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OttXHA, Nebraska. Joljr 3, 1896.
AsBoagst the Traas-Miasisuppi iavent
ors who received patents last week
were the following: A. W. Freeman,
Fallerton, Nebraska, pipe wrench; EL
R. Draver, Alliance, Nebraska, sifter
or chop grader; Hiram A. Gnj, Wood
Uivcr, Nebraska, band cotter and feed
er; L. M. Hankansson, Mason City,
Iowa, wire holder William Loaden,
Fairfield, Iowa, singletree; Deborah
Owen, Van Wert, Iowa, skirt protector
and L. VI Smith, Waterloo, Nebraska,
combination tool.
Amongst the curious inventions are
found a pen wiper in the shape of a
dock, wiiich opens and closes its month
in cleaning- the pen; a fence supported
under tension; a simple jar seal; a new
match, the igniting composition com
prising potassium chlorate and red
phosphorus of encium plumbate; an
electric sign board, the letters of which
are alternately made incandescent; a
sidcdelivery hay-rake; a pyrotechnic
tiring-device; a gun provided with'an
:id just able stock; a new plow provided
with a rotarscrctv share, the point of
which revolves within the earth in the
manner of a cork screw in throwing
the soil upward; a lathe for operating
tools by llcxiblc shaft; an accelerating
cartridge; a packing ring for pump
pistons: a curved single-tree; an an air
tipbt coilin fastener.
Inventors desiring- free information
relative to patents can obtain the same
in addressing Sues & Co., United States
I'alcnt Solicitors, ISee ISuilding, Omaha,
Nebraska.
Drinka for Warm Wralhrr.
The drinks that quench thirst most
effectually are, according to an author
ity on the subject, those that possess
little sugar and no salt. Among the
. liavors to be combined with water are
lime and lemon juice, the juice of the
grape fruit, and phosphates of orange
and cherry. Cold tea ami coffee with
a slice of Jcraon and no sugar arc also
beverages that, will satisfy thirst. Uoth
' of the latter should be poured from thr
pot as soon as brewed.
Hair Catarrh C'nrn
Is taken internally. Trice, 75c.
Why It Ik Ironc
! wonder what makes so many of
these actresses have iheir pictures
taken with just a head and bare shoul
ders and not a bit of waist to be seen'
asked the unsophisticated person.
"That," s-aid the man who knows it
all. "is done so that the picture can be
used for the next twenty or lliiriy
years without any chance of being
given away by the old style dress, see?"'
Cincinnati Kmiuirer. ,
Tliei I'at rile Sierra.
The favorite sleeve of the season
combines a short puff with a mousquc
taire fullnosof the wrist. Although
the severe coat sleeve is predicted for
early fall, it lias so far been seen only
in conjunction with a few plain tailor
gowns.
Con's Coagh Balaam
Is tt o3dM sunt bnt. It will break un a folu quick,
criuc layUilcceUo. Ills always reliable. Try lb
The s-ots we s-ee un others are nearly
nluays u oar own ;rla.ses.
inn realize tho greatest amount of good in the
Shortest Uiac and at tho least expense by taking
Satsaparilia
The Ono True DlooJ I'urlfier. AH druggists. St.
Hood's Pills arc easy to take, easy to operate.
The Greatest iledical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
CCNALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBIMY, MASS.,
Has discoveied in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy th.it cures every
kind f Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He Ins tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He lias now in his
. possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs' are affected it causes
shooting rains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cruse squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you ca.i get, and enough of it
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. Soid by all Druggists.
Sparkling with life
rich with delicious flavor,
HIRES, Rootbeer stands
first as nature's purest and
most refreshing drink.
Brsl bv any test.
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remember it Price SO Cents.
ty Cnt cut 1hid and M-nd with :3eatt
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luttfail.
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1312 Masonic Teaiple. CMcaaa. Bt
Hot Springs, South Da
kota "A health resort
whose climate and waters
possess qualities second to
none. Resolution, Missouri Vat
ley Medical Society.
Book about Hot Springs free if yon write
to J. Francis. Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Barling
ton Route, Omaha, Neb.
STEADY
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CT1DIT TBCCC millions te t-
WlnllRY lilLLdod. prorei
'lAriDlf -alwolutrty bMt-'-SnperbootflU,
new tyt tem. STARK BROTHERS,
M'lniiii, jiu, KocxroBT, iu
Patents. Trade-Marks.
Examination and Advice as to rateatabiUtr C
Invention. Seadta'Mnrentnrs'Gctde.orBotrtoGet
sfatent." riBEioTamtL. washwiok. n a
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SCHOOL FOB ANIMALS.
PI ERE HACHETSOUPLET'S
PLAN TO EDUCATE THEM.
Their Iastelaaea aa Wayward Gealas
Very Uk Paeta aa Artlsta Ojbim
tka Their Specialty SasccatlUe to
Bribery.
