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TT ?& sxJv r s,jlT v. . )- . v. A Taa TwtetMv Among1 the literary cariosities of which Boston is justly the proud pos sessor is the following jawbreaker, framed and hung1, in the old South church in that city: "Wutappesittuk qussunnoolcwehtunquoh." This, word, . eo far as known, has neTer been pro nounced by a white man, but occurs In Eliot's Indian bible, and is found in Mark's gospel, first chapter and fortieth verse, and according1 to that means "kneeling down to Him." If the brave red man had thrown such chunks of wisdom at the forefathers instead of dull arrow heads and way side stones, probably American his- " tory would have been written in a different key. YOU WAST 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 and easy .terms. .Don't fail to post yourself. Write and receive ''Fertile Farm Lands" free and information as to cheap excursions and it.ek fare. Ad dress, Southern Texas Colonization , Co.. John Linderholm, Mgr., 1J0-, Eialto lildg., Chicago. Vat tie of New Orleans. . ; Gen. Andrew .Jackson, shortly aftei the Kattle of Sew Orleans, wrote an Recount of the engagement in a letter 'to Jaincs Monroe, afterward president. The letter will be published, it is be lieved, for the first time, in an article on ".Napoleon's Interest in the llattle ' of :New Orleans," in the January cen tury. In -this battle, although the op posing forces, were about equal, tne English Jost till? killed and seven " wounded, while the American loss was only six kilicd and seven wounded. . Mr. Monroe showed General Jackson's letter to Sapoleon, and when the latter "learned that the victory was mainly due to the deadlv aim of the Ameri cans, he planned the formation of troops of sharpshooters, nrrned with guns of the American pattern. Water loo prevented the carrying out of the scheme. NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS. Millions of men who are daily "Tobacco Spitting and Smoking Their Lives Away"' v ill f-e g!ad to learn that the makers of So- To-Unc, Iho fnmous guaranteed tot aero habit cure, that has frcei over 400,000 to bacco users in the Inst fo.v year., have pat on the market a fifty-cent la-Loo of their T;reat rcrnc lj This will Rive every tobac co user a thant e to test No-To-L'av's power to control the desiro for tobacco in every fonn ncd at the sntno time t e lenefitte:lhy No-To-IJnc'h nerve strengthening qualities. Every to!-axo user should procure a lifty ccnt tox atonic from his druggist or or der it hy mail. You v. ill le surprised to . sec how easily and quickly the desiro for tohaceo di-sajif-enrs. Any reader can on tnin a sample mid Looklct free by addrcss- fn the Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Kcw York and mentioning this paj er. Tlie I nrjet ItarreU The celebrated "Heidelberg tun' looks like a small cask when com pared with a huge barrel that was "made last summer for the use of th e "Halle aux Vins," a Paris establish ment, known as the largest liquor em porium in the world. This huge ' French wine cask has a capac' of 33, 710 gallons and measures twenty three feet in height. Cheap I.atiU ami Home . Are 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 airy agent of the com pany, or, I). Wishart, GcnT Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. London has 75,000 street lamps, Paris CO.OOO, and Sew York 23,000. Merchants Hotel, (Ma. COKNKR rilTKEXTIHXn FAHXAMSTS. Street cars pass the door to and from both depots; in business center of city. Headquarters for state and local trade. Bates S- and S3 per day. PAXTOS & DAVENPORT, ITop's. 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AMrenT.a.MKUiSKK. LLB iLilaLB PAIRY AND POULTRY. FARM. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How SBcccaefol Farmers Operate This DrpArtmcnt of the Farm A Few Hints as to the Care of Live Stock ad Poultry. HE selection of good thrifty hens not over two years old that have ma tured early- or of early hatched pul lets that have been kept growing until V v they are reason ably well matured is one item in se curing a good sup ply of eggs in winter, writes N. J. Shepherd in Nebraska Farmer. The supplying of dry. clean and comfortable quarters is another and fully as important as anything else is the feeding. The hens must be well fed if they lay well and this implies not only liberal feeding, but the supply ing of a good variety. One of the best I have ever tried, one that gave us the most eggs, kept the fowls healthy and in good condition, was to give a pnnrl fpivl nf vlinlo mm hist before th J fowls went on the roosts at night and give them all that they win eat up clean. This is one of the best grains that can be given to maintain animal heat, and the whole grains keep the gizzard grinding for a longer time and the fowls will not get as hungry through the long nights. During the day the ecraps from the table with the scraps from the kitchen, the potato parings, cabbage leaves and things of this kind can all be thrown into a vessel or pot and with sufficient water be kept cooking through the day. In the morning.if the quantity is not con sidered sufficient, corn meal or wheat bran and milk can be added to make up a good ration. Feed warm, not hot, giving them what they will eat up clean. Being soft it will be easily di gested and will satisfy the appetite quicker than whole grain. At noon give whole wheat, oats, barley, sorghum seed, Kaffir corn or buckwheat. Any of these will do, but a change from one to the other will be found beneficial. It Is not best to depend upon any