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t - v f'Yoa Never Hiss the Water TOl the Well Runs Dry, We never realise the vahe of health wnU His gone. When old time strength mi vigor are tvanting, purify the blood by taking Hood's SarsaparSUf soon re- appetite, perfect digestion, steady and even temper vm. prove it is bringing back the glow of perfect health. JwCCuS &C vvfivjrTzmBw HHhGCiWWH John Ruskin says: "He only is ad vancing in life whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. And the men who have this life in them, are the true lords or kings of the earth they, and they only." Western Intellectual Product. "The Farmer's Cheerful Helper" is the title of a book for which a copy right has been granted to the author, G. W. Hamilton of Des Moines. Patents have been allowed but not yst issued as follows: To W. H. Lyon and J. C. Wallich, of Creston, la., for a mail pouch that is adapted to be opened and closed quicker than the old style and when, closed and locked ac cess to the contents without a key is impossible except by cutting a flex ible part thereof. To V. D. Weir of Gil more City, la., for a portable and trans formable hoisting machine. A mast Is mounted on a truck, a boom swiv eled to the mast and means for oper ating It, a crane mounted on the truck and means for swinging it horizontally and vertically and a fork adapted for lifting corn shocks detachably con nected therewith and all the parts so arranged and combined that they can be readily adjusted to transform the machine to adapt it to be used advan tageously in doing various kinds of hard work on a farm. Authors and inventors entitled to protection for their intellectual pro ducts pursuant to our copyright and Patent laws can consult us in person or by letter without charge. THOMAS G. ORWIG. J. RALPH ORWIG. REUBEN G. ORWIG. Registered Attorneys. Des Moines, la., Aug. 19. '99. D. L. Moody says: "What good does it do a man to get a college edu cation, if at the same time he gets the drink habit. What good Is the ed ucation in his head, if he goes out with the grip of the liquor demon on his throat.?" Are Ton Cain Allen's Foot-Ease? It Is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. Carroll D. Wright says: "Ten thousand people starve to death each year in Greater New York, while nearly $400,000 a day passes over tho saloon bars of that city for liquor." Faaltles Starch Is rapidly superseding the old style starch es. It saves labor, saves money and makes collars and cuffs look like new. All grocers ell it; large package 10c. Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, said recently: "The one thing that brings comfort to a man's heart is to know that he is on the path of duty where God put him." nail's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 5c Colonel Charles E. Jones, the Geor gia 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 are living, and of 3C5 brigadier gener als, ninety-two survive. The living lieutenant generals are .Tames Long street, Alexander P. Stewart, Stephen D. Lee, Simon B. Bucknor, Wade Hampton, John B. Gordon and Josepli Wheeler. Married men, according to a German investigator, live longer than bache lors and are less likely to become in sane. Anotherargument for matrimony is found in the fact that there are thirty-eight criminals among every 1.000 bachelors, while among married men the ratio is onlv eighteen per 1.000. Misled. 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Man, raunv MTU1DTH JUrTERSlNK La Nose so good, bat It costs bo more than the poorest. :. slEssramBizBi m Ssssf -S S SISSSJa?yaCTaE S SSSSSSSSSSSSSSaWsSal!! aV " WMaWal M aSSSsf Sal sVPJ SaT SSSSSSSSSSSSSSM : CAMPFIEE SKETCHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. Beers u Filters War Teteraaa Meet After a Abseaee f Tklrty-Ftv Tears Draa-HrM fat British Arssy ad Xavy. Klar-a-aUa When Phyllis dances on the green. Her air's so witching- sweet: Beside the hawthorn bush I'd lean For half a day to watch unseen Her pretty tripping- feet. When Chloe binds her auburn hair With graceful curving arm. I'd linger if I might but dare! Long hours beside her silken chair To view those mirrored charms. When Lesbla lifts her lovely eyes From some dlTloe romance. I'd kneel beside her where she lies Till eve had spread Its starry skies To catch one melting glance. But, oh! when glorious Sappho sings, So heavenly is her tone. Such passion In her looks she flings. That I forget all earthly things. Am her's and Love's alone! Pall Mall Gazette. The Boers as Fighters. It is usual, I know, for military men to sneer at the generalship, or want of it, which, as they allege, was responsi ble for the Majuba disaster these critics are wise after the event, says the African Review. It is forgotten that the Boers met other otlcers than Gen. Colley at Bronkhorst Spruit in a number of lights about Pretoria, Pot chestroom and other villages, and that in no case were our men and mil itary leaders able to stand np to the enemy. At Durban, In Natal, in 1848. we got the worst of it, as we did at Doornkop, where English officers of the ordinary type commanded. The only military success which English officers can claim in a good many en counters with the Boers is the battle of Boomplaats, fought in 1848 between artillery and flint-lock guns. It is, therefore, nonsense to take refuge be hind the lack of generalship of oar leaders. If such factors as courage and leadership do not come into the sorAroversy, except to a very limited extent, in what direction must we look far the explanation of our defeats? At Lalng's Neck the action began by our guns dropping a few shells Into the Boer lines, and, as