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A New and Odd Staaap.
Thi "bicycles stamp," which was
brought into existenco in San Fran
cisco by tho railroad strike, 13 likely
- to lo much prized by stamp collectors.
For moro than a fortnight San Fran
cisco was practically cut off from all
railroad communication, and a bicycle
Mail service was gotten up by tho
agent of a bicycle manufacturer be
tween that city and Fresno, a distance
of about 2K) miles. It continued for
four days, when the blockade was
raised. Stamps and stamped cnvel
opes were hastily designed and several
hundred, printed, the stamps being
sold at 25 cents apieco and tho cnvol
ope at .10 cents. Of the 3S0 letters
rarrieil, 315 were stamped and 40
were sent in stamped cnvelojies. Used
.tccimcns are already commanding a
high prenjium in San Francisco, the
pajiers of that city say, as high as fo
Iniiiig paid for tho stamps, whilo the
iiMid envelopes are expected to bring
from 5 to $10 each.
WAMIIXC A FINK ART.
"Ever .ince spinning was a typo of
ivoxatily industry frin apo to age, it has
Leon expected Hint beautiful apparel should
t-lothe women. From the classic robes of
Aspasia to tho rich dress-, of Elizabeth,
uud thonce to the wedding gown of Pur
itan Priseella wo se tho attractiveness of
dre.-s." Hut at this timo only has it be
come possible for all woneii to bo tiecoin
ingly attirod at a small cost, tho supply of
beautiful inoxpou.-ivo dros fabrics now to
be had, making it an easy matter. Yet
lliero aro women who insist that the cx
penst) of having summer gowns laundered
is gi cater than the original cost, nnd that
in the end light woolens or summer silks
nre more economical. This is a mistaken
idea, ns washing pretty lielongings is aflno
nrt, which is vorv easv to leani. Anvgirl
n mutter how delicately reared can wash i
uei fjwi rtuiuiiiei );unii. jy iiiiiii. tuty ,
plenty of water, and a little pure soap aro
tin nec-ssBry aids in tho work. To do it,
fill a tub two thirds full of warm water,
dissolve n fourth of a cake of Ivory Soap,
(which will not fade tho most delicate
rolors), add it to the water, wash tho gar
ments carefully through it, rinse lirst in
riot!' water, then in blue water, wring,
dip in thin starch, hand on tho line in tho
tibiide. When dry, sprinkle, and iron oil
wrong side. Eliza K. Parker.
Goodey'.s magazine for August opens
ivith a bree.y contribution from the
pen of Win. 1). McCrackcn. whose re
rent works on travel and history have
become very popular. Mr. MeCracken
tells of the iiit-re.stiiig peoples who in
tiabit. the Tirol, and under the eaption
.if "Those Messed Tirolese,"' gives a
scries of pen-pictures that cannot fail
to please. The article is amply illus
trated. A topic of timely interest is
''Woman's Work at the Tennessee Cen
teenial." by Anna M. Ilciijuiniu. The
'lodey Company, Lafayette Place, New
Vork.
Shafcn Intfi Your Shoe.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for tho
Feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It is the
Crcatest comfort discovery of the age.
Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot.
iircil, aching feet Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. By
mail for 25c In stamps. Trial package
FItEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le
Boy. N. Y. '
.n Innuendo.
Mrs Henpeek Seems to mo you
buy a great many trousers. Alfred. I
notice you have on a new pair to-day.
Mr. Henpeek Well, mj dear, when
a man and his wife and his mother-in-law
all insist on wearing the sanio
garment it can't last very long.
Voguc.
Tliprn In a Clas of 1'rnple
Wfto are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GUAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over V:
ns much. Children may drink it with
creat benefit. 13 cents and 23 cente
per package. Trv it. Ask for
GU.MX-O.
A Oiieor I"rfcsioii.
Window -gazing" is a profession in
I.011 Ion. A couple of styli.-hlydressed
ladies panst' before the wincfow of a
merchant, remain about live minutes
and audibly pi-awo ill" goods displaced
inside. Then they pa-.s on to another
ttore on their ' i;ir lis of m'.ins
Kial I lie .1 -rl :-ei:n ins.
You will enjoy this publication much
belter if you will get into the habit of
leading the advertisements: they will j
afford a most interesting .study arid j
will put o:i in the v:sv of getting
same eivlle:st bargains. Oar adver-
li.ers aiv reliable, tney send what
they advertise
loth'cr I can give yon :, position
iv. the children's rlothln r Vj a t j.ent
1'iit you'll find it er aggravating
Applicant Xot t 111 -. sir. ! worked
tl'i-ee years in i v. icimn's shoe depart
ment t-rimtl ':iin;i2xr ! niiii C.lrrrrlar.
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. uiIIiIj.ii. I'Uf .A,, v-.. ui'l.v...ni lnnn.a!
Ye.i cannot make
led.:ig him .n lis!i.
v. ie a fool lv
riip.i:pViar Kernels ".nt'i Casrarrt.
"a::uy C.it!j.ir?ii cure ro-p-upatioa forever.
