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PaysSl.OOOa Day for IJcenne Fee nU
Haa Made S2.000.000.
Mexico has a Monaco which outdoes
the sensational marvels of Monte Car
lo, reports the New York World. This
gambling palace is situated in the
center of the city of Mexico, at No. 2
Gante street Its proprietor and man
ager, Don Filipe Martel, is not only a
self-made prince, but a phenomenal
character.
For Don Felipe is not only the king
of gamblers, but a devout churchman
and the chief backer of the municipal
"treasurer. Mexico City is almost de
pendent upon this one citizen.
Martel was a rich man before the
Mexican government decided to abol
ish gambling houses. Many influential
" Mexicans objected so seriously to the
absolute stopping of their favorite
pastime that the authorities thought
they would achieve a clever compro
mise by demanding from every gamb
ling resort a daily license tax of $1,000.
No one supposed that tue gambling
spirit would be strong enough to rise
above this obstacle. This proved to
be the case and one by one the gamb
ling houses closed their doors.
When the field was clear Don Felipe
Martel approached the authorities
with $1,000 in cash and demanded a
day's license. In a few hours his
place was thronged. At a single stroke
he had won the patronage of Mexico
and his doors have never ben closed
since. The daily outlay of $1,000 is
not missed from the daily revenue of
thousands.
It is not remarkable that Don Fe
lipe's personal fortune should have
reached $2,000,000 in spite of the con
stant lavish expenditure. His chief
establishment i.'i as glitteringly ap
pointed as a palace. Liveried attend
ants minister to guests and refresh
ments and cigars are served at the
host's expense. Mexicans find no
amusement more alluring than a visit
to No. 2 Gante street.
Don Felipe's strong religious ten
dencies are so well known that nobody
was surprised when he built recently
in the village of San Angel a church
that cost more than $50,000 . The poor
people of the vicinity and many of
the rich as well have come to regard
him as a sort of fairy prince. His
own style of living encourages this
belief. The Martel mansion in Mexico
City is a magnificent affair, constantly
filled with guests. A curious feature
is that it contains forty windows the
number of cards in the Mexican deck.
Tlar'u.
Detroit Journal: The Saintly Man
finally accosted the Other Man.
"How long have you been addicted
to the tobacco habit?" the Saintly Man
demanded, with the brusquerie befit
ting his sense of rectitude.
"Forty-six years," answered the
Other Man, humbly.
"Do you see that twenty-story build
ing yonder?" asked the Saintly Man.
"Yes, sir," the Other Man replied.
"If I had saved the money I have spent
for tobacco I might own that building,
merely, or two or three like it, at
most. But fortunately I learned to use
tobacco so that now I have but to
stick a 10-cent perfecto in my face and
I own the earth!"
This fable teaches but that is an
other story.
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Address Allen S. Olmsted. LcRoy, N. Y.
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chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In
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aged 90 years. Black Hawk has been
well known in the western part of
Wisconsin for the last fifty years, was
always a friend of the whites and on
several occasions prevented the Win
nebagos from taking the war path
against the palefaces.
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GOOD SHORT fiTORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.
Savre h? a Goose The Bird Give
Timely Warntae; to a. Sentry A Bart
UeOeld Dream A BemlaUcence or a
Carnival of Slaughter.
Requiem.
For One Slain in Battle. 1SG2.
Breathe, trumpets, breathe
Slow notes of saddest walling
Sadly responsive pea'. J'e muffled drums;
Comrades, with downcast eyes
And banners trailing.
Attend him home
The youthful warrior comes.
Upon his shield.
Upon his shield returning.
Borne fram the field of honor.
Where he fell;
Glory and grief, together clasped
In mourning.
His fame, his fate
With-sobs exulting telL
Wrap round his breast
The Hag Ills breast defended
His country's flag.
In battle's front unrolled;
For it he died
On earth forever ended
His brave young life
Lives In each sacred fold.