IERRE HACHET-
Sonplet, writing
I n rillustration,
makes a proposi-
. i. tinn tn start a. unl-
'ft -A-,tv fn. int-
iii.ii
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mals.at which they
shall be drilled
and educated with
a view to develop
their intelligence
and all their latent
He thinks that man
himself can learn a great deal bytak
Ing this step, apart from the benefit
which the dumb pupils might derive.
He suggests that attached to the insti
tution there shall be a theater or track,
at which the boarders shall vie with
each other and exhibit their accom
plishments to the public.
The first work in this university,
the inventor urges, should be done
with monkeys. A troop of intelligent
simians should be secured and enrolled
and then placed in the hands of com
petent instructors. One of the first
points to be determined is whether the
monkey is smarter than the dog. It
is argued that the dog has acquired
much of his intelligence by living for
generation after generation in the so
ciety of man, and that his intellect is
overestimated. The monkey ha3 not
had this advantaecand. of course, is
handicapped. It is very difficult to
keep monkeys in captivity in a north
ern climate, and they rarely breed in
cages, so that the question of improv
ing the strain and giving the monkey
a fair chance to grow up with the
country is quite complicated.
The scientist puts forth the conten
tion that the monkey is a much more
amiable creature than people think
and that it is not from malice or a
spirit of mockery that he seems to imi
tate the movements of man, but simply
that being built on the same principle
as man he naturally conducts himself
in a similar manner.
In training monkeys it is important
to select the right sort, there being as
much difference in the mental and
moral makeup of monkeys as there is
between those of the wild man of
Borneo and Chauncey Dcpew. The
very big monkeys show the most sense
and almost anything-can be done with
them in the educational line, but the
trouble is that as soon as they grow
up they become fierce and dangerous,
only the young ones consenting to
work. The baboon and the mandril
make promising pupils, however, and
should be accepted in the university.
Theoretically there is no difference
in the training of monkeys and dogs,
but practically there is a great deal on
account of the savageness of the for
mer. .But the monkey has more
wnnA0 thnn tIia Hnir in tho linn ftf
gymnastics because he has four hands I
anil besides has -a natural fondness for
calisthenics.
Monkeys pretend to be very much
bored when being drilled. Their only
idea seems to be to dodge their task.
They know perfectly well what you
want them to do, but they sneak out of
it if possible. They never accept with
good grace tho role of public enter
tainers. They are very active in put
ting into practice whatever mental im
pressions they receive and not satis
fied with merely doing as they were
taught they make new combinations
and experiments of their own.
It is just this listless genius which
makes it hard to train them. In many
respects the monkey has the artistic,
non-plodding temperament He is al
ways trying to get away and always
has to be put through his paces or he
will avoid the issue. It is very diffi
cult to make him perform unless you
have a string or chain tied to him. In
his love for loafing he excels even the
spring poet.
You can get a monkey's mental
measure much more quickly than that
of a dog. He is a natural-born acro
bat when he wants to be. Sometimes
a bribe in the way of a date or a fig
will make him work. He is much
more susceptible of bribery than a dog.
Some monkeys walk upright without
much persuasion, but others have to
be tapped on the feet before they will
do so. They easily learn to pick
things up or to walk the tight-rope.
When they do gymnastics the instruc
tor claps his hands when he wishes
them to change positions and they
soon learn his system of signals.
Knew Not When lli Tarn Would Come
"Dear one," he whispered.
The young wife looked up into her
husband's face tremulously but expect
ant. "What is it?" she asked, as her white
arms stole around his turndown collar.
"Tell me," he answered, straining her
to his breast and forgetting for the mo
ment two imported perfectos in his
pocket. "Tell me that you will think
of me sometimes when I am gone!"
Once more the pale, sweet face was
upturned toward him.
"You are always, and ever will be, in
my thoughts," she said, simply.
"Then swear you will be true to me
while I am away from your side," he
continued, with a tone of almost com
mand in his voice.
"I swear it!" she rep2ated, solemnly.
With one more paslonate. frenzied
kiss upon the parted, trembling lips he
wrenched himself away. He was not
quite happy but he was comforted by
the assurance of her-love. He felt that
neither time cor absence could kill it
With unfaltering step he turned his
back upon his home and went to get
his Sunday shave. New York World.
Came of the Driar,
"Hello, central! Please connect me
with the imperial palace at Moscow."
"You have it."
"I wish to speak with the czar."
This is he."
"Good morning, your majesty."
"Good morning, sir."
"If it is no secret, your majesty, per
haps you would not mind telling why
your coronation was postponed so
long?"
"It ie no secret at all. Richard Hard
ing Davis could not arrange to attend
at an earlier date. That is all. Good
by." Good-by, your majesty." World.
A Locomotive' Life.
Some careful experiments which
have been made in England prove that
the life of a locomotive is about 500.
