* HE VALENTINE DEMOCRA
1. M HICK , Pub.labor.
TAL.TSNTINE , NEBRASKA
One trust with a soul the sole leati
r
The world sadly says good bye
Boi Smith Russell.
Even when a girl has money iu b <
am name she is anxious to change i
How does it happen that nobody hsi
thought of starting a garden sec
Indolence Is a sluggish stream , jtic
eventually undermines the last virtu
B , man lias.
TCtoe economical housewife is alway
trying to make something new out
3d fercad crusts.
Alter all , Morgan would hardly h
&unmn If he didn't want to Morgaur/ <
considering the price he gets.
There is a woman in Maine who wa
o jealous that she hit her husband'
-aratch with an ax because it had a pret
IT faux.
To the oft printed statement Urn
crHde petroleum is conducive to 1ml
grmrth. it Ls only necessary to answer
CLook al the head of John LX Uocke
feller.
3tr. Carnegie says thar "wealth doe ;
< * ol bring happiness. " lie possibly nev
er presented his check for a humirex
dollars to tlie impecunious head of r
family.
Bunko stecrer who once had a for
of $700.000 died in a poorhous <
QIC other day. At some time in his
life lie must have tackled the wronj
-fanner.
if the American consumer must paj
BO inuch for food , how is lie to hay *
any clothing ? Will he be like the poor
benighted Hindoo , who for clothes
wnst make his skin do ?
Such are the contradictious of human
-ttntnre that it is quite possible tin
irmnan who pniyed for money and
then went out and stole $400 regarded
Ifae money as the answer to prayer.
Trustworthy llawaiiaus ut&rm that
poi is a cheap and wholesome article
* > t food. There is a direct communlca-
HM with Hawaii , and thus far. we
.believe , there has been no poi trust
Dr. Talmage left Sttoo.ooo. Sti 4 , iu
these days an insignificant little wad
like that cannot be expected to sub
ject oneto any of the difficulties the
rich man is supposed to encounter in
entrance to heaven.
The president of a widely known
eacporation says that small economics
as necessary to-day a. they ever
but they must be scientific eco-
atomius.The days of saving wrap
ping-twine are gone ; the time is here
fur seeing that not a pennyweight
anre iron than is necessary ahould go
oat in slag. "
Perhaps the public are iu a sense
las-gely responsible for the garruiims-
7USHS of both army and navy officers.
Too much importance has been attach-
< M ! lo what they have had to say re
garding military operations and gov
ernment policies , and they have been
encouraged and importuned to talk
-Hbaut them when it would have been
l > rudent to be silent.
A retired maker of railway rails told
-R company of locomotive engineers the
4 > thi\rday that their sons would be run
ning trains at the rate of one hundred
miles an hour , and that before IU50
tracks would be laid in a straight line ,
ate elimination of curves is going on
at an accelerating rate , for It has been
ascertained that the cost of making the
nge Ls more than made good by the
speed of trains , and by the de-
ireaped distance. It seems to have
taken the practical railway builders r.
"long lime to appreciate the fact that
the caar stumbled upon a great princi
plewhen he used a ruler to mark the
nmttt for the railway between Moscow
am ! SI. Petersburg.
II lias long been a common reproach
whether just or not that women
hare no genius for friendship. They
have boon accused of inconstancy and
disloyalty ; and if there has been a
trUuiiiship between women which was
not .short-lived the cynics have put a
laiM'l f eccentricity upon the friends.
A l etier day is here. Education and a
i k'arersense of proportion have brought
women Jo set a higher value on genu
ine friendship. One of the best of recent
novels. .Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Klea-
iior. " depicts a friendship Ix'twcen its
iwo heroines which stood fast against
-A racking strain ; and no one finds the
l icjre false to life. Friendship has its
d 5icx as well as its joys. There is one
uilrriiijj which we are bound always to
laupon the altar of friendship that
i < a loyal silence. We may outgrow a
.friend : we may disapprove a friend : or
- tire pity of it--we ! may even quarrel
TviUt a friend : but for honor's sake , let
us not speak unkindly of a friend. It
Ji.s conic to paps recently that a man
u'liuiH Uohert Louis Stevenson loved
* n < I counted among liis seven friends
: a. published Jn an English magazine
3. r"vvv of Stevenson's biography. Iu
review iie sets forth in his Incietve ,
Je ninny of Stevenson's faults and j
rc ni' JiN weaknesses. He i JIK cool- : '
: ntieal of I he mnit us if Stevenson ,
had never poured out his heart In lei
ters to him , or sat far into the nigh
talking with him , pouring out a youn
man's expansive but fascinating egc
tisni. There may not be In the revlev
one word that is not true ; but that i
should have been thus set down ii
print murks the writer as having a :
ideal of friendship which even womei
as interpreted by the cynics might dis
own. Wordsworth etched for us year
ago the picture of such a man , and it i
memorable to-day :
One that would peep and botanize
Upon his mother's grave.
