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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.
Tho average hawk isn't in it with some
kinds of doves.
When li'.lious or costive, eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c,
So rough ho I ad that 13r. Kay"s Lung
Ba!m will not cure it. See ad.
A -man who has anything else to do, has
to business in socictv.
. The first tc'ejjrnph wire was hung in 1630.
True
Merit I characteristicof Ilood's SarsaparUla and
ts manifested every day In its remarkable cures
et catarrn, rheumatism, dysjwpsia.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the best In fact the One Tree Wood rurificr.
TrlAml'c Dillc rct harmoniously with
IHHHI S flllb Hood's San-aparilla. 5ft
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Comfort to
California.
Every Thursday afternoon
ii tourist sleeping car for
I.'cnver, Salt Lake City, San
Francisco, r.nd l.os Angeles
leaves Omalia and Lincoln
i:i the Iturlinzton Route.
It is carpeted, upholstered
In rattan, lias spring seats
and backs and l provided
with curtains, bedding, tow
els.soap.etc. An experienced
excursion conductor and a
uniformed I'tillman porter
accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While neither as expen
sively finished nor as Jine to
. look at as a palace sleepcr.lt
is just as good to ride in. Sec
mid classticketsarc honored
- and the price of a berth. wide
enough and big enough for
two, Is only $.
For a folder giving full
. particulars write to
3. FnAxcis, Gen'H'ass'r Agent, Omaha-Xeh.
FARM
Baton"! flat ara WarraaM to filltm.
rJobn- Ereldcr. JIUhlcott, WK, utonfa
Fthetrorldiclth a 5ieM of intra. of Saltei
silvrr Kine Barter tier acre, uowxtoumin
lit! Jnt write Mm. Inorsertosala. In Mf J
1100.000 new rnotomeni e tend en trial
lie BOLLtU1 WOITH ni lcl
12 pkKs. i iinr and rare farm ateas, inclo
I above Earlev. Troylnte. UUH spanx.
lVetcll.-i0cWhet., and otbemoveltlr,
LiUTrlv wort B tio.to rrt a start, all I
a Incledint? car mt seed catalofr, for ltei
klreet grower cr farm aeaas ami peca-j
k ton ia the world. Si pkirs. caruoti
tresetaDl: sent.!. Catalog teUiu
.all about It-Qladlr mailed to.
-intcaging irajers. aeaa
7.aw uus lonce.
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qheap uiiTCDDonnr: x0tu
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RDST r R ATTI.K. - Omtlmstt tin or iron.
ADKaMeskMiUtirr PlMeroa wmlla.
, Water rrcr rheatl: of uae BiatcnaUtbe
Bfrt cheapest in the mukecWnte f oraampleMte.
FATJUlJXAEO)W50CO..CA3tt5,lUfc
CADUCDC Wuted hi every
rMRMCIIO township 3 days a
week, to distribute samples, collect names and
work up trade for druggists on tbe three great
family remedies: Dr. Kay's Renovator. Dr.
Kay's Lung Balm and Kidney kura. Good pay
to can or woman. Send Tor booklet and terms
Dr. II. J. Kay Medical Co. Omaha. Neb.
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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.
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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.
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