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my nis til ;l:e have to.
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Tho good pill has a good corvt. Tho pill ccat
nqrves two purposes; it protects tho pill, en
abling it to retain all its remeui-il value, and it
disguises tho taste for tho palate. Gonio p.U
coats aro too heavy; they rill net dissolvo iii
the stomach, and tho pills they cqver pacs
through tho system as harmless as a, bread
.. "a i'uiiut. uiaur uoaves are
" J epeedy deterioration of
exposure, Ayer's Sugar Coated Pills havo been
found as effective as if. just fresh from tho labor
atory. It's a good pill -with a good coat. Ask
your druggist for
Ayer's Cathartic Pills.
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Kore pill particulars in Ayer's CurebooV. ico pages.
Sent free. J. C. Aver Co., Lowell. Mass.
CURE YOURSELF! I
Vise Ril? C3 fur ttnnntnrl I
difcbarci-. iiiCatuoiatii-n, I
irntatiunn or ulcerations
tf mucoup meznliranc.
mu caaupoo. l-iule(Hi. and not j.trin.
lrHtiiS CrtEUICitCa swl or poisonous.
Smn.0J J ! y Bresriots, I
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hr -xirw. rreriaid. for
fl.nri. r3 l-ottle. f:.T5.
Circular sent on reqnett.
PIANO FREE
Send cs !0 ants
tai a two ceat
Ststnp and we vrill
trail 10 you. Free.
a 40 cent copy of oar popular and beautiful soht
entitled 'The Oil Fashioned Bonnet notticr
Weft." witu printe4 instructions box to obtain
a new upright piano, or music box or bicycle,
from us free of cost. Send your name. P.O.,
County and State plainly written, to ibe
VhiteCityBirsic C., 41 8 26th SL, Chicaw.lll
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First Nighter "What! Every scat
taken?"
Ticket Seller "Every one; hut there
will he plenty after the first act I saw
a rehearsal."
Work for Other.
There are farm jrs in tho northern
and eastern Ma'o-J who work for their
neighbors a goo.l deal more than for
themselves. Their own holdings aro
small, but they ha patent reapers,
binders and threshers that they rent,
together with their own services and
the use of their hordes, if necessary,
therefor a fixed sum or a percentage
of the product.
Itnrieil for Two Onturiev.
X'i the heart of a largo pine tree,
three and one-half feet in diameter,
James Mi'ler of Marinette. Wis., found
a knife that was about a foot long and
one and one-half inelie.? wide. The
ago of the tree is est" mat "d to be over
20U years, and the knife was buried in
it when th" trv wa. in it infan"y.
for it is right n ar
the heart and only
about six feet from tii s base.
What Ilcfeiid oit'it Counsel S.iiil.
"And, your honor, when we reflect
on the very strong safe, the bad tools,
the poor light, cramped quarters and
my client's natural weakness, am I not
right in claiming he earned the stolen
twenty thou-aud marks by the sweat
of his brow?"' l'liegeiifle Maettur.
1.-sn Than Hair Tarn
To Ituffalo anil return via the Wa
bash K. It. For the (I. A. K. reunion
the Wabash will sell tickets on Aug. 21
and 22, at less than Half Fare, with
choice of routes via all rail from
Omaha or Chicago to KufTalo or by
steamer from Detroit, either going or
returning. The only line running re
clining chair cars (Seats free) from
Omaha or Chicago to ISnifalo. All
j trains run via Niagara Falls. For
ticKcts ana lurtiier iniormation call
on Agent connecting line or at Wabash
Ticket office, 1113 Farnaiu Street (Fax
ton Hotel block), or write
Gi:o. X. Clayton, X. W. Pass. Agt.,
Omaha, Neb.
'Our Animal Friends" is an excel
lent publication coming forth monthly
from the American Society for the pre
vention of cruelty to animals, Xew
York city. Each number contains
valuable information concerning the
care of domestic animals, and this
alone is worth many times the annual
subscription, which is only SI. Ihit in
addition to these articles of practical
value there are always contributions
from eminent men of science, and il
lustrated by artists who know how to
dra wanimals.
CL'Ki:U IN TIIICKK MONTH.
Knoxvillc, Tioga Co., Pa.,
Or. .7. C. Hoffman, Isabella Bidg., Chi
cago, 111.:
Dear Sir: Your medicine has cured
me of the Morphine Habit in 3 months.
I have no desire for the drug. I had
taken opiates for more than thirty
(.10) years. I am now most SI years old,
and feel very grateful for your kind
ness to me.
GARDNER MATTESON,
Care of Mrs. Uen Boom.
IVrilmts Aii:usriiif!it.
Jeweler- Your watch is magnc
ti.eil. I hue you been near a dynamo
or ridiiur. u l'ie electric cars recently.
Jim lliekey No. but I've bven - er
calling a good deal on a very at
tractive oang ladv. Puck.
Dcn't Tobacco Spi" r.nd Smike Your Lile Amy.
