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McClnre's Magazine will begia in
the January number a series of "Life
Portraits of Great Americans" with re
productions of all the existing portraits
of Iienjamia Franklin known to have
been made from life There are fifteen
such portraits, and some of them hare
never been publij-hed. Mr. Charles
Henry liart. probably the highest au
thority on early American portraits, is
collecting and editing the material for
the series, and will add introduction
and notes giving the history of the sev
eral portraits and whatever is interest
ing in the circumstances of their pro
duction. There will also be an article
on Franklin by Professor Treat, of the
-Univeriity of the South.
Happy and Contented Deaf Children.
It is generally supposed that the deaf
have a tendency to moro6eness and mel
ancholy. This is least true of the oral
. ly educated adult, and among the chil
dren in the oral schools it is not true at
all. I know of no happier or contented
lot of children than are to be found in
these schools. The visitor who expects
to enter a place of silent halls, quiet
play rooms and noiseless yards is much
' Furrirised to hear peals of childless
laughter, and-crics and shouts as the
children romp and frolic out of school
hours. January Century.
In the opening paper of Harper's
JIagazinc for January l'oultney Uige
low.wili sum up the result of -Portu-
. guese Progress in South Africa," show-
ing how ineffectual a coloni.er Portu
gal ha been during four centuries of
nominal possession, and how demoral-
isitig haSfbeen her intluene upon the
.blacks. For this paper . Caton Wood-
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p m p:!otographs taken b- Mr.
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The late bishop of Rochester wai
onee batting in a local cricket match,
when tiie bowler sent a ball very wide
o the w-cket. "Keep the" ball in the
parish!"' cried the irascible bishop. The
next ball knocked his lor Iship mid
dle htiunp out. and the yokel shouted:
4 thinkthat!. somewhere a Loot the
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An'on the causes of the failure of the
Confederacy whieh the Century recent
ly printed will be the .subject of a col-
1 lection of e en short aiticlet whicl.
wiil soon appear in the same magazine.
. contributed by four uell known ex
Confederate generals. hieuU-Gen. S. 1).
l.ee. LicuL-tJen. Joscnh Wheeler. Maj.
C.en. E. M. Law and Urig.-Uen. E. P.
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Howard and Maj.-Gen. Jacob D.'Cox.
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"Two pounds of granulated sugar,
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pirafiine. two ounces of butter, one
pint of cream, one-fourth teaspoonful
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instant until the candy is brittle when
dropped in ice water. Ladies' Home
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KARSl. s
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Rev Saeccwfal Farmer Oaerate Tate
Pi par Ian at tha Farm A Few
Blata aa to the Car or live Stock
aaa Faaltry.
N answer to your
question in regard
to my poultry, I
would say: First, I
thought there were
mites on the chicks
and applied kero
sene and lard, and
this helped matters
somewhat, but did
not stop the trouble
altogether, I ap
plied the mixture to ears and neck. As
to feeding, I fed boiled potatoes and
corn meal, mixed together, or else I
fed corn meal and boiled cabbage. I
fed the cooked food morning and night
and fed wheat at noon. The chicks are
ot big enough to eat corn, they are
only about two months old, and were
doing finely until they began to have
an attack of the malady I mentioned in
ay last letter, published in the Farm
ers Review under the date of Nov. 18.
I did not notice the combs turning
yellow; they kept their natural color,
and the old fowls and little chickens
both are subjected to the malady, but
it has for some time been a problem
as to what it was. I have seen old
hens that were all right at night and in
the morning they would be found dead.
In view of the fact that everyone has
the same experience it cannot be the
lice in all cases. M. A. H.
KingBley, Iowa.
Of course, we cannot, without seeing
the fowls and watching them some,
and perhaps performing an autopsy on
some of them, tell for a certainty just
what the matter is, because the mere
fact of a bird falling over dead does
not indicate the cause. There are
many kinds of diseases to which fowls
are subject, each having their pecu
liar symptoms As a doctor could not,
without taking the temperature of his
patient, locate some kinds of disease,
so a person trying to locate the disease
of fowls needs to be in a position to
take heed of the most trifling circum
stances. From what our correspondent
has said we are strongly of the opinion
that indigestion has been one of the
leading causes, perhaps the main
cause. He had done well to feed cook
ed food as a part of his ration, but
the food combination is very bad.
However, this should not kill the birds,
unless it made them more than un
usually fat We realize that it is
thought a common and proper policy
to feed corn and corn meal at every
opportunity, but we believe it is a
mistake. The cooked food had better
contain a large part of bran and oats
ground. Corn meal and corn contain,
In large quantities, fattening nutrients,
and wheat is of a somewhat similar
character, standing between oats and
corn. The ration fed has been very
poorly balanced. Indigestion usually
goes through two stages, the first be
ing seldom noticed, though it kills a
good many fowls. The first stage is
constipation, and is caused by a too
heating and drying food, like corn and
corn meal. If watched, the fowls that
are afflicted this way will be seen to
mope and often droop the tail feathers.
