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351 uatsats were famed to Uaited
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which uusaber Nebraska iaventors re
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ors were rewarded. James Gilbert of
Omaha, Nebraska, receiviaff a pateat
for a taarst bearing for marine engines
. while W. II- Fairehild, Diller. Nebras
ka, received a patent for a corn plaater.
Amongst the aoUble iaveations are
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serrated tongue; a vegetable catter,
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a crippled god-daughter of the Czar,
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plot against the life of the Czar, who is
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INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
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riMltiy.
HE chicken fever
is one of the most
contagious of dis
eases. . One thor
ough case is
enough to set a
whole community
on fire. Let a thorough-going
fancier
move into a com
munity which haa
never before as
pired to anything higher in poul
try culture than raising tho com
mon barn-yard fowl, and it will not
be many months until a man here, a
boy there, and a woman over yonder
will be asking the price of eggs and
fowls, and inquiring for the address ot
a good poultry paper, and seeking in
formation in general. From these,
others will catch the Inspiration until
the interest will have become general,
and if they can be induced to subscribe
to a good paper, the result will be that
many will become thorough fanciers.
The chicken fever is also a peculiar
thing inasmuch that if it once gets a
hold on a man, it will be impossible for
him to leare it altogether. He may en
ter the pulpit, law, politics or any
other vocation In life, yet the love
for the fancy will cling to him yet,
and on the back-yard or on the ex
pensively fitted up farm yard you will
find a pen of prize fowl his pets. This
love clings to him because it is a moat
fascinating persuit Breeding fowls
present so many difficult problems for
solution, so many possibilities, yet so
many disappointments also, that a man
of a strong and determined mind will
stick to it because he will not give up
the pursuit until he has attained per
fection. But the nearer we attain un
to perfection, the further it moves from
us. That which a few years back was
a simple fault is now an eye-sore fault
It it were possible to breed a perfect
fowl the ranks of the fancy would thin
out in a hurry. With no possibility of
progress in the future, all interest in
the present would soon die out We
need not go far to prove this statement
The varieties which are the hardest to
breed to standard, have the greatest
number of enthusiastic admirers and
most valiant champions. The chicken
fever sometimes causes very strange
hallucinations of the mind and the vic
tim often imagines that the poultry
business is the bonanza which many
have sought and few found, that it is
a child's work with a railroad king's
pay. With a piece of paper and pencil
he can quickly prove with the accuracy
which attends all mathematized deduc
tions, that there is millions in it Alas,
he may some day find that hopes found
ed on figures alone are blasted. After
one has recovered from the rigors of
the first attack, he can then settle down
to the enjoyment of the pursuit What
can bring more pleasure to the mind
of the fancier than a yard of well-bred
fowl of his particular choice? Breeding
is a game which has more chances
than jt game of chess, and it requires
as broad a mind to master the one as
the other.
Pealtry Exparleaec
I have been engaged in raising poul
try for about 15 years, and have raised
nothing but -pure-blooded Plymouth
Rocks. The Plymouth Rock suits me
best because it is a general purpose
fowl, being large in size and a good
layer. It matures early. Our poultry
house is warm and is always kept free
from filth and vermin. In winter we
feed mostly on corn, oats and
wheat In summer we feed a mix
ture of shorts and bran, mixed and
wet but made very stiff. We have no
particular method. Sometimes wc get
good prices for what we have to sell,
but usually, as we sell in the local
markets, we do not get high prices, un
less we sell for breeding purposes. We
get eggs nearly every day in the year. I
have had the cholera in my flock. I do
not know whether it was caused by
lice or not One or two years ago I
lost nearly my whole flock. I have lost
a good many by minks and weasels. I
have good success in raising broods
and usually raise all I get hatched. I
feed at first on hard-boiled eggs and
bread crumbs, giving them pure water
to drink at first, and after that I give
them sour milk. I have good dry coups
for them and keep in the shade as
much as possible. I have doctored for
roup, cholera and gapes, and am satis
fied that cholera can be cured in its
first stages. For roup I grease their
necks and throats with coal oil -and
lard mixed. For gapes I use a horse
hair inserted in the windpipe, and with
this I draw out the little red worms.
Some of my Plymouth Rocks are re-
I have been raising chickens for the
past ten years, and in that time have
bred the common nondescript, the S.
C. B. Leghorns, the R. C. W. Leghorns
and the Plymouth Rocks. The S. C. B.
