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Feelinf. Go to your druggist and get
a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and be
gin to take It today, and realize at once
the great good K Is sure to do you.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It America's Greatest Serine MeJIelae.
Padercunki. the famous pianist, was
civen an oration at a recent concert
in tendon. It had been announced
i hat it would be bis only appearance
this teason in that city and the ball
was crowded.
Heaaty to Ml
Own blood aaeaus a clean skla. No twenty
without It. Caacarets. Candy Cathartic
cleauH your Moon and keep It clean. Iiy rtlr
iia? tmthe lary liver and driving all impu
rities from the body. Benin today to banish
lilmnirs. laiils blotches, b ark bead, auil that
h'.rkly bilious complexion by taking Catca-ii-is
beauty for ten cents. Ail druggists,
ha llsf scilou guaranteed. 10c 25c 50c
Peter was probably a married man or
be wouldn't have learned to hz so quick
at denying things.
Mrs. Wlaatow'a Heolhlar JTea
rir rhiklrea teethlBaj.cAfteuii tbe imajs.reJiwe toSara
tnttion, alia pain, cum wiodcotir. 23 ceataabottle.
Nearly 40 per cent of the population
of Siberia are Russian exiles.
Jhake lafte Tear Sbeee.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a. powder for the
feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet aad instantly takes the stiag
out of cons aad bunions. It!s the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Allen's Foot-Base makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
.tired, nervous, aching fet. Try it to
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
uteres. By mail for 25c in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
S. Qlmstod, Le Roy. N. T.
' tfbnt commit suicide: its a crime
punishable with imprisonment.
Star Tobacco i tne leading brand of
tfce world, because it is the best.
Don't mind a little thine like slan
der, it will rub off when dry.
Xo-Te-Bac for Firty Cent.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
txicn strong-, blood ruic 50-l. All druggists.
- Cardinal (iiilums, in his recent
speech before t'..t New Orloaus Press
Club Raid :f he were to slve any ad-
ice to a public min. the most valuable
lie could offer would be "Aiwavs Ite
frank with the reporters of reputable
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DOCTORS DON'T DENY IT.
The frank testimony of a
famous physician.
Wfeea tir.Aver announced his Sarsapc
villa to the world, he at once found the
Thvtcia his friends. Such a remedy
wh'p what they had looked for. end they
were prompt to appreciate it merit and
precribe it. Perhaps no medicine known
a patent medicine i n cenerally ad
ministered and prescribed tv phvsician an
ivr. Aver's SarsapariUa for blood disease,
and dieaes of the skin that indicate a
tainted condition of the blood. K xperience
has proxed it to be a specific in soch
diseases, and sores o! long standing, old
ulcers, chronic rheumatism, and many
ether like forms of disease hare yielded to
the persevering nse of Dr. Aver's Saraapar
ilia afterother medicine had ntterly failed.
ThetestiraoniaH.received from physicians
to the value of this remedy wonld fill a
volume. Here ia one leaf signed by Rich'd
H. 1-awrence. M. D., Baltimore, Md.
"It afford me pleasure to bear testimony
to the success which vour preparation o'f
SarsapariUa has had 'in the treatment of
cataneous and other diseases arising from
a filiated condition of the blood. Were it
necessary. I might give you the names of
t least fiftr individuals who have been
enred of long-standing complaints simply
bv the administration of Pr. Ayer's Sarsa-pa-rilla.
One very remarkable instance
was that of a qniteold woman who had lived
KtCatonsville.near thiscitv. She had been
Massachusetts is the third state to
substitute electrocution for the cal
lows. New York and Ohio are the oth
' v or two states that have adopted iL
. No woman ever has snch perfect con
e lldence in her husband that she never
tries to catch him in a trap.
Why is it that all the rogues manage
to get into the other political party?
r. Kay's fttt-mtor, n!
s:a. coastiemtioa. liver and kidney Oiseases.bii-
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Httaott, 1Mmuu4 WlecwMtn. ate
rapidly tMrftafctnfc toward the time of
launfching, ihlii the fan they will be
reniy f put lato the water. These ve
ten were provided for by act of Con
gress approved June 19, ISH, the 1IJ1I
notaf going to the Newpport News
Shipbuilding company for f2.595,Orft,
the .Alabama, for S2.C5MM. going to
Crumps', aad the Wisconsin for $2.
