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-5! v v -tfy - vr-mr??. Ttr$fKrr ;Y? 7 7 '-yPTFS.''F T!pSPl jmez&s -' f ' - -tSQ , . - , 3 4 i? i t" I'. I? I -. Ill I!) - ' .. 3 . THE CZAR HONORED. tte Bta4U Playa Jok. Wltk Kesalt. Tears ago there existed at Harvard n secret society called the "Med. Fac" whose sole object seems to have beca -the perpetration of practical jokes. At one of the meeting's, says the New York Times, it was decided that tho eociety confer a lictitious honorary de cree on Nicholas, who was at that time czar of Russia, and accordingly a committee was appointed to draft a communication which should bo pre pared and forwarded to his imperial majesty. The draft was duly pre dated, a copy made and, after having been properly 'signed, sealed and cer tified," it was dispatched to Kussix In the course of a month or two it was learned that one of the express companies had a package for a society called the "Med. Fac." and the officers of this society were not tardy in claim ing their property. Attached to the package was a letter bearing the royal BCal of Russia, and on opening it it was found to be a reply from the cham berlain of the czar to the communica tion of the society. His majesty had with much pleasure learned of tho -jrreat honor conferred on him by such a distinguished institution as Harvard, and felt much flattered with the dignity it bore. He therefore, in accepting the honor, desired to concy his best Irishes to this distinguished part of the great uni-craity. Hnd hoped that the accompanying gift might be ac cepted as a slight token of his regard. On opening the package it was found to contain a complete case of the most valuable surgical instruments. The gift ever afterward occupied a promi nent place among the decorations of tho society's quarters. All you guess about difficulty in sell ing Stark Trees may be wrong. If you wish to know the truth, drop a postal to Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo., or Roekport, 111. Name references. Cash pay to salesmen each wkkk the year round. Outfit free takes no money to tky the v.irk. Also want club HAKIsks ;rct their trees free. The Septrmttrr Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly for September proonts a table of contents which is a fctrikiug combination of important lit erary, scientific, and sociological dis cussion. The opening article is by Theodore Roosevelt iiimhi Municipal Administration: The New York Po lice force, lie explains the reform and the administration of the New York Klice while he was president of the police commission. He sketches briefly the dillictiltic.s under which the commission lalxired and the methods they employed to meet them. This paper altogether is a helpful chapter in the Morv of administrative reform. Dr. Kay's Renovator never fails to euro y.ervoiiMiess, constipation, dyspepsia or liver disea-e. It renovates mildly hut cer tainly. 25c See advt. A Novel Kleclrlc Organ. A Liverpool man has invented an clcctrift. jtrgan with many novel feat ures. He does away with stop-knobs, :i touch of the button instantly putting the stop in or out of operation. By the action of the "transposing switch" the music, as it is being played, may Skj transposed to a higher or a lower key by tho action of the electric cur rent Haifa Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Trice, Toe. Train Mrurk. There is a man who lives entirely on & CJcorgia train. He goes every night to the sleeper, pays his $l.f0 and gets in the berth and sleeps through to Au gusta. Next night he goes back to Atlanta. He has plenty of money and never has anything to say to the con ductor or anybody else. My doctor said 1 would die but. Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos Ke!ner, Cherry Valley, Ills., Nov. :!, 1MC IIr!!o" Don't io Now. In answering a telephone call It is much better to say "yes." with a rising inflect ion than "hello." In fact, "hello" Is now tabooed in select circles. rARRKI.I.'N RFB NTAR EXTRACT IB Tlir ii.-t. all eMcm will refund youj money tf vim are not satisfied with It. Mrttlfth Lifeboat. The 1SI0 record for British lifeboats chows a saving of 5,"i5 lives, besides lcseifng twenty-seven vessels from destruction. To Care Constipation Forever. Talic Giscarcts Candv Cathartic. 10c or 25c It C C- C fail to cure, drutaasts refund money. The mortal who has all he wants has too much. (31) HH 11 Pistols and Pestles. m The duelling pistol now occupies its proper place, in the museum of the collector of relics of barbarism. The pistol ought to have besido it the pestle that turned out pills like bullets, to be shot like bullets at the target of the liver. But the pestle is still in evidence, and will be, probably, until everybody has tested the virtue of Ayer's sugar coated pills. They treat the liver as a friend, not as an enemy. Instead of driving it, they coax it. They aro compounded on the theory that tho liver does its work thoroughly and faithfully under obstructing conditions, and if the obstructions are removed, tho liver wiU do its daily duty. "When your liver