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' "T 1 vit, v k3j IP Jllii PLEASANT maune ,, "irr'Tr licdosiiot k-cp it write ns for prices on Lime. Cement.. i laster. i:tc deliven d m loUof r 15 iarrcletoTc. We kwp uo eulJo cood. OMiUA tOAl, CORE k WE CO., if, n. (, 9thrnwi bROKEN MEASURES. Life is full of broken measures, Objects unattained; Sorrows interwinsd with pleasures, Losses of our costliest treasures, Ere the heights ba gained. Every soul has aspiration Still unsatisfied: Memories that wake vibration Of the'hoart in quick pulsation, At thj gift denied. "We are better for tb.3 longing, Stronger for the pain; Souls at cas j are n .ture wronginp Through the harrovrj i soil com: thronging Seeds, in sun ani raia! Broken measures, fine completeness In the perfect whole; Life is but a day in fleetness Richer in all strength and sweetness, Grows the striving souL Sarah K. Bolton, in New England Mag azine. KILLING A WOLVERINE. Ofalltho rapacioui cunninff and mischierous brutes I havo ever met with, tho wolverine, culled also car cajou, and glutton, is the worst: A thief, robber and murderer, he is tho plague and torment of northern trap pors. and an adverse factor always when estimating the possible profits of a fur hunting campaign. o wary is he and so acute are his senses of sight, smell and h oaring, that it is well nigh impossible either to get a shot at him or entice him into a trap. He is not a largo animal seldom weighing over forty pounds neither is he swift of foot nor even an agile climber (old historians to the con trary, notwithstanding); but his strength to the square inch is some thing amazing. What he lacks in size is more than made up for ty indus try, inflexible purpose, intelligence nnd a provision of teeth and claws which enables him to work greater havoc in half an hour than many larger beasts of prey can effect in half a cay. When I was a boy of fifteen years in the county of PecL Canada I was an amateur trapper, and depondei for pocket money on the sale of such otter, mink. fox. fisher, raccoon, skunk and muskrat skins as I man aged to secure. One morning, early in November. I went out to visit my eight traps, set in as man different places in tho woods and along the ban'c of the creek. To my surprise I found six of them sprung and the baits gone. But all of the six were not entirely empty. In one was an otter's foot and in three others rejnnants of mink's legs. Two traps, set a few inches below the surface of the water, for muskrats, had not been disturbed at alL In the backwoods1 codo of morals, robbing a hunter's traps was then looked upon as a moro despicable crimo than stealing from his pockets. Hence I could think of no one in the neighborhood likely to have despoiled mine, nor why tho thief should have sprung tho empty ones and removed their baits. There had been a slight frost over night, rendering the ground hard, and I could see no tracks of human beings or dogs any where. By and by. how ever, while stooping down to reset ono of the mink traps near the soft edge of the creek. I noticed, in a bed or dry. unfrozen sand, several strange looking footprints but by what creature made I could not guess. Clearly they were not those of a 'coon nor yet of a young bear, though some what resembling5 both. I thought I knuw tho track of overy animal from an elk to a chipmunk to bo found in the country, but this one I had cer tainly never before seen. l'csides those left in the traps, tho only traces 1 could find of my lost gamo were a few drops of blood and sorao tufts of fur scattered along an old trail which led toward the base of a great pile of nearly inaccessible rocks on a distant hill. Greatly nuz zled over the whole matter. I ran off homo and told my father of tho strange occurrence. After breakfast he went with me down to the creek; and. instantly, on seeing the tracks, said: Those are made by a wolverine! I had no idea there was one left in this part of the country." Then he told me all he knew of tho animal; and part of that information, along with some I afterward gathered for myself, I have embodied in the fore going lines. My father concluded by saying: "Yci'll ha:e r.o more luck trapping until this brute and his mate, if he has one, are destroyed; but that's something easier to talk about than do." So. indeed. I found it. Day after day and night after night for two whole weeks 1 devoted myself solely to the task of trying to circumvent the cunning thief without once catch ing sight of him. Some nights I con cealed myself. gunAin hand, near one or the other of ny traps: again I would lie in wait until daybreak at the foot of tho rocks, hoping to get a shot as he went out or camo in. It was all lost labor. When I watched the traps, th beast never came near them. When I stayed all night at tho hill, he upset and robbed them at his leis ure; but a hair of himself he never showed. I owned m those days a hound, afraid of noth'ng. and famous over the wholo country side for his track ing powers and his success in killing game. Although kindly caut oned against such a proceeding by my father, 1 one day took this dog to the rocky mound, determined, if possible, to find and unoarth tho disturber of my peace. Carlo did fled the noxious brute, rather too readily. After I had gone with him on the trail as far as I could climb, he dashed away to a lot of rugged bowlders and a few seconds afterward I hoard the savage yelp by which ho always presaged an attack. Thero were sounds of a tussle sharp, snarling yelps, of a. kind strange to me. rolling pebbles and and sculling movements; but they lasted barely a half-minute. Then Carlo uttered a dismayed howl, and rushed back with ears and face torn, and his whole body