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FJW- ."' r "&i -'. I r - i Pure Blood Is the foundation of good health. With out it the bodjr cannot be healthy; with it there can be no constitu tional disease. Pure Blood carries health to every organ and prevents the lodgment and growth of dis ease germs in any part of the sys tem. The best way to keep the blood pure is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla which, bj- its peculiar combination, proportion and process, acts directly upon the blood. This is the secret of its great success in the cure of such diseases as scrofula, rheuma tism, and all other ailments that have their origin in the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes Pure Blood. HnnH'c Plllc cure all liver ills, bllious nOOQ S KIIIS ncss, headache, 25c. S Out of Sight (gpafc Plug Put a little of it out of sight yourself, and see how good it is. It's LORILLARD'S Ely's Cream Balm Cleanses the Nasal Pussuxcs, Allays Pain ami Inflammation, Restores the Senses of Taste mid Smell. Heals the Sores. Anitlr Halm into each noftril. 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Iga Why Western Potatoes Are large. The extremely large size to which potatoes sometimes grow in the west is due to several causes, among' which the following are given by Rural New Yorker: Potatoes thrive best in cool climates and in loose, loamy, rich, moist Eoils. Irrigation, properly prac ticed, furnishes the desired mechanical conditions and in rich soils brings into proper solution and consequent availa bility quantities of plant food which the potato, being a grass feeder, fastens onto and expands itself accordingly. There is no magic about it, simply rich soils, intelligently cultivated and judi ciously watered. f W J 11 Howell 8 Love for Hint or j I have always loved history, whether in the annals of peoples, or of the lives of persons, and 1 have at all times read it, writes William Dean Howells in his literary autobiography in the February Ladies' Home JournaL I am not sure but I prefer it to fiction, though I am aware that in looking back over this record of tuy literary passions I must seem to have cared for very little be sides fiction. I read at the time I have just been speaking of, nearly all of the new poetry as it came out, and I con stantly recurred to it in its mossier sources, where it sprang from the green English ground, or trickled from the antique urns of Italy. SlOO ItcCT-ard, SI 00. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has leen able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the onlv positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and fihsistinjr nature in doine its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hun dred jJoL'ars lor any cofo tuat it fails to cure. Send for list ofTestirnonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.O. ISPSold by Druggists, 7"c. Hall's Family Tills, 25c Washington Star: ''Don't you think there is a great deal more peril in coast ing than there is in sleigh riding?" she nsked. "It depends." he replied reflectively, 'on which kind of peril you mean; nlij'Mcal or financial." Harper's Young People for February th will contain a story by Captain Howard Patterson, U. S. X., entitled "Wowing Up the Ironclad Albemarle." In the same isiie "Hand-m-Hand Skat ing," by W. (J. Van T. Sutphen. will be ead with special interest. Bark with Rich Trophies. Last spring we made notice in these columns that Mr. Ilenrj' A. Salzer of the .lohn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., America's leading seed growers and merchants, was in Europe in search of rare seeds and novelties for the American farmer and citizen. Judging from their new catalogue, his trip was an eminently successful one. It is brirafull of rare things. Of especial merit we name the llismarck apple, bearing the second year; the Uiant Flowering Star Phlox, the Ger man coffee berry, and for the farmer, the Victoria rape, Cennanica Vetch, the Lathyrus silvestris, the Giant Spurry and Giant Incarnate clover, Sucaline, and dozens of other rare things. This wide-awake firm is in the van, and their catalogue, which is sent for 5c postage, would be cheap at 81.00 per copy. fJke Sieve. The chief function of the kidneys is to sepa rate from the blood, in its passage through them, of certain imparities and watery par ticles which make their final exit through the bladder. The retention of these, in conse quence of inactivity of the kidneys, is produc tive of Bright's disease, dropsy, diabetes, albuminuria and other maladies with a fatal tendency. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a highly sanctioned diuretic and blood depurent, impels the kidneys when Inactive to renew their sifting function, and strain from the vital current impurities which infest it and threaten their own existence as organs of the body. Catarrh of the bladder, gravel and retention of the urine are also maladies arrested or averted by this benign'promoter.