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April, Hay am most emphatically the
noatha for taking a good blood purifier,
because the system is now most in need
0 of sach a medicine, and because it more
quickly responds to medicinal qualities.
In winter impurities do not pass out of the
,. .body freely, but accumulate in the blood.
April
Tae best medicine to purify, enrich and
vitalize the blood, and thus give strength
'and build up the system, a Hood's Sarsa
parilla. Thousands take it as their Spring
Medicine, and more are taking it today
than ever before. If you are tired, "out of
May
' sorts," nervous, have bad taste in the
. morning, aching or dizzy head, sour
stomach and feel all run down, a course
of Hood's Sarsaparilla will put your whole
body in good order and make you strong
and vigorous. It is the ideal Spring
Medicine and true nerve tonic, because
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
T the One True l.Ioort I'urifior. All druggists. t.
l'repareUoiily liy C I. Homl& Co.. Ixiucll. Mass.
u . rkf sirpiiirelviec-talIc. care-
nOOCl S PUIS fully prepared. 2S cent
you "
do the
mending:
Not "the Mcrcliant.
He wants to mZras much as he can by
selling you inferior 1. hidings which he
claims are " iust as good " as S. II. & M.
But yftt iia tie mend.;:. Insist on liaving
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1'ias Velveteen Skirt Binding and you
save the mending.
If your dealer will not supply you we
will.
Send for samples, showing labels and materials,
ctheS H &M Co P.O. Eox 699 New York City.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
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3. SHOE -VMS"
If jou pay 84 to 80 for shoe, ex- m .
amine the V. I- Douglas Shoe, rd 9 j
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Wfk liinrinof thchfwtHoltftcd
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men, me
make nnd
et'll more
$3 Shoe
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other
manufacturer in the world.
Xonc rctmitins unless name and
price is bta:uied on the lwttom.
Ask v.r dealer for our S5,
St. 83 JM, S?JHI. SZ-r, Mioes;
S3Jt, S3 and S1.75 for lx s.
TAKE HO SUBSTITUTL If jourtlealer
cannot supply jou. send to fac
tory, cncloting price and y cents
to pay carriage, htate kind, style
of toe (cap or plain), size and
width. Our Custom Dent, will fill
our order. 5crd for new Illus
trated Catalogue to Itox It.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
Ornamenting
It recently occurred to Tiffany
& Gck, the New York jewelers,
to ornament a bicycle elabo
rately with gold, silver, and pre
cious stones, believing that some
wealthy customer would esteem
so handsome a mount. They
preferred to pay $100 each for
Columbia
Bicycles
For their
to using
other make
wheel.
be no q
quality i
Effected
ornamentation.
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POTEMANUE
Factoriesand General
From
and also
from
cit Bluff, the
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to St. Joseph
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purpose a-zia-syv
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Branch Stores andKgencies in almJtt every
city and town. Ifdblumbias are noy properly j
represented in ynrvidaity let us Wow. j
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-with all lines for the South
The ltur.inctpn Route is
the shortest, quickest andih
every wajr"i he I est line to
Kansas City, and trave ers
who tate any otner ao so
-without a rVopcr under
standing of the facts in the
case. -
r" The local ticket agent will
trladly ticket you via the
Burlington if you will ask
him to do so.
J. Fkaxcis, CenT Fass'r Agt. Omaha, Keb.
t j.e.t.-tx.K,.. w. 4ow tnlf Vm world"
business, tcacso it ca reduced tiia coat or
10 i a, was it was. it baa torn craiica
tenses, sad nvpUes its roods and repairs
Mjccraoar. ucaasiiaaaesiunusaa
oKier sruae lor los noaejtnaa
otters. It makes fnmpi&f and
Geared. Steel, Galvsmzetl-aRer.
Usm-aletion Windmills. Tiltinc
Rzd S:el Tfa-rn, Steel Ben Saw
Frames. Steel Deed CuCers and Feed
Grinders. Oc application it wlllnaaiFona
I these articles tiiat it -will furahJi until
t at 13 ! o-Hnl arlea. It also makes
and PnsapsaT ill kinds. Send ter eataJoece.
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HAYDEN BROS.,,!
Aerata
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ayr.ar ad" HN (or a'nf ulcri:iica to the
rSliratcr-the standard faJiion ajazlne onead
SSSTJSntian rass. Write tut catalogoeof
aioMl subscription fees-
ac Fasnanwf i- !.
rubiae aant Lireu ib ju
to 26 dart. XMiytUlcairea.
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A Message About .Shoes.