With proud, fond tears.
By tingo of shame untainted.
Bear him, and lay him
Gently in his grave:
Above the hero write:
The young, half-sainted
Ills country' asked his life.
His life ho gave!
George Lunt
Saved by a Goose.
Ella Rodman Church tells a very
"Strange Story of a Goose" in St. Nich
olasa story that recalls the legend of
the Roman capital and the cackling
geese that saved it from surprise. This
goose made its first appearance near
Quebec over fifty years ago, when some
British troops had been sent out to put
down a rebellion of the colonists. A
certain farm in the neighborhood, sus
pected of being a resort for the insur
gents, was surrounded by sentries
placed at some distance apart, and one
day the sentry whose post was near
the gate of the farm heard a singular
noise. A fine, plump goose soon ap
peared on a run, making directly for
the spot where the soldier stood, and
close behind in pursuit came a hun
gry fox. The sentry's first impulse was
to shoot the thievish animal and rescue
the goose, but since the noise of the
report would have brought out the
guard on a false alarm he was obliged
to deny himself this satisfaction. The
fox was gaining on his intended prey,
when the goose, in a frantic attempt
to reach the sentry box. ran his head
and neck between the soldier's legs just
as the pursuer was on tha point of seiz
ing it Fortunately, the guard could
use bis bayonet without making a dis
turbance, and he did thin to such good
advantage that the pursuit was soon
ended. The rescued goose, evidently
animated by the liveliest gratitude,
rubbed its head against its deliverer's
legs, and performed various other joy
ful and kitten-like antics. Then,, de
liberately taking up its residence at
the garrison post, it walked up and
down with the sentry while he was on
duty, and thus accompanied each suc
cessive sentry who appeared to patrol
that beat About two months later the
goose actually saved the life of its par
ticular friend in a very remarkable
way. The soldier was again on duty
at the same place, and on a moonlight
night, when the moon was frequently
obscured by passing clouds, the enemy
had formed a plan to surprise and kill
him. His feathered devotee was be
side him, as usual, while he paced his
lonely beat, challenging at every sound
and then "standing at eaee" before his
sentry box. The goose always stood
at ease, too, and it made a very com
ical picture. But some undesirable
spectators at least, of the soldier's
movements were stealing cautiously
toward the place, under cover of the
frequent clouds and a line of stunted
pine trees. Nearer and nearer to the
post they crawled, till one of them,
with uplifted knife, was about to spring
on the unsuspecting man. Then it
was that the watchful goose covered
itself with giorj' by rising unexpect
edly from the ground and flapping its
wings in the faces of tfce would-be
assassins. They rushed blindly for
ward, but the sentry succeeded in
shooting one of the party and bayo
neting another, while the goose con
tinued to worry and confuse the re
mainder until they fled wildly for their
lives. The brave bird wa3 at once
adopted by the regiment, under the
name of "Jacob," and decorated with
a gold collar on which his name was
engraved, in appreciation of his ser
vices. Ever after, during his life of
twelve years, he did sentry duty at
home and abroad, for he was taken to
England at the close of the war in
Canada, and. greatly lamented there
when he died. His epitaph reads,
"Died on duty," and no human senti
nel could have been more faithful than
poor old Jacob. As it may occu.Jv.o
some readers who have not made "a
study of the interesting and almost hu
man ways of many animals to doubi.
the truth of so remarkable a story,
they are referred to the gold collar,
with Jacob's name and oxploit en
graved on it, which may still be seen
at the headquarters of tie Horse
Guards in London.
Battlefield Dream.