&nd restorative of or ganic action. Malaria, rheumatism, constlpa tion, biliousness and dyspepsia also yield to the Bitters, which Is also speedily beneficial to the weak and nervous. The Only Exception. Exchange: It is related of the Duch ess of Westminister that she put in her guest chamber a curious Swiss clock, to which was attached a printed no tice: "Please do not touch." When Mr. Jolly, the Canadian Liberal, visited her grace he ventured to inquire the reason for the prohibition. "You are the twentieth man who has asked the question," replied the lady gleefully. "Women, you know, are supposed to be proverbially curions, and 1 put that placard on the clock to test the same weakness in men, and I am happy to say I find them not a whit less curious than women. I keep a list of all the gentlemen who have asked me that question you have just put, and there has been only one exception among all my guests who have occupied the room, and that was Mr. Fawcett, the late postmaster general, and he, poor man, was blind." FAEM AND GrAKDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Some Up to Date Hints Aboat <!rm tlon of the Soil and Yields Thereof Horticulture, Tltlcaltare and Floriculture. The North American Review for Feb ruary opens with three timely and im portant articles on "The Financial Muddle," written respectively by the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, secretary of Agriculture, Representative William M. springer, cnairman oi tne nousc com mittee on banking and currency, and Henry XV. Cannon, president of the Uhase National llank of New York and formerly comptroller of the currency. w mi tBhsacn .v-v-,--- vKnsaeEv 9&&1 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 less 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 has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Fig, and being well informed, yon will not accept any substitute if offered. Recipe for Sugar Taffy. Put two pounds of brown sugar, with half a cup of water, in a candy kettle to boil; add 4 ounces of butter. Boil until thick (not hard); flavor with lemon; take from the tire; pour into well buttered tins about the eighth of an inch in thickness. When cool, mark off into squares; press nearly through to the bottom. When hard and cold, tap the bottom and sides of the tin to loosen the candy; turn out and break apart. An authoritative description of "The New Weapons of the United States Army" is contributed to the February Century by Victor Louis Mason, the confidential attache of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification. He shows with facts and pictures that the army, from being in the rear from improve ments in the material of war a few years ago. has now stepped to the front of even the great standing armies of Europe as regards the effectiveness of its small arms and cannon. It now de volves upon congress to supply the cost of a proper equipment of the arsenals and fortifications. 1'umps for Irrigation. There are three distinct types of pumps the plunger, or piston pump, which includes the windmill, steam pumps and many devices of power pumps; the rotary aud the centrifugal. The plunger pumps of necessity move the water slowly, as the water only travels at the speed of the piston. The plunger pump also is designed espe cially for handling clear water. Grit, sana ana toreign material cut tiio pis tons and barrel of the pump, yet while these pumps will move water slowly they will move it a long distance or against heavy pressure when properly designed. The pump of next greatest capnefty is the rotary pump. Of these there are many different designs. They handle water much faster than plunger pumps, but as it is essential that the working parts of these pumps should fit closely there is necessarily great friction and corresponding loss of efficiency, and of necessity these pumps are short lived, and especially when pumping water that is muddy or gritty. The pumps of greatest capacity for low lifts are the centrifugal pumps. These pumps are built with no close fitting parts no valves consequently no friction of the parts of the machin ery, and are not affected by sand, mud or gritty water; hence for irrigation, where the lift does not exceed fifty feet, centrifugal pumps are recognized by all hj-draulic engineers as the most efficient, durable, cheapest and best, according to a writer in the Kansas Farmer. Clover In a Dry Season. The Iowa Homestead draws these conclusions from an experience with new sown clover in a drought year: l. That in spring sowing on a light soil and in a dry season deep covering is essential 2. That in a dry season a stand of clover among apparently heavy oats is imperiled, provided the oats arc removed in a hot, dry time. 3. That in a dry season it is impossi ble to obtain a stand of clover in sloughs by sowing in the early spring and cutting off the slough grass in time to give the clover room. 4. That sur face sowing of clover seed is useless in a very dry season, especially on light soil. This is practically the