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v-r jfc.N-'C Jh-i-"' , i -5,35 5tteT.- -Jk -V- --;. ' " .' S??IF5V x - - v-j". "irtr a .V- - ? --- rv - V If-.-' mwwv t ?' & v.' feg ?-r- rjt '- C-Ss?- GRANDMOTHER'S DAYS. 8T VBK. X. W. BUCKEB. In oar grandmothers' davs,irhen a cabtarBda, Unfinished, and bare, held the little all Of tbo pair -who iraa building the Household fire. The light of it falling on window and wall, u there lesa of happiness then than now? In oar grandmothers days, when the kettle On the Booty crane In the chimney wide, And the spitted fowl, that aputtered and Bang, Swung gently from side to tide. Was there lesa of happiness then than now? In our grandmothers days, when the broad stone hearth Was the trysting place of the lovers dear And tbo high-backed settlo reflected the glow Of the firelight on faces suggestively near. Was there lesa of happiness then than now? In our grandmothers' days, when the children came. And the humble home was filled with glee. As, clothed in their garb of homespun, they roamed Aud frolicked liko birds and butterflies free. Waa there less of happiness then than now? In our grandmothers days when the cradle stood In sound of the burring, whirring wheel. And the baby crooned and clapped his hands At each click of the swiftly revolving reel. Was thero lesa of happiness then than now? In onr grand mothers' days, when trouble came, And sometimes even tho -wolf, to the door. Tho home was their castle and love lent it grace. And if ofttimea the battle of life was full sere, Was there lesa of happiness then than now? Good Housekeeping. THE SOUL OF THE CAT Yee 8am Ling was a lonely one. He Lad friends, of course, in plenty, and relatives, too, for that matter, whom he caw every day of his life right on the Mott 6treet pavements. But Xing had his .own -views on matrimony and he didn't believe anybody could be happy -without a wife. It was strange why he should have suddenly taken on that be lief, for hadn't he lived fifteen years away from his own flowery land? Of course he had. He first came to the Golden Hills and went to work in the mines, but he couldn't stand it, for he U6ed to feel the 6tranpe white devils at night punching him in the back. That was because he wasn't strong enough to do his share of the work. So he gave his claim in the Golden Hills to a relative and traveled across the continent to New York, curled up like a mink on a Eeat of the smoking car. He was idle for awhile, and then he started in to sell soap to the laundrymen, until he finally got enough of the Amer ican man's cash to rent a store. Ho put out his red sign, with the fluttering red streamers on it to keep the evil ones away, and he became a merchant That was a long while ago, when he came to look back over it Every night for years he had crawled into his little bunkj cur tained off at the back of the store, and aftef comforting himself with the opium he loved so well, he had fallen asleep, to dream of pretty Chinese girls tottering on pink clouds across the water and stretching their arms out to him. He often thought of China and the home life there, and he used to count the money in his trunk and wonder when he would have enough to go back and buy a koon-foo's rank and wear a cap with the red button of the third degree. Then, ho thought he would buy with some of his money the prettiest girl in the province, and she would have feet so small that she couldn't walk at all unless she had a strong servant holding each hand. He often played the lottery in tho hope that he would win, and ho burned prayer-sticks before his kat god that he might have luck, but he might just as well have saved the stick, for luck never came. So persistently did he lose that more than once he was tempted to let one of the burning prayer-sticks fall over against the god and burn it, but he was afraid lest his deceit should be discovered and the god seek a just revenge. One day there came into his store a white girl who lived on the top floor of the tenement around. the corner. She had hair like the wongshik gold he used to dig out of the Golden Hills. "Say, John," she said, "me mother's run out o' soap, an' she's up to her neck in washin'. Gimme a bar." IJng was smitten with a great love. He remembered having seen this girl go past his store many times, but he never had such a chance as this to speak to her. "You mommee want sope?" he asked. "She washes?" "Yes; I want er bar, an' I want it quick." AUe lite," said Ling, and he clat tered behind the narrow counter and pulled out from a shelf two bars of oap. "You takkee two," he said. "No n'gant'sin, you takkee; you sabe?" and he pushed the soap and the five pennies she had laid down away from him. Then he went on: "I lakkee you; you heap nice. Lat you name ?" "Gee, what graft" said the girL "So I get the sope fur nuttin, do I, John? Well, me name's Maggie Sullivan, if yer wanter know." Ling looked at her with admiring eyes. Then he pointed to the soap and pennies and said, simply: "You takkee. I Leap lakkee von, sabe? You clum glain?" "Yes, I sabe, John," said the girl, "and Til come again." So she went out and Ling went to the door and looked after her until she had disappeared aronnd the corner. Then he went back behind the narrow counter and sat down on a stool. He rested Lis elbows on a pile of paper, sunk his chin in his hands and thought very hard. His thinking amounted to something, for he went to the little cubby room curtained off at the back of the store, and out of the big camphor wood chest he pulled some carefully folded clothes. He was a new man when he came out into the store again, and a couple of Lis countrymen, wLo Lad dropped in to have a friendly chat and a smoke, began to chaff