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Has the hog cholera got ia your pif-m-eed
patch yetr asked the Mead frea
the city.
Johnson, who had rented a farm to
escape an epidemic of appendicitis that
-was raging in the city, extracted a
sliver from his thumb and replied: "I
can teli you that farming Isn't the snap
folks think. There's lots of work. A
couple of weeks ago I wanted to set a
hen. The hens were all laying and,
not wishing to disturb them, I set a
rooster. I've been working with him
ever since. The bird is as faithless to
his vows as a summer girl. But my
worst stroke of luck was last week."
"What was it? Forgot to put quilts
on your onion bed?"
"No, not that You see, I had a colt
that was In rather poor flesh. One of the
neighbors told me to feed it plenty of
corn in the car. I did so and I'm afraid
it is going to die. The poor animal has
been deaf as a bat ever since." Truth.
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There la m Claaa or reosle
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed In all
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that takes the place of coffee. The
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Fatherhood.
To be a husband and father Is the
frowning glory of manhood. All other
relations, positions, pursuits, offices and
honors are mere incidents and by plays
subordinate to tbis great end. Rev. Dr.
Chcrington.
Christ never sent anyone to anybody
else who came to him for help.
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GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
Deatag the Army Males Mother Bicker
dyke Hoaored Kaaaaa Soldiers Pay
Message to the Great Amy Mase
Oar Graad Old Ship.
Ttae Flic-tit of ttae "Coastltatloa."
HE sky in the south
waa unclouded,
the sea was like
grass
That glitters green
although shroud
ed In Ice clear as
glass.
: The pennants and
topsails nuns
idly, awaiting the
breeze.
'I While Hull from the
quarter maraeu
widely the sweep
of the seas.
Behind him. like hawks that one second
The fflLTofaffll-h- reckoned, six
vessels In all. i t,A
They had followed him far down the
ocean, and now they were there
But they. too. were left without motion.
were stranaea ior air.
Across the smooth sheen of the surface
no ripple made way:
To east the moon even showed her race.
so rare was the day. ti..ir
And once in a while rang defiant Hull s
long twenty-four." .
F.om the shattered stern windows the
giant grinned black to the core.
Cried Hull: "We are wasting our thun
der, unhar-dle the gun!
What trick can we play them. I wonder,
what thing can be done? ,, -
We will tow with the current to nofward.
and give them a chase. ,..
Come! Down with the atsand titand
forward! Each man to his place!
They were off. and the hawse held secure
ly: the towing seemed play.
And tVe ftigate forged slowly but surely
But fheefldeeatnodf Ihefoemen still foUowed
and hung like a hound.
And the foam of the sea curled and hol
lowed their oar-blades around.
The captains of England Pffred proudly.
The SroWM&a loudly.
Now"wo,rt5 fhehs?pCrcnstltutlon. for
The day 2tl$ retribution, her last
on the sea!"
They had no occasion for hurry, their net
Two IhorTmlfes ahead lay their quarry:
they held her at last.
They thought that ere night should come
rolling, the sound of the "urge
Would bury the foe and be tolling the
knell of his dirge!
"The wind we shall have ere it reach him.
for we are behind!
Though to Neptune he kneel and beseech
film, no help shall he find;
And Broke smiled quite slowly at Dacres.
and Dacres at him:
"We have her. by all your broad acres.
unless she can swim!
Yet night came and no wind was blowing.
and all of the night
The ships of the English were towing, and
held her in sight.
At noon there crept out of the distance
four frigates again!
And Hull prayed aloud for assistance; the
English were ten!
Then up sprang his oldest lieutenant and
cried: "We are saved!
We shall save every star in the pennant
Each inch that has waved!
Splice cables and take out the kedges, and
see they are strong:
Drop them down to the lowest sea ledges!
We'll warp her along!"
Then swift the sea-anchors uplifting, they
bore them away.
But while the great frigate was drifting
to give the ropes play.
Broke came in his flag-ship, the Shannon.
by sixteen boats towed.
And the crash and confusion oi cannon
rang out as they rowed!
Alrnrtv new
night was unfolding
her
wings from the snore.
And the great Constitution was holding
her distance, and more.
And when the dear Dawn, rosy-fingered,
commenced to appear.
The crew cheered the foe where they lin
gered, three miles to the rear.
And ere the third daylight was passing,
and twilight began.
Dcrk clouds on the sea-line were massing.
and thin ripples ran.
The rain that arose whirled and hovered,
and fell like a pall
Till the ship Constitution was covered and
safe from them all.
With a smile on his lips that half-paled
them. Hull softly said: "Well!
We've outfought them, outtricked them,
outsailed them!" and slept where he
fell.
And see! when the clouds broke In sunder
the wind was still fair.
But they scanned the wide ocean In won
der; no English were there!
Oh, save us the old Constitution! What!
shall this day be
The day of her first retribution her last
on the s.a!
Preserve her with all great glory she
still Is sublime:
Forever she lives In our story, a landmark
of time!
