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On the average, and' taking England ' ; and Wales, one person in 73 is a Smith. on.e" in 76 a Jones, one in" 115 a WII1- iams, one la .148 a Taylor, one 'in 162 .'a-Davles-and one in 174" a Brown. Fish are-'disappearing from Canadian as' -well -as -American waters in conse- qaence of -the fact that 'fish weighing less 'than a quarter of - a pound are ' seined put In fine-nets and marketed. . , . '..English is now included in the list of subjects in the examination for ad- . mission to" the- great military schools in France;' Hitherto Carman has been the only foreign language necessary. A ljwell business man told bis chil- -" dren he,, would give.' them $3 If they- '.would put a lot of wood into the cellar. They sublet the job to other children for $1.50 -and watched them work with -.great . satisfaction. -.1. The peanut- crop is. likely to be a .little" short this year. Tennessee will. .' .probably produce': an average crop, but 'in both. Virginia and North. Carolina, ".the acreage in. peanuts- is 10 to 15 per """ cent less than last "year: la this Werk-a-ltay World Brains -and norvous systems .often Rive way under the', pressure and anxieties of business .Paresis, wasting of the nervous "tissues, a sudden and unfor.warnetl collapse V of-the mental and physical faculties are ' daily occurrences, aa the columns of the dally press show.. Fortify tbe system when exhausted against such untoward events with Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters, that most . helpful medicine of the weak, worn out and iuUrsi. Use it in rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation and malaria. --' .1 he record of attendance at the public schools of the United. States during the last year gives a Jtpta of 15,530,208 pupils.. . - -Frederick Tennyson, the elder brother.ot Alfredl will soon publish anew volume "of verses. ' .-...'.Billiard tab!, 'secorid-haad, for sale cheap. Apply to or addrem, H.XI Akix, 5U S. 12th St., Omaha, Neb. .. Temperance is the moderating of .one's 'desires in. obedience to -reason. .- - In France -an author's heirs enjoy their Tights in bis productions for fifty years ., alter ms death. . Tbe Spanish government will settle tbe ."Mora claim with the United States on Sep tember 15. , - r "The champion light weight a coal dealer. i. Jt is a Fact . . - - - That Hood's Sarsaparilla has an unequal? " j-" ;. .record of cures, tho largest sales in th - . ". -world, asd cures when all others fail. ; -' ... -Hood's Sarsaparilla : '.'.'..: . Is the Only ".-,'?. True Blood Purifier " . .Prominently in the public eye today. $1; p Sl-5 . "r - Be sure to get Hood's." Hi v . ?" Hjood's Pills SSSSur IlltH WHS CL lmittt, Tke Laqaat ktaaaa-ctama f PURE, HIGH GRADE ftiMSrt CHOCOLATES Oa taa Voatiatat hm ncatrat HKHE8TAWMD8 BwattogiMi Industrial tnd Food expositions Caution: la Vttr of tha many iiMtanoaa of Mx labdaaad wrappers on oar K4. caommnaahonldmakanua t our place' of taanfactare. iIt. ajorraoater. 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Russell, of "tbe Wisconsin Experiment Sta tion, contains the following: Pasteurized and sterilized milk does not suffer decompo sition changes .Dearly, as readily as ordinary .-milk. - The heating process eliminates by far the larger portion of the bacteria present in the milk, and with this diminution I there is a corresponding increase in the Keeping properties of the product: either miHr ought to remain sweet for a considerable longer period than, raw njiik. Pasteurized and often the steril ized product, however, undergo sooner or later a fermentation induced by the bacteria spores remaining in the milk. These changes differ from those, re maining' we observe in raw milk. The milk curdles, but the character of the curd is entirely different, and to the taste is not usually very sour. These conditions 'are broughteabont by the presence of bacteria that are able to excrete "rennet, and the soft, jelly-like curd seen in boiled or heated milk is due to this ferment. Lactic acid or eour milk bacteria, as i rule4 do not form spores, so they are easily de stroyed by heat The destruction of these widely-spread organisms leaves the milk seeded with a spore-bearing rennet and butyric acid bacteria, which brings the peculiar change which is noted in pasteurized or sterilized milk. The physical characteristics" of milk treated by heat compared with raw Jnilk as a rule are much less certain. With the sterilized milk there is a marked change in the physical consti tution of the milk that cannot be read ily detected. The application of heat at a temperature exceeding 158 degrees V. for 15 to 20 minutes produces a co agulation of certain proteid elements, and at the same time the milk acquires a peculiar cooked taste. With pasteur ized milk this change is not so appar ent, in fact, no cooked flavor should be perceptible. The physical constitution of the milk is .undoubtedly somewhat modified, even with the lower degree of heat used. This is shown in the way rennet acts on pasteurized milk. The coagulation produced by this chemical ferment is. entirely different in char acter, and appears much more slowly than when acting in fresh milk. For butter-making purposes. or Ior milk or cream consumed directly, the pasteurized process seems to have no injurious effects on the physical con stitution of the material. Butter can be made from pasteurized cream, and aside from the "difference in flavor, which is produced, there is no observ able difference in the texture of grain of the product - Pasteurized cream can also be useJ Indiscriminately for ordinary purposes, for- ice-cream, whipped cream, and for general use. Milk treated by the pas teurized process yields as large a per cent