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awn's wife as out of towa fce write a i
nfulJetter, and thea .roes aroaad
- ja.ua atks. a niyaoia limp. . ioci j not
"'tnuc'h-.io-thmt jo'ke.-- It does not begia
to dc -'duty with the mother-in-law joke,
. -' ana. ihaV is poshed far beyond its
.' idse"r(i The tact is that out of a dozen
..'mea whose wiTes are out of the city
- for. the summer there will be at least
- elevett wh6. are' really lonely, and. in
"". fact, -put in a re'ry miserable time.
" -;They do not feel willing1 to acknowl-....-wJgclt'at
first, and few like to have
.tympathy ..thrust upon them, bub there.
.safe -mipJity few who" do not in their
.'hearts-pay the highest kind of tribute
-?."tpj their wives -and wish for their te-
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' I?y wcreli-.f-ins the muxclesof hisarm
K.-M ciy lnM for aii(!ow, that superla
.. their strong m:ui. Vou will i:e cr to able
-. Jo'tlo this. Iiut.ynu may acquire that degree
. fit visor, which proceeds from complete 1 1-
".C"tlrin arid sound repose, if j'ou will enter
: -On a roursc of Hosteller's Momacli IH tiers.
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" Trtid ticuralcic, and avertkerious kidney
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" '" -Four lemons sliced, a tablespoonf u"i
tartaric acid. 4'tablcspoonfpls of jj round
pihger. J '-..pounds iigjit brown sugar
and .2 gallons boiling water. When
Mood-warm add a cupful of 'home-made
oyWfet ori; compressed yeast cakes and
'let ft stand It! or ." hours in a warm
ptace. ".- Strain -and' bottle it and tie
rlQvrn chc torJcs': There is a simple
- knack about this thai is worth learn
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"f ,. After ixvears' suffering. 1 was cured Ity
''.SoV Cure'. Makk. Thomson', 'JW'i Ohio
-; '4ye.. Allegheny, Pa., March 1J,"I.
' Thefe can I no high civility without a
:.- ieeji morality.
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j.jWiir.be sold via the Nickel Plate road
-on occasion of- the meeting of the. tJer-
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FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
l!ow Kercttfa.l Farmers Oaermle ThU
Ueaartmeat of the 1'arm A Few
Ulatii as tm the Care of Live Stark i
aad Foaltrjr.
JCE YEAR AGO A
farmer bought a
full-blooded Jersey
bf.ll calf with a
view of raising it
and grade Jersey
cows for dairy pur
poses. The man
came to me the past
winter and asked if
I knew of anyone
VtL
V3
who wished to buy
stating that he did
breed hardy enough
climate; his reasons
so were that after
a Jersey bull,
not think the
to' stand this
for thinking
going ten rods from the barn to
the well and drinking all the water
he wanted out of a trough almost full
of ice. the mercury about 30 degrees
below zero, would hump up and shiver.
I asked him if he considered that the
true way to care for dairy or any other
stock, unless it might be buffalo? I
also asked him if he thought his dairy
The illustration above shows the
Hackney stallion Rosador (4.964), the
cows were not generous enough to give
him fair returns for good keeping? I
told him if he tried beef breeds under
such treatment I did not think he would
be satisfied with the returns they would
give him. I showed him a letter I had
just received from the southern part of
the state inquiring for grade Jersey
cows that were either fresh or soon to
be so. and asked him if he did not think
a man would pay a fair price for such
cows if they suited him.
This mac milked. I think, six cows
last winter, giving them such treat
ment as described above. I am not sur
prised at its final dawning upon his
mind that it did not pay to keep cows,
but am surprised that it did not occur
to him to change his methods. Imag
ine a creamery being supported in a
neighborhood of farmers like this one.
yet there are too many Just such in al
most every neighborhood, and insti
tutes, experiment stations, and almost
any other method of education will fail
to open their eyes. It seems that it
must take failure and poverty to weed
them out. Their children arc extremely
slow to pet out of the rut made by the
dull, plodding steps of the father. H.
V. Poore. in Farm. Field and Home.
sliliini; lititter.
Iu writing to the Creamery Oazette
on this subject a commission firm of
Chicago rays:
It is a very common thing for cream
eries to divide up their week's make
into five or ten tub lots and ship to
four or five different commission
houses, thereby hoping to find out
which is the best house. A much bet
ter way Is. in the first place, to investi
gate very carefully, not only the stand
ing and reputation of the house, but
their capacity for handling goods. But
ter buyers and speculators at this sea
son of the year are a great deal like hog
and cattle buyers in the country. They
will not be squeezed up on five or ten
tub shipments of butter, but on fifty or
one hundred tubs or a carload of fancy
goods, like hog and cattle buyers, they.
are perfectly willing to pay a little
premium when they get a nice, large lot
that suits them: hence, when you shin
to a large, good house, in onler to get
the best icsnlts. send your entire week's
make, as large lots as possible, and you
can rest nvtured if they are the right
kind of people they will appreciate your
entire business and make an effort to
do r. well for you that you will keep
shipments coming regularly.
