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i i iii 3J&. 5Ji -i gs4wRK"---rCvf -tfrC i9pPJ5 r-Z-Vs ." '" --.- - .r lllfc-s- . .. V- t COLOKADOQOLD MUCKS. If roa are interested in gold mining1 or wis to keep posted regarding tbe wonderful strides being made in Colo rado, it -will pay yon to send fifty cents for a year's subscription to The Gold Miner, an illustrated monthly paper published at Denver. Society men add to their popularity by being deferential to old ladies. Billiard table, secoad-haad. for sale cheap. Apply to or address, H.C. ajox, 511 a 12th St, Omaha, Nex Pure 'Mood xncaus sound health. With pure, rich, healthy blood, the stomach and digestive organs trill be vigorous, and there will be no dyspepsia. Rheumatism and neuralgia will be unknown. Scrofula and salt rheum will disap pear. Your nerves will be strong, our sleep : soiind, sweet and refreshing. Hood's Sarsapa rilla makes pure blood. That is by it cures so many diseases. That is why thousands take ' It to cure disease, retain good health. Remember Hoods Sarsaparilla .Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, ft. . ... cure Liver Ills; easy to .flOOd S FlIlS take, easy to operate. 23c, Don't buy cheap, trashy bind ings tliat are dear at any price. .. You pay but a trifle more for BIAS VELVETEEN SKIRT BINDINGS tind save jTour time, your money and your dress. Look for "S. H. & M." on the label and take no other. If your dealer will not supply yo we will. Semi for samples, showing labels and materials, lo the S. H. 8t M. Co.. P. 0. Box 699. New York City. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR W. L. Douglas 3. SHOE -WW If ou jy 84 to 96 for shoes, ex- a jb amine the V. I Douglas hhoe, and 9 C eehat a good shoe you can buy for OVER IOO STYLES AND WIDTHS, CONGRESS, BUTTON, and L.ACK, made la all kinds of the best selected leather by skilled work men. Wo make and ell more f3 Shorn . than any other tnanufartnrer in the world. None genuine unless name and price is stamjied on the bottom. Ask our dealer for our 9S S. B3.KO, 9,'iJM. S2.35 Hiocs; SJM, S3 and SI.75 for boj s. TME NO SUBSTITUTE. If jourdeakr cannot supply on, send to fac tory, enclosing piice and 3d cents tnjay carriase. State kind,stle of toe (cap or plain), size and sudth.. Our Custom I)ept.xvill fill our order. Send for new Illus trated Catalogue to Box K. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. THE UaJTD OF THE BIG RED APPLE V..H.TADH1TIA1E nnrHlnW lamA 11 S. W. MMOITKI, write to Cxrr. Geo. A, 1TBDT. Hares CItj, Mo.t 3. Q. Maeiott, Para?. Ktt.1 T. S. Fsosr. Caorllle, Mo.'. orLE SttwaTAOo, -MS Unas ilnork BMc, Chicago. IlL XurinrmMai' .,. ... . w WEtl MACHINERY nioattatad eatalocae cbosring WEL ATTQEBS. SOCK PRILLS. HYDBATJLIO AND JETTINU JtAUUlHEKY. etc. nrnua usve been tested, aoa all siowx Citjr Engine and Iron Work", fcucmnors to I't-ch Mfc Co. Sloax C'it.r. Iowa. rHERowTU.Aruc)ljic;iiNriu CO. lilt IWst Eletenth Mrwt, Kanufs CItj Mo. AUKER&ngiDCIJBlE ms? BUNTING FLAGS, SaVYaannnlnU! raAbkU3 nwsr -r n tintr liiJunnCTHY UTiNUMurrcruuu IN AMERICA MKCNftlM SF sMTERIAUr tvmsimmxsis h7Hr IBS AKttMOTOXt CO. does half tbs world's vnadmlll busums, becaaso it has reduced the cost of sriodtwauto i.vjtuUstas.a It has many Branca boosm. swt supplies Its goods and repairs .at jour aoor. u can aua does Tunuso a , better article lor tes niocei than fotht. It makes Punplng- ana laeared. StopLUalnatzcd after CaetDletica Windmills. Tlltlmr ' and Used Steel Towm. StMl Buzz Saw Frame. Steel lVrd CutJprs and Feed (Grinders. On application It trill name ons xnrse articles tnsi it mu InrnMi until ry 1st at 13 the usual price. It also makes Tanks aaa ramps or all kinds. Mend for catalogue. Uat, aadnrdi aaa Fiasare Stmts. CaJcacs. PARKkftl8 HAIR BALSAM Clisiim and brastiTic the sale. fcomolra a hmtnant avnvlh. atever Falls to Castors Orayl Cor walp dwmi a hah? taUmt .wi.iw t).a j HneySared by aendiog for oar wboteaal and retail pries lift of Dry nou-e turnifcnin. l-omiiniv. cuuninc, rianos Mu-I. l"umlhlns Ooodv Notions, Jewelry, Lmdie? Xwt una nos., csiu, let. -. .v u.