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gateau last week were the followia?
Traaa-Miestttippi inventors: Daalel
faxrell, Oamaaa, Nebraska, are ex
tincaisher; Barton W. Kyle, Arliafftoa,
Nebraska, rotary plow; Zimri IX Gary,
Seata-Omaha. Nebraska, seal; James
E. Lee, Centerville, Iowa, saining
achiae; George A. Lockwood, Chari
ton, Iowa, stem-winding aad setting
watch; diaries It. Mather, Ottuaawa,
Iowa, water-gape; George Both, St.
Sebald, Iowa, wire gate
George C. Martin, a yoaag high
aehool student and the son of Postatas
' ter Martin of Omaba, Nebraska, haa
jast been allowed a patent for a grid
dle greaser, that is aoticeable because
of its aniqaeness, simplicity and utility.
Mr. Martin is probabily one of the
youngest inventors of Nebraska who
has ever received a patent
. Amoagst the noticeable inventions is
a flexible curtain; an apparatus for
raiaiag sunken vessels; a novel life pre
server; a pneumatic track sander; an
elastic, pneumatic 6teel bicycle tire; a
divided garment which can be changed
into a skirt or bloomers; an aerial
bicycle; an apparatus for drying coffee;
a folding crank for bicycles; a motor
velocipede; a mechanism for automatic
ally closing leaks in marine vessels; an
automatic cow milker; and a new and
improved water pillow.
Parties desiring free information re
lative to patents may obtain the same
in addressing Sues & Co., United States
Patent Solicitors, Bee Building, Omaha,
Nebraska.
A Qirfr Bathtah.
"I wanted a bath in a North Caro
lina hotel," says a traveling man, "so
I rang for the bell boy and asked him
if they had a bathtob about the house."
'Yes, sah; nice one, sab,' he said.
'Bring me one'
"In a few minutes the boy returned,
bringing on his shoulder a coffin, with
silver plated handles and lid all com
plete.
- 'What does that mean? I asked
indignantly.
" 'Bat's the bathtub, sah. De land
lord used to be in the undcrtakin' busi
ness, sah, and had some coffins when
he took dis hotel. His son is a tinner,
sah, and jess lined de coffins wid tin.
Try it, boss. You'll find it berry nice."
"Conquoring my repugnance, I open
ed the lid and found the coffin lined
with tin, as stated, and I took the
bath, but I didn't feci just right about
it." Hardware.
Gea. Gnat's Last Clear.
Men of the greatest prominence,
such as U. S. Grant, August Belmont,
Jay Gould, Leland 'Stanford, Robert
Bonner. It. F. Tracy, William G
Whitney and Sheppard F. Knapp,
were in the habit of going to Stony
Ford for two or three days at a time
and devoting sunlight to an examina
tion of the horses and lamplight to the
- discussion of breeding topics. After
dinner the party would adjourn to the
smoking room up stairs, light cigars,
recline in easy chairs and give no heed
to -the passing hours. Frequently the
clock would strike 2 or 3 before the
discussion would end. This smoking
room shows the stains of time and if
the walls could speak, stories of en
trancing interest would be told. It
. was in this famous room that ex-President
Grant smoked his last cigar.
Scribner's.
A diet of fruit and milk, it is said, will
reduce flesh at the rate of five pounds a
weelc.
. Boiled eggs which adhere to the shell are
fresh.
The patent leather slipper never loses its
hold on feminine fancy.
More
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DAIRY AND POCLTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
1 OUR RURAL READERS.
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Operate
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Car at
Uw Mack
reattty.
BAUD can always
find defendars, pro
vided It is a fraud
that makes money
for its manipula
tors and has a
financial Btandmg
in the world, fed
far as dairy frauds
are con cerned,
some of the great
daily papers are al
ways ready to defend them, going to
great lengths in their misstatements.
Here is a sample, taken from a Chicago
paper of recent date:
"The recently enacted filled-cheese
bill has practically killed that industry
in Illinois. Yesterday Thomas i. r.ng
liEh, a deputy, reported to Collector
W. J. Mite of the internal-revenue of
fice the result of his months's exam
ination and Investigation of the husi
ness, and fully confirms The Record s
statement regarding the effect of the
legislation referred to. He was un
able to find a single one of the 139
manufacturers la the distrltt who in
tended to manufacture under the law.