roaking with that fetid fluid tho wolverino emits as a means of defense, and com pared to which tho skunk's odor is the attar of roses. The bravo old hound did not seem to care much for hi3 wounds; but that fearful stench no self-respecting dog could endure. So discreetly avoiding me. he sped off to tho creek, and it was not until he had rolled about in the water for a long timo that he would come near me. This occurred on the fourteenth day of my futilo hunt That night, though j uciinjr worn out tor want oi steep, A lay awako for hours revolving plans to get even with my hateful foe. At ; last I hit upon a scheme which I thought might possibly succeed pro vided the following night should prove a windy one. Gointr out late next morning I found my traps robbed, as usual but was rejoiced to see signs of an ap proaching storm. It came on an hour afterward, and before sundown a full pale was blowing in tho r'ttrht. dime. an- O w aBf v tion to suit uiy purpose. j Out near the edge of th forest thero tm then Wok thsboUow trunk Vf f mutm m tfMtta l4lif factor In my calculations. During the afternoon I had taken into my confidence a neighbors boy of my own size. Him I dressed up in my every day hat and clothea gave him a rifle and a bountiful supply of doughnuts, and packed him o.f to keep watch all night at the foot of the rocks. It was a wild kind or an idea; but I believed that the wolverine could reason to some extent and that supposing the watcher to be me. and the traps con scauentlr uncruarded. bo would come down for his accustomed fun. Then I went out and planted a fo c trap, right in the wind's eye, not more than ten feet from the open end of the hollow log and in line with tho center of its cavity. Having baited the trap with some choice morsels of raw chicken sprinkled with oil of rhodium. I went home to supper. When it becamo dark I borrowed my father's heavy eight-gauge duck ing gun, loaded each of the barrels with six drams of powder and twelve No. 1 buckshot and went hopefully away on my enterprise. Arrived at the log I shoved myself feet foremost into the hollow, dragging a chunk of rotten wood and the gun, butt first after ma From the entrance up to where the tree became solid its cavity was prob ably thirty feet long, and at the lower end. fully twenty inches in diameter giving mo lots of room or all need ful operations. Going in until I judged that my gun was two feet from the outer edge of the hole I turned over on my breajt rested the barrel on the soft chunk of wood and waited events. Within my hiding place all was black as pitch. Not oven the eyo of a lynx could have penetrated the gloom one inch beyond the opening; but I, looking out through the tube into the really dark, though by con trast comparatively light night could see tho outlines of surrounding objects, or rather objects in front of me. All my hopes of success lay in the wind, which was now blowing almost a hurricane directly from tho trap to mo. This would not only render it impossible for my expected prey to scent ma but its moaning through tho adjacent tree tops would effectual ly cover the noise of any slight move ment I might bo compelled to make. Hour after hour I lay in my narrow quarters, feeling a bit lonesome, but comfortable, and heard nothing ex cept the soughing of the gale and the groaning response of tho vexed forest giants. Neither could 1 seo any thing unusual though I now became so habituated to gazing out of my inky-black retreat that I could mark the oxact spot where my trap was set. Tho storm still raged furiously, but no rain fell; and I was dry. snug and warm as possible, while I said, confi dentially, to myself: 'Oil. if that rascally beast would only come!" I actually began to feel a little super stitious on the subject nnd remem bering how often the crafty brute had fooled ma a suspicion arose within me that ho might even then be laugh ing at my simple ruse. It must have been nearly roidn'ght when, fatigued by staring so long in one direction. I closed my eyes for a minute. On opening them ng.iin I saw that some change had occurred in the contour of the ground's surfaco a few yards beyond the trap. There seemed to be a little mound or lump there which I had not noticed before, but ns it remainoJ meantime r,uHo motionless I could not tell whether it was a mass of inert matter or tho co led-up body of an animal. Although thero was not tho slight est chaneo of any noiso I was likely to make being carried ocj-ward in the face of that tornado. I hardly ven tured to breathe as I looked steadily at the mysterious object in which, for fully ten minutes, thero was no ap pearan e of life. Pooh!" I muttered; "it's nothing but a lot of leave3 heaped up by the wind." The whisper had barely crossed my lips when the thing rose to a greater height and came a little nearer, and I saw that it was indeed a wild beast, but of what kind 1 could not in that uncertain light determine After noiselessly advancing a foot or two. the creature lay down again and so re mained for sorao tima and then I caught the gleam of a pair of green eyes! Still I would not shoot; for it nrght bo only a lynx, marten or rac coon. So. with my heart in my throat I watched it curiously as. little by lit tle and with extreme caution, it stole along until close to tho trap. Then it looked to me like a bear cub. But its next move dispelled that illusion. Being apparent ly satisfied that the coast was clear, it settled down by the side of the concealed trap and seemed to be intently studying its exact posi tion. Then, deftly as a miner might have dona it dug around and under it with a vigorous toss jerked it into the air (the sudden motion, of coursa springing it) and began calmly to