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"The missing link is found!" lie was Tery jubilant, and well he might be, for it had been three long ,. weeks since one of his link caff but- . tons had rolled away into one of the darkest corners under the bureau. About Coach, Colds aaa La Grip. 'Sirs. Hannah Shepard, 304 North lGtb St, Omaha, Neb., writes: "About four years . ago I was taken with La Grippe, and after recovering I bad a very bad cough. I .-I coughed almost continually ever since. I tried several doctors and various cough medicines, but could not get any relief. Your Dr.Kay's Lung Balm wasrecommend ' ed to me, and after taking one package the couh left me entirely and I consider myself entirely cured. I cheerfully recommend your Dr. Kay's Lung Balm to all who are in the very bad condition that I was.' See advertisement. Mother's Crallera. " .Mix thoroughly together two cups of Bupar, a tablespoonful of butter, half a cup of milk, a scant teaspoonful of oda dissolved in boiling water, two teaspoonfuls of vinegar, the grated -. rind of an orange, a little nutmeg and flour enough to make a dough stiff . enough to roll out. Cut in squares or ' circles and cook in boiling lard. When cooked and nearly cool sift powered sugar over them. Ladies' Home Jour nal. Ob Grewioc Old. They say I am growing old because my hair is silvered, and there aro crow's feet on my forehead, and my .step is not so firm and elastic as before Hut they are mistaken. That is not me. The knees are weak, but the knees are not me. The brow is wrinkled, but the brow is not. me. This is the house I live in. Hut I am young younger than I ever was before. Guthrie. CmI TetMcco Spit atta Smoke Year Life Amy. If yon want to quit tobacco using easily and forever, regain lost manhood, be made well, strong, magnetic, lull of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac, the woader worker that mates weak men strong. Many gaia ten jwunds in ten days. Over 400,0u0 cared. Buy No-To-Ba- from your druggist, who will guarantee a cure. Booklet and sample mailed tree. .Address Stoning Itemedy Co., Chi cago or New York. In Merry Knglaad. . Indianapolis Journal: "Why," asked the visiting American, "why do you fellows always turn to the left on the road?" "Because," said the resident English man, "it is right." Eight days afterward the true-born I'riton suddenly scandalized the con gregation by laughing aloud in the midst of services. It had dawned on him that he had made a pun. Treating of the "Protection of Bank Depositors,"' the Hon. James II. Eckels, comptroller of the currency, in the North American ttevicw for November, declares that the proper conduct of a bank must result more from the acts of those entrusted with its keeping than from the acts of the officers of the law. If directors and officers fail to pay every attention to the conduct of the bank's employes outside of office hours as well as during them, they are apt at any time to encounter dishonesty and loss. When bilious or costive, eat a cascaret candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 10c 25a rampkio I'le Without Eggs. For one pie fake three heaping table spoons sifted squash or pumpkin, one heaping tablespoon flour, and one and a half pints rich milk. Mix squash or . pumpkin smooth with flour, add milk. Sweeten to taste, add a tiny pinch of salt, flavor with nutmeg. Pour into a deep pie plate lined with good pie crust and bake in a slow oven. Ladies' Home Journal. A Moris; Motion. "Girls of the jury," exclaimed the counseless for. the defense, "we are guilty of murdering our husband and four children, but we plead extenua tion. We look perfectly lovely in black.' It was evident that the twelve good women and true were profoundly moved. Detroit Tribune. TO CURE A COLD IK ONE DAT. Take Laxative Iiromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 5c A Defective Fralt Cover. Often a defective cover will be found among the fruit jars and cannot be ." screwed down to make the jar tight Put a little putty around between the ' cover and rubber, and when the cover is screwed down as tightly as possible ' press the putty in around the crevice When the putty becomes hard, the jar - will be found airtight Mary Cowden Clarke spent sixteen years on the "Concordance to Shakespeare." Use The experience of those who have been cured of scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, by Hood's Banapsrilla, and obtain like benefit yourself. Hood's Sarsaparilla . Is the best hi fact the Quo Tree Blood Purifier. Hnulo IKIle QO not Dl "W"U rura rH. All drurrists. ante, pain or ao. HI If'PAl BCS'SESS AND SHOUT Ul HYLV HAXD COLLEGE. nLfUmlal ACTCtt. UVlXE FBOll WatlllthiV Tiik start. Trachrsbac tnc by dclnp Iic-Ibc. Also thoroach instruction In all brancbolir mall. Life M:boUrhlp MS. !x boi contxr t30. Car. :eth and Carltol Arc. Omaha. OMaHaSTOVE REPAIR WORKS Btwln fcr amy IM r taaia. ieVCiLAS ST OMAMA. 6AME WANTED. Butter. Etk. roultry, . . VcaLEtc Hitthwt Price. JAMES A. CLATtK CO. ComniUtion Merchants 317 319 P. llth St. OMAnA. NEBRASKA. PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. S ja. ia lact var, U ajadiatias rUmr. attr. naca. OPIUMS McCatwa. Et. inian. TW...I. cniwL Cbeajxst and best care. Ftea Tauu Staterafe. Da.aaan.OahHrr.aVk. IBESH OYSTERS King Cole AnU-Mo- nopoijr otcr Oiuaha. Neb. W. N. U., OMAHA 47 1896 When writing to advertisers, kindly mention this paper. T-.. Are Uwtwyt to pep water "h. WiMIv. andcotfewlbihsodUihwta- ny ASBUL tr.orfcjnoanAetTatr.edA A 9a3Hr!" WflUS M TMCtlK. m ftV.XaV' ggalcrs. ai hranr Ii hnowm.. One "V jaJLBearjcs. AtKTMM.CMiy aav vTTnak iiwM obu wTi TA.