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te sec er steal.
He weald pay" nobody he would aala
Mhedy. ;
This haad Is cleaa this sand Is
clean.
That lasts- till night that last still
Bight
.Say, should- such a shapely sash
shabby stitches show?
Sarah la a shawl shoveled soft saqw
slowly.
.Smith's spirit flask split Philip's
sixth sister's If th squirrel's shulL
farm: and garden.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
rp-te-Dato Mala AkMt CiMin-
the Soft aarf Yields- Tkerwr
BtorttntUwa, YtUewltara and -Ftorl-
Malatar) Fatetta; m UuUtg Art.
Those who know only' the finished
miniature, sad have no acquaintance
with the method of its prodaction, can
not conceive of the labor that 1t repre
. Sents. Each of these tiny masterpiece
these ornaments With human-identification'
-these concentrated expressions
. of.pictorial art stands for more, toil,
m . ."of a' peculiarly exacting; sort,, than the
largest canvas. The brushes, some of
them containing scarcely half a dozear
hairs, make strokes so Mae that-most of
. the painting- must- be done under a
magnifying glass. And the.toncheson
- the frail bit of ivory most be as unerring-
as' they are light, for the smallest
. mistake may destroy the characteristic
translucence that constitutes the. mini
ature's greatest charm. .
: Appropriate to the election season is
;--an article written by Mr. Edward J.-
. McDermott tof Louisville, for. theOeto-'.
ber number of the ' Century, entitled
' 'fun "on the Stump; Humors of Polit
ical Campaigning- in Kentucky.". Mr.
. McDermott' has gathered many anec
dotes .of amusing- experiences: at the
'polls, but ho laments the' decline of
public speaking, which he declares is
. by. bo means up' to the old-time stand-
ard in Kentucky. ..
. . .. pretty Ahtanm Cett for Child.
Navy blue flannel-.with a small polka'
dot m white makesa good cloak for a
little girl of six to wear in the first cool
days, of autumn. Make it- -wiih .,
Gretchen waist and skirt reaching half-
waybetweeh the knee and ankle, failed
.. on -it. . Trim with shoulder capes of the
same material, lined with plain ' blue,
beginning, at the waist-line behind and
-. 'e'riding-in points- at the . waist-line in
" front -The body of the cloak can be
. lined to inake it Warmer. A sailor hat'
'of navy "bine straw, or a-blue Tam
o'Shanter.cap with a -white tassel can
be worn with it.
fP$
WRITER in Stoek--maa
and Farmer,
in describing the
methods of growing
buckwheat, says:
"It is a question
if - buckwheat will
pay on all kinds of
soil, and the .scorch
ing suns of July and
-August -are very
bard an the crop.
It wll flourish best in moist weather.
The soli here Is clayey, with occasional
gravelly patches, and on the creek bot
toms black loam, but always a clay sub
soil at various depths. Land for buck
wheat should be of medium richness; if
too rich; will go mostly. to straw and
lodge so as to be difficult to cut, besides
not filing properly.
"The ground should be plowed in the
fore- part of June and harrowed after
showers until the. 4th of July.- No dan
ger of getting too mellow or fine. Drill
in about one bushel to. the acre of the
silver gray -or old-fashioned black bull.
If you sow'the Japanese variety you will
need a little more .seed, as the kernel
is larger and does not stool so much.
f Hew Bag
Awriteria the Aural New Yorker, re
ferring to bis interviews with Profes
sor Bailey, of Ithaca, N. Ysays: Now,
the first thing I asked Professor Bailey
was a point that has bothered me for
a long time. "Why do we hear of so
many new bugs and blights nowadays?
Every year seems to bring half a doses
new ones. Why didn't they show up in
old times?" m gaaraatee that maay
readers have asked themselves that
question.' In fact, so many new bugs,
blights and bulletins have appeared
upon the scene that some farmers have
actually gone so far as to say that the
scientists have brought these things in
to give themselves a chance to- talk and
work.
Professor Bailey's explanation of this
was simple and interesting. -As an il
lustration, he took the potato beetle
which w-all know. Sixty or more years
ago, that insect was found only in tin.
Rocky -Mountains, living on ' certain
wild plants nothing but a great curi
osity to scientific' men. It was few in
number because its food was limited.
When' people began to raise potatoes
in Colorado, this bug developed a great
fondness for tbe potato, vines. It left
the wild mountain plants and Went .to
the potato fields. The increase of food
meant an. increase of insect, and it
spread from one field to another all
over the -country. It was simply an' in
creased food supply and better oppor-
tunity that spread' the bug. If potatoes
had never been .grown in Colorado,
there would probably never have' been
any potato bugs in your- field., 'No
doubt, there are dozens' of other insects
now comparatively harmless simply
The Hungarian government nan is
sued sb amplification of its wheat re
port Issued last week: Accsrdlag to
these latest figure the product! of
importing countries 'for IMS aa com
pared with the production in ItH to as
fellows:
1895.
Great Britaia... 4S.811.00t
France 30173,00
Germany ? .103,550,000
Austria 45,302,000
Italy 114,808,000
MM.
C0.M5.000
354.125,000
102.132,000
9gvtHtB'tBV
120.288.000
6.241,000
'7.378,000
.21.277.000
4.559.000
. 5.108,000
07.878,000
0,4)78,000
" 3,404,000.
exporting
. ; ureenish brown finds favor; musty
. brown, is a new shade; light and. dark
. '.leather shades are good and all reddish
browns, hut this color- has -'not been
wora here -as. much as has been ex?;
. pected.
The longest river is the Nile, 4,100 mUea
The oldest. German. college is Heidelberg:
1350. ' ..---
It Will Pay
To make some provision for your physi
. cal health, at this season, because a cold
or. cough, an attack of pneumonia or ty-:
.phoid. fever may now make you aa in
valid all winter. First of all be sure that -.
your blood Is' pure, for health depends
upon pure blood. -A few bottles of Hood's
Sarsaparill: will be a paying investment'
now. It; will give you pure, rich blood
- and invigorate your whole system.
fiood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier.'
HfWWl'tS. Pills. " tVw. mild. eSv
.1MJUU 3 rlllS tire. AUdrurclst. 35c
Netherlands .... fr.404.000
Switzerland .... 5,390,000
Belgium ..". 21,277,000
Denmark 5408,000
Scandinavia .... 5406,000
Spain ........... 86,528,000
Portugal ..' 7,376,000
Greece 3,120,000
"The production of the
countries for 1895 as compared with
that of 1894 is as follows: -
1 Bushels
- . 1895. 1894."
Russia 415,053,000 ' 363,136,000
Hungary .' 150,361,000 ' 131,098.000
Rcumanla ...... 62,414,000 51.0W.000
Bulgaria ....... 52,482,000 31,207.000
Servia 8.511,000 9.929.000
Turkey 42,555.000 29,793.000
India ...237.456.000 258.167,000
Rest of Asia.,.. 70,950,000 58458,000
United States.... 400,017,000 .408,528,000
Canada: ........ 51.066,000 42,555,000
Argentine Repub-
" lie 60,995,000 117,508,000
Chili, etc 18,440,000 24,114,000.
Australia 35,746,000 42,895,000
Africa . . . . : 47,094,000 48.370,000
."The aggregate production of .the rye
importing countries for 1895 is placed at
522.008;X)0- bushels, against 575,911,000
bushels in 1894. The production of the
rye-exporting countries for.1895 is esti
mated at 953,232.000 bushels, against
1,052.527.000 bushels in 1894."
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WwM's Fab-t HIGHEST AWASH).
J IMPERIAL
e y
Botanical name. Spartiva pynbsu
roides. Stems upright, stout, becoming
hard and woody, three to seven feet
high', from very large, scaly, perennial
root-stocks; leaves two or three feet
long, involute, painted, tough and rigid,
'rough on the margins; spikes five to
twenty, usually from one and one-half
to three-Inches -long, upright at first,.
but becoming somewhat spreading at
maturity; spikelets nearly half an inch
long," -one-flowered, .'flattened, sessile
and crowded closely together in two
rows; glumes awn-pointed with mi
nute bristles .along the back.
This -grass is common in low places
1f ra 1X1 I I VI
Tryitwhen tbe digestion i
is WEAK and no FOOD;
F - r
secmstonourist Tryit;
YT seems impossible to:
keep FOOD SstomacM;
i UkyDRUOOtSTSCVERYWHEI
AMmm iW"VWlgvwiHMgiii,
-Cord Grass-throughout-.the
entire west. It is the
most common of the slough grasses,
and is of considerable value as a
hay' . grass. If allowed to stand
too long it becomes . woody, and
yields a poor quality of hay, but
when cut in proper season it is
readily ' eaten, by stock. .The stems
contain a considerable amount of sug
ars, and hence are quite palatable, even
mougn nara ana tough. A specimen-
unea in the air analyzed as follows:
Water C45; ash 3.81; ether extract 1.13;
crude fibre 36.03; crude prot'e'm 4.D5; ex
tract free of nitrogen 47.63.. Total ni
trogen .79; albuminoid nitrogen .58.
PROFITABLE DAIRY WORK '
.Can only be accomplished with the very beat
appliance.
Cream 8epa
Amyeaam and better
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feed,
makeaomls-'
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.The richer the ground, tbe -less;.. seed
-needed. You' can sow broadcast, but in
a dry season.it is better, to' drill quite
deep, eo the roots will be of uniform,
depth and .'will hold the. moisture. It
will be easier to harvest thexrop if the'
land roller is used once after sowing.
When two-thirds of the" grains are
brown it is time to cut, which can be
.done best with siderrake reaper, though
the binder can be used; leaving out the
twine, or can be cut .'with grain cradle.
'."After cutting, roll' tbe bundles 'care
fully and press the tops -together, cope
shaped and set firmly' on the ground.
In about a week or more of dry weather
it will-do to thresh.- It is hauled from
-the field directly to the separator, and
if "dry will thresh' very easily. Care
must be taken not to have many spikes
in the concaves, as the grain cuts very
easily. Most threshermen have a spe-:.
cial concave having about ' a dozen
spikes fcr - buckwheat . The yield
per acre is anywhere from 8 to
40 bushels, . according- to conditions.
It. can hardly be. classed - "-as a
paying crop every season. . The
hot' suns', blight' arid 'early- frosts
often kili'.or injure it; one season the
grasshoppers. .destroyed the Crop,' and
.heavy rains are a source of- waste. A.
-bushel of dry - buckwheat will -'make,
from 20 to -27 pounds of flour. After' a.
crop of- buckwheat' the ground is in
good condition for" the succeeding crop,
as it will be mellow and generally free
from weeds. -
because, their, food supply limits their
increase.- A borer that works on ap
ple trees affords another" illustration.
This insect formerly worked on oak
trees entirely. - It liked apple.' better,
and as orchards became more' and more
numerous, this insect .left the oak for
the apple, and became a dangerous
pest. That. is the way it. goes.' New
methods of culture, new crops and new
farm areas give these insects and nlant
.diseases a new lease of life nd n'on-;.
and easier means of transnortation n-
.able" them .to be carried . about more
readily. This is "a reasooable explanation.
Oxea or Horses.'
At the Maine State Fair there are 65
entries of matched oxen'and 80 pairs of
work oxen. This beats electricity and
bicycles, but' Maine farmers will never
make the progress they should in .this'
enlightened day and age until they
adopt good draft horses for the farm,
good draft mares -to work and raise a
colt every year, as the French and Eng
lish farmers do.- These draft colts' al
ways bring more money than oxen, and
the mares and maturing colts will do
more and better work than the oxen.
Western Live Stock Journal. .
The editor of the above paper evident
ly does not know what he is talking
about He tries to judge Eastern con
ditions by Western' methods. Oxen
would be quite out of place on Western.
farms, but oh most Maine farms they
are essentially in place, and will always
remain a prominent .feature of Maine
agriculture.
For labor on 'the stony hillsides .of
that state the slow-going ox -is in his
element' His -cloven 'hoof takes nat
urally to-the uneven ground. If he
has a. mishap that unfits him. for fu
ture labor he la' sent to the butcher,
and loss s avoided. The retention of
oxen on Maine farms is .not a sign' of
stupidity on the 'part of Maine farmers.
It is a -question of tbe survival of the. fit
test. .-There are both horses and oxen
on those: farms, and as the two are
brought into close competition the
farmer has a good opportunity to-ob-serve
both; and in the course of a few
years, he decides that for- general work
oxen are the most valuable; A popular
combination there, for small farms, is
a yoke of oxen and one horse. When
a large load is to be hauled, the oxen are
hitched onto the'-wagon, and the horse
put- in ahead, - the whiffletree' being
hooked into a ring on the end of the
tongue -of- the 'ox-cart This- is "a favorite-method
for use in the .hay field
and in. the wood lot 'For, the West,
"vlve le cheval," but for Maine, "vivo
Ie boeuf."
. A wrlUr In the London Agricultural
Oasette tm the progress of improve
ment says of British sheep Breeding:
It la obvious that very much has been
ceofspllshsd within the last hundred
Tears. Then has been an enormous
iniBrsressest.In the fiocks of the coun
try generally; In ether words, there
ha been a great levellng-up of the av
"ge, and Great Britain now undoubt
edly Psriesses more good sheep and less
bad one la proportion-to its area than
nay ether country In the world. Is the
best Leicester or the best Southdown
of today superior as a breeding and
feeding animal, as a mutton and wool
producer, to the best of those bred by
Robert Bakewell and John Ellman?
This la a difJcult, probably an impos
sible question to answer, for there are
no means of accurate comparison. It
werere to take market value as an in
dex, it would have to be admitted that
Bakewell obtained. prices for the use
of his rams which have, we believe,
never been exceeded in this country.
Thus In 1789 he is recorded to have let
three rams for 1,200 gs. ($6,000). and
seven others for 2,000 gs., and we are
not aware that these prices have Since
been equaled. But it must be admitted
that he had- a monopoly for- the time,
and he consequently obtained monopo
list prices, and that no one has since
had the same opportunity.
Within the last half century breed
ers have devoted themselves largely to
what may be termed the develooment
and -accentuation of varieties or
"breeds." ' The special characteristics
of particular breeds have been assidu
ously cultivated, so that the differences
wiwn inem nave become more
marked- A stickling for absolute Vpu
rity" of breed, which amounts almost
to pedantry,. Is the' main characteristic
of the breeders of the' present day.' In
this there is no doubt that they differ
from the earlier v breeders. Bakewell
certainly had no compunction about
crossing .and.many of. his followers
were equally addicted to effecting im
provements by this means. Nowadays
the breeder relies entirely upon selec
tions within the limits of the breed, and
crossing, is regarded as a cardinal sin. -
HaMSvhlrwIow'M.
The Hampshiredown has been
well-known, for about .100 years;
feeding' on ' the short "grass that
covers the.. chalky hills or "downs"
of -Hampshire county, -England, from
whence it derives Its name. It Is the
tallest ot the four principal breeds in"
England. It Is large-boned, ionff
bodied and long-legged, and .easily
identified as a breed' by its face and
ears. The face is long, with prominent
frontaj bones or bony protuberances
over the eyes; the face has a decided
I Roman profile: thick haneinp nmfor
lip; face and legs are glossy black.
The best authorities say: - "That black
tips to the ears, as well as very black
faces, are -deemed essential,1 and any
light color or specks on face or-ears, as
sometimes seen in Shrppshires and
Southdowns, are regarded with-dislike
and discredit" The ears are very
long, thin' and. oily to the touch, .defici
ent in wool covering 'and' seem almost
bare; are set close to. the eyes, Iqw
down on side of head, and inclined "to
droop to the -hind feet;. wool is of me
dium length, about two and one-half
inches, and is thick arid even, contain
ing considerable natural oil, and of fine.
noer, wiw an inclination to mat
underside..
Twlatf la the WwM.
Nathaniel and Benjamin R. Barry, if
they lira until November 30, next, will
be 87 years old, says the New York
WorldV They were born in the town
otMaaheim, Herkimer county, N. Y.,
in 1806, and moved to Gates, Orleans
county; with their parents ia 1816.
. Nathaniel, who lost hia' wife last win
ter, still lives on a farm with two of
his sons. He still helps them ia the
work. Ha lives about two miles and a
half from hia brother Benjamin, who
resides at Yates Center, and enjoys
going fishing with him at Shadagee, on
Lake Ontario.
Benjamin It lives on a small nlaee of
thirty and a half acres, which be helps
to work. He also oversees his farm of
117 acres and goes fishing nearly every
day. Boih brothers cast their first vote
for Andrew Jackson, 'and have voted
the democratic ticket ever since. Ben-'
jamin has taken the New" York World
ever since it was -first published. On
August S3 the twins attended tbe Or
leans County Pioneer picnic, at Lake
side park. They sat On the speakers',
stand and were cheered and also sere
naded by the band.
Steaaa Up!' Tbe Bteoriags Cast or.
Majestically the ijreat ocean srey bound
leaves too dock and steams down -the trv-r
outward bound. But are you. my dear sir.
prepared for tbe sea alckdi-s almost always
incident to a transt-Atlantic trip, with tno
infallible stomachic. -Hostetter's Stomach
B.'Ite5.? lr.'BOt expect to suffer without
aid. .The Bitters isthestaunchfriendotall
who travel by sea or land, emigrants, tour
ists, commercial travelers, mariners. It
completely remedies nausea, biliousness,'
ujspeiB. riieumauc twinges ana inactiv
ity of the kidneys.
Kenaace la tbe Err "Market.
Some months' a?o Miss Hanna Dun
can' of Beaver Valley, Minn.," while
sorting eggs for market, conceived the
idea of writing her name and address
on one of them, with the request that
ie perMin who iqnna n would corre
spond with her. This was doae sim
ply as a joke, and the girl thought no
uiurc uiiup mazier . until sne received a
letter from Robert Crawford, a grocer
at Providence, K. I., who had-fonnd the
.egg in a lot he had purchased. The
acquaintance formed in this way grew
into a warm friendship. .Mr. Crawford
arrived in Beaver Valley recently, and
both.he and Miss Duncan were pleased
with each other,' and they were married.
Hikti8,CmmJxmL
fmg
Kate riel in Denver.
. Okxvkk, Sept 10. My journey "from
Chicago was.ovcr the Chicago. Burlington-
& Q'uincy' railroad,, one of the best
managed systems "in .the country, I'
should say, judging by the civility of
i ue employes, tue comiort. t expert-J
encea, me excellence, of its. roadbed,
and the punctuality of arrival I ac
tually reached Denver ahead, of-" time.
The Burlington Koute. is also'the best
to St Paul,. Minneapolis, -Omaha and
Kansas City.
SMadaatXIght.
Sir David Brewster has given aa ex
cellent account of a mvs'terione nhrkt-
sound -which' would have' frightened
most persons, but which proved inno
cent and harmless when tested by a
steady observer. A gentleman heard a
strange sound every night soon after
getting into bed. His wife, who re
tired earlier than he, also heard' the
wierd sound, but not until the husband
hadgotipto bed. For along time no
possioie cause could be assigned, and
the effect upon the imagination became
rather unpleasant The husband dis
covered some time afterward ' that the
noise came from the door of a ward
robe which stood near the. head of the
bed. It was his custom to open and
close this wardrobe. when undressing.
one, as ine ooor was a little tisrbt he
could not quite shut it The door,
probably affected by changes in.the
temperature, forced itself ooen with a
dull sound .which was over in an in
stant And so many a ghost story- could be
soivcti iy a little attention to (he
sounds resulting from' the expansion
and contraction of-woodwork, such as
doors,' panels," window-frames. . w'ain
scoating and furniture. Heard at night,
when all is still, the sudden creaking
of furniture in a room is often quite
startling, until one comes-' toknow that
it is due to the weather. Lippincott'sl
Magazine. -
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Hand
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vise.
"ISO Reward.-
The readers of this paper will be
pleased .to" learn that- there hi at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Hail's Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive'-cure now" known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's .Catarrh
Cure is taken infernally, acting directly
upon the blood arid mucous surfaces of
the system. --thereby destroying th
j foundation of the dise&se.and giving the
patient strength by building up the' con
stitution and assisting nature !n. doing
Its work. The proprietors have'sb much
faith in its .curative powers thtt the'y
offer One Hundred Dollars "for any' case
that' it -falls to cure:. Send for list of
testimonials.- Adircss -
F. Jv'CHEXEV.& CO.", Toledo, a
Sold by 'druggists: 75c. .- '"--Hall's
Family P:ils. 25c "-
FiagtM mt Saaila.
Dr Unkefer; health officer, has been
in- consultation with Secretary "Probst
of the State Board of Health in regard
.to a nuisance which is becoming un
bearably annoying to. the residents of
a portion PiquaC says a Columbus spe
cial to-the Cleveland Leader. It con
sists of the presence' of a large-number
of snails from fonr to six inches in
length, which crawl into the houses at
night anddown into wells' and cis
terns, polluting the" water. The spails
come out at night and- almost cover the
ground in. places. .
Kerjr itallar apeat iaParker'aGlaaerTmite
1s well 1nTrstcV. li-ntluci iiln. and bthijn bettor
dim-sUon. better ttrcnuth ntl better health. .-'
.OD
A most important contribution totlie
political literature- of the" day appears
in the North American Review for Sep
teinler. .It is entitled "The Ontlook-
for Ireland'," and is f rom-the pen of the-
mgm lion. -. ine tarl of Crewe (Lord
ijwuguiuu; jaic.ioru jieuicnant gov
ernor of Ireland under the recently de
posed liberal government Among. the
short articles published- in the North.
American Keview for September" are;
4,St Anthony's Bread.- by. Charles
Robinson; "Then and Now"," by .Ed
ward P. Jackson,. and' "Country.lloads
and Trolleys," by" John Gilmer" Speed. -
. "AMOHG THE 0ZAEKS." ,
The Lam! brBig ltetl Applesj k an
attractive and interesting book, handsomely
iiiusir ted trim .view of South Missouri
' -Keaoties of tlie-Material life.
All the-hymhs, alL the pravers.'"all
1 thestripture' readings -are as nothing
uun-ss vou.maKe.meir ucauiy. come. into,
your daily life, writes Kulb Ashmorc'-.
in the October Ladies' - Homo Journal.
