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C lss?'-f . r.;r v.- T r , . -' . - - . , '' -"'" - 1 1,a- ' J. . ' -' i '"" ' ' ' 22SS2BE3BgEESEE2SEESSEEEEEEE2E2EEEE rnrr aitt TiATTTmiir laU wtam thrlet ft tar. It to aH-to. I i-nu ivt v n i-nnm- l-A. .- f. .i. withi k i t ?! E" JilS ' ."- - fci5- l rs i t.- I - ra I-'' ?? M 2 ": 'X zr M sl si s. u. ?- . If a g-!SW PlCfcPOCKtifr HAT. mtr 3 at atato-Foatk. r Alrmehmia la Bada-leta nisaaft ly Doaffht a bat of peealiar akapa ul color. He strolled aboat tho platform of tiha. station a few alaataa waitiaf ' for a train, when ke was asioa ished to find in one orarooat 'pocket a purse fall of money and in another gold watch. He went to the atatioa master and found him listening- to flta complaints of a man who had jastlosft a purse. The purse was the one which the Frenchman was returning", bat when it had been lost it had contained only a few francs, and now it kald. largre sum. The mystery was soon explaiaed. A policeman came to the statumssaster to report the arrest of a pickpocket. , He was brought in and confessed to the th'ef t of the purse, into which had been put the proceeds of preribas rob beries. He had put the parse aad watch into the Frenchman's pocket because of his hat He. explained that hats of that pattern, which are made by only one firm, are the badge of a large international gang of pick pockets, and he had taken the French man for a confederate. The editor of this paper advises his readers that a package of Peruviana, the best kidney cure on earth, will be delivered FREE to any sufferer, . if written for promptly. PebcviAxa Uf.ru.9i. Remedy Co., 280 E. 5th St. CLicicnati, Ohioi offer si-pears bnt cac Csefal Weight. It seems that abnormally stout pea plo have their uses in the world as well as other things. The other day, as an exceedingly corpulent old gentle man was leisurely proceeding along a crowded street a detected pickpocket, .who was fleeing at the top of his speed from two myrmidons of the law, came into violent collision with him, and the pair rolled over in the gutter together, the stout gentleman on .the. top. The pickpocket made strenuous but unavailing efforts to extricate him self from under the mountain of flesh, but the corpulent gentleman remained a fixture until the pursuers came np and handcuffed the thief. Kerr Line to Washing-tea. The popular Monon Route has estab lished a new Sleepiug Car line to Wash inf-ton, D. C, via Cincinnati and Park ersbtirg, by the C. H. & D., K. & O. S W. and 11 fc O. Railways. The sleeper 'is ready for occupancy id Dearborn station any time after 9 p. m., and leaves at 2:45 a. m. daily, arriving at Washington at 0:47 the following morn in?. This schedule will be in effect on January 24 and thereafter. As the sleeper goes through without change, and the hours of leaving and arriving 8are most convenient, this will prove al together the most comfortable, as well us the most picturesque route to the national capital. City ticket office. 232 Clark street Depot, Dearborn Station. TouristHow long will It take me to reach the ferry, me good 'man? Policeman I ain't no mind reader. I'ra a policeman. the Mole-Shearer' Spider, Yucatan is f he home of an uncanny species of spider, known all over Cen tral America as the ' 'mule-shearer, n This queer representative of the My--jaIc family has a habit of creeping up the legs of mules and horses and shearing off the hair that surrounds the hoof, especially the fetlock. The hair gained in this curious operation is used by the insect as a nest-building material, and is removed from the leg .of the mule or horse by a strong pair of mandibles, which resemble those of a. pinching" bug. Animals bitten by the "mulc-shearcr" always lose their hoofs. FITS stopped free and permanenUj- cured. No flu after tint Jar's use of Ir. Kline's Great Serve Ucstorer. Free $2 trial bottle and treatise. s-cu J to Da. Kuxx, 931 Arch St- I'hiladelphia, Pa, Tlolp others when you can, hut never give ci at you cannot afford because it is fash- ibnuulc. " When Idllious or ccstive, eat a Cascaret candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c. Lore is a disease and marriaro is gener ally Its best anti-toxin. Tlio private estates of tho czar cover l.tO-.OX) square miles. When a man Is young he can feel rich on very litllo capital. People who practice charity have little time to preach. Comfort to . California. Every Thursuay afternoon a tourist sleeping car for Uenver. Salt Lake City, Saa Francisco, and Los Angeles leaves Omaha and Lincoln via tho Burlington Boute. It is carpeted; upholstered in rattan, has spring seats and backs and is provided witlcurtalns, bedding, tow cls.soap.ctc. .An experienced excursion conductor and a uniformed I'ullman porter accompany it through to the l'acific Coast. .While neither as exta-m. IS! fiively finished nor as fine to . look at as a palace sleeper.it is just as good to ride in. Sec ond class tickets are honored aud the price of abcrth.wide . enough and big enough for two, Is only $v. For a folder giving full -particulars urlte to J. Fi-axcis. Ccn'l Pass'r Agent OmaWXcb. SSSJSM FOR 14 CENTS, i We -frisk to calaHSM pleased I , easterners In U3i sad kesce offer i 1 PkrBlnnarkCnctimber He . PtC Koand Globe Sect Mc iBazitenuarroi isc KaUerWUhelta Lettuce We Earliest Melon Me qiantYeUowOaioa ISe 11-Day lUdish Me KrilUant Flower Seeds 15c arUi SI.