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Surprised at the Wonderful Curative
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"I have taken Hocd' Sarsaparilia fop
catarrh end bronchial trouble and hare
been surprised at its wonderful curative
properties. I am now entirely free from
both these complaints, and heartily rec--oramend
Hood's Sarsaparilia for catarrh."
A. G. Saman, Clark Hills, Wisconsin.
food's Sarsaparilia
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood rurifier
Hood's PHis act easily, effectively.
ZVIanv accidents caused by hot
cnmph'.s-iron have been reported
but none lias been more strange and
serious that that which occurred to
Irs. Pool, of Plalnfield, X. J., a few
dav ago. Mrs. Pool was curling her
hair, when the hot iron slipped and
struck Hie center of her left eye. Co!d
v.-ater was at once applied, and con-,
Riderable relief was had for a time. I
Later, however, the eye pained so.
badly that Mrs. Pool fainted. The next)
day the ri&ht eye was affected and the
attending oculist now says that it is
likely the sight of both will he lost.
There Is n flag of Feople
WIio are injured by the use of coffee.
Fterently there has been placed in all
ho grocery stores a new preparation
calied GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
moft delicate stomach receives it with
out dtstn'S?, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over U
as much. Ci.'.'dren may drink it with
great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents'
per package. Try it Ask for
GHAI.V-O. i
"While England is fighting on the
Afghan frontier. Russia is building
military roads in the Pamir region
c ose to the boundary of India. One
has just been completed over the Ak
Baital pass, at a height of over 15,0 0
foet. It can bo used by carts and was
begun in ."Tuly. Another has been
made near the Karne Tata boundary,
and it was intended to complete an
other before the cold weather set in
at ibe Bardoba boundary in the Allai
valley. j
How Tlil!
Wo ofTcr One Hundred Dollars reward
foi any case of Catarrh that cannot he
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cuie.
Y. J CHKXKY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We. llif un.iriaiKnea. haie known 1.
.1. Cl'cin-y toi tie !a-i 15 years, and believe
him pnfectlv lionoraM in all buslii-s
trai sa I8i.ii; ami n:i:iuc:ally ublo to carry
out an ibliK:i'io.u, itia'ic by their tlrni.
Ues-t" A: Truux. Whole-sale Drug;;iMs.
Tol.-.lo O : Wuldsnff. Kiniiun At Marvin,
Vhilnlr- UrUKgihts. Toledo. O.
HiilIS Cut a rih Cure is taken Internally,
noting diivrtiy upon the blood and mu
cous Mirfun-s of tlie system. Testimo
nials s,nt It -e. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
b nil dr Kists.
Hall's ratnily mill are the best.
A pan-el containing flowers, with
out sufficient postage attached, was
lejw)sitcd in the Battle Creek, Mich.,
po.stoflice the other day. Law and cus
tom demanded that it be sent to the
dead-letter office, but the clerks sur-j
mlsed that the flowers were intended
for a funeral and took tip a collection '
among themselves so that the pare. lj
was sent on its way without delay.
There was no clew as to the identy
of the person who mailed it. and it
was a rlear case of casting tlrrir bread
upon the waters by the postal clerks,
even if it did cost them but a few
cent!, at the most.
J. E. Galbraith, who has been ap
pointed trallic manager of the Cleve
land Terminal ami Valley Railroad
Company, with headquarters at Cleve
land, will also be the general agent
of the I!, and O. at that point. These
two positions were formerly held by U.
lliidi Brockcnbrough, who is now gen
eral freight asent of the 11. and O. lines
west of the Ohio river, with headquar
ters at Pittsburg.
Hard V. sir.
Indianapolis Journal: "This," ob
sered the Egyptologist, "is the re
mains of ThoU'ines 11.. who fought in
the great war with Thebes."
"Yes." murmured the mummy, "and
didn't I get done up. though?"
He wearily resigned himself to the
unwrapping process.
RctTl Tobarro Spit and SaiiI.- Your Life Anay.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
ne'ic. full of life, nerve and vipor, take No-To-Dae.
the i7ondcr-wc:v.cr, that nia'jc-: weak men
strong. All druggists, :0c or SI. Cure guaran
tee.! Booklet and satnnle free. Address
St-'riing lJemcdy Co., Chicago or New York;
A man by th" name of William Pal
nor is in the Georgia penitentiary un
der sentences aggregating 209 years.
Star Totmr.'o is the leading brand of
the -world, because it is the best.
Withou a competency for old age.
none are happy and few honest.