C47.twt, going to the Union Irom Works
of Sun Francisco. The shine combine
structurally ;hc best features of the
Iowa aad the Kearsage, having the
high freeboarl of the former aad (he
moderate draught of the latter.
Taking one step belyond the advanc
ed dab ide. the women of New York
have organised a .Masonic Lodee.
The Masomeases. who use the rltnal
of the Irst woaiaa's lodge, founded in
France in 178. and of which the Em
press Josephine was a member, met in
a real lodgeroom, fate and the Masons
being kind to them. The principal
requisite for membership in the Man
hattan Mystic lodge the name the
women bve chosen, is that one must
be the wife, widow, daughter, sister or
granddaughter of a Mason.
Not long ago the Dublin Independent
published the following obituary no
tice: "Smit oa the 28th iast, Amy
Jane Mary Smit. eldest daughter of
John and Wilhelmina Smith, aged 1
day and 2 hours. The bereaved and
heart broken parents beg to tender
their hearty thanks to Dr. Jones for his
unremitting attention during the ill
ness of the deceased, and for the mod
erate brevity of his bill. Alo to Mr.
Wilson for running for the doctor, aad
to Mr. Robinson for recommending
mustard plaster."
rslMilMM Wcaltk.
The "mineral wealth" of newly
found mining regions largely run by
syndicates is In too many instances a
fable. The products nearer home are
surer and promise more rewards. No
one will go unrewarded in the matter
of improved health who use regularly
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for ma
laria and dyspepsia.
Don't presume; but if you've got to
do it always presume for the best.
A E4itr Sayr,
Tk editor of the Rirertoa. I.. Inde
pendent write: -I am indeed eated to
cay that your raedt?inea are tfca best I
bare ever tried for atoatack troubles -one
of the mokt borribla dlseaccH fash is keir
to. I bad been afflicted with the trouble
for four yean or more in an aggravated
form, aad during- the last two vear, not
withstanding 1 bad treatment from noted
pbyM'ciaas from diffeieut localities. I kept
gectiug worse and wcrae, un:il life becraa
almost unendurable and ia realilr a tor
ture. J.utkily. I was induced to'try lr.
Kay'n Renovator. After ing a balf
dozen iiackajrez, 1 am actually feeling like
a new person. 1 believe suntiing human
ity can lie beneatted tberebv, 1 wiilinglv
matter the goo J tidiagr. Again, 1 say, I
believe your remedies for ttoaaacb
trouble' ' are the best ever" put on the
market."
4tomack Trouble'' can Le cured by Dr.
Kay's Renovator when all other remedies
fail. It renovates and removes the cause
an J the riiteabe in cured. As a Spring
Mediriae it Las no equal. For constipa
tion, liver and kidaev ditease it efferti a
permanent core. A valuable book sent
rree. Druggists sell Dr. Kay's Renovator
at ie. aad fl, or six for 15, but if they do
not have it, do not take auv substitute
they may rmx is "jnst a good" for it has
no equal, oucauget it from us bv re
turn mail. Dr. B. J. Kay Melicart'o.,
Omaha, Neb.
Don' think because a man has a big
bead that it is necessarily long.
eat Tebaece Spit ana SsMka Tear Lrf Any.
To quit tobacco cisily and forever, tors ma;,
ectic. fuil or life. mrre. and viper. take No-To-Bac.
tbc wender-wr rker. that makes weak mee
strong. Alldragffifts.36corfl. Curccuaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chiraco or New York.
IKin't believ all a man says about his
neighbor or half he says about him-
scIL -iat ' ib
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. 20 for Sets.
afflicted with the rhensnatism for three
jearf. and had taken as she had informed
ine. more than one hundred dollars' worth
of medicine to obtain relief, yet without
any beneficial remit. I advised her to try
a bottle of Dr. Aver's Sarsaparilla and told
her that if it failed to do her good. I wonld
refund the money. A short time after,
ward; I -learned ttiat it had cured her, and
a neighbor of hers similarly amicled was
also entirely relieed of his complaint by
its use. This is the uaivetra! result of the
administration of your Sarsaparilla. It
i withoat exception, the bet blocd peri,
fier with which I am acquainted."