him. His old cloth blouse, with the shinv place on the back where his well-oiled cue had hung, lay in a heap on the floor with his old pow-tai and coarse trousers. Instead "he wore clothes of brocaded dark blue silk, and his sandals were like those of a koon-foo. He was cot good company to his friends, so they did not stay long, and when they had gone he stood in the doorway and watched. A cold wind waa blow ing up the street It made him shiver, but he stood his ground and watched for the coming of Maggie Sullivan. Every day for a week he watched, antil on the eighth day he aaw her run ning by with a shawl over her head and a pitcher in her hand. "Hflo," he cried. "HHo, Maggie STm'n, yon com' ni-chue?" ."Hello, John: Low's things? Til see yer when I get th' old man's beer," and ahe daahed on, while Ling went in and waited. After a while ahe came in with a rash. "Yea lakkee China candy," began Tifrx before ahe could aay anything. "Heap good," and he shoved her a queer little box fall of keumr toward her. "I lakkee yota," he oontinaed, while he niakiri at the guilt buttons on his Wlmaan. "I bKng yom nice cl'oae, Leap nee, job aabe? Makkee you nice cl'oae, jam jiajnaitrr b08- be? Yom mally a, yom Lab heap Money. Macrr to, John? Well, I gaeaa Mt Jtiikl woaaaa would pall the fc of year bead if she heard ' say breaks like that" Tamaaslrrate DtBMbT," rata- xaag. aitfcemgiafctt.arehewoaldwin. ma- Joka," she tsid. as ahe the candy. That It track Maggie seriously, and she thosght she might do worse. "I don't know bat what 111 marry the Chink," she said to herself. "I'll get all ther clothes an' money I want an' Fll bt the boss, yon can bet" .. There was a cat which used to sleep under Ling's counter. She grew fat on the scraps of chow-chop-suey and chue yunk which fell from the table, and alto gether lived a life ol peace. But the day Ling proposed to Maggie Sullivan the cat's manner changed. Instead of sleeping under the counter half the day she took to walking on the counter, mewing uneasily in a wailing voice, which filled the room with a distressful sound. Then she would pause in her walk, and, sitting on her haunches,- glare at Ling with staring eyes. Once or twice he drove her away, but she came back and glared until her eyes turned from green to purple. Once he struck her with his bamboo t'uung, and she re treated to a high shelf and watched him. "The evil one possessed her," said Ling and he burned more prayer sticks before Lis kashat Josh, bat the walking of the cat never ceased. She crept under Ling's bed that night and soiatched at the matting on the floor; she paraded the little room, and her big. shining eyes seemed to light up the dark place. Prom that night the cat was never at rest, and Ling became bo stricken with a silent terror that he would go out into the street rather than cross her path. He forgot about tho cat a couple of days later, when Maggie Sullivan came in. . She was better dressed than usual "Hello, John," she began, "I had a tow with the old woman, and Pve clim out I'm dead sick of gittin' ju mped on. Now, if you want'er marry me on ther square I'm with you, but I don't want any funny business in mine." "You mally me?" asked Ling, while a smile crept over his face. "Alleelite,I mally yon." "But Til tell you, John," the girl went on, "you've got to cut that pig-tail off and wear citizen's clothes. You got to be pretty near a white man. You got to be as white as clothes kin make you, an' you got to treat me white, too, or I'll shake you." Ling didn't want to lose his cue, and he fought against what he considered a sacrilege, but he found Maggie relent less. "I curl him up, so," he said, as he twisted it about his head, " 'n I puttee on hlat so," and he pulled an old slouch hat down over his head, " 'n nobledy slee hlim, hal" No, even that wouldn't do, and Mag gie went away saying : "I'm goin' up to a lady friend's o' mine ter stay ter nite, John, an' I'll see you to-morrer, an' if ther pig-tail don't go I don't git married, see?" Ling didn't quite see, but he thought a lot He thought Maggie was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. There was nothing ch'an about her. She had fine blue eyes, a trim figure and a shock of golden hair that attracted the China man. The old cat jumped on the coun ter and howled and stared at him, and he went out to get away from those green eyes. He went to the Joss house and burned thirty cents worth of prayer sticks and paper. He made up his mind quickly after that, and almost ran down the dark, creaking steps and across the way to where the tal'-tou'-lo lived and did business. "Take off this thing," he said when he sat down on the stool in front of the little razors and scissors. "What" said the barber, "are you crazy, or have the foreign devils got you, too?" "Cut it off, I tell you. Are you not here to do such work as this?" "No, that is wrong. I know your mother. What would she say if I did it? Her curses would come to me as well as to yon, unworthy son." Ling ran out while his courage lasted. He went to a Kwang-tung man who lived near Pell street and had no cue. "Cut this thing off," he said. He did not need to beg this time. "Ha, ha," laughed the Kwang-tung man, "you are going to-be one of us, good," and lie, picked up a big pair' -of shears. Snip; and Ling's cue was gone, cut close tahis Jiead. Out Ling ran, leaving his 'eue behind him. He went into his store an'dsat down to think, when up jumped the cat Her eyes were yellow this timeand she howled mourn fully. X "Get away, you evil thing," and he pushed her off with a stick. He did not sleep that night He dreamed strange things and saw strange sights; he thought of his home in far-off China, and of his mother and the little Chinese