Tr ssyHy J huf
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of scrofula, eczema, boils, sores, eruptions, etc.,
prove the claims made for Ayer's Sarsaparilia
as the best of blood purifying medicines. And
it's cures that count. The story of these cures
told by the cured is convincing, ye send the
book free. Address Dr. Ayer, Lowellr Mass.
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Of WeakneM la Men They Treat and
Fail to Cure.
An Omaha Company places for tho first
time before the public a Magical, Treat
ment for the cure of Los-t Vitnlity.Xervons
and Sexual Weakness, nnd Restoration of
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send you absolutely FItEE, a valuable
paper on these diseases, and positiveproofs
of -their truly Magical, Tueatjiext. Thous
nnds of men. tvho have lost all hope of a
cure, are being restored bv them to a per
fect condition.
This Magical Tueatmext may be taken
ctiiotne under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go to there for treatment, if they
.-fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or C. O. I), fake. They have
iO.OJO capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited in
a bank to be paid to them when a cure is
ejected. Write them today.
Says the Portland (Me.) Express:
"The sight of a young man going to
school these mornings with his books
under one arm and a big bull dog pipe
projecting from bis mouth is one of
ond-oMhe century Incidents that teach
people that the youth of today is
somewhat different from the one of
'ye olden times.' One would think
so; but it is unfair to the youth of to
day to take the urchin mentioned as
a sample. There were boys who were
no honor to their friends even in the
good old times."
Paris has, apart from two places
where paupers can nend the night,
fourteen asylunins for the homeless,
which last year lodged 144,037 persons,
of whom 15,537 were women and 2,C65
children. Among the lodgers were 24G
professors and teachers, 18 sutdents, 5
authors, 5 journalists, 120 actors and
singers, CO musicians and 10 music
teachers.
Tli Burlington Itoutr- Ca 'fornta Ex
cursions. Chr-ap, Quick, Comfortable.
Leave Omaha i:.'S p. in., Lincoln C:10 p. in.
and Hastings $0 p. in. every Thursday in
flean. modern, not ctowrted tourist sleepers.
No transfers; cars run right through to San
Francisco and Los Angeles over the- Scenic
Uoute through Denier :md Salt LaUc City.
Cars are carpeted; upholstered in rattan;
have spring seats and backs and are pro
vided Willi curtains, bedding, towels, soap,
etc Uniformed porters and experienced ex
cursion conductors accompany each excur
sion, relieving passengers of all bother about
baggage, pointing out objects of interest and
In many other ways helping to make the
overland trip a delightful experience. Second
class tickets are honored. llertli SI.
For folder giving full information, call at
nearest Burlington Route ticket office, or
write to J. Francis, General Passenger Agent,
Oinalia. Xeb.
An English paper tells a story of the
Rev. Mr. Watkinson, a Wesleyan
preacher. Some time ago he was stay
ing willi a good woman who was
yearning for the good old times and
mourning the degeneracy of modern
days and customs. The Wesleyan
ministers of the early part of this
century, she said, rose early, and dear
Mr. Wesley was in his study at 4
o'clock in the morning. "It is not
son's dry reply; "were Mrs. Watkin
son's dry reply; "were Mr. Watkin
son anything like Mrs. Wesley I
shuold be up at 2 o'clock."
Itruty Is Itloud Deep.
Clean blood menus a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Ca caret -Cnndy Cathar
tic c'eatis your tcood and kcep- it clean, by
stirring up the lacy liver and driviugall im
purities from the" body. Besjin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotchci.hlackheuds,
and lhntsicLlybilio'.isco:uplexiou by taking
Cascarots, - beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, Eatisfaction'guarauteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
In speaking of the late Dean Vau
ghan of Llandaff, the World of Lon
don, says: "Mrs. Vaughan is probabl3r
the only person now living who could
disclose the number of bishoprics
which her husband refused between
IJ-fia ami 1C.fi; I.nrl Pnlniprctnn is niil
to have at one time offered Dr.
Vaughan every see which became va
cant, and the queen and the prince
consort, were most anxious that he
should accept a bishopric, and so also
were the divines of such very different
church views as Anrehhishops Sum
ner, Longiey and Tait, Bishops Wil
beforce, Lonsdale and Hamilton, and
Deans Milman, Wellesley and Stan
ley." Holiday Kxcumions.
