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Toned up by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then
You will be able to
Resist exposure to which
A debilitated system
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FREE FARM OF 160 ACRES.
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Waal Tea Uke to Be Abiolat Owaer
ft of Yoar Owi Form?
WOULD you like a farm that pro
duces apon an average of 30 bushels of
wheat per acre?
WOULD you like a farm that gros
from CO to 90 bushels of oats per acre?
WOULD you like a farm that grows
from 40 to CO bushels of barley per
acre?
WOULD you like a farm that grows
more bushels of potatoes per acre, than
any farm in Michigan?
WOULD you like a farm that pro
duces all kinds of roots and vegetables
n abundance?
- WOULD you like a farm that pro
duces the heaviest and fattest beef cat-
tie that goes to the English market?
WOULD you like a farm that pro
duces butter and cheese equal to the
finest Danish?
WOULD you like to own a farm in
a country where cattle are never
stabled winter or summer?
WOULD you like to live In a country
where taxes are very low. the principal
taxation being for schools, and the
government pays 75 per cent of that?
WOULD j-ou like to live in a country
where every person is happy and con
tented, excepting the doctors and un-
dcrt.ikers?
WOULD you like to be where each
of your sons can get 160 acres free,
when they reach 18 years of age?
If so, consult the advertisement of
the Canadian, government free lands,
appearing elsewhere.
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Good will, like a good name, is got
.by many actions, and lost by one.
Jeffrey.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catnrrh that cannot be
- .cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
K..J. CII12N5Y & CO.. Toledo. O.
Ve. the undersigned, have known F.
3. Cheney for the last 15 yeara. and believe
Mm perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out an obligations made by their firm.
Went & Truax. Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo. O.; Walulnfj, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholcsalo Druggists. Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
. cous surfaces of the fcystcm. Testlmo-
t nlals tent free. Trice 75c per bottle. Bold
by all druggists.
, Hall's Famllv rill arc the be
"So 'you clubbed together and got
your janitor a Christmas present, eh?
What was it? "A beautiful frame,
with the motto inside, 'Let the Lower
Lights be Uuming. " 'Jhic3go News.
Kdurate Your ItaweU With Cartcareta.
Candy Cathartic, cure conTlpatlon forever.
ilOc, c If C.C.U. fail, druggists refund money.
Every citizen of this country has
the right to get to the sea of his prod
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She hear
is like a plant. What makes the plant fade and wither?
Usually lack of necessary nourishment. The reason why Dr.
Ayer's Hair Vigor restores gray or faded hair to its normal
color, ntops hair from falling, and makes it rrow, b because
it supplies tha nourishment the hair needs.
"When a girl at Echool. in Heading. Ohio, I had a severe
attack of braia fever. On my recovery, I founJ myself
perfectly bald and, for a long time, I feared I should 1)3
permanently so. Friends urged me to use Dr. Ayer's Hair
Vigor, and, on doing so, my hair immediately began to grow,
and I now hare cs heavy and fine a head of hair a3 one could
wish for, being changed, however, from blonde to dark
brown." lira. J. H. Hobsnydeb, 152 Pacific Ave., Santa
Craz,CaL
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CURES RHEUMATISM
AND MANY OTHER DISEASES.
If You or Friends Are Suffering All Can be Cured.
The following letter is a sample of many received:
Johnstown. X. Y. Ji. Sir!. 1SM
Trade Xai.
5WAX ox KHKfMTtcccmEi..-nicci. (.rautmai:-1 naTS been Intending to writ ro in tvgarl to m v cure
t? year woaderf I muedlciae 5 DROPS. In July lts I was taken net with what is railed cmr.il!
cation of ese. bring acute lnflammatim of all the Tans of the body. I was very sicfc for about three
tnontLs. bvlnr but one chance li a hundrM of rejorety. but the irood Lord allawel me t live, the il.sea-
retUInc in my kidneys atd bladder. I bad also Indlgection, rontlpation. nerrous dr,-H-pl. heart tI!i.rf,al
rmes twice a week on the prostrate gland, hemnnuaye of the bowels once a week, enlar?ellcen, rcutcuur
rbramatlxm in the ralm of my bands extending t my shoulders, catirrh and chills and Kliakes, which no
rpeeialKt in the'state rouU tell me what they were or the cause. I would freeze to ire for full v fire minutes.
