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r a E .aa . ' . . hJM. J4r- mm rmicE fob potatoes. The Jobs A. Salter Seed Co., La Croaae, Wis., pay high prices for new thiags. They recently paid $309 for a 'yellew rind watermelon, $1,600 for 30 fcu. new oats, S300 for 100 lbs. of pota- toes, etc, etc.! Well, prices for pota toes will be high next fall. Plant a plenty, Mr. Wideawake! You'll make money. Salter's Earliest are fit to eat . in 28 days after planting. His Cham pion of the World is the greatest yielder . on earth and we challenge you to pro duce its equal. If yoa will scad 14 cents iu stamps t to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get, free, ten packages grains and grasses, including Teosinte. Spurry. Giant Incarnate Clover, etc, and our mammoth cata- . 'logue. Catalogue 5c. for mailing, wjl Wholly Cn prepared. Sirs. CoL. Yerger is a continual source of embarrassment to her hus band. CoL Yerger recently gave a din ner party to a few select ladies and . gentlemen. Of course, he was called . on for an after-dinner speech. CoL Yerger got up, and, assuming an im posing position, began: "Ladies and gentlemen, unprepared as I am being wholly unprepared to make a speech being unprepared " lie was unable to proceed. There was a pamlm silence, wnicn was broken by Mrs. Yerger saying: 'Why, colonel, you knew it perfectly this morning." Tableaux. Texas Sittings. CMl It t he oldest and bnU It will I LCoIdaaU ertkananyttdoceUe. It to always able. Try. Iove Credulity. Love will believe anything. A young man in town, with possibly a bank ac count of $-00, told his girl that he would be in Topeka today to bid on the Santa Fe railroad, and she was down at the depot when the train pulled out to see him off, and to tell him'to be sure and bid enough; she did so long to ride some day in her own private car. Atchison Ulobe. We have not been without Piso's Cure Tor Consumption for twenty years. Lizzie Fekuel. Camp St., Harrishurg. Pa., Mav4, 'HI. 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Hood's Hm (2folWM9ft4l gaSCBazara.aaaaOaal. fE nwBHBnwl9CBBanBnW DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS OUR RURAL READERS. FOR Hew Saeeeaafal Farmer Operate Department of the Farm A Htata.aa to the Care ef Uw mmA roaltry. TBI raw Stock HE London (Eng land) Live Stock Journal for October 18th contains aa ac count of the milk ing trial atthe Lon don dairy show. Several quite inter esting facts jyere brought oul'in this trial. There were 126 entries as against 87 last year and 86 in 1893. That shows that the interest in these trials is in creasing. A challenge cup, valued at 1250, was put up to be wou. This cup was wou by a cross-bred Shorthorn Ayrshire cow seven years old, with a total of 129.8 point in Iter favor. An other cross-bred Shorthorn cow came second with a total of 137.S points. The morning's and evening's milk of two days of the show were weighed, sampled, and analyzed. The milk of those cows competing in the butter con test only was taken for one day, separ ated, and each cow's cream churned separately. The prizes in the milking trials were awarded on the number of points obtained on the quantity of milk, the. analysis of the same, and the total number of days since calv ing. The prizes in the butter yield contests were awarded on the total quantity of butter actually obtained out of each cow's cream by trained butter makers under the superintendence of the judges. In the butter trials, the buttermilk was kept over night, and on examination showed that there were great differences in the amount of cream left in the buttermilk after churning. In all cases v.'here the milk showed a high per cent of butter-fat and a low yield of butter resulted, the lost butter fat was found in the butter milk. Another noticeable fact is that there was an extremely large proportion of the cows present whose milk showed less than 3 per cent of butter fat Of these, nine were Shorthorns out of sev enteen in this position, two Jerseys, one Guernsey, four Red Polls, and two cross breeds. The Live Stock Journal says: "In view of the fact that all these ani mals were brought up by their owners in the belief that they were good cows, this large proportion is noteworthy." Whether in England or America, ev ery time cow owners set about testing their herds they strike the same amaze ment those Englishmen did; everybody wakes up to the fact that they own altogether too many poor cows. Yet it may be fairly said that about the most difficult thing in the world is to get a dairyman to give his cows a fair Babcock test for even a month Hoard's Dairyman. Too Much nutter Color. "What is the matter with that but ter? Do the cows give bloody milk, and does the blood show in the cream?" We did not make that butter, that came from the store. Why in the name of all that is good makes the creamery man put in such an overdose of butter color? It must be because it increases the weight, the increase costing less than so much cream. Years ago, no