wants help, cet "the pill that wiU," Ayer's Cathartic Pills. . ipjNjiipjiiiii5) SIOO To Any Man, i WILL PAY SIOO FOR ANY CASE, or Weakness la Men They Treat and . Fall to Care. I An Omaha Company plaees for the first time before the public a Magical Tueat mest for the care of Lost Vitality, Nervous and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of Life Force in old and voting men. No "worn-out French remedy; contains no Phosphorous or other harmful drag. It is a Wonderful, Treatment magical in its effects positive in its cure. All readers, who are suffering from a weakness that blights their life, causing that mental and 'phvsical suffering peculiar to Lost Man hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL COMPANY, Omaha, Neb., and they will snd you. absolutelv FREE, a valuable ' paper on these diseases, and positive proofs if their truly Magical Theatmest. fhous- ands of men. who have lost all hone of a care, are being restored by them to a per- This Magical Tbeatxext mav be taken at hose under their directions, or thev will pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who prefer to go there for treatment, if they , nil to core. They are perfectly reliable; kTa bo Free Prescriptions, Free Cure, Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They have 9050,000 capital, and guarantee to cure nwi (.aaafhoj treat or refund every dollar; ' r their ckargw bt be deposited ia toak to ha maid, te tkwa when a ear to, rm !Ct la tfce Faafctoa. Emersonia. Dorchester 'OHvinla Holmes is not the rechercho girl I thought she was." Russeiiina Waldo "What has oc curred?" Emersonia Dorchester "I noticed to-day that she was wearing her win ter spectacles." Jeweler's Circular. When you visit Omaha you sbould call at C. S. Raymond Co.s jewelry store, cornet Fifteenth ami Douglas streets, ana ex amine their jewelry and art poods fot wedding, birthday ami Christinas presents. nlo steel engraved wedding stationery, in vitations and visiting cards. It is the only first class, u-to-dnte jewelry, art and cut glass store west of Chicago and St. Louis. Engraving and printing 100 visiting cards fl.50 by wail. Th Able Kdltor. The village wag thought he would have some fun with the mild-mannered young man who had recently taken charge of the county paper. "I say," he said, coming into the of fice excitedly, "there's a man on the street looking for you with a club." The young editor looked up pleasant ly. "Is that so?" he inquired. "We make special reductions to clubs. How many eubscribers has he got?" Whereupon tbe wag felt that he had barked up the wrong tree. Truth. Venom Inhaled With the Air. And Imbllieil with the water of a malarious locality. ha still h certain antidote. Expe rience sanctions confidence in llotetter's Stomach Hitters as a prei-cntlve of ihW scourge. All over this continent and in the tropics it has proved itself a certain means of defense, and an enidicant of intermittent and remittent fevers, and other forms of mlasm.i-lorn disease. Nor is it less effective for kidney troubles, constipation, rheuma tism and nervousness. A final paper made tip from the journals of the late E. J. Glave will ap pear in the September Century under the title -of "Cruelty in the Congo l'ree State."' Mr. Clave was sent to Africa to investigate the slave trade for the Century, and he .successfully crossed the continent only jo die at the mouth of the Congo. In Mr. (Slave's diaries were found many references to cruel ties practiced in the name of the Congo Free State by its soldiers and the Arabs in its employ. The article will have many illustrations from photo graphs. There la a riasa of I'ropta Wno are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation calied GRAIN-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 U as much. Children may drink it with reat benefit, la cents and 25 cents per package. Try it Ask for GRAJN-0. The .IZlntMer'a Fatal Joke. "I hear that yoh am dissatisfied wuf do new miiiistah,"' said one of the col ored residents of a suburban town. Well, I dutino but we is. Dab am a chu'eh committee 'cidm1 ob his caso now.' What wuz de cirkiinstanees? Profanity. De folks wuztakin' 'bout bttildin1 cr dam crcross do little ribber tlat goes by de town. An1 do minister come an' put his oar in." "What did he say?" "Ho said ho didn' blevo do ribbah was wuf ft, air dat's do point dey is "cidin on. Washington Post Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lit Away. To quit tolmcco easily and forever, he mag netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Ilac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men stroiij;. All drticsists, 50c or $1. Cure guaranteed. Itooklet and sample free. Address Sterling Ketuedy Co., Chicago or New York. He Was Employed. Banker. "I have just received a let ter from tho president of your alma mater, Mr. Noograd. Ho informs me that his contidenco in you is unbound ed; that your ("reek oration was tho finest he ever read and that your aver ago for tho four years of your college iife was .90. which is so favorable that I have elee'ded to take you in here. Your work will be to open letters and the salary $." a week. Will you begin Monday?'' Xew York Sun. Mrs. Wllv HonthlBB R.'rap For chllJr n tcctliinfr.Miftens. the (rums, ifdiirr ir.fU-n-mmtion, allajs pain, cured wind colic. iicvnUu buttle I'licle Sam I'udHturbed. Foreign power: "If you don't try harder to please us we'll shoot." Un cle Sam: "Costs money to shoot now adays."' Foreign power: "We'll bor row it of J he Rothschilds." Undo Sam: "Not much you won't. The Rothschilds have .50, 000. 