same as the first conclusion, but is reported to impress an important fact 1,000 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE. Turnips. (Condensed from Fauns' Rsvmr Stan ogrmphlc Report. At the Iowa dairy convention A. X. Hyatt spoke on "Turnips." He had been growing turnips ever since he was a boy. In the summer of 1858 he worked by the month for a farmer. The farmer gave him an acre of land, and Hyatt immediately planted it with roots. He was given a certain amount of time in which to work his acre. For the products he received S1C4.68, and this was more than he received for his sum mer's work with the farmer. The next year he raised $300 worth of cabbages, and so he has gone on raising roots. By roots Mr. Hyatt means turnips. The more turnips he had fed to his stock, the more money he had made. The best ration for a cow is kindness. He believes in kindness to keep his cows happy, and turnips to keep them healthy. There is no crop that can be taken from the soil that will exhaust it so little as turnips. Q. How did you raise those 2,000 bushels of turnips? A. I began in July with two acres. I found they were very rich, and I" made them very fine and put on some ashes and some hen house manure that had no weed seeds in it. The next spring it came on very wet and rained and rained and rained. I said to the water, 7.44; ash, 4.16; ether extract, 1.26; crude fibre, 33.88; crude protein, 4.26; nitrogen-free extract, 48.40; total nitrogen .68; albuminoid nitrogen, .67. Rotatios of Crops. There is no doubt that rota tion of crops, is both wise and necessary. Practical experience has demonstrated its efficacy, and science discovers the reasons for the method. Our various agricult ural crops differ more or less widely in the proportions of the different ele ments of plant food they require They also vary as to their depth of root. Some plants feed very near the surface. Others search into the sub soil for its treasure of nutrition. Hence it is quite plain that shallow rooted plants should follow deep rooted ones upon the same ground. Thereby its greatest bulk of soil is drawn upon for its supplies of food. Likewise crops that severely exhaust potash in the soil ohould not be succeeded by crops of same feeding characteristics. Bather let nitrogen or phosphoric acid consumers follow the potash feeders. Of course it will be understood that all crops require a certain quantity of every variety of the elements of plant food. The point is that some crops draw more heavily upon one ingredi ent,and others upon another.and soon. A wise rotation consists in alternating one class with another. Under any plan of rotation each piece of land should be invariably under sod for at least a year or two. In this way the essential organic matter or humus is supplied to the soil. Plans of rotation vary much in different sections of our country. One good rotation is first the up turned sod planted to corn, then potatoes, third year any garden vege table, fourth year an early crop to be THE BIG BLUE STEM. Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats, corn, farm and vegetable seeds. Cut this out and send 5c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for their great seed book and taniple of Giant Spurry. wnu A generous sin of the times is increase in size of weddinz cake boxes. Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash Railroad Are now on sale to all the winter resorts of the South, good returning until June 1st, 1)5. Also Harvest Excursion Tickets to all roints south on excursion dates. In ad dition to above. Railroad and Steamship tickets to all points in the United States and Europe, at lowest rates. For rates, tickets, excursion dates and full informa tion or a copv of the Home Seekers Guide, call at Wabash Office, 1502Farnam street, or write G. N. Clatton, N. W. P. Agt, Omaha. Neb. In the United States forty persons out of j every 1,000 are color blind. Mnfi-TE g "ff&Jy 1 1 SsftSJglSiSlMilMJB CURES PAINS of MAN& east; HOMESTEAD FREE ! To any Subscriber of this paper we will mail an 8-page weekly naner one year (52 weeks) FREE on receipt of 25c to pay postage. Full of latest tel graph and farm news. Write at once. HOMESTEAD PUB. CO., Omaha. Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Kver Oil, with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, is a constructive food that nourishes, enriches the blood, creates solid flesh, stops wasting and gives strength. It is for all Wasting Diseases like Oonsumption, Scrofula, Anaemia, Marasmus; or for Coughs and Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lung, Loss of Flesh and General Debility. Scott's Emulsion has no equal as Hourishment for Babies and Crowing Children. Buy only the genuine put up in salmon-colored wrapper. Send 'for pamplet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE. Scott A Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. BO cents and SI. a hired man, take the oxen and go over it if you can, and he did. I could do nothing with the seed but scatter it, which 1 did. The seed was rutabaga seed. I had the land well drained. and no water stood on it. The seed came up at once, and grew and grew and grew. It was too thick. Then I put on the drag and dragged out a part of it. I spent a da.