one entirely. Turnips, beets, carrots or cabbage can be given to take the place of green food. Supply plenty of coarse sand for grinding material. Supply a dust bath and supply pure, fresh water daily. Have the nests as warm as they can be made, and do not undertake to keep too many hens, so that when they are confined, as will be necessary dur ing cold or stormy weather, they will not be too crowded. Any one can se cure eggs in winter if they will only take the pains in good season to make the necessary preparation and then to properly care for the hens. Dairying in Kansas ami Iovra. H. M. Brandt, president of the Kan sas State Dairy association, in a re port to the State Board of Agriculture, says: In May, 1896, I had the pleasure of observing the conditions, advantages and facilities, both favorable and un favorable, of the dairy industry of Iowa, Minnesota and Southern Dakota, through the courtesy and co-operation of some of the leading dairymen, who only are able to impart such knowl edge. I learned with surprise the mu tual interest that Is being taken by the farmers and agriculturists in these states; the attention they have evident ly glren the improvement of their dairy cows; the manner of feeding; rearing of offspring, and in various ways continually seeking to raise the standard of their milch cows. The suc cess that has attended such efforts I have noticed more prominently in Iowa and Minnesota, and it is astonishing to discover that there is a wide dif ference in the quantity of tnilk and butter furnished by the Iowa and Kan sas cow. I am safe in saying that, gen erally speaking, Iowa's milch cow will return between a third and half more. All of this has been brought about by close study of the animal herself; the adaptation of the different feeds, etc; the giving of less attention on the part of the farmer to the price paid by the creameries for the raw material and more attention to the development and care of the very machine that will raise both the price and the quantity. The cow will do more for the Kansas farm er than any animal he can have, if properly taken care of. This can be proven by a comparison of the sections in the state where dairying has and has not been carried on extensively, for several years, and where the results are most noticeable. The conditions for profitable dairying exist in Kansas on every hand; while there are some unfavorable, such as hot winds or ex treme heat, making it difficult to main tain pastures for a month or such a matter during midsummer, yet plenty of forago feed can be supplied in an early spring crop to tide over all such difficulties as these and satisfac torily keep up the flow of milk. Iowa has more than 800 creameries; has them every five or six miles apart; and all, or nearly eo, during a very good business. States east and north of us are not realizing any more for their product than Kansas factories, al though feed, stock and land there are much higher, yet they are extending their business in portions of those states continually and must be having profitable business. The question ccmes to us, Why not Kansas, with '.heir conditions similar for the cheap -aising of feed crops, engage in and foster an industry that promises such gcod results? We must pay more at tention to the care-keeping of the cow St we would obtain satisfactory re turns; instead of trying to dairy with one that returns hut 150 to 200 pounds of butter per year, we must insist on .her returning us at least 300 pounds an nually. Such an animal will take very little, if any more, feed, care or atten tion if she is properly developed than the other, and leave a much more sat isfactory balance to the credit side of her account and to her owner. This is the kind of cows that farmers and dairymen keep in the states mentioned, and which alone will explain why they are better satisfied with results. Aaacriran Sheep la Great Brltiaa. In a report the secretary of agricul ture says: American sheep during the year 1896 have been landed in Liver pool in greater numbers than during any preceding year. They have con sisted largely of corn fattened muttons, and nine-tenths have been ef superior quality. The profitable market for mutton in England has encouraged sheep growing and fattening In many of the western states. Although prices fluctuate considerably, being regulated by the supply and prices of native Eng lish mutton, there is, as a rule, only a difference of about three cents per pound between the best English and tbe best United States mutton. ' This is not because of English prejudice against the American article, but be cause many of the aaeea Xtmr tke Unit cfMil ed States have been rapidly fattened oa com prior to shipment, show some times 80 per cent of their added weight to. be tallow, while the flesh (English declare) is flavored by the corn feed. American yearlings and two-year-olds command practically the same price as English sheep of the same age and quality, and have sold during the pres ent year at from 14 cents to 16 cents per pound. It was, however, the mis fortune of American shippers, not withstanding the increased vigilance and rigor of the inspection of animals for export, to have landed during the year 1895-96 a few lots of sheep In Liv erpool and London affected with scab. It Is quite possible that this disease was generated by infected ships upon which diseased sheep had been sent from Argentina and other countries, and then, without proper disinfection, had been put into the carrying trade between the United States and Europe It