000 invested in this country." Xew York Weekly. Coe'a Conch Balaam Is the oldest ami tt It ill lieak up a cold quicfcei than an tiling 1'. It is always reliable. Try it. Some people have no appreciation for anything beyond something to eat. $WE$S 1 3 m sb BRMfl m POMMEL The Best Saddle Coat. Keeps both tiler s.r. 1 sidile per- feCtlV dfV in the hjrJpst tnnn Substitutes will Jisappoiit Ask for ' itx)7 risn Bran a remsielMicker It is entirely new. if not for sale in your town, write for caialogus to A. J. TOWER. Boston. Mass. tl? TO $35- " for as. v rMttapwf-rmiwiionin ne t!-.r i DCr WFRK "u.ttovilu . citTwoHtariicointrTjiarirti. " i TljOTftl. flood nnpxlinm fnrfAam . ' - fx.uiBir, ilia m. ua kil, KIeaawa4, To, XfaaictMwltat eore ejes. rss 'sEpWattr. aFy!lreiMaWgi LJ161S WltfKt Ail HSf FAS. I I Best Coueb Sjtud. Tastes Good. Vr m not. sold by drtMccisu. mSl mmss2 m m DAIRY AND POULTBY. NTERESTINC CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. low Successful Farmer Operate Thla Department of the Farm A Few Hint aa to the Cara of I4v Stock Bd Fooltry. The Kicking Cow. X DER the above heading I have seen in the differ ent farm papers various advices given. Some by tying in different ways, some by hu man strength and endurance until the cow yields to their superior strength, advise to aban- -5iI A'hile others Ion the animal and dispose o! her. But as it is not always convenient to do an amount of tying, and we are not all endowed with suf ficient muscular strength and endur ance so as tc wage a successful contest in that way, nor is it always desirable to abandon a cow of superior merits as a niilkf-r though she kicks. So we iave tried a more reasonable way and ane that can he done by the weaker person as well as the stronger. And with us it has never failed, though we hae taken some most refractory ani mals to subdue. Man's ability to sub due, control and make subservient to his will the lower animals is not vest ed in his superior strength of mmcle but in his mental power. And first of all if he would control these ani mals to his greatest benefit he must control himself. I dislike very much the term generally used "breaking a horse to work," or "a cow to milk." It should be "teaching" them to do or permit to be done to them certain things. Who would speak of "break ing" a child to read or spell or to play the organ; and certainly if we have to teacn these children that are en dowed with human intellects, how much more necessary for us to use reason and patience with the dumb animals that are placed under our care and for our use and benefit. How to do it first of all be sure you can eontrol yourself. If you yield to bad temper yen have failed in the first principle and all you may do af terward will be largely unavailing. Arm yourself, therefore, with self control at:d patience and you are ready to undertake the teaching of an ani mal, and not until then. All that is required besides is a common cow leader with ten feet of light rope at tached. It is presumed that the cow is in the cow-barn, either in stanchions or tied by a halter, and that she is a heifer never milked before or a confirmed kicker. Place the right hand gently upon the back of the cow and gently rub the side with the left, gradually working the hand hack ward until the udder is reached and handle it gently. If it be a heifer she will likely move or lift the foot. If the foot be lifted without her showing desire to kick place the hand firmly against the leg until she sets the foot down, then proceed as before until she is willing to let you handle her freely and has gained confidence in you that you do not intend to hurt her. But if she shows resentment when you rub her side or older, repeat the effort only a second time, then gently step from her side, take the leader and place It in the nose; avoid every appearance of harshness, whatever you do, do it gently if you wish to succeed. Then holding the rope in the right hand and placing the hand on the hack as be fore, begin to rub the side, flank and udder as before and as soon as she resents your caressing give her a gentle reminder by a little jerk of the rope. I cannot caution you too much in this, not to use harshness. Eaoh time she lifts the foot on account of you rubbing the flank or udder give her a reminder by gently jerking the rope. By simply doing as I have told you I have never failed to he able to sit down to and milk in ten minutes the worst kicker that has ever come to me. But do not think that one lesson is enough. A few times will be all that will be required for a