Take some of .the earc off the shoulders
of the busy - mother; make life' seem
more' pleasant by your gracious thought
of tiiat father who . toils all day-long; '
Make.it easier for a sister tb'dialik'e the
wrong and dothe right;show a brother,
the rosy' side of the cross, and so make'
it lighter for him to carry.. - And dp'all
this, not with loud protestations.-.biit
quietly and gentlv. letting Uod's.riailie-
be whispered in ydur heart, and being "usually.
oniv-
forcin
Ci
presses of 'the Loal' XVI I'erlpU.
- ".The revived Louis XVI. designs in- .
dude the elbow sleeve in a" large "puff
finished .with a ruffle of lace for even
ing wear and-the pointed front- to a"
waist, bnt this is' given a modern turn "
by. a round belt-The -fichu named after
the- ill-starred. Queen .is applied "on
woolen or silk; dresses. This is of the
shaded -chameleon or figured .taffutta,
-forming, a kerchief sutiiciently large to
"cover- the shoulder and- knotting in'
.front over th'e bust, :witir'two or three
narrow knife-painted ruttlcs around the
edge. ' - " . ""
reaaamra hr xmiakmiMiiMt lllilkrf-orn-
It tckeauut ili-c rttvaml tlieyou haeifa-.e rn.l .
cueitort. surely a K'OJ-exc'inKe.- ISc, at UruggMv -
Frafeaaioaal Hpnse-Cleaaera. -:'For
women 'who do not employ a
housekeeper there has come'within.th'c'-.
last-few years a boon in 'th'e form of a.
"professional house-cleaner." She is'a
responsible woman, well recommended,. '
!who takes the entire charge of opening -
ana closing city and .country houses in .
the spring and" fall. She takes her
own staff of cleaners,' carpet-sweepers,".
etc., and- becomes responsible, for the ..
care of the- house and everythingin it
from the time she takes possession of it
until. she turn's it over to its mistress in.
perfect'ordcr. ' She. will also hire any
seryantsthat.may .be needed, anil call
do it satisfactorily, as she'
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STOVE REPAIR Mrts
IlarreatihK Iteaniu
A.San Luis Obispo bean grower gives
an ..exchange his idea-of bean harvest
ing in this way:' Pull the beans after
they' shed their ".leaves. Instead' of
leaving them six or eight, days exposed
to the weather,' they snould .be thresh
ed the second or third day.- This
usually done by selecting
smooth, sandy ground -and .wetting" the
surface, then putting on a. light litter
oi straw and driving from., three to
ten -horses' abreast over the ground,
describing a circle all the time. After
the horses have thoroughly packed the
ground the straw, is raked off and the
noor is leveled with a large mall, then"
...eiJi wun a oroom. and allowed to
stand a couple of days, when it is ready
for -use. and Is nearly as hard" as a
wood floor. This floor is" usually about
fifty feet in diameter, although many
are much larger. The beans are then"
hauled to the floor to the depth of abont"
inree reet, and the horses put on the
-ic as wnen ouiiding the floor. Tbe
vines, have to.be turned a couple of
times and shaken up." then tramped
again,, when they .will oe clean. The
heans are screened by throwing them
up against the wind. They are usu
Hy put in sacks bf eighty pounds each,
and sell by the pound, the price rang
ing from one and one-half to four cents,
according to kind and quality. The
southwest portion of San Luis Obispo
conngr is devoted-almost entirely -to
thia crop, and the yield runs from ten
to forty sacks per acre, and good bean
land readily sells for 2Q0 to $300 per
acre.
Teating th8 Dairy:
Somegarather curious' .results nave
been. obtained from a number of recent
.tests of dairy herds in the RliHn Hic.
trict There have been a number-of
creameries near Elgin- which for years
have bought milk, by the' ouart nd
.have had' a Babcock -tost nM, tv,
Within a week of two "a test has been
introduced into one. of. these and the
milk from nearly one hundred patrons
has been, tested with it Some large'
herds where there is no doubt thatthe
milk has been taken care of arid pure,
test only three and one-tenth or three
and two-tenths of one per cent butter
fat in the milk. A few exceptional
herds test' as- high as four "and two
tenths butter fat .in the milk! It is thus
.very plainly demonstrated .that these
farmers have been buying their cows
for the .quantity of milk that they, give
rather than the quality. Some" cows,
notably the Jerseys, give very rich
cream and" very poor skim milk. The
Holsteins run rather to the other ex
treme, that'is, very rich'skim milk and
; rather. indifferent - cream.- The' eon-
is elusion would naturally be drawn that
a, piece of the cow's with the rich cream would t,-
'better for the creamery business, arid
the cows " .with ' the rich skim milk
would do best forthe milk supply.
Graded cows, of coure run -between
.these two extremes. -"But
the importance' of a fanner'
'. testing every cow he buys cannot be too
strongly urged. .It is not quantity but
quality 'that is needed for the creamery.
A moderate .sized cow is better than a
large one and the farmer 'gets more
butter fat from a ton of hay, as a rule,
fed into a small cow, than he does front
a ton of hay fed into a large cow. Milk
:Reporter. ".. -
. Breed Pare Stock.
Start; the breeding now of pure .bred
stock in every neighborhood. The -introduction
of some new' stock-will soon
be followed by several neighbors', who
will not be outdone by any neighbor,
and thus the. good work-goes on arid
soon your county will be a .fine. slock
county as your stock- is improved- and
advances in price. Several breeders of
pure bred stock in a county always' at
tract trade. Their healthy rivalry ad
vertises' the county as a fine' stock
county. People like to get stock from
these - fine stock centers, especially
.from well known advertisers, although
you. can buy the same breed at half the
price of-some timid breeder who "can
not afford"' to advertise. He can -do
nothing with, it when he gets -it, but
good stock 'from well known breeders,
sells 'readily at good prices. Judicious
breeding "and judicious advertising go
hand in hand. Many good, breeders
fail because they have riot the courage
to advertise, while the enterprising
breeder starts in with good 'stock and
advertises their merits', and wins sue-,
cess: Western .Live' Stock Journal.