-... VaPBamWSIaraal JOH:v WJaWatKIK, BJ LatSprtnclpal Efltminrlj3t. Taaiaion Bnraaa, JjTfBlSTtwnr, l'-n-ii-lira1iHft,laimn nttj aiuce. Kerphiae Habit Cared la 16 toxedars. No pay till eared. Oft. J. STEPHENS. Lehanon.Onio. . W. N. U., OMAHA 5 1896. , - - - I "When writing to advertisers, kindly mention this paper. &8S XG S&tZZ0 fu 'VPBaaMiKw- 2$jJ MJP.U IIP anal wan J" .srwibT. VP ssaaaWa aasj ' aaaaaaaaasaBaaata9saflaaBaaaaaalaaa ajasj fcSsiaTriwariy 1 HSf f!. Eal DBestOoaHi0TTap. Tastes Good. UatBJ ami tatana. Sold br drnrtotaslf vH Bottlebinding. You can't judge of the quality of a book by the binding, nor tell the contents by the title. You look for the name of the author before you buy the book. The name of . Robert Louis Stevenson (for instance) on the back guaran tees the inside of the book, whatever the outside may be. There's a parallel between books and bottles. The binding, or wrapper, of a bottle is no guide to the quality of .the medicine the bottle contains. The title on the bottle is no warrant for confidence in the contents. It all depends on the author's name. Never mind who made the bottle. Who made the medicine? That's the question. Think of this when buying Sarsaparilla. It isn't the binding of the bottle or the name of the medicine that you re to go by. That's only printer's ink and paper! The question is, who made the medicine? What's the author's name? When yoa see Ayer's name on a Sarsaparilla bot tle, that's enough. The name Ayer guarantees the best, and has done so for SO years. ftftftp Tract, Frelle aad Baelaets. The wiasl o ar frozea ponds aad lakes, orsr saow-nelds al plaias and open conatry, is aeaTily charged with frost and fine par ticles of frozea matter. It is the most rea etratias; way for chill to set in. Sadden warmtk, sadden chill, and. severe colds. Girls aad toys skating, driving for pleasure or bashiess, and men at work afield know the differeace in temperature. Yet the youngsters skate away and with mouth open saaghiag taVe in a dose of sorethroat. Drivers and workmen throw aside wraps aad all know the next day from soreness aad stiffness what sudden chill means. Now the best thing to do when bowed is to rub well at oace with St. Jacobs Oil. If you do, yoa will not have sorethroat; or if you are stiff ana sore. It will cure by warming the surface to throw out the chili. The Doctor Got Kren. "That horrid little Bimley boy!" ex claimed Dora, pouring- tea; "he was just as insulting' to Dr. Carver as he could be." "What did he do?" 'Why, the doctor was walking quiet ly along, and, meeting Willie, put his hand on his head and said: 'Hon- do you do, Willie?' just as nice, and that I ooy np ana maae tue norriuest iacc, ! atitolf Hie tnneruA nut. tit. th Atvtnr and said: 'Yah! Yah!' in the hatefiillest way possible. I declare, if he was my boy l4d whip him. I woudcr what Dr. Carver thought?" "Yon needn't worry about Carver." David said, complacently. "I met Bim ley just now and he had his bilL" "The doctor's bill?" "Yes." "What for?" "Five dollars, for looking at Willie's tongue." Kockford (Me.) Tribune SSOO.OO for S1.00. Unadilla. N. Y., (Special) One of our substantial men here, l-reu J. Joyce, recently made a $2.50 investment, and considers the results worth $500 to him. For over fifteen years Mr. Joyce was an inveterate smoker, and the tobacco habit gained 6iich a hold on him that it affected his nervous system and made it impossible for him to quit. Upon realizing the loss of health and money which threatened him, he made manv unsuccessful attempts to break himself of the life-sapping habit, until on a chance he took No-To-uac. tne great cure which has saved over 300, 000 tobacco victims. Two boxes com pletely cured Mr. Joyce, and he has no desire for tobacco now whatever. When he attempts to smoke it makes him as dizzy as when he first acquired the habit. He now is in the very best physical condition, and Saoo would not tempt him to use tobacco again. "Cncle Dirk's" Shopping. 'Uncle Dick" was out shopping witli the niece to whose bosom friend he had recently plighted his trotli. "I want a very pretty Empire fan," he explained. No, I don't think that is fine enough," as the saleslady, gather ing in the situation, showed one mark ed $11. She produced a dainty trifle for S2."i, and then a beauty, with inlaid tortoise shell sticks, for S."0. Hut Uncle dick could not be satisfied. His eyes roved over the counter. "How much is this?" he asked, pick ing up a simple little black fan, with tiny spangles. "Ninety-live cents, sir. "The very thing. Please send it to ," and he gave the address. A IVonsylranla Farmer. M. M. Luther, East Troy, Pa., grew last season over 207 bushels Salzer's Silver Mine Oats from one measured acre! How is that for old Pennsyl vania? Over 30,000 farmers arc going to try and beat thie in 183G and wiu $200 in gold! Then think of 116 bus. barley from one acre and 1,200 big fuh bushels of potatoes and 230 bushels or Golden Triumph Corn! What's teosinte, and sand vetch and spurry and fifty other rare things? Well Salzer's catalogue will tell you. Largest growers of clovers, grasses and farm seeds in America. Freights cheap. It yoa will cot this out anil send it with 10c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will re ceive their mammoth catalogue and ten packages grains and grasses, including above oats. free. w.n. Uonad to Look llrr Rest. "Why is it," asked the girl in the new hat. "that for tiic past ten minutes you've carried that fixed smile on your face? I positively see nothing to smile at" "Sb!" responded the other girl in the new hat. "haven't you noticed joung Mr. Soonleigh with his camera? He's snapping shots at us." And then the first girl was mad that she hadn't given her the tip sooner. New York Recorder. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. Pes Moines, January l.'l. Patents have leen allowed, but not yet issued, as follows: To .the Proiity-Fowler Soap ., of Dos Moines, for three trade-marks, to-wit: The word syra 1k1s, Ilo-lVep, Peek-a-Hoo. and Jack Tar. To J. II. Kinsey. of Milo. for a wire stretcher specially adapted to Ik; clamped fast to a post for stretching fence wires and splicing brokon wires. To Deborah Owen, of Van Wert, for a novelty for women, tlescribed in one of the claims as follows: A dress pro tector consisting of an overkirt gathered at its sides at the lower portion thereof, and provided with fastening devices to secure the said side portions about theanklesofthe wearer and also provided with fastening' devices along the lower edge, between the first named fastening device.-, to secure the name between the legs of the wearer. Printed copies of the drawings and specifications of any one patent sent to any address for S. cents. Valuable information alntut securing, valuing and selling patents sent free. Thomas;. axp.I. R.w.ru Oi:wir. Solicitor of Patents. It is letter to Lc a cood cook or waitress than a roor tyre writer. It the Baby is Catting Tenia. Beanie and u1 that ol 1 and well tried rcmolr. Has. WikmjoWs Sootuixo Srmr for ChiUrca Teething Comfort to California. Yes and economy, too, ir jou rntronize tho Burlington Route's 1 ersonally Conduct ed once-a-week excursions whVh leave Omaha every Thursday moraiur. Through tourKt s'eer ers Omaha to Son Francisco and Los Anjrees. Se:ond-cInss tickets accepted. See the local nent nnd nrrnnso a! out tickets and lerths. Or, write to J. Fatsc!. G. P. & T. A., Omaha, Ne!. Metropo'itanfocietv will be more miscel laneous this winter than ever. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Hew Saecessfal Farmers Oaarate This Departmeat at the Farm A Few Blats aa to the Car ef live Stock aad Poultry. bservation leads us to believe that seven-tenths of the fancy poultry breeders of this country live in town. By town we mean city, village and hamlet The straight out farmer fanciers are very few indeed. Some in fact, a large per cent of the town people who keep fine fowls have subur ban homes, but the range is generally measured by feet and not by acres. We believe fully 50 per cent of all the poul try fanciers keep their fowls on or dinary town lots usually on the back end of the lot in pens of small size. We have done so, and been successful, too. We have fowls in town on an ordi nary lot in pens from 15 to 20 feet square. The town chickens really look better than the country chickens in their large sized grassy runs. Why? Because in the country we depend on the grass in the runs for green food; at this season it gets old and tough, the fowls can't eat it and hence they have no green food. In town we grow little patches of oats, rye and mustard, pull it while young, fresh and tender, and feed it to the fowls daily. Result: Bright combs and eyes, smooth plumage, eggs, thrift and profit. Early in the season we planted corn and sunflower scatteringly in our cultl vatable spots, and it is around and about the corn and the sunflowers that we grow the green stuff. Chickens like such coverings and will work about in them all day. We throw millet seed in there for which they scratch. Sometimes the chicks eat it, and often they cover it up; we wet it down at night, and in a day or so they have a fresh green sprout instead of a seed. We let the chicks in on the green in tended for them, but that grown for the fowls we pull and feed in the pens. Green stuff is the basis of health and vigor in both fov.ls and chickens, and, mind you, it cuts a big figure in the feed bill. It cuts it down about half, for from a peck of seed we can grow several bushels of sprouts. The green that we grow for the old fowls we gather or pull over three or four times before rescedtng, taking care not to pull up the roots. Hens will lay and chickens grow and thrive in the back yard to the city residence if they have their "cases" of green. Poultry Journal. We Lose Ity Fraud. In 1SS0 the United States exported cheese to the value of $12,170,000. In 1894 the United States exported cheese to the value of $7,180,000 a decrease in exports in fourteen years of 40 per cent In 1S80 Canada exported cheese to the value of $3,900,000. In 1894 Canada exported cheese to the value of $15,500, 000 an increase in fourteen years of nearly 400 per cent. In Canada the manufacture of filled and skimmed cheese is prohibited