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Opening fall sales in dry goods,
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The new street cars to be used on
the- interurban line between St Paul
and Stillwater will be'unique in their
. equipment They will have compressed
: air for brakes and whistles, to be sup
plied by a small motor operating an
air pump. The air whistle will be used
" in the country, where the cars will be
" run at a high rate of speed. Each car
- also will be equipped with a telephone,
" with fifty feet of wire and a swltcb
. .-Plug.
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package FREE by mail. Address Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
William Sodds, the greatest cattle
owner in the United States, attends
to all the details of his work, entrust
ing as little as possible to the care
of subordinates, although he could
.well afford to retire from the active
management of his business. "If 1
want to be sure a thing is well done
I just do it myself," he says. Twice
a year he accompanies his shipment
of cattle from northern Arizona into
Kansas City.
Protecting; New Indention.
H. H. Y., of Omaha, Neb , asks: "Is
there any method of establishing
priority of invention except by a ca
veat?" Answer: We commenced filing
-incomplete applications in lieu of ca
veats twenty years ago and such prac
tice has been followed by other attor
neys. W. D. Baldwin, vie president
of the Patent Iaw association of
Washington is on record .is saying in
a practice of forty-two years he nevr
found a caveat benefit any of his
clients. There is a strong probability
that congress will abolish the caveat
Bystcm.
The caveat fees arc an unnecessary
expense. An application s-uch as we
prepare and file at Washington upon
the receipt of the first fee. $20. will le
legal protection for one jear. Any
other way of fixing date cf priority of
Invention is unceitain.
Consultation and advice about pro
jecting inventions free.
THOMAS G. ORW1C & CO..
Solicitors of Patents.
Dcs Moines, Iowa, Aug. 12, 1899.
The state geologist of Indiana, Mr.
Blatchley, says that the gas inspector,
Mr. Leach, has discovered that the fa
mous natural gas belt of Indiana will
be exhausted within three years. In
order to keep the manufacturers who
have come into he state because of
natural gas. Mr. Blatchley assures
them that there is coal enough in In
diana to last for 1.G00 years.
Ht-lp Nature Hrlp Ytiii.
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krutrlran Innldrjiiiloiit. atrarrt ( audi ( atliar
tlc Lrop it lean Ili.Me. All drucKl-t. 10c,i"c,:iilr.
When a crowd of citizens of Beech
burg, Ky.. enraged at the building of
a Mormon church in the town, were
about to set fire to it they learned that
the edifice had just been insured in
view of this very contingency. They
accordingly chopped the church to
pieces, taking care that no piece of
timber could be used again, and if
none of the splinters arc used to make
bonfires of the elders will probably
lose their insurance.
Hint to Housekeepers.
A little dry "Faultless Starch" will make a
large quantity of starch mixture and gives
lietter results than any other starch; try it
All grocers sell "Faultless Starch," 10c
"John Claflin is one of the better men
in the world, a traveler, a story teller,
a thorough business men and all that,
but I wonder." queries Victor Smith,
in the New York Press, "if he follows
his father's habit of buying an apple
every morning from the old woman
near the front entrance to his great
store? II. B. Claflin never let a day
go by without buying an apple. It was
his invariable morning custom. He
was as regular as the clock. If the
old lady missed him she was sad all
day, because she knew he was ill and
at home."
1 never used so quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. It. Palmer,
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Noy. 23, IS'M.
The old-time picture of an author
painfully struggling with writer's
cramp to produce his ciuota
of copy must give way before the
march of progress. A photograph of
Boothby shows the creator of "Dr.
Nikola." seated in a luxurious easy
chair in a handsomely furnished apart
mant and dictating his latest novel,
"Dr. Nikola's Experiment," into a
phonograph. Subsequently a type
writer transcribes the "records" and
presumably Mr.. Boothby is unable to
save himself from the exacting labor
of revision.
More depends on your inletting than
on God's outpouring.
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CAMPFDtE SKETCHES
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
The Dream Major. Orialnally a Coart
Faactloaary la Eareaa, Ha Was fcart
Oat f Oar Away Stories f Waterloo
Bow a Filipino Dies.
Terra-DoaiBS.
Above the deep-set valley.
The mountain ranges rise.
Above the clouded jsummlts.
The boundless skies.
Beyond the crested surges.
Broad plains of ocean are.
Beyond the dim horizons.
The even star.
Beyond, above, the limits
Of toll and pain and strife
Gleams like a fitful beacon
The blessed life.
Ecyonc- Earth's quick mutations.
Brieht hopes and glooms i of fear
Ah! but high heaven affrights us
Our home Is here! ,
Lewis Morris in Literature.
The Dross Major.
The infantry regiments of the Unit
ed States are to have drum majors
hereafter, according to the provisions
of the Army bill passed at the last ses
sion of congress. The fact that while
the gorgeous giant with the big cane Is
an important part of the state militia
dress parades, he has had no place in
parades of United States infantry is
not so strange when one hears the ex
planation. "The thing is simple
enough," said a military antiquarian.
"You have only to remember that in
the United States regular army there
are no hussars and no Polish lancers.
Just wait a moment and I think 1 can
show you the connection. It is rath
er a paradoxical connection, but it is
there, all the same. The general idea
is that nothing is to be found in the
United States army that was not in
the British regular army in the four
teenth year of the reign of George III.