.Business Sense Not Luck- Banish
from" the mind the idea at once,. if It ex
ists, that luck has anything to do with-
success In raising .poultry. When you
i hear a certain man or -woman "is lucky
in raising poultry," go investigate
what is tbe cause .of the so-called" luck.
You .will discover practical methods,
tiiriely" attention in fact the. very
points necessary to bring, about-success,
have made the person . "lucky:'.'
Triumphs are attained in all-occupations
after certain trials' are -success
fully overcome. Success is. the. crown
ing of effort The poultry business is
too often advocated as one that, any
one can- start and make a. success of."
A sheet of paper, covered with figures,
showing' if one hen can lay so many
eggs' in -a year that two hundred 'will
produce 'so -many, and at so much a
dozen, etc., will make" a "fortune in -no
"time. Tbe pencil. and paper theory has
deceived a. good many. Northwestern
Horticulturist
'- .Wholesome -Fowls, aad Eggs.-'
Poultry .and eggs vary greatly in fla
vor and palatableness. Food has -a
great influence on the. flesh and eggs
of fowls, says the Baltimore Sun.When
hens are fed on offal and food that is
unclean, their eggs will have sometimes
a peculiar taste. An "epicure .will quick
ly notice the taint or unnatural flavor
of such eggs or poultry meat
Eggs from:' such a source have, been
known' to. produce serious cases of chol
era morbus, and the trouble:blamed on
everything else except -the' real cause.
-The public now demand "good poultry
'and' eggs, and the scrawny specimens
of dressed poultry arid the eggs that
'used to contain about eleven different
sizes.. in every dozen are becoming
scarce.
The size and appearance of 'dressed
poultry 'has been, greatly improved, as
have also the eggs. There is also much
more' uniformity in both..
These things are not the result, how
ever, of tree roosting,' hunt-for-a-liv-.ing
chickens. The owners . of flocks
kept in the old-styled waystlll get bid
fashioned results.
The main bulk of the. poultry-raising
is done- by regular poultry men, who
produce poultry under adverse circum
stances compared with the chances a
farm affords.
will realize that vour -beautiful' life is
I lVTii frit .PTiiictc ctirn ntiil' tliAn st
T7: odin? ihe .,Mn0.dea fruit Villrcpresentliimasall women should,
farm of 3,0oa acre in Howell county. It riot.by speaking .from thepulpit.not by
pertains to fruit, raising in -that great fruit giving commands, but by livingevery.
belt of America, the- southern alone of th I-day the life that he." would wish should
I Ozards, and will .. prove -of great value no. ! uc yours.
tn.e sister and daughter without, makes a business of-it, "giving personal
g the" knowledge that you are tlie l investigation to references arid rcnuirc-
iristian.. Then', very soon, some" one" merits, '. "Y." World.
only to fruit-grower, but to every farmer
and homeseekcr looking for. a farm and a
home. : - '" -" """.".
Mailed fre:.
'Address, -- - .
. - - J. E. LbcswooD, - .
.' Kansas City, Mo;
Marion Crawford is writing. for" -The
Century Magazine a series of papers on
Borne and a fatuous.- "artist is drawing
the illustration's.- These articles will
describe unusual features of the Sacred
City, and the pietures.will include' some
remarkable restorations -of classical
. "..'.'enes: .'A series of four studies on his
toric naval engagements will bea'lead-
.ing feature and Henry "M. "Stanley will
coninuntc a paper on -.iriea,-to nc
supplemented be-.arti'les "of- the. late
iCongo explorer E. J. tllave. " -.-- .--
ITEMS ON THE .WING.
' Shorthorns vs. Scrubs. A shorthori
steer 'properly cared for ..can be made
to weigh 1,500; pounds in three years,'
while' a scrub will require five years
to secure 1,200 pounds, arid as a result
the shorthorn gain's 500 pounds annu
ally and the scrub 240 pounds annual
ly. Estimating shorthorns at 5i
cents .a pound,'- the gain'-' is annually'
$26-25, and estimating the scrub at'44
cents a pound, the 'gain is. annually
$10.60, r $15.65 gain in favor of the"
shorthorn. But- let us note bow the
case stands with .both at the end of the
:yoar. i nave stated mat me short
horn gains 500'potinds'a'year, hence-in
the three years it weighs 1,500 pounds
and ia worth. $78.75; the scrub gains 240
pounds' a year",-' 'and in three years
weighs 720 pounds arid is worth $30.60,
hence the. difference in the. value of the
steers at the expiration of three years
is $48.15 in favor of-the shorthorn. In
other words, the; shorthorn' at the expi
ration of three years is worth" twicc.as
. "A young lady of Spietz.-Switzerlanu,
who drank' a-glass of "beer after, eating
cherries died a few-.minutes later.. :
.Statistics -show that" in Germany's
population of -50,000.000 jthe females.out-
number the males by nearlya million, f-
. J. P, Frank of- Memphis recently cx-r
hibited several ears "of corn that.
- weighed over, two and one-half pounds
apiece.'
It is said that the Kaffirs in the dia
mond mines at Kimberly,. South -Africa,
steal- 250,000 worth of diamonds every
year. - . . . - '-
Canada's foreign-trade this year is
.'$14;000,060.'less; than in 1894. Yet last
year" was .accounted" one .of exception
ally hard times., '" ; .