is, however, believed vhat if. sheer are wet and crowded during, a voyag scab may be generated by those condi tions. The Glasgow market finds fault with American sheep, and also Cana dian, by declaring them too big and fat. The Scotch want medium weights, and for them will pay high prices. Foreign markets demand some other breed oi sheep for mutton than the merino and the crosses, and those looking to profit able ventures in this line should secure the best mutton breeds of sheep, which, when they arc landed in as good con dition as American cattle, will soon have as high a reputation and bring as remunerative figures. Blolankcs as Food for Stock. As instructed by the principal, a full experiment was made with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's cattle mo lasses, says New South Wales Agricul tural Gazette. Two cows were selected for the purpose, named "Snowdrop" and "Stranger" respectively. Both cows were confined to the cow yard and shed, which prevented them get ting any other kind of food than that fed to them. Before the test commenced the weight and test of each cow's milfc was separately and carefully taken. "Snowdrop" gave an average yield of 152 pounds, with a reading of 3.6 per cent of butter fat; "Stranger" gave 15 pounds of milk and a test of 2.9 per cent of butter fat. At first both cows refused the food, but soon took it, and after a while showed a liking for it. They were given on an average CO pounds of chaff and 38 pounds of cattle molasses per diem, and were fed on this food for six weeks. At the end of that time both cows had improved greatly in condition and also in their yield of milk. Several tests were made from time to time with the Babcock milk tester, which showed an increase in butter fat from the time of com mencement with the food. After the cows were fed for three weeks he yield and test were as follows: "Snowdrop" gave 22& pounds of milk and 3.7 per cent of butter fat.. "Stranger" gave 20 pounds of milk and 3.1 per cent of butter fat After the expiration of the first three weeks the percentage of butter fat and yield of milk remained very nearly the same to the end of the trial. "Stran ger" was in a very poor condition when this experiment was commenced, and she put on condition, while her milk increased in richness up to a certain point, which clearly shows that if a herd of cows are in low condition, on poor food, giving a low percentage of butter fat, by feeding well on suitable food the richness of the milk will in crease up to a certain point of condi tion of. the cow, beyond which the food has no perceptible influence over the richness of the milk; and if the food were changed to one which would cause an Increase in the quantity of the milk, and at the same time keep up the condition, it would be found that no perceptible increase in the percentage of butter fat had taken place. We have used a variety of foods which bear out this statement The only way to look for a high percentage of butter fat is through the breeding and selec tion of dairy stock. I Protect the Nests. Farmers are troubled a great deal by hens roosting on the nest boxes at night Drive them off as you will, they will be found the next time calm ly seated on the edge of the boxes, head eutward. The best way we have found to keep them from doing this in an ordinary poultry house is to have the nests all in one corner, and a piece of woven wire fencing put up to serve as a door. Late in the afternoon this dcor is closed over the nests and the fowls are shut out In a little while they get into the habit of roosting in the proper place, when the door may be left open with impunity. In hang ing this wire door we simply cut off a piece of wire three or four feet wide and six feet long. We staple this onto to a side post and it will swing back and forth with no trouble. It costs but a few cents, and the hanging is but the work of a few minutes. The cest boxes are thus kept clean, as are also the eggs. Try it, and you will save a great deal of trouble with dirty nests and eggs. Natural Dairy Localities. Most oi the best dairy regions of the country are where there are natural springs of pure water. These sections are usually good for grass, but we have always thought that the superior water helped the dairyman to make a better quality of butter, and so command the highest price in the market Wherever the water is not good, and it i3 yet considered desirable to engage in dairy ing, the difficulty may be remedied by sinking driven wells with casing deep enough to find supplies of water as clear and pure as from any spring. This water will be of the same tem perature winter and summer, and should be warmed before being offered to milch cows, as nothing checks milk supply more quickly than giving cows water so cold that they will not drink what they require. Ex. Profitless Cows. There are too many cows kept that never have and never will be profitable dairy cows, no matter who the feeder is. or what the cow is fed. If of a beef-breed, or disposed to take on fat easily, the increase of food given will be worked into fat, and tucked away on her ribs, instead of working it into rich milk. If a hap hazard, anything of a cow, the increase of food may cause an increase of thin, poor milk, but the greater part of its nutritious substance, undigested and without having its rich properties ex tracted and converted into rich milk, will be cast off in manure. Jerseys Desirable Always. It may be a valid objection against tbe Jer seys that they do net give a sufficient amount of milk to