By that of course I mean nothing in
the way of ranks and disciplinary ar
rangements. One or two things may
have dropped out of use the rank of
cornet for example, which was for
merly the lowest commissioned rank
in the cavalry both in the American
and in the British army. On the other
hand they have several things that we
have not. If you will take the trouble
to look it up you will find that every
one of these things has been introduc
ed into the British army since our war
of independence. The Polish lancer
became famous under Napoleon I, and
the British straightway turned half a
dozen or so of their regiments of light
dragoons into lancers, not only equip
ping them with lances, but also giving
them the Polish caps with the square,
flat tops, which they still wear on
full dress parade. It was about the
same time that they took up the name
hussar, which Is Hungarian anu comes
down all the way from the days of Ma
th las Corvinus, the Hungarian king,
whose old stirrups were sold the other
day, I see, for $1,700. With the name
of hussar the British army took the
dress of the Hungarian cavalier the
fur-covered busby, the Turkish dolman
or flying jacket, trimmed with fur and
hanging loose on the left shoulder,
and so on. They have given up the
flying jacket but the rest of the uni
form they still keep. It was all imi
tated from the French, who had had
hussars two generations earlier. Mu
rat, the spectacular marshal of the
empire, made it famous and popular.
So far so good. We have most things
that they had in 1776, not what they
took up in Napoleon's time. But one
thing their standing army had which
we have not had heretofore, and that
is the drum major. Naturally enough,
too. There would be no drum majors
In the continental army, because the
continentals were only the old con
stitutional English militia, represent
ing the shire and borough levies of
the middle ages, transferred to the
American colonies, while the standing
army with their red coats, the royal
livery were an extra constitutional
body of troops that began to exist un
der the Stuarts mere royal retainers
in fact. Now the drum major was first
heard of in England in the reign of
Charles I. He was an officer of the roy
al household originally, and his title
was drum major general. The Stuarts
were very fond of imitating the
French court, and a whole century
earlier than the days of Charles I the
king of France had had his drum gen
eral and drum colonel to teach the
royal drummers. It was only after
Charles I had had his head cut off that
Louis XIV reduced his drum generals
and drum colonels to drum majors.
But the drum major retained the au
thority to chastise his subordinates,
and the big cane to do it with, which
later all drum majors still wield for
the edification of admiring crowds.
So you see this office of drum major
was a thing associated with the court
and the absolute standing army. No
wonder it did not find a place in the
army that originated in votes of the
continental congress. As to how our
state militias took up drum majors, I
cannot say exactly, or as to when, but
it is significant that the name nation
al guard, or rather, national guards,
was taken by the New York militia in
1824, by way of compliment to Lafay
ette, because he had commanded the
Garde Nationale in France. All
through the reveolution the consulate
and first empire the drum major con
tinued to be a very important person
age in the French infantry. Perhaps
our militia in their enthusiasm for La
fayette wished to be as French as they
could in everything. It is worth re
marking that we have taken up drum
majors just about twenty years after
the British have dropped them. Since
1878 they have had sergeant drummers
to discharge the more serious func
tions which formerly belonged to the
drum major."
Stories of Waterloo.
Rev. Canon Staveley in a recent !s
cue of the Cornhill Magazine retails
several "military anecdotes" of the bat
tle of Waterloo. He recounts "one of
the most extraordinary escapes from
death" en the field of Waterloo. Lieut.
Stewart Moore received a ghastly
wound. "A Polish lancer drove his
lance through one of his lungs. He
must have been destitute of medical
aid for hours, for when the surgeon
came to examine h5 wound, it was
dark, and a lantern had to be used for
a proper Inspection. The light was
actually blown out by the air Issuing
from the wound. But he recovered
and lived on to old age." The canon
tells also of the wife of the quarter
master, who had stood fire with her
husband in South America, and been
severely wounded. At Waterloo she
lingered with the regiment after the
firing commenced. "However, the ad
jutant told her that a battlefield was
not the place for an officer's wife, she
reluctantly withdrew, but only to sta
tion herself In the belfry of the
church at Waterloo, from which she
had probably a finer and more exten
sive view of the battle than even Na-
poleon or Wellington." The canon
winds up his stories of Waterloo by a
remarkable and Interesting anecdote
told him by the sister of a distinguish
ed fellow of Trinity, noted as having
been the first Roman Catholic to at
tain the honor of fellowship: "Years
ago this lady paid a visit to the Island
of Mauritius. She was Introduced to a
lady of great beauty and commanding
appearance, who ordered every one
about, and whose features were unmis
takably Spanish. Who was this lady?
An Infant picked up on the field of
Waterloo from behind a wagon after
the battle. Her parents were known
to God alone. She was found by an en
sign, Heiliger by name, perhaps an
officer in the king's German legion. He
placed her under the care of a soldier's
wife, paying for her support, and as
she grew up, seeing how beautiful and
talented she promised to be, bad her
educated and finally married her, as
Dick Swiveller did the marchioness.
He held in his latter days an appoint
ment in the Mauritius, and here fol
lows the extraordinary pendant to this
romantic tale. The great granddaugh
ter of the Waterloo 'waif and stray
(they mature and marry very early in
those tropical climes) was the wife of
Baron de Lessep3, the originator of the
Suez and the unfortunate designer of
the Panama canal. At the age of 17
she fell in love with the baron, then
about 70, and proposed to him accord
ing to the custom of the Mauritius, by
a floral offering. The old baron was
so amazed that he declared that she
must intend the offering for his son,
who was with him. 'Non, monsieur,
e'est a vous.' "
Brave Reuben James.
