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What It Ceat to Carry
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Tkere b a rarprislag uMxmt of ala
tctoraatloa amoac the people ncard
lat the cost of carryla fUMaftrs.pn
rallraai trains aad to this coa
lition as a public mind is doubtless
liie .much of the sentiment In favor
c! lotrer. rate3, which is indlag ex
pression through hills for sweepiag re-
tactions in the legislature of assay of
the western states this winter.
Mr. P. a Eastis, General Passenger
Agent of the C. B. A Q. R. H-, i argu
.vwat before the house coamlttee of
tho Missouri legislature last week on
tht two cent bill gave some valuable
and surprising information about the
passenger business in the west. His
statements were based upon the re
ports of the Inter-state Commerce
Commission and the Railroad and
Warehouse Commission of Missouri
and are therefore beyond question.
Mr. Eustis showed in the first place
that the volume of passenger traflc on
railroads is dependent upon the density
and wealth of population ia the terri
tory through which it runs, and then
compared the population of Missouri
and the traffic resulting from it with
the same figures In other states, thus
clearly illustrating the theory of his
point.
The following table showing the rel
ative population and rates Is Interest
ing in tlii3 connection:
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Population revenue
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Vssourl 39 977.00
Hlinoi 68 2075.00
Ohio 90 1S5LW
New York 122 - 4513.00
New England 200 4422.00
Mr. Eustis made the statement that
while the named rate ia most of tire
western states was three cents per
mile, the actual amount received is
considerably less than that sum. Tins
is due to the fact that the railroad har
inR a long line between two points
cannot charge more than the rala
fixed by a road having a shorter line,
and to excursion rates demanded by
'" the people, all of which reduce the
average" rate materially.
Rut ihe most surprising assertion
mads by Mr. Eustis was that the west
ern roads, with possibly one or two in
dividual exceptions, carry passengers
at an actual loss. The St. Louis.
Keokuk & Northwestern was cited 'as
an instance. Mr. Eustis produced a
statement of the expense on that road
to show that the cost per passenger
per mile exceeded three cents, the legal
rate.
The report of the Inter-slate Com
merce Commission referring to the
railroads of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and that part of the Da
kotas and Missouri lying east of the
Missouri river shows that it cost the
railroads two and three one-thousandths
cents per mile to carry passengers ex
clusive of any charge for taxes, rents,
interest on mortgages and other items
of the kind. Mr. Eustis declared that
a two cent flat rate in Missouri would
reduce the average to one and three
quarters cents if not lower.
It was shown that lower rates do not
largely increase traffic and instances
were cited where reductions from four
cents and three and one-half cents to
three cents per mile did not result in
increased travel.
Answering the question as to wheth
er or not rates in Europe were not
lower than in this country, Mr. Eustis
showed that while the third class rate
on some European lines is lower, the
second class rates, which are paid by
the great traveling public, arc higher
than American rates. The conveniences
of second and third class travel in
Europe are not to be compared with
those of America in point of comfort
and convenience.
FomII feral.
A new building material called "fos
sil coral" has been discovered in a
email island in the Hay of Suva. Fiji.
When it is first removed it is scft and
easily cut into squaro blocks or any
other desired shape, but when it is
exposed to the air for some time it
jjtoivs very hard and assumes some of
the characteristics of firo brick.
Doubles the pleasure of a Drive.
A fine vcarriacc doubles the iilcaMiro of
driving. Intending? buyers of carriage or
hartic can save dollars by sending for the
largo, free catalogue of the Elkhart Carriage
and Harness Mfg. Co., Elkhart, Ind.
A Revolting- Method.
The Austrian method of execution
seems to be but a slight improvement
on electrocution. Tho Austrians
swing a "halter over the neck of a
murderer and string1 him up, while
the cxeculioner-in-chief. wearing
white- kid gloves, calmly beholds the
victim wrigglo. and two ponderous
Assistants pull him down by tho legs.
For Sweet Charity.
The total revenue of the charitable
institutions having their headquarters
in London amounted to over G, 000,090
sterling or. to bo precise, 6.060.
763. TO CURE A COLD IK ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
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The value of the ground and buildings
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IVhex Liilious or costive, eat a Casraret.
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, Uoc.
Whcre t he wage, of sin is death, there is no
striking for increase.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Sosae 17p-to-date Hints Altout Cnltlva
tien of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, Viticulture and llori
caitare. NEW YORK bulle
tin says: . The con
servation of soil
moisture is one of
the most important
problems presented
to tht farmer and
gardener. Hardly
a season passes in
which some Impor
tant crop is not re
duced in yield
from 23 to 75 per cent because of lack
of sufficient moisture to bring it to ma
ttiritv Th cnti mav have been put
in proper condition, plant food ma
have been supplied in the form of fer
tilizers, and all other conditions may
have been favorable for the develop
ment of a full crop, yet with the supply
"of moisture deficient all this labor and
expense count for little of nothing. The
questions therefore, arise: "To what
extent can the amount of soil moisture
be controlled?" "Is it possible to do
anything to save crops from the oft-recurring
droughts?" The insufficient
water supply is not due to lack of rain
fall, but to its unequal distribution. The
average annual rainfall in New York
for the last seventeen years is 34.31
inchts. The lowest rainfall ever re
corded In the State was in 1879 when
only 19.74 inches fell. In 1895 there
was also a deficiency, only 28.66 inches
being recorded. In the arid portions
of Kansas, a rainfall of 20 inches which
is well distributed, is reasonably sure
of making a good crop. The loss there
by surface drainage is, however, very
slight, it being estimated at not more
than ten per cent or about two inches,
leavine 18 Inches for cron crowth. In
New York, with a rainfall of from 34
to 40 Inches, nearly one-half passes oft
by surface drainage and is lost so far
as immediate plant growth is con
cerned. Not only is the water lost to
the crops, hut it carries with it much
of the soluble plant food of the sur
face soil. This, then, would suggest
one important step in the attempt to
store up moisture. This surface flow
of water must be prevented and caused
to smk into the soil to supply a reser
voir from which plants can secure
moisture during the period of growth.