heifer. But a confirmed kicker will need the strap put on her for some daj-s, and for the hrst tew days repeat the lesson be fore sitting down to milk. And always keep the rope lying across the knees while milkins so that in case she would move in the least you can re mind her that she is required to stand still. A cow that has acquired the habit of kicking will often not be willing to allow another person to milk her besides the one who has taught her to stand still, so that it Is well when making a change in milkers to use the snap for a time or two until she becomes accustomed to the new hand. There are some persons who grasp the teat so harshly that few cows are willing to be milked by them. The heavier labors performed by men give them a harder grip, and we have seen cows that showed no dislike to be milked by a woman that would re sent it as soon as a man caught hold of the teat. Avoid harshness in any way if you would have good milkers in your herd, and "teach" them what you require them to do. 8t imlard Varieties if Chickens. In sliap' a Leghorn cock should be graceful; l-ody round and plump, broad mmm VJWW$rW- HEAD OF S. C. B. LEGHORN HEN. i at the shoulders and tapering toward , the tail. The tail should be well bal anced on a fair length of shank and thigh; the length of leg giving the bird its sprightly and proud carriage. ' Closeness of feathering adds to the , general shape and secures a freedom from angles which always proclaims . the pure bred, typical specimen. The j breast should be full, beautifully curv- eu. raiaer prominent, anu carried well forward. Neck, long, well arched, and carried erect; back, of medium length, with saddle rising in a sharp, concave sweep to the tail; tail, large, full, car ried upright; the full, flowing tail, ant' if a ?"-nowinS . and lon well-curved sickles are character. istics of lle bird that are much thought .' ut; wlus ,s iong' we" loiaed, and t TU .: i ... ugniiy earned. Hackle and saddle reathers, long and abundant and flow lag well over the shoulder and saddle. The legs are bright yellow in color and free from feathers; toes also yellow. uui a aarK snaae on tne same is al- .owable. The head is the prettiest nor- ' :ion or tne bird, being short and deep rellow beak, full, bright-red eves and 3right-red face. Th comb is single I 4J1 ' mm i- 1 of medium size, perfectly straight ani upright upon the head, free from side sprigs, deeply serrated with five or six points, and bright-red in color. The comb should extend well back over the head, with no tendency to follow the shape of the neck. Earlobes, white, or creamy white. The Leghorn hen in many respects resembles the cock, ex cepting carriage of comb and sexual differences. In shape and carriage the hen is even more graceful and spright ly than the cock, very close in feather, and rather small in body, though some what long in back. Her breast is full, very round, and carried high; legs fair ly long and shanks thin; tail carried closely and well up. The general car riage should be upright. Her comb is the marvel ol her beauty; it is single and falls gracefully to one side, but not in a limp manner, or so as to obscure the sight. Legs, comb and face are the same color as in male, but earlobe is much smaller and mere round in shape. There arc six standard varieties of Leghorn: Black, Brown, Buff, Domi nique, Silver Duckwing and White. The Black Leghorn is a popular bird, and a favorite with those who are partial to their color of plumage. The Black Leghorn is mistaken by many for the Black Minorca, but is, however, quite different in type. The Minorca is lar ger in size, has a longer body, larger comb, and dark slate or nearly black shanks and toes. The plumage of the Black Leghorn is a rich glossy black throughout. Comb, face and wattles bright red; earlobes white; and shanks yellow, or yellowish black. The Brown Leghorn is one of the prettiest, as well as the most bred of the Leghorn varie ties. It is the most difficult of them all iJHalaCBalBICWaBanaaBaaaaaaaf HEAD OF S. C. B. LEGHORN COCK. to breed to feather. They have merited the confidence of poultry lovers for a long time and their hardy constitutions have thwarted rough usage and pro miscuous interbreeding to efface their characteristics. They are-a fixed breed and their merits are noticeable from the newly hatched chick to the oldest specimen; they are stamped with the indelibility of royalty only to be found in a thoroughbred. Sand Vetches. Sand vetches have been grown at this station for several years, and have invariably given a good yield of excel lent forage, whether sown alone or mixed with oats. The only serious obstacle to their extensive use as a hay or forage crop seems to be the high price of tbe seed and the fact th&t as yet we have been unable to raise an; seed, although the plants have grown very well and blossomed very freely. This failure to produce seed is not yet fully understood, but will be thorough ly investigated during the coming sea son. When mixed with oats, which is the best way when the crop is to be cut for hay, owing to fhe