They were talking of dreams, when
the volunteer who was shot through
the hip at San Juan spoke up, says the
Washington Star. "It is strange," said
he, "how the real and the unreal are
sometimes connected in dreams. I
had an experience down at Tampa
while we were waiting for orders to go
to Cuba which was remarkable in its
way. One night, after trying for
hours to go to sleep in my tent, I went
outside to see if there was a breath of
fresh air to be had. Near the tent
there was a rough bench, which had
been built for card playing. It was
about three feet from the ground and
was just wide enough for a man to lie
down on. I walked over to the bench
and, stretching out on it. vas soon
asleep. I dreamed that I was standing
in a Spanish camp surrounded by hun
dreds of excited Spaniards, who were
insisting that I be shot at occe for a
spy. I was perfectly cool and had a
supreme indifference about my fate.
They took me over to a stake driven
in the ground and tied me np to it
Then they wheeled up an enormous
cannon to within fifty feet of where I
stood and aimed it straight' at me. I
saw the gunner seize the lanyard and
look around at the oficer in charge for
a command to fire. Then I closed my
eyes. The next moment there was a
tremendous roar. The cam on ball
struck me squarely on the side of the
right hip and I flew up into the air. I
woke' to find myself on the ground,
where I had rolled from the bench.
There was a sharp pain in my right
alp, and, looking oit into tie open
space beyond the tents I saw that the
morning gun had just been fired. The
smoke was still hanging oyer (he ru-
non. The pain in my hip was caused
by its coming in contact with a stake
driven in the ground near the bench.
Several weeks later at San Juan I sot
a bullet in my right hip where the
cannon ball of the dream struck .and
directly in the center of the bruise left
by my forcible contact with the stake
when I rolled off the bench."
BemlaUcence or a Carnival of Slaughter
Denver News: "Yes, we made about
550 good Indians on that day," said
llobert Fiskin, a former member of
company G, First Colorado volunteers,
who served three years during the civil
var in the department of the Missouri,
and who is now visiting Colorado after
an absence of thirty-five years. The
cay referred to above was the date
cf the Sand Creek massacre, in which
Mr. Fiskin took an active part I left
my home in Dubuque, Iowa, in the
spring of '60," he resumed, "and, of
course, came overland by wagon. I
was only a lad of 20, but I had the
'fever,' and in company with Jim Mc
Bride and a man named Wood we
headed for Russell Gulch. We mined
with varying success all that year, and
in the spring of '61 I sold the only
claim I had for $50 and went to Denver.
War had just been declared, and I en
listed in the First Colorado for a period
of three years, or until the end of the
war. We went into camp at Camp
Weld on the Platte river, and our first
campaign was in New Mexico, where
at Canby, 1,350 Colorado troops routed
3,000 Texans under Bailey and drove
them back into Texas. Soon after this
the government commenced having
trouble with the Indians and we were
sent back to Fort Lyons. On the night
of Nov. 27, Col. Chivington rode into
the fort and gave orders for the entire
regiment to be ready to move on the
following night The government had
been finding fault with Chivington for
his apparent inability to restrain the
Indians, and he had evidently resolved
to give them a lesson which they would
remember. On the night of the 28th
we left the fort and after marching all
night came upon the Indians on Sand
Creek in the early morning. The In
dians were taken wholly unawares, and
then ensued a carnival of slaughter
the memory of which even now makes
my blood run cold. Of the 850 Chey
enne, Arapahoe and Sioux Indians
there were but 300 who escaped. Over
550 were massacred and left dead and
dying on the field, their flesh to be
eaten by the coyotes and their bones
to bleach on the prairie. Mr. Fiskin
was mustered out in the fall of '65 and
went back to Iowa, where he has been
ever since. He has come to Denver for
the purpose of entering the Soldiers'
Home at Monte Vista.
An HUtoric Slip of Taper.
