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J I' ? i. B. ' Frait Trees bj the BaisMe. The early settlers of many towns in the New England States planted rows of apple or pear trees along the line of the road in front of their premises. Sometimes the trees were placed inside and at other times outside of the fence. This fashion of planting fruit trees was quite common, for in Lome parts of Massachusetts and Maine thero are un broken lines of apple trees by the side of certain old roads ten miles in length. Some of these trees were planted in -colonial days, and others during or , shortly after the Revolution. It is cer tain that they bear age well and many of them, now over a century old, con tinue to bear fruit in abundance. One famous old tree, well remembered by the' writer of this article, produced thifly-seven bushels of apples in a re cent season. It was planted, according to tradition, the spring after the battle of Bunker Hifl. It is obvious there is something about the peculiar location of these trees that accounts for their remarkable vigor and hardiness. They had no advantage in the way of protection. It is fair to presume that they had little, if any, cultivation. Perhaps their hardiness is due to the circumstances of their exposure and the want of cultivation. Their growth was slow, and the wood formed was very firm. They had a ditch very near them, which insured excellent drainage. This ditch had much to do in keeping the trees healthy and vigor ous. Fine dust and animal droppings were carried by the wind from tho road and deposited on the foliage of the trees and on the earth above their roots. These wero excellent fertilizers, and they were applied in small quantities almost every day. Portions of the roots of many of the trees were covered by a stone wall, which served the purpose of a perpetual mulch. Farmers in the new West may bene fit from the history of these old trees that were set out by men who planted "better than they knew." A roadside possesses many advantages for success ful tree-raising, some of which have been mentioned. Tho laws of most of the Western States encourage tree planting on the line of roads, and make it an offense to injure trees so planted. It is more profitable to plant fruit than forest trees. The latter are useful A3 well as ornamental. If stock is not al lowed to run at large, trees on the line of public roads are less liable to injury than in an inclosed field that is plowed. In a well-regulated neighborhood there is little danger that trees will be robbed. By planting trees that produce late fruit the temptations to steal will be removed. The fashion of "the fath ers" of setting fruit trees on the side of roads deserves to be revived. Chi cago Times. Weak and Weary Orcrcomo by the heat or extraordinary exertion, 'the physical system, liko a machine, needs to be tcnovatcd and repaired. The blood needs to br Hood's Sar8a m. JL ' parilla imrificd and invigorated and tho nerves and muscles strengthened by Hood's Sarsaparllla, c ures vrhieh creates an apjctltc. removes that tired fcelinj; and gives sweet, sound, refreshing sleep. Hood's Pills euro all liver ills. 3c W. L Douclas CUir 13 THE BEST. J dDlWLNOSQUEAKINa ?5. CORDOVAN, s4--3.5JFlfECAlf&lftN6A!lH 3.5?P0LICE.3SOLES. EXTRA FINE. " 2Jl7J BoysSchoolShqesl LADIES 9S0$275 (, SEND TDK CAI ALDGUb WL.DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. Ycm can save money by wearing- the V. I,. Donzlas 83.00 Shoe. Becaasr. tto am tho largest manufacturers ot thla gradeof chocs In tho worl J, and guarantee their valuo by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protect you against high prices and the middleman's pronta. Our shoes equal custom work in stjle, ear fitting and wearing qualities. 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McGREW IS Til F. OM.Y SPECIALIST TIHO lit EATS. LI. P.'.lVATc D SEA:ES, W'ealncs. andcecret D.s .iiljisof MEN ONLY Every oire t-uiraiitefd aoytar cxjre-cc bb-bV 3 years in maluu Book r'rec. lata k rsu-anaaSta., NAMti arKH, M&A TSW y v -. m Ely's CREAM BALM cuREsJBfl CEOCD4TS7ALLDRUGCISTsfc IMPORTANT FOOD TESTS. How to Prodaee More Economical and Healthfal Articles for the Tabic The official food analyses by the United States and Canadian govern ments have been studied with interest. The United States government report gives the names of eighteen well-known baking powders, some of them adver tised as pure cream-of-tartar powders, which contain alum. Tho report shows the Royal to be a pure cream-of-tartar baking powder, the highest in strengthevolving 1G0.G cubic inches of leavening gas per single ounce of powder. There were eight other brands of cream of-tartar pow ders testeJ, and their average strength was 111.5 cubic inches of gas per ounce of powder. The Canadian government investiga tions were of a still larger number of powders. The Royal Baking Powder was here also shown the purest and highest in strength, containing forty five pur cent more leavening gas per ounce than the average of all the other cream-of-tartar powders. These figures are very instructive to the practical housekeeper. They indi c'ate that the Royal Raking Powder goes more than 33 per cent further in use than the others, or is one-third more economical. Still more important than this, however, they prove this pop ular article has been brought to the highest degree of purity for to its su perlative purity this superiority in strength is due and consequently that by its use we may be insured the purest and most wholesome food. The powders of lower strength are found to leave large