low, vine-like habit of the vetch, the seed should be mixed at the rate of two bushels of vetch to one bushel of oats, and sown with a common seed drill, set to sow ! two and a half bushels of wheat, which will sow about 120 pounds of the mix ture per acre. S. D. Exp. Station. Fowls Out of Condition. During very warm weather bowel disease puts in an appearance and debilitates the members of the flock. The first thing to do is to allow no food whatever un less it is a teaspoonful of powdered cin namon in a pint of milk for twenty fowls. Be sure to secure the pure arti cle, as cinnamon is often adulterated. A teaspoonful of tincture of mix vom ica in a quart of drinking water may also be allowed, but be careful to give no food. When the hens cease laying and get out of condition the resort is sometimes had to egg foods and con dition powders, which may be just the things to be avoided. Egg foods and condition powders have their places: they may be beneficial where the flock is lacking in hardiness and health, but the best course to pursue is to give no medicine or stimulants to healthy fowls, as they do not require them. Ex. Run Away Swarms. Every farmer who has not a colony of bees, should procure a good movable frame hive, and have a strong, first swarm put into it. Many persons commenced bee keep ing by catching a runaway swarm. If a box or keg was put up in the orchard, a runaway swarm might take posses sion of it. There is no harm in puting m donv liivps for a swarm misrhf U rf .-.- , -- . .a., as well take possession of it as of a hollow tree, chimney, or the siding of a house. A farmer living on the prairie, during the winter, lost all his bees; three colonies left the hives where they stood. Run away swarms soon took possession of them, however, and made him much surplus honey; finally a fourth came, and he bad much difficulty in preventing the bees going through a hole in the weather-boan' ing of the house. Ex. Beef Bulls. The Live Stock Indica tor says that "the demand for improv ed bulls of the beef breeds has been very large in Texas and is a very con siderable factor in causing the scarcity of good beef bulls, which is coming to be felt throughout the entire country. The Texas cattleman doe3 not hesitate to nay good prices and he is satisfied onl with the best; indeed, he wants no other, for he is beginning to realize how wide is the distance between the range steer and the high grade native, and he is learning by experience the difference in the profitableness of the two. . A Great Sheep Dairy. In the district of Roquefort, France, there is a cheese factory which uses the milk of some 250,000 sheep, turning out, during the season, from 3,000 to 3,500 tons of cheese. This is the celebrated Roque fort cheese, which is largely exported, and commands a very high price, both at home and abroad. The ewes give such an abundance of milk their lambs get sufficiently well grown to be safely weaned at two months old. leaving the dam then to be milked for the purpose of making cheese. The Dairy. It is the best plan to have cows calve in October and November, as winter dairying is most profitable. Cows com ing fresh in the spring have their milk flow largely diminished by flies and hot weather, losing at least one month ol the milking season. Heifers should have their first calves when twenty-one to twenty-four months old. Ex. FARM AND GABDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Jwme f p-to-Uate Uinta About Cultiva tion of tbe Soil and Yields Thereof Hortlcaltare, Vlticultnre and Flort caltare. (rasa Oneatlon in South lakot:. HE natural advan tages of the state of South Dakota as a stock country have long been rc cognized. Our range beef p.nd if mutton is regarded as seconu io buiw in its class. Our wool has earned an enviable reputation Vr3sfs, s$3F in ail of the wool centers ; inch plow, for one man will drive them of America. And last in or- j as easily as he will two, and they will der of development, but by no do one-third more work to the hand, a means least in importance, our dairy matter of no small importance in the products have established a name for outcome. The same may be said of themselves among the very best on , harrowing. If the ground is not trashy, this continent. All of these achieve-, requiring the harrow to be constantly ments have been won almost entirely j lifted, three or four horses abreast, without the aid of cultivated grains attached to double harrows, will save and grasses Our native prairie grasses j nearly half the manual labor in har have in nearly all cases, been the prin- rowing. If the ground is reasonably cipaf and in many instances, the only clean and correctly check-rowed, the food of our stock. crops may be harrowed twice-once. In some narts of our state the system which has produced such satisfactory results in the past can he continued foi a considerable time to come, " slight modifications, while in other por tion., particularly in the older and mnro thinkiv cn.tipri districts, condi .....I. lint tions have so changed, 'and are still changing, that a very