Totpiil tiili.ieco -.-isi!y ;iinl furever. be tnns
iiclie. full or lifr. in-rwand visor. taUeXo-To-U:ie.
l!u- uciidcr-ivoi!.! i that tuaUo wca'c
men stronir. lim-rsists. .'0c or t. Cure
gu:ir:iiit ed Ito-i'nlel nntl - niiple fn e. Add res-,
lerlins Itt-iredj to.. (Miicao or New York.
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water and th- top of a moitiitahi four
rnih-s ..igh. I'Jii:. it is plain to lx,-s"'en.:-.
Uvsiim- the force of the earth's
attraction i- ms.ch le.. . on the moun
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anybody's way.
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Saddle Coat.
Keeps Ixjthriicrani sill's per
fectly dry in the hardest storr-s.
Substitutes will diMrroiit. A-fc for I
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It is entirely r.e-v. If not for sale in I
your tv-n. write for cataloirJi to
A. J. IOWLK, Boston. Mass.
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IN THE ODD COENER.
SOME STRANGE. QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OP LIFE.
A Remarkable Cockatoo A Six-Toed
Cat Serving as a Mascot for a Politi
cal Organization la New York City
Snail Farming.
The Itcech-Trec'a Petition.
It, I,KAVE this bar
ren spot to me!
Spare, woodman,
spare the beechen
tree!
Though bush or flow
eret never grow
My dark, unwarm
ing shade below:
Nor summer bud per
fume the dew
Of rosy blush or pI
low hue:
Nor fruits of autumn.
blossom-born.
My green and glossy leaves adorn:
Nor murmuring tribes from me derive
Th ambrosial amber of the hive:
Yet leave th's barren spot to me:
Bi-are. woodman, spare the beechen tree.
Ihrlce twenty summers I have seen
The sky Krow bright, the forest ;reen;
And many .i wintry wind have stood
In bloomless. fruitless solitude.
Since childhood in my pleasant bower
First spent its sweet and sportive hour;
Since youthful lovers in my shade
Tl.eir vows of truth and rapture made.
And on my trunk's surviving frame
Carved many a Ion;;-forgot ten name.
Oh! by the sighs of gentle sound.
First hi talli 1 upon this sacred ground
Ity all that love lias whisper'd here.
Or beauty heard with ralsh'd ear;
As love's own altar honour me:
Spare, woodman. sp;ire the beechen tree.
A Kciiiarkaltlc Cockatoo.
There is a ery renirkablc cocka
too found in one of the islands of the
Indian Cca.m, near New Guinea; it is
is large as a full-grown pheasant, and
of a jet b'ack color. The bird is dis
tinguished for its immensely strong
bill and the clever manner in which
it uses this tool. The bill seems as
hard as st"cl, ai:d the upper part has
'i deep notch in it. Now the favorite
food of this cockatoo is the kernel of
the canaiy nut; but there is wonder
ful ingenuity required to get at it. for
the nut is something like a Brazilian
nut. only ten times as hard. In fact,
it requires the blow cf a heavy ham
mer to crack it; it is quite smooth and
triangular in shape. The cockatoo
might throw the nut down, hut it
would not break, or it might hold it
in its claws as parrots usually do with
their food and attempt to crush it, but
(he smoothness of the nut would cause
it to fly cut of the beak. Nature,
however, appears to have given the
possessor of this wonderful bill an
almost miraculous intelligence to di
rect its powers, for the cockatoo takes
one of the nuts edgewise in its hill,
and by a sawing motion of its sharp
lower mandible makes a small notch
in it. This done, the bird takes hold
of the nut with its claws, and biting
off a piece of leaf, retains it in the
deep notch of the upper part of the
bill. Then the nut is seized between
the upper and lower parts of the bill
and is prevented slipping by the pecu
liar texture of tho leaf. A sharp nip
or two in the notch breaks off a tiny
p.cce cf the shell of the nut. The bird
then seizes the nut in its claws and
pokes the long, sharp point of its hill
into the hole and picks out the ker
nel hit by hit. The cockatoo has a
very long tongue, which collects each
morsel as it is broken off by the bill.
This is without doubt a wonderful
process, for it is quite clear that with
out the leaf nothing can be done, and
it proves how certain structures in
birds an made to destroy certain
parts of plants.
SiiaU-Iarnilnc.
Snail-farminij forms a peculiar
branch of agricultural industry in
Franco nnd other countries, and the
consumption of them in Trance is very
laige. F.lihle snails vary greatly in
sre; the large white ones are the real
escarjret. but this term is usually em
ployed to designate all edible snails
adapted to table purposes, l.ut in the
markets, besides rscargot, there are
two other varieties, known as limaee
and limaccn. the former being of me
dium size and tho hitter quite small.
Though the groat majority of the edi
ble snails produced in France are of
p a turn 1 growth, their aitiflcial culture
is carried on to a very considerable
extent. They arc propagated from
August to October in ground especial
ly prepared for the purpose, and fed
with cibbage, clover, etc. During the
wij-ter they are sheltered in houses
cunposcd of brick and wood, and they
are gathered and marketed from April
to June. In the Tyrol from June to
tho middle of August the snails are
collected from every available damp
place and taker, to the feeding-ground
near the owner's dwelling. This is a
bit of garden ground, free from trees
and shrubs, and surrounded on all
sides by running water. In this feeding-ground
are little heaps of mountain-pine
twigs, mixed loosely with
v.ccd-moss. and these twigs when dry
s re replaced by fr-h ones. Every day
they are fed on cabbage leaves and
grass, and when cold weather sets in
tbey go under cover that is, thoy col
lect urder tb.c heaps of twigs and bury
themselves, and there seal themselves
up for the winter When this has been
successfully rcomplished they are
cillected. pecked in perforated boxes
lined with straw and sent off to Paris
and other towns.
Marrcilles enjoys a great reputation
for special preparations of csargots.
Snails are regarded as dainties and
st mething of a luxury. On snail-farms
the cost of preparing them for the
market ;S greater than the cost of
p: educing them.
Kxtraorillnarv l'r-orily.
The etracrdinai precocity of Chris
ten HeinccACn deserves a record
amongst instances of mental wonders.
This remarkable child was bor.n on
February C. 1721. at Lubcck. in Ger
many, where his father was a painter.
When only ten months old he could re
peat every word said to him. At
twelve m.nths such was his mental de
velopment that he knew the salient
events recorded to the Pentateuch by
heart. At two years he had the his
tcrcal parts of the Old and New Tes
taments at his fingers' ends. In his
third year he could have passed the
mest exacting examination in univer
sal history and geography, and could
a'so converse in Latin and French.
His fourth year he occupied in study
ing chmca history and religion. This
marvellous precocity was no mere feat
of memory, for the little savant could
reason on and discuss the varied
knowledge he had acquired. Crowds
flocked to Lubeck to see the wonder
ful child; and in 1724 he was taken to
-openhagen at the desire of the King
3f Denmark. On his return home he
began to learn writing, but his frail
constitution gave way and he died on
June 22. 1725.
Cliff r Xatnrallr Formed Glas.
A cliff of naturally-formed glass is
one of the many wonders to be seen
in Yellowstone Park. This cliff, says
Professor Iddings, is an elevation half
a mile long by from 150 feet to 200
feet high, the material of which it
contains being as good glass as any
artificially manufactured. Its colors
and structure are not only interesting
to even visitor, but furnish to the
scientific investigator phenomena of
importance. The cliff presents part of
a section of a surface flow of obsi
dian, which poured down an ancient
slope from the plateau lying east. It'
is impossible to determine what the
original thickness of this flow was.
The dense glass which now forms its
lower portion is from 75 feet to 100
feet thick, while the upper portion has
suffered from ages of erosion and gla
cial action. A remarkable feature of
the cliff is tho development of pris
matic columns, which form its liuth
ern extremity. These are of shining
black obsidian, and are from 50 feet
to 60 feet in height, with diameters
varying from 2 feet to 4 feet. The
color of the cliff is mostly black, but
much of it is mottled and streaked
with bright brownish red and various
shades of brown and olive green.
Ilcielit of Trees Summer an-l Winter.
It has, perhaps, occurred ..j a few
of us that the boughs of trees occupy
a very different position in summer
and winter respectively, but Miss Ag
nes Fry, says Public Opinion, has
made careful measurements of the
height from the ground of branches of
both walnut and mulberry trees in
August and December, and she finds
that in some ca.es there 5s a differenca
or as much as thirty-one inches in the
height of the same branch from tho
ground in those two months. One par
ticular figure was obtained with a
L-rarc'i of a mulberry tree, and it was
ft.i:d that in December a weight of
thirty-five pounds was not sufficient to
lower it to its summer position. In
other cases there were differences of
ficm thirteen inches to nineteen inches
in the distance in summeer and win
er respectively of braches from the
u round. No wonder, then, that the
diagnosis of a tree in winter from its
general outline is so difficult a task.
Dcrlilc I by si TnnH-Up.
A curious case occurred in one of the
Sussex, Kng., courts a few years ago.
It was a "horsey" case, and the evi
dence was very conflicting. "It is a
tcss-up," said His Honor Judge Mar
tineau, when he came to consider his
judgment. Counsel for the defendant
"coked at the plaintiff inquiringly.
"What do you say?" he asked. "All
right," rcsponJ'.d that individual, tired
of litigation. There was a brief ad
journment, and just without the pre
circts of the court the coin was spun.
A matter of 70 or more depended upon
the spin. A minute later counsel was
informing the judge that the dispute
was settled, and asked for judgment
for the plaintiff. "Is that so?" asked
his honor. "Yes, your honor," replied
the loser, with rueful countenance."
"Sl.-Totl Trilby."
The Citizens' union of New York
city has a Maltese cat with six toes.
Six-toed cats from time immemorial
have been regarded as mascots.
Though burdened with the name of
Trilby, the mascot is of a cheerful dis
position and even temper.
Are Thry Heathen?
We rerer to the people of India often
as heathen, but they are very like
Clr.ifetians, in some things, and very
unlike some boys who would be very
indignant if they were called heathen.
In India a certain bungalow was over
run with mice. Sir John Croe, who
has Iicd in India and written a book
about it, says that a Hindu boy was
hired to set traps and dispose of the
mice. He bought a number of traps,
and in great triumph took his employ
er to .show him that in every trap
there was a mouse. The days went by,
but there were just as man- mice in
the bungalow. The boy's employer
asked him what he did with the mice.
"Il-ive you set the traps?"
"Yes, sahib."
"How many mice did you catch?"
' Fifty, sab'b."
"What did you do with them?"
"I let them out again."
"Put," said the master, "they were
to be caught and killed."
"Oh, sahib. I never kill anything,"
replied the boy.
Even insects that torment men are
not injured by the Hindu children..
When we sec how cruel boys especially
can be to dogs and cats, how ready
they are to stone birds and rob bird's
nests, one thinks that there are heath
en at home. The Outlook.
I,: vet in a Water-Tank.
A disused water-tank on the side of
a lonely hill in South California is the
place of abode of a once well-known
Californian vaquero. This tank, In
days gone by, furnished water for its
pieser.t ccupant's horse. But stress
of circumstarca caused horse and own
er to seek fresh fields and pastures
i!'-v, and when the man returned, af
ter a few years" absence, he found the
distr'c' had been abandoned by others
r.s well as himself. The tank was per
fectly dry. and. after roofing it in
w:th the ruins of an old windmill tow
er, and cutting a doorway in the side,
the wanderer decided to make it his
hcuse. A door was soon fixed up and
a small window made; and a stove, a
few choking utensils and a bed form
the simple equipment cf this isolated
curious dwelling.
Xenrpipcr Mnsanms.
Aix-ia-Chapelle has a newspaper mu
seum forty years old and containing
over 50,000 newspapers in sixty differ
ent languages. Gera has a similar mu
seum with 20,000 copies so far. It is
believed that these collections will
prove of inestimable value to histori
ans. The oldest wooden building in the
world is believed to be the church in
Borgund, in Norway. It was built in
the eleventh century, and has been pro
tected by frequent coatings of pitch.
It is built of pine and in fantastic
Romanesque design.
Irreverence. Wc live in an irrr-er-cct
age, and our people do not poorer -,
any tco much of the re5pect di:r :b .
dead. Rev. Dr. Roseman. Hefcr
Baltimore. Md.
London's population h.c-
about 70,000 every ye. r.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Somfl Cp-to-Dnte Hints About Cultiva
tion off the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, Viticulture and Flori
culture. HE best mixture of
grass seeds depends
upon soil and cli
mate and the farm
ers' needs, says
Mirror and Farmer.
More regard should
also be paid to the
succession of
blooming of the
different varieties
that may be sown,
though this point was long since em
phasized by Flint. Mr. F. I-amson
Scribner, chief of the grass division of
the department of agriculture and one
of the best experts on grasses, in one
of his admirable addresses made these
very practical points: The best wild
or native hay grasses are blue joint,
fowl meadow grass, a species of ttly
ceria, and one of the Muhlenbergias
or "drop seeds." These are valuable
In the order named, and often afford
in our low-lying meadows a large bulk
cf native hay of excellent quality.
Like other species of grasses, they re
spond readily to good treatment. Tim
othy, meadow fescue, orchard grass.
rye grass and redtop are the chief and
best known of the cultivated or so
called "tame" grasses for the produc
tion of hay. In the markets timothy
is the recognized standard by which
the value of other grasses is estimated.
It is the farmers' gold coin, although
it does not appear to me to be equal in
some respects to other varieties. Its
clean appearance, even growth, fair
productiveness, and easy propagation
make it a favorite grass. The presence
of meadow fescue indicates a good soil,
and upon well-drained clayey land it
is one of the best grasses we can culti
vate; it is alike good for hay and pas
turage. Where the soil is moist, but
deep and strong, the large fescue (Fes
tuca arundinacea) may be cultivated.
It is one of the most productive of hay
grasses. Almost equally productive on
soils suitable to it is orchard grass,
md by many of our farmers this is re
garded as equal if not superior to tim
Jtny. It has a serious fault, however,
jf growing in bunches or tussocks. It
s not a turf former, and when culti
vated the seed should be sown thickly,
and it is a good plan to add some other
species as a filler. This objectionable
habit of orchard grass may be over
come in a measure by heavily rolling
the fields in early spring. Were it not
for this tussock-forming habit, or
chard grass would make one of t'av
best of grasses for pastures, because A.
the early production of tender leaves.