amounts of impur ities in the food. This fact is empha sized by the report of the Ohio Mate Food Commissioner, who while finding the Royal practically pure, found no other powder to contain less than 10 per cent of inert or foreign matter. The statistics show that there is used in tiie manufacture of the Royal Raking Powder more than half of all the cream-of-tartar consumed in the United States for all purposes. The wonderful sale thus indicated for the Royal Raking Powder greater than that of all other baking powders com bined is perhaps even a higher evi dence than th-it already quoted of the superiority of this article, and of its in dibpcnsablcness to modern'cookery. The Earth Has liecun Wabbling. Observations are to be made simulta neous y at Washington and at Manilla, in the Philippine islands, which is almost directly opposite Washington on the other side of the globe, to see what is the matter with the "axis of our planet. Observations show that for some time the earth has not been re volving on that important if imaginary support, as she has done for centuries. and scientists have decided that it is about time to find, if possible, what it all means. Those who have studdicd the subject declare that if the varia tions continue in the course of some very long and very indefinite period we .shall have an artic climate at Washing ton, and the latitude of every place on the. globe will be clvtnged, and our geographies will be useless. An equa torial telescope has been finished and before long diligent inquiry will be made into the whys and whyfores of the peculiar performances of old mother earth. ashington Correspondent. lines the Farm Need I'otasli. To you notice that potash is the hard est element for a farmer back from the coast to secure? The greatest part of our potash used for fertilizing purposes comes from Uermany, and farmers in the interior, unless they can obtain wood ashes, must pa' the increase of freight and transportation. They can not understand why they can ob tain bone and blood for a very reason able rate, but must paj- a much greater price for fertilisers containing potash when the eastern experiment stations all quote it at a low rate. At the seaboard bone and blood are high er and potash lower than in the west, and for the same reason viz, the cost of transportation explains the Rural New Yorker, which also says that a great many of the fertilizer trials at the west are of little value because the farmer who made them left out the potash almost entirely. This is a great mi-take. Rlood and bone will not answer on farms that have been crop ped with grain for many years. THE RUSSIAN THISTLE. Spread ot the riant and How to Eradi cate It. The Division of Rotany in the U. S. Department of Agriculture is in receipt of authentic advices on the appearance of the Russian thistle in various new localities. Rulletin No. l. of this Divi sion contains colored maps showing the territory in which it has been found to the close of 1SV3. It has since been re potted from the following places: Hammond, Lake county, Ind.; Can non Falls, Coodhuecountv, Minn.: Mar shall, Lyon county, Minn.; North wost- cm, Jefferson county. Neb.; ltlue Hill, ! ,.vusn-i i-uuui), vi. ; oiucKviue, rroii- t tier county. Neb.; Parks, Dundy coun ty. Nek; La Salle, Weld count-, Colo.: Natnpa, Ada county, Idaho, and Mani toba. Canada. In almost all these localities it has appeared only along the line of rail- a,:':'tL'theaPC?,pt,onoVin pa, Idaho, is now officially reported BB.a iiiiinii. i sub s.. iiiiii'i:! a s ir rii nrvr a l t a - vbw mr mv - waaaaaaaa I .'Vt 1.1,11 aS-Fa tne nist time. The occurrence of the Russian thistle in Idaho is regarded by the Rotanist of the department as a very serious mat ter, and he urges its immediate and complete eradication from that state. The region already infested by the Russian thistle lies in the plains east of the Rocky mountains and is, thercfoie, separated hv llii treat, natural Ikn-rinr from the wheat raising areas of Idaho. lr-.i.! . , " - . . oaiiiuiuu anu urepon, rvcvaua ana Utah. The only way in which it can enter this area is by introduction in im pure seed and by transportation through the passes of the Rocky moun tains, especially along railroads. Everv endeavor should be used by the farm cis and civil authorities of this region to exterminate it along the railroads, and to use only the cleanest and best ecd wheat obtainale. If the Russian thistle once infests this rnrfinn ? - o,. ;il K , . ,u : x- ., . - - r -" "- w.nw. .iodua . into the wheat areas of central Califor- ma. The importance, therefore, of precautionary measures along the great I mountain chains is clearly apparent. i Trom about the 1.1th ofAugust to the 1st of September the Russian thistle i , begins to produce its seed, and. being an annual, the effectual method of ( checking its progres-s is to kill the plant , I by cutting, plowing and Jiarrowing i , during or l.efore this time. In the case j of heat fields which are already in . fested the grain should be harvested as early as possible, the stubble left long, ! the whole field mowed close to the i ground, and after a few days drying burned over. Fields thicklv infested , may require in addition plowing and I thorough harrowing. A codv of Rulle- iiu u. u win oe iorwaruea to any ap plicant, and a specimen of anv plant supposed to be the Russian thistle will .: v .- ...in t , .