eat the bait. This was the moment 1 had waited for. The creature's peculiar tactics had established its identity. The long looked for wolverine stood be fore me! Ti enabling with excitement I laid my cheek against the gunstock. glanced roughly along the barrel a and pulled both triggers. The smoke driven back by the wind nearly choked ma but I quickly got out into the a!r; and thero riddled by buck shot very emphatically dead and with a wing of chicken still between his teeth, lay my archenemy outwitted at last by a green boy. N. Y. Indepen dent lanpot-Caat Bi!nes. Oh papa," she said with a blush, young Mr. Chestnut who owns so many coal mines in Pennsylvania, is coming again this evening, and he says he wants to see you on some im portant business." All right my dear."" responded tho old man, chucking her playfully under the chin. I guess I know what the young man wants. That evening Mr. Chestnut came to the point at onca Mr. Hendricka" ho said boldly. "I want to ask you if vou have laid in j-our winter's stock of coal" Light Toe Trae. There is more e than one kind of truth-speaking which is not to the truth-speaker's credit. An example is furnished by Forest and Stream: A disappointed fish-seller was be laboring his slow but patient horse in a street in Georgetown, IX CL, the other day. and crying bis wares at intervals. -Herrln', herrin'. fresh herrin'!'' A tender-hearted lady, seeing his acts of cruelty, put her head out of a second-story window, and said: "Have you no mercy?" "io. mum " was the reply; 'nothin'' but herrin'. " A ectXela FlUlasUhrepjr. Glasgow. Scotland, has an indus trial homo where women who have come out of prison get a home pro vided for them, and where they are ' roploytd U foundry wQrk, (or witch FAEM AND HOUSEHOLD. MANUFACTURING FERTILIZERS ON THE FARM. ' Times When the Effort la "Worth atahtay Turnips and Grain for Sheep. Farm Notes and Hoase hold Helps. Reducing llone. 7 The reduction of bones and the '.hanufaclure of fertilizers on tho farm is a work of considerable difficulty and for that reason and for lack of the knowledge just Low to do things has seldom paid for the time and labor consumed. And yet there are circumstances and times when the effort is worth making and the end sought accomplished. Answering a correspondent from Utah. Mr. T. Greiner. ono of our well-known authorities on agricultural chemistry writes as follows in tho Pract cal Farmer: (1.) Tho only way in which bones can be made quickly available for fer tilizer by the ordinary farmer is the acid treatment and this I can hardly recommend to my friends. I do not myself like to handle and keep on hand a great deal of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol). The greatest care is needed with it or you may spoil more clothes, or burn more skin and llesh than the fertilizer is worth after it is all ready. Even then the bones should be made as fine as can conveniently be dona before they are exposed to the action of the acid. My favorito way of treating old bones is to burn them. In spring I make a great fire of brush, rotten rails, 'knotty pieces of wood, and all sorts of rubbish, and when this is going pretty lively, and a good body of live coal has accu mulated underneath, I pile on tho old bones, somewhat gradual ly, and some oyster ohells If 1 havo them. This will reduce the mass to a mixture of burat bonemoal lime and ashes, and makes a good min eral fertilizer. Of course it deprives tho bones of what littlo nitrogen they contain, but puts tho phosphoric acid in a shape in which plants can make immediate use of it These aro quick waj-s all others of reducing bones to plant food are slow. You can break the bones up as fine as possible, and put them in alternate lay ers with fresh horso manure, moisten ing the mass sufficiently to keep it in a moderate state of hot formentation. 'Jhia in the course of months, will soften the bones so they can be used for manure Another way availablo for sinco you have easy ac -ess. to you. wood ashes (provided they aro unloached) is to put them broken up line, in alternate layers with the ashes, and packing all lightly ns a leach, and put on water enough to moistenrthe mass and kcop it moist by additions of water when needed. In six months, moro or less, tho bones will bo aoft enough to bo used for manure. This mixture of ashes1 and bones will be first-rate for your grain crops. Plaster pari; will se'.dom be of much use for the purpose, espacially after it has been used for some timo. Many of the grain farms in the Kast havo been '-plastered to death." and do not respond any more to further applica tions of plaster. Of course the solution of the ques tion of what fertilizers aro best for your purposea depends very much on the condition of your soil itself. On most grain farms it is mostly phos phoric acid that is needed. In that case apply phosphates bone, dis solved bona acid phosphata phos phajic guano. Fouth Carolina or Hor ida rock, phosphate meal (Thomas slag), etc.. and if. a; likely on sandy soil, potash is needed also, the ashes will supply the deficiency. Should nitrates be nocded also, as indicated by short growth of straw, try a littlo nitrate of soda or other fertilizers furnishing, just that element No bod can give you definite informa tion on these things from a distance. Ask your own soil by making a few trials of the substances named. Turnip ant Grain for Sheep. The object of this experiment was to present an object lesson on the profits of the l.beral feeding of lambs that aro intended for the market Two lots of sheep and lambs were fed in a radically different manner. The ration of lot I was intended to be an intensive lation, or a copy of tho method that is u ed for fo.cing