by law, backed up by strong public senti ment From the humblest cheesemaker to the highest government officials the energies of the people have been bent toward honest, wholesome cheese and world-wide markets. In this country, in marked contrast with Canada, many people have been working to produce cheaper cheese and not better cheese. Within our own state trade has been greatly injured in past years by skimmed cheese and more recently by filled cheese. This has now been stopped by law. Illinois manu factures enormous quantities of filled cheese each winter, branding much of it as Wisconsin goods, thus stealing what should be a good name and break ing down our markets with a fraud product New York and Wisconsin are the great cheese-exporting states. Wiscon sin is by nature the greatest cheese state in the Union, made so by the nat ural adaptation of the soil to nutritious grasses, the pure waters and the cool nights in summer time. Our commonwealth has lost millions of dollars because of the laxness of our own people in the matter of high qual ity and honest goods, and now that re formation has come all our good acts will count for little, so long as other states make fraud cheese and brand them Wisconsin made. We need a United States law which shall place filled cheese in the same category with oleomargarine, licensing the manufacturers producing it, plac ing a small lax on each pound manu factured, and holding up 'its identity until it reaches the consumer. W. A. Henry, University of Wisconsin. Protect Yonr Trade. Protect your trade by not selling scrubs to anyone. Kill and sell for poultry everything not worth $3 per head or more. If every breeder of thoroughbred fowls would do this we should heir less about hucksters and dishonest dealers. Can a man who pretends to breed thoroughbred stock afford to use birds worth less than $3 each? Would he not be better off and sell far more birds if he did not use a bird worth less than $5, and from that to $20 each for females, and $10 to $50 for males? Tbe men who stand the best and sell the most stock are the breeders who use none but the best, and do not put into their own pens birds they would sell for less than $5 each. Suppose all the first-class breeders should mske a solid compact to kill every specimen they raise not worth the retail price of $3; the effect would be this, that the merit and excellence 4. Tar sCfc."" 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The men who now buy a dozen scrubs would put the same amount of money into a less number of better birds; and you as a breeder would receive more money and a better profit, and stop the propagaton from scrubs, whose influence is lowering the average standing of the breed, and the evil effect upon your trade which comes from having these scrubs pointed out as coming from you; for if you have an enviable reputation, rest assured your name will be used by the second party to persuade the third to buy from among these low grades. I believe one better wring the necks of culls and give them to the poor than to sell them alive it is policy. Poultry Monthly. Oar Foster Mother. At a dairy meeting in New York, re ported by the Country Gentleman, J. S. Woodward said: I have traveled over a large part of this state and have been in many sta bles. I address the brightest and most intelligent body of dairymen in the state; and as I saw how the cows had been treated, I made a vow to say some good words for our real foster mother. Many barns and stables are not over 7 feet high, often not over 6 feet There are stables so dark that if the door is shut it is necessa'ry to have a lantern to see by in midday. Some are very cold; some are damp and dripping. A stable 2C by 45, by 6 feet had 26 cows in it, weighing over 1,000 pounds each, and there were no ventilators. Not 100 miles from Syracuse I saw a stable 45 by 24 by 7 feet, in which there were 32 grade Jersey cows, weighing over 700 pounds each. This means only 268 cubic feet of air space for each cow, and is equiva lent to putting a man of average size into a box measuring 6 feet by 34 inches width and 35 inches height, with no ventilation. In 90 per cent of tbe sta bles, also, the cows are kept in the old fashioned rigid stanchions. God pity the heart of him who confines his cows in this way for 24 hours of the day, and makes them sleep, or try to sleep, in the stanchions also! Many farmers feed all dry food ENGL1SH BRED BULL ROMEO. through the winter, with no succulence whatc cr. Oat straw and corn meal are all fat; they contain no bone or muscle, and yet farmers think they are feeding well when they give their cows this ra tion. Many cattle get drink only once in 24 hours during the winter, when they are turned out into the Etable yard, and the water is cold