-M, Mr 11 -aaOb AborelO pt-.wortli SUM U1 Bail jroa free toceOMr'sriUi oar arraat plaat and seed catalogue apoa receipt of this notice and lie. post-a-c How can te do itl Because we tssjtf newcn-e-MsaBdkiKwi"-om keace try SaUefs teed, you'U aetrer, lae-rer tret aloac -witcenrt taeai! Catalccue alone 5c -ostate. X. " jmch. stusB unra, u cwetm. mm. mmmmmmmmmmmm .WATERPROOF. n ri ' RC8T K9 K ATIT.K. Oatlas'st'aerfr-m. Ap-mHesMMtote wr nastertM wbih. Water Pre-? !-.eUkla- ef sasae sMteriaUtb "best A cheapest is t he urket.Write foraa-aale-j-te; C arla?C " sen -free "Wo-fMut-LAUIbv hood," a booklet treating f Feacaie Diseases. We want agenu for Dr. Kay'sTO ferine Tonic EzeeUeat cwportuaity. Dr. a J. Kay Meutca",Co.. Omahx Neb. ot to Be Expected, ,4r' B(Hi --SBSE-SSII .aaaaaaat Vt ' --n--Jgi---"ttPC--WT'-7-tT V jj ' S I- r-4S Mother Clara, I don't like that young Mr. Huggard coming here so often. Clara (who likes Huggard, but -wishes to give her mother a different opin ion) Yes; vI'm always glad when the time comes for him to go. Clara's Brother Yes, and I know why, too! Clara (sharply) And why, Mr. Smarty? Clara's Brother Because he always 'kisses you good-by at the front door! Puck. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than nil other diseases pat together, .ana until 'the last few years trus supposed .to be -incurable. For a great many years docfors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatmentpronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh t be a. constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To Iedo, O., is the only constitutional cure on the market, it Is taken internally in doses from 10 drop to a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. TheyoftVr One Hun dred Dollars for any case It fails to cure. iend for circulars and testimonials. Ad . F. J. CHEXF.Y & CO.. Toledo, O. Fold by Druggists. 75c Hall's Family Fills arc the best ALICE MITCHELL'S LIFE.' Hie 81-yer of Freda Ward a Hard Worker la t. Tennessee Asylum. It is said by one of Alice Mitchell's attendants in the insane asylum at Bolivar, Tenn., that sho is one of the most useful women in the asylum; that she works harder than any at tendant in the wards. She scrubs the floors, washes the dishes and assists in every way in keeping things in order; that sho shows tho greatest interest in the patients, especially' the old women, to whom she is tenderly kind. She has never been, heard to call Freda Ward's name or speak of that horrible murder, which from its coid-bloodcdncss has caused tho whole world to resound her name. She occupies a cell just exactly like those of other patients, without one comfort more, but she is allowed to cat at the attendants' table, where every delicacy is provided for her by her family. She is a good mu siciau, and when she is not at work passes her time bv singing' and play inr. Her father and mother visit her very often, and always take her but diiring. Each time she appears on the streets of Bolivar tho people seem eager to catch a glinipsa of her. She has never shown any symptoms of in sanity except in tits of anger, which are very seldom, but, said the attend ant, there is no mistaking that wild gleam of insanity ut those times. Sho is one of the most violent-tempered women in tho world, and the attend ants consider her dangerous outside of the asylum. When asked how of ten she had seen her in thess moods, the hesitating reply was: "Only once." The attendant appeared to be . very fond of her, and says she does not believe she remembers anything about the killing of Freda Ward. The Strnn-jcft Fortlllcation AgMnst disease, one which enables us to undergo unscathed rislcs frexn hurtful cli matic lntlucuccs, exposure, overwork and fatigue, is the vluor that is imparted to a debilitated physiquo by the peerless medi cinal s-afeguard, nosteitcr's Stomach I it ters. You may nosse s this vigor in a higher decree than ttio trained athlete, although your muscular development may b j far inferior to his. Vigor implies sound, cood digestion and sound repose, two bless ings conferred by the Hitters, which rem edies malarial, rheumatic and ncrroui trouble. They U:tt New Jersey. A couple of New Jersey men were wandering along ths Midway Plai sance and by chance they got into tho ostrich farm. Neither of the in had ever seen such a "-critter," and they stopped in amazement "Gosh, Bill," exclaimed one, "them's bigger musketcrs than we've got in New Jersey," and Bill nodded his head in emphatic assent. - Cat Trices on Planet .Jr. Goods. We are the only seedsmen daring to cut the prices en tho Manet .Ir Tools. We sell the Planet Jr. Combined Drill, that other seedsmen must a! ?J.K) for, wo sell san. forSG.ro. Itlg catalogue, send. 'c for postage. J ohx A. SAi.7r.rt scEi ro. La Crosse, Wis Strictly Iltislncss. Old Gent I understand in fact, I know that you an.'l my daughter are edging very rapidly toward matri mony. Penniless Suitor It is true, sir; and although I am obliged to con fess that it will have to be a case of love in a cottage, I hope "Say no more. Love in a cottage is the true ideal of happiness. You have my consent ' "Oh, thank you!" "Pro vided you can show me the deed for the cottage. Good-dav " - 3fy doctor said Iwou'd die tut, Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos Ke'ner, Cherry Valley, Els., Nov. 23. 1S5. Many children become discouraged te :ause their best efforts meet with no approval. Jcst, try a 10c t ox of Cascarets, randy cathartic, the finest liver and l.owel regu lator made. An engaged girl Is as worthless as a man with the toothache. THE ADVANCE AGENT OF HEALTH BwrnmamA H V -i BEB D Affi Y AND POULTEY FAR1K. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How SaereMf al Famm Operate This Pepartasetit ef the F-ur--r A- Few Bbats tss to the Care of Live Stock aad FofUtr-r. ARDLY second in Importance of' plen ty of good feed is an abundant sup ply of pure water on the farm where dairying is aJead ing business, says an exchange. B e the rations ever so plentiful and the ir sunrly of water scanty or filthy, the cows cannot do what is expected of them. Cows giving milk need a large amount of water, as any farmer will no tice when undertaking to furnish a supply, when from any cause there is a scarcity. It is needed in the pasture In warm weather and at the barn or feed lot in winter. It is bad to be short in supply in summer but much worse in cold weather, when it is usually so much more difficult repairing water mains and tanks or obtaining a fresh supply, it will pay the fanner to make some extra outlay in order to ob tain an abundance of never-failing water, good for all parts of the year. In wet seasons ponds and creeks fur nish all that is needed for cattle, but In dry times windmills must be put in operation to meet all tho requirements, as much loss comes to the dairyman and .stock raiser when the water re serve falls short By all means have a plentiful supply of water for winter. The nearer to the barn this can be lo cated the better it will be, especially in blustering weather. Whether it shall be in the stables will best be determined by the owner. Since the tuberculosis scare it is thought best by many to be safer and better to have it outside the stables, but if out of doors, it should be well protected from storms. Dairy cows In particular should have as com fortable place In which ufdrink in "bad weather as is possible to furnish. It may sometimes be necessary to drive quite a littlo distance for water, but if the drinking place Is well protected and provided with plenty of good water, not too cold, there will be little trouble or loss, but to be obliged to go a long way and then drink from an icy creek in a beak place, any one can see would be injurious for milch cows and must materially diminish their profitable ness, and the same rule would apply in a lesser degree to fattening animals. Halt-watered and half-fed stock give no returns, besides being inhuman. Handicapped by Fraud. "Honesty is the best policy" so the old saw runs, says New York Farm er. It is not a very enobling motive hardly creditable to anyone, but still, as it is better to be honest, if we can only make men honest as a mat ter of policy, Jet us do so., rather than do nothing in that direction. It is not many years since the United States was a very much larger factor in the Euro pean trade in dairy products than is thc case to-day. The demand for our goods was almost unlimited. To-day our trade there is a mere ghost of its former greatness, and it will hardly ever again reach the old high-water mark. We have lost the trade by dis honesty. We have labored with a zest that is seldom equaled in honest trade, to sell filled cheese for- a genuine arti cle and hog-butter "for its model, the genuine product of the dairy. It is hardly fair to use the word "we" in this matter. Nine-tenths cf all this rascality and rottenness came from Il linois, that home of hog-butter and filled cheese, and it islhere to-day that the apologists for the frauds are found in greatest abundance. The blot is one which should be wiped out Filled cheese has recived its quietus hog butter needs the same legal status in Illinois and some other states that it has in New York and some of our neighbors. When these two swindles are so handicapped that their profitable manufacture will be impossible, our trade abroad may be restored to us and the consumption of genuine prod ucts at home be largely increased. Probably Koup. Please inform me through the Farm ers' Review what ails my chickens. They will swell up on one side of the head, usually the left eye will swell shut with a sort of thick yellow matter or canker, the tongue, mouth and as far down the throat as you can see 13 cov ered with thick chunks of yellow cank er. They dump around for about three days and dip. I have a good warm hen-house well ventilated. I feed corn, oats, millet, ground barley and oats. Please inform me what to do for them. Some of the hens are, laying. I have fed them some Venetian red, which I thought helped them. G. H. From the description we would in line to the belief that the trouble Is roup. You say the pen is warm and well-ventilated. That may be just the trouble. We are not In favor of ven tilators at all. We have seen too much trouble arising from cold drafts of air in warm pens. We have known large numbers of fowls to die from no other apparent reason- than this. Better have the pen cold and draftless than warm and drafty. Here Is -what one authority says on roup: "Almost all forms of chronic catarrh in fowls go by the name of roup. It usually begins by a severe cold, caused by exposure to cold, wet or damp. There is dis charge from the nostrils, at first of thin mucous, and the entire cavity of the nose may become, filled up; froth and mucous fill the inner angle of the eye, the lids are swelled and often the eye-ball quite concealed, and in severe cases the entire face is considerably swelled. It is said to be contagious, but is probably so only in severe and virulent cases." Prof. Law describes roup as follows: "Dullness, sleepiness, neglect of food, ruffled feathers, unsteady walk, quick ened breathing, with .a hoarse wheeze and an occasional crowing sound. On the tongue, at the angle of union of the beak, or in the throat appear yellow ish white films (false membranes) firm ly adherent to a reddened surface, and raw 'sores where these have been de tached. The nostrils may be completely plugged with swelling and discharge bo that breath can only be drawn through the open bill. The inflammation may extend along the windpipe to the aerial cavities and lungs, or along the gullet to the intestines. In the first place death may take place from suffocation, and in the latter from' diarrhoea." Treatment The - same authority says: "Disuse raw grain and feed on vegetables arid puddings made of well boiled oats, barley and Indian pudding. Dissolve carbonate or sulphate'of soda, or chlorate of potassia freely in the water drunk. Remove the false mem branes with a feather or forceps and apply to the surface with a feather a nitrate of silver lotion. If diarrhoea, nptrvcati, give a teaspocaful f qaia- JrjM' I ala wIm tarioa a tar. It to partftftt ta febugt tk ra. of tfct ektek eas for ft tlaw at taut" We ourselves have mtv kai tewl afflicted this way, tor we have always kept them is tight peas, tat met tee warm, la fact la peas where ft eiagle inch wall of boards Is the oaly prette- tion from the cold. . . : i-ill i Flower Beds. It is perhaps a "little early to talk et spring' planting; bnt it is -not eat ef place now to consider what yoa iatead .to do, and lay.your plaas, so there will be. no delay when the time comes,, says an exchange. There is no iavest ment -yon can make that will bring a larger proportionate return of pleasure than a small sum devoted to lower seed. It is a good time aew, while the men have leisure, to "prepare, the beds. If the j-round is poor 'and' the subsoil compact it will pay to dig it out at least two spades deep and fill la good soil. When it is done once it is doae forever, and an occasional top .dressing is all it will need while you live. Tho men and teams have leisure now; this work can be done wherever the ground is not frozen. If the soil is fairly good throw out a" spade deep, and then take out another spade deep and haul it away, replacing with good surface soil from the woods or fields, mixing in some sand, if needed, and some old manure, or chip dirt from wood pile. A bed prepared in this way if the wa ter does not stand in it. win produce a vigorous growth and abundant bloom in most garden flowers, and well repay the labor. Some few kinds do best in poor soil, or in special locations, but the great majority thrive best in a deep, rich, moist, but 'not wet, loam. When such a bed is once prepared it needs only an occasional top dressing to keep it in fine condition forever? The Pert Chicken. There was once a pretty chicken, But his friends were very few. For he thought that there was nothing In the -world but what he knew. So he always in the farmyard Had a v.ery f orward way, Telling all the hens and triikeys What they ought to do or, say. "Mrs. Goose,", he sajd, "I wonder That your goslings you should let Go out paddling In the water, It will kill them to get wet" "I'wish, my old Aunt Dorking," He began to her one day, "That you wouldn't sit all summer In your nest upon the hay. Won't you come into the meadow, Where the grass with seeds is fllledr "If I should," said Mrs. Dorking, "Then my eggs would all get chilled.' "No they won't," replied the chicken, "And no matter if they do, Eggs are really good for 'nothing, N What's an egg to me or you" "What's an egg?" said Mrs. Dorking; "Can it be you do not know, You yourself were in an eggshell 'But a little month ago And if kind wings had not warmed you, You would not be out today, Telling hens and geese and turkeys What they ought to do and say. To be very wise and shrewd Is a pleasant thing no doubt, But when young folks talk to old ones They should know what they're about" ' Selected. National Butter Makers. The National Creamery Butter-Makers' Association holds its fifth annual convention at Owatonna, Minn., on Feb. 15-20. Secretary. Sudendorf has been soliciting money from every avail able source to be used in making It a success. There has been pledged an even" $2,000, and the premiums will be on a scale of unprecedented liberality. for only creamery butter is eligible, and will, therefore, win everything in sight The attendance will be large, without doubt, and every creameryman should, be there. The creamery cannot aflord not to have its buttermaker at tend, and a tub of .the butter should al so be there for scoring. Cattle Feeding in England. It i3 said that the English breeders carefully note at what age the steer shows the great est gain, and for the largest profit feeds accordingly. In a test a calf was weaned at 12 days old and fed skimmed milk and linseed meal, and later on chopped roots, bran and hay with cut grass in summer. He was weighed every three months and, it-was found that when two years old he gave a profit, but after that he lost, which i3 quite in accordance with our experience in this country, that steers are most profitably fed up to IS to 24 months if fed liberally from the start The Scotch breeders understand that, and besides having well bred steers they never al low them to lose their caL's flesh. They are great feeders, and keep "the calves growing and fat by the best feeding. They never allow them to lose the cream or bloom so much prized by the butchers which invariably shows if the animal has been stunted or starved at any time in its growth. This bloom of the calf flesh can never be regained if once lost so the butchers say. Ex. Housing Hens. It will not do to keep a lot of hens in a dark or un comfortable building and expect them to be busy and lay. They prefer a light, dry, roomy place, where each hen can exercise freely and without hin drance from the others. They will nev er care to scratch, however, if they are fed every time they appear hungry. They must, be compelled to scratch and work for their food. We do not ad vise the limiting of the food. Give them plenty; but only- In the litter, where they must work and scratch for each grain. Throw the grain in leaves, cut straw, cut hay or any kind of lit ter, and at night give them a good feed in the trough, composed of a mix ture, but during the day make them work and work hard. At first they may not be inclined to accept such condi tions, but unless they scratch let them go- hungry. Scratching means eggs, for it keeps them in health. Ex. Keep a Record. The importance of keeping a record with every cow in the dairy herd cannot be over-estimated. It can be done with but very little trouble. 'With a spring scales hanging in the cow barn the milk of each cow can be weighed and recordsd on. a sheet tacked up for the purpose in a moment's time, and at the end of the year the owner can tell just how much milk each cow has given. In addition to this,' he tests the milk once a week, or, better still, keeps a composite sample, he will be in possession of the information necessary to enable him to determine whether the cow tested has "been doing, her share to contribute to the profits of- the dairy. The appli cation of business principles to dairy ing will win success. Ex. Capacity of Soil. The roughest aad poorest soils we have possess a certain natural capacity, and by proper tillage and the proper application of manures can be made to produce good crops, and yet, the strongest may be brought down to a point where predacttoa Is UBremuaerativ; FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO 17p-.o-ffa.to HlaU Ahoat CaltlTa- tkm of the SeU am. Yield Thereof Hertlc-alt-tre, Vlticaltare tad Fieri caltmre. SWEDISH corre spondent of the Al bany Cultivator has this to say about trees in Sweden: We can have little idea of what an immense e x pense and trouble keep ing up the fires in a Swedish gentle man's country house entails upon the occupier. At Gardsjo, ' which, being a farming school, was, of course, a large es tablishment, 400 fathoms of firewood were - consumed yearly.