tho growth of early lambs. On the other hand, lot 2 was fed in a manner simi lar to that which is adopted by many farmers, who consider the sheep to be an animal that can be successfully fed on the refuse of a barn without tho addition of very much grain. The sheep of lot 1 received what -good hay they would consume and a pound of grain each, per day. Be sides this, tho pen was so arranged that the lambs had access at all times to a supply of mixed grain. The sheep of lot 2 were fed one half pound grain per head daily, with what good hay they would eat The lambs of this lot were allowed no grain excepting what they ate from the mother's ration. The following is a summary of tho results of the experiment: (1.) Two lots of sheep, each con taining ten sheep and twelve lambs, were fed for three months. (2.) Ono lot (Lot 1) ate a 000 pounds of hay and 1.434 of mixed grain. The other lot (Lot 2) ate a. 000 pounds of hay and 430 pounds of mixed grain. Lot 1 ate. therefore, 934 pounds more of mixed grain than Lot 2. . (8) During the three months the sheep of Lot 1 lost 104 pounds in weight and Lot 2 156 pounds a dif ference in favor of Lot 1 of 52 pounds. The lambs of Lot 1 weighed 5 15 pounds, and of Lot 2 364 pounds, a difference in favor of Lot 1 of 181 pounds. (4.) Tho value of tho Iambs in Lot 1 was ?o 1.50. nnd in lot 2 $21.84. a difference of $32.66 In favor of tho liberal feeding, and a not gain above extra cost of grain of $22.47. (5.) The extra amount of grain fed to Lot 1 was sold to the sheep at tho rato of 71.50 per ton. Coleman's Rural World. The Ro Horse. Dr. Mayo' says: Thero is no ono cause that produces sore shoulder so quickly as a heavy load and a rough road, with continual Jerking of the ncck-yoko from side to side as the fore wheels of the heavy wagon drop into ruts. The jerking caused by ruts and sharp, heavy pull; are fruit ful sources of strains and sprains with their accompanying evils of ring bones, spavins and curbs, especially in horses predisposed to the ailments. In horses of a nervous temperament the continual wrenching upon rough roads causes fretting, and what is true of man -fretting and worrying pull on individual down faster than work" is equally true of -a horse. The best horse for the better roade we hope to havo must depend upon the use to which, the horse is to bo ut if for road fork entirely, thero p no bUsr horW than the American trentr. lb iiv;th4 my to ffet OTor the ground fast and staalaa to stay it a long time. But for tho farmers, those who will use the road most a horso that has more weight is required- Upon the question as to "the best horse for the farmer. Judge Sutton says: "For soma roadsters are best; for others, heavy draft horses; and for others no horses at all; and for others camels and elephants would be best It depends directly on tho kind of farmers. For ordinary farm work, however, a horse of me dium weight is best The case is similar to that of men employed at ordinary manual labor. Medium sized men on an average will do more work with greater case than very largo or very small men. and usually have better constitutions. If largo horses are desired, they should bo active. A big horse without action is of little use on a farm. Kansas City Live Stock Indicator. Growing a Variety of Crops. The extreme cost of labor is tho drawback that make3 farming so little profitable. It caunot bo remedied by lowering of wages oxcept in ono way. This is to give employment through the whole year, and with the advan tage of a house and garden for tho hired man. hire him at rates which will pay him better than current day or month wages through the busiest season only. Bus how shall tho farmer who has dono this compensate himsolf for tho loss of time in tho dull season? Thero should bo no lost time, Grow such variety of crops that tho yearly hired help will find some paying work overy day during the growing season. Then for fall and winter have crop grown on the farm that will employ :omo iabor in its manufacture. This used to be done by making leather from hides, boots and shoes from leather, and clothing from wool or fax grown on the farm. Most of this may not bo practicable now. But wo know a farmer who for many j-ears has grown from one to five acres in broom corn, and in winter has employed fully as much labor as he did in the summer, and as profitably, in making the product into brooms. This is a kind of b siness tact that can hardly fail of being successful. American Cultivator. The Value of Good Harris. There should be no question as to whether it pays to havo a good barn. Without it thero must always bo con siderable wasto of crops and feed from exposure to the weather. Aud with out a burn it is impossible to savo tho manure to the best advantaga al though some who have tho barn, wo aro sorry to say. nctrlo'.l this import ant matter. But perhaps tho greatest profit from tho barn comes from the bousing of stock; thus saving from ex posure in inclement weather, and enabling us to keop it constantly growing and improving. The moro we advance in agricultura the better barns we shall build, and after we have them we shall gradually con form to tho practico of keeping our stock housed moro clo-oly. Then wo carry moro head to tho acra keep it in more even condition, and make our lands better by saving tho wholo innnur al product Coleman's Bura) Wor!d. Farm Note. Tho most farmers aro thoso th&t never try to improve on what they are doing. It often takos but littlo time to ro pair a gate but if neglected it will bo ruined. A failure in quantity with any crop almost always implios a failuro in quality also. Every farmer should run at least a sufficient number of sacks to hold a load of grain. Plan to hand'o clover as littlo ns possible; it will materially lessen tho wasta if dry. Never allow anything to stand and rot on tho farm that can be used as a good absorbent Tho best way to convert straw into manure is by using it for bedding with all kinds of sto.