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A western judge was approached by
a verdant couple who wanted to bo
married. Thb would-be groom asked
the price of tying the knot and was
told it was a dollar.
"Can't you take beeswax?" inquired
the rustic
"Voo bjiM the Knulre.
The wax was brought in and upon
being weighed was found to be worth
just CO cents.
"Well." said the anxious groom, ' tie
the knot an I'll fetch more beeswax
next week."
"No, sir; I don't trust; that is
against the rules of the office."
Slowly the disappointed youth turn
e dto go out, saying, "Come, Sal, let's
go."
"I say, mister." answered Sal, with
a woman's wit; "can't you marry us as
far as the wax wil Igo?"
"Yes, I can and I will." responded
the judge, laughing, and he did. De
troit Free Press.
Try Graln-O.
Ask your grocer today to show yo'i
a package of GRAIX-O. the new food
nnk tbat takes the place of coffee.
The childreu may drink it without
Ujury as well as the adult. All who
Uy it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich
esl brown of Mocha cr Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. H the price of coffee.
15 cents and 25 cents par package.
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like cof
fee. Locks like coffee.
Fifty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Jar
rett Ilaynes, who were the pioneers
of raducah, Ky.. and each of whom
ir, more than ninety year of afe, plant
ed a walnut in the yard, from which
sprung a tree. It grew to le a large
tree, and a year or two ago was cut
down and sawed into lumber. The
lumber is now at the Haynes home,
and is being sawed to make the cof
fins of the eccentric couple when they
die.
At I.uchow. in Germany, 129 fathers
have been fined 1 mark apiece for al
lowing their children under 10 years of
age to dance at the harvest festival of
a village near by. The village pastor
t.hjected to the dancing, and reported
the case to the police. It was dlscov
ccrd, however, that his children had
danced, too, and he was fined with the
rest .
Kilncato Tour IJnvrfl With CarareU.
Catf.lv Cathartic, rare constipation foicver.
100.23c 11C, U.C fail, drucsifcts refund money.
A good guide will not be rejected
because be is bow legged.
Star Toltiirro i tlio leading brand of
tbo wo.Id, became it is the lest.
IVople who are all tongue have no
cars.
Great Distress
A Combination of Troubles Causes
Much Sufforing.
BIRD ISLAND, MINN. "I was trou
bled with my stomach. Nearly everything
I ate would tour and I would belch it up.
At times my stomach gave me great dis
tress. My back was lame on account of
kidney diilicnlty. I bought six bottles of
JloodVSarsaparilla; when I had takeu four
battles I ivns cured.' Nobmaic HlCKOK.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is tlie lust in fact the One True Mood Purifier.
Hood's PiSIs are the f. write cathartic. ISc
JSUJJ UJIII'C
HALLO
Vegetable Sicilian
HA1RRENEWER
It doesn't cost much, yet it
adds wonderfully to the
looks. It is youth for a few
cents. No gray
hair. No dandruff.!
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SVE PROFITS. BOY DIRECT.
'0:ir l.cadrr"ltazor, postpaid.
1 VJ. "I rui Vernmmer"
lilaue Knile. ifc. our
goodsare hand
lorj; U and
warrant
ed"
CH AMPLAIN CUTLERY CO. Barlington.VL
Price jfcfcg
i icr mrj jwfcii
SPn. VNfrVMatfh.
rree. 3JCat!TnnFn
"SBrnYnnHnv.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD "CASTORIA" AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR 1RADE '.MARK.
J. DR. 6AMUEL PITCHER, of Byannis. Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the
ihat has borne and does now
bear tJic facsimile signature of
This is the original "PITCHER'S
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and sec that it is
- Jk
pcr .Vo one 7ias authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is
President.
March S, 1897: && &KL0jyt
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
uu u;t we ragrcaienis oi wtucn even fie does not know.
f
The Kind You Have Always Bought
BOw fe FAG-51MILE SIGNATURE OF
&&Eu
Insist on Having
Kind That Never Failed You.
tnt ccNttuR eonfT. it araiur tnccr. .. r ..
TKi
$100 To Any Man.
WILL, PAY SlOO FOB ANY CASE
Or Weakness In Men They Treat ana
Fall to Car.
An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public a Magical Tkevt
mext for the care of Lo Vitality,Xervous
ami Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. So
worn-out French remedy: contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs. It is
n Wosiieefcl Teeatjiest magical in its
effects positive in its cure. All readers,
who are suffering from a weakness that
Mights their life, cau;-ing that mental and
phvsical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
Lood.honld write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY. Omaha, Neb., and they cffl
tend you absolutely FREE, a valuable
paper on these diseases, and positiveproofs
of their truly Magical Tkeatmext. Thous
ands of men, who have lost all hope of a
enre. are being restored br them to a per
fect condition.
This Magical Treatment mar be taken
nt home under their directions, or thev will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go to there for treatment, if thev
fail to cure. They are perfectlv reliable:
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure.
Free Sample, or C. 0. 1). fake. They have
CS9,Q30 capital, and guarantee to cure
ovcry 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
"fleeted. Write theni today.
CURES RHEUMATISM. ETC.
A Receat Discovery That Is XTorMug
Wonder.