Thomas Tracy Bouve.
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Doping the Army Male.
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: A
unique swindle of the government has
recently been exposed by Dr. Ed
rell and further attempt in that
tlon prevented. Dr. Ferrell is
known St. Louis veterinarian,
taken up tbe !arge practice enjoyed my
his father, when the latter was Ap
pointed inspector of horses and mules
for the government, with headquarters
at Chicago.
According to the young veterinari
an's story a large contract for army
mules was recently advertised, and,
following the rules and regulations,
was let to the lowest bidder. This
man said he would furnish all mules
wanted at $85 apiece.
"The first consignment was to ar
rive in East St Louis." said Dr. Ed
Ferrell. "and father appointed me to
Inspect them. When I looked at the
papers and saw that $85 was the price
per head I at once concluded some
thing was amiss, for I knew a gooc
mule cannot be purchased for less than
$150. But the animals I examined
seemed all right; they were sleek and
lively, and apparently came up to the
requirements. During the first half
hour that I was inspecting I noticed
that I was never permitted to examine
a mule very closely. The animal itself
objected and when one or two had
nearly kicked my head off I began to
suspect that some person was causing
their deviltry. Then, finally. I caught
sight of a man poking a mule with
a sharp-pointed iron just as I stooped
to examine a fetlock. This happened
two cr three Jimes. and I tell you my
life was in danger.
The next discovery I made was that
of a man poking a 'hypo' into a mule.
Then I called a halt, and ordered one
of the drivers to take an animal far to
one side, and not have anyone come
near. For half an hour I examined
that mule, and when I had finished
I was ready for the contractor. We
didn't exchange many words, but the
result of what was said appeared the
day following, when the man relin
quished his contract"
"What was it you discovered?" the
reporter for the Post-Dispatch asked.
"I discovered." replied Dr. Farrell.
"that every one of those mules, and
thane were several hundred of them,
wa old enough to keel over and die
of antiquity. But they had been un
dergoing treatment. For a month or
more the beasts had been treated to
hypodermic injections of a fluid espe
cially prepared for the purpose, and
which contained some arsenic. It
caused them to be temporarily young
again, filled them out and gave their
coats a sleek appearance and made
their eyes glisten.
"I suspected the mules haJ been
doped after I had examined tha.v ani
mal ten minutes, but I was puzzled
when I opened the mouth, for the teeth
indicated a 3-year-old. It was some
time before I caught on. and when I
did I marveled at the neatness of the
work. Those teeth had not only been
tawed to the right, but had been
rounded with a file. Then again I was
tuxxled There are little black syata
yvfijA9y&
VLwfEfifmm7&,
7f'4TUssaTs7Wvv
f-at&-2
Fr-
dira
a ael-eavilfc
around the lower part of an old mule's
teeth that are missing on more youth
ful animals. I looked for these aad
could not find them, but as I passed
my finger over'whare they should be
I felt slight indentations, and at once
realized that nitric acid had been used
to burn the marks away. That settled
the business."
"Mother Bickerdyke" Hoaored.
Fully 200 old soldiers, their families
and friends crowded into Bunker Hill.
Kan., the other day to honor and pay
their respects to that mother of all
soldiers, Mrs. Bickerdyke. The Mother
Bickerdyke day was originated by
Commander Botkin as a token of the
gratitude of the western soldier to an
estimable woman.
Mother Bickerdyke, while 80 years
of age, is remarkably vigorous and in
good health. She delights to see the
soldiers and cheer them in their old
age. As each delegation came into the
city they went to the home of Mother
Bickerdyke and paid their respects.
She received each one with a hand
shake and a cheering word.
Department Commander Botkin and
staff, and Mrs. Griffiths, president of
the W. R. C, and staff came In early
this morning. The services were held
in the morning in a large tent Ad
dresses were made by J. A. Dickson of
Russell and William Russell of Buqker
Hill. A hundred old veterans escorted
Mother Bickerdyke to the afternoon
celebration in a hack. Addresses were
made by Commander Botkin, General
Lewis Handback of Topeka and Colonel
Thomas Jackson of Newton. Mother
Bickerdyke was presented with a silver
water service by the G. A. R. of Kan
sas in commemoration of her labors
for tbe old soldiers of Kansas. Mrs.
Bickerdyke was Mary Ann Ball, and
she was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio,
in 1817. She came from the old pil
grim stock, intermingled with the
Knickerbockers. Her ancestors came
from England almost a century before
the great revolution, and it is from the
Virginia Balls that Mrs. Bickerdyke is
descended. After a course at Oterlic
college. Miss Ball studied the methods
of the nursing of that day in ths hos
pitals of Cincinnati. After her mar
riage she removed to Galesburg, 111.
and the death of her husband left hei
to support two children. At the be
ginning of the civil war she offend hei
cervices to the sanitary commission at
Chicago and, being accepted, was as
signed to Cairo. 111. She served al
through the war, and her fame as t
nurse spread throughout the armies o:
the north and the south. Many a bravi
soldier owes his life to her, and shi
is honored by the soldiers as is nc
other woman. Since the close of th
MRS. MART BICKERDYKE.
war "Mother" Rickerdyke has lent hei
valuable aid to many charitable mis
sions in the east and in the west Sh
has been a pension agent, and in thai
capacity she has seen that many t
deserving soldier has got his rights
Of late years she has lived at Salina
Kan., closing the years of a well-spen:
life.