The Naval history of the United
States is replete with instances
of individual bravery. Golden Daya
prints the story of one of the most
remarkable of such deeds, that of
Reuben James, an ordinary seaman,
who saved the life of his com
mander, the famous Com. Stephen
Decatur, by an act of deliberate self
sacrifice. During a battle with Tripo
litan war vessels in the early part of
the present century, Decatur boarded
one of the enemy's ships to avenge the
death of his brother, who had been
treacherously killed by a Tripolitan
commander. The commander of the
ship was singled out for attack by De
catur as soon as he got aboard, and a
fierce hand to hand conflict ensued.
The Tripolitan, a large, powerful man,
grappled with Decatur, and both fell
to the deck. Just then another officer
aimed a blow with his sword at Deca
tur's defenseless head. Reuben James,
American sailor, both of whose arms
were temporarily disabled by wounds,
saw the impending blow, and dashing
forward, he interposed his own head to
save that of his captain. Fortunately
the blow was a glancing one, but it
made a terrible gash in the man's
skull. It was a long time before he
recovered from the effects of the
wound. His brave act was suitably
recognized by congress, which granted
him a pension, although he continued
in active service. When his injuries
had healed and he was again ready for
duty, James was asked by Decatur
what he could do for him. The sailor,
who was quarter gunner on the vessel
and had charge of the men's ham
mocks, touched his hat in a customary
salute, and after a moment's reflection
replied: "Nothing, sir, as I knows on,
'cept you might let some'un else give
out the hammocks when they're piped
down."
How a Filipino Dies.
The general, in a white hat, was
marching in advance of the firing line,
when the discharge of a rifle was heard
in the yard of a house next to the
road, says John F. Bass in Harper's
Weekly. Several soldiers rushed into,
the yard, but not in time to prevent
two more shot3, which came whizzing
in the direction of the general. At this
moment I came to a break in the hedge
where I could see what was going on.
A young Filipino was about thirty
yards off. He was turning this way
and that like an animal at bay, thor
oughly frightened. He had a rifle in
his hand. It afterwards turned out
that this rifle was choked. The sol
diers were breaking down the high
hedge to get in. Suddenly the Filipino;
made a run for life. He got through,
the hedge some way and dashed across
an open field. Three shots followed,
all of which took effect The wounded
man turned, ran sideways a few paces,
lay down on the ground and a second
after was dead. I got a good sight of
the whole incident, and so naturally
did the Filipino stretch himself along
the ground and rest his head upon his
arm that I thought he was shamming.
An examination a minute later proved
that he was dead. There is a differ
ence between the manner in which
American and Filipino soldiers db3 the
American falls in a heap and dies
hard; the Filipino stretches himself
out, and when dead is always found in
some easy attitude, generally with his
head on his arms. They die the way a
wild animal dies in just such a posi
tion as one finds a deer or an antelope
which one has shot in the woods.
Tbe Cossack's Dead Horse.
During the Turko-Russian war, In
which the Roumanian army played no
small part, I spent some time in
Bucharest, having business with the
war department there, says a writer
in an exchange. One day, as I was on
my way to a distant fort in the compa
ny of some friends and officials, our
sledges stopped at an inn on the road,
and while we were refreshing our
selves with a hot beverage peculiar to
the country we heard cries and lamen
tations. Going outside we saw a
Russian Cossack leading a very lame
horse, upon which between his sobs
of grief, he bestowed every possible
encouragement to urge it onward. The
poor beast, however, fell nearly in
front of the inn, and to all appearan
ces died. At this the Cossack's grief
knew no bounds; he fell upon the
horse's neck and covered It with kisses
and seemed quite heartbroken. The
scene touched the hearts of all and we
soon made a handsome collection to
compensate the poor man for his loss.
He thanked us profusely and, remov
ing the saddle from the horse, swung
it on his back and left us. We were
watching him walking away, when,
having reached a safe distance, he
stopped and gave a peculiar shrill
whistle. Then we saw galloping to
his master the very dead horse which
he had left for dead. It did not take
the man long to swing himself on his
steed and a few moments after he dis
appeared at a turning point in the
road. When I returned to town I
learned that the man was well known
and had performed this trick on sever
al occasions.
George J. Gould has been obliged f
pay 18,400 customs duties on a basin
and ewer that cost him $14,000 in Lon
don. There are worse sins than basins,
and dearer ewers than yours truly.
FARM AND GABDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
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A Kansas Wool Grower's Methods.
At the twenty-eighth annual meet
ing of the Kansas Board of Agricul
ture, Mr. J. N. Grau, of Mitchell coun
ty, (northern), Kansas, who is large
ly and profitably in the sheep busi
ness there, read a paper prepared at
the suggestion of Secretary F. D. Co
burn, giving his ideas of how boat to
manage and care for the flock, and
his method of selecting animals for
breeding purposes. For the last 14
years his flock ha3 numbered from
800 to 1,000, and as he has succeeded
by close attention to his business, bit
observations should be of no little In
terest and value.
He says In part:
I fatten my surplus stock for mar
ket In the selection of breeding
ewes I never pay much attention to
the fineness of fiber, but more to the
constitution, good form, no wrinkles
on body, good fleece, or long dense
staple of wool, and good milking
qualities as this can be had in sheep
as well as in cows, and to produce
a good lamb they must have an abund
ant supply of milk. I sort out about
one-third to one-half of my ewe lambs
for breeders at one year old, sending
the rest to market for mutton; al
ways feeding the lambs well so as to
get the size of the sheep the first year.
