—*>»IF ■ ■ a hL ■ I Ml •- i l—lllii — IIB At a party over at old Brizintlne’s oat; night they were talking about the progress of the world. There were present all of the wise men of the community. Medicine wus represent ed by "Doc” Peters, horse surgeon; the lan by Anthony liotts, justice of the peace; sculpture by Rufe Goodall, stone quarry man; art by Miss Nancy Hodge, drawer cf a map of the coun ty'; literature by Stephen Blue, writer of for sale notices and epitaphs; the j ministry by Rev. Gustavus Nudge— send agriculture by Limuel Jucklln. So, B may be seen, here was assembled a j 4ix>dly twentieth century company, j prepared by experience and stimulat- i x! by education to discourse upon any j subject.' ' The tire revolves faster titan the 1 hub.” said the minister, Mr. Nudge, and it is but natural that we, now on the outer rim of time, should move with more accelerated motion than our forefathers, who were nearer the j center, so to speak Ah, Brother ! "But you must agree,” Mr. Nudga interposed, "that our youug men have been inspired with n spirit of unrest.” "Yes, I acknowledge that." said Lim. "And r spirit of unrest -ie tin.' first step to war-1 advancement. The young fel lers saw that they needed a better, a more practical education, and they set about to get It. If there la h better teacher than experience It la example. Envy as generally understood may be a bad thing, but It is active envy that makes the world move forward. The drummer brought stories with him. They Illustrated life. A community that has only old stories lives In the past. The drummer’s new stories quickened the Intellect. They made the mind jump. Trade-5-" "Ah,” Mr. Nudge broke in. "1 thank you for the timely Introduction of that well-worn word. You would place trade above everything.” “Well, 1 wouldn’t placo it below everything. Trade Is the exchange of raateriallEod ideas. It is the circulat There Were Prerent All the Wise Men of the Community, .Iuekiin, what changes have taken place since we can remember."’ “Yes,” replied old Lim. "a good many. I can recollect when we had 10 go of a niornin' to a neighbor’s liotise lor a chunk of fire. Ws’n’t any matches.” Miss Nancy Hodge, elevating her eyebrows, exclaimed: “For pity sake.” Yes,” said old Lim. “and the chances were that the feller that was .sent alter the chunk of fire would be drunk before he got back. Everybody kept liquor in the house, and if a fel ler stopped and heiloed at the gate they’d ask him to get down and take a d'-'ink.” “In the matter of whisky there has l>een great reform and, 1 may there fore say, progress," remarked Rev. .Mr. Nudge. Limuel nodded assent. “But.” said he, “the reform has been with man and not with liquor. The greatest good that whisky has done is to he so mean that nobody wants it. But 1 can re member when it was the milk in the coc-oanut of—of paradise, I teil you. In comparison to what it is now, par son,” he added, to soften the remark, which he was quick to observe had aomewhat disturbed the countenance i--— ir.g blood ol' a nation. Art is a sort oi’ fever ami marks disease. Literature is a prescription, and if it don't help life fails to do it any good. I want to tell you. a drummer first set me to readin’. Of course 1 knew what books were. But I thought that when a man got along well in life he ought to think j of everything except books. They | were for boys nud girls. But this j drummer that stayed ail night at my house said that the greatest books had bben written by old men. There fore they ought to be read by old men. no opened up a new view of life. He showed me that ns long as a man lived and kept his health ho could develop and expand. He left a book with me. and it want iong before I discovered that 1 hud just begun to live. This man sold things—and in i meeting men came away from them ! with n better knowledge of human na | ture. Knowing so much of the weak ness of man. he coaid better admire h!s strength or pardon his faults." "Bur you arc forgetting the Gospel,’’ said 3!r. -\udg-. •'Oh. no. The drummer is a good ex ! empliflcation of the Gospel. He goes j into all the wn.rlfh The Gospel was never commanded to stand still. It is : n running stream. Stagnant water j breeds pestilence. The Saviour o! "He Has the Progress of the World Budded Up in His Sample Case.” toe preacner, put, parson, do you know what has done more toward the I civilizing of us all thau any other agency?” Modesty restrained ilr. Nudge from mentioning what, in his opinion, was the real cause, so he hazarded the one word "education.” "Thar's ail very well.” said Lim. "but there’s a shorter way of gettin' ;titioa is the greatest, the most vivid temperance lecture ever delivered. It makes sobriety a business rather than a mere inactive virtue. What are you fetchin’ on here, madam? Lemonade? We’ll drink it to the drummer.’’ (Copyright, by Opie Road. I IP ONE WERE HONEST. T eannot give you all t!,e love And 1:part's dcvo'.iou That poets call “the measure id The plumbless ocean." X can to loyal, lender, (rue. And love you solely. Rut none—no. dear, rot even you— Can own tae wholly. I think of you each hour, of course. Cut if this iXalteivi t also think each hour, perforce, Of ottn-r matters. You get a minute of (he time. My daily task, all The rest. Say. does this prove tliat I'm A heartless rascal? ! I'd grieve if rou should If-aw me—ay, i for a season; I And y« t I’m sure I wouldn't die, Or Jos*' my reason. I Jove you—well as any man , Can love a woman. But I’m built on the common plan — Normally human! His Little Scheme. The Bachelor—I’m going to move t into a furnished fiat. The Benedict—Do you think you will ; like it? The Bachelor—Oh, not necessarily; but it will enable me to gel; used to doing without a home. EXPERIMENTS WITH FEED FOR FATTENING CATTLE I Rations Used Consisted of SbeXled Corn, Cotton-Seed Meal and Clover Hay—Older Animals Making More Rupid Gain. During the past three years the An imal Husbandry department of Pur due university, Indiana, has boon con ducting a series of tests to determine the influence of age on the economy j and profit in fattening cattle, in which ] three lots of cattle, one of calves, one j of yearlings uud one of two-year-olds I were used last year. This year the ! ration used consisted of stheWd corn. ' cotton-seed meal and clover hay. The ! results were similar to those secured ! in previous years and published by ! the station iu Bulletin 129. The old- j er cattle consumed more feed per; head, inside a mere rapid gain, at- ; talced a higher finish, increased more J in value per pound while In the feed lot aud rvturned a greater profit for feed eoasvmed, Writes VV. A Cochel. the solo roughage consists of torn si lage, without dry feed in any form e-xcept in concentrates. While these results were secure under normal conditions mid indicate that silage may profitably be used in large quan tities for fattening beef cattle, the work will be duplicated next winter before final conclusions are drawn. This one test has shown a decided advantage la the use of silago in the [dace of clover hay where corn and cotton-se.id meal are used as concen trates. followed very closely by the use ot a ration where one-half of the clover was substituted with silage. The points of advantage indicated by the work are in a cheaper and more .rapid gain, a smaller necessary sell ing price and u larger actual value, a Steer6 Fed Shelled Corn. Cottonseed Meal and Corn Silage. m farmers Review. The calves made gains at a cost of per hundred less than the two vear-olds. While they were worth 2o cents per hundred more than the two-year-olds at the beginning of the test, they were worth da cents pt-r hundred less at the close. In the experiments carried on to determine the relative value of differ ent rations four lots of ten two-year olds each were used, designated as Lots 1, 4, 5, and G. These were high grade Angus steers mala!.?, purchased in Lawrence county. In diana. and made a good showing in all lots. Lot 1 was fed shelled com, cottonseed ineal and clover hay; Lot 4. shelled corn, cotton seed meal, anil "orn silage; Lot u. shelled corn, cot [ higher negree of finish and a greater profit per bend iu the silage-fed lots. The values used i:i making these com 1 pari:,on:-; are as follows: Shelled corn, 00 cents per bushel; cotton seed meal. ♦2S.Q0 per ton. clover hay, $T00 p t I ten, and corn silage, $:;.Q0. These val j ues aro iu all cases higher than tn i tual cash values upon the local market and show conclusively that with the prevailing prices of feeds and of cattle a very liberal profit may be secured | from feeding steers. The values of cat : tie we determined by commission men | and buyers upon the