Quae a good deal of butter is coming
in Foft. so yt.i' want to he very careful
thaf youi re'rigeiator cars have been
well "iced ai.tl art- in goo.i shape, l'nt
your butter up neat and in Rood tubs.
Don't economize a cent or two in buying
a cheap tub. for the cooperage is an im
portant part in selling butter. If the
hoops are broken and the tubs leaky
and wet. cheap-lookintr, the muter will
not hring within half a cent as much
as it woti'd in strictly first-class tubs.
Use" good salt. A poor butter maker,
poor tubs, cheap salt and cheap color
ing are the worst possible economies
a creamery tan invest in.
Be very careful that the farmers are
keeping their cans c.tan. and don't be
afraid of making enemies by refusing
their milk if it comes in in bad con
dition. They will think more of you
if you bring them to time and make
them do their duty.
These m?y scc;:i like little things,
but theshipner snoub: listen to the ad
vice of the men who sell his goods and
do aii in his power to please the'eon-
Burner,
'( The Um Si MimtWr.
-ftfne quart or grain or its equivalent
wiil feed ten hens one day. This is
merely approximate. Tor the size, ac
tivity or whether she is confined or
mnning at large will have to be con
sidered. There is really very little dif
ference as to the quantity of food con
sumed between a Leghorn or a Brahma.
What the former lacks in size is made
up by greater actlvitv. The more ac-
j tive the breed Ihe more food Ihev will
consume. If fow.s are yarded then it j
will probably tal.c a little -more than j
a quart of food to supply tkem. If,
however, they are oa the range (in sum
mer), then a pint or less should be
given. If the range is good do mot give
any food in the morning, but let the
night feed be as much as they will eat
up clean in say five minutes, and no
more. If the range is poor, or if a
.large number of hens are running to
gether, then feed a light mess (scalded)
in the morning. Remember, the ob
ject is not to fill up the crop (in the
morning), bill just enough to take off
the sharp gna wings of hunger. If the
crop Is full then the fowl will take
things very easy until it begins to get
hungry. Work is the keynote of suc
cess. Wc do not mean to say that the
fowls sli on Id do all the work. They are
not expected to clean up the rooMs or
fight lice. This work must he per
formed by the one who expects to profit
by the hens' labor. His reward comes
by getting a good supply of eggs. There
fore keep not only the hens busy, but
be busy yourself. American Cultivator.
Wenlii- Kim!.
In ncariy all cases the lambs should
he weaned not later than the first of
August, when it can be done conven
iently. On of the best plans of man
agement is to leave the lambs in the
pasture wl:ere they have been accus
tomed to run. as they will worry less
than if they arc put in a strange place
all to themselves.
The ewes should always be removed
HOSADOR.
champion stallion in the young classes
at the London Hackney show. 1S93. The
out of sight and hearing. They should
either be turned into a rather scant
pasture or be fed with dry grains or
hay for a few days, until the milk dries
up.
It is best to examine them every day
for three or four days and if necessary
relieve their udders of the milk. After
the milk is dried up they should have
good pastunge in order that they ca.i
he put in good gaining condition he
fore being bred. In many cases either
the ewes or the lambs can be turned
into the cornfields to a good advantage,
the shade being comfortable to them,
while they will eat off the lower blades
on the corn that would otherwise he
wasted and also keep down many weeds
that would otherwise start up. It is
quite an item to krep the lambs gaining
daily and It is bettor lo give then: a
little extra attention rather than to fail
in this. Ex.
Protozoa. Exports of the agricultur
al department have been carrying on :::i
exhaustive investigation of infections
diseases Jfaiong poultry. The preva
lence of protozoa among turkeys v.-rs
the .subject of a special inquiry. The
result shows that the disease attacks
the young by preference, and that in
fection docs not take plate later or..
It runs no regular course, but varle-. in
severity, duration and terminal inn.
Though it .--tricted to the catcfi r.rn the
liver, its action is set ere euc.::;i jj
prove fatal to many atiV.-to! lurncvs.
The disease process is always ;:.s?ci-it-ed
with a protozoan parasite of vrrv
minute size. Certain flocks onlv
affected
and' the disease becomes pr- j
and diffused among neichbor-
petuated
ing flock. The remedy recommen'kd '
by the department is to entirely destwy
the diseased flocks and obtain new ani
mals elsewhere after a thorough ceas
ing and disinfection of the territory oc
cupied by the diseased fowls. - gx.
Prematuie Sourness of Milk.--The
common trouble at this season of Um
year is mostly due to some infection of 1
tne mm; uy acm o: previous millings
adhering to the pails. Sometimes it
may be caubed by overheating of the
cows, but rarely. Tho most commnu
cause is neglect perfectly to clean the
pails or milk pans. Thee- should first
be clcanc d in cold water, in which com
mon washint: soda is dissolved. A
stiff brush is used to cleau the corners
thoroughly. The vessels ::ro then
rinsed with hot water twice, then again
with cold, and then turned bottom up
ward on a stand in a shady place out
of doors to drain for an hear or tw.i,
when they should be removed to tho
dairy room. Before being used thev
should be rinsed h perfectly cold
water. It is alleged, an 1 possibly with
truth, that in the majority of inst'inces
in which diseases have been conveyed
in milk uie cause has been the use of
impure water for rinsing the utensils
Grange Visitor.