The most prevailing afflictions that
for a century have been engaging the
most scientific skill of the medical
world are rheumatism, neuralgia, ca
tarrh, asthma, la grippe and their kin
dred ailments. The country is full of
sufferers from these complaints. Al
though the most learned experts of the
medical profession have labored for a
century to produce a curative, until
quite recently no positive results were
effected. To the Swanson Rheumatic
Cure Co., 1C7-C9 Dearborn street. Chi
igo, belongs the credit for having
produced the new remedy. It is being
extensively advertised under the
trade mark of "Five Drops." The
trade mark i3 self-explantory. Five
drps make a dose. The effect is mag
m1 in davs cone by other alleged
Kuroc have been marketed with the
...i... nYAnt fn iliirtir dsvc i
promise i wne tmu .. t-- -..-or
more. Five Drops begins to cure
at once. Immediate relief is felt. In
order to more effectively advertise its
merits the company will for the next
thirty davs send out 100.000 of their
sample "bottles of this positive
cure for 25 cents a bottle by mail pre
paid. Large bottle, SCO doses. $1 (for
ji.:-.. -i-,- i i.nttln 5? r.fl.l Those Sllf-
fering should take immediate advant-
age of this generous offer ana write
them to-day.
There are 110 mountains in Colorado
whose noaks are over 32.000 feet
above the ocean level. Four of these !
are higher than 14.000 feet, and more
than cnc-half of that number arc so
remote and rugged that no one has
iared to attempt to climb them. Some
Df them are massed with snow, others
ba-e glaciers over their approaches,
and other are merely masses of jagged
rocks.
People should be taxed upon what
they make and have and not upon
what they lack and want. Taxes
should be so direct that every man
may know what his government costs
him. Then and not until then, may wo
hope for decent economy. Instead of
indecent cxtravangancc in the conduct
of public affairs.
J. E. Galbraltb, who has been ap
pointed traffic manager of the Cleve
land Terminal and Valley Railroad
Company, with headquarters at Cleve
land, will also be the general agent
of the B. and O. at that point. These
two positions were formerly held by L.
Ruah Brockcnhrougli. who is now gen
eral freight agent i the B. and O. lines
west or the Ohio river, with headquar
ters at Pittsburg.
"It is called St. John's church," says
the Chicago Pest, "and possibly thein
ferencc drawn from that fact is nat
ural. The boy bad been there fre
quently, and as a result the rector's
face had become tolerably familiar to
him. One Sundp however, a visiting
clergyman or-cup ?d the pulpit, and the
boy was naturally troubled. 'Mamma,'
he said in a very audible whisper,
'what's become of St. John?' "
Holiday Kxrtirninri.
On Deeemher 7 and 111 lbt Hig Tour Rout
and Chcapeahe and Ohio Uy. will ell ex-ciiR-ion
ticket- from points norlhue-d. both
5n way and round trip, at tireatly reduced
rates to points in Vhjr.n'n. North and South
Carolina and nther southern vta'ev Hound
trip tickets will be good twent-ono days
returning. Write for partieiilniN and
pninphlet descriptive of climate and Vir
ginia farm lauds. I. I,. Trutl, North
western l'asteHger Agcut, Clark St
Chicago.
Iiiiin!iif I o;jic.
Mrs. Wickwire "Did you read about
tbat man who found $5090 while dig
ging worms to go risking with?"
Mr. "Wickwire "Yes, dear."
"Well, I was just .thinking what
maybe you have missed ly always
fishing with flies."
Boat Totiarra Spit zni Faioke Tear Mfe Away.
To quit lolacco easily and forever, be mac
Betic. full of life, nerve and vipor, ta'.:c No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All erugcisis, Cc cr tl. Curecwaran
teed. Bookies and samnle free. Address
Sterling Iieiaedy Co . Chicago cr New York,
Of the candidates for the B.itish
army who fail to mi.-s the tests four
jut of five arc rejected because of de
tective vision. I lie "eyesight" test
consists of being able to count cor
rectly with both eye-, as well as each
eye separately, a number of srvill
black dots exhibited on a card ten
feet from the candidate.
same
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on ever?
uty f'&4c&K wrapper.
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est stora buy the Fish Brand
oiicKer. it r.oiior saie n your
own. wriie for catalogue to
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rttft. 8end fnr book of testimonial-and lOdaTR
treatment Free. Br. H.u.csi;ts'fcso.s.AtfcLu.ca.
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CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
A I'olqne Invention for Soldiers Who
Ride and Shoot from the Wheel
Tbe Illko Held In Steadiness Abra
ham Lincoln.
Arafaam Lincoln.
OU lay a wreath
on murdered Lin
coln bier.
You, who wl.h
mcck'.ns pencil
wont to trace.
Broad for the self
ccmplacenl Brit
ish ne-r.
His length of
shamblinB limb.
Ji 1 s furrowed
face
Ills gaunt, snarled
hands, his unkempt. brst.Injr hair.
His parb uncouth, his bearing ill at
ease. , ,
Ills lack of all we prize as debonair.
Of rower or will to shine, of art to
please;
Vou. whore smart pen backed up the pen
cil's laush,
Judsing each step as though the way
were plain:
Beck-ess. so it could pclnt Its paragraph.
Of chief's perplexity cr people's pain
Beside this corpse, that bears for winding
sheets
The Stars and Stripe3 he lived to rear
anew.
Between the mourners at his head and
feet.
Say. scurrile jester, i3 there room for
"you?
Vcs; he had lived to shamo me from my
sneer.
To lame my pencil and confute my pen:
To make me own this hind of princes
rcer.
This rail-spliltcr. a true-born king or
men.
My shallow Judgment I had learned to
rue.
XothiB how to occasion's heisnt he rose:
How his r.ualnt wit made home truth
seem more true.