& aaa BvMKaeVrfav lIMiUwa ussaal THE WORLD MOVES. Lm4m AauiMBM of tba lVast Ceiitary. A manuscript diary of a middle clasa family belonging to the time of George the First shows anything but a stay-at-home life, writes Walter Besant in Harper's Magazine. The ladies were always going about But they staid at home in the evenings. There was a very good reason why the ladies should stay at home. The streets were infested with prowling thieves and with dangerous bullies; no woman could go out after dark in the city without an armed escort of her father's apprentices or his men servants. The occupations of a young lady not a lady of the highest fashion of this timo are given by a contem porary writer. He says that she makes tippets, works handkerchiefs in catgut, collects shells; makes grot toes, copies music painU, cuts out figures and landscapes and makes screens. Sho dances a minuet or co tillon, and she an play ombre, lans quenet, quadriiie and l'ope Joan. These are frivolous accomplishments, put tho writer says nothing of the morning's work tho distilling of creams, tho confecting of cakes and buddings and sauces, tha needle work and all the useful things. They did not always stay at home. In the summer they sometimes went to VauxhalL where the girls enjoyed the wicked world as much as they liked, the singing and the sumraor and tho punch that followed. We have quite lost the nuighouse. This was a kind of music hall, a largo room where only men were admitted, and where ale or stout was the only drink consumed. Kvery man hud his pipe; there was a president A harp played at one end of tho room, nnd out of the company present one after the other stood up to sing. Between tho songs there wct-o toasts nnd speeches, sometimes of a political kind, and the people drank to each other from table to table. It was a great lighting time. Every man who went abroad knew that he might have to fight to defend himself against footpad or bully. Most men carried a stout stick. When Dr. John son heard that a man had threatened to horsewhip him. be ordered a tiiick cudgel and was easy in his mind. There were no police, and therefore a man had to tight It cannot be doubted that the martial spirit or the country, which was extraordinary, was greatly sustained by the practice of fighting, which prevailed alike in all ranks. Too much order is- not all pure gain. If wo have got rid of the Mohocks and street-scou.ers. wo have lost a good deal of that readiness to fight which formerly met thoso Mohocks and made them fly. What me AHseina Bell la. The "Angelus,, is a prayer to the Virgin, introduced by l'ope Urban II. in the year 10!)5 as an intercession for the absent crusaders. It begins with tho words "Ange'us Domini XuiiHavit Mariar;" or. "Tho Angel of the Lord Announced Unto Mary." Then follows tho salutation of (Jabrici "Ave Maria?," etc. The whole prayer con tains three verses, each verso ending with Ave Maria. It is recited three times each day, at the ringing of the Angelas bell, so named from the first word in tho prayer. After tho Cru sades tho custom languished until 1327. when Popo John XXIII. ordered all the faithful to recite an "Ave Ma ria,'" at each ringing of the bell. It is also known as the "Ave Maria) Bell"' and tho Vesper BolL" The latter is tho name Byron uses in his famous paraphrase of Dante, whero we road: Soft hour, which wakes the with and melts the heart. Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way. As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep tho dying day's decay. The religious customs are peculiarly beautiful in the lands where they are regularly practised. St. Louis Re public. At (fcr Head. Excellence is, after all, a matter of comparison. A boy of 6 years, who attends a private school where prizes are given on all sorts of provocations, but who as yet had never earned a prize came home one afternoon and exhibited proudly one of these rewards of merit "Good!" said his mother; -but how did you get it?'" "I was first in natux-al history." said the boy. Natural history, at your age! How did it happen?" Oh. they asked me how many legs a horse had." And what did you sav?" I said five." "But a horse hasn't five logs, child:" 1 know it but all the other fellows 6aid six!" Youth's Companion. TrraUug Insane Homes. When a horse goes insane ho is apt to kill himself by butting his head into a corner. At the veterinary hos pital of the University of Pennsylva nia, the largest of its kind in the country, such cases are treated in an oval brick chamber, perfectly dark. When this is heavily bedded with straw it is almost impossible for a hore to hurt himself. Insanity, or dumminess" in horses is quite com mon. It is sometimes caused by a lesion on the brain, and is incurable, but when caused by stomach disor ders it is often treated successfully. On Trial. "Marian, here's a dray stopping at our door with a piano, a sewing ma chine and a parrot There must be a mistake in the number." "No, dear, they belong to our new cook. She's a graduate of the school of cooking and has kindly consented tc try us." Detroit Free Press. k A BOTTLE OF Might have Changed the Map of Europe. AT the Battle of 'Waterloo the great Napoleon., was so pros trated from Nephritis of the Kidneys) .. H that for more than an hear the battle was left to fck subordinates, with the tesuk that the fortunes of war went 1 afaiKt him. Had (p& at the tane, Napoleon need not have been 31 at such a feredccae. I WUe all cannot be Napoleons, I all can be spared the Sines winch rrtwltrfmhg downfall. lF toale. or new Myle, sculler cat, at your druggists. vsrSa9 DAIEY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. llow Saccesftfal Farmer Operate This Department of the Farm A Few lftatn as to the Care of IJve Stork aad Poultry. E met Mr. Henry Sowden of Mans field on a train the other day, and while he was tell ing us about his White Wyandottes, and the pleasure he had in them, an amused smile came into his face as he told us of an experience he had in selling eggs for hatching this sum mer, eays Farm Poultry. A neigh bor had admired the White Wyandottes quite frequently, and expressed a wish to buy a sitting of eggs. Mr. S. told him he had none to spare this year, wanted them all himself. After he was all done setting hens for the season the neighbor came again and wanted eggs. Mr. S. told him he wasn't keeping them separate, but thought he knew the White Wyandotte eggs pretty well, and could pick out a sitting. Feeling not quite certain, however, he put in seven teen eggs, thinking he would surely get a dozen that were right. Five or six weeks afterward the neighbor stopped as he was riding past, and on being asked how the eggs came out, expressed himself as not very well pleased said he thought they must be from rather poor stock. On being ques tioned he said he got but nine chickens and that they had begun to die