That a proper understanding of the
question may be reached, it is neces
sary to have a knowledge of the con
ditions under which water exists in the
soil, and of the part it plays in the
mysterious operations of plant growth.
Water may be in one of three forms
as free, capillary, or hydroscopic water.
The free water of the soil is that which
Hows under the influence of gravity.
It is the source of supply for wells and
springs. It is not directly used by
plants and its presence in the soil with
in 18 inches of the surface is detri
mental to the growth of most cultivat
ed crops. It is valuable, however, bc
:ause it is the supply from which ca
pillary water is drawn. The capillary
water does not How by gravity. It is
the direct source of moisture for plants.
It may be either drawn upwards or it
may pass downwards, depending upon
whether the soil is drier at the sur
face or below. In time of drouths the
capillary action of the soil may be suf
ficient to raise the water through a
iistance of five or six feet, its power in
ihis respect depending directly upon its
physical condition. If the soil is coarse
ind cloddy and the particles arc not
compact, then the water cannot rise
:o take the place of that which is car
ried off by evaporation or used up by
plants in their growth. If, however, the
.oil is fine, in good condition aud hema
;enous, the water passes freely and
continuously to the surface.
Pruning Crapes.
Having had over thirty years expe
rience in the management of the vine,
I have reached a method of pruning
and training that yields results both
in quality and quantity of fruit far in
advance of the ordinary results ob
tained, and yet simple and easily put
in exact practice. The following is a
brief outline of my method: The vines
should be set eight feet apart in the
rows and the rows eight feet apart.
The first year only a single cane should
be allowed to grow from each vine and
trained to stakes three or four feet
high. The second year a trellis should
be put up, with posts set sixteen feet
apart and standing five or five and a
half feet above the ground. The posts
at each end of the rows should be set
four feet outside the vines. On these
posts stretch three wires the first two
Teet above the ground, the second fif
teen inches higher, and the third at
thetop of the posts. Cut the canes down
to two buds, from which raise two
canes for next year's bearing. These
should be trained up to the top wire.
Rub off the suckers as they appear up
to the top wire, turn the canes in op
posite directions on the top wire and
pinch them off near the meeting point
of the cane from the other vine. The
vines should not be allowed to pass
each other. The suckers should be al
lowed to grow on, the part of the vine
on the top wire, a foot and a half or
two feet long, where they may be
again pinched off. These canes should
be cut off in the winter or early spring
at the top wire and trained in opposite
directions. In a hoop-like form, over
the middle wire and down to the first,
and there tied. When the buds put out
branches the two lowest should be se
lected as canes for the next year's bear
ing and trained to the top wire and
treated as previously directed. When
the branches on the bearing canes have
advanced beyond the last bloom they
should be pinched off at, or not more
than one leaf beyond, the last bloom.
The bloom begins to appear opposite
the second or third leaf and one oppo
site each leaf, until the last bloom ap
pears. When a leaf appears beyond
a bloom there will be no more blooms
on that branch. That is a guide to
pinch it off, and the sooner it is
pinched off after it reaches that point
the better. As the branches do not all
appear at the same time, they should
be gone over several times, until all
have been pinched, and every branch
that appears with three leaves without
a bloom should be rubbed off. H. Cla
5et. Seme Live Stock Facts and Fla-ures.
W. P. Anderson, an agent of the
Union Stock Yards company, says: In
many respects this has been one of
the most remarkable seasons, so far as
at least two branches cf the live stock
trado are concerned cattle and sheep
that we have experienced for years.
In the former branch of the "trade,
commencing with the movement of
cattle from the pastures of southern
Texas to the pastures of the Indian ter
ritory, and the purchase of stock cattle
for the Panhandle pastures, thrrc are
many influences out of the ordinary
which Kovern this trade, both, directly
and collaterally. The advice of the
dif onat cotton txcaaaxaa to ta alaat.
I n tl TtMi tt curtail MtktU tf tht
acreage of the cotton crop was tht
cause of many cattle being moved into
the Panhandle country north of the
quarantine line, so that they might-find
feeder markets other than the cotton
seed mills of Texas afforded. This,
and the still further curtailment of
the cotton crop, through unseasonable
weather, reduced the Texas cattle.feed
ing numerically from about 325.000 in
1S95 to about 100.000 or 120.000 in 1896.
However, this Khortnce will not be
I felt fully until nest year. The railway
reports -show an actual increase of the
number of cattle shipped from Texas
for the first eleven months of 1SS6,
and the reports of the Kansas City
stock yards for the first eleven months
show an increase of receipts in the
Texas and Colorado cattle country,
which goes to prove that many more
cattle have gone into the feed lots of
Kansas and Missouri from the sections
mentioned than ever before. The rail
way records show that upwards of
500.000 cattle have been put on feed In
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas,
Illinois and Wisconsin. From October
to the middle of December is lias been
almost impossible on large railway
systems to procure cattle cars enough
to do our local business,' compelling
many feeders to hold over till January
who could have shipped a month ear
lier could they have procured suitable
stock cars for their shipment The
movement of Texas, New Mexico, Ari
zona and Utah cattle for Montana, the
Dakotas and northwestern Wyoming
ranges was greater than last year,
while Nevada, Washington and Ore
gon contributed a greater amount for
stocking the northwestern winter
ranges and for the Chicago market
than usual, their contributions espe
cially from Oregon and Washington
being chiefly to the eastern Montana
and North Dakota winter ranges, while,
a goodly number of them were taken
into the Bear Paw countries in west
ern Montana. This movement will ag
gregate about 340.-000. Of the cattle
that were taken into the South Dako
ta and northwestern Wyoming country
and some parts of Montana in the
spring of 1896, on account of tho un
certainty of an abundance of winter
grass and the cheapness of Nebraska
corn, many of the lwo-ycar-6!ds were
shipped back into the Nebraska and
Iowa feed lots. There were about 10,
000 of this kind, which will lessen the
range supply in 1S9S frcra northeastern
Wyoming and South Dakota. "
03StcrMicll and San .lose Scale.
Urbana. III.
One of the incidenial results of tht
recent publication of the occurrence o!
the San Jose scale in Illinois haa been
a large number of letters to this office
from apprehensive fruit growers, ac
companied by samples of scale insect'
for determination. I do not wish to
discourage this corre.noudence, which
has already brought to my knowledge
three infested localities in this state
additional to those which my inspect
ors have found; but as nearly all the
specimens sent me have belonged to
one or the other of the two commonest
orchard species, it seems worth while
to point out a very easy means of dis
tinguishing at this time of the year
these common scales from the new pest.
The San Jose scale (pronounced San
Ilozay) never lays eggs, but brings
forth its young alive, aud it passes the
winter as a living insect. The "oyster
shell" bark Iausc and the "scurfy
scale," on the other hand, lay eggs iu
the fall and then pcrisn, their bodies
drying away to thin scales, under
which the cluster of eggs deposited by
each female may now be found. If one
of these common scales he carefully
lifted from the bark of an iufested tree
by the point of a pin the minute oval
eggs, to the number of twenty cr more,
may be readily seen by a good pair of
eyes. -Iu the "oyster-shell" species the
eggs are yellow, aad in the "scurfy
scale'" a dark red. These scales may
both become very injurious, but very
much less so, on the whole, than the
San Jose species, with which, as will be
seen, thes need never be confounded.
An illustrated bulletin on the latter in
sect, giving full directions for the ex
termination, will presently be issued
to the number of 17,000 copies, by the
State Agricultural 'Experiment station
here. Sixty-four orchards and nurser
ies liable to have become infested by
importation of nursery stock from cut
side points have thus far bean in
spected by us, and nine Illinois or
chards are now known to contain the
San Jose scale. The counties thus in
fested are Ogle, Adams, Sangamon,
Shelby, Clark and Randolph.
S: A. Forbes,
State Entomologist.
Sheep in Illinoio.
John G. Springer, secretary cf the
Illinois Sheep Breeders' Association,
writes: The number of persons en
gaged in sheep breeding and feeding
has, in the past few years, been great
ly decimated, and the number of sheep
in the state has decreased from 919,685,
valued at $ 3,StO,4GS, in 1893, to 403.8C9,
valued at ?1,G42,124, in 1S9G, or a loss
of over 63 per cent in sheep and in
value. Whatever has been the cause
or causes fcr these great losses those
who have been engaged in this industry
must feel themselves somewhat to
blame, because they have in a measure
at least failed to properly look after
their own interests. These interests
are of such importance that too much
attention cannot be given them. In no
better way can the proper attention be
given than by an organization through
which thoughts and systems may be
presented and discussed, and a united
effort be made to restrict causes for
loss and improve advantages for gain.
By organization only, can these things
be accomplished. You are, therefore,
asked to give this association your
name and your earnest efforts in mak
ing it the means of a "betterment for
the sheep industry" of our state.
Capacity of a Corn Crib. It is a safe
rule, iu estimating the size of a crib,
to allow two cubic feet for each bushel
of corn. By a bushel, I mean 70 pounds
of ear corn, which is equivalent to 56
pounds of shelled. The rule in Ohio
is to allow 14 pounds for cob in the
fall, and 12 pounds in the spring after
the corn has been dried out perfectly.
Two cribs 30 feet loag, C feet wide and
10 feet high, will by this rule hold 1,800
bushels. Ten feet is too high to throw
corn easily witn a scoop shovel, but
there can be two openings for each
crib extending down to within 1 or 5
feet of the floor, and when the crib is
full to the bottom of these, short
boards can be placed across them as
the crib is filled, and most of the lin
ing can be done with pase. When the
cribs must be filled to the top, a boy
or man can throw corn back "to the
ends and fill it, so as to utilize all the
space. Ex.
Ensilage and Winter Dairying. En
silage and the winter dairy arc almost
the complement of each other. Do not
get ready to run a winter dairy and
expect to make it pay wholly upon dry
food. That is not the newer and bet
ter way.
Look fitter the district school, and
do not cut dawn tht tatarr tht
ttatwtr,
DAIEY AND POULTBY.
FARM.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Bow Sncceasfai Farmers Operate Tale
Department of the Farm A Few
mats as to the Care of lira Stack
aad Foaltry.