What the modern Individual's chance
for longevity are is a subject that 5 :
ably considered by Roger S. Tracy , for
mer llegistrar of Records of the De
partment of Health of New York Git :
iu the Century Magazine. There an
pros and cons to the question , declare !
the writer , and among the pros he in
eludes the development of moderr
sanitary methods , the recognition ol
the Importance of both personal ant
municipal cleanliness , and the great ad'
vance in medicine and surgery. As tc
the subject of surgery , he says the
modern sugreon presumes to ventum
into "the citadel of life and to close tht !
wounds of the heart Itself. " "There U
now not a single portion of the bodji
that is looked upon with awe as a
place where the scalpel is barred. " The
triumphs of medicine he believes to be
mostly in the line of prevention. "Never
again will the black death destroy its
millions of victims in the civilized por
tions of the world ; never again Avill
men fold th * ir hands while hundreds
of thousands are dying around thorn ,
call it a visitation of God. and await
their own fate in helpless terror. The
mask sjf what men thought was tin ;
ingel of denUi has been torn away ,
ind in the phantom face behind it w < >
recognize the projection of our own
hideous ignorance and supiueness.1
Hut , on the other hand , says Mr. Tracy ,
there is no doubt that the great ad
vances in medicine and surgery have
shortened some lives while lengthening
> thers. .Moreover , he asserts that tha
causes of disease and death which hav
iltherto been brought under sanitary
Control do not affect in any importan ;
legrce the health of those who have
reached middle life , and most of the
diseases in which surgery has been
most successful are so uncommon as
not to have much effect upon the death
rate. Among these pros and cons hi <
finds that the only sure footing is to by
obtained from statistics , and these
show not only a decline in the death
rate but a diminution of mortality in
early life. Few people , says the writer ,
have enough self-control to bt'comu
centenarians. "The game for them Ls
not worth the candle , " and "the muscu
lar , full-blooded person who laughs at
doctors and thinks his appetites great
Sifts of nature , to be satiated rather
than satisfied , does not always outlive
the valetudinarian who counts hh
grapes and stops at one glass of wine. "
But the saving of lives at Mie earlier
iges brings a large number of people toj
i point where they can look out Cor !
: hem plveH. and. says the writer in |
jheering conclusion , "however deplor- '
ible the general neglect to do ( his may
> e , it is certain that the average man
MS a Ikiter chance of living long than
le ever did before in the history of
ivorld. "
TO LIBERATE PRISONERS.
Two persons Ju this case the per
'ormer and one of the audience are
arefully tied , each having the wrists
bound by a cord ( Ai.
Then another cord ,
two yards long , i.i
placed over the cord *
binding the wrists ,
connecting the two
prisoners ( B ) . Thu
task is t.o liberate
the prisoners with
out oj ening the knots
or removing the
cords around i h
wrists. This is not so
difficult- you know
how. The prisoner ,
who wants to liber
ate' Mimself. shovel
the cord that con
nects him with thu
other prisoner ( Hi. with the help of the
ball of the right hand , so high that the
ring and little finger of the left hand
ca.n grab it and put it over the riujj
finger of ( lie right hand.
li'rcnoh Express Train
French express trains and their rate
of speed have been .somewhat promi
nently before the public for some nnn * .
and there were a good many .roin'pri-
sons wirb F.nrlaii < l in this conneYt'i.'h. . .
Little was said at the time of the "Sud
express. " which runs daily between
Paris and the Spanish frontier , and
which accomplishes a very meritorious
performance. This train is one more
sample- the progress that lias been
made iu France of recent years with
regard to rapid railway traveling. Its
inclusive rate of speed of fifty miles
in hour equals tiiaJ of lite fastest
scolrh expresses , while its iutermcdi-
iry speeds > ! iow a higher average
ban those presented by any Hritish
ong-distance express , or even by
America's "Umpire State" express.
L'aris Messenger.
Why He Is IJlue.
"What kind of a bird is a hi tie jay ? "
"The .sort of a jay that comes so soon
n the spring that he freezes his toes. "
-Detroit Free Press.
Old maids like to see their nephew *
; row up into fine-looking young imn ,
o they can make the giris jealous by
; issing them.
When a girl Is pretty she is usually
irst to hear it.
NO PLACES FOR A WIDOW.
is a rude awakening
fHERE the woman of no esp
cial qualifications who starts 01
to make her own living nowaday
Never was the task harder. Specializ :
tion in the lines of women's endeavor
just as great as iu the lines followed t
men. Thirty years ago the geiitlewoma
left dependent on her own resourci
could take a few music pupils iu a dill
tante sort of way , and get enough rnoi
ey to supply her immediate needs. C
she could go out as a nurse in her ow
select circle. Half a dozen other waj
were open to her. Times have chaugei
however. Only a few days ago a woina
In a city up the State of middle ag
was left a widow , and when the affaii
of her husband's estate were wound u
she found that she would have to fin
a way to support herself. She had ol
friends and to them she came. iMiey di
what they could to find her ernploj
ment and this was the result :
1. Took a place as "working nous
keeper , " but the family wanted som
one who could do part of the washin
and she was not strong enough. Had t
give it up.
H. An opportunity was offered to tau
care of an invalid , but she could no
qualify. A trained nurse was needed.
3. A small child needed personal si :
pervision. The child must , however , b
cared for iu the "scientific way. " Sh
lacked the latter-day training , althoug ]
she had "raised" children in the coun
try. Couldn't qualify.
4. Care of older children ; some on
who could teach French and German
Could not qualify.
And so it went down through the list
She could not do a housemaid's work-
she was too old. Youth aud sirengtl
were needed in the menial place * . Wha
was such a woman to do ? Commit sui
cide ? Or what ? New York Bveninj
Sun.
Uelic of Ancient Custom.
The very same objection which foi
many centuries denied women property
or right of wages , which offeret
neither opportunity nor encouragemen
to the education of women , which per
secuted the first women physicians am
opposed the opening of each industry
to the woman wage earner is still ob
jecting to giving women the ballot.
And what is this objection ? An in
stiiictlvc fear that individual liberty
for women will disarrange that time
honored scheme once thought d'.vim
and defined by Hlackstone :
"The husband and wife are one , ant
that one Is the husband. "
To maintain this oneness of husbant
ami wife he once administered hei
property , collected her wages and speni
her money for her. Time has destroyed
the old-time oneness , and now the wift
manages her own affairs and does hei
own thinking : but. as a last relic ol
; incient custom , the husband votes for
her.
her.He
He dot's not do this because he 01
any one else supposes for a moment
That he really represents her. He votes
liis own opinions , while hers go unre-
onled. Man is usually quick and will
ing to admit that this condition is
neither logical nor just , but the aver-
tge man who still opposes giving the
suffrage'to women stands frightened
K'fore this act of simple justice. He
s like a distinguished Congressman
vho admitted the other day that he
vns convinced the arguments for wom-
iri suffrage could not be answered , yet
onfessed that he quaked in his shoes
n dread of the necessity of rearramr-
rig his ideals when once it should
: ome.
It is man. liberty loving , progressive ,
earless , who advocates woman snff-
age. It is man. creed and tradition
lound. timid , frightened , who opposes
t. Carrie Chapman Gatt.
As the TVTIK Is Bent.
Upc-ently there has been completed in
outh Germany a test of the powers of
bsorvation in hoys and girls.
The school authorities had a work-
inn of ordinary looks placed in a room
y himself.
Classes of irirls of different age were
> nt through the room. AH that the
achers fold them was that they were
go into the room through one door
ml out through another. When thev
'turned to their classrooms they were
tked to describe the man in the room ,
early .SO per cent of the girls confined
icir attention to the man's clothes : the
hers described both clothes and fea-
ires. The same experiment when tried
ith boys revealed that fact that near-
" 7Q per cent of them confined their at-
ntion to the men's features , the re-
aiuder to both features and clothes.
Don't ( let 1lie Canily Habit. i
A girl of 15 ought to bethe living
eturo and reality of health. It is a
ity. this matter of good health. Kx-
cise in the open air. temperance in
itinsr and occupation these are the
crets of good health. The girl who
> s in bed late , never walks a mile and
its candy morning , noon and night. '
n never feel well , and has no right
fpei well. An occasional treat of
ire candy is good , but nothing could
- worse than the cont'tiuous eating of
i'eet stuff which goes on among girls '
most universally in this country ,
jauty of complexion , good nature and
altht'ul enjoyment of life nil vanish
lien the train of Ills brought on by ;
eriudulgeuce Iu sweets begins to aub-
i rge the vitality. '
I'll we is much to be learned by giris ,
d women wi lute subject of diet , j
Every girl should find out what is besl
for her , and then stick to it for with
out health life is a failure to nine peo
ple out of ten. Occasionally some one
has been great enough to make some
thing out of a life handicapped by
chronic sickness , but for one who has
succeeded a thousand have failed.