-- It is true the occupier - got this for nothing out of his forest, excepting the ex pense of cutting, srtlitting and the like, which was no trifle. It was reckoned that 1200 days work, at 13 cents per day, would be occupied during the year in providing firewood only. As soon as the. ground becomes frozen in the autumn all the men living in 'a true forest district betake themselves to the woods, armed with their axes and ske 'ders, and provided with meal, herrings, cheese, horses, sledges and fodder. They have already dug some holes .in the ground about two feet deep, over which they build a cover, with an opening for smoke. This sort of hut is called a kuja, and here the woodsmen live through the winter, and seek their homes only on a Sunday. Every morn ing they go out into the woods to fell, the timber and drive it into heaps call ed ."tunnar." As soon as the snow has become set- and the ice on. the lakes frozen hard enough to bear, they draw the timber from the forest to the near est draught of water, or to some place with a high perpendicular bank, called a "loop," down which they shoot the PLOWING IN THE j3f Vm fe-pjjpjlJS--' -s--t--SJ jCyS--"-MH,19'r-: i fj a? - joj -;"l jE St.y'"'' u"""I i. -"" - ' "i-," "----' - T OLD MOORISH PLOW. logs upon the ice. Among these work men are a better class, called timber markers, who superintend the whole work and set the owner's name upon each log. The horses stand through each 'winter by the side of the huts, without any shelter, nor do. they appear In the least to mind it All liquors and quarreling among the men arc strictly forbidden. Mr. Thomas'' Meeban of Philadelphia, when in Sweden one sum mer, remarked the curious custom prev alent there of stylingall trees except the pine and fir tribes as "leaf trees" in stead of deciduous trees. Thi3 arises no doubt from the fact that the pines and firs are incalculably more abundant than others, and that in a vast area hardly any leaf-bearing tree is seen, save the birch or salix tribes. The pine requires more air and -light than the fir, consequently if the trees stand close together the stem is always free from branches, which then, as it were, form a crown on the top. The pine reaches a greater age than the fir, and come3 to maturity later the further north it grows. In Wermland they are full grown at the age of 180 years, in Dala roe at 210 years, but in some northerly tracts they do not acquire maturity un til they are at least 300 years old. For lire wood the pine which is found here is much better than the fir, as it burns much brighter and leaves a better gl-w-For good fire wood the natives cut the trees down in winter, when all the sap is in the stem, split it in the spring, dry in the summer, and bring home for burning in the following autumn. The birch is the most northerly of ait tne European forest trees. It grows higher up than any other tree, and even in GO degrees north latitude it is found at an elevation of 2000 feet above the sea. Where no other tree can grow the birch reaches the height, of a man.nd even at 2500 feet elevation some few bushes are met with, though after that it grad-. ually dwindles to a creeper. The cloud berry ripens at this elevation, but no higher. After this all bushes cease to grow, and the ground Is covered only with a brpwn fell vegetation of lichen and moss. The only berry that can ri pen among the lichetfls the crow berry. The Laps of North Sweden never pitch their tents higher than about 800 feet below the perpetual snow region. To say nothing of the beauty which the clear green leaves in summer, and the silvery stem of the birch in winter, add to the northern forest landscape, perhaps there Is no tree more useful to the-inhabitants of the north. For implements, building, and even for fur niture, it Is greatly in request, and the outer bark, which is easily stripped off in the spring, is used for a variety of purposes, from thatching houses down to the soling of shoes. No sole is so warm or stands better against the snow than this. They are called "hafver," and are sold in little bunches of 60 strips. They have one peculiarity, that of never rotting. The birch bark rolled up, or even oblong pieces of fir bark, are much used for floating nets, instead of corks. No tree is so valuable in the young fir plantings as the birch, for it is of quick growth and serves to shield and foster the more valuable trees that grow in the- same forest At the age of 10 years the birch is hard enough for .fire wood, and no forest tree answers so well for this purpose, containing, as it dees, so much heat At 30 years it can be cut down as underwood, and at 50 years it has attained its fuH growth. As the birch trr-es are cut down the more valuable tree3 are left The birch thus pays for planting and preserving the beautiful trees which fatten the land, while the birch when planted alone Impoverishes it Sallow, willow and aumntain ash grow freely both sides ef the Tornea River, which dl- ridee Sweden from Rassla. within the polar circle. JTbe alder Is met with as far north as '(S3 degrees. . 