISti Percheron and French Coach horses. Maple Grove Farm. Champion First Premium and Sweepstakes Herd For the States ol Kansas and Xebraska. The Nebraska State Fair U-d Premium, for bc6t ehow, all Draft breeds com . tinp, was again awarded ' ' horses, making tho fifth vear in succession . at my herd has been tho v -1 of this much covet 4 priae. A Nebraska bred horse Msple Grovo Farm, was this year awarded tl. Firbt Premium an1 takes at the Kantas State Fair, in competition wit; wtnty-five hea ,es from five different states, 150 head of registered, impi d and hony Vercheron horses and mares. A L e portion . present stock on hatd. has been raised on my Farm and Will bo . i1 at pri 'Hjelow the reach of any importer in America. 1 am pc biuon to give my patrons the benefit of not having paid any fixed sum. or e nf-ive buying ond transportation charges in order to own my horses. I cordiai invite a careful inspection of my horses, and will guarantee the buyer that 1 stock cannot Le equaled in America, eiiher in the quality or the pi ices that 1 ; -n asking. Write for cm .'ogue, and don't fail to inspect my stock before buying. QQjlP, FFElviOTiT, NEB. CREST CITY. FA L. BANKS WILSON. Breeding and Importing Establishment, Oca Wile Irom Oeoo Cieston, lows. 200 Full-Btocded Percheron, English Shire. English Hackney, Belgian French Coach, Cleveland Bays and Standard Bred Horses. wmiA Mil 1 & I We Handle More Horses Thaa Any Firm in We Import onr own horses thus saving the customer the middle man's profit. Buyers have the advantage of com paring all breeds side by side at our stables. We Have 40 Good Young Acclimated Horses on Hand. Another Importation of 40 will arrive about October 1. We euarantee all our horse every respect. We make farmers companies a specialty, having a system whereby we can oiganlze companies and insure absolute snecesii. We Will Send a Man to Any Part of the State, ' On application to ansist in arffanlzinn companies. We cive long time thus enabling pur chashers t pay for horses from services. Correspondence promptly answered. Men tion this paper. Address, W. J. WKOTJGHTON & CO., Cambridge, Neb. 50 SPANISH JACKS FOR SALE. FULL BLOODED CATALUNA SPANISH JACKS- IMPORTED SEPT., 1892, by: HO GATE DAVIS & CO. THESE Jacks are from 1 to 5 years old, black with mealy points, 141 to 16 hands high. These JacKs were selected by Mr. J. B. Hogate the well known breeder, and imported by him in person. Addresa or call at their stables. HOGATE, DAVIS & CO., Mention this paper. BELLEVILLE, KANSAS. Thorough Bred Horses AT. PUBLIC SALE WAH00, NEBRASKA, JANUARY, 12TH, 1893, AT 1 P. M. Owing to bad weather my sale Uecembsr 7th was postponed and on Jan. 12th my entire Stud will be offered, consisting of Imported nd American bred full blooded and recorded PERCHERON AND FRENCH DRAFT STALLIONS, M ARES, COLTS No reservation, everything goes. Terms: per cent off for cash. Send for catalogue. COL. F, M. WOOD, Auctioneer. AUCTIONEERS. Z, S. BRANSON, WAVERLY, NEB. LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER. Makes sales In Nebraska ad ther states. Best of references. fMtoen J ars experience. Prices reasonable, correspond ic csoHciteQ ana satisfaction guaranteed ffflt Furnas Co. Herd, & BIG BERKS. V-fia(WWWTI' BEAVER CITY, NEB. Thoronirhbred exclnslreiy. All ages, either ReX. S'ewB urea. rOTli gurmicu l ivyiv Bentea. rnces nini. jnenuon mis paper. U. 8. WlLUH9Ufli i . 8. WILLIAMSON, PropY CHEW AD SMOK? iilHITAXED NATURAL LEAF TBBACJ0.5 Best ekewlng Ho per lb. Beet smoking . ALLIANCE TOBACCO CO , etortovffle, Twin. I hav the largest assortment ot En ropean Breeds ot any man In America; 1 handle none but recorded stock; I do not permit a mouthful of hot feed to be Klveu; my horses ar not pampered and are properly exercised, and fed cool food, which I think are the main reas ons why my horse Jhave always been successful breeders. Come and vlHlt my establishment. I am always glad to show my stock. A FEW GOOD DRAFT MARES FOR SALE When arriving at Creston visitors will please teleiihoife to the Crest City Farm and I will drive in after them. I am prepared to give long time to responsible parties. Every horse guaran teed a breeder and must be as represented. W. J. WROUGHTON & CO . Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska. IMPORTERS OP Shire, Clyde, Percheron, Belgian, (Jrrmnii, and Oldenberg Ceaeh, French Coach, Yorkshire Coach , and Cleveland! Bay Stallions. ....ifenMii.i.ui'tf&.i!;l!?.u AND FILLIES. Two years time at 8 per cent: 5 JAMES 8CHULZ, Yutan, Neb. L. H.SUTER Heligh, 5eb, Rreorler l r of faney Po Dhina swine ,Of, land Chir .j n I 1- U by Free Trades Best, remainder by Paddys Chip and Ly lies Dandy. Free Trades Best is Bired by Free Trade, tke (Treat show hoe that was sola for $800, being the highest priced hog in ex istence. Had a fnll sister to Free Trade in my herd for 3 years and have many fine sows from er L. H. 8UTER. WALNUT GROVE HERD OF POLAND CHINAS. Tha highest concentration of the Choicest Blood. Z. S. BRANSON, Waverly, Neb. WANTED SALESME NSTTk S our woll known Nursery Stock, Seed andlSeed Po tatoea. Fine opening for a few nothing meo at jreod hum Apply quirk, statin , L L. MAT iO.,No.ierynia FWtat and Seednen. St. Pm4, Mux. 4 -V ft: