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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. Lcntfelicvv, Pcet of Places. To us of to-day Longfellow is pre eminently a t,oet of places; the houses associated with Ids boyhood and young manhood in Maine, and the splendid mansion on Brattle street, Cambridge, in which the latter years of his life were spent, are visited an nually by thousands of literary pil grims, who journey to them ds to a Mecca, writes Mary C. Crawford in Putnam's Monthly. And it is because Longfellow described Paul Revere’c ride that the house of that patriot if now to be purchased by devout Bos tonians; because he associated the ride with the Old North church, that that edifice is a favorite ‘ shrine;” be cause he wrote the ‘ Tales of the Way side Inn,” that one of the most inac cessible New England liosteiries is every summer sought out by strangers from far and near; and because he conjured up a “Skeleton in Armor,” that the old tower at Newport is a source of perennial interest. It is, indeed, difficult to imagine what might have become of our scant store of American traditions had not Longfel low helped to signally preserve them. Ccal Fields of West Virginia. In its area of 24,780 square miles, says the Independent, there is more natural wealth than is perhaps crowded into the same space in any other portion of the world In coa! her supply is almost inexhaustible, and the value is almost incalculable. She, in this one product of nature alone, is one and one-half times larger than the entire area of the coal fields of Great Britain. The value of her coal, it is estimated, is greater thax the value of all the gold and silver of the Pacific coast. Over 17,000 square miles of her territory is m.der laid with this mineral. But this gives a very faint idea to the general mind of the immensity of this deposit. To say that there are over 10.000,000 acres of West Virginia in coal land gives but a little better idea. When it is stated, however, tha^*the jpoal cf this state could furnish the entire world with its fuel for centuries some idea can be gained. Mr. Hammerstein is scolding the New York public because it does not support his opera as well as he thinks it ought. Mr. Hammerstein will learn when he is older, says the Indianapo lis Star, that a taste for grand opera is one which many persons who can afford to pay for it never acquire. They may support the undertaking because it is fashionable or because their social position seems to de mand it, but if they can pay these obligations by buying seats and not attending the performances in person they feel that much has been gained. Also Mr. Hammerstein must learn that opera is not a necessity of life, even for genuine music-lovers, and that when times are hard such indulgences will be the first to be cut out. Inci dentally it may be remarked that a good deal of humbug hovers about so called love for musie. Ornithologists are coming to the defense of St. Gaudens, whose eagle on the new $10 gold piece has been criticised because of its feathered legs. They say that if the sculptor had wanted to depict the bald eagle, com monly accepted as the national bird, but which has no good reason for be ing so more than the other varieties, he is wrong, but, as he was evidently trying to portray the golden eagle, he was accurate, as this bird is feathered down to its talons. And what could be more appropriate than a golden eagle for a gold coin? Count Witte is letting out more se crets about that Russo-Japanese war. His latest statement puts it up to Gen. Kuropatkin, who seems to be held responsible for about all that went wrong in Manchuria, and whose official and military acts do not ap pear to corroborate the testimony he gave in the Stoessel court-martial. When big generals fall out the public gets some striking views of what has been going on behind the scenes. A New York woman has been dis covered who is hoarding checks to the amount of $25,000, received from an insurance company after her hus band's death, because she is afraid of banks! She is a near relative of the man who, for the same reason, draws al! his deposit out and hides it In the cellar. Greek is more commonly spoken in this country than in the days when our fathers insisted upon it as essential to a liberal education. You can hear it at peanut stands and from fruit vendors and some of the mer chants who offer oriental rugs. A story comes from Kentucky of a juryman w'ho, in a murder trial, lost his mind through brooding over the case and grew to believe he was to be hung. He probably thought himself a member of a hung jury. ALFALFA GROWING !S COMMANDING MORE NOTICE Conditions Which Must Be Observed to Get a Good Stand By M. F. Miller, Professor of Agronomy. The value of alfalfa as a farm eroi> | is not generally recognized by the | farmer. It will give from three to five cuttings annually, yielding from one- j half to one and one-lialf tons per acre for each cutting, depending upon the richness of the soil, thickness of the stand and character of the season. An average yield when the plants are well set on soils to which the crop is well adapted is one ton for each cutting, of red clover. Since alfalfa is a le gume taking its nitrogen supply front the air it is often said that it will grow upon poor soils, and while this is generally true, if the soil is well drained and not foul, it rarely gives sufficient yield on such soils to profitable. The effect of the plant upon the physical condition of the soil is beneficial because of the deep tap roots penetrating the soil and thus A Good Alfalfa Cutting. _• » t• if <’ giving an annaal yield of about four ions. Many farmers exceed this yield | on good soils, some even doubling it, but the figures given are conservative for good alfalfa soil. On thin lands the yield may drop to one-half ton per cutting, or even less, but such soils are not adapted to alfalfa unless barn yard manure is liberally applied. Reports received from eight farmers growing alfalfa in Holt county, Mo., give an average yield of 6»A tons per acre, and from 13 farmers ALFALFA ROOTS. Notice the Long Tap-Roots and the Lateral Roots Bearing the Tuber cles—These Plants We re Grown in Tall Pots and the Soil Carefully Re moved from the Roots by Washing. reporting from Pemiscot county, the same state, the average is ap proximately five tons per acre. These farmers are growing alfalfa on the bottom lands to Which the crop is well adapted. On the u( lands of Cass county ten farmers out of 15 re porting, give a yield above three tons, while seven of these report yields of 4% tons or over. One report gives six tons. The five farmers whose yields are not given were not successful in growing the crop. As a dry feed alfalfa cannot be sur passed for dairy cows or fattening ani mals, and for horses it is as good as timothy. Its special value lies in the large amount of digestible protein it contains and in it a payability. The usual difficulty in feeding on the av erage farm is to secure a feed at a moderate price which will contain suf ficient protein. A carbonaceous food like corn must be fed with a hay containing considerable protein, as clover, or a nitrogenous feed must be purchased if a balanced ration is to be obtained. Alfalfa hay is much su perior to clover for this purpose. The effect of alfalfa growing on the soil is much the same as that of red clover. It has the same power of gathering the free nitrogen from the air and fixing it in its roots, thus in creasing the supply of this element in the soil, but as several crops are re moved each year the crop is exhaus tive on certain mineral elements such as lime, phosphorus and potassium. As it feeds so deeply, however, this exhaustion is not so strongly felt as it would be otherwise and the effect on crops following is much like that opening it up for air and drainage Exact experiments as to the value oi this mechanical effect have not been made however, although it is probable that not a little benefit to future crops is due to this action. A word should be said regarding the limitations of this crop since it has several disadvantages. In the firsi place it is not well adapted to a short rotation. It takes two or three years for alfalfa to reach its greatest ef ficiency, and should usually be allowed to run not less than five or six years for best results. It may of course run much longer than this tinder favorable conditions. It is a crop which should be seeded on land that can be thrown out of a short rotation, or that can be used for a rotation covering sev eral years. Another disadvantage is in the difficulty with which an alfalfa field is plowed after the plants are once well seeded, as it usually re quires four horses to an ordinary 12 or 14 inch plow. There is no diffi culty in eradicating the plant when plowing is done thoroughly and the land is put into a cultivated crop like corn, but poor plowing may result in many plants persisting to come up for a series of years. Another important disadvantage in handling the crop in some states is in curing the first cut ting. This comes along in May when the weather is inclined to be showery and very often great difficulty is ex perienced in handling this cutting. I^ater cuttings are not so apt to be in jured by rain and can usually be har vested without difficulty. This diffi culty can, however, be mimimized by the use of canvas hay caps. WHY GOOD TILLAGE? One of the first essentials for the vigorous growth of vegetation is a UUUlllllUl sup[ll > of oxygen, as most f plants are checked in their growth in ' proportion as the ' oxygen supply is reduced. About y onc-half the vol ume of average Diagrammatic il- soil under ordinary lustration of soil conditions is “pore particles. sur- space.” The soil rounded by capil- water is gathered lary water films, in films round the air spaces, p, p, p, soil granules, thus p, after Chester. leaving air spaces of greater or less size according to the amount of moisture in the soil. This may be represented by a diagram such as is shown in Fig. 1. The soil gran tiles are represented by the ruled spheres, the water films by the dotted areas surrounding them, and the ait spaces by the clear areas, p, p, p, p connected with each other, forming an intricate and complex system. It is through these openings and chan nels that the bacteria get the neces sary supply of air for their growth Here is further demonstrated the value of tillage in keeping the soil well aerated as well as to conserve the I moisture present. How One Dairyman Feels.—I want a cow with capacity for a compara tively large quantity of food and at ability to utilize it in a way so I can best market the resultant product Then I endeavor to get the food supply to the cow in the most economica manner and in the best condition. As this cow is not easily got, I make en vironments favorable, so as to keer her in the best condition the longes possible time. This good cow, good feed and good surroundings will natu rally make a good product, and then J find a buyer who is willing to pay i good price for it and the whole secret of profitable dairying is revealed.— Lighty, in National Stockman. WORN OUT WOMEN Will Find Encouragement in Mro. Mer ritt’s Advice. Mrs. W. L. Morrllt. 207 3. First Ave., Anoka, Minn., Buys: "Last, win ter 1 began to mif ter wmi my Kidneys. I hart pains In my back and hips and felt all worn out. Dizzy spells both ered me and the kidney secretions were Irregular. The first, box of Doan’s Kidney Pills brought decided relief. I am sure they would do the same for any other woman suffering as I did." Sold by all dealers. f>0 cents a' box. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.1 Cheered. A maiden who lived in Siberia, Where all is so frigid and dreria, Felt sad, met a bear And when hugged said: “I swear It does my heart good to be neria.” i —Houston Post. ' Scared Into It. It was announced on the ice. "But how on earth," said the girl in the white skating suit, "did you get him to propose, dear?" The girl in sables smiled slightly. "Oh, easily enough,” she retorted. "I told him that you were crazy about him and reminded him that it was leap year.” How’s This? 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And it is when using the telephone that this talent of his is seen and heard at its maximum of speed and endurance. Central has but to say "Wire busy now,” or, “Doesn't an swer,” to evoke a flood of language. One day he had been having an un usually stormy session, and did not notice that his two-year-old son was sitting in a corner of the room, his face rapt and absorbed. A few hours later the child's mother came in and was horrified beyond words to hear her baby giving voice to a stream of expletives, some of which began with a very large cafital D—the rest with a variety of letters quite unmention able in this connection. She descended upon him in righteous wrath. "Don't you ever let me hear you use such words again,” she said in no uncertain tones. “Why, mother," expostulated the baby in an injured voice, “I’m tele phoning!” CUTTING, VERY! Ardent Lover—Can’t you see—can’t you guess that I love you—adore you? The Girl—Well, I should hate to think this was just your natural way of behaving in company. CUBS’ FOOD They Thrive on Grape-Nuts. Healthy babies don't cry and the well-nourished baby that is fed on Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby. Many babies who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food. Grape-Nuts, and get well. “My little baby was given up by three doctors who said that the con densed milk on which I fed her had ruined the child's stomach. One of the doctors told me that the only thing to do would be to try Grape Nuts. so I got some and prepared it as follows: I soaked 1V& tablespoonfuls in one pint of cold water for half an hour, then I strained off the liquid and mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strained i Grape-Nuts juice with six teaspoonfuls of rich milk, put in a pinch of salt j and a little sugar, warmed it and gave It to baby every two hours. “In this simple, easy way I saved baby's life and have built her up to a strong healthy child, rosy and laugh ing. The food must certainly be per fect to have such a wonderful effect as this. I can truthfully say I think it is the best food in the world to raise delicate babies on, and is also a deli cious healthful food for grown-ups as we have discovered in our family.” Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the strong, healthy man or woman. It stands for the true theory of health. “There’s a Reason. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. ONE WIFE IN HARD TIMES. Financial Reasons Made Him Disbe lieve in Polygamy. 8. P. Orth, assistant United States district atttorney, was the government representative at a naturalization hearing over in Toledo the other day. The applicant for papers, a Ger man, who ran mostly to mustache, had answered all of the questions that had been put to him satisfactorily. "And do you believe in the princi ples of polygamy?” asked the judge. In ponderous tones. “Sure,” says the German, for the word sounded as if it was something that he ought to be iu favor of. Like as not it was something about the constitution. “Do you know what ‘polygamy’ means?” thundered the judge. The applicant confessed that the word was a new one on him. “Well, I'll make it plain to you,” said the court, sternly. “Can you get along with one wife?" "Shure," replied the applicant, earn estly; “one's a plenty, the way prices are.”—Toledo Blade. AN ADVERTISING TRICK FOR WESTERN FARMERS. Real Estate “Agents” Go After Men with Land for Sale and Reap Rich Harvest. A smooth scheme for separating farmers from their money has been worked with much success in South Dakota. An oily grafter calls on a ! farmer and makes a bid for his land. The figures are absurdly low at first, but by degrees are raised as high as $60 an acre, and the farmer consents. Then the visitor explains that he is only an agent, but that he can sell the land at tho price named if the owner will agree to pay for advertising at the rate of fifty cents an acre. The “agent” promises orally that the ad vertising money will not be payable until the land is sold, but this stipula tion is not contained in a contract that the farmer signs. In a few days he receives a copy of an ad and not over-courteous demand for money. It is said that twenty two agriculturists were caught with this bait in Brown County and that one of them gave up $320. Others de clare hotly that they will not pay but they will make a fight in the courts. Neatly Put. Homer Folks, the secretary of the State Charity Aid society of New York, referred in a recent address to the awkwardness that charity work ers feel in making public appeals for funds. “And few charity workers,” Mr. Folks added, "can carry off that awk wardness with the neatness of the col ored preacher who reminded his con gregation that: “ ‘Brudren, Ah kain’t preach hyah an' board in heb'n.’ ” CUTICURA CURED FOUR Southern Woman Suffered with Itch ing, Burning Rash—Three Little Babies Had Skin Troubles. “My baby had a running sore on his neck and nothing that I did for it took effect until I used Cuticura. My face was nearly full of tetter or some sim ilar skin disease. It would itch and burn so that I could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two years after it broke out on my hands and wrist. Sometimes I would go nearly crazy for it itched so badly. I went back to my old stand-by, that had never failed me—one set of Cuti cura Remedies did the work. One set also cured my uncle's baby whose head was a cake of sores, and another baby who was in the same fix. Mrs. Lillie V.'ilcher, 770 Eleventh St., Chat tanooga, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1907.” It may be the uncertainty of flirt ing that appeals to a girl; she is j never quite sure but what she really I means it. SSGSC HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dis* j tress from Dyspepsia, In- j d igest ion and Too Hearty ' Eating. perfect rem- j j edy for Dizziness, Nau- 1 , ^ea, Drowsiness, Bad ; Taste in the 3Iouth, Coat ed Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. WhitS Wav i WHITE LILY MFG. 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Some of the choicest frra in-producing lands in Saskatchewan ami Alberta may now be ac quired in these most healthful ami prosperous sections under the Revised Homestead Regulations by which entry may be made by proxy ton cer tain conditions), by the father, mother, son, laughter, broUier or sister of intending home Entry fee in each case : s$l0.00. For pamphlet, “Last BestWest, "particulars as to rates,routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to W. V. BENNETT, $01 New York Life Building. Omaha, Nebraska, LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS Electrotypes IN GREAT VARIETY FORo SALE cAT THE LOWEST PRICES BY A.N.KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO. 73 W. Adams St., Chicago SPOT CASH FOR SOLDIERS AND HEIRS U1 federal soldiers and sailors who served 90 days fetween 1861 and 1866 and who homesteaded lesstban W acres before June23.1874, are entitled toadditiona) lomestead rights which 1 buy If soldier is dead, his can sell. I'alk to old soldiers, widowsand heirs. IP®*‘J“e soldier relative who went West or Sooth u.nfl homesteaded government land. CARM OPPORTUNITIES CheTy C«T-on the bnarn.I jt Villunmtte River. Hop. walnut and fruit farms pay -U0 to CnOU per acre, net; dairy farms pay fico* im Tovwl farms 125 to tUDO per acre; unimproved,'la to J5. Recursion rates to Salem in March and Juni or inlormat ion address. Board of Trade. Salem. Ore. DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces to -— - w-- the package -other starches only 12 ounces—same price and ‘DEFIANCE” IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. Thompson’s Eye Water