How. Iron-like, his tenper grew by
blows:
How humble yet hiw hopeful he could
be"
How in good fortune and In ill the
same;
Nor bitter In success, nor boastful he.
Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
He went about his work, such work as
few .
Ever had laid on head and heart and
hand. . , .
As one who knows, where there s a task
to do, . .
Man's honest will must Heavens good
grace command.
Who trusts the strength will with th"5
burden prow.
That God makes Instruments to work
his wiil.
If but that will we can arrive to know.
Nor tamper witli the weights or good
and ill.
Bo he went forth to battle, on the side
"That he felt clear was Liberty's and
. ..i ,r,cint: tinvlmo'l he had plied
"ills warfare with rude nature's thwart
ing mights
The unclearrd forest, the unbroken soil.
The iron bark that tur:i3 the lumberer's
The rapid that o'erbcars the boatman's
toil. , , .
The prairie hiding the mazed wander
er's tracks.
The ambushed Indian, and the prowling
bear , , .
Such were the deeds that helped h!3
vouth to train.
Rough culture, but such trees large fruit
may bear.
If but their stocks be of right girth and
grain.
Eo he grew up a destined wcrk to do.
And lived to do It; four long suffering
years.
Ill fate, ill feeling, ill report lived through.
And then he heard the hisses change to
cheers.
The taunts to tribute, the abuse to praise.
And took both with the same unwaver
ing mood
Till, as he came on light, from darkling
days.
And seemed to touch the goal from
where he stood.
A felon hiid. between the goal and him.
Reached froic behind his back, a trig
ger prest.
And those perplexed rd patient eyes
were dim.
Those gaunt, long laboring limbs were
laid to re?t.
The words of mercy were upon his lips.
Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen.
When this vile murderer brought swift
eclipse
To thoughts of peace on earth, good
will to men.
The Old World and the Xew, from sea to
Fea.
Utter one voice of sympathy and shame.
Sore iieart. so stopped when it at last
b.at high!
Sad life, cut short just as its triumph
came!
A deed accursed! Strokes have been
ei i tick bcfoie
By the assassin's hand, whereof men
doubt
If more of horror or disgrace they bore;
But thy foul crime, like Cain's, stands
darkly out.
Vile hand, that blandest murder on a
strile.
Whate'er Its grounds, stoutly and no
bly btriven.
And Willi the martyr's crown crowncst a
life.
With much to praise, little to be for
given. It was the fate of Abraham Lincoln to
be grievously misjudged. The impression
that he was an Illiterate, boorish fron
tiersman, given to rough jokes, was one
widely disseminated by the opponents of
the political movement of which he was
the leader, and it died slowly even after
he had given ample proof of the greatness
of his qualities. The world was gradually
coming to a juster appreciation of the
man. when the assassin's bullet which
laid him low. swept away the lingering
clouds which still obscured his command
ing figure and revealed him for what he
was: one of the world's heroes, who be
longs not to a country or to a time, but
to the whole human race.
In two famous publications. Harper's
Weekly and London Bunch, he was cari
catured without mercy. The cartoons in
the latter were drawn by John Tenniel
then, as now, the master draughtsman
of Punch: and looked back upon, through
the clarifying perspective of ever
thirty years they seem singularly point
less. Doubtless to contemporaries they
had a different countenance. The serie
came to a sudden end in the issue of May
C. 1S63. with a cartoon show!n? Britann'a
placing a wreath on Lincoln's bier, beside
which were two mourners Columb'a. iep
resented by a female figure, and a negro,
his broken manacles beside him typify
ing his freedom. In this issue the nob'e
lines which we reproduce above were
published, and no manlier apology was
ever made. The pcem was written by
Torn Taylor, one of the most brilliant
members of the staff of Punch. He be
came the editor of that journal 'n 1S7I.
and died In 1S50 at th aqe of C:.-Ed.
I'aprt Kesulntloiic.
There are few countries in which
travelers require passports in order to
promote convenience and security.
In Brazil and Venezuela a passport
must be shown to the officials before
one is allowed to leave the country
for a foreign port. This is a vexatious
measure enforced apparently for the
sake of enabling a few officials to col
lect Email fees. In Cuba passports are
produced whenever trailers arrive or
depart. This precaution is considered
necessary in view of the political con
dition of unre1 prevailing in the
island.
In Russia passport regulations are
enforced with great stringency. No
traveler is allowed to enter the empire
until he has obtained a passport and
convinced the Russian consular offi
cers at the port from which he sails
that he is neither a Roman Catholic
priest nor a Hebrew. The question
ordinarily asked is: "What is your re
ligion?" but it is designed to provide
against the entry of either of these two
classes.
When the traveler arrives at a Rus
sian port with a passport which has
been properly viseed and countersign
ed at a consular office. It is critically
examined by a police officer, and duly
registered.
At the entrance of the hotel another
police officer takes possession of the
document, and in the course of twenty-four
hours returns it with a permit
for a limited residence in the country.
When the traveler departs for anoth
er city in the empire he must have the
passport countersigned by the police.
This process continues until he reaches
the frontier, which he cannot cross un
less the passport has been viseed and
stamped by the police. Not Infre
quently tourists are stopped at the
frontier and subjected to serious incon
venience because they have neglected
to comply with the police regulations
respecting passports.
All this red tape causes annoyance
and irritation among tourists, who are
apt to overlook the fact that Russians
as well as foreigners are compelled to
obc-srve these police regulations. It is
the business of the police to know
where everybody lodges. A permit Is
required if a native removes from one
quarter of a town to another. Every
body is registered by the police when
he arrives or departs, and foreigners
when they are in Russia are dealt with
on equal terms with permanent resi
dents. The same system prevails in Tur
key, where it is not practicable for a
foreigner to travel without a passport.