1 i! . Mow to I7ao tho Apple Crop. Apple growers la Wayne comaty, N. Y., have hit upon a method whereby their entire apple crop Is utilised, saysl Central States Fruit Grower. Wayae county is one of tlje largest apple growing sections in the country, but growers did not begin to utilise the entire crop until low prices aad insect ravages, causing a large per cent of in ferior fruit caused them to do so. All fruit Is carefully graded and used for cider, evaporator, canning and cold storage purposes. Ordinary cider fer ments rapidly, so. it is filtered through a sand lacking in iron that is obtained in Massachusetts, and comes out as a sparkling champagne that will keep for a year without fermentation. This cider-champagne is largely exported and commands a high price. The next grade of apples are evaporated, and of these enormous quantities are used, which bring to Wayne county apple growers over $1,000,000" annually. la evaporators there are many makes on the market A good machine, capable of evaporating fifty bushels per day, can be bought for $75 to 125, and a one hundred and fifty bushel daily evaporator for f 300. Cost of evaporat ing will average one and one-half cents per pound, and from five to six pounds ofevaporated fruit can be had from one bushel of fall .fruit, and six and one kalf to seven and one-half pounds from winter fruit The big surplus this fall makes prices unusually low. A finer grade of apples than those used for evaporating, but not perfect fruit, is used for canning. For evaporation, ap ples are cored, peeled, and sliced by machine, but for canning they are cored, peeled and cut in halves or quar tered. To fill a dozen caus one and one-half bushels Of fruit are required, which can be bought for twenty-five cents. This fall many apples are being canned in hopes of a short crop next year and good prices for canned fruit fifteen or eighteen months hence. In the process of evaporation and canning, skins and cores are bleached and used ORKNEY ISLANDS. for jelly purposes, being seasoned and sold as jelly of almost every variety of fruit on the market Among the poor of Europe, apple jelly displaces the use of butter. For packing in cold storage, only the very best, perfect and sound apples are selected. Immense quanti ties of such fruit are now goinginto cold storage in the belief that the market will be better from March to June. The apple crop has got to be marketed in the most attractive appearance, or the orange will seriously compete with it as a winter fruit Co-operative cold storage should be constructed and oper ated on the same business line s are the co-operative creameries and cheese factories, and if fruit growers would thus combine in the marketing of their fruit, English buyers could as easily be attracted to American cold- storage houses, as they are to Utica or Little Falls cheese markets. . Such houses should be of 10,000 to 20,000 barrel ca pacity. A building 40x100 feet will store 4,000 barrels of apples and will cost from $1,000 to $1,500, depending on the section where built For cold stor age of fruits, the building is so con structed as to use air by opening the building at night no admit the cold air and closing it during the day. Cold storage is used to bridge over the keep ing of fruits for a time and thereby ex clude frost. The price per barrel of apples will be increased from fifty cents to $1.50 each season, and the advanced price more than pays for the building each year. The marketing season could be extended from October to June. In European markets a big red apple brings more money than an orange. Mongrel Orchards. A mongrel or chard, like mon-jrel stock, is not good- property. Any orchard larger than is needed for family use is necessarily a commercial orchard. To be a success as such it cannot be an experiment sta tion, containing all the varieties cata logued. -The grower who offers a large number of s varieties with a small amount of fruit in each variety re ceives the minimum market price, as compared with-the price 'obtained by the grower able to offer a crop of a few desirable varieties, hence it is neces sary In order to get the best results to grow the varieties wanted and the varieties demanded by the consume.. In fruitful seasons the discrimination in favor of those varieties is most in evidence, and should indicate' what to plant and suggest the eradication of the indifferent or worthless varieties occupying space, the lesson teaching us that the space should be filled with somcthinir better. Violet Culture in Pots. A. McKay, of South Framingham, Mass., who is one of the most successful growers of vio lets in the New England states, thus details his mode of growing the plants in pots, in a recent number "of Garden and Forest: The growing of violets in pots for winter flowering is not a new method, but Is not so cxtensivclyem ployed as its general utility deserves. Since adopting this system we have been able to produce blossoms superior in size and odor to any we have ever had from rlan'.s grown on beschss, and, what is of more importance, the plants have yearly increased in general vigor and exemption' from disease. Being in a portable condition, they can be kept in pits or frames until chrysanthemums and other fall,, flow.erlng' plants- are. gone, and as by that time they