The Black Breeds. We now have
quite a variety of black fowls in the
Standard. lilac": Wyandortes. Diacl:
Javas, lllacl: Cochins. Black Iineshans'.
Black Leghorns. Black Minorcas. Black
Spanish. Black Polish. Black Ham
burgs, Black Creve-Coeurs. Dlack L
Flechc. Black Game. Black Game Ban"
tains. Black Rose Comb Bantams. Black
Japanese Bantams, Black Russians
Black .Sumatras. Black Turkey. Black
Cajuga Ducks, and Black East India
Ducks. The Yuiatans is a new black
breed not yet admitted to the Standard
; in Kngland the Black Orpingtons are
, growiug in popularity. Amer.can Poul
try Auvocari.
V-Shaped Troughs. I have some
greedy sheep that with those troujjhs
'will open their mouths and will slide
from one end of the trough to the other
and get more than their share of the
gram. I think the troughs ought to be'
.at least ten inches to a foot wide at the
bottom and the- grain should he spread
thinly so that they cannot eat it fast.
The slower i.tock eat grain the" better.
Willi the common V-shaped trout;.- that
farmers use the giam is eaten too faat
ad much of it goes through taeauiiiTal
whole. Mead. "
Hoc Cholera.
Bulletin 36, of the Arkansas Agricul
tural Experimental station, says:
As has been said the yearly loss from
diseases of hogs seems in this state to
be greater, perhaps, than that from all
other diseases of farm stock combined.
During the year a number 'of places
were visited on the request of farmers
who were losing their hogs from dis
ease supposed to be cholera.
Hcg cholera, of course, refers proper
ly to a definite disease, but on account
of its being the best known (by name)
of all swine diseases' it is often con
veniently used for a'.l diseases of th-jsc
animals which ppear to he of a con
tagious or endemic natnre.
Of the outbreaks of disease in herds
of swine which have been investi
gated the greater part" have been
found to be due to cholera, but others
were examined in which the lesions of
this disease could not be detected. That
internal parasites very frequently con
stitute either the only cause or a very
powerfully assisting cause.of death has
already been intimated. In young
pigs external parasites also, in the form
of the scab or itch insect, sometimes
cause the death of whole litters. This
subject has been discussed in a pre
vious bul.ctin.
There b no doubt that the manner in
which hogs.arc generally raised in the
south contributes greatly to the'rprcad
of such contagions diseases as hog chol
era and also favors the development of
cut Is reproduced
Live Stock Journal.
from the London
other of the fatal diseases from which
they frequently suffer. The objection
able features referred to are. that dur
ing the first months of their growth
pigs are often compelled to find their
living on the range and in the woods,
and on account of this process of semi-
i starvation thev are not nnlr ctunioil
in then growth, hut also constitution
ally enfeebled and thus rendered more
susceptible to disease: they are com
pelled or allowed to drink from pools
of stagnant water from which - they
hecome infested with internal parasites,
and on account of tho free intercourse
with herds of neighboring farms any
contagious disease which may he in
troduced rapidly spreads throughout
all I he herds in the district.
As a mor.r.s of lessening the hisses
from such diseases and otherwise can
irihuting to the more profiiah!.- rais
ing of hogs the following suggestion::
may be made, which the practical farm
er car. apply in accordance with th
facilities at his disporal:
1. A more libnrai supply f f00,
(grains or grases other than the
weeds of ti:c prairies or wood:;) is need
ed during the summer months.
2. The water rupply should ho from
wells where possible: olhrvis". from
running streams, and not stagnant
pools.
'.'. Only a limited aiuounl of r-inge
Miuuiii uc-aiiov.'cd at one timo. an. this
changed s.'w;ii time; during rho jrar.
Hogs should not he pastuied on tho
same field in successive years.
4. By iirouer foncfs r : -h f:.r.,i-
sno,l!-tl 'nr'l 's hog.s on his own urn
:ni!i ilis nP'Shbor's out of it: tl-.js :,
Ct'i'"t'','-V necessary
when tlisciite
in the neighborhood.
When a contagious di:-M:-e ap-jri't-s
among hogs the most important rhiiig
to ho atlend.-.l to. and that whit h is
most frequently neglected. Is to su-u--atc
the weli from the sick :tni::;!:fs a;
once. TJiis has usualiy to he dore iy
removing tnose as yet umife.'lr.i to
aoinci" pasture or lot. not. as is some-
times don- by lakh'tr out th. :.:. ?.-.
leaving the wo.l where they art. ii
any more become sick a further sep
aration will lie necessary. Hog ciiu.era
being the most common and fatal of
such diseases it is important that the
farmer should be able to recognize it.
A Missouri crop report says: Oats
have yielded wc.il, as a rule, but in many
counties have been damaged to a g-c:t-er
o- less extent by the wet weather.
Corn continues in excellent condition,
generally, though in some districts it
has become very grassy and weedy. But
little damage by chinch Lugs 5i ri-port-ed.
Flax id about ail cut and is ;. t-0,,,j
crop. Hay lias been considerably i!;;:h
aged by rain in some sections, but oh
the whole the crop is better than ex
pected, and in some localities ;s report
ed up to the average. Pastures" an
good, and the second crop of clover
promises well. Sorghum, miliet, tobac
co, castor beans, late potatoes and gar
den vegetables are generally doing well
and fruits continue in good condition.'
with the exception of grapes, which are
still rotting badly in some localities.
Cheese Imports. The cheese import
for May was 1.093,33c pounds, values at
C-ir.on. In the corresponding month
of 1S94 the quantity was 709.24." pounds,
worth $100,331. In eleven months end-,
.ing May of current year, the import
of cheese was 9.408.."76 pounds, value::
at $1,327,894. In the corresponding
period of 189! the quantity imported
was 8.36S.043 pounds, worth $1.192,LJ1 i
A I -ar I.rr!-.
"Delay me not, I'm off to court,"
The hustling lawyer said:
Then off he went to court the girl
That he was going to wed.
Detroit Free Press.
Kxrels in Sumettiinr.
"Your son, madam, persists in doing
nothing:" said the teacher.
"Then," replied the woman, by no
means disconcerted, "you Should t-ive
him a prise, for persevere nee," (,oijet,
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS;
Some ta-toibate Hlats Ahoat fcaltlra
iloa or taa Sott aad. Yields Thereof
hertlcaUafo; Vitlcaltare aad FlerK
cottar.
HE EARLIER IN
life a weed is de
stroyed the easier,
and the smaller the
damage it will have
done. This is al
most self-evident.
A weed is a thief
in the cultivated
ground, intent on
making a vigorous
growth and robbing
ths rightful plants of their nour
ishment, says Prof. B. D. Halstead,
who has made a study of weeds
and their . treatment. This work
does not begin until the young
plant establishes its roots In the soil
and has spread its leaves in the air and
sunshine. If the' weed is killed before
this point is reached, a double work is
done, the theft has been prevented, and
the weed is killed. The germination of
the seed has provided the condition for
easy destruction that would not have
obtained had the plantlet remained
snugly enveloped by the seed-coats.
One of the best methods of ridding a
soil of weeds is to arrange for rapid
wholesale germination of the weed
seeds, after which the young plants
should be promptly killed.
But all weeds are not annuals; ana
f the soil is filled with those that live
rrr
rom year to year, other methods of ex
termination must be followed. Weeds
get their living in the same way as
other plants they need to have room In
the soil for their roots, and space in
the air and sunlight for the stems and
leaves. Cut them off from these sources
of food, and the means of performing
the vital functions, and death sooner
or later must follow. It is evident that
repeated removals of the portion above
ground will continually weaken the
plant, and if to this is added an occa
sional upturning of the roots, the weeds
must die. Some of them will stand a
great deal of torture, but it is the only
general way.
There is no panacea for weeds, noth
ing that can be put on a field to kill
them, unless it be a full and proper ap
plication of that which, for the lack of
a better and neater name, is called "el-how-grease."
This will not only kill
the weeds, but also improve the culti
vated crops.
It is beyond reasonable expectation
that all annual weeds will be either
killed in the seed or soon after germi
nation; some dodge the hoe, while
others will be missed by the rake. The
next best thing is to keep them from
seeding. The perfection of a crop of
seeds is the end and aim of the whole
existence of a weed. If one, for ex
ample, removes the large cup-like
flower cluster of the carrot, there will
soon he a half dozen to take its place
and hurry matters, in seeming fear that
they may share the same fate before
the seeds are matured. If a weed gets
a late start, it spends very little time
on stem building, but blossoms almost
from the soil, and puts all its energies
into the perfection of its seeds and the
continuation of its species. A "pusley"
plant will, if left to itself for a few
days, ripen a million seeds, and do it
without ostentation.
Much depends upon the destruction of
the last weed. If 999 are killed and the
thousandth one left to enjoy the su
perior advantages which the destruc
tion of the others has given, it may be
worse than if all had lived and
struggled with each other through an
imperfect growth. One well-grown
and heavily-seeded weed will leave a
large legacy for evil in a rich field. It
is the few weeds that are left in the
cornfields that, having had the best op
portunities, do the mischief and con
tinue the pests.
Weed seeds have a remarkable way
of disseminating themselves. One
farmer, by every means in his power,
roots out the cursed Canada thistle,
while an adjoining field may be largely
devoted to the propagation of this
prickly pest. The thistle seeds are
provided with miniature balloons, by
means of which they are carried by
the lightest winds and will find a fa
vorable place to grow in the well-tilled
field of the thrifty farmer. Therefore,
in the extermination of these pests
there must be an earnest and concerted
action.
I'mninR Flon-erln; Slirulia.
One of the first requisites to success
ful pruning is to be able to correctly
distinguish between shrub3 which
ought to be pruned in winter
and those which ought to be pruned in
summer. If a mistake be made in this
connection, effects diametrically the re
verse of those we wish to bring about
will be the inevitable result. Another
important requisite to insure complete
success is that the various kinds of
shrubs be pruned in the proper season.