When Senator Stephen B. Elkins was
in Philadelphia the other day he told
an interesting1 story of his eTection to
his present seat. "I was sitting in my .
c'.iJ U
siuuy at uiy luuuir iiuine, sum uc,
"awaiting the returns that would tell
me whether or not I had been chosen
to take the place of Senator Camden.
The operator at the telegraph station
had orders to open all telegrams ad
dressed to me, and to telephone their
contents to mc immediately. Suddenly
the telephone rang, and the children's
governess, who answered the 'phone,
came to me and told me the person at
the other end of the wire was sa3ing
something about 'shoes, she couldn't
quite make it out 'Oh,' said I, 'it's my
wife's shoemaker, probably. Tell him
to let the matter rest until tomorrow.'
She delivered the message, but returned
shortly to say that the man insisted
upon talking to inc. I went to the tel
ephone. It was the telegraph opera
tor, and the message he was trying to
send mc was: 'When shall I send 3-011
ray shoes? Johnson R. Camden.' Then
t I knew that I had been chosen to fill
j the shoes of that worthy gentleman.
J Philadelphia Record.
Spoiling; Potator.
I In a bulletin issued by Prof. Snyder
of the Minnesota State Agricultural
college he makes a point of interest to
the housewife. He siiows that where
poi.ioesare pec.e 11 arm starieu to .am- ,
m? in cold water there is a loss of 80 .
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per cent of the total albumen, and
where they are not peeled and started
in hot water this loss is reduced to ;
per cent. A bushel of potatoes weigh
ing sixty pounds, containing about two
I pounds of total nitrogenous compounds
I when properlj' cooked one-half pound
' is lost, containing six-tenths of a
I pound of the most valuable proteids.
It requires ali of the protein from
nearly two pounds of round beefsteak
to replace the loss of protein from im
properly boiling a bushel of potatoes.
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS COFFEE? ,
Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our ,
Church out for tea, forty of them, and
all pronounced the German Coffeeherry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about it! 33 packages Earliest
vegetable seeds f 1.00 post paid.
If tod will cut thla out and send
with 15c. stamps to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will get free a
package of above great coffee seed and ;
our 148 page catalogue! Catalogue alone
5c w.n.
I'npardoualile l'rcsuiiiption. j
"You know those people that live it i
that two fctory house across the way
the (unipersons, or noiiic such name.'"
"Yes, 1 know them w hen 1 sec
them." j
"1 have a passing' acquaintance with '
them. Speak to them when I meet any
of them on the street. Well, one of
the pirls stopped me while I was out
walking the other morning: She said,
'.Miss Hightly. your house wasn't broken
into last night and robbed, was if." I
said: 'So. Why." And she said:
'I'm glad to hear it. I dreamed labt
night somebody had got inio your'
house through the kitchen window and
stolen ever so many valuable things.
Think of the presumption of it! Dream
ing about us! And they aren't in our
set at all." Chicago Tribune. j
With the March issue, the Atlantic
Monthly begins two important series of
papers. The Irish in American Life,
by H. C Merwin, is the first of the
promised articles on Uace Charactcris-
"tics in American Life. L'nder the gen
eral heading. The Case of the Public
School, the Atlantic will discuss the
payment and standing of teachers '
throughout the country. Over ten
thousand teachers have been requested
to contribute information as the basis
of these papers. The first. The Wit
ness of the Teacher, by G. Stanley Hall,
president of Clark University, Worces
ter, Mass., appears in this issue. 1
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. I
Pes Moines, February
right has been granted to .1. E. Fagan,
of Dig: Moines, for a publication
entitled "J. E. Fagan's Family His
torical Record." A Canada patent has
been granted W. W. Fowler, of Oska
loosa. for a device adapted to hold the
cover of a cigar box open and at any
angle desired. United States patents
have been allowed but not yet isMied.
as follows: To II. X. Bromley, of Des
Moines, for a jeweler's tool adapted
for holding small articles advan
tageously. To D. L. M. McMicken. of
Springfield. 111., (late of Pes Moines),
for a portable device adapted for hold
ing1 a car wheel toarailandsupportiiig
a lifting jack when applied for remov
ing the axle bearing blocks. To Win.
("athany. of Churdan. for an automatic
weather strip for doors to prevent air
and rain from passing in under the
door. To A. W. M.Farland, of West
End, for an egg and packing separator.
,
t adapted for emptying a basket of
' packed eggs therein without breaking
and allowing the oats, chaff, or other
j packing to fall into a receptacle as the
! ''frgs are removed and counted.
I Four United States patents were
i issued to Iowa inventors last week.