Elsewhere in Europe passports are not
required. They are relics of a bygone
period when communications between
countries were slow and infrequent.
Now that all nations are drawn to
gether by the ties of constant inter
course a passport is out of date except
in countries like Russia, Turkey and
Cuba, where it fits into the police sys
tem of registration.
For the Soldier's Wheel.
A Williamstown (N. Y.) genius has
invented an attachment for bicycles
that he thinks will render them o?
great service in military maneuvers.
The attachment consists of two stee!
supports that drop to the ground when
a brakelike appliance ou the handle
bar is lightly touched. Upon these
cupports the bicycle rests, and the
rider can come to a standstill and use
his hands for any purpose without dis
mounting. When not in use the sup
ports are folded up against the front
forks of the machine. The inventor
claims that by the use of his attach
ment bodies of military wheelmen can
come to a sudden halt and fire on the
enemy and reload their rifles without
dismounting.
XnpnlcoiTs Ltt Words.
On his death bed Napoleon expressed
his conviction that England would end
like the proud republic of Venice.
With perfect composure, he gave his
last directions: "I desire that you will
take my heart, put it in spirits of
wine and carry it to Parma to my dear
Maria Louise: you will tell her that
I never ceased to love her, and relate
to her every particular respecting my
death upon this miserable and dreary
reck. You will tell my mother and
family that the great Napoleon expired
in the most deplorable state, deprived
of everything, abandoned to himself
and to his glory, and that he bequeath
ed with his dying breath to all the
reigning families of Europe the horror
and opprobrium of his death."
The second codicil of his will con
tained the direction which was after
ward complied with: "It is my wish
that my ashes may repose on the
banks of the Seine, in the midst of the
French people whom I love so well."
On the 5th of May. 1S21, he who had
for years kept all Europe in a state
of feverish excitement, terminated his
earthly career.
After lying in state two days, the
body was deposited in a coffin com
posed first of tin lined with white
satin, which having been soldered, was
enclosed in another of mahogany, a
third of lead, and the whole in a fourth
of maghogany secured with iron
crews. After the c?remony, an enor
mous stone was lowered over the body,
resting on a stone wall so as to es
cape the coffin.
On the 12th of May Louis-Philippe
commanded that the ashes cf Napoleon
be conveyed to France. In his com
munication he said: "Henceforth
France, alone, will possess all that re
mains of Napoleon; his tomb, like his
fame, will belong to none but his
ccuntrj."
At 11 o'clock Dec. 15 the first can
non was heard announcing that the
remains of the emperor had reached
French ground. Amid the vast as
semblage the body was borne by twenty-four
seamen to its last resting place
in the Hotel de Invalides.
So closed the eventful career of the
great Napoleon, whose memory can
only perish with the records of the
world.
III Rent.
In the life cf Whittier it is told how
in the days of the civil war, an old
Quaker, from the New Hampshire
hills, came down for an interview with
the good poet. This Green Mountain
disciple of Fox was the owner of a
sturdy lot of oak trees. The govern
ment had set its eye upon them and
wanted to buy them.
The Quaker knew that the purpose
of the bargain must be to get timber
for the new warships that were build
ing. He haidly knpv whether a sale or
such a purpose was consistent with tha
gospel of peace.
Whittier, either seeing that the
man's mind was pretty thoroughly
made up to the bargain, or else con
sidering that there was such a thing
as pushing a good creed too far, would
only say:
"Well, friend, if thee dost sell any
timber to the United States, be sure
that it is all sound."
The cak from the Quaker's farm was
in the Kcarcarg? when sh fought thf
Alabama to the finish.
"What i unconventional. Undo
Jim?"
"Unconventional? Well, it is being
too gocd natured to get vexed with
people who haven't any manners."
WW
FARM AND GAEDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some 7p-to-Dato nints About Cultiva
tion of the Soil anij. Yield Thereof
Horticulture, Vlticalturo and Florl
caltur. Soil Inoculation.
HE Alabama expe-
SSl riment station has
been making some
experiments in in
oculating the soil
with tubercles that
are peculiar allies
of the leguminous
plants. A full re
port Is given in
bulletin S7. The
summary is as fol
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lows:
Cow peas, clovers, vetches and other
plants, known as leguminous plants or
legumes, when plowed under enrich
the soil by adding nitrogen, a large
proportion of which they have obtain
taincd from the atmosphere.
The enlargements or tubercles on the
roots are the means by which the free
nitrogen of the air is made available to
leguminous plants. If these tubercles
are wanting on a leguminous plant, the
nitrogen of the air is unavailable to
that plant, just as it is to cotton, grass,
end all other higher plants that are not
leguminous.
On some soils these normal tubercles
do not develop on the roots of such le
gumes as have never before been grown
in that locality. The growth of tub
ercles can be induced by adding cer
tain germs to the soil, a process which
is called inoculation.
In Alabama the cow pea is the most
generally satisfactory renovating plant
for summer growth. There is also need
for winter growing leguminous plants,
such as hairy vetch and crimson clov
er, to occupy the land in winter be
tween two sale crops, in order to de
crease washing and leaching of the
toil and to add vegetable matter rich
in nitrogen.
Hairy vetch, without fertilizer, yield
ed on a field where this plant had been
repeatedly grown 17,765 pounds of
green forage, or 4,174 pounds of hay
per acre.