A- scrap of paper that carries one
back to the very atmosphere of a great
decisive battle in the world's history
is among the historical treasures of
Blenheim house. On the paper are a
dozen lines scribbled in pencil. They
were written by the duke of Marlbor
ough at the close of the fierce struggle
at Blenheim. The tumult of battle was
rolling westward, where French and
Bavarians were in disordered retreat,
with Marlborough's cavalry riding
fiercely in their rear. The slopes of
the hills and the marshy plain were
strewn with thirty thousand killed and
wounded. But Marlborough, with the
excitement of the great fight yet strong
within him, pulled up his horse on one
of the little rustic bridges across the
Schwanbuch, and scribbled these dozen
lines to his imperious wife in London,
to tell her of the great event. Appar
ently, says the Cornhili Magazine, the
duke borrowed the scrap of paper from
some member of his staff, for on the
back of it are the faded items of a tav
ern bill. He used the parapet of the
bridge for a writing desk. He had
been seventeen hours in the saddle,
most of that time riding in the very
heart of one of the greatest battles in
all history, yet the letters are firm in
shape, a curious testimony to that se
renely unshakable temperament
which was Marlborough's most striking
characteristic.
Army and Navy.
The annual reunion of the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland was
not held last season, as many of its
prominent members were engaged in
the war with Spain. This year's meet
ing is to take place at Detroit, Sept. 26
and 27.
A German officer has invented an
acetylene searchlight, which can be
carried by one man and which will il
luminate everything within a distance
of 100 yards. It is expected to be of
great use in searching for the wounded
after a battle and in bridge building at
night.
M. Dunant, a doctor, was the first to
call the attention of the world to the
necessity of some such thing as the
Geneva flag, for the betterment of the
wounded on the great battlefields of
the world. It was in 1859 that he
aroused the people to the situation by
an account of the condition of things
on the field at Solferino. M. Dunant
who was a resident of Geneva, and a
fellow-citizen, M. Moynier, set the ball
rolling, which resulted in the final ac
ceptance of the Geneva flag, which is
merely the Swiss flag reversed a red
cross on a white field, instead of a
white cross on a red field.
The military authorities in Austria
Hungary are confronted with a some
what serious situation the escape over
the frontier of men liable to military
service in Austria-Hungary. A large
business is carried on by the agents,
chiefly foreigners, who assist these
men. The first essential is a passport,
and this is generally forged. It is
known that 1,000 men weekly, on their
way to the frontier, pass through Vi
enna alone, and as most of these are
young men,' it is calculated that during
the year at least 30,000 of those who so
pass are escaping from military ser
vice. Most of these, it is estimated,
come to America, where it is believed
there are at present over 100,000 men
who should be in the Austro-Hunga-rian
army or reserves.
During the Franco-Prussian war the
French hospital at Vendome was in
charge of Mme. Coralie.Cahen, aided
by two other nurses and seven sis
ters of charity. These women vis
ited thousands of both the French and
German soldiers. The recent death of
Mme. Cahen has brought to light the
story of her bravery when the' Prus
sians -occupied Vendome and attempted
to turn the hospital Into a German
place of refuge for the sick and wound
ed. Mme. Cahen herself went to see
the Prussian ireueral and protested
against the raising oMhe German flag
over her Institution, replying to his
remark that "We are masters here"
with: "In the town it may be; here,
no. We are prelected by the red cross
and the French flag, neither of which
you have the right to touch." She was
allowed her own. way, and soon won
the love of the enemy, whom she con
tinued to nurse, as she had done every
time one of them .came under her notice.
FAEM AND GAEDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Bern TJp-to-Date Bin to Abomt Cml
trraUoa of the Soil and Yields
Thereof Hortlcaltore, Tltlcaltare aad
Floiicaltare.
American False Hellebore.
In this column we illustrate a plant
known as American False Hellebore.
It is one of the poisonous plants of the
United States. It is blessed with a
great variety of names, as follows:
White hellebore, false hellebore, swamp
hellebore, Indian poke, meadow poke,
poke root (in N. H.). Indian uncus,
puppet roots, earth gall, crow poison,
devil's bite, duckretter, itcb weed,
bugbane, wolf's bane, bear corn. It
grows from two to seven feet high and
has a fleshy root one to
three inches long. The leaves
are large and stemless and
of varying size. The flowers blossom
in a large yellowish-green cluster from
May to July. The plant is a native of
this country. In New England it is
found in wet meadows and by moun-
Mse hellebore (TVrafrtim. virUeoa
tbinl natural siio.
tain brooks. It is found in cold situa
tions as far south as Virginia and
westward to Oregon and Washington.