of butter fat, when separated or raised by the gravity system, as the raw milk. By either process the milk Is freed from any diseased bacteria that may have been derived from the cow, or may have fallen into the milk after the milk has been drawn from the ani mal. Ficeona fnr Profit. It was ir. the spring of 1880 that a large farmer was induced by the writer to breed common pigeons for profit Accordingly six pairs of mated white and blue pigeons were sent from the city to the farm and a place boarded off for their accommodation above a part of. the hay mew. The space was about 20xlC feet, with a door for the en trance, and a latyfer extending from tbe upper beams of the barn. In the center of this room a square was partitioned off by railings. In this inclosure were spread sharp, coarse sand and gravel, the railing about the inclosure being necessary to prevent the pigeons from scattering the sand. A box in. one cor- ner of this inclosure was kept filled with egg-shells, broken mortar and clay in lumps. In another box at the opposite side a piece of rock' salt was kept, all this being' necessary to keep pigeons in health. The nest boxes in which to rear the 3oting pigeons were made of low, shallow soap boxes. A box 10x12 inches square and 3 inches deep serves, the purpose. Some of these boxes were nailed a few feet above the door, some higher up, and quite a num ber were put on the floor. Any place will suit a common pigeon. All being ready, the six pairs of birds were set at liberty in the coop. The light was. ad mitted by a small window at the ex treme end of the barn. In the course of a week after the pigeons were liber ated in their new quarters two. pair had built nests, a little hay for that purpose having been provided. The following week these had laid two eggs each, and the four other pairs were building their nests. Thus two pairs were on eggs and four others laying and ready to "sit. The following week all were at work. Pigeons lay two eggs for each clutch. It takes eighteen days to hatch them, three to five weeks before they lay again. Usually a new setting of eggs may be expected three weeks after the first hatch. It takes the young ones five weeks to begin feeding themselves, but the male pigeon usually looks after them until they are able .to attend to their own wants. -The first twelve months the six pair hatched and reared fully eleven pairs of young, or sixty-two pairs in all. These sold for $26.40, or 40 cents per pair, de livered in the city. It cost just $7.65 to feed and. keep them. The profit is plainly visible. Who says pigeons are not worth . their keeping? This old farmer waa very bitter against pigeons of all kinds until convinced to the con vinced to the contrary. . The next season he kept one hundred pairs Of breeders, and -his success was equal to the first season, but the first, coop had to he enlarged. He tells me now that his pigeons, keep himself-and wife in shoes and -clothes and leave something over. 'One of the essential points in keep ing pigeons is to have the sexes equal. If the're'is an extra male.-he will make an. attempt io secure "a mate from the .other males; and thus break up the mat- ings.as well as keep the colony in per petual turomil. :He must.be taken out, or a mate for him must be" procured, from .elsewhere. Ex." Hreedtnr.Agr. A writer In the West VirginirFarm Reporter giv.es -a gestation tahlf. i. ..w... -uuw an estimate or the prop- ' 4r an? filf rAntWYHntlAn .- .HI.1.I..JJ.J - . ' ' , ..v..i.uu, me lengm ou t tlMe during which tha rafredactlve power coatlaMa, and the aamher at fe male which say be preperly served by a single male. According to thtt table, .the proper age for reproduction la 'the mare Is not reached-until "four yean. and the reproductive period coatlhaea from ten to "twelve years.' The stallion should not be put-to "service until five years of age, and hit reproductive power is said to continue from twelve to' "flf :teen" years.' We suppose these periods are Intended to be a. statement of what is the rule, as there are many notable, exceptions where tbe power to- reproduce-in both mares and stallions has -continued for a considerable length of time beyond that indicated. The proper age for reproduction by thecow and ihe bull is placed at three years, which is quite at variance .with the practice, Bulls much' younger are habitually used, and heifers. 'especially of "the milking breeds, frequently ' drop calves at considerably under two years of age. The period during which the' reproductive powers continue in the cow is-placed at from twelve to four teen years and the'bull at from eight to ten.-The age at which the ewe should begin reproduction Is two years, and" the power continues for six years. The .ram begins- at the same age and con tinues for seven years. The reproduc tive age in swine.is placed at one year for both sexes, and is said to -continue for six years. The number of females a stallion 'should serve is put at from twenty to thirty; of a bull from thirty to forty; of a ram from forty to fifty and of a boar from six to ten. ' The practical breeder familiar with the va rious animals-will note a good many. departures in actual practice' from -this. table, which -professes, to give what the practice ought to be. A Cheap Silo. The Colorado State Agricultural Col lege is reported to have an under ground silo which is certainly a mir acle of cheapness of construction.. It. has a capacity of sixty-four tons and was built at a cost of forty-three "cents for each ton of capacity, which would make $27.52 for the silo, or, including the cost of four partitions by which it is divided, the cost is placed aWsixty five cents a ton of capacity, which would make the total cost. Including the partitions, $41.60. It is built on a spot which remains dry the whole year. Here a hole twenty feet "square and eight feet deep was dug chiefly with a scraper and team. The stud ding, two by six , rest on two by six inch sills and are held at the top by t plate of the same size. A single layer of unmatched boards lined with tar pa per is held in place by perpendicular .slats and these constitute tbe sheet ing. Dirt is filled in against the sides. The silo has no roof and the silage is covered with straw and six inches of mostened dirt, which is said to pre serve it well. A silo could hardly be provided for less money than this is said to have, cost Raining- Verse for the Uvern. It was an archbishop of Strasburg. a native of Toulouse, who introduced in the district during the last century the rearing of the Toulouse goose for Its liver, says an English writer. In the region of the Garonne, the poorest of the humblest peasants rears every year a dozen geese, and fattens them on maize or millshorts. The goslins are brought up like the chickens and tur keys members of the peasant's family. The geese are only reared for their. liver; that, duly extracted, is sold, and the proceeds pay the rent The flesh is kept by the family.- and potted in melted lard, and this preserve enters into a variety of succulent dishes in the regions of Bordeaux, Pau, etc The peasants flavor their cabbage soup with a little of it, and it is more liberally served at family fetes, and on holidays.. The geese are kept confined and liter ally stuffed, until there follows a fatty degeneracy of the. liver, and just as this shows itself with the animal .and death is threatened, the bird goes to the block, and the liver, now developed into enormous proportions, goes to the epicure, who pays a fancy price for dis eased liver. How Lone to Krrp a Itrnod Son-.- The first litter as a rule is not so valuable as the following. The second, third and fourth are generally reck oned the most profitable, but I have known sows to have eight or ten "litters of good pigs. While a sow. brings a good litter in numbers, suckles them well and they are fairly level in size, that sow' is a money getter, and a man is foolish to sell her and replace her with one he knows nothing about. But immediately after a sow brings small, un level lit ters, and seems in any way deteriorat ing as a breeder, she should be sold or fattened. Some sows begin to deteri orate after the second or third litter. Some never are any good; the quicker these an; got rid of the better. Seme think old sows are more likely to have the milk fever; in my opinion it is more likely to happen to 'a tow with her seventh or eighth litter than to one producing her second or third, if care be used. No doubt a four or five year" old sow. if made into bacon, is a bit bard, but as they make' up in the. open market &a much as one that has suckled one littet only, this is no obstacle to keeping .them on while they bring up unprofitable litters. Itural World. Australia and America in Competi tion. The hope of cattle and sheep growers in Australia is in short sup plies in the United States. They have so far been able to offer very little com petition to our live stock and tbe sheep growers are in many cases compelled again to resort to tanking their, sheep to. tallow, f kins and" fertilizer. They .have no end of stock they could put upon the English market at very low figures, but they can not. get price enough now to pay for the enormous - cost of transportation and leave any thing to the good.--Drovers' Journal. A Good Dust Bath. During the sum mer season a. good way to -provide a dust bath is to- dig out a space in the poultry yard three feet square and about six or eight inches deep. When the dirt .is dry sift it back into the place from which it-was taken, and at the same time sprinkle' a little carbolic acid .over it. After each rain stir the dirt to keen-it fine, but it nep not 'again be sifted. The hens will resort to it and rid themselves of lice. If the poultry-house is kept clean and a dust bath provided, the hens v.'ill keep themselves free from lice. Ex. Indiana Sheep and. Wool, The breeds of sheep, pounds of -wool and other facts to date regarding this industry are given by the Indiana' bureau of sta tistics in a bulletin just iEsued,.as fol lows: Cotswold, 33,408; Merino. 25,325; Southdowns, 51,911; all other breeds. i 770.871; lambs. 511.578; number killed liv flrM mtut'vafkw 7ft 79 J . n.....KAM .1?.. 1 past. year. .62.100; pounds uf wool clip- . .- . - "r" !-...,..,, uumuci UK-ll ped lu ls94, 4,H.J45. 4 FARM AND GAEDEN. MATTERS' OF .INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Seaae Va-ta-Data Hlats Aaoat CalUva-' ttaa t tha 8aH aael Yields Themaf Herttealtara, VtUealtare' aa lteri. emlti OMB YEARS AGO Prof. L..H." Bailey, addressing a farm ers' meeting, in Michigan, said: W.e must foster every advantage which ' shall In crease the farmer's, influence. We must make the farm pay iq two ways rather than in one. It is-not enough that we demand influence. The first aecessity In tho demand is the desire to demand. We do not want " pre ferment until we want It The desire must be individual, sincere. We often clamor because our neighbors clamor. We want a mouse-colored mare be cause Smith has one. ' We want more farmers in congress because it is the fashion to want them. The farm is not so isolated from the heart of fashion .that it receives none of its impulse. Desire once" alive, we must measure. Its consequences as if its fulfillment were in our own hands. 'Many of us would be miserable if all our prayers were answered.- Our desire once trimmed and tempered, we must make ourselves worthy -of it As a rule, all men find, their true level as do the waters of the sea. The ebb and the flow of influence and position are not haphazard. Our station is for. the most part, if not en tirely, Just where it deserves 'to be. '.'The world owes me a living," says one, and he folds his hands. ."But you 'must dun her tor it," says the- other as he clutches his spade. The farmer is coming to the front It is because he deserves it It is be- CURSED The Illustration on this page shows the leaves, stem, flower and fruit of Cursed .Crowfoot (Ranunculus scelera tus). It is a low herbaceous plant of the Buttercup family, with-a smooth, thickish, spongy stem, much branched above. Tbe lower leaves are one-half, inch In diameter, deeply three-lobed,. with lobes coarsely and obtusely toothed;' the upper leaves become nar rower and less divided, or almost linear and undivided. The flowers are very numerous and small,- on pedicles half an inch to an inch in length. The light yellow petals are less than one-fourth inch in length. The heads of capels or fruit are, when mature, about half cause his aspirations are higher. But he can not lift himself by his boot straps. To-morrow the world will not recognize him more than it does to-day. unless he has made advancement. The secret power of the mower and the reaper is this: It gives us more leisure for the development of the mind and the heart. If they fail of this their mis sion is a curse; let us return to. the scythe and the sickle. We do not need improved machinery and better .stock so much as we need to know the pos sibilities of what we. have. We need better school houses and pleasanter homes. If you .will pet It on a plane of dollars and cents, we must advertise. Here is a secret which we have not learned. Wc need' to profit by the ex ample of the merchant-who adorns his windows and! who insists that people must know that he has opened a new case of calico. If we demand influence and recognition we must let the world know, -what we have and. what we are. Make it .recognize you whether it would or not. The farmer must ad vertise himself as well as his cabbages. But we must generally resort to strata gem. We fail to catch the butterfly if we chase Its irregular flight over the meadow, but the still hunt beside a thistle brings us a' captive. We must not say to the. Goddess of Liberty, "I demand representation," but we -must invite her to' sit in our vineyard and to eat bur stuffed turkey. :ln other words, we -must attract men, we must aim at 6tyle in farming. Herein' lies the greatest .need of our agriculture. I rode, oyer the Green mountains. There were farm houses deserted and great farms returning to nature. The bleak homesteads stared at me. "Hap py were 'the young men and women who escaped this. desolation for the. city," I thought. "Surely tbe decimation of these farms is not due to poor soil or commercial conditions, but- to .unat tractive homes:" - A - decrepit school house. yawned on a bare 'and dusty f roadside. Tne place itself told me why the seats were whittled and why the scholars never got beyond the "rule o' three." I did not blame them for pre ferring to 'trap woodchocks .in the ledges. 'If L found "a home adorned within and without, I usually found young people anxious to settle near the Trtrinestead; I found kindly sentiment and courteous manners. . I visited the fruit markets of a great city. Fruit, at the same quality sold for far. different prices, but that which sold the -best bore a neat label with a picture of an attractive residence. When afterward I visited the little vil lage near which this farm lay, I found tlf 47 B B ' I it - -aa al- ' Iv J J- .'." '4sV SBBa iBVaafl m asT :llSI7 JX Ji 'aaai l -, aV I !r aaai iW af ' B Bs,.l mW' J Sal H War a CmS V aaaltv I BBBM aaaam W " -i vl aUPTf ' afl Baaal IyAwVI Hvi yy sbbbb. m '-aaaaaTr Ba c3aak Bl jn m. ,00 aBar- aaaWaaBBV - ' I "JaVaraaaaaTaaaa NMSaaajKafB yVl. "-" """""vNam vM lawy . BBS SatmBB' r MBS " avBa' Baa bbT m m H .""'-. both tbe farm and its proprietor to be MMlar fatk sake why. I waa toM that "Mr. aaatlfml farm an a mica familv " Wham I TWtM felt rarm found that hit success was no mystery. The goddess C position sad ialaeace sat fn his front yard. I knew the man by his predbMS, He advertised. A farm near an eastern city is popular and prosperous because It is attractive. A half sera of embellished lawn Is more profitable to its proprietor tham a dosen cows. Our sons leave the farm and we blame the college or the school. We should as often blame the heme sur roundings. The 'man never lived who was educated too much for the .farm. America' ought to . become the rural queen of the world, and die coming farmer -must recognise this fact or go to. the wall. It is one of the signs of the times. Water amd Plaata. Careful experiments show that im mense quantities of water are thrown off by plants. An oak tree with 700, 000 leaves has been estimated to throw off 700 tons of water while carrying the leaves. " What must be the amount that a field of clover or corn throws off? It is estimated, on an average, 300 pounds to each pound 'of 'dry matter pro duced, although it varies with different 1 species of vegetation. And where does it come-from- during our- drouths? Even in' seasons of normal moistnre and rainfall the ground always' seems dry in a 'meadow or at the roots, of plants. and trees. -An eminent botan ist advances the theory that plants and trees have possibly the power to trans form, gaseous '. elements into liquids. We noticed last season in deeply .sub soiled ground that after the first three inches had been passed the soil was so moist that it could be packed in. tbe hand by squeezing.- This state con tinued downward, but after a few feet diminished,- and at tbe depth of. six feet continued the same .down to the .water bearing strata. If the' theory above referred to be correct -cultivation and subsoiling relieves the plants CROWFOOT. an inch long, densely crowded with the minute seeds. The- plant., attains a height of a foot or two. It is a native of Europe, but has been widely distributed over the world. It is found mainly in ditches and other wet places. -The name was not given 'by reason of any extreme troublesome ness as a weed, but on account of the acid and biting character of the juice. This is so irritating that if applied to the skin it will readily produce blisters. Notwithstanding this fact, if the plant be boiled and the water thrown off, it is not unwholesome, and is sometimes eaten by the peasants in Germany as a vegetable. Farmers' Review. and trees of the tax on their powers which this transforming of gaseous elements into water would require Iowa Homestead. The Sleep of Leaves. This can in no way be compared to the sleep of animals, but refers to the fact that the leaves of clover take dif ferent positions at night from those assumed during the day time. This difference- in position is caused by tur gescence' m the "pulvlnus," which is the name applied to a mass of small cells of a pale color found in a certain portion of the leaf stalk. Experiments show that leaves kept open or spread apart contain more dew in the-morning and hence become cool er than those, which annroach Mih other. The leaves crowd together or" "sleep" for the same purpose that pigs crowd together- on a cold night, viz.: to keep warm. It has been found that the leaves which sleep do not remain quiet during the night, but continue." without exception; to move during the whole twenty-four hours. All . non sleeping leaves are also in incessant motion, circumnutating. The sleep of plants -is a mere modified form- of this universal circumnufation, During a warm, dry day, leaves also assume the sleeping position, which aids in check ing evaporation. There are more "sleeping" plants among the Legumi nosae'than are found in all other fam ilies put. together. Prof. W. J. Beal. Save the Feed. With. a short crop of hay reported from all of the principal hay growing states, he will certainly be a wasteful farmer who does not stack the straw carefully and preserve it In good condition for winter feeding. Choice new timothy hay is now selling for $12' to $13 in Chicago, and choice, upland wild hay is bringing almost as much.. At these prices we can well af ford to sell hay and. buy cheap by-products. If necessary, to feed with the straw and corn fodder. We do not ad vocate raising hay to sell,, but we be lieve in holding tbe platter right side up after one" year "of panic and another of drouth. Farm and Dairy.. Save the Corn Stalks This Fall. The short hay crop suggests, ample prepara tion for saving. the corn fodder, both by silo and dry storage. It has been found that dry .forage along with silage makes better feed for all kinds of stock. Generally there is enough corn fodder wasted and lost to make up the present' shortage' of bay, if It was saved prop erly. Now is a good time 'to consider -the.se matters and prepare to meet present conditions. Ex. tha If I Ta Cm far The Ohte Sxpariaeat Station ntiag somewhat to de termine the relative raise of wheat, and earn aa feed for hogs. .It is not claim ed .that absolute and complete results are had as yet, bat every carefully con--dncted experiment contributes some thing to the solution of the question, which Buy continue to he of consider able practical Importance. In "this Ohio experiment there' were used ntne high grade Poland China hogs--slx barrows and three sows with an average weight of 135 lbs., who were fed during a pre limipary week on corn 'and .wheat, half and half .by weight At the end of the' week they were divided into three lots .with two barrows and one sow in-each lot One 'lot was then fed corn, anoth er fed wheat, and the third fed wheat and corn, half 'and half by weight All that either lot was given in addition was water, coal ashes, sulphur and salt Two days before the experiment be-, gun, the day of the beginning, and two days after it begun, the hogs.. were, weighed, and the averagtaken as the' initial weight In the same way the final weights were had at the end of Ihe ten weeks of the experiment At the end of the ten weeks the gains were---.' lot fed wheat, 291 lbs.; lot, fed wheat and corn, 292 lbs.? lot fed corn, 271 lbs. It will be seen that the best results were obtained, for the number of 'pounds eaten, where corn and wheat were fed half and half by weight; the next' best' result where wheat was fed alone, and when corn was fed alone the least increase was made for the number of pounds of food eaten. To make 100 lbs. of increase took 438 lbs. of wheat or 453 lb's. .of corn. That is, a bushel of wheat made 13.7 lbs. of pork, while a bushel of corn made 12.3 lbs. .The' hogs sold for $5.15 per hundredweight Not -count-.ing labor a bushel" of wheat converted into-pork, sold for 70.5 "cents, and the bushel of corn 63:3. While' this is. not conclusive, in all respects, it indi cates that 'under ordinary conditions, at least the less marketable grades of wheat can -be used as 'hog feed very profitably. It looks very much as .if wheat was to be a constant factor -in pork making, particularly in this por tion of the country, where, wheat -is grown cheaply and corn has not gained a very extensive foothold. If in .Min nesota and the Dakotas low grade or frosted 'wheats can be sold to' the hogs at near 70 cents, the-porcine element has great inducement to multiply, and the' wheat producer can grow still more cheerful. lfliMtiimAnt a .vmlriTlt.- anil Thjr Berry. 'Ballet in. For September. 1895. Every grower of small fruits .should understand the best method of propa gating plants. Soil, location and. management-nave a marked influence on same variety-- From this fact often - comes ' both praise and condemnation of same va rieties. Jf The best for you may not be besf for a neighbor. ' Some varieties do well in most locali ties and may be used without risk; others, especially new kinds, should be first, tried in a. limited way, then propagate such as do the best for you. " A strawberry plant should repro duce hundreds in a single year, and raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries and grapes are nearly ..as prolific. New plants from black raspberries are secured by covering the-tips of hew canes lightly with moist dirt and leav ing until spring! They are then ready toset. Best plants from the blackberry are grown by digging large thrifty roots, cutting them in pieces fotir or five inches In length,- and planting in a well prepared seed bed. They make good plants in .one season. New canes or. suckers are also used, and make good plants, if carefully dug with a portion of the cross root, at tached. For currants and -grapes, select thrifty new growth, cut in pieces six to twelve inches in length and set six. or eight inches apart in rows, leaving only one or two buds above ground. Press. dirt firmly about all cuttings. Gooseberries are sometimes grown from cuttings, same as currants and grapes, but are not so easily propa gated. The better way is to bend branches' to the.ground in fall or early spring and cover with moist dirt. Fine rootswill start along the branch In onejeason, then make into cuttings and set out same ss" currants .and grapes. Cuttings require" deep rich' soil and clean cultivation. They may be made after first frosts and set at once, or tied in bundles, buried in cellar away from frost, and set early in spring. Label each bundle as. made and mark., each row as set. By growing your own plants, a love for them is created, that would not otherwise exist. ' M. A. Thayer. Sparta. Wis. A Frightened Horse. Vhen a horse becomes frightened, demoralized or otherwise rattled- about something he encounters, but does, not understand, a good way to quiet him down is sim ply to talk to him in a good tone of Voice. -If. a horse gets frightened at something he sees in the road, stop him at once and give him a formal intro duction to it, telling him in the mean time how 'very foolish he is to let such a little thing disturb him. Nothing can be worse than to whip a horse when he is frightened. He doesn't get fright ened because he wants to. It is only because he has seen or heard something- .that he is not .familiar- with. After. - he once gets thoroughly ac quainted with the object of his uneasi ness, it win never ingnten mm again. i- Found in a- Bull's Stomach. The other day a Lockerbie butcher killed a fat bullock, and while engaged remov ing the stomach from the carcass, much to. his surprise his knife came upon some hard substance. On closer exam ination he found that the-hard sub stance was a long steel pin with an acorn head, such as are used by ladles for putting into their hats. The bull was very fat, ana did not seem at all inconvenienced by the pin, which. it is conjectured, had been swallowed along with fodder. London Meat Trades' Journal. Lessened Exports of Pork. The total exports of provisions, including live cattle and nogs, show a falling away of abont 8 percent in the twelve months. ending June 30, over the same period in the preceding year. Theexpdrts.of pork were 1895, $4,130,746 and'$5',118," 624 In 1894; bacon shows a less falling off. the totals being $37,662,100 and" $38, 285,649. Hams show a slight increase for .the same period, $9,789,406 to $10.- 868.218. Live hogs show an increase' from l,104to 2.542. but-that, is not a popular way of ser-ding the hog abroad. "Wife My dear, I.-want four hundred dollars for pin-money. Husband Humph! ' Pins . must be. high (his year. Wife Yes. Diamond pins are". X.. Y. Weekly. i Hijnat of all ia LeareniBc Ptower. Latest U. & Gov't Report wmm ABSGMJVWEKtl PURE A New Grarlng. JariiesW , Matthews pf .Monmouth, III., has invented a, new trearinirfor bicycles. He claims for the device thatl it creates-hijrlier speed -with little" addi tional friction. Une revolution of the pedals drives the'bicr'clfc a distance of twenty-one and a halt feet. home of the best rulers in Chicago .bayc tested the invention by using it up grades and against-stiff winds.andjill declare that the-wheel, which is geared to eighty four, inches, was driven as easily as one -geared to sixty-eight or seventy. Sir. "Matthew's invention consists of an in terior gear 'wheel with seventy-two teeth, attached to the crank hanger. This wh.ee! resembles the large sprock et wheel of an ordinary bicycle in shape ! and diners from it only in having tne power'distributed from tlie inside. This, wheel is solidly brazed to the "crank axle, and'eonsequently cannot become easily disarranged. ." Three'inches back. oi tho interior-pear wheel, and fasten- cd to .the rear forks, by an adjustable concisa "pinion" wheel.with twentv. - four exterior tee tit This "'is -operated by contact .with the gear wheel. Ati tached to the same axle.and on the chain side" is' a small sprocket 'wheel with eight teethover. which the'ehain passes to 'the sprocket on -the driving wheel.- ..These", two .sprockets- are of uniform .size. The ratio of speed is'as seventy-two" to twenty-four, "or three' to one, or when a twenty-eight inclr wheel is used" for driving purposes-a .gear of eightyNfour inches . is "obtained." If a larger or a smaller wheel" is used .the gear is increased or decreased an pro portion. .. Wanted a .-. .Trial. . A liumeroiis scene was-enacted in the superior courtroom at Jackson, Ua. re cufy .laccording to the Atlanta Con stitution). A negro had been charged, with burglarizing a store. Colonel Watkins defended him, and was about tai raTifan tit it ificn. wTrli mr11 Tiar-tiA4 L..s .-.:: -- .u- .. r .... gro quietly informed the colonel that ne desired to plead guilty.. Judge J'eck accordingly read the law in the case and sentenced the .negro for ten years. Dumbfounded at this long sentence, the negro rolled" his eyes round. and beckoned Colonel Watkins to Come for ward, and when theiaAvver reached his l" side, the negro.gently whispered: "Say. Mr, Wadkins, kain'tyer 'peal fer anew trial?" "TVor! nst-iouscur Tia2jMaiiS3rnaibouWrmt i klcaja.- ScnatODr.KliDeaiArcUSi.,Kiila.,f. I'ctrilird Oysters. A bed-of petrified oysters has been found on the top of liig mountain, just back of Forkston. Wyoming county, I "a. A short time since A, .Unison. St ark and William X. Reynolds. "jr.. of Lafay ette college, amateur geologists, spent a uu v on i ue mountain, anu orougnt baelc-a fine collection of the petrified 'bivalves. Some of the specimens are of mammoth size, one in Mr- Reynold's possession' measuring- - twenty-two inehes long by nino inches wide and weighing forty pounds. The specimens range in. all sizes. Pio's Cure for Consumption relieves th"o most obstinate oon:hs.--Hev. 1). Bitch-M1-EU.EK,. Lexington. Mo., Fel. -4, !M. 1 I.rmon .lair aa I'oliah. I J C. SIMPSON. Marquess. W-Va , says: 'to followers of Christ and jfcreticV to "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a'very bad tlie doctrine-of Corifiiei'ous: . Taking case of catarrh." Drufc-sists.sell it. 73c. - everything' into ""consideration, it i.H a Lemon juice applied to cast iron arti- ."" Knows l.ic naue.it. t.asat cles gives an excellent finish to the sur-.ad7 cn discharged from the eluiriU.-. face of the metal. It turns the portion: ot polished cast iron to wnich it is ap plied to a bronze black, and when touched' over with shellac varnish will absorb a suflicient amount of the var nish to preserve, it. To many lemon juice would seem to bc:a weak and. in effective aeid frir.metal, but everyone knows how cfitickly a knife blade of steel will blacken . when used to "cut a lemon, and tlie darkening of polished iron by the acid is very beautiful. "Xmsob's JKafflc Cora Salve." - Warranted U ture 'Or urohey refunilcl. Ask yoar druKKfet Tor it. Trice 13 cents. A New- T'l'riipir lilra. After laborious toil at constructing enormous and complex, mechanisms by which telescopes can be dircctc.il to any quarter of the heavens astronomers have all at once bethought themselves of the plan of leaving the big" tube im- -, 11- -T to lio i ti.-itm-.. r- ti... I...ic -.nr.tinr. I in JtlOU. The AtianticMonthly for Scprcmher. contains the first installment of a three-part story, by Charles KgberU" Craddock. entitled The Mystery of 'Witch-Face Mountain. The second of! Dr. .lohn Kiske's historical papers has for. a subject. .lohn Smith in Vir inia. in which nc reopens viirorouslv the discussion v- ,- ---.. .-..- in regard-to mis .interesting 1 .rail ford Torry cofitrib-i cliaraoter. utes another Tennessee sketch. Chick-. amauga, which will be of special interest in view of this summer's raeii'i-' orable gathering at Lookout Mono-' tain. Among other features are ("tiides: A l'rotest. by Atrnes llepp'ier. import ant book reviews, and- the .Cpntrib- litors' Club. Houghton. Mi 111 in & Co., ' Boston. . ... Canine Halt.- '. ; Washington Star: "There's just, one thing that I want to say," said the':.pro prietor of. the newspaper to his man-' aging editor. '-and. that is that We've been imposed on long enough.' "What's" the matter'.'" 'We're going to turn.overa new. leaf. j. If these.pugilists are going to do their ' fighting in the ii'ewsnapers they'll have to pay for it the same as the baking! powder manufacturers." There is" "no better magazine- for wives and mothers than ood House-: keeping. 'Sprinylield. . Mass. it has made a big success in all of its depart-,. ments. but its aO.OOO readers are de- irgnieu with the series ot anagrams whieh-it has been publishing. In its September issue there will be one pn , ''HO nnnnlfir nili-Artittpn: fillfl miefrl !s- ! ments, with ;i series of valuable prizes. The publishers will send a sample copy containing particulars lor o cents. "Waste of Jime and words are the two greatest expense in life. WOMEN'SFACES' like flowers, fade) Aar want, fni-l and wither with time; i Tirfj the bloom of the rose ! '" is only known to the J movauienuit Horizontal, ami mrowmg i t,e Union IViJie Sv-teut-uiil sell- ti:ljet -the image of the desired star into it by Ironi Coimeii BlutrKaml Dnialia- to joim means of a rellector. This surprising- ! south and wevt in Nei.rnsl,n' mid Knnai ly simple plan Is to he followed in H M1 to' Colorado. U'yoriiiu,'. Ctiih ami mounting the great telescope which isj "iaho, east of JVe.iser ami .-vntli ot Beaver-. nvtn 17 t( neaiiiiy -woman's i-Casr many cheeks. The. aerV-timan a,ra ous strain caused by i ""totewi't t. n:i.....r ,t f-of-low wbrrl lHffsnnnnat "m-A. pains peculiar to. the rorhauiinc sex; and the labor gnih.tUer, maa. andrworrv of rearme iirr. a family.. Can often, 'r?1Jf".0,."r?' be traced by the lines inthe woman's -face. E,WlrairaT.;i. Dull eyes, the sallow or -wrinkled face-and i'.o.Bo3; guincy-iii. those feeliugs of weakness " have their rise in the derangements and- frregularities i peculiar to women. The functional dc- " rangements. painful disorders, and chronic I weaknesses of women, can be cured with ! Dr. "Pierce's-Favorite Prescription. For the, young girl" just ejitcring .womanhood, for tne mother ami uiose about to necome mothers, and later in " the ciiaiie of life." the " Prescription " i? jtist'wliat they ucrj; it aids nature in preparing the. system tVu these "events. It's a medicine -prescribed for thirty years, by Ir. K. . 