Leghorns suit me best My method of
feeding has been, warm mash for
breakfast, wheat, buckwheat, millet
and Kaffir corn thrown in straw and
litter, to allow them to scratch during
the balance of the day. I feed green
ground bone twice a week in fall and
winter, and blood meal mixed with
the ground feed In the summer. As to
raising chicks. I think the best way is
to depend on the brooder. For doctor
ing the roup I use the hatchet I have
this summer bought and shipped ISO
dozen ot eggs per week, besides what I
have produced myself, and I am sur
prised that people will buy eggs in the
summer time in the condition in which
they are taken to market Some of the
eggs are stale, and others are daubed
all over in such a way as to make a
person's stomach turn to look at them.
The general farmers pay no attention
to the breeding or care of poultry.
Osco Poultry Farm.
Henry County. Illinois.
Saaaaaar Foe.
Professor Lindsay, in a bulletin
sent out from the experiment station at
Amherst oa economic feeding of milch
cows, gives valuable information on
greea fodders that will hefp out the
short pasturage, says Our Grange
Home. His coaclustons are that pas
tare grass-is a perfect feed for the
dairy cow, and when the aalmal can i
secure suadeat of it without too great
efforts, maximum milk yields may be
Pct. This, however, is rarely the
case, aad it very frequently becomes
necessary to practice at least a partial
system of soiling. Rye sown the prev
ious aatumn is the earliest green feed
to be had in the spring. It cannot be
fed over ten days, as it grows rapidly
woody. Wheat caa follow rye, and can
be fed for fourteen days. After cutting
the rye and wheat the land can be
planted to corn. Wheat can be fol
lowed by clover and grass, or by clov
er alone, sown the year previous. The
first aanuai crops from
which green I
reed caa oe secured are Canada peas ,
aad oats, or vetch aad oats. These
!-oIdbi"
ka nriu
Tin n or vtca SawaH
be harrowed or lightly plow to a
depth of three or f oar laches aad the
oats lightly harrowed la. Either
Mnatloa aukee a moot ezeelleat
feed, and by pUatlac several lots
about two weeks apart, green feed caa
be secured darlag the satire saoath of
July. The vetch seed Is rather more
costly thai the peas. The only objec
tion to .Canada peas is their teadetxsy
to lodge. Some prefer the champion
of England or black-eyed marrowfat
on this account For green feed dar
ing the month of Aagast the barnyard
millet HPanicumcrus galli) is to be rec
ommended. This millet was imported
from northern Japan. The wild spe
cies growing in this country is the
common barnyard, grass. The culti
vated species grows upright from live
to' seven feet tall, and yields from
twelve to twenty tons of green mater
ial per acre. Animals eat it with avid
ity. It makes also very good hay. but
being coarser than the common millet,
there is difficulty In curing it It needs
plenty of moisture to produce maxi
mum yields, and will not stand a
drought as well as corn. Medium green
soja beans sown in drills two and one
half feet apart about May 30 will grow
four feet tall and furnish a green fod
der rich in protein from August 20 to
September 15. Corn planted May Z0
will furnish green fodder from August
25 to September 20. It can be fed in
connection with soja beans, one half
of each, to excellent advantage, and
furnishes a properly balanced ration.
Land from which peas and oats have
been removed by July 15 can be seeded
at once with Hungarian grass, and will
yield green food from September 20 to
October 5. the balance, if any, to be
made into hay. One can expect from
one to one and one-half tons of hay
per acre. Barley and peas sown Aug
ust 1 to 5 will furnish plenty of green
feed during October. These last fod
ders will stand very severe frosts.
Sell lac Henes.
To sell a horse to the best advan
tage is not an easy thing to do, says
a writer In "Journal of Agriculture.
How often we hear of some horse be
ing sold for a moderate price, soon to
be sold at a larger figure and then
again at another advance over the sec
ond price. The first thing when one
has a good horse of any class to sell,
should be to have him in the best form
possible for his kind. Fat is the sell
ing quality on the draft breed. Nearly
everyone can fatten a horse by giving
plenty of such grain as you may have,
and sufficient exercise for health.
Right here, it must be remembered
that an animal taking on fat requires
an excess of water, and should have all
he desires of pure lukewarm water.