There i no other similar medicine can
show a similar record. Others hate nu
tated the remedv. Thev can't imitate the
record. Dr. Acer's SarsapariUa hrs the
friendship of the ph sician and the favor
of the familv. because it cures. It fulfills
all promises made for it. It has healed
thousands of people of the most maliarart
diseases that can mutilate mankind.
Nothing has ever superceded it and coth
ing ever will until a medicine is inrr
that can show arecord of cure" gtc&ter in
nnmber and equal in wonder to thoe
wrought bv Dr. Acer's Sarsaparilla. Pr.
Aver' Cufebook, a story of cures told by
th'e cured, is sent free on request bv the
J. C. Ayer Companr, Lowell. Mass. Write
for it.
Don't strike a man until you arc stir:
he deserves it and then be sure he Is
smaller than you p.re.
To Care coast tpattoai Fetcrer.
Take catabirts Caady Cathartic. Iflr or St
liCCC. fail to mre. dnierists refund mosey.
Don't think ben use a man is a po
lice man that be is always looking for
trouble.
iso's Cure lor CousumUton is the lt
of all coagh urv. Wettre W. Lotz, Fa-
baciier, L., Augusts, Ijr..
It is estimated that there are more
than 39.ee professional cooks in New
Yorh. The chefs of the hotels and
popular restaurants earn from $3,000
to 9 12.000 a year. It may sound
strange, but it is a fact, that the great
majority of Gotham's kitchen kings
are Irish, and find employment in the
homes of the upper middle class at
salaries ranging from $18 to 30 a
week. A Vanderbilt chef who received
$10,000 per annum is now running a
swell restaurant in London.
A wild son of ex-Governor Desha of
Kentucky, was, years ago. convicted of
murder, pardoned ly his father and
disappeared. He is now one of the
most eloquent preachers in the Ha
waiian islands.
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 15c package of
Grain-0
It takes the place of cof
fee at the cost.
Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health
fuL
i!AMPFIRE SKETCHES.
COOD-
SHORT STORIES
THE VETERANS.
FOR
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The OM Kavy.
The captain steed on the carronadet
"First lieutenant." says he.
"fend all my merry men aft here, for
they must IWt te aae;
t haven't the gift of the gate, nay sons
because I'm bred le the sea:
That ship there fa a Frenchman, who
meana to fight with we.
And. odds bobs, hammer aad tonga, long
as I've been to sea.
I've fought 'gainst every odds ami I've
gained the victory!
"That ship there Is a Frenchman, and if
we don't take she
'Tis a thousand bullets te one that she
will capture we;
I haven't the gift of gab. my boys; so
each man to bis gun;
If she's not mine In bait an hour. I'll flog
each mother's son.
And odds bobs, hammer aad tongs, long
as I've been to sea.
I've fought 'gainst every edds-aad I've
gained the victory!"
Wc fought for twenty minutes, when the
frenchman bad enough;
"I little thought." said be. "that your
men were ef such stuff;"
Our captain took the Frenchman's sword.
a lew bow made to he;
T haven't the gift of the gab. monsieur.
but polite I wish te be.
And odds bobs, hammer aad longs, long
as I've been to sea.
Tve fought 'gainst every odds-and I've
gained the victory!"
Our captain sent for all of us: "My merry
men."' said he,
"I haven't the gift ef the gab. my lads,
but yet t thankful be:
Teu've.done your duty handsomely, each
man stood to his gun;
It you hadn't, you villains, as sure as
day, Td have flogged each mother's
son.
For odds bobs, hammer and tougs, as
long as I'm at at.
I'll fight 'gainst every odds and I'll
gain the victory!"
Frederick Uarryat
Saved m ree life.
"A most pathetic as well as one of the
most heroic incidents of the war of the
rebellion occurred on the irat day of
the battle ef Gettysburg." said Judge
Thomas J. Mackey of South Carolina
a fw evenings ago.
"Lee never Intended to give battle at
(bat point, where the Federals held
vantage ground, but was drawn into
the battle by a question of shoe, this
last point may seem strange, but It is
nevertheless tine. Pettlgrew's North
Carolina division was barefooted and
got permission to go into the town of
Gettysburg aad get a supply of shoes.