admitted by the Boers themselves, the small loss they suffered from this Are Gen. Jou bert was nearly hit by a splinter of a shell Induced them to think seriously of abandoning the position. They were about to leave when the attack by a small number of mounted infan try and by a few companies of Col. Deane's regiment was made. Only one of our men reached the Boer lines, the others being stopped a short distance away; and, as they were unsupported, these were driven back down the bill. Result, 190 killed and wounded on the British side, against twenty-four Boers killed and wounded. At Ingogo, fought a few days afterward, a force of about 300 men and two guns were stopped on a small plateau and, after an action lasting all day, four men, with the two guns, were withdrawn during the night, leaving dead and wounded on the ground. The Boers also left the field at night At this light the Boers crept up to within sixty yards of our guns. They lost seven teen killed and wounded, while our loss was 142 killed and wounded. A force of about 600 infantry set out for the summit of Majuba hill on the night of Feb. 26, 1881. There were about 550 combatants. After leaving tome companies on the road, about 400 men reached the summit and were disposed In various positions about the rim of the mountain. The first shots wero fired about 6 o'clock, and the combat went on uninterruptedly for hours. In the final stages the main body of the Boers crept to within forty yards, and for a considerable time fusilladed our troops at this distance. Many of the men fell In the subse quent flight; but when the fighting was over, at 1 o'clock, our casualties were 280 killed and wounded, while the Boers lost one killed and four wounded. At Bronkhorst we lost 120 men killed and wounded within ten minutes, the Boers losing one. In the Jameson raid our losses were about 100 killed and wounded, the Boers having five killed and wounded in the actual fighting. It is usually main tained that these Transvaal fights were fought at a disadvantage and that our men were In each case vastly out numbered. If we accept the Boer ac sounts, our forces were not outnum bered. At Majuba they say they had about 400 men. But even assuming that there were as many as 1,000 Boers, the result is still extremely unsatisfac tory. War Veterans Meet After fttaay fears. Philadelphia Inquirer: There is a hale and Jolly one-armed veteran oc cupying an important position in the custom house over in New York, who the other day told a friend of a cu rious chance meeting. A middle-aged colored man wandered into the veter an's department with a basket contain ing pretzels, candy and other delica cies cf the season. Finding business dull, he was on his way out, when the veteran called to him. The old sol dier had been putzlimg as to where he had seen that peculiar, slouchlng,weak kneed gait, and had now solved the puzzle. "Hello!" said the veteran, "don't you remember me?" "'Deed, boss, but I don't remember you." "Don't you remember sitting on a rail fence near Culpepper Court House, down In Virginia, thirty-five years ago, watching the Union soldiers marching by? A lot of your friends were work ing in the field but you remember the soldier who pulled you off that fence, strapped his knapsack on your back, and made you march along with him?" The whites of the colored man's eyes and teeth had become more expressive every second. "Indeed I does!" he ejaculated. "And you wus that man? I'm powerful glad to see you, boss! But how you've changed!" "Well," said the veteran, "it's bean 6ome little time since then, and you don't look exactly like you did." Then they fell to discussing old times. The colored man had remained with the regiment three months, and afterward' Joined one of the colored regiments and fought throughout the war. The whke man had won his commission and lost bis arm. It took some time to talk over such things, and then the two veterans shook hands and parted again. Dra-He fat British Arssy. From the Woman's Home Compan ion: In the army of Great Britain the bands of cavalry are mounted, and the honorary position in these musical cavalcades is that of the bearer of the kettle-drums. The horse selected for this high position is often pie-bald, but this particular coloring is not essen-" tial to the office; the animal may.be pure white. At any rate, his appear-? eftot mmg be consistent with. th.e ffeQw-T piece he Is la the band. His education Is severs sad persistent, bringing him at last up to the point where his pride and Intelligence make him a dignified and graceful bearer of the handsome trappings that surround his high call ing. His nerves are severely tried by the booming of the enormous drums he is destined to bear, but in time he becomes as indifferent to the noise as do his brothers to the singing bullets. In the parade his rider has. his hands full In the use of the sticks. He con trols the steed by means of the reins, which are fastened to the stirrup-strap near the foot. The fame of the drum horse is often won on the field of bat tle. His duty classes him with the war-horse, and in similar lines lies his path to glory and renown. The horse that wins laurels in the battlefield, and carries himself with becoming dignity in the parades of peace, will sometimes find himself in the line of promotion to the proud position of drum-horse In the regimental band. aA.