No one can afford to sell a good ani
mal out of condition either in regard
to health or flesh. If on dry feed, some
laxative food should be given, say a
small armful of grass or green corn
fodder, being careful not to give
enough to take the appetite from the
hay. Should green food not be ob
tainable, a feed of bran put in a tight
pail in the morning, boiling water
poured over it, then covered tight to
keep the heat in till noon, when it
should be fed In place of the regular
feed. Feed this bran three times a
week. In place of the bran, flax seed
meal may be given a half pint three
times a week, in addition to regular
feed. Salt should be put in a place
where the horse can help himself, and
not placed in his feed where he will be
forced to eat all at one time, and do
without it all other times. Should the
animal for sale be a roadster or sad
dler, fat is not such a necessity. If
in good condition, they are really of
more value than when fat There is
no quality of so much value in either
of these animals as education. Two
horses equal in all other respects when
offered for sale will be found to bring
very different prices. The better tho
one is educated over the other, the
greater will be the difference in price.
Horses of this class need plenty ot
grain, lots of exercise, very little rough
feed, and if the owner does not thor
oughly understand them, he, by all
means, should put them in the hands
of one who decs. Few breeders under
stand gaiting a saddle horse, but to
sell for a good price he must be well
educated by some one who understands
this branch of the business. Many a
good horse sells cheap because his
owner does not make up his mind to
sell until the last moment, and then
has no time to prepare the horse to
show his good qualities, and the horse
is sold just the same as if he did not
possess them.
Rrlaka- of Diivea Cattle.
A Nevada stockman who has been
experimenting says beef cattle driven
25 miles without water will shrink 50
pound? to each animal, allowing1 feed
and dilak at the end of the journey
before weighing. An animal driven 50
miles and allowed to drink frequently
during the drive will shrink 20 pounds.
An animal driven 25 miles and allowed
to drink frequently during the drive
will not show shrinkage if allowed to
eat and drink for three hours at the
end of a drive. A bunch of 600 pound
animals driven 50 miles with care and
alllowed to drink frequently on the
drive and at the end allowed to eat
and drink for six hours showed 15
pounds shrinkage to the animal. Den
ver Farm and Field.
Objections to Colored Butter. It is
sometimes objected that the use of but
ter color Is a deception and therefore
objectionable on moral grounds. The
answer to this is that butter is never
colored to nake it resemble anything
that it is ot The artificial coloring
does not change its flavor. It simply
gives it a more attractive appearance
and is used for the same purpose that
a manufacturer bleaches or dyes cotton
goods. Markets vary in their demands
in this respect Some require a very
pronounced yellow; others a pale straw
color; but whatever the color, it is but
ter and only butter. The objection to
the use of color, on the theory that it is
an adulterant would apply with equal
force to the use of salt Both are for
eign substances. Ex.
Hens in the Garden. Do not be
afraid to allow the heas in the garden
after the plants are well under growth,
as they do but little damage except
when seeds are just germinating, the
scratching of course throwing the seeds
cut After the ground Is packed and
the vegetables well under way the hens
will be more latent oa seeking insects
than aaythlng else, aad if they happea
to do alight injury they will destroy
hundreds of insects during the day.
Ensilage. The general experience of
farmers who have tried it is that ensil
age uniformly gives a greater return
than the feeding value allowed by
chemists. This is because being a suc
culent food it allows a greater per
centage of the fat in the milk to eater
into the butter globules. Ex.
If you use the separator in the dairy
it will pay you in two ways, giving
more and better butter than bv the o!
method, and leaving the milk as good
for the calves as though it were sew.
FABM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
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rtorl.
RIMSON clover has
been grown In In
diana for several
years. It has
proved an almost
absolute failure in
some instances,
while in others
very satisfactory
crops have been
grown. It Is, at
best, a rather un
certain crop In this latitude, but it has
several characteristics which make it a
desirable acquisition where it can be
grown successfully.
Characteristics of Crimson Clover.
It is a true clover, but earlier, smaller
and usually less hardy than the com
mon red clover. It starts promptly and
more vigorously from the seed than
common clover, and this feature adapts
it to mid-summer seeding. It comes
into full bloom at this station, early
in May, and is ready to be cut for seed
about the 1st of June. It is an aanuai,
the parent plant dying when it has
matured its seed.