The soldiers there met a federal force
and became engaged hotly. Each side
re-enforced heavily, and the battle
ended with a decided advantage on the
part of the Confederates, who hold the
field.
"As General John B. Gordon's bri
gade was advancing, during the heat of
the battle, he saw a federal general ly
ing wounded and apparently , dying
right In the path. He dismounted, and
raising the head of the wounded ofllcer,
which lay in a hollow, placed a knap
sack beneath it. He then gave him
some water and whisky to revive him. .
He Inquired who he was and was in
swered: "I am General Francis Barlow of
New York
" 'What can I do for you. general?'
asked General Gordon. 'Have you
any last wish to intrust to me?'
"'Please take a package of letters
from the breast pocket of my coat,
said Barlow, In a weakened voice.
"General Gordon did so.
" 'Now,' said Barlow, 'I beg of you
to read, one to me, for they are from
my wife and I wish her words to be the
last I shall ever hear.'
"While the shot and shell were plow
ing up the ground, General Gordon
read aloud the letter of a noble, patri
otic woman to her dying husband.
When he had finished reading it Gener
al Barlow requested him to tear up all
the letters, as he did not wish them to
be profaned by the eyea of strangers.
"General Gordon bade him good-bye
and hurried forward to overtake his
command. He then sent a flag of
truce by Messenger to General Meade
at bis headquarters. The messenger
was informed where Mrs. Barlow
might be found. On receiving General
Gordon's note she hastened to her hus
band oa the field of battle under fire.
She fouad him, and, under careful
nursing, be recovered -health and
strength.
"General Gordon and the brave on
cer whom he succored on the field of
Gettysburg met again about fifteen
years after the date of the incident I
have related. Gordon was then a
United States senator from Georgia
and Barlow was attorney general of
the stale of New York. At a dinner
given by Mr. Potter, a representative in
congress from New York, a gentleman
was Introduced to Gordon as General
Barlow, or New York city.
"Gordon scanned him closely and
observed:
"Was General Barlow, the brave
soldier of the union army, who was
killed at Gettysburg, related to vou.
sir?'
" 'Though not with literal fidelity to
historic truth, yes. sir, very closely re
lated.' was the prompt reply. 'I am the
General Barlow who was killed at
Gettysburg, and I recognize in you the
General Gordon whore soldiers killed
me.'
22 JJil" "..?r" 2" ?!
eaca otaer suca coraiai proofs of mu
tual esteem as served to illustrate that
no heads clasp so warmly, at least
amonff Americans, as those that have
sheathed the sword, after having drawn
it in battle.
"This incident serves to emblazon the
truth of General Lamar's utterance in
his speech upon the death of Senator
Charles Sumner, delivered ia the house
of representatives, when he said:
'Americans, know one another, and yon
will love one another."
DesertlM awe Cemmeav
The recent arrest in Jamaica of an
alleged deserter from a warship la the
Brooklya navy yard was rather aa un
usual event ia this neighborhood.
Sometimes soldiers stray from Willets
Point or sailors from the aavy yard,
get drunk aad overstay their tiate, bnt
that ia aa offense hardly to be called
desertion.
The service of Uncle Sam has become
much more attractive of recent years
than It was In the past. Ban-tag the
chance of getting into the commaad of
a brutal Oaacer. the wearer of the blue
has a pretty good apaortanlty to profit
by his enlistment Of coarse the pay
Is small, but the soldier or sailor Is
"fouad' aad has little need of spend
ing money. The service Is excellent for
the health, especially la the case ef
who have suffered from too much
whisky.
The astablkduteat of post schools.
where enlisted atea amy repair the de
fects af their early education, ta a good
thing far the Tommies ami Jackiet.'It
is tntta possible far aa ignorant.
shouldered and canaaainUva young fel
low, saarcely kaawlag his A. B. C'a to
be turned out at the end of a term of
enlistmeat In the army a taller. Trigger,
hanaeomer asaa, with a fall cheat, a
gotd education, the habit of command
aa .a petty oflker aad enough money
saved to embark ia tome small kaal
ness for hlnueir.
FertlttMle mi TarkWi SeMlen.
An English surgeon, Dr. Ryan, while
serving with the Turkish army in'the
campaign of 1877-78, saw n marvelous
exhibition of the fortitude that resists
nain aad aaataina with cheerfnlaesa a
violent physical shack.