enough to chill them all through. From such con ditions as I have described, cows often become distorted and deformed, with shoulders out of shape and bunches on the knees, the result of rigid stanchions. These are not fancy sketches; I have seen them many a time. The farmer should study his cows, raise the height of stables, learn more of cow-ology. The cow is 90 per cent artificial. ONI or Yonncr Itccves. The greot markets of the country are showing that the time in which very heavy cattle can be profitably marketed has gone by. During recent weeks year ling cattle have sold nioie readily and at higher prices than fine, fat steers weighing 1,600 pounds or more. Thes-e yearlings would weigh 1,000 pounds or more and were of fine quality. The extra time and food required to mature the large cattle were poorly paid for. A like mistake is made by many farm ers. the Okl.-homa Agricultural Experi ment Station recently purchased twenty-four young cattle for use in feeding experiments. The cattle were such as could be obtained in the vicinity. There are better cattle and many worse ones in the territory. Eight calves averaged 415 pounds, eight two year old steers averaged 780 and eight yearlings aver aged 5f5 younrts. That is the yearling steers had been kept for a year for an average gain of 140 pounds, the two year olds another year for a gain of 225 pounds. Two of the calves weighed more each than did one of the yearlings, and one yearling weighed within 70 pounds of as much as one of the two year olds. Ae the exact ages were un known, it is possible there was less than a year's difference in the age in each case. It is also true that the calves were better bred than either of the old er lots. But in any case there was very little pay for the food consumed by the older cattle. Clover and Alfalfa for Hogs. In most of the soils in the Central West red clover must be relied on chiefly for the green food of growth. But where the soil is very deep and porous alfalfa does finely. On such soil alfalfa will supply forage for 15 to 20 hogss per acre for the season. This is specially fine for pigs and growing shoats. It has been found that pigs will gain 100 pounds each dur ing the season from May to September, and 100 pounds of pork cannot be pro duced so cheaply on hay other feed. The pigs will come out of the field in au tumn in capital condition to fatten with corn cr small grain. The alfalfa in a hog pasture could be mowed once or twice during the summer, or whenever it begins to get hardy and woody. This will provide plenty of young and tender herbage, which is more nutritious, weight for weight, than forage from the older plants, and if the swine are pro vided with this fcod in its most nutri tious condition, their growth will be most rapid Ex. Winter Feed of Ewes. If the ewes go into winter quarters in good condi tion, have an abundance of sweet clover hay and an occasional run on the rye field on sunny days, they need have no grain whatever until near the weaning time, and then it should be light at first and gradually increased in quantity until they are on full rations. Ex. H. B. Gurler thinks the first move for a dairy farmer who has not tested his cows, should be to have them tested, and become acquainted with them indi vidually. Weed out all the unprofitable ones. Then select a bull from some dairy breed. far Matte The best mutton sheep is the sheep which has a long body, round fearrel, and Is hardy and early In maturing. It should also be plump and solid not merely fat In those portions of the carcass where the best mutton is locat ed. The wool sheep may be very dif ferent He is "cultivated" for his out side, while the mutton sheep Is grown for his inside. Mutton Is a great dish in "menie England," though not quite so national as roast beef; but it has long been popularly appreciated there, and now is constantly growing in fa vor on this side of the water. The great drawback in America has been the poor quality of mutton offered. Butchers call anything that belonged to the sheep family "spring lamb," ut terly regardless of Its age and tough ness, and thus fostered a distrust of mutton for table use. Properly pre pared it is a delicious meat delicate and tender; but do not select ten year old animals as candidates for popular favor. The strong and sinewy mut ton so often put on the market as spring lamb, has made Inexperienced house keepers suspicious of everything "sheepish," and has caused sheep to be raised for wool rather than for food. The tide is turning now, for the good of tbe herder and of the consumer also, Ex CaerphlUr Cheese. Caerphilly cheese is made by a sweet curd process. The milk is set at about 86 deg. Fahr., and such milk should be perfectly sweet Add sufficient rennet to coagulate the milk, firmly