They are evidently in a state of intense
suffering. Many die in this stage and
are found dead in the morning with
nothing apparently the matter. If
they come through this stage all right,
the indigestion is indicated by too great
looseness, and the feathers mussed by
the thin droppings. It is possible that
some poultry disease is in the neigh
borhood, perhaps cholera, but that
should be indicated by the loose green
droppings.
We have found putting kerosene on
little chicks a very bad plan, having
killed a good many that way, even
when -the kerosene was mixed with
grease. We have long since discarded
the kerosene and find the grease does
th same work. Even grease will blis
ter bodies and kill the chicks when
lpplied too freely.
Au Important Class or roods.
In the present state of affairs, when
low prices prevail for almost all kinds
of farm products, and the prices realiz
ed in many instances are but little if
any more than the cost of production,
it behooves the farmer, if he would not
be driven into bankruptcy, to devise
some means by which to improve his
condition. That relief is needed no
-one will deny. What is to be doog
under the circumstances? I think, to
use a general term, that a weil-direotcd
economy should be the watch-word all
along the line, and perhaps to no de
partment of farming industries does
this principle more justly apply than
that of dairying. Prices for butter
and cheese have been declining year by
year, until it has become a seilpus
question with many as to whether the
business can be profitably prosecuted
under the present adverse circum
stances. Adulterations and imitations
of butter and cheese with oleomar
garine, olive and such like compounds
In immense quantities of late years
have been placed upon our markets
and put on sale as genuine dairy pro
ducts, and by these means dishonest
dealers have sought to enrich them
selves at the expense of the honest and
industrious dairyman. That prices
should decline under these conditions
was inevitable. This is an evil that can
only be remedied by appropriate legis
lation, and it is the duty of the farmer
to see that his rights in this matter are
fully protected. Several of the states
have passed laws looking to this end.
Congress not long since passed a law
levying an internal revenue tax on such
manufactures, and those who took
notice at the time will remember what
a howl of opposition was raised against
the measure by its opponents. Milk,
pure and unadulterated, perhaps more
nearly contains all the elements of a
perfect food than any article of food
consumption known to man, and might
very properly be termed nature's own
cooking, and is especially adapted to
the wants of the young. Milk and its
products are very largely consumed as
articles of food by a large majority of
our population, thus entering intimate
ly into the very life-blood of the peo
ple; and I believe I might safely assert
that the food of a people most surely
leaves its impress "upon the nation. We
sometimes hear the term "beef-eating
Englishmen" used. We might also add
butter and cheese-eating, for they are
large consumers of both, and are our
best customers for these articles; and
who will deny that to their diet is
largely due this national prestige?
J. H. Brown.
Ce-Berative Dairying in Australia.
R. T. Thorburn of New South Wales,
in aa interview with a reporter in Chi
cago said:
"New South Wales is divided Into
three parts: the coast, the center, and
Mm west. Wheat is raised in the cen
t99uTv
tral and weater parti,' aad afceep ia
the west Oa the coast we raise cera
and batter; the soil is se rick aad the
climate so moist that wheat rasts sad
ly with us. Our batter saakisg is doae
almost entirely en a co-operative piaa.
The farmers ia each sectioa bar a
separator together; then they sead the
cream to large creameries which are
in various parts of the country, where
there are appliances for ataxias ice
and for storing the hatter. Theace
the butter is all shipped to Sydaey, the
capital, and 'there it is pat oa sale at
a fixed price 16 cents is the lowest it
ever gets at wholesale, ia summer.
Whatever is not sold at the price put
upon it is put back into the ice chests
and at the end of a week or so shipped
to London, evea if this is done, at a
loss. In this way batter is kept up to
a fair price. Before the formatioa ef
the Farmers' Co-operative society we
were at the mercy of the middlemen.
Butter, in summer, went down to 8
cents a pound; they bought it all up,
stored it and then ia cold weather
brought it out and undersold as to our
own customers. The business of this
co-operative society is quite large,
from a million and a half to two mil
lion dollars a year; and by its help the
farmer gets a far fairer share of the
profits than he does with you. It was
an uphill fight at first Now the farm
ers are pretty generally seeing the
benefits of working together. In Vic
toria, where they do not have any such
system, they are pretty badly off, and
have to take whatever the middlemen
choose to give, although they make
just as good butter as we do butter
which sell3 just as well in the London
market. The cattle most popular are
called the South Coast breed, origin
ally a cross between the Shorthorn and
the Ayrshire, which, through careful
selection, have now become a distinct
breed, having its own stud book. It is
good for both milk and beef. We do
not go in for Jerseys as much as you
do."