000 "train miles." In other words,
that a locomotive of the latest ap
proved pattern will run 500,000 miles
before wearing out so as to be useless.
In making this run of 500,000 miles the
fire box will have to be renewed three
tixes. the wheel tires five or six times'
acd the crank axles from three to five
times.
ALP
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possibilities.
BABY DID IT.
Tha UtUa Tata Was Maaatae la That
IMagr Straet Can
On one of the cold, rainy days of the
past week a Washington Star reporter
was on a car on the Pennsylvania ave
nue line coming down Capitol hill.
There was a pretty good load of passen
gers. It was cold, wet and uncomfort
able inside of the car, and the rain beat
a tattoo on the windows without that
brought anything but pleasant reflec
tions to the passengers who would have
to face it. At the Peace monument
there was a big reenforcement of pas
sengers. They piled in very uncere
moniously, bringing with them a rush
of cold air and scattering showers of
spray from their soaked garments. In
the crowd which got aboard was a
woman with a baby in her arms. The
woman was rather poorly and thinly
clad and had no umbrella. There was
some delay in her getting a seat and
she looked decidedly forlorn and help
less trying to maintain her balance-and
at the same time look out for her child.
But with all the environment calcu
lated to make men mean and surly
some one bad enough gallantry in spite
of the weather to offer her a seat. But
mother and child got many a reproving
look from the other passengers. Those
who were in an ugly mood on account
of their unpleasant surroundings found
it very soothing to their ruffled fezllng
to think, "Well, there's a bigger fool
than I am," and one lady whispered
to her neighbor loud enough to reach
the ear of the writer: "The very idea of
taking a baby out in such a storm,"
and finished her sentence with a shrus
of her shoulders which meant more
than she said. But baby was wrapped
up snug and warm in a blanket and
Its mother, heedless of what her neigh
bors might think, began to unroll
the quaint covering to sae how hi3
diminutive majesty was getting on.
Everybody in the car was watching
her with looks of mingled disapproval
and curiosity. She finally got the roll
undone so that Mr. Baby's face becama
visible. And such a face as it was!
There was probably never a more com
pletely surprised set of people in that
street car before. Baby was a real
beauty of the sort that is apparent to
somebody else besides the mother. Such
eyes, such dimples and, withal, such a
bright, healthy, smiling face in all
probability will never light up a simi
lar occasion. Baby's appearance
worked like a magic charm on the rest
of the passengers. As soon as his face
was uncovered he took a survey of the
passengers about him with owlish
gravity. Then, as if struck by some
highly ludicrous idea in the contem
plation of the scene, he burst into a
great fit of baby laughter. He chir
ruped and chuckled and kicked up his
heels in such glee that inside of a
minute he had the entire car on his
side. The scowling looks had all dis
appeared as if by magic and people for
got all about the disagreeable weather
outside and their uncomfortable sur
roundings within and joined with baby
in a broad smile at the novel situation.
Somehow that baby's genuine, hea:tn
and spontaneous good spirits had for
the time put an entirely new phase on
Tha Way to Iron Le Frill.
Washington Evening Star: In iron
ing the lace frills on underwear cr
lawn 'dresses you can make the lace
look almost like new after this fash
ion: Iron all the rest of the garment,
then have a clean, wet cloth at hand,
with which spat the lace till it is pretty
damp, then rub it over with a moder
ately warm iron. Do the smoothing
of the lace rapidly and leave it quite
damp. As soon as you have finished
a ruffle or a sleeve lay down and gen
tly pull the lace out to it fullest width,
smoothing and patting every fine
stitch at the edge into shape. When
you once get used to it you will not
have to spend much time, and it im
proves lace wonderfully to treat it that
way.
Prayer.
The praying man is the man, who
wins; prayer is mightier than battering
rams; prayer conquers armies; pray
er holds back the arm of God; prayer
melts away the blindness of men.
Rev. J. K. Dixon.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
To be "in a brown study" is a cor
ruption of a brow study, a study re
quiring much thought and contraction
of the brows.
Bennington Center, Vt, with a popu
lation never exceeding 300, has fur
nished four governors to the state.
The first house in Brooklyn was
huilt just 200 years ago. Now the city
has something more than 125,000 of
them.
Slavery was abolished in Brazil in
1SS9, when there were freed 800,000
males and 700,000 females the owners
being compensated at the rate of $100
to $500 for each slave.
The origin of the term "guinea"
dates from the reign of Charles II.,
when gold dust was brought from the
coast of Guinea and the coin received
its name from that country.
"Every two hours a homicide is com
mitted in Italy," is the startling way
in which Baron Garofalo puts the fact
that there are 4,000 homicides a year
in his country, ten times as many as in
France and thirty-fire times as many
as in Denmark.
