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a small amount of copper wire from
coarse to fine, and some rivets and bars
of the same metal ; also, a pair of pin
cers or pliers suitable for uso with, wire,
and a pair of tinner's shears or snips, a
punch to make holes for the rivets, and
a hammer, he will have an outfit with
which a person with very little mechan
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meed in a durable manner any broken
Etrap about harness, replaco sundry
iron hoops on hollow ware, and will find
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cles, often preventing loss of time in
sending to the harness-maker or other
manufacturers. The copper wire will
come into frequent uso in every house
hold to keep intact many things weak
ened by use, fractured or broken, suoh
as buggy-shafts or spokes if on the
farm, rake, fork or hoe-handles, etc.
by wrapping the wiro tightly around
tho injured portion, twisting the ends
with the pincers firmly and cutting
them off with tho shears, a neat, dura
ble job is accomplished. Copper wire
can bo easily restored after having been
kinked by frequent use, by drawing it
forcibly around an iron rod or hard
wood. By the help of tho shears,
joints of stove-pipe can bo shortened,
when required, and extra tin cans of all
(ires can be made t serve many useful
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inches wide and six inches long nnder
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USEFUL INFORMATION FOR
AMERICAN FARMERS.
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Mad Rick by Potato.
A correspondent of the Inter Ocean,
irriting from Waupaca, Wis., aaya:
The man who is "too poor to eat po
tatoes" is not as great a curiosity as
he was once reputed to be. Potatoes
are something; of a luxury at 98 cents
a bushel while flour is from S3 to 85 a
barrel, and a poor man can better af
ford to eat the white bread of aristoc
racy than to turn to the poor food of
Ireland and try to live on a potato
diet There is one small section of
Wisconsin which might be termed the
potato patch of the state. This potato
patch takes in the greater part of
Waupaca and Portaga counties, where
for some years the light sandy soil
puzzled the farmers as to how they
were to get a paying crop from it.
Wtieat was a failure and so was corn,
but when the farmers began to grow
potatoes they began to lift their
mortgages and cultivate bank ac
counts. In the whole state of Wis
consin they raise 11,000,000 bushels of
potatoes and 5,000,000 bushels are
grown here in this sandy potato patch.
One year after another these have
brought 40 cents a bushel delivered a,
the warehouses in Waupaca, Stevens
Point, I'lainQeld, and a dozen other
email railroad stations, so that they
have been worth $2,000,000. There
were 3,500 car loads, or 1,350,000
bushels of potatoes shipped from Wau
paca alone last year, about 1,000 car
loads from Plainfield, 800 from Scan
dinavia,and in all 8,000 car loads from
this potato district, which is forty
miles long and twenty miles wide.
This year it is estimated that the ship
ments will reach 10,000 car load, and
the crop will be worth something
more than $2,000,000.
The cultivation of 5,000,000 bushels
of potatoes has made that the princi
pal business of Waupaca. The town
has no manufacturing, but the two
banks of the place in the winter of
18 j2 and '93 paid out $1,250,000 to the
farmers who were potato growers.
Last year the crop was short, and the
money paid out by the Waupaca banks
fell below $1,000,000. This year the
crop planted is large and it is in fine
condition at present, so that they hope
for a big crop, but fear that the prices
will be lower than they have been for
many jears, and that the net profits
will be correspondingly lower. That
the farmers have made money in this
business is very apparent to any one
traveling about the country and not
ing the farm houses and barns and the
general air of prosperity. There are
no great potato plantations. Few of
the farmers have more than twenty
acres in potatoes, while their
farms run from eighty to
160 acres. They have learned
that it pays to fertilize and pre
pare their land especially for this
crop. They put in a crop of potatoes
one year, follow that with a crop of
oats and clover the next year, and the
third year plow the clover under to
fertilize the soil for another potato
crop. Ky alternating the crops and
moving the potato patch from one part
of the farm to another each year they
have not only produced big crops of
potatoes but have kept their land in
excellent condition and better ferti
lized each year. They regard 100 bush
els to the acre as an average crop and
from twenty acres expect to raise 2,000
bushels, which will pay them from
$800 to SI, 000 lor their crop. It does
not require much help to cultivate
twenty acres of potatoes and the
farmer who has one or two boys can
attend the potato patch as well as the
corn fields and look after other gen
eral farming. The children can help
keep off the potato bugs by sprinkling
the vines with paris green, and the
potatoes become the money crop of the
farm. They have prospered and the
banks of Waupaca have an average of
$300,000 in farmers deposits.
Nearly all these farmers started in
poor and had to mortgage their land.
They began this industry about twenty
years ago in a small way, and those
who engaged in it prospered so that
others followed their example. The
mortgages have been lifted from the
farms, new houses and larger barns
built, potato warehouses and cellars
prepared, so as to enable the farmers
to hold their crops for a winter or
spring market, and potato has become
king in Waupaca county. It sustains
farmers, bankers and business in half
a dozen small cities. It gives the drug
gists a big business in paris green,
ana this year those in Waupaca expect
to sell 100,000 pounds of this poison,
which will be fed to the potato bugs.