It is even met with in Alaska. Its
poisonous properties are found in all
parts of the plant, seed, leaves and
root It has been reported that chick
ens are frequently killed by eating the
seeds, and horses by eating the
leaves. But it is asserted that sheep
eat the leaves with relish and apparent
impunity. The root has been known to
kill people who ate it for something
else. One case is reported where a
family prepared the leaves for eating,
thinking them to be marsh marigolds.
The result was the poisoning of the
entire family. The poison acts' by par
alyzing the heart
Fertilizers for Wheat.
The Ohio Station has been making
an interesting experiment on fertiliz
ing wheat The marked effect on the
growth of the wheat plant, which is
usually observed after the application
of fertilizers carrying soluble phos
phoric acid, such as acid phosphate or
dissolved bone black, together with the
low price at which plain acid phos
phates can be bought, as compared
with fertilizers containing nitrogen
and potash, have led many farmers to
the use of this material alone, believ
ing that they can supply sufficient
nitrogen by growing clover, and that
potash is not needed. The trials made
covering a period of years show con
clusively that the clover is not fur
nishing sufficient nitrogen to meet the
demands of a full crop, and that it is
more economical to use a fertilizer
containing a small percentage of nitro
gen (ammonia), even though the cost
be somewhat increased, than to use
one which carries only phosphoric acid.
Cow Peas In the Orchard.
(Condensed from Farmers' Review Sten
ographic Report of Illinois State Horti
cultural Convention.)
Q. Is It not an advantage to sow
cow peas in the orchard the fourth
year and then pasture it with hogs?
Mr. Riehl That practice is all right
I do it, and think it is better than the
cultivation I give my orchard. I had
a peach orchard on a side hill that I
could no longer cultivate, as it was
washing so. So I put in cow peas and
let tho hogs eat them. However, I
lost some trees from mice that got into
the cow peas. So the last season I
mowed the cow peas, hauled them off
and made them into hay.
Q. Would you seed your peas to
grass after two years of good cultiva
tion? A. W. Stanton I would not, but it
depends to a large extent on the kind
of soil. The practice with us Is to
cultivate only till the trees come into
bearing, and then stop. Kcop the
weeds or grass mowed down.
Mr. Riehl I think the question is
not asked right We should not make
any hard and fast rule; we must get
at the principle of what we are doing.
It has been said to cultivate your pears
till they come into bearing and then
rest your trees.
Oar Friend, the Ladybng.
"Ladybug, ladybug. fly away home,"
is a line familiar to most children who
are taught not to hurt' the pretty bug,
as she is a friend of the garden; and
this is strictly true. The ladybug does
great damage to insects which them
selves destroy the products of the gar
dener's labor. Plant lice, for instance,
like most insects, have certain natural
enemies which tend to keep them in
check. The ladybirds or ladybugs are
by far the most important factors in
the destruction of plant lice, as both
the adults and young feed -ravenously
upon them. There is a notion preva
lent that ladybirds, in some way or
other, produce plant lice. Natural laws
will not permit such a state of affairs.'
Like begets like in the insect world,-!
just as persistently as it does in the
higher animals. The progeny of a
ladybird is always a ladybird like the
parent insect The young of a lady
bird, however, looks very different
from the adult In fact, the young of
some species resemble minute alliga
tors in general appearance, and are
gaily colored. They feed almost en
tirely upon soft-bodied insects.
Wood Floors la Foaltry Hoi
We notice that a contemporary ob
jects to board floors in poultry houses,
because they get wet and soaked with
filth from the poultry droppings.