- ' be positively identified upon receipt by Department of Agriculture. John Fiske's History of the United States for schools will be published in I August by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. It ' exhibits in a striking form those qual- J ities which have given to Mr. Fiske's i earlier works their great popularity t .i tuariniD- styie. cKarnes-s of narra tion. h.storicalaccuracv,antVbreadth of view. It is a graphic and exceedingly interestin? presentation of the story o"f ' our country, in simple phraseology. It gives an insight into certain phases of the history of our land which usually escape the notice of the s.-hool histo rian such as the life and customs of j the "people, and the literary and indus- j trial unnais or America, it contains full bibliographical lists and aids to I collateral reading. Suggestive topics, j directions and questions add to th I Yilu of the Urxki FAEM DEPAKTMENT. USEFUL INFORMATION FOR AMERICAN FARMERS. Method of 1 Farm and flas-daa Lisa Mack, Poultry, Dairy, Orchard. Apiary A Small silo. Is the small silo a success? asks Massachusetts Ploughman. Will the ensilage keep, and does it pay? Thou sands of New En g and farmers and milkmen, who keep from three to six or eight cattle, are asking these ques tions. Most of the articles on silos apply to large structures wnere a nu merous herd of cattle is kept Many farmers, who believe in ensilage in general, have not sufficient pasturage for a large number of cows, and hence can not well increase their stock suf ficiently to use up the contents of a large silo. To farmers situated thus an interview with a small silo man will be of interest. Mr. N. E. Upham of Weston is a very capable and successful farmer, who has had a lout ten years' experi ence with silos. a rive-cow SILO. "We built a small silo about five years ago." said Mr. rnliam. ''The size was 12x0)2 f-et anJ 13 feet deep. About an acre of southern ensilage corn was required to fill it, and the ensilage is suttie'ent for five cows, two bushels a day for four or five months." "Does it keep?" "Yes; just as well as in any other silo. I have another silo now, several times as large, and I can not see but that the ensilage in the small silo is just as good. One j I filled the small 6ilo with whole corn fodder of the large kind, and the ensilage that year had a very loud smell Tin cows would eat it well enough, and there was no trouble esc jpt that we didn't like the odor. Other years we have had the corn cut into three-quarter inch pieces, hiring a man to bring the machinery and do the work. MAKING IT KKEI. "When I filled my silo with whole corn I had two tiers running length wise and alternated the layers in each so that the interior was kept pretty ,3?8aN?'3PfiSEaGay-"w-. STjac B8a33t9pSi: ?illlll'3KS8 sHkQSHHbK' Wr vfcvVy IbBBSbSEx' 9eaBBSLvaVBi jBtataJSiSS'fe--2?- awfiiKsSS2KyiL .BsEhBcB'VxSSfv BSfiBvaaY? HaBaataaBaattBSBSaSBsBEiSEsiiE m- . suss a . JW" llustration shows a pair of "mate" sw ins. They an natives of Northern Asia and Europe, and arc among tLv. largest and most graceful of the swan species. Their plumage is white, and bills red. They are not mule, but have soft low voices Farmers' Review. even. The stuff was jammed down and weighted, so that it was rather hard to get it out for use. Some of it in the corners was spoiled, but no more than in the large silo. "I prefer to fill with corn that has not wilted much. 1 don't care whether or not it is wet. One year I filled onr of the silos with corn cut soaking wet during a big storm, and the other silt was filled from the same field will, crrn cut after the rain had dried off The quality of ensilage in both silo appearea just tne same now THE SII.O WAS MADE. "I made the small silo myself with the help of a hired man. The material cost $15 or S-0, and the work of mak- ground is cement, the upper half is - - j . wood; two thicknesses of common ' hard pine board, with tarred pap2r between. I should prefer all board j where the silo does not extend below ' the surface. The ensilage next to the boards is of a little better quality than that beside the cement Rut boards t extended below the surface will rot , away very quickly in the silo. "There is nothing at the bottom of this silo but the natural earth floor, wlrch soaks up the dra;nagc from the silo and leaves the 6tuff at the bottom as good as that at the top. I should nevrr cement a silo floor unless water is liable to come in from oat ilc There is likely to be a nasty mess near the bottom of a silo with a cemented floor. One thing, be sure and have the silo as deepas possible in proportion. That form of construction will leave a smaller surface at the top exposed to the heat while being fed. A silo built like my small one is all right for five or six cows, and the ensilage will not i noil. For a smaller number of cows it might be better to have a partition running length w"s; in the silo and feed one-half at a time. Cl'T THE CORNERS AND SLANT SIDES. "I intend to improve my silos by cut ting off the corners. I shall nail a wide board with beveled edges length wise in each corner, which is where most of the spoiled silage is found. "I think a circular silo would be still better, but more costly to make. If I were building again I should adopt the plan of Mr. Learned of Watertown, and build my filo with the walls slanting outward, thus mak ing it a little larger at the ton than at the bottom. Mr. Learned tells me that by this methoi the weig-tt on to; keeps the silage pressed tightly against the sides and corners, and al most none of it spoils. TO GET AT THE ENSILAGE. "I had a door two feet wide, extend ing from the top to the ground sur face. Inside the door I had a lininj of matched boards, which were re moved one at a time as the cnsilagt was