maidens whom he had known before he came to the new country. He smoked and saw faces in the clouds. In tho morning his eyes were heavy and red with opium, and he let his hired man do all the work. He lay in his cubby bunk and smoked the opium until be heard a voice. It sounded as if it came from a great distance. It said: "Hello, where's the boss? In the backroom? All right" The curtains were pulled back and Maggie Sullivan came in. "Hittin'ther pipe, eh? Well, that's bad fer their blood. How's yer pig tail?" "I cut hlim. He's glone," said Ling, half stupidly. "That's good. I knew you'd come around. The Chinks allers do. Git up if yer agoin' ter git married." Ling had a vague idea that he was very happy. The opium had brought a peaceful feeling, but he was rather stupid. Maggie sat on the edge of the bunk and the cat walked across the room with stately tread, glaring at her. She paused at her feet and in one bound was in her lap. " "Hello, pussy," she said, putting her face down and stroking the fur. Like a flash a paw shot out and five-hooked, sharp claws were unsheathed and dragged across the girl's cheek. She gave a frightened scream, and when Ling looked he saw three red lines down her face, from which blood was dripping. And the cat walked slowly across the floor with the same stately tread. "I've got a nice looking face now," said Maggie, "and I think 111 have that cat killed." "Less," said Ling, "kill him," and he arose dreamily and tried to drive the cat out cut she wouldn't go. He gave is up ana curseu xne spine wmen pos sessed the cat. "Some enemy of mine has died," he thought "and his soul has gone into the cat" Maggie washed tho blood from her face and put on three long strips of plaster, and then they went around to the Five Points Mission, where they were married. The minister; Mr. Boughton, asked them both a great many questions, and satisfied himself that everything was all right Before he dismissed them he said he hoped Maggie would be happy. "I hope so, sir," said she, "an' they say the Chinks are good to their wimmin." They went oacK to ine store then, xnere was a letter on the counter near the scales. It had come from China, and was for Yee Sam Ling. The cat sat near it and would not move. Ling pushed her away with a stick, but she came back. ; He was afraid to put his hand out for ' the letter, so he pulled it toward him j with his pipe. It was from his native I town. j "Your good mother is dead," it said; l"the scourge devil carried her away. j-It was her will that you return and "-marrv the girl she has betrothed to jjoa." HH The letter fell from Liar's hands; be looked up and saw the cat still staring at him. "My mother's soul is. there to curse mei" he whispered to himself, backing toward the door. "It is she. She has come across the big water because I did not return," aad he kept stepping back ward. "The curse has come upon me!" And he felt for his queue. Then he looked at Maggie and saw the marks of the claws. With a shriek he opened the door and rushed out "John's gone plumb crazy," said Maggio. to the attendant ''It's the opium, t guess. It knocks 'em ali when they get the habit." Ling never came back) so Maggie patched a truce with her mother and went back to the tenement Nobody but the minister knows she is Mrs. Yee Sam Ling, and the new sign which swing over the door of the little store tells every one who looks up at it thai Sun Quong sells Chinese groceries there. Sun Quong was the attendant. New ork Evening Sun. Overcoming. Less than two years ago an English gentleman died who was the father of a large family, a member of Parliament, a prominent county magistrate, the owner of large estates and an active, public-spirited man in all local and National matters. So loyal were his friends to him that they never made public mention of the one great misfortune of his life. It was never even hinted at in the newspapers. In fact it wa3 OQly after his death that those who had not seen him knew that it was but the misshapen block of a man that had lived this active, manly life; He was born with neither legs nor arms. After his death his story was told: How he resolved when but a boy to act and live as did other boys, with out regard to lm horrible misfortune; how he persisted in studying every book, in learning every game, in joining in every amusement possible to him with his companions. How, to the last year of his life, he held himself to be as responsible as other men, and bravoly paid every tithe of duty to God aud to his fellows. Even in lesser matters in life he pressed to the front He was the most genial, witty guest at social dinner tables. Strapped to his horse, he hunted foxes in Yorkshire or tigers in India, and with his brothers made long journeys in other parts of the world. Everywhere his cheerfulness and gaiety gave new life to duller souls. What weight of pain he carried be neath this courage only God knows. Is there no lesson for us all in the life of this gallant gentleman? Every boy or girl has some drawback, some difficulty to combat or, harder still to bear. It may be deafness, .p ugly face, a vicious temper, deformity, or a dull brain. Be sure that ever other human being has his difficulty, too. Ignore your own, forget it when you can, and above all get above it "Make of your petty grief a pedestal on which to stand." Epictetus would have sent no words of wisdom down through the ages but for his lame leg. John Bunyan would not have dreamed the dream which hae helped the English-speaking world if he had not been shut up in ajaiL If Father Damien had not died a leper, his life could not have given to many P sincere heart fresh strength and cour age. Youth's Companion. Died with Bis Boots OS "You have heard