Owing, no doubt, to the pressure of
work in the summer time, the pruning
of flowering shrubs is too often neg
lected, and when ultimately attended
to it is. as stated above, generally left
to persons who, from lack of knowledge
or through carelessness, cut away a
quantity of wood, which, if left to the
following spring, would produce a pro
fusion of blossom.
Let us take, for instance, such
shrubs as forsythias, viburnums, ex
ochorda grandiflora. primuses, many
spiraeas, weigelas. etc.. which flower in
the spring or early summer. The
proper time to prune such shrubs is im
mediately after they have done flower
ing. If the plant to be operated upon
be young and expected to grow larger
in order to fill its place in a bed or else-
I where, all that will be found necessary
Iwill be to cut away part of the previous
year's growth. Special' attention will,
of course, have to be paid to the bal- !
ance of the plant, and the operator
must, as far as circumstances will per
mit, strive to give it a natural and
graceful form. If the plant has at
tained the desired size, the old shoots
can be thinned out and cut back to
suit the situation and taste or the par
ties immediately concerned, and it will
be found that young shoots will at
once develop and be in the proper con
dition to yield an abundance of flowers
the ensuing year. A specimen can thus
be kept in good shape, and form for
many years without any apparent
change in its size. In a mixed shrub
bery this method Is of great advantage,
as it limits each plant to its allotted
space and prevents it from encroaching
on its neighbor, or obscuring from
view many of the finer but less robust
growing shrubs.
Many people are under the impres
sion that such shrubs as hardy azaleas,
rhododendrons, etc, cannot be success-
fully pruned, but such is by no means
the case. I have myself found it quite
practicable, by judicious and careful
pruning, to transform. In a few years.
tall, gaunt, unshapely plants of the
kinds just named into beautiful and de-
slraMs peclsteaa. - The pruning of this
class M sarnbs skeuld also be executed
tsusediitely after they have done flow
ering, sad It wiii be found, as stated
above, that yeusg shoots will at once
develop sad be in the proper condition
to yield an abundance of flowers when
the appropriate time arrives.
Later flowering shrubs, such as al
theas, hydrangeas, Roginia hispida.
clerodendron, serotinum, etc., should
be pruned in the winter time. Summer
pruning would indeed be highly injuri
ous in this case, for the simple reason
that, by cutting away any of the young
growths we would, in most' instances,
be mutilating that part of the shrub on
which the flowers are produced. Win
ter pruning is a comparatively more
simple operation than summer pruning,
from the fact that at this season plants
can be cut back to almost any part, and
in the spring young shoots will break
away and produce a profusion of bios
soma at the proper time.
For shrubs having an effect from
their fruit or foliage, such as berberry,
eunonymus, callicarpa, mahonia, etc.. I
would recommend winter pruning. If
trimmed in the summer time it gives
them a stunted appearance, which
mars the beauty of their foliage at a
time when it shows to the best advan
tage and is most appreciated.
It will be observed that in the fore
going remarks the pruning of flowering
shrubs is simply treated in a general
manner. Of course, it goes without
saying that it would be almost impossi
ble, and especially in a short article like
the present, to lay down a hard and
fast rule that would apply in all cases,
for the fact is that in order to obtain
the best results, each species requires
special treatment, a thorough knowl
edge of which can only be acquired by
practice and training. If, however, the
hints given above-be attended to. blun
dering in pruning, and the failure and
disappointment consequent thereon,
can, to a very great extent, be averted,
and many a shrubbery can be .trans
formed from a chaotic mass into a
thing of beauty at once pleasing to the
eye and an ornament in the landscape
American Gardening.
IteatroTlne; the lleaaian My.
W. C. Latta of Purdue University
gives the following advice: Owing to
the prevalence and destructiveness'. of
the Hessian fly this year, concerted ef
forts should be put forth to prevent a
recurrence of its ravages upon the next
wheat crop. In order to prevent a se
rious attack of "the fly" the following
measuies should be adopted:
1. Thoroughly burn all fly-infested
wheat stubble in which there is not a
stand of youngclover or grass.
2. Prepare very early a border, one
of two rods wide, around each field of
wheat, and sow the same to wheat in
.August.
3. Turn this border under very late,
using a jointer, following with roll
and harrow, and then sow the entire
field.
By taking this course many of the
insects which escape -the fire will he
buried when the early:sown border is
turned under, and the late sowing of
the general crop will avoid the earlier
attacks of any remaining "fly."
If these precautions are carefully and
generally observed by the farmers the
Hessian fly will not seriously damage
the next wheat crop. United effort is
necessary to be effective.
Thia la Iiiteretinc
The arrival in New York recently of
a steamer from the Argentine Repuhiic
with a cargo of 120.000 bushels of flax
wed has brought to Iteht some inter
esting facts. It seems that quite a
trade has been going on in seed from
that far-away country for some time,
about 500,000 bushels of the Argentine
seed having already been sold there.
Another vessel with a cargo similar
to the one received, is due there soon.
