' ' " " " ! ' ' r ' * vfSjrwffi ; - Vf ? Good'Alfalfa Field in tlie North. One , of the. most Successful alfalfa fields in the North , is it the Wisconsin 'Experiment ' Station , where the four cuttings obtained tnls year gave 32,376 .pounds of green fodder , or 10.SOO pounds of hay , rie'arly 5 % tons per 'acre. The weight of green forage ob- 'tained w.as twicc tha of clover and itliree tinics that of Unjo'thy. The analy sis showed thtf alfalfa yielded nearly ithree tinics as mucn protein per acre as clover and nine times as much as 'timothy ' , while the dry matter and fat were also greatly in favor of alfalfa * 'The crop is being tested quite exten sively throughout Wisconsin. Of 125 farmers reporting to the station , 110 advocated using the alfalfa with a nurse crop , ninety-nine * of them using loats for that purpose. Twenty pounds 'of ' seetT per acre was the amount gen- erally preferred.The variety was the comraoir alfalfa : which succeeded better than Uio.Turkcstan variety. A New III.Tan. . 8th ( Special ) Mrs. Sarah K. Row-3 , who is residing liere , Kays she feels like "A New Be ing , " although she is in her fifty-sev- enth year. Why ? Because she has taken Uofld's Kidney PiTls , that well known medicine that has put new life into ofd bodies , mid has come as a Gorl send info homes of sorrow and suffering. She says : "No one knows what awful torture I suffered with Rheumatism and Kid ney Trouble , until L got cured by .DorlrTs' Kidney Pills. This grand reme.'Jy drove the Rlieumatisin out of my body , nothing else ever did me any good. Doild's Kidney Pills are worth one hundred times their price , for'they have made me , tbouglivl am flfty-Bcvon years old , a new being. I anrin' better'shape'now than I have tbeerr for many years and I owe it all ! to OortdV Kidney P'ills. Economical Tlionsrlit. , "Oh , George ! " said Mrs. Youngman , ' "my canary bird's dead. " "Yes if" replied her husband. "You're , Bot grieving' much. " "No ; you-oee , I can have it stuffed for my hat next fall , and then the rest of th'e hat. won't cosf j-ou so much. " < Philadelphia Tress. Piso's" Cure for Consumption Is the best fcaedicine.'I have , over found for coughs and colds ; Mrs. Oscar Tripp , Big Rock , HI. , March 20. 1001. Tlie Stable Floor. Horses , when confined , need good floors on which to stind , and in order to secure a good pitch in them suffi cient for all liquids to drain rearward , good way is to have the planks 6 inches v/.ide , 5 inches thick at one end and"2 inches thick at the other. These should be laid two layers thick. With the thick end under the manger , the first or lower layer should be put down as closely as the planks can be driven , so as la make them water-tight is pos sible. Assuming the foundation is lev el , this Avilt give a fall of about 5 inch es to carry water away. The top layer should then be put on with the thick ends' oC the planks at the end of the sbill , thus bringing ( he floor up to a perfect , level , the only natural position for ahorse stand. The top planks for three feet in the center of the stall should be % of an inch apart. Owing to Uja slant of the layer underneath , theurine then has a chance to run away , and , as a consequence , the stall is always dry. Especially is this so if , when in cleaning out the stable , a amfiil square" hook is used to run down the grooves in ! tlie tipper layer , insur ing a clear passage for the liquids at all times. Agricultural Epitomist. I'rocJiictiva : Winter Wheats. TIUaverage Height per bushel and the average yield of the most produc tive varieties of whiter wheat for the * past five ? years , including 1904 , at the Ontario ; experimental farm are report ed as follows : Dawsoii Golden Chaff , J5i.S ) pounds , 59.S bushels ; Imperial Amber ; G.f.2 pounds , 5S bushels ; Prize TaJc.-iy { 79.8 pounds , 57.G bushels ; Sil ver Dollar. 59.7 pounds , 57 bushels ; Budapest , 01.4 pounds , 55.4 bushels ; Jlmly ; Gl-1 pounds , 55.4 bushels ; For- iyfold , 59.1 pounds. 