On DccsiiiberTnud 21 tho ltig FourRouto
nnd hc-apt'iike ami Ohio lty. will sell ex-curs-ion
ticket from point northwest, both
one way nnd round trip, at greatly reduced
rates to points in Virginia. 2orth and South
Carolina nnd other southern states. Round
trip tickets will be good twenty-one 'jys
returning. AVrite for particulars and
pamphlet descriptive of climate a:.i Vir
ginia farm lands. U. L. Trut. North
west ern 1'o.ssenger Agent, 234 Clark St
Chicago.
Dr. Edward Redloe, of Philadelphia
who has been appointed United States
consul at Canton, China, "is todav,"
I says the Philadelphia Press, "an hon
ored guest at the famous banquets of
the erst, and is one of the founders of
Philadelphia's famous Clover club. He
has served in various responsible dip
lomatic positions in Italy, China and
Egypt, under the administrations of
Presidents Hayes and Harrison.
To introduce our magazine, it will be
sent free three month to nil who send
six cents to pay for registering name.
HoMKiv. Gaiidkx, .St. Paul, Minn.
j More women reach the age of 50
i than men. but afterward the stronger
. sex has the better of it.
Kducnte Yonr Uowcla With CasrareU.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. 25c. If C C C fail, druggists refund money.
At a recent art exhibtion in Dresden
over G0,000 worth of pictures were
sold.
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CAMFFIRE SKETCHES.
tOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
Tie Daal Alliance Franc and Batata
Now tbe Most Powerful Factors la
the 1orld' War Affairs Spain's
Colonial Armies Cost of Battleships.
Casablanca.
HE boy stood on the
burning deck.
"Whence aN but he
had lied;
The flame that lit
the battle's
wreck.
Shone round him
o'er the dead.
mm
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Yet beautiful and
bright he stood.
As born to rule the
w
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storm:
A creature of heroic
blood.
A proud, though child-l.Ue form.
The flames roll'd on he would not go.
Without his father's word
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.
He call'd aloud "Say, father, say.
If yet my task is done?"
He knew not that the chieftain lay
Unconscious of his son.
"Speak, father"' once again he cried,
"If 1 may et be gone!"
And but the booming shots replied.
And fast the Uames rolled on.
Upon his brow he felt their breath.
And in his waving hair:
And look'd from that lone post of death
In still, yet brave despair:
And shouted but once more aloud,
"My father! must I stay?"
While o'er him fast, through sail and
shroud
The wreathing fires made way.
They wrapt the ship in splendor wild.
They caught the Hag on high.
And stream'd above the gallant child
Like banners in the sky.
There came a burst of thunder sound
The boy oh! where was he?
Ask of the winds that far around
With fragments strew'd the sea!
With mast, and helm, and pennon fair.
That well had borne their part
Hut the noblest thing that perish'd there
Was that young faithful heajt.
('This poem, which we give In response
to repeated inquiries from a reader who
s-ays ho heard it sixty years ago when a
l.oy. and has never since come across It.
is perhaps the best known bit of "school
boy" poetry in the language. Its writer.
Mrs. Hemaus. prefaces the poem with
.his note: "Young Casabianca, a boy
about thirteen years old. son to the ad
miral of the Orient, remained at his post
in the battle of the Nile) after the ship
had taken lire and all the uns had been
abandoned; and perished in the explo
sion of the vessel, when the flames had
reached the powder." This story has had
nnieli doubt thrown upon it by resent in
vestigation; and it is now said that Casa
hianca lost his life while trying to es
cape from the Orient iu a boat. His
father. Krueys. the French admiral, was
killed in tho Orient. Ed.)
The Dual Alliance.
The public rejoicings which follow
ed the return of the French president
from Russia were not in honor of the
man, but of the alliance. President
Faure made a good use of his oppor
tunity when he was in St. Petersburg,
and played his part well; hut Mon
sieur Hanotaux, the minister for for
eign affairs, was the real author of the
diplomatic agreement with Russia, and
was entitled to full credit for a policy
which had greatly increased the pres
tige of France in Europe. This was
understood in Paris when the presi
dent returned in triumph to a capital
delirious with joy. What magical po
tency there is in a word which a na
tion yearns to hear! Russia and France
have been acting together on the East
ern and other diplomatic questions
since the closing years of the reign
of Alexander III., and it has been an
open secret that there was an under
standing bet .vcen ;Iiem whicli virtu
ally made them allies. Hut the precis?
word had not been used oilicially, not
even a eai ago in Paris, when th?
Russian emperor was received like a
conqueror by an overjoyed populace.
