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The Keystone of the Arch
Intbeediflccof health is vigor, which means
not merely muscular energy, but an active
discharge of the various functions of the
body, such as digestion, secretion of the bile,
the action of the bowels, the circulation of the
blood. Nothing more actively and thor
oughly contributes to the united performance
of these functions than the renowned tonic
and regulator. Ho-tettcr's Stomach Bitters.
The result of its use is a speedy gain in
strength, together with the agreeable con
sciousness that the tenure of life is being
strengthened that one is laying up a store of
vitality against the unavoidable draughts
which old age makes upon the system. The
fortifying influence of the Bitters constitute
it a reliable safeguard against malaria, rheu
matism and kidney trouble. Appetite and
sleep improve through'its use, and it protects
the system from the effects of cold and damp.
An Old Lawsuit.
Mmc. Wagner has just won one ot
the oddest of lawsuits. At Baireuth
last year.as a piece of pleasantry on the
anniversary of the birth of her son
Siegfried, she composed some verses and
tied them to the necks of her five pet
dogs. These verses got into the pos
session of a Uaireuth newspaper, and
they were published, provoking much
amusement, particularly when the lines
were printed in the French newspa
pers. Mine. Wagner's only remedy was
to sue for breach of copyright The
courts assessed the damages at SC
Hood's
Made Ma Strong
"I can recommend Hood's Sarsanarilla ns
the l)cst medicine I have taken. I was terribly
run down in health
and lianlly ever cn
jojed a well day. I
suffered with terrible
pains in my stomach,
breast and head. I
read in the papers
regarding the wonder
ful cures by Hood's
Sarsnparilla and I
thought I would Rivo
it a trial. I have taken
almost six bottles and
am happy to say that
I am cured of thoe
Mrs.Hary M. Stephens
Crane Nest, Ohio.
terrible pains. I give Hood's Sarsaparilla all
the praise for giving me pood health and making
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Cures
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me feel strong again."' Mus. Mart M. Stei-iieni,
Crane Xest, Ohio. (let only Hood's.
Hood's Pills arc tlio best after-dinner
ilk; 3Mfc digestion, prevent constipation.
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An Incomparable Aliment for the
Growth and Protection of INFANTS and
O H I ID Ft EMSL
A superior nutritive in continued Fevers,
And a reliable remedial agent
in all gastric and enteric diseases;
often in instances of consultation over
patients whose digestive organs were re
duced to such a low and sensitive condition
that the IMPERIAL GRANUM was
the only nourishment the stomach
would tolerate when LIFE seemed
depending on its retention ;
And as a FOOD it would be difficult to
conceive of anything more palatable.
Sold by DRUGGISTS. Shipping Depot,
JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York.
WALTER BAKER & GO.
The Largest Manufacturers of
PURE, HIGH GRADE
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES
u On this Continent, have recdrtd
HIGHEST AWARDS
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Industrial and Food
EXPOSITIONS
In Eorope am America.
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THE PERFECTION OF
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A Delicious Reiedy
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Thev irlve the best vilne for the nnnrv.
They equal ccston shoes la style aad fit.
The prices are uniform, stamped on sole.
t-rom 51 to $.1 saved over otner naices.
if your dealer cannot supply yon we can.
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ConditionPowder
Is the bevt medKine :or Honcs, Cattle, lloga
and Scecp. It pi-rifio the I lood, pre ents dis
ease and cures Coughs. Colds Colic Hidebound.
AVorms, Distemper, etc Notliint: equals it for
Hos: Cholera. Honest and reliable, in honest 25
and 60 cent packages: used and warranted for
over twenty years, p:eryoneowntnpa horse
or cattle should cie it atrial MadcbyEiiMERT
Proprietary Co., Chicago, 11L
UncleSam's Nerve and Bone Liniment
for Sprains. Bruises. Rheumatism Stiff Joints,
etc Goes riKht to the pot of pain. Nothing
else so rood for Man and Animal Try it.
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A Georgia Scene.
Atlanta Constitution: Here is a true
picture of life in the rural districta: An
old lady from Bockdale, with her chil
dren, went to Sunday school in Coving
ton. After school Brother Bosser
assisted in hitching her steer, "Buck,"
to a wagon, and getting on the "wrong
side" of the beast, he fired away and
kicked the breath out of the superin
tendent, who groaned aloud. The old
lady rushed to his assistance and ex
claimed: "You ding fool, what in the devil did
you git on that side of Buck fer? You
mought 'er knowed he'd 'er kicked the
stuffin' out of you. Don't you know
that Buck ain't erquainted with town
folks with store clothes oni"'
After that she hitched Buck to the
wagon withot Brother Kosser's help.