The first shareholders in the syndi
cate that controls the pneumatic tire
business in Great Britain paid $1,390,
000 for their stock and have since re
ceived in premiums and dividends $3,
290,625, the profits in 1895 amounting
to $1,540,000. A few days ago the
rights were sold for $15,000,000, the
original shareholders receiving $14,-
437,500. The new company is now
capitalized at $25,000,000.
FASHION'S FRILLS.
Rococo enameled hairpins set with
jewels assist in modern hairdressing.
Well-dressed -women are wearing
more jewelry than they have in mauy
ycars.
Chatelaine bags of monkey skin,
with rose-gilding clasps, have numer
ous adherents.
The belt buckles and clasps enam
eled in dull reds, blues and greens defy
description.
Vandyke collars of ecru and white
batiste, trimmed with lace and inser
tion, arc made to wear over thin sum
mer gowns.
Tulle acd chiffon, with a satin edge,
are sold by the hundred yards for neck
ruches and friilings on capes, parasols
and gowns.
Leather belts are embroidered with
gold acd silver beads, and white kid
belts, set with blue enamel traced with
gold, are the latest fancy.
Belt buckles and cuff buttons for
shirt waists simulate in their' enamel
decorations the coats of arms or flags
of the different nations or the insignia
of the army or navy.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
fal sTaumera Ogwrato TMa
DopartaMat C taa TmrmA Few
BlBta as ta the Cara af IJva Stock aa1
Faaltrj.
RS. A. L. SMITH,
Gibson county, In
diana. I have had
considerable expe
rience with the
fault mentioned
above. I have tried
,a number of reme
dies, but have
found nothing so
effective as chang
ing them to new
quarters, and watching them closely
for a few days, getting each egg
as It is laid. Several years ago
I broke a fine lot of Black Lang-
shans of this habit This year I
had a lot of White Javas that got the
habit and I broke them in the same
way. The cause is chiefly confinement
in close runs. I had to shut up my
fowls for several days in the house and
that is where they learned the habit. I
put them into a new run and gathered
the eggs as fast as they were laid for
a few days and the habit was soon bro
ken up. When I have a hen that is sit
ting and brings off an egg every time
she comes from the nest I cover up her
sitting place and take her out and feed
and water her every morning, giving
her meat scraps if I have any. I do
this for several mornings and after
that I have no trouble. I practice tak
ing off my hens, feeding them, and
putting them back on the nest, cover
ing the eggs with a warm cloth while
the hens are off. I use incubators but
usually have some hens sitting toward
the end of the season. I had one egg
eater this season, but soon broke her
as above. Hens will not eat eggs if
they have proper animal food. A mor
bid appetite is the cause. If I should
find one that could not be broken by
the treatment that I have mentioned I
would take her off the eggs for a few
days and put another hen on them (as
I generally have supernumeraries) and
give the egg eater a few china eggs to
practice on. She would forget her old
habit in a few days. One way that hens
learn to eat eggs is by having too
many hens laying in the same nest
Some of the eggs are broken, and in
this way the habit is begun. Whole
eggs or half egg shells thrown to them
will teach them to break eggs; that
was the way my Langshans learned
the trick and my Javas learned it by
being kept shut up where they were
idle. Now when I feed egg shells I al
ways crush them. I now have about
400 chicks. Of the older broods there
will weigh eight pounds. The next
brood are three weeks younger, and I
have two other broods (incubator) at
intervals of three weeks in age. The
four broods consist of White Javas,
White Cochins, White Langshans, and
White Plymouth Rocks with a few
half-breed Javas with the latter birds.
Ruben G. Porter, Emmet county,
Michigan. T. have had some trouble
with hens eating their eggs in the
nests where they were laid, but none
eating them when they were sitting
on them. Make the nests in kegs and
the hens cannot get at them and will
soon stop the habit
a
F. J. Marshall. Butler county, Ohio.
Yes, I have had some experience with
the egg eaters. It is a pernicious habit
and hard to break up if several get at
it at the same time. The best way then
is to make a nest slanting so that the
egg will roll out of the reach and sight
of the hen as soon as it is laid. Care
should be taken that the construction
of the nest is such that the eggs will
not be broken as they roll away. Con
fined hens are most apt to contract this
habit. I have also bad hens that were
sitting eat their eggs. They would
bring off an egg with them every time
they came off to eat and keep up the
habit till the eggs were all gone. Such
hens usually break an egg when get
ting on the nest and then take it out
with them next time they go to feed. I
never could remedy this to my satis
faction. Nests for sitters should not be
deep at point of entrance as that con
dition is most likely to result in bro
ken eggs. I think that if they did not
get an egg broken at first they would
not carry them off, but the smeared
eggs make them worse. Whenever an
egg has been broken acd the other
eggs smeared they should be at once
washed in lukewarm water and the
nests made dark, if possible.
Dehorning Calves.