off by the- time they were a week old, and he had hut four left now. Being asked if the hen had attended them faith fully, the man said she was a hen he borrowed from a neighbor, and he thought the weather was so warm the chicks didn't need her, and he returned her when they were twa or three days old. Asked if he had only one hen to put the eggs under, he said he had only one. There was only one sitting of eggs, and he didn't think he needed more than one hen. Asked if she was dusted for lice, the man said, "No, and, by the way, the chicks were awfully lousy. You could see the lice crawling over them, especially over the down on their heads." And he thought it poor stock! Seventeen eggs under one hen, and that hen "borrowed," and perfectly covered with lice; the chicks taken from the mother at only two or three days old, and the lice so thick on them they just swarmed all over them. No wonder more than half the chicks died! Tis a wonder they didn't all die! It is practically certain that this man will soon be another "failure in the poultry bnsinPKs!" llarrels of Iut. During the dry days of this month gather up from the highway a few bar rels of dust to be used in the dust boxes this winter. The probability is that most of cur readers will neglect this till it is too late, unless reminded of it in time. When the fall rains have fallen in large quantities the dust will not be fine enough to serve the purposes desired. It is a fine insecti cide and the hen will take care of the vermin if you will supply her with the proper amount of dust. A few barrels stored away will be worth money to tho poultry keeper in the winter. It is a thing that cannot be figured out in dol lars and cents, but has a value very appreciable. There is nothing that vermin object to more than dust. On account of their system of breathing dust is death. The little air tubes run hither and thither through their bodies and the air that flows through the tubes purifies the blood. If these little tubes become stopped up the in sect dies from strangulation, just as a person would die if air were shut out of their lungs. The fine dust gets into the little tubes of the insect and causes suffocation. For this reason the dust must be fine, for coarse dust will not fill up the tubes. Do not therefore neglect the dust bath for the hens. The FooIIkIi Dairyman. . And it came to pass that in the sixth month a certain man digged a well 20 cubits deep. Its walls were of stone, and when he had built the wall for IS cubits he had no more stone. And he sayeth to himself: It will do, and fin isheth it off with a few boards. And in the tenth month there came a great flood, and the boards were washed away, and the well caved in, and it cost him many shekels before he could get water again from the well. The same man buyeth a cow, and he seeth two cows, one that giveth much milk and one that giveth not so much. And he buyeth the one that giveth not so much milk, for he sayeth she cost eth not so man' shekels, and she will do. When he feedeth the cow he giveth her not much feed, for he sayeth feed is not plenty, and she getteth enough. And when he buyeth a milk pail he buyeth a small one, for he sayeth the cow giveth nc-t much milk. And it came to pass when he wash eth the milk pail that the water was not hot. and he sayeth il will do. And when he selleth the butter he getteth not many shekels, for the butter was not good. About this time the wife of this man sayeth unto her lord: Give unto me shekels that I may buy myself raiment, for that which I wear is like unto mos quito netting for holes. And the man sayeth unto his wife: The weather is warm and thy raiment will do, for I have no shekels to give unto thee. Then the wife of that man answered him and said: O, foolish man! Dost thou not know that unless thou doeth with thy might what thy hands findeth to do that thy labor is lost? For want of two cubits of stone in thy well the IS were lost When thou buyeth a cow that giveth not much milk thou wert building but 18 cubitr-. And when thou giveth her not enough food, and when thou takest not care of the milk, thou wert doing tho same. O, foolish man" As for want of two cubits of stone thy well was lost, so for want of two shek els in the price of thy cow, and for want of two measures of meal, and for want of two moments of work is all thy profit in thy butter lost, and thou hast no shekels. National Stockman. l'rrparinjr for Winter, In most localities the month of Sep tember will end the secretion of nectar .n the flowers for this season at least And, as successful wintering depends largely on properly preparing the bees, I shall recommend that preparation at 3nce, writes Geo. E. Hilton in Michi gan Fanner. Perhaps some of them need no at tention at all, some will be fonnd with insufficient stores, others will have more than they really need, but in or ier to learn their condition we must ?o through our apiaries and examine I tach colony and make a note of their M condition, then If there is sufficient honey in the yard to winter all or to give each colony not less than 25 or 30 pounds, we must equalise by tak ing from the heavier and exchanging combs with tho lighter thus equaliz ing them: but 6hould there not be honey enough In the yard then we must feed. The above estimate I think will hold good for cither outdoor or cel lar wintering; it is claimed that bees consume less stores wintered in cellar than those wintered on summer stands. This may in a measure be true while they are in the cellar, but it is just as true that they consume more stores during the spring months and change able weather than those protected in the double-walled hives, making one just about offset the other. In case I find myself compelled to feed, and I usually prepare for this emergency, I prefer to feed by removing combs that have little or no honey in them and replace with combs well filled and capped over in the earlier part of the season. In the absence of these my next choice is extracted honey. In the absence of both we must resort to sugar syrup, and while bees winter well on syrup made from pure granulated or confectioner's sugar, I prefer the honey, but in feeding either we must resort to some kind of a feeder, espe cially if the bottoms