A Modern Invalid
Has tastes medicinally, in keeping
with other luxuries. A remedy must
be pleasantly acceptable in form, purely
wholesome in composition, truly bene
ficial in effect and entirely free from
every objectionable quality. If really
ill he consults a physician; if consti
pated he uses the gentle family laxa
tive Syrup of Figs.
The Hotel Night Clerk.
Hotel Mail: It has always been a
source of wonder among outsiders that
the night clerk should not be one of
the highest salaried officials of a hotel,
instead of being, as he actually is, one
of the worst paid. Certainly no day
functionary, except the manager, has
so much responsibility, and even the
manager is less likely to be caught
without adequate means to act. The
night clerk is proprietor, manager and
superintendent combined during the
most critical hours of the twenty-four,
and yet ranks in pay and preferment
far below the room clerks. Inquiries
of practical men have never elicited
any satis factory explanion of this, the
stock answer being that the night
clerk is often regarded merely as a
watchman.
Kefined Cruelty In France.
The humanitarian lady who will not
wear birds in her bonnet or cat flesh
meat or permit down pillows to soften
her lot in life should turn her attention
to a refined cruelty that is at the mo
ment a vague in certain districts in
France. For the manufacture of a cer
tain superfine cloth called zibeline rab
bits are plucked alive, and the long fur
thus obtained is woven into the afore
said texture. A particular breed of rab
bits is only suitable, and these hapless
creatures are carefully tended after the
plucking process until their fur grows
again. The thing is inexcusably cruel,
and no woman would surely encourage
the sale or manufacture of such cloth
if her heart, not to say sensibility, is iD
the right place. Chicago Post
WHO WINS THE S300T
A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, 3res, wonderful
new oatsv has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
S300 for a name for their new oats;
their catalogue tells all about it Farm
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown per
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons of ha$- from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; 112 bushels
corn per acre in a dry season, and 1,161
bushels potatoes from two acres.
If Yon Will Out This Out and Send II
with 10c postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis , you
get free their mammoth catalogue and
a package of above 300 Prize Oats.wnu
The most noteworthy feature in Har
per's Weekly for February 2d, and
probably the most valvable and gener
ally interesting feature to be found in
the current numltcr of any of the peri
odicals, is that which has for its sub
ject the disturbances in Brooklyn.
There are six pages filled with draw
ings of the participants in the strike, of
the forces of law and order, and of the
scenes amid which the difficult ques
tions at issue were put to the test of
argument and of charges and volleys.
The drawings are worthy of the sub
ject, having been mabe by T. de Thul
strnp, T. Dart Walker, E. M. Ashe, E.
W. Kemble, W. P. Snyder and others.
Winter Tourist Tickets Via the Wabash
Railroad
Are now on sale to all the winter resorts of
the South, Rood returning until June 1st,
"U5. Also Harvest Excursion Tickets to
all points 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 copy of the Home Seekers Guide,
call at WaLasb Office, 1502 Farnam street,
or write
O. N. Clatton,
N. W. F. Agt, Omaha Neb.
The man who looks through cobwebs will
see spiders everywhere.
Six Thousand Square Miles of Wealth.
The vast fertile valleys of the two Indian
Reservations in Northeastern Utah, soon
to !e opened to settlers, comprise about 3,
500,000 acres of the finest agricultural and
grazing land. The direct line to Uinta and
Uncompahgre Reservations is by theUniou
Pacific System via Echo and Park City.
E. L. Lomax.
G. P. & T. A., U. P. System, Omaha, Neb
Paper plates are used in some German
restaurants.
THE ONWARD J1ARCH
of Consumption is
stopped short by Dr.
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. If
you haven't waited
beyond reason,
there's complete re
covery and cure.
Although by many
believed to be incuf-
jy arf able, there is the
"x. IVL r Ul evidence of hundred?
of living witnesses to
the fact that, in all
its earlier stages, con
sumption is a curable
disease. Not every
case, but a large per
centage of cases, and
we believe, fully 118
vwr " nt. r r i rp
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
even after the disease has progressed to
far as to induce repeated bleedings lrom
the lungs, severe lingering cough with
copious expectoration (including tubercu
lar matter), great loss of flesh and extreme
emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such ca-.es
reported to us as cured by " Golden Med
ical Discovery were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease ? You need not take
our word for it. They ha e, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whateer in mis
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery,"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, iu curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthv "emulsions" and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypophos
phites had also been faithfullv tried in vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of pmicnnM.tm.i v.,i.:.:
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
c?,.3111 kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 160
pages which will be mailed to von, 011 re
ceipt of address and six cents in stamps.