Cattle oucht not to have horns. We
all believe that today. It is best to
breed them off. There are as good
animals of the beef breeds that are
polled as that have horns. It is time
that horns were bred off the milk
breeds. Next best is to prevent the
horn starting on the calf. It is not
five minutes' time, nor one cent's ex
pense, to do it I have dehorned
many and oever failed or made a sore
head. After using patented fluids and
caustic potash, I now use common con
centrated lye, such as the women use
for breaking water and making soap.
When the calf is less than ten days
old is the right time. Simply wet the
bump where you expect the horn and
rub on as much powdered lye as will
equal three grains of corn. Do not
wet elsewhere. Let the calf alone
thereafter. The scabs will come off
and the hair will grow out as nicely
as on a natural poll. I do not see that
the fighting or butting habit is devel
oped in these dehorned calves. A
Jersey bull four years old would have
killed my brother had he had horns.
He got him down in the pasture and
no one was near to help. A shepherd
dog came to the rescue. I ask Dr.
Smcad if it is possible to produce polls
by dehorning in this way? It is
against scientific teaching if I mistake
not yet I had a heifer, a thoroughbred
Shorthorn as I thought; having raised
her, that had been dehorned at calf
hood and breeding her to our St Lam
bert bull, also dehorned when a calf,
the result Is a perfect poll. I am sure
of these facts, yet they upset my
theories of heredity somewhat Jos
eph E. Wing.
I can dehorn 100 calves for 10
cents. That sounEds big, but it
js true. I take the calf from three to
five days old and use concentrated lye,
a 10-cent box. I take a pair of shears,
clip the hair over the cub about the
size .of a nickel, dampen, but not
enough to run down the side of the
head, put what will lay on point of
knife on nub and rub a little with fin
ger and the job is done. It will form
a scab, which will come off itself. I
have never had a miss yet I think it
very cruel to cut off the horns. I saw
one cow faint away after cutting off
her horns. A. P. J. in National Stockman.
IThe French chamber of deputies has
passed a very stringent meaitHre by
bTbIa tsat
which It is made Illegal, for dealers la
butter to keep oleo for sale, or vice
versa; the fraudulent compositions are
onljLto be sold at places especially de
signed by the municipality of each
town. Moreover, all boxes, firkins, or
other packages containing oleo, must
bear the word 'margaine,, in large
chararters, and a full description must
be given of the elements employed In
making the composition. In the retail
trade all oleo must be placed in bags,
on the outside ofw hich are to be found
a description of the article with the
name and address of the vendor. Pull
authority is given to the inspectors to
enter butter factories and shops, and
take specimens for analysis; in the
event of the specimens being found
pure the cost yill be borne by the state.
The penalties for an infraction of the
new law will vary from six 'days to
three months' imprisonment, and a
fine of $20 to $1,000, while in the event
of the same person being convicted a
second time within a year, the maxi
mum fine will also be imposed. There
will also be a heavy fine imposed on
persons who place hinderance in the
way of the inspectors.
Jadieiea Feeding of Cattle.
In an address. E. P. Lee said: "If
we would be successful breeders of cat
tle, we should give to our cows an
abundant supply of healthful food,
proper shelter and exercise; then select
the best bull we can afford to purchase,
for crossing with them; and when this
is accomplished, we have employed
more or less imperfectly all the pro
cesses under which the domestic ani
mals of the same species develop into
breeds. Good food, or the lack of it,
exercise in moderation or excess, shel
ter or exposure, and selection or care
lessness in crossing, these make up the
sum total of the influences which modi
fy constantly, for better or for worse,
our horses and cattle, hogs and sheep.
The form, constitution, and temper of
every domestic animal Is, aside from
the characteristics of the species, the
effect of the interplay of these causes.
Judicious feeding, careful treatment in
shelter and exercise, and skilful selec
tion for coupling, are the key notes to
the breeders's art. If one of these be
lacking, breeding is nearly a failure.
If all are defective, the animals that
result are well night worthless. We
must be careful in regard to mating.
The breeder should notice the defects
of the female he wishes to breed, and
couple her with a male as nearly per
fect as possible; and especially strong
in the point where she is weak, and by
so doing for a few generations, we shall
have arrived at nearly perfection.
Sheep.
The history of shjep husbandry dates
back to almost as remote a period as
that of man, and from that time to the
present, has justly occupied a promi
nent position in the commerce of all
civilized nations of the world, being a
source of luxury, ornament and profit,
and when John Randolph of Roanoke
publicly proclaimed that he would at
any time go a mile out of his way to
kick a sheep, he virtually asserted that
it would be a luxury to abuse his best
friend. I do not propose in this brief
essay to give the origin or history of
the various families or kinds of sheep,
but will view the subject as it exists in
cur country at the present time, as a
branch of mixed husbandry. That a
flock of sheep is a necessity on the
farm I unhesitatingly assert. As la
borers in the field they are industrious
and thorough, feeding upon briars and
many other species of vegetable ver
min, consuming much of all kinds of
forage, both in summer and winter, that
is rejected by other stock and convert
ing it into and distributing over the
field a more valuable fertilizer than it
would bo in a crude state. C. C. Mor
ton. Feeding Vetch Hay.
As a preliminary report for the pur
pose of answering some questions re
garding the feeding of vetch hay, J
present a brief summary of results of
our experience in feeding this mate
rial. We have fed the vetch hay to
fattening steers, and to cows giving
milk, and in both cases the results
have been very satisfactory. It was
compared with clover hay in both in
stances. The steers made good gains
when receiving vetch hay as the only
dry food, except the grain. Two steers
were fed 42 days on the vetch hay,
and gained 3.07 pounds and 2.07
pouods respectively, per day. Those
fed on clover hay gained 2.16 pounds
and 2.56 pounds respectively.
The vetch when properly cured is
relished by all kinds of stock. It must
not staud until too ripe before cutting.
When fed to milch cows the flow of
milk and per cent of butter fat was
maintained throughout the test, which
extended over a period of 45 days. As
a cheap substitute for clover hay the
vetch seems to answer the demand very
satisfactorily. It is an annual, conse
quently must be sdwn every year. In
this respect it can not he compared
with clover. As a fertilizing crop, it
is not as good as clover for it docs
not root as deeply, nor loosen the soil
as completely as clover. H. T. French,
Oregon Experiment Station.
EgZ Kutlns; Hens.
I have had some hens cat their eggs
where laid, but find that it almost al
ways occurs in midwinter or early
spring when the birds are short of
grit It generally commences by lay
ing soft shelled eggs or laying off the
roosts at night, when they have an op
portunity to roll the eggs around and
peck at them. When the spring is
fairly on and the laying season in full
swing, I have never been bothered ex
cept by an occasional case, acd if I
can detect that hen off goes her head.
My sitting hens oever bother me by
eating the eggs set under them, unless
I happen to put in an egg that has a
very soft shell and it gets broken in
the nest, or in some case where the
nest is made in such a manner that
the hen has to drop into it from too
great height, and thus accidentally
break an egg. But those accidents I
usually guard against after one experi
ence. As to treatment, if it is an Iso
lated case of egg eating and I can find
the hen I chop her head off. But if in
early spring or in the winter a mania
seems to seize them for egg eating I
scatter china nest eggs on the floor
and in the nests, and keep all eggs
picked up as fast as they are laid for
a few days and find no difficulty in
stopping the habit in this way.
Joseph Murphy.
Delta County, Michigan.
American Batter in KnglaBtl.
It is a subject for congratulation and
some surprise that of 61 samples of
American butter officially tested in
England not one was adulterated. It
is a great compliment to our dairy ex
ports, and in view of the complaints
that the exports of oleomargarine are
spoiling the market for our dairy but
ter, we may be a little astonished at a
result which ought to be made known
in every country whither we send dairy
goods. We mayalso take a little ma- v
liclous pleasure in the fact that Ger
many, which has made so much trou
ble about alleged adulteration of arti-
cles of food from tfiis country, showed
the largest amount of adulteration, 34
per cent of the specimens from that
country being adulterated. Next in
degree of badness came Holland, a
country long noted for its dairy prod
ucts, and even Denmark, where so
much has been done in the last few
years to raise the standard, and whose
butter commands as good a price in
England as the best domestic article,
supplied several specimens of imitation
or adulterated butter. If the United
States farmers would take the same
pains and employ the same scientific
methods as the greater part of the
Danes, the amount of butter and cheese
they could export would be immensely
increased and the price they got would
be much better than at present In the
meanwhile we are thankful that if not
the besl that can be made, American
butter is so generally pure that the
British officials did not get hold of a
single adulterated lot in 61 samples.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Medium Hogs for Market. Drovers'
Journal: Big corn means big hogs.
Big hogs means lots of lard, big hams
and big pork, which is now, and is
liable to remain a heavy drug on the
market. The January flurry in the
prices of hogs and provisions made ev
erybody feel bullish, and the conse
quence was farmers and feeders held
their hogs long after they ought to
have been shipped. While cellars and
storehouses have been crowded with
heavy, fat stuff that nobody seemed to
want, packers say they cannot possibly
supply the demand for bacon and cuts
of pork made from light hogs at prices
considerably above board of trade quo
tations. There is nothing like supply
ing the demand with what it wants,
and holding already heavy hogs to
simply store more cheap corn into
them is folly. Better sell the hogs
when they are at the most desirable
weights and save the corn, which will
some in handy.
Silos. Prof. Georgeson at the Kan
sas Dairy association convention said:
"I would like to indorse the question
of silos. We have had fifty-six head of
cattle, which we wintered last year,
and they were wintered for six months
on the corn that was raised on twenty
acres or a little less; all put in the silo.