New Americas Hymn.
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginsor
has written a new American nationa'
hymn, with music by Charles Crozar
Converse. The air is described as s
broad and simple melody, with i
strong harmonic effect and a distincth
religious vein, emphasized by the facl
that its meter is the same ns of the
stately "Old Hundred." The words
which appear below, tell their own
story:
Sound forth again the nation's voice
To God, who ruled the ancient days
His power will make our hearts rejoice
Can wc but trust our fathers' ways
The sea that girds our land with blue
The winds that make it wave with
wheat.
Are witnesses for ever true
That strength and freedom here
shall meet
Strike down the foes of pride and
scorn ;
Lead up the lowly; shield the pure
And be a noble nation born
To dare, to shelter, to endure.
United the people all shall find,
'Mid strife of votes, 'mid jar
of
tongue.
The percs that gladdens all mankind.
The love that keeps us ever young.
Where'er our starry flag may wave.
Far as our nation's rule may span,
Let one firm purpose, true and brave,
Bind all to God, and man with man.
The IlrUinii Army,
In the course of an article in Har
per's Weekly on the British army, Mr.
Poultney Bigelow says:
The English officer, man for man,
is better stuff for leadership than the
average German though this seems to
contradict what I have already 6aid.
The young Englishman who is brought
up to every manner of reckless out
door sport enters the army with nat
ural capacity for leadership. He can
ride, shoot, and, if necessary, use his
fists better than any man in his com
pany or regiment, and the private in
the ranks respects his officer as an
honorable sport-loving gentleman.
i i(!iHBSnSBaaiwBSSBBaTBSu
whether he be in or out of uniform .'6tructive, are reproduced from Wool
No army, not even our own. can nrof. -i.- a ck..n n ...
army, not even our own, can nro
duce a larger proportion of enterpris
ing young officers ready to volunteer
for any dangerous service anywhere,
nor can any corps of officers produce
men who have achieved greater dis
tinction in leading small outfits suc
cessfully. But the German officer is
superior in being one of a vast ma
chine, all the parts of which, from the
top to the bottom, work so smoothly
that at any given moment the whole
resources of the people are concen
trated in one military effort. The
army of England, on the contrary, is
officered so unequally, is recruited so
precariously, and the whole is admin
istered with so little coherence, that
the result of a great European war
would be watched with grave app
hension by those who expect Engll.
troops to play a leading part Phys
ical pluck and chivalrous self-sacrifice
are magnificent things in a soldier, and
achieve wonders in our Indians wars
on the frontier, as they do in the hun
dreds of little British expeditions
among natives'. But nowadays wars
are decided, not by skirmishes so much
as by the use cf huge military machin
ery in the hands of organizing experts
like Moltke.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Same rp-to-Date mats Ahoat Caltlra
tloa ef the Sell aad Yields Thereof
Hertlcaltare, VltlcaUare aad Fieri
cottar. KaSIr Cora la Iadlaaa.
ETTERS of in
quiry, received at
the experiment sta
tion, Indicate that
many Indiana
farmers are becom
ing interested in
kaffir corn. This
forage plant has
been grown experi
mentally for a
number of years
in many parts'1 of the coun
try, but without attracting much no
tice. Recently it has sprung Into some
prominence as a forage plant for the
semi-arid portions of the country, and
astonishing claims are made for it in
certain newspaper articles which are
attracting wide attention. Kaffir corn
is one of the many non-saccharine va
rieties of sorghum. In common with
other sorghums, both sweet and non
saccharine, kaffir corn appears to suc
ceed quite well in climates too dry for
the best development of Indian corn.
While kaffir corn may well claim tbe
attention of farmers living in very dry
climates, it is at least an open ques
tion, whether it can prove advan
tageous to the farmers of Indiana. It
should be borne in mind that the
sorghums are recommended as forage
plants for the drier climates in which
Indian corn cannot thrive. Where In
dian corn grows to perfection, as it
does in all portions of Indiana, it
would be extremely unwise to neglect
it for any of the sorghums which have
thus far shown no special adaptation
to this section. Although the kaffir
corn and other sorghums have shown
no superior merit In previous trials at
this experiment station, the former will
be more thoroughly tested here tbe
coming season. Farmers having very
dry, warm soils, will do well to grow
small areas of kaffir corn along side tbe
common field corn for comparison.