HE NAME "Poul
try Yard" ia circa
to that part of a
rural estate where
rural estate where
fowls are reared;
frequently it also
contains rabbit bat
ches. The poultry
yard is a valuable
resource for a far
mer's familv. but to derive all the pro
fit obtainable, a certain number of
principles must be followed which may
be epitomized as follower The first is
to utilize lor the fowls the resources
of the locality or farm Itself without
going to any great special expense.
Fowls should be fed on the least val
uable substances or aliments which
could not be otherwise utilized. Grain,
etc., being of some commercial value,
should be added in small quantity as
a complement, and particularly for
fattening. The poultry yard should be
daily opened so that the fowls may
wander about in the vicinity in search
of insects and waste seed; these sub
stances, of no value, should play an
important part in their maintenance.
This principle, however, should be ap
plied, reckoning the neighborhood of
crops, which fowls might injure. In
such a case the yard -must be closed
SINGLE COMB
The illustration of an ideal Single
Comb White Leghorn, male, is by
Sewell. the well-known poultry artist.
It is an excellent illustration of the
grand carriage and beauty of this
variety. Some writers claim they
are the original variety of the Leghorn
family, and others give that honor to
the Browns. But it matters little
about their history. It is sufficient that
we know they are the most popular cf
the Leghorn family, and that comes
from the fact that they are larger and
lay larger eggs than any of their race.
They are very popular in the East on
large egg farms. If given a warm
house, with sentfehing shed combined,
they will prove to be good winter lay
at certain times. The extent of the
poultry yard should be in proportion
with the demand available. From this
point of view the neighborhood of
large towns is a reason for giving great
importance to the poultry yard, be
cause the sale is abundant and lucra
tive, and rearing is just as cheap as
in strictly rural districts. To feed
fowls cheaply it is good to place dung
heaps within their reach in which
seeds and Insects abound. In a poul
try yard are reared hens, turkeys,
guinea-fowls, pheasants, peacocks, pig
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for flesh, others for feathers or down.
The establishment expenses of a poul
try yard should always be as small as
possible. It must be separated from
the other part of the farm by a wall,
wire-work or very thick hedge. A few
trees arc useful to give shade and at
night shelter to the hens, turkeys and
peacocks which do not always care to
return to the house. There must be
a hen house; one or two pools of wa
ter for the geese and ducks, unless
there is some pond or stream in the
neighborhood; tubs of pure water cov
ered for the hens to drink, which pass
their heads through openings in the
lids: a grass plot for grazing and a
heap of cinders or sand for them to
clear themselves of vermin. The farm
eress can attend to the poultry yard,
profitably employing part of her time,
without being disturbed In other work.
She can only succeed by loving the
fowls and making them love her. Every
morning and middle of the afternoon
she must call and feed them, ascertain
ing whether none are lost, if- all are
well, if laying and hatching progress
favorably, etc. She must be able to
attend to them in sickness, cure them
and fatten. All this involves so much
labor in large poultry yards that a
poultry yard girl has to be employed,
who should-be supervised during her
apprenticeship. Dictionaire des Sci
ences. Winter .K.iWccl Chirks.
Eggs are too valuable in winter to be
used for hatching purposes unless one
Is confident of securing good hatches
and of raising the chicks, says an ex
change. To use a dozen eggs from
which only cix chicks come and then
lose three of them, means an expen
diture of four eggs for one chick, and
no one can afford the cost in that re
spect. The heaviest loss of chicks is
with hens not with ""'hatnrs and
Drooders and this fact should not be
overlooked. It is admitted that In the
spring and summer, when the hen has
everything in her favor she will be
more serviceable than the brooder, but
in the winter, when cold winds, Ice,
snow and rains prevail, the hen has
a difficult undertaking to care for -herself
instead of attempting to raise a
brood, and as a rule the hens are for
tunate if they raise cne-half of the
chicks hatched. When a hen becomes
frrocdy and makes her nest in a warm
place, and when she brings off her
brood have a place prepared for her,
tinder shelter and where tht malif at
tan come. B cartful that tht ckltk
art Mt tVPMta er fctttM .ikUltdj u
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aim to raise every one of them. In
that case the chicks will pay, because
the expense of the eggs will he reduced
by reason of the larger number of
chicks marketed.
Weaning the Dairy Calf.
One of the reasons why dairying is
a failure in some localities is that the
calf is desired for beef making, and to
give him a good start it is allowed to
suck for from three weeks to three
months, says Rural Life. This will
spoil a cow for the dairy, as a rule, and
at any rate it takes the time out of her
period of buttermaking, which will re
duce the butter yield for the year be
low profit If the calf sucks three
months and is then weaned the cow
may be expected to go dry In a few
weeks, or half dry at least, and she
will not -pay for tho feed and the
trouble. To get a paying mess of milk
it is absolutely necessary to milk the
cow from the first. The "first" means
to some dairymen when the calf is first
seen. It is removed immediately and
not allowed to suck even once, but the
milk is drawn and fed to the calf. By
thispractice the cow knows no other
way to have the milk drawn and does
not worry for the calf, so everything
goes smoothly. Other dairymen think
the first time the cow should be milked
is when the milk is first good for use.
The first secretion is not true milk, but
colostrum, and is designed to physic
the calf. AH agree that the calf must
have this first milk, but some let him
help himself and others do not. Many
of the most advanced dairymen strong
ly advocate never letting the calf suck.
Others, and the greater number, prefer
to let It suck until the milk is good and
this 13 what tho writer recommends.
After the milk is good for use the cow
WHITE LEGHORNS.
ers. But it will not dc to confine them
much in the housa without the privi
lege of scratching among a lot of loose
litter. They arc very active, and the
only way to make them profitable is to
keep them busy. They greatly resem
ble the Black Minorca in every way
but color of plumage, and lay an egg
very much the size of that of the Min
orca. It was owing to this fact that
the White Minorca never gained much
favor in this, country. "Our folks"
want clean, yellow legs, and as the
While Minorca did not have that, and
as they had no other claims for su
periority, the Leghorns came right "to
the front, and are to thi3 day close riv
als of the black variety of Minorcas.
at once increases it -in quantity, and
good bulter fat is too precious for calf
food. There is no difflcnlty in taking
off the calf then without any objections
from the mother, if you use common
sense and good tact. If she is inclined
to worry tie the calf by her side while
you milk for the first time or two, and
she will be reconciled, but on no ac
count permit it to suck after the milk
becomes good for use.
Another common method of fraud
consists in mixing old or "dead" seeds
with fresh material. In some cases
seeds of an entirely different variety or
species are thus mixed with good seed.
Care is generally taken, of course, to
employ seeds that are so similar in
shape and appearance as to make de
tection difficult to the ordinary ob
server. To prevent the fraudulent seed
from growing, and thus disclosing the
L fraud, it is first killed by heating or
chemicals. In this way the seeds oi
black medic are mixed with those of
red clover. "Killed" seeds of charlock
are frequently mixed with these of
rutabaga and turnip, which it re
sembles very closely. A certain fam
ily in London made a business of sup
plying seedsmen with "killed" seeds cf
charlock for twenty years. Similar
practices are known to exist in America
at the present time.
Feed Enough. Feeding is like keep
ing up a fire. Insufficient fuel is simply
waste, for one may burn up the whole
wood-pile, or all the coal in the cel
lar, and never get warm; but, with
the gcod fire, one is warmed and cheer
ed, and gets the good of the fuel. So
one may keep the flock just alive, and
never get cne cent's wortli of good
out of the whole winter's feeding. The
liberal soul is made fat, wc are told,
but the other kind of man is skin and
bone and his pocket is empty, espe
cially if he be a shepherd. Of course
it should go without saying, that as
four-fifths of the food is consumed in
keeping an animal warm, good shelter
is equivalent to so much food. Thus
the old adage is justified, that a pine
board is-the best of feeding. Ex.
Plants and Moisture. An, acre of soil
to the depth of one foot weighs ap
proximately 1,800 tons. If 25 per ceni
of this is moisture we should have 450
tons of water per acre. An acre of soil
to the depth of eight inches wcighi
about 1,200 'tons. If 25 per cent of
moisture were found here it would con
tain per acre 303 tens of water. Plants
can maintain themselves with as low
as 5 per cent of water, but their growth
seems to go on most lapidly in soils
whose water content is from 13 to -j
per cent.
Prolific Animals. One advantage In
keeping hogs Is that the sows are pro
lific and the herd Is soon increased to
a large number, which enables a farm
er to begin with swine on less capital
than may be required for cattle, but
to make a- success with hogs cne should
have sufficient shelter and other con
veniences. Hoes are expensive in win
ter if wpOMd to sold and dampness
" li
i
Peaceful Slumber Unknown.
DREADFUL DREAMS DRIVE
SLEEP AWAY.
For Elht Tears p tajr of Eaapatte.
Kansas, Safer Unspeakable
Agony She Relates Her
Experience.
Trom the republican, Emporia, ICaa.
Mrs. Jennie Carlow resides at 713 Mer
chant Street, Emroria, Kansas, and is the
wile of W. It. Carlow, proprietorof the Car
low Wapcn and Blacksmith Works, wbo is
bo well knov.n as iho "Past Grand" and as
ci.ccf i ho most active members iu Lodge 15,
L O. O V., of EmncrLi.
Tho distress of ji condition of chronic
oleeplessness is so terrible. Mrs. Carlow's
sufferings from it so well kuown.our readers
wefcclMirc, will welcomo the good news
that she ts now well, and will bo glad to
know kotv the enre was accomplished.
Mrs. Carlow's statement is hereto append
ed in narrative form:
"For many years I was a confirmed inva
lid, suffering constant pains through my
breast and back, of the most excruciatinjj
type, rcudcring mo absolutely helpless. 1
was unable to rKc up or lie down without
assistance, and was subject on the least ex
lion to fiuttcrings of the heart and such
shortness of breath, or dyspuoea, that I
often thought I was dying.
"fejccful slumber was unknown to me.
I would fall into a doze only to be a wakened
by the most horrible droutns, o f too frightful
a character to describe, and in the morning
instead of being refreshed and rested, I
would be utterly exhausted.
" 1 was attended at various tiroes by every
physician in the city, but none of them could
'Jo mo any good, though 1 spent hundreds
of dollars in my quest of health. About
three months ago, Mrs. Elizabeth Drake,
whom you perhaps know, spoke to mv hus
band advising a trial of Dr. Williams" Pink
Pills for Palo People, stating that they had
permanently enrcit her after years of suffer
ing from milk lc, and ho at once procured
a supply for me.
'By the time I had taken two boxes ac
cording to directions, for tUc first time in
two years. 1 was able to enjoy peaceful and
restful sleep, and as I continued to lake
them my health improved, so ihat now
while usinij the fifth box, 1 feel qui to recov
ered and my. health is entirely restored. 1
btill take two pills every uight just before
retiring, and vakc up every morning per
fectly happy.
" 1 advise cv.--y one whom 1 hear com
plaining to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills, for
although. I recognize the fact that medicine
that will cure one. will not another. still as
most diseases aro due to a bad condition ol
the bloo.1. Pink Pills in such cases will
rrnve a certain cure. It L but natural that
should have tho most unbounded faith in
thcni. I am only too glad to bear testimony!
throusli yoar paper as to what they have
tlono for mo."
The above i? fcn exact report of Mrs. Car
low's ctaternci t. Cuaiilks ILutnis,
(Signed) Reporter, Empotia, Kan.
Dr. Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People
arc r.ow give n to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and ncrvo lestorer, curing all
forms of wetness arising from a watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills Hie sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, f0 cents a
box. or six boxes for $.rQ (they arc never
so'd in balkor by the 103), by addressing
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Schnectady,
X. V.
Pyiabo'a of the Thgnderbolf.
The different nations of tho world,
both ancient and modern, have em
ployed various symbol to represent
the. iircs that flash from tho thunder
cloud. Tho Chaldcuus symbolized it
witn a trident; tho learned Babylon
ians i:sed a humnn arm for the same
purpose. Tho bas-reliefs of Nimrud
and Malthia, Ilia work of later and
more refined Assyrian artist, show tho
trident doubled or transformed into a
trilld fascicle. This triumph of tho
c'assic art sscurcd for tho ancient
Mciopotamian symbol the advantage
over all other representations of the
thunderbolt. The Greeks represented
the storm-fre with the features of a
bird of prey. Later on. when they
had begun the uso of the Asiatic form
of tho symbol, they put in tho claws
of an eagle and made it tho sccptro of
.ens. uaui rcceivcu tno symooi irom
Italy, but soon altered it to the famil
iar two headed hammer seen on tho
Gnllo-Koman monuments. Tho snmo
symbol is seen on amulets found in
('crmanv. Scandinavia and Brittany.
Vibrating in Tuneful Accord
Li'iC the strings of a musical instrument, the
nervous system in health harmonizes pleas
antly with the other parts of the system. Hut
weakened or overwroiifdlt. It jangles most in
Iiaruiouioiuly. Quiet and invigorate it with
the great tranquilizer and touie, Hostetter's,
jtomach J.ittcrs. which promote digestion,
liilious secretion and :; regular action of the
Into els. and prevents malarial, rheuniatlcaud
Mdney complaints.
i:nglish la the Court Kooia.
"Who are those students with books
under their arms?"
"They're taking up the law.'.'
"And what's the old man in a gown
back of that bench doing?"
"Oh, he's laying it down." New
York Press
NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS.
Over 4(M,CC0 cured. Why notletNo-To-Bac
rcgu ato or remove j our clcsiro for tobacco.
p"aves nionoy, makes iicaitn ana nmnuoou.
C uro guaranteed, 50c nud $1.00,all druggists.
f'torks Travel Very Far.
A Belgian nobleman onco manage!
to catch -00 storks and labeled every
one of them with a picco of paste
board, giving the address of tho ex
perimenter and requesting to inform
him whero the bird had been caught
or k'.llcd during tiio winter season.
These curious passports were attached
in a conspicuous manner to tho neck
or leg of the birdi. and ono of them
returned next spring with a message
to the effect that he had been caught
in a meadow near Sidi Bclbe in west
ern Algeria.
Kpecit ol" Insect.
The rapidity with which insects
travel is astonishing. Tho common
hoii:c-fly makes GOO strokes per sec
ond when in tho act of ordinary ilight
thai number of strokes causing an ad
vance movement of twcnty-nvo feet.
Our best naturalists say thai this can
be increased seven-fold.-
We will forfeit SI ,C00 if any of our pub
lished testimonials aro rroven to Lo not
genuine. The Piso Co., Warren, Pa.
One cold, clammy woman with her nose
turned tip can ruin a reception.
i iwm
a
H In one of his wonderful sermons
fa very truthfully said, " 1I- brother, g
H your trouble is not with the heart ; -;
!H .. .: .i: t !,
II IS a glUUlk uibu.ua ui .1 itu-.r j
lious liver. It is not sin that blots
out your hope of heaven, but biic jj
K
that not only yellows your eye
balls and furs your tongue and m
makes your head ache but swoops !
upon your soul in dejection and H
forebodings," and g
Taimage is right ! All a
this trouble can be removed ! jf
You can be cured ! 8
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B
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How? By
using
4ttitiL.ri ,
afelure
XX. ..in rr?.r T-mt inf nntTn--frf lHlf
K proof from men and women, former
sufferers,
But to-day well,
and stay so.
There is no douht of this. Twenty-
years experience pioves our v.-ord3
true.
Writo tc-dav for free treatment usnir,
liOCMKW,
M 'I
SSa yjj. &
fi Vfrito to-day for fm treatment b'sn'r, C
varccrsSarsCurCo.,KoclMitcrlNiV,
A Modtrn Way to Stop a Couch
As TrM fcr a Prwaiaeat lea iaicter.
Ia a rcceat letter ho says: "Many win
ters have I coughed all winter lour. Twice
have I been compelled to rest from any
Biabterial duties, for a period ef several
years. A'hen I took cold ia whiter the
coughing would be intense. Last fall I
took cold about the 15th of October, and
was sick with it for about a week and be
gan what I supposed was a winter of
coughing. My wife called my attention to
Dr. Kay's Lung Balm, and after much per
suasion on her part, and a free espressioa
(of a not nattering character) about patent
medicines, on aty part, 1 concluded to try
tho Lung Balm. I felt at oarr that it totuhed
a plaec tn my malady that nothing tlte had
erer done. I began to imrrove. 1 used
about 5 boxes anU can r.ow preach rri.ftuf
touching. I keep it by me and if I take
cold I use it. If I have a bronchial irrita
tion after preaching I take Dr. Key's Lung
Balm. 1 can cheerfully say that tne Lung
Balm prepared by The Dr. It. J. Kay Med
ical Co. cf Ontnha, A'eo.. has been a great
help to me. It has no bad effect upon the
stomach. Respectfully yours. J. D.DeTak,
littor 31. E. Church, Spring Hill, Iowa, Des
Mcinca Confennee.-'
recede Do Kead the Papers,
' From the Buffalo Courier: Some per
sons wonder why engaged people gen
erally prefer to keep their engagements
as quiet as possible until the day of
the wedding. Perhaps the reason lies
in the results of a newspaper announce
ment. The other day an engagement
was announced in one of the afternoon
papers. It was in the last edition of
the paper, hjit early the nest morn
ing several awning makers were at the
home of the future bride's parents, so
liciting the contract for supplying an
awning when the event came off; On
the same morning and in the first mall
no less than half a dozen printers and
engravers sent samples of their work,
and quoted prices for which they would
be willing to prepare the wedding
cards, according to the latest dictates
cf fashion. During the remainder of the
week milliners, caterers, dressmakers,
liverymen and dry goods merchants
made known their desire to supply the
future bride and groom with all the
outfit they might need or imagine they
needed. The young folks are now
wait.ng for bids from ministers who
are willing to tie the knot at bargain
prices.
SlOO R-war.l, SIOO.
The readers of tbU paper will lo nlcased
1 1 leant that there is at least one dru:idc(.
disease that science has been aide to cure
in all its Mages, and ttiat Is Catarrh
Hall's Catarrh Cure is tin onlv positive
cure nor. knrmn to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh Veing a constitutional disease, re
quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
diiectly upon the blood and inueuoussur
fa'cs of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient .strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work The proprietor have so niucn
faith in its curative powers, that they of
fer One I to nd r. d Hollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of Tes
timonial. Address.
l.l. CIIKXEY & CO., Toledo. O.
fold by Druggists 7.1 cents-.
Hall's Family Pills arc tho l.csL
"o Wonder.
Tired Treadwell No wonder dat
Rome fell. Ole Sox -What makes you
say dem obserwations? Tired Tread
well I've jist been rcadin about de
history ob dem guys. Why. say, an
ley done was take baths! Clevelend
Leader.
An Opportunity or a Life Time
To secure a lirst-c!;is.s vehicle below
cost to manufacture. We arc closing
out the stock formerly belonging to
the Columbus lluggy Co. in Omaha.
Neb. nothing reserved. Send for cat
alogue. J. II. Hai.kv fc Smith Co.
H503-1O-12 Harney Street.
Omaha, Neb
Take : I.00I:.
Doctor (to Irish patient) Do you
sleep with your mouth open? Irish
Patient Shurc. Oi don't know, doc
tor. Oi've never seen myself whin
Oi've been aslape, but Oi'll have a look
tc-night! Tit-Bits.
SG4 KVS. CORN IKK ACRE.
It's marvelous how we progress! You
can make mon?y at 10 cents a bushel
when you get 2C1 bushels corn, 230
bushels cats, 173 bushels barley, 1,600
bushels potatoes per acre! Salzer's
creations in farm seeds produce.
810.00 WORTH FOR IO CENTS!
.Just Send This Notice ami IO Cent
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis., and get 12 farm seed
samples, worth $10, to get a start, w.n.
Ceorsc Was Hnrrietf.
George Sloneker of Oxford, Ohio, was
in such a hurry to pull on his glove
he dislocated the index finger of his
right hand.
Cassakcts stitnu'ato liver, kidneys and
towels. Kever sicken, weaken or gfipe,10c.
Thesoort die young, but the bad outlive
their usefulness. I
&
Whoever chooses to use St. Jacobs Oil for
iHurts Bruises
Will feel a CURB so SURE,
t 4te H H
T6V o"v
IT WON'T RUB OFF-
Wall Paper if rnsanltary. KALKASHXR IS
TEMPORAKV, KOT, KUKS OF AX MCALE8.
I I A gl M tflTIIIP t a pure, permanent and artistic
Xl DKD.N I I Ml" . wall-coaticg. ready for the brush
nLfWnV I lilani by mixing ia coM water.
J 7m: Docroc "One layer of
rcr I I1 enmisrb.yon h'.ro
Btarehere. nabymajr recover
but cannot tnri9."
WEHAVEK0A6ENTS
bat have Mid direct to tba
consumer for 31 yean, at
wnotaalc prices, saving
Mieiu tee drillers' Dro
nWX fi i
nes, cipaajwnrre
tor cxaoiloaUoD be
fore sale. Every
thing warranted.
20U scries of r-
w u
ri3zes.'.Jstvlesofllar-
yJifUar JJdlsi
no- nipBtugiejasJow
'&stis l'nac torn na low
a 1W. Spnntr Waccns.
Be.JTIj. SsirejIIirKU PrfoflSM. JUjaaV.atons.CIC.