-d Arssy aasl Nary. The sultan has arranged to pay the Russo-Turklsh war indemnity and con sequently Russia will not take posses sion of Armenia as a forfeit Lieut Chadwick, who served on the cruiser Raleigh in Manila bay, recent ly told in Cleveland of an incident that occurred during the return voyage, when the cruiser struck a huge whale sleeping on the water. Lieut Chad wick was on watch when the boat gave a lurch. "I thought we had run on some hidden rocks," he said. "I rushed to the rail and found that the ram of the cruiser was fast In the side of a whale forty feet long. The en gines had to be reversed before the whale was released. He floated away dead. Ton may think that is a fish story, but it is an actual fact, and the cruiser's log will verify it" A story, probably perfectly true, that seems to be arousing quite an unneces sary amount of comment and even sur prise, is to the effect that the French ministry of war is employing dogs as sentries of the powder magazines at Brest and Toulon. Why in the world not? What Is more natural? The dog has been the recognized guardian of man's house and property for years. Was not a three-headed animal of this amiable species even stationed at the portals of the lower regions until that very enterprising burglar Hercules in terfered with him? So why should anybody be surprised that the French should think of watchdogs to guard powder magazines? A really singular tale was current about dogs of war a few years back, to the effect that the Germans were training Great Danes to attack anyone in French uniform. A man of straw in the French uniform was given them to practice on so the story went while they were taught to deal gently with men of straw in the uniform of the German army. Prob ably this story was of a fairy nature, for we have heard no more of it. Haasors off the War. Two or three correspondents and soldiers who had been through the Cuban campaign met the other day, and many were the pathetic and ridic ulous anecdotes told of their experi ences. We repeat one or two, which illustrate American character under a great and unusual strain. "After the battle at San Juan," said one, "I crawled into the bushes. What with loss of blood, no sleep and battered nerves, I thought the end had come." There was a smoke near by, and I dragged myself to it A private, cov ered with mud and blood, wearing ragged trousers and half of a coat, had kindled a fire and was brewing some tea. He looked at me, and then pour ed out some In a tin cup and brought It to me. I never tasted anything like it It put new life into me. 'That's good tea,' I said. 'Yes,' he answered. 'It's made only for the mandarins. I import it from China for my own use. I'm particular about my tea. I hid a package in my knapsack.' Just then he was ordered away. The next day I saw him digging in the pits, and asked who he was. It was young Blank, from New York. 'That fellow,' they said, 'counts his money by mil lions.' There were some queer meet ings on the field." said another man. "One of the southern generals had lost a son In the first week of the war. He came to Cuba as inspector general, leaving his other son at home. But the boy enlisted and come to Cuba as a private and was digging in the trenches when his father rode past with his stiff. 'Hello, dad!' he called. 'Hello, boy!' The general went down and took the young fellow in his arms. After we came home, at the peace Ju bilee at Philadelphia. I heard a big Volunteer say: 'Miles and Dewey are well enough, but B. is my man fdr the presidency! He's a general, but he wasn't ashamed to kiss a private in the trenches. I saw him do it' " Well'agtea sad Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington told Lady Mornington: "I have taken a good deal of pains with many of my battles, but I never took half the pains I did at Waterloo. There never was such a battle 150,000 men hors de combat. Blucher lost 30,000, I can account for 20,000, and the French loss may be fairly reckoned at 100,000 more." Gen eral Arthur Upton (born 1777) asked the Duke what he would have done bad the Prussians not come up in time. The Duke replied: "The Prussians were of the greatest use in the pursuit If they had not come up in time, what should we have done? Why, we should have held our ground that is what we should have done! Our army was drawn up into a great many squares, with the cavalry riding among them. I saw it was necessary to present a length of front to the enemy, so I made them fall into line, four deep. That maneuver won the battle; it wa3 never tried before." After the pursuit of the French army to Genappe the Duke of Wellington and my uncle, Henry Percy, returned to Waterloo. The Duke was very low, and said to my uncle: "I believe that you are the only one of my A. D. C's left" My uncle replied: "But we ought to be thank ful, sir, that you are safe!" "The fin ger of God was upon me all day noth ing else could have saved me!" was the Duke's answer. My uncle replied that he had feared the Duke was a prisoner when he had got amongst the French. "I got away through the Ninety-fifth regiment three times dur ing the battle." said the Duke. Mrs. Charles Bagot Caasatche la History. In the barbaric land of the semi savage Yankees (for particulars see El Tiempo) there was given by wealthy people to colleges, academies, seminaries and art institutes during the first half of the current year, the enormous sum of 130.000,000. Thie. enlightened beneficence cannot be matched by any other land under the sun. It is nnparallelled in any age Tiempo please copy and comment Mexican Herald. DAIBY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. w SaceeMfal Farmers Operate This Desswtsaeat of the Fans A Few Hlats as to the Cars Lbs lUeh mm Pealtry. Dairy Notes. Some Interesting tests in cheese ri pening have been made at the Wiscon sin Experiment Station. It was found in these investigations that cheese ri pened faster (as measured