55.4 bushels , and Egyptian Amber. G1.4 pounds , 55.2 bushels. In 1904 Dawson Golden < Jliaff"j > osscssed the strongest and Red Hussar'the weakest straw , and Iron clad , Tasmania lied and Pride of Aini'ric.VwcTe freest from rust. INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. llo v CCoo ; ! jlcfidcil Off the luxiiliousr Disease. Thu Jmppy wife of a good old-fash- Somul Michigan farmer says : "In the spring of 1902 1 was taken sick a general breaking down , as it were. 1 w s excessively nervous , could not al-oep well at night , my food Koorucil. to do me no good , and I was KO weak I could scarcely walk across ilie room. ' The. doctor said uiy condition was ttio to overwork and close confinement and thatbe very much feared that cou- BUJupUou would set in. > For several mouths I took one kind of medicine af ter another , but with no good effect in Cttci , E seemed to grow worse. " Tlien I determined to quit all medi cines , givo up coffee.and see what GrapeNutsfood , would do for me. I infill to.cat . Grape-Nuts with sugar awl cream'and. . bread and butter three time * : rt day. "Thtj effect was surprising ! I began to gain Jlcsh.and , strength forthwith , iny I..TVOB .quieted down and grew nor mally sleuly _ and sound , sweet sleep came buck to me. In sis : weeks' time I discharged , the hired girl and com menced ( o do my own housework for n family y of six. This was two years ago , stud I urn. doing it. still , and enjoy it. " NJIHKJ given by Postum Co. , Bat tle Creek , Mich. There's a reason. Read the little fcook. "Th'e iload to Wellville , " in pkgs. 4 4 < $ 4 4- 44 4 Opinions of Great Papers on Emportasit Subjects. 4 4 t t i f CONVICT NO. 9,510. OR many years Newton C. Dougherty was a leading , prosperous and honored citizen of Peoria. His work in his chosen profession of educator was widely applauded and received not only local but national recognition. Through a combination of talents not often seen in an educator he gained personal wealth as well as professional honor. 1 et to-day Newton C. Dougherty has no longer wealth , nor lonor , nor even a name in the regard of the public or of 1 is fellow men about him. He is merely Convict No. D,510 in the Illinois State prison at Joliet. Why has Newton C. Dougherty fallen so fast , so far , and so low ? The answer is as old as human life on the earth , and so long as men forget that manhood is more than riches that answer must still be given. Newton C. Dougherty was iu haste to be not merely honorably prosperous , but luxuriously rich. That he might get money much money he set his honor as a man and his well-earned fame as an educator upon the cast of the dice in the game for wealth. He did this again and again and again. For a long time he won and his sin was hid. But there came a day when he lost again and again , and his sin could no longer be hid. It burst forth to alarm the guilty and astound the free. free.And And almost in a day wealth , reputation , the respect of men , professional honor and renown , were gone and lost forever. Because he forgot that the wages of sin is death , tn one day Newton C. Dougherty was forced to draw all the arrears of those wages to the uttocmost penny. That is why Newton C. Dougherty has fallen so fast , BO far and so low. That is why Newton C. Dougherty has to-day , neither wealth nor honor , nor even a name , but is tnerely Convict No. 9,510 in the Joliet prison. Chicago tntcr Ocean. PIELDS TUBNJ3D TO GOLD. HE wealth of the American farmer is the won der of the world. With the magic of a Midas T he has turned all his fields to gold. The wealth production on farms in 1005 has reached the highest amount ever attained by the farmer of this or any other country. 'The total figures $6,413,000,000 are almost beyond comprehension. It may help in realizing the enor mity of the amount to know that if the farmer keeps up this rale of production three years more he will have pro duced an amount of wealth within ten years equal to one- half of the entire national wealth produced in three cen turies. It may help still further to know that the agricul tural exports the surplus left over after all home wants were supplied have amounted in sixteen years to a round 5:1,000,000,000 : more than the value of all the railroads in the country. Yes , the farmer has been doing things on a scale so big that ordinary comprehension can hardly rise to it. it.And And the things he sells , at prices which make fiction tales of wealth look shrunken and mean , by no means rep resents the total of his riches. He still owns the cow that this year has yielded him $655,000,000. He keeps the hens that pay him $500,000,000 a year. ' A single year's increase In the value of his farms equals the entire national debt. He has money in the bank big wads of it. Indeed he owns banks that are numbered by the hundreds. The 1,754 THE DEADLY TERMITE. Noted , for TVaT-s tlint Are Dark and Triclcs that Are 3Iea . "For ways that are dark , and tricks that are mean , " the termite's the mean est of bugs ever seen. However , the- termite is not seen very often , and there's the rub which is agitating many American scientists , and like wise many owners of wooden struc tures in the United States. The termite looks ' * " ' like an ant , but Is TIM : QUEEN. not Qf thc ant fam. ily. It is really allied to the dragon flies and May flies. It is of tropical origin , but somehow managed to colo nize ha the land of the free and tlie home of the brave. Fifty years ago a traveling entomologist reported that he was surprised to find termites "colo nized in San Francisco and on the shores of Lake Erie , near Cleveland , O. " The to-mttes at some later data moved into Cleveland but their devas tations were ftttrilmtetl to other causes until Prof. Oldenbaeh , a Jesuit scien tist of that city , discovered a cozy family of about a million of them and reported his find to Washington. Since HEAD OF THE TERMITE. then the termites have greatly extend ed themselves in a residential way. How to offset their destructiveness has become a very serious proposition. The invasion of the United States by the termite lias become very thor ough. It has been found on mountain tops of Colorado at a height of 7,000 feetNot Not long ago an accumulation of books and papers belonging to tlie State of Illinois was thoroughly ruined by their attacks. In South Carolina a echool library closed for the summer was found in autumn to be completely eaten out and valueless. Even in the department of agriculture at Wash ington an accumulation of records and documents stored in a vault , on exam ination proved to be thoroughly mined and ruined by these destroyers. Three frame buildings in Washing tonwere found recently to be so badly country banks organized in the last five years are almost wholly owned by the farmer. The farmer is king of the land. The cornstalk is a humble scepter , but it yields 2,700,000,000 bushels , and that is more than any other king's scepter , though of gold and jeweled , ever did for him in all the history of the world. The farmer may have hayseed in his hair , but he has $605,000,000 worth of hay in the market. We may laugh at th ° straw in his mouth , but must bow down in respect before the most valuable wheat crop ever produced in any year in any land. Kansas City World. THE PBESESVATION OF NIAGARA. REPORT recently submitted by the Interna tional Waterways Commission holds out a hope that the Falls of Niagara may be saved from any further despoliation for commercial purposes. No act of the commission can be final , but it has waved a danger signal In its recommendation to the Government of the United States and to that of Canada that "such steps as they may regard as necessary be taken to prevent any cor porate rights or franchises being granted or renewed by either Federal , State or Provincial authority for the use of the waters of the Niagara River for power or other pur poses until this commission is able to collect the informa tion necessary to enable it to report fully upon the condi tions and uses of these waters to the respective Govern ments of the United States and Canada. " The preservation of the Falls depends upon the com bined action of both countries. It may be assumed that the Dominion will be ready to pass such laws and enter into such agreements as may be necessary to prevent the full conversion of the Niagara River into mere horse-power. Pending final legislation , a suspension bill is a highly desir able measure. The raid on the river has already gone too far. Concurrent action by Congress and Parliament could effect a permanent prohibition of further injury. New York Sun. OFFICIALS' BIG SALABIES. REAT merit should have great wages. But when a high salary only whets the appetite for ; the trimmings , the bigger the salary the bigger the appetite. The Bank of Germany , with as sets of over $000,000,000 , finds a competent man to manage its affairs on a salary of $30,000 a year , while the governor of the Bank of Eng land with still larger assets to handle , gets only $10,000 a year , but Mr. McCurdy , as president of the Mutual Life , pays himself $150,000 a year , and other members of his family , who hold subordinate positions under him , nearly twice as much more. Can any one believe that it tak more ability to manage the insurance company than the