You can then write those cured and leani
their experience. AddressWouLD's Dispk.v
sary Medical Association. Buffalo. N.Y.
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o boy, and I never hoped
fot cure, but Ely's Cream
Balm seems to do evtn U.aL
Many acquaintances haze
used it with excellent results.
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the Sores, protects th Membrane from Colds. Re
storatbe Senses or Taste and SmelL The BalmU
qoMkly absorbed and gives relief, at once.
A. particle is apphed .Into each nostril and is agree
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FARM AND GABDEN.
matters' of interest to
agriculturists.
Bone Up to Date Hint Aboat Caltlva
tkm of the Soil aad Yields Thereof
Hortlcnltare, Vltlcaltaro and Fieri
caltare.
Broom Cora.
Mr.-W. F. Williams of Kentucky
writes asking information on the cul
tivation of broom corn. TJie Farmers'
Review will give a few of the leading
principles involved in the culture, but
would like to hear from any of its
readers engaged in this line.
THE PLANT.
The plant itself is a variety of sor
ghum and was formerly found only in
the East Indies. There it is grown
both for forage and the making of
brooms, for which object it is the most
useful. Its introduction into the
United States is said to have been due
to the restless investigations of Dr.
Franklin. On an impoied whisk
broom he found a little seed and
"wanted to know" if it would grow.
It did grow, and produced a plant.
He took the seed from that plant and
planting them got more plants. That
was the beginning. Now the raising
of broom corn and making of brooms
is an important branch of our economy.
For a long time this Crop was culti
vated only in New England. Later it
spread to the western states, where
the soil seems well fitted for it.
The average yield is put at about 500
pounds per acre.
PREPARATION OF SOU..
Soil is an important factor, and that
soil best adapted to Indian corn will
THE HACKNEY STALLION, HEDON SQUIRE. FROM
be found most suitable for broom corn.
It should be well drained and mellow,
and not so wet as to subject it to early
frosts in the fall or late frosts in the
spring. Wet, soggy lands will not do.
Even if the upper soil is right the sub
soil may be so hard and retentive of
water that it will need draining to do
the work needed of it. Low lands
along rivers are well adapted for the
crop, provided they slope enough to al
low of good drainage. Some of these
lands with a gravel subsoil have a
natural drainage. But we do not wish
to indicate that the crop is very par
ticular as to the kind of soil allotted to
it It will, generally speaking, grow
on land where Indian corn will grow.
MANURING.
It goes without saying that on most
lands this crop should be manured.
Best results can not be obtained with
out giving the plant all the food it can
utilize. The most available manure is
that raised on the farm, and when a
farmer runs short of this kind
of fertilizer he should endeavor
to keep more stock, if only
to give him a cheap fertilizer.
The manures made in the barn yard,
pig sty and sheep pen should be well
rotted, and if possible the weed seeds
should be absent, for of course the land
needs to be kept free from weeds for
this as well as other crops. Some use
commercial fertilizers, such as guano,
while ashes, plaster and lime are ap
plied in some cases where the land is
deficient in calcareous matter. But it
should be remembered that lime and
plaster are not manures in themselves,
and arc only to be used in certain
cases. Manure is generally applied
broadcast,and sometimes an additional
amount is put in the hills or drills.
PLANTING.
Two methods of cultivating arc in
vogue, in hills and drills. Probably
neither has mnch advantage over the
other. Those that advocate hills say it
is easier to keep the fields clean, as the
cultivator can be run both ways. The
rows are usually from three and one
half to four feet apart, and when the
planting is in hilLs, they are two and
one half or three feet apart, but this
depends much on the variety grown.
This question can not be settled by any
invariable rule, everything depending
on the richness of the soil, moisture and
consequent luxuriance of growth.
The richer the ground the further
apart should be the rows or hills
Care must be taken to get good seed,
as immature seed will give but poor
results, even if it grows at all. Even
with good seed many will fail to ger
minate. Therefore a liberal supply of
seed should be used and after the
plants are up they should be thinned
out; in the case of hill culture only
five or six should be left to the hill.