different system must eventually be instituted, la these localities our native grasses, which have been the basis of nearly all of our success in the past, are fast disap pearing and being replaced by inferior intrnritirofi prassps and worthless weeds. The causes which have brought about this undesirable, but inevitable result are not hard to discover. Over stocking and tramping, which seem al most unavoidable during some portions of the season, if enough stock be kept to utilize th feed during flush times, is one of the most potent, and also the most difficult, to avoid. For if only such an amount of stock is kept during flush feed as can subsist upon the pas ture, without oerstocking during the ilry parts of the season, the grass will make such x rank growth during the spriiig and early summer that stock wil' not e?.t it during the dry per'ods. Another, onlj s'igbtly less potent, but mor- universal factor, and one still less amenable to any known methods of prevention, is the gradual migration of hardy, woithe:.s, weedy grasses and plants from tte older to the newer set tled portions of the country. It is true that toinc o" om farmers claim that uir native g;is.ses are so much sup ior to the cultivated grasses of the ast that we can successfully compete with eastern dairymen without the aid if forage, roots or silage. And these claims are not without foundation. It is a well known fact that our native grasses cure upon the ground as soou as the dry weather of August and Sep tember sets in, and before they have been injured by frosts; and that a fine quality of well cured hay, superior to the average meadow hay of eastern states, can be cut upon our prairies at any time after August before the graund is covered with snow. As it frequently happens that we do nut have enough snow at any one time during the winter to prevent stock from grazing, it ought not to be diffi cult to understand why we can truth fully say that "our stock can range tin year round and we can cut hay upon our prairies from August until March. ' There are, however, some years, and especially this year, when this state ment cannot be substantiated. While it is unquestionably true that we have the advantage of our eastern competi tors in the quality of our native grasse' it is also true that they have the ad vantage of us in the length of Urn during which stock can obtain succu lent food. Such being the case, it seems that it is even more important that we should supply forage, roots and si lage for the late summer, fall and win ter feeding, than it is for the eastern dairyman or stockman to make a sim ilar provision. E. C. Chilcott. Model Strawberry Bed. The last week in November, 1S9G. 1 planted what I call a "model" straw berry bed, writes F. W. Corliss in Strawberry Culturist. The ground was carefully plowed in October, turning in two loads of well rotted stable manure then left to remain a month; then har rowed down smooth, when two more loads of well pulverized manure were carefully scattered over it and well plowed in 1 then harrowed it down smooth and firm and marked off my rows for planting four feel apart. In stead of cutting a trench with my plow I threw two furrows together, forming a ridge sixteen inches wide. I raked these ridges with a steel garden rake until they were as fine and mellow as ashes. Then taking a garden hoe I cut a drill three inches deep in the center of each ridge and filled nearly full with pulverized manure and wood ashes Then scattering a little fine mold over this, forming a center ridge, which 1 converted into little cones with naked hands, making a perfect bed for the roots of the plants. My rows were four feet apart and I set my plants twelve inches apart in the row. This spring I plowed small furrows to the rows, thus civine each row a bed thirty inches wide. And today (July 1st) these thirty j inch beds are nearly covered with new and nicely growing plants. As fast as thev rrach the proper limit (24 inches) I cut thp runners back with a sharp I hop. "It could net op any prettier," t remarked a gentleman while looking at it this week". And he knew wherefore I he spoke, having been born and reared on the Eastern Shore, one of the finest trucking belts on earth. The size of my bed, from the center of the furrow (they call them water furrows here) is 140 feet by 20 feet, and the bed proper Is 16 feet by 136 feet. Doe eriiiles 1'rnlt Mature? ' At a meeting of the California Hor- j ticiiltnml Society, held in Sacramento on tne sin - -taj. -uu (jucaiiuu ui nusi damage to fruit was discussed at con- .. .. r.. t ... ...... r nf . ! siderable length. Several leading growers persistently held that your.e peaches, which had been subject to the action of frosty sufficiently hard to turn the pit black, would fail to mature and would fall from the trees. One grower present reported that his peaches were showing a black pit, but that they j were not dropping, and continued to grow. A prominent grower, whoso peaches had been subject to the action of frost, took much interest in the discussion, and concluded to watch his peaches closely, with a view of testing the different opinions held by the growers. Ca cutting them he noticed the pits were black, but they did not drop Uim the trees but continued tc , grow, anu uu.... .. j .