Valuable information alont obtaining,
valuing and selling patents sent free
to any address. Printed copies of the
drawings and specifications of any one
United States patent sent upon receipt
oi z. cents.
Thomas G. and .1. K.u.ru Okwig.
Solicitors of Patents.
The rule still holds good that the bigger
the s eeve the more niHli-h the garment.
Much doing is not )
doiu.
im-ortaut as well'
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Billiard table.
fecond-hani. for sale
cheap. Arply to or address, H. C
Akiv, '
5U s. r.tn St, Omaha, e'o.
Do Rood to those
tlmt hate you. and vou
will soon have them hating theniselvo.
I
The value of the diamond is not what it
does, but what it i.
Witn a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, bnt simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
1 remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good neaitn. its oenenciai
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig" Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system "is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should hare the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
FARM AND GABDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AbKlUULIUKISib.
gam l'p-to-Date Ulats About Cultiva
tion of the Boll mad Yields Thereof
Horticulture, Viticulture and Flori
culture. OR a long time the
question has been
discussed whether
the vine could be
manured without
altering the quali
ty of the wine pro
duced, and wheth
er the manure
should he put di
rectly into the
vineyard, or first
decayed in the compost heap.
It has been found, however,
that the vines can be safely and profit
ably manured with fresh animal drop
pings, which Bhould be dug or plowed
in as deeply as possible, as soon as the
vintage is over. When the manure is
applied In the autumn, or as early as
nnasihlo nftor thn hrtrvpst it will have
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clients will be evenly distributed
through the soil by means of the rains,
and therefore it will become-accessible
to all the roots of the vine the following
spring. As soon as the soil can be
easily turned up after autumn rains
will thus be the best time to spread
manure, as when covered deeply no in
gredients beneficial to the vine can be
lost There is. however, in some in
stances, an excess of ammonia in the
soil and manure present, and this will
produce a rank growth of wood or vege-
table matter, and also influence the
fruit, anl thus give to the wine bad
qualities, affecting its taste and lasting
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power. The vignerons at Argenteuil,
near Paris, have been for years in the
habit of manuring their vines with the
street scrapings, with excellent results.
Tiiarcr'a Berry Itullctin.
The growers of berries for market
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vug uic uui auuiLitut.
Berries cannot he grown and market
ed as easily as wheat, corn and pota
toes. Berry growing, like market garden
ing, requires the greatest concentra
tion of good soil, labor and thought.
Too much land is the bane of most
fruit growing as well as farming.
Success would be more certain if acre
age were divided, and fertility, prepara
tion and cultivation increased.
Intensified farming and concentration
of energy are the diamond drills that
bore out success.
Take counsel from books, papers, and
practical growers, but let it he tem
pered with your own best judgment and
j experience.
Actual knowledge and practical ex
perience should go hand in hand.
Let the beginner commence mode
rately, and go slow. Do only what can
be well done. Nothing but the best
product will pay.
Use a limited variety of best plants,
producing large, firm, attractive fruit.
Have a note hook ready and make
a complete record of all facts and dates
fcr future reference. "
When one acre has been mastered,
producing one or two hundred bushels
of best fruit, then acreage may be in
creased. j Few realize the actual cost of bring
ing an acre of bush berries to a good
l bearing age be careful.
Ym may safely estimate, that after
securing land in a high state of culliva-
tion, every acre, of good small fruits.
well set, missing hills filled in and
brought to a bearing age, will cost from
$120 to $150 in well earned dollars or
their equivalent in honest work at $1.25
per day.
The following estimates of one acre
j of blackberries is made after 'many
I years experience on "The Thayer Fruit
Farms" and indicates methods adopted:
Plowing land $ 1.30
Harrowing 4 times 2.00
Marking and laying out 1.00
Plants 30.00
Setting plants 5.0'J
Cultivating 15 times 7.50
Hoeing three times "J.75
Manure, 20 loads for mulching.. 15.00
Covering plants, for winter 2.50
Total expense, first year.
Removing covering
... $08.25
. . . 2.50
Cultivating 15 times 7.50
Hoeing 3 times 3.75
Plants and resetting missing hills S.75
Nipping and pruning 2.50
Mulching and manure 25.03
Posts for support, 62 4.0D
Stakes for support of vines, 300. . COO
W'ire for support, 300 lbs. No. 12. . 9.00
Labor on support 3.75
Laying and covering for winter. . 5.00
Use of tools 4.00
Total for two years $150.00
In favored localities, something may
be saved on cost of manure, labor, omit
ting winter protection, etc. But any
attempt to reduce amount of labor, fer
tilizer, mulching, etc., will certainly re
sult in reduction of both quality auiMi
rmantitv of fruit. I
M. A. Thayer.
Sparta. Wis.