On the other hand care must be taken
not to sow too many seeds, as the
young plants will then be in danger
of overcrowding and being stunted be
fore being thinned out. Some plant
ers put from fifteen to twenty seds in
the hill, having them quite well sep
arated even then. The usual allow
ance of seed per acre is about two
quarts. This is of course if the see d
is good. When much of it is obviously
poor an increased amount will have
to be used. More seed is usually used
in drill planting than in hill
planting. The time for planting
is about the same as Indian corn,
sometimes a little later, at least not
till the soil is warm and dry. Ma
chine planting is quite generally
resorted to, though some even now
plant by hand. If the area is small
there may be little objection to this
method. Cover seed to depth of one
inch, unless the soil is unusually light
and dry, in which case it should be
planted deeper. Put in the seed as
soon as the ground is ready, that the
moisture in the newly trnpd soil may
hasten germination. It is claimed
that thick planting produces Che finest
and toughest brush. Cultivators also
express a preference for old soil that
has been a long time in broom corn
crops.
CULTIVATION.
Cultivate at first . as soon as the
plants are up. This will loosen the
soil and check the growth of Weeds-.
Frequent cultivation at this time is
advocated, as the stirring helps accel
erate the growth of the plants, and
sets back the weeds. The latter must
not get the upper hand even for a lit
tle season. The plants should be al
lowed to get a growth of four or five
inches before being thinned. In drill
culture the stalks should be left three
or foUr inches apart. The . work of
thinning is very hard, but it Is a work
that gives good results: It should
never be plahte'd near sorghum or
Chinese sugar cane, if the seed is to be
preserved as the varieties will mix.
HARVESTING.
Time of harvesting will depend on
the object brush or seed. Of course,
if seed is desired, harvest must "be de
layed till the seed has matured. Other
wise the work may begin as soon as
the blossoms begin to fall. The qual
ity of the brush is better at this period
than later. Its color will be greenish,
and the fiber will be tough. Harvest
should always be before frost comes.
CUBINO.
When only small quantities are
grown, broom corn may be cUred in
barns or shed lofts, where it is spread
out thinly, not exposed to raiii or
moisture. Where large quantities are
produced special buildings are neces
sary, where the crop may he spread
out thin oh numerous racks. The racks
should be from eight to ten inches
apart, so as to allow a free circulation
of air.
Prairie or Timothy Hay.
The Minnesota experiment station
has been conducting some experiments
to ascertain the value of prairie hay
compared with timothy. The cows
fed on prairie hay, grain and ensilage,
produced during the experiment 2,580.3
pounds of milk containing 120.74
pounds of butter fat. The cows fed
on timothy produced 2,547.3 pounds of
milk containing 121.31 pounds of but
ter fat. The difference was 39 pounds
of milk in favor of prairie hay, and .57
of a pound of butter fat in favor of
timothy. The two were therefore
shown about equal in feeding value,
but the price on the market
for timothy was $5.70 per ton
and of prairie hay S3. 20 per ton.
The general summary for their ex
periments was as follows:
First. As between early cut and
well cured timothy hay and well cured
upland prairie hay, cows preferred the
prairie hay.
Second. Prairie hay was at least
equal to timothy for the production of
milk and butter.
Third. At the present price of the
two kinds of bay, milk was produced
at 13 per cent less cost, and butter fat
12 per cent less cost wheu prairie hay
was fed.
Fourth. Witli dairy cows fresh in
milk in the fall or early winter, com
fortbaly housed, well and regularly fed
and milked, there will be little if any
shrinkage in the flow of milk and yield
of butter fat during the winter
months.
Green Foxtail.
South Dakota bulletin No. 40: The
scientific name of this plant is Setaria
Viridis. Stem erect, from an annual
root, usually unbranched, one and
one half to three feet high; leaves fiat,
pointed, rough, flowers in spikes which
are two to five inches long, green,more
or less pointed both above and below;
bustles longer than the spikelets,about
four to eight in a cluster; flowering
glume longitudinally striate and
dotted. It is an intioduccd weedy grass
found in the fields and waste places
When properly cut and cured it
furnishes a nutritious hay, but the
yield is much lighter than millet, and
the plant is diflicult to destroy when
once well established in a field. On
The whole it is not worthy of cultiva
tion, and should be regarded as a bad
weed. It can usually be distinguished
from other species of the genus by its
green, sof 1 , bristly nodding spikes or
heads. Besides the common name
given above, this grass is known as
"bottle grass,"' "pigeon grass," and
"pus grass."' One specimen analyzed
as follows: Air dry substance water,
7.49; ash, 11.11;- ether extract, 2.49;
crude fibre, 30.2(5; crude protein, 9.17;
nitrogen-free extract, 39. 4S. Total
nitrogen, 1.4G; albuminoid nitrogen,
1.2S.