by the formation of soluble protelds) at a high than at a low temperature, whereas the cheese cured at a high tempera ture contained less bacteria than that kept In cold storage. The commercial value of the cold-storage cheess was rated by an expert at 7 cents, that cured at normal temperature at about the same price, while that cured at a high temperature "had a rank flavor and a value not exceeding 3 or 4 cents a pound." At that time prime Ched dar cheese was quoted at 7 to 8 cents. The high temperature Impaired both the flavor and the texture, whereas the cheeses cured at 55 degrees and below were invariably of good quality and were entirely free from all bitter flavor. e e Every patron of a creamery has a vital Interest In having the creamery a success, whether it be a co-operative creamery or a so-called "Individual" creamery. The advantages of making butter in a creamery over making it on the farm are in most cases obvious. Of course there are cases where the private dairyman finds it advisable to hold to his private dairying, but such cases are rather rare. In the greater number of cases the Individual either cannot make as good butter as can the creamery or else if he does make as good butter, he cannot sell It to advan tage. The purchase of butter by the corner grocery store has created a rule by which both good and bad butter bring about the same price and that price is regulated by the poor butter. So, if a private dairyman has to sell his butter in that market, he must needs sell his butter at the same price as does his neighbor who has no skill In making butter, or who is too care less to even keep his milk and cream In proper condition. For these reasons It Is a god-send to most of the farm ers to be able to take their milk or cream to the creamery where it will be made Into butter upon rules that have been tried by many years of ex perience, and that are sure to give a product that will bring a good price in the city markets. For this reason no community should look on with Indif ference while a creamery runs down and closes its doors. The community itself should take steps to build up the institution. It would often be entirely possible to save the creamery by a concerted movement either of the pat rons of the creamery or by the com munity in general. The lack is often In the number of cows. In such cases the farmers could afford to purchase more cows, even though some of them had to be bought on the partnership plan. But if there is no general un derstanding on this matter the farm er generally thinks that the purchase of a cow or two by himself will not change the result and if the creamery closes he will have the cows on his hands. The necessity therefore of con certed movement Is obvious, and the whole community should be impressed with the truth that the creamery is a benefit indirectly to all. Aboat the Poaltry Yard. Build the poultry house so it will be dry at all times. It is easy enough to have a poultry house that is dry in the middle of summer, but that Is Just the time when the fowls are in it least and are least affected by its condition. But in the winter, when they must remain indoors for days at a time, is when the fowls need to have a place that Is not favorable to the increase of disease germs. Wet and dirty houses are often the beginning of epidemics of roup and other equally fatal "diseases. A good many of our readers will doubtless construct poultry houses this summer. To such we would say, do not do so before studying up the ques tion of ventilation. Nearly all poultry houses are either unventilated or ven tilated in the wrong way. There Is a great mass of literature on this sub ject that Is within reach of the farmer, and he should exhaust it before put ting new theories into practice. Bad air is unnecessary in the poultry house, and It Is equally unnecessary to have an open ventilator above the fowls from which cold air can pour down during the winter nights, bringing no end of colds and discomfort While the ventilation is to be looked after, be sure that no drafts over the fowls are allowed to exist An exchange says: "Whitewash in side monthly, from March 1st to Oct 1st" We would like to remark that perhaps the whitewashing advice is about as useless as much of the other advice that is going the rounds of the press. The writer used to do a great deal of whitewashing, but of late years has done none of it It is doubtful if he will ever do any more. It is not a difficult matter to keep a henhouse free from lice. Lice cannot live on the walls of a house unless they have a chance to make periodic incursions on the roosts by which they get onto the bodies of the hens. If the roosts are made movable and the arrange ments that support the roosts are mov able, it will be a most difficult matter for a louse to get onto a hen. This will be all the more so If dust or sifted coal ashes be kept under the roosts. A louse is not able to travel far In even a sixteenth of an inch of dust. But if a man has a henhouse so con structed that the mites can Journey from the walls and fixtures over the roosts and get onto the fowls, by all means let him whitewash his house and fixtures often, as that will be found the easiest way out of the diffi culty. Necessity for Shade. The season of the year when we must provide the proper shade or cool places for our hogs is again here. The number of hogs lost each year by over heating is very considerable. Loss from heat differs from loss by sickness, la the former being sheer negligence, while the other may be unavoidable. As we do not like to admit our care lessness, we say little about these losses, and write less, writes