needed. IN FILLING TIIE 5II.O. "When we used st hole corn we ma a .voodrn trough, ana .ent the c r own into the -ilo, where it was ceived and packed by another ruin, should advise a farmer who wishes t have a elio and pack whol corn te ai range thing no that he can riri hit load Hear the top of his silo. Where only cat corn is packed, the power carrier will take the staff anywhere. WEIGHTED WITH LOAM OR 6TONK. "I weight the silo with about eight inches of stone. First, I cover closely with two inch planks, then lay the stones upon the planks. "One year I filled a lot of old grain and fertilizer bags with loam and used that to weight the silo. The plan worked well, and the loam became dry and was used for bedding the cat tle. I shall do that way again." Let the Hess Scratch. The natural food of fowls consists mostly of seeds, insects and grass. It is not a natural condition when the birds have but one kind of food, says Mirror and Farmer. The birds that build in trees and feed their young would be unable to supply them if only seeds could be provided. As the con centrated foods must be given, the va riety is also to be considered. Such substances as grass and the shoots of tender herbage are intended as much for dilution of the concentrated foods as for the nutrition to be obtained therefrom. The work of feeding her young is not incumbent on the hen by bringing the food to them, but she is intended to lead them, guide them and scratch for them. The feet of the ben perform the same duties as the wings of the flying bird, and her feet are well adapted for providing food for her young. Hence we may rightly con clude tint scratching is a natural function of the domestic hen. The hen, however, 'performs greater work than the bird$ on the wing. Itirds sel dom lay more than twj or three eggs before beginning incuba tion, but the hen may lay from fifteen to fifty, or even more. She must produce these eggs, as well as maintain herself. In tha natural state she lays fewer eggs, but has greater difficulty in procuring food and resisting' enemies. An egg is a composite sub tinc3 and can not be produced from a single article of food. The hen requires a variety of food in order to fulfill h;r dut'es as a regular and persistent layer. It is not, therefore, conducive to egg production when the hen is deprived of her natural advantage of scratching. She does Lest when she is comojlled to scratch A PAIR OF MUTE SWANS. and work for her food, and she will always select fie kinds mo:1, suitable to her purpos When hens are con fined in enclosures they may bj fed too much while in a coa lition of idleness. A hopper th it is kjpt fall ot fool where the hen can always rcic i it in- f duces her to desist fro-n work of scratching, because th s mcessity for so doing then ceases and she becomes too fat. Nature teirchss, therefore, that hens should bi so fed as to co n pel them to scratch and work for their food, which kc3ps them in health and leads to greater egg production. Orlcinator f the Concord (irapc. Modern society is very regardless of its great benefactors, says Iowa Homestead. Not only are republics proverbially ungrateful, but all high civilization seems to be so thoroughly bent upon taking care of itself that it has little or no time to devote to honoring or assisting those who have deserved well at its hands, and it pays but little attention to its benefactors at least until after they arj dead unless the benefactors can get some sort of a "cinch' in the way of a patent on the public and charge a good round prica for the bencGts they confer. Col. Sutter, who discovered gold in California, affords an example, and Col. Drake, who spent years of his life, in face of an incredulous public, in demonstrating that it was practical to draw oil out of the bowels of the earth in Venango county Pa,, affords another. Roth died in poverty and want after having been the means of conferring untold wealth upon others and of adding very largely to the wealth and comfort of the world. As another instance of this all-too-common method that seems to be the rule which modern society has adopted toward' those who serve it best, we note that at the recent meeting of the American Association of Nurserymen, held at Niagara Falls, N Y.. JuneG, it was stated that E. V. Bull, the propagator of the world-renowned Concord grape, was now, at the age of 83, living in an almshouse near Con cord, Mass. It was said, also, that he bad never received a cent of profit from his great contribution to the fruit list of this country. It is only proper to add that the Nurserymen's association, when the case na brought to their attention, raised a handsome purse for Mr. liull, but if the nurserymen of the country were to take measures to place him in a condition of comfort for the small r mnant of life that is probably before him, they woald only be doiDg that which would after all be but a slight recognition of his tervices to their craft A Weather-Irtof White waali. The whitewash used by the United States government for the lighthouses nd beacons, chosen for its pcrma 'Ece under the most extreme expo re to the weather, is made as fol--vs: Fresh hydraulic cement of any md standard kind, not of the more tly imported kinds, three parts, and u-iean fine sand one part, are mixed well vith cold water and immediately ap plied. This gives a light brownish white that is not so glaring as the common lime, and has been found to resist noisture better than any other wash. It adheres to brick or stone or wooden walls or fences very firmly. In its application the walls are first