They ship paris green into this city by
the car load and sell it by the bushel.
In the winter season the potato takes
possession of tbe market and makes
business for buyers, shippers, ware
housemen, the railroads, and the
speculators. The buying and selling
of l,250,vOO bushels of potatoes in a
small city of 2,500 population gives
work to many people. It puts more
than a million dollars in circulation
and gives business to the railroads.
The Ilurbank is the prime favorite and
constitutes about half the crop. It is
a good-sized potato, firm, without
deep eyes, and is considered the most
reliable, as it is also the best selling
potato in the market- The Beauty of
Hebron comes next, and after that
the Rose and the Peerless. The po
tato has made fertile farms, rich farm
ers, farmers who have retired on a
competence and have moved to town
to educate their children, sustained
bankers, general business, and two
railroads that run through this potato
patch.
Itnylac tloraea
From the Farmers' Review: The
article from the pen of C. R. WoodV.S.
in your last issue was a most interest
ing one, giving as it did so many ex
cellent ' 'pointers" relative to the buy
ing of sound horses. There ara, how
ever, some points not touched upon in
that article that it would be well to
remember. If the reader will refer to
Dr. Wood's article (page 374. June 13),
he will see that the proper examination
of a horse commences at the head as
described, and search is or should be
made for the diseases, blemishes, etc.,
mentioned. Taking as correct the
statements made by Dr. Wood, the
writer will simply add some points
omitted, commencing at the head and
running over the body. Coot
mencing at the head never forget to
closely examine the mouth, noting the
horse's eys and observing whether he
is a "cribber" or "parrot mouthed,"
alao catch a whiff of his breath and
note whether it is sweet or not; foul
breath is not uncommon and suggests
a decayed tooth, chronic catarrh, etc.
The mouth, too, is sometimes so
tender that the horse is a bad
one to drive; for instance the angles
may be lacerated or calloused or
the bone injured in the lower jaw at
the seat where the bit presses. As to
the eye, recollect that wrinkled eye
brows are suspicious, as are very
prominent or depressed eyes; the
wrinkles are nsmally the relic of
periodic ophthalmia. Examine the
nostrils for discharge or ulcers; it is a
mistake to purchase a horse that is
running at the nose. Pasa the finger
into the false nostril to see thatnp
tumor is present. Coming to the
sho&der the farmer should make a
very thorough examination aa"atrophy
of the muscles," "sweeny" is not the
only trouble of that region. The
shoulders should be free from sores,
abraded places, old callouses, deep
seated abscesses or fribroid tumors,
and all of these are easily discovered.
Now as to the feet. It is not alone
necessary that the foot should be free
from the troubles set down by Dr.
Wood. It should be sound in texture
and conformation, free from abnormal
growths following founder, should be
natural in condition and shape, not
opened out at the heels nor contracted
at the point In examining for sound
ness, too, the professional man will in
passing his hand down the leg from
knee to hoof usually be able to detect
whether the horse has been "on
nerved" or not nd is surely an import
ant point to decide; corns should nd;
be forgotten when examining a foot
coming to the hind quarters, never ne
glect to examine the scrotum of geld
ings as quite frequently horses have a
running sore and tumor, due to care
less castration; we refer to what is
technically termed "schirrous cord,"
which certainly renders a horse un
sound. If the animal examined be a
mare, see that she is not torn from
vulva to anus i. e. a "gill flirt," for
mares so lacerated are most unpleas
ant animals to work. In examining
the region of the back remember to
look for curb, which in all horses ex
pected to haul heavy loads is a serious
defect; thoroughpin, too, is practic
ally incurable and easily detected.
Occult spavin mentioned by Dr. Wood,
can not be detected by farmers; but
they can at once recognize "mallen
ders" and "sallenders," "grease" and
"grease heel," and tell whether or not
a horse interferes, either in front or
behind. Taken in conjunction with
Dr. Wood's remarks the foregoing will,
we trust prove useful to farmer in
detecting unsoundness and defects in
horses. V. S., Cook County, III.
Electricity va. Horaea.
A party who writes a good deal un
der the nom de plume of "St George,"
has compiled some interesting sta
tistics regarding the number of horses
which have been displaced by elec
tricity and the bicycle, lie reasons
from his figures that the sudden trans
formation of travel from the horse to
the electric car, and from the buggy
to the bicycle, has had a great deal to
do in precipitating the financial disas
ter in this country. It will be sur
prising to many people to know, he
says, that these modifications in
travel have thrown out of employment
twenty-four horses to every 1,000 in
habitants. That is, the number of
horses in the United States which
have lost jobs on account of the intro
duction of the electric car and bicycle
amounts to more than 1,000,000. It
required S100,000,000 a year to buy
oats, corn, hay and bedding for these
horses, and SI 2,000, 000 to shoe them,
and $12,000,000 for harness and repair
ing harness. It required 200,003 men
to groom and drive them, and to feed
and hire this army of men required an
annual expenditure of $73,000,000;
then there was an outlay of $30,000,
000 a year to keep up the supply of
horses. The $100,000,000 worth of
oats, corn and hay that have not been
consumed has made a surplus, and con
sequently a shrinkage in value in these
products in the United States to the
amount of $30,000,000. The loss in the
sale of buggies, carriages and other
vehicles is probably $5,000,000 a year.
He next gives a statement as to the
amount of money that has been taken
from the circulation on account of
sudden change in the methods of
travel, and estimates that this condi
tion of things has been going on for
five years. One million horses fed,
each a year $100, $500,000,000; $12 for
shoeing each horse a r year for five
years, $00,000,000; $12 for each pair of
harness a year for five years, $60,000,
000; 200,000 men at $365 a man for five
years, $365,000,000; $30,000,000 a year
for purchasing horses for five
years, $150,000,000; shrinkage in pro
vender a year, $30,000,000. for five
years, $150,000,000; shrinkage in the
value of horse stock, $500,000,000. To
tal, $1,285,000,000.
Rlessiko the Fields. In western
Europe the farmer studies a rational
method of raising his crops. He tills
his soil to the best of his ability and
trusts in nature to repay him for his
work. In eastern Europe, Russia, the
lazy farmer sends the priest into the
fields to bless them. Instead of hard
work he uses consecrated water, and
for intelligent farming he substitutes
the priest's incantations. The annual
life of the Russian peasantry is that of
the simple husbandmen inhabiting the
country where the winter is long and
severe. In April the snow melts and
the grass comes up with wonderful
rapidity. On St George's Day, April
23, the priests begin their harvest
work of the year, sprinkling all the
cattle of the district and blessing the
fields. This they do from early morn
ing till late evening, for the peasant is
not satisfied with any "symbolical
sprinkling;" he demands that the
priest shall pass over all his ground,
and repeat the benediction every
where. This is the only time in the
year the Russian peasant has any re
spect and use for the priest. For the
rest of the year he looks upon him
with contempt The poor priest must
be rapid in his motions, for he has
ranch to do, and the peasant is usually
inpatient to begin field labor, remem
bering an old proverb. "Sow in mud
and yon will be a prince," he wants to
put his seed in the wet soil. Trans
lated for the Literary Digest
Cotton
Thk world has about 85,000,030
spindles, representing an investment
of $2,000,000,000. Of this vast industry
the United States have a little over one
fifth in capital invested, or over $100,
000.000, and less than one-fifth in the
number of spindles, or 15,000,000.
Though the south produces over 50
per cent of all the world's cotton crop,
it has only about one-th'rtuth of the
total cotton manufacturing business.
It furnishes the raw material for more
than one-half of all the spindles of the
world. For 100 years the south has
been raising the cotton, shipping it to
England and Europe, and permitting
the manufacturers of those countries
to grow rich on turn ng it into the
finished product Farmers' Review.
When locating your poultry yard
strive to have a dry, well-drained lo
cation, A damp and clayey run is
against the .fowl's nature and brings
disease among your flock.
Bw Forage.
An agricultural report says: If ex
cellence in the bee is the chief factor
in successful honey producing, next in
ogical order is abundant persistent,
and cheap bee-pasturage. Abundant
pasturage is the amount necessary to
satisfy the requirements of the num
ber of colonies kept within a given
area. Persistent pasturage is that
which contemplates a variety of peren
nial honey bearing flora of hardy con
stitution and rugged habits, whose
terms of blooming follow each other
in succession continuously from early
spring to late fall, thus lengthening
out the season in which bees may
gather surplus honey. Cheap bee
pasturage may be such as is furnished
from natural sources produced in for
ests or by self-propagating plants grow
ing in waste places or upon lands of
little value and requiring little or
no labor. Or cheap bee -pasturage may
be Eccured by cultivating fruits and
.field crops, the blossoms of which are
valuable for honey-bearing. As the
forests of the country disappear and
the waste lands are being reclaimed,
as the necessity for other honey-producing
resources is felt, as the indus
try assumes more importance and as
the influence of competition is more
sharply felt great interest is shoivn
in the subject of bee-pasturage. The
number of days in each year in which
bees can gather and store surplus
honey will not average, except in ex
ceptionally favored localities, above
thirty or thirty-five days; the
remaining time and energies of the
bees being employed in gathering
sufficient for the sustenance of the
colony, and enforced idleness or non
productiveness. Enforced idleness,
and the consequent waste of time,
stores and energies, sometimes result
from the failure of the .flowers to se
crete nectar, even though honey-bearing
flowers are blooming in abundance,
but usually the reason why the time is
so short in which bees are able to store
surplus honey is the lack of abundant
pasturage.
Cornstalk Molnaseft.