a corre spondent in the American Swineherd. June, July, August and September are our hot months in this locality. Extremely hot days may come early in June or late In September, so be on the lookout Shade must be provided In all yards at any cost Groves trimmed up six feet from the ground, allowing the draft to pass through, make a very nice place both for feeding and sleep ing on hot days. Four posts eight feet apart each way with a 2x4 14 ft long nailed four feet above the ground, with a covering of 14 ft boards will make a very Bice, shade. If you" wish to make it substantial, put In more posw and crossplsces. thus giving youi boards better support In place ol boards you can pat poles and brusl with a covering of old hay, which wit make Just as good a shade, but yoi will have to weight the hay with polet or the wind will soon take it away. Feeding should be done in shady, cool places as much as possible. Hogs sweltering in the heat will dc you no good, nor are they strengthen ing their constitution any more thai they did in the bitter cold of the win ter. To those who have established permanent hog yards let me say. If yot have not already sec out shade treei do so. A few willow posts driven ii the ground six feet apart will maki plenty of shade the third year. As thi trees grow and become too thick trin them out Beg Feeding. From Farmers' Review: The ex periment station of the Kansas Agri cultural College has, from time tc time, by bulletins, short articles foi the papers, etc., shown the value ol feeding to fattening hogs something besides those highly starchy feeds, corn and kafflr. In feeding over 200 head of hogs experimentally, not a case hu come up where the results were not most favorable to feeding some feed rich in protein, along with the corn and kafflr. But what Is Intended to b brought out In this Item Is not the pecuniary gain from feeding such feed! as alfalfa hay, skim-milk or soy bean meal with the other feeds, but it is tho humanity of doing so. Putting a hoR In a small pen and giving it no feed but dry corn and kafflr and water I. inhumane. Hogs so treated when you come to the pen will walk away as fax as they can and eye you as though they know you were responsible for their pains of digestion, the annoying lice and all the other unfavorable con ditions of the young hog that is being starved on carbohydrates. Protein la the source of the blood, bone, hair, muscle and nerve. Take away this supply, and what has the poor hog to live for? Their hair drops out, their belly bows up as well as the back bone; great rough wrinkles of hide seem to work out on the tall, but In stead of wrinkles working out the body has drawn up and left the hide, like the Insect that pupates in one end of the worm, as we say. The hog has a cough, and undoubtedly if such a hog could read and had access to our fam ily papers, and not the experience of many persons, It would send for reme dies for a dozen different complaints. Dumb animals have a spirit, as we say, as well as human beings, and if this element of their nature Is de stroyed by unfavorable circumstances and conditions, they are subject to the same moods; and It will require a great effort to bring this spirit back; yet until this is done they will not grow and fatten. If the hogs are fed the proper feed and treated kindly, they come to meet you when you ap proach the pen, and have an appear ance of perfect content which Is as different from the above described condition as day is from night Feed your hogs a variety, and make sure that you know that the feed contains the proper elements to insure a good healthful condition. J. Q. HANEY. FreteetlBg Shade Trees from Iasects. Dr. Howard, the entomologist of the department of agriculture, has been making some investigations of the in sects which so seriously affect Amer ican shade trees, in some cases de foliating entire streets. He describes three species of these destructive sorts and also indicates the methods used in various parts of the country to counteract their work. In New Eng land thousands of dollars are spent annually to destroy gypsy moths and other tree killers and some of the largest shade trees in the country have been successfully sprayed with poi sonous solutions. Dr. Howard recom mends a practical line of work for small towns and villages troubled by such insects. The average house holder seldom has more than a half a dozen shade trees in front of bis grounds, and it is a matter of compara tively little expense and trouble for any family to keep these trees In fair condition by burning, destruction of bag worms in winter and other simple remedies. Clipping the Forelock. The American Stock Farm has this sensible advice on clipping the fore lock: "Our advice to leave the horse's forelock, manes and tails undressed has been offered to farmers and dealers who put their horses on the public market Clipping the forelock lessens the market value of a horse at home or abroad. The financial consideration then should forbid it With this con sideraton out of the way, two other considerations remain the esthetic and the humane. But for the fact that there should be no disputing about tastes, a flowing mane and forelock are Invariably a prominent part of the artist's conception of beauty in a horse. A horse with a clipped forelock looks to us like nothing so much as a singed cat and a cat that has passed through that process is not especially comely to the average eye. We would certainly not clip the forelock." Eggs from Prize Winners. Before you pay high prices for eggs for hatch ing to a man whose birds took "first" or any other prize at the poultry show, make sure first that