At Olmutz, Austria -a" -man- S7 years'
old has been .convicted of -the poison
ing of a 7-year-old boy. He "was sen
tenced to be hanged.' .-.
Heflry-. Irving and h Is; English-"com -
Experiment-In' Irrigation.
"Irrigation -experiments along anew
line have been making during the- last'
few months "in ? the "arid region" of
..Kansas, where the- "raiuftill is insuffi
cient.'for crop-raising","" and' where no
river -water for irrigation canbeob
tafric'ti; and so " far -they have, been a-great-success.
The-plan is to sink wells
"to-a water-bearing strata and. pump the
water, fof ..irrigating .the -crops. ' The
state governmentVis making the cxper-.
iment's, and a farm lias- been-establish
ed at'lioodlarid.- The engineers report
that', there is a water-bearing- sand.
fully one-thirl.f which is water, un-
dcrlying.'the -whole of. the arid . district
at an average depth of'twent'y-orie'feet
This will-yield .more than asufficient
I amount of water for' all purposes'of ir
rigation, -and' it can-be economically
raised.', jf-all this turnsout as""-propli-esied
the arid district promises to'Oc-.
come pno.of the-most fertileregions.'in
Kansas. Xew York Sun: - - -: '
.FIT AHFIMstoppedfreebjrDr.Kllne'anreat
-.-Aerre KeaCsrer. MaFltaafter tlm nrjil.i. 'a'up.
Jfarrrlouscures. TreatiManil92tnalUtllrrr-t
lllcaKa. beiultol)r.KUaOlAi:t-Ut.,riiila.,i-a.
Woma'n'ii. Ways on the Wheel.
-It is noticed in. cycling that the ele
gant woman-does not coast; neither '
does' she -race; Kapidity of movement ;
slie considers neither conducive to grace .
t'nor" as- evincing good style. On the
contrary, she sits erect, with elbows,
well-in, gliding along slowly, mid with
so little inotio'n that the loss of-.dignity
is not thought of in hcr'connectiori. She
does not. wear, skirts ' so;short- as to at- " '
tract- attention when -she dismounts." -In
factt in everything -''connected with
the wheel' her- movements arcsodufct-
and unobtrusive as to excite the admi
ration xl the-- onlooker instead of the -derision-so
frequently recorded;- "Kc- '
pose is always elegance," and rapidity ,
On 'the' wheel is quite the Veversc. -
.Forum.
- ltubber,- spun jdass, steef- and: ivory arrr
.-the-most elastic hiilwtances.- "
b'jiiinrd table! -.seoonil-hand; for' .so'
cheap. "Apply-to or address, H. CAmx,
.'-. oil i.-lUli SUf Omaha, -e!.
The most-Ienpthy. .canal
the Erie,'3toji'ini.es.--
in "the world is
pariy .bring to this, country. 800 tons of
It the Dalr is Cuttiap-Tcetn..
"snre ariil u-e thatolJ ail well-tried rem.ciljr.-.Ut?.
VVtLow'sSuof!tiXG S m'r for CUMren Teetlirnf.
"Daniel llonnr't Can.
The-gun ot Daniel Jioone. has been
taken to Charleston, "W. Ya.'. and.it is
said'to be.'still. Capable of good execu-"
tion. - Its. stock and barrel are five iCet
long-i n nd it-carries- an'ouncer ball." 'It
"is a llintloclc, 'of .course. The" gun has
lcen in . the family of " Nathan." Boone
Yan liibbcr, back in the 'wilds of Nich-oias-'coUnt'y.
Matthias Ticc Van Bib
ber received" the gun from his.friend
ltoone and he earried. it at the battle of
Point Pleasant in ITTf :inil through the
war of l$li - The "original powder horn I
anii'unuet muuius .are wun ne gun.
'.Matthias Van -Bibber. -left these relics
to Capt-. C.- K. Van ."l!ihber. who -left
thVih ta Jiis son, .-Nathan ltoone Van.
Bibber the."present"owrierv New York
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.KNOWLEDGE
much as the -scrub
.Robert Mitchell. '
and $17.55 over.
scenery, costumes and "other, property favel -by" i'iso's Cure.r-RAi.ru Ekiek, Wil
forhisDlavS. ". ."Jianisrort; Fa. Nov. Hi, JW:5. ' .
Owing to the many, accidents to .per
sons riding. on them the. roof scats on
the-cars used in the suburban- trains
"of the Paris .'railroads .are 'to be" siipV
pressed. . .- -...-"..-"-'
The largest" .tract' of mineral' land in
the United -States not" yet 'prospected
is in Arizona! The riio'untains are fuil
of gold, silver. copper,"jTeadr.and other
valuable. metals. '
Tter jhysifians-had sriven me-up. I was
In India casks of tea'pass as currency,
1 and in China pieces of aflk.
Apples. as Brain Food. Apples arc
now- recommended by many physicians
as brain food, because, tney contain a
quantity 'of phosphoric acid and are
easily digested. When eaten at night
some little -time previous, to 'retiring,
they are said to .excite the action of
the liver and produce' sleep. -
There Is no death! What seems so Is
transition;
'This life of mDrtal breath
Is but a suburb of llfe'Elysian,
Whose portal we" call death.
Longfellow.
The old Chinese gold coins were in
the form of cubes, while the bronze was
shaped like knives and saining tools.
Early Plowing, for Wheat. It is hard
ly possible to plow too early for wheat,
and the. sooner 'this is done after the
field, to be sown is ready for the plow,
the "better for the crop if proper at
tention is given to It- Plow as soon es
possible, and-harrow as'fast as -plowed,
no matter, how bard and dry the soil
is. -Usually early plowed land' can be
.harrowed effectively.. better than that
which lie3 to the eui until August" or
tbe first of September. After a field is
plowed It should be harrowed at inter
vals ss the weeds start, and this will
make a seed bed that is just what
wheat needs. We once knew an old
gentleman whose rule in harrowing
.was to harrow twice as much as neces
sary, and then all the-time that could
be given to it afterward, and he hardly
ever failed of a crop of wheat or oats.