- looking for weeds. At harvest time I had a good crop. As to the cost, it vas about as follows: ox team one day, 50 cents; my work, S2; dragging, S2 or less. I figured the whole cost of that 2,000 bushels atS4. Q. Do 3'ou recommend sowing tur nip seed broadcast? A. No, sir; the main thing is not to have to tussle with weeds. I have sowed root seed broadcast and had them so weedy that I plowed them under rather than weed them. That was before I had my eye teeth cut. The way I do now is to make ridges. You must have land that is quite free from weeds. Plow your soil when it is fit to plow. Make it into ridges, having the ridges about one half yard apart. I plow two furrows together, and that makes the ridge. Make the land ready in May lor the planting of turnips in July. Kill the weeds. You can kill two or three crops of them. Then sow the seeds on top of the ridges. I sow by hand about as fast as I can walk, and when they come up they will come up thick. When they come up take a fine, short toothed drag and cultivate up and down. Then cross it. Do the work on a hot day,so you can see where you have been. After you have killed a good many plants, kill a good many more. It is enough sight easier to harvest turnips that weigh eight and ten pounds than it is to harvest a good many little ones. Q. How do you remove the tops? A. I cart them into a big barn. I invite the girls to come and help cut off the tops, and the boys come with out being urged. IJIr JSlue Stem. The Latin name of this plant is Andropogon Provincialis. The South Dakota station gives the following de scription of it: Boots perennial, very coarse, from short, thick root stocks. Stems large, three to six feet high, more or less purplish, branched; each branch bearing at its top a cluster of two to five somewhat hairy, usually purplish spikes; leaves large, flat, reughish, usually a large cluster of root leaves at the base of the stem; spikelets of two sorts, one sessile and awncd, the other stalked and awnless. This grass may be known by its large pur- I pie stems, not in dense bunches, and clusters of purplish, somewhat hairy spikes. It and some of its near rela tives are sometimes called "Turkey foot grass," because of the fancied re semblance of the clusters of spikes to a turkey's foot. It is found on rich prairie soil. In South Dakota it is much more common in the Sioux val ley region than elsewhere, but is gradually spreading to the westward. Some places along tne Jiissoun river are already well covered by it. If is one of our most im portant native grazing and hay producing grasses. Under ordinary conditions it produces an abun dance of root leaves. AVhen the grass is cut before the stems become woody, stock eat them as readily as the leaves. It is well worth pasturing in every possible way. A specimen analyzed gave the following air dry substance taken off to admit of seeding down again in August. William P. Perkins in Farmers' Review. How Destroy Taberculoslfc At an agricultural meeting in New York city last week Dr. C. F. Mord inger, V. S., said: The fatality anv-ig cattle from this disease is not so g.cat as to create a demand for legal measures to protect breeders and dairymen against losses. '-The demand is made as a public health measure!' The demand which is constantly being made upon the governments, both national and state, to eradicate tuberculosis, is very great; but the demand which is made upon the stock-owners and stock-breeders by the public, through journals and societies, is comparatively small ah that upon the government is large, and this is a great mistake. The stock owners, breeders and dairymen can if they will follow certain preventive measures extirpate this destructive disease from their herds and keep them pure from contamination. The most important preventive measure is the stabling of animals, and I am sorry to say that the present system used generally is very defective. Each animal should be kept separate, so that they do not come in contact while in the stable or eat from the same raauger. They should have plenty of room in each stall, about GOO cubic feet air space, plenty of pure air, ventilation from above and below, the drainage should be perfect, and disinfectants used freely, and daily, especially during the winter months when animals are housed, in fact the strictest sanitary meatures should be carried out. Again no ani mals should be allowed to calve in the stables with the rest of the herd: they should be isolated until the "calf is weaned. The water supply should be the best that can be procured, water away from the stable or outer buildings used and not from wells in the center of the stable (which I have often seen), where the drainage from the stable is con stantly emptying into it, and