Hauling Out Manure. Some writer
has well said that "the time to haul ma
nure is when you have time," and at
this season of the.year, when there Is
little pressing work besides the daily
chores to be done, one can certainly
take time to haul manure better than ia
the fall, the usual time, when the crops
are demanding attention and the land
is to be plowed for the next year's
crop. Ec
The Agriculturalist et Caatral Asia.
(Translated for the Fanners Review
from the French of Lamartine.)
The center of Asia is an immense
reservoir of men whom nature seems
to have multiplied upon the plateau of
upper Tartary as if to hold them in re
serve, that it might at the proper time
cause them to overflow and run down
into China, into occidental Asia, into
Europe, and even into Africa.
This basin, which extends almost un
filled from the frontiers of China to
Thibet, and from the lowlandB of Thi
bet to the Caspian sea, has produced
nothing, since the origin of the world,
except men and flocks. It is the greatest
pasture field that the globe has spread
cut under the feet of the human race.
There is increased the milk that
quenches the thirst of man, the ox that
feeds him, the "horse that carries him,
the camel that follows him, carrying
his family and tent, and the sheep that
clothes him with its fleece.
There is not a tree to shadow the
earth or to lend its shelter to destruc
tive animals. Grass is there the only
vegetable. Nourished by a soil deep
and without stones, partly limy and
saline, as of the bed of an ocean that
had been emptied by a cataclysm, wa
tered by the oczings from the Alps of
Thibet, the highest summits of Asia,
(he grass is preserved during the long
vinter by a carpet of snow propitious
to vegetation. In the spring it is re
invigorated by a sun without clouds,
which never burns it on account
I of the cool temperature. Grass seems
; to have its natural climate.
I Nature has attracted thither the ru
. minant animals, and the ruminant ani
! rials have attracted man. There the
j animals have pastured, have grown fat,
j have given of their milk; they have
I thickened their hair, their fur, or their
wool for their master. After death
they bequeath their leather for his do
mestic uses.
THE LIMIT OF FORESTS IN THE EXTREME
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Man. in such a country, has no need
to cultivate the soil for his nourish
ment. Neither does he need fixed
dwellings and enclosed fields, or to di
vide up the laud for individual owner
ship. The immeasurable space over
which he is obliged to follow the wan
derings of his flocks, makes this im
possible. He establishes only such tents as he
can carry from steppe to steppe, ac
cording as each strip of grass is browsed
down. Sometimes he fastens his oxen
to his cart covered with leather, mov
ing "hearth-stones" of his family. Like
the Scythians, the inhabitants of the
great plain change their skies with the
seasons.
The laziness of such a life, where
new ideas are so little in demand, and
where wants are limited and easily sup
plied, leaves to man but a small num
ber of occupations nnd passions com
patible with a pastoral civilization:
love, revery, religion, sometimes, but
rarely, war, when the space becomes too
narrow for the swarms of men that
clamor to be let out from the over
crowded human hive.
Fattening ISroiters.
A Pennsylvania subscriber wishes to
know how long it takes to fatten broil
ers, and how to dress them for the
Philadelphia market. We give his in
quiry below:
I have a lot of young chickens four
to six months old, and want to know
just how long it will take to fatten
them up in the quickest time. Also
how to dress for the Philadelphia mar
ket. It is not an easy matter to fatten
broilers, as the food rather makes them
grow instead of fattening. Then,
again, to force them, may result in leg
weakness, bowel disease, etc. Do not
begin to fatten until they arc eight
weeks old, and then allow two weeks
for them to fatten. Feed three times
a day and scatter a gill of millet seed
between meals. Here is an excellent
fattening food: Melt one pound of
crude tallow in half gallon of boiling
water. While boiling thicken with a
sufficient quantity of the following to
form a stiff dough: One quart of corn
meal, one quart of ground oats, one
quart middlings, one pint ground meat,
half pint linseed meal, one tablespoon
ful of salt. Am. Poultry Keeper.
Orchard :ras.
The orchard grass has many good
qualities, boath as a grass to cut for
hay and as a pasture grass. It is rather
coarse, if sown thin. It must be cut
early, or you lose a great deal of value.
It will usually blossom about the mid
dle of June, and ought to be cut at that
time. Some complain that it does not
hold in the soil as well as some other
grasses; but this depends upon the
quality of the land, and whether it is
well adapted to it or not. It has the
quality of starting earlier, after being
cut or grazed off by cattle, than most of
our other graeses. It is apt to grow in
clusters; but this can be avoided, to a
very great extent, by good cultivation
of the land, and by sowing it thickly.