AsSoO'ja.ticiUTcrtrz.a.'- iw lam?, ine uutiv. scaur, aprflo a&a :, aw. A.fawaeuaiar
ELKHART CABBXACS ASD IIAJUCeS MFU. CV W. M. PJtATT. Sec, ELKBABT. THaV
Thli aj. Trill appear Cat once.
5Rgs3IrsingrWf la ta Country.
A-witffjt-
"rn'j
He--Wou!d year father object to m7.
kissing you?
She (indignantly) My father! Why
he wouldn't hear of such a thing. Up
to Date.
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iANDY CATHARTIC
TUfrccnAetk
CURE CONSTIPATION
t tat
; 50
JlfiSOLUTEL
fahM '
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BMktatfrn. la. SmitMl
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IMtaM mt Ck SH
There is oae largo kome in thiscoaa
try that has takes basiacss en its tarm
and raeaas to rideia on the rising1 tide.
Alive to the signs of better times and
to the best interests of the people, they
are now circnlatiag 311109; families al
valuable publication knows as Tux
ClIARLKS A. VOOELKX COMPACT'S COOK
ekv Book xxd Book or Coxfokt axd
Health, which contains very choice ..
information on the sabject of cookiajr.
Receipts for the preparation of food;
substaatial aad dainty dishes, prepared
especially for it by a leading' authority,
will be found in its pages. Much care
has been taken in its preparation and
distributation, with the hope that it
will be just the thin; needed forhousc
keepers,and just the thing needed. also
for the care of the health and house
hold. As a Cookery Book it will.be in
valuable xo keep on hand for reference.
It also contains full information in
regard to the great jrcraedies of this
house, which provide against bodily
ailments, especially the Master Cure
for Fains and Aches, St. Jacobs Oil.
To give soma idea of the labor and
expense of this output, more than 200
tons of paper have been ascd in its
publication, and at the rate of 100,000.
a day, it has taken several months for
the issue.
The book can be had of druggists
everywhere, or by enclosing a 2c.
stamp to The Charles A. Vogcler Com
pany, Baltimore, Md.
Conlda't Stand It.
Tennyson used ,to tell the story of '
a farmer who, after hearing a red-hot
sermon of never-ending fire and brim
stone, consoled his wife quite sincerely
with the naive remark: "Never mind,
Sally: that must be wrong! no const i
tooshun could stand it." -Tit-Bits.
Hezeanaa Caaaakr lee tilth Glycerine.
!te original anil only ircnulne. Cuism Chapped llandt
anJ 1'ace, CoM bore. Ac. C.G.ClarI:.Co.,X.UaTea.Ct.
M st people like to bo called bad in a
!ausiiiig sort of a way.
KITS itopreil free ami permanently cnret. X fl
-iftcr llr.it Uav'a ui of Dr. Kllaw'a Great ern
Restorer. Vree S3 trial txttle nn! trtatia.
cud to Dc Ku.ie.93! Arch M-. Philadelphia, Ta,
Usually the charity that begins at homo
covers a multitude of hlns.
Jcst try n 10c box of Cascarets, randy
cathartic, tho finest liver and towel rou
ator made.
pre!
disg'
blessings in
Ulso.
Naked Pills
are fit only, for naked sav- $
ages. Clothe arc the marks
of civilization iu pills as well
as people. A good coat docs
not make a good pill, any more
than good clothes make a good M
man. mit as sure as yotru
look on a clotheslcss man as a
mad one, you may look on a
coatlcss pill as a bad one.
After fifty years of test no
pills stand higher than
AYER'S
Cathartic Pills
SUGAR COATED.
Comfort to
California.
I'very Thursday afternoon
a tourist Hlcepins car fur
Denver, Salt Lake City, fcan
I'ranciaco. and J.os Angeles
leaves Omaha and Lincoln
ia the Uiirllntou Koutc.
it Is carpeted, iiplmlste-cd
In rattan, has spring Shuts
and backs and is provided
irlth curtains, bedding, tow
el f.oap,etc. An experienced
excursion conductor and a
uniformed I ullin.m porter
accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While mdther as expen
sively finished nor 'us lio to
look at as a palace slccper.lt;
is Justasjrood torldoin. Sec
ond class tickets are honored
and tho price of a hcrth.w hie
cnouzh and big enough for
two, is only ST.
For a folder clvlns full
particulars write to
J. Francis, Ccn'l 1'ass'r Agent, Omaha-Xcb.
P
ENSIONS. PATENTS, CLAIMS.
JOHN W. MORRIS, nWWWSTKI.D.a
UU rrlndfal Zxaalatr V. 8. reaalen Buna.
3 jis. la latt war, U ailjudicaUag daiau. itty. lijn.
0MUMHK
Bit.jA.larwan3i'"i
Dr. Kay's Lug Bain
for coughs, loldsa
and throat disea&o
W. N. U. OMAHA. No- 7.-1897.
When writing to advertisers, kindly men
tloi this iiapcr.
Why sometimes it amuses.
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TjHEE aw
ALABASTINE.
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For Sale by Faiat Dealer Everywhere,
rnrr a Tint Card shntrin? 12 dcs;rab!e tints, also AlabasUno
rnCC SouTenirT!nfcTitfrcetoanyonemntionlnsrtbis paper.
A1AMAHTIXT. CO.. ttraaal Jtaairfa. Sliek.
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sseml Fo.RM. Smttt rrMithensioa,UiiiM.icn.
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Miss Helen Are those cowlets, Har
ry? Harry I don't know whether they
are coxvlets or bullets. Up to Date.
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