polluting it, thereby predisposing the animal to disease if not producing1 it. The attend ants and milkers should be non-tuberculous individuals; and should be scrupulously clean. Every stock owner should have his herd undergo a most critical examination, (using the tuberculin tests) and a special examina tion of the udders" made, (also the milk,) animal by animal, the suspicious cases to be immediately isolated, and only thoie considered as safe to mingle together; and their products accepted when no longer a shadow of suspicion remains. The suspicious cases should be kept as far as possible from the healthy animals, and when they yield to the most critical tests they should be destroyed. Fresh animals should be thoroughly tested before entering a non-tuberculous herd; the dairyman should ascertain the history of the ani mal; and should not purchase from herds in which tuberculosis has ap peared; or in which cattle have died from the disease, or been slaughtered within a year without is lating and resorting to a thorough test. They should also have their herds examined periodically, thereby keeping their animals free from in- ! fection. The stock raisers should stop the great evil, in-and-in breeding: or ' in other words, (disease breeding dis- ease). The breeding of animals for j fine points, and large milk supplj has been proven that it is the greatest diathesis to disease. Probably this ac- counts for the scarcity of the disease in the west, where the coarse mixed breeds are found. These animals are used for a year or two. then fattened and slaughtered, while they are youug and desirable beef animals. In order that the purification of a herd take Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rol Baking Powder Absolutely p&j&e War Correspondence In Asia. Hard indeed is the lot of the war cor respondents with the Japanese army. An order has gone forth from head quarters enumerating a long series of conditions on which alone these unfor tunate journalists will be permitted to perform their duties. Among them is a rule that controlling otlicers alone are to prescribe the places correspond ents are allowed to visit as well as the time when they may do so. Corres pondents must, moreover, always carry "in their hand" their tickets of permis sion. As to their letters, they must in ' An Antl Antitoxin t'rn:l-. Opposition to the use of the antitox ine treatment for diphtheria has al ready taken an organized form in England. A deputation headed by Lord Coleridge has protested to the authorities against its use in the hospi tals on the ground that "public money ought not to be devoted to experiments in psychology." HOW I MAHU 61.309 By not sowing Salzer's seeds! That is what a jolly farmer said as he entered our sanctum. How is that? Why. all cases be laid before the controlling . F.V? lie' Raisers seeds not only grow officers for examination at a time to be i bllt they produce enormously. Had I nxed by them. Uheir remarks must, moreover, be strictly limited to past events, must not mention in any case the strength or distribution of the Japanese forces and must on no ac count state the place or time of send ing out the letters. Londown Xews. Worms In Horses. The only sure cure for pin worms In horses known Is Stekctees Ho: planted a few acivi more of his oats. wheat, corn, potatoes., grass and clover seeds. I would have had to double the capacity of my barns; that would have cost me Sl.'-'OO. it is a fact that if you want big.rousing farm, grass and vege table crops, you must sow Salzer's seeds. If'You Will Cut Thle Out aivl Soml It with 7c postage to the John A. Salzer Cholera Cure. Seed company. La Crosse. Wi., you will ."SSSiS getfreeasampleofn:.,l clove. XTovniB ftiltu rv rinctrrti wnrmc rir H" '.S.r.nt-. n nVllon VZ tAH Iree a sample Ot ni ami Clover Mix Mck fowls. Send sixty cotits In United tore and their plantaiul seed book, wnu States postage stamps and I will send by I mail "Cut this out, take It to druftnst and nav Iilm fifty cents. Three packasres for 51.50 exnressDald. G. 15. STEKETKE. Grand Haplds. Mich. Mention name of paper. Iloth Wicket!. "My husband," said the large, fleshy lady, "has a .habit of marking para graphs in tiie paper that s'ay mean tilings about women."' 'So you will not fail to sec them, eh? Still that is not as mean a trick as mine pla-s He cuts them all out. Then 1 have to get another paper only to find that I have been fooled again." Indianapolis Journal. t f atfalHanarminnlinr f ...turf ft. HIvhavIh I Theurigiimlnmtonlrgvnuiru. Cum Chapped Hamls ( auU i'ace. Cola Sorw.. Jtc. C. G. Clark Co. .N.llaven.CT- Enland's average wheat j'ield is about thirty-six I.ushels to tho acre. "Farmers and other j eople located a!on the line of tiie H. and M. and U. 1. roads in Nel rnsfca, who want Colorado coals, should write to J. J. Thomas & Co., 1018,17th Street, Denver, for prices and other infor mation. Only eight of seventy-five counties in Mississippi license saloons. A steel ship hnsn bee constructed in Cnr ditr. with the stnndiug rigging, as well as the lull!, a I of steol. Dr. PIERCE'S PLEASANT PELLETS SICK HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, POOR APPETITE, and all derangements of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. Of all druggists. OSCE USED ALWAYS h FAVOR. Philadelphia Kecord: Customer (who has just beeir cut by a barber much given to stronir drink) There, you scoundrel, that's what comes of : much strong drink, llarber Yes, sin it does make the skin tender. MECCA COMrUl'ND slioiiU! In? In overt 1:ohs. Stops fie pain of a bum ti slanKj- Prevent scar rinir. Hen!s nil kinds of to.c-s DiuikIMs m1 ii. Sent by mall on r clpt of prta. Three ounejjar 25cenli semi for p.nnplilet. T1IU JXWTKKMA.NL'KACTL'ltlNtS CO.. louniil Itluffs, lovva. In Sweden a man teen drunk four time.- is deprived of his e'wtoni" vote. "Hanson's Majfic Corn Salvo." Warrnntn! ti cure or monry refuailvU. Aft vajv UruT;lt for It. li ice 13 vent Genera! Uooth declares that of over U. COO women reeued by tho Salvation nr-uj 8,000 have not re'a;sed into sin. I cannot speak too highly of l'iso's Cnro for Consumption. Mi:. " Fuank Monns, J15 AV. il St., New York, Oct. '-I'. 1S5.M. There are B,74 - locks and ky iu the Grand opera house Paris. A Paris store has 4,000 employes. It tho Ilaby is Cutting Teeth. R sure ami nethatoM anil well-trlol reinnlr. Has. Wisiow' SooTiil.vu STRt 1- for Children Tecthlnir- Dinmouds mania. have teen discovered in Tas- Cclti vatei) Ouchai'ds-Xcw orchards in Oklahoma apparently suffered more during the summer of 1801 from scald iug or sunburn of the young trees at or below the surface of the ground than from all other causes combined. It is the observation of nearly all nurserymen ami orchard ists, as re ported by Prof. F A. Waugh of the experiment station, that this damage was greatest where orchards received least cultivation. Clean cultivation of young fruit trees will, beyond reason able doubt, reduce damage by drouth and by insects. Ex. The above statement is dangerous if sent out without any explanation. Tall culti vation, in time to start a new growth before the winter frosts and with no time for the wood to' ripen, would prove disastrous,as the new made wood falls an easy prey to sun scald. Faksski's' Review. YOUNG a vigorous body and i.... . ....... i. r..i -i i... : ,- -: . I '"-- M't.iti.1' - - piacu, tut; luicfcjKiny ouKSrai.iuio tuitou ow coo, health. be carried out to the letter; and noth- J Y.m all fail when the ing short of this can be trusted to act vital powers are satisfactorily, in putting a check upon I TLtilTof the present fearful mortality irom tins ' manly power result disease; and when such steps have been I from bad habits.con taken by the stock owners and dairy- ! tractcil by the young men, then is it time for the govern ment to give assistance to extirpate or eradicate this disease. SPIRITS, Wixn Ml i.i. InmoATiox. Press dis patches are being sent out from Denver totheeffect that the farmers of Kansas have trot a new idea into their he ids that of irrigating by wind mills. Thedis patches obviously emanate from some city man who is way behind the times, for the farmers of Kansas have been dealing with that question for years. Some of them have been irrigating from five to fifteen acres. Hut the dis patcher in question informs the public that there is no reason why every farmer should not have a wind mill pumping apparatus.sincc it would only cost ?350,and would require no further outlaj lie settles the question off hand. Wind mill irrigation is a com ing feature of farming, but large reser voirs, say 100x50x10 feet are necessary in addition to the pumping machines, if even a few acres are to be watered. Look out for weed seeds in your clover seed. There is no easier way to cover your fields with noxious weeds. Much of the seed that is called clean is far from being so, and this applies not to elover seed alone, but to nearly all Heeds that the farmer sows. At the Ontario station, tests made showed that as high as 9 per cent of cleaned alsike clover seed was weed seeds, in one case all sorrel. One pound would contain over half a million seeds, and by the time a man has dug up half a million noxious weeds he will feel very tired. Watch your seed and clean it. A Pixetum. An eastern paper de scribes a "Pinetum,"' at Wellesley, Mass. Now, few youug farmers know what that strange word means. It is a plantation of conifir trees, such as pine, hemlock and many other varieties of the family Pinus. The owner has been engaged over forty years in es tablishing a collection of all varieties that will flourish in that climate; and his pinetum is visited by many profes sional horticulturists and others. Cora I'mliltT. In Farmers' Review, Jan. , "H5, "inquiry upon use of shredding or cutting corn fodder by re cent methods, aud storing it in mows or bins, elicited the fact, that the fodder must be dry when cut and stored, as it takes but very little moisture to damage it to positive in jury. In reply to a question of