wetted with water, by which the ad hesion of the wash is made stronger than if applied to a dry surface. Another good wash is made in this way: Half a bushel of good fresh lime is slacked with boiling water and kept covered from the air during the slaking to prevent weakening of the lime by the carbonic acid of the air. It is strained throug'i a fine seive or cloth and seven pounds of salt are added: three pounds of rica flour boiled to a thin paste, half a pound of Spanish white ana one poana white and one pound of broken glue steeped in cold water and then dissolved in hot water are then added, and when well mixed by stir ring, five gallons of hot water are mixed in and the whole again stirred. This is kept a few days closely cov ered, when it is ready for use. It is applied hot, being kept in a kettle over a fire. This may be colored a light brown by burnt umber or a cream yellow by ytl'ow ochre. A light gray is made by adding a small quantity of lampblack, previously mixed with water and thoroughly stirred. One pint of this wash covers a square yard. Farmers' Review. The Seventeen-Year Locust. Prof. Smith, New Jersey's state entomologist, says the seventeen-year locust, or cicada, is now about done, and a great many of them are dying off fast, their mi&sion in life having been accomplished. It is more than probable, he says, that wasps have been seen attacking some of these de crepit individuals, but every dying or dead locust was not the victim of a wasp. The real life of the cicada is passed under giound. It spends more than sixteen years in that condition, and when it makes its appearance on trees and shrubs it is principally for the purpose of matingand laying eggs. As toon as this is accomplished the in sects die. The'r entire period is usually not more than a month. They made their appearance the latter part of May and are now d3ing off almost as rapidly as they appeared, and by the end of the present month few or none will remain. This will be a n ttural dying off and not the result of any destruction caused by other in sects. I'runincr Ilitsnherriea. A Cornell bul'etin saj's: ("rowers are in general pretty well agreed as to the method of pruning black-caps. One point, however, needs to be em phasized, that the young shoots should be nipped back low, and when they reach the desired height not allowing them to get considerably higher and j then cutting back to the height re- ' quired. If pinched low, the plant will all at orrca throw out strong and vig orous branches near the ground, mak ing a well-balanced self-supporting busk On the other hand, if it is al lowed to grow higher and is then cut back, only weak buds are left, and the result is that they do not develop so rapidly and only three or four of the upper ones start at all, producing a top-heavy and unsatisfactory plant Sheep shears are very convenient for this summer pruning, or it may be quickly done by merely pinching out the tip with the thumb and linger. To determine whether the manner of doing this would make any difference, two sections of row were marked and in one case the canes I were all cut with shears, taking care that the cut should be in a slanting i direction so that water would run off readily. In the other case the canes were snapped oif by bending them quickly with the thumb and finger, leaving an it regular, ragged end. The canes hed gron n too hih, so that rather more was removed in both cases than ought to have been in the best practice. An examination the following spring showed no percepti ble difference in the condition in which the two lots came through the winter. The cane nearly always died back to the first bud in either case, so that while theoretically a smooth, slanting cut would seem to be best, practically it does not matte". Paris CnEEN Water. Flour instead of land plaster is recommended for mixing with Paris green by Alva Algee, in the U'tral New Yorker, for the reason i. t the Hour fs more palatable to the bug, and it also makes a paste which stacks to the vine, so that it is not easily washed off by rains. We long ago gave up the notion of mixing Paris green with plaster, as it was far too much work to get the two thoroughly incorpor ated. 15ut putting the Paris green in water is belter than titber. If ap plied as it should be, in sunny weather, it will stay on tLe leaves Jong enough to destroy all the bugs that are batched. There is no ad vantage in keeping the vines covered with the poison any loager. Pcsides we alwaj's found the danger of mix ine Paris green with any dry sub stance, like plaster or flour, consisted mostly in its tendency to blow in face and eyes and get on clothing. Flour will be worse in this respect than plaster, as it is much liner. Whexevek crowding the hogs with a full corn ration, it will be found a eood plan to keep a supply of salt, charcoal and arhe where Mie hogs can help tbemsI-; it- OUGHT TO SEE HIS PARTNER. Olnem Well sTi'e lis a Bear Flarht, Bat Nothlasjr Like the Other Man. A nan who looked as if he had been trying to hug the cylinder of a thresh ing machine when it was in motion was seen offering a pack of furs to a dealer up town. "You ar rather late getting your furs to market," said a Portland Oie gonian reporter who happened to be present "Yes," was the reply, "but I have been laid up and could not get to town before." . "What has licen the matter with you?" asked the reporter, who was anxious to know how the man had been so fearfully scratched. "The matter Avith me was an attack of -bear.'" "You had it bad, judging from vottr looks." "Yes, I liad it bad and no