Woman's Home Companion.
Care of the Feet.
When the warm weather comes , for
many people feet troubles begin. The
feet get tired , hot , and swell ami feel
tender. The best remedy for tender or
swollen feet is lold water. Plunge
the feet into cold water for a few sec
onds every day , and follow this with a
vigorous rubbing with a rough towel.
When the feet ache and burn a tepid
salt-water foot-bath is most refresh
ing. A few drops of olive oil rubbed
upon dry feet will prevent blisters , but
feet that perspire too freely should be
rubbed with alcohol after the cold
plunge and then dusted with fuller's-
earth.
If the feet are tender it will afford
relief If the insides of the stockings are
powdered with boracic-powder. A lo
tion made from one ounce of boricic-
powder dissolved in half a pint of boil
ing water is extremely good to use as
a fomentation for enlarged and tender
toe-joints and bunions. A piece of lint
saturated with it when cold and laid
on the joint on going to bed , with a
piece of oiled silk on it and a bandage
over all to keep it in place , will give
great relief if the application is per
severed in for some nights.
A Netrlijjee Gown.
Every woman wants a negligee
gown. There are many pretty ones in
the shops , but here is a home-made
one : Use flowered muslin over silk
pink or blue. Lay a deep yoke in mod
erate widtlucks , set close together ,
running straight across the back , but
diagonally in front. From the edge of
the yoke let the muslin fall in aecor-
dian plaits. Finish the neck according
to fancy. > .
A pretty yoke and stock for a light
silk gown is of ruffled tulle , the rutlles
being so tiny as to look almost like
simple shirring. Over both are Bet
small pearl beads , as close together as
desired. A fold or twist of satin may
be used at the top of the stock and nt
the lower edge of the yoke.
Funcy Waist.
White silk waist , edged with black
velvet fold : neck and cuffs of blue taf
feta , stitched in blue ; shoulder straps
and border of the white silk stitched in
black.
Starch and Steel.
Put your steel ornaments in powder
ed starch when they are not in use.
This will prevent them from rusting.
Health and Beauty Hint * .
A salt footbath at night wonderfully
rests and invigorates the whole sys
tem.
tem.A
A pleasant softness and fragrance is
given to bathing water by throwing
into it some fresh orange peel.
Veils should either be washed or
thrown away when soiled , for the dust
which clolects in them is bad for the
complexion.
For stiffness of the muscles caused
by overexertion n very good remedy is
to rub the affected muscles thoroughly
with alcohol undiluted.
All acids are more or less injurious
to the teeth. Medicine in which there
is ncid should be taken through a glnsa
rube and the mouth rinsed with a little
borax and water.
For vitriol burns cover the parts
burned with a soft , thick paste of cal
cined magnesia and water. This re
lieves the pain very quickly , and there
is seldom a scar left after tjliis treat
ment.
The wrinkles called "crow's feet' '
should be prevented by daily stroking
of the folds or where they would come.
Keeping the blow ! in free circulation
under the skin is the sure wrinkle pre
ventive.
To make a first-rate hair wash shred
an ounce of white soap , pour over it a
quart of boiling water and stir till dis
solved. When cool , add the whisked
yolk of two eggs nnd a tnblespoonful
t > f spirits of rosemary. Cork * tightly
; nid shake well before use.
Hran water is excellent for the com
plexion. Put a teacupful of bran into
cheese-cloth nnd it boil
ii - bag pour on
ing water. When sufficiently cool it
kvlll be found creamy and soft to wash
in nnd very cleansing. The bran bag
s used by many people daily for wash-
up : both face and hands.
To whiten the hands use only soft
ivnter for washing and a good toilet
= onp. Before drying rub on a few
Imps of pure glycerine , work it into
he skin thoroughly and then dry care-
'ully. Keep the pulp of a lemon on
our wRshstand and with it .rub the
onee or tivn-e a day after wash-
Remedy for Scaly
The disease , scaly leg. is well kuown
to all who keep poultry , and while it
is considered that the presence of this
trouble does not affect the health of
the fowl , it is an objectionable trouble
and ought to be removed. There is
good reason to believe that the com
fort if not the health of the fowl is
affected , for the scaly leg is due to a
parasite and the working of the mite
must be more or less annoying to the
birds.