A Wood Ration. One man who lives
on the outskirts of the city keeps
about three hundred hens. The morn
ing feed consists of a warm mash.
Sometimes it is composed of bran, mid
dlings and ground corn and oats, and
sometimes of but one or two of these.
The refuse and scraps from five restaur
ants are obtained daily, and these
form the noon feed for the birds. At
night their feed consists of mixed
grains. No green food or vegetables
are given them except such as are
among the waste from the restaurants.
Grit is given them in the form of
crushed limestone, which is bought al
ready prepared. These fowls lay re
markably well, and the secret of it is
in the variety of food they get among
the restaurant scraps. Ex.
The tomato is a native of South
America and takes its name from a
Portuguese word.
What Wot to Do. .
Don't expect snow and hens to lay in
the same house at the same time.il yon
do biddy will leave the rate. As eggs
are a big, per cfeht water, surely the
hen mtist get it, if you get many eggs.
This is a point that many people for
get in cold Weather. Don't expect the"
hens to lay without material with
which to build the eggs. As she can't
get bugs and worms, she must have a
little raw meat two or three times
a week. Don't expect the lite td
freeie but itt winter, unless, yoti
are willing biddy should go
the same trip. Sd use the dust bath or
insect powder. As to emSeraure;
just above freezifag is the best .fori
chicken house; Then throw in plent
of straw for the hens to scratch in.
Don't brake your, house without any
ventilators. Fowls need fresh air as
well as we do. True, most of them
get too much ventilation in the beak
and comb. Just a small hole or two
will do. Never let the cold, especially
wet, windhit your birds at night, if
you do, roup will hit them next. I
have used abot all the remedies for
roup and colds, lnore thah twenty
ih all, but the best thihg of all
t expected to. put up and sell,
t will give the receipt free.
It is simply skunk bil. Skin a
fat skunk'; throw it into your heU
house; throV in corn at the same time,
and see which they will cat first. If
they are so bad off they will hot eat,
force a little down them. In such
cases I put a little coal oil with it and
grease their heads, I will guarantee a
cure nine times out bf ten, if the bird
is abie to eat at all. Three or four doses
will fetch them out all right. This
has been iny remedy for three years.
"Oh, yes!" I hear some one say, "who
would like to handle the dirty thing?"
Friends, we can't always do as
FARMERS' REVIEW.
. 1:1 f ... t nn : tr. I
vve imc. rur iu,y pai t, x ucici m iu
the cholera or the roup. Any
trapper can tell you how to manage
that part so one would not know you
had handled an animal more odorifer
ous than a rabbit. Skunks have saved
me more birds than they have
caught, so I am a little lenient on
them. Also this I give you without
charge, so don't charge me, for it has
saved me several ?5 birds, and I praise
the boat that carries Jme to land. IJ
C. Hunt in Farmcis Review.
Tomatoes. There is money in this,
very popular and quick selling vegeta
ble. The wholesale price on early
shipments runs as high as 20 cents per
pound on the Chicago markets, but
even taking 5 cents per pound as an
average, I know of nothing that will
turn more clean cash net, per acre.
Tomatoes at even 1 cent per pound
beats wheat at S2. Tomato seed may
be sown in hot beds at once and grown
in heat until the second leaf appears.
Then transplant same into cold frames
2x3 inches apart, and hold in good
stock condition till the time for out
side planting arrives, taking care not
to over-water, and giving all the air
and light possible. When the time for
transplanting arrives, set them so as to
admit of horse cultivation both ways,
which will save all hand hoeing and
other needless expense. They should
be given good cultivation while grow
ing. Packing for shipping. The boxes
for packing should be light, neat and
attractive. Nothing but first class
stock should be packed. By dealing
honestly and furnishing fine stock
only, you will stimulate a demand for
your goods, for when a buyer can de
pend upon a grower, his goods will al
ways find a ready market. I would
recommend as a few of the best varie
ties the following first class sorts:
Huekeye State, Atlantic Prize, Buck
bee's Tree, Favorite, Beauty and Dwarf
Aristocrat II. AV. Buckbec, Rockford
Seed Farms, Rockford, 111.
Value of Swamps. What is callei
"peat" in Europe, and "muck" in
America, is the result of an imperfect
decomposition of vegetable matter,
such as marsh plants, leaves, sticks,-
roots, etc., that have been covered most
of the time with stagnant water. Here
at the north we find such mucky depos
its quite common. Often they cover
large areas, miles in extent. I have
always looked upon a muck swamp as
a valuable adjunct to a farm, and I
feel that it is not always appreciated
according to its merits. In most cases
there is a way to let off the surface
water. If ditching has to be done,
there are always days during fall or
winter for such work, when other
work is not pressing; and even if it in
volves considerable expense, it will pay
in more than one way. I like to work
mucky soils after they have been thor
oughly reclaimed. It is satisfactory
soil to work, and well suited to many
of our most profitable garden crops,
especially onions and celery, and often
early potatoes. Indeed, it is fun to
work such loose soil which offers so
little resistance to tools or fingers.
Vegetables always grow smooth, regu
lar and clean in muck land, as their
growth finds no mechanical impedi
ment. There seems to be an inclination in
some directions to impede the work of
those who arc trying to stamp out
tuberculosis. Even some so-called
farm papers are taking up the cry
against the slaughter by the authori
ties of tuberculous cows. It is a most
surprising state of affairs. New York
and Massachusetts are doing what all
other states should do, hunting down
consumptive cattle and killing them.
But we have noticed that when any
good work like this is undertaken a
great howl is set up by those who are
the losers by it financially, and by a
certain class of thin skinned news
paper writers.
A Woman's Wit
8ga:ested Advertising Dodge tUmk
Sdid Dall Iteal Estate,
In answer td a newspaper's request
for his advertisement a prominent mer
chant lately said: "Show rrio a now
way td advertise and I'll consider it."
His case prdved tho seemingly hdpeless
condition bf conventionality that per
vades advertising, lb bo. unique or
original is almost impossible.
But tlio woman whd suggested ad
idea recently t8 a real estato man Is
now making a respectable cbmmissibd
by her cleverness!,
Ttio owner was the unfortunate pos
sessor of land in New Jersey, past
which the train whizzed filled with
commuters several times daily to well
populated suburbs of New York. Ono
I day it was noticed that at the usually
empty, forlorn-looking station, instead
of a singlo farmer in his one-horse,
rickety vehicle, there were smart
English traps, with English-looking
grooms and footmen, drawn by bob
tuiled hackneys, .a coach aud tandonv
and chic French bonnes with lonjj cap
ribbons carrying very much be-laced
and bo-rjbboned infants in-their arms.
There were stunning looking young
wo.xon; too, with gblf caps and sticks,
chatting with equally w'oll groomed
young men id driving cdats or cord
uroys. The" wholo sceno suggested
that tho fashioriablo population df
Newport dr Lenox had taken posses
sion of a place fdrmerlj' given up to
the farmer and mosquito.
As tho train stopped several fash
ionably dressed people entered the
standing carts and coaches recognized
friends who seemed to be waiting for
the up train to New York and drove
off followed b the surprised looks of
the people in tho train.
For several weeks the little way
side station was bristling with life and
filled with attractive looking people.
L'ofore this timo real estate investors
and homeseekers, fired with ambition
to be in touch with this fin du siecle
gathering, ar.d undeterred by the
fact that the few buildings in sight
were not in keeping with the repre
sentatives at the station, purchased
land and bsgan building. Lots wero
rapidly sold, sti'oets wore laid oil, and
what ha 1 Inett u hopelessly unattrac
tive way station, soon blossomed into
a thriving New Jersey summer resort.
How long it took tho investors to
discover that tho supposed population
was simply a score of impecunious
actors and actresses, who. owing to
hard times and out of employment,
were glad for a few dollars a day to
bo us2d as an advertisement, no one
knows.
The real estate man and tho clever
woman who suggested tho idoa are
reaping the benefits arid receiving the
hearty congratulations of the initiated
real estate a-onts. A prominent mem-1km-
of this profession says he is going
to borrow her plan for use at some
untenanted land he has near Saratoga
THE SNOW BLANKET.
VI liy It Is so Yalnab'e in Protecting tht
KlrMi Irinn Cold.
The value of a mantle of snow in
protecting vegetation in the fields in
winter if fully understood in farming
districts, and the cause of the protect
ive effect of the snow is an interesting
subject of scientific inquiry.
In Germany, where, as the Youth's
Companion says, no such subject is
ever allowed to escape investigation,
Dr. AIkjIs has recently made some im
portant observations on the thermal
projerties of snow. He has found
that the looser tho snow the greater
its power to protect tho ground be
neath from the effects of external
changes of temperature.
Snow goncrally offers about four
times as much resistance to such
changes as a shcot of ice of tho same
thickness oilers. When snow be
comes closely packed, therefore, it is
less effective as a protection to plant
life than when it lies loosely Upon
tho surface.
Other experiments show that whilo
a blanket of snow protects the ground
beneath from the chilly effects of the
winter atmosphere, yet the surface of
the snow itself, especially in clear
weather, is colder than the air, so
that snow tends to lower the temper
ature of the atmosphere, and where
broad areas of country or extensive
mountain slopes aro covered by it
important climatie conditions may bo
lroduccd bv the influence of tho snow.
OMt-st Churi-li 111 ItoUon.
The First parish in Dorchester,
Mass., over which Rev. Eugene Ship
pen was recently installed as pastor, is
the oldest church or religious society
in Roston. It is Unitarian, although
in one usually well-founded religions
weekly it is set down as Congrega
tionul. It is more than HQO years old
and lias had only eleven pastors in its
history. Tho invariable custom has
be 'Mi to install a young man and not
to call a minister from auothcrchurch.
Mr. Shippcn is the son of Rev. Rush
R. Shippcn. pastor of fie Unitarian
church in Washington. He is a grad
uate of Harvard and for the last year
has iieen studying at Ox for J. Rev. It.
R. ShippiMi preached tho sermon at
he installation of his son.
i:,it siix iu K.mi.K.
The state of Kansas can boast of tht
only silk lilatnrc in the Unite! State.
It is a state silk station at Peabody,
where ten reels are operated. The
business of the station is to supply
silk-worms free to all Kan-as appli
cants. The cocoons that are raised
from tliesj eggs aro purchased at the
rate of $1 per pound and reeled in the
filature. Not very many persons ob
tain eggs from the station an 1 raise
cocoon-, but those who do nvike from
$40 to si 00 each spring for the six
week-." work require 1. The raw silk
from the Kansas grown cocoons is the
lest in tho world, according to one of
he leading importers in this country.
TIu Miijikceper.
Some dozens of families are com
fortably established in the ships lying
idle about th-j port of New York.
The shipkeeper, as the caretaker of a
ship laid up in winter quA-ters is
called, gets house rmt, provisions
an 1 some cash payment. He must be
a trustworthy person, with some nau
trical skill and knowledge. He and
his live cozily enough, and there is a
good deal of fun aboard ships when
there are neighbor- to drop in, news
papers to bs lead and a bit of music
to enliven the tedium.
I ike and Dislike of Animals.
Hcrbivoroua animals do not eat all
of nature's menu. The horse refuses
the water hemlock that the goat eals
with avidity and, on the other hand,
the goat refuses some p'ants that are
eaten by the sheep. The tobacco
plant is avoided by all Gave the goat,
man, and the tonacco worm.
fric.-in Diet.
African diet varies as much as do
the people, and such trifles a3 roasted
spiders, caterpillars, ante stewed in
butter, ostrich eggs, baked elephant's
trunk and feet, puma, fat sheep's
tails, stewed puppies, and odd articles
not generally regarded as food, aro
consumed.
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
-- and jCake?
y'
It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest: of all the baking powders:
The purest baking fjowderhiakes the finest; sweets
est, most delicious food; The strongest bakihg bow
der makes thtf lightest food.,
Inatjb'aking-, powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why .should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give hehthe best
food with the ieast trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or ai a lower price than the Royal
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome
Certain protection from alum baking powders cari
be had by declining to accept any substitute for th6
Royal, which is absolutely pure
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After Twenty Yearn.
Springfield (Mass.) Union: Ho was
asking the old man for his daughter in
marriage. He was talking tremblingly,
hesitatingly, as yon read of in story
books, and the scene was full of color,
so far as an irate father and a nerve
less young man could make it. It
came the old man's time to speak, and
as lie began his face was white with
passion and his voice shook with ex
citement. "You want to marry my
daughter?" he said. "Ah, now is the
time for my revenge. Twenty years
af;o your father crippled me in a stock
dual, nnd I swore to be revenged. And
now my time has come." He paused
for breath and the aspirant for the
maiden's hand was about to beat a
hasty retreat in the face of supposed de
feat, wncn the father broke forth
again. "Yes, sir, I swore to be re
venged, and now 111 strike the father
through the son. Want my daughter,
eh.'" Well, take her, and may she
prove as expensive to you as she has to
me." The old man dropped into his
chair, worn out with the excitement of
his plot, and the young man fainted.
Worm In Home.
The only sure cure for pin worms In horses
known is btekctee"-, lio Cholera Cure.