Whenever tbat condition arises, it is
a. positive proof that the poultry house
Is overcrowded, or lacks light and ven
tilation, or is not cleaned out as often
as it should be. The writer of this
has a poultry house that has been in
nse for some years, bat in It no such
tondition has arisen as is described In
the said journal as a necessary conse
quence of having a board floor. The
building is 12x20 feet and is well light
ed on the east, south and west In
summer two of the sashes are taken
out and wire screens put in. In this
house not to exceed fifty fowls are
kept at any one time, and generally
the number does not exceed twenty
five. The light and ventilation keep
the floor dry in all seasons. The drop
pings become 'soon dry and the house
is cleaned out In large part by sweep
ing, the shovel being used only imme
diately under the roosts. It is better
to have the floor of matched lumber,
as there, are then no cracks to annoy
in cleaning out the house. As to rats,
there is no danger at all if the floor
Is so built that it will be a foot or two
above the ground. There is no point
of support at which a rat could begin
operations to gnaw his way into the
poultry house.
Layers In the Fall.
Some hens begin laying late in the
fall, lay through the winter, and dur
ing the summer losing no time until
August or September, when they be
gin to moult, says Mirror and Farm
er. But moulting is considered a fault
with such hens, as they receive no
credit for their good works. If they
set an example of usefulness they lead
their owners to expect them to so con
tinue, and as scon as they fail to keep
on, their heads fall under the hatchet
for simply resting from their labors,
while the fat drone hens, that have
been expected to begin, are retained a
second year, in the hope that they
will do better. Virtue does not receive
its reward, even among hens. Indi
vidual merit is swallowed up in the
vices of the whole number. Early pul
lets are the most uncertain of all. A
pullet that does not begin to lay be-
fore she is ten months old should be
sent to the market stall. It does not
pay to keep pullets to replace hens
unless the pullets begin to lay in No
vember, and then lay during the win
ter. When the pullet is slow in be
ginning to lay, the cost of her main
tenance detracts from the profits great
ly. When early pullets (those hatched
not later than April) do not begin in
November it is seldom they will lay
until the opening of spring. It is much
cheaper to keep the old hens during
the three months required for the
moulting process than to sell them off
and replace them with early pullets.
The old hens will cost less and pay
better. No early pullet will pay for
herself until she is at least 15 months
old, as she must return the cost from
the time she was hatched until the
time she begins laying, a tribute which
the hen has already paid.
Beech Hedges.
The tourist in Scotland, as his
brothers elsewhere, with his hurry and
scurry, forever in haste to see every
thing in a few days, too cften passes
by the smaller objects of interest and
thus really accomplishes little of his
vast undertaking, says the New York
Tribune. The beech hedge is one of
these too often neglected wonders of
nature. Not that it is a "smaller ob
ject of interest" by any means, for it
stands over .100 feet high. The beech
hedge is the property of the marquis
of Lansdown, at Meiklour. Perthshire,
and was planted in or about the year
1745 by a party of highlanders en
camped there for a few days while on
their way to join the pretender. Prince
Charlie. This mammoth hedge, which
indeed deserves the name of being one
of the modern wonders of the world,
is a fitting monument to commemorate
the pretender's defeat at Culloden, "the
last battle ever fought on English
soil."
Surface 'Fires In Forests. Surface
fires may be checked if they are feeble
by beating them out with green
branches, or by raking the leaves away
from a narrow strip across their
course. When the duff is deep or the
soil peaty, a fire may burn beneath the
surface of the ground for weeks or even
months, sometimes showing its pres
ence by a little smoke, sometimes with
out giving any sign of life. Even a
heavy rain may fail to quench a fire of
this kind, which often breaks out again
long after it is believed to be entirely
extinct. Fires which thus burn into
the ground can sometimes be checked
only by digging a trench through the
layer of decaying wood and other veg
etable matter to the mineral soil be
neath. The most dangerous and de
structive forest fires are those which
run both along the ground and in the
tops of the trees. They can be check
ed only by rain or change of wind, or
by meeting some barrier which they
cannot pass. A barrier of this kind is
often made by starting another fire
some distance ahead of the principal
one.