suit the needs of the dairyman who sells that article instead of making butter, yet even he would find it an advantage to have an occas ional cow of that breed, in order to give color to the whole product. Ex. It is Inhumane to lose one's temper with animals, since they are helpless to resist FAEM , AND . GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Some Up-to-date Hiate Aboat Caltlva tloa of the SoU mad Yields Thereof Ilortlcaltare, Tltlcaltare aad Fieri xaltare UNDREDS of arti cles have been written on the ad visabilty of farmers raising small fruit for their own use, but there is room for hundreds more of articles if they will in any way tend to bring about this desirable end, says New York Ledger. As a rule, farmers Hv wpII hi-. their tables show little variety, and they rarely have any of those delightfully wholesome subacid fruits, even during the hot summer months when such fruits are most craved. In the fall and winter they have apples; and occasionally there is a farm that has a few pear trees; but where one farmer has straw berries and currants and gooseberries, there are ten that do not If the chil dren are too small to be of much use on the farm, they are sent after huckle berries and blackberries, and the older members of the family cat them with a relish that ought to be an inducement for them to have fruit of their own. But as soon as the berries are gone they go back apathetically to their diet of bread, and meat and milk, in its va rious combinations. I am convinced that itis not from a distaste of the work or expense involved that they neglect the small fruits so systematically. But the farmer, perhaps more than any oth er person, is a creature of habit He seldom complains of his own work, but finds it almost impossible to step be yond certain accustomed limits. He will work from early morning till late night day after day and year after year, and not feel it any special grievance; but if he is brought face to face with a half-hour's work "out of his line," in the house, or the flower-garden, or any where, he will pay ten prices to have it done rather than do It himself. "It is easy to raise strawberries and other small fruit," you tell him, and he agrees with you, but says thai "he don't know much about 'em," and is "too old to learn." And that is all there is to it. You may talk to him until the end of time, and he will agree with you in everything, but he does not set any fruit, just the same. I have known a farmer leave 'his work and tramp all day over the fields, and return at night with a quart or two of wild strawber ries that a fruit dealer would have re jected with scorn. He exhibits them triumphantly, and it is scarcely worth while to tell him that one-half his labor would have set out a strawberry bed that would have furnished him with fine berries every day for weeks. Now and then a farmer is induced to give them a trial, but the chances are that his interest will not go beyond the set ticg, and that the vines will become choked with grass and weeds and be plowed up at the end of a year or two, with the remark that they turned out just as he expected. And here lies one of the great difficulties. To a certain extent the apple trees and pear trees and peach trees take care of themselves, but the small fruit is not quite so ac commodating. It is ready to yield an abundant return, but must be under stood and have some care. Perhaps the best method is to let the strawberries bear once, and then plow them up. I have tried most of the methods advo cated, and like this best Set the vines in the spring, and keep them hoed the first year, going over them three or four 'times if necessary. It will not take more than half an hour to hoe a bed large enough to raise fifteen or twenty bushels. The next spring take some of tbe fresh runners and set a new bed, and after the old one is through bearing plow it up. It is easier than keeping the grass and weeds out, and I am convinced gives better results. A half day's work in preparing ground and setting plants, and another half day in hoeing, and the compensation is all the delicious strawberries your fam ily can possibly cat, and a generous quantity for your neighbors or to sell, if you so wish. Tenant Farmers. As the population of the country in creases so does the number of farmers who own no land, but depend on rent ing from ethers in order to make a liv ing, writes S. H. Pile in Rural World. AH through this section land for lease is scarce, and competition has grown among renters for what available land there is, until it has gotten to that point that in many instances a man can make1 more out of his land by renting it than by farming it himself, especially if he depends upon hired help largely. In many cases a farmer who owns a good ly number of acres will move his family to the nearest town, and only oversee, renting out everything to the tenant, claiming that it is more agreeable and profitable to do this than to live on and cultivate his own land. This meth od is not the best in my opinion, be cause it works a hardship on the poor renter to pay such high rents, and in many cases these renters try to see, it would appear, how much damage they can do tho farm in the time they have it If some slight repairing is needed, they let it alone, thinking they pay more than the worth of the place anyway; and by tbe time the year is ended the slight breaks ihat were have 'become quite serious. Then the owner of the farm comes around, and seeing how everything has been run down, re fuses to rent to the man again; con