-. . k,. examination the pit was found to be perfect, so far as appearance was con- ceraed, being bard and firm. Upoc t cracking it, the germ within was found to be shriveled and dried up, until not thicker than a heavy piece of paper In fact, the covering or skin of the germ contained nothing within it, the substance and the vitality both hav ing departed. This opens up a wide field for speculation. Were there spe cial soil or climatic conditions existing, where these peaches were grown? Would they have dropped. Under other conditions, either of soil or climate? Will peaches in which the germ is de stroyed ordinarily develop into large, choice fruit, as did the Visalia fruit? The processes of nature are very mys terious, but few of them are entirely past finding out, and we look for fur ther discussion on this subject. Abutit Cronrlni; Corn. A speaker at a famous institute said: In raising a crop of corn, it is, as a rule, economical to use three horses abreast to the plow, even with a twelve- preierauiy, just as me corn is tairly sprouting, and again the other way just as if it is fairly out of the ground so the lows may be seen. If it gets higher, a hand should follow each har row with a narrow garden rake to un cover any upon which clods may have fallen. In cultivating, a good hand will cover but little corn, and this he will uncover with the toe of the boot, and generally without stopping the team, covering the corn. The later cultivation when the soil becomes pretty well tilieu with roots, need only be shallow. Du. lure, again, the operator must be guid ed by circumstances. As a rule early planting gives the best crop, but a good crop need not be expected if the lantl is either plowed, planted or worked when wet. It sometimes requires con siderable courage to decide to wait when weeds arc pressing. When it is a question of having the crops smoth ered by weeds or of waiting, we should take the chances, on wet land, rather than to wait. Cr.niiiiK llugliith ;ro.i-l-rrii-H. The soil should be rich and deep, and if possible a slope facing the north should be chosen. It should also be sufficiently removed from any tree to prevent the roots robbing the plants, says Martin Benson in Vick's Maga zine. The soil should be plowed as deeply as possible, and it is also of great advantage to subsoil it. This will give a desp bed of loose soil, which will retain moisture much bet ter and keep cooler than when plowed as ordinarily. The plants should be set six feet apart each way. After or before the plants are set I prepare posts, each eight or ten feet long, of some lasting timber; these are set in the ground two feet deep, and ten or twelve feet apart each way, among the gooseberry bushes; pieces of tim ber are nailed from post to post, and on these are nailed slats or laths enough to make a half shade. This will furnish all the protection needed from the hot sun, and at the same time per mit of a free circulation of air. After this is done I mulch the entire surface of the ground to the depth of a foot with straw or other litter, placing it up close around the plants. This mulch must be placed on thick enough to keep down all weed growth, and each fall an additional amount should be placed over the old. If the soil is rich to begin with and the mulching is attended to properly, it will be years before the plants require fertilizing, but if needed it can easily be applied by using coarse, strawy manure for the mulching material. The soil if mulched as directed will always re main ccol and moist, and fruit in the greatest quantities will be produced. Appljiii Manure We suppose that top-dressing with manure will endure as long as agricul ture exists. It seems to be the way that nature set about enriching the earth, and it is doubtful if any better way can be found, taking all things as a whole. Of course, the Chinaman that cultivates but a quarter of an acre of land can apply and hoe under his ma nure, but that process is too slow for moderns and Americans. The next best way to apply manure is in the drill, but this has been thought to be too la borious till recent years, when a ma chine for such work has been perfect ed. Do not haul the manure out and leave it on some place where it will leach away during the entire winter and spring till the time comes to put it on the land. Protect the manure carefully, or haul it out and spread it at once by a Kemp manure spreader. Then if it leaches it will leach into the soil that it was intended to ben efit. The loss from evaporation is nothing, as there is no heating, at least during the winter, of this perfectly spread manure. Were it put in im mense piles it would heat and destroj much of its own value by the time i was wanted in the spring. If it be time to put it on the land and you wish to apply it directly to the row. it is better to adjust the parts of the Kemp spreader so the manure will be dropped directly into the furrows, which can be done by driving care fully. Origin of Potato Bugs. The Colora do potato hectle receives its common name from the fact that its native home was at the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, where it fed upon a species of wild potato quite common to this region, known as the Sand-bur (Solanum rostratum). It was collected there and described by Thomas Say in 1S24. It was first mentioned as an in- jurious insect in looy wnen some of the early settlers of western Nebraska , reported it feeding in large numbeis upon the Irish potato. We thus see , that the species changed its food from j a wild to a cultivated plant, as has been the case with many of our in- J"r'0'JS insects. E.. improving a Run-Down Farm. At ' t.n Miohiirnn Farmers" insrirmn v. a I . . ... . Croman said: "I have brought up a ! farm from a run-down condition until' to-day it bears fine crops of clover, al most exclusively by green manuring. I began by sowing rye and plowing it j under, gradually introducing other ' crops for this purpose, until to-day it ' beard, as 1 have said, good crops o! clover. Tho grounu sliculd be kept covered. After oats sow rye, working the ground with a spring tooth harrow hen the next spring plow the rye un der and sow clover or plant corn, u you can't grow clover for plowing un der then try peas. Do not be in a hurry to buy newfan gled machinery. Wait till jou find out just how it works. Take no agent's ur in-mone t-nril fnr ir W'ofK w .... - V0UI.-eif uuder a test conditIo' tllce or laoor, or nam. or win turn our Then, if it is just right, and will save a beUer quality cf dairy goods, wait not, but buy at onrc. A WISE PHYSICIAN. BROAD OF OPINION HE THROWS PREJUDICE TO THE WIND. Dr. J. I- Liaaea Endorse Ir. WUUana rink rata Beraase lie Haa Foaad Them Efllcacloas. Believe the f Irat Duty of a l'ayalclaa Is to Cure Uls Patleata. From the Capita!. St. John. Kansas. Hearing thnt Dr. J. L. Limes of St. John, TZansa. had tt.-cd Dr. Williams" Pink Tills in his practice with great success, a re porter railed upon mid interviewed him regarding the matter. Your reportor found tho doctor a very pleasant and afTublo man of probably fifty years of age. Wo wero much impressed with his manner, ns It was kindly aud dig nified. When wo bronched the subject of our call, he became enthusiastic at once aud proceeded to give us the following for publication: 'My attention had been called to Dr. Wil linms' Pink Fills for I'ale People by several persons of my acquaintance who bad been grcatlv benefited or entirely cured by their use. i determined to give them a trial in my practice aud if they proved to be satis factory I would adopt them and use them regularly. Since I legan prescribing them 1 linvj never had cause to regret my deter mination. 1 have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills m a number of cases of nervous trou bles, neurasthenia, rheumatism, etc., and : i . . n ii T I 1 II IIIIIIII ! BIB wm B III IIHI lllll llllll in everv case have been excetttionallv well pleased with the results, and I can honestly and comcientiously recommend Pink Pilhi for the above diseases. "1 s-hull continue to use them aud recom mend them to my patients, for I consider there is nothing better for the diseases they ore recommend to euro than Dr. Wil liams' Pink 1'ilN. If you desire to use this for publication you can attach my name, i nui well known in this part of Kansas aud also in Fayette County, Ohio. 1 am Secre tary of tho U. S. Pension Examining Sur gco'n's P.uard for Stafford County, Kansas, nud Chairman of the Republican County Central Committee for the above named county." Yours faithfully, Jesse L. ITimes, M. I. We also ascertained the Doctor's stand ing in St. John bv a few interviews with imminent people, which we herewith pub ish along with the Doctor's statement re garding Pink Pills: "I am well acquainted with Dr. J. I. Limes and know him to be an honorablo p.ud straightforward man, and what ever lie may say can be relied tiou. E. R. Rf.xefiei.. f.'ounty Stipt. of Schools, Stafford County, Kansas. St. John. Kansas, July 14th, IS06. I hove known Dr. J. L. Limes for a num ber of years aud can recommend him as a prominent physician, and a man well liked in this vicinity. IIowaku Uiut. "Cashier Commercial Bank. I have known Dr. J. L. Limes for several yearn, and as a physician he is very promi ucnt, and his reputation for honor and in tegrity are too well known to lie questioned for on" instant. II. J. Coknwkll. Editor St. John News. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in n condensed form, nil the elements necessary to give new life aud richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as loco motor utaxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' Jati'-e, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of In grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and tallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in malo or femyle. 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