Rye grass, so popular in England, has
never come into much favor here, al
though it is usually recommended as
an ingredient for mixtures designed
for permanent pasture. On very rich
soils, where the ground is fairly moist
and the atmosphere humid, its produc
tiveness is very large. It will make
a fair turf if well cared for. and may
be used alone for lawns, but not in
mixtures. Red top is one of the finest
and best of our hay grasses, especially
for low meadows, but is less produc
tive than other sorts. The require
ments of a good hay grass are produc
tiveness, hardiness and adaptability to
the soil. It must also be nutritious,
rich in flesh-forming elements, and
possessing little fiber, and must be
palatable to stock. Our pasture grasses
are more numerous than those which
yield us hay. The most important
kinds are meadow foxtail, Kentucky
bluegrass, English bluegrass (Poa
compressa), certain varieties of redtop
and species oi fescue, quite productive,
and by many is very highly esteemed.
It is recommended in all mixtures
compounded for the production of con
tinuous herbage through the season.
Kentucky bluegrass is a good turf
former and a good pasture grass where
the land is rich, but does best upon
strongly calcareous or limy soils. It
is the grass which lias made the pas
tures of portions of Kentucky and
Tennessee so justly famous. English
bluegrass is a better pasture grass for
light sandy soil than Kentucky blue
grass. It will grow on soils so thin
and poor that little else will grow. On
good land its productiveness is scarce
ly inferior to that of Kentucky blue
grass, and it is equally tender and nu
tritious. It makes a very firm sod, and
withstands the tramping of stock bet
ter than many other kinds. The cul
tivation of this grass in certain por
tions of Virginia has changed poverty
stricken districts to areas of wealth
and prosperity. This has been ef
fected by the cultivation of this Eng
lish bluegrass and the raising of dair
stock. Lowland pastures should al
ways contain redtop in some of its
varieties. It makes the cleanest,
nicest looking and sweetest turf of any
grass I know. The line-leafed varie
ties should be selected for cultivation
in pastures. Meadow fescue is a valu
able pasture grass, as already inti
mated, where the soil is good; and on
sandy soils red fescue is perhaps one
of the best species we can cultivate,
associating with it English bluegrass.
Itanmbach Strawberry (irontne.
J. S. Stickney contributes to the or
gan of the Wisconsin Horticultural So
ciety the following paper:
The very successful strawberry
growing of Mr. Wm. von Baumbach
has caused much inquiry as to his
methods. Being his near neighbor and
passing his plantation almost daily, I
ira quite familiar with his methods.
and with his consent will state a few
of my impressions. I think the key
note to all his success is persistent,
thorough painstaking, to do everything
in season and in the best possible man
ner. His soil is only fairly good, such
as may be found on almost any quarter-section
of average farm land stiff
clay subsoil, surface rather a h'aVvy
clay loam, originally covered with a
heavy growth of Oak and Maple; a
strong soil but not easy to manage. He
uses manure from the city stables
freely, but not excessively, twenty to
twenty-five loads per acre once in
three years. For these many years,
more than three-fourths of all his
planting has been six rows of Crescent
to three rows of Wilson, and his faith
today is stronger in these than any
other; still ho tries most of the newer
kinds. Perhaps the most noticeable
points of his management are:
1st, early and careful planting on
thoroughly prepared ground.
2d, frequent, almost constant, culti
vation. Light, fine-toothed cultivators
are run after every rain, and about
every seven days whether it rains or
not. with very frequent hoeing and
weeding, until new runners cover the
row space; later, the runners are
clipped to a iine by a cultivator with
an axle and two revolving discs in
front. All weeds die young.
3d, his treatment of pickers. He em
ploys only those of such age and re
sponsibility as he can trust with a six
teen quart case to pick and fill, with
the bottom course of as good quality
Ml
and mb well filled as the top. Every
family represented by these pickers re
ceives two quarts of berries each day
for their own use, in addition to their
regular pay. He is never troubled with
strikes.
4th, he secures "top" prices and
quick sales by filling very box heap
ing full. Nearly all his sales are to
one commission house and it is very
common in early morning to see five
or ten retail grocer wagons standing
before that store waiting for his team
to arrive. Half of his load, or more,
docs not reach the sidewalk, but goes
directly to those wagons. He is an
noyed by other growers and dealers
gathering his empty crates and re
filling them, so much so that he now
docs not stencil them. All these
things are easy. Let us each try them
one season. Perhaps we shall like
them. Mr. von Baumbach is planning
to keep debit and credit the coming
season and, as far as practicable, a
comparative tally with some of the
later kinds, the result of which he will
give us at the close of the season.
Otimtinu In Hee Kreping.
1. Is it the old or new queen that
goes out with the swarm?
2. Do you clip one or both wings of
the queen?
3. If drones are killed how is it
best accomplished? How repress the
rearing of them?
4. When sections are not finished
in the fall flow of honey can the bees
be fed and cause them to finish them?
If so, do you advise this plan?
Answer: 1. The old queen goes with
the first swarm and a young queen
with each after-swarm.