In St. Petersburg the word "alliance,"
for which France had been wa tng im
patiently, was pronounced clearly by
emperor and president. It was a pledg
that if either nation were attacked,
the other would fight for it. Since the
downfall of the Second Empire, in
1S70, Franc? has bfen without an ally
in Europe until this Russian coalition
was formed. The republic has main
tained an immense army and a power
ful fleet at great expense for a quarter
of a century, but its diplomatic influ
ence has been isolated and without an
ally. Now that the Russian a.liance
has been formed, France again be
comes a great power, capable of or
dering the affairs of the continent.
For this reason Paris has cause to
shout, "Vive la Russie!" with every
sign of exultation. The crowds gath
ering about the Strashurg monument,
which has been draped in black since
France lost her two Rhine provinces
in the disastrous war with Germany,
have foolishly assumed that the re
conquest of Alsace and Lorraine would
be the sequel to the alliance. Russia
aided Germany by her neutrality in
the campaign with France. It is in
credible that she should now pledge
herself to undo what was done then,
and to support France in a war of re
venge for the recovery of the lost
provinces. The alliance is probably a
defensive one, like that which unites
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
Russia will not take up arms for
France in an offensive war against
Germany. She will only support her
under attack; and Germany, having
won the Rhine provinces, will no:
strike the first blow. What is more
probable than an anti-German move
ment is a coalition against England.
Russia, having as eager a desire to ob
tain Jerusalem as Constantinople,
wishes to keep France out of Syria,
and the most practical method of do
ing this is to support the Paris govern
ment's demand that England shall re
linquish control over Egypt. The re
lations of the Great Powers are so
evenly balanced by the two European
alliances that war is not to be feared
in any quarter. They are leagued to
gether solely for mutual defence, and
this means peace.
Cent or ISaltlrshipft.
Sir William White, the British naval
constructor, furnishes SL.n:e interesting
figures showing the relative cost of
ancient and modern battleships. He
shows that in 1637 the Sovereign of
the Seas cast about 41,900, half of
which was for labor. This was an ex
ceptional outlay, and other than legi
timate expenses were charged against
that vessel. At the beginning of thip
century a 100 gun line-of-battla ship
cost from C5,000. to 70,000, exclusive
of armament. The 121 gun sai'ing
three-decker of 1S37 cost nearly 120,
0C0, and the screw three-decker of 1857
aDout 220,000. The mse of armor aJd- i
ed ereat-v to cps p;-1 the Warrior
of 1859 figured up nearly 280.000. The
Dreadnought of 1873 c-st 620.000. and
the Inflexible, which fol'owe'd her. csv
810.000. These large amounts were
partly due to the introduction of cost
ly mechanism required for mo'ins
and working the heavy gun?, and part
ly to a large increase in the outlay on ,
'g&ivfi
'JkW
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armor. Then came the reaction In fa
vor of less costly ships, and vessels
were produced for 600,000 to 650,000
between 1875 and 1885. The tendency
towards increased cost reasserted it
self in 1885, the Nile and Trafalgar
each costing about 850,000. The Royal
Sovereign class of 18S9 cost about
775,000, and the Majestic about 840,
000. All these figures are for ships
built in the royal dockyards, and ex
clude incidental charges, as well as
cost of armaments. They include gun
mountings, with their costly mechan
isms and torpedo gear. British bat
tleships, however, in proportion to
their dimensions, are less costly, it ap
pears, than battleships of other na
vies. A French first-class battleship
costs about 1,000,000, and so do the
corresponding ship3 in the Russian and
Italian fleets. The American battle
ship Indiana cost over 600,000, exclu
sive of armor, which involved an ex
penditure of nearly 340,000. For Ger
man battleships now building, of about
11.000 tons, the estimated cost is about
700,000.
Overworked Intellect.
Stories about Lincoln, if they are
genuine, are always interesting and
generally amusing. Here is one which
will be immediately recognized as
characteristic: Mr. Lincoln was try
ing a case on a western circuit, some
years before he had acquired more
than a local reputation. His opponent
was a pretentious man whose argu
ment was voluble and rhetorical, but
devoid of coherence or logic. When
his pyrotechnic eloquence had spent
itself Mr. Lincoln replied somewhat as
follows: "Gentlemen of the Jury: I
have enjoyed, as every one in this
court room must have enjoyed, the ex
tremely fluent and eloquent words to
which we have listened. But while the
rhetoric of my learned opponent is un
impeachable, I confess myself unable
to detect anything in his argument'
which has any bearing upon the case
in hand, or indeed upon anything at
all. I have been driven to the conclu
sion that the intellect of my learned
friend has no control over his organs
of speech, and that while he talks his
mind ceases entirely to act He re
minds me forcibly of a little steamboat
I used occasionally to see upon the
Sangamon River, which had a five-foot
boiler and a seven-foot whistle. When
ever the boat whistled, the engines
were obliged to stop working!" The
aptness and homely humor of the il
lustration set bench, jury and bar in
a roar, and the case was won without
further effort
Spain' Colonial Armies.