The flaxseed, although dirty, is report
ed to be of good quality, and the price
is equal to. $1.28 per bushel, duty paid,
the latter amounting to 20 cents per
bushel. Crushers get a rebate on oil
cake exported, which makes the net
price about $1.20 paid for the South
American article. It is interesting to
note that two years ago America ex
ported large quantities of flaxseed
now she is importing.
Few Suggestions. The long-suffer- t
ing mother will And this list of inosti- ;
mable benefit during the whole trying
season: To remove fresh fruit stains
stretch the stained portion of the goods
i
over a basin and pour boiling water
through it until the mark disappears.
To remove old fruit stains, wash the
stained portion of the goods in oxalic
acid until clear. Itin.Ve thoroughly in
clear rain water, wet with ammonia,
rinse again and dry. Grass stains
should be rubbed in either molasses or
alcohol until they disappear, and should
.be washed as usual. Pink stains should
be soaked, in lemon juice, covered with
salt and bleached in the sun. If they
are on colored material they should be
treated with oxalic acid in the same
way as old fruit stains. A mixture of
one-third of powdered alum to two- I
thirds of tartar is also good for obsti- j
nate ink stains and others. Ink stains
on carpets arc removed most easily !
with lemon juice or oxalic acid. Wagon !
grease, tar or pitch stains should be '
rubbed well with lard and then washed :
in the usual way. Colors which have
faded under the influence of acid may '
Im rostnrpfl hv trp;itinp them with :itii '
. -...- ..., . o --- . .....
monia and chloroform. Colors changed
by alkalies may be restored by acid
treatment.
Agriculture in Our Schools. The
schools is making snail's pace. Agita- J
cause or aricuiture in our common
tion of the subject, half-hearted and
half-convinced of its legitimacy, is not
calculated to achive a great end. The
opponent of the proposed work by our
common schools is general passiveness.
a more potent force, or rather obstacle,
than active opposition, for the latter
stirs to conflict and hastens the life or
the death of the movement. ColmanV
Rural World.
Electric Farming. French scientists
are reported to be farming by lightning.
They found that electricity quickens
germination and growth, so they set
up poles armed at the top with "copper
spikes to draw electricity from the air.
A wire conveys it to.a net-work of gal
vanized iron wire four to six feet be
low the growing crops, and grapes are
said to grow fifty per cent larger and
contain more of what grapes arc raised
for.
Hawaiian Soil. Recent investiga- j
tions and experiments go to prove that j
the soil and climate of the Hawaiian
Islands are equally as suitable for the :
production of coffee as they are of '
sugar and it is predicted that within a l
few years much of the land now en-
tirely devoted to sugar raising will be
given over to the production of coffee, i
-The bicycle .has destroyed the sale of
more horses than even the electric road
Uai2 dolie. ;
Bull tlKhtlne has iust been abolished
in France, as a brutal entertainment.
Highest of an in Lritriku iWr. Litest U.S. Got Kcmwtr
M
ilBSOwrenr pure
CoaBaed Sound.
The intensity of confined sound is
finely illustrated at C'ausbrook castle.
ile of Wight, where there is a well 200
feet deep and 12 feet in diameter. The
well has 18 feet of water -in it, and the
entire interior from top to water is
lined with smooth mahonry. Thisliuing
so completely confines the sound that a
pin. dropped from the top can be' heard
ery plainly to strike tho water, at a
distance of 182 feet below. Another
instance is cited from India, where
workmen "at waterworks often talk
with those at the reservoir. 18 miles
t-
enhone being an 18 inch
. ; .1. i --
water main mat, in no longer usea lor er oi two children and lia'tl. bfcen ;Hiar : . -.
conveying water. St. Louis Republic, t ried four -years! and the letter he had. - .'-.".
-j answered had been written" cver:s
M. 1. THOMPSON & CO.:-Dru:iM.Cou- long ago. It was tt."sock "dolJaL'rn.: ' -Jcrport.
Pa. say Hall's Catarrh Ctirc I the and the young man. hunted for-:'t. Knlti-.--1... -'
...-.. ami uiiij Srayun:iUriiarrauit,c...
sold. Druggbls sell It, 75c.
Tho Woniaa Medlcwt Writer.
A London, writer, with due respect'
for women journalists, thinks that the '
only department of a paper that should
be closed to a woman writer is the
medical unless, of course, she is a
medical "man.' He goes on to say that
tiie medical columns of any London
weekly, it is easy to perceive, are con
ducted by accomplished experts, but
case has recently come under his notice
where a young woman who had failed
as an art critic was set to answer the
medical inquiries of correspondents oh
u country paper. "I forget to a
deoi -
mal what
was the exact mortality of
t."' he continues, "but the
tiio district
proprietor said if she remained much
longer on the paper he should have had
no subscribers left. One of her replies
-was something like this: 'To Daisy
Thanks so much for your kind letter.
Yes. The mistake was mine. It
.should iiavc been a quarter grain of
strychnine instead of a quarter of a
pound for your father's complaint.
How unlucky! Itetter luck next time,
but I was so very busy. Y.es. There is
no better shop for mourning" than
lay's.'"