bank ? Or is it a matter of experience ? Then let us ask how much experience in the insurance business had Mr. Paul Morton when made president of the Equitable at a salary of $80,000 a year ? Does any one think the poaition of an insurance official more important than the presidency of the United States ? And jet more of policy holders' money goes into the capacious coffers of the McCurdy fam ily than it takes to pay the salary of the President of the United States and all his Cabinet officers and all the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States , and the Gov ernors of sixteen States of the Union all thrown together. W. D. Vandiver , in The World To-day. eaten up by this insidious foe that It was necessary to tear them down. Damage of the sort mentioned has oc curred as far rorth as Boston. As a destructive force in the United States the terrible termite threatens to rival the forces of the elements. Theywork in the dark. Prof. C. L. Marlatt , of the entomology depart ment , states they cannot bear the full sunshine and when exposed to it shrivel up and die. They first colonize underground and then begin their at tack on a building , seldom , If ever , coming to a floor surface. Hence , a building seemingly firm in all its proportions , suddenly falls apart as might a child's house of cards , carrying to death and injury its living occupants. There is a winged termite , but the real depredators are soft-bodies , large- headed and milky white , less than a quarter of an inch in length. A colony of termites in the tropics has a king and queen , the latter possessing an enormous capacity for laying eggs. In this country this queen has not been found. In her absence , however , the termites are able to develop from a young Larva or nymph which would otherwise become a winged female , known as a supplementary queen , which is never winged and never leaves the colony. The late Prof. II. G. Hubbar.d discovered this supplemen tary queen tlie parent insect of all the terrible termites in America. A Svs-eH Club. A young American staying for a time in an English provincial town , and being the only representative of his nation there , was the victim of considerable "guying. " But he took it all with such good nature tliat ho gen erally managed to come off with flying colors , despite his inferiority in num bers to his tormentors. At an evening gathering he wore his coat lupel a pin in the form of a tiny American flag. Several of tlie guests pretended not to recognize tlie Stars and Stripes. "Ah , " a supercilious young woman raised her lorgnette and gazed at the emblem , "you belong to some ah secret society or organization ? " "Yes , " said Uncle Sam's nephew , amiably , "it's my club , you know ; and at last reckoning there were over eigh ty millions of us. " "Warm "Do you think the new janitor has a vocabulary that is sufficiently warm ? " "Well , I should say.he had ! He used to run a school for talking par- rota. " Cleveland Plain Dealer. COST OF THE WHITE HOUSE. Sum Required Annually to Maintain It and Other Figures. The White House up to date has cost about $3,000,000 , of which near ly one-third has been paid for furni ture and interior decorations , says the Saturday Evening Post. Originally the State of Virginia gave $130,000 to build it , Maryland adding $72,000. To maintain the White House costs from $25,000 to $50,000 a year , the appro priation for this purpose varying con siderably. But every now and then there is something extra to be paid for and Congress is called upon to give an extra $30,000 or $50,000. The biggest pull of this kind ever made was for $550.000 , which was spent a couple of years ago in a partial reconstruction of the interior and in the addition of wingliko terraces and an office build ing. Every now and then a new set of china has to be provided , and usually that costs about $25,00u rather a big sum from the everyday housewife's point of view. Repairs run up to a large amount annually , white paint be ing an important item. The President gets his pay every mouth in the shape of a check , or , more accurately speaking , a "war rant , " for $4,166.67 , which is sent by a messenger to the White House. A memorandum of the amount due is made out by the auditor of the State Department and is sent to the warrant division of the Treasury , where It is examined and marked as approved. The Secretary of the Treasury signs it , tlie Controller certifies