in one hour. Break down carefully as in Cheddar cheesemaking, making the curd about the size of large peas. Stir for half or three-quarters of an hour. Let settle about half an hour. The whey is then drawn and the curd ladled out into a clean cloth, and tied up, with a little weight say 14 pounds placed upon it If a large quantity of curd, no weight is required. Cut up and turn each balf hour. At the end of about three hours from the time the rennet is added, the curd is broken up finely into the hoops, where it stands for two hours or so, when it is placed under the press, gradually turning the screw and press- ing up to 10 cwt at the end of three hours. The first cloth used is fine. Turn the cheese once during the evening into the same cloth. Next day the cheese is salted on the outside twice, about ounce being used to each pound of curd. Fine salt is best and after each salting, morning and evening, tbe cheese is re placed in dry cloths in the press with about 15 cwt. pressure on. Press al together for three days. The cheeses are then taken to the cheeserooms, which are kept about 65 deg. Fahr. In these rooms they are wiped each day with a wet cloth, and should be ready to sell io from 20 to 30 days. London Dairy. The Brood Cock. The belecton of a brood cock is one of the most important points in mak ing up the breeding pen. The cock should be as near as possible to per fection in size, in color, in markings, wattles, comb, ear lobes, etc. Of course due regard should be given to the se lection of hens also; but the male bird being specially prepotent, he influences to a certain degree every chick hatched from the pen. In outward appearance he should be nearly perfection. He should be strong, vigorous and healthy beyond a doubt. His disposition should be active, courageous and gallant He should be bred from stock of well tried merit, so that no danger of poor, indif ferent stock may crop out Careful se lection of broad cocks from various yards of high class chicks. We occa sionally see a fine looking cock bred from poor stock it is not often, but then there are such cases; still it would be dangerous to select such a bird to head the breeding pen, as his nroeenv will almost surely take after the stock from which he was bred. Every hen should also be carefully selected, if one wishes to keep one's reputation as a breeder of choice fowls. A noor hen In a pen may throw a few defective chicks but a poor cock (let the hens be ever so good) will likely be the cause of a large majority of inferior chickens. Game Fanciers' Journal. Wisconsin Dairy Statistics. A phe nomenal increase in the dairy industry in Wisconsin during the past ten years is shown by the state census returns for 1895, now being compiled. The census returns show there are now in the state 1,325 cheese factories, valued at $959,531, and 729 creameries, -valued at $1,550,707.' The greater number of these have been erected during the past ten years. The entire number of cattle and calves on hand, including cows in 1895, was 1,543,899, valued at $26,062,508.16. This year the number of milch cows 2 years old and over in the state is 842,039, valued at $17,442,144, and the cattle and calves, including milch cows, number 2,332,827, valued at $38,900,766. In 1885 the number of pounds of cheese report ed was 33,478,900, valued at $2,984,813.92, while this year the number of pounds reported was 52.4S0.815, and the value $3,984,103. In 1885 the number of pounds of butter reported was 36,240, 431, valued at $5,850,402.50. This year the number of pounds reported was 74, 653,730, and the value $12,310,373. Scouring Wool Wiih Naphtha. The Buenos Ayres River Plate Review says: "In a new method of scouring wool naphtha is employed as the clcassing substance. By means of a pump the naphtha Is forced through and through the wool, extracting all the natural oil. It is claimed that the naphtha does not injure the fiber of tbe wool, as alkali cleansing, but leaves the fleece in bet ter condition than when cleansed by any other process. A further valuable feature of tbe new method is that after the grease is extracted from it the naphtha is in a pure state, therebv be coming valuable as a medical agent or for a saponificator into tbe purest of soaps. It is claimed that a piant fol lowing this method ecoured 500,000 pounds of wool, and Saved a product of 80,000 pounds in pure wool oil." sHLTKat Kim BAKXKTi lit aW. VfcK ACHE. The barley wonder. Yields right along on poor, good or Indifferent soils 80 to 100 bus. per acre. That pays at 20c. a bushel! Salzer's mammoth catalogue Is full of good things. Silver Mine Oats yielded 209 bushels in 1895. It will do better in 1896. Hurrah for Teosinte, Sand Vetch, Spurry and Giant Clover and lots of grasses and clovers they offer. 