All agreed that its terms wfere prohibi
tory. The filled-cheese Industry along
the Fox river and the adjacent' dairy
sections of the state had grown to
large proportions. Last year's busi
ness aggregated SI ,000,000. 'It is prob
able,' said Mr. English in his report,
'that some few of the manufacturers
may continue for the export trade. The
business in the United States is prac
tically killed, according- to the opin
ions of the manufacturers.' Filled
cheese is said not to be a deleterious
article tt Is made principally from
the curds of skimmed and unskimmed
milk. The greater proportion is made
of unskimmed milk, and the article is
improved by the addition of mixing
with butter, making the cheese about
half milk and half cream. The law
enumerates butter as an article of fill
ing and shuts out future mixing, plac
ing a prohibitory tax upon both manu
facturer and dealer. Last year the fac
tories made 14,000,600 pounds of filled
cheese. Of Which amount 3,000,ouu
pounds were exported."
From reading the above it is evident
l bat the reporter that wrote it is sim
ply densely ignorant of the subject he
presumes to handle. He makes filled
cheese a better article than full cream,
for a full-cream cheese, Wisconsin
standard, contains only 30 per cent of
butter fat, and this filled cheese is
made to contain 50 per cent N"
writer on an agricultural paper would
hare the effontery to go before tb
public with statements disproved be
forehand by irrefutable proofs. Re
peated analyses by the government ex
periment stations demonstrate the fact
that the profit in filled cheese lies sole
ly in substituting hog fats and neutral
oils of a cheap grade for the more valu
able butter-fat Below are two ana
lyses published by the Michigan ex
periment station under date of May 29.
1896, and sent out in Bulletin 9 of the
Dairy and Food commission report of
Michigan:
Sample No. 90. filled cheese.
Water 35.48
Solids not fat 35.39
Butter fat 1.73
Other fats 27.40
Sample 485, filled cheese.
Water
.3S.o:t
.31.48
. 1.81
.28.65
Solids, ndt fat
Butter fat
Other fats
The writer in the extract quoted says
that "the greater proportion is made
Df unskimmed milk." in other word.",
the cheese is really double full cream
cheese. Perhaps the guileless youth
will explain how the manufacturer of
this fancy product can afford to put
13 cents worth of butter-fat into every
pound of cheese and sell the complete
article at less than 6 cents a pound.
Cooked Food for Poultry.
" I am well aware or the fact that cook
ing food for poultry is considered a
waste of time. The experiment sta
tions, too, do not seem to encourage us
in that direction. They say that there
is as much digestible matter in un
cooked food as in cooked food, and
therefore seem to Intimate that it will
not pay to cook it I was for awhile in
clined to take that view of the matter,
but in the course of time I was driven
t-j cooking In self defense. I will ad
mit that the birds do not get any more
from the same food or any quicker, but
I will not admit that It does not pay to
cook it My great reason for following
this course is to preserve the health of
my fowls. I used to lose a great many
birds from Indigestion. Every winter,
and especially, every spring, some of
them would get sick-with simple indi
gestion. I could save some of them and
some of them 1 could not nave. Most
that got sick ultimately died. Now I
do not have any getting sick from this
cause. I reasoned that the indigestion
was caused by too long a feeding of
grain, and thus an overtaxing of the
digestive organs. So for their morning
fcod I have been giving them soft food.
The way that I cook it is this, which
the readers of the Farmers' Review
will acknowledge to be the best method
in the world. -I put say half a peck of
oat meal in a. four-gallon stone Mr I
have; then I put on a kettle of water
and heat it till it is boiling all over. I
do this at night for the next morning's
feed. After the water is heated I pour
it into the meal, filling it up only so as
to make it a thick pudding when it is
cooked. I cover up the jar and let it
stand over night In the morning the
meal Is cooked-as nicely as any pud
ding could be.? The hens and chicks
are very fond of it and the lumps they
will run of with just as they would
with so many worms. When I began
cooking I aad much trouble for
thought I had to put it on the fire and
stir it and you know how it will stick
down. But all of that is obviated now.
I think that it pays richly.
When fowls run wild or have the run
of the farm this course is not neces
sary, for the reason that the birds have
a greater variety of food, such as
worms, bugs and clover leaves. Then
they get it ground up In the gixard
and the tax is not so great But my
fowls are shut up all the time and have
to be. and the way I have stated proves
very satisfactory. Mary Ann.
Vwadtaa; tha Cow.
, The Individuality of the cow must
be studied. One cow is inclined to
milk production. C.000 to 8,000 pounds
of milk. Another produces 400 pounds
of batter; another is a producer of
beef. To be successful, we must know
what tendency the cow has, and act
accordingly. Those who want to make
batter should keep only the butter cow;
itkese who sell milk should not keep
batter or beef cows, etc. Don't feed
too much eon for milk. Wheat bran
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heat foods for the cows. I waM aaake
either ef thesaa priadaal food tor cows
up to six yean at least. Then an mo
better foods. Pea bbobI la excellent
Every ton of ssilk aold takes of about
13 worth of fertility from the farm.