Farm News. ' .. -
Potato Blossoms. The cultivation ot
potatoes on .the waste land in' tbe sub
urbs' of Bo3ton has introduced to-some
of its residents .a new kind of flower.
A' party of. ladies and. gentlemen not
long go were delighted at the sight of
sonic beautiful blossoms whose name
and character they did .not know. They
were somewhat' disgusted when in
formed that tbe beautiful blossoms
which they admired so inuch grew. on
the- plebeian potato. It has- really a
very pretty blossom,- and It - can be
picked nof.only-without Injury, but
with positive, though slight, benefit to
the crop. Ex.
.Strawberry Beds. Strawberry plants
can be set out in the fall of the year
front -the young runners of this sea
son, but they cannot be depended upon
for producing a crop next spring; The
advantage of making the bed In Au
gust or September is that the work can
be done better than when the hurry of
spring operations may retard the tran
planting, which should he den early.
'Cows cannot yield -butter fat' without
.suitable materials 'from which to make
it,.' and cattle capable - of . producing
them cannot use tbe coarse fare of the
lower grades of stock- 'to advantage.
Neither can they .withstand .- tbe ex
posure which common stock endures
with discomfort and injury. '
-Fine butter needs, no breed.- The.
only question with a man possessing a
-fine herd of native cows, is, can he'
make as much butter? Can he .afford
to keep a cow yielding 3 per cent of fat,
when the same care and pasture would
bring him 5 per cent from a thorough
bred? Truth crushed to earth shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes with pain.
And diea among bis worshipers.
Byron.
- POPULAR SCIENCE. -
.Paris has established .-.a.-.municipal
laboratory-for bacteriology .in the old
Lobaa barracks.
."A" new lead for deep-sea soundins
carries a eartriuge wnicn expiou.es oir
touching the bottom.
A star, says Sir Robert S. Bell, is a
mass of matter heated to such an- ex
tent that its effulgence is perceived, far
and. wide. But this heated'eonditiqn-i:
exceptional, and, though it lasts thou
sands of years, the temperature must
finally sin.k to that of space, :wherc it
.will remain through all eternity unless
again kindled. by some 'accident into
teriiporary luminosity. - ".
From recent tests, at- Royton Eng
land; it appears that the heating value
c dried refuse is only about .cue-Seventh
that of good coal."
- IFarner's llaxar for. October-' Ith will
be distinguished by a varied array 'bf
ar.ttmin gowns and wraps.-- 1 he season
i invites, to so much outdoor life, and the
tidal How froni country. .totown brings
so much gaiety -with it, -that a journal
of. fashion finds -opportunity for'dis
playing costumes orelegance'and taste
for. all wearers. "A practical papcr,.en
"titleil "The Sma.ll Dinner,-", by. Anne
YYentworth Sear's, describes minutely
- a form of -hospital open to people of
limited- 'nurses. .o cletal is omitted
which can inake:tliearticie reaU'v.hcip-
ui. .- '."--'' : . ' ;'.- ".. .-'
"Xaxseu's- Mairle Cera Salve." '.
'Warrarhtrri to rare or n;ney refunlol. A.k yiMT
'rug8bt fur it. - 1-ric 15 cnti- ' .. , -.
The Ionsejst-tuLular Iridic
nia. WW feet.
is the .Eritan--
'The greatest-collection .of 'toolis "'is the
National lilrary of Paris.
" Hie t'roton'nq'nedtict of New 'York" fc
thirty-eight miles long." . '. ..."'". '
..'Brihgs.comfprt'and improvement and.
ie3ds-"to personal enjoyment" ---when-jrightly
used.- The many, who live bei
ter than "others and'enjoy life more,- with
less: expenditure, by' more . promptly
r adapting the world's best products to
the -needs oi. pnysicai oeing,-wiii-aiit.'i
tbe value to health OL the . pure. jiojna
laxative" principles -- embraced jn the
i remedy, Syrup of Figs... ; .'.
It excellence is due to its presenting .
in the-form. most acceptable and" pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly T
beneficial properties of h perfect lax- - :
atiyc ; effectually cleansing tlie syt;m, :
dispc'llingcplds, headaches and le:;era '
ana .permanently curing, constipation. :
It ba.s'given .satisfaction to. millions and
i "met with the approval of. the medical j
"profession,. because it'acts-on the Kidney?,-Liver
and Bowels without weak-.--,
ening'tlierii and it is perfectly free from .
eve'rv obiectionable substance. -
" Svrup of Figsis for sale by all dru
."gistsin 50c arid i bottle but it is man
ufactured by tlie California rigbyrup
Co. only' whose. name is printed on every .
packagealsocthename, Syrup of Figs"
arid being well -informed, yoti: will not -accept
any substitute if oncred.
PhatacniaMaK Plytoc laaaeta. '
The French artists appear to have'
gotten the art of photography do'wa to
a much finer basis than those of Aatcr
ica and Eaglaad. They were first to
photograph flying bullets, .race horses
in motion and other rapidly moving'
objects. The latest, triumph re
ported from Paris w a photograph of
flyinp dragon fly by M. Marey, ia
which the exposure was but th
l-.25,000th part of a second. By the
aid of a small electric lamp inside of
the mouth of an assistant, Marey also
claims to have photographed the
ssoviBg globules of blood circulating in .
the veins, and to have detected a dif
ference in the motion of the colored
and colorless corpuscles.
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