Wheat for Macaroni. M. A. Carle
ton of the department of agriculture,
who last year brought to this country
a large number of species of grain from
Russia and Siberia, is about starting
for the west to follow out the line of
this work with cereals. He is espe
cially interested in visiting Arizona
and New Mexico with the idea of es
tablishing there the hard macaroni
wheata. Mr. Carleton is assured that
if these wheats can be grown in this
country the manufacture of genuine
"Italian" macaroni will be at once
taken up. Some macaroni is now man
ufactured in the United States, but the
best is imported, as the wheat grown
here is not suitable for its manufac
ture. Mr. Carleton also intends visit
ing the irrigated wheat sections of
Utah and Idaho, where such immense
yields are secured, being more than
double, it is stated, an ordinary heavy
crop under dry farming.
Pig Feeding. It Is unprofitable for
any swine raiser to stint his animals,
as they should be made to grow every
day, says Farm, Stock and Home.
After ten days or two weeks pigs
should be fed generously through their
dams, and at three or four weeks pro
vided with a place where they can ob
tain, unmolested, a little feed of slop
and soaked shelled corn. Keep them
growing every day, and at an early
age, they will be ready for the market
at a profit to the raiser. If pigs are
allowed to stop growing and become
stunted it is very hard to start them
anew, not to mention the loss of feed,
time and labor. Pigs enclosed in a
dry lot or yard, and given only dry,
hard corn and hard water seldom yield
a handsome profit They need a va
riety of food, such as will expand the
stomach and at the same time be cool
ing to the system. Corn, alone, is too
heating.
The Profit In Poultry. The profit in
poultry is just what we make it. If
we pay out large sums of money for'
eggs, birds and equipments,- we must
make large sales and lots of tnem if we
expect to make a profit If we neglect
our poultry, no matter how little we
pay out, we will lose money Ex.
Sammsilag Pig.
Let pigs run with the dam until
twelve weeks old, provided she Is fed
liberally with a warm, well balanced
'ration of shorts, oats, corn meal and
screenings, says Farm, Stock and
Home. This last mentioned food for
;hogs, of .which the Northwest has an
immense bulk, is lost to the farmers
and being utilized by sheep feeders at
the Twin Cities and other central
points. To the above list of foods add
aeration of oil meal,bran, and even
corn on the cob. Let the little pigs
also have access to whole oats. Care
should be used so as not to overfeed
the sow. Once off her feed she will
fail to produce milk, and it is difficult
to restore good digestion and milk pro
duction. The clover field must go hand
in hand with this good feeding, but on
stormy days they are much better
cared for in their pens with an abun
dance of freshly cut clover. By July
there should be a field of peas, where
the pigs will grow and do well. The
field of peas is next in value to the
clover field. If not convenient to pas
ture the peas, then cut and feed to the
young pigs. To this method of feed
ing upon clover and peas, add regular
feeding hours for concentrated feed.
This is of vast importance. Pigs
should not be allowed to stray all over
the farm. When confined at night in
well-regulated stables and in well-littered
yards, there is made a large re
turn for food consumed. The pigs
should be promptly returned in the
morning to the pasture after feeding.
By this method little if any manure is
lost, and a steady increase in the fer
tility of the soil will be the result
By such methods of feeding during
the summer and finishing or ripening
the animal on a mixed food of squash,
shorts, oats, peas, meal and corn, the
previous feeding of bulky clover and
peas will have distended their stom
achs and put them in fine form to
ripen rapidly into the desirable hog.
Snccess Depends on Management.
When the market quality is consid
ered we find many desire size, says
Poultry, Fruit and Garden. The best
breed for size can easily be named, but
it is not the "best breed," however.
It may have size, and yet lack quality
of flesh, and it may be of excellent
quality of flesh, full of juicