-?.?-"-" "SS? v vKd5 A-V.1FjS L? --"1 nT 1-.V . -- -. -v- . -? . VfBT T"TOT2f2iiJ ssaswBgireiBww.aas'atfj'&taMMSsMsJBaMra B -.- . a yw wnfii, . The goverasseat has' adopted for the aseof the navy a new -weapoa. called the Lee rifle.- It is the lightest fu ever ;. used ia-theoarsay, but is said to be f ally . j as 'destractive as the Krsgg-Jorjreattteav 'weapon; .with Which the army is now -'provided. The' Lee rifle -is -oaly -27 . -."inches in length and weighs only eight - pounds, bst'its power is represented as 'being equal- to CO inches of oak, or :' three-qnartersofan inch' of steel, with .-. "'"ji velocity, of about 2.000 feet persec- -; jand. 'If carries a ballet no larger than. . i .pea'in.c.ircuinferepce and about a half . ' inch in length, and' its powers of pene- -'. tra'ribnis'said to be greater than that -. :Vof any other rifle, "An estimate of the . " ;-yelocity'Of.a"-bullet shot- iron this gun ; ' .shows "that it will travel nearly twice - as fast as sound for .the "distance of : mile;,.malcing-'it possible that theweap-. oa. may -bemused with destructive effect -." at . that 'distance, without, giving any -.warning. -., : ' - . Keep Yoar.Wratber Kye Open. .. " -. ; fraud loves a-shlning mark. Occasionally ". VpuriousimUaHoBsspringupof Hosfetters -f'looi'ah hi iters, the Rrrat American family rtmedjrfor fejiillsand fever, dyspepsia, cob- Vtipafldn, lulliousue-s nervottsnels. neural- V Eia:. rheumatism and kidney disorder. . ': 'i hens Imitatipns are usually fiery local bit - fersfuU'of-hljilj wjnes. Look .out fQr the firm sipuature'on tbe renulne label and vff- - nette of hi. Ucerge.aod tbe .Dragon. "-".- " : r; '."-'.'. A National Park. .. ..An.effort is'to be'made to have set ' 'a tort for .a -national park; 'a -tract of '. I Jocky. Mountain' foothill land," reach- ': ing from' the Prickly Pear. Canon to the '- Canadian line, in the western part of. ' .Montana. -:.lt ii said.to have all the.at- .. .-.-tritctions'of the. Yellowstone, and much ".ftire'ga"m'e,. .which .can .only' be. 'pre-. . served'- by some 'action'of this kind. : '-.The.ijumberabd vast-.extent-of tracts '.-- jnf-latid -already- set. apart .-by. this - -Vo'untry as parks is- not dreamed of by - 'the public, there- being no less than :-. fifteen scattered" through the far west-. ern states, most of themf orest reserves jof great site. .. There are three of these . forest reserves in Alaska, and in" Cali ' fo.rbja there are four.' Our country has ."'. none too much. land.to begin .now to ivpa&erve some considerable portions of '. . itorthe'futare and to keep intact all .;.'po$sibleof the natural wonders.' forests, -. ' rivers wild game and ': other ' features "':' :tliat mayribeof 'interest and .value'.-to - . ebralng generations. .." - ' - - 4 . -".- " The devil iee to it that a scold never gets .--' -hoarse. :'--'- -. . DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING .CHAPTERS OUR RURAL READERS. FOR Haw "BaceeatTal -Farmer Operate This Departaaeat at the Farm A Few ' Btata as te the Care 'of Uv Stock aa -PeaUry. lJLaaaalA afaaataaal aWaBNaWl iR to an ' engine, the ".fuel." Now, only enough fuel M e d i c i n e s -. " - "... -..Is -:fuly :as hnMrtalit "and as-beneficial 1. as Spring-Medicine, for at this treason - there -is Rteat. "danger -to health, ia the :'afjiug tcirijiciituref'""cold storms, .'ma- lafiiT: crfas, 'prevalence of fevers .and other jdiscascs. . All thefcc may be avoided ." tf -Mho. blood jVkcpt pure, the digestion gtiodand-itodily .health' -vigorous by taking Hood Sarsaparilla ' t The One True Blood Purifier. " . .". . - Hood's Pilis isasaa-a- Waiitf taker i ft. IWW. Tha Ttifnt Minhiiin of - PURE, HIGH CRADC .. Cocoas 2Chocoute8 OnUik CootiaratbaTn(ait HIGHEST AWMD8 fiwattcmal. Industrial and Food EXPOSITIONS. ni HE 'subject is- one in which' much cap ital is invested, and to make the busi ness pay one has to give it the closest study. 1. We have the cow. -" She must change the feed in to milk. The cow may-"he compared" and the- feed to if . the engine, has to overcome friction you get no power, or -if you use tne fuel to overcome the friction' in two machines which could be used .in. one you lose time and fuel, but if you use this in one machine you realize a profit, -The same with a cow. We are told that it takes twcthlrds of what a cow cats to sustain the system, one-third to pro duce the milk. The less a cow has -to travel to' get '"her .feed the greater amount of. milk per pound of feed. "I have thought -many, times when I" have seen cows hurried by men, boys and-dogs whether the owner ever con sidered the cost- 2.' The feed and surroundings. ' " The.cow. is like a filter. If you over tax it by. giving poor feed you soon wear it. out; besides producing a "poor" article 'of milk, butter and cheese. . I believe the seeds of poisoned cheese' are sown in letting the cow drink stag nant water," eat fermented food, or breathe foul air. This much we - do know, that the best grades of milk pro ducts are made where the feed.'watcr and air are of the purest. " .3. -The care of milk. It is essential that milk should be well ' aired and : cooled as soon. as milked to stop thai tainting or decomposing. See that the j udder is well cleaned before commene U this breed the lire, form aad quality of the Dorking, with earlier maturity. The hen is a most prolific layer of good sized eggs, which will almost invariably be found fertile a point the Dorking Is very deficient in, as ail prize -breeders know to their cost The chickens feather very rapidly and early, but are nevertheless exceedingly hardy per haps more so than any except Cochins and Brahmas and are therefore easily reared with, little loss. They are em phatically the fowl for a farmer and will yield an ample profit on good feed tag, both in eggs and flesh. Almo. their only drawback ia their refusal to incubate." ' Feeding layers. We have satisfied ourselves that hens may be fed too much, to be good layers, and that they may be fed in. such a manner that they will not want to' sit A hen that is poor never wants to sit, and if she is kept In laying condition she will-not get "the sitting fever at aU," or if at all, not until late in the season. We have tried feeding Brown Leghorns all they would eat, while confined, and .it is not a hard matter to get them fat enough to get.in the notion of clucking, though they hardly "ever sit more than a few days at a time unless they are 4 or 5 years old. -We had a pen of Light. .Brahmas which we prevented from sit ting at all until some of them "were two years old by feeding them carefully, and we must say they were fine layers all the time..- They were not as profit able of course as our Leghorns, because they ate more and did not lay as well,, but they were non-sitters while" we fed them for the purpose of keeping them from sitting. They got but'very little corn, but had all the .milk they wanted; and were lightly fed on wheat screen ings," oat -meal, .bran and. shorts, -and other muscle making food. " We have been very" much' interested in a flock, of Plymouth Rocks for the. last year, the" owner of which has taken great care to feed them properly, and has kept strict account of the feed they' con sumed," and"" the eggs they - produced When the year is finished, we shall give a full account of the amount of profit realized from them in -a year. This flock has been fed" for. eggs,, but with out trying to prevent them from sit- FARM AND GAEDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Up-ta-Date Htate Aboat Cattlva ttoa C the Sett aad Yields Taereef Hertlealtare, YlUemltare aad Ftori- cmltmre. I ting, as the owner wanted to raise I fMfVc-ttti1 hnrl rtnnp so-. . Wf think tho . , l.....", - - ...- w. .. V ..... VHV ing to mijk, and do not wet your nanas f Bnowing wiU bc such a Dnef m put so they will drip in the pail. j t0 sname the man who "claims that How much milk should a cow give, paltry does not pay. The care has There are records as high as 18,000 j been onjy such- as any farmer 0r vil Ibs, of milk per cow in one year, but lager could gve a flock and there"lias the farmer can get a dairy which will Dcenl,0 attempt at fancy or costly ex average -6,000 lbs., per cow, and he will periments. The flock Is kept for the not see the difference in cost of keeping I money there is in them; and the results between it and one which gives only", win be Taiuable to all who want to 4,000 or 3,500 per cow. Old dairymen know what can De done with only good - Qi -insta . n tr?vv .m 1-iUtif UU' J- sM- 111 mU i 4vt en h.V Taut inn ' '1f of lh eTthe kbrtoaad tmwn on ear roads cobntmnvthonldmaktnjra tiMt our pUrc of mabufartBi, vnamclT, vorniMlrr, SITr u priidMl on cua packacc -SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.' ' ai.TEt Um a CO. LTD.. WROCSTCH, Mm Meta Wheel for your Wagon in rtzo von .want, ea to Ml lrl hrlirh. ' ".TtrriltaJUn- 'xht tfide ' -.iiif9 cta'n'r sic.. Hm-m VMt"Mnr timsln ft-. . oca to ham m "of lav wbrela to nt oar vama ' forhttnllnff -- 'krala.fuddrr, mai. - re. ho; Ac "So.. - .n-WMByr.-of tlrea. jyT- .iaarva - KaaptrnSirc. c.. -.Cvaoxa,iulncy IS, IEWIS-98VLYE . - nwxtzs us mnoos ' . (nussrxu) .-Therttmgett -aod-fmrcH LfS made. UnlAe other Lye. tt Mac Sue -powder and packed ia a eaa kwitb. removable I'd. tko Injtu are alwava.rratlT-lor-aae. Wia mukctbtibrrtpeTtBnxxl Hard Soap itiSBHitaatcaipitaoirtaWna. It la rhe beat for ctcansinc waste ptaea,. diclnfecUa sinks, docet. waaep teUMa, paints, trees, etc.- "" FENNA.SALTM'PGCa " Cap. AsentA, PhllaU Ka," " -.. :PROHTABMJ".pAI.RY WORK-:-. Cab only h?'accosushed with the very beat -.-? ana - - -.--. -. appliances. . i -niiaai.aris '. . -.-fator.on thii ::3ui"jof"nibre: : .- '.batter. -while" , '.fliliklsavai-. '.: -Fanners win" I take to get n fust rates '-t :raaHedFKKK - -OAXIB MAXKJM BUXJ. KTO. OO. i .- - -r. in the east made cheese for 3 and 4 cents per pound years ago, and the best of them say they would not keep a. cow which would not make 600 lbs. of cheese in one season. Now the aver age at most factories does not exceed 350. At a factory in north-east Ohio,, at the yearly meeting, the best and the poorest dairy were compared, with the idea of stimulating the patrons to im prove their dairies and care of them. The best dairy of 14 cows had received from the factory during the year an average of $50 per cow, while tbe poor est one of 10 cows had received only $27 per cow. The dairy well solves the question as to .what to do with our farms. Grain .raising exhausts the land by always taking from it care and common sense. Ifarm News. EOSINTE is a for age plant that .was Introduced into this country many years ago. The report of the department of agriculture for the year 1887 has .this to say of it: This new forage plant, a native of Central America," bids fair to fill a permanent place for .'the south. Seed was first introduced into this coun try by the department many years ago, .but not unti) 1886 is there any record of its having ripened .seed in the United States. In that year a small quantity was ripened in Southern Florida and in Southern Mississippi near the Gulf. In the fall .of 18S7 circulars were sent out to a number of parties to whom seed had been distributed the preceding spring, asking whether any of the plants had ripened seed, also that sam ples of the growth be sent to the de partment. Samples, bearing ripe seeds were received from several parties in Southern Florida, but from no other .locality. On one of the stocks having thirteen fertile joints 812' seeds were counted In some cases ripe seeds were produced on plants the seed of which was planted the .previous spring, but usually it was produced on those the total for' the three cuttings. In Georgia the yield Is about.nlneteen tons per acre on the average, and the fodder is considered of a superior quality.- At the Oregon- station it is not a success, but is said .to do fairly well ia the southern part of the state. The plant Is shown in the illustration on this page. Farmers Review. --' The Beamtyef the Trees' The landscape of northwestern Iowa and of Nebraska and of. South Dakota has been wonderfully changed, as the early settlers will bear us out, by the planting of trees. It used to be that as. far as the eye could see. was one monotonous roll of prairie, and now as far as the eye can see, the. landscape .is dotted by groves, in-the midst of which are'villages and the homes of farmers. The trees are great contributors to the comfort of man and beast They shel ter from the heat of summer and from tbe storm of winter and. the" old set tlers recognize the change as' the later comers cannot. '- The influence of trees 'is important They are beautiful, especially so in such a year as this, and they stimulate love of the beautiful;-' and so to match the trees we have the well kept lawns, the fringes- of flowers, the climbing .vines the beautiful .homes. Nature Js kind to u's all kind to the pooi. What the rich do in conjunction with nature they cannot hide away for their exclusive enjoyment. It- is something in' which we all. have a sort of-, co partnership. The lightest- taxes . we' know- of are those assessed by nature. It makes itself beautiful if left' alone, out on, the -sweeps of prairie, which it sprinkles with'-wild. flowers, 'and along the tangled banks, of the water courses, where trees and vines and wild fruits. " Mules. . The Southern Farm -in speaking of the growing of mules and their value for plantation work says that good teams of young mules can be made to do considerable work for from 18 months to two years, just at a time when they will, under ordinary cir cumstances, bring the best prices. With good care, mules can be broken and worked easier than horses, and farmers who cannot keep several teams profit ably at work all the time, and yet find it necessary to keep several, will find it' will pay. to keep two" or three mares, the number to be proportioned ' to the number of teams considered necessarv and returning nothing J to keep up with the farm work, and to it while in raising stock for beef, . then breed them to a good jack and we nnd ourselves in competition with raise the west, where it costs but $4 to raise an animal of 1,200 pounds weight Geo. Sindair. Lmmmc " " mL M. Craaolar Batter. - There seems to be an impression here and there, says a-writer in the Practi-: cal Farmer,- that what is known-, as granular butter can" only be made by the few who possess the "know how," and have purposely constructed ma chinery. " Such is not the case. There is no".make of churn that granulates butter-better than another. If. we dis card the dash churn. The only secret in the matter is to stop the churn at the right stage, and add the water, sj to harden these -little granules of rat aad give the fluids free exit from the i churn. "In hot weather the granulation ! good mules, keeping the mares in a good thrifty condition so that a good growth can be' secured." Then they can be used for some time on the farm while they are growing fully suf ficient to pay their. feed, -and at the 'same time have them gradually in creasing in value and selling at an age' when they usually bring the highest figures. Of course, care must be taken of them so that a good, thrifty growth can be secured. Some' breeders make the claim that raising mules can be done only" on a scale sufficiently large to pay the farmers 'for making extra good fences in order to keep them con fined.' - . . The difference in the eost between good mules, and poor ones is thediffer ence in the. cost of service- - It will usually cost more 'for the service of a reai goou jacK man ii win cost ror a nnr-Timnii aw jrrawst - " ., " r.'nn:!i HUH-- mm Jim. -. a iiw tiw m Arm ii - ammfmUl - Kt W " ' W V ;(l!IiK"---- .-- ..SIMM Km - - A km MSiK- '-- HmmmrnHft ix 1 1 KsM F mV - WlKf -mmmWVl IPlSi '-V m& lulf ' iimmmmnml l )?. - HI WW lWMkwW'J PJmmmmVMLMmsVm. ml - WfcmUlm. tmmmmKalT MmmmmmWHlWII afli BB IkHLHpW' llWmmmmB&mmVw B M mVi JtSffiBa ifflKmmmK&l ;lammvWlvl H sflmmmJ!mmat!lamlK4 lmmmillliV it M WmSmWmVmmmVi RMaKwawa BljaWkyA ' laWillllBlwl II . - KlVlml MJwlUfHamnBEF mwsv .wwmm t.v m vm vmwimuBw wwm Of TEOSINTE. Si Ti I ..'"" . .1 ii'. ... .."-... , - i. . - of butter is all the more important, as there is the greater need of getting the poor one, and all other things bein; buttermilk out of the mass. Summer J equal, the difference in .them is a small butter wants to be churned as cool as ' item- in comparison with the value of possible, and it is here that the owners'! the mules when thev are raulr rr. bah of separators have the advantage, that If-they are. fed so as to be" kept grow- - smmmaTsJb VaC " Cream Sera- farm yoa are '-andbetter theskunned -able feed. Keat. cathlega'e AgeBts wanted they can cream the fresh-drawn milk down to 33 per cent of actual fat, nd churn" this cream exhaustively at 52. degrees,- which is the actual cr'ystaiiz Ing stage of butter, and get separation with' little or no' washing. By the or dinary way of churning, at about 60 de grees, the churn would- be stopped as soon as the ' cream shows signs "of breaking, and a half gallon or so of fair j brine added' to the cream, when the ' .ing sieauuy, in a-goou, inriity con dition, the cost is the same, or nearly, the same, whether the' animal is a good or poor. one,. and to secure the most profit the best must be raised, and if the best is raised it "is very essen tial to have.- the mares bred to good jacks. . Selling -Ashen' Too Cheaply." Mr. "A. Stevenson, principal of the Ar- 2 mmmamw---M smanmBsssamn ZRipr ' itAisr tassBM sad hnuai a li sTwcr-Kaila tm auir to Twattful Oalar. ALSAml saastdtas ftm fe 0U5MT. UUKtaT. rinTRCWe5x tdlllllKni ZacharyT . Lindsey, butter will come, and more water is thur High School, says: "Opportunities again auuea. .oeiore mere is any at tempt to remove tbe. buttermilk. Then the butter granules float on the. surface of .the. 54 degree cold water,, and one has. granular, butter" without .'an" effort. Where. the cream from any cause is very sour, it is a good practice to put a quantity-of brine into the cream atthe-' '.start, ipd have this act as a sort of a solvent or. tne casein, and will be a great help in preventing specks in the butter. One thing about granular but ter is its varying content of water," and no maker can work it down. to auni-.-fofmity every "time: jeven experts -will .' ,.j.-, uiuvu aail.e VOUU.US , in .1U0 j thpye pounus oi ouuer. rne --larirpr ht. -granu tea the less-water will be held in "; RUBBER GOODS : 'Dearleraead tor CataJdsuea. Omaha..Xeb. OMka STOVE REPAIR Wilts . Clovfe repairs rr4a,M wISVreat wtorva " ! bo, wsaawsi, xs Patents, Trade-Warks, . Examiastkai' aw4-Jtdriee. as to ranatalillUj C '-arrvwtiae: Swd for" laTfntprs; Qoiw or Bow to OH aMwac" XXHSS. STISSEXk TaJUMijl. a. & MTorre t m -niy fllaBllf M." ituus IW IanatkwWaa. r,tiatvUnf,J(.r. 1. ."..!;.; UaaUkha 4, ISM. Mben'aETeriDsadvertSseBieiiU kindly jLCiiiion this pa"per. SSB 0 - .- aawnSVBpaRsSKBITaloatwLa B" statCeiaSrrapBstMOeaa. ! aaawaBwmBwaBwasUaaBaSBBSaaBWsaWBmmi the" butter when It Is packed." Chickens or Dorks. , A- New Jersey "poultry raiser recently, made, a test to decide the question of the relative profitableness; of -duck's and chickens.- He. gives, the following- re-, suit:' At.-a week, old the duckling' weighed four ounces, wnile -the chick only reached." two ounces.. At. two weeks' old the duckling reached nine ounces, and' the' chick .got up" to four ounces. At three' weeks, duckling "one pound; chick, six and a quarter .ounce's.' At four weeks, duckling one pound and nine ounces'; chick, ten ounces.. At five weeks,, duckling two nounds and two oucceSy chick, fourteen ounces. At six enfrold, duckling two pounds .and eleven .ounces; 'chick, one pound, -and two and half ounces. At seven "weeks, old, duckling three pounds' and five, ounces; chick," one pound' and"- seven ounces. At eight. weeks old, duckling, four pounds; chick, one pound -and twelve, ounces. At nine "weeks old. I inr giving tue leacning oi ooiany .a -practical turn-come.-frequently if. one . is on the look-out for-them". Let me. il lustrate. from personal experience. In my district the ash-man is a' common sight. We learn that the ashes he .gathers are .shipped "to. dealers in the -United States, .and we see them extensively-advertised in -American agricul tural journals- as .'Canada Unbleached Hardwood Ashes. In seedmeri's cata logues they are quoted at $20 a ton, and are 'recommended as tne best of fer tilizers for certain crops, as fruits, po tatoes .and corn.. "We. now learn that ashes contain .plant food which the 'original trees obtained from - tbe earth.--We also l3arn that the most- valuable elements of plant food present 'in ashes 'are potash to the extent, of about "six 'per cent .and- phosphorus about two "per. cent of .the who'le -quantity" of ashes. Now,, it does not' take a very sharp boy to see that if it pays the Americans to. give a. dollar a 'hundred for our- ashes to. fertilize "their" crops, it certainly is folly for us to sell them at ten. cents a hundred,"so long as we have anything' that needs, fertilizing." .Canada Educational Monthly.- . - Milking Machine at Guelph. The ex periment station - at Guelph,-. Canada, has been making' some test's with the Thistle. Milking machine. This is man ufactured somewhere in Scotland, and was sent to the station .for trial. The machine milks ten cows at once, the work. being done by suction pipes -and air exhaustion. The machine proved a complete 'success, and. the milk yield was as great' as that obtained by. hand! The world moves.and.it now. seems 1Z1.V lat'.Aran !- i V XSt&rzsJi&rlZZtt chick, two. pounds. - So it can be seen that, in- the' same "time the- weight of .j tne cntck was doubled by that of .the duck. -'The prices for dressed car casses run very, close to -each other, so that the increased price per pound malces the" profits on the duck. greater, although it. takes about twice the amount of food, to grow them. Ex. - Merits of Houdans. Wright the" well known English authority, says: "With reflect to the merits of Houdans, we have no hesitation in pronouncing them tone Of. the most -valuable brtoetla pvpr introduced Into this country." We have Many -Eggs; According to tbe cen sus, the United States produced 457, OOOO0 dozens of eggs In 1879 and 817,--OOOJJOO. dozens in 1889. These figures are probably- under the mark. Add to this the value of the poultry raised, and it is not at all improbable that the annual' income derived from poultry, is neariy if not'quite as much as that dep rived from -the wheat crop, or about $300,000,000. This Immense sum, ac cording" to Secretary" Morton, is only sufficient to give tbe wives of American farmers a little-pin money. Ex. roots of which had lived through the previous winter, teonsinte having been cultivated for a number of years in that section. Teoslnte makes a rapid, succulent and abundant growth, which, in the warmer parts of the country, may be cut two or more times during the sea son. In Florida the first crop from roots. that have lived over winter is Boroetimes cut for fodder and the sec ond crop is left .to ripen seeds. This plant requires good soil, and that which is moist but not necessarily wet. It can not be considered of any value for the. dry regions of the west, except where irrigation is practiced. It seems to Buffer more from drouth than Indian corn. On good soil, that is not too dry, it will probably prove to be of value much further north than where it ob tains its 'complete development- One sample analyzed was found' to 'contain "a lower percentage of' crude fiber and a higher percentage of. albuminoids than either clover or timothy- hay. . After six years it is interesting to again take up the thread of. .investiga tion. In the experiment station hand book" for tbe year 1893 we find the fol lowing: In tts native habitat it attains a growth of from 10 to 15 feet in' a few months. It suckers out or tillers to a remarkable degree, often as many as thirty to fifty suckers springing from a einrto, -talk. In-tnis country. the" cli mate is not hot enough .nor the season long enough to ripen the seed except in a very few places. It is a tall and rapidly growing plant, having a large number of long leaves, greatly resem bling blades of corn. It will do well as a forage plant as far north as .Kansas and Pennsylvania. . . ..- . -. In Michigan it has grown four or five feet high, with leaves long and narrow. It "was there planted .too close or " It might have done much better. It was tried'in'Vermont but' did not give satis faction. In Kansas it has been triedTfor several years, and is well liked asa forage plant . It" stands drouth very well, much better than corn, and- the yield is enormous, the average annual crop for three '.years at -the .'Kansas' station "having -been a little' more than twenty-three tons of green forage per acre. (Note that thi3 does not' agree with the. opinion expressed in .-the re port ot 1887. Ed.-.F. .R.) It Is ot especial-value as a green, fodder when other forage is dried up. Stocks of all kinds seem fond or it: mere is no "waste" either when green or dry, as the stalks are tender and cattle" eat leaves' and all. In Kansas two", crops may be cut in the course of a" season, -but -"the" best results are. obtained -by a single cutting in September- before there is any frost ' It should be planted In rows three feet-apart, and thinned until the plants are -a foot apart. To "plant in this ".manner ""one pound -of seed will be required for an acre. When so planted it will often sucker out till twenty or more stalks 'are borne on a single stool. In Texas it has given good results whenever tried, both as a green and dry. fodder. The quantity and quality equal if they "doiiot exceed any other forage plant It is said to be a perennial in its native country, but experience has shown that -it must here be treated as an annual. It grows "to a height of nine feet in Texas, and -produces three crop's a year, but does not mature its seed.' In Louisiana -it has been grown to a considerable extent and in some parts' has matured 'seed. Three crops .are usually cut; but' a single cutting be tween Sept 15 and 30 will, be found to. eive a vield of sunerior aualitv. and the' quantity will be but .little less than tbe are grown, without the intervention', of man's help. . ... In such a place as Sioux City, where the homes of tbe people - are not crowded,- the family having little but the patch of ground with' a roof can make the place lovely with a creeping vine, flowers here and there, and a tree or two which will rise as grandly and spread its' sheltering arms as far on ground belonging to the humble or the poor as on ground belonging to the proud and the rich. The smaller towns and the country have compensations that crowded cities cannot know. It is a wonderfully good thing to own your own home, and, own ing it; .to have pride in it,- and to make manifest your love of it by making it beautiful. ".There are many ways of rendering public service, which in the mainj is closely Identified with service of our selves,' but there Is no way that is bet ter, so universally within the reach of people. of whom we are speaking, as this .way of .trees, and grass and vine's and flowers at home. Sioux City Jour-, nal.'." , ' - A Fruit House.- "' In some localities it is rather difficult to secure a good cellar wlthout'consid erable work. .Often draining by digging a trench is. necessary; and when this is. the case it will often pay to build a. fruit house above the ground, rather than to run the' risk of water' flooding in and damaging the fruit and vege tables. A fruit house, if well built, so as to be frostproof, is much more con venient 'than a cellar-in many ways, but good care must be taken in doing the work, if good, results are to.be se cured,.. "".':"- . Two by six inch studding will be the best; that is, not less' than this should be used. They'can be placed two feet apart, and it. is usually best to brace the corners. Eight feet -is-plenty high'; and' in. most cases six will be sufficient It should be' built close to' the ground, so' that it' can be banked up readily on all sides. On the outside .rough boards can -be nailed on first, and over 'that a layer, of tarred "paper or' heavy straw carefully weather-boarded. : - When It. can be done, it will be best to. fill ihe space between the studding with sawdust, taking care to fill' in tightly. Rough' boards can be. nailed on the inside-,- and over this tarred pa-' per should again be 'tacked. ' - Overhead a. tight layer' of. boards should be put and dn'them a good layer of sawdust A chimney, or place ' for ventilation, should .'be 'provided. :Care should be taken to make tight; "the door and ventilation should be alLlhe open ings, tiood, close-fitting doors, one to open outside-and, one inside, will help. Boxes or bins should. be built inside and about four, inches away from the wall". This will. give air space between the wail and the fruit To make doubly sure', an. old stove set in the room--in f whichalittle fire'may be made in the severest weather, will be found a bene fit, as a very little fire will lessen very imperially the danger of damage.' A house" of this kind, in a winter like the Talt one, will keep fruit and vegetables without freezing," but in winters such as -we sometimes have a little fire-will be necessary. Fruit Growers' Journal The secretary of state' et Michigan has jnst issued a report' on the owner ship of farms In that state. It shows a continuation of the same unhealthy conditions brouaht to liaht by the gen eral government census a relative de-' crease of owners, and an Increase of renters. The process ' Is slow, and therefore Insidious, but it is.no less alarming; The summary of the report follows: Tables show the number .of farms classified according to tenure, and the daily statistics of the state as returned 1n the state census of June 1, 1894." No farm of less than three acres was re turned unless $200 worth of produce was sold off from it during the year. The total number of farms in the state Is 177,952, of which 149.093 are cultivated by owners, 9,127. are rented for fixed money rental, and 19,732 are rented for shares of products. .- In 1884 the total. number ot farms returned in the census was 157,389; of which 138.523 were cultivated by' own ers, 6,657 were rented- for fixed money rental, and. 13,209 were rented for shares of products. Comparing the returns- in 1894 with those, for 1884, there' is an increase of 20,563, or 13.07 per cent, in the total number of farms; "of 10,570, or 7.63 per cent in the number cultivated by own- .ers; of 3,470, or 61.34 per cent. In-the number rented for fixed money r'ental,- and of 6,523. or 49.38 per cent' in the number rented for shares of products. .Of the total number .of farms in the. state, 88.01. per cent in 1884. and 83.78 per cent in 1894. were, cultivated by owners: 3.60 per cent in 1884, and 5.13 per cent In 1894 were rented for money; and 8.39 per cent In 1884," and: 11.09 per cent in 1894 were rented for shares-of products. The number of farms In-the state June 1. 1890. as shown by the national census, was 172,344, of which -148,208, or 86.00 per cent were cultivated by own ers; 8,212, or 4.76 per cent were rented for money, and 15,924, or 9.24 per cent were rented on shares. ' . - The proportion of farms cultivated by owners' was 2.01 per cent less in 1890 than in 1884, and 2.22 per" cent .less in 1894 than In 1890. " Beginning " with 1880, in- each one thousand farms in the state the number cultivated by owners -at-each census was as follows: Xoo4 ....... 1890..'. 1894 ... . Considering the state by sections, and comparing with tbe returns of ten years agothere.is an increase of 3,678 farms in the southern four tiers of counties, of 9,601 in the central counties, of 5,150 in the northern counties-of the lower peninsula, and 2,134 in the upper penin sula. The number of farms cultivated, by owners has decreased 2.858 in the southern four tiers ot counties, while the-number rented for .money has in creased 2,009, and the number rented for shares of products has increased 4,527. - In the central counties there Is an increase of 7,111, and in the northern counties of 4,385, in the number or farms cultivated by owners. The south ern counties, or oldest settled portions of the state, and where about S3 per cent of the farm crops.are raised, is the only section in which there is a decrease in .the number of farms cultivated by own ers. Here, with an Increase or 3.67S in the total number of farms, there iy a decrease of 2,858 in the number culti vated by owners. . . - It should be further noted that while every county in the central section, and all counties in the northern section, ex cept four Crawford," Emmet,. Manitou and Osceola show "an", increase in the number of farms cultivated by owners,-twenty-three of the twenty-eight coun ties in the southern section", show a" de crease; in one, 'Shiawassee, there .is neither gain nor loss, and .only four, Berrien, Kent, Monroe arid Ottawa, show a gain. In three 'of these four counties fruit and market garden crops are extensively cultivated, and one, Kent, extends into the territory of .the central counties. ; The' state totals of the dairy statis-' tics are as'. follows:. Total milk pro duced "on" farms, 212.070,373' gallons; value of all milk'and cream sold from farms. $2,907,385; butter made " on farms, 48,951,378 pounds; cheese made on farms. 206,660 pounds. , These totals' are for the year ending June 1, 1894. -' The national census of dairy products taken June' 1, 1890, and including the products of the year, ending Dec. 31.' 18S9, shows as follows: Milk produced, 224,637,488 gallons; - butter made on' farms, 50,197,481 pounds; cbeese made on farms, 328,682 pounds. The products as shown by tbe present census are less than the national census totals by-12.-467,115 gallons of milk, 1,216.103 pounds of butter, and 122,022 pounds of cheese. Hifhcat of all i 'M"""MBM Y mmtm y LeU.S.GoTepwrtV m&m - Am&owmx pure .900 .880 .860 .838 Cora aad AaMricaa Treatler Ufa, Corn has always been closely associ ated with the frontier life of this country, perhaps from the fact that no other cereal is available for use-in so many ways. From the time that the kernels begin to swell, full ot their" rich milky juice, it is edible, appetizing, and nutritive; when fully ripened it may be preserved for years, transfer ring if necessary the prosperity of one abundant season to the relief of suffer ers from crop' failure or other destruc- tion oi -supplies in . some subsequent year. To the New England boy or girl of former- generations, whose memory goes back to childhood how many .no table associations are connected with the "cornfields and their products! How the backs ached and: the hands 'were blistered during tbe process of cultiva tion! ..How frenuentlv and carefallv the husks were slightly opened .to. de termine when "the most advanced ears should be. ready for boiling perchance the only vegetable variation ' of the monotonous dinner which gave-.littlc temptation to. 'the 'palate, however much' of enduring' .strength it might give to the frame. Of the same' class were th'cVroastinjr ears." often eniov- cd in the midst of some, lonely vigil: and these' by judicious selection, .could -be made available till " the harvest Good Housekeeping-" "" -How'a Tatar " We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured hv. Hairg CatarghoTiir F.-.JfCHENEY oV CO.. Toledo. O. A We. the undersicneu. Jiave.-knojtavF. 'J. Cheney for thTast 15'years. and be lieve him 'perfectly honoxsMer In all business -transactions, .ami financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. " WALDIKG. KIXNAN'.'MARVIN; " Wholesale Druggists, Tol.3o, Ohio. Hall's. Catarrh Cure Is taken Internal ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the systenu- Testl . menials sent-free." Priced 75c.per bottle. Sold by nil druggists. "" .Hall's Family. Pills. ISc. "' - iool Use for Cheap' Oats. ' -.' National Stockman:- There is a great deal of complaint' about the low. prices for oats, which are now- in some parts of the country as cheap as hay. . bood prices for this cereal would mean much this year to many, "as" it is about the only, cash crop to rely on in the absence of a' wheat crop. Hut it may be that in the long run the cheapness' of oats.will prove something of a blessing, in disguise.- There will be a 'great tempta tion this year to. throw. Fn the corn at a lively rate. - Corn, white the best fat tening grain on earth, is not a well balanced feed,' and the cheap oats may be used to great' advantage in the way of a better' balanced ration.". -This ap plies especially to young stoek.'which, as a rule, get more corn " and less oats tliaq is good for it " -"---'-"-." - riaMaajttalac K . a interesting and worthy expert : " tent has. been tried in Minneapolis ,? 5?-thep,l8t two " jenrs, by: ; the Woman's-. Improvement League, of ' interesting school children in .the rais-. ing.of flowerr. Several thoasaad chil dren, every, year; in .'certain school. -Itmdes, are. given -flower seeds -to' plant : in their home gardens and lawns, and -. are encouraged by-prizes to eater icto competition in flower production. Last ' week the president of the leagae visit- ' ed the fifty city. schools and "awarded . -the prizes voted upon, by a committee., of inspectors and jadges. - .The schools : were gaily; decorated with 'blossoms', grown by the children. - The seeds are contributed each year . by prominent -seed firms,- members "of congress"' andv -' pablicspirited--citizens." -The flower ' mission has awakened a widespread in-, terest among the children and enconr aged in them a love for the' beantiful . and habits of industry which, are likely -to endure. - - .-;". stbeoMratajMftwat. R wUl bnakaoaCoUi l is always rswatliL. Try a. Prlatiag Xaaaw oa Fralt. The rosy" cheek of an apple is on the sunny 'side; the colorless .apple -grows" in the leafy" shade. -" Advantage may be -taken of.this to. have a .pleasant- sur prise for children. - ..A piece 6f stiff pa-." ' per placed around the apple in the full '. sun wfll shade it and if -the "Mary" or- "Bobbie" is cut' "in the .twoer so that- .thejaua can "color the." apple'-: through ..' these stenciled spaces-the little ode can" gather the apple. -for 'itself with the :" name printed on the fruit by nature it- -'-self Median's. Monthly.' .--.'- . - L1 tfca maay M Cattiag TaMaw asfar sad ss iastokl and well triad raad.': Ma.' WataLow's SooTUixaSTxcr I or CUldrsa TaataiacO Ignorance is less removed from the' truth than" r rejudice." . :..,- : - All that ia -human must do" sot advance. " retrograde if ft' That -Joyful Feeling With the exhilarating sense of renewed health and. strength and internal .clean liness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs 'Is unknown to -the few who have not progressed beyond the old time J jneutclnes anil the . cheap -substitutes Howls Destroy Hoaswhelst. Prats, The most satisfactory way- "to ileal with' moths, bedbugs or" other house hold pests is to fumigate: with sulphur, the ordinary pow'der-will -" do, but sul- Tphur candles "are .better," and can be sometimes offered but never accepted by I procured from any druggist- 1'ut.the I fhA Wfll Ifirirmral ... - I . i . ' 1 . Piso's Cure for CoBnuruirtion'. has saved me many -'a doctor's"' MIL S.-F. Harmt, ' Hopkins Place j Baltimore. Mjt," ."-.- ."" , '". A Soap for CteaalagSlik. ' .':.: .A Miap for-this purpose .is made 'by. . heating one pbaod of eocdaoutoil to Ih' - degrees F., adding half .-pound caustic-, soda ' and mixing.! jthorougbIy..-.Then -. heat -half .'pound "white Venetian 'turr. pentine'.add to the soap and again mix-thoroughly.- The mixture' 'is covered-" and left four hours, then' heated -again and one pound of ox "gall is added-to it", and "well stirred.; .Next .pulverize some ' perfectly dry curd soap and add it"to-, the gall soap in "sufficient quantity to make it solid one or -two pounds- of curd soap will be- needed.- ".When cold the mass should bepressed'into takes. ,PITS-AimtstOffeiirrrbyPr.KHaaliflrat - KerwwKcaterer." o'lts,ftertanrnljfatoa. . Manrrhnocum. Tmttoeai!S5trtslMtrret. --iHcaacs. feetkftoDr.KUar.3aiAr:hat..l'bUa..ra; the well informed. Threatened Relarn of Earrings. . . - The fashion of wearing - "earrings," says -the London Court Journal, has been lately written against as a Tetum to a barbaric taste or a want of taste Anyhow, earrings "have, crept slowly but surely back into public favor. Some appropriate new place to make use of for the surplus supply of diamonds has, it appears, to be found, althoughthe front of .the dress offers a wide field for .'display. The long pendant earring, it is dreaded; may perhaps once more come back into fashion snch as our grandmothers once deformed their ears -with. Xethcrland ladies still . wear these unsightly appendages when, they are in full costume, with side plates of gold on each side of the head.- - - - '- There la pleaaare stroM ami normal; sntitaciio.i in abating tniiti!eome aud laiitlul flls br usinc l'aiker' dinner Tonic. - articles you .wisn to (umigate in a small, 'close room, taking, care to re move all silver or growing plants, .as it will tarnish the'.onc and killthe other; place your lighted candle in a - kettle, and. have the room closed for. several hours. AH animal life- will be ,des: troyed. ""- - - - Ask jsjs' V Warranted to rare.' or money 'refuMed. draawJatforU. fries IS ceajU. .- ' Stork or Grain. - -Aswheat has become cheaper" En lish farmers raise less .wheat-and more stock. Wheat has declined from' 57. shillings per quarter in 1855 to 47 shillings, in 1875- and 2ft shillings - in'. '1894, and the production in" England has as' steadily declined from 11,876,328 quarters, in 1855, with- only 4,000.000 'quarters imported, to 8,000,000 quarters" home-grown i'n'..lS94, and 21,000,000 quarters imported. -.-.-- -"' -. English farmers find stock.' raising more profitable than. wheat, and. let the cheap labor of India. Russia and South America produce their wheat, .while in. all the higher, civilized countries im proved '-stock has increased as grain growingbecome's less profitable.. Amer ican farmers 'have a bright future in the production of high-class stock. of all kinds, and tbe markets of the world' are giving the most profitable returns; Our lands. have become too high-priced to raise cheap -grain and scrub -stock. It takes enterprise and energetic: de termination to get out' of these old ruts, but we'-must progress and Improve io keep up- with the changed conditions of.this hew era." -. ; Raise only, such grain' and crops as can be profitably fed .out' to the 'farm stock and keep only such stock as can :be matured on the farm, and be-sure that the stock is of the high grade or improved breeds-tbat-will 'give-a profit on tbe raising, look now, more-than ever before," to pure". bred" sires.. -The destiny of American stock breeding'dc-. nends upon the class of stock we breed for our home and foreign markets'; to improve will bring prosperity, to "de cline is to lose the brightest hopes of American agriculture. Ex. .- " - A tilow Worm Carero. .", The greatest wonder of the antipodes is the. celebrated glow-worm cavern, discovered in 18'L in the heart .of the Tasmanian .'wilderness.'. The cavern, or caverns (there" seems to be a series of . such caverns in'- the vicinity, each separate and distinct, are situated-near the town of Vouthport. Tasmania, in a .limestone bluff, 'about four miles 'from It fay bay. ' Xhe appearance of tbe main cavern is tnat of an underground river, .the entire lIqor""of the ; subterranean passage being, covered with 'water about a foot and a half in depth. These wonderful Tasmanian caves are similar to all "caverns found in limestone form ation, with 'the exception - that their :roofs and sides literally shine with the light emitted by. the mill tons bf glow worms which inhabit them." ' , . God gave every bird its food, but he "doe? not throw it into the nest - - - ' '- ' .This is the very perfection of a man," to find out his own. imperfections. Billiard, table, epoBl-haaJt for safe cheap. Apply to or address, H. CAkiv, ."" ' 311 S..llith St., Omaha, Netx.- What wa real estate worth in Sodom The Greatest ricdicar Discovery "."; of the Age. .- KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. tlamenajr fareaaave4.'orns.witb flmdercoros. tnat ve winder .so many will enaurc them, .(et llin icrcopu and ws bow nicely It takes th.-m off. . " Sc"f-tossesiott is forget fulness. . " -' another-, name for self-. .That man is a stranger reads no looks. " to himself, who - -All 'ove ha something of Mindness in it, tut the love of money "esjeviallv". '." .What iiiales.life dreary fs want of motive.- " ---".." . - - .- .- . mmu Uawr. -m mmm, hass., Has discovered in "one-, of our common pasture .weeds a remedy that cures every' kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofab - down to a common Pimple. " .---:- - ' - He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession oAcr two" hundred iertilicates of iis value, all within twenty miles of " Boston! " Send postal card for book.-" : -. A benefit is always experienced front- . the first bottle, and a perfect curclis war- - ranted when the right quantity is taken. . .-. When .the lungs are. affected it' causes .$fex)ting "'pains,-lik'e". -needles' passing through them; the; samV with .the Liver . or. Bowels. Tins is caused -by the duds being stopped, and always' disappears ina week after taking it. " Read the label.- - . - If the stomach is foul or biliousit" will, "cause squeamish feelings at first;" - . No change of diet ever' necessary; .Eat .the best'you ca.i get, and enough "of it. Dosev'one tablespoonful in water- at bed time. -'".Sold by all Druggists. "; - -' tfttttttttf fftttt tttittittttillM Hosts of people go to work in the wrong way to cure a , twws St. .Tacfihsft fill mimimmimm.Mmm . .. sr -. ..- . arVAVVl aaaaaaaaaw" saaaL-laaaaP -aaaaar aaaaV V " aaf aaaWff ' fcfl 0 C-"s9b( tfifefl i K la taw 0?S5l2?Oal ftfpfcjgaaa T fl M T .it il if fr " ' f - t-f- ' T- c ct pfe TEU WEB. PICKET. FENCE.. CAREI FKLI AM PEI. - , ' AIa -ASLR aOi:B.TStV. OAMB!! . BtABMT SCa . ' '- - We manti'acture a eoipplete line of Smooth ' Wire .fenetnar snd. auarsntaa" eVarjr artieia to f ai'repte thfet -11 vou cwnller piaiity wei'aiware jou moner. Cafetloaa fra. - -" 121 High Street ' DEKALB, ILL. De Kalb Fence Co.. Keep the Baby Fat Birds in flocking north and south sometimes' reach a height of seven miles, where the decreased resistance of the atmosphere allows them to fly very fsst. . Japan has a written history extend ing over 2,500 years. More than. 400 Plant Perfumes. It is an interesting thing to Jcnow'that'4.200 .species of plants' arc gathered and used for commercial purposes in Europe. Of L these 423 have-a perfume that: is pleat- 4 ing and cnter3".largely into the manuT facture -of scents," soaps and sachets. There are more species of white flow ers gathered than of any other color 1.124. Of these 187 have a'n agreeable scent, an extraordinary large propor tion. Next in order come yellow blos soms, with "951. 77 of them being per fumed. Red flowers number 823, -of which 84 are scented. Ex. .- ; ,-.. VCateSitwro, Ga., May 21,1894. -. "3fy baby was a Hviri skeleton,. The doctors said hie was dyiag'of .Mara.- fnns..Indigestion, etc.- The various' foods I tried, seemed to keep him. alive, but "diil not strengthen-or fatten him. At thirteen months -old he-weighed exactly -what lie did at birth Revert pounds. I began using '.'Scott'b EhcLsiov," some-: times puttinga few drop's in his bottle, then 'again, feeding it with aspooa; thea; ngain bythe absorption method of rubbing it into his body." "" The effect was mar velous. -Baby, begun to stouten and fatten,- and became a beautiful dimpled boy a wonder to all. Scott's Ekulsio.h supplied the one thingneedful. j - ' "MS.KtJKM WlLLUm. X Scott EmuLsion The Increase in the taxable property of Indiana is f 14,904.000. - j- is especially useful for' sickly; delicate children when their, other food- ,-"..". - " .. 1 i fails to nourish them. It supplies in a cbnccntrated,"asily digestible.." : . ". -. "." . j form, just the' nourishment they need to build them up and giv'e'thetn-" -. -. -hcalth "and -strength. -It'is Cod-liver Oil made palatable" and easy. to-j assimilate, combined with the" Hypophosphites; both" of which ..are ...--"' most" remarkable.nutrients. ".'--. ' .". ". -." ; ;. . ".- Don' tbe persuaded 1o accept a substitute t' Scott Bowne, New York; All Etruccistsj. SOc. jmmJ SU - V-3 - ." tir'--1ri- ''r-H "ViaslyaTf .V iTatt r-i m