a good deal abour men who have died with their boots on, said an old citizen of Butte City to the writer, as the two drove over the mountains where the great mills are located. "That act was supposed to represent a certain degree of heroism. In passing that spot a few minutes ago I was reminded of an incident which took place about thirty years ago in the very spot we passed. A fellow had robbed one of the men in camp and there was as a good deal of excitement The miners turned out and the fellow who had committed the robbery backed out of town. The posse followed and oc casionally a shot was lireil, but so great respect did the early miner have for justice that the attack of a whole town on this one man made the attacking party give the fellow a show. He fell back sullenly. When he reached a point at the base of the mountain he dropped into a dug-out and almost disappeared. The attacking party followed, and when they got in hailing distance they called on him to surrender. He refused. They told him they would give him time to consider, aud assured him that he would be given a fair trial if be would come out He still refused. Just about the time the word of fire was to be given the fellow in the hole threw up one hand and asLed to be permitted to make a statement His request was granted. He told them that he had concluded to die, but he wanted to die like a Christian gentleman and not like an outlaw. The request was granted, but the leader of the posse called back to him that he thought he would re quire some instructions on that point The fellow in the hole said he guessed not He was then told to make him self ready. He pulled off one boot and then the other. Then he threw them outside his hiding place and said: I die like a Christian gentleman. I die with my boots off. A volley answered the words and the fellow dropped b.vck. Twenty bullets went into his body. And as the pose rode away they took off their hats to the dead man as they rode by and looked at his body. And that night after a successful game in the city, the hat was passed around and enough money raised to put the body in a coffin and send it back to the home from whence the man had coma There was no more stealing in camp. Are we heathens or are we Christians?" Preserve loop Vijror. A healthy, vigorous system resists disease. Worms burrow in decaying trees; not in the young, the vigorous, and the thrifty. Some persons can al most defy the deadliest disease. Others fall before the slightest attacks. Many diseases come from germs, which plant themselves within the body, and then multiply and destroy. If we have the vigor that can resist the first of these little germs, we escape. But if the system is debilitated: if bad food and bad'air have impaired vitality; if stimu lants, strong drink, sensual and vicious indulgences, excessive strains, idleness or inactivity, have sapped the vigor of the system then disease lays hold upon the enfeebled frame and works its over throw. Many a-poor fellow whose life is wasting and wearing away with some incurable malady, is only paying the penalty for the excesses of those young days, when nothing he could eat drink, or do, ever injured him I He Lad the treasure of health, he pquandered it, and now comes the time of settle ment, and he finds that "the wages of sin is death." Medical Brief. Great ladaoetaent. A farmer at Bellows Fails adds this alluring enticement to his advertise ment for summer boarders: "P. S. Our town band has been obliged to dis band, as there is only one cornet player in town and he thinks of moving away." "What do yon think of Dr. Holmes idea that a fish diet gives a man many fishy characteristics?", "I think the statement a little indefinite. He does not state whether the man becomes a shade ox a Bucker." OUR RURAL READERS Will be pleased with this department. aaanro Talaaa Bow to Mafco a Gav Dairy Hots Boo Caltoro Orcfcara tesWaaa-Balaiaa; Backs for MeaoV-A ao!d Blata. "HE FARM. Vaiao of liaaaroii HE Experiment Station of Cornell University has made a series of investigations on the loss in stable manures by ex posure in open barnyards, there suits of which are summarized in buletin- twenty seven of that sta tion. In tho .experi ments of 1890 horse manure was saved from day to day until a pile of two tons had been accumulated. This was done from April 18 to 25. Cut wheat straw was used plentifully as bed ding, the relative amount of straw and manure being 3,319 pounds excrement and 681 pounds 9traw. Chemical analysis showed that one ton of this fresh manure contained nearly ten pounds of nitrogen, seven and one half pounds of phosphoric acid and eigh teen pounds of potash, making its value about $2. 80, if these constituents be val ued at the same rate as in commercial fertilizers. The pile of manure thus mads was put in a place thus exposed to the weather and where the drainage was so good that all tho water not absorbed by the manure ran through and off at once. It remained exposed from April 25 to September 22, at which time it was carefully scraped up, weighed and a sample taken for analysis. It was found that tho 4,000 had shrunk to 1,730 pounds during tho six months, and analysis showed that this 1,730 was less valuable, pound for pound, than the original lot of manure. It had not only lost by leaching, but by heating or "fire fanning" during periods of dry weather, and tho value of the pile of 4.000 pounds had shrunk from S5.G0 to $2.12 a loss of 62 per cent In summing up the results of this ex periment Director Roberts says: "It seems safe to say thai under the ordin ary conditions of piling and exposure, the loss of fertilizing materials during the course of the summer is not likely to bo much below 50 per cent of tho