mistake. but you just ought to see my partner." "Is he in a worse fix than you?" "A great dVal worse. He had so much meat scratched off one side of him that he has to carry a weight in his jacket pocket to enable him to walk straight" The sale of the furs having been com pleted the old trapper was asked for the story of his encounter with the bear. Ho said that his name was Hans Olsen, that he lived on the edge of the big burn in ClatUaimis county, and he went out on the head waters of the Clackanms trapping with Peter Hatwn, who lives in the same section. They Lad good luck for a while, caught many minks, some fishers, and found a m:ill lake and swamp vliere there were many beaver, and were getting many of them, when dep snow came on and about spoiled their trapping. After a while the snow became so deep that thoy could hardly move around, and could not get out of the mountains at :ili. Then provision ran short and they had to rustle and try to kin something to eat. They went out on the lake one day and cut a hole through the fee to see if they could catch some trout, but did not get any. On their way home toward night, as they were crossinc a little ravine on a fallen tree, Olsen slipped and fell near the roots of the tree and came down plump into a bear's den. Tho bear was very lively for an animal supposed to bo asleep, and at once attacked him. He had a knife and a small hatchet in his belt, and ho got out the hatchet and began to chop and yell. Hansen, who was behind, had a gun. but ho was afraid to fire down in tho dark for fear of killing his friend, and at length, drawing his knifo, jumped down with him and tho hear. There was a lively time thero for a while, anil tho fur and clothing and flesh flow, but finally Hanwn. who was tho worst ued np man of tho two. managed To roach a vital spot with lit kmro. Tho boar keeled over and tho two trappers keeled over alo. Thoy man aged to make a little firo with some of tho leave and twig from tho boar's nost. and thoro was plenty of rag to bandage their wound, for thoy woro all nigs. It was several days be fore thoy could crawl to their esti'ip with a hunk of tho boar's flesh, which had boon their only food during their stay in the don. Olsen says ho intoiid to go trapping again, but ho noyer wants to meet another boar in hi own den again, is able to walk to tho crook and His partner. Hansen, around and go down c.iteh a fow trout and look after the boo h!vos. FOUNDER OFTHE GAR Completion if flic Mcptionson Mon nnient nt Prtprshtiru, III. Dr. B. F. Stephenson, founder of tho Ct. A. R.. died at his homo near rotors burg, on I took Crook, not far from the historic spot where tho lamented Lin coln passed his parly days, at 10 o'clock a. m.. August .'Hi. 1N71. a god 4' .years. His remains wore interred at tho family burying ground, on I lock Crook, where thoy rested until tho year 1.SS2, when thoy woro rointorred on tho lot in Rose Kill Cemetery whore now stands tho monument croeti'd to hi memory. Tho services at tho reinter ment woro under the auspices of Kstill I'ost. No. 71. J. A. It., of Ppter-sburs. and were of an elaborate and hit erst ing character. Sinoo tho interment thoro efforts have boon made by tho ;. A. K. mon and old soldiers, as well as prominent citizens to have a suitable monument eroetd to his memory, tho ground in tho beautiful cemetery being donated by tho cemetery asociatioii. Tho matter of raising sufficient funds to commence the work did not progros very rapidly, and it was not until about a year :ii:o that th" 'ommitteo appointed by the The SlepliriiNon '.Joiiiimclii. grand cncniniunoiit of tho ('. A. K. was enabled to proceed with tho work. The monument i uoiv completed. It ir, of extra dark Qitinoy (Ma.i granite, ::o feet iu height. On the base is tho name "Stephenson." in largo letters in relief. On the front die. "P.. F. Steph enson. Founder of tho L A. H. Horn 1S2:5. Died 1S71." On tho front ton dio i tho L A. It. badge: on tho south side a mounted cannon and accosorios: on the west side is a dove, with an olivo branch in its mouth, encircled in a wroath of oak and laurel; while on tho oast side is tho representation of a sol dier's tont. Tho career of Col. Stephenson, rnd tho story of the organization by hi.n of the order of tho CI. A. II.. at Decatur. 1 111.. Ajril, 0. 1S4M. aro well known. Hi I wife and two daughters aro now resi , dents of Petersburg. 111. Eminently Kitted. Mr. I'oiphwpakly I should think, Mrs. Slimdict. that you would be tnoro successful if 3"Oi turned your boardin-; house into a bote; for invalids. Mrs. SHtrdiet- Wh-it kind of invalids ouuht '. u :" Sa" Mr. rV'chivwRUJr .V!1. you luibt run iu at!-fH saui'-nuni. for ia stnnr. &ifrleiir 7. vo'i accustomed to the care of "Are children;" Nurse I j Ux different IiouM hope p!auc8 this so. last I've had week. "ii ffi7fi Highest of all in Leavening Royal Absolutely pure Leftists as Feed. St. Mark describes the diet of John the Baptist as consisting of "locusts and wild honey." Some commentators have explained "locusts" as denoting somo kiud of bread or wild fruit This is an error, for locusts are eaten as food by many people in the East. A recent writer on the curiosities of food accords to the locust tho first place, in the pure ly insect world, as an article of diet He says: "From the remotest antiquity the locust has been used for food witness tho sculptures oi Assyria and at the present day they are devoured in enor mous quantities by many different races. Yet there is a wide divergence of opin ion regarding the value of locusts as food. "Somo travelers describe locusts as