then the shakes would begin an 1 1 would shake from one half hour to an hour and a bair.and when they stepped
1 had no strength left: the after effects were mora like a nt. I would sleep Terr hearDr for three houxs or
snore, all under the most Intense pain. All the peelalista in the atate 'declared me Lnrnrablc
Tfce X-iay was put on by one of the city's mat eminent physicians, but he told me I was incurable, that I
must use plenty of morphia or suffer. Eooa after I saw the ad ia a western paper of "J UKOl-S." the recipe
from tie celebrated physician. Dr. Lloyd, whom I knew by reputation. 1 wrote and explained my cae to the
Kwaaaoir'Bheumstsc Cure Co- and received an answer that I could be cured, and sent me a smalt trial bottle
to begin on. Just before 1 reeeired'lt I had one of those terrible shakes which almost killed me. For nine
fears I sad a kidney backache, a hot stiairiar pain that never left me for a moment. 1 tried cTcrrthinsc I
oosM hear of. bat coadd fjet no relief amtll I beipta the 5 IROtV The first dose I took the 3th
of atajr. 1M7. at root and In less than aa hoar the backache left me and has not returned. I used It steadily
(oraaree weeks and kert renins: better: at the end of three weeks the pain in are side stonned; nttheend
T wetkl tfce rbnmatlSB wu bo mere,
ke are eoae: my heart failure and dyspepsia went the first week and 1 feel strong an! wall, and 1 thank
iyGeeTr'elawMstsatathewaY of thU creat medicine. It has cured manr In this
rtciairy aad is still curing aflUcted ones who take It steadily and want to be cured. 1IURXS E. IVHITE.
-.5 PROre" cures Khematlf.8cUUca.Xeiiral4Cto,Dyperi;la. liarkarhct Asthma, Bar
Fewer. Caxtarrb, Sltlraaifei.erTeyatse moas and Xeuralcic Headache. Earache,
Teetlsaclse. afeart Wtafcaeat. Cr p, SweUbac. La Grippe. MaUria, CreeptBB Kambness.
CA TSatTV 11YC IllfiPI ioeaakles-ffererKtopire i DUOI-S" at least a trial, we will send a
ssssa iawOTf.1 vsisw hxm saatBM aeaue. rrepaxi aw mall, for cents. A sample bottle will
vtace yea. Me, large hertles am dose) .. 3 bottles for tsj. Sot sold by UrcsgUts, only by as i
li ,! Aawavte waatteel ha mmw tmntoarw. Write m to-day.
' PWASWTWW7?! QVM PUe l7-0 lrrbon St, CHICAGO. 1IX.
A system cf school rtvlngs tana
Imported from Europe in 1885, is now
in operation in eleven s'.ates. Ab:ut
twenty-eight thousand pupils are ds
posltora, with $140,000 to their credit.
Dr. Fifield, an authority on the sub
ject, says that the prime object of
the school savings bank system is not
so much tae saving of money, as tha
inculcation of the principles of thrift,
honesty and self responsibility.
The next chapter of Charle3 A.
Dana's "Reminiscences of Men and
Events of the Civil War," now pub
lishing in McClure's Magazine, wi.l
give Mr. Dana's experiences and ob
servations in daily life with Grant at
the seige and fall of Vicksburg. It
will contain more of the unpublUhcd
correspondence between himself and
Mr. Stanton, and afford new light gen
erally on people and incidents.
The only windows in Korean houses
are pieces of glass about ths size of
a nickel.
The Cuban Scare.
Although the diplomatic entanglement
with Spain over Cuba is to some extent in
fluencing the stock market. Wall street ex
pects no serious complications. Neverthe
less serious complication with other maladies
may be expected to follow an attack of bil
iousness which is not checked at the. outset.
The most effectual means to this end Is Hos
tctters's Stomach Bitters, an admirable rem
edy, moreover, for dyspepsia, malaria, kid
ney trouble, constipation and nervousness.
Bid for the female vote Candidate
(addressing Wyoming audience) My
opponent talks very glibly of his men's
conscia recti. Let me tell him that
what we need in thi3 country is m?n's
and women's conscia rec u (Deafen
ing applause.) Life.
Iowa Patent Office Report.
DES MOINES. Jan. 5. W. T. M.
asks: If a person should use a ratchet
in an improved window shade roller,
similar to Hartshorn's, would it be an
infrlngemenC? Is not the principle of
such a ratchet too common to patent?
Without searching the records to
ten Hartshorn's claims, I will en
deavor to answer your question and
make the matter plain to ycu.
Suppose Hartshorn's claim is for the
combination of a ratchet, a pawl cr
detent, a spring and a roller for oper
ating a curtain, all the parts may lo
common but the combination thereof
new and patentable. To improve any
one part or element in that combina
tion, or to add another part thereto, to
gain anew or improved result thereby,
would be patentable, but not clear of
the prior broad combination claim,
and an infringement, if usel without
license. But if one of the four rarts
of the original combination claim 13
left out, then the combination is
broken, and it weld not be an in
fringement cf the claim that had four
parts in it.
Valuable information about obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free to any address.
THOMAS G. & J. RALrH ORWIG.
Solicitors cf Patents.
An inspiration that produces no rs
suit, is no better than agreeable rec
ollection. To Curo Constipation Forever.
Take Cabarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 2V
IfC.CC. lail to cure, druggists refund money.
If the pockets are deep enough a
boy's first pair of trousers always fit
f wu?!
The first of yesterday may be t le
second today and out of the race to
morrow. It Keeps the Feet Dry and Warm
And is the only cure for Chilblains.
Frostbites, Damp, Sweating Feel;
Corns and Bunions. Ask for A'lea's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shuken
into the shoes. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted. LzRoy.N.Y.
The character of the citizen
largerly formed in his childhood.
is
Kn. Window's L-oothinn Syrnp
Forehllilren toothSn.softcnstbe iruni-i.rwiucco inflam
maUoiwalUjsiain.cures viml roli. 5 ccnU a bottle.
No man can be a fair judge who
does not understand both sides.
Two Lott'es of Fiso's Cure for Conum-
tion cured me of a bad lun; trouble. Airs.
J. Khbo:s, 1'rinrcton. Ind. March J, ISJd.
If a man never takes the first drink
he will never die a drunkard.
Cea Crack Balaam
tatke eldest and best. It will break up a eo'd quicker
than anything else. It U always reliable. Try It.
A law that is not uniformly, applied
is not Just
Ko-To-Bae for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, m-ikes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5?c?l. All druggists.
The broadest and most liberal-policy
Is the best.
Star Tobacco is tbo leading brand of
the world, beccuso it is tbo best.
If a man can't sing and will sing be
should be sent to Sing Sing.
and In sir weeks all my pain lift mc. My chill and
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURALIST.
i Ca-te-Date UlaU Abemt Cwltltra-
Uea of tat 8eU mad YUM Thereof
Bertlealtmre. TlUcoItmra aad Fieri
caltore. Preparlne for Baatr Beets.
Indiana Rxnerlment Station: The
Increased Interest in the sugar beet
question has brought to the experi
ment station an unusually large num
ber of samples of sugar beets from all
sections of the state. Some of the
beets were raised from seed furnished
by the station and some from seed ob
tained from other sources. In the case
of the seed sent out from the station,
full working directions were furnished.
In most cases these directions were not
followed, although those who requested
free seed agreed to fully follow work
ing directions. The most essential
preliminary to raising good sugar beets
is the proper preparation of the seed
bed. The ground should be stirred to
a depth of at least 16 inches. The best
way to accomplish this is to turn a fur
row about eight inches deep witfc f
common plow and follow with a sub
soil plow In the bottom of the furrow.
Very few farmers who tried raising
beets, report that they used a subsoil
plow or any other implement for stir
ring the soU to a greater depth than
eight inches. The result of this is seen
in many of the samples received. In
stead of a single Up root there are a
number of small" roots, and instead of
the beet growing well under grounu,
it extends so far above ground that
nearly one-half of its weight is useless
for sugar making purposes. Both these
defects can be corrected by deep plow
ing and subsolling. It is much Deuer
to do this plowing and subsolling in
the fall. We therefore advise all those
who intend to experiment with sugar
beets the next year or who intend to
raise them for any purpose, to plow
the land now, and be ready to plant as
early as the season will permit in the
spring. This early planting is a great
advantage on the moderately light
lands that are best adapted for sugar
beets since it advances the crop to a
stage where it can better withstand the
usual dry summer season.
In the distribution of seed in the
spring, the station will give preference
to those who have land properly pre
pared. If farmers Intend to try the
raising of sugar beets it is of the ut
most importance that the work be
properly done in every respect. For
every test not properly conducted and
giving beets of poor quality is not
simply useless; it Is directly Injurious
since It seems to Indicate that the lo
cality is not adapted for beet culture.
Badly conducted tests may be the
means of keeping beet factories away
from localities that are really well suit
ed for the business. They will cer
tainly never be the means of inducing
capitalists to invest money in factories
in any locality.
The first step in the right direction
is proper plowing and this can and
ought to be done at once.
H. A. Huston, Chemist.
The Water Supply.
It is safe to say that nothing is of
more importance to the gardener and
florist than an abundant supply of
water, and this supply always under hi3
control, writes B. S. Hoxie in Wiscon
sin Horticulturist The man or wo
man who wishes to cultivate flowers
and plants and who gives them a fine
chance In spring and early summer, of
late years suddenly awakes in midsum
mer to the fact that they begin to
wither and die. Resort is at once had
to the watering pot, and pailful after
pailful from the well or cistern pump
is used. The earth constantly drinks It
in and every day calls for more, and
we bend our energies to supply the
want, but finally gave up in despair
while we mourn the loss of our flow
ers and hope that next year may be
better. My memory recalls when one
year I had as fine a growth of Dahlias
as ever I saw, and the next spring I
planted out fifty hills which promised
a fine show of autumn bloom, but alas!
not a dozen blossoms appeared, and in
the fall the bulbs were weak and puny.
Result, but few (and those of Inferior
varieties), were fit to plant the next
spring. The Gladiolus beds showed
but imperfect bloom and so on to the
end of the chapter, for out-door plants.