They were fed an average of forty
pounds of ensilage per day. We began
feeding it the latter part of October
and it lasted until the middle of May.
They got nothing else except a little
corn stalks fed in the daytime. It
kept them in good condition. The
Shorthorns and those cows which we
did not care to feed for milk did not
get a grain of anything else."
New York Milk. Mr. Van Valken
burg, assistant commissioner of agri
culture for New York, said to a re
porter for The World, in relation to
milk as the farmers send it in: "About
four cans in one hundred show adul
teration. They show an average of
about 10 per cent of adulteration by
watering or skimming. This repre
sents only about sixteen quarts of
water added to 4,000 quarts of milk. I
claim that there are no two cities in
the United States that are supplied
witn miiK so nearly up to the stand
ard made by the state legislature cf
New York as in New York and Brook
lyn." Fast-Walking Farm Horses. Any
good breed of trotting horses, or any
horse which has thoroughbred blood in
its veins, can by practice be made to
walk fast. No common-bred animal
can be made a fast walker. A fast
walker is made by careful exercise in
that gait and it is a delightful one for
a traveler if his steed walks four or
five miles an hour. It is also very im
portant to the farmer to have a fast
walking team; but it depends much
on the rider or driver whether a horse
ever attains this highly esteemed
quality. Farm and Home.
Danger in Holding Stock. The
farmer who "holds for a rise" does not
always get it. He loses a double in
terest, for the farmer who has money
in hand can save twice the legal in
terest by buying all his needed wioter
supplies In bulk and by paying cash
for them. After stock is ready for
market there is a probability that the
added cost of feeding will offset any
increase in value.
Disinfecting the Barn. If any case
of tuberculosis has occurred the barn
should be thoroughly cleansed and all
dirt removed, after which it should be
submitted to a thorough disinfection.
If necessary all the woodwork should
be scraped so that the disinfectant
used may he able to penetrate the
wood. The person doing the scraping
should protect his mouth and nose to
prevent the inhalation of germs.
Cows to Avoid. Do not purchase a
cow that has a rattling cough, wheez
ing, hurried breathing, discharge from
the nose, fetid breath, hard bunches
under the skin, diseased udder, swol
len bones or joints, unthriftiness, or a
tendency to scour or bloat. Cows from
city stables and those that have been
fed upon swill should be avoided.
Confinement and Disease. The win
ter months, during which the animals
are most confined to the stables and
barns, are those in which the greatest
diffusion of tuberculosis must be ex
pected. It is therefore most impor
tant that the barns should be well ven
tilated, but at the same time pro
tected from sudden changes of temper
ature. Isolate the Cows. The partitions be
tween the stalls should be so boarded
up that no two cows can feed from the
same manger or can lick each other.
Each animal should have a regular
place in the barn; animals should not
be shifted about from ooe stall-to an
other. Don't hire at any price a man who
has a bad temper; he will ruin your
cows. Don't hire one who is not a
good milker; he will dry off your cows.
Don't employ a man or boy who is
not willing to learn or carry out your
instructions.
New York city consumes over three
fourths of a million quarts of milk per
day. Last year the daily average was
768,560 quarts.
The best farm institutes are held
in the dairy sections. That speaks
well for tue mteiiigence or tne dairy-j
men.
Air Space for Cows. The depart-1
meet of animal industry considers that
each cow should have at least 600 cubic
leet ot air space.
A diet of fro it and milk, it is said,
will reduce flesh at the rate of five i
pounds a vcek. j
History is what character ban writ-
ten.
A CUM Kajaya
The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
In need of a laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow Its use: so that
It "s the best family remedy known and
every family should have a bottle.
Babarbaa I4f.
Whether yon "ft now it or not that sec
ond year in the suburban honse is a
crisis and turning point in your life,
for it will make of yon either a city
man or a suburban and it will sorely
save you from being-, for all the rest of
your days, that hideous betwixt and
between tiling-, that uncanny creation
of modern days of rapid transit who
fluctuates helplessly between one town
and another; between town and city
and between town and city again,
seeking an impossible unattainable
perfection and scattering remonstrant
servant maids and disputed bills for
repairs along his cheerless track. Ex
changs. The question often asked "Why are pn
pis ot tho New F.nj: and Conservatory so
uni. oraily success! ul as teachers or per
formersJ" is 'readily answered ly those
who have leen fortunate enough to Le
lomo acquainted with the institution.
With an equipment snperior to that of any
other schoo', with Loth American and
foreign teachers of tho highest rank, with
Boston, the art center of .America, to fur
nish the t est opera and concerts, it is easy
to see why one year ot study there is bet
ter than two e sewhere. Its prospectus is
sent tree. I
Ihero are reop!e who never care for
music except when they i!ay the first
Cdd'e. j
Piso's Cure for Consumption is our only
medicine- for coughs and cotds. Mrs. C.
l:tz. 4X Stli Ave., Denver, Co!., Nov. S, Ttf.
A cirl can talk for an hour of what she
wou'd if she had " of her own.
Jt the Ilaby la Catting- Teat. j
3esur ami ne that oM and well-tried remedy, Jtss.
(ViNsLow'sSoornisoSTBCr for Children Teething-
Some men are never content un'ess en
gaged in a conspiracy of some kind.
FITS stopneil frH and icnmnrt v -rr l. No I
fits uftf r Ilrt ilaj i a; of Dr. KllncB;eat ere
jtrsuorcr. it v r i i r ai iti i ! ami 1 1 rai sa jiar v.
al.iii.i.niw. tt. L..a. UA1 tv..lV 11.1 m .. i.ltt lm
Trying Ordrals for l'rrsiilents.
It writing of tiie 'l'ardoninjr Power"
(invested in' the President) lion. Pen
jainin Harrison says in June Ladies'
Home Journal: "The papers in these
murder eases are usually volumnious
a full record or an abstract of the evi
dence making part. If the trial seems
to have been fairly conducted, and no
new exculpatory evidence is prodnced,
and the sentence does not seem to
have Leen unduly severe, the presi
dent refuses to interfere. He cannot
weigh the evidence as well as the judtre
and jury. They saw and heard the
witnesses, and he has only a writing
before him. It happens sometimes
that the wife or mother of the con
demned man comes in person to plead
for mercy, and I know of no more try
ing ordeal than to hear their tearful
and bobbing utterances, and to feel
tiiat a public duty requires that they
be denied their prayer."
The man who has the "ln'g head" often
w ears a smal hat.
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For nineteen years we have been budding Colombia Bicycle?, constantly
improving them, as wc have discovered better materials and better
methods, until today they rank, not only in America, but in Europe, as
the handsomest, strongest, lightest and easiest running bicycles made.
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woria, and every ckiail cf their manufacture is af
carried on upon thoroughly scientific fines, thus 11 II I
preventing mistakes or imperfections. " t i Vr Vr
ITcIumM Art Catalogue, tellins; fully of all Columhias, and of Hartford I Bicycles, trustworthy
nschines of lower rr'C. ii (rs? from any Columbia agent; by mail for two 2-cent stamps.
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn.
Jranch Stores ami Ancies in almost every city and town. If Columbian are not property
represented in your vicinity, let us know.
Make a Beaatifal Gewa.
Nothing could be more simple yet
more beautiful than a gown made of
the fine French organdise muslins,
figured in shadowy designs of trailing
roses and shaded green vines. The
newest patterns are like a breath of
early, Juae, and one of these dainty
gowns is nade with a plain skirt
finished with a deep hem. the bodice
gathered into the neck and belt, and
trimmed with braces of green velvet
ribbon over the shoulders, with small
pearl buckles half way down the front
Lace and velvet ribbon from the neck
band, which has a buckled bow at tho
back, and velvet loops and ends fall on
the skirt from tho left side of the belt
Aa Apnral for AintUianre.
Tho man whoischaritable to himself will
listen to the nunc appeal for ::ssitsni'u
made bv his 5tomaeh. hi-; liver, in the
shape of dlrers lys; eptlc riulms ami uneasy
sensations in the relonof the .elands Hint
secretes bis bile, llostetter's Stmu-h i;tt
trs. my dear sir, or madam a, the cai
may be is what yon "require. Hasten ti
use. if you aru troubled with heartburn,
wind in the stomach, or note that yotirskin
or the whites of your eyes are t iking a sal
low hue.
When you get enough, te brave enough
to say so.
A fault will attract more attention to u?
than a virtue.
Every mon a1u docs wronj, is helping to
lead an army of toys nstray.
Irrigated Farms in the Milk. Klver Valirr.
ltoora for many farmers on ditches.
already constructed in the Milk River
Valley of Montana and plenty of.
chances for colonies to locate on free
land and establish ditches of their own.
Ditches can be made at little expense
other than labor with plows and scraps
ers, and there is no stony ground, just
pure soil, ('roves along the river ami
coal in the adjoining- pasture bench
lands. Finest openiufr for irrigation,
farmers in the Northwest. All tiie
staple crops produced. .Markets in tiie
mincs and good shipping facilities east,
and west, via t treat Northern Railway.
Write to Thomas O'llanlon, Chinook,
Mont, for further information.
We test servo our.-elves when mo
serve others.
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the fading or falling of j
the hair. Luxuriant
tresses are far more to the
matron than to the maid whose casket
of charms is yet unrifictl by time
Beautiful women will be glad to be"
reminded that falling or fading hair
is unknown to those who use
Ayer's Hair Vigor.
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