If neglected they will grow smaller
every year. By this way of selecting
and feeding I have increased the av
erage size of my flock twenty pounds.
In selecting the rams, I look for a
good constitution, which will repre
sent a good feeder and always the
best in the flock, of a good form for
mutton; shown by well sprung ribs,
breadth across the shoulders, a deep
breast, with front legs well set apart;
a short neck and erect carriage; short
head, with broad nostrils, giving
plenty of room to breathe the pure air
of the range; with three to four inch
staple of dense wool, with only a rea
sonable quantity of oil, and weighing
from 175 to 200 pounds at maturity.
I pasture in summer on prairie
grass without grain, having my range
divided into three separate pastures
with four-barbed-wire fence. Chang
ing from one pasture to another gives
the grass a better start; it will pro
duce more feed, and sheep will keep
in better condition than when run in
one continuously.
I wean my lambs in September.
For the last two years I have turned
them in a piece of standing sorghum,
giving them also some cracked corn,
which has given the best of results.
As soon as the grass gets dry and
poor, which is about the 1st of Octo
ber, I commence to feed the older
sheep one bushel of corn to the 100
head per day. Sometimes I feed corn
fodder with corn on until I get my
corn husked out; then turn them in
the stalk field, and give one bushel
of corn to the 100 head per day. My
breeding ewes run out every day in
the stalk field, from morning until
night, except in severe snow storms,
when I think it is not best to leave
them out all day. Exercise is neces
sary for good health and constitution,
and for raising strong lambs. From
about the first of March I feed corn
fodder and alfalfa hay until grass
starts to grow.
I have lambs drop in March and
April. I pen my ewes in a shed over
night, but never stay up with them;
a lamb that will not get up and
rustle, I don't want In the morning
turn out the ewes, always keeping
separate those that have lambs, exam
ining all to see that the lamb has
had its fill of milk; if not, I keep
it separate until it has; keeping the
ewes with young lambs separate from
the flock for three or four days, I then
turn them in to the large herd of
ewes. If turned in before three days,
and they get parted for twenty-four
hours, the mothers will not own
them.
Years age I sowed rye for early
spring pasture, but of late I have been
raising alfalfa, for hay, which is bet
ter than red clover. It is one of the
best sheep feeds that can be grown,
and which every farmer In Kansas
should grow for cattle, sheep, and
hogs.
I shear In April, before turning out
to grass. Having plenty of shed
room, there Is no danger of losing
any.
I keep plenty of Kansas fine salt
where they can have free access to It
at all times, and yard them every
night When accustomed to the yard
they will come up at night of their
own accord.
The Asparagus Canning Industry.
Persons who are thinking of enter
ing on the cultivation of asparagus
will find some useful information on
the subject in the description of the
asparagus-canning industry in central
California. The coast and river islands
in the central west of the state contain
overflow lands which are specially
adapted for asparagus culture on a
large scale. The climate and the rich
sedimentary soil united to produce a
quality and quantity of crop unsur
passed in any part of the world. Soon
the possibilities of the situation ap
pealed to the canning industry. As
paragus is easy to can; it handles well,
not bruising or defacing easily, and it
can be prepared and cooked by any
one, whether skilled in cooking or not
Ten years ago it was thought the sale
of 120,000 two-and-a-half-pound cans
in one season was a record never to be
surpassed. Last season between
75,000 and 90,000 cases, containing two
dozen two-anu-a-half-pound cans each,
making between 1,800,000 and 2,160,000
cans were disposed of. The industry
has received such an impetus with
the revival in trade that several new
gigantic asparagus farms have been
started.
Damage to Street Trees.
It gives a horticulturist a nightmare
to see how street strees are treated
sometimes, says Country Gentleman.
Many of the mutilations are charge
able to the linemen of the telegraph
and telephone companies, abetted, of
course, by the indifference of public
opinion. It is not generally supposed
that there is any further damage from
the electric wires after the lineman has
done his worst and gone; but Dr. G. E.
Stone thinks there may be. He says:
"I have observed no instance where
electricity has killed a tree outright,
but there are many cases where the
limbs have been killed by burning.
This effect is not only caused by the
alternating current of the electric
lights, but by the direct current of the
trolley system; the latter current being
probably more Injurious, provided the
same amount of ampares and voltage
is employed. The damage done by
grounded wires takes place when trees
arc moist, as at that time the resist
ance Is reduced, and the current be
comes increased and has a better op
portunity to become dispersed. We
have known of instances where the
trees and the grass for some distance
about them have been charged with
the escaping current The damage to
the trees, however. Is due to the heat
ing effect of electrilclty."
Every town, and even more every
country village, needs an active com
mittee for the prevention of many
common sinful practices toward street
trees; and perhaps such a committee
rwill now need an expert consulting
electrician.
Amerlcaa Meats la Germany.
American meats are indeed having
a bard time in the German empire,
due to the fact that the German farm
ers and their friends throughout the
country take every oportunity to pre
vent the sale of such meats. It is not
practicable for them to get a law of
actual prohibition passed, as they are
unable to prove that American meats
are dangerous to the health of the peo
ple, but they Insist on such restrictions
being made that the sale of the meats
takes place under great difficulties and
frequently is made so expensive that
the buyers refuse it for that reason
alone.
United States Consul Barnes of Co
logne says: "I learn that, for the last
fifteen years, there were officially con
firmed in the kingdom of Prussia 3,003
cases of illness from trichinae, 207 of
which resulted in death. Of these total
numbers there could be traced to the
eating of European meats, examined
in Germany and found to be free from
trichinae, 1,242 cases and 102 deaths.
The remaining cases could also be
traced to European meat, but meat
that had not been examined. In not
one of the above cases could it be
proved that the disease resulted from
the use of American salted, pickled or
tinned meat, or of smoked sausage.
This statement holds good for all Ger
many. When in 1891 the
edict against sausage and pork prod
ucts from America was canceled, no
inspection of sausage or pickled pork
was required until July 1, 189S. Since
then both products are subject to in
spection. This will result in the ab
solute exclusion of sausage and pickled
pork or boneless hams from the Ger
man market In the case of boneless
hams the cost of inspection amounts
to $3.57 per 220 English pounds. Add
to this the duty, which is $8.33 on 220
pounds of meat, and it is seen that
the cost amounts to prohibition.
As regards the inspection of American
sausage, I learn that three pieces are
taken for inspection purposes from
every two pounds of sausage. By this
means the sausage is much injured, if
not entirely ruined for selling pur
poses, inasmuch as this process not
only has a tendency to cause the meat
to become dry and hard, but the meat
bears plain evidences of having been
inspected, which is not a very flatter
ing testimonial as to its value for food.
On the other hand, German sausag)
is subjected to no such inspection aftet
it is in shape for selling, as it is in
spected before it is made up into com
mercial form or put on the market
Making the none.
Now is the time to remember that
the colt of the present Is to be the
horse a few years hence, and the kind
of a horse he Is to be depends largely
upon his treatment now, says Farm,
Stock and Home. Good care, ample
food and judicious exercise are the es
sentials at this time. By ample food
is not meant over-feeding. Some grain
should be fed during the summer, but
not so much that the little fellow will
be indisposed to eat freely of grass or
other bulky food, for the latter is nec
essary to the proper development of his
stomach and digestive organs. Two
pounds of oats a day should be given to
the colt after weaning, and he should
be allowed to learn to eat some even
before weaning. Vary the grain feed
with barley or even corn; and if occa
sionally ground grain in a thick slop is
given the effect will be good. But this
feeding should be moderate, and not
calculated to develop overmuch fat
Exercise the colt should have, but that,
too, temperately. Over-exertion would
be as bad for the colt as no exertion.
It is well, also, to begin breaking or
educating the colt at an early age. Se
cure its confidence by kind treatment
and gentle words, accustom it to
strange sights, to sudden noises and
other alarming things, enough to teach
it that they are not dangerous, and
so begin to develop the mind as well as
the body of the horse that you want tc
see command a good price later on.
The Neglected Hedge Fence.
There is nothing more unsightly
than a neglected hedge fence, says a
writer in Homestead. I have seen
them on both sides of the road, which
is made impassable by snow drifts in
the winter time because of them, and
in the summer time they make the
road so exceedingly sultry and hot as
to render travel very trying to man
and beast Hedge fences, like evil
traits of character, naturally tend the
wrong way. If I had a fence of this
kind it should be kept in good order
if I had to hire an extra man, but to
prevent the employment of the extra
man I would rather have some other
kind of good fence. As I pass by them
this time of year, looking like an In
diana deadening, with a few oranges
left on them from last year's crop, I
feel sorry for the man who owns a
farm with a neglected hedge fence
along the highway. I believe the best
use that could be made of them would
be to cut them out, make posts out
of all the trunks even down to two
Inches In diameter, which will make
good stakes, and then keep the growth
down by some means and put up a
good fence, using the posts the hedge
furnished to make it
Plowing. Plowing is an important
factor in saving soil moisture. The
reason why lands wash so seriously i3
that the plowing is too shallow and it
Is frequently done when the soil is in
an unfit condition. The plow should
be run as deep as possible, being set
slightly lower each year until the top
soil is eight or ten inches deep. The
best plowing Is that which leaves the
soil in the finest state of division.
Cloddy or lumpy land cannot hold a
large amount of water; therefore it Is
important to plow when the land is
neither too wet nor too dry.
Whey for Hogs. A Canadian cheese
factory which makes from 120 to 140
tens of cheese in a season utilizes all
the whey in growing and fattening
hogs of which it keeps about 400 dur
ing the busy season. This prevents
what is one cause of trouble at some
cheese factories sending home sour
whey in the milk cans which taints the
next day's milk. The pigery Is sit
uated at a distance of 600 to 700 feet
from the factory and kept as clean as
possible, that It may not give off of
fensive odors to taint the milk.
Does Agrlealtaral Kaaeatlea Pay
From Farmers' Review: The col
lege dairy finds that it does. Before
the 1st of April, 1S99, the herdsman at
the Kansas Agricultural College was
a man with no special training along
agricultural lines. He was a good
man to do what he was told and to
draw his salary, but there his interest
ended. When asked how the recent
snowstorm or change of feed affected
the milk yield or his cows he didn't
know, although he had weighed and
recorded each milking. During thia
time the college was feeding four head
of calves on skim-milk, and this herds
man made them gain at the rate of
33 pounds per month per head, or 1.2
pounds per day.