Those who intend trying kaffir corn,
should remember that it is said to be
very sensitive to cold, especially when
germinating. The ground may be pre
pared at the same time and in the same
manner as for common field corn, but
the planting of the kaffir corn should
be delayed until late in May or early
in June. Meanwhile, the prepared
ground should be cultivated from time
to time as weeds appear, so that it will
be cleared of weeds before the seed is
planted. Put into clean ground thus
late, the seed will germinate more
promptly, and the early growth which
is slow at best, will be more vigorous
than if planted early and the subse
quent labor of cultivation will be con
siderably reduced. If much seed is de
sired, plant the same as sweet sor
ghum. If sorghum hay is desired,
It is recommended that one bush
el of seed be sown broadcast, or three
pecks to the acre in drills. At the
Kansas experiment station the red
kaffir corn yields more grain and fod
der than tbe white variety, and is con
sidered superior to the latter. W. C.
Latta, Indiana Experiment Station.
Teach Yellows aad Peach Rosette.
Missouri Experiment Station: The
recent discovery by the Experiment
Station of outbreaks of Peach Rosette
in two localities of the leading peach
section of the state, has prompted tuC
station to issue for free distribution
among the peach growers an illustrat
ed pamphlet fully describing this dis
ease and also Peach Yellows, and giv
ing suggestions for the suppression of
these diseases. They are by far the
most destructive diseases known
among peaches. In some states the
peach orchards, over large areas, have
become so generally diseased that
peach growing cannot profitably be
carried on there. The symptoms of
Yellows arc premature ripening of the
fruit, which is unnaturally blotched or
clouded with red, and which is usually
insipid or bitter; a general falling off
in vigor of the tree, small, cup-shaped
leaves, a failure of many of the winter
buds to start in spring, the presence
of sprouts and tufts of leaves in the
body of the tree, in early autumn, and
sometimes a yellowish, sickly color of
the leaves, from which the disease
takes its name. Any or all of the
abnv symptoms .nay occur, but the
premature ripening of the fruit is us
ually the most prominent A tree once
attacked by "Yellows" is sure to die
sooner or later, generally within from
three to five years. The "Rosette"
usually attacks the tree in tbe spring,
or in early summer. It is characterized
by tufts or rosettes of leaves, which
usually form at the ends of ths newer
wood, then along the trunk and main
branches. The tree becomes weaker
and the leaves fewer, until when the
tree dies, the last leaves are usually
these that form Jn numerous tufts
along the trunkJj.The "Roset
kills
the tree in a single season. Jfroth the
"Yellows" an "Rosette" jM slowly,
but surely sheading westjprd. A few
trees of th'Rosette" baje been found
in Missdiri peach ordKrds and de
stroyedthis sea&on.fThe only safe
guard against thead of these dis
eases is to dig unmTnd burn kllftrsss
that are knownMo be infectejT.. and
this should be Jomptly done jJnerever
the diseases fcur. CarefuMtttention
to this mattwnow will sajsslmmense
losses.
Wisdom for
breeder.
Dr. Galen Wilson,
noted
and sheep breeder
recenawy an
plied to by a new-
inner In Mb sheen
business for advu
The i
fairy and
wAnlv nhffh aro intAfAQfine? x
Markets ana sneep, as ionows: "l
have lately engaged in the sheep
business. Have seven head of yearling
ewes and three lambs, and will soon
get two ewes and three lambs more,
the latter registered Shropshires. The
-ones I now have are infested with
ticks. Can I exterminate the ticks
acd how? Will the ticks get a
start in the pasture and trouble in after
years if I turn to pasture before I get
rid of them? These are the first sheep
I ever owned, and I will be pleased to
have you give an article telling how to
run my flock to a success. The seven
ewes I now have are grade Shropshires,
as are their lambs. I want to accumu
late a flock of 50 to 100 head, finally all
to be pure-bloods. How can I manage
them to secure the most profit?" Mak
ing inquiries to get a right start is an
earnest that you love sheep and a guar
antee of success. To get rid of ticks
when you sheer the ewes in the spring,
dip both ewes and Iambs in any of the
dips on the market. It pays well to
dip all sheep, both spring and fall.
Ticks will not infest a pasture field
They are unlike the scab insect about
that, and several species of the inter- j
nal parasites. You have selected your ,
breed: now use none but pure-bred '
Shropshire rams, and change cverv
,
SheedaW
jwfie
jViter
was
season for rams not of fsmily relation
ship. I think sheep more sensitive to
bad effects of Inbreeding: than any
other domestic animals. I saw a flock
that had been bred in-and-in for foui
aeasons and about half of the last crop
A lambs were idiots. Observe these
.vies a few years and all of your flock
will be strong and vigorous pure
bloods. You have sheep of English
blood and for best success you should
give them English care. If you do not
they will deteriorate. This care
means good pasturage in summer, and
cultivated succulence, like rape, for
droughty weather in late summer and
fall. There is no doubt but that rape
s a valuable addition to fodder paints
for sheep In this country. For winter
feed clover hay is best; but as sheep
like a variety, some other kind of hay.
corn fodder and straw may be alterna
ted with-it. Some kind of succulent
feed in winter is almost a necessity for
the English breeds; and it is better
for all other breeds than dry feeds
alone. For succulence, either corn
silage, beats or turnips will answer;
but preferably all three, for variety. A
very little grain of any kind is fed in
winter. Sheep should have access to
salt every day in the year. Salt is a
great worm preventative, and goes far
as a remedy. Never pasture sheep on
low wet ground, nor where they can
get stagnant water to drink. Their
drinking water to be pure, and so situ
ated that they can get it without wet
ting their feet They are about as
afraid of this as they are of a dog.