- Crimson Clover a Catch Crop. Be-
ing an annual and unable to endure
winters, crimson clover canno iae
rank as a staple crop in Indiana. It
Is, however, well flted to be a "catch
crop," because, under favorable condi
tions as to moisture, a "catch" can be
secured in July and even in August,
in which case it will furnish winter and
early spring pasture, or if preferred, a
very early crop of hay or seed. If cut
for hay a crop of corn could follow the
.jame year. Crimson clover is espe
cially commended as an inter-crop be
tween two crops of corn, the seed being
sown when "laying by" the first crop
of corn and the clover turned under
the following spring, with or without
pasturing, as a green manure for the
succeeding corn crop. In case of fail
ure to get a stand of common red clov
er in wheat, crimson clover may bo
sown to advantage as soon as the crop
of wheat is removed.
Crimson Clover as a Forage and Fer
tilizing Crop. This clover has proved
excellent for pasture in the late fall,
winter and early spring, and judging
from its chemical composition, it will
doubtless prove a better food fertiliz
ing crop than the common red clover.
Time and Manner of Sowing. Crim
son clover should be sown in July, or
early in August, to insure a vigorous
fall growth in which case it will prob
ably pass the winter with slight dam
age. If it is to follow corn, sow just
before the last cultivation, using a fine
tooth cultivator to bury the seed. If
it is to follow wheat burn the stubble
if possible, pulverize the ground thor
oughly with disk or spading harrow,
sow, harrow again with a tooth harrow
and roll.
The methods described above were
successfully used last year in sowing
crimson clover on the station farm.
It is well to sow thickly say ten
pounds to the acre as many plants
may be killed by drouth and frost
W. C. Latta,
Indiana Experiment Station.
Tarnlps for Early tfoe.
Market gardeners make much larger
profits out of the turnip crop than do
farmers. If they did not they could
not grow them at all. The reason is
that they grow the turnip early, hav
ing it ready for use, sweet and good by
midsummer, at which time the farmer
is just ready to sow his crop. The
gardener sells most of his turnips done
up in bunches for a few cents each, but
making a price per bushel that would
make a farmer's eye bulge out Why is
it that farmers do not grow more early
turnips? We don't mean every farm
er, of course, or we should have a worse
glut of turnips than there wao of pota
toes last year, when Secretary Morton
urged all farmers to go into potato
growing. Still, more farmers might
begin in a small way the growing of
early turnips in amounts that they
could easily market To do this, they
must do as the gardeners do, fertilize
the early sown roots with some avail
able nitrogenous manure. The turnip
needs a good deal of nitrogen to make
a quick growth. The late sown turnips
find this nitrogen in all cultivated farm
land after midsummer. That is prob
ably the reason why turnips are so gen
erally sown late and as a catch crop,
and why, also, the price of late turnips
is always so low that there is very little
profit ic growing them for market
Ex.
fnlehlnf.
A bulletin of the Minnesota Experi
ment Station says:
It Is not generally understood that
a mulch may with benefit be applied
to cultivated ground. The usual meth
od of applying coarse litter and man
ure to trees and small fruits is falling
into disrepute with some of our best
horticulturists. This method causes
the root system to form too near the
surface of the ground, so that when
the mulching becomes thin or a pro
tracted drought ensues, the trees
quickly succumb. Moreover, cultiva
tion is not possible with the thick
mulch, and consequently coarse weeds
grow up, and quack grass finally takes
possession, to the total destruction, cf
the trees or small fruits. Many horti
culturists are now advising the aban
donment of the thick-littet mulch and
prescribing instead only cultivation or
the dry-earth mulch. But this method
lias riiaarltrontovna alcn TTn1o It tho
land becomes Impoverished owing tfJannum'
the exposure of the bare soil to the
fierce, direct heat of the sun's rays.
Nitrification is retarded since it pro
gresses more, favorably when the
surface of the ground is partly shaded.
Again, the cultivation .method, to be
effective, must be frequent and thor
oughconditions not always easy to
meet Earth-Utter mulching as prac
ticed by this writer obviates most of
the difficulties named. Short-fibred
manure or litter is spread evenly over
the surface of the ground to a depth
ot one or two inches. In a few days
the ground is cultivated, thoroughly
mixing the mulch with fine surface
earth. la the ease of small patches,
this may be done with a hoe. but la
the majority of cases it is best done
with a cultivator. After some time,
when the appearance of weeds or when
other causes make It necessary, the
cultivation is repeated. The advant
ages of this method are:
L The moisture Is more effectually
conserved, and the root system takes
its proper position.
2. The soil is better protected from
the direct heat of the sun. The earth
Utter mulch is a good non-conductor.
3. The manure thus applied keeps
intact the supply of humus, thus In
creasing the soil capacity for moisture
and maintaining fertility. Nitrifica
tion is also favored.
f
4. The best features of both old ys
are retimed, sad tfta method la
applicable not oaly to trees aad small
fruits, but to aay cultivated crop.
i.-'Labor la savsd, the required cul
tivation being materially reduced.
v. Lane
Professor Playfalr said recently he
fore the Royal Agricultural Society of
Eaglaad that small lungs In proportion .
to the total hulk, are helpful to the
fattening of animals. Tho order ot the
smallness of the lungs of our domestic
animals is: 1, pigS, sheep; 3, ox; 4,
horse, and as a remarkable proof ot the
Importance of small lungs as indicative
of a tendency to fatten, the order of the
aptitude to fatten of the aalmals just
named is exactly the same as the or
der ot the smallness of the lungs.
Thus the pig has the greatest tendency
and the horse the least tendency to
fatten ot all our domestic animals.
Thus, for instance, a Chinese pig has
small lungs, an Irish one large; the
Chinese pig fattens much more quickly
than the Irish. The "disappearance"
of food from the system of an animal
is owing to the combustion of the food
by means ot the air inspired by the
lungs. The oxygen which has once en
tered the system never again escapes
from it without being united either
with part of the body or of the food.
This statement may be quite correct
with reference to the deposit of pure
fat. But the health and constitutional
vigor of any animal depend very much
upon healthy and regular waste
through the skin and lungs. Excess
of fatty deposit in proportion to lean
'fibre is the very thing to which pork
curers object The same thing holds
good for over-fed beef.
Datralealac Maw Flaatt.
Wo select seeds of certain plants
which come the nearest to our stand
ard of perfection. No two breeders of
anykind ot stock have the same ideal
standard in all particulars, so with
those who improve plants. Our choice
shorthorns, draft horses. Merino sheep,
Essex swine, light Brahma fowls were
not brought to their present state of
perfection by mere good luck or acci
dent, but by the long and patient study
and experience of able men. The same
Is true of many plants, more especially
of plants which are raised for the
beauty of their flowers or foliage. It
is not by accident that our green
houses and gardens 'are so well sup
plied with choice roses, orchids, rho
dodendrons, azalias, camelias, pansies,
petunias, phloxes, dahlias, gladiola,
hyacinths, tulips, pelargoniums, calce
olarias, asters, fuchsias, chrysanthe
mums. These and many others have
been produced by judicious labor In
breeding and cultivation. The poorest
and those of medium quality were
weeded out; only a few of the choicest
were saved. The work was divided.
One man devotes -years of patient
work to certain strains of pelargon
iums; another to asters, roses or pan
sies, and so on through the long list
of "Flora's sweetest treasures." Bur
bridge says: "From a houseful of fuch
sias, Mr. H. Cannel, who is well known
for his new varieties of. this favorite
plant, only obtains about a quarter of
an ounce of perfect seed, the value of
which cannot be calculated, as it Is
never sold." One man raises 10,000 pe
largoniums, and each year for ten
years or more, and only gets half a
dozen a year fit to send out under a
name, and many of these are soon re
placed by others. Choice strains of
cineraria and calceolaria and primula
seeds are worth $50 or $75 an ounce, or
$900 or even $1,500 per pound. Pro
lessor W. J. Beal.
teased for Sheep Tick.
Professor James Law recommends
the following for ticks and also for
scab: Tobacco, 16 pounds; oil of tar, 3
parts; soda ash, 20 pounds; soft soap,
4 pounds; water, 50 gallons; boil the
tobacco and dissolve the other agents
in a few gallons of boiling water, then
add water to make up the fifty gal
lons. This will suffice for fifty sheep.
Each sheep Is kept In the wash for
three minutes. One pound of tobacco
steeped in five or six gallons of water
is an effective cure. The lambs and
newly shorn sheep are to be Im
mersed in the decoction. I have no
doubt but that the kerosene and car
bolic acid washes recommended for
fleas would avail equally well for ticks.
I do not think they would be too strong,
as I have kept a poodle dog in such a
fluid for some minutes without hurt,
and I should expect a lamb or sheep
would have no more tender skin than
such a dog. Tobacco smoke is some
times recommended, but it is difficult
to make the application sufficiently
thorough. To apply this nothing Is bet
ter than the patent bee smokers. The
smoke should be thoroughly applied at
least three times, at intervals of a
week, that the pupae may all develop
and the successive broods be killed.