So the question had but two alterna
tives, either a permanent water supply
or no garden and lawn. The right end
of the question for me was a supply of
water with windmill and elevated
tank, so that now by aid of gravitation
and rubber hose I never have a lack
of water when I need it, though I have
sometimes lacked time to use it Our
city does not boast a system of water
works and even if it did my own in
dependent fountain supply is cheaper
than a "water tax," and there is no
"shut off" when wanted, for the winds
of heaven blow and the lower fountains
yield up their treasure at call. There
are windmills on almost every farm in
the country, but not one elevated tank
in a hundred. A small tank holding
thirty.forty or fifty barrels, placed on
a tower of trestle work, say ten or
twelve feet high, would in most cases
afford an ample supply. The overflow
from this could as well supply the yard
tank as it now does, or It could be
taken direct to the house and then dis
tributed." Of course a force pump
would have to be used instead of the
common lifting pump, but it costs only
a few dollars more, and what a con
venience!
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Increase or lasect Enemies.
It needs little argument to prove that
the enemies of cultivated plants are
steadily increasing, and I think it can
be easily shown that they will continue
to increase so long as the conditions,
for which we are in large part respon
sible, remain as they are at present. I.
do not by any means regard this as a
calamity. On the contrary, I look upon
the fact that our insect and fungous
foes are increasing as direct proof that
we are progressing, for, as Professor
Bailey has said, "Our enemies increase
because cultivation induces change of
habits in wild organisms; because it
presents an ever-increasing variety of
food, or host plants; because the food
supply Is large and In more or less
continuous areas; and finally, because
the natural equilibrium, or tension., is
destroyed." It follows, therefore, that
the more we put forth our energies to
improve our native plants or to change
their habits; the more we endeavor to
increase the variety and number of our
cultivated vines, trees, and shrubs; the
more we extend our orchards, our vine
yards, and our fields, just so much
more do we disturb the equilibrium in
nature, and just so much more must
we expect to burden ourselves with
the work of maintaining this unstable
condition by more or less artificial
means. Where an insect or fungus had
one chance a hundred years ago to wax
strong and spread, it has now a taosr
sand chances, for unbroken orchards
and vineyards and millions of nursery
trees coyer the ccnutry where ti.es)
only wild plants grew. It is but nat
ural, then, that man, seeing the on
ward march of his enemies, should look
about him and wonder how it will all
end, and how he, as an individual, is
to obtain relief. In many cases he has
found a way of doing this by adopting
certain more or less empirical meth
ods. Again, with a fuller appreciation
of the fundamental principles underly
ing plant growth, he has learned, part
ly by intuition, to keep his plants in
health, and when he has reached this
stage he stands far In advance of his
neighbor who waits until his plants are
diseased and then begins to look about
for a spraying apparatus.- B. T. Galloway.
Lire Stock Feeders aad Breeders.
I take this opportunity of advising
all Interested of the callijg of the
American Livestock Feeders' and
Breeders convention at the state capl
tol rooms, St Paul. January 11 and 12
next Its objects will be. first, to dis
cuss the breeding of the best types
of live stock to meet the demands of
the market second, kinds ot food and
manner of feeding to produce an ani-'
mal that will bring the top market
price; third, marketing live stock. Dur
ing the past several years tho live stock
interest has increased very rapidly in
.Minnesota, the Dakotas, and over the
Northwest generally; and there are
hundreds, even thousands, of new be
Sl3"rs in this business, who are
steadily increasing their herds. The
meeting, however, will be national in
its scope, and is intended to represent
the live stock interests for discussion
of the important points above men
tioned, both of the United States and
Canada. Its object is to bring together
beginners in stock raising, and .exper
ienced breeders and feeders, in order
that there may be a mutual exchange
of views and methods in the manner
of feeding and breeding live stock. Low
railway rates, both east and west of
St Paul, are expected, and eminent ex
perts in breeding and feeding have al
ready signified their intention of be
ing present, from Pittsburg on the
East, to the Pacific ocean on the West.
The various live stock organizations
throughout the United States and Can
ada are invited to appoint delegates to
be' in attendance to represent their or
ganizations, and in addition, all persons
Interested in the breeding and feeding
of live stock will be accepted as dele
gates, by reporting their names and
addresses to the secretary upon the
day of their arrival at St Paul. The
council ' of arrangements extends to
your paper a most cordial invitation to
be represented at the convention. The
ripe experience of your editorial staff
cannot but be highly beneficial in the
deliberations of the meeting.
David R. McGinnls,
Executive Manager.
The Doe rc-t-
A Canadian exchange talks of the
dog pest as follows:
One of the great drawbacks to the
comfortable keeping of sheep in Can
ada and the United States is the preva
lence of dogs which worry sheep. Our
dog laws are not so rigid as they ought
to be. The farmers of Canada ought
to rally round their respective min
isters of agriculture and back them
strongly enough to get good wholesome
dog laws passed In every province in
the Dominion. In Kansas a very use
ful plan of frightening away dogs has
been found to be the putting of a cow
bell on every third sheep. A writer
recommends the following methods:
"Get some small sponges and soak them
in melted poisoned lard or tallow, and
then place the sponge where the dogs
will be likely to get them. The sheep
or other stock will not touch the
sponges, but the dogs will. You will
be in no danger of poisoning anything
you don't want to. The sponges are
indigestible, and will never leave the
dog's stomach, and the owner of the
dog will believe he has gat a dog go
ing mad and will not only kill that dog,
but every other one he has." This
writer also adds: "No sheepman should
be without a Winchester, and should
know how to use it, too." These meth
ods are harsh; but circumstances might
justify their use. We should rather see
effective dog laws passed.