of our hives arc not perfectly tight. For winter feeding or rather feeding for winter I know of no feeder I like as well as the "Mil ler Feeder;" this is about the size of your comb honey super and is set upon the hive in the same manner. The bees go directly from the center of the brood nest into it and it Is so arranged that the bees cannot get above it or daub themselves with the feed. After determining the amount the colony needs one of these can be set on and the required amount poured in at one feeding, as it will hold thirty pounds of honey or syrup. As my hives all have tight bottoms, I frequently raisi the front of the hive two or three inches and just before dark pour in at the back end of the brood nest thref or four pounds at a time. As this will all be stored in the combs and everything cleaned up before morning, there is no danger of robbing. Should the honey thus fed be very thick 1 should thin it with a little hot, wa ter, as the bees can handle it much better and faster if it is thin and n little warm. In preparing sugar syrup make it just as it is made for table use, being very careful not to burn ii or it will surely kill the bees. Don', put off this feeding until too late, as it is very essential that the bees should have time to thoroughly ripen and cap it over. After your feeding is done remove everything of a non-porous character and place next to the bees something that will allow the moisture to pass off. A piece of woolen blan ket, a piece of old but clean carpet or even a piece of burlap will answer nicely. Then put on a cushion or pil low nueu wuu ciean wneat cnait or J cut straw and leave them thoroughly ! nlnno until novt cnrltif ntnl vau rn.i have no more fears of their wintering well than of a flock of sheep that are given proper attention. If you winter in the cellar treat them in the same manner and leave the hive cover off. Put them in the cellar between Nov. 1st and 13th and all will be well. V.irielle of Strawbcrrta. A bulletin of the Kentucky station says: The most popular and desirable varieties of strawberries now grown in Kentucky, judging from the experience of correspondents, as well as our own tests, and in the order given, arc Bu bach, Haverland, Gandy, Crescent.War field, Michel, Downing, Lovett and En hance. Of the varieties which are at present cultivated only to a limited ex tent, the following seem wormy of trial, but some of these varieties are only desirable for a special purpose, as suggested in the notes above, and it would be wiser for cultivators to test them upon a limited scale before plant ing largely of them; Beverly, Bisel, Greenville, Timbrcll, Marshall, Musk ingum, Princeton Chief, Rio. Amateurs should bear in mind that if pistillate varieties like Bubach and Haverland are selected, at least one-third as many plants of a perfect flowered variety of corresponding season should be planted with them, to insure proper fertiliza tion. Moulting Time. Now is the time when the hens need to be supplied with food that will make not fat but feathers. When the cold weather sets in will be time enough to throw in the corn in considerable quantities. At the present time the feed should consist largely of oats and like food. If it be fed ground and steamed or cooked by scalding, so much the better. Feeding a mixture of bran ground oats and corn meal will give the birds a chance to make feathers quickly and without too great a strain on their systems. Give them food that will have a loosening effect, the kind of food we have indicated, and the probabilities are that you will lose nc birds during the fall and winter. I! you insist on feeding corn, do not ex pect your fowls to get through the moulting season with strength enough to go to laying. Give them nitroge nous food and you will have eggs all through the fall and winter. RaiitiimH in Close Otmrter. Bantams are both the par excellence of pets and very useful as well. They make the best of pets because their pompous, strutting ways, coupled with their ridiculously insignificant size, render them objects of great attention to all mankind. They are useful, as they lay many eggs, which, though quite small, are rich in tasfe and ol high quality. It would seem as if no childhood would be quite complete ex cept the hoy or girl has a few bantams for his or her own amusement and profit One good thing about bantams is the ease and facility with which they may be kept, even in small town and city lots, where the "backyard" is a very limited and circumscribed factor. The bantam quarters can he put up at very little expense of time and money. In fact, an old dry goods box, with slight alterations, will answer in lieu of better, accommodations. Exchange. Vegetables in the Home. It is uni versally acknowledged that freshlv gathered vegetables are far superior to stale ones, and yet it is a big undertak ing to overcome a universal custom of buying. And yet how easily could a large 'proportion of families raise al most all the vegetables they use, says Pacific Rural Press, and how much more they would use if they could get them fresh from their own gardens. It does not require a very large area to supply a family, and where water is handy two, three, or even four crops can bo grown on the same ground in the year. Preserving Palms. One of tho great est palm fanciers in London is said to have discovered that the leaves should be washed, not with pure water, but milk and water, which has a wonderful effect of preserving them and prevent ing the appearance of the brown spote which arc so disfiguring. FABH AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Some Up-to-date Hints About Cultiva tion of the SoU and Yields Thereof Horticulture, Vltlenltare and Flori emltnre. T a Wisconsin con vention the follow ing discussion on the fruit garden took place: Mr. Rice If far mers bad to Duy fruit, how many would buy a quart? I have been in tho produce business several years and I know the farmers buy very little fruit. They often go into a saloon and spend enough to buy two barrels, but they seldom take anything home. Mr. Thayer I undertake to say It is nore profitable for a farmer to raise 'lis own fruit than it is his potatoes at $1 a bushel, his wheat at 2 per bushel or his pork at $6 per hundred. Why not buy your potatoes, your wheat or your pork? I believe a man will have to raise at least six acres of wheat n Pft -111 mtinh honoflr on tip will from this quarter of an acre; I believe he would have to raise five or six acres -it corn to get the same benefit. Mr. Holmes As long as evaporated blackberries and raspberries bring from wenty to forty cents a pound I don't think you can overdo the small fruit business near the cities. The fact is he more fine fruit you raise the more leople will want it Supt. Morrison Some of the finest armers in this state don't have a gar len and it Is bacon and pork and po atoes, and potatoes and bacon and 5ork the year around. I believe that ver one-half of a farmer's living can ome out of his garden, but he will ay, "Oh, it don't pay." Any Intelli gent farmer who knows how to raise otatoes and corn can take an acre of ground and have part of it in fruit, md part in vegetables, and have it in ong rows and raise vegetables very heaply. I know one year I raised egetables in my garden, and supplied o four or five families, and did it for ess than many farmers spend upon in onion bed. If I were a farmer's vife I would run away if I had to cook he way they do, and with the material hey have year after year. I hope hese talks will do some good, because t only requires a little gumption, a ittle common sense and industry. If 'ou would spend one-tenth of the time 'ou spend between j'our farm and the learest village, you would have good ;ardens. C. P. Goodrich I know of one farm .vhich has a good fruit garden like the .urn iiist described as the result of hearing a horticulturist talk. My boy, hen about IS years old, heard Mr. Hamilton, I think it was, talk on "The farmer's garden" at an institute. He was interested and wanted to plant one so that we could have more and better fruit than we had had. I told him he might have one-third of an acre of good land near the house, and I would fur nish the money to buy the plants and the material to fence it, if he would promise to take good care of it. He promised, and the garden was planted. The plants and material for a lath picket fence cost about $30. The garden 'ias been well taken care of, and man aged according to the instructions of the horticulturist Now we all have plenty of nice fruit to eat and some to ive away. Some is sold occasionally for which he gets some money. I have never heard any one complain at my house of the hard task of picking the fruit Mr. Arnold Let me offer a sugges lon. If you want a good garden, you want to marry a thoroughbred wife. Mr. Thayer Will Mr. Arnold please tell what is to become of us poor mor tals, who are already married, and didn't get a thoroughbred? Mr. Arnold You want to get that vife Interested in this garden, have it mpressed on her mind that the family .vill not be healthy without it, and if vou don't have a good garden in a little while, you will be pretty sure to have i continual thorn in the flesh. Supt. Morrison Isn't it the wife who enerally has to get the husband in erested? Mr. Arnold Yes, quite often, and if he does become thoroughly interested, 'ine times out of ten you will have a ruit garden. Supt. Morrison I have been at Mr. mold's, and he has a fine vegetable nd fruit garden, and I give all the redit to Mrs. Arnold. XeedK of Soli. Bulletin 51, of the Kentucky experi ment station, says: The study of the chemistry of plants in comparatively iecent years has established certain important facts, the knowledge of tvhich is necessary to the intelligent use cf fertilizers, and especially of that class called "Chemical," or "Commar rial Fertilizers." Plant Food Derived from Soil and ir. A growing plant increases in size and weight by constantly adding io itself new material drawn from the oll aud the air through its roots and aaves. Aside from the water which lants contain, the greater part of meir lbstance is drawn from the ai:. When plant is burned, most of tne sub r ances that come from the soil are left i i the ash, except a very important one, 'trogen, which is largely derived from 1 ic soil; and the small amount of tho : h, as compared with what was burn i 1, shows roughly how much more of l le substance of the plant comes from t ic air than from the soil. Importance of Soil Supply. Yet, al- lough relatively small in amount, it found that unless the soil is capable i furnishing certain substances in the equlred quantity, and in a condition o be taken up by the roots, plants will :ot thrive. The substances which are ost important in this respect, for the oason that they are most likely to be eficient in Eoils or to become so by ropping, are potash, nitrogen and ropping,are potash, nitrogen andphos- horic acid, and it is these that com- iercial fertilizers are intended to sup ly, and they are referred to in our bul tins and analyses as the "essential hgredients" of commercial fertilizers. ' en if the season is favorable and the soil otherwise in good condition, plants will not reach perfection where any one of these substances is absent from the soil or deficient in quantity, or exists ia such an insoluble combination as cot to be taken up by the roots. To use commercial fertilizers intclli- , gently and economically, then, a farm j er must know: 1st. wnetner nis sou neeus poiasu, nitrogen or phosphoric acid for the production of the desired crop. 2d. What "essential ingredients" can be supplied by the commercial fertiliz ers he can obtain. How to Determine What a Soil N'c-eds. The best way to determine the Irst point is by field experiments in which we apply fertilisers contaudAf each one, two or all three of the "es sential ingrediente" to separate plots of equal size, say 1-10 or 1-20 acre, tend all alike during the growing season, and carefully harvest and weigh the crop from each plot separately. By comparing the yields of the plots we can usually determine whether the soil on which the experiment was made is very deficient in one or more of the "es sentlal ingredients" of fertilizers. Droath aad Milk 1'roductlon. Bulletin No. 103 from the N. Y. Ag ricultural Station (Geneva) treats of the effects of drought upon milk pro duction. The object of the bulletin is to display tho results of a study of the milk, production of fifty herds of cows during the season of 1895 from the first of May to the first of November. The purpose of this st'idy was to determine the changes in the composition of milk as affecting the yield of butter and cheese, especially the latter, as well as to ascertain the variations in the actual production from these herds during this period of time, when the cows received only such food as the pastures afforded. Stated in general terms, the results are the following: 1. With the exception of the month of September, the pounds of fat in 100 lbs. of milk increased steadily from May to November. 2. The percentage of casein dimin ished through May, June and July, and then increased through August. Sep tember and October. 3. The cheese-producing power of 100 lbs. of milk increased through May, June and July, and then steadily and rapidly increased through August, Sep tember and October. 4. The total cheese yield was largest in June, and then rapidly diminished through July, August, September and October, with the exception of an in crease in September over the yield of the preceding month. The same could be said of the butter capacity of the total milk produced. Seed Corn. The practice is common among farm ers, even among those the most ad vanced, to select seed from the body of the ear and to discard the small grains that grow on the tips and buts of the ears, says an exchange. They do so from the conviction that like begets like, and that stronger plants should be obtained from the larger grains. If, however, such a practice were perse vered in from year to year it would re sult in the production of ears with few grains on the tips, or none at all, for some distance from the end of the ear. It has been ascertained from experi ment that corn produced from the butt-grains comes first to tassel; that from the body grains tassels next, and corn from the tip grains last of all. The difference between the periods of tas seling will average a week or ten days. This is nature's method of providing an abundance of pollen to complete the fertilization of all the grains on the ear. It may not be wise to plant all the small grains from the tips of the ears, as there would then be a danger that the corn would be too thick. This diffi culty may be obviated by running the seed through a sieve, with meshes of suitable size, after the corn has been shelled. Applying Fertilizer:. In applying fertilizers it is import ant that they be so scattered and mix ed with the soil as to encourage the spreading of the roots of plants, and also to place the necessary amount of plant food within tho reach of the roots from the very first. It Is gener ally best to sow them broadcast or drill and work well into the soil be fore planting. When a small quantity of fertilizer is applied to each hill or row at planting time, it acts mainly as a stimulant to produce an early and vigorous start, which is considered nec essary for the tobacco crop, but often renders the crop more sensitive to drouth. In any case care should be taken to mix the fertilizer with the soil, so that it will not come in con tact with the seeds or plants. Most fertilizers, and especially those con taining much nitrogen, soluble phos phoric acid, or potash, will injure or destroy young plants if brought direct ly in contact with them. Ilnre Meat in Enrnpe. The Butcher's Advocate says: Con sul Dubellet reports to the state depart ment that a London driver was arrest ed and tried for cruelty to animals. During the course of the trial evi dence was brought out to show that he was engaged in loading broken-dowr omnibus horses of London for Rotter dam and Antwerp where they are con verted into canned beef which is re tailed throughout Europe in sealed boxes with American labels. This in dustry absorbs more than 2R.000 horses annually. This accounts for the preju dice against the genuine American products. You can't blame the Euro pean consumer for kicking when lit has canned horse palmed off on him as canned beef. The government shoulc take immediate steps to investigatt this matter and have it stopped. Buy Milk on Merit As farmers art becoming more educated, however, thej are gradually awakening to the fact that, apart from adulteration or "skim ming," there are other causes whict regulate the amount cf butter fat ir. milk, and the man who takes the trou ble and knows how to control these causes will no longer he content to ac cept the same price as his neighboi gets for poorer milk, but will insist on being paid for every extra fraction ic the percentage of fat which it contains over and above it. Creamery owneu are also beginning to see the absurditj of paying for some milk more than ii is really worth, and the injustice of not giving the owner of the rich milk the full value oi his commodity. Payment according to quality raises the stand ard of m'.lk in gereral, by giving those suppliers who know how to do sc every encouragement to produce the richest possible milk, and, by makinr dishonesty unprofitable, the most ef fective means of checking it. Payment on any other system puts a premiurc on dishonesty, and causes intelligent farmers, in many Instances, who pay attention to the breeding and general management of their cattle, to get dis gusted with the creamery system when they see the most indifferent and dis honest persons getting quite as good a price for their milk. Farmers' Gazette (Dublin). A Yellows Law. In Michigan tlit law requiring the destruction of all peach trees afflicted with the "yellows is being rigidly enforced. A cemmis sion, the members of which arc termer, yellows commissioners, aids in the en forcement of the lav.-. When a grower has been notified to destroy his trees, in compliance with the law, and fails tc obey, he is immediately prosecuted if he offers for sale the fruit from the dis eased trees. Ex. State of Washington dealers have be gun shipments of apples to Vladivos tock. Siberia. ClSanaaT MmY aTnMH Sft finSAn wfVnMn. Hvini aavaw eJe- vvsv'i The receiver's sale of the BeQe stock has been the blgeat'saccess ever kaowa. We can't fill mall orders. Yoa had better come yourself. Owing to some goods dosed ont we will not aabstitate aavthiBj. Good Men's Saita at 12.50. Boys' Baity 75 cents. Good Lined Mittens aad Gloves at 15 cents. Good Heavy OveraLs at 25 cents each. Men's Overcoats from 1.90, 13.00 ft!.50to f&OO, which are worth doable. Come early while there is a variety to coosefrom. 1315 Douglas street. Receiver Sale, Omaha, Neb., between 15th and 16th streets. Table Talk. "The Food of the Anglo-Saxons," by Dora M. Morrell, is the title of the leading article in the November issue of Table Talk. It touches upon the menus and special dishes eaten by the English in America, Australia, Canada and India, and is followed by ''Some Old-Faahioaed Thanksgiving Dainties," by Eliza R. Parker. Miss Cornelia C Bedford, gives an exhaustive and val uable article on "Bread;" Miss E. Mar gurite Lindley, on "Dress and Its Ef fects Upon Health and Mind." Table Talk Publishing Company, Philadel phia, Pa. She Had Made m Discovery. "I hope," she said thoughtfully, "that you won't have anything more to say about the manner in which women hunt bargains and get cheated." "Why not? Don't you think your sex deserves it" "I'm not going to discuss that point Even if we do deserve the criticism it does not come gracefully from a man who buys hair restorer regularly from a baldneaded barber." Washington Star. Hso's Cure for Consumption is the best of all cough cures. George W. Lotz, Fa Lucher, La., August 26, 1SU5. A Hadsorae Bloaasaeat. A Budapest correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger sa3s: "The mon ument to Empress Maria Theresa which is being erected at the ancient coronation city of Presburg, on the Danube, will be one of the handsomest raised to commemorate the millennium. The elaborate work it has engen dered is approaching completion, but the executive committee fear that the date fixed for unveiling will have to be postponed until the spring of next year. lleantifnl Kveaia? Gowns. For evening gowns net is being used in great profusion, but it is not treated in its most extravagant fashion with trimmings of steel or jewel or jet I met a lovely net gown in black, striped with lines of silver sequins set closely together in rows of live at intervals of about four inches. This had a bodice swathed round the figure with a birth of white tulle, and it had white tulle sleeves, while round the waist was a cresclet of shaded green glace ribbon. Hesetaaa'a Catapaar le with dlyrerlae. Cures Chapped HamWanil lac. TendrrorSorrl'rrt. Chilblain, l'ile, Ac. C. . Clark Co., Sew Haven. Cl in a Onaadarr. lioston Globe: Benson I'm almost crazy. I sent a letter to my broker, asking him whether he thought I was a fool, and another ono to Miss Willets, asking her to drive, and I don't kuow which of them this tele gram is from." Roberts What docs it saj'V itensou Simply yes. Merchants Hotel, Qiaha. nM..ll,I.HIIU.AIIIA.IUAK..!l!MJ. Mreet cars pass the door to and from toth depots; ir. business center of city. Headquarters ;for state and local trade, 'AXTOy & D?VEJ&OKT, Prop's. How to Make Cranberry Jelly. To make cranberry jelly, wash care- fully a quart of selected berries and put them in a porcolain-lined kettle with a small cup of water and half a pound of good white suj;ar; allow them to boil steadily for twenty minutes and then press through a jelly-bag into a mould winch has previously been rinsed with cold water. Set away in a cool place for several hours, when it will be ready to serve. This quantity should ' bo sufficient for six persons. Ladies Home Journal. Harper's Weekly dated Xov. 7 will contain the first chapters of a new I short serial of Scotch life, entitled "Lady Love,' by S. II. Crockett, author i of "The Gray Man" and "The Haiders." There will be a four-page article, pro-1 fr.sely illustrated, on historic New York houses. 1'oston's subway, by which the street car traffic in the bus-. iness portion of the city is to be put ' underground, will be described in text ' and pictures. The great naval Sound 1 .Money parade in will be depicted. New York harbor Cascarets stimulate liver.kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. ' Fewer silk bats were Let on the pa.t dec- , tion than ever Lefore. t - Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef fort s gentle efforts pleasant efforts nirhtlv directed. I here is comfort ;n 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 miliums of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that Jt 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 jou have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Sj'rup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggist. If iu the enjoyment of good health, .-fed the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, ne may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well- Fics Used andgives moit general JwJ ninHrSlw. W W al "SjJmJPL MTnVfOnKinnnvn Wmf -S 1 t7ojA nSrvUnVnBRnttnl flnlnnninHnnl mi.''. . , tiMMm nPlaflBnH nnannnnn nnnnnnnnnl 'informed every wncrc, oyrup or . w.wTrii: tomiKa'stii stands highest and is most largelv "r:-J" " 'aJ"fcli,K.t. SaUSXaCUOU. HM-Etc. tnthcat- a - . IIJ rtlii. 41.1, l"llT Jfc I a n"m f CMICACO. v JISp-I2 i"' KJUS5"5; uf'-'im , Vavf fc m l alaajta HHCARR4CO. COUGHS. COLDS. LA GRIPPE and THROAT r M1-.S Nellie inoYcr. 1531 -ro. Tenth St.. Omaha. Neb. lAriten: "Hae used yourl): Kav'.s Lunx Halm for a severe ca-c of LaGr-ppe. . cry.sorc. and In taking the Dr Kay's Lung 4coiu-h at once. The soreness on mv lunjrs and 2: P casant uml ea-v to take, and while it does daxany cough remedies, it cures quicker th-in any 1Dr. Kay's Lung Balmt -V It cares every kind of cough. Sold by druggists or sent by mail for 25 ct. V It is ptrfectly safe for aliases and a sure cur "r bcoVl-t; it baa many laluublc rete:pts and sl.e a:ii Lipases, aju raanr uive sua xney wou o noi -ranoti.er Address (western ornce) ur. H. J. SOLD BY DRU66ISTS--- One mt Oremalth'e JI Mr. George Grosemith permits himself seese relaxations frees his labors ia assasins; the pablie. The other evening, at a bis; "at home," ha got behind the sapper table ia line with the waiters and tried to look as like one as possible. Presently there approached him a military lookihr Old gentleman. Taking np a wine glass; he extended it to the supposed waiter, saying. "Will yoa please give men glass of champagne?" No, Sir." said Groesinitn, assuming an air of righteous indignation, "I cer tainly will not You have had more than is good for you.'! The guest stared in amazement, put down the empty glass and walked off. Weekly leiegrapn. Tka Faalts aad Follies of the Jkgm Aro nuBieroiu. but of tho latter none Is nore ridiculous than the promiscuous and random use of a laxative illl and other drastic cathartics. These wrench, con vu!m and weaken both the stomach and the bow els. If Hottetter's Stomach Bitters he used Instead of these no-remedies, the result is accomplished without pain and with great beneSt to the bowels, the stomach and the liver. Use this remedy when constipation Is manifested, and thereby prevent It from becoming chronic. Forrest aa a Cavalry Leader. Who can doubt, then, that if Leo had been provided witli a reserve of twenty thousand fresh cavalry, under such a leader as Forrest at Gaines's Mill, or the second Manssas, or Chan cellorsville. the Army of the Potomac would not have survived to fight another battle? For, unless Sheridan be expected, there was no cavalry general on either side in the war who could equal Forrest in the pursuit of a defeated army. Lord Wolseley has said, in his sketch of Forrest, that "Forrest's sixty-mile pursuit of Stur gis after that battlo was a most re markable achievement and well worth attention by military students No vember Century. fflOO Reward, SIOO. Tho readers of this paper will be pleased 1 1 learn that there Nat least one ilre.nleil disease that science has been uble to euro In all It- staiies, and that U Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure 1 the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional diuase. re quires a constitutional treatment, hall's catarrti cure N taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and m'icuous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying tho foundation of the disease, and giving tho patient strength by building tin tho constitution and assisting nature in doing lis work The proprietors have so much lalth in its curative powers, that thev offer One liiiudn d Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of Tes timonials. Address. F.J. C1IKXKY & CO., Toledo. U. Sold by Druggists, 7" cents. AntuniB Calling Costume. A French calling costume is electric blue canvas cloth, made up over bright green silk. The coat is of smoke-gray cloth, its Quaker sobriety deliciously relievcd by tabs or minor velvet in a gray-green peapod hue, surmounted by a geometrical design in tine mixed cord. These tabs are everywhere bound by a narrow hem of sable, and the satno beautiful fur forms the Tudoresque collar. A finishing touch of elegance is given by the charming old silver buttons with which it is adorned. Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, tho finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. Indian lluunuck Scald eight heaping spoonfuls of meal, stirring in two cupfuls of boiling water: add four lar-'e spoonfuls of .. l:,,tl, ..., I. ,,. f . of SO(, t well-beaten eggs and milk or cold wator e h to ake a thick batter; drop from a spoon into , Jot at and fry bfown.-Ladies' Home . M. winiowa Wootnnii K.rap I Forirlil!drrntrethinrf.uflcii-tl.tiiin.rilcceinaam- uiaiion.aiinjs Hin,urt" wiuu tone. ;.cen:saDoiue. Fashionable society is crowded with thoso who never pay iiutil compelled to. ne Woman. The Man, AThe Pill. She was a good woman. He loved her. She was his wife. The pie was good; his wife made it; he ate it. But the pie disagreed with him, and he disagreed with his wife. Now he takes a pill after pie and is happy. So is his wife. The pill he takes is Ayer's. Moral : Avoid dyspepsia by using Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Comfort to California. Every Thursday morninir.a tourist sleepliijr car fur l'en ver.Salt l,:ike( lty,an Fran cisco.anil l.osAnpeles leaves Omaha and Lincoln via the KurliiiKtnn Koute. It is carpeted, upholstered in rait:in. has spring sent) and back and is provided with curtains, bedding, tow els.so.ip.ctc. An experienced excursion conductor and a uniformed ullman porter accompany it through to the 1'arlnV Coast. While neither as expen sively linished nor as 11 e tc look at as a palacesleeper.it is just us good to ride In. Sec ond class tickets aro honored and the prli'enfalierth.nlde enouch nnd big enough for two, 1 only Tor a folder giving full- particulars write to J. Francis. Gcn'l 1'ass'r Agent, Omaba.Neb. SOUTH MISSOURI. WEST The best fruit section in the West. So drouths. A failure of crops never known. MIM climate. Productive soil. Abundance of good pure water. Kor -Maps and Circulars filing full descrip tion of tli ltich Mineral. Fruit and Agricultu ral LanIs in South West Missouri, write to .loll.V M. I't'Klir. Mana:er of the Missouri Land and LHc Stock Company, Neosho, New Ion Co., Missouri. IS . t Ilk. :.I4. SITrrirtfir ! iw II v Ctanriarri "' .- bt Walr.M4al lM j U. 0 WlOIIUniM ,i lnl. im; MIMIilHTaninii. Kittdredj cf 8p-laltirt t li this nboicsslxpricfi. tii: .,.l.jlirMi.. Sbjrlr. Or;..-. HaMS, Mr ailb, Ijrrlaa-. trl, !ta7H Hare-. ?. Kill. Lrllrrrrrx... J.kVrw. ., !!. lljCSIt PrrwVavI.. l.l Hill., hl.if, IMIN, KaaJlta". la.iHmn. I -T.r Kill., ttrzr. ll"S Oraiplart.. I.ra-arltrn. Haitian., rnlnr; Ta!. Ur tra. ..:.; Will.. rrvKin. IWUr. W.lcar. I Ulal.e'. Ila, St. tT!er. Rjllraaif. rifnft aaa) aaal.r M tl7. halfrrr-lall?nJKlrll S" '?- Mi n.JtSiTKa St. CHICAGO SJil.E CO.. Cntcu.r.l. RflQT DIIQVIQ Having bfrn In the produce nUDI run T 10 bu-!n. a; ear, am well ac Comm!Rl''J Mer qm'ctflwlth th" anti'f th' chant. Omaha. tradr.coaciuentiycaaooiin rice, .mprompi tunj'.anrlre'pon p-ofcs- ny panic Plirl A MEW WAY TO CRd! SHIP YOUR GRAIN. TNSTEAD of lelliny Joar jrralD at Cone enu " io us .nH .,. middleman nroflt- V.V hare Saved Other Faratro TIhw'I orpoltartj. Why don't TOC try it .l'r 'or ,u'" particular-. 94 Board or Trade, cuicjaee. TROUBLES SPEEDILY CUKED. t Two doses icave relief My lunzs were, lialm I found that it stopped any desire to iu my hea-J soon dlsapptarcd. It J. cry, not cause sickness at tht: stomach, Ilk. Y I baie ccr tried lor ailiunpirou ies- send address forj - symptoms and treatment for nearly uki- jj w jor h h iucy cuuiu uoi cei a medical. o ,umana eu. a ' ft. ft r; lV 11 y X -M :&' ifL& tataaM' alJfe.". uasS iafca vv naK -'5tfl'iaJJlL2bs-. .'