On a field where hairy vetch had
never before been grown and where
the fertilizer applied contained phos
phoric acid and potash, but no nitro
gen, the yield was only 233 pounds ot
hay per acre; on an adjoining and sim
ilar plot, the seed for which were in
oculated with earth from an old vetch
field, the yield of hay was 2,540 pounds,
an increase of 995 per cent following
a treatment which cost nothing except
a small amount of labor. On the in
oculated plot the plants were well sup
plied with tubercles, while on the plot
not treated the plants were bare of
tubercles.
A germ fertilizer, intended to make
available the free nitrogen of the air
by inducing the growth of tubercles on
legumes grown in soils not already
6tocked with the proper forms of germ
life, was purchased lu Germany and
used in Auburn in pot experiments
with hairy vetch, Canada field peas and
crimson clover.
Inoculation with this germ fertilizer
or nitrogen greatly increased the yields
of all cf these plants as compared
with untreated plants.
This increase in thp weight of in
oculated plants, after thorough dry
ing, was as follows:
Hairy vetch, iucreascd by S9 per
cent.
Canada field peas, increased by 13S
per cent.
Crimson clover (young plants), in
creased by 14G per cent.
Lupins (tested on only one soil), not
Increased.
Germ fertilizer prepared for vetch,
was effective on Canada field peas.
Inoculation material procured with
out cash outlay acted like nitrogen,
and greatly increased the yields of
hairy vetch and alfalfa.
Soil fro.n a field where a given le
guminous plant has recently been suc
cessfully grown is an effective inocula
ting material for the same kind of
plant when first sown in a soil not al
ready naturally supplied with the re
quired form of germ life.
The dust adhering to the seed of bur
clover was an effective inoculating
material for alfalfa; the increase in
the first cutting of alfalfa hay follow
ing this inoculation was S3G per cent.
Inoculation for cow peas and lesped
eza was apparently unnecessary in the
soils used in these experiments. In or
near all of these soils these two plants
have been growing for years. Hence
we may Infer that these soils have been
previously inoculated uy germ-laden
dust or by some other natural agency.
In a soil which for many years had
borne no leguminous plants, tubercles
developed without intentional inocula
tion on hairy vetch, Canada field peas,
crimson clover and lupins, as well as
on cow peas and lespedeza. This soil
was more nearly independent of in
oculation than any other soil tested,
and yet even on this soil the increase
in the weight of inoculated plants over
plants not inoculated was 3S per cent,
with hairy vetch 5S per cent, with Can
ada field peas and 79 per cent with
crimson clover.
Many soils are naturally inoculated
as regards the most commonly grown
leguminous plants and hence are not
benefited by artificial inoculation.
SIori About the San .Toso Scale.
Bulletin SC. Alabama Experiment
Station: In the inspection of various
nurseries made in Alabama this spring
several facts of interest regarding this
pest were noted. In nurseries where
all stock was kept moving every tiiree
years, there were no cases of evident
Infestation among the nursery trees.
Although on some of these places ap
ple trees in old orchards and the old
wood of pear grafting stock over five
years of age, bore the San Jose scale. 1
was told by experienced nurserymen
that it would be entirely practicable
to move also all blocks of grafting
stock every three years. On the places
above mentioned this plan will be fol
lowed, and the orchards removed i;n
tire. All of which will practical pre
clude the possibility of the San Jose
or any other scale gaining a footlnld
in these nurseries. Acting on my ad
vice all the nurserymen visited (and
most of the larger nurseries in the
state were inspected) have undertaken
thorough methods of fumigation. Thus,
while the first move will protect the
nurserymen the fumigating will still
further protect purchasers of stock.
Food Plants Other Than Fruit Trees.
The question is often asked as to
what trees other than the fruit trees,
the San Jose scale will attack. Web
Bter, in Ohio, has found it on Bass
wood or Linden. Sumac, Elm, Walnut,
Willow, several Poplars. Catalpa.
Chestnut, Osage. Orange and Snowball
A specimen of Cotoneaster. ccrninj;
from a Long Island nursery and sent
to Webster for examination, was found
to be very badly infested.
Varieties of Fruits Possessing Im
munity. Inquiries have frequently
come to me as to whether there were
any varieties of the various fruits pos
sessing immunity from the attacks of
this pest I have heard of but one,
and that wa3 reported by Webster. He
says: "The Early Richmond Cherry I
believe to be exempt from attack, as I
have found trees whose branches in
terlocked with those of a pear that had
been killed by the scale, yet the cherry
was uninfested; and in two cases that
came under my observation, where
this variety of cherry had been grafted
upon mahaleb stock, and shoots had
sprung up from below the graft, the
shoots were badly infested with scale,
while none at all could be found on
the trees themselves.
Who Should Kngaj-e In Dairying.
There is a great deal of reckless and
extravagant advice given in regard to
the advantages of dairying over other
phases of agricultural production, says
a writer in Southern Farm Gazette.
While good profits are being made by
many dairymen it remains a fact that
a great deal of the dairying practiced
does not pay as well as some other
lines of work might. Where a man
lives near a good market and posses
ses the ability to properly manage a
dairy we know of no business that of
fers more pleasant or profitable v:ork;
but few men are fitted for dairy work
and not many women are likely to
fancy the drudgery and attention re
quired to operate a dairy successfully.