sequently he must hunt another farm. The tizie that he then devotes riding from one place to another, if spent in profitable work, would support him for many months; while as it is, it is vir tually thrown away. I knew one man who once was nearly every day from October till the following March look ing for a place, and after he found one that suited him he only lived there two weeks, when he got tired and moved again. All this time spent IookiflKnd maving around could have beenTem-pl-jyed at "good wages, sad he need not imve moved at all had be been willing to do his part. There are few that are as hard to please as this man, yet nine ctl of every ten renters move at leas: ortiie every year, and many are thrown ct3ir out some years, and have to move to town and there try to eke out a scanty living until they can find an other place. This, the poorest class of farmers, is the one that needs help the nii;t The renter may have a fortu nate year or two, and get a little ahead, but then should he miss a year or pay to. i high, he loses what little he has, asd must begin all over agaia. It is not m: fault, neither is it yours, that this man is as poor'as he is. Perhaps it is largely his own fault but it matters not Low he became that way, we should' ecrt of us try legitimately to improve ihi; nan's condition. If he rents your land, encourage and help hist as much is you can; try o make him contented, 3 do his part, and want to remain with WtI yoTajrear after year, or antil he can buy land of his own. You will be proflted, for he 'will grow better and larger crops as his condition Improves, and it is so much more satisfactory to deal with a man yon know can be trusted to do as he agrees. Every man who owns land, or depends for a living from the soil, should try to improve agriculture, and if the tenant farmer be made to do so thero will be no trouble about the bal ance. .u; j i ii That Eternal GrlnC" A few days ago a neighbor came over to our place to ask why her hens were dying. I said I would go over and sec the sick or dead ones. She replied that the hens were buried. On inquiry, I learned that she had been feeding oats and corn and corn and oats right along. She said the hens got sick and died, usually with a lot of watery feed in their crops. Well, I knew what was the matter indigestion. I had ad vised them to feed less grain, but no heed had been paid to my advice. They argued that grain was the proper food for fowls, and that was proven by na ture. Therefore, there could be no harm In feeding the' food that nature provided. That Is just the trouble, the argument stands upon one leg of fact, but the other leg is error. It is true that nature intended fowls to eat grain, but not grain entirely. The fowl in a wild state goes through the fields, picking at the head of a weed or a spear of grass, gathering a few grains, but with it come all kinds of food, many of them not hard to grind up into proper shape for dissolving. But in a confined state, and with a whole grain ration, the thing is different Then it is grind, grind, grind, the year round. The birds are fed to repletion, and that makes them do all the grinding possible. In fact, from birth to death, their machinery is required to run at high pressure. That is the reason wo have so much indigestion among our poultry. I hope the readers of the Farmers' Review will heed the sugges tion so often made, that a too heavy grain ration bo not fed. I truly believe that next to lice indigestion kills mora fowls than anything else. MARY ANN. Indian Milch Buffaloes. Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein breed ers, as well as the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Simmenthaler people, will have to look to their laurels, for a new dairy light appears in the East, this time in the form of the buffalo of India. The India buffalo, it will be under stood, is the genuine article, and not the American bison to which we are ac customed in this country. According to the Sydjicy "Stock and Station Jour nal," these animals, while not rival ing other dairy breeds in milk produc tion, greatly surpass them in butter making capacity and in the total solids which the milk contains. The dairy experts of India declare that their buf falo is the best butter-producing ani mal in me worm, vy actual experi ment eleven pounds of buffalo milk were required to produce a pound of butter, while seventeen pounds of cow milk were necessary for the produc tion of the 6ame amount. The buffalo in an India test was in milk 459 days, yielding 6,669 pounds of milk. Eng lish bred cows wero in milk 471 days, yielding 5,024. An analysis of the milk made at Poona, India, showed tbe Eng lish cow's milk to contain 3.7 per cent of butter fat, against 7.9 for tbe buf falo. The total solids were 12.8 per cent for the cow and 17.95 for the buf falo. If these analyses are a correct index to the normal production of the India buffalo, the breed will be an ex cellent one for dairy crossing, and some enterprising breeder in this country should import a few good ones and seo whether the average cow in this country, which produces 125 pounds a year, cannot be graded up. Home Crown and Imported Flax Seed. There is not a great deal of differ ence in the composition of the ash of imported and home grown samples. The imported seeds are no richer in their stored-up food for the young plants than are our own seeds; if any thing the Minnesota seeds are a little richer in phosphoric acid while the im ported seeds are richer in potash. The difference between the imported and the home grown seeds, if indeed there is any difference whatever, is more a physiological difference, such as the vi tality of the germ, etc., rather than a difference in the chemical composition of the seeds. The home grown seeds were richer both in oil and total nitro genparticularly so in total nitrogen. The total nitrogenous matter in the foreign seeds amounted to 23.12 per sent, while in the home grown seeds the amount was 27.08 per cent. In stead of the extensive importation of foreign grown seeds, an exchange and improvement of our home grown seeds should first be tried. Bulletin. Winter Care of Itoses. How do you put away your roses to prevent them from winter killing? P. A. Our rose bed is long and narrow, con taining two rows of bushes, says the Farmers Guide. Last winter a board was put up each side of the bed and fastened with stakes. The bushes wero bent over all in one direction and cov ered with straw, and this held down with boards. This year we have made coverings out of wide boards by nail ing them' together V-shaped. These will be inverted over the bushes after they have been bent over and covered with straw. We find it a good plan after bending the bush over to hill up some dirt around the roots. With the small bUEhes this is especially bene ficial. We do not cover our roses until we think settled cold weather is with us. This year we will cover them after the ground is frozen. We have the covering in readiness so that is will not take long to do the work at the proper time. Commercial Fertilizers. Most farm ers in purchasing commercial fertili zers buy only what are needed for im mediate use. This is partly to escape losing the interest on investments not in use, but mainly because there is a popular idea that fertilizers deteriorate by exposure to the air. If they are kept from becomins wet they will be as good the second year as the first, ex cept that absorption of moisture from damp air will make the mineral harden into lumps, which will make it difficult to drilL The best way to keep any surplus of mineral fertilizer is to scat ter it from time to time over the stable manure heaps, and apply it with that. Both the stable manure and phosphate will be made more efficient by thi3 combination, as each kind of fertilizer will supplement the deficiencies of the other. Ex. In 1830 the Argentine Republic had but 2,500.000 sheep and the average fleece weighed but a trfJl.fa over two ; pounds. To-day full 10,000,000 sheep are grazing in the republic, and the av erage neece weigns over nve pounds. Let not mercy forsake thee. A TMrteen-Year-Old - Child Paralyzed. Ik Was Caawd By a Kerreva AaTecUea, mad Keadered Oae Aram Ufeleaa. (From the Times, Paola, Kansas.) A happy family is that of Mr. James McKinney, of Hillsdale, Kansas, on whom a Times reporter recently called. His bus iness with these people was to learn tho facts for his paper of tho cure of their 13 year oli daughter from a case of nervous pros tration, and the facts wero learned from Mrs. McKinney herself, who quickly told the following story: "The first perceptible result of her ex treme nervousness was apparent in a halting step of tho child in her right limb," said the mother, "and a physician was called in to attend her. No apparent change coming, another doctor was called to attend her. She continued to grow worse, although wo thought tho doctors helped her, until sho lost the use entirely of her right arm, which hnng listless, and apparently lifeless by her side." 'The physicians finally told us;" contin ued Mrs. McKinney, "that Mary would outgrow it in time, but by accident my husband picked up a circular in his shop, which so highly recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo Pcople,that we concluded to try them. Mr. McKinney procured a box at Grimes' drug storo in Paola, and wo be gan by giving Mary a half pill at a time, and gradually increasing to one pill at a time, and before we had used one box wo could see they were doing her good. This was one year ago. She had been suffering at that Umo for four years, under the doc tors, and wo wero so encouraged over the good effects of the use of Dr Williams' Pink PUls. that we continued to uso them, and the child started to school again and has been able to attend school ever since, grad ually getting stronger and in better health all the time as you now seo her, and wo don't notice tho old trouble any more. " Yes, we are always ready and willing to recommend Dr. Williams' Pink PUls, and do so all tho timo to our friends," replied Mrs. McKinney to our question; and con tinuing, she said : " We do not know what the doctors called Mary's affliction, but wo took it to be something like paralysis or St. Vitus' dance, and wo became very much alarmed about her. "Our local nhvsiclan." sho savs. "now tolls us that Dr. Williams' PinkPilisareas rood a thing as we could uso; and whilo Mary is apparently well, sho has occasional attacks of nervous headache, and then sho says: 'Mamma, I must tako another Pink Pill, so you sec she has great faith in them, but docs not like to have us talk about her late affliction." Mr. McKinney is as much or more en thusiastic over the great benefit dono his daughter through the use of these pills. Ho said: "Nothing too good can Iks said by me of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills they are a great medicine." Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con densed form, all the elements necessary to give now life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They aro also-a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and aliform3 of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, over-work or excesses of whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in looso bulk) at 50 cents a bo orsix boxes for2..j0. and may be had ofalldrujrgists.or direct by mai I from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. The Reason Wliy. "Billy, do yo-i see that knot in that boy constructor's tail?" "Yes; I gu;s3 he put that there his self so that he wouldn't forget to eat that "ere rabbit. Didn't ycr never put a knot in yer hankcrchcr to remember suthin'?" Truth. 1667 BUS. POTATOES PEB ACRE. Don't believe it, nor did the editor until he saw Salzer's great farm seed catalogue. It's wonderful what an ar ray of fact3 and figures and new things and big yields and great testi monials it contains. Send This Notice and lO Cents Stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for catalogue and 12 rare farm seed samples, worth 10, to get a start. w.n. "The Meaning: of the Votes." The .lanuary number of the North American Keview contains a most care fully written paper by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, entitled "The Meaning of the Votes." It is a terse deprecation of the system of computations, indulg ed in by many, who aim to show that if a certain number of votes had been changed in one state and a certain num ber in another, the result of the presi dential election would have been en tirely different Senator Lodge deftly demonstrates in some plain and simply compiled tabulations of his own that Gov. McKinlcy received the largest plurality and the largest majority over all ever give to a president, except in 1S72, when Grant defeated Greeley. NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS. Over 404,000 cured. Why notlctXo-To-Bac resu'nte or reniovoyonr desiro for tolmcco. Save. money, mnSccs lica'.th and manhood. Curo guaranteed, ."iOe and S1.0..all druggists. A lllooil- nckln: Earthworm. South Africa is the home of a species of earthworm, a creature closely re lated to our common angleworm, who is not only a giant among the deni zens of the soil, but which is reputed to have a taste for human blood. There are two species of this uncanny wigglcr, one of a dark red color and the other almost black. They are larger than one's finger and from three to four feet in lcnjrth. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. TaUc Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money it it rails to cure. 25c There nro said to Le ever 3,000,000 deities In the Hindoo mythology. Sirs. Wtaelaw'a Soottalnc Sirap rorrMMrrntethlnp.soflcnthepimj,rfiIucinnara nuUcn, altars pain, cures wind colic. 15 cents a bottle. A grandson of Garibaldi fc a iTosrcring druggist in Home. Cm'i C'ougli nalaaa Is the cl lest and bct- It w ill break up a coM qnlcSf r thananthinUe. It Is alwaja reliable. Try it. Occasionally j ou fnd a .voman with suffi cient nerve to equip a dozen men. If is a Mistake. It is a mistake to think that fife is all a bed of rases. It is a mistake to go through life and neglect the laws of health and Hfe. It is a mistake at any time to allow sickness or suffering of o serious nature to come upon you. It is a mistake not to take advantage cf the best discover ies of science for preventing disease and banishing pain. It is a mistake if anyone has not learned that the best and most scientific preparation for accomplishing this is It is a mistake that p-opk who are properly informed and warned, do net take ad vantage cf the warning and thus insure-happiness asd pro- longme A aTW XXanager and Agent wanted LH VW (or Dr. Kay's Vu rinc 'I onlc. n raofcey required until ;oods are sold- "Wom hoot," a valuable booklet on female disease, Br. u. j. Kay Jieoicai co., oaasa, mm Anaverafoof trefeet off water to estimated to fall aaanallj over tke, whole of the earth's surface. Assum ing thai condensation takes place at an average height of 3,000 feet, the force of evaporation necessary to sup ply moistnre for such a prodigious rainfall must be equal to the lifting of 322,000,009 pounds of water 3,000 feet every minute, day and night during the entire year. To supply this enormous amount of moistnro a stratum of the entire ocean surface of the glboe not less than $ feet thick must be taken up by tho clouds and returned to earth once each 3S3 days. Dancer Eavtroas Us If we live in a region where malaria U prev alent, it is useless to hope to escape it if unprovided with a medicinal safeguard. Wherever the epidemic Is most prevalent and malignant In South and t'entral Amer ica, tho West Indie and crrlain portion-, of Mexico and tho Isthmtisof Panama, llostct ter's Momach Hitters has proed a remedy for and preventive of thodl-case In every form. Not less effectlvo Is it in curlnj: rheumatism. 11 cr and kidney complaints, dyspepsia, biliousness and nervousness. Tho Tower or Uabe!. Early English building- was done with what would now bo called very, small stones, and the unwillingness or inability of the workmen to raisa and deal with heavy raasszs is in dicated in a sculptured representa tion of the building' of Babal pre served in the Chapter house of Salis bury. Workmen are thero shown in the act of walking up the ladders carrying stones on their backs. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell nnd completely dcranxo the wholo system when entering it through the mu cous surfaces, fcuch articles should never bo used except on prescriptions Ironi rep utable physicians, as tho laina?o they will do is ten fold to tho ood you can pos-ibly derive from them. Hail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney "fc Co.. Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and Is taucn Internally, acting directly-upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem, in buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get the Rcnulne. It is taken in ternally nnd made in Toledo. O., by F. .T. Cheney & Vo. Testimonials free. told by all Hruasists. price T.V per bottle. Hall's Family Tills are tho best. FITS Mopped tne ant permanently curect. Xo fitj r.fter first ilay'g usn of Dr. Kline' Great .ero Iteatrrer. Free SZ trial tattle iiml tri-atij-. tsad to lit KuMV.at Arch M- I'lutaiiclphia, Ta. . Largest Baby Kver Born. The largest baby at time of birth of which the medicos of the world liavo any record first saw the light of day at Macon, Ga., during the summer of ISM. The child was the offspring of the Lennons, its father, Will Lcnnon, being a well-known painter of that burg. When the child was '24 hours old it weighed but one and one-half ounces less than forty pounds. j I Lelievo that Piso's Citro is tho only med icine that will cure consumption. Anna M. Rcbs, Williamsport, Ta., Nov. 12, t5. An average size coconnut produces a pint of milk. Cassarcts stimulate liver, kidneys and LoweLs. Jfever sicken, weaken or gripe, 10c. Be sure your own family needs no aid 1 efore vott rush to the aid of Cuba. IUHMHmMMinaiiMMMiMmiimmuMmi I A I THESE FIGURES ARE YEARS. YEARS IN WHICH, IN I I C IV SINGLE INSTANCES. PAINS AND ACHES I W ; Rheumatic, Neuralgic, Seiatic, Lumbagicj TTTTT HAVE RAVAGED THE HUMAN FRAME. ST. JACOBS I , 9111 OIL CURED THEM. NO BOAST : THEY ARE IX IS S V i SOLID FACTS HELD IN PROOF. MW iiaatfteeif oat.3atcof q ia iANDY ;aba?v& eURgCOHSTiPATSOi. 10 25 50 sbt r ! mem tfppt v nnnpurrpun to nn jnuuBuuiuui uumimiiuuisi I plo an.! booklet Trf. Ait. KTEuMSO Wtmioaaeaaat Word Building Contest. First Prize $100.00 in Cash Second Prize .( in Cash Third Prize i!.".00 in CTnsIi Fourth Prize 1.00 in Cash Fifth Prize 1 ).)( In Cash The above prizes arc offered to those who construct or form the largest number of words out of the letters found in tho prizi word, . . PERSONALITY . . under the following regulations and conditions: The first prize will be won by the largest list, the second prize by the next largest list, and so on to the "frith. The lit of words must be written plainly itiiink. alphabetically arranged, numbered, signed by the contest ant, and sent ia not later than February 20, 1M7. The list must be com posed of English words authorized by at least one of the leading dictionar iesWebster's. Worcester's, the Century or the Standard. If two words arc spelled alike only one can be used. Abbreviations, contraction', obsolete words and proper nouns are not allowed. The same letter must not occur twice in oiu? word, but may be used in other words. In case two or more winning lists contain the same number of words the neatest and best list will take first place, the others rankinsr next below in the order of quality. Residents of Omaha and win ners of former prizes in Wokld-Heiiald contests are not permitted to com pete directly or indirectly. No contestant can enter more th?n one list of words, and each contest ant is required to send, in the same letter with his list, one dollar to pay a year's subscription to the Omaha Weeki.t Woi:m-Hei:am. Every competitor vrhoe lut contains as many as twenty-five word3 whether he -wins a prize or not, will receive THIRTY COMPLETE NOVELS in one paper covered volume of 102 large, quarto pages, among the atithors being 3Iarion Harland, lludyard Kipling. H. Iiitl-r Haggard. Wilkie Col lins and Miss Unlock. Lists cannot be corrected or substituted after thev are received. The list of words winning first prize will be published in the Weekly World-UekaM), together with the name and address of each of the prize winners, as soon after the contest closes as the matter can be decided. The Weekly Would Hkkald is issued in semi-weekly sections, giving the news twice a week, and hence is nearly as good as a daily. This is the paper of which W. J. Bryan was editor for about two years prior to his nomination for the presidency, and is the leading advocate of free silver coinage. This ad will not appear again. Address wffki v L7HP n-HPPii n rmMMM ji lVv& Your 1897 Reading : : : - The Publishers of the Omaha Bee have this season ar ranged with the publishers of a number or other papers to combine at prices that will enable their readers to secure several good papers at a price that was formerly charged for one weekly newspaper. The publications named below will be found io be the best in their respective lines. 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Thero will be a story of adventure ia which the risk in the gathering of tortoises for their shells plays a prominent part. It is by A. O. S. Anthony. Besides the departments on interscholastic sport, photography, stamps, talks to young men, eta, there will be an installment of the serial story, "A Loyal Traito,' by James- Barucs. JcsTtrya 10c box of. Cascarets, raady cathartic, the finest liver and bowel regu lator made. - Love is a microbe, and every pretty girl carries them around in har clothe.. Dr. Kay's Lung IJa'ni is the safest, surest and p!caantcst cure for all coughs- Zo'a says ho likes tho bicycle for the Ar getfulncss it bestows. A Lost Voice. Advertising will do a great many things, bat it won't bring about the return of a lest voice. 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