original value of the manure." Further experiments showed that the liquid manuro from a cow is worth as much per day as the solid manure, and that the combined value at the same rate as commercial fertilizers; that from a horse at 7 cents, that from a sheep at yi cent and that from a hog at cent for liberally fed, thnftyshoats of medium size. Director Roberts is careful to explain that these values will have to be modi fied to suit individual circumstances. What he means is that if farmers can afford to buy commercial fertilizers at current prices, then tho manures of the farm are worth tho price given, and it will pay to house them, A Bandy Farm Gate. W. 6. Parko sends directions to the Practical Farmer for making a cheap gate as follows: For a gate that swings both ways, set posts firmly in ground, bore Hi inch holo in top of post you want gate to swing on. Take a polo 14 feet long, bore hole about 4 feet from big end; place on top of post, put an iron pin through pole into post; bore four holes in big end of pole, two on a side; put on boards so as to form a trough; nail gate to pole; put stones in trough to balance. Saw top of other post two-thirds of way through, split out, and nail a short piece of board on side, forming a notch for gate pole to drop into. Bore holes in post on each side of gate for pins. Boom Hade Cora SbalJer. To make a corn shelter, says D. O. Thomas, in the Practical Farmer, take a piece or 6 by 2-incu plank or scantling, 3 feet long. Begin ning 6 inches from the upper end, saw grooves across the face of plank 1 inch apart and inch deep, the last of theso grooves to bo about 1 foot from tho bottom. Get oil barrel hoops, cut them up into G-inch pieces, insert in sawed grooves and the shelter is made. Place in a bar rel, run corn down with small end of ear first Watch closely or you will be minus a thumb-nail before you know it Tae Losses ia Cora Fodder. From experiments made at the Wis consin station to ascertain the compara tive loss in corn fodder when preserved in the silo or by tho ordinary method of curing in the field, the results of ten trials during a period of three years ap pear to be narrowed down to this. The loss of food materials in cither system is very considerable and shows that fod ders cannot be preserved by any method now known without their deteriorating in value. In the fodder-corn as it is cut in the fall there is a certain quantity of food elements that may be preserved in a suc culent state in the silo or cured and fed to cattle as dry fodder. In either case an equal quantity of the food materials is destroyed, on an average about one fifth. This loss being equal in either case, tho question of which method of preserving fodder-corn to adopt becomes one of convenience and economy of feed. The value of these feeding stuffs was abont the same for milk and butter production, hence it is concluded the adoption or non-adoption of the silo must be decided on the score of convenience. In some localities the conditions may bo more favorable to the field curing sys tem, while in others the uncertainty of weather, the cheapness of lumber or the severity of winter may speak strongly in favor of the system of ensiling the fodder-corn. THE PIGGERY. Tbo Beat will Besoaerat. The quality of blood coursing through a pig's veins has much to do with his value as a feeder, but the finest blooded fellow without proper feeding degener ates in a short time to the veriest scrub. It is boasted that the scrub must go, but he will be here till all practice better systems of feeding. The man without experience can hardly comprehend how quickly choice stock will run out under continued neglect Stockman. Keep tbo Good Sow. The Germantown Telegraph says: While "you can:t make a silk purse out of a sow's car," still if you use the whole sow in a sensible manner she will fill a silk purse annually. Nine little pigs in March grown to 250 pounds eacn in December, at nve cents per pound, equals S112.50 cash. A sow that will do that should have j ber life insured for ten years. Never kill a good motherly sow as long j as she will bear. ! Individual Exertloooe. j Last year 0,250 Poland-China hogs I v.-cr recoideJ in the records for that! breed. How many of these were of any! value for breeding purposes, or should ! PffjyH)oll K-wi dM V JZmm 1 ' fill JjFfjf TaWnip Will I li I I I iiii i a pi be found in breeding herds? This la A question that should receive serious eon sHeratloh. Too many are recorded that have only pedigree to recdatm'end them and solely on this ground does the owner" expect anything of them. A little ex perience will convince a man that a pig must have other qualities to make it valuable, viz.-, a good form and coastl iutiom Without these pedigree is naught THE APIARY. SaaoraoaUaa; Qaooas. it will pay you in dollars and cents to remove all poor and inferior queens as early as possible In the spring. Unless! you practice this weeding out process, you will find that in 100 colonies there will be ten or fifteen that will be far be low tho others in profit and sometimes they will not yield anything, whereas if you had killed the poor add Inferior queens early in the season and intro duced good ones in their places you could have obtained consideaable more honey. Some apiarists prefer to let the bees do their own superseding, bat in my opinion it Is a practice that will not pay. The way to prove it would be to super sede fifty colonies in your apiary, and leave about the same number to take care of themselves; at the end of the season I think you will find the fifty colonies that you looked over and super seded queens where needed will have given one-tenth more honey. Pacific Rural Press. areata aad Color of Boaar By the color ot the honey and the aroma therefrom, an experienced bee keeper can determine the sonrce from whence it came. Thus, It is very easy to tell buckwheat honey by its very dark look, and by its strong and pungent odor. Honey-dew has the same dark look, but lacks the odor or aroma. In fact thero is little or no aroma about honey-dew. For this reason no bee keeper need be deceived as to the source of such odorless honey. Aroma Is a term employed to designate those substances, the extreme minute particles of which are supposed to affect the organs of smell so as to produce peculiar odors. Rural Home. Italiaa Voea. It seems petty well settled that Italian bees aro best. Tho proof is that nearly if not quite all extensive honey pro duces uso them. I have done with hybreds. They are too cross, and make me cross. Cyprian and Holy-Land bees promised great things, but very little is said about them now-a-days. The gen eral reputation is very far behind that of the Italians. Stockman. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Old Trees Mado Mow. Fruit trees that have been neglected for a number of years and have become scrubby, moss-grown, and half dead, may often be renovated and made to bear several good crops. First, all the dead wood should be removed with the saw. Then they may be pruned out somewhat to admit of light and air. Next, the bark should be scraped and all the moss removed, and it might be well to wash the bark with some alkaline preparation and if tho bark has tho appearance of be ing hide-bound, a few longitudinal slits on the outer bark will be of service. Last but by no means least, the ground should be thoroughly stirred. Tho best way to do this is with a pair of good horses and a plow. Do not be afraid if you break off some large roots, because this will only have a tendency to start the tree to growing. Tear up the sod and remove it from around the tree, and keep the land in cultivation. Put on some barn-yard manure, wood ashes or commercial fertilizer. The trees will at once start to grow and in a year or two will have thrown out enough now wood to bear a good crop. Green's Fruit Grower. Advloo to Market Gardener Prof. Bailey, in a lecture on market gardening, very tersely says: "Market ing is one-half of success; therefore study your market thoroughly; learn the con ditions and demands. Failure is often brought about by ignoring such small differences as the color, size or flavor of certain varieties that please the public taste, or from some other reason, except because it is fashionable, it becomes popular. Boston wants a branched cele ry, while New York requires tall, straight stalk; some markets desire red onions, while others prefer white one?. Find your market before the crop is ready. Send tffe produce to market in tho neatest and most attractive condi tion. Bo honest. Secure the same cus tomers each year, so as to establish a reputation. In each city have one relia ble dealer to whom you can send your stock." Simple Wood Cotter. To cut or pull docks and other tough rooted weeds, I fixed up a device as fol lows, saysF. J. Tuttle in the Practical Farmer. Took one section of an old wagon spring, heated it in my portable forge, then bent it with a half twist at A, and again at B, giving a flat place for the foot to press upon (between A and B.) At bottom I cut it off at the hole, j sharpened It leaving a concave edgo to prevent from slipping off the roots. Next it was again heated and hardened. At top I attached a small stick for a handle, with one bolt and a nail. To cut a root with it insert, so that con cave edge presses against the root put foot on fiat rest and raise the weed by pulling handle toward you. THE POULTRY-YARD. Degeneracy of Foaltry. The introduction of new breeds of fowls is only a temporary benefit, unless caro is taken to breed them with purity or to cross only with design for a speci fied purpose, and then killing all these crosses as soon as their purpose is ac complished. A great majority of com plaints that hens do not pay come from thoso who years ago used crosses, and have continued to breed from them. Their progeny aro poor layers, subject to disease and are generally worthless Returning to pure blooded fowls is the only resource of thoso whose flocks have got in this condition. Dncka tOat Pay. One of the largest duck farms located in the New England States has been con ducted in such a manner that to-day It earns in net cash for its owner over $4,500. The sales the past season have run to nearly 57,000. The incubator is the power, with its next friend, the brooder, while the duck does her part as the egg producer, aud does it well. The average number of eggs to each duck during the year has been 157. This is an average among 2,000. Faro Blooded Calckeaa. Pure blood in chickens should be as much sought for, as in any farm ani mals. It is a too common thing for a farmer to think that any kind of hens will fill the bill. And so they will, if you are looking at the number, instead of re sults. There can be no excuse for a farmer having a poor lot of chickens. Any one, by a little careful managment can in a very short time, and with but a few dol lars' expense, get a good start In pure blooded stock. Don't try to cross with common poultry, as results will not be satisfactory; or if you do attempt this, kill off the old stock as fast as possible. Don't try to get pure blooded fowls by sponging off your neighbor, trading eggs and chickens. Buy them and pay your way; you will be better satisfied, won't tell so many lies about your predtua chickens, aad will have better luck gen erally. Western Farmer. Heaaeheld Uinta. - A rBEE use of lemon juice and sugar will always relieve a cough. To stop hiccough, take a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. Keep the stove or range free from soot in all its parts. A hot-air passage clogged up with soot will prevent the oven from baking welL "The water here Is more thaa foar hundred feet deep," said the oarsasaa, casually. "Mereyl" exclaimed the timid lady of iha party, "and we cant any of us swim. Do, for heaven's sake, let us get nearer shore." "The water here Is only twenty feet deep," said the oarsman a few minutes later, and the timid lady of the party txelatmed: Thank heaven we are safe." Hearty. two adjective bynomeaaa Imply the poaaeealonot great mascular atrenstb. There arexnSaymenaad women of alight build aad inferior atatoreto -whom the terms -ha leand hearty' perfectly apply. Tbetr eomplexioaa are clear, ayeo bright aad rlraoioaa, puatraH quO, step elastic, movement ateedy, aleep an disturbed, appetites aoand. These indicia of haleneaa aad bearttneea Boatetter'a Stomach Blttariwill auaredly bestow npoaths feeble, the Bervoas aad dyspeptic Mo toaloof the oratory compare with It ia popularity, ao other rivals It In efficacy. Aa permanent la vigoratloa means also the orerlons refulatktB of disorder la the system, Hostetter stomaea Bitters mnatslao be regarded aa chief among regulator. It eonqueraand prevents malaria and rheumatism, overcomes inactivity of the liver, bowels and Udneys, aad promotes the ao qoUl tlon ot flesh as well aa vigor. It Bothered Hlaa. The weather was warm "and Bobby showed evidence of having something on his mind. Finally, on a Sunday, Bobby said: "Say, pa" "Well, Bobby?" "Ain't it most time that I graduated from Sunday school?" COMMEMDAB E. All claims hot consistent with the high character of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided by the CaLFigSyrap Company. It acts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the system effectually, but it is not a cure-all and makes no pre tensions that every Dottle will not substan tiate. The Bear Girls. Sallie So, Mr. Sinecal told you that he was glad Gere and I were married, did he? Maude Yes; bo hated both of you, and now he is avenged. Stop That Headache Hubbard's Cap sules cure headache, aids indigestion. No cure, no pay. Mail, 25c. II. C. Hubbard, Humboldt, la. A Dadelet's Blaeaae. "I wonder," said Sapson to the bar ber, "what makes it hurt so to shave my upper lip. It seems very tender." "I dunno," replied the old colored man, as he smiled to himself in the look ing glass, "but I specs you got one of doso hyur ingrowin' mustaches." Piles A Sure Cure. I am no doctor. After 11 vo years of suf fering from piles, I discovered a simple and paiuicss remedy. Send 50c for a sure euro to J. K. Uinton, P. O. Box 947, Sioux City, Iowa. Bbakespearo'a Great Mistake. Mr. Reeder Don't you find much en joyment in reading Shakespeare, Mrs. Shadmind? Mrs. Shadmind To a certain extent, yes. I think, though, he would have made his works of much more interest to us if he had introduced some of our great Americans in his plays. When Baby was sick, we gave her Caatoria, When ahe was a Child, ahe cried for Caatoria, When ahe became Miss, ahe dung to Castorla, VbeatbataChiMrftwt,,gMW,lhaBC'1 ' - Merely an Option. Peraberton I'd liko to know some way of asking a father for his daughter, so that I wouldn't feel badly in any event. Kemsen Do as I did, ask him to givo you the refusal of her. -W. H. GRIFFIN. Jackson, Michigan, writes: "Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years, Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me." Sold by druggists, 75c Better Than Gold. Choice Sioux City lots. Have somo to exchange for stocks of goods, houses and lots, or farms, within 100 miles of here. Ad dress, M. D Kean, Boom 602, Iowa Bank building, Sioux City. Important Fashion Note. Tho pants of the bow-legged man do not bag at the knees, but they bulge all along the perimeter of the eclipse and it takes every dog-on bit of slack there is in them to do it. The origin of "windfall," in tho sense of "good luclc," dates from the time of William the Conqueror. It was then a criminal offense to cut timber in tho forest?. Only such could be gathered as the wind had blown down; hence a heavy windstorm was hailed by tho peasants as so much good luck, and from this comes tho modern application of the expression. Ko Opium In Flso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies foil. 25c. Boxn "Why are you so fond of pro gressive euchre?" Miss Revere "O, I do so delight in seeing the jack of dia monds trump the queen of hearts." "Are you going to wear tho samo bathing suit that you wore last season?" "I am." "But fashion says that bath ing suits will be fuller this year." "Well, mino will be fuller. I am a good deal stouter than I was last season." WK f tstm Gone all the painful disorders and chronic weaknesses peculiar to the fcrnalo pcx. They go, with tho use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion. Periodical pains, weak back, bearing-down sensations, nervous prostration, all " female complaints " aro cured by it. It is purely vege table and perfectly harmless a powerful general, as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, imparting vigor and strength to the whole system. It costs you nothing if it fails to give satisfaction. It's guaranteed to do so, in every case, or tho money ia refunded. It can be guaranteed for it does it. No other medicine for women is sold on such terms. That's tho way its makers prova their faith in it. Contains no alco hol to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to derange digestion; a legitimate medicine, not a beverage. Purely vegetable and perfectly hanaleaa ia any condition of the system World's Dispensary Medical As sociation, rroprietOTS, Ho. 63 Street, Buffalo, N. T. AXAKFSIRai a! r:-r. . n J s a BtralJU ri.t; uius ior ru a. P.-.. t; at dronrlsta-ear ft !!!. H pV free. A : . "S.KK1SJ utzu. Saw xoaa Cot. - o"rN'"h,MH I M9 j U liiW m0mm PIES aw. tj. Waaaas Tata to woman's age," remarked Mr. TtiahA to his wife as he read an ad vanced paragraph in the evening paper. "Say woman's era, ar. Bisoee," sug gested his wife. And why, my dear." Because no woman likes to have her age commented on," was the consistent answer. the Oaly Oao EverFrtated Caa Tea Vlad tao1trdr Sack week a different three-Inch display is pabllshed la this paper. There are ao two words alike In either ad., except One word. This word will be found In the ad. for Dr. Barter's Iron Tonic. Little Liver Pills and Wild Cherry Bitters. Look for "Crescent" trade-mark. Road the ad. carefully, aad when you find the word send It to them and ttaoy will return you a book, beautiful lithographs and sample free. Let us not be harsh with tho poli ticians. If it was not for politics many men who are too lazy to earn their liv ing with their hands would be paupers. If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaae Tbompaon'a ye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c Thk dishonest butcher is always will ing to meat his customers half weigh. " raTS-AIIins Steppes rtee ay Br.Kltao'a Great JTorta Beateror. Mo fits after Snt day's tue. Mar oaUoaa earaa. Treatise and SIM trial bottle tree to lUaaaae. Saadto Dr.CUa-anarehS Pnlla-fa My Liver as far a year esaaed ate a, great deal ot trouble. Bad aoreaaaa ia the back. Utile appetite, a bitter taste la the oath, and a general bad feeling all ever that I coald not locate. Hare beea taking Booda SaraaparUla for the past Utree montfaa with great teneflt. I feel better, the Bad Taste In the Mouth la gone aad my general health ia again quite good. No longer feel those tired spells come over me as I formerly did. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is certainly a aoat excellent medicine." a. Chase. FaU Biver. M iss. K.B. BeauretogetUooJ'sSarsacarlUV Baa. I. The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox. pWWlE Sfnenlessixess Cured. 1Y I am glad to testify that I need Pastor Koe nlga Nerve Tonic witti the best encccsa for sleeplessness, and beliovo that it J3 really a great relief for suffering hnuisnity. E. FRANK, Tastor. St. Severin, Koylertoa P. O., Pa. Dees What It Purports to Do. PniETOJf, Ohio, March 2, ISM. I went with my brothor to boo tbo Kov. Koe- nig and he gave the Norvo Tonic to hiin tho first I over heard of it aad it cured hinu Since then I teeo Pastor Eoenin's Nervo Toaic on hand in ruy store anil havo eold it vrith good J satisfaction, and bclioTO if directions aro 101 lowedlt will do what ia xecomiuemletl. JOHN W. irATjEV. HIBBE.A Valuable Book on Ttcrroaa liUls L Disease sent free to any adilress. flff f and poor patlciiW can alM obtain IiLbLb this medicine freo of charge. Thia remedy has boon prepared by tho Reverend Pastor KocBUr. ot Fort wavne. Ind- since VSX. and lenowpreparedunderliis direction by tho KOENIC MED. CO.. Chicago, I!!. Sold brBrngcists at 91 per Bottle. 61brS5 large Size. 61.75. 6 Bottles for 39. DONALD KENNEDY Of Rox-Giyt Fifass., says Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep Seated Ulcers of JO years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root Price $i.5o. bold by every Druggist in the U. S. and Canada. I flflflf Send dm on clein plec ?rlii;e l)fo'tlni DLUUU! P'Pr. with aiu mx. occupation. Micro scope magnify HMOOti'iie. I roni fre particuUra your disease. D&.T. N.Cbowmy Terrj lla'ite. ltd. FINE STATiONERY FANCY WEDDING AND BALL PR-CRANIS- VISITING CARDS, ETC., May be had at the office of this a per. If not in stock, have the publish er order from his samples, scut out by the SIOUX CITYHEWSPAPEOUfllOB 212 Tcarl Street, Sioux City. Ja. I E&E3' EW!3' 90 3 LYE bSJ'U ? LI'oiTtlcrci! sini! rerfuincd. (i'Th?frD ) Tho Mtrrmqest and purest ITO luaile. Will mnko tho best per. fumed Hani Kor.p in 20 minutes witr.oitl UjiUiuj. TX 29 tllO 3E2cr3t lor kolun'ms water, cluaUKln we.sto-iilj'C. disinfect. Ins sinks, clo-et-, r. ashing boU tle", walata. trtcs, o c PEffiiA. SALT S7C CO. ji. Agta.. ITiila.. Ts. S&iSlg Bit feiBaS I'Ucul on fslo orerwwnero. Au;rotl3, 131. Atar.te order reached CCO.OO.-): f-ella Itscif. I Itajes I'apa. Varu s. IancUs. Tvitmr tns it. ICKtiu can do it. fSiOwortb of jcr Jrjn ior J.c. ij.cr.iKantM!;!e!l bandrcas (iallr. ilallctl p-jstpsid on receipt of price. Ira4 laullcd br A. -. Hi'li.iliW A- BUUs.. Calcage. Maw York cJ l-aUa-lcIyila. FOLKS REOyOEO MaDiO. Orecjn. Mo. tsrilrRr weight ra 22) pountU.nctf itnl'J. aradoeuaB or la lb for nrcularH ciiiics ti it fa Cc. K.aWJJNYDEB.acVickrr- Theatre. CluWo.IU. BUSINES con ot the SlouxCitv w3S W ft FIT v JvS Mr.. Alice I M J J "Mr B MEN Sioux City Newspaper Union, 212 Pearl Street, Sioux City, la- El Bert Cough Medicine. Recommended mgm Cans where all else falla. Pleasant and agreeable to the WSm afl teste. Children take it without objection'. "Bj druggists. Ka MB PFh 11 1' 'Ml irajajymi i,! 1 7Lai Ostli!i fcri ?al a E ?b glTtffe at J fi&glsB - "August 9f Flower J For Dyspepsia. A. Bdlanger, Propr., Star lfotUK dry, Montagny, Quebet, writes: "I have used August Flower for Dys pepsia. It gave me great relief. I recommend it to all Dyspeptics as a very good remedy." Ed. Bergeron, General Dealer, Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, writes: "I have used August Flower with the best possible results for Dyspepsia." C. A. Barrington, Engineer and General Smith, Sydney, Australia, writes: "August Flower has effected a complete cure in my case. It act ed like a miracle." . - Geo. 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