the birds he ex hibited were his own, and not bor rowed for the occasion, and, second, that the eggs you get are from the same stock as he used for breeders last year. There is so much borrowing of hens and cocks to make a show, and carrying them home without their ever mating with or seeing his breeding stock, that a man stands about as good a chance to go to some neighbor who has the breed wanted, and get eggs from his breeding pens, as he would to pay a high price for eggs to one who took the prizes, but whose laying stock may be below the average. Maine Farmer. Water for the Horse. The quantity of water allowed to horses is often in sufficient, says Rural World. The wa ter required by animals for nutritive and depurative purposes is obtained partly from the drinking water. Green ! foods and roots contain a good deal of water as much maybe as 90 per Scent and animals getting these foods require to drink less, but the staple foods of the horse, oats and hay, con tain no more than from 14 to 16 per ft-nt of moisture, and on this dry food S there should, unless under special and very peculiar circumstances, be a free allowance. Ex. French Government Stallions. The French government keeps stallions for the use of the farmers, charging only a nominal fee of 82 or 83 per service. By this method the French are rapidly improving their hories. for these gov .nt stallions are carefully in spected before being approved for jervice. Mr. rnompson. Denmark has no mountain. Advaatagss of SaHlag. Soiling possesses so many advantagee over paatarage, especially where dairy lag on high priced land is contem plated, that every dairyman should carefully study the question of adopt ing the system. A good deal depends upon the supply, character, and cost o! labor at the fanner's command. It may be profitable to practice partial soiling. Careful experiments have demonstrated that by feeding cows entirely on green forage crops in the stable, from two to five times as much milk will re sult per acre as from pasturing the same land. It was an old saying that the cow tramped three times as much as she ate. Of course, many farms contain considerable proportions of pasture land that cannot be tilled, but for tillable land, the profit in soiling is very great Many more cows can be kept on a given area and the pro ductive capacity of the land can be rapidly Increased. The saving of ma nure and its application to best ad vantage Is one of the great gains in soiling. But for this sytem of feeding some little calculation is required, and a variety of green crops is necessary to present a well arranged succession throughout the growing season. In other words there must be no break; the supply must be certain and ample. The careful and experienced dairyman will plan to grow perhaps twice as much of every crop as he expects to use. The surplus will not be wasted; it can be dried or stored in a silo. It Is stated on good authority by the soil ing system well managed, one acre of productive land will feed two cows for five or six months; three acres for five cows is considered a conservative es timate. The time of exercise should, however, be not overlooked. One of the points gained by the soiling is the saving of food required through the useless exertion of the animal in pro curing Its food at pasture. Moderate exercise should accompany soiling, and a small pasture lot should be provided convenient to the cow house. Ex. Lour Figs. Many farmers sometimes wonder what is the matter with their pigs when there is nothing the matter ex cept lice, says Wallace's Farmer. They are not accustomed to looking for lice except on the older hogs, and pigs frequently are so badly infested that the constant irritation from day to day brings on indigestion, diarrhea and other symptoms of cholera. We knew of a number of cases last spring where pigs were supposed to have the cholera and were entirely relieved by the application of the well known and efficient remedies for lice. If you can do nothing else, fill a barrel two-thirds full of water, pour a gallon of kero sene on top of it, take your pig by the ear and souse him in and put him in a clean place where he can not pick up a new assortment from the pens and bedding. A better method, how ever, is to prepare kerosene emulsion according to the recipe we have fre quently published and apply it to the whole herd. No man can afford to feed a lot of miserable lice. The annual losses from hog lice, cattle lice, horse lice, chicken and sheep ticks on the average farm would pay the taxes. Why not save this? America's Yellow Foaltry It is an odd fact that tne great American poultry-consuming public Is greatly prejudiced in favor of the yellow-legged, yellow-fleshed fowl. That It is merely a matter of fashion, or fad, is amply proved by the fact that la all other countries the preference is given to the white-meated birds. France Is recognized as authority upon the edible qualities of ail the foods devoted to the use of man, and In that sunny land the Houdan stands pre eminent They have been bred for generations for the express purpose of use as a table delicacy. They are a bird of medium weight and large breast predominance; being small boned and fine fleshed, with a small amount of offal, they are a profitable carcass for the consumer to purchase. In the great Paris markets huge piles of dressed Houdan and La Fleche fowls can be seen at the numerous stalls. These are reared in small flocks by the villagers adjacent to the city, and sold to professional dealers who make the daily or weekly tours. Inland Poul try. Watering the Cow. No dairyman who makes a study of his business is satisfied with