a desperate makeshift; others as passa ble; others, again, as resembling shrimps in delicacy and flavor. Thoy compete, with meat in the market of Bagdad; they aro called "terad" in Yemen, and "anno" inDancali.and they are frequently nsedas food by the wan dering tribes of Asia and Africa, who, after broiling them, separate the head from the body, and eat them as Western nations do shrimps. In some parts of Africa they are ground and made into bread. In Senegal they are eaten by the highest classes. They are the main support of tho bushmen of South Africa." Avoiiliiig Tain ami IVrll. I'efen-ivc measure ajralnst the foe are ei er adopted ly a wise commander. Yon can lie commander of the Munition :rnd "trikca decKiic Mow at tho start at that ilniiscroiis and relent lcs enemy, rheiima iKm. if attacked by it, by reMirtlnjr in time o llo tetter'.-. Motnacli Hitter., nliich checks jiermanently the progress of a mala dy, among tho most obstinate, painful and pos-ilily dangcmiis against which medical skill and the rcoii ces of materia medica aearraied. No ei id -nee is more concur rent amf convincing than that wh cli proves that the Hitlers neutralizes the rheumatic i.ois'iti and checks its farther development in the system. Tor malarial ami kidney tr nli'e, dyspepsia, uant of vitality, ncrv oiisii ss. liver complaint and constipation. Most, iter's toinacli Hitters Is tho leading lemedy. (otrriimrnt Crop Keport, The last monthly government crop estimites give the average conditions I of corn on the 1st inst. as id, against I y.ka last year. The condition of winter wheat was t3.i, against 83.3 on .lune 1 ult. and 77.7 on .lulv I. 1'.X The condition of spring wheat on the 1st of this month was . I, against 88 last mon ih and 71. 1 on . I uly 1, 1S'.3. The fall in spring wheat since the last re port is, nearly "0 points, and a fall of over'.) points within the past month is reported in the condition of oath. The .Moilrm llrauty on good food and sunshine. Thrives with plenty of exercise in the open air. I lor lorin glows with health and her face blooms with its beauty. I f her system needs the cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gentle anil pleasant liquid laxative Syrup of Fijrs. He Stopped Itowing. F. Jloore was for years Hon. K the leading lawyer in North Carolina. He always went clean shaved as bare faced as any lawyer ought to be. Not long before his death he appeared at coutt with a full gray beard, almost covering his entire face. Colonel Ij- C. Kd wards, a member of the bar. distin guished for his courtesy of manner, congratulated him on his improved ap pearance ami added, with a bow, "Mr. .Moore, it gives 3-011 such a distinguished appearance." .Mr. Moore bowed. "It makes ou so much handsomer, Mr. Moore " He smiled and bowed lower. "It hides so much of your face, Mr. Moore." The bows ceased. (irecn Hag. Mall's Catarrh Cure j Is taken internally. Price, 7."ic. 1 Killed at a Tournament. 1 Henry II., of France, who excelled in every exercise of chivalry, was pecul iarly fond of tournaments, and gave a splendid succession of them on the marriage, by proxy, of Elizabeth to Phillip II., at Paris. The lists extended from the Palace of the Tonrnelles to tho Hostile, across the street of St. An toine. In tho first two days the King broke several lances with Lords of his court, in ail of which he showed extra ordinary vigor and address. On the third day of the tournament June '.10, 155i toward tho close of tho evening, and before tho conclusion, Henry showed a great inclination to try his prowess against the Count de Mont gomery uaptain 01 111s ljito uuards, who had formerly wounded Francis I. po dangerously on the head, at Itomo rcntin in Beri, and was distinguished for his superior address in these com bats above any nobleman in the king dom. Catherine do Medici, as if by a secret presage of the event, entreated the King not to re-enter the lists ; but he resisted her solicitations, saying he would break one lanco more in her honor. Montgomeri accepted the chcl lengc with great reluctance. Henry commanded him to obey, and even fought with his vizi r raised ; bnt author? aro not quite agreed whether it was raised intentionally, or flew open by a blow from MontgomeriV 1ance, in an encounter which was so violent that tho Count's lance broke against the King's helmet; he then fought with the stump which remained in his hand, and with it had the misfortune to strike the King so violent a blow under the eyes as threw him to the ground, and deprived him hifctantly of both Bpeech and understanding, though ho lived eleven days afterward. This circum stance occasioned the suppression of tournaments in France. "Ilanon Slavic Corn Salve. Warrant"! t cure or nmnn r f untie,!. AnU your druggist fur it. l'ritf II ent. Comb honey in wooden frames is never mill tcrated. Jlany diamonds haie I een found inciden tally in the search for go.'d. Poi onoiis mushrooms never k"ow In Hi o,en fields, but always m the wood. A SURGEON'S KNIFE civrs vou a fi-ehnjr of horrnt and dread. "There ! no longer necessity for it; uxf in many diseases formerly re tarded as incurable wiftout cuttinjr. Tto Triumph cf Ccusimtivi Sirf err jfc ircll Must rated by the fact that ftl'rrrilDC or Breach. Is now rarli- nUrlunt fijM rured without the cnai Thev intlam i. TilMilDQ Oianan. Fibroid (Uterine) uiTiuiiw and many ethers, are now removed without the penis of cut tinir nperttinn. PILE TUMORS, ftEE?. 