The surgeon's .first capital operatioa
was performed on a Turkish -soldier
whose knee bad been shattered by a
shell. He refused to take chloroform,
aad the surgeon took his leg of above
the knee.
He never groaned nor uttered an
exclamation, hat smoked a cigarette
during the operation. When the Tur
kish captain came around with hi
note-book to take down the name, agt
and regiment of each wounded man
this patient answered quietly an ques
tions, though the surgeon was stitch
ing up the flap of skin over the stump.
At the first battle of Plevna Dr. Ry
an worked all day among the wound
ed. In his book, "Under the Red
Crescent," he records that in all his
surgical experience ho has never
known men to exhibit such fortitude
under intense agony as did these Turk
ish soldiers.
The recovery of the wounded, consid
ering the unfavorable conditions under
which they were treated, filled him
with wonder. Their injuries were ter
rible, but their splendid physique, un
impaired by intemperance, enabled
many of them, after a few weeks in
the hospital to resume their places in
the ranks.
"I never saw a private soldier under
the influence of liquor during the whole
time that I was in the country." writes
Surgeon Ryan. "There were many of
these men whose lives I could hare
saved if I could have persuaded them
to take stimulants; but it was impos
sible to get them to touch alcohol,
even as medicine.
"The principles of their religion for
bid the use of alcohol, and the humble
Turk clings so tenaciously to bis re
ligion that he would rather meet death
itself than violate its precepts."
Many of the wounded lost their live:
owing to their religious belief that the
loss of a limb would prevent them
from entering Paradise. They refused
to submit to amputations, preferring
to die rather than to live maimed.
Oneer Way te Cross a Stream.
Travancore, except the main trunk
toads, only possesses village roads,
which go as the crow flics, acres
streams and over hill and dale. To
Europeans who have to travel in this
country the fording of a river is not
euch pleasure as it is to the natives;
their clothes would no doubt dry quick
ly in the burning sun, but it is very
possible that they would con
tract malarial fever, not to say rheu
matism, by following the example of
the natives, off whose bodies the water
runs as easily as off a duck's back. The
illustration shows the bishop of Trav
ancore and Cochin while on tour, be
ing carried across a stream by his coo
lies; his fellow-missionary is await
ing his return. "With our arms em
bracing the necks of the two front men,
our legs carried behind by two others,
with two more aiding as supports for
fear we should break in two in the
middle, we were carried across really
deep places like logs," was the de
scription given by one of the travelers.
LlacelB Feared 11 U Wire.
At a recent dinner in Boston a form
er resident of Springfield, III., told a
story of Lincoln, which is sufficiently
characteristic of the man, as the coun
try remembers him, to be unlike most
Lincoln anecdotes in being true. The
relatcr said: "The fire ho3e company
of Springfield was very proud of Us
well-equipped fire apparatus, and, de
siring to secure some extra supplies,
subscription papers were sent around.
The small boys, myself among the
number, were given a share in the
work. I went up to some dU2ty rooms
over a grocery and entered the law of
fice of Lincoln. He asked me number
less questions, and I had to tell him all
I knew of this fire brigade and its mem
bers. Then he said: "Well, I'll tell
you what I'll do. I'll go home to sup
perMrs. Lincoln is generally good-natured
after supper and then I'll tell
her I've been thinking of giving 850
to the brigade, and she'll say: 'Abe,
win you never nave any sense? Twenty
dollars is quite enough.' So tomor.
T - ". ?. i "i i
your $20." Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Uaeela'a Speataaeoua Wit.
From the San Francisco Argonaut:
A delegation of preachers from Chi
cago once waited upon President Lin
coln to urge the issuance of the eman
cipation proclamation. The spokes
man urged. the claim with ecclesiastical
dignity by saying:
"The Lord sends this commission to
you. President Lincoln."
"Perhaps so," he replied, "but isn't
it strange that He should send His
message by way of Chicago?"
To another delegation urging imme
diate action, he said: ' "If you call the
tail of a sheep a leg, how many legs
will the sheep have?"
"Five," replied the spokesman.
"No," said the bothered president,
"it would only have four. Calling the
tail, a leg wouldn't make it one."