The man who engages in the dairy
business and expects to make a living
out of it without work is almost cer
tain to be disappointed. With good
facilities, careful and constant atten
tion and a special fitness for the busi
ness a fair profit may be expected. On
the other hand while some are sure to
make a success of it under the most
adverse conditions others will as cer
tainly fail under the most favorable
circumstances. Where dairying can be
made most profitable and where it
should be most encouraged Is on the
farms where mixed farming is prac
ticed. A few cows can be made to pay
handsomely on any ordinary farm and
besides will afford one of the rarest
but greatest luxuries, good milk and
butter for family use.
Long: Inland Cranberries.
The cranberry growers of the east
ern end of Long Island are now har
vesting the crop of 1S97, which prom
ises to be an unusually large one. The
berries are also very fine, being large
and sound and have au excellent flavor.
This section of the island has quite a
number of marshes, most all of them
being under constant cultivation and
growing large quantities of berries.
Long Island cranberries always find a
ready market and at a good figure. The
price pii this year will undoubtedly
be at least $3 per bushel. A cranberry
marsh needs little or no fertilizer, the
most essential point being to see that
the marsh is flooded with water at the
right time and drawn off with equal
precision. In consequence of tfc:s there
is very little labor and less still of
capital needed in conducting a cran
berry marsh after the ground is pre
pared, the plants set out, and the
marsh is in growing condition. This, of
couse, is expected during the harvest
ing period, wheu for the space of six
weeks or two months the owner is busy
looking after his crop. The largest
cranberry grower on the island is Syl
vester N. Woodhull of Rivcrhcad.
About twelve years ago he prepared
twenty-five acres of seemingly value
less low land as a cranberry field and
it now yields as great a profit as any
equal acreage in Suffolk county. This
year Mr. Woodhull will spend about
$2,000 in harvesting his crop, while as
a return he will secure upward of ?9,
000. Long Islander.
Value of (Jooil Fruit.
Ripe apples are especially healthy
and children may eat them without
danger. Seme doctors say that an ap
ple at bedtime produces sleep, says
Central States Fruit Grower. Pears
are more savory than apples, but not
so healthy, unless cooked. Prunes
have medical qualities which cannot
be denied. They are better cooked
however. Apricots are also more
healthy cooked than raw. Peaches are
very healthy. The most healthy of
all fruit, however, are grapes. Con
sumption has been cured by grapes
when every other remedy has failed.
Cherries may be eaten, as they fre
quently restore health and strength to
the weak. Strawberries, though a cold
fruit, have a virtue of healing rheuma
tism. Gooseberries and currants are
best cooked. Figs are also excellent.
They were in great favor with ancient
Roman ladies, who always ate them
before breakfast. Pineapples are said
to be the best cure for dyspepsia yet
known. Nuts of all kinds are indi
gestible. Oranges are also excellent as
a cure for dyspepsia. Lenions produce
cheerfulness and prolong life.
MHsoiiri State Horticultural Socletv.
The fortieth annual meeting of the
society will be held in Moberly, Mo.,
December 7, S and 9, 1S97, in the court
house. Prospects point to our usual
good meeting here, and we wish to
urge all our earnest fruit growers to
arrange for the meeting and be there.
Some of the best men of the state will
attend, and it will pay ycu to get their
experience. Premiums will be given
on all fruits and flowers, and we urge
you to save good specimens of apples
for that display. Railroads have
promised us rates, providing one hun
dred hold certificates; hence, it is nec
essary that you secure certificates
when you buy your tickets. Hotels
will give rates of l and $1.50 per day.
Some prominent fruit growers of other
states will be present. A good pro
gramme is in preparation, and you can
not afford to miss this meeting.
L. A. Goodman, Secretary.
The department of agriculture has
been officially notified of the appoint
ment by New South Wales of a veteri
narv inspector at San Francisco to ex
amine and grant certificates of health
fr American horses to be shipped to
Australia from that port. An appoint
ment of a veterinary inspector at New
York in behalf of Australia was
made by New South Wales to facilitate
the shipment of cattle, sheep and swine
to that country from New York only.
The department is further informed
that American-bred merinos are the
"premium" sheep in Australia, and
that the breeding and shipping of such
sheep to that market is becoming more
and more popular.
Local Adaptabilities. Professor L.
H. Bailey says: "It is possible that each
distinct type of fruit varieties has pref
erences of land and location, and it
will be the business of coming genera
tions to determine what these pecul
iarities are." He thinks that in time
local and special sorts will tend to
drive out of local culture general and
cosmopolitan varieties.
If ventilators are put on the barn,
sec that they are not so placed that
they will cause a draft of air over the
stock.
Bewltcblnc Note Paper.
Even the most negligent of corre;
spondents would find inspiration in.
some of the new boxes of note paper.
Tho boxes arc in the form of little
desks, although made of card board, J
and are divided into four or live com
partments. The cover is fastened to
the box and cannot very easily be lost
or mislaid. There are five different
sizes of paper and envelopes. The larg
est letter sheets are square, the enve
lops long and narrow. The smallest
note sheets are scarcely larger than
correspondence cards. In one corner cl
the box is a space for sticks of sealing
wax and a taper. Truly these conven
ient, orderly and complete escrctoircs
must have been devised for the bad
correspondent who snatches at any ex
cuselack of time, place, paper or
what not for not meeting her cpis'o
larg obligations.
When you visit Omaha yon should call at
C. S. Raymond Co.'s jewelry store, corner
Fifteenth and Douclas streets, and ex
amine their jewelry and art goods for
wedding, birthday and Christina' presents,
also steel engraved wedding stationery, in
vitations and visitinic card. It is tho only
first class, up-to-date jowelry, art and cut
flass store west of Chicago and St. Louis.