The butter-maker sells hat little fer
tility. One or two pounds of linseed
meal ft day Is A good ration. Good
brewers' grains an excellent feed.
But ensilage Is better than ail The
timothy hay of commerce is A mUgaty
poor food, especially when late Cut It
is a poor milk-producer. Clover is
much better and one of the best bal
anced of foods. For "clover sick' soils
apply wood ashes or muriate of pot
ash and ground bone. H. F. Cooke.
A Haw ntaeerd.
It is a grand ben that will lay 180
eggs a year, says the Poultry Keeper.
Hens have done so, but tike horses with
records, they leave all ethers behind.
We have known four hens all of a
small flock to lay 604 eggs in a year,
or 151 each, but we have never found
100 hens to average over 100 eggs per
hen per year. The reason Is that In a
large flock some hens lay none at all,
from various causes, while others lay
more. One with large flocks, after al
lowing for sick hens, over-fat hens,
lousy hens and feeble hens, will be for
tunate if he gets nine dozen of eggs
from each hen in the flock. True, some
of the hens may lay twelve dozen eggs
in a year, but "One sWallow does not
make a summer."
Hens like variety; unless starved to
it, they will reject all food not suit
able, and they ire usually the better
judges of what they want and need.
Indiana Farmer.
Keep grit, cracked oyster shells and
green footi constantly before the hens.
Two or three times a week let them
have some meat scraps. One cent a
pound is ndt too much to pay for green
bone as a lot of meat clings to the
bone. Farm Poultry.
Milk is one of the best foods that can
be supplied to young poultry, and they
can be given all they can eat or drink
of it There is no danger of their tak
ing too much. Inter State Poultry
man. Sheep Sheariag- la Eaglaaft.
We have no longer sheep-shearing
festivals as in times of yore. At the
commencement of the century the
sheep-shearings of Francis, Duke of
Bedford, and the great Coke, afterwards
Earl of Leicester, were important rural
gatherings, which were attended by ag
riculturists from all parts of the king
dom. Moreover, at this period, and
up to the middle of the present century,
the sbeep-ehearing day on farms in
general was a red-letter one. Neighbor
ing farmers visited one another on
these occasions, and their sons did most
of the work of the clipping. Regular
feasts were provided and there was
much merry-making. All this has
long since changed. Bauds of itin
erant laborers, well versed In the art of
shearing) gd front farm to" farm, and
contract for the clipping at a fixed
rate per score or per hundred, and when
this is not done the 6hepherd and or
dinary laborers of the farm have to
perform the work. All kinds of feast
ing in connection with sheep-shearing
have very much gone out of fashion.
The custom still lingers in populous
districts, but since agricultural depres
sion came all but the well-to-do have
avoided anything like a festival. Mark
Lane Express.
Poor Saeeeaa la Batehlaa;.
My experience in hatching eggs this
spring is this: Up to June 28th I re
ceived 1.883 eggs, commencing with
March 1st I have not sold over 10
dozen of tbese, the family using what
was needed in their cocking, and to
eat. The rest I set Some hens would
set their time out and no chicks would
appear . Others would come off with
from one to seven and eight,
etc., from each thirteen eggs. I now
have about 120 chicks for my
labor. I thought it was the bnK
so I bought me an incubator, with a
little better result, but even that Hd
not get them all out, as there would
be a number of dead chicks in the shell.
My later settings gave me much better
success than the earlier ones did. My
duck eggs were the same. Out of over
100 duck eggs I have only twenty-five
ducks. My hens are Plymouth Rocks.
J. E. Barlow,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
Oar Foaltry.
For eggs alone, the Leghorn is un
surpassed. For eggs and table quali
ties, the American class is ahead, and
is likely to stay there. This includes
Wyandottes, P. Rocks, Black JavaB and
American Dominiques. The annual
production of poultry In the United
States is between $600,000,000 and $700,
000,000. We buy of other nations $12,
000,000 worth of eggs. There Is no good
reason why tbese imports may not stop
and supply the demand at home. If
eggs can be imported and still be fit to
use, they certainly can be shipped from
the west to New York and Boston with
a profit to the shipper and producer.
No farm, county or state is producing
to a full extent in poultry, and there
is no good reason why we may not
make the supply equal to the demand
and keep our money at home. Se
lected. Side Meat In-Farm Furrows, John
Cownie hits the nail hard: "There
seems to be now a demand for the
bacon hog and a tendency to endeavor
to produce it It is often produced by
accident The owner has sought to
make a lard hog, but by some mistake
in management has made a bacon one.