it as correct and then Mr. Roosevelt receives his money. The smallest warrant ever is sued by the Treasury Department was in favor of a President of the United States. It was for one cent and was forwarded from Washington to Mr Cleveland to Gray Gables , the SUP being due to close the account of satf ary for the fiscal year. Eunhcminm. Mr. Smith , of Baltimore. Was youi father's office building burned to tha ground ? Miss Jones , of Boston No , the walla were left standing , but the edifice was completely er intestined. " Cleve land Leader. How severe a young man is witb the love affairs of a widower , and hov ? severe an elderly man is with thu love affairs of a young fellow. Some people in time grow almost famous for hearing of thlnzs that never happened. f Herbert II. Ai uiv.evho has been selected by the president to be the Prst United States minister to Nor- way , has for sev- * r a 1 years been Third Assistant 'ecretary of State t Washing ton. lis most recent . ork that canie to ho notice of the uhlic was as rep- esentative of thu .tate Department t the Portsmouth peace conierence. As Third Secretary , the consular ser vice has been under his immediate charge , and in 1904 he made a trip around the world inspecting United States consulates. The results of this trip , which are found in the recom mendation for the improvement of the consular service , arc regarded as of great value. Mr. Peirce has held scv- retaryships in the diplomatic service , including that of first secretary at St. Petersburg , where he was charge d'affairs. In the absence of the Secre tary of State he has' frequently been in charge of the State Department. * Dr. Plchn , who was a speaker at the recent German colonial conference , at tributes the brutal exercise of certain German and Belgian officials when sent to govern black men to "tropcacholer , " or tropical frenzy. * * - Ex-Governor William R. Taylor of Wisconsin , who has become an inmate of the Old Peoples' Home near Madi son , was the fa in o u s "Farmer Governor" who , in the years 1S74-7G , compelled the rail roads of the State to obey the law , for tlie first time in their history. He was born in Con necticut in 1S20 , came to Wisconsin in 1S4S and settled N > . , „ . at Cottage Grove , Dane County , where he has lived on a farm ever since. Though a Democrat , in a strongly Re publican district , and in a Republican State , he has been elected to nearly every office in his village , county and State , from school director to Gov ernor. The pathos of the old man's retirement to tlie "home" comes from the fact that he lost his parents when only u child and was reared wholly by strangers , so he closes his long and useful life in loneliness and among strangers , as he began it. " * " " " - When Dr. Xansen goes to London , as Norwegian minister he will take with him material for a new book he is to write on antarctic exploration. Francis Hendricks , who took his turn on the rack before the Insurance Investigating Committee in New York i .ft the other day , has been Superintend ent of Insurance of the State since Feb. 11 , 1900 , by appointment of the then G o ve r n o r Theodore Roose velt. Prior to that time he had served two terms as May or of Syracuse , two terms in the lower house of the Legislature , three terms in the State Senate , and from 1S91 un til 1S95 was Collector of tlie Port of Xew York. He was born at Kingston , X. Y. , in 1834 , had a meager educsi tion , because of the early death of his father , and for many years was en gaged in mercantile pursuits at Ro chester and Syracuse. From the In- coplion of tlie insurance inquiry he has been under the severest criticism for alleged laxity. M. Rostand is said to have declined an ofTor of $20,000 for a siu ic mngJi/Jne publication of his new play , "Chanti cleer. " ' lie believes he can ju > t a larger amount from the play in hook form. James R. Garfield , the stir witness- in the case against the beef puckers , has been commissioner of corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor sLnce Febru ary. 1903 , and lias been a member of the United States 7ivil Service Com mission for several years prior to that time. He is a son of the late Presi dent James A. uarheld born .i.wit..o u-nii-iti.u. was i. , . . . . . . - . . at Hiram , Ohio , 1u 1805 , and was edu cated for the law at Columbia Law School. As a partner In the law firm of Garfield , Garfield & Howe he has maintained