Buying Too Fast One of the obsta
cles to the farmer's success to-day is
the result of the fact that many things
that formerly were only luxuries and
unknown to many farm homes, are
now, or at least seem to be necessities
to every farmer's household. Until re
cent years farming was profitable to
nearly all engaged in it, and the earlier
settlers of all our states exercised
many economies unknown to the pres
ent generation. Gradually and by a
process of accretion many surrounded
themselves with home comforts that
can be had at once only as the result
of a considerable outlay. Our people
are sanguine and ambitious for their
families and too often are not content
to gradually acquire, or acquire only as
a prudent husbanding of their means
will permit the luxuries which they see
enjoyed by those who by long and pa
tient economies have secured them. In
short, farmers often at the beginning
of their careers .don't live within their
means, nor do they produce at home a
sufficient proportion of their supplies.
Texas Stock and Farm Journal.
Feed and Fat In each section ol
Canada government experiment farms
have been established as centers of
education and object lessons to the sur
rounding farmers. Here tests are made
under the best scientific conditions, and
the results applied for the betterment
of the methods of the average farmer.
Thus at cine of the government farms
we find 20.000 distinct samples of milk
tested t( establish one fact namely,
that when a cow has reached her max
imum percentage of solids in the milk
she produces, an increase of richness
in the ration she is fed on does not
yield an increase in the richness of her
milk, but only an increase in the total
quantity ( f milk she produces. Lon
don Chruiicle. ,
Fattenli i? Hogs. A hog fattens more
quickly a being fed no more at any
time than it will eat It should al
ways cle-1. up all in the trough. When
it has fed. clean the trough out and do
not feed again util the animal shows
plainly that it is hungry. If overfed so
that It feeds indifferently it will lose
less weight to permit it to go without
food a cay than it would by continuing
to feed beyond its appetite. Probably
no other animal is so sensitive to in
jury from overfeeding as the hog. Ex.
Goo4 Pigs. It is a pretty good rule
that the sooner a pig can be brought
to 200 pounds and the sooner he can
be gotten to market after reaching this
weight, the greater will be the per cent
of profit in feeding him. Aside from
the risk of cholera, etc., it has been
shown that the gain above 200 costs
more, and that even with pork bring
ing good prices, there is often an ac
tual loss in feeding above 250 pounds.
Ex.
In spite of the work performed by
the patriotic American hen. the United
Staes Imported one milion dozen of
eggs last year.
Oeod Fetata for Caderdralalas.
It is a common mistake to suppose
that the only time the underdrain is
helping land Is when it is pouring forth
a stream of water at its outlet, says
American Cultivator. It Is of course
helping the land then, and probably
in its most effective way. But the
drain also helps the land In winter, for
by having previously taken away the
surplus water near the surface, it al
lows the soil to freeze more deeply,
and thus become deeper and more open
to the outside air. Wherever a deep
underdrain is laid it receives some of
the internal heat of the earth, which it
conducts to the soil above, gradually
thawing it to the surface as warm
weather returns In spring. Thus, over
a deep underdrain, when the surface
is covered by snow, the frozen soil will
gradually thaw from beneath, and will
be all thawed out by the time the snow
is gone. Under snow, where there is
no underdrain, the soil will remain
frozen until the snow has all gone. This
shows how an interchange of air oc
curs in drained soil even in the winter.
As soon as spring comes the rains carry
warm outside air down to the drain,
making it warmer, while the under
drained land is, until late in spring,
filled with stagnant water which keeps
it cold because it prevents the entrance
of air. As the drained soil freezes more
deeply in winter it also warms more
quickly in spring. .In open winters,
when there are alternate spells of cold
and thawing weather, the drained soil
both freezes and thaws several times
during the winter. Yet it does this
without serious injury to the winter
grain "growing over it This is prob
ably because the water has been so far
abstracted from the soil that no ice
can form to clasp the wheat roots, and
then in thawing throw them on the
surface. Is it in the soil nothing but
a hoar frost, which absorbs air and thus
enriches the soil with the ammonia it
contains when the hoar frost is thawed.
In the undrained soil there is very lit
tle air, as stagnant water usually comes
near the surface, if not covering it.
Undrained land often does-not even get
frozen in winter, as there is so thick
a covering of ice over it that freezing
of the soil Is impossible.
Dlssemluatlon of Weeds.
More weed seeds are disseminated
with clover seed than with any other
one kind of grain and some of these,
like the bracted plantain, are among
the verv worst, savs an exchange. It
is a curious fact that in cleaning the
eeeds of cockle from wheat some of the
larger grains cannot be separated. This
process of selection has bred up a kind
of cockle that produces seed so nearly
the size of wheat grains "that it cannot
be separated from the wheat among
which it grows.