On the 1st of April a graduate of
the college and a special student in
dairying took up the work of herds
man. He is a man that Is constantly
on-sthe alert for new developments.
When milking a fresh cow he can
scarcely wait until the milk is weighed
In order to see if there is a gain or
loss from previous mllklngs. When
the calves are weighed he wants to
know immediatley how much they
gained. With the same feeds at his
command he made the four calves
mentioned above gain an average of
53 pounds per head per month, or 1.8
pounds per day, an increase of 60 per
cent. This was done by carefully
watching the calves; the moment one
of them began to scour he saw it, re
duced the supply of milk, gave a little
castor oil, and in various other way3
sought to bring it back to normal con
dition. This was acomplished In about
twenty-four hours, when the calf
would keep on gaining at the rate of a
pound and a half or two pounds per
day.
Yet there are farmers who say that
education don't pay, and that book
learning is a farce. There is no pro
fession in the universe that allows a
greater display of intellect than farm
ing, and nowhere is it needed more in
order to increase the profits. The
farmer is called upon to solve ques
tions in soil physics, in chemistry, bot
any, entomology, bacteriology, veter
inary sicence, mechanics and in fact
can call into play a knowledge of all
the sciences and arts. To do this he
must be educated. This education not
only makes him a better farmer, but
makes his work a pleasure. No one
who has not experienced it can ap
preciate the satisfaction that comes
from seeing a plant, an insect, a bird
or an animal of any kind, and to be
able to name it, tell something of its
life history, and especially to know of
its economic value to the farmer. Such
education helps the farmer to realize
the dignity of his calling, and helps to
place his profession in the front rank
of the world's industries, where it be
longs. Treatment of Ran Down Pastures.
Experiments have been undertaken
by Mr. Jared Smith of the department
of agriculture at two points in Texas
to determine the most practical and
economical manner of treating natural
pastures which have become largely
run down through overstocking, so as
to again cover them with native
grasses or better species from other
regions. Plats of pasture have been
disked, dragged with an ordinary bar
row and pastured alternately, allowing
grasses a short period for recovery
after each grazing, and compared with
plats grazed in the ordinary way.
During succeeding seasons experiments
will be made with sowing alfalfa,
sorghum, bokhara clover and other
forage plants directly on the sod with
out further treatment than to keep
the stock off during the first year. In
order to be practicable, very inexpen
sive treatment must be employed.
These treatments will be carried on at
least three years, at the end of which
time definite results are hoped for
which will enable stockmen to decide
the best method of restoring the pas
tures which are now generally depre
ciated. Effect of Cold Shown on Michigan
Peaches. The peach crop in Michigan
will be very small this year. About
the only counties in what is known as
the Michigan peach belt that will have
a crop worth considering are Berrien
and Van Buren, where the reports in
dicate that they will have respectively
25 and 7 per cent of an average crop.
The counties along the eastern side of
the state make a much better showing
than those in the interior. There is
a marked similarity between the per
centages, which indicate the prospect
for a croD of peaches in the various
counties, and the low temperatures
reached in the respective counties dur
ing the cold weather last February.
The temperature in the counties on
the west side of the state, with the
exception of Berrien and Van Buren.
was much lower than the temperature
of the counties on the eastern side of
the state. Michigan Crop Report
Commercial Fertilizers in Michigan.
The use of commercial fertilizers is
steadily increasing in the state. Con
siderable knowledge is required in or
der to buy just such ingredients as are
lacking in the soil and as are best
adapted for promoting growth in
certain plants. Their use will of
necessity be limited to the older por
tions of the state for some time to
come. Many farmers throughout the
state have found the use of these fer
tilizers profitable. It is a subject
worthy of investigation, and many
farmers would do well to conduct ex
periments of their own along this line.
Careful work of this kind could be
done with much profit at a slight cost
The per cent of farmers that use com
mercial fertilizers is, in the southern
counties 10. in the central counties 4.
in the northern counties 1, and for the
state 7. Michigan Crop Report
Clover vs. Timothy Hay. No dairy
man, alive to his interests, has any
business to feed timothy hay to his
dairy cows. This hay has the highest
market value and about the poorest
feedine value of any hay upon the
market So let the horseman have the
timothy and the dairyman the clover
and rowen hays. Suppose a dairyman
has produced a lot of timothy hay
upon his own farm; there is no reason
at all why he should feed the same to
his cows. Better far to sell this tim
othy for its market value as horse hay
and buy clover hay with the proceeds
for the cows. This practice will re
sult in a big saving to any dairyman.
A Big Pig. What Is said to be the
largest pig ever raired was recently
slaughtered In New York. The ani
mal was a Jersey Red boar two and a
half years old, weighing alive 1,609
pounds. The huge swine measured
over nine feet from tip of its nose to
the end of its tail. It measures two
and a half feet across the loin, .'o
and a half feet across the hams, and
six feet In girth. This makes the hog
three feet through. It is split at the
shoulder, and to look into the carcase
is like looking into the crevice of a
cavern. National Provisioner.
Everybody In Denmark, over nine
years of age, can read aad write.
The Battletela atoate
Tie veterans of '61 and '65 aad
their friends who are going to attend
the thirty-third G A. R. annual en
campment at Philadelphia in Septem
ber could not select a better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake fc Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St
Louis oa the Big Four, all connecting
at Indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over the picturesque Chesa
peake & Ohio, along the Ohio river to
Huntington, W. Va.; thence through
the foothills of the Alleghanies over
the mountains, through the famous
springs region of Virginia to Staunton.