Never falls to destioy worms In horses, hosi,
liecp. loss or cats; an excellent remedy for
sick fowls. Send sixty cents In United
States juMaze stamps and I will send by
mall Cut this out, take It to druggist and
pay him fifty cents. Three packages for 51.50
express paid. C. G. bTEK ETKE.
Grand Kaplds. Mich.
Mention name of paper.
Oueer Ways of the Toad.
Internal affection is not perhaps the
precise emotion that we should be dis
posed to look for in the cold blooded
frog. Rut the Surinam toad appears to
exhibit this praisworthy attitude of
mind totvard its numerous progen3.
When his mate Jay's her eggs, the soli
citous father places them carefully
upon her back, where in due time their
presence causes an irritation that pro
duces numerous small holes, into
which the epgs forthwith drop. In
these cells, which, from mutual pres
sure, get to be hexagonal, like honey
comb, the young frogs aro finally
hatuhed, and for a bit scramble about
their mother's back, hiding in their
nurseries when danger threatens.
London News.
How This:
We offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cnu not le
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the underMRiied, hnve known F. J.
Cheney for the Inst 15 years, nnd believe
him perfectly honorable in nil business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Thuax, Whole-nlo Druggists, To
ledo. O. Waldixo, Kinxan & Mauvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly uion the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Hall's Family Pills, 25c.
Chicago Tribune: "When I was in
1: i : . r:.i ni.i
your hub ui uuaiueas, my nnjmi, .-.mi
Mr. Fellairc, giving- the greasy tramp a
half-dollar and kicking him off the
frontstepsof his mansion, "I s always,
naa sense cnougn 10 go rounu 10 mo
back door."
l.OOO BUS. POTATOES PER ACKE.
Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats,
corn, farm and vegetable seeds. Cut
this out and send ."c postage to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., for their great seed book and
sample of Giant Spurry. wnu
Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test
of inward strength. Every fool may live
according to his own liking.
Nobody contents himself with rough dia
monds, or wears them so. When polished
and set, then they give a luster.
Better Kvery Tear.
Time was when tho "glorious climato of
California'' did not attract tourists. But
year after year the tide of travel sets in
stronger and stronger every fall and win
ter toward this favored region. There is no
climate like it on this continent for a win
ter resort, and the usual fine service on the
Union Pacific System has this season been
brought to a degree of-perfection which
leaves nothing to be desired.
For further information caU u yur
nearest ticket agent or address
" TL L. Lomax,
General Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha,
Neb.
If we know how to aim, the bigger the
game the tetter the mark.
Rheumatism, Nwialgia, Sciatica. Backache.
ST. JACOBS OIL
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is made from the best leaf,
in the best way, and by
the best skill that's why
ITS MUCH THE BEST.
Sold everywhere. Made only by the Oldest Tobacco
Mfr's in America, and the largest in the world the
P. LORILLARD CO.
HOMESTEAD
-. f3o Weeks) FREE on receipt of 25c to pay postage. Full of latest tel
year (o- weeKs; r ivor. t HOMESTEAD PUB. CO.. Omaha.
grapn ana larm newi. miww
Indianapolis Journal: "What would
you'think." asked the inquisitive young
person, -what would yon think If l!db
Imjersoll were to get religion ami die
converted?"
"What would I think?" echoed Dea
con Podberry. with much warmth. "I (
would think it was a darn swindle,
that's what I'd think'."
Coo's I'oMgH Italsam
Is th olilft ami b-. It will brvak ui a Col J quiet:
ertbao ani thins elM?. ltL1.1lwajsreU.1Me. Try It
Cultivation to the mind is ns necessary
as food to tho body.
Tho man" gains jiothim; who loses his
character and sav- his money.
"Hanson's Maic Cora Salve."
Warranto! ti Hire or imu'iey refunded. Ak joar
druRKlt for It. Price 11 cert.
Every production of genius must 1 e the
production of eutlmsinsm.
A
Pfso's C'uro is u wonderful Cough jt medi
cine. Mus. W. PicKEitT. Van Sielea nnd
Wake Aves , ISrookrwi. N Y., Oct.JJt'., 1M.
A lazy man loses heart every time he
loots nt tno e:ock. ,
Jt the Itahy In Cuttinr Teeth.
3eure--nni!ii-etli!toM and well tried remedy. Mrs.
U"islow'Sooiiiio Svrvp for Children Teethlne-
Thosewho horofor no other life aro dead
even for this.
Billiard Table, second-hand. For ?a!e
cheap. Apply to or address. H. C. Aki.v,
oil S. l!th St.. Omaha. Nob.
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work.
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Havecureci tlitmiand nfcac. Cure cases pne
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