Chicago and In dianapolis markets at the beginning ! and close of the experiments. An i other feature of the work is shown i by comparison (if Lot 1. led on shelled I corn, cotton seed meal and clover hay. Steers Fed Shelled Corn. Cottonseed Meal and Clover Hay. ton seed meal, clover hay ami corn silage; end l.ot 0. shelled corn and clover hay. The siluge fed steers made the most rapid gain, con- j sumed the smallest amount of I grain, ruude their gains $101 per j hundred cheaper than those fed on ! a similar ration with clover hav as | a roughage, and $ ’..20 per hundred ; cheaper than those fed on shelled j corn and clover hay without a nitre- j gen concentrate. The same steers cost $t'..2(i per hundred in comparison : with $t'..t.S la the shelled corn, cotton- j seinl meal and clover lot, while their ; market value was 15 per huudred higher. The results secured by the Purdue station this year would indicate that it is possible to feed cattle when ——--— with Lot G, fed on shelled corn and clover hay. The same advantages as to rote and cost of gain, Iinish and market value of the cattle are noticed here in favor of using cotton-seed meal with clover hay. Similar results were secured during the preceding year with these feeds, which would indicate that it is profitable to use a nitrogenous concentrate in connection with corn at pretailing prices. The tabulated results of the past winter's work affords a valuable study for all farm btsef feeders. The work carried on i t tb» station has been based on general corn belt conditions as prevail on most Indiana farms. Consequently the re sults mean something to the overage feeder. GUARD AGAINST FOREST FIRES Railroad*) Art the Largest Pro ducers of Caallagratiow, With Unknown Causes Next. According to a bulletin Issued by the Massachusetts forester's office, the state might -easily be devastated of its forests by hrte in 02 years if preventive steps; and replanting were not undertaken. The report says; “Railroads aro the largest producers of forest fires, with nearly 40 per cent, of the total. Next comes the unknown, with 23 per cent. Then there Is eight per cent, caused by RAPID STRIDES OF TUBERCULOSIS Great Need of Immediate Testing by Farmers Strongly Urged to Check Disease. My killing lour health.^ looking cows which had reached to the tuberculin test and by killing a pig that had been fed upon the quart of milk from a tuberculous cow. Dean H. h. Rus sell, at Madison, Wls., demonstrated to 2,000 farmers at the farmers’course . the ravages of the disease in animals in which its presence ordinarily would be unsuspected. The tuberculin test. Dean Russell declared, was the only reliable method of determining the presence of the disease, since the ap pearance of the animal and physical examinations have been demonstrated { to be untrustworthy. The great need for immediate testing by farmers themselves or by qualified tests was strongly urged. The loss consequent upon disregard smokers und seven per cent, from burning brush. If some of the un known fires could be traced out, probably emMers would figure more heartily in tlfr total. ‘Incendiary fires and boys setting flrrrt maliciously, which we Imagine Is miich the same thing, together make 11 per cent. It ought to be noted that o3 all tlse 1,229 fires, live—which were set by lightning—were the only ones which wore absolutely not pre ventable. The rest in large part could have been .prevented if, the. people would go to the same lengths that they do in cities.” There is no excuse tor neglecting the poultry lor a single day. Eggs will be eggs as long as the world lasts and there is good money in them year in und year out. iiig the vuiuo of the • tuberculin test was illustrated by the experience of the larrner iu whose herd of 49 cows 12 reacted to the tuberculin test made by a short-course student. As a result of neglecting to take the pre< stationary steps to eliminate the dbvoe«r G7 out of his herd of 100 re acted later when he v\as compelled to test the herd. The danger of spreading tubercu losis rapidly among pigs by feeding them skimmed milk from infected cows was clearly shown by the dem onstrations of the presence of the dis ease in the digestive tract of a pig fed on a quart of milk from a tuber culous COW. A Curiosity. A horticultural curiosity is to be seen in the garden of Gloucester l^odge, Portsmouth road, near London. A gooseberry bush, a currant hush and an elderberry tree are growing high up on a willow tree, to which they have by some means become grafted. Ail are flourishing and fruit Is forming on the gooseberry and cur 1 rant bushes. . • ' . I - m TT'DGtE QJR5D¥[ELD ^¥A¥ r~" - ^-‘*7 " ■ t* /1AGf10l>3 O/i 3.Q0MDS ACAICUL T-WAL CtPAftr/IEfir >"W" .... .