35 packages earliest vegetables $1.00. If yoa wUl eat this eat aad scad It with 10c. postage to the John A. Sal ter Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get free ten grain and grass samples, including barley, etc., and their mam moth catalogue. Catalogue alone 5c. for mailing. w.n. Babies oa Bicycles. There is reason in the crusade which has been begun at San Francisco against the carrying1 of babies on bicycles. It may be the children like it, just as their fathers do, but the real point is that the practice is too dangerous. Ac cidents are always liable to occur, and while the rider takes his own chance and has every opportunity to save him self, the baby has to take much great er risks. The mere fact that it is there tends to rob the rider of nerve at critic al times. Those who are managing the campaign in California rely partly on the law of that state which makes it a misdemeanor to place a child in any position dangerous to life or limb. Hartford Times. Deafness Caa Not Be Carea By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eus tachian Tube. When the tube Is in flamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it Is en tirely closed Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it? normal condition, bearing will be destroyed for ever: nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but an In flamed condition of the mucous sur faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by Ca tarrh) that cannjt bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists; 75c. Hall's Family Pills. 25c. Swallowed the Pollywojjs. Uncle Jack returns from a lonjr walk and, being somewhat thirsty drinks from a tumbler he finds on the table. Enter his little niece, Alice, who in stantly sets up a cry of despair. Uncle Jack "What's the matter, Allie?' Alice (weeping) "You've drinked up my 'quarium and you've swallswed my free pollywogs."' Ke hobeth Sunday Herald. Parker's CSIacvr Toale la popular for Its seed work Si.fferlnir, tlrvd, Mcepic. s. nerv ous women find notbiog so suctblng and reTiving. The Yankee Would Help. A little Virginia boy, who was much interested in listening to a discussion of a war question between this country and England, asked: "Papa, if we go to war with England will the Yankees help us light for our country?-"' And he added, "If they do we can whip the English to pieces." What a sense of relief It la to know that you have no mnrc corns. IlindTCO'ns rcm'vca them, and veiy comforting it is. 15c at druggists. An Island Playing le!i-a-Hoc Falcon island, a lonely but pictur esque mass of earth and rocks, situated in the Tonga group, below altitude t'0 deg. south, has been playing hide and seek with three nations since ISS'.i. The British first took possession, finding it crowned witii palm trees and tropical vegetation. The British flag was planted on the highest bluit, l.3 feet above the sea. A year later the island was found to be nothing but a low lying reef, the cliff had disappeared and there was no sign of vegetation. In IS'.':! France, looking for islands to claim, re discovered Falcon, which at that time had a new growtii of green bushes and ferns, while a promontory twenty-five feet high gave character to its south ern end. The French tri-eolor was then raised on this cliff. In April, 1SU4, the ibland had again disappeared, a low, dangerous streak of reef only re maining. A little later the Tongan government went out to solve the mystery and found an island with bold, steep sides, the highect point being fifty feet above the scs. Possession was taken in the name of KingUeorge. of Tonga. The San Francisco Bulletin suggests that when Tonga's claim has been wiped out by the sea the United States might try to secure tiie island for a brief term. Hegsnaaava Camphor Icewlth Glycerine. Tiie original and onl genuine. Cures Cliaii-l llamts and Face.Cokl3oivN&c v. U.Clark CoOullacn.2- The Contingent Fund. The freedom which senators take with the contingent fund, though some times even now a subject for scandal, is nothing compared with the "good old days. " There used to be a fashion of having a fine lunch spread in the office of the sargcant-at-arms during the night sessions at the close of a con gress. Then, just as the sundry civil appropriation bill was about to be finally agreed to, some senator would rise and send to the desk the following amendment to be inserted in the bill: "For extra horse feed, SSOa" Everybody laughed when the item went into the bill, for everybody knew that the horse feed money paid for the midnight lunch. Washington Post. Modern woman ometin;es stoop exceed ingly low to conquer. Matrimonial triumph of gentlewomen in trade cause more to go into it. Some nob'emen and their American wives' money are soon alienated. $f?s!!?S onb Ksnroira iSsd35JfaH BBwHwrsWH sst afaaaL lBBBBBBBBBBBBBLl BBBatZ' aBWV BBfBBBBBBBBBBBBBWj Bote the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Fig3 is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most heal thy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it tbe most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist wiTo may not have it on hand"will pro cure it promptly for any one wise wishes to try it. Do not accept am substitute. CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. SA3 HUHCISCO. CAL itomiuE. at. ew torn. r. lawQetot Jham Ufa, Many coBplaia of the coainemeat of farm life, aad especially at night they mast be at home. Statistics show that nine-tenths of the crimes committed in the world are don between' saaset and runrise. Blessed rather is.the farmer's family, safe from tbe temptation and secure ia the pure influence of home. Let us build our homes, sending forth a moral and religious influence, a spot that will be remembered with pleas ure by onr children in the years to come, a qniet retreat in which to en tertain oar friends, a rest for the weary traveler and stranger and an honor to the community in which we live, and we can say we have made the farm pay. Farmers' Keview. The Gift of a Good Stomach Is ono of the most beniflcent donations vouchsafed to us by nature. Jlow often It is crossly abused! Whether the stomach is naturally weak, or has been rendered so by imprudence In eatinj; or drinking, llostct ter s Stomach Bitters Is tho best avent for Its restoration to vigor and activity. Itoth dlcestlon and appetite are renewed by this tine tonic, which also overcomes constipa tion. billlouncss, malarial, kidney and rheumatic ailments and nervousness. We can only do our test when we are sure we are right. 'Brown's Bronchial Troches" are un equa'ed for clearing the voice. Public speakers and singers the world overuse them. Love can be misunderstood, but never overestimated. Warranted to ears or money rafaadsd. drumrbt for it ITJcelJ cents. ak yojr M BaBaBaBaBSaBBBaHaBVLsaaU 1 WkSsb? .saaHHsHl nTl I rau are dischanSecnnave rau are dischar no use for anv not sense enough to chew bIsbbbbbbbbV B K, H -w B I5' bHbbbbI bbbIb ataaaPaBBBa H SBSw"aaa SBBBBBBa bbbbbW BBBBS .SBBBBBBBBBBBBBSa. bVBBBBBBWbV BBBBBSBBBBBbT .BBBBBBBBBBBVB. 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PLKASB COT With 10c in -tamps to I taeir jnvat 1 atalnsue and cn'tl ( i I'l'i rt t 1 1 I't 1 1 t' fffaaf.frs-r.rff-- STEEL WEB PICrET IEKCE. CARE! FIEU AH MC FEME. Al.: l.tltLtn rl.t71V. C.4RUKS . BLAB BIT VUCK. Wr mani.rartureacoinp'ete 'lne o Snott'i Wire tenclntf and guarantc eiary artlcla to bo a rapra :i.tcU If jou tc.iuldriua.ity -eta" avr.u moLy. t'kta'a(ar frei. De Kalb Fence Co., ,2' HiBh SJSalb. .., BBTTnt WALK A MILE thai, tall to let a S-ceit package of Cat aid Slash smoklag tebacca if yea want to enjoy a real good smeke. Cat aad Slash chereats are as goad aa many 5-caat cigars, aad yoa get three far 5 cents. Sure to please. Sone of the Japanese soldiers wear paper clothing. I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure prevented quick consumrtion. Mrs. Lacy Wallace, Marqaette. Kaas., Dec, 12, "95. Selfishaess in self-roblery, so matter whether it dwells in a hut or in a ra'ace. JITS-AH Wts stopped rreebyPr.KUne'wOws wrw nasisrar. aam Pita after the nnlibtvl, ua. aarrelOBscurea. TreatbeaiulSStriaibottlerre.t steam. Bepqoir.ailne.wiarcItat..rhUala ( PAIN often coaceatrstaa i its MISERY ia heumatis Use at oace ST.JACOBSOlLi I If yoa want to feel it eonw trmte its healing la a care. one that has - Jrarrson CURTIS PUaijSHINg COtt?AHY I ma sSmasmi BBBBaTaBBBBBBBBBBCaSBlBBBBBBBBBBBBC liar? often teen ?el eonw up poor ail sttkljr. without suiKnc'il vit.illw to prwilarea imp. that wan an object le mq th.it iiuursjsils prwlmo Door crops. but when too plant st-rds fr sr-irilcn or farm, tho scene cnangi as Dr jleMs you at once K't roaMng crops, crops S40O IN GOLD PRIZES. We oar this on Oat. Barter. aol Corn. 30 bushels of Hirer Mine crown on one acre "on thepnzein V. Yoncart If.ntttiat: It itthcgre&UEt Oat Of tho century. ! more nam time ir ven son a plcntr of ba'zsr' Barter. Oat. INitatoes. Grass ami CfoTPi; Have yon tried Teosinte. hacalinc. ;iant Spurry and Giant Quick-Orowtnic German Clover? Catalogue tells all about these Koddcr I 'Ian 1 3. SPLMKMD VbTCkTABLES. , I-arcc sclectloas. manv SDlcndid sorts. Everything cheap. Onion eel Flower Seed. 25c l,tt.WW Roses. I'Unts and Saiall Sena 'c. for Market liardcner s vi noiesaie wi. OUT THK FOLLOWING AND SCMO IT John A. Salzer Nd Co . La Crosse. W Is., and net free n pkas. i;rases. i;ais. nariej acu i.raiu-. A i v. N H NJ Jkfe&jfisfcf..AMfci-- i-w4 -rY jaaiuizt,'- A :. ' AsJ. lasafcliaitf' 4f j-.- j-: ' j-reiw xr - 1--tVf rfmczXZrX. " ---------- iii