2. A bee has four wings, a large
one and a small one on each side. It
is sufficient to cut the large wing on
one side, and better than to cut a little
irom all. L. A. Aspinwall reports that
he has cut off about an eighth of an
inch from the wings on both sides
of virgin queens, and finds they be
come fertilized all right, showing they
can lly with that amount cut from both
sides. (lie doss this to secure fertiliza
tion from his own drones rather than
to have them fly off to a distance.) But
if the same amount be cut away from
one side only it throws them out of
balance when they attempt to lly and
they tumble to the ground. If you cut
off just the one large wing take off all
you can conveniently. With only one
wing cut away, the defect is scarcely
noticed, so that if you care greatly for
the beauty of your queens you will cut
only one wing. But the very fact that
such clipping is not so readily noticed
makes it objectionable to one who has
much work in the apiary, so I prefer
to cut off all I can conveniently from
both wings en one side, then I can
tell at a glance whether a queen is
clipped or not.
3. You can kill drones by means of
a drone-trap in front of the hive, catch
ing them in it and then destroying
them. A better plan is to slice tho
heads off the drone-brood after it is
sealed. Much better than either is tho
plan of having no drone-comb in the
hive. Fill every frame full of worker
foundation. But bees are sometimes
so desperately in earnest about rear
ing drones that they will work a few
drone-cells in every possible place, and
will even build some cells on worker
base. G. M. Doolittle thinks it better
to allow them one or two square inches
of drone-comb in the hive, and this
satisfies them, and gives the beekeep
er no trouble to find it, so he can slice
it everv two or three weeks.
4. Most bee-keepers decide that it
is not easily practicable, and not piolit
ablc. American Beekeeper.
Scrub Conr Sojih'ntry.
A correspondent in the Rural New
Yorker makes a plea for what he
calls the scrub cow by reason of tho
fact that she is a better mill for the
consumption of roughage, and as at the
present prices of butter it does not pay
to feed grain. This sounds very nice,
and doubtless there are many who sup
pose that it is true; but such reason
ing is at the most somewhat super
ficial. In the first piace what is
"roughage?" Webster does not recog
nize the word, so we may assume that
it means the hay and coarse fodders
on the farm. Now in the first place,
we admit that a native cow may turn
more of mouldy or weedy hay into but
ter than will a thoroughbred that has
for gereuations been used to good feed.
But if any man will deliberately pursue
that line of dairy farming that calls
for the raising of weedy hay, and tho
improper curing of good hay, then we
may say Ephraim is wedded to his
idols, let him alone. We all sometimes
raise weedy hay, and at times get some
of it improperly cured, but do not let
us deliberately plan for such work. And
even admitting that every year we must
get some of our hay caught in too many
rains there is no cow on earth, be she
scrub or thoroughbrd, that will mako
the best butter out of poor feed. Let
us set as to feeding grain or hay: A
ton of timothy hay and a ton of bran
contain as lollows, in each 100 pounds:
Protein. C-kydrates. Fa:.
Timothy hay .. 3.0 43.0 1.2
Bran 12.G 40.1 2.0
And while the bran contains four
times as much protein or milk-making
food, twice as much fat and slightly
more carbohydrates as the hay, yet tho
price of the two is nearly the same.
.Docs this look as if it did not pay to
feed grain to cows? This is an ex
treme case to be sure, as timothy is
the highest priced hay we have, yet
it is often the case that food nutrients
may be purchased cheaper in the form
of grain than in hay or coarse fodder.
The fact of the matter is that the low
er the price of butter the more need of
the be-st cow, and the best feed where
with to feed her.
Spraying.
Utah experiment .station publishes
the following:
I. Spraying is undoubtedly effective
and pays if fruit raising does.
II. Spray thoroughly and spray
when it will do the most good and
not before nor after.
III. For fungous diseases spray
with some copper salt, a simple solu
tion of copper sulphate, 1 pound to 15
gallons of water, before the buds
swell; later with the Bordeaux mix
ture, and as the fruits near.s maturity
use the ammoniaca! solution of cop
per carbonate.
IV. For insects which gnaw spray
with Paris green or London purple, 1
pound to 'I'M gallons of water, apply
ing it when the enemy is scn at work
or earlier if he works within the plant.
V. For insects which suck the plant
juices spray the insect itself with
hcrcseue emulsion and be sure that
each one gets its share.
VI. The aphis or apple-rcot louse
is successfully combated by applying
tobacco dust about the roots of the
affected tree. The cost is about two
cents per tree.
VII. Neither spraying for injects
nor for fungous diseases injure the
fruit for ue as food.
Six sea-going steamers heinjj con
structed at St. I-ouis are bolipvcd to bv
intended for Cuban insurgents.
Kven the gosii helps to kep soma
people straight.
NEEDED DIETING.
Aa Attenuated It or so That Kxeltod a
oncer's Unnecessary Sympathy.
A South Chicago policoman carao
across an attenuated sorrel horso
tied to a hitching- post the other day.
Ho waited a few minutes until tho
ownor arrived, and then said:
Why don't you feed your horso
something? I'd wager that he hasn't
seen an oat sinco ho was a colt. Do
vou feed him on tho photograph of a
balo of hay?"
Mr. Otlicer, you don't know that
liorso or you wouldn't talk that way."