A farmer living nea Way cross, Ga.,
tells the New York World how he
made some fine molasses out of com
mon field corn. He saj-s: "I planted
two acres of rich land in corn about
April 1, last year, fertilizing it heavily
with homemade compost twice during
its after-growth, which, of course.
made large and heavy stalks and ears,
full of sweet juice, like the juice from
the old China or sorgum cane. I did
not plant it with that intention, but
after observing this I immediately
pulled the corn ears while green and
shipped them' in barrels to Boston
which alone doubly paid my expenses
of planting, fertilizing and gathering.
I then pulled the blades off, leaving
them on the ground to be plowed
under, and hastily proceeded to cut
down the stalks, cut off tho tops and
haul to my furnace. I ground the
stalks to pieces, aud treated them as I
do sugar cane about three hours with
a moderately hot fire under the boiler,
which held eighty gallons. Itproduced,
after the process was completed, nine
gallons of the whitest purest and
most fragrant syrup that I have ever
tasted. It was thick and full of sweet
ness, and did not have the burning be
longing to sorgum and sugar cane
molasses. Granulated sugar could not
be melted and made into clearer syrup
than this. There are many advant
ages in grinding cornstalks over that
of sugar cane. Using the old fashioned
roller mill, I filled it with five or six
stalks at once, and one small pony
pulled them through with no strain at
all. The two acres made three barrels
cf this syrup of which I speak, and it
was not necessary for me to ship it in
order to dispose of it as two barrels
retailed at $1 per gallon right here in
this county,and I could have sold much
more at the same price if 1 had made
it This year I have planted twenty
acres in corn, and I shall go through
the same process of planting, manur
ing and gathering as I did last year,
and there are many of my neighbors
engaging in the production of corn,
principally for the cornstalk molas
ses." The experiment is worth trial
by those who have access to sorgum
mills.
Surroundings Influence Ilreedine.
Mr. J. O. Adams of Massachusetts
says: There is a point which has escaped
observation to a considerable extent
In breeding, particularly in breeding
horses, I believe it is not only neces
sary to have good blood, not only nec
essary that the animals, at the time
of service, should be in good condi
tion, but that immediately afterward,
the mare should have proper asso
ciates. I believe she is liable to be in
fluenced, as regards her offspring, by
her association at the time of concep
tion with animals that are objection
able in themselves. I knew a case in
point of a mare that had been asso
ciated with a very awkward gelding,
and had evidently acquired quite an
attachment for him. She was put to
a horse and had a colt, and the colt
resembled this gelding in a very strik
ing manner, showing the effect of as
sociation upon the mare while carry
ing the foal. I think this is a matter
in regard to which the owners of mares
are very apt to be neglectful, and
especially farmers. Farmers take no
pains, generally, with their breeding
animals, especially with their mares.
They want them for work; and they
use them just as they would if they
were not with foaL Prof. Agassiz
made this statement to me a few
years before his death: That he had
noticed that if a mare was covered in
the first instance by a scrub, the whole
of her future progeny were scrubs, no
matter how highly bred the horse was.
He said that this applied not merely
to horses, but the same rule held good
in the bovine race; that if a cow was
covered in the first instance by a mean,
unworthy sire, her future progeny, no
matter by what bull she was covered,
partook of the mean character of the
first sire; a high-bred calf could not be
had. The same rule, Prof. Agassiz
said, held good with the dog, and with I
4Yia avtimalft
other animals.
A Comfortable Barn. Vice-Presi-!
dent Morton's new bsrn at his El-1
lerslie farm, Bhinecliff, N. Y., is con
structed to exclude as well as admit
sunlight. The blinds are so arranged '
as to afford protection from cold,
darken the building, or serve as awn
ings over the windows. This is an i
especially desirable feature in barns '
for summer use. A barn should af
ford protection and comfort in sum
mer as well as winter. To do this it i
must be readily darkened and kept I
cool. Very many barns afford neither
of these and furnish no immunity !
from flies and it is a positive relief for '
animals to get out of instead of into a ,
barn of this kind in warm weather. !
Ex. I
The sooner the farmer realizes that
it don't pay to raise scrubs, the quicker
will he increase his income. It is a
waste of time and money to raise the
common breeds of fowls, for the reason
that it costs no more to feed a Grst
cla&s bird than it does a dunghill. .
HOME DEPARl'MENT.
GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE
HOUSEWIFE.
aef al IafonaatliMi Abont XmumglMg the
HeaMhoId Recipes and lastractloas
for Use la tbo Kitchen Tbo WmmUf
Circle. , r
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Granular Batter.
How many boys and girls on the
farm have had an old apron tied
around their waists and been told to
churn until the butter will hold up the
dasher? Such instructions are fatal
to good butter, bays Ohio Home
stead. In the first place the
dash churn, is ten yearn behind the
times and ought to be thrown out of
every farm, even if no more butter is
made than to supply the family table.
The box or barrel churn is cheap and
it is bo much, more convenient and so
much better butter can be made with
it that there should be no hesitation
in discarding the old dash churn in its
favor. But no matter what kind of a
churn is used, never churn butter
until the butter is gathered in chunks
large enough to hold up the dasher.