It requires to be sown thickly two or
three bushels of seed to the acre, if
sown alone; but a liberal mixture of
other species will give a better result.
C. L. F.
Improve the Farms.
Benefits resulting from experiments
upon unproductive tracts of land are
very apparent; and any improvement
advancing the value of farms is of pecuniar:-
benefit, not only to the actual
owner of the soil, but to the community
as a whole. No prosperous business can
be carried on, which confines the ad
vantages to be derived within a narrow
circle, as success in one branch of busi
ness assists another. Each acre of land
now unproductive, that is made to pro
duce any description of crop whatever
in paying quantities, adds ao much to
the general welfare of the whole, and
should thus he recognized.
Whore Forests C
The limits of forests upon the earth
are determined by climate, and more
especially by two principal elements
of climate, heat and humidity. The na
ture of the Mil Is of only secondary
importance. There are trees for all
kinds of soil, even for .the most un
gratefulsome accommodate them
selves to pure sand, others to compact
clay, others to the steep and rocky sides
of mountains, others to the depths of
the marshes.
But no tree can pass beyond its con
ditions of humidity or of heat. It is
necessary for this great vegetable to
have the heat of a summer of at least
three months' duration, to permit it to
develop its foliage, to blossom and bear
fruit, to push out buds destined to ex
pand the following year, to add a new
layer of wood to the thickness of its
trunk charged with the support of an
ever-increasing summit. And it is nec
essary for it to have water, a great deal
of water, to convey without ceasing
the nutritive substances from the roots
to the leaves, where the sap is elaborat
ed. When, by reason of too little rain
fall, the soil dries, the alimentation of
the tree ceases, and, as a consequence,
its growth.
These requirements bring about the
results that in the arctic zone, where
cold reigns almost continually all the
year, where the oblique rays of the sun
never succeed in melting more than
the mere surface of the soil, of which
the depths remain frozen, the conditions
necessary for the life of the tree cease,
and we find no more forests.. If some
birches and willows appear in that des
olate region, they are unable to de
velop. They creep on the ground, draw
themselves to some protection or are
twisted and gnarled. They are hardly
able to surpass in height the humble
stature of the mosses and lichens that
surround them.
That zone, doomed to hoar-frost and
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sterility, is limited by an undulating
line, which runs over Scandinavia be
tween the 70th and 71st degrees of lati
tude, cuts at an average of 68 degrees
all the northern shore line of Siberia
as well as that of North America, and
descends in Labrador to the 58th degree.
Below that line the forests appear and
extend over all the earth southward to
the limits of the continents, which do
not approach too near the antarctic
zone to prevent the growth of trees.
However, these forests are broken here
and there by mighty plains, such as the
steppes of Russia, the prairies of the
United States, and the pampas of the
Argentine Confederation. There are
also the great plains of Australia, the
desert of Sahara, the sandy plains of
Persia and of Chinese Mongolia, the
latter like great leprous patches upon
the face of our earth. '
I'iUillatc anil Staminate rars.
The grasses differ in their floral
structure. They are not all uniform in
their mode of growth. We have a
class that may be called dioecious
grasses; that is, grasses in which the
male and the female, or the staminate
and pistillate, organs cf the flower are
arranged on entirely distinct plants.
That is the case with only a very lim
ited numb'er of species. What is calle!
the "buffalo grass," which grows in the
South, nnd in Colorado, and generally
on the plains, is one of that kind. I
have seen patches of buffalo grass in
Colorado, composed entirely of stam
inate, or male plants; and other patches
composed entirely of pistillate, or fe
male plants. Now, the pistillate plants
must get their pollen from the stam
inate plants, which may be at some dis
tance off. It was at first supposed that
they were different species, until the
fact was discovered that one grass was
simply a staminate, or male plant; and
the other a pistillate, or female plant,
both belonging to the same species. Of
course, the seed is produced only on
the pistillate plants.
Another class of grasses may be
called the monoecious grasses; that is,
where the staminate and pistillate flow
ers are on the same plant, but in dis
tinct positions, separated from each
other. The most familiar example of
that is our common Indian-corn. Every
farmer knows that the staminate flow
ers of Indian-corn come on the top,
called the "tassels;" while the pistil
late flowers arc arranged on an axis
along the main stalk, called the "car;"
and that the pollen from the staminate
flowers must find its way through the
pistils, which are the silks" attached
to the ears, as everybody knows, before
fertilization can take place. Flint.