London Spectator: The magnitude
of tbe sacrifices made by Spain in hei
attempts to subdue her revolting col
onies is seen in the official figures Is
sued by the Spanish minister of war.
The following forces were sent to
Cuba between November, 1895, and
May, 1S97: Thirteen expeditions, com
prising 1S1.738 men, 6,261 officers, and
40 generals; and 91 guns and 12 quick
firing guns. If this tragedy of a nation
were not so infinitely pathetic there
would be something comic in these
forty generals utterly helpless before
a mob of ragged insurgents. Though
only some 18S.000 men and officers are
enumerated in this list, it does not ac
count for the whole force in Cuba.
When the first expedition was sent
there was already a large Spanish
army in the island. The total, then is,
probably 220,000 men. The figures as
to the Philippines are proportionately
almost as bad. To the Philippines
were sent 27.7CS soldiers, 881 officers,
nine generals and twenty-four guns.
It is curious to think that Spain in
the last two years has had a greater
experience in transporting men by sea
than any nation of modern, or prob
ably ancient, times. To move 200,000
men, and without hiring a single for
eign transport, is an astounding per
formance. Yet this great effort has
been absolutely futile.
Inspecting I lie Veteran.
One of the most interesting incidents
which took place during the Queen's
Jubilee was the inspection by the
Prince "and Princess of Wales of the
veterans, who represent every battle
fought during her majesty's sixty years
of sovereignty. The comparatively
small remnant of these old soldiers,
who in every land upheld the Eng'ish
flag, is rapidly dwindling.
it is a surprising fact that there
are still, in active service, two veter
ans who enlisted at the very beginning
of the present reign, one in 1837 and
the other in 1838. One of them fill 3
tho aforetime gruesome office of
queen's executioner at the tower. For
tunately for this old hero, who fought
at Gujerat, in the Indian frontier war,
as well as through the Central Indian
campaign and the Indian mutiny, the
office of yeoman jailer involves no un
pleasant functions, and his heads
man's axe rests idle by his side. His
brother veteran fills a more lively post,
for he sports the ribbon of the re
cruiting sergeant in the town of Wool
wich. Of the first war of the reign,
Ghuzni war of 1838-39, only one man
survives to wear its medals. He fought
in that campaign, and also at Ma
harajpore, in 1843. At Aliwal, three
years later, he was wounded severely,
and proudly wears the medal with S
branje clasp.
Intensity of the San'a Ray--.
It is estimated that the earth re
ceives no more than one thousand mil
lionth part of the total radiation of
the sun's rays. If any considerable
proportion of this heat was concen
trated upon the earth it would not
only become uninhabital, but become
speedily consumed. If the great ac
cumulation of ice at the north pole
were placed at a point on which this
tremendous heat could be focused it
would melt at the rate of 300,000,000
miles of solid ice per second, and the
heat is estimated to generate energy
at the rate of about 10,000 horse-powor
to every square foot of its surface.
Sporting lllnod.
Ephraim Geehaw (of Hay Corners,
complacently) I know how the feller
must have felt that bust the bank at
Monte Carlo!
Si Oatcake (shocked) You hain't
been play in' checkers fer money, hv
you, Eph?
Ephraim Geehaw No; hut, gosh! I
put pennies in a slot machine when I
was tew town yesterday till the ol
darn shebang wouldn't give down no
more gum! Puck.
Stretching the Trath.
Stranger (in Arkansas) So the poor
fellow swore that he didn't steal the
horse, and after you'd lynched him you
found out he'd told the truth about
it?
Storekeeper Yes; and the coroner
was right smart puzzled for a spell
what kind of a verdict to bring in, but
he finally called it "a case of stretching
the truth," and let it go at that
Judge.
Possibly all men may have good
common sense, but the majority of
them seem to value it too highly to ex
hibit it.
PAKM AND GABDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Some Cp-to-Date Hlata About Cultiva
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Mortlcaltare, Tltlcaltare aad Florl
caltare. Percolation.
AN you give me
any details of per
colation tests? N.
N. We
do not know that
we have at hand
extensive details,
but we can give the
following from
Storer: "So long
ago as 1796-93 the
English chemist,
Dalton, sunk a cylinder three
feet deep and ten inches in
diameter into the soil, filled it with
earth, made it level with the surface
of the land, and after the first year
grew grass upon it By collecting the
water at the bottom of this cylinder
he found that 25 per cent of the yearly
rainfall had percolated through the
earth into it The difference he attrib
uted to evaporation. Simultaneously
with. Dalton, Maurice, at Geneva, using
an iron cylinder filled with earth,
found that the percolation was equal to
39 per cent of a rainfall amounting to
26 inches per annum. Gasparin, in the
south of France, in 1820-22, noted 20
per cent of percolation from a rainfall
of 28 inches. Dickinson, in England,
in 1836-43, at a locality where the aver
age rainfall was 26.6 inches, used a
Dalton rain gauge three feet deep and
12 inches wide, filled with gravelly
loam and grass-grown at the surface.
He found as the average of eight
years' observations that 11.3 inches
percolated in a year, or about 42.5 per
cent of the rainfall, while 57.5 per cent
either evaporated or remained in the
soil. In round numbers two-fifths of
the rainfall would pass out of the land
through the drains, though very con
siderable variations were noticed, rang
ing from 33 to 57 per cent, in the
course of the experiments. Risler, in
Switzerland (1867-68), by gauging
drains that had been laid four feet
deep in a compact impervious soil,
which bore crops at the time of the
experiment, found that 30 per cent of
the average rainfall of 41 inches per
colated, while 70 per cent of It evapor
ated. Pfaff, in Erlangen, and Wold
rich, at Salsburg and at Vienna, found
that only one-fourth of the yearly rain
fall percolated through two feet of bare
soil when the evaporation was greater
than the rainfall; that almost one
third percolated when evaporation was
equal to rainfall, and that rather more
than one-half percolated when the
evaporation was somewhat less than
the rainfall. Woldrich found invaria
bly that les3 water percolated two feet
in soil upon which grass was growing
than in a bare soil. Very light rains
were wholly lost by evaporation from
the grass leaves, because the drops
clung to the leaves until they evapor
ated. riowing in the Fall.
While the character of the soil must
In a measure at least be considered in
determining whether or not land in
tended to he planted to crops in the
spring should be plowed in the fall,
writes N. J. Shepherd in Nebraska
Farmer. We have been trying the plan
for several years and with our soil and
under the conditions that our farming
is done, find it quite an advantage.
With all crops in the spring we find we
are able to get the ground into good
condition for the reception of the seed
with considerable less work than" if the
powing was deferred. Then it is pos
sible in nearly all cases to get the
planting done earlier, and this here is
quite an item. Here with nearly every
crop it is the early planting that gives
the best growth and yield and wc find
It profitable to take every advantage to
get the seed in early. If the ground is
plowed deep and thorough and good
drainage is provided in the fall the
ground will dry out easier and warms
up quicked than if left undisturbed.
This year both with oats and corn those
who were able to get the seeding done
early raised good crops of both, while
the late seeding of both crops were
nearly a failure. We find it an ad
vantage in getting the most out of the
manure to plow more or less in the
fall. During the summer a good part
of the stock are kept in the pasture and
there is not a very large quantity of
manure that can be secured to apply on
the cultivated fields. It is during the
fall and "winter that the greatest
amount can be secured. Our plan all
through the winter is as far as possible
to haul out and apply all of the manure
as fast as made and I am satisfied that
better results in every way can he se
cured by applying on plowed land.
Load into the wagon direct from the
stables sheds cr feeding lots, haul to
the fields when it is wanted and scatter
from the wagon. This saves time and
labor and gives good results. The work
necessary to put the soil in a proper
condition for the reception of the seed
will work the manure sufficiently in
with the soil. Our laud lays so that it
does not wash and this with the ad
vantage of making the most out of the
manure the quickest and the ability to
get the seeding done so much earlier
induces us to plow in the fall.
The Mlik Pall.
One of the greatest causes of milk po
lution in the common farm dairy is
the milk pail. Only the most advanced
dairymen pay sufficient attention to
this utensil. Wooden buckets and even
paper pails are used for the purpose of
receiving milk at milking time. Both
of these easily become saturated with
the acids formed from the milk, and in
a short time, though they may appear
clean, are absolutely worthless, if it
be desired to keep the milk in a proper
state. The wooden pail can be washed
and scalded, but the wood pores retain
that which will not be loosened by or
dinary hot water. But in many cases
even no extraordinary attempts are
made for their cleansing. With the
paper pail it Is even worse. Those
pails are stiffened by rosin and if they
be subject to very hot water they will
become soft and easily fall to pieces.
We have seen more than one of these
pails ruined by carrying boiling water
In thra. So when they are used on
tbe farm and in the milking stable they
are only treated with tepid water. This
cannot cleanse them properly, in a
short time, also, if they are washed
much the paint comes from the inside
and the bare rosin walls are laid bare,
which tend to impart to the milk a very
disagreeable flavor. That they should
be abandoned there is no question. Tin
pails, if properly kept, are alone suit
able for this work. A white iron pail
Is preferable, as such pails can be got
that have no creases in the bottoms,
the whole pail being run in a single
mould. There are also no creases In
the sides. The only crease I3 at the
top where the pail is, rolled around the
wire that runs around the top. There-
fore, the whole pail can be kept clean
easily. If it costs more than the others,
the cost is soon offset by a saving in
work of cleansing, to say nothing about
the better condition in which the milk
is kept A proper attention to the milk
pail will pay well.
Wintering Bees Ontnlde.
A beekeeper with seventeen years
experience gives the following advice
to beginners in the Canadian Bee Jour
nal about wintering bees. He says:
First see that the colony has a queen.
If there are no queen cells built and
there is brood in all stages down to the
egg, you are fairly safe in assuming
that the queen is there, but it is bet
ter still to see her. It may be that
there is not brood in all stages, and
particularly may this be the case when
there has been no honey flow after
basswood. Then there is no other way
than to actually see the queen. Look
for the queen, smoke the bees as little
as possible, take the combs out quiet
ly, and do not be too long looking them
over the first time, otherwise the bees
get restless and leave their position on
the last combs before you reach them.
If the colony is queenless, but has good
brood, and is a good, full colony, and
you want the bees, you had better get
a queen at once. If 50 cents is an item
of some importance with you, get an
untested queen. A colony queenless for
some time, especially when honey is
not coming in, may and is somewhat
Kkely to kill the queen. Never put a
tested or more expensive queen into
such a colony. Haying a good laying
queen in the hive, the next considera
tion is the number of bees. Unless
there are bees enough to crowd four
Langstroth combs I would unite it with
another weak colony. I shall not here
tell you how to do this, but one queen,
of course, must be destroyed and the
remaining one caged. I would not unite
fairly strong colonies, or one a little
below full strength with a weak one
especially sound is this advice to a be
ginner. Where the colony is not full
strength I would contract it by means
of a board so it can fill the space it has.
Next for stores. The weakest colonies
require the fullest combs, because they
will consume about as much as the
strong, and they can cover the least
amount of comb. Give full combs or
partially filled combs in preference to
feeding syrup. Give then winter stores
as soon after September 10 or 15 as the
absence of brood in the majority of the
combs will permit, taking out the
combs with the least honey and replac
ing them with full ones or nearly so.
Do not divide the stores at each side of
the brood nest, but put the fullest at
one side, and so on. with the least hon
ey at the other side. Next, with your
knife cut a hole in each comb, put it
half way between the two side bars and
almost two-thirds of the distance up
from the bottom bar. These are for
winter passages, and allow access
through the cluster of bees without
passing out of it, as the bees would
have to do when passing around the
comb, either top, bottom or sides.
Buckwheat honey is good stores for
bees; so is any other honey as far as
I know. Honey dew is not honey at all.
The bees sometimes gather it. The fa
vor is generally rank, and it is dark in
color. To have such stored in a hive is
generally an exception, and the begin
ner need not worry lest such a condi
tion should exist without his knowl
edge. Having a colony in this condi
tion, the beginner or any one else has
gone a long way toward successful win
tering. Aptiles for Cold Storage.
Prof. Craig of the Experimental
Farm, Ottawa, Canada, takes a hopeful
view of the matter of keeping apples
in cold storage, says an exchange. It
may be questionable whether Prof.
Craig is wholly right in his optimistic
views, hut here is what he says:
"Before long you will see a revolu
tion in the apple trade. Winter apples
will not be a necessity. Cold storage
will solve the difficulty. Probably be
fore two years are over, you will see
in every fruit growing district cold
storage houses on the co-operative
plan, based en the cold storage build
ings at the World's Fair. Fall apple3
put into cold storage buildings where
the temperature is 34 degrees may be
kept an indefinite length of time. Thus
winter apples will not be necessary.
When 1 was at the World's Fair, in the 1
middle of the hot season. I saw in good (
condition Duchess 01 uiuenourg apples i
which had been ripened early the prev
ious summer and kept in cold storage.