Va., between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi
nent battlefields Waynesboro, Gor
donsville. Cedar Mountain, Rappa
hannock, Kettle Run, Mai.assas. Bull
Run, Fairfax and a score of others
nearly as prominent. Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates In effect for this
business first, continuous passage,
with no stop-over privilege; second,
going and coming same route, with
one stopover in each direction;
third, circuitous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
In each direction. For full informa
tion as to routes, rates, etc.. address
J. C. Tucker, G. N. A.. 234 Clark
street, Chicago.
Moths fly against the candle flame
because their eyes can bear only a
small amount of light. When, there
fore, they come within the light of a
candle their sight is overpowered and
their vision confused, and as they can
not distinguish objects they pursue
the light itself and fly against the
flame.
New Inventions.
497 inventors re
ceived patents the
past week and of
this number 163
sold either the en
tire or a part of
their right before
the patent issued.
Amnncrsr thp laree
concerns who bought patents the last
week are the
General Electric Co.. of New York,
Girard Button Mnfg. Co., Philadel
phia, Pa.,
Aeolian Co.. New York city.
Kalamazoo Sled Co., of Michigan.
Richmond, Va., Locomotive Works,
Armour & Co.. of Chicago,
Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New
York, and
Tiffany & Company, Jewelers, New
York City.
Parties desiring full information as
to the law and practice of patents may
obtain the same in addressing Sues &
Co., Lawyers and Solicitors, Bee Bids-,
Omaha, Nebr.
A certain Nauvo woman assured her
husband that she never told him a lie
and never would. He told her that he
did not doubt it. but would hereafter
cut a notch in the piano when he knew
she deceived him. "No, you won't,"
screamed, "I'm not going to have my
piano ruined."
When it comes to making improve
ments in all branches of railroad serv
ice, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
does not have to retire from the front
rank. As "nothing is too good for the
Irish," so nothing is too good for Bal
timore and Ohio railroad patrons, and
a progressive step in dining car serv
ice is being taken. The Royal Blue
Line dining cars are being shipped as
rapidly as possible to change the in
teriors so that each car will have a
table d'hote compartment and a cafe,
where the service will be a la carte.
This part of the car will have easy
chairs, tables and other conveniences
of a flrst-clas3 cafe, where gentlemen
can smoke and eat without interfering
with those who prefer a different stato
of things.
Miss Adelade Rosalind Richmond, a
pretty New York girl, has sent a novel
gife to Admiral Dewey. Miss Rich
mond composes music, and she had
her latest march lithographed on three
American flags of heavy silk. This
makes a pretty piece of sheet music,
aprticularly as another flag, with some
verses of original poetry, is fastened
on as a title page. The young lady
has sent the march and a letter telling
the admiral she is indebted to him for
inspiration that enabled her to write
the music.
Members of Company F, One Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana volun
teers, intend to give a sword to Gen
eral Lawton. the Indianian who dis
tinguished himself at the Philippines.
The promoters of the scheme will ac
cept no subscriptions except from
members of the regiment. This or
ganization, famed as "Studebakcr's
Tigers." was the first volunteer regi
ment to be mustered into the regular
army.
Paul de Cassagnac. the French Jour
nalist, blames the United States. Eng
land and Germany for all the failures
of the peace conference. "They are
filthy nations." he says, "that place
their personal advantages and their
selfish interests before aa the com
mandments of civilization."
Sarah Bernhardt is so far from tired
of playing the man that hhe will
shortly appear as Pelleas in Maeter
linck's drama. The part of Melisande
will be taken by Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell, but the whole performance will
be in French.
Just before W. V. Smith, of Florence,
Kan., goes to bed he carefully places
his beard in a muslin bag. After he
has entered the bed he puts the bag
under his pillow. His beard is nearly
eight feet long.
Hpeclal Katrs Kint, Via O. & M. V- and
tVahash Kfititr.
For the G. A. It- encampment at Pbil
adeplhia tickets will be M)ld Sent 1,
2 and 3, good returning Sept. 30th.
Stopovers will be allowed at Niagara
Falls. Washington and many other
points, choice of routes. For rates,
timetables and all information call at
city office. 1413 Farnam st. (Paxton
Hotel block), or write Harry E.
Moores. C. P. & T. A.. Omaha, Nob.
She Why is it. I wonder, that little
men so often marry big women? He
I don't know, unless it is that the little
fellows are afraid to back out of the
engagements. Tit-Bits.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy tiieene of
sraell and completely deracs-the whole stem
when entering it tUrouKh the "u,f" r;
Such articles houl.l n.r leul tpt on
prescriptions from rrpitabl.'phsleMaaHthe
CamaKe they will do Is tenfold to t . ou
can possibly derive from thrm. "J "g1
Hnirratarrh Cure be sureyou Kct the Benuine.
lUsUtenlnSy..n.lmaJcl?ToIeUo.(MflL
DyFJ.Key&Co. Tcstimonlalsfree. Sold
DT Dniwrlsts. price 73c per bottle.
Ks.ll t rarolly Pill, arc the best
Miss Helen Gould has been invited to
attend the ceremonies at Three Oaks,
Mich., when the Spanish cannon cap
tured by Admiral Dewey will be pre
sented to the town.