-k. Disease germs are like weed scods. a very few aro often sufficient to stoc! a whole neighborhood. With all classes of stock a feed lot is too small when it compels any of the animals to eat in filth. Under present conditions to make a success with farming we must in a measure be schooled to it Tho permanent prosperity of all countries depends very largely upon the system of agriculture pursued. It is less trouble to control conta gious diseases where stock are pro vented from running at large than where they aro given a froo range. It is claimed by cooking the food tho animal organism is relieved ol part of the labor of the work of digestion. A careful skillful farmer will have good stock even though ho does not indulge in fancy or expensive strains of thoroughbreds. Sometimes a slight advance on nn article will mako tho difference bo tween profit and lois and often especi ally so in the sum total of all of th profits. Household Help. All clothes should be thoroughly aired after washing beforo wearing. Chamomile blossoms steeped and drank will save many a doctor's bill; try it A small quantity of salt put in eggs before beating will cause them to beat much finer and quicker. Warmed skimmed milk (sweet) ap plied to nn oil cloth or painted foor after washing will improve it wonder fully. In making sauco for pudding, otc.. mix the flour ani sugar together first when dry adding tho salt and you will have a much smoother sauca Half a dozen onions planted in the cellar where they can get a littlo light will do much toward absorbing and correcting the atmospheric impurities that are so apt to lurk in such places. All who have a partiality for good milk-toast should wet tho vessel it is to bo cooked in before tho milk is put in. This process rightly done will hinder the milk from "catch ing." If you dip your broom In cloar hot suds once a week then shako it till it is almost dry. and then hang it up or stand it with tho handle down. It will last twice as long as it would without this operation. To renew a dusty nnd discolored chandelier apply a mixluro of bronzo powder and copal varnish. Tho druggist where they are purchased will tell, you in what proportion they should be mixed. A tin dish will wear much longer and retain its color better if. before ' using at all it is tho oughly greased . :.U ..-,! I.mI MnsMn .nrl (n A allowed to remain for some timo be fore washing it oft. By immersing a lead pencil in a jar of linseed oil until it is thoroaghly saturated, lead wood and all it will bo found, that tho lead has been tough ened nqa aoftor.ed. .and tho pencil will p.iKew two of the unlreft.e& ftycleae f (he Orchard. A recent report of the New Jersey , experiment station contained the fol lowing plea for cleaning up, from the pea of Prof. J. B. Smith. It is right u iiua Miiu u cununai on mo same ' subject pubiished I view a few weeks in the Farmers' Re ago: "It is a safe rula whenever a crop is gathered, to clear off the remnants and destroy them ns completely as possible. This is contrary to the general practica which is to get tho croo .aud let the remnants take care of themselves un til the iand is prepared for something else. Melon, citron, squash, cucum ber and other similar vices are simply left in the fields after the crop is gath ered and thero many a borer and many a striped beetle comes to maturity long after the farm is done with the plants. The ruie should be to gather and burn, either by fire or in the manure pit with lime. In orchards this recommenda tion is of especial importance. In dead wood, on tho tree or on the ground, many species complete their develop ment during the winter. Every, dead branch and twig shouid bo cuC and with the other rubbish, hauled out and burned. The ashes wiil make a good fertilizer, llubbish is never a source of advantaga and may be the exact contrary in many instances. Never leave nn old wood nile in or near an. orchard, especially if the wood is of the same kind as the orchard trees. Many insects breed' preferably in dead wood; but when it becomes too dry or too rotten, they have a sharp instinct which enables them to discover a weak or sickly tree, and they attack this at once and ruin it when otherwise it might recover. Fallen fruit should al ways be destroyed. Were this sye tematically dona there would soon be no further complaint of curculia and codling moth. The fruit should be fed to hogs, buried deeply, burned with quicklime, or disposed of in some oth er way that will prevent its maturing the contained insects. Field and or chard should contain, as nearly as pos sibla nothing save the crop, and when no crop is on the ground there should be nothing else certainly neither rub bish nor remnants. Farmers' lieview. 