Thero are several reasons why
this should not be done. One
of them is that the grain
is destroyed. Good butter has
a fine, distinct -grain, and when broken
shows a distinct fracture like cast
iron. If this grain is destroyed by
over-churaing or over-working, the
butter, becomes a greasy mix
ture, like lard, and has a greasy
taste. Again, it is necessary that the
buttermilk be well washed out or the
butter will become strong and rancid
in a short time. This cannot be done
when the butter is churned into lumps,
so in the latter case the grain, flavor
and keeping quality arc all injured.
The churn should always be stopped
when the butter is in the form of
small granules, ranging in sizo frora a
red clover seed to a grain of wb eat;
then the buttermik can be well
washed out and the grain will be un
injured if the working is properly
done. There is no reason why the
farmer should not make just as fine
butter as any one, providing he will
take the trouble to do it right.
Sotnf lleasous Why.
The London Dairy says:
Why should the udder, etc . of the
cow and the hands of the milker be
made as clean as possible before milk
ing? To keep bacteria from getting
into the milk.
Why should the milk be removed
from the stable as soon as possible
after milking? To p.-event absorption
of any odors of the stable.
Why should milk not be put at once,
after milking, into closely covered
cans? Because by so daoing odors are
retained in the milk.
Why should milk that is to be set for
cream in covered cans or put into cans
for immediate delivery be aerated? To
remove the animal and other odors
from the milk.
Why should milk be set as soon as
possible? To stop the action of bac
teria. Why should the temperature of the
milk be reduced as quickly as possible
for creaming? To prevent the forma
tion of fibrin and the growth of bac
teria. Why should milk that is to be set
for cream be agitated no more than is
necessary before setting? Because
agitation favors tbe formation of
fibrin.
Why should milk pails, pans, cans,
churns and every utensil used in the
dairy be kept most carefully clean?
Solely to keep out bacteria.
Why is cream ripened before churn
ing? To develop flavor and render
churning easier.
Why should the ripening process of
cream not be allowed to continue too
long? To prevent the development of
bacteria that produce offensive pro
ducts, such as bitterness, and destroy
aroma.
Why should a thermometer be used
at every step of the process of making
butter? To be sure tliat the tempera
ture is the one desired in each stage
or division of the work.
Why does cooling the milk prevent
or retard souring? It retards growth
in bacteria.
Why do milk and cream sour less
rapidly in winter than in summer?
There are fewer bacteria in the air
and the temperature is lower.
Wny does the ripening of cream
make it churn more easily? The al
buminous matter of cream is rendered
less tenacious.
Why does milk become sour? Bac
teria changes sugar into lactic acid
Why should the room in which milk
is set be made perfect in its sanitary
conditions, such as good ventilation,
cleanliness of floors, walls, etc., free
dom of bad odors, etc.? To keep out
undesirable bacteria and keep products
free from bad odors.
Why is butter worked? To lessen
the percentage of water and casein.
Why docs the percentase of casein
in butter injure it? It affords nourish
ment to bacteria, which causes batter
to decompose.
Women and Feathers. Now arises
again, this time in London, the eternal
question of the justifiability of wear
ing birds' feathers in the trimming of
feminine headgear. It seems that in
the princess of Wales' autumu outfit
there were a number of hats adorned
with choicest specimens of plumage.
This raised the usual criticism from
the friends of the birds, and retort
was made that the feathers were only
such as are obtained from birds and
poultry used for human food. We
suppose that the princess of Wales is
a good deal like other women, with
perhaps even greater obligation hand-
somelv to bedeck her nerson. If a,
few feathered songsters and beauties
. . , ... - .
nave to oe siaugutered to tins ena it
only goes to show with special em
phasis that the sex is still under the
sway of savage instincts. The tend
ency to deck one's self with feathers,
with bits of shiny metal and glittering
minerals, is a survival of our savage
origin, and its continuance among
women will hold until a greater de
gree of civilization and a broader
mentality imbues the sex. Life.
The small breeds such as the Leg
horns, Hamburgs and Minorcas mature
earl v.
ICeki' Plants Health v. Remember
always that plants do not succumb to
disease until they have in some way
become weakened, so when they pre
sent a sickly appearance seek for the
causes of weakness, remove them, if
possible, and then apply preventivs
or curative treatment according to the
nature of the case. Prevention is the
best and cheapest remedy. Pay at
tention to the general health of your
plants, see that they are not over
crowded, that they have a suitable
soil, neither too wet nor too dry, and
one containing the food elements nec
essary for their best development
See also that their vitality is not sapped
by the ravages of insects and fungi
which always cause the most injury,
to the weakest plants. Oregon Ex
periment Station.