Many weeds that are hard to handle
are coming west year by year, each
year getting a little further on their
journey to the Pacific. This is a class
of immigrants that we do not welcome,
and farmers should watch for them
and destroy them as soon as found. A
little neglect in this matter may lead
to a costly and never-ending warfare
vrithin a few years. There was a time
when, if a few Russian thistle plants
had been destroyed, the country would
have been saved millions of dollars.
Buy seeds that you know arc pure.
Watch the farm for unfamiliar plants
and be careful about planting flowers
that are liable to become plants out of
I lace and make trouble in tho future.
Soil Fertility. The fertility of soil
depends upon its ability to supply
plants with all the elements of food
which they require. No one of the
elementary substances which are al
ways found in the composition of a
plant can be dispensed with. As an
animal cannot live or thrive without a
proper supply of the ordinary elements
of food, so a plant requires a regular
supply of these various elements from
the soil. A plant poorly supplied with
potash or nitrogen, for instance, would
produce only a sickly growth, and if
entirely deprived of these, or of any
other essential element, would die. Fer
tile soil, therefore, must contain not
only large quantities of plant food, but
sufficient quantities of every kind of
food which plants obtain from the soil
to supply tho wants of the crop. Se
lected. Dried Potatoes. The Grocery World
says that the opening up of a demand
for potatoes, peeled, sliced and dried,
like apples, promises to give a fresh
impetus to potato caltivation, as de
cay will be prevented and freight cost
lessened. The potatoes are peeled and
sliced by machinery, soaked twenty
minutes in strong brine, drained and
dried at a temperature of about 194 de
grees. Before using the slices are soak
ed from twelve to fifteen hours, and
then have all the freshness and flavor
of new potatoes.
FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER.
When making pies with a bottom
crust and you wish to prevent the
sravy soaking through it, brush it over
well on the inside with beaten egg.
During frosty weather windows may
be cleaned with a cloth moistened
with methylated spirit, which will give
a most brilliant polish. The same
method may be used at all times for
the cleaning of mirrors.
To remove long-continued ink stains
from silver writing appliances take a
small quantity of chloride of lime and
make a paste of it with cold water.
This must be rubbed on the stains till
they disappear and then the silver will
only need to be polished with chamois
leather.
To clean a stained decanter put into
it a dessertspoonful of small pieces of
washing soda and one tablespoonful of
vinegar. Shake the decanter well, but
do not put in the stopper or close it
with the hand or It may burst. You
will find that the bottle is quickly
cleaned in this way.
To waterproof cloth mix two ouncei
of powdered alum and the same
amount of sugar o? lead with two gal
lons of rainwater ind when sufficiently
amalgamated pow off the water from
this sediment (' 'oh will necessarily
settle. Soak Hie rment in the liquid
for about twelve or fifteen hour3 and
when dry It can be ironed and consider
ed ready to withstand the rain. It will,
of course, "be wise to subject only fast
colors to the treatment and very fine
fabrics would be better left alone.
We get such a qauntity of handsome
brass ornaments from India now that
it is important that we should know
how best to keep them in the bright
condition in which they reach us from
the east The simplest means of
brightening brass is to cover it with a
solution of oxalic acid in soft water,
made in proportions of one ounce of
acid to a pint of water. When the
metal Is 'well covered with the flnid,
polish it briskly with a chamois skin.
It must be noted that this oxalic acid
preparation. Is a poison and very strong
in its effect upon the brass, so it
should not be used too often.
Popcorn contains more nitrogen and
phosphates than the regular Indian
com. - ,...., -v -
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GAINED FORTY-EIGHT POUNDS
"I bad a strong appetite for liquor which
was the beginning of the breaking down of
my health. I was also a slave to tea aad
co'ffee drinking. I took the gold core bat
it did not help me."
This is a portion of an interview clipped
from the Daily Herald, of Clinton, Iowa.
It might well be taken for the subject of a
temperance lecture bat that is not oar ob
ject in publishing it It is to show how a
system, ran down by drink and disease,
may be restored. Wo cannot o better
than quote further from the same:
"r or years l was
uuablo to do my
work. I could not
sleep nights or rest
days ou account of
continuous paius in
my stomach and
Lock. I was unable
to digest my food.
Headaches and
painful urination
were frequent, and
my heart's action
became- increased.
1 left my farm and
retired to city life,
fcr I was a confirm
ed invalid, aud the
doctor said 1 would
never be well again.
"Soon after 1 hap
pened to use four
Ik.s of Dr. Wil
liams FinkrPills for
Talo People and I Itethe.l ti City Life.
sinco then have been frea from all pain,
headache and dyspepsia. I eat heartily
and have no nppetito for strong rink
or tea or coffee, and feel twenty jears
younger.
".Vy ircfflhi ha increased '4S pouniU. I
rnnnctsay too much for Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills ami claim that they have cured me.
John B. Cook."
Subscribed aud sworn to before mo this
sixteenth day of February, 1J'J7.