Feeding Corn Alone
There is an unusual temptation this
winter to feed too much corn to all
kinds of stock, writes J. A. Dobin in the
Ohio Farmer.
Corn is one of the foods that is too
rich in the heat and fat producing ele
ments. It needs something that con
tains more of the bone and muscle
forming elements to make it a good ra
tion. Now, the scientist tells us that
the excess of carbohydrates will he
stored up in the system as fat. This is
in a measure true. Rut all of us com
mon hayseeds know that in practice,
if an animal be fed an exclusive corn
diet, the storing up process goes on ali
right for a time. Then the appetite
becomes clogged, there is a discourag
ing check in growth and the animal
takes an unthrifty appearance.
Something besides corn should be fed
as the grain ration, for the sake of va
riety if for no other reason. Relish has
a great influence on digestion, and an
animal will not eat with a good relish
when fed on a single food for any great
length of time.
The man who never made a fool of J
himself about a woman never happened j
to meet the right one. Uncle Dirk. i
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nc nvwusn ncn a an or neaar. 1 Mar fraaelaMoa. ass
We have heard of wooden horses and
wooden ducks, but a wooden hen Is
omethinc new under the sun and Us
purposes are different from those of
either of ths other wooden animals
mentioned. It Is a not a toy, though it
will please a boy. It Is a hen. at least
tt will hatch chickens from hens eggs-
It Is 10x15x8 Inches and will take care
of twenty-eight eggs. It Is an incu
bator and costs only $6.00.
This wooden hen Is made by George
H. Stahl, Quincy. III. If you want to
And out more about it before you buy
one write to Mr. Stahl for catalogue
"W," which gives a full description, and
mention this paper.
Two Vletra of Tiriaa,
"I never was so mortified in all my
life'.-' she exclaimed. .
"What was the matter?' asked her
dearest friend.
"My maid told mc that my fiance
was in the reception room."
'Yes.'
"And I threw my arms around him
and kissed him twice before I discover-1
ed that it was his twin brother. Take
my advice and never become engaged
to a twin."
"On the contrary, 1 think I shall
look for one. It just doubles the fun."
-Chicago Evening Post
Deafness Can Not Be Cnrert
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 musous 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 Its normal
condition, hearing 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 be 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.
Latest MatisMc.
The latest religious statistics, calcu
lated on the basis of the census of s;n,
show tiiat of our total population of
7-,"'.'"J,'J.1,., the number of communi-,
cant church members is 20,610,801. The
proportion of communicants to popula-1
tion is greater in the cities than in the I
rural districts. The city average is 37'.' i
in every 1,000: the country census 3','S '
to each 1,000. Philadelphia numbers
the most churches, while Brooklyn ;
ranks tiic largest proportion of commit
nicants. i
GROW KICII. EVKKV FA It MR It.
The editor thinks it to ho the wish of
everybody to prow rich, not for the sake
of the money, hut for the good that can
be done with the money. Now, there
are three new cereals recently created
that will make money for the farmer.
One is Silver King Barley, the most
wonderful creation of the age. yielding
90. 100 to 116 liu. per acre in 1895, and ,
there are thousands of farmers who be-',
lieve they can grow 130 bn. per acrei
therefrom in 1896.
Then there is Silver Mine Oats, yield
ing in 1895 209 bu. per acre. Every,
farmer who tested it, believes 2-jO bu.
possible.
Then there is Golden Triumph Corn,
which produced over 200 bu. per acre,
and 250 bu. is surely possible.
And potatoes, there is Salzer's Ear
liest, which was fit for table in 28 days
in 1895, yielding tremendously, while
the Champion of the World, tested in a
thousand different places in 1893. yield
ed from 8 to 1,600 bu. per acre.
Now, in Salzer's new catalogue there
is a wonderful arrayal of new varieties
of wheat, oats, barley, rye. potatoes.
grasses, clovers and forage plant, and
the editor believes that it would pnj
every farmer a thousand-fold to get this
catalogue before huving seed.s.
If you w II eat thla ) ami aeuil it
with 10 cents postage to the John A. I
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis., you J
will receive, free. 10 grain :nd srass
samples, including above a -id their'
mammoth catalogue. Catalogue alone,
5 cents postage. w.n.
Vanity.
Dumas the elder had a j,rood deal of
the African in his appearance, and he
had to no small decree the love of show
common to that race. Referring to the ;
latter trait, Alexandre Dumas lils made
the remark, ""dy father is so vain and
so fond of display that he would ride
behind his own coach to make people
believe that he keeps a colored foot-'
man." Argonaut. I
I l now that my life was s-aved by i'iso";. i
Cure for Consumption. John A. 3li!'er, Au j
.Val'.'e. Michigan. Arril -1, !.. I
. ItuHsian Imperial Congrrii.
The following announcement is sent
from Moscow by I'rof. I. Krismann:
"In accordance with the august appro
val of his imperial majesty, the em
peror of l"i;s.-i;i. the twelfth interna
tional medical congress will he held in
Moscow between August l'.i ami .';
(new style) in the year li'.T, under the
patronage of hib imperial highness,
('rand Duke Serge Ale.xandrovitch.
Further details about the organization
of the congress will be published at at
ariy a date as possible."
It the Italiy i Cutting Tecitn.
c sure and ce that oM and veil-tried remedy, JJss.
IVuksLow's Suoiiiwo STRfr for Children Teething-
Some of the .!. aiioeso!dicn wear ner
-loth in?.
Mrs Kmily t'rawford, thewell-kuown
Paris correspontient, contributes to the
March Century a biographical &hete!i
of Alexandre Dumas the elder. The
article is a succession of anecdotes of
the old novelist, and presents him in a
verv o'cttircsciuc liirht Mrs. Crawford
has an account of the 1'ohemians and I
"sponges" who took advantage of Du
mas' prodigality, and of his architec
tural folly, the Chateau Monte Cristo.
with its st ran "e menagerie.
When we go out to nieettrouMe we never
have a long walk.
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There's all sorts of grades of tobacco plant. The best
comes from Havana. There's all sorts of grades of sarsa
parilla plant. The best comes from Honduras. If you
want cheap tobacco, all right provided you get value for
your money. Cheap tobacco 's not as good to smoke but
it don't cost as much.
If you want cheap sarsaparilla But you don't want
it. Of course you don't. Vou are paying for the best.
To pay for the best and get anything but Honduras sar
siparilla is like paying for Havana cigars and getting
Pittsburg " Stogies." There's only one sarsaparilla made
exclusively from the imported Honduras plant. That's
Ayer's. Just keep it in mind that you are paying for
Honduras sarsaparilla when you are paying for the best;
but you don't get what you pay for unless you get Ayer's
Sarsaparilla.
Any doubt abont it? Send for the" Cureboo"f."
It tills doci but curs doubters.
Xiltz-.t : J. C. Ayr Co., Loe!l, Mi:s.
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Aiirets : J. C. Ayr Co., Loe!l, Mi:s.
'S'''-:
The saloon door flew open, and the
ragged gentletmaa struck the sidewalk
with suddenness and all his person
from his heels to his hat
"Well, what are you going- to do
about it?" asked the facetious passerby.
"Do? Da sir? Nothing. Do you
think I would imbrue my hands in the
blood of a common whisky seller's hire
ling? If ho were only a gentleman"
And the ragged gentleman looked bat
tle, murder and sudden death. Indi
anapolis Journal.
Sifted from the Ulooit
By the kidneys. Impurities pa.v oil harm
lessly, 'the Inactivity of the organs naratd
not only cattle these Impurities to remain
and poison the system, but also lead to the
defeneration and destruc Ion of the orjrans
themselves. Prevent llrizlitVINe:io, Uia
beteis dropsy, gravel ami other ailments
which affect the kUlnt'ys and hladder with
Hosteller's Stomach Hitters, whk'li likewise
overcomes malaria, dyspepsia. h!lliuumier
vous ami rheumatic complaints.
Enmity cannot livo long when it can find
no enmity to feed upon.
It is not the clock that strikes the loudest
which keeps the test time.
Se'fihness is (.elf-robbery, no matter
whether it dwells in a hut or in a pa'ace.
nenvsNatt'aramphar leawllli Glycerin.
The original and only genuine. CureiChapneil llamH
and r'acr.CoiUSort-.ac. C.O.CUrkCu.Havcn.CT-
A good rriuter cau always te'l how the i
case stamls.
PlTAllrltstoppelfreebyPr.KIIne, Great
jKcrre Kcstorer. iFlt.saRrrtlielirttl.i"HU!e.
atarvrlouscure. Treatioc ami Ktnaltiott Writ' t
kitcaM-s. bcndtol)r.KUneSlArcb-au,I'l.iU..l-a
The fan is now an inseparable adjunct of
ail dainty evening toilettes-.
Irkitation OFTiir. Throat and Hoxuse
xk?s are immediately relieved by "Brown's
Bronchial Troches." Have them always
readv.