Who ever saw sheep wade into water
to drink, as other animals do? Wet
feet tends to cause hoof-ail in sheep
and they know it instinctively and
avoid stepping into water when .possi
ble. Sheep of English blood should be
housed from very cold weather and
from all severe storms. Their wool
is not greasy to aid in shedding rain,
their fleece wets through easily, and
witn tnis wet, tney must leel like a
man with a wet overcoat on. Male
Iambs are to be castrated when two or
three days of age. They feel it less
then than later. A few days after this
their tails can be amputated. If both
are done at the same time the shock
is greater. Now that you are com
mencing the business, I trust you will
resolve to have your flock tame and do
cile. Have them as the Holy Writ
says: "My sheep know my voice and
they follow me." Nothing is said in
the Bible about driving sheep; yet in
this country, as in no other, it is nearly
all "drive, drive." It is the nature of
sheep to follow. Driving worries them,
and worried sheep lose flesh. The
greatest proof of a person being a qual
ified shepherd is, that his sheep heed
his voice and follow him. This is eas
ily accomplished. Bring up a cosset
lamb or two; or teach two or three to
drink milk when running with their
dams.
C'altivatlon of Orehards.
If orchards are to be profitable, they
rast receive as good care as other
crops.
Good tillage increases the available
food supply of the soil; it also con
serves its moisture.
Trees should be made to send their
roots deep into the soil, in order to for
tify themselves against drought. This
is done by draining the soil and by
plowing the orchard rather deep.
This deep plowing should begin the
very year the trees are set and it
should be continued every spring un
til the habit of the tree is estab
lished. Moisture is retained in the upper soil
by very frequent but shallow tillage,
by means of which the surface of the
land becomes a mulch for the soil be
neath. Tillage should be begun just as soon
as the ground is dry enough in spring.
This tillage should be repeated as
often as once in ten days through grow
ing season from spring until July or
August.
Tillage should not exist for the pur
pose of killing weeds,.
Late cultivation may be injurious by
inducing a late growth. At all events
it can be of small utility when the tree
begins to mature and rains become fre
quent This season of respite gives the
grower the opportunity of raising a
green manure, and of adding fertility
to his land at trifling expense and with
no harm to his trees.
Fall plowing may be advisr.ble for
farm crops, but not for orchards
Only cultivated crops should be al
lowed in orchards early in the season.
Grain and hay should never be grown.
In general, level culture is best. The
modern cultivators and harrows make
such cultivation easy.
Trees, especially apples, are often
trained too high, because of difficulty of
working close; but modern toobi permit
the heads to be made low.
Harnesses with no projecting names
nor metal turrets should he i.;ed in
bearing orchards. Those requiting no
whiffletrees are also useful.
Potash is the chief fertiliser far fruit
trees, particularly after bearing.
Potash may be had in wood ashes,
and muriate of potash. An annual ap
plication of potash should lm made
llfipon bearing orchards. Of the inuri-
tile irom UUV IU ! 1IUUUUS HI IIK otic.
Barn manures can be used with good
results, particularly on old orchaids.
Cultivation may be stopped lite in
the season, and a crop can then be
sown upon the land. This crop may
serve as a cover or protection to th
soli, and as a green manure. Prof. L.
H. Bailey in Stark Bros.' Orchard Bul
letin. Growing Blackberries.
In a soil reclaimed for timber and
affording sufficient moisture, viz: not
subject to drought, blackberries will
do well. Most people plant them too
close ir. tbe beginning and they do
not grow. Rows six feet apart are
none too wide. If the ground cannot
be spared one may for a year or two
cultivate corn, or better, potatoes cr
bush beans between the rows. The
greatest drawback is tbe red rust,
which should on -o account be per
mitted to get a foothold. These red-
tinged plants grow very rapidly, but
are easily pulled up. Every bit of rust
must be burned as soon as seen. Oft
course, very dry weather just before)
. I- -..inner Trill ho rUBacr.,, XXru
oi iu -.- - w.. ..u ,
tbe piama are i up cultivation
should be by horse or hand hoe. As
seas ss possible after the plants are
well started a good mulch of wet straw
should be applied. This, when done
properly, need not hinder the growth
of potatoes for a year or two. Sub
sequently the bushes will have to be
CUt back Severally tO admit Of horse '
-..nifatlnn
tUIUIHH
Saving the Cents. Many of our
Maine fanners are engaged in dairy
ing. Prices for dairy goods rule low,
without much prospect that they will
be higher in the very immediate fut
ure. Hence, it should not be forgotten,
that the profits of dairying are made
up of the small daily savings of the
difference Between tne cost of nroduc-
tion and value of the milk and butter.
A saving of 10 cents per day in a herd
of fifty cows amounts to 5; in a month
to fl50. Lewiston Journal.
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
sad Advaotagaoo War to SeU
Fans rrodacta,
The ladependent shippers of grain to
Chicago begin to realize that they have
a sommon obstacle to surmount. The
professional grain shippers over a
dozen big states tributary to Chieago
number an army. Many of them have
grown rich from the farmers' wagons
by a 25 years' stay at their stations.
Soma of them have private banks,
some have bought farms, all are pros
perous. This house has not a word
against these people. It is not doing
business with them. It is doing busi
ness with an army of farmers. It has
given producers the best practical help
since the railroads made the big central
markets possible. If 10,000 farmers'
have discovered that they have no
further use for 1.000 country
grain buyers, they have a per
fect right to go past them, fill their
own cars, and ship their own grain.
Many years ago farmers discovered
that the old reaper and the old double
shovel one-horse corn cultivator were
too slow. They left them in the fence
eorners and bought improved machin
ery. The manufacturers did not kick.
They met the demand with self-binders
and riding sulky plows. The world
has grown tired of many old things
"? . , ... f.i i i
The farming world is getting tired
paying others to do what it can do it
self. If farmers wish to desert the
local shippers (who may have been
needed 40 years ago), no amount of
muleishness on the part of the ship
pers cm stop them. Grain shippers
have an organ to keep up their cour
age. Their publication has again filled
its columns with abuse of the farmers'
commission house. It is a case of sore
toe. They howl because they are hurt
The farmers understand this sort of
warfare made on the house which has
put them in touch with Chicago. Their
letters to us show that they believe
this fact, viz., that if there is enough
in grain shipments to fight for, the
farmers want that margin. All that is
now needed to spread direct shipmeuts
is some well-developed opposition.
Farmers arc in a frame of mind to do
about as they please this year. We
welcome any fair and honorable at
tention from the paid organ o! grain
shippers, and will see that its attacks
are well spread before independent
shippers and independent thinkers in
a thousand farming communities. Wc
have assurances that our efforts in be
half of farmers will be fully ap
preciated and rec'prccated. Any man
or any house may be glad of a fair
criticism from the enemy with such an
army at his lack, but unjust, malig
nant attacks, made with the intention
of vilifying and injuring us. are differ
ent. Farmers never were in better tem
per to demand their full rights and
full profits for their labor than they
are to-day. H. H. Carr.
Ratio of Slckneca.
The ratio of sickness rises and falls
regularly with death rate in all coun
tries, as shown by Dr. Farr and Mr. Ed
monds at tbe London congress of 1860,
when the following rule was estab
lished: Of 1,000 persons, aged 30, it is
probable 10 will die in the year, in
which case there will be 20 of that age
sick throughout the year, and 10 in
valids. Of 1,000 persons, aged 75, it is
probable that 100 will die in the year,
in which case the sick and invalid- of
that age will be 300 throughout ;a
year. For every 100 deaths let there ha
hospital beds for 200 sick, and in
firmaries for 100 invalids.
The success of an educatiocal institution Is
inl;ctied in no small decree by the numbers
who Kite it their patronaise Irom year to year.
A Cin-ultation of the record b o'-sof the New
Ei gland Conservatory of Music. Boston. Mas.
rcveaN a student membership of somethirg
like GO.OW s'nrc its fojn.l n. with a present at
tend mce of from 1i0 to 2 f)0j annually. This
cvidenic. when taken in connection with tho
rareful work do te at the Conservatory, is con
vincing proof of the efficiency of the school and
niakrs it little wonder that its reputation is
world-wide.
Apples TV I H rrotnea Lnrely Skin.
"Tiic secret of a bad complexion."
raid a well-known physician recently,
"is a bad digestion and tve gen?ra'Iy
trace that to a bad liver. One of the
best remedies for a sluggish liver is
cheap and pleasant. Dieling is the se
cret of the cure. The best liver regu
lator for persons of sedentary habits
and those are the one3 whose com
plexions are muddy is to be found in
apples eaten baked if they are not
well digested when eaten raw." Ex
change. Don't Tobacco Soil and Smoke Your Life Aaay.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, lie ran! 1
nctlc, full of life, nerveand vigor. takOo-lo-Hac.
the wonder-worker, that makes weak
men strong. All drttjrRlsts. 50e or SI. t'uro
suarantced. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Ketncdy Co.. Chicago or New York.
For a Son'a Memory.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ludlow, the mother
af the well-known New Yorker, Robert
Center, who was killed while riding a
bicycle on the Western boulevard in
New York, some months ago, has given
bis entire estate, valued at $150,000, to
endow in his memory a fund for in
struction at Columbia College.
Head the AilvertlM-mrnt.
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fou will enjoy this publication much
:ter if von will pet into tbe habit of
hotter if von will c'
r:i(linir the advertisements; tliey will
afford a most interesting' study anil
will put you in tin way of jrettinjr
home excellent bargains. Our adver
tisers are reliable, they scud what
tliey advertise.
Iltsiuarrk Cnrrta.
A New York printer, who has struck
off several thousand Bismarck cards.
Jas dispoJ-ed of more than 6.000. some
for parties in Texas, anil from tin?
i-.i.i (itutr.c hPtivfen 23.000 and 30.00f
EVSS.
States origin bo for 2 cents.
Hall's Catarrh Care
lb a constitutional cure. Price, TSc.
Fare anil Starr.
Blazley "I was coming downtown In
a car this morning and the conductor
came along and looked at me as if T
hadn't paid my fare." Bizley "What
did you do?" Blazley "I looked at
him as if I had." Koxbury Gazette.
Dr. Kuv's Renovator tiailds up the nerv
ous svstcm and worn-oat tissue, renovates
' w noie r.r,rU. " -
,lrorlg. iseeaiivt.
Toor. Indaart.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak "The gas is very
poor tonight." Mr. Crimsonbeak (snif
flng)"yCS; it seems to have only a
bad scent" Yonkers Statesman.
PITS Permanent! Cared. Nofits ornervomnesa!tet
:rt day's u:o oJ !r. Kline Ureat ero KeMorer.
!nd IcrFREE SS.OO trial bottfc and tr?ste.
Ub. K. H. KLlSE.LtJ..93I Arch St-Philadelphia. Pa.
A man who laughs at his own joke
iistinlly tells a poor story.
No-To-llac for Firty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
aaen stroujr, b!ooU pure. 60s. 51. All druggists.
Everyman is scrretly proud if his
beard is stiff and hord to cut.
Xra. "Wlattaw'a Sonthlae; ftjrap
Tor c tisdrrn tccthis .sof tens the jtukis reduces l.-.Eani
Bitloa, allays psin, enrcs wind colic. SJcca:satott2o-
The smallest liuiriinitig bird weigh
twenty grains.
CARNOT MEMORIAL. CHAMBER. F
Widow off Fresco's Martyred
How Has It Completed.
Mme. Carnot has now completed the
memorial chamber dedicated to her
martyred husband, and means that it
hall be used as a private chapel. The
room contains some praying chairs.
President Carnot's desk and inkstand,
and the souvenirs to which he was at
tached. On the walls hang the ribbons
that tied the wreaths that appeared at
his funeral, with the inscriptions turn
ed to view, and the different silver
wreaths sent from Russia are placed on
easels. Albums filled with the letters
of condolence and telegrams received
from all the great ones on earth, and
photographs of every description re
lating to the visit to Lyons and to the
funeral are disposed in cases especially
made for them. At Mme. Carnot's
death these family treasures become her
son's, but after that they will be given
to the state, if then the state is repub
lican and cares to remember the tragic
assassination of its president well
enough to receive their charge. The ago
changes so rapidly that one can not
predict, even in a matter closely allied
to the nation's welfare.
Conllnetuent ami Hard Work
Indoor-, particularly in a sitting po-.tHrt
nr far nuin iin-liti!:i-i:il tiihmltlith-m iv-i--
i jivtMnuM'ul:irertioii In the open air. Ilanl
orJ,.,ieilt..u.v wrklrH ;iru far n. weary aftor
eflice hour totaki-uiucli nct-tlful ret In tlio
ntn'ii uir. tlu-y often need a tonic Where can
tliey Mek InvigoratUm more certain and
iicit-eabie than from llostetter's Stomach
Hitler, a ri-novaiit particularly adapted to
recruit tht exhausted fon-e of nature. ITso
also for (!yfpla, kidney, liver and rheu
matic ailment-..
Kiisltsh aa Kometlanea Wrltfea
Sol Miller offers the following sen
tenco for school teachers to dissect, and
is willing to bet u quart of molasses
that some of them will find nothing
wrong In it: A widow woman who
vas al.vays noted for truth and veracity,
and who had recently celebrated her
centennial anniversary, died of pneu
monia fever. Friday evening at i o'clock
p. in., and her funeral obsequies were
numerously attended by many people.
I'ixo's Core for Consumption is our only
nedk-ine for roughs anil rolds. Mrs. C.
Be tz, -I3 J?th Ave.. Denver, Col., Nov. S, IO.
Onlv one bootblack in a hundred is
j able to put 5 eentV worth of shine on
your shoes.
rAKKKl.tVM BAaiISC) TOWBRB 1ft)
The b-st. at half the price; all grocer will re
fund your muney If you are not aa(tfiel.
Of the 1.111,000 persons in .Johannes
burg .10,!M)7 are Kuropeans.
To C'ara Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candv Cathartic. 10c orSa.