There are breeds of hogs better adapted
to bacon than others, but, perhaps, the
demand will change to something else,
after one is well stocked up with bacon
hogs. I think, myself, that the genuine
bacon hog should be regarded with
some suspicion at present The en
vironment that farmers are likely to
give him in the corn belt is such as to
soon transform him into a lard hog."
The Calves. Dutch and Danish
dairymen keep their own calves and
teed them until large enough for mar
ket They get no new milk, but this
is partly made up by adding corn meal
to the skim milk as a heating and fat
producing substance. It at least makes
veal which brings a good price and
calves at six and nine months return a
fair profit Ex.
Parasites. Parasites an the greatest
natural enemy, to fowls. More than
two-thirds of so-called cholera is from
ravages of lice. The symptoms are
similar to cholera, but remove the lice
and the birds recover without treat
ment True cholera can be cured by a
tonic made of copperas, one-half pound;
sulphuric acid, one ounce; tincture Iron,
one drachm; hot water, one-half gallon;
one tablespoonful to each pint of
drinking water.
Possibilities. Possibilities in poul
try culture are in no great degree at
tained. AH who raise fowls for eggs are
making a good profit on stock and feed.
A good hen will lay twelve dosea eggs
per annum, worth at 12 centa par
dozen, $1.60; deduct 50 centa far feed,
and we hart $1 aroflt par
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FARM AND GAfiDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
tmmm tTp-taaDate Attala AfeawM CaJUva
ttoa at taw Ball aal ttaM, thaeaaf
HecttcaUtara frltlcaUre as risil
ealtar. ISTAKES in plant
ing. it is a mis
take to plant trees
till you get your
ground ready; br to
plant in soil not
adapted td their
growth; or that has
hot been properly
enriched and thor
oughly underdraiu-
ed trees will not
thrive with wet feet It is a mistake
to plant in certain quarters of the
moon trees do better planted in the
earth. It Is a mistake to plant too
many varieties or to plant all of one
variety or to plant a variety because
some tree agent advises you to; of to
plant every variety offered you before
it has been thoroughly tested in your
locality, unless you have the means to
conduct an experimental fruit farm. It
is a mistake to plant in post-holes and
think that trees will grow without any
further care or cultivation. It is a
mistake to plant at all unless you know
what varieties you want and how to
take care of them when planted.
Mistakes in Cultivation. It Is a mis
take to think that when trees are once
planted they will take care of them
selves. It is a mistake to turn young
trees out to grass before they are
weaned from the nursery. It is a mis
take to think they don't want Just a
good cultivation as corn or any other
(tod to succeed well. It is a mistake
to try and raise crops year after year
from an orchard without returning any
thing to the soil; trees want feeding
as well as your pigs or cattle to pro
duce growth or fruit It is a mistake
td trim by horse or cattle power, you
are apt to overdo the job. It is a mis
take not to trim and shape your trees
when young and thus avoid che neces
sity of removing large branches when
the trees are large, and thus mutilate
and injure them. It is a mistake to let
too much fruit grow on young trees or
vines. It is a mistake not to thin out
heavy crops on any trees.
Mistakes in Marketing. It Is a mis
take to market your fruits in flour or
meal-bags, when you can get clean
ones. It is a mistake that you don't
use the clean ones for oats or wheat
and put your fruit in good clean
baskets or barrels. It is a mistake to
try to put a quart of berries into a
pint and a half basket, or a half bushel
of peaches or pears into a twelve quart
basket they shrink in getting them
out it is a mistakg to put all the
small samples in the bottom of the
basket, most people take them out be
fore they use them, besides the large
ones on top have a crushing effect, if
not upon them, upon your honesty as a
fruit grower. It is a mistake to send
soft fruit to a distant market. It is a
mistake to send fruit to a commission
man whose honesty you know nothing
about It is a mistake to expect l-iompt
returns from every commission man
you send to. It Is a mistake to send
off fruits to be sold on commission if
you can get a fair price near home.
Miscellaneous Mistakes. It is a
mistake to think that nurserymen
never make mistakes, or that they
are not willing to rectify them when
they can. It Is a mistake to think they
are responsible for the death of all the
trees that die before coming to matur
ity, or for all the tricks of tree agents.
It is a mistake to think they don't want
to sell all their surplus stock, and that
tree agents don't often buy It and with
out their knowledge, re-label it just
what their orders call for and send it
out, and when it bears, nurserymen
get the cursing. It is a mistake to
tbink all tree agents are rascals. A. M.
Smith.
Haadllax Qalaeea.
Quinces may be gathered as they
ripen in such a manner as to prolong
the season very much. No fruit needs
more careful handling even a thumb
mark becomes a dark spot in a short
time. For shipping to a distant market
in considerable quantities, probably nd
package Is more satisfactory than the
ordinary apple barrel. The ends should
be lined with white paper and the frdit
placed in very carefully, calyx end
downward agaiUst the head, instead of
the stem end, as With the apple. The
tail end of the barrel should be gently
pressed to Its place with a lever or
screw press, but less heavily than in
the case of the apple, because the text
ure of the quince is more brittle and
less elastic, consequently every bruise
will result in a serious blemish. For
a near market, and in smaller quanti
ties, no package can surpass the now
very popular twelve quart basket
Whichever package is used it will usu
ally be found best to make two classes,
and not to ship the small mis-shapen,
or poorly colored specimens in the
same package with the choice fruit If,
however, no selection is made, a fair
show of best and worst should be made
in order that dealers may know exact
ly what they are handling and buyers
may know exactly what they are buy
ing. Linius Woolverton.
Tha Mastery of Faraa Coadttloa.
One of the most 'disheartening expe
riences that can befall a man who is
making a business of growing a partic
ular garden or farm crop, Is to witness
the failure of such a crop when he does
not knew what to do to prevent the
loss. Such an experience quenches one's
enthusiasm in his work, temporarily at
least, and weakens his faith in bis abil
ity to overcome the obstacles that he
must meet In his business. The recur
rence of such experiences has often
been the" direct cause of the growtn of
one crop after another being aban
doned; .and occasionally this has re
sulted in New England in the abandon
ment of the farm altogether. On the
other hand, to feel that one under
stands the peculiarities of plants and
knows what to do for them and when
to do it if they are threatened with dis
aster, begets a certain confidence in ffce
occupation, and in turn this begets an
ambition to cultivate more crops and
larger fields and to increase the pro
duction of each square foot of land so
tilled. The discovery of the Bordeaux
mixture and its plant-disease prevent
ing qualities promises to be of great
value to those engaged in the cultiva
tion of the soil, enabling them to con
trol In a large measure a class of
troubles which have in the past been
the occasion of 'heavy loss and trying
annoyances. Rhode Island Bulletin.
laaaet Iajarle to ladtaa Cora.
Bulletin No. 44 of the Illinois Agri
cultural Experiment Station is a com
plete practical account .of all known in
sect Injuries of any importance to the
seed and 'roots of Indian corn. The
kinds of injury are so classified and an
alyzed as to enable one to determine
tk cauat of tht lajury treat the p-
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f the field or the injured
plant and from the insects foand la or
apoa It The wireworm, the root lice,
tha white grubs, and the corn root
worms an treated with especial full.
neea. The dlscuaslob of each form cf
Injury and of each insect treated in
cludes ft full account of preventive and
remedial measures, the whole making
a pamphlet of eighty-aete. pages, pro
fusely illustrated with tuts tit the in
jurious insects in the Various stages
of their development
This bulletin is issued by the consult
ing entomologist of the station, Prof. 8.
A. Forbes, whd is also State Entomolo
gist of iiiindis, and the article is made
up largeljr from the eighteenth report of
the State Entomologist with the omis
sion; however, of all matter of a tech
nical character or of trivial economic
importance.
This bulletin, as well as all others
issued by the station, will be sent free
of charge to any person in Illinois in
terested in farming, who will send his
name and postoffice to the Agricultural
Experiment Station, Urbana III.
W. L. Pillsbury, Secy.
Lata Potatoes.
Ihe planting of late potatoes has fal
len Into disfavor in Rhode Island en
account 6f the occasional prevalence of
the late blight which hitherto in srorne
seasons has run riot in the potato fields,
while' the owners of the fields cmld
do nothing but stand by and see th2ir
potato vines wither and blacken r.nd
their prospects of securing a gooi po
tato crop grow small by degrees and
beautifully less. Experience has shown
that potato growers can now save thir
late crop from destruction by Ibis dis
ease; but in order to do this they must
introduce into their methods of culture
when necessary a feature that is com
paratively new to the business a kind
of work the details of which are por
fertly simple, but they are unlike any
operations that have formerly been
practiced upon the farm, and conse
quently they must be learned mainly
l.y experience and observation of those
who are to practice them.
Koaalt or Uralalaff.