FITS Fermaacnt:y t -arm. No ornerrwurras ter
MS. toyM of Ir. Kline', or-.t r Kertorer.
s ihlrRW OO t.ll hottl pd treti-e.
KfcIL K?i5Ew JrU St.. 1 auaialFhU. F-
Since the beginning of this century
no fewer than fifty-two volcanic isiands
have arisen out of the sea. Nineteen
has disappeared and ten are now in
habited. Mrs. 'Wlnslow's Soottilnar Syrup.
farcMldrea teetbla. -?''?"&!
C3ntt!ca. eUajs rta.c'4res wlal collo 2-c w
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PlttS
Is vouf breath bad? Then your
a s - ?J
oest inenas turn tneir neaas ssiac.
A bad breath means a bad liver.
Ayer's Pills are liver pills They cure
constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia,
sick headache. J25c. All druggists.
Want jour moustache or beard a beauUfml
brown or rich Mark ? Then nso
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE &MK
Bourke Cockran tells u story which
shows that in his early days he was
much discouraged rnd went to a
friend's office high up in a skyscraper
to ask help to leave New York for
Deadwood. This friend took him to a
window, which commanded ' a large
view of the city, and remarked: "There
aro twenty Deadwoods within your
range of vision."
Ask Tonr Dealer for Allen's Foot-Easa.
A powder to shake iu your shoes. It
rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching;,
Sweating Foot and Ingrowing Nails.
At all druggists anil shoe stores, 2." cts.
Sample mailed IMJKK. Address A Ilea
S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N Y.
Col. Charles E. Jones, the Georgia
historian, has compiled a list of the
surviving Confederate generals, which
shows that out of the original nineteen
lieutenant generals seven survive; of
the eighty-one major generals, sixteen
arc living, and of 'Co brigadier gen
erals, ninety-two survive. The living
lieutenant generals are James Long
street. Alexander P. Stewart. Stephen
D. Lee. Simon B. Buckncr. Wade
Hampton. John B. Gordon and Joseph
Wheeler.
Shirt Ifcisor.i
Shonld alwns l dried lnfor starching.
Apply "Faultless Starch" freely to both
sides, roll up tight with bosom insido and
lav nMde twenty inirmtes lofor ironing.
All grocers soli "Faultless Starch," 10c.
An old church member of Forest
died recently, of whose goodness there
was some question, but who was re
garded as a pillar by the pastor, who
posted on the postoflice window a no
tice in these words: "Brother Johnson
departed for heaven at 1:S0 a. m." and
announced the funeral. Underneath
this somebody tacked a telegraph blank
with these words: "Heaver. 1:40 p. m.
Johnson not yet arrived; great anx
iety." Cut Kate on All K.illnnyt- 1. II. Plillbla
Ticket Broker, 1S03 Farnam. Omaha.
Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimcr, pastor
cf Boston's famous Tremont temple,
never writes a sermon and never uses
notes in speaking. He carefully makes
out a brief of his subject beforehand,
corrects this, commits it to memory
and destroys it.
$HSbuysnew upiitfit piano. Schmol
ler & Mueller. 1313 Faruam St.. Omaha.
The unmarked providences of God
are the most remarkable.
ROBERT DOWNING
Tells the Secret of His Great En
durance. Robert Downing was recently inter
viewed by the press on the subject of
his splendid health. Mr. Downing
prompJy and emphatically gave the
whole credit of hi splendid physical
condition to Pe-ru-na, saying:
Robert Dov.nlnff. th Tragedian.
"I find it a preventive against all
Midden summer ills that swoop upon
one in changing climates and water.
"It is the lincst traveling companion
and safeguard against malarial In
fluences. "To sum it up, Pe-ru-na has done mo
more good than any tonic I have ever
taken."
Healthy mucous membranes protect
the body against the heat of summer
and the cold of winter. Pe-ru-na ii
sure to bring health to the mucoui
membranes of the whole body.
Write for a copy of Dr. Hartman's
latest book entitled" "Summer Catarrh."
Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus, O.
RemembPi- that cholera morbus,
cholera infantum, summer com
plaint, bilious colic, diarrhoea and
dysentery are each and all catarrh
of the howclb. Catarrh is ti:o only
correct name for tluse affections.
Pc-ru-na U :n abaoIut specific for
these ailments, which are so com
mon in summer. Dr. Hartman, in
a practice of over forty years, never
lost a single cas-e of cholera infan
tum, dysentary, diarrhoea, or chol
era morb':s, and his only remedy
was Pe-ru-na Those detiring fur
ther particulars should send for a
free copy of "Summer Catarrh."
Address Dr. Hartman. Columbus, O.
.BawaLaV eAMV a
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 & $3.50 SHOES g 'jg
Worth $4 to $5 conparcdaitii
other make;.
T:xlor-d by oxer
l.OOO.ooo wearer.
ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES
TIIS .MI Ilk hai T. L. lota
izr Afc I prl t:Bl.l en k(t.
Take no ulmtStnte clalraert
tot aKl 1 -iri'ct maker
f 1 ail t"rt i-Loe la tin
TiorM. Vo.irilt--r!-liiull keep
tLeni If not. e will nnd you
attalronrif elDtofprltc. Stats
kind of leath-r. r'zc ni width, plain or ap toe.
Catalogue A Free.
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brocklon. Kcs.
CARTERS INK
Is what the largest and best
- school systems use.
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