'S other diseases or the lower bowel, aro permanently cured without pain or reort to the knife. QTflMF in 'I" Bladder, no matter OlUilU COMr lary,.. j8 crushed, pul verized, washed out and perfectly rc moied without cutting. CTBifTIIRF f L'rinary Passage Is OiniUIUnt. also rcmoi ed without euttlnjr in hundreds of cases. For iitmphiet. references and all partJcti r.rr. sr.d 10 cents (la stamps) to World" l::spenmry Medical A ssoda-ii-jss, ri Main St., Buffalo, N. V ii knifennd without pain. lumsy, I jnir trus-.- ran I' thrown away I ; neitr cure hut often induce i mat'on. strangulation and cleat t Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder Magnificent Court Entertainments. Some court entertainments recently have been magnificent. The court din ner given in Vienna in honor of the Herman emperor hail peculiar features. Though tho guest numbered eighty, the whole dinner was served on gold plates and dishes. The centerpieces and vases likewise were of massive gold, lleally two dinners were served, because it was Friday. Ueside each plate lay two menus, a iish menu on simple white cardboard with the impe rial eagle in relief and a meat menu with the usual gold ornaments and the eagle in gold. As the guests sat down every one was asked by the lackeys wheather a iish or meat" dinner would be agreeable, and then one menu was taken away. So the servants knew what dishes to serve. Only the emperor. Archduchess Maria Theresa, Archduchess Caroline and two cardi nals fasted. Kverybody else selected the meat dinner. Vienna Letter. Make Your Own ltltterst Stekrtee Vry Itlttrr-i. One package of Steuetee's Pry Ilittcri will make one Gallon of the In-st bitter known: Mill cure indigestion, pains in tho stomach, fever and ague. Acts upon tho Kidncytaml Bladder: thelx-st tonic known. Sold by druggists or sent by mail, jH)st;igo Irrpll. I'rlcSOct. for lush' r tw packaer for SO cts- l" S H.inipi taLfn In tmmt. AiMres GEO. O. STEK1.TKK. Urnml ltapi.K Mich The Kussiati Thistle. The I'nitcd State senate has insert ed in the agricultural appropriation bill an item of SI. 000,00(1 '-for the des truction of the Russian cactus, to be apportioned by the secretary of agri culture among the several states infest ed, said apportionment to be made in accordance with tho necessities of the case, to be ascertained by the secre tary, and to bo paid to the governor of each of said states upon his executing an obligation on behalf of his state that the sum so paid shall be faithfully ap plied in connection with any sum which may be raised for that purpose in his state for the destruction of said cac tus." T Our Header. The Pri-kley Ash Hitters Company, ot St. Louis. Mo., have just published n thirty tuo page look entitled "IJskfii. IskokmV tiov.' Every one should haio it. It is written in plain language, omitting medi cal terms as much as jssil!e. You uill find therein n great many useful thing you should know. Send your address totho company and receno u copy of '-I'skh i. IXFOItMVTIOV," Crlmann Cloier. A very great ileal is being said ami written about crimson clover. As a forage plant it possesses qualities worthy of consideration in localities to which it is adapted. It does best in a more southern climate than that of most parts of the I'nitcd Ssatcs north of a latitude of 111 degrees. In several parts of Iowa and northern Illinois it lias proved unsatisfactory on account of winter killing-. '1 he plant is annual, and where it thrives it is sown in July or August and matures a crop early the next season. Karl's Clover Knot Tn, Tlitcivat IIIikkI i'UritlT.;:m"str-vin-siin'lM,irn" tlluCtinilvxiuiianliursOiivtit.ittii. 2ScJc.,S;I. Keil CtMlnrt for Wlnilltrt'iik. lied cedar make fine, windbreaks in many places in the west where pines cannot hcsucccssfully raised. A wind break of evergreen posseses many evi dent advantages over one of deciduous trees, and it is to be regretted that the the small etra ditlieiilty of growing the former so often decides people in favor of the latter. Three llnme Seeker KvrnrHlnn To nil parts of tho West and Nortlmest 1 ia the Chicago Millunukee fc t 1'itiil Knil wsy nt irnetienliV half rates. Hound trip tickets, good for return passage within twenty dnys from dnto of snb uill bo sold on Septemler tl and .." mid Oetolierl. 1MU. For further information apply to tho nearest coupon ti-ket agent or address (I. H. Henford. (Jeiierul Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago. Ill Billiard Table, second hand. For Fnle cheap. Apply toor nddres, IF. C. Akiv, Ml S. lL'th St , Omaha, Nob. The best j earls are perfectly round. Davis' Cream Separator Churn, power hot water and fed cool;er rnrnioned Agents wanted hend tor circular All izes Hand Cream Separators. Davis & ICaxikla H. M. Co. Chingo- WELL MACHINERY IlIutratHl catalotrno showing WET. ATTOERS. ROCIC DRILLS, II YDKADLIC AND JETTKSO MACHINKRY, etc. Sint Fnzc Have been tested and all icarmnttd. Sioux Tier Knsln A Iron Work. Puccesoia to I'ech Hk x. NImix (lly. Ifiwu. 1117 Union Arc, Kanvis City Mo. Uf ICE CANNOT SEE HOW YOU 00 If lit IT AND PAY FREIGHT. CiMCajy onr Sdrawtrwilnat cr cat f rprBi4 High lraPlag?rewli-.jrria4-hiD Cn!r fiflhi. nkael t.lU'I.aJapt4 to lUhl mud htaTT work; r'urantreJ for 10 Irt fiih rtsill!.Sir-St,Ias; fdIa3JtmpiVt t-tef Stl AUMbmt-ot;Mfr'l toy whra 10 Daa TrlaJ. No iansT riiir"l in sultano. 75,000 DOW fa bj UOffl4a Fair MdI a -ardVi machlaaan! attach Zotata. B-tf from (rtorj and lif dalr' ao! agfit profit afff Cat TntaOnt and cd to-day fr marhlnt or larr fr- rlftC ataIro,ltirtin i!rnl .fimrf Ih WerM'a r!r. OXFORD MFG. CO.3t2TiSKiATi.CHICASO.ILl. nbflOlUll ValiliiKloii, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. 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