A number of years since two acres of
clay land which had a hard-pan clay
subsoil was taken from one end of a
meadow and fenced in with the adjoin
ing corn field. Two years' cultivation
endeavoring to raise corn proved a fail
ure in getting even fair crop yields.
About sixty rods of tile drain ft as pat
down at an average depth of two and n
half feet. The ground was well plowed
and cultivated, then wheat drilled in.
A crop of wheat of good quality, forty
eight bushels, was secured off .'hose
two acres, and only about tweny two-horve-wagon
loads of stable manure
was applied to the ground. The two
previous crops of corn were very light,
hardly paying for the labor of cultiva
tion. Since for about ten years those
twd acres have produced each year,
even last year, good crops. Ex.
Old Strawberry Bed.
If season has been favorable, and a
large crop produced, or if grass and
weeds have been allowed to take pos
session, then do not hesitate to olow
under and start new beds. If, however,
a small crop was produced from vig
orous vines and the beds kept free
from grass and weeds, as they should
be, then the second year, or even a
third, may be profitable, depending
much on season, fertility of soli, culti
vation, etc. When old beds ire to be
continued, they should be mowed im
mediately after fruiting and burned
over. Then reduce rows to six inches
in width, hoe out all weeds and glass,
apply fine manure, and cultivate oftci:
same as new beds. With this treat
ment, new runners will soon appear
and a nice matted row may be secured,
producing many berries the following
season. As a rule, new beds every year
are most profitable and satisfactory.
M. A. Thayer.
Use Good Seed. Many farmers make
the mistake of arguing this way: "I
have some good grain that will bring
a good price on the market; I will sell
that 1 have some poor shriveled grain
that grew down on low ground. I will
keep that for seed." It is a great mis
take. It Is a very true principle in
both animal and vegetable growth that
'Like begets like,' and if we sow poor
seed we may expect a poor crop.
Again, in selecting our seed we should
strive to select it from a field that has
been uniform in both quality and
quantity. When We have this seed let
us clean It thoroughly. 1 used to
think, when 1 was a boy, and my step
father kept us cleaning grain after it
had been cleaned two or three times
over, that he did this to keep us out of
mischief, but I have concluded that he
was right about this thorough clean
ing. Geo. McKerrow.
Experimental Roads. There Is ev
ery reason to believe that there is in
the rurai communities generally a to
tal lack of appreciation of the benefits
of good roads, which can be Used at
all seasons of the year. The truth is
the people have had no experience of
really good roads, and no opportunity
of judging of the superiority over bad
ones. There is much room for popular
education on this subject, and one of
the best means of education would be
the construction in every community
of a piece of first-class road. Such an
object lesson would be invaluable, and
it is easy to believe that large ad
vantages might flow from a liberal ex
penditure by the state. Then, too,
there is a natural and easily under
stood fear on the part of the farmers
that the provision of good roads
means an increase cf taxes. Ex.
Raising Apples. Do not attempt the
raising of too many varieties of apples.
If for home use, they should be timed
to come in at all seasons; but for mar
ket too many kinds will make a great
deal of trouble, without yielding a cor
responding degree of benefit Let
neither the early nor the late supply
consist of more than one or two va
rieties. Ex.
Ashes for Swine. If given the
chance, a horse, a cow, or a hog will
lick up the ashes in a burnt-over dis
trict of forest; something in the ashes
satisfies a natural craving of animals.
Mixed with charcoal and a little salt,
it should be constantly kept near swine.
There is, therefore, more than one use
&il purpose to which wood ashes can
be put on the farm. Ex.
Nitrogen Needed. Nitrogen is one of
the leading elements in tue structure
of the plant, and without it no plant
growth is possible. Phosphorus and
potash are also elements often lacking
in the soil, but usually there is a large
quantity of both these minerals there,
only they are not, always in the most
useful or immediately available form.
Yellow Squash Bug. Dust the yel
low squash bug with soot, ashes, lime
or any fine dust Dust makes life dis
agreeable for the pestiferous beetle and
ho will try to ftt away from it
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Southwestern Missouri lands arc the
most fertile in the country. The soil
is productive and a good crop always
assured. An abundance of the best of
good, pare water. Special, inducements
are being offered just now for those
desiring to secure lands in thb part of
the west For particulars, regarding
the rich mineral, fiuit and agricultural
lands of southwest Missouri write to J.
M. Purdy, manager of Missouri Land
and Live Stock Co., Neosho, Missouri.
See advertisement in another column
of this paper.
When aad How to Ilatbe.
Dn Cyrus Edson, ex-president of the
New York -board of health, writes con
cerning' bathing, ifa June Ladies' Home
Journal: "A cold douche or any form
of shower bath should not be used
When a person is tired or exhausted
from any cause, ns tho reaction, on
which the shock depends for its bene
ficial effect does not follow effectually
when the system-is tired.