When sick with the varioloid he told,
the doctor that he was "glad that now
he had something to give which the
ofllce-seekers did not want."
T laawre AtteatUesk
"Did you ever make the embarras
sing error of mistaking n guest for a
waiter?" "Me? No. I find It a good
plan, though to mistake the head wait
er for a guest" Indianapolis JoumaL
"I wish that I could acquire a repu
tation for being bright." said Willie
Washington. "There Is nothing easi
er." answered Misa Cayenne. "All yon
need do is to say yoa have beard It
before whenever any cne eke says aay
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
lew Saceemral Farmers Operate This
Orpartaaeak ef lira Farm A Few
tXnts aa to the Care of lire Steek
Fealtry.
The Hca the lacabatoh .
Whether a farmer shall nee a" hen
or aa iacubator for hatching his chicks
will depend largely on the volume' of
his operations. If he. keeps enjy a
dosea er so hens it certainly will not
pay him to depend on an Incubator,
bat if he expects to raise several ua
dreds hens a year, as we believe every
farmer should, it will be advisable for
him to secure an iacubator as soon as
he can. Incubators can now be pur
chased very cheaply, and the Invest
ment will be a permanent one, for it
Is probably true that so far aa one
man's life Is concerned Incubators nev
er wear out An Iacubator will nay for
Itself many times In the course of ten
years. Not only so, but it will save
much labor. And, while buying. It Is
better to get a large machine. A big
flock of chicks is not so hard to look
out for as a nnmber of smaller flocks,
aa one can readily Imagine who has had
much to do with sitting hens.
The comparison of the hen and the
Incubator shows that much, of the pre
ponderance of testimony is on the side
of the Incubator. Who that has had to
look after a dozen sitting hens has not
wished that all of the hens could be
combined into one big hen and that all
of the chicks could be put into one
flock? This is one of the most valuable
things about the incubator. One can
raise from one to two hundred chicks
at a time and have the work all in a
bunch. Another advantage is that the
lice can be finally exterminated. In
fact if a man begins right and takes
care of his poultry as be should there
is no reason In the world for ever hav
ing a louse among the poultry. If all of
the chicks are raised In incubators.
This alone Is a consideration of vast
moment. When we use hens for sit
ting it Is generally Impossible to ex
terminate the lice. At least, even if
they can be exterminated by extraordi
nary methods, they seldom are. Some
time ago the Farmers' Review sent out
inquiries to Its readers as to the cause
of losses In the poultry yard. The re
plies showed that more chicks were
lost from lice than from all other
causes combined. Thus the incubator
removes at one stroke the greatest
cause for mortality among chicks.
Probably the second greatest loss
among newly born chicks is being trod
den to death by the old hen. We some
times hear people say that no one can
care for a chick as an old hen, but the
fact remains that the hen is so stupid
that she will stand on a chick till the
life is gone, even though the little one
keeps up a constant peeping as long as
it can. Instinct does uot take the place
of intellect. The writer has frequently
lost the larger part of a brood through
the stupidity of the old hen. This is
especially true of heavy hens for
mothers. With some of the heavy
birds it is no unusual thing to go out
to their nest every morning and find
"another dead chick." So we believe
that it will pay the farmer to substi
tute bis own intellect for the instinct
of the hen. This he can do in the pur
chase of an incubator.
Of course, like all other things, the
running of an incubator must be
learned, but this is not a difficult thing
to do, provided one will listen to the
advice of those who have run them for
many years. It Is not at all necessary
for one to learn entirely in the dear
school of experience. The main point
in an Incubator is to keep the tempera
ture right, and to see that when the
chicks come into the brooder they have
enough beat to enable them to make a
continuous growth.
The Air of the SUM.
Too little attention is paid to the air
of the stable. Yet there are two rea
sons why the air should be kept pure.
First, fpr the purpose of preserving the
health of the cows; second, that milk
drawn in the stable may not be polluted
by the bad air. In the spring and sum
mer and fall it is an easy matter to
thoroughly air the stable in day time.
Open all the doors and all the windows,
letting In the sun as well as the wind.
The work of the latter will be the more
effective if care has been taken to keep
the manure cleaned out, and if arrange
ments have been made to have the
urine run off into tanks below or out
side of the barn. The less the air is
allowed to be polluted by these means
the easier will it be to keep the whole
inside of the stable clean and sweet
smHIng.