Remedy for Poultry Disease.
Will you kindly allow me some
space in your paper? In your last
number I notice an item from M. A. H.,
Kingsley, Iowa, reporting an unknown
disease among his poultry. I was
troubled with apparently the same dis
ease in my flocks, and after trying
several remedies, at last succeeded In
finding a cure. Am glad to submit it for
the benefit of your readers. Procure
equal proportions of resin, sulphur,
alum and cayenne pepper; would sug
gest purchasing one pound of each.
Those should be finely ground and
well incorporated .with meal, about one
tablespoon to the quart This makes
a hot ration, and chickens must be
hungry to relish it. I mix meal with
sour, or, if not obtainable, sweet milk,
in preference to water. This is be
yond question the best thing I have
ever tried. .It is also good in cases of
cholera. T. Edward Foley.
Livingston County, 111.
Ki-ep t'p Gravel Supply.
Remember that in the winter time
the ground is frozen and often cover
ed with snow, and it is impossible for
the fowls to collect the gravel that is
needed for the work of the gizzard. Do
not therefore neglect to get a few bas
kets of gravel now and then. If there
is a gravel bed near, a horse load of
the gravel may be hauled to the house
and delivered to the hens as they may
need. Doubtless some of the indiges
tion that afllicte poultry in winter
comes from the lack of gravel. Kill
a chicken in winter, especially when
they have for a long time been deprived
of gravel, and you will find the crop
empty of the grit It takes a little
work, but work must be done if the
fowls are to be kept healthy.
Risking Reputation. A few days ago
the salesman in a Chicago cellar sent
out some butter without looking at it.
He had customers for the goods, and
as they had been fancy for such a long
time he inferred that they were so in
this instance. He had on numerous
other occasions sent the butter out
without looking at it, and felt safe to
continue doing so. But this time the
butter was very badly mottled and, of
course, the customer complained. He
did not want mottled butter, and ex
plained that he did not want that butter
again if it was mottled. Now, the
chances are that the buttermaker knew
the butter was mottled. He failed to
say anything about it to the creamery
man, and the dealer therefore was not
notified. The buttennaker's mistake
resulted in an injury to the reputation
of that factory. Chicago Produce.
Corn Meal Dough. Corn meal dough
is the standard food for chicks and
probably it will be used for many years
to come, as it is wholesome and excel
lent, but the apparent good results
from its use arc during spring and sum
mer, when the chicks can pick up other
foods which balance the corn meal. In
winter the chicks should have one feed
of bone meal and chopped meat, and a
small quantity of linseed meal should
be added to the corn meal once a day.
Another point is not to have the ccin
meal dough very sloppy, as too much
water should not be used. Only suffi
cient water and milk should be added
to have the dough dry crumble. Ex.
(The Farmer's Review cannot endorse
the above. Tne practice of feeding corn
meal exclusively is a bad one. NMorc
nitrogenous food should be fed, especi
ally to growing chicks.)
Distribution of Seeds. It often hap
pens that, on small Islands in rivers,
trees and flowers are found that do not
grow on the neighboring banks. These
have come down the river, sometimes
from the mountains where it rises, in
the shape of fruits, and have found
lodging on the island, during high
water. Sometimes fruits are thus
borne quite out to sea, and then they
may be caught by an ocean current
and carried long distances, it has
been said that Columbus first formed
the notion that there might be land
beyond the western ocean on seeing
some strange nuts that had been
washed to the shores of the Azores
from far away America. Ex.
Butter Freight Rates. The St Paul
(Minn.) Globe of Oct 3 contained the
following: Unless the Soo line alters
its position with regard to the rates on
butter to the east, it is likely that the
tariff on that commodity will not be
raised to its original figure of 1.05 per
hundred pounds. There has been a
tremendous shipment the past few
months, and during the rate war the
tariffs .went down as low as 60 cents.
The Soo claims to have sufficient rea
sons for its position; that it will not
be to its interests to restore the rate
until certain conditions are fulfilled by
other lines.
Breeding Hens. The hens kept for
the producing of future stock should be
of the best It is unwise to.ase.eggs for
hatching unless these eggs are from
certain hens which are known to be
not only prolific, bat have shown them
selves capable of producing hardy,
strong and vigorous offspring. In short,
breeders should be tested, just as with
anv other stock. v
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
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HarUealtare, VKicmltare mm FlarK
HERE has beea a
difference of opia
lon in respect to the
feedlig valae of
white and yellow
corn, bat chemistry
has come to oar aid
aad shows us the
difference, aad
numerous feedias
tests have substaa
tiated the chemist
reports, says a writer in Jennings
Times. The general membership book
of the Ralston Health Club of Wash
ington. D. C, gives the following an
alysis: Northern Southern
yellow. wh'te.
Carbonates " -
Nitrates tti
Phosphates tl -l
Here we learnthat the Northern yel
low com has nearly double the amount
af carbonates, which are the heat pro?
ducing and fattening properties of the
grain; that the Southern white corn
contains more of the nitrates, which
makes it much the best feed in warm
weather. The white corn has nearly
three times more of the nitrates, which
produce muscle and growth, making it
much the strongest grain to feed to
working teams and growing animals.
The white is also more than three times
as rich in phosphates, which supply
nourishment to the nervous system, in
cluding the brain. The yellow being
much the richest in carbonates, will
make the most fat and heat In the ex
treme northern portion of this country
we find the yellow flint varieties
grown, while in the far South - are
raised mostly large white kinds, and
thus we understand what is meant by
the yellow Northern and white South
ern varieties. As food for the table,
the authority just quoted says: "We
Lnd the grain of Southern corn with
a large portion of muscle food, plenty
of brain food and less of heating food.
It is the typical nourishment of the
brain worker who believes in exercise,
or of those who work with their mus
cles. Next to wheat it is the best food
for humanity. Northern or yellow corn
is the reverse of this, containing a
J large portion of heaters or carbonates,
land over-heating the blood, as buck
j wheat cakes do, causing pimples, sores
I and headaches. Let us understand
mat oy wneat is meant me wnoie gnuu
or graham flour; the white flour is
much more heating, and. like yellow
corn and buckwheat, makes bad blood,
In comparison with oats, white corn
is found to be less heating and a bet
ter nerve food. Does not this account
in part for the" fact that Southern peo
ple, who eat more corn than Nothern
crs do, are freer from blood and skin
diseases? Let us appreciate what we
have, and make use of it, rather than
purchase so much of our breadstuff in
the North.
Fruit Callers.
To have a perfect cellar it mast be
absolutely frost-proof; therefore, dig
In the ground eight feet deep, and wall
with brick, says Michigan Fruit Grow
er. If rock is more convenient, use it,
and plaster well, as a smooth surface
is quite essential in keeping the germs
down, that would otherwise find lodg
ing places in the crevices of the wall.
Have a sand floor. Cover by building
over it a "cooper's shop" or any other
building you may be In need of. Be
sure to ceil overhead. Have a stair
way from upper room, and have door
at bottom, to keep hot and cold air out
when you enter. The important thing
is ventilation. This you get with
twenty-inch tiling, placed in each cor
ner. Have bottom of tiling level with
floor of cellar; build wall close around
tiling, cementing same. Run tiling
out some eight feet, then up to one
or two feet above ground. Place wire
I netting between last two joists to keep
anything from entering the cellar. This
will also hold the old carpet which will
keep out frost and act as a. damper.
Now put a 24x36 flue from ceiling to
cellar up through the building, that
will carry off all impurities and draw
fresh air down through your tiling
flues. This flue should have a damper
in it, to enable you to shut off draft
at will. - If the temperature does not
get down to 40 degrees before you want
to store your apples, place a large piece
of ice at the mouth of each tiling In
tho cellar and open all drafts. The
wooden flue will soon carry off all hot
air, and the cellar will be filled with
cold, damp air. If your cellar should
prove to be dry, keep a basin of water
in it, or your apples will shrivel; but
do not allow the water to become stag
nant. Before cooling cellar, whitewash
walls and ceiling; add sulphur and car
bolic acid freely to whitewash. Do
not keep vegetables in the apple cellar,
and store away none but choice apples
of good keepiBg varieties. After cold
weather comes, ventilate to keep tem
perature as near 33 degrees as possible.
If you meet with the' same success oth
ers have, you will have fresh, ripe ap
ples every day in the year, and be able
to sell in May and June at an advance
Dver present prices at lea3t
Sheep la Illinois.
In the report of the State Board ot
Equalization the number of sheep re
ported, assessed in 1893 in Illinois is
515,816, and these are valued at $410,-531,one-fourth
the supposed actual
value. From 1893, when the sheep in
dustry in this state was in reasonably
good condition, to 1896, there has been
a loss of 403,869 sheep of the value of
$2,177,344. While this great decline in
the sheep industry has for a time almost
destroyed the raising of sheep for wool,
it has increased the demand for good
mutton, so that this production has
been benefited. There is a surety- that
sheep raising for the better quality of
mutton will be profitable, and the sort
that will bring the best results can be
raised in small flocks on the farm at
less cost and trouble than any other
farm animal. If, as may be expected,
wool production again becomes profit
able, the farmer will have two good
sources of income instead of one; in
the meanwhile having a supply of the
best of meat for family use. Every
farmer should have a small flock of the
best of mutton sheep. The raising of
scrubs will not accomplish the desired
results.
The gold medal presented to Mr. Gee.
McKerrow, Sussex, Wis., for the best
"show records of Southdown sheep at
fairs in 1895," was of pure gold, ot new
design and as fine and pretty a piece
of the kind as any exhibitor has se
cured. Mr. McKerrow writes: "I have
a large number of medals, bat the
Southdown Association's puts the rest
all in the shade. Everybody that sees
it pronounces it a beauty."
Southdown breeders have in the way
of selling breeding stock, dene better
than many of the other sheep breeders.
her ef animals seat for
registry rectatly It may be coasldered
taaVaat oaly this bat breeders of other
sheep are eacearaged ta believe that
the sheep iadastry hat reached the bot
tom ot decliae, aad will aow commeaca
aa era af prosperity.
J. G. Spriager.
"Roots" are to British cattle feeders
what cera is to their Amertcaa couatao
the primary requirement, and whea
the crop falls those feeders suffer ia
practically the same measure as da
the growers of stock in this couatry
whea cera yields bat a small or poor
crop, as, for example, the case of ISM.
says Live Stock Report Economy la
feeding is thus rendered absolutely
necessary and the feeder has to study
kow he caa get the largest returas from
his oatlay. Turnips are the priaclpal
feature ef the English feeder's ration,
aad as high as 150 to 160 lbs. per head
per day is sometimes fed ia certain dis
tricts. It was with, the object in view
of testiag the advantages of giving fat
tening steers large and small quantities
of roots that Dr. Voelcker for the Royal
Agricultural Society ot England con
ducted at Woburn an experiment the
past year. Sixteen two-year-old Here
ford steers were secured for the pur
pose. They were divided into two
equal lots, each receiving the same
quantity of cake (linseed and decorti
cated cotton) and barley, while one lot
was limited as to roots and the other
had all they would eat, the supplies of
chaff hay and oat straw and water
'being varied in accordance with the
needs of the animals. The feeding was
divided into three periods, and the ra
tions for the first part of the feeding
period were 2 lbs. each dally of linseed
cake, and the same quantity of decor
ticated cotton cake and of grlttled bar
ley; for the second portion of the per
iod, 3 lbs. of each kind of cake and 2
lbs. of barley, and for the third portion
3 lbs. of linseed cake, 5 lbs. of decorti
cated cotton cake, and 2 lbs. of barley.
As to roots first consisting of white
turnips, next of swedes, then of mixed
swedes and mangels, and lastly of man
gels only one lot of steers was allowed
25 lbs. each daily for a short time, and
afterwards 35 lbs.; while the other lot
had 40 lbs. to start with, a quantity
which was increased to 50 lbs., which
was all they would eat, except in one
week when they consumed 55 lbs. The
lot which had least roots consumed
about a pound of chaff a day each and
10 lbs. of water more than the other
lot At the end of 112 days the lot
which had received the smaller quan
tity of roots had gained 1,489 lbs. in live
weight, or 1.66 lbs. each per day; while
the other lot had gained 1,568 lbs., or
1:75 lbs each per day. The carcass
weight of the first lot was 58.57 per
cent of the live weight, and that ot the
second lot was 58.66. The actual gain
in value of the lot fed on the larger
quantity of roots was about 70 cts. per
head, but when the cost of the extra
feed was taken into consideration Dr.
Voelcker figured out a balance in favor
of the heavy root feeding of just nine
cents per animal. "
We notice that In commenting upon
the above experiment British agricul
tural papers opine that the two rations
were not as strongly contrasted as they
might have been to render the result of
the feeding of greater interest and bene,
fit, believing that in order to ascer
tain whether it is better to give roots
freely and cake and grain sparingly, or
vice versa, it would have been better to
have let one lot of the steers have dou
ble the weight of roots and half the
weight of corn supplied to the other lot
instead of giving the former only 15 lbs.
a head more roots and the same cake
and grain as were given the latter.
Old Apple Trees.
The theory is quite prevalent
among many farmers that apple trees
should be cut down when they cease to
be productive In consequence of the
decay of the branches, writes E. M.
Shaw In N. E. Farmer. Oftentimes,
and In most cases, such trees can be
restored to a vigorous growth and
healthy condition by cutting away the
old decayed portion and allowing new
branches to. take their places. This
will nearlyalways follow when trees are
well cared for and a liberal supply of
potash be-given them. I saw an apple
tree recently on Orchard hill in the
town of Kensington, in this state that
was the remaining tree of an orchard
set oat ninety years ago. All of the
other trees were cut down thirty-five
years ago. This one, bearing a favorite
apple, by the pleadings of a large fam
ily of children, was allowed to remain.
Of late years the ground around it has
been cultivated, and it is a constant
bearer. It is now covered with a dense
green foliage, and the limbs have made
a growth this year of over a foot Its
condition to-day shows the folly of cut
ting dawn trees as soon as they cease
to grow and bear fruit Plow around
them, or where this cannot be done use
a spring tooth harrow. Mulch them well
and put on a good supply of muriate of
potash, cut off the old, decaying, moss
covered branches, grow out a new top
of smooth wood and you will have the
pleasure of seeing large, smooth fruit
growing, where once were only small.
Inferior apples. Age has but little to do
with causing a tree to decay. One of
the apple trees set out by the Arcadians
more than 150 years ago, is still stand
ing near their old home at Grand Pre,
Nova Scotia, and in 1894 was loaded
with fruit
Some Commercial Fertilizers. Gyp
sum (land plaster) has the power of
holding ammonia and preventing its
loss. It must, however, be moist in or
der to be effective. The best way to
use gypsum is to sprinkle it on the
moist dung or urine. Stables in which
the excrements are properly treated by
this means are noticeably free from
offensive odors, as a rule. Kalnlt
sprinkled upon manure tends to check
fermentation and also to attract and
hold moisture. One precaution should
be observed in the use of kalnlt; It
should be kept from under the feet of
animals, since injury may result to the
feet of animals treading on it It is,
therefore, best applied to fresh manure
and covered with litter. Acid phos
phate contains a considerable propor
tion of gypsum, and, to this extent, its
action is like that of gypsum. The
soluble phosphate In the add phos
phate teads to unite with ammonia and
prevent its loss and also to check fer
mentation. Ex.
Marketing Not Easy. After the care
of the cows and the making of the but
ter have been mastered the marketing
of the jroduct proves a stumbling
block to a great many of our dairy
men. It is sad, bat it is true, that the
average dairyman exercises little or no
business faculty in the marketing of his
product Too many persons seem to
think that as their parents and grand
parents milked cows and made butter,
and took it to the grocery store, where
it was dumped into a barrel with the
good, bad and indifferent, and traded
it for a few groceries, that they must
do the same, and that there is no other
legitimate market for their butter.
Harvey Johnson.
SENATOR PALME
fa Asa ttrgtaaa laay Xa Aaxwas U
tiatm KelaUauBlf With HUs.
Senator Palmer of Illtaois, beloaga
to a family which for longevity caa
scarcely be equaled by any other in tho
coaatry. The senator's grandfather
was bora ia 1747 and fought in the
rerolatioa. Ills father was a soldier
ia the war of 1812 and he himself
foaght ia the rebellion. Senator
Palmer is, moreover, the oldest of
foar living generations of Palmers,
all bearing the name of John M.
"My grandfather," sail Senator
Palmer one night last week and
Senator Palmer is second to no man ia !
Washington in telling good stories
"was born down here among tho fish
and oysters of Northumberland
county, Virginia. There are plenty
of Palmers down there yet, and my
friend, Colonel Jones, has had a great
deal to tell me of them, ne went to
sec an old lady one time when I as
expected down to make a speech, and
when he discovered that her maiden
name had been Palmer he told her
there was a man up here in the sen
ate of that name whose grandfather
was born down there. The old lady
remembered that branch of the fam
ily perfectly, and claimed kin at once.
She could even detect in me some un
mistakable family traits.
" 'But aunty,' said Colonel Jones
'Senator Palmer fought in the North
ern army.'
"That staggered the old lady, for
she is as loyal to tho lost cause as
anybody in all the South, but onco
she had claimed kin sha wasn't going"
to back down.
" 'Well.honey said she with a sigh,
there's always a black sheep in every
family."'
Oae Secret ef Longevity.
Those anxious to prolong this rapid t raas
It orjr existence of ours Icyondthe average
span, should foster hlsdl estion. negatively
by ul.stnl tin; from indiscretions in diet,
and affirmuilvcly by the no of that peer
less storaaciili. iioHicti er's Stomach Hitters,
when ho experiences symptoms of Indiges
tion. The impairm nt of the digestive
function is futa! to vizor, feubdue with tho
Bitters. nNo, fever ana ague, billlousncss
tad constipation.
A rii;tlliMc Earl.
London society is much interested
in an incident reported from Bucks,
in which the earl of Orkney, who. a
few years atro married Connie Gil
christ, was the principal fljjure. The
earl was walking out a few days ago
with the countess' pit do? and met
some roughs who had a bull terrier
which they set on the countess' pet.
The carl called upon them to desist,
which they insultingly refused to do,
whereupon he wcot for the biggest
of them in true pugilistic fashion. A
ring was formed, and there was a hot
fight to a finish. The carl came oit
victor, leaving his opponent in a bat
tered and helpless condition. The
earl came out of the encounter al
most unmarked. lie was heartily
congratulated tbs next morning at
the meet of the hounds on his tri
umph. STATE OF OHIO C1TV OF TOLEDO,
LUCAh COUNTY, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the tcntor partner of the firm of F. .1.
Cheney & to.doin' luins in the City
ot Toledo, County and tatc aforesaid,
and that -aid firm Trill pay tho sum of
ONE lll'MHii:i) liuLLAUS for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the Use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FU.XMC J. CHENEY.
s'w. rn to before m- and subscribed in
my presence, this Mb day of December,
A. D. tv!.
(Seal.) A. W. LEAON.
Xotarv Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Send for testi
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Football Coma Frciu Calaa.
According to Stewart Cuiin, curator
of the museum of archaeology of the
university of Pennsylvania, football
originated with those beginners of
everything. theChinese. Mr. Calin is
making an exhaustive study of games,
ancient and modern, and has a curious
and ancient drawing1 showing a per
sonage in the dress of a prime minis
ter playing football with a huge or
noble and two of their chamberlains.
The time is somewhere in the tenth
or eleventh century, but long before
then the game was cultivated as an
exercise suitable for the training of
soldiers- About the eighth century
it was introluced into Japin, where
it became very popular. From these
two countries it spread over the entire
world. 1
Walter l'.akrr C.. ut IlorclirMrr. Ma--.. I, s.
A liavi-Klen joarnnf study to llir kllfu! irfja
ratlunof locoa and cli."u-olaU and !m" leNrd
machinery anil xystein peculiar tatlielr metlnnN
of treatment, whereby the purity. pulataMllty. and
htghri't nutriment eharacterlt!c an- retained.
Their preparation are known the world n er.mil
haerectled the highest Indorsements frm the
medical practitioner, the nurse, and the Intelligent
housekeeper and caterer. There N hardly any
food-pruduct which may be ko eteulvely iim il In
the household In combination with other food a
cocoa and chocolate: hut here again we urge the
Importance if purlt and nutrUnt alne. and ihee
Important lo!it!ii. e feel Mire, mav lie relied iiimmi
In Baker' Cocoa aad Chocolate." Dktctic ami
Hygienic Gazette.
"" Dangers la Target ITactlce.
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the
late commander of tho forces in Ire
land, once told Father licaly that he
found "blind shooting"' prevailing to
s deplorable extent among the Irish
miiitia regiments, and that he in
tended to insist on a greater attention
to target practice. "For goodness'
sake don't do that, your royal high
ness!" exclaime I Father Haaly: "if
you make the militiamen goad shots,
there won't be a landlord left in thti
countrv."
TO CURE. A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c
Men and their wives agree oftener on
love than on money matters.
eseaaauVa Caaaphar lee with Slyeerlae.
Core Chapped Hands and i ace. TenderorSore Keet,
Chilblains, llles. Ac. C. O. Clark Co., Sew Harm. .
Every winter ne long for a night gown
made out of a red blan.et.
GREAT deal of
writtenand be
lieved, about
blood purifiers,
hat purifies the
blood?
THE KIDNEYS
PURIFY IH BLOOD
AND THEY ALONE.
II derated, however, they cannot,
aad the blood continually becomes
more impure. Every drop of blood
in the body goes through the kidneys,
the ewers of the system, every three
wainwiea, fngbt and day, whue life
endures.
puis the kidneys in perfect health, and
nature docs the rest.
The heavy, dragged out feeling, the
bilioat attacks, headaches, nervous
ttnrat, fickle appetite, all caused by
poWoncd blood, wfll dsappear when
the kidneys propttly perform their
is no doubt about tfaav
have so testified. The
theory k right, the: core right aad
heamfoluwi as a natural sequence.
Be sdf-convinced through per
sonal proof.
N9
Viewer Gtoaits.
Anyone who wishes' to see the ghost
C a, lower his oalyt6 make a very
simple experiment Let hint gt) up to
a cluster of blossoms and look very In
tently for several minutes at oae side
of it. Then very suddenly he mast
turn his gaze upon the other side ef
the same cluster. He will at once dis
tinctly see a faint aad delicate circle
of colored light around this .second
half of the cluster. The light is always
ia the hue which is "complementary"
to that of the flower. The specter of
the scarlet poppy is of a greenish
white. The ghost of the primrose is
purple. The ghost of the blue fringed
gentian is of a pale gold tint la
these circles of color the shapes of 1
tne flower s petals arc always faintly
Jbut clearly scon.
YOU WANT A FARM and we have 50
miles west of Houston, at Chesterville,
the best tract in Texas. Land high
prairie and well drained, abundant
rainfall, good soil, low prices aad essy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself.
Vr!& "and receive '-Fertile Farm
Lands" free and information as to
cheap excursions and frkk fare. Ad
dress. Southern Texas Colonization
Ca. John Linderholm, Mgr., 110. ,
Rlalto Bldg.. Chicago.
A Itanala r t Vacl Mark.
Mark was growing old and had seen
a great deal of the world. The result
was that he was rather given to relat
ing stories of his vast experience that
were courteously doubted by the
younger men. One night a young
fellow to'.d a story that was especially
wonderful, and some one turned to
the old man with the query: "Doesn't
that remind you of your younger
days, Uncle Mark?" "Well," said the
old man, "it docs remind mc of a story
I heard when I was a boy." "What
was it? ' askad the other. Uncle Mark
looked solemn, "It was a darned lie,"
he said.
Cheap Landa ami ttutnea
Arc to be had on the Frisco Line in
Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. The
best route from St. Louis to Texas and
all points west and southwest. For
maps, time tables, pamphlets, etc, call
upon or address any agent of the com
pany, or, D. Wishart, Uen'l Passenger
Agent, St Louis. Mo.
c Instrument or Fate.
An old man who believed "what
was to be would be," livad in the
West, and was one day going out sev
eral miles through a region infested
by savage Indians. Ho always took
his gun with him, but this time found
that one of the family had it nut As
he would not go without it, some of
his friends tantaliz.nl him by saying
th:tt th-rj was no danger of the In
dians; that he would not. die until his
time eanic anyhow. "Yon," said the
old fellow: "but -.up-iose I&i'tan In
dian an I liiN t :n.i had eo:ne; it would
not do, no haw. not to hav.s my gnu."
I shall recommend Piso's cure for Con
sumption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
lluutetcad. Kent, England, Nov. 8, 18J5.
Mscin.iel Is. to fur it Rair.
In the cemetery at Barnstable.
M:3S., is the following inscription:
"Here Lyeth interred ye bjdyof Mm.
Hope C!iip:nan. ye wife of Kider John
Chip;nan, ajyad 4 year-?, wha changed
this life for a beer yc S of January,
n;3 "
Mrs. tVlnlwa Hoethlaa; S.Ta
FortliIlili-nttK?t:iinpj:oflcnthesi:n:.rtdiicelnllanv i
Illation, allajs. iiain. tares wind colic. S5 tent a bottle.
It is not su h a terrible thing to !osa your
reputation: souie men would le lucky if
they could do it. I
As teor'o trow o'der. it is harder for
them to laugh, slid easier for them to cry.
Every man has days' when nothing but
civi izatiou keep him out of list fights. I
Did you ever r ersonally inow anyone
who inV roved on acTtiiain'an'e!
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Omaha, Nebraska,
AN UNAFfflKCIATat0 Girt.
Js W8HHSIM
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There fa a departaieat ' waaiaa ki
Washington whose feadaess far peta
is kaowa to all her f riaaaa. Kei leaf
ago a wotaaa who hoards la taa saaaa
house with her hoafht a sauirrel ia a
cage. d to five her a pleaiaat ear
prise pat it ia her rsosa aaa after
aooa. The departaaeat woaaa eaama
hoaae aad weat to her rooat. She
did aot appear at diaaer. There was
o light ia her ream Not a saa'ad
was heard from her. At lart. late ia
the evening. h?r friends began to aa
worried about her aad oaa of 'theta
weat ap and knoskad oa t!t3 door.
The departaieat woaaaa was withia
aad in a whisper she answered taa
knock.
"I can't stir," she said. ."Sobm aa
dleheaded fool has-pet, a saairrel ia
hero aad it's get oat of ths safe.
Every time I try to strike ' a
light it Hies all aroaad the room. It's
tora a big hole ia the laco cartjua
aad smashed two of my vasss. There's
aa ink bottle oa the bareaa an 1 1
don't dare move for fear he'll knock
that off nest What am I goiag to do?"
There was a coasaltatioa outside,
but nobody could think of aaythia.r
to do. The department worn a stood
It until acarly midnight aal tha
her wrath gcttia? ths battir of her
prudence she declared she'd light the
gas if the squirrel broke every tuiaf
in ths room. And whea the ga was
lighted there was the squirrel s.tfs a
his caga again, lint the woman who
bought him has found another hoard
ing place.
Dr. Kay's Lung Barn is the sa'est, surest
and p!easaBtest cure for all coughs.
laaaltca,
As she jumped from her bike, dust
ing her boots with a spray of golden
rod, she exclaimed: "I have wheeled
more than sixty miles since diaaer;
what do you think of that?"
"Ureat feat," he surprisingly ejacu
lated. "Sir!" she almost hissed and turned
away with malign hauteur; aor has
she spoken to him siace.
Beauty's bane is
the fading or falling 1
the hair. Luxuriant
tresses are far more to the
matron than to the asaid whose casket
of charms is yet aarifled by time.
Beautiful women will be glad to be
reminded that falling or fading hair
is unknown to those who 1
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