Swiss Cheese. Switzerland sends
to America large quantities of a popular
and delicious cured hard cheese com
monly called "Sweitzer" or "Swiss,"
but more properly "Emmenthal,"
though the same name is also applied
to "Groyere." It is a full cream
cheese and frequently of enormous
size, some reaching 120 pounds in
weight The most striking peculiarity
in the process of manufacture is the
unusual heat employed prior to add
ing the rennet and during the last
draining of the whey. Also the delay
in adding salt until after pressing,
thus allowing the development of con
siderable acid, which gives it that rich
flavor so enjoyed by connoisseurs.
The production of "Gray ere" is by no
means confined to Switzerland, the
neighboring territory of France,
Germany and Italy, and even Belgium
supplying large quantities. Ex.
Benkficiai. Effects of a Milk Diet.
According to observations communi
cated by M. Gilbert to the French Bio
logical society, a milk diet occasions a
diminution in the number of microbes
contained in the digestive tube. The
diminution was considerable in the
case of a dog submitted to experiment
The fact is asserted to be constant and
may, it is suggested, supply an expla
nation of the good effects of milk diet
in gastritis and anemia, the milk act
ing as an antiseptic, and relieving the
digestive tube of the toxical matters
copiously secreted by microbes. M.
Ch. Bicet is of opinion that the milk
acquires antiseptic properties from the
formation ot lactic acid while in the
stomach. Industrie Laitiere.
Pruning roses. The object of prun
ing roses is to keep up a supply of
new wood, since the flowers are borne
only on the wood of the current sea
son's growth. Moss roses, therefore,
in common with all other kinds, need
pruning. How much is best to prune
any particular kind of roses, or even
any particular plants, depends to some
extent on the strength of the plants.
As a rule, weak plants or weak grow
ing varieties need more severe pruning
than strong ones. Again, if one
wishes large specimens of roses, he
will prune more severely than if he de
sires a large number at the expense of
I 5'ze ' ne indvidual blooms.
Frencii Coffee Three pints of
water to one cupful of ground coffee.
Put coffee in bowl; pour over it about
half a pintof cold water and let it stand
for fifteen minutes; bring remaining
water to a boil. Take coffee in bowl,
strain through fine sieve, then take
French coffee pot put coffee grounds
in strainer at top of I rench p jt, leav
ing water in bowL Then take boiling
water and pour over coffee very slowly.
Then set coffee pot on stove five
minutes; must not boil. Take off and
pour in cold water from bowl that cof
fee was first soaked in to settle. Serve
in another pot The French, who
have the reputation of nuking the
best coffee, use three parts Java, tfne
part Mocha.
A Kalsouine Recipe. For plain
white, use 20 lbs whiting aud 1 oz of
glue. Dissolve the glue by boiling it
in 3 pt of water. The whiting should
also be dissolved in hot water until of
the consistency of thick batter, then
add the glue with one leacupful soft
soap. Dissolve a piece of alum the
size of a hen's egg, add and mix the
whole thoroughly and when cool it is
ready to apply. If it becomes too
thick to apply easily add more water.
If a blue tint is desired add 5c worth
of Prussian blue and for lavender a
little Venetian red. This is sutlicicnt
for four ceilings 10 feet square.
What a Diet of Potatoes Wii.i. Re
sult In. The city of Glasgow, in
Scotland, has a multitude of bow
legged and knock-kneed children,
made such by an almost exclusive diet
of potatoes, they not getting bread,
which contains the elements which
stiffen and strengthen the bones; and
the same lack occasionally pro
duces the painful specimens of rickety
hunchbacks to be found in American
tenements. American Cultivator.
Immature Ilreedine Stock.
It seems to me that it is a fault with
most of our breeders particularly,
perhaps, with those who breed neat
stock, although the breeders of horses
are not exempt from the same fault
that they breed from very young ani
mals, says .1. O. Adams We thay,
perhaps, fall into the opposite error,
and breed from animals that arc too
aged, or have been too much exhaust
ed by former efforts; but I think the
great mistake that is made is in breed
ing from young animals. We are very
anxious, if we have a good animal, to
secure its progeny as soon as possible
in order to save expense; and this very
cupidity that we have may lead us to
sacrifice greater interests in the future.
If we compared the virility of animals
with that of the human species, we
should not generally be willing to let
them breed until they were at least
4 or 5 years old; whereas, we are
very apt to use bulls before they arc
one year old, even at nine months.
Horses are not uced quite so young;
but they are sometimes used when 2
or 3 years old an age quite toe
immature for successful service.
Artesian Wells.
Artesian wells are causing great
changes in the agricultural prospects
of Queensland, Australia, and Xew
South Wales. Large tracts which
have hitherto been liable to occasional
disastrous drouths have become valua
ble for pastoral and agricultural pur
poses, since the hidden reservoirs have
been tapped by artesian wells. A
single investment company has ex
pended about $150,000 in this way, and
obtained over S, 000,000 gallons of
water per day. So abundant is the
supply that 30,000,000 gallons daily are
allowed to run to waste. Farmers'
Review.
A Chain of Sundays. It is a strange
fact, but one said to be true, that
every one of the week days is, for
some nation, a Sunday, or day of rest.
Monday is the Greek Sunday, Tuesday
is the day of rest among the Persians,
Wednesday among the Assyrians.
Thursday among the Egyptians, Fri
day is the sabbath day among the
Turks and among the Jews Saturday
is kept Ex.
"Is this a fast train?" asked the
traveling man of the conductor.
"Of course it is," was the reply.
"I thought so. Would you mind my
getting out to see what it is fast to?"
Xew York Sun.
Before placing tbe fowls in the
runs it would be well to spade up the
ground and mix the soil with sand,
gravel, chalk and lime.
Crowding on the roost causes rest
lessness, to your fleck. It is better to
have too much than too little room for
the rocsls.
,igia&iq!ii
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The
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M bread, biscuit, cake, rolls, muffins, crusts, and the va-
j rious pastries requiring a leavening or raising agent. j
Risen with ROYAL BAKING POWDER, all these P
things arc superlatively light, sweet, tender, delicious fc
and wholesome.
H ROYAL BAKING POWDER is the greatest of J
? time and labor savers to the pastry cook. Besides, it p
sj economizes flour, butter and eggs, and, best of all, makes j
j the food more digestible and healthful. k
5"! ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. &
Spritip .Medicine.
This is the time for spring medicine,
and there is nothing better than green
foods. Celery salad, celery soup, celery
sandwiches and celery and salt for
nerves, rheumatism and relish: lettuce,
chicory, escarol. oranges and grape
fruit for the blood; water cresses for
the voice, breath and lunjxs; radishes,
onions, shallot andchivej for the stom
ach, and butter, smoked meats, eggs,
fish and oysters for good digestion.
Pickles, olives, .spices, pastry and fresh
meats are too heavy when a change of
diet is in order, (ireen soups aiu as
real aperients, and young beets, spinach
and stewed cucumbers and tomatoes
are remedial for a long list of digestive
ailments. At least so the doctors say.
New York World.
Opals fur lllr.l It.illust.
E. E. Van Dyke informs us that he
has killed a number of blue grouse from
time to time in the region of Crandle
creek and that in the crop of the birds
he has found opals. It is thought by
Mr. Van Dyke that the birds pick up
these opals in the Had Lands in the vi
cinity of Red Lodge and use the precious
stones for ballast. The opals found in
the crop of the mountain grouse are of
tine character and of variegated colors.
Kcd Lodge (X. D.) Xew Idea.
IIiill'ii Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional cure. Price, 75.
Approach of Age.
The first feature which denotes the
approach of age is the eye There may
be wrinkles and crow's feet which come
early in life, and are caused by various
untoward circumstances. Hut the
whitened ring which encircles the iris,
can be the result of but one thing, the
passage of time. It is known as the
arcus senilis. The coloring matter of
the whole iris changes with advancing
years and becomes lighter.
"I In noon's flafflr. Corn Ma It."
Warnwteil lot'iireor imnn-j r fundril. Ak jour
druggl-t for it. 1'rwe 13 e-nl.
Crowding; the Hard Times.
Mrs. David Rosen bergcr, the wife of
a farmer near Kittauning, Pa., has just
given birth to five babies, three boys
aud two girls, all of whom are alive
and well. "I thought." says the sur
prised father, "that we were coming to
a time of astonishing pluralities when
they began to count up the vote for
("row a few weeks ago. I5ut. oh, my!
I didn't look for anything like this
hard times and live babies at once!"
Xew Yoik Tribune.
An Echo from the World's Fair.
The Lake Shore Route has recently
gotten out a very handsome litho-
water color of the "Exposition Flyer."
the famous twenty hour train in ser
vice between Xew York and Chicago
during the fair. Among the many
wonderful achievements of the Colum
bian year this train which was the
fastest long distance train ever run
holds a prominent place, and to any
one interested in the subject the pict
ure is well worth framing. Ten cents
in stamps or silver sent to C. Iv. Wil
ber. West Pass. Act. Chicago, will
secure one.
A Mutual Surprise.
They were sitting on the sofa in the
first sweet rapture that follows the
confession of a mutual and undying re
gard. Her head was on his shoulder. Her
right hand lay tenderly clasped in his.
Ilis left arm encircled her waist, and
their lips met at frequent intervals.
The breast of the maiden was filled
with fluttering4, of intense happiness,
with the joy of an ambition gratified,
of a goal attained. For had she not
brought him to the point at last?
Xevertheless she said shyly, while
intermittent little blushes chased
themselves swiftly over her fair young
face:
"Oh, Charlie, this is such a surprise!
When you begun to speak, I hadn't the
slightest idea that you were going to
say to say that you know."
"Xo," replied Charlie, with direct
ami unnecessary frankness. "Ky .love!
Xeithcrhad I!" Life.
Time of IlarteHtiui; Com.