One of the greatest obstacles to pure
air is tbe usual system of handling the
manure. That is, a bole is cut in tbe
side of the barn through which ta
throw out the droppings. The pile on
tbc outside accumulates from month to
month, and by spring has become a
source of foul smells that penetrate
into the stable through all the cracks,
windows and doors. The manure pile
against the side of the barn is a relic
of barbarism, and must be banished,
both for the sake of cleanliness and
that it may no longer be an offense to
the eye. Once dispose of the manure
question and it will be possible to keep
the barn in a cond.cion, that will make
clean milk the rule and not the excep
tion. If we are to have clean smelling
barns, it will be also necessary to have
clean cows, for when cows are so badly
kept that their flanks are plastered
with filth, we cannot hope to accom
plish a permanent good by opening the
doors to the pure air. Stinking cows
will shortly again make bad the air
that has been but recently purified.
Clean cows may be bad by construct
ing the platforms where they
stand, so that they will keep clean, and
by building stalls in such a manner
that tbe cows will be compelled to
stand straight
It will cost something to arrange the
cow stable so that the air can be kept
pare, but It will save money that would
be spent in doctoring the cattle. It
will also save now and then tbe life of
an animal. Recently, on a bis dairy
farm In Illinois, a very fatal disease
broke oat, resulting in the loss of
scores of good animals. Investigation
showed that the trouble bad begun
with filthy stables, and that cleanly
methods were not introduced till it was
too late.
KseeUntee U Heef Cattle.
(Condensed from Farmers' Review t?ien
egraphk Report of meeting of Kansas
State Board of Agricalture.) '
Prof. C. F. Curtis of Iowa spoke on
practical excellence in beef cattle. Last
fall n railroad man in Iowa had made
the statement that there were S0.000.
ft bushels of corn stored along the
railroads In that state that could not
be marketed at a profit Things have
changed some since then, but there is
little doubt that something like tbe
tame conditions exist now in Kansas.
Within his memory there had not been
n tine when the outlook for cattle rais
ing was better than at present. lie
then gave an illustrated talk on tbe
liferent breeds aa beef producers. As
wa lava previously reported this talk.
we will omit It mow. The aahjeet of
alaa la beef per poaad of 'feed waa
Q."-In yoar experlMenta at the Iowa
experimeat statlaa Is It net saawa that
cattle havlag the same breeding aad
the aame age differ greatly aa to tie
comparative galas they can atake oa
the aaase food?
A. Tea. sir; there are differences,
hat those differences are more la
nenced by the manner of feeding than
by tar breeding 9t cattle. We have
found -that a coarse-bred animal will
makejBore gala than a flae-fieshed an
imal. Q. What advantage do yon find in
the Shorthorns over the Hererords?
A. Well, we have asade some expe
riments and have aot fouad much dif
ference. Sometimes our experiments
have been In favor of oae breed and
sometimes of the other. I do not think
that we have carried our experimeats
far eaangh ta he able to say for a cer
tainty which la beat
Mr. Norton Yoa spoke of that three
or four year old Hereford steer gain
ing more rapidly than some steers of
another type. Did he not eat more?
A. Yes, sir; the big steer Is always
able to make a better gala thaa a small
one, bat It costs asore.
Q. Will It pay to buy Mexican steers
for feeding?
A. I would not advise It aa a general
thing.
Q. Ia their any difference between
the Herefords and Shorthorns aa to
their grazing qualities?
A. I am not prepared to express an
opinion.
Mr. Potter. I think there will be
more money lost la going to Mexico
and other places for feeders than we are
likely to make up for some time. They
will put these cattle and their expen
sive feed together end lose both.
Proreesor Cothell. being called on.
said that he agreed with Professor Cur
Use as to the amount of gain certain
animals would make, but that there was
an immense difference In Individuals
as to the Use they could make of the
same food, even when suck animals
were of the same breed.
A Member. Some years ago some of
the farmers in my vicinity bought some
Texas cattle for fattening purposes.
But with the Texas cattle they bought
also the Texas fever and it worked gen
eral havoc. Many of the fanners that
botjght those cattle had been getting
along well, but some of them lost so
heavily through the fever that they
Went out of the cattle business alto
gether. That experience should be a
lesson for all.