I don't know the horo, but I know
that you ought to Ihj run in for work
ing a starved beast like that; it's a
caso for the S. P. C. A. Do you weigh
out his food to him on an apothecary's
scales?"
Officer, beforo you say any moro
do mo a favor; get in that buggy and
drive around the block, and when you
p;et back here tell mo what to feed
him; I'll do whatever you say."
Tho policeman got into tho buggy
nnd started off. Ho thought ho was in
a morry-go-rmind driven by cyolono
power: he braced his feet against tho
dashboard and hung onto tho reins
until his wrists cracked, nnd there
was a shower of heels all over the
road; tho buggy slewed around tho
corners on ono wheel, and when tho
hor.-o finally landed up against tho
hitching post with his front legs over
the shafts, tho officer was so dazed ho
couldn't speak for a minute.
Well," queried tho owner, "what
(7o you think I'd better feed tho
liorso?"
If I owned him," answered tho
policeman, sternly, "I'd food him on
some cood. reliable anaesthetic."
Viiltors to Lincoln 1'nrk In Chicago
Will ho delighted with tho souvenir book
of this beautiful spot now being distributed
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kail way Company. It is a magnificent
uihIieu't:oii of W pages full to overflowing
with delicious half ton pictures of one of
("Ttntion's nio-.t chnrining places of resort
for citi7ens of the (Jret Republic.
No stranger visiting Chicago should bo
without n copy of the "Souvenir of Lincoln
'nr!c." It can onlv bo procured by enclos
ing twenty-live i-.") cents, in coin "or post
ge stamps, to Ceo. II. HeatTord. general
passenger agent, 410 Old Colony Building,
Llncngo, JU.
Where Kip" Was Horn.
Another change has taken placo in
the old house on Sixth and Spruce
streets, Philadelphia, in which Joseph
Jefferson was born, add now the very
dwellers in the house aro ignorant of
his existence or of his glory. Until
recently tho house was occupied by a
dealer in Florentine etists which is at
least ono form of art. But now there
is a barber's polo at tho sido window
and a Russian peddler's stand at the
door, and tli dwelling is a tenement
house given over to tho lower class of
Poles.
Aroue to Action
A dormant liver, or yon will suffer all tho
tortures incident to a prolonged bilious at
tack, roust I pat ion, headaches, ilysjiepsia.
furred tongue, sour breath, pain in the right
hide, will adruoiii-li you of neglect. Disci
pline the recalcitrant organ at once with
Hosteller's Stomach Hitlers, and expect
prompt relief. Malaria.'rlieiimatNin. kidney
complaint, nervousness and debility aro
thoroughly removed by the Hitters.
The Century magazine will offer
twelve prizes of S-.10 each, three a
year, for four successive years, to
college graduates receiving the degree
of l.achelor of Arts for the best poem,
the best essay and the best short story.
Craduates must submit their work be
fore June 1st of the year .succeeding
graduation, and the young men and
women who came out of college in
June 1S07, are to have first chance at
the prizes.
SIO.OO Given Away.
Andy P. Whitmer of East Chicago, Ind.,
writes: "I would not take $10.00 for your
book, 'Dr. Kay's Home Treatment,' if I
could not get another." It has CS pages
nnd 50 valuable recipes. For ten days we
will send ono free. Address Dr. "B. J.
Kay Medical Co.. Omaha. Neb.
l!ee.
One species of beo more determined
to secure safety and privacy fashions
a neat tubular gallery of clay outsido
its doorwav. and at tho entrance to
these galleries a number of tho pigmy
owners aro always siationeu, appar
ently actiii"; tho part of sentinels.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 73c.
A woman's argument always
minds von of the way she tics
ro
ller necktie.
I shall recommend I'iso's cure for Con
Miiuption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
i'itimstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, lb'.C.
Probably the Lord made Kve to
show Adam what lie escaped.
Dr. Kav's Renovator, renovator and ro-
stores :,N"Kood as now tho whole system,
Trial si ye, 2.V.
Seo advt.
Strive with all your might to come
tip to your own standard.
No-To-Hac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteei! tobacco habit rtire. maltes weak
men strong. blooU pure. 50c. 81. All UrugKists.
.Matrimony is the only sure cure for ,
love sickness. '
F.very man has a streak of genius, i
but in most men it is all streak. 1
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Everv single one of the many parts of a Columbia bicycle is
p:tssctl several times through the hands of skilled workmen
who examine it in the utmost detail. Such an elaborate sys
tem of inspection is expensive, but no expense is spared in
building Columbias. They are as near perfection in adjust
ment snd finish as human ingenuity can make them.
1896 COLUMBIAS, $60.
HARTFORD BICYCLES, $50, $45, $40, $30,
Equal to cczrljr every other ticjele cxccct Ike ColssiMa,
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Candid Critic Then you must find
that marriage is a failure.
IJribery is a game at which at least
two must play.
To Care Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarcts Candv Cathartic 10c or So.
It C C. C tail to cure, druggists refund money.
A tempest in a teapot some times
turns out to be a disastrous storm.
Our Agents
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