stack ing fodder corn outdoors, was its spoil ing too much."' Having cut and stacked twenty-five annual corn crops in succession, we find the crop of i4 the greatest sweater yet. Its cars of corn arc brown, somewhat mildewed, and soft in fiber, jrrain and cob. It smells as fragrant as brewers' malts at brewing time. The smutt is reduced to a paste like shoe black, and to a novice is unsalable. Put steers masticate the softened stuff easily, eat it all. far better than they do the green, dry, bright portions not sweated. We dare not put it in barns because it would make the sur rounding air not, succeeded by spon taneous combustion. Outdoors, in fine two hay wagon loads, in stacks, it is exposed to every strong wind that blows, and these keep the stack cooled sufficient for preservation until fed to the cattle herd. The farmer that keeps a clean mouth has a correct taste, hence can taste plant sugar aud glycerine, (vegetable fats) in all kinds of fodder with sufficient certainty for all profitable results. A Yankee phi losopher, wrote, ' 'Tis better not to know so much, than to know so many things that are not so." Richard Raker. Sorghum as Ii"il. In view of the failure of the corn crop, this is an interesting question, says Prof. Georgeson in Kansas Farmer. It is the part of true economy to use as feed whatever the farm produces that may be suited for the purpose, and the careful feeder naturally desires to I know what may be expected from uzi- j tried grains, like sorghum seed and broom corn. These two grains are by no means uncommon products, butcorn is usually so abundant that little else is thought of as feeding stuffs. Sorg hum seed and broom corn are very similar in their composition and feed ing value, and can. for all practical i purposes, be considered equal. Their value will vary with different varieties, a light colored and thin shelled grain being usually better than dark colored seed. It is to be noticed that sorghum seed and broom corn seed are both of them slightly richer in protein or ilesh producing material, than corn, and that they have on the other hand, slightly less of the carbohydrates and fat. This would indicate that as a feed for growing stock, concerning which information is desired, that they arc at least equal to corn, if not better. Rut they fall considerably below wheat, through ignorance of their ruinous con st ue nee s. I.ow spirits, melancholia, impaired memory, morose or irritable temper, fear of impending calamity and a thousand and one derangements of body and mind, result from such pernicious prac tices. All these are permanently cureu ly Billiard Table, second-hand. For s.-Vo cheap. Apply to or address. H. C. A tax, all S. 1'Jth St. Omaha. Xe t In Paris one person in eighteen lives orf charity. . L. Douglas Sft QUK1 I3THEBEST. ?0 5i'y?EnnTFCR AKINS, s. cordovan; FXl.rj.H&LHAMEU.ta CALF. ;4.s3.sp fine Calf &rfcNGAi?oa $3.sppoi;ce,3soles. O5932.W0RKINGMEf. " -EXTRA FINE- ,C- S2.$l7.5B0YSSCHGClSliGEl 'L.JVDIEZS--59505? ?7S SEND TOR CATALOGUf W-t..DOUGLAa' BKOCKTCrUlASS. Over One Million People wear tho W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes AH our shoes arc equally satisfactory They give the best value for the money. They equal custom fshoes in style an J fit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The prices arc uniform, stamped on sole. From Si to $3 savc4 over other makes. If your dealer cannot supply you v;e can. jftFbg JPSCSf vt m !. t j Ife! ,x j RvSb5v,v3S EKsr-" -W ELL, I u m I WELUAOHIEBY Illartratwl catalocno ebowinrr AUGERS. KOCKDKIIAS, IIYPKAULIO AJNJJ Jr.ni.M AIAUUiri&itY. C. Bxirr Fitnt. Have teen tested and 11 icanrantcd. Sioux City Englna Iron Works, Successors 10 I'cch Mfc. Co . Mloux City. Inwu. HIT Union Ave.. Kuasas Citjr. Mu. ACRE APPLES, S!,493 ammuichah!, LuuMana. JI for f ri-i- mnij.Ie copy teilinirft"iit It A practical Fruit ami larm pairr, pul.ll-hi-.l by Start Hro., lllrn.i car: cirra'atlon. UO.WOcupiM Tle "Cream of the Cirnin" eivei the bu-y Knilt r.niir nr Tiraipr. nhn ltitii't tht titiif. fir tlio monr itnhroved methods of treatment without the I tobnyancl rend at'rrut mns.of papers, what Is Itr-nt patient leaving home. I """ ''" "' T""1, """'V,- 1- 1 . - .,,, ;.. ir l,,,f I what wouM take him days toiearrh out for him-oif. A medical treatise written 111 plain nut j ' cnate language, treating of the nature, J kCCUtp wanted in every Locality to t.anit ,-...,..,..,. .,.,,1 ,..,1i;i;,. nf cir-I, ilKin I ADl.ll I U our Am .iiuiii Notion tan m.-iki f.o.u v......!... Afl.!.. n.!..A .'.! IAna.ll! ,, ctTItC Ult. 111 U11III?I1UIIV.C,UII 1WV.1.IIV-..I. .-rut... )'-. j for p"otaee. Address, World's Dispi:n- j s.nv r.Ir.mcAL association, mutaio, j. 1. ; "! ..... -. . j t( 2o t jj3Q Ier w,k .-.-nil t..uip Tort nsraveil -heat. sent securely sealed in a plain envelope, on . Jli-minl-m notion co. wb.v iimM..oiu-iu. Neb. PATENTS Thomas 1. SIinpon, Washington, l).U. No att 'xtvi' until r.itMit ob tained. Write forlnwiitor'sQulde. 