-; -—n ! /Y/r'Ci/'o.C //Y TV&>'/?/. Q/fmfmOftD &7/YCHOT jj£PAPT/-:rnrJ j££o r.rsr z/.j. When did the United States begin the practice oi forestry? Few sons t an anew* r this question cor rectly. Most people ;.o of the opin ion Hint the beginning cf forestry it '-his country wax of very recent or igin. and that the first step in that direction was taken among the moun tains of the far west. Neither Is eor rc cf. \\ hilt1 Washington wax serving his Erst term ns president of the United States, n recommendation came to him that tiie government ought to buy live oak islands on tiie coast of Georgia to make sure of a supply of ship timber lor war vessels. The idea ap pears to hare originated with Joshua Humphreys, whose official title was "Constructor ol" the United States Xavv," although about the only navy then existing was made up oi six ships on paper, and not one stick of timber to build them had yet been cut. The vessels were designed to light the north African pirates. Five years after the recommenda tion was made congress appropriated money to buy live oak land. Grover and Blackboard islands eu the coast of Georgia were bought for $22,509. They contained 1,960 acres. Ixmisiana was bought soon after, and in 1X17 the Six Islands, of 19,00-9 acres, and containing 37,000 live oak trees, were withdrawn from sail-, and set apart as a reserve, in 1X26. con gress appropriated 310,000 to buy ad ditional live oak -tend cm Uuntu Rose sound, western Florida, and subse quently other Florida timberlands, ag gregating 200.224 acres, were reserved. Up to that time nothing more had been done than to buy or reserve laud for the timber growing naturally up on it; but the work was to be carried further upon the Santa iicsa purchase. The plan included planting, protecting cultivating, and cutting live oak for the navy. The timber was then con sidered indispensable in building war vessels. Much had been said and written oi the danger of exhaustion of supply Young oaks were planted on the .Scuta Iloso lauds. Difficulty wax ex perienced in inducing young trees to grow. The successful transplanting of the oak is not iasy, unless done at the proper time and in the right way. The plantations at Bantu Rosa were generally unsuccessful: but large quantities of acorns were planted, and a fair proportion of them grew. But the chief efforts were directed to prun ing, training, and caring for the v.ild trees. Thickets about them were cut away to let in air anil light. What tiie ultimate success of the forestry work would have ! wen «ui not be told. The civil war brought a complete change in war vessels by substituting iron for wood. Forestry work stoppixl. The timber reserves were neglected. Squatters Occupied the land. After a number of years ail the reserves except some of the Flori da land, were opened to settlement. Mr. Clifford Pincb'ot. United ‘ States toresti-r and chairman of the national conservation commission, addressed the National Irrigation congress re cently held at Spokane. Wash., in the course of which he said: "The most valuable eitizeu of tills or any other country is the man who j owes the land from which he mak-s . his living. No other man lias snob a stake !a the country. No other man t lends such steadiness and stability to our national llle. Therefore, no other question concerns us more intimately : than the question of homes. Perma ' cent homes for ourselves, our chil dren, and our nation—this Is the cen i tral problem. The policy of national i irrigation is of vaiue to the United States in very muny ways, but tha ! greatest of all is this, that national irrigation multiplies the men who own the land fTOtn which they make thalt ■ iivicg. The old saying, ‘Who ever : heard of a man shouldering his gun to light for his boarding house,’ re | fleets this great truth, that no man is so j ready to defend his country, not only ; with arms, but with his vote, and his ! contribution to public opinion as the man with a permanent stake in