matter how many any how it was before any creameries or butter fat tester either a Arm in New York manufacturing churns offered fifty dollars as a premium for the best essay on butter making. I thought 1 would compete because I had years of experience under a lady then my wife who had learned and practiced the art in Delaware county. New York, one of the best butter counties in the Empire state. So, having some use of the pen and also a little of the English lan guage, I set to work, commencing with the empty pail and in the cow yard. The committee was composed of prac tical men and also an editor of an agri cultural journal, Thurber by name. It seemed to me a long time before they reached a conclusion. The committee had debated long and seriously. They thought me entitled to the premium, hut because a latly competitor of Jack sonville, Illinois, had recommended or advocated butter color, stating the eye ought to be pleased as well as the taste, of course I bowed respectfully because the premium went to a lady. I have not changed my mind at all. and would not for $50. The deepest orange color is to me repulsive, and I cannot help thinking of oleo when it is placed be fore me. Corn meal, pumpkins, bran and carrots, and, if on hand, rutabagas, or mangolds, with fine hay. red-top and i clover, will make naturally yellow but ter which is attractive, rather than re- j nulsive. Ueo. w. Aiurtreiut in journal of Agriculture. Kavril 1y the IVultry. Everything that usually goes to the swill barrel can be turned to more prof it on the farm if it Is put in proper condition for feeding the poultry. Po tato and turnip parings boiled are good to put with the mixed food. AH table scraps make the very best of food: even the meat bones can be crushed, and will more than pay for the trouble in the in crease of eggs. The buttermilk used iu a scalding state or sour or sweet milk the same add increased nourish ment to the mixtures mentioned. The whey when curd is made can also be utilized the same way. Whole grain should be fed ai evening. Wheat, bar ley, buckwheat, corn and rye are valued as respectively enumerated. The fowls show a preference for corn, but if fed too liberally it will make the hens too fat for profitable egg layers. Of course, excessive feeding of wheat will have a like tendency, but in not so quick or so marked a degree. Mauy lireeilrrs. There are but few persons who make a business of raising thoroughbred poultry alone, but the number is in creasing each and every year. I have known men of small means, after they have proved to their own satisfaction that they could make a fair profit keep ing fifty fowls, who have ventured to increase the number, until enough had been procured to occupy their whole time and bring in a good profit and the expense of living. In a great many in stances there is a great saving of time when business is done on a large scale. Today we can find poultry plants that require the services of several men, attending and feeding the fowls, gath ering and packing the eggs, and get ting fowls ready for shipment. Taking the East, West, North and South, poul try keeping is more generally practiced than any other business that you could mention. More people breed poultry today than can be found in any other branch of industry. In many cases only a few fowls are kept to supply the eggs for the table of a family. The greatpet number are 1,-ept hy the farm ew," in fiocks ranging from fifty to three budrcd. The farmers akould be the poultry keepers; they have the best facilities for raising the chickens; they can take advantage of a sure supply of insect food, which promotes growth. There are farmers who-raise poultry more or less, as a source of Income; and this Income, though it seems small, helps to obtain many a thing without which there would be discom fort The importance of this branch of industry must be recognized by every one who likes good fare; take away the eggs and see how many dishes would be spoiled. The poultry interest is so much scattered that its value is not properly estimated. Just look at the new journals that have been bobbing up all over the United States. People at large are better informed in regard to taking care of poultry than our fore fathers were; they house their fowls more comfortably. Wealthy people have taken hold of the business, and it is this class of people which help along the "fancy" wonderfully. Poultry will always be kept, in large or small flocks, and will always interest a greater num ber than any other branch of live stock breeding. Poultry Monthly. An American Milking Machine. At the recent dairy convention held at Waterloo, Iowa, there was exhibited a milking machine. During the time it was there it milked eight cows morn ing and night We had the privilege of watching the operations of this in vention. Its arrangement is very sim ple, the power used in extracting the milk being suction, the same principle as that employed by the calf when he takes his meals. The cows were placed side by side in the stalls. The air pump, reservoir and cans were at one end of the row of stalls. A long rubber tube ran along in front of the cows, and from in front of each one of them a branch tube ran under each cow, the end of each lateral tube terminating in a set of four cups, made of rubber and glass. These four cups are placed over the teats of each cow, and the pressure of the air from without keeps them in place. The air in the central chamber being exhausted, the pressure of the air in the udder of the cow forces out the milk. The cows that were being milked at Waterloo gave very little milk, one of the attendants saying that few of them were giving more than three pints. The time of milking varied from eleven to fifteen minutes. We noticed one of the sceptical specta tors trying to milk one of the cows after the machine had completed its work, and he succeeded in producing some good sized streams. The machine is evidently like all new inventions, capable of 'being im proved. By use only can its weak points be discovered and remedied. We are glad to see it enter the field, because we believe it has great possi bilities, and we also believe it to be the pioneer in clearing the way for the in troduction of mechanics in the milking problem. One of the most serious obstacles in the way of the complete success of the machine is the cleaning and keep ing clean of the milking tubes. In the machine on exhibition the only way was to run cold water through the tubes as soon as the milking was com pleted. The use of hot water or of al kali water in any form is prohibited on account of the bad effect it would have on the rubber of the tubes. Per haps long use will show the true solu tion to have been already found, but it seems very probable that small globules of fat must accumulate from milking to milking on the sides and crevices of the apparatus. Commonplace- Ouscrratlon. The feeding of fowls and chicks should not be done in a heedless man ner, and the food used should be given for a definite object. Feeding poultry merely because one thinks they must be "filled up" before going to roost is not the idea at all. Proper feeding of a flock requires good judgment, both as regards the selection of food and the time certain kinds should be given, and why they are more suitable at one sea son than another. The feeding of fowls and growing chickens is neces sarily quite different. Fowls require food for nourishment, after they have ceased to grow, and any amount beyond the bodily require ments that is given goes to form fat or eggs. Careful experimenting by in telligent poultry men has proved be yond peradventure that certain foods are required for egg production, and that, while there are also some foods that will help egg production, they have such a fattening tendency that it be comes necessary to use them sparingly; otherwise the hens will become too fat to lay many eggs. There is also a great difference in the effect of food upon the various breeds. The Asiatics are of a sluggish nature, not much inclined to search around, if they are too liberally sup plied with corn, no matter how excel lent a foraging ground they may have. Consequently they should not be fed too much corn in any shape, and if fed too liberally of it during the hot season serious loss is apt to occur. The Spanish breeds are very active, and apparently take great delight in foraging over their runs, no matter how well they are fed. Their activity almost borders on nervousness, and on this ac count they can hardly be overfed. -It is a saying that corn will fatten Asiat ics like hogs, but that Leghorns will keep in prime condition if their food is almost exclusively corn, provided they have a good run. Ex. Flax Straw for Feeding. At our request Harry Snyder, the Min nesota station chemist made an analy sis of flax straw, threshed clean, and re ports as follows: Flax straw is com posed of water, 4.86 per cent; ash, 3.10; fat, .89; protein, 4.96; fiber, 61.50; car bohydrates, 24.G1. Flax straw is richer in protein than wheat, oat or barley straw. It is not -as rich in ash as those straws, which is a point in its favor. ! The flax straw is also dryer. Although the flax straw has a large amount of fi ber, wheat straw, as well as the straw of other grains, contains so much silica (sand) as to make up for a large por tion of this difference in fiber. The flax fiber has the power of absorbing water and increasing in volume nearly three times. Hence in feeding flax straw care should be used so as not to cause abnormal expansion of the digest ive organs; in other words, do not let flax straw be eaten at will, but deal out such quantities as experience shows to be safe. Farm, Stock and Home. A Good Ration Coarse-ground oats, ground rye and wheat brand would make a very complete ration mixed as follows: Two quarts of ground oats, one quart of ground rye and three pints of wheat bran. This should be mixed with boiling water, stirred in until the mixture has assumed a crumbly nature, not a sticky one. Feed while it is about milk warm. This makes a good morning meal for old and young. Ground barley can be sub stituted for the ground rye; boiled po tatoes can take the place of wheat bran; so may other boiled vegetables when alternating the diet Ex. sggggsgsggg FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Va-te-Data HIatt Abeat Calttta- tie at tke San aaS TMaa ' f Bertlealtara, Vtttcaltara caltara, Flort- ITHIN THE LAST three or four months I have made several trips amounting to six thousand miles, ex tending through the states of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and into and through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. In these several trips have been a close observer from the car window, and though had been over most of the routes traveled, it was no less inter esting to me this time, for the diversity of soil and climatic influences are per ceptibly noticeable as we pass through the different sections of country. No where do the methods of farm ing present a better appearance of thrift and home-like surroundings ttan in sections where diversified farming is systematically engaged m from year to year, hy which the farmer grows as many or nearly all the staple crcps required to meet the demands of his own wants, and by converting the products thus grown to a liighar rate of values ready for use. such as beef, pork, mutton, poultry, eggs, but ter, etc. The all corn, wheat, cotton or what not class of farmers are us ually more dependent upon others and the uncertainties of market influences that cause an unhappy condition in their accounts. The crops in localities appeared to be exceptionally good, but in many, short to a very poor crop, and belie 7e the corn crop has been very much overestimat ed by the reports. Cera is selling too low to be of any practical value to the producer in districts where 10 cents per bushel is as much as it now com mands. Of a middle states farmer it has been said, "plenty of corn, plenty of every thing," which I would take to mean h? has plenty of cheap food to allow lib eral feeding for the arious kinds of stock, converting it Into many useful articles necessary for "getting on well." In some sections of the West corn does not mean so much for the situation or the producer has not the advantages of obtaining those results, and Is com pelled to submit to the inevitable by taking what ever he can get after freight and commission are paid. Miello, in Farmer's Review. Manures. The dead plant is prepared for feed ing the growing plant through the ac tion of microdemes or bacteria or, to use a name that will become general among farmers, ferments; low orders of plant life similar to what raises bread or ripens cream. There is much to learn regarding the processes, but it has been fairly well settled that each successive step is taken by a different living or ganism. The practical value of this comes from the necessary conditions to have the dead plant manure changed to soluble plant food and this is under the control of the farmer. According to Warrington ammonia is made first, nitrites next, then nitrates. The plant may feed on all of them, as all are fcoluble, but the organisms may change ammonia and nitrites to nitrates before the plant feeds upon them, as condi tions favorable to plant growth favor nitrification, that is, heat aud moisture suitable, together with the ingredients necessary to form the nitrates, which manure supplies. Light is not favor able to nitrification. So we conclude that manure spread on the surface in dry weather must wait until rains wash it into the soil. If it Is put on lightly, in the spring, grass may cover and shade it so that the organisms can work. If manure is plowed under in our soil from four to six inches the moisture and heat will be suitable for forming nitrates or soluable plant food. If manure is packed solidly in a pit it will not nitrify if kept wet and cold, and if put in a great heap in winter, while the weather is cold it will not produce nitrates until turned over in the spring, because the oxygen in the air is a necessity in the process. A heap of manure left in the barnyard all summer will waste on the outside, because it gets too much air. while at some distance from the outside it will have proper conditions for nitrification, and when rains come they will dissolve the nitrates and wash the solution away. So manure heaps carried over should be covered to avoid this, and kept moist and cool to prevent fire fanging or loss of ammonia in gaseous shape. A loose heap of manure will thus waste away, and in the fall a load of it is of no more value, if as much, than a load of green manure. We must then spread the green manure at once on the surface or plow it un der, or put it in condition to make ni trates and then keep the rains off. It is not practical to put manure in cold storage, nor to build houses for it. The best we can do is to put the fresh manure on the land. There is no loss from sun drying, and when rains come they Mill wash It into the soil, where the ferments can reduce it to plant food. Prof. James Wilson. Value of Farm Products. The annual report of the secre tary of agriculture, which has just been issued, states that the farm products for the year ending June 30 last are estimated to be worth $2,300,000, 000. The products of these farms were not ouly sufficient to feed all the town and city populations and a large number of people in the rural districts whose attention and energies were devoted to other occupations than agricultural pursuits, but there was enough of a surplus to export to the value of $553,215,347, 75 per cent going to European countries. The agricult ural exports of the country constituted 69.6S per cent of the whole. The secretary of agriculture estimates that there are 40,000,000 of the total population who do not live on farms, so that one-third of the population only was engaged in producing the vast amount indicated by the figures given. The year covered by the report, com paratively speaking, was not a good one for the farmers. In many sections of the west there was a total failure ot crops in consequence of long-continued drouths, so that a much better showing would have been made had the year been an average one. Forestry In India. Government forestry seems to be a success in India. The inspector-general of forests for India is now in this country and he gives an interesting account of the management in that country. He says it has taken eighteen yeats of legislation to get the kind of laws needed, but they have succeeded. Now the permanency of the -big forests is assured aud the government --f ---- ' - ''g-a-- Vn. T 1 r" ' - ''-""" m)mvrt''r'" 'I".' """ r?ac33?gragcgssig!'sraaM 1 1 -naargw aaar.rMI irn fi ' y-l- ,TfVi. rr.r i. i'" tw i Tl i Z- will get a handsome Income from taeam. The government is gradually obtaining possession, of all the forest lands and now has 80,000 square miles of wooded country under supervision. The gov ernment at intervals gives notice that It Intends to take a certain piece of forest land so many miles, in sise, and claimants have six months in which to appear and prove their claims. An in dividual or town, probably, has a de scriptive right to take building timber from the forest in question. That right Is proved and settled perma nently, and thereafter only such trees as are marked by the inspector can be cut In Burmah alone there are over 1,000 different kinds of forest trees and the study there is to propa gate the valuable species and weed out those that are not Rural Life. Tillage and Fertility The fact thai the rocky particles of the soil are the source of phosphoric acid and nitrogen, and that they are .derived by dissolving of the rock, makes tillage a source ot fertility, since it tends to the more rapid disintegration of these rocky par ticles. If these particles were as easily dissolved as the grains of sugar or salt, our soil resource would sooner be destroyed by excess of moisture or by too frequent cultivation. One of the great sources of depletion of soil is the too frequent cropping, which means double or triple depletion. First, the crop, be it hay, grain, wool, meat or milk, taken from the farm, removes fertility. Second, the tillage unlocks the phosphoric acid and potash from the rock, and makes a larger portion available for the plants. Third, the land left bare much of the year declines in the per cent of nitrates. This last is a more important source of loss than is commonly understood. Fill Up the Holes. Has any reader ever tried Dr. Braden'e plan for im proving muddy roads by covering the low places with straw, coarse hay, weeds or other such trash? We thought the idea worth trying in places where marsh grass abounds, on the borders of sloughs. A large amount of such fill ing could be applied very easily and cheaply there, and if it is found to do the work satisfactorily, as we think it will, it would be another case in which nature provides an easy remedy for the ailments she permits to befall us. The plant whose root cures snake bite is said to grow always in places where venomous serpents abound. Where bad roads are apt to be In their worst condition, In the low ground, the reeds and the tough, coarse grasses do most abound. Let us give this cheap road .material a trial before we laugh at it as foolish to think seriously about Indiana Farmer. Cork Trees in Georgia A Georgia correspondent of the Galveston News says: About thirty-five years ago sev eral young cork trees were sent here by the government and set out to test their adaptability to this climate. Three or four are yet living, but the largest one is in the front yard of the Jack son house, being two feet or more in diameter. Last week it wa-s stripped ot its bark around the trunk under the direction of Colonel Richard L. Warth en, who manifests great interest in trees of all varieties, and samples of the' cork will be forwarded to the agri cultural department at Washington and to the Atlanta exposition. The bark, or cork, is two and a half inches thick, end is good material. Colonel War th en, who has studied tbe matter closely, is confident that this is th first tree that cork has ever "icon taken from in the United States. Fertility Fertility Is not only that which can be hauled in a cart and spread with a fork. It is mainly in visible, and results from wise handling of the means at hand. He alone is worthy of the name of husbandman who husbands his resources of soil as well as of produce and capital. He can pro duce paying crops and keep up the fer tility of soil and even increase it. It is cheaper in the long run to cover the soil much with clover and the grasses than to waste fertility by exposing it to constant wear and waste, and then attempt to buy it back from the factory or ship it in from the islands of the sea or quarry it from the nitre beds of Chili or the phosphate mines of the South or through the potash syndicate of Germany. Farm News. Profit in Apples. Apples pay if the producer can get 20 cents a bushel for them on the tree. The only hope of making the raising of fruit pay is to ship it to Europe, where good apples are scarce. For this purpose the ut most care must be observed in packing. The rest of the crop that cannot be con sumed at home and made into cider, cider jelly and vinegar can be fed prof itably to live stock. Apple-fed pork is a delicacy. The people of the United States, too, ought to eat more apples than they do. Nothing is more con ducive to health and long life. This year they will have a chance to indulge their appetities with the choicest fruit, which is abundant Ex. Cultivated or Uncultivated Trees. The Nebraska agricultural sta tion has issued a bulletin from which the following practicable con clusions are drawn. Trees in cultivat ed ground have darker and more vig orous foliage than those in sod ground, with less yellowing, dropping of leaves or wilting in hot, windy days. Apples averaged fourteen per cent greater weight on cultivated than on pasture land, and 17 per cent greater than on mowed land. As to moisture, for every 100 barrels of water In twenty inches depth of soil or sod land, there were 140 in cultivated land. Evaporation, as anyone might suppose, was found pro portionate to the velocity of wind. Apples in Missouri. Missouri is claiming to be a formidable rival fo the best known apple growing states. Apples are a surer growth in Missouri than in either New Ycrk or Michigan because of the milder climate, it is asserted. In the Ozark country the crop has failed only three times in the past twenty-five years. This year Missouri alone will furnish from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 worth. Orchards of hun dreds of acres are no great novelty in the prolific Ozark country. Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Norman J. Colman has 6,000 pear trees and 2,000 apple trees, the latter bending under the heaviest yield they have ever borne. Ex. A Perpetual Study. Farming is a perpetual study When we get to work we often think we cannot take time for study; but we must study hard if we expect to make our mark. I believe a good way for young persons who cannot attend college to get an education would be to take from one-fourth to one-half of their time for study and the rest for muscular labor. Corres pondent Mirror and Farmer. Edward Atkinson says that the product of the hen mines is greater in value than the product of the Iron fur nace; is about twiciUhe value of the wool product, and three or four times the value of our output of silver. While ihe rainets .f silver own our senators, he asks who crows for the American hen in the halls of congress? Ex. WHEBJE DID TdtT GT TOM COFFCKf Had the Ladies' Aid Society of oar Church out for tea. forty of them, aud all pronounced the German Coffeeberry equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells you all about it! 35 packages Earliest vegetable seeds $1.00 post paid. If yoa wttl eat tala eat and aeaa with 15c stamps to John A. Salxer 8eed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get free a package of above great coffee seed and our 148 page catalogue! Catalogue alone Be w.n. Spoiled the Point. Capt John Codman confesses to hav ing been tripped up by members of an audience out in Utah before whom he was arguing- in favor of free wool. "Free wool," he said, "will advance the price of domestic wool. The demand for a manufactured article increases the demand for all its ingredients. Many cloths and carpets require an admix ture of foreign and domestic wool; so that the more foreign wool used the more domestic wool will be needed. Take punch, for example. To make it you require lemon, sugar, rum and wa ter " Here he was interrupted with: "Oh, h : we don't want any water in ours!" Then, Capt Codman changed the subject Boston Herald. Very Itlch Indeed in the elements that supply the liumaii sys tem with bone, muscle and brain substance is a circulation fertilzed with the supreme tonic. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which begets thorough assimilation and divotlnn, ami gives a healthful impulse to crery functioB of the body. Dyspeptic and weakly persons Rive strong testimony in its behalf, so do those troubled witii billiousnev. ma laria, rheumatism, constipation and inac '.ivity of the kidneys. Statesnaaalike Oaalltits. "I can't imagine what grounds you have for calling Dodger an all around statesman.' "You can't, eh? Why he got all around the tariff question: he got all around the temperance question and coinage question without touching any of them." Indianapolis Journal. A fiord Idea. The Omaha Weekly World-Herald has struck another novel Idea for in creasing its circulation by offering large prizes to those new subscribers who censtruct the shortest sentence contain ing all the letters of the alphabet This is sort of reverse of last year's prize contest, when the object was to construct the largest number of words out of certain letters. It will be interesting to note how short a sentence can be made and still contain all the twenty-six letters in the alphabet. The trouble, of course, will Le to get in such letters as x. y, z and q. Ex-Congressman Bryan, who edits Ihe paper and preaches free silver coin age, must have a good inventive genius '.o devise these novel schemes. The .In tier's Musical Instrument. A new typewriter story comes from India. It appears that one of the Eng lish judges in India was an expert on the machine, and it occurred to him to use it for the making of judicial notes. The machine was conveyed into court, when a certain novelty was imparted to the proceedings by the click of the keys and the tinkle of the bell which indicated that a line had been com pleted. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced. Promptly hcappeuled, on the ground that, instead of libten inir to the evidence, the judge had whilcd away his time by playing on a musical instrument This, was a tech nicality as well as a typewriter, and quite a good enough reason for a bad man to get a new trial. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County as. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing- business In the City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the Bum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. OLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal Ir and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of th system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists; 75c. Hall's Family Pills, 25c. Information From tho Teacher. The teacher was asking questions teachers are quite apt to ask questions, and they sometimes receive curious an swers. This question was as follows: "Now, pupils, how many months have twenty-eight days?" "All of them, teacher,'" replied the bov on the front seat. Utica Observer. Foit Irritation or tiik Tiikoit caused in fold or tiseof the voice -Brown's Bronchial Troches" are exceedingly beneficial. Xo man can serve have tried to. two masters, hut ail ' Map of the United Mates. 1 be wall map issued hy the Burlington Route is three feet wMo by four feet Ions: is printed in seven colors: is mounted on rollers; fcows every state, county, impor tant town and railroad in the Union and forms a very desirable and useful adjunct to any household or business estab.i-hmcnt. Furcbnsed ia large quantities, the ma; s cost the Burlington Route more than fifteen cents each, but on receipt of that amount in stamps the undersigned will Le pleased to send you one. Write" imniediate'y, as the supply is limited. J. Fkancw, t. r. & T. A. Burlington Route. Omaha, Nel. If man were less imaginative, woman would Le less attractive. comes There is more than one food which will cause the body to increase in weight. A free supply of sugar will do this; so will the starchy foods; cream, and some other fats. But to become fleshy, and yet remain in poor health, is not what you want. Cod-liver oil increases the weight because it is a fat-producing food. But it does far more than this. It alters, or changes, the pro cesses of nutrition, restoring the normal functions of the various organs and tissues. cf Cod-liver Oil, vith hypo phosphites, is pure cod-liver in a digested condition. So that, when a person gains in weight from taking Scott's Emulsion, it is because of tvo things: First, the oil has acted as a fat-producing food; and, second, it has restored to the body a healthy condi tion. Such an improvement is permanent: comes to stay. SCOTT'S EMULSION has been endorsed by the medical profession for twenty years. Askyonr dector.) This is because it is always fjaaltclra.y uniform always contains the pure: Norwegian CoJ-iiver Oil and Hvpofkosfhites. Put up in jo-cent and $t.oo sizes. The small size may be enough to cure ycur cough or help your baby. ScoiB6imMori, Tfce Jaaaaeaa Koso. In Japan the nose is the oaly feature which attracts attention. The nose de termines the beauty or ugliness of the face, according as it is big- or small. This is probably dae to the fact that differences in noses constitute about the only distinction between one Japanese face and another. In Japan a lady who has a huge, proboscis is always a great beauty and a reigning belle. Tacoma Ledger. la OMea Tli People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual con stipation, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. The devil tuds it hard to get a foothold in the home where love is kin?. tttcawa. oenatoUr.KuiM:J3lArcbtt..l'LUa..l Marriage is a mortgage that cannot be determined except by death or divorce. "Xaasea's Magte Osn Sato." Wamtrtwl to ran or money refunded. Ask yJT dracKbtfurit. l'rice 13 cento. The woman who hates in house ceaninp. dirt a'so believes It the Baby u Cutting Teetn. 3nre and tie that oM and well-tried rnned.r, Sfsa. A'ixujOW' Soothixo Strvp for Children Teethlne- Be sure to brirweS- PLUG and no other, font is ine largest piece of Goo a tobacco ever sold for 10 CENTS Absoluteju Pure-Delicious-Nutrilious- Br JrPT 1 iiidltal r5Z5E52SZ5Z5ZSZ5Z5rSE5Z525Z5Z5I5Z5lSZSZ5Z5Z5Z5Z5S2SZ5Z525ZS252e ." A Wk. ureat prize contest. 1st Prize, KNABE PIANO, style "P" 2d Prize, Cash, - 3d Prize, Cash, - 10 Cash Prizes, each $20, - - 15 Cash Prizes, each $10, 28 Prizes, .... $1300 Th first prize will bo "riven to tiie person who constructs tin shortest sontcnc in English, containing all the letters in the alphabet. The other prizes will go in regular order to those competitors whose sentences stand next in point of brevitv. CONDITIONS. The lenutli of :t sentence is to be measured by the number of letters it contains, and each contestant must indicate by fiure3 at the cios of his sentence just how Ions it is. The sentence must have some uieuniiur. Geographical names and nann-s of persons cannot be used. The contest closes February l."th, ISM, and the results will be published one wrek later. In case two or more prie-winninj: sentences are equally short the one first received will be fj'ven preference. Every competitor whrrve sentence is less than 11(5 letters in length will receive Wilkie Collins' work in paper cover, including twelve complete novels, whether he wins a prize or not. o contestant can enter more other competitors. Residents of Omaha are not permitted to take part, directly or indirectly, in this contest. This remarkablv liberal oiler is of which the distinguished x-coii!p'SMn:ni, msm J. BRYAH, is Editor. and it is required that each competing sentence be enclosed with one dollar for a year's subscription. The Wkkki.v Wokld-IIkkamj is issued in vmi weekly sections, and hence h nearly good a a dailj. It, is ihe western champion of free silver coinage and the leading family newspaper of Xebraka. Address, Weekiy World-Herald, OmaHa. NcD. EaSr!52S25HSasaSH5Z52SZ5Z5aSH5c5a5SSH5H52Sr!S2SHSeSHS2S2SZS252S25ui UiiiJJliiiliUitttt STEEL WE8 PICKET FENCE. Aloo CABLED rOlLTKV. K.tRBKS . KAKallT KMr. We manufacture comf'i line uf io:oe:h Wire 1'erxinif ami snrante every artlela to be as rcyie- ectrU If you runsluer quality w can ae you money. De Kalb Fence Co., m con &i t Cures Whera AH Else Fails. TATKS GOOD. USE IX TXMR LUMBAGO," LAME BACK, STIFF NECK, an surely ST. JACOBS WL ACmfOTIITt r.O. Aim n!f tvt amfara In IwlU oaBM.i)taaso it has reduced t cot of w l. wou K was. Jt bus maw branch aou suppim iu zwna ana repairs trow door. Una and dot. tunilsh a , DHtar article (or !. moarj than ctlitrs. It makes Pumping ar.it (frarrd. Sterl. OArantsedaner. Coiliclrtlun Windmill. Tlltlnc sad FUrU Sierl Tawrn. Stpol KqmMw frarats. Strel 1'mt Cut:e ami rmi Grinders. hi application It Kilt name on: cf Utese articles tluC li tvlll turnu: until lat at 13 the usaal aricfi. Tt sLui msk Tanks aad Poaips of all Hurts. s?sd for catal.-vjvft. Nrtarj; tttft. Kadnrcli ssJ nScerc Stretta. Ctkai. Patents. Trade-Marks. Examination and Advice a to ratrntabilitr ot tnvration. Sdi1 for'MiiYentorV;nid-. nrllow toGct afatcnt." PX23BT 3?Ji2S2Li. TTA322T5TCT. 8. 8. Morphine Habit Carrtt ia 10 to XOday. Nopay tJlNurrtt. OR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon.Oiuo. The Breakfast Cocoa MAOC BY aaWaVsW Walter Baker & Co. lm DORCHESTER. MASS. COSTS LESS THAN ONE CENT A CUR NO CHEMICALS. ALWAYS ASK YOUR GROCER FOR WALTER BAKER ctCOS. BREAKFAST COCOA MADE AT DORCHSTR,MASS.iT DEARS THEIR TRADE MRa LA BEUE CHOCOLATIERE ON EVERY CAN. AVOID IMITATIONS- T AM Pi $800 DJ 100 g so a 200 a 150 K than one sentence nor combine with take any R -IIei:.li. ! made bv the kkkly N 0!:lu-I 'I nl 1 t.i I ! i ! i : i I ! i i i i f i tF tfct iii m i i t i 11)1 ? CABLED FIELD AND H06 FEHtfc. tataiaBe me. 1 2 1 High Street DE KALB, ILL. I (Irmly btieva that Piso's Cure kept tn front bnv.'ng quick ConMzmr tton. .Ir?. "" III eaver ; ! H. I. IAKI.ING. V Meadow, N. Y., Juno IS, J80. ji I BfcO i uyy 50T.l BY DKUG81 -i'IN: ... 4 ! " RlKS i'.ii .-a ifJ5n M,; n w i -. i.i zr. ct Ijj! L $ . V?, t i r. I v - - - -'-: -Tf- "Mtng&CTargeJg? -J:U-' $ JUJt