A. P. Baukeii, Sntary Public.
To pcoplo rundowu in health from what
ever oaube drink or disease the above in
terview will be of interest. Tho truth of it
is undoubted as tho statement is sworn to,
and we reproduce the oath here. For any
further facts concerning this mediciue
vnt3 to Dr. Williams' Medicine Company,
Schenectady, Jf. Y.
The name' and address of the subject of
above interview is John II. Cook, of 203
South 5th Street, Lyou, Iowa.
If Noah were alive today he would
probably build another ark and get
sonic Kentucky belle .o christen it
Chicago Daily News.
Dancing came first of all the public
arts. It antedates music, singing and
sculpture.
Rrantjr, Utility and Valne
Aro happily combined in Hood's Sarsapa
rilla Coupon Calendar for 1S0& The lovely
child's head in an embossed gold frame,
surrounded by spraysof flowers in mosaic,
the harmonious pad in blue with clear fig
ures, and tho Coupons by means of which
many vnluablo bcoks and other articles
may be obtained, make up the most de
firablo Calender we havo ever seen. Tho
first coupon article is Kood's Practical
Cook's I5ook, a haudsoine, useful volumo
cf :C,0 jn t;e. Ask your druggist for Hood's
Coupon Calendar, or send G cents in stamps
for ouo to C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mobs.
To get comfortably fitting shoes, buy
them in the afternoon, when the exer
cise of the day has spread the feet
to their largest extent.
noXDEUS NKVKIC CKASE.
Salzer's great catalogue paints four
vegetable wonders, a Fig, a Peach and
a Strawberry Tomato, also an Orange
Vine; genuine, splendid novelties. His
Golden Rind Watermelon created a
tremendous sensation in 1897 and took
1,000 first prizes, selling at $1.00 apiece.
His Lightning Cabbage is IS days
ahead of other seedsmen's earliest,
while his Early Peas, Radishes, To
matoes, Melons, Beets, etc., ripen
weeks before their relatives.
If You Will Semi this Notice and 35 eta.
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., you will get free their big cata
logue (tells all about gardening) and
above four vegetable wonders. w.n.c
A pauper may not, because of 'his
insanity, be entitled to extravangant
fare or gorgeous surrounding.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We arc asserting in the courts our richt to tho
exclusive use or the word "CASTOKIA." and
"PITCHEH'S CASTORIA." as ourTrade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Ilyannis. Massachu
setts, was the originator or "PITCHER'S CAS
TOKIA," tha same that has borne and does now
bear the fac-simile signature or CHAS. H.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is tho
original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes or the mothers of
America for over thirty years. Look carerully
at ths wrapper and see that it is "the kind you
have always bought." and has the signature of"
CHAS. II. FLETCHER oa tho Wrapper. No
one has authority from mc to use my name
except The Centaur Company or which Chas,
H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER. M. D.
The Chinese surname comes ""ret in
stead of last.
"Why do you think Bingle would
make a good alderman. He's as deaf
as a post." That's the very reason he
would be a safe man. Your briber
never puts a proposition in black and
white." Chicago News.
Do Yu Dance To-NlghtT
Shake into your Shoes Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Chilblains and Sweat
ing Feet At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 2oc. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. x.
Knowledge gained, from good books
means increased power and bstter cit
izenship. TO CURE A COLD IX ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money If It fails to cure. So
The public gets less for its money
than individuals get for theirs.
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delicious, nutritious, 'G'
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beverage, has our ?
well-known 3J
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on the front of every Q
package, and our
trade-msrk,"LaBelle g
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THE CANADIAN GOLD FIELDS.
They D Xac AU 1J la tae Takea.
The ex
citement of
the past
few months
has drawn
a great
many peo
ple to the
Can adian
Yukon in the search for gold, and has
diverted the attention of many others.
But in order to get there it is necessary
that a man should be possessed of the
best of health, strong powers of endu
rance and considerable means. He
leaves his wife and his family for a con
siderable period, and the hardships ho
has to endure are all unknown to him.
Canada has other gold fields, though.
They are the fields that produce her
golden grain. This year the crop of
Manitoba, lying directly north of North
Dakota, yielded 21,000.000 bushels of
wheat alone. Tho current price aver
ages 76 cents, which, as a local paper
puts it, "makes the product in gold thi3
year, for wheat alone, equal to a value
of 15,960,000." Twenty thousand farm
ers did this, or an average to each pro
ducer of about $793.
"But these same farmers are not liv
ing by wheat alone. This is only one
source of revenue to them out of many.
They have also beef, butter, potatoes,
oats, barley and poultry to sell, and
sometimes ether things, so that it may
be fairly estimated that their incomes
will average at least $1,000 per farmer.
Thus Manitoba's Ilcld3 have yielded
this year fully $20,000,000 in gold, di
vided among 20,000 actual producers,
and a general population of about 200.
000." After counting the cost of stamp
mills, expenses of men, etc., rich as is
the Klondike, such vast wealth as is be
ing taken out of the soil in raising
wheat in this one province, cannot pos
sibly be secured in any mining district.