Mr. C M. Beeson spoke on the possi
bilities and probabilities of Western
Kansas. Western Kansas Is now being
used for purposes which nature intend
ed It. Nature designed that part af the
state as a grazing region. Bnt the im
migrants from Illinois and Ohio had
In their mind's eye the pleasant homes
they had left, with orchards and grain
fields, and. expected to reproduce the
same conditions In Western Kansas.
But the lessons of experience, thoagh
costly, are never forgotten. And the
attempt at farming with grain as the
only resource has been proved to be an
expensive failure. The possibility or
success In Western Kansas has been
changed into a certainty.
Some Suggestions About Moltf.
In the Produce Review Mr. Geo. Still
son says about storing tubs as below:
I have just been reading your remarks
regarding moldy tubs. I find the great
est trouble Is where they are stored
before and after packing. Many cream
cries are infected with mold, and thor
oughly seasoned tubs stored in or near
them soon become Infected. Besides
not one cooling room In fifty is clear
from it. If stored in there but a sbort
time tubs are infected. Steam will not
kill tbe mold when once in the wood.
I don't believe anything but fire will
exterminate It I find many unused
cooling rooms filled with tubs when not
In use, which I always discourage.
There are very few cooling rooms that
are good for anything but to keep flies
away from articles. A good Ice cool
ing room made by Stevens, tbe butch
ers' supply manufacturer of Toledo, I
think would be good for creameries. It
is the best dry air meat cooler I have
seen. I am glad to see yon ventilating
the subject but I don't think yon gire
force enough to the storage room where
tubs aro kept before and after filling.
Many store them in cellars, damp and
musty, unfit for use. Dry storehouse
or loft Is preferred.
Dirt in Milk. Quite apart from tbe
numerous micro-organisms which may
be contained and thrive in milk and
from somcof which, despite tbe great
est amount of care, the liquid can
never be totally protected there are
other bodies which frequently find
their way 'into what may even then
be commonly called "pure" milk. Tbe
following substances, for instance, are
stated by Professor Grotenfelt, of Fin
land, to have been found by him in
unstrained milk fresh from the cow:
Particles of skin, small pieces of wood
fir leaves and shavings, parts ef in
sects, linen and woolen threads, cob
webs, and other substances which may
easily float in the air. The commoner
impurities, however, are 'small par
ticles of manure, which more common
ly fall into the milk during the process
of milking, tbc amount generally vary
ing with the state of cleanliness of
the hind quarters of the cow. Tbe
Dairy World.
Air-Washed Milk. Our personal
practice for some years In preparing
milk for bottling showed conclusively
that the passing of n 'current of cold,
pure air. washed in the way suggested
from every particle of dust or impur
ity, did have a good result, which was
proved by the fact that milk so air
washed, as we might say, kept sweet
in the equally well prepared bottles
for four days longer than the unaerated
milk. This practical evidence ef the
advantage of proper aeration and cool
ing, by pure, cold air. goes to show
that if well done. In a ecientllc man
ner, the aeration of milk is useful for
this purpose at least; and if so. it may
well be believed that It will be found
useful for the butter maker. Country
Gentleman.
Handling a Colt In handling a colt,'
Its instincts snd tendencies should nev
er be lost sight of, such as klckingv
striking aad running nway from any
thing it conceives to be dangerous. Its
faculties of seeing, smelling and bear
ing are very acute, and are given it for
6eif-preeervation, which is the first law
of nature. The experienced trainer
will be patient, aad not require too
much of n colt at the start, but grad
ually bring him In contact with all
imaginary dangers, until it learns from
experience that they are harmless. No
thoughtful or intelligent person will
ever abuse a colt for being afraid of
anything, for it simply intensifies Its
fear and makes matters werse.
Two Sides to the 'Game. An old
farmer said the other day that every
cow should be fed and cared for accord
ing to what she earns. An old Ger
man who heard him. said: "Veil, der
cow she understand dot game yooat so
veil r,s you. She gif yoost 'cordin' ta
kat she git. Hoard's Dairy man.
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Tho great want in woman's system is
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conditions. The ratlet, monthly, of Moedf
is now being diminished and carried into
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