35 Gem Patterns tor 10 Gents Th-sc ratterns retail In fashion bazaars and stores for tvrci.iy-livo.lo forty icats each, but in nrrlrr ti inrrpimi. tnA ilpmnnil nmonir stran- ! crs we otltff them- to the lady readers of this parertor tne remarkably low price 01 oniy iw Cents Each, l'ostate one cent extra. .... 1 1IIIVIII1 all. Illl V .4. ,.J . '. f ...1.. , t., ..nil. ,.mi. i i;r: i.vit;.-,. j.nu iiru uiiniuaicu .ur biji ...-.-..- lacyof lit. simplicity and economy. Fortwenty 'our years these patterns have been used the country over. I-nil descriptions and directions - ns the number of yards of material required. Hie nuni! crand names of the different pieces In 1 he rattcrn. how to cut and fit and put the itar meut together are sent with each pattern. with si nfrtiirt". nf thi enrmont tn rn hr. Theso f patterns are complete in eery particular, then t'CUMr a separate pattern lor every sidkio piece of the dress. Your order u ill lie tilled the samu day it is received. Order patterns by number and Blve size la Inches. Kverv pattern punranteed to be perfect. THET ABE GLOVE riXTHIO. ToKCtcet HUJsTand BHEAST measure, put the4ape measure AI.r of the way around tho tody. oer the dress close under the arms. Prlca of each pattern, IO cents, when ordered on coupon printed below. Postage one cent extra on EACH pattern. ft" i ' w TM 0 at . invn Ladies' t Okcjan-Pipe Skiht with TnnEK IV dets. l'atfrn No. CW is cut in tlvc sizes. lt.: 2J. "I.-C, a and SO inches waist measure. The fash'ouable skirt Is no longer made to match the waint. but often In direct contrast to it These independent skirts are in znnny va rieties and are made of various materials. We here Rive one of the most .stvltsh skirts notr vrorn, which has the additional merit of bciror very generally 1 ecomimr. The pored front and sides Marc nioMshly at the foot, tclnx faced tleenly with hair cloth. The three yodels In tack are lined throughout with the hair cloth and tacked at the seams to a band of clastic underneath whith holds them in position. '1 he center eodet Is cut straight In the middle rn.t falls on each side something like a box plait with rounded cdt't-s. The top tits smoothly in front and oter the hips, while the back i.s ar- lansei! ia small plaits. Tne piacKei is lonned i ur.di rneuth the center plait. I Itock or other varieties of crepon. velvet, gro-de-I.ondrcs. peau de-f-oie. moire and satin an ! tique, tesdes silk and wool mixtures of every ( fashionable kind are used for these handsome . skirts. ! Tne retail price of pattern Is a) eents. if V Ladies' Waist with Itox Plaits Laid On. Pattern Xo. G8 Is cut In Mvc sizes, viz.: 3"-, ::i '.6, ZH and 10 inches bust measure. Nile Kreen broadcloth Is here charmingly combined with crm-rald velvet. The waist Is one of the latest modes and will frequently ap pear on the street after heavy wraps are laid aside. The adjustment is glove fitting and closes In center front under the V shaped vest of velvet. The box plaits are formed separately and sewed on with invisible stitches, the velvet V In center back being laid on between tho plaits. The vest Is sewed to the right front under the plait and N finished on the left sid to close under the left plait. Pointed revers stand out stylishly from under the box plait ia front, full glgot sleeves droop fashionably to the elbow, the lower portion fitting the arm closely. Stocl: collar and belt to match of velvet with lrredescent but kles. Many stylish combinations will 1-c suggested by the mode, which can be carried out in any oi the fashion able silk, woolen or mixed fabrics. It can te all of one material and any preferred mode 0 decoration can be appropriately u.-ed. The retail price of pattern Is 25 cents. L3niHn.HmfffiTHnTfiMT;MTHnnnnnnnwWHt?nnnnTTHHHmftHhM)nrrT7g T COUPON ORDER BLANK, nnfc nTirl "hsii-lv in flifkif fintnntc n" The World's Fair Congress of Relijr ! nutrients. I should say the sorghum ions held its second annual meeting- in Chicago last week. It is the intention of the movers to keep alive the organ ization. "I am summoned to another climb," said the bellboy as the indicator an nounced a call from the top floor. Philadelphia Kecord. and broom corn seed can take the tv-i.,!!.. M HINT meax7-.n For MKIKT cattern. tclr 1VAIVT measnro only. cd,te, loj, Kirla or children, gie BRtUST measure only. Send 1 1 cetiK for each pattern. For I-AI1KLN No. ttsT MEASIKK. WAlSr JEASCKK- BKEAST MKAtKK. ya - ..............lnche .................. .leches ....... toehe Xo. lnche lnche ..luc'ie 1 1 3 1 1 place of corn in all feeding operations 1 i E3 on the farm, but the grain being small 1 j s-e. 3 ana hard, tncy snouia ne grouuu ue- ; t; mtofflc. fore they are fed, but when compared Cm.rtJ state with wheat, barlev and oats, these ', 5 latter trains take the lead. CSneciall V I " W w,aFrl In paper and enclc-ed In enrelope will come aafely by mail. when fed to young growing stock and. i Sr x 7 Addre cocros FATtKnx co.. poultry. j tfMMillliltlllll,liluulUiiiiiiMiiiiiiuiiiiimnnm.MuunuuimuiiuumiHiiiiimii."i Lock Box 77 Sew York, ?f. Y. rl 51 3 J 3