Uniform Cheese Maklaf.
Canadian cheese manufacturers pro
pose to increase the reputation of their
product by a project which bids fair
to be more or less successful. The
Western Dairymen's Association in
tend to adopt a system of syndicate in
struction, and for this purpose the as
sociation has agreed upon these provi
sions among others: To secure a uni
form quality of cheese there must be
uniform methods of making, and to se
cure uniformity in making, there must
be a uniform system of instruction.
There are about 350 cheese factories
in western Ontario. It is proposed to
organize them into syndicates of from
fifteen to twenty-five each. A thor
oughly competent instructor and in
spector will be placed over each syndi
cate, who will visit each factory at
least once a month. The salary and
expenses of syndicate inspectors are
estimated to cost from $500 to $703 per
This would require an aver
age of from $20 to $27.50 from each fac
tory in syndicates of twenty-five, and
from $33.33 to $46.30 from each fac
tory in syndicates of fifteen factories;
and proportionate amounts according
to the number of factories in a syndi
cate. Rochester (N. T.) Post Express.
Base-lag- Grapea.
Correspondent of "Green's Fruit
Grower" asks for information on tbis
subject We have purchased paper
bags, he says, such as are used In gro
ceries and sold by the thousand at 30 to
40 cents. These bags are longer and
larger around than the largest cluster
of grapes when matured. We have
placed these bags over a clutter of
grapes when the frait was about the
slse of bird shot, or sometimes when
the grapes were as large as peas, pin
ning the mouth of the bag around the
base of the stem of the fruit as closely
u possible. No great skill Is required
in this operation. It is not necessary
to arrange for the entrance of air in the
bag, but it is well to pick a pin hole
in the bottom of the bag to allow water
to escape. The clusters of grapes that
xee have bagged seemed to ripen earliei
than those not so operated upon, and
the clusters were of marvelous beauty,
coloring beautifully, the bloom, cl
course, being undisturbed by wind, ot
bird, or insect Whether it Is possible
on a large scale, depends upon the clr-
caa.ttanees.-Kx.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FAIR AND
EXHIBITION.
To bo held atOstaha August 27 Sep-
lemaer p, isyo.
Will certainly be tho GREAT
STATE FAlEever Mld,
NEBRASKTIS HJERSELP
and thosssTho hava retained
leace
are now itwarded by a bountiful har
vest, and all the people, by pradeat'
care, are able to attend tbis fair.
Thcgroands at the
WHITE CITY OF THE WEST"
have lost all disagreeable features in
cident U. their newness last year aad
are in good shape. ,
la addition to the best
AGRICULTURAL,
HORTICULTURAL,
DAIRY,
TEXTILE,
FINE ARTS.
MECHANICAL ARTS,
AND LIVE STOCK
exhibits, special attractions in speed
Erograra and rare musical programs
avo been arranged. The
NORTHWESTERN SCANDINAVIAN
SINGERS' ASSOCIATION
will give free entertainment on the fair
ground, Friday, September 4th 1,000
voices 5 bands of music all of raw
merit Tho
KNGIHTS
or -AK-SAR-REX
will celebrate the FEAST OF OLYM
l'IA. Grand parades each night Sep
tember 1st to 5th inclusive, in the city,
and special attractions at the theatres.
THE FREMONT. ELK1IOKN AND
MISSOURI VALLEY R. R. COMPA
NY have made special provision, to take
care of the people along their line by
additional train service, and by extra
facilities at terminala
The low rate of ONE FAIR FOR
THE ROUND TRIP, plus 50 cento ad
mission, will be made. Handbills ad
vertising time of special trains and ad
ditional attractions will be issued
shortly.
NO ONK CAN AFFORD TO MI33 THIS
FAIBANO EXIIIIIITIOX.
Mara People.
There is no doubt that Mars is very
like the earth. Its days and nights, its
summers and winters differ only in
their relative lengths from ours. It
has land, oceans, continents and is
lands, mountain ranges and inland
seas. Its polar regions are covered
witli snows, and it has an atmosphere
and clouds, warm sunshine and gentle
rains. The spectroscope, that subtle
analyst of the most distant stars, gives
ns reason to believe that the chemical
elements familiar to us here exist on
Mars. The planet, chemically and
physically, is so like the earth that, as
protoplasm, the only living material
that wc know, came into existence on
the earth, there is no great difficulty in
supposing that it came into existence on
Mars. If reason bo able to guide us,
we know that protoplasm, at first am
orphous and unintegrated, has been
guided on this earth by natural forces
into that marvelous scries of forms and
integrations we call the animal and
vegetable kingdoms. Why, under the
similar guiding forces of Mars, should
not protoplasm be ttie root of as fair a
branching tree of living beings, and
bear a fruit of intelligent, sentient
creatures? Saturday Review.
nail's Catarrh Cora
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Strained.
"So you had a chance to pay yonr
respects to the czar when yon were in
Russia You must hare caught cold
up there, for you are. fearfully hoarse,"
"Yes 1 spoke with his majesty.
That's whv I'm so hoarse."
"How's that? Did he give you that
icy stare?"
"No. You see, I thought I must ad
dress him by his whole title. Awful
job. Voice gave out repeatedly. Had
to begin three days before the time for
the interview. Seemed funny, but
there were lots of others going it th
same time 1 was." Truth.
I beliovo my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy
VYaL'a-.e, Marquette, Kans., Dec. 12, 1S95.
The Observing Farmer.
"That there thin chicken with the
draggled feathers," said tho farmer tc
the summer boarder, "is the one I call
the socialist. Know why?'
Of course the boarder didn't know.
"Well, I'll tell you. I call him that
'cause lie spends so much time chasing
the other chickens to git their vittlet
away from cm that lie don t nod nc
'time to pick cone up for hisself." In
dianapolis Journal.
IIow to Grow 40c Wheat.
Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue tells
you. It's worth thousands to the
.wideawake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp
for catalogue and free samples oi
grains and grasses for fall sowing.
'John A. Salzcr Seed Co., LaCrosse,
Wis.
Aa to the Jonrner.
Mr. Ferguson (who has been ready
,to start to the theater an hour or
more) Laura, if you had to take a
train for heaven, you would get left.
Mrs. Ferguson (buttoning her gloves)
I don't know whether I would or
not, but if I did catch it I know I
would have to travel without any
.escort Chicago Tribune.
Hrgemaa'aCaaapher lee with Glycerla.
The original and only genuine, frea Chapped Manila
ami face, CuMSorrs,c CO. Clark CojJ.Haven.Ct.
Recognized at Laat.
"This here paper says we got a
strickly do nothing congress," said
Perry l'atettic to his oft tried friend.
'Well, answered nay worn Mat
sen, "it is about time the profession
was represented, I guess," Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Gladness Comes
A Aith a better understanding of the
v v transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts plcasantenorts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many formsof
sickness arc not due to any actual dis
ease, bnt simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasaat
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 valae 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 yon 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 arc then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one '
may be commended to the must skillful
physicians, bnt if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and' with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
jgedasrigivesacost general satisfaction.
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atil. ,iu,ja.mslsr. X ,., lot
could be coamforUbly ranged
y aiaVaerees tho sst ' To mmmt
surf see would MAalruimaay tfcoan-
anda' To all the interior wo would
aeed 1,390,080. OaasauaUorsealo ,wo
stirht reoreseat tho sua by a ball two
feet ia diaasotor. and the'earth by a
tood sized grain ssaol" Lm tae sua
beltolloweil oisV tawacalaaUt
aUits center.. and let tka assooa revolve
about it at'iU'reardTstaace' of 240,000
miles. TrwrtfwoUM yeVrea-ein
2Q0.00O aailea of i space between the
moon's orbit and the, inclosing shell of
the sen. Indeed, to journey from one
side of thesun to the other, through
tho center, ,wold take.ouo of our
swift express trains nearly JLwo years
'and a nalr. bo .vast a globe must
heavy. Since itsdensity is only oi
iiuarici.ina oi HJaU earta. i. qi
weighs as much as 332,000 ear
two octillions of tons! The attrac
of gavity on its surface would cause a
man whose weight was 150 pounds to
weigh two tons, Aldea W. Qaimby in
Ladies' Home JonmaL
Tka Care at ChlMrea's Teeth.
The care.of the teeth cannot be be
gun too early. If a child looses those
of the first set prematarely the jaw
contracts, there being nothing to pre
vent it from so doing; the second teeth
have no space to staad properly aad
are crowded. Particles ot food lodging
between the teeth cause then to decay
early. l.t is a wise precaution to teach
a child- to pass a thread of silk or den
tal floss between the teeth after est
ing, as well as to brush them regular
ly. Salt and water is a good antisep
tic and answers for a dentifrice as
well as msny mors elaborate aad mors
expensive preparations.
The North American Review for Au
gust opens with a masterly paper frost
the pen of Sir Walter Vesant on "The
Future of tho Anglo-Saxon Race." The
Hon. Robert P. Porter most pertinently
asks "Is Japanese Competition a Myth?"
and "The Canadian Elections and Their
Result" are adequately discussed by J.
W. RussclL The sixth and concluding
instalment of tho scries of sketches on
"Wild Traits in Tame Animals," by
Dr. Louis Robinson, is presented, his
theme being the familiar one of "Dogs
and Cats."
To Remove Greaae Saetav
A kerosene oil stain evaporates after
a time, leaving scarcely a trace behind.
If you wish to hasten the. process cover
the spot with wheat, flour, leave if for
twenty-four hours, brush off the flour,
and repeat if necessary. To remove a
grease spot from the leaf of a book
cover the blemish with finely-powdered
French chalk, brush it off, and repeat
the process until the spot disappears.
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Why bay a newspaper unless you
can profit by the expense? For 5
cents you can get almost as much
"BATTLE AX" as you can of
other high grade brands for JO cents
Here's news that will repay you for
the cost of your newspaper to-day.
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Trustworthy Bicycles
Those who have $J00 to pay for a bicycle buy
Columbias, of course. They are standard. Those
who have not $100 may be tempted by so-called
bicycle bargains unless they know of the reliable
HARTFORDS
$65, 50, $45.
Hartford Bicycles ate made in a specially equipped fac
tory, under the direct control and supervision of the
Pope Mfg. Co. The $65 Hartford is tbc sort of bicycle
usually listed at $100. The $50 bicycle is the sort
usually listed at $80 or more. The $45 boysT and girls'
marhftvs ace unequalled value.
Art Catalocue ef Colombia and Hartford Bicycles Is free if you call upon any
".1. Zu - ! mSM m 6t tarn -.t tt flfr.p,.
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn.
ras and Aeeaoos ia ahmeet every cky sad town. If Columbia ate set
yreeerly reameatei la year viciaKy, let aa knew.
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art to Jo," said that
t frankly to Senate
branch out aad get
out of tao aaaoawo paste of your ca
reer. Yarn want to rsaoh up into tho
kiCaUasi write jouraamo ufoav tho
roUofaMas.'
'I sifmbse so," said tho senator.
Tho roll of fame is a good thing to
thiak assist; Bat when a nn is so
busy as I havo"ueea getting people's
SMSBSSdu'tho payroll of the govera
meat awaawnai't get time to give it the
atteatiok H deservts," Detroit Trib-
Wt Sfeaaaer. Traht er Kaat?
Which of these have yoa solected as a
sswaas ot travel? Ne natter. Whichever
tt Is. recollect that far- rea-slckness. dlsor-
eajakortnestosaaca. aver ana Dowels, en-
pnered hy rosea lecenotlon and bad food
water, aadfer malarial troubles, llostet
r'e Stoaiach Bitters U the most useful
neclfcvoucaa take with toil It Is Inval
uable-also-for rheumatism, kidney com-
lalats aad nervous trouble.
v- A'Tacaaaa.
Kohlspring "Did you read that des
cription Wiggins gave of the formation
ot a tornado? Something about a
vacuam into which currents of air were
rushing."
Clint Onstrete "Oh, Wiggins made
that np out of his own head." Buffalo
Times.
P!TS) stopfsMl frrw an.! prrmaamtlr cnl !f
Btaanrr first iter's uMr Dr. Kltar'aUrratNetra
Beaterer. VrJtnalUtleumrrativ.
Seaa to Dm. Kuax. l Area St, PhUaJelpala, Fa,
Tendcaclea.
"Here," said the person who was fa
miliar with tendencies, "I would make
a suggestion. Yoa have your character
fall iatoajbrown study. Urown is such
a common color and so trying for tho
ordinary complexion, don't you know."
Detroit Tribune.
Beauty's bane is
the fading or falling
the hair. Luxuriant
tresses are far more. to the
matron than to the maid whose casket
of charms is yet unriflcd by time.
Beautiful women will be gted to be
reminded that falling or fading hair
b unknown to those who use
Ayer's Hair Vigor.
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f-im TfinW rnl QtMtrtirtnrc. beiciZ tilO
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