it. us j the man who owns the land from ■■ which he makes his living. "Our country Degan as a nation of • farmers. During the periods that gave j it its character, when our iudepend j ence was w'on and when our union | was preserved, we were preemSnont ! !y a natiou of farmers. Wo can not. j and we ought not. to continue exclu I sively, or even chiefly, an agricultural I country, because one man cun raise j food enough for many. But the farm er who owns his land is still the back j bone of this nation; and one of the i things we want most Is more of him. "The natiou that, w ill lead the world will be a natiou of homes. The ob ject of the great conservation raove i mont is just this, to make our country ; a permanent and prosperous home for ! ourselves and lor our children, and for jour children's children, and It is a I task that is worth the best thought 1 and effort of any and nil oi us. j "To achieve this or any other great | result, straight thinking and strong j action are necessary, and the straight j thinking comes first. To make this ; country what we need to have It we I must think clearly and directly about our problems, and above nil we must understand what the real problems are. ‘‘Equality of opportunity, a square deal for every man. the protection of the citizen against the great concen trations of capital, the Intelligent use ) of laws and Institutions for the public good, uud the conservation of our natural resources, not for the trusts, ! but for the people; these are real is i sues and real problems. Upon such ! things as these the perpetuity of this : country as a natiou of homes really depends. We are coming to see that ! the simple ihlngs are the things to work for. ."irofle than that, we are coming to see that the plain American j citizen is the man to work for. The t imagination is staggered by the mas | nitude of the prize for which we work. If we succeed, there will exist upon this continent a sane, strong people, living through the centuries in a land’ i subdued and controlled for the service ! of the' people, "its* rightful master;;, owned by the many and not by tin; I few. If we fail, the great interests, ' Increasing their control of our nutur ; al resources, will thereby control the | country more and more, and the rights | ol' the people will fade into the privi i leges of concentrated wealth." Church as Smugglers’ Cave. Owing to me presence or the fleet in the Thames, Canvey island has had a great influx of good class visitors. Everybody visits the one little church with its titapv stained glass windows, which is famous for some amazing smuggling exploits/ The present vicar, the Kev. Watson Hager, M. A., relates how within the last halt century, before he was ap pointed, the church was served from the mainland village of Benfleet. The bishop of the diocese had arranged for 20 services to be conducted during, rhe year, intending of course thai they should be held fortnightly. Instead, however, they were held consecutively, so for six months of the year the church was never opened. Taking advantage ot this extraordin ary state of things a band of smug glers used the building as a very safe hiding place for storing kegs of rum bales of tobacco, laces and other con traband goods. Some of these dating smugglers are still living on the island, -l.ondou -Vi A. P. A Professional Clock Winder. In one oi the big jewelry stores in j Maiden Lane, New York, there is a | man who rents desk roots, and makes | a business of w inding clocks for the i wealthy New York families. He ii.es , wound the clocks in one house in up i per Filth avenue for la years, and ' now, though the ianiiiy is ahioad, lie | Sees regularly every eight days and j keeps the timepieces going. He has j several families who have as many as a dozen clocks in the house, and every one is attended to personally by him. On his list there are several year clocks, which are wound on the anni versary of the owners’ wedding, and he has to keep track ot these pieces I very carefully. For 25 years this man j has been buildinsr up his business un ] til he has a very tidy income. Would Puzzle a Prophet. j “It’s hard to see a future president | in a village yap with cowhide boots ' and high water pants.” “Think so? Seems to me that’s just as promising material as a city dude with sunset socks and a clamshell i