1'ier.ee, chit f consulting physician.-tu the Invalids' Hotel sad Sargical Institute, at Bufialo, N. Y. ' i. fl..'.' War.tnl -'a In.vhlintta Cjiniparian'na. One nf tlje'new members of co.njrrc'ss was, a few.years aj;o..a county junge. in the state, from whiclihe ha.hs. (says the" Washington Star):. "O.n one occasion in his court, a lawyer wa? pleading a-casu I and was-making a speech which stirre'il the jury to "its 'profoundAit. depth.' . In tne course of ins peroration, he .sanf-. "And, gentlemen of tho jury asJ standi t this bar today, in behalf .of a ris oner. whose health is such that -a7t au5" moment 'he. maybe caltvtl-"before a greater- judge than the judge o this. court, i " The judge. on the "Jen;:li. rapped sha.rp'yon the", desk, and thf lawyer-stopped suddenly and looked.. at him questioning-. "The gentleman;-"." said the court with dignity. . "will pi ease 'con fine himself to the-'cas'e Vie-. fore'thc jury, and notporini, iih'useJ'f to" indulge in im-'dioiis.rptnpafiMtns..' The-Mmlcrii Kr-'autr'.- .- . Thrives pn good food and sunMiin'sVwlth. Jleniy or .exercise in the. open ir.-Hcr J l0rm Slows? with lualth und.'ier face:- blooms.with its 'beauty,. If her system- .needs- Ure.cleansing action "of :i hixatl ve- remedy, she uses the" gentle and 'pleas-; ant liquid laxative. Sytrui". of KIgs:! ' . t'ruktlrn .lljaaiitnarr I ffu'rlr. - A great deal of inissii'nar.y effort has .' ..been, 'expended -upon, the- Chinese in : California, and esneetaU'v in San- Fran- " Cisco,- bu't.it-requires a niiei:osco'ne-'to:.- discover any r.eaFconv.t-rsionsafter forty ye'ars of labor. . Tn .the w;v ofdoing- -actual good. for tlie ureteli.eii 'people of our shims' -Slot). w"ll-acco'irinlkli-more than 10.000" spent in trying to change-.. - the Chjnese. in tiieir Howvrv. Kingdom fair question' whether" then is uotT great waste of Christian effort as .we'll" as .of money fn these tit temptsto cn"v ..vert Chinese, who -won't" be converted " and whether it Would not be. more-practical, as welt as more Christian to Co'tir: centrate some, of this effort and niti'ticy" upon- tho heathen at our'verv doors who know neither Christ nor Con fite.iusv '- Chicago Tribune-. Tttkr ratrker'aOlBgrirsnlr-homr Mflli'jnit'. You -lir flml it 1 j'tcvii: your esiet-t:i!t iin'-T." abatiac colil, anil in.iny UK aiLcS u.ml woaWm.-vMM-" Whrrt. thv- IntrrrM'- Lira. I am an old vbmaji and.must'havc my say, and" I tell you that when 4v.ou alt come into the ftillest intelligence yon.'' will tind'that the three really 'interest-' ing things.of life are that-human beings are born, "marry and die: that we grbiv up in- families, have friends., lovers. husbands..chi'dren;:that the real fillip of existence, the stimulating- charm. ine ever renewed coruiai eunies irom tliesesimpleeleiuentary.fac'ts:thrtt.tliey . occasion the talk, the wit. the tun, the. absurdities, the follies, the - heartaches., which make life worth living. Patln la net roadarlTr ta plritxiarc. . 'spcciajlf when KiakntIJy rurii) Himh rcornv will please you. fur II r?mots them per fvc.ly. . ' " '. rilln in Her Itraiii. - In the clinic of l'rof- Von Banlelebetr. -in Berlin, the other-day a cnurioussnr-: gicai operation was performed.. .-A'ilH.' year-old seamstress named AViliielVnina Strange had adarning- needle almost.. three inches long removed from her brain, where it must have been, im be'dded since babyhood. The poor girl . all her life- had often' -suffered head--., aches." sometimes aggravated ' by-" spasms. How the need le.ever got there .C'a CaMMUVBalaawa - I tb oldrst ami U-t. It will break ui aCoM naiefc ertbanaajrtblpKclae. It lsalways reliable. TrTlb- Onr $pmni KiiuiikIi. A Boston'man traveling through tlie south was obliged to stop ' over in a small town where there was --but obi;;, hotel, at which the .accommodations' were hardly to be called elaborate. '-When-'the .colored waiter .brought his. lin ner the Boston man found -that-he' was- to have roast beef, stewed toma toes, corn. peas., potntoch a.nd-coffee; '. the vegetables served in the tiVual stone, china-canoes. Presently he said to. tlie waiter: "Dick. nas.-. the spoons. "' The waiter rolled his eyes it) gcntiine amaze- -ment: .'S.pophs, sab'. "What you want with the spoons? There's, yo" 'spoon in. yo corn. "- IImrarlCrrV ;xriiriiti. On Anrr "flth.Snut Ifith fivnl Ml.- tftv.' ------ -'- " ---'-. aw. wiill .'' information, as tu' rates and- tiiiiit-,-plv- - ..,... i... v.1..1Ki i. ....;-. , .i in. I to " . i, I . .Ui City Ticket Agent; Mr: Fnrtiam .St:. flfftiilui Xoli , j J j ' The Greatest ried'cxi I Discovery: of the Age-. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, OQNAU'kEKNEOY, OF ROXBiCY, MASS;. Has discovered in one ot our" coinmoii. pasture weeds a renifdv fiut cures "very kjrkl of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down tr a commoi'ri'iiuplc. He lias tried it iaover eleven imniIre.J .cases, and never failed e.u"epl in twi cases (ijoth-thunder humor). He ius n.vv in his " possession over tv lunulrVd etiiicates .-of-its Iue. all witli'm; twenty miles of- Boston. &nJ postal card torboL . --."" A I'eneiit is :dwavs cxperie'rireil irfini the first bottle, ami a perfect ctirc is war-." ranted when. the ri'iit 4u.1n.1iv is taken. Wlren the lnutjs. are affected it causes . .shooting, yaisi. like neet.iles passing through tliem th sime wjth the, Liver . or Bowels. Tiiis is" caused by the'ducts "being stopped, and always. disappears in a week after taking ir. Read tire label.- h" the stomach is foul or bi!u'it vill cause squeamish feelings at first. o clunge of diet ever necessarj-. ' Eat the best you ca.i get. and enough" -of it. . se, one-tablesptHinful in yater af bed time. 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