will be well established in the pots and bloom ing freely, they will continue to do so in the greenhouse under proper cul tural conditions. mmlm- mi. j.i in ..i i ssnnv - Kaa pmffjf T; fBo PJB. OJr TOMOMOjC.A8ft BBaflvSai SS ' -BS"jSBBBSKxk, y Mra. Skinner I woader why seste grocers are called green grocers? Mr. Skinner I don't know, unless It's to, distinguish them from cash grocers. THE WATCH WAS LOADED. Aad so Was tho Profi or Whoa natt Enafawd It. Tho examinations at a certain "prept" school were in progress. The boys wcro working; busily over their papers, and the grim old professor was watching;, sharply from his desk. Presently he noticed that one of the students, a prominent ne'er-do well, was consulting; his watch with con siderable freqaency. The professor studied hitn. In five minutes be had looked at thd timepiece three times. This was enouj-h for the guardiasv He called the student to his desk and demanded the watch. It was given him and he opened it Aero the face was a piece of paper bearing the legend Tooled." But the worthy professor -was not to be so easily deceived. He gave the student a sharp knowing glance, turned the timepiece over and opened the back cover. It opened with con siderable difficulty, and, behold, there wan another slip of paper bearing1 tha information, "Fooled again, old fogy.' THAT 81'LEN1I1 COFFEE. Mr. Goodman, Williams County, 111., irrites us: "From one package Baizer's German Coffee Berry I grew -300 pounds of better coffee than I can' buy In stores at 30 cents a pound." A package of this and big seed cata logue is sent you by John A. Saizer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice. w.n. Football Accidents. A return of the football accidents tor the last season in Great Britain has been made. The deaths number twenty-six, (four more than in the previous season), the broken leg thirty-six (a decrease of thirteen), the broken arms twelve (the same as in 1891-92), the collarbones broken twenty-five (an increase of seven), and the other injuries seventy-five (an increase of nineteen). The chronicler mattes the grand total for the past three sea sons of J'deaths and damages' to be No More Contr3-tin- Bodices. To be absolutely in style your bodice must bear some little relationship, to the rest of-the g ivn, writes an observ ing young Tvcm in, who is "-doing" the Paris shops, For example, a black or white chiffon waist is the proper thing with a black and white striped silk skirt, and if a white chiffon bodice is worn with a black satin skirt it should have a wide corselet belt of jet to es blish a connecting link between ' the black skirt and tho white waist The latest styles are decidedly against the waist which is distinctly in contrast to .hc skirt .ames fee Are-ate ; umber j. There are comparatively few names for other aggregations of abstract numbers beside tho dozen and tho score. Two things make a brace, a couple, a duo or duet; three things make a trio, trinity, eight, according to St Paul, are a few; thirteen make a baker's dozen. But take concrete numbers, we find plenty of such names. 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The due de Choiseul, who was re markaoly thin, went to London to negotiate a peace. "Have they sent the preliminaries of a treaty?" asked one Englishman of another. "I don't know," was the reply; "but they have sent the outline of an embassador." TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Taico Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund tne money if It fails to cure. 25c Application Is the ability to do work; genius Is the ability not to. V,.,.,.,., ,!- TRIAt. IS A TEAT. THE TBIAL OF St. Jacobs Oil Foe the RlEWlrTTISn 'care of I 3s a test that proves a SUBB CUKEZ r,iiiii iANDY roibtffthelb CUREC0H5TIRATI0H 10 t !!V"'""""!!"'""""'" I REASONS FOR USING Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. Because it is absolutely Because it is not mads wium encnuous arc uicu. Because beans of the Chest quality are used. Became it is made by a method which preserves unkapairtd r the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent f 0 Mil 5. a cup. Be sute that '-rots get i itaiilii -Us-m-L! r 'i BAR fcK V.V. LM., usiuisBiar. moss, rainiiii I7SO. MIMIMM MM IT WAS OM CHICAOa CoavotomMot-b The- had traveled together fer aboat aa hoar iar sileaee. Sat the) mi with the portly vest aad tha eew spteaoae watch chain anally i ed in rettiar a eoavenatioa way. His aeighbor wae a little 'maa with wobbly eye-glasses, aad la. re sponse to aa abrapi auestle aa tie whether he was not a literary au re plied mildly: "I have writtea thiass. "I tako an interest in literature. ' I ' come from Chicago. There's the tewa , that eosabiaes art aad eoatmeree. First she weat ahead aad ssada her beaiaees repatatioa, didn't she?" "Yes." uAad now she's made her literary repatatioB. Don't yoa agree, with aev , 'It must be admitted that things aboat 'Chicago remind one of.. literatare. 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