watering his herd once a day. If his cattle can be induced to drink two or three times a day he is glad of it All the cattle may not be equally thirsty at the same time. Cows require an Immense amount of water, as every farmer boy has noticed. Experiments have shown that the average milch cow needs about eighty-one pounds of water a day while In milk this Is nearly ten gal lonsand over fifty pounds while dry. Of this the cow in milk takes rather more than two-thirds as drink and the rest in her food, while the dry cow takes rather less than two-thirds aa drink and little more than one-third in her food. New Shade Tree Pest That beauti ful and graceful shade tree, the white birch, which decorates so many parks and home lawns, has been attacked by a very destructive insect enemy in our state. For several years past some of the finest specimens of this tree in Buffalo's parks have died each year. It Is now known that the cause was a small, slender beetle, whose grub makes tortuous tunnels just beneath the bark. To scientists the insect is known as Agrilus anxius, but we may well speak of It as the birch Agrilus. I have, as yet, no better sug gestion to offer than to cut down and burn immediately, especially before May in the spring, all trees found dy ing; I doubt if any protective wash for the trees will be found practicable and effective. Prof. M. V. Slingerland, before the W. N. Y. Hort Society. Dispose of the Old Roosters. Get after the old roosters now. Bake one and boll another and fry a third, and it there are any more of these now worthless creatures around, keep boil ing and baking and frying till the last one has crossed the Elysium river. We sometimes think if the chicken-stealing darkles of the South could visit our hencoops once a year about this time, their coming would be a blessing, if they would confine their attentions to last year's roosters. Ex. Bloody Milk Bloody milk Is general ly due to injury to the udder by vio lence, as from a blow or a kick, and may occur at any time and usually in only one quarter of the udder, or it may come from weakness of the mam millary glands, but when from this cause it usually occurs Just after parturition and comes from all of the teats. Ex. The young who avoid the region ol romance escape the title of tool at the cost of a celestial crown. The Western Mecca. Omaha seems to be the objective point of all western, pleasure seekers this year, and the season there Is now at its helghth. Coupled with the amusement attractions is another ot almost as much drawing power, Hay den Bros., the Big Store. Widely ad vertised as the greatest of the Trans Mississippi stores it lives up to its name and carries, incredible assort ments of goods in over forty different lines. Visitors make the Big Store their headquarters, meet their friends, check their bundles free and write their letters there. A postal card ad dressed Hayden Bros., Omaha, will bring you prices on any goods you want. Mr. W. H. IJams. who has been re cently re-elected treasurer of the Bal timore and Ohio railroad, has been in the employ of the company for forty six years, and has been treasurer since May, 1866. When a small boy in Bal timore he saw the great parade that Baltlmoreans arranged to celebrate the laying of the corner-stone of the Bal timore and Ohio railroad on July 4, 1828. Faaltless Starch. Best and goes farthest, gives stiffness and elasticity. No sticking, blistering or break ing. Every grocer sells it, nearly every body uses it. 10c a package. Love is a dream. Whether it is a nightmare or not depends a lot on what you had for dinner. New Invention. 417 inventors received patents 3 the last week and of this number 131 sold either the entire or a part of their right before the patent issued. Amongst the large con cerns who bought patents the last week are the American Bell Telephone Co.. Boston, Mass. Unitype Com pany. Manchester, Conn. Piano Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111. Bevel Gear Wheel Co., Newark, N. J. Remington Arms Co., Ilion, N. Y. American Type Founders' Co., New York City. Geometric Drill Co., Westville, Conn. Parties desiring full information as to the law and practice of patents, may obtain the same in addressing Sues & Co., Lawyers and Solicitors, BeeBldg., Omaha, Nebr. When a woman happens to hit upon a good argument, she talks on an other which kills it Hash! Don't Yon Hear the Baby Cry? The only Rafrmcdlclac for sour i-nntrullc In nur-lnjchUelCHCari-tCanilyCmhtl-.Mikennth er's milk mildly purg'tlrr. Druxslitn. Hie.23c,.V)c- Life's thorns were created to keep people from acting hoggish with the roses. Piso's Care for Consumption is our only medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. C. Beltz, 439 8tb Ave:, Denver, Col., Nov.8,'03. A motor car passenger service is mooted between Pretoria and the Transvaal. Cat Rates on All Railways 1. II. rhllbia Ticket Broker. 