While in Montreal recently I noticed in
the new cold storage building beautiful
California pears."
i
Western Grazing Land. Government
authorities seem to think that the fu
ture of the arid region, apart, of course, I
from mining and manufacturing, de
pends very much upon the utilization ot
ninf lnnclc A InrfP nrra of nithltp
ground suitahle for grazing can he
made to support many cattle and sheep
at a small expense. But the trouhle is
that this land is in a great measure
utilized, snd some of it has heen ren
dered incapahle of supplying food for
stock in consequence of its having heen
grazed too closely. Possibly in times
to come, when farming and grazing
are more closely united, some of this
land may he made more valuable than
it is now. Ex.
Kind of Wool Wanted. Constant at
tention to selection might counterbal
ance the tendency to produce a coarse '
fiber under high feeding, but certainly
as English methods of feeding are
adopted in this country the tendency
will De towaru me prouueuon or a
coarse-fibered fleece. Just now that Is j
not to be deplored. With the exception
of a very limited demand, the fineness .
of the fiber is little considered. It Is
uniformity of fiber throughout the
fleece, uniform strength throughout the
length of the fiber, and freedom from
foreign matter, that makes a fleece val- -
uable. Ex.
Cultivate Cabbage. There is nothing
better than frequent cultivation of cab
bage to make it grow. Every time the
soil is stirred, and especially in such
warm, wet weather as the whole coun
try nas lately had, there is liberation
of plant food in as large amounts as
even a gross feeding crop of cabbage
can require. It is in such seasons as
this that care must be taken to upset
late cabbages and loosen some of their
roots so as to check growth. Without
this the largest cabbage will split open
and will soon spoil. Ex.
Wild Horses In Arizona. It Is said
that wild horses have infested the
northern part of Arizona to such an
extent that it has been asked of the
authorities that they may be legally
slaughtered. That vicinity has been
overrun with several large bands, hun
dreds in number, unbranded by any
one. They have rapidly increased In
number, and have become wild and
fierce. The matter has been referred to
the live stock board. Ex. ,
Some men never think of studying
the frescoing on a church ceiling until
the plate is passed around.
Speaking of the last achievement In
India of the "gallant Gordons," Black
and White says: "Not the least of
the splendid anecdotes with which the
Gordons have enriched military his
tory comes to their fellow countrymen
this morning, and the name of the
piper who, shot through both feet, sat
and played his friends on to victory,
will long be a cherished memory. Let
your hoys hear that story; they will
be the better for it."
Railroad Economy.
The Baltimore and Ohio South West
ern Railway has been experimenting
I with electric motors on turn-tables.
I Turning locomotives at divisional
points and terminals is a service of
much annoyance and no little expense
to railroad companies. It generally
takes four men to turn a locomotive,
and while they are doing so their reg
ular work is abandoned.
Experiments were made with an
e!cctric motor on the 60-foot turn
table at Chillicothe with such success
that the Park Street turn-table in
Cincinnati was similarly equipped. The
result has been rather astonishing in
the matter of expense. The current
was purchased from the power plant,
and it cost on an average of less than
one-half a cent for each time the table
was turned. When this same table was
operated by hand It cost 12 cents for
each engine. The yearly saving Is
about 709.
M. Mounct-Sully, the famous trage
dian of Paris, is having built for him
self a splendid house near Bergero.
The construction is to be of commin
gled Roman and Byzantine character
architecturally, and is described as a
veritable palace. The country around
is smiling and reposeful. The actor in
tends to dwell in the palace perma
nently when he retires from the stai;e.
He is a native of the Perigord district,
and wants to end his days near the
spot where he was born, and far from
the tumuU of Paris.
A Ilic Krgnlar Ariny.
The mightiest best of this sort is tbe army
' Invalids wlne liowel.-) liver, and ttom
aciis liavo been regulated by Hostettcr's
Stomach Hitters. A regular habit of body U
brought alxtiit thlough ii.singtliv Hitters, not
by violent agitation and griping the lnte-tfi!L-'.
but by reinforcing their energy and
causing a flow of the bile iutoitsprouerchan
nel. Malaria, la grippe. dyienla. and a ten
dency to inactivity of the kidneys, are con
quered by the ltitters.
Of the 250 stamps which have been
issued the values have ranged from 1
cent to $5,000. Five dollars is the
highest value among postage stamps,
but newspaper stamps reach the $100
mark, while a revenue stamp may rep
resent $5,000.
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