cap.” Nebraska Directory MLLBOiHELP/mS nr* til*' la-el; ln->iht on haviDtf tlivju. Ask tour local dealer, ur JOHM DEERE PLOW CO. OMAHA s) TAFT’S DENTAL ROOMS M 1517 Baglas St., OMAHA, HEB. Reliable D«iii»tr» at Baderstv Mem. TYPEWRITERS •» \u Vi JJfr * prims. (Wli .nr tlrwe p»j meat*. li«ot«d. r*n4 esprit me jbQTv. fc« re forXrtw esamUMsPUk. K** poa'.l Write fur ts«g Gar*bju tt** aa.J sign E.r.awftA«mc*ve mtswffe of bo;*e toftaev who hjv rl •uttered the torture* «bu 1 faifMt offer I cun pc«|iM) rtafc< t way to prove to yoo chut I C* I t nothin.;, yoo p-*y BothuM* uoliitfu •ccomp.ished. Then I prve ro© j written ffwn-otto (pcod us loop us yco Hm) Ut»i the mo will b« iwrwncnt. .should the tnatir erer return or any of the symptoms ipptur uputn ■hurl I'rojiouD.a yew cured, 1 will lr««4 yea *x»j pive you the best attention at toy i-unuajiMi f,«e cl rtiajrse, until erery symptom bM U>*eps>«nM«t.:. \ That s fair and square. It’e the ctoM Liberal offer ever made. W hy not accept It and rvd yosunett «i the trouble forever? Come and see me about your case. H you ctuukot come just now, write for my free book. Addsea* -w • DR. E. R. TARRY, ^26 Bee Building, Omaha, Nebraska. SiWWmiMBtAwnaMMru11 ■ I lf ■ Ail in Ifight Against Tube‘cuiosts. Prevention of tuberculosis versus dividends is the proposition wbi ii some of our largest insurance com panics are now trying to establish. The Metropolitan Life recently ap plied for permission to erect a sana torium for its policy holders and eu ployos afflicted with tuberculosis, but the application was refused on ground* of illegality by New York State Super intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The company is. however, conducting an active educational campaign by dis t.’ibuting 3,500.000 pamphlets .- auteur its policy holders. The Provident Savings Life Assurance society ha* also established a health bureau, where Its policy holders may rweiv® free medk;al advice. Several fraternal orders, notably the Modern Wood tut u Knights of Pythias, Koyc.l I^rh Uoyal Arcanum and Workmen1* fir c-le, have already established atr «»e contemplating the erection of swnu J toritk for their tuberculous members A Noble Love. ‘ Is the contract of dower property drawn up, signed and witne<»t*ed ’ asked the count of Custk-on-th»'lfniH "Yes.” sighed Gladys Golden. "There art? no loopholes throngl; which your wise lawyers of I'hlladel phla might creep?” "Not a loophole." said th*? fair 4 Gladys. ^ "And your father’s holdings in Anu! gamated Whalobono. American t3k*L-e and Mncuroni and Tin Soup-llate S* have not been affected by the recent depression?" “No. dearest." answered Miao tlulil en. firmly. "rheu i love you," said tho aobt. count; and two fond hearts tvart u* one.— Puck. About Time. Dorothy—Cart l have *<*?.*;■ *> christeu my1‘doll, m«nmn'? Mother—Ob' no. 1 don't, tike to phi,y with water Dorothy ‘Well. <*an 1 have ruaur wax to waxinate her? d'n. she OK#hr to have somethin# tk*ie by *,m ik’d had her three mouths.—Vbi*rk<»>r Magazine. IT WORKS The Laborer Eats Food Tfcat Would Wreck an Office M«.n, .Men who are actively ,m,| at liord work caa £om«'timr*» food that would wreck a man wfee is more closely confined. This is illustrated in the following slory: I was for 12 years clerk In o st»u v working actively and drank coffee «n the time without, much trouble until alter I entered the teiegrapft *erviee. Tuere 1 got very lilt hr ''Sfircjfe and drinking strong coffee, my nerve. were/ unsteady and my stomach g,,t tsealc and 1 was soon a very sick man 1 quit meat and tobacco and in fact I stopped eating everything which I bought might affect mo except coffee, hut still my condition grew Mrsr, and 1 was all but a wreck. I finally quit coffee ami eaw me need to use Posturn a four y<-*r ago, and 1 am speaking the truth when I say, my condition eouuiem,.-,! to improve Immediately and today I am wen and can eat anything ) want without any bad effects, all due to shifting from coffee to Post urn. I told my wife today 1 believed r could digest a brick if i had a cut, of Posturn to go with it. 1 >| ”V\ e make it according to directions boiling it lull 20 minutes and use g,** Look in pkgs. for n copv r»f i'** <■ .nous little book, "The Road to Wet There’s a Reason." Ever read tbe above i.„ one ai,pear* from Ume ' p«*v» ore main.', a“i fait * I ’ 1 *,r^ In lore. t. ' ln" «l bu«na f