1505 Farnam, Omaha. Sardon. like Balzac, keeps a store of notebooks and scrapbooks for use in his work. 118 buys new upright piano. Schmol ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha. Since their supply of tobacco was cut down the convicts in the Iowa state penitentiary have been sullen and hard to manage, and some 300 of them have refused to work. Chicago physicians interviewed on the subject say the ac tion of the prison authorities was un wise; that tobacco In moderate quan tity does no harm and its quieting ef fects make prisoners as well as sol diers as is recognized in the armies of the world more amenable to disci pline and less disposed to mischief. When, in 1861, Governor Kirkwood. of Iowa, appointed Senator Allison colonel in the volunteer service and set him to raise four regiments the lat ter received most assistance from a big Scotch-American college lad who offered his services in any capacity. This man brought a company of his college friends and did other good work in enlisting recruits. He was David B. Henderson, next speaker of the house. A convention invitation from Charleston, S. C, to the Democratic party should not be overlooked? it is the News and Courier that says: "Why not invite the Demociatic con vention to come to Charleston? We had one here before the war, which made the liveliest times for the whole country that it has ever had. Let us have the next one, and see what comes of it" The Marquis of Salisbury has for many years been an earnest student of chemistry and found time to discover and complete an important chemical process in his private laboratory at Hatfield, the results of which will be made known to the world on his be half at a forthcoming meeting of one of the learned societies. French railroad companies have been ordered by the courts to provide their passengers with season tickets without advertisements. The Western railroad had increased the number of advertisements till a season ticket was as thick as a pocketbook and commu' ers refused to carry them. The majority of motor cars arc now driven by petroleum, but a French en gineer recommenus the use of alcohol instead of it, and motors are being al tered so as to consume it. There is no fear of explosion with ak-hohol and it is said to be less costly than petrol eum. A North Georgia candidate says: 'We want the office because we think we deserve It; and we deserved it be cause we have lived here ten years and have never had anything except the opportunity of running for it." XmSa (8) y ' I A Letter teMo. KnUrnnBraeglit Health to Mrs. Archambo. umt to aims, naaajui ao. 42.M5I "Dxab Mas. PraaiiAJi For two years I felt tired and so weak and dizzy that some days I could hardly go around the house. Backache and head-' ache all the time and nay food would not digest and had such pains in the womb and troubled with lencorrhoca and kidneys were affected. "After birth .of each child I grew weaker, and hearing; so much of tho good yon had done, I wrote to you and have taken six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkhani's Vegetable Compound, one box of Lozenges, one bos of Liver Pills, one package of Sanative Wash, and to day I am feeling as well as I ever did. When I get up in the morning-1 feel as fresh as I did when a girl and eat and sleep well and do all of my work. If ever I feel weak again shall know where to get my strength. I know your medicine cured me." Mrs. Sauna AnClIAMBO, CHARLEMOXT, MASS. The present Mrs. Pinkhom's experi ence in treating female ills is unparal leled; for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating- by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women a year. All vomen who suffer are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lj'nn, Mass., for advice, which will V proinptlv friven without charge. No matter how much mother-in-law there is in her family, every woman thanks God that there is more in hot neighbor's. Do Yoar Feet Ache and Barn? Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease, a powder for the feet It makca tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y. There was never but one really brave man. He told a woman hu didn't think her baby was unusually bright for its age. Special Katrs East. Via O. a St. I- anil Wabash Routes. For the G. A. R. encampment at Phil adeplhia tickets will be bold SeDt 1. 2 and 3, good returning Sept. "JOth. 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. 1415 Farnam St.. (Paxton Hotel block), or write Harry E. Moores, C. P. & T. A., Omaha. Neb. When a wise man wants to advertise anything in a neighborhood he con fides it as a secret to his wife. Mrs. Wlnftlow's Boothia Syrup. For children teething, softens tho kuics, reduce ts DunmaUoB.all3Tapaln.cure wlndcoltc S3cabottle Every woman has an idea that sho "holds her age well." An Excellent Combination.' The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy. Stkup of Figs, manufactured by the Califohnia Fio Strop Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presentinjr them in the form most refreshing to tho taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening- laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling? one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing; figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the rcmcd3- are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the California Fio Svrui Co. only. In order to pet its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of theCompany printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN 7RANCISCO. CAT XOT7I8VZUX. KT. NEW YORK; W. T. For sale by all Drupist - 'Price 0c. per Ixittle. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & $3.50 SHOES j""" Worth $4 to S3 compared with other nukes. Indorsed by over l.OOO.OOO wearer. ALL tEATHERS. ALL STYLES TKK CEM.I1K kai W. U l..l.. Ma smI prltm ttiap4 blt. Take no putotltnte claimed tn In-an crux. I.arv'Ct makrrx ,t $3 ami --V fho't In the world. Yunr dralerihouM lcri-; thrni If not. wt w lit h-qiI roil apalronrcrelnt of price. Stnto kind of leather, size an! wldtli. plain or cap toe Catalogue A Frem. W. l. DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Mass. $4 SHOES for OR njV A I'alr. " " w lHj new oiyiea, ii. nuu iiuwii. W'rllr or call for particular. V BON MARCHE SHOE CO., SO S Fiiirtentli Street. We have Imitator, hut no mmpetltor. 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