"'The result of the shower in such a
case is apt to be internal congestion,
which may be disastrous. It does not
follow, however, that a perspiring per
son should not bathe until cooled off.
As a matter of fact, if the person is
not exhausted the fact that the pores
are open is rather advantageous than
otherwise, as the reaction is enhanced
and will probably follow more ener
getically. A bath Should never be
taken within two houn, of a hearty
meal. The first effect of iinmcrsiou in
warm or in cold water is to seriously
derange the digestive process if that is
progressing at the time, and by a
physiological effect that naturally fol
lows, to unbalance or derange the
whole nervous system. The result of
this is extremely dangerous to the
bather. There are numerous instances
of severe illness and even of death
caused by bathing while the stomach
was fulL"
Hall'a Catarrh Care
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Her aiajesty ApproTes.
Queen Victoria has bestowed her
gracious countenance on women's
clubs, and they arc increasing in num
bers. The Green Park Club is one of
the best of these organizations in Lon
don, and is at the same time one of the
most aristocratic. To this club the
queen has sent her portrait, with her
autograph. The Ladies' International
Club is one of the newest clubs in the
English metropolis. Its home is in
Bond street Its avowed desire is to
entertain friends from all parts of
England and from foreign countries as
well, particularly the United States.
New York clnb women have, therefore,
a warm personal interest in the new
London International.
How to Grow 40e Wheat.
Salzcr's Fall Seed Catalogue tells
3ou. It's worth thousands to the
wideawake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp
for catalogue and free samples of
grains and grasses for fall sowing.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrossc,
Wis.
McClure's Magazine for August is to
be a mid-summer fiction number, with
stories by Octave Thanet, Stephen
Crane, Clintott Koss, E. W. Thomson
and Annie Eliot Stephen Crane's
story will exhibit the hero of his suc
cessful novel, "The Bed Badge of
Courage," grown and old man. but
still capable of a fine act of bravery;
Clinton Ross' will deal with Perry's
historical fight and victory on Lake
Erie; and Annie Eliot's Will depict a
sprightly love episode in a Yale and
Harvard boat race.
" Pergonal.
ANY ONE who has been benefited
by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
will receive Information of much value
and interest bv writing to "Pink
Pills," P. a Box1592, Philadelphia, Pa,
Rasa aad Hot Wea'her.
It will be well for all men to bear in
mind the oft-demonstrated scientific
fact that the strictest temperance man
can confront the hot weather with the
satisfaction of knowing' that he is
armed as much as any man can be
against discomfort and worse effects of
the heat lie temperate in eating and
exercise and abstain'as much as possi
ble from drinks, and you can laugh at
your less fortunate companions who
consume a gallon or two of liquid re
freshments every day, and as much
more every night Troy Press.
FITO loppHt fii and rTmnrntlv -iir,-l. No
nts:ftT firt tl.ij'u-i.f Pr. Kliru,H;rratere
Kentorer. Vxw 91 1 n.i I bolt le aiul t rtt im-.
Scud to On. Kum, 931 ArihSk, i'hJUdilphla, Pa.
Fifteen years ago the Atlantic Month
ly gave Mrs. Stowc a breakfast on her
seventieth Lirthday at which a nota
ble company was gathered. At her
death it pays "a. tribute to her in some
ways quite as significant The leading
article in the number for August is
lteminibccnces of Mrs. Stowe by Mr
James T. Fields, who was her intimate
friend during the whole period of her
fame.
When E. J. Glave died on the Congo
last year, after having crossed Africa
in the interest of The Century, it was
announced that his notes, journals
and photographs had been saved.
From these a group of separate papers
lias been made up, and the first one
will appear in the August Century.
This tells of the adventures of Mr.
Ulave for nearly a year while he was
with the British troops, who were
chasing the Arab slave traders.
Rememt er that there are patriots who
do not believe as you do.
Feu- notnen know what is required of
them on a fishing excursion.
Itenieniter that thinking yourself a
martyr does not make you one.
A good hushnnd shou'd Le as patient as
a successful retail grocer.
Remember that abuse is not argument.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasantefforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but 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
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
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 enjovment 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 have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup pf
Figs stands highest and Is most largely
Kd and gives imenrsl-afatOD.
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Tho Lata Shah.
The English papers are fall of stories
of the late Shah of Persia, sobm of
which an probably true. When he
waa visiting England, he frequently
expressed his contempt for the mild
ness of English law. So he was finally
taken to Newgate, in order that he
might see a gallows. lie at once man
ifested great interest in it and, ex
pressing a desire to see how it worked
he asked the governor to hang a man.
The governor explained that he had
not at the time a man ready for the ex
periment; whereupon the shah express
ed his contempt But he intimated
that that was of no consequence,
"liang one of these," said he, pointing
to his suite, each man of which prob
ably trembled in his shoes. Aad very
great indeed was tho shah's disgust
when he found that he could not pre
vail upon the governor to do what he
wanted.
A OKEAT IXUVVTKY The Stark Bro's
Nurseries, thl.s city aad Rockport. I1L. is a
veritable beehive. The propagating plaats
of the "Two I'lkes" enlarged. "Old i'ike'a"
salesmen work from New York Westward.
The office force is hurrjrlns out ".U new
style canvasolng outlts, photo of fruits,
trees orchards packing; fruit painted from
nature, etc. Sceral departments give all
their time to securing salesmen. Stark
hro's have room for energetic solicitors.
With such progress and millions of fruit
trees dull times unknown. .Louisiana,
Missouri, Press
Laag-aage.
"No," she warmly rejoined, "I -will
not admit that the spheres of man and
woman are essentially distinct Cer
tainly not It is trne that woman can
not at present nail down a carpet, but
you don't .imagine, therefore, tiiat she
could not, were she properly educated,
attain to a sufficient command of lan
guage." Detroit Tribune.
Iowa farms for sale on crop pay
ments. 10 per cent cash, balance M
crop yearly until paid for. J. MUL
1IALL, Waakcgan, I1L
Ula Location.
"I live in a town," said the bewhisk
ered man, who was tilted back in the
hotel chair smoking a rank cigar,
"where a father, two sons and an
uncle, all members of the same family,
ran for office at the last election."
"Pardon me," ventured a bystander,
"but what part of Ohio are you from."
New York Sunday World.
We will forfeit l,o:o if any of our pub
lished testimouia's are proven to be not
genuine. The Piso Co., Warren, la.
If the hens nro well cared for while molt-'
Ing they wi i lay t c.'ore winter.
By the wav, what has become of Cripple
Creek i
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CurfsCnnpiMHl HamHandFarc. Tender or Sore Feet, I
Chilblains files. c C.O.ClarkCo.,SewIUTrn.CC
fl.M.a.ai.1. M i. . ..fc .i Vka a. W 1
The dust Lath is absolutely necessary for
fowls.
Mi.k ran Le c,iven in place of water until
the fow s are six v.ccs old.
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The umpire now decides that
"BATTLE AX" is not onlv
decidedly bigger in size than any I
other 5 cent piece of tobacco, but the 1
quality is the fine ever saw, and
the flavor delicious, u will never
know just how go I it is until ;
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strainer for jelly atay be wmim by aa-"
ing a wooden chair wHhwat talis aw
the inside. Tarn it upside
the table, take a perfectly ckem cloth,
tie the four corners on tha legs ef tha
chair, setting a crock or past aawar
aeath to receive the jelly. Tha cloth
should be dipped in soiliaf; water be
fore using. Jellies may be strained a
third time if ascamsry. PitUbarg
Dispatch.
A YeH off Bate
Rlsia? at morning or oreniaR from some
lowlands often carries In Its foMs the aeerta
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevail
no oae Is safe, unless protected by seam
efficient medicinal Mtfesaard. Ueatettar'a
jtomarh Bitter is both a protection aad a
remedy. No person who inhabits of so
journs in a miasmatic rcftion or country,'
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which is also the flnest known remedy for
dyspepsia, constipation, kluaey trouble aad
rheumatism.
Belled Hta Keamtattaav
"Hear about Barrick? Fell, eft hia
wheel last night on his head aad waa
unconscious for more than twe hours.
"You don't say! Well, welL I never
thought it would affect him that way.
I have so often heard him spoken of aa
such a hard headed business man."
CiJetnaati Enquirer.
It the Baby la Cattloa. Tawtnw
3enre and ase that oM and nvRrtrtod unauaj, aTanV
WawLoWa aootnno Smrr for
In Fatare Warfare.
"Fire low!"
The general was experienced in war
fare, and his troops trusted hiss.
"It will bo a hard fight," hat we will
win if yon do as I say. Fire low and
puncture their tires." New York Sun
day World.
We all have our anderstadiea, and wo
all hate them.
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there is no seed for you
to contemplate a wig
when you can enjoy the
pleasure of sitting arain
ft under your own "thatch."
you can oegin to gee
your hair back as soon
as you begin to use
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