Edwin Lord Weeks, the painter, well
known also to the readers of Harpers
Magazine as the writer of delightful
articles of travel to which he contrib
utes the illustrations, is the writer of
a paper on "Indian Art and Architec-J Mouths.
jure." published in the September num- jme mouthslook iikc- ptaeheR.nnd
ber. According to Mr. Weeks, the art i crcam Rnd .. c, ,
impulse is still strong in India, and not J intoa brick wa, to.ldmita ne.Vdoor or
even the commercial Philistine is able -ndow The. moil, is a Lotbe.T .f
to crush it. flourishing art schools toothaches. the bunghole of oratort
exist in Lahore and Bombay and al-!nm,a bal)ys .erovvnmg Kiorv. It -s-though
their efforts are devoted chiefly patriotismVfountain head and the tool
to artistic manufactures and to decora- chest for - Without it the politician
tion.yet it seems probable that the f would a wamlercr on lhe face of lhl.
school of architecture which produced earth and the cornetist would go down
tlii Tni Maliil nrill nnt lio nllonren lr . . . . . . .
die out.
" J --
A Dancbter' Cruel Joke.
A story is bcinjr told of a young lady
who found a package of love letters
that hud been written to her mother
by her fattier before thej' were mar
ried. The daughter saw that she
could have a little sport, and read them
to her mother, substituting her own
name for that of her mother, and a fine '
young man for that of her fatiier. liie
mother jumped up and down in her
chair, shifting her feet, and seemed
terribly disgusted, untl forbade her
daughter to have anything to do with
the yottng men who would write such
sickening anti nonsensical stuff to a
girL When the young ladj- handed
the letter to her mother to read the
house became so still tiiat one could
hear the grass growing in the back
vard.
"Xansoa'a aVaarlc Cora tJaltra.
WrrntM to cuie or moiirjr refumleil. ak jsor
drutci.-t for it. l'rlce 15 cent'.
'1 he Century for September will con
tain three complete sketches of fiction
, t -
bv popular American writers, repre-,..
t
senlin'c three different sections of tho
country. Mrs. Mary liallock Foote
will contribute a powerful story of
mining lite in the far west, entitled
"The Cup of Trembling." Miss Sarah
Orne .lewett will contribute a humor
ous storv of the "New Kngland coast.
entitled "All My Sad Captains," and
illustrated by Pane. The third- is a
muring sketch, by Ilarr3' StillwelT Kd
wards. of negro life in the south. It is
..ifiilii '! In. f:iim Sw-imn flnlmte "
-" - - f -------, I
mm :s full of humor, and isa faithful;
rel.ceiioii of tho characteristics of the!
negro race.
! i.'inrd tnb'e. s-evowl-haud. for sale
tlicaj'. A.p:v to or nduress. H. C. Akin.
:il S. luh St.. Omaha, Ne'i.
The termination "penny" In such
words, when apiili-'l to nails, is nup
pased to be- a corruption of the word I
'pound." Nails were designated, ac-'
cording to. their weijrht. by the thou
sand. When a thousand of them
weiRhed six pounds they were called j
six-pound nails and ?o forth.
A comparison of the maximum tern ,
pcrature 5n different parts of the -vorld f
shows that the frreat desert of "Africa
Is -by far the hottest. This vast plain,
which extends -.000 miles from east to '
wept and .0K miles from north to south
IS Falii to nave a temperature m. jou
decrees Fahrenheit in the hottest days
of summer.
llomearekera Kxritraiona.
tin Ail", -.lit... Set.t. ICth and 4th. 1S95,
' the Cnion Pncilit System will sell ticket
i :rum t oimcil t'.Inir-. lind Omaha, to loint
M.utli and west in ?et rnska and Kansas
nMi to Colorado. Wrominz. Utah and
.... -. ...... - , . - .. 1
ninno. east ot ueiserami souin oi ncaveri
Canon, at exceedingly low rates. For fu'l'l
information, as to rate, and limit, apply '
to A. C. Drx.v,
C it v Ticket Acent. l.JOii Farnam St.. .
t Omaha, Seb. ,
An evil deed will run a thousand mite:
Kcd ' tion Ioes 1,ot !wk O,,tof hoP-
I.ile lias no i.ie-siu-rni.e a pruueut irieuu. i
? -
The Onward March
of Consumption is
stopped short by Dr.
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery- . If
you haven't waited
beyond reason,
tliere's complete re
covery and cure.
Although by many I
believed .to be incur- (
ahle. mere is me t
evidence of hundreds
of living- witnesses to
the fact that, in all
its earlier stages, con
sumption is a curable
r.o.
5 disease. ot every
Vjj 'case, but a large per- I
&eenfaee of cases, and '
" we believe, Tally H
tiar aTatak- - ss,al'
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
. a. -" aiv .uivu
e(.en "after the disease has projtressed so
far as to induce repeated bleed in jrs from
the lungs, severe lingering .cough with
copious expectoration (including tubercu
lar matter), great loss of flesh and extreme
emaciation and weakness.
"-T
, 9rXZZt
I ".o
Trihled Field andw(Whi,,-ihi",L
nog rence, eKr.Mtaia.ii-iut.-B.