If C. C. C. fall to cure, drufRists refund money-
Wild birds do not sing more than ten
weeks in the vear.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
tVE ARE ASSERTING IK THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THK
EXCLUSIVE USE Or" THE WORD " CASTORIA." AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA, AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Byannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA' the same
that has borne and does now VT s1Tsi st " " every
hear tlie facsimile signature of (usflfcc&J&Zf wrapper.
TJiis is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," ivhich has been
used in- the homes of the mothers of Jim erica for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that -i is
the kind yon, have always bought STJf '&,.'mm on "e
and has the signature oww wrap
per JVb one lias authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. sii jf
March S, 18971 Q& 2Z-..J.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know.
"The Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE FAC-SIMiLC SIGNATURE OF
C&at&r&UejCM
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You?
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STSHMM SJF THE WORLD
Not absolute certainty, for tliat isn't anywhere, but as near to it as
possible. The Columbia of 1897 is the culminative finish of an
evolution of twenty years of best bicycle building. 3?'
1896 COLUMBIAS $60
1897 HARTFORDS 50
HARTFORDS Pat 2 ... .
HARTFORDS Pat 1 ....
HARTFORDS Pats. 5 and 6
POPE MANUFACTURING CO., Hartford, Conn.
It Cetaablas arc set properly Kptantca la jeor iRIaHy, let as kaaw.
MittteMm
Need Renovating Take
Dr. Kay's
"t Invieoratc? ah 1 rrn"w the iv.o!r
It
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cause. Srnu ror our nw fr-pape hook wnn
caio, In-J , u rites: "1 M not ta5e U
Will stnil It now for a Martin AMic"
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THE COLORADO MIDLAND RAILROAD
REACHES THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN THE WORLD:
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ra.
Moi.iit
THE WONDERFUL FRUIT LANDS OF THE GRAND VALLkV:
Grand Jcflction and DeUeijue.
THE MOST FAMOUS MINING CAMPS:
Trli'pl? Cettk, Victor, I.eatlTlIIe. Ar,en.
W. F. BAILEY, General Passenger Agent, - - O-nver. Colo.
f LJ "c"'"J MpLi EBC I A NEW WAY TO l
I jP?hD ZlB mrm "INSTEAD of sellinc your srain at torn rend It Uu f
I Rfc,? a!sa""F H.aP 1 tnA wxtt- middleman', profit. wf have. !.
I X1 'Jf-fmrtJT. m Other ranerTaiiaia.f Ballari. Why
D rwtefC t- t'nn't "TOtTtrr lt AMre for full particular. A
SHIP YOUR GRAIN ttt Ea,ab""-d ,a
TO NMTiN 0 STVES & (.. COMMISSION PiE-CHAHTS,
213 RIAI.TO BUILDIX; CHICAGO.
GRAIN, SEEDS AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago Board of Trade Orders and Consignments Solicited.
Try Grain-O!
Try Grain-O!
Ask your Grocer to-day to
f, show yen a package of
.5 GUMX-O, the new food
1 drink that takes the place
of coffee.
The children may drink I
without injury ns well as the
adult. All who try itr like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure
grains, and tho most delicate
stomach receives it without
distress. the price of
coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents per
package Sold by all grocers.
Tastes like Coffee
Looks like Coffee
Cm YNISHFI
tM Hi O for unnatural
dUM-hartc, inltamuiatiuas.
irritation or uu-eratioaa
Jrrxtmu cMiacwa. rajulraa. and aot aatrta.
lmt.lM3WlKICM.C0l font or potaoaoca.
NoMoyl
or arnt In plain wrapper,
ty exprraa. "prvpaM. for
t .n. or 3 Itittlra. S.75.
Circular atnl ua nymUL
Far Mil 3
Stye m M
tt.
Wcav yaul
fnc for 14c.
pr rod.
MpEMCM liUSS FENCE CO..TRFJMMT. Hi,
$12 to sasssjLt
wotmlaw vac aa.
Iartle vrrfrrm! u bo ran ol their
n iiirrtr whnltt time to th Ntalura. Spaia
MPi Hrk hour, thong, may b profitably n
city work aa we 11 aa country dlt rtrt.
.B1
.eirroats, nth a tuba eta
Ta.
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each wfkk to mrn all ever V. S. to vll
Stark Tiers-cheap""-riKST Outfit fiea
takes no munry Iotiit the work Alno
want ci.un makkkk irrt their trees free.
PAY
p 1 Oil Drop 11 t)o-tat:name references. Mark
UflOn XurMM-r.Loulst ma Mo..orHockport.IlL
oa ordcra ef MMO aa. ft. of
Itoolna or Wall aad Catllnc
Vanilla. Write for aamplea and prices. Tkeray
Naallla BeoSa Coaaaoar. C'aatdea. N.J.
HDODGV Hl-WMSCOVEY:e.
Lar 19 I quU-krelltfiwntteumMoriit
ra.w-4. Send for book of testimonial aad 10 daya
treataaeat Free. a. ..tiaau'sseaa.aaMU.a.
W. N. U. OMAHA. No. 35. 1807.
Wkaa writing to adyertiser. kindly men-
tlea thla paper.
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