At the Iowa station last season four
lots of corn were cut September 20
and 27 and October r and 12. The
greatest weight of ears was from the
cutting of October 0. the greatest
weight of fodder from the cutting of
September 27. From the tir.st to the
third date the dry matter of the kernels
materially increased, chiefly at the ex
pense of the leaves and to a less degree
at the expense of the husks, cobs and
stalks.
Billiard Table, sorond-hand. For sa'e
cheap. Apply to or addresH, H. C. Akin,
511 S. 12th St.. Omaha. Ne!.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
les expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy. Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It ha given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
niw. I.ivpr and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
everv objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druj
gistd in 50c and'jl bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. oni v, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, jrou will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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to Eat
BAKING POWDER W
The Two Pbae of Wsinaa.
Nothing can be more touching than
to behold a soft and tender woman who
had been all weakness and dependence,
and alive to every trivial roughness whilo
treacling tho prosperous paths of life,
suddenly rising in mental force to be
the comforter and supporter of her hus
band under niisfortrno, and abiding,
with unshrinking firmness, tho bitterest
adversity. As the vine, which lias long
twined its graceful foliage about tho
oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine,
will, when tho hardy "plant is rifted by
the thuuderliolt. cling around it with it
caressing tendrils and bind up its shat
tered boughs, so is it Wautifully ordered
by Providence that woman, who is the
mere dependent and ornament of man
in his happier hours, should be his stay
and solace when smitten with sudden
calamity winding herself into the rug
ged recesses of his nature; tenderly
supporting the drooping head, and bind
ing up tho broken heart.
Karl'i Clorcr Root Trs.
Th crrat nioixl purirVrj;! m rr.'lini nl rlrnex
to Hie Complexion anil curtnConMlitaUnn. 23cSUc..9I.
All Awful Sjmptum.
Mrs. Xew Wed (in tears) Oh, George.
I'm so glad you've come! You must
go for the doctor at once. I'm sure
something serious is the matter with
baby.
Mr. Xew Wed Why, what makes
you think so? Has he symptoms of
croup, whooping cough, nieas
Mrs. Xew Wed Oh. no, no; some
thing more serious, I'm sure. He hasn't
cried today. IJrooklyn Dife.
Coo's Coagh Balsam
I tho olilet ami bnU. It will break tip a Cold qtitctfc
er than anything else. It Is always rrlluble. Try Ik
"VVliitinp and benzine mixed together will
clean marble.
A rainbow is the wedding ring when sun
shine nnd shower niarrv.
Are You Happy?
If you are not happy in your present
home because you can not keep even in
your business affairs, why not look for
a new location where resources are
greater and things not overdone?
The belt of states between Lake Su
perior and Puget sound is an inviting
field.
You can find new and growing towns
scattered along tho new transconti
nental route of the Great Xorthern
through Minnesota, Xorth Dakota.
Montana, Idaho and Washington, a ver
itable empire in size and rich in agri
cultural, pastoral, timber and mineral
wealth.
IlAlong this route through this
northwestern belt of states will be
found the only free land of any agri
cultural value in the country.
5?" Along this route will be found
the largest belts of timber in the coun
try. 11T Along this route will le found
the largest areas of free gra.ing lauds.
Zr Along this route will he found
the largest deposits of precious metals.
C5? ' Along this route will be found
tho largest rivers in the country.
5"" Along this route will be found
the best health conditions in the coun
try. S? Along this route you 111:13 be able
to find a new home.
For publications and personal infor
mation about rates, routes, locations,
etc., address F. I. Whitney, (!. P. t T.
A., St. Paul, Minn.
Tho only reason why a lie looks white in
the fate is liecat.se it wears a mask
CvVVif nMin!f irlin visit the Invalids
Tirfr- Hotel nnd Surjrlc-al Institute, at Huf-
C fnln. X. Y.. are many who are sent
there, by those who have already, from
pernonal experience, learned of the jfreat
Triumph in Conservative Surgery
achieved br the Surgeons of that famed Insti
tution. Little heroic, or cutting surgery is
found necessary. For Instance.
THIinRQ Ovarian. Fibroid (Uterine) and
I UDIUIld many others, are remowd by
Electrolysis and other conservative mi-ans and
thereby tho perils of cutting operations
avoided.
Pll F TIIUflRQ however large. Fit. tula
rlLC lUmuna; an(0therdiseasesof the
lower bowel, arc permanently cured without
pnin or resort to the knife.
RIIPTIIRP or Hreach (Hernia) Is radically
nUrlUnC, cured without the knife nnd
without pain. Trusses can be thrown nwnyl
CTflNP m tno Bladder, no matter how
OlUrtk larav. is crushed, pulverized. wash
ed out and saielv removed without cuttlnw
QTRIPT!! Rt?Q of ITrinary Passage are nl
OlnlUI unr.0 go rem0ved without cut
ting in hundreds of cases.
For Pamphlets, numerous references nnd nil
particulars, send ten cents (in stamps) to
World's Dispensary Medical Association, fifil
Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
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the EAST. A FVU. LIST of WHICH WITH
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