A Solatia FojmhI. -
The Boston Traveller saystbatV few --"
weeks ago a -Maine yonng!man bought .
a pair of socks cotaining a'hote tayftvj"
the writer was an employee of "the" '
Kenosha (Wis.) knitting ".works-.and -
wsnted a good husband. She gave, her -
name and requested the buyer,, if an .'".
unmarried man, to write with.a iev'
to matrimony. The young man .who:, j
found the note considered the nutter.' ;
in all its phases and decided' to wr"ite.rb"..
the girl, lie did. . Awaiting .t.fio- ;ii- .:
swerwith considerable anxictv he wav" '
.. .. - ....
- --. -. isai -.sat .. a.
, stating that the girl wa. now the ihoth-
. ."... .. .. :.-
at last rewarded with -.a c.rtrt letter
.,0i II. fnnnd it .Thn .....r.-hnn, f--
whom he bought tlie socks docsri'.t :tV. '-',--
vertise. ' " -""" -.-."
-Tile Modern Renntr "
- . . .
Thrives on good food" and .sun'shlno.'-tviui "
plenty of exercise jn the. open fr."Horv
form glows .with health and her-fare
blooms with Its. beauty .If"--he.riysteni
needs the cleansing; action of a-iVrxaJiye;
remedy; she uses the gentle and pfcas
ant liquid laxative.. Syrup of. .-ris.'
Philadelphia -Twliia. - . -'
isa cooti iuke'on I'efmatr--
- There
town father and mother, who liofliuiir -
l airo found some ditlicultv Fit- rimlim- :.."-'
I c'eptable names for their twin. babies:"
who, by the way. were girls. After
deliberating over the matter- antl-eqiu.-''
ing to . no. satisfactory conclusion.
paterfamilias struck a happy: idea and
decided to name his babies Kate rind
Duplicate. Recently another pair of.
twins appeared under .the. same rotyf;
this time the infants beihr loys. .Tbe
husband saw here an opportunity to"
get even with his wife, and he deter
mined that she should tiud suitable"
names for her latest olTsprinirs. Imag
ine his feelings when the mother one"
day with a happy aml'sat-isticd air ttld:
her lord and master tiiat she had named
, the boys Peter and Kcpeat'cr. T.hila-
rattelphia J.ecord.
JrTTsr-All FIMstopped fr by Pr. K Unc. fir-.
xtcrve Kestorer. it'lisiltr trie tli ! - i.';. '
JIanrrlouscures. Trvatls;iii.ia2tri'allxnl':fi'-t
ttcascs. tk;na tolr.KllucJl AriUbt..lLila.,l'iw
to an unnonornu crave. Jt is tne cro-
' cer's- friend, the orator's pride and the
dentist's hope. Mammoth Spring Mon
itor. Ksperleare leada asaatr aaetlirra In ar .
"Uso l"ar.ier'i;iiuer Tonic." tecausfrtiitMwci !
slHKt for co Us. pain ami almott enery ncikneii.
Word Which I.h.vme Not.
The number of Knglish words which
have no rhyme. in tiie language is very
large. Five or six thousand at lcas't
are without rhyme anil consequently
can be employed at the end of tint
verse only by transposing the accent,
coupling- them, with an imperfect conso
nance or constructing an artifiybl
rhyme out of two words. Among the
other words to which there are no
rhymes may be mentioned month, sil
ver, liquid, Bpirit. chimney, warmth, -gnlf,
sylph, music, breadth, width. .
depth", honor, iron. echo.
These aiatreaalaa 1'eraa!
Ra-lavthey atv,llinl.TCorni will rvmnfeihemntvl
then you can walk ami run am.r Jump a j like..
Humility is a virtue all preach, none irnc
tice, and yet everybody is content to hvtr
praised.
A U2 a!.!?1. L J.IIU lull. UU JUlilt'Ur'l
. . ,-, . , . .. .,
' lt ntrffntfi In coll t lfunlc f- rrro:l t 1 1 t,.
tV. .-:". -i iti..-.. 1 L.,...a..:.
I .. ,.... w u.... . a..... ... .. v ,k . . ... . ; -.
duccd rates to Albuny. X. Y... on occa
sion of the meeting of the t.ermnn
Catholic Societies of the L'nitcti State.
in that city, Sept. 1.1th to. ISth. For
particulars address .1. Y. Caiahan, l.cui
Agent, III Adams St., Chicago.
Lor liooks not wjth the eve-, but w it h
the mind.
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
MMU KENKCOY, IF MXMWr, MASS..
Has discovered in one of o.ur coiiunuii
pasture weeds a remedy that cure; eve.y
kind of Humor.from the worst ScrofuU
down to a common Pimple.
He lias tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cise.
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
m possession over two hundred lertihciles
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal'card for-book.
A benefit is always experienced ffpm
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is w.ir
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it cause,
shooting rains, like needles passinc
through them: the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the du:ts
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it, Fead the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet eer necessary, fc'at
the best you ca.i get. and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful ixi water af bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Wleta
WflCd
M. --
top your
WaSOtl
in alzs QS
want. S'l to 34
Im-he! hlfh.
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