Ingraving and printing 100 visiting cards
ll.SU by mail.
The Velrrtera Shirt Walt
Odd waists of colored Liberty velvet
een very much worn, made in the form
of a shirt waist or in a simple full
blouse with shirred sleeves and a band
of cream guipure insertion set around
below the collar band, to form a yoke
effect, and down one side where the
bodice opens. With a pretty bucMe
at the neck and belt, you have a waist
both dressy and plain enough to n.rvo
many purposes. It is the slightl.
bloused waist that is the best example
of this fashion, all extremes in th'a
stvle being the ruling feature of cheap,
ready-made garments only, while fie
latest, most elegant gowns are not
bloused at all in the back. New York
Sun.
Holdbacks for harnesses are now
made of a curved cross-bar, with rear
wardly projecting ends, which fit in
pockets on both sides of the thills,
thus doing away with a portion of tha
harness.
Ueafncaa Cannot He Cured
by local applications as they canaoi
reach the diseased portion ot the ear.
There Is only ne way to cure deaimss,
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an inllamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is In
flamed you have a rumbling sound or Im
perfect hearing, and when .t is enttr iy
closed. Deafness is the result, and '-K-fcs
ihe Inflammation cnr. be taken ouc
and this tule restore.! to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine eases cut of ten ure caused by c.t
tanh. which is nothing but an Inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One llund.ed Dollars 105
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrtil
that cannot be cured by Halls LatariU
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo O.
Sold by Druggists. IZc.
Hall's Family rills are the best.
TliC Good I.lltle Hoy.
A touching little tale, one that
might adorn the pages of a Sunday
school library volume, drifts out ol
Seattle. Patrick Gavin, rich in Klon
dike nuggets and dust, arrived at Se
attle and asked a group of boys to di
rect him to a hotel. "I'll tell you
for a quarter," said one. "I'll show you
where it was for ten cents," chimed in
another. "Say, 111 do it for five cents.'1
remarked a third. "Mister." said lit
tle Jimmie Brennan. "I will point cut
the llutler for you for nothing. So th?
stranger went with Jimmie. He took
the lad to a clothing store and array
ed him sumptuously in the best hand-me-downs
that Seattle could afford; he
clothed him. cap-a-pie, and sent the
boy away with a $5 nugget and a g'dd
piece. Now all the boys in Seattle are
lying in wait for rough Iroking stran
gers with gold dust in their clothes.
MUerr by the Vliol-aIe.
Is what chronic Inactivity of the liver gives
rNeto. Kile gelt into the blood and imparts
a yellow tint, the tmigiu- foul- and sod-n-
the breath, -i.-k head-achr-. pain bene-ith
the right riK and shoulder Id.me are felt, the
Sunveis become constipated and Ihe stninae.i
disordered. The proven remedy for this cat
alogue of ev il is llotet ter MnK.aHi ilil ler-.
a medicine long and profesIonally recom
mended, and sovereign a No for hi! and
fever, iiervoiisnes-and rhcuuialNm.
A man at Chillicothe was struck by
a train while riding a bicycle. -He
was thrown thirty feet into the air.
made two or three revolutions, and
came down in response to the law of
gravitation, still clinging to the sad
dle. The wheel had pneumatic tires
and rebounded, breaking the force of
the man's fall and thus savin: his
life. This is no bicycle advertisement
which has come ovr the wires, but
In a serious report. Indianapolis
News.
Itrad the jtdTertlftriiirn:.
You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will jr"t into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford a most interesting- study and
will put you in the way of getting
some excellent bargains. Our adver
tisers are reliable, they send wltat
they advertise.
Mr. Younglove "What do you do
when your baby gets sick at night?"
Mr. Ooldpop "I generally lie s'ill
and wait to sec if my wife isn't going
to get up and attend to it."
Mr. Wlnslonr'n Soothing Sjrup
ForchlMrrn twtlitnir.Hof tens t!ie ;.'"". rflii"innni
iuatiii.ellapaln,(.iirrs wiikI coll-. S' crnts ( Imttic.
Hope and happiness are so clumsy
that when one dies the other commits
Euicidc.
No good comes of blaming others
for our misfortunes.
PCJ,SrJ'rmnentlCnr'iI.J'"ontrrnerTonnp'arti
hrt day'n ue of lr. Kline .r-at nr lt-siorr
Sonil InrFRRR $.l0 trial Imitl- ami trfstuc.
1K. It. II. KLINE. I.td..93I Arch M.. I'hiKuieliiku. I'a.
A grain 0f prudence is worth a
pound of craft.
TO CURE A COI.I1 IN OXH DAT.
Take Laxative llromo Quinine Tablet.. All
Druggists refund the mo cey if it fails tocure. S5c
Itcosti. more to revenge wrongs than
to suffer them.
1 never ucd fo quick a rare as I'iso's Cure
for Consumption. J. H. I'almer. os. 1171,
Ecattre, Wah., Nov. 2.r, li?r.
Learning maker, a man fitoompany
for himself.
No-Vo-IIac for FIMy Cents.
C-arastT.l toUarco hahit rur- raa::'i vcrzU
DJon -tr03,-, blood pun. ."- ?!- All dress'sts.
Wise men make more opportunities
iiuut tlir - linn
Thomisorycfitisawfu!. USE
TO
CURE
SOIA
You'll feel it is worth its weight in gold.
' L jMr CATHARTIC 4
CATHARTIC
CURE CONSTIPATION
the Berlins tea Roate Calif orate Sz
carslont.
Cheap. Qftck. Comfortable.
Leave Omaha 4:3T p. in.. Lincoln 6:10 p. n.
and Hasting S:."0 p. m. cry Thursday la
clean, modern, not crowded tourist sleepers.
No transfers: cars run right through to San
Franclbco and Los Angeles over the Scenic
lloute through Henvcr and Salt LaUo City.
Cars are carpeted; upholstered la rattan;
have spring seats ami backs and aro pro
vided with curtain, bedding, towels, soaa,
etc. Uniformed porters and experienced ex
cursion conductors accompany each excur
sion, relieving passengers or all bother abont
basgaze. pointing out objects of interest and
In many other ways helping to niako the
overland trip a delightful experience. Second
class tickets are honored, llerths $..
Tor folder giving full Information, call at
nearest Rurllngton Koute ticket ofiiee, or
wr'teto J. Frauds. General I'Oisenger Agent,
Omaha. Neb.
Short Order Divorce.
Chicago Tribune: If anybody wants
to get a divorce in a hurry he or she
will make a mistake in coming to Chi
cago while the laws of Missouri aro
unchanged. It has just been discovered
that section 4,0315, of tho revised stat
utes of that state, permits a divorce
to be granted for cause, even though
the petitioner has resided no longer
than one day within the court's juris
diction. i
HiMtity Ih Itloml Ieer
Clean blood means a clean s.kin. No
beaut v without it. Caearct,t audy Cathar
tic e'eans vonr b'ood and keep- it clean, by
stirring up t lie lazy liver and drivingall im
purities from the" holy, llegm today to
hani-h pimples, boils. blotches,b!nckhead.
ami that sicklv bilionscomplevion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ton cents. All druggist-,
8atisfaction"jiiiarinteeI, 10e,2.V,r0c.
In the book. "Love Affairs of Some
Famous Men." the story is recalled or
Dr. Johnson and the widow whori ho
made his wife. Ho belioved in the
exchange of prcmatrimoniai confid
ence in regard to disagreeable mat
ters, so he told her plainly that he
was of a humble extraction, that he
had no money, and that one of his
uncles had been handed. The sensible
woman responded cleverly that sho
bad no more money than he. and Hint,
though none of her relatives had been
hanged, she had several who ought ti
be! ""
The new model K?mington Type
writer enjoys a larger sale than any
other typewriter ever had. because it
is the best. Send for catalogue. 1710
Farnam street, Omaha. Neb.
"Is your son making any headway
in college?"
"Any headway? I should say he was.
You ought to see him bucking the
center."
The world that the bird Hies over is
not the iiiinv that the snail crawls on.
Cne'fi I'oneh Ka1tn
Ir the nMct iuil lt it 111 l.trnk ii coM quicker
thananIMnrft''C. It lial'tioa nllal'lr. Trjr it.
Always give your wife her own way;
it will save her the trouble of taking
It.
TheChaniplainCutleryCo. of Iturling
ton, Vt.. makers of the "True Ver
nionter" Ilaois and KnivcK whose ad
vertisement appears in this paper, are
a reliable concern and will gladly send
their catalogue free on application.
"nvy .shoots at others ami wounds
herself.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cabarets Canily Cathartic. 1ft- or 2V
If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists rvfund money.
The girl who hesitates may not bo
lost, but she is apt to become an old
maid.
Not to hear conscience is the way to
silence it.
Smoke SIcle Cigarettes, 20 for 5 ets.
Never make a mistake, is the biggest
mistake any man can make.
Modesty is a guard to virtue.
t There is a t
iCIass of People :
Who are injured by the use
of coilee. Recently there
has been placed in all the J
grocery stores a new pre-
paratio.n called CUAIN-O,
made of pure grains, that J
takes tlie place of coffee.
The most delicate stomach
receives it without distress, J
and but few can tell it from
coffee. It docs not cost over
U as much. Children may J
drink it with great benefit.
1.". cents and "." cents per
package. Try it. Ask for J
t;i:.i.v-o.
I
Try Grain0!
CURE YOURSELF!
I'm ISig CS for unnatural
iIlTharj." . iiitfanim.itlouv,
lrritatiuim or ulirratiou
of miiroiiH lutniLraori.
1'aiiik'H. and not mtria-
T.iEEasSCrftKtUlCa. ' '" I'itonou.
Kold by RraRin.
. i-nt in plain wrapper,
I'V xr'""'. prpiii. for
! Hi, .ir3ltll. f?.3.
ircu.ar n-ut ou rviueis.
SOUTHERN
Homsseekers'Guide
I.Try iiOiii-!.er thotiM fuMress cither J. T.
JIKIMCV. A. O. I. A.. ManWir.t..r. I; W. A.
Khl.IJ'SI; A. O. T. V . Lnul.Tiii. Ky or S. ..
1IATI If. I. I. A t in'InnOI O for tir rojijr of
tl.e ILLINOIS ( KNTIC.tl. IttlMIOtU'S
souriiKKN iiomesi.i:kkks- ;uiik.
SCALES;
S-iraiM!n:r.!nt romhlimtion Irtin.
V I ! yirtut. I S. t.iHi!arI.
lu- t un! li-ul ft Sml for prlc
WEEKS SCALE WORKS. ULTFALO. N. Y.
rnEICUT Dim on all onl'M of r0 ! f- o'
JfoilIIi. V. rlt- V rMinl''" "'! pri - T','-J:
I Manilla KooiliiW iu.my. Camden, ..!.
OPIUM
XORPilitiZ and WHISKY HABITS.
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