Of course mining development assists
agricultural development, and that is
why the Government of Canada feels
so much assurance in predicting pros
perity to all who take up farms in Can
ada. Western Canada today promises
more than any other known field that is
open to immigration. Farms of 160
acres, capable of producing the best
No. 1 hard wheat, yielding thirty to for
ty bushels to the acre, are given away
free. Railways, markets, schools,
churches all are convenient. The
Canadian form of government is one of
the most liberal known, and a hearty
wclcome is given to settlers of all na
tionalities. Already there are many set
tlers gone in from the states, and the
reports from them are highly favorable.
Those desiring information as to free
homestead laws, low transportation
rates, etc., will have pamphlets, etc.,
cent free on application to the Depart
ment of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any
agent of the Government.
The servants of the public should
not be inferior to the servants of in
dividuals. Reading is a ladder which may be
used to climb to the summit or de
scend to the pit.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoka Yoar Life Away.
To quit tobacco easHy and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and t Igor, take Xo-To-llac.
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
Mroag. AHUruggists. ic. or 31. Cure guaran
teed. Hooklet and sample free. Add res.
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or Xow York.
If some men had to cat their own
words they would soon die of indiges
tion. Smobo Sledgo Cigarettes. 20 for 5 cts.
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etc., and full information concerning
this country, enjoying exceptionally
pleasant climate and continnons pood
crops, apply to
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The United States
patent office last
week issued 488
patents. Amongst
the curious of these
were included a
cycle embody ins
but single wheel
t&a known as a
unlcycle, the patent
an Iowa inventor:
Iowa inventor re
being issued to
While another
ceived a patent for a centrifugal cream
separator. It remained for a Utica.
N. Y., inventor to provide a running
gear for a baby carriage, by which
the forward wheels can be dropped
downward so that the carriage body
may be held horizontal while tie
baby carriago is being wheeled up
and down stairs. Most people have
realized the dangers attending convey
ing a child in a baby buggy up or
down flights of stairs, which is en
tirely overcome by the new invention.
Above we show a simple movement
by mean3 of which the wheel A re
volves the larger wheel D in opposite
directions. Inventors desiring frco
information may obtain the same in
addressing Sues & Co., registered pat
ent agents. Omaha. Neb.
"How do you tell the age of a tur
key?" "By the teeth." "A turkey
hasn't teeth." "No; but I have." Tit
Bits. Kcaaty U i:iood Deep.
Clean Wood means aclcanskln. No beauty
trlt limit It. Cabarets. Candy Catliartlccli-an-i
your lilctxl and keeps It clean. Iy stirring no
the lazv liver and driving till ininurltlosfroia
tho body. I.egin to-day to banNli plnipte.
bolls. Mutches. lilacklHMds. and that sickly
bilious complexion by taking Caet.
beauty for ten cents. All dru.ggLt. satisfac
tion guaranteed. UV. V. Sli
There were fewer railroads bank
ruptcies in 1S97 than fcr ten years.
Go to ymir grocer to-day
and get a 15c package of
Grain-0
It takes the place'of cof
fee at the cost.
75? Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health
ful. Insist that yonr ktocct circs yan O It A.VS -O.
Accept to imitation. T'ruJgTlTT.T
EASTERN OREGON:
Fast Comlnc; to
thcFrunt.tliol-o
tiarpnlns in limn,
liar. Fruit nml to-k Kai.the. lc?Iratle Hang
rmrorty. Tlrst Jort?acs nvttln? rer rent, lor
lufoinwtionjn5itoj! W3I. It. SAICCKNT.
I. ;raiiu. Orrfjon.
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raiu-4. b'tml for txwl: of twtlmonluNanrt lO (lays
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WILL PAY SlOO FOR ANY CASS
or
Weakness In Men Thcr Treat and
Fall to Corf.
An Omaba Company places for tho first
time before the public a Magical TitEvr
ment for tho cure ot Lost Vitality.Xervoui
and Sexual Weakness, unci Itestorntiou o
Lifo Korco in old and voting men. "o
worn-out French remedy: contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs. Iti
a Wondukkci. TiiEATsinxT nmjjlcal in its
effects positive in its cure. AU readors,
who" aro Miirerin? frnui a weakness that
olihts their life, causing that mental ami
physical suffering peculiar to Lost .Man
hood.should write to tho STATEMEDICAL
COMPANY. No. 5)X Uang 151ock. Omaha,
Nth . and they will m-uiI you abo!utely
FltEE, a valuable paper on these diseasos,
nnd positivo proofs of their truly Magical
Tkzatmext. '.'ho;iatuI;of nien,"who havo
lost all hope of a cure, aro being restored
by theni to a perfect condition.
"This Magical Tkeatmunt may bo taken
at home under thcirdirections. or the? will
pay railroad tap! and hotel bills to all who
Free Sample, or C. O. L. fake. Thoy havo
.'5.'),0J0 capital, and gaa-antco to cure
every caso they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charge may be deposited in
a bank to bo paid to them when a cure it
effected. AVrito thorn today.
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Saldfcylrrtr-Tsfa.
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