The Illustration shows how the scaly
leg looks , and it will be seen that it
differs from the other leg trouble
known as tuberculosis leg. The pene
trating of the tnites beneath the scales
causes them to protrude so that to
read ; the rnites and remove the cause
of the trouble the scales must be re
moved. Soak the legs in warm , soapy
water until the scales are softened
somewhat , then remove them with a
SCALY r.F. ( ; ON FOWLS.
dull knife. If bleeding results , soak
the legs a little while longer.
Prepare an ointment of two drachma
of balsam of Peru , mixed with two
ounces of vaseline and apply this after
the scales have been removed. The
ointment should be applied by spread
ing it on a cloth and bandaging the
legs of the fowls. Renew every two
days until a eur > Is effected.
Pure Bred Cattle in Iowa.
Iowa not only has the reputation of
being the greatest agricultural State
! In the Union , but that it leads as well
In the production of fine cattle. In the
breeding of shorthorns it stands first ,
and the sale of these cattle clearly
shows that the business is on a good
paying basis. The average of the sales
of Iowa shorthorns the last year has
been from $200 to $7io a headwith the
majority of sales ranging from $300
to ? .r)00 a head. The breeders of Here
ford cattle in Iowa enjoy a good
healthy trade In their favorites , breed
Ing aboui one-tenth of oJl the Hereford
cattle in the United States , and repre
Kented by over three hundred breeders ,
two hundred of whom are members of
the association. Thus Iowa stands
fourth in the production and sale of
Hereford cattle , and the prices obtained
at the public sales averaged from $200
to $300 a head. Although there are
leu times as many shorthorns in the
United States , and three times as many
Herefords as Aberdeen-Angus , yet the
farmers and breeders of Iowa are
reaching out for the latter kind , and
Iowa stands first Iu the breeding of
Angus cattle , having nearly three hun
dred breeders raising one-third of ail
the Angus cattle In the United States ,
showing a growth and increase within
the State of 800 per cent in the hist ten
years. Agricultural Kpltomist.
Oleo Sold for Hntter.
The oleo people have always made a
* trong point of oleo being a cheap but
ter for the poor man. aud many h.ive
been the crocodile tear * shed by the
oleo trust over the inability of the poor
man to pay the high price for cow but
ter. Of course every one knows how
readily the oleo makers sacrifice them
selves for the poor , butterless laboring
man , but we have never been able to
obtain figures showing the exact extent
of the sacrifice until the last report of
the Pennsylvania dairy aud food com
mission came to baud.
This report shows that out of 1.4S'J
samples bought for butter in the Penn
sylvania groceries 1.193 of them were
5leo. As the above was sold at butter
prices , the poor man had to pay about
? 119 over what he could have bought
: he oleo for under its own name. This
s philanthropy at 10 cents per pound
ixcess profit. Hoard's Dairyman.
Thin Kind Sow.
Won first premium at Kentucky State
Fair in 1897 ; also sweepstakes premium
In aged herd at Natchez. Miss. . 1807-
1898. Property of James S. Kiger. Ma-
plebrook Farm. Charlestown. Ind.
. Infertility of Ksrtf" .
One of the best plans of avoiding in
fertility of eggs , if it be renily due to
the forcing of eggs during the winter.
Is to have a number of selected fowls
that are kept solely For the purpose of
supplying the eggs that arc to be hatch
ed. While this plan would entail con
siderable labor and a separate pen , it
would also enable poultry-aisers to
utilize the valuable two and three-year-
old hens that are not equal to the task
3f heavy winter laying.
It Is advocated by sonic authorities
that more heavy grain and less hi the
tvay of mashes be fed to laving hens ,
: he claim being th'at the vitality of the
) ird can be kept up longer by this
nethod.
The Mare at Foalinjc Time.
Much of the success that should at-
end horse-breeding depends upon the
are an < l attention bestowed upon the
nare toward and at f flnf time , 34
then not only are her own health and
safety at stake , but the welfare of her
progeny is also a matter for serious
consideration. It is therefore necessary
that extra precautions be adopted and
intelligent observation maintained in
order that mare and foal may pas *
through this critical period in the most
satisfactory manned. Prof. George
Fleming.
Don't Use Milk Prcwcrvatiyes.
Several so-called milk preservation
are being offered this year that were
not on the market a year ago. and tbe
claim is made for at least one of them
that It will not in any way injure tlia
! inilk. It would seem almost unneees-
' sary to advise farmers to avoid inese
preservatives , for the use of them will
mean trouble. The local board of
health in nearly every town in the
country sufficiently large to have such
a body of men , backed by the law , will
make more trouble this year than ever
before. Formalin and other chemical *
used for the preservation of milk are
very injurious to health , and law *
I against the use of them are rigorously
' euforced. Unfortunately , the farmer
cannot control the milk after ii leaves
his hands , but as many farmers de
liver the product of their dairies direct
to the consumer this warning Is meant
for them. The writer has personar
knowledge that the utmost precautions
are being taken in many States , am !
there is no way of fooling these au
thorities. In some sections the law
has been changed go that a term of
imprisonment has been added to tin
heavy fine that was imposed a year > \
ago. In other sections flue and im
prisonment takes the place of tine or
Imprisonment.
Watch the Hoes Carefully.
A hog that does not care for Its corn
Is an object of suspicion , it should ,
at once be separated from the herd.
Both the sick pig and the herd , which
are as yet apparently well , should be-
thoroughly disinfected themselves
and their yards , nests and feeding
troughs and put on a laxative , cool
ing diet. On a failure of the off-it-
feed pig to recover at once , or the ap
pearance of further disorders in the-
herd , resort Immediately to stringent
measures to cure hog cholera for tbe
chances are that your herd has tal *
fatal disease.
We are convinced that every farne
on which swine arc kept should be
provided with a dipping tank for
swine. In order to keep the stock free
from lice and skin disease by an occa
sional dipping , and especially to dis
infect the hogs in case of a threatened
outbreak of cholera. The dipping tank.
Is a comparatively cheap appliance.
Nebraska Fanner.
Good Wucon Jack.
My Wagon Jack is made entirely of-
oak. except the pins and brace , which
are of Iron. The brace Is of
round iron , flatten
ed at ends and bent
at an angle totit
the upright pieces , a
and b. The up
right , a. IK 2x4x28
inches ; base. b. ,
Jx4xl8 inches ; lev
er , c. 1x4x40 Jnchea
while the latch , dr.
is Ixlxl4 inches.
The iron brace is ofincb round iron-
and 18 Inches long. The cut shows it
self as to how it IK made. C. EL
Likens , in Iowa Homestead.
Overfeeding of Fowl.
Irregular feeding usually means
feeding. The fowl , like other animate
thar. are not fed at proper intervals , is
liable to eat too much at one time , and
suffer from Indigestion. But such suf
fering means ceasing of egg produc
tion for the fowl as surely as it doe *
of milk production in the cow. There-
Is but one way to prevent this , and that
is the feeding at regular hours , and It
any cause , as an enforced absence front
home , delays the feeding hour , jtire
less rather than more to the flock and.
see that the larger and more greedy
oues do not obtain moi > than 'heir-
proper share. Even missing one feed-
Ing entirely Is not as bad for them : > *
getting too much at one time , and if
any time is an excuse for a hearty
feeding it is just before they go to-
roost at night. Then they can digest
it before morning. Whether too muc5t
at that time ever gives them the night
mare or not we cannot say. but we ncr-
sr saw or heard any indications of It.
American Cultivator.
of the Public Range.
According to a telegram from Helena.
Mont , the cattlemen of the Northwest
ire buying land rapidly and settling
iown with their herds. They have bts
? un to realize that the public ranje
ivill soon be a thing of the past , and
hat the man who would continue in
he business of raising cattle must
lave land of his own upon which t -
craze them. This is an encouraging
'eature of the live stock industry , for
t means more cattle on thy same uuni-
Hr of acres and better cattle than
lave been produced by the ranges. At
he same time It makes the cattleman
ndependent and no longer at the mercy
> f the seasons , eompolled to more-
lither and thither with hi * herds in
rder to find sustenance for them.
The Stable Floor.
Undoubtedly the mo t convenient
loor of a stable is of cement. TJjft-
leal floor is made of cement , with
: iorable plank floors for the stalls. In
xrallties where the soil IK of a clajer
ature the natural soil will make a
ery satisfactory floor If the wtalls are
cored with plunk and plank gutt m
re provided for the manure. Swch a
oor makes an excellent temporary ar-
ingement. and cement can I * pur-
twaetl and laid a * time and fuad * < * HI.
ecnrit.