Don't te a saint in ihurvh and a heathen !
on the street car.
Maay laSnearea csmblne l real are heullh
to ilm lUrwr limit Ti-e reviving irop.'rMes if
l'jiker's.U'ii.e'Ttiniclion uverojii'e tin-.- Ill.
Matrimonial triumphs of pent'owomen in
trade caue moro to go into it.
CTtnmr know a kan It l
Miffer wifi tiirni. ;i il they aie n t mltn:Ivu to
crat-eful wjlUi ,rKeimip 111 in nilli t.i ilcrcurns.
Modern pinau sometiiuK toop exceed- j J.jpf
mjiy low to lomiuei-. ar nTr it
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topainf a popular 5ubject.
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The largest piece of good
tobacco ever sold for 10 cents
The 5 cent piece isearlyas
large as you .gtet of other
Qigfa jgrade for 10 cents
Packages
Earliest Vegetable tl
Seeds, postpaid,
SI. OO.
'l'l I Have often en wd iii; ii (MHir and sickly, nlthont
"L,!, J MiUit-'ciit v izlit.to i.rtxiuc'.'a iro. tht wanu object les-
u ii:.ii .h'rvi I'd-m Hwi iiht- ipiii Hii'ii;iMi pmni
ral7C-s Pirt!icni-t.rtiii 'm1 fir u-'-'I'-n or f.iriri. the Krone changes a
of l.fc, fnllof vijfor. fill'
$400
Wo iay tills on JAit-,
rou K a lMity ,
llaroyon trioil Tii-
German Clort-ri t'a.
Sk.
I ann se!rrtl0B. manj
nt'.-Oc rlb.: in puts. Hiw.
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Alan Allf.Kl rilllTKV. SAKK ASM RABBIT nClCE.
We ninnfartnr-acoiiipfe line of S.nxth Wire
teiiteil. If iou euicIJeniiiaiity tie can rave toii money.
De Kalb Fence Co., m High SKaLs, iu.
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'Mamma," said Edith in a whisper, ' H.
as the bald-headed man with tltsf mil .'
beardeatered the roosa. "there's a tBAJi ' F
whose hair is all growed dowm tfer-Mf k Hk'
his face.' Judge. arW
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Htti5trated cataloga ahaalaw WK.
AVOKBS. BOCK PRILLS, H YPaUPUO
and Jtrrnao mauhirkkt. etc.
SaarFaaa. Bar been tested aa
all aai iaatw7
Slons City Knfrino and Iron Wi.r!,
Siicvtrssior to IVcli Mfp. Co.
SIstM City. Itw.
TllE ROWXLLA CllSK MCH1XCRT CO .
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WE HAVE NO AGENTS.
WW Bast inw "but ll direct totaeeoa-
sti literal whotaale pric.
-.lilj. anywhere for ftaailii-.
ix tion hrforc !". Every
thing warrant!. 1M style
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Hm. Write for catalog-tie.
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juws are. ca., tuuuaT,
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Clesnte and beantifm the bate
rruontr a luxuriant (rows.
Hover Falls to Boater Qaa
Hair to It Tanthftal CalzmT
Cure ivalp diteatea a hair fslllaf
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Iui'fc. with Buckle, ttr. tent prepaid on
of jirioe. M'nd sin of shoe and ronasnre of
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that win i:Iai!!uti ronrlioarl an.l till yoJr imisr. tor ialzcx5 Seed are fall
t irtlueiti; qualities.
IN GOLD PRIZES.
Bari.-r. and Corn. 2 bushels of Hirer Mine
CSaniH'essBe.titijt' ,:rin.iciie;!frc won tliciriiv iq 1C. VoHcan
If. 1 1 th:.t! It ( twataawat"t Oik of tln rviitury No miro Imrtl tlineH
y. - r s l"arI'T. tints. INitatoes, tSiast ami Ciotrers!
.-j jllni:. t.iiiit Miurry anil Ciant Ouick-GrowiDif
fie U-Ils all ?.ioal tliee Koiidcr llants.
-ZNDIO VEGETABLES.
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- r Scl. ro 1.9U Hoses. 1'l.tai.s an.l Ma-Fall
Kruits. liariiy aaoak. feV-ntl ' for3l.ir&Pt;nrilener. A hfesal U?t. "
rVLCASE CUT OUT THE FOLLOWIWC AND 8EHO IT
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if 2 oz. for 5 Cents. f
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f CHEROOTS-3 for 5 Gemto. ?
Give a Good, Mellow, Healthy,
ft Pleasant Smoke. Try There.
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