8. K. COBURX, Mgr., fjltrle Scott writes: "Ifind Hall's CatarrhCure a valuable remedy." Druggists sell It, 75c. The Bumble-Hen In cv Z: tlaml. The introduction of the bumble bco into New Zealand a few years ago to secure tho fertilization of the red clover is a matter of record. In a recent paper in the "New Zealand Journal of Scienca" Mr. George M. Thompson, F. L. S., presents an interesting arti cle on the -introduced bombi in New Zealand, giving alsoaiistof the plants and Mowers which are visited by these bees. He makes the interesting state ment that with a few exceptions, he has never heard of theso bees visiting the flowers of indigenous plants, but states that the have becomo so extra ordinarily abundant that the question has even arisen in his mind as to whether they would not become as serious a pest to the apiarist as the rabbit has proved to the farmer and cultivator, on account of their absorb ing so much of the nectar of the How er?. Ho aho points out the remark able fact in connection with the life of the bumble bee in New Zelanu. that in many parts of the colony it docs not seem to hibernate at all. but is to be seen daily on l'.owers all the round. year We arc pleased to know that Miss Jessie Burt, who recently completed a -Shorthand Course at Elliott's Unsiness College, Iturlii.gton, la., has .secured an excellent position in JSiuIington. - lioml try l Utlk. The chief nitrogenous compound of milk is caseine. Miik contains from three to four percent of sugar. Case ine can be removed from butter, but not by ordinary methods of washing. Fibrine is anotner important nitroge nous compound found in milk, and it affects the raising of cream, by retard ing or prevnting it. The formation of fibrine in miik may be retarded or pre vented by immediate cooling, by free, dom from agitation, and by placing in smooth, dry, clean vessels. The change in milk sugar to lactic acid is caused by bacteria. This acid is the compound which causes the sour taste of sour milk. Lactic aid consulates caseine. Any of the suear in milk is changed to acid by souring iu American Cultivator. I)sn;rr In .Heat islrf. The eviis of meat diet are being ap preciated by many high livers in cities, and these are being counteracted part ly by the wealthy ia adding more fruits and vegetables to ther tables during the winter. The cheapness of meat and a peculiar craving which the system seems to havo for meat have gradually made it common for city people to live almost entirely oif meat in the winter months. Meat is eaten three times a day in quantities, nnd the excessive use of such a diet is that rheumatic and gout temperaments are acquired. These temperaments are largely due to the excessive use of meat. Pittsburg Dispatch. Dr. .Tndti'! Electric Belts are soM on six months trial. Jurid Electric Co., Omaha. The student who drops study when graduates will never be a tcholar. he Mad That Is More Valuable Than Gold." Chicago Tribune-1 "There is no gold iu the hills around our place, but there is mud that is more valuable. than gold," said Mr. II. L Kramer who registered yesterday at the Auditorium, of Indiana Mineral Springs, Warren county, Ind. It is n magnetic mineral mud and it is moro valuable than gold for it cures rheu matism in every form, no matter how long the victim has been a sufferer.' "O, no;" Laughingly replied Mr Kra mer to the reporter's question, "we do not give onr patients mud to cat; it is made up in poultices nnd placed on the joints where the pain is the most severe." "It is only within t'.ie past few years that this wonderful Magnetic Mud de posit In been known. I arge quanti ties of it have been carried away, and people are tiave'.ing from far nnd near to onr new hotel and bath house, cost ing over 5IS0.OO0 which has just been completed. in order that they may drink the Magnetic Mineral Water and bathe in the mud. There are upwards of two hundred people there to-day, and many have recovered so rapidly ns to make it a wonder to themselves and their' friends. We look forward to the time when people will be journeying to the Indiana Mineral Springs from every State and Territory in the Union to ! cured of chronic, rheumatic and kidney diseases that baffled the best medica' skill. The mnd is found immediately at th base of the center of a horse shoe shaped b'ufT, where the springs are also located, nnd it seems that the waters of the springs ponring forth there forcountlessages.has thoroughly impregnated this deposit with mineral properties, nnd magnetized it so that en asterl blade is leftinit. al fe llo.nrs lt oms V.!?- -f nucr ii ma"- "t"-u .jv ..... .-w-x- so vou can taue up a lanre darninc needle. Mr. C. L. Stone, general passenger Hgent of the C. fc E. I. railway of Chi cago, has issued a beautiful little pamphlet which tells all nbont this wonderful health resort, nnd gives the experience of many prominent poople who havo heen enrad thove within i& last yftV. U Wll l6 0Qt L'V ft, frto. lHi-etMfc -v i FrUhtfal and Kothtns; tM ( Are the ravages la physical stamina caused f diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Ottea- tiuics, wureuirr, lucy are owiiuy progressive ty is laiui icruuiiauuo. liCtfinning WllQ simpia Inactivity of the orjrans. renal disease, if un- up In destruction of the kidneys. This is ter rible to contemplate, dreadful to undergo. Anticipate the danger by arousing and regu lating the kidneyM, when inactive, with Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters, a most efficient diuretic as well as a general alterative and tonio of ur.cxaranled excellence. It Derforms a further good.olfice for the system in promoting ' activity of the kidneys, ia that it moro effee-j tually expels through these channels impuri- j lies which produce rheumatism and dropsy. I Malaria, constipation, biliousness liver trouble, nervousness, dyspepsia, all succum! to iu bencuceut action. 3!arket!ns liutter. When a dairyman makes his own butter at home, it is necessary, in or der to realize the greatest profit that wo have a good market, either private customers to furnish at regular times or some good, reliublo commission merchant to send to. Commission merchants, as a rula like dairy butter packed in eight pound bail boxes, which are sold by the pound. Being so handy to pick up and carry home, business men like them and are willing to pay for the handiness. Many dairymen lino these pails with parchment paper all over inside bo fore the butler is put in, which I think is a very good plan as this keeps the' butter away from the wood, thus avoid ing the chance of wood taint also mak ing the butter come out in much nicer shape. We must make a grade of but ter and put it up in a grade of pack ages that will please the eyes and tho palates of our customers. If a customer wanted me to send him butter colored green, why the next lot sent in would be green, if green coloring could be had, for it matters not to me what the butter is so long as it suits the consumer. Ex. Conslilns Leada to Conanmptton. Kcmp'i Balsam will flop the coiicjh at once. Go to your drusrgist today and get a sample bottle' free- Large bottles 50 cts and tl.00. Everv square mile of thesra con sins 120, (XK'.COO fish of various kinds. Cheap Homes for the .Ullllona. In crder to meet the constantly prowlrg demands which come from every quarter of the N or:b, Ea-t and AVcst, for ieduced rates, to enable the farmer, the emigrant and the capitalist to visit the t'outh west, particularly Texas, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail way hare determined to sell tickets on Au gust :!0th, September "27th and October 2."tb, from all uotu'ts in the North, East ami West, to all f oiuts on its main line in Missouri end Kausas, 60tith (if Clinton, Mo., ami all points in the Siate of Texas, at the ex tremely low rate of one fare for tneround tri:, good to return -0 days from dale of safe. 'Ihe reports which come from Texas of the prcdilous prospective yields la the crops for the ire5cnt Mason, as well as those for several previous jears, together w.th the severity of the winters in tne Northern and Western States for several years past, will induce many to locate on the sun kissed prairies of this favored land during the coining faiL Now is your opportunity. Graspit while it is yet within your reach. For further Information as" to routes, rate?, maps, time-tables, etc., call on or address K. D. SrENCEii. Traveling Passen ger .Agent. Iloo-n 12, Iiookery Bidg., Chica ro; KL li. Pai:ki:i:, As?t ("en. Pa-s. Agent, f 05 Chestnut ft., St. Loui, Mo; Wai.tek (5. OltAllAM, General TicliJt Agent. l'arson3, Kansas. There is never any cloomv heart. heavenlv music in a The Onlr One t.rcr Printed Can You I-Hid the Word! ,, There is a 3-inch display advertisement in this paper ;h:s wesK which has no two aoriis'aiikc exceot one wont. The same J$ true of each new one appearinc each week, from the Dr. Harter Meiicine Co. This bouse :laces a "Crescent" on everything they maKe and publish. Look for it. senii tbein the name 0 the word, and they will return you Book. BEaimrui. Lithographs or Samples Fuel The frc::r:i traiie of China last gregated $iVJ. 000,000. year a? Ilanoa "Uncle Corn SnlTr." VTnrnu.f ! t rnr. ur money refunded. Ask jour Ores'sist for it. l'rice 15 cents. An express engine of walcr per uii e. consume; teu gallons Mrs. Winslow'sJSooiliinaPjrrBp. for Chil dren toctliias.softcm the cum, reduces indam ma lon. allays pain, cures wind colic. 2Jc. a bottle. How to pet stomach pump. inside information: Use a A Drunkard, Morphine or Opium eater or Tobacco vhewers, can be safely, spccdilv and tcriniuentiy cured by takinir the Elisor Cures. Write for testimonials and prices on territory to Knsor Kcmcdv Co., 4l3 N. 34th St, South Omaha, Xcbr." For a full rop on to the old hen.' the farm commend us Man's syftcm is like a town, it must be well drained and nothing U so ollirient as Bcecham's l'ili. For sale by all drmri;i.t5. The stoopiiiir bicyc.e rider may be sup posed to be on pleasure bent. Dr. Juuu's Eiectric Belts are sold on six months trial. Jt:dd Electric Co., Omaha. Shipped Anywhcm on Trial. Catalogue Frre. OK). ETL It Co.. 7 Ky 3u QtrZNCT. ILT. OSUL WORN NIGHT AND DAY: Holds ttia wort rup ture with raMMinder all ritenm-dame. Perfect AillU'tnient. Comfort nICnn yew Patented Improvements. Illus trated eatnlomi and rule for i el '-measurement sent securely sevled. . V HOUSfc MFC. CO.. Tit Broad way, New York City. FOR SUMMER COMPLAINTS Perry Davis' Pain-Killer best medicine in the world. EARLY RISERS Do Witt Little ".JBarJyKJaers. tho Famou I.lttlr PUN forConstlnntlonJ'Irk TTead acbe, Djspepsla.No .Nauua.N'o rain. Very bmall HEftf EVERVONK SHOULD AI.WATS USE rEH-at . TUB BETo''-w:u.u'.-n.3tx K.ier brook' anas asw s ftTtTBslBlfmfllr K JOHN ST. new yokic. co I En-iwv miHTCn ARPHTC 'or ur Orrat Omp-tlitn fHnlCU RUCHIw I!.HSa. Itlocrnphl.'S of all rnsirirnt. The nnlr l'o'ltiral Kncyclire-llv Thro TOiUTlie 111 one. Jlajruiflre-it r.-MTtll. 3.V. Ileino ciotieor KcpuM.on. Chit'.!.. et f r & Co.. N. V. UflUTCnf nr.NTOTn.tTFL. Wep-iy If JIH I CI) S -V) to (100 month and expense. MU.MI JL U I-;t,t.l.0'rON..nadiaou,VI 1 ClCiTS pay. for an Aluminum lord's lnyer W iKiiiTtnir Unaim and tnmplecopy of our lixj Msazuiu. T J. MLStlKK, vol Olive. St.. S. UviU. FLAGS V- llnnnrrn. Silk or Tlnnllnir. A.IIKICII'AN KI.ACTilK.f'o.. Eastort, Pa. ?end for prices. If afflict ed with I TkAa.axa. Cits. Wat ore eyes, uss $ I i invnspavn sais nassvsa IT IS A nCTYloBBweyoBT el f and family to art thrbest vain for your money. Econo nlzr in your footwmr by par W. chaoin W. I., llaaglan stbons lrbiek rrvrcstrnt the bent vain a far prices) mtked, mm i BOB!tandt win testily. IT-TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. " r"BnT!i3BTBsTfZam . .aw.auvBv asjaypj-. '"- Ts"tsT,XSBBBBBBBBBS"'"sV3r P"ls7 .assssK- ft J;r alaV t"..;"'t Hf'jB Vs-sbsHsbbbbbbI sIsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHsbbbbbbbbbbbbBsB' ASK FOft V ... t . If mm rV mI la hw sl.i imJ dlimt ! Mtie fun. Will rij?.MSS!sifil fi nniiBi mot lines i!: roowionnBa irauauiB5 anc bcj --- lw IIUUHLAO anVrt- Uni or UvrfnroCtalaimflt moMynndfu-fa'rreituc?.. . J t 40 BRIGHT GIRLS i 2 j T HOW X won their college course and edu cation in music WITHOUT EXPENSE "Girls Who Have Push" A 28-page illustrated pamphlet -will be mailed t FREE to any girl sending address to her THE LADIES' HOKE J0CRXAL Philadelphia s SICKHEADAGHEI roltlTrly cured bjC h... utrin nniu a9 1 Thpy also rcltoTo lis tress irom D5!icpi.i,In digestion and TooHeart Eatinir. A perfect rem edy for Dbcincw.X3H!i Drowsmcca, liaa lantH In tho Month. CoateO Tongno.Pain in tho StdeJ TOKPID .LlYEi;. Tuei recnlato tho Uowela. Purely Vegetable. Price Z5 cents; CABTSS UTTICniS CO., 2T21? Y0. Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price. THE ONLY TRUE: IRON TONBC "Will purify BLOOD, recnlato-KIDSKVS-, remoxc l.IVKU urii-r. iiKiiiiMri-iisiii. renew aiet!li-, restore I. cal Hi ami 1 toroi vuiiiii. iyirpnin Ju:iestiin.lii.-itlirciieei lu;ral.-.liile!y eradicate!. .mum iiriKliicncii. n raw (lower Increase)!. w l.oni-i. nerve, wills HOitS cles. receive new force, snfferln irop.i complaints tie culiar totlieirscc, I'slnjrlt.llrnl a safe, niccily cure. Keturnj in on checks, beautifies Complexion. roseiiloon JSohl everywhere. All Pennine koui! bear MVi...iit- bcml us 1" cent stamp fur tf-'-paso pamphlet. 01. HARTER.MEBICINE CO.. St Uels. Mo. L1 EWIS' 98 LYE ioxiesis a:3 Frsiaa (PATENTED) Tho ttrrmottt and jmrfjt I.ye made. Uuliku other l.je. It tielmj i tine ponder mid p.ickfd In a enii with removable lid, l!io content jn. nt.T.i& r.nlr for us- Will make tlm'lwst pert timed lliird Swj In'JU iniiiiiiet ti'ifJmiit -"idiiy. It li llip l-l forrleiinsin wn.nl pipes, di-liifectln Mnk. clo-etS, Wshtnrf 1 ottles, paints. tree.-. etc PENNA.SALTM'PGCO. On. A sent. IMilla . Pa. .jn.ycWtisi-aEiro Consumptives and people 1bo have weak luncsor A:!i- caa.snould uso I'lyo'xCuru for Consumption. It ha cured thnusanda. ft has not injur ed one. It ! i ot had to take. It 1 the le: cniicn nyrup. SoM evcrnherf. S.c. WELL MACHINERY. Illustrated catalogue showing "Well Augers, itocit "nus, xiyaramicj anil Jp-ttiniT 3tlachlnerv. Wind Kills, etc.. Sent I"KiiE. Haro- been tested anil all trarnimeu. THE PECH MFC. CO. Max City, Iowa. 54 8. Canal St., Chicago. Patents ! Pensions Send for Inventor OuMr or How tn Obtain a Patent. Send for DiBrstot aK.VIO.N and IIOU.VIY 1.AI1H. PAIKIC7 0TARKE1L, - WASHmaiON, D. a M FAT FOLKS REDUCED 15 to 25 lbs. ir month by harmlew herbal Iremedie. 'otarvine.noinconrenienc itn.l nn hml elTf Strietlr nnHlentinL Rami Br for rirviil.r. and tiniomi.l. ldre Jr. OWF-SSTDEBjUcViiksr- Theatre Bide CMcu.-o.lU. LADIES! i' f Brown's 1 nn roar tlfrench I Dressing j Shoes. Short time On 6 onlv-wr Willi fend onr Klectrlc I'flts and Trus-es - w TK1.I If You Wish Health Try one of 0urBe!ts. ELECTRIC 0X0 Free Medical Advice and Trent- ntirnei merit dnriu" llie rix months' trial. -Ji;. J Our new improved K cctric Ilelts ara lltlAI. I;.itterie4anil UWts combined; gen erates sufficient Electrcitr to produce a fhock. In onlerinj: jrive price of blts ($V, .00. liaCO, 115.00). wa.-te measure, and full particulars. Asents wnnteil. IlUTTE City. Mont .Jan If", ll0i Within tha lat eighteen month ive ham- taken In over 1.000 for Judd'e Electric Ilelts end Tnis-es. and baTe never h.id a single complaint, hut have had many compliments passed upon them D M Nkwbro Dnco Co. Cure J-ime Hack. Kidney and Liter Gump alnt. Indication. ly..icps.a. Lo-n of Vitality and all Female "Veafctic". Address Juoo Electric Company. Omaha. Neb. HI, THERE, PRINTER ! Do you want to buy an Army Pres3 awful cheap? We can fit you out with either a 0 or 7 column size, at prices that will make you shiver in Auust. DON'T YOU WANT either a biuall Pilot or Model Jobber? If so, come quick, and get a bargain; Address WESTERN NEWSPAPER U.M0N, OMAHA, NIIIIIC.tSKA. nrtllC CADtiCD? Oii-niida!land-.uhcrlh3 UUMC rAniHr.no rortle.vEuiCAN Homr- sTCtn. the b"t Farm and Horn; pajier lit He- bra-ten Amerlenn Ilome-t a I one year and Web- &l Qfl ln Ui'nbriised Dictionary for . . Ol.OU Americnn Ilome-teadon venranrlNecly?C5 Qftj Historical Chiirt. Political i. U S.Map.OI.UU AilRltlCJlX llO.UK.STKAIt CO., Omaha. Srbruskn. L. DOUGLAS ' , CARTERS iTTLE ivLn PILLS. - fluEZZZQES rcacfsMil jt n ei innin finite US. $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN, THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. A Jtenolnrarwetl ftuoe, that trill vol rip, fine calf, seamless. Smooth Inxloe, flexible, more comfortah!e.styIls:i ami durable than say othr shoe vt sold at tho price. Equals custom modo shoes coating from $4 to $5. . Maad9. HandHiewed, fine cair shoes. The most stylbh. easy and Uuiaole shoes ever sold nt these prices. They equal bd Imported shoes costing from $f to $11!. sQ 59 Padlce Shop, worn by formers and all other Trho 99 want a good heavy calf, three sokd, extension V1I40 shoe, easy to wallc In. and will keep the feet dry and warm. A 30 Fic- Calf, &.& ad S2 Workifmuicn's Shoes 9saa will Btve more wear for the money than any other make. They are inado for service. The lacrcaslni; sales show that woik Imcmen havo found this out. .,.. c . . c. . DAVCf S2 and Youths SI. 75 Schcpl Shoes ara DWT9 worn by tie boys everywhere. ThemostzerTlcc- afcle shoes w'd at these Fjlce-. m pa. a asa e 93 Hnnd-Serred. ?2..i, S3 and SI. 73 LAIIICw Shoe for HI ias0 are mad of the best IXiu- o!aoTl"n Calf. a oesu-eu. aijey iic ij sijiisa, com fortable and durable. The J6boe equals custom inado hoe costing frvm ft! to$S. Ladles tvhowls'i to econo mize In their footwear axe finding this out. CA UTION. Ucwaro of dealers substltat iDg shoes with- . nntw. T nnuslaa' camo and tbs, rrlro Stamped on bottsm. - ... . . . . . - VtA. rnPi.VMI. fa Vnetarv. stsllaa lrtorf alin 1:11 J ttlM" ft l racrl " "7 .. ... F ) I j .H 'Z-?Zf -,r ...