his offices at Cleveland. _ m * w n -i Dr. Adolph Pritzen , bishop of S trass- burp , has again issued an edict forbid ding priests within Ins diocese to use bicycles. " * " " " " Col. W. H. Michael , who has just been appointed consul general at Cal cutta , served in both army and navy in the war of the rebellion with distinction. * " James N. Hill , a son of James J. Hill , the railroad magnate , is snisl to be slat ed for the presidency of the Northern Pacific. Dolncr as They Are Tol l. Native servants in India have the generally desirable though sometimes1 inconvenient virtue of the Chinese doing exactly as they ar * told. The trouble is that they seldom use judg ment. Lord Roberts , during a campaign in India , had ordered his man to prepare his bath at a certain hour. One day , a fierce engagement was going on , but the servant made his way through a storm of bullets and appeared at the commander's side. "Sahib , " said he , "your bath Is ready. " Even a better story comes from an unknown soldier , who was awakened one morning by feeling the servant o * a brother officer pulling at his foot. "Sahib , " whispered the ma-a "sa hib , what aw I to do ? My master told me to wake him at half-past G , but he did not go to bed till 7. " DOES YOUR BACK ACHE ? Cure tlie ICftlncys nrul the Pain Will A'ever Return. Only one sure way to cure an aching back. Cure the cause , the kidneys. Thousands tell of cures made by Doan's Kiclnoy Pills. John C. Co'eman , n prominent merchant of Swainsboro , Ga. , says : "For several years my kidneys were affected , and my back ached day and night. "I was languid , nervous and lame in the morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right away , and the great relief that followed has been per manent. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. According : to Instructions 'A British officer , in his expense list on governnrent service , pnt down : "Porter , twopence. " The officer was requested 'to re port to the war office and receive the following explanation : "While executing public duty re freshments are not chargeable to the nation. " "The item does not represent re freshments , " replied the officer , "but a- fee to a carrier. " "You should have said porterage , " * was then explained to him. When the officer had occasion to take1 a hansom , remembering instructions he wrote in his account : "Cabbage , 2 shillings. " Philadelphia Public Ledger. AWFUL ITCEDTG OU SCALP. Hair Finally Had to Ee Cut to Sava Any Scalp How in Good Con dition Cured by Cuticura. "I used the Cuticura Soap and Oint ment for a diseased scalp , dandruff , and constant falling of hair. Finally I had to cut my hair to save any at all. Just at that time I read about the Cuti cura Remedies. Once every week I shampooed my hair with the Cuticura Soap , and ; I used the Ointment twice a week. In two months' time my hair was long enough to do up in French twist. That is now five years ago , and I hr.ve a lovely head of hair. The length is six inches below my waist line , my scalp is in very good condi tion , and no more dandruff or Itching of the scalp. I used other remedies that were recommended to me as good , but with no results. Mrs. W. F. Griess , Clay Center , Neb. , Oct. 23 , 1905. " Boston "Way. "Tommy , I wish 3011 would run to the butcher shop and tell the man to send over two pounds of the same beef we had tlie other day. " "Yes , mother , it will afford me un wonted pleasure to do as you request , " replied Tommy , as he wiped off his glasses. "And Tommy ? " "ires , mother. " "Be sure and tell the butcher to send dressed beef we wouldn't dare let tlie neighbors see it come into the house otherwise. " Milwaukee Senti nel. ilow's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for r.ny ca e of Catarrh than camiot be cured by liall's Catarrh ( Jiu-e. - F. J. CHRXEY & CO. , Toledo. O. "We , the undersigned , Imve known F. J. Cheney for rl.e ia > t i ; ycui.i. > .il iu-Ucvo 1 M.I pt-if'VMy fc < r.on.'i1 -i : 'm-s'.n.iss t ' .ft rr-3 ' .r > i fjir . ' " " . , . curry v/Ai.m.Vr. KI.MNA : ; & .MAKVI : ; . , YUioIi'--.jIe : Dru lst.s , Toledo. O. J Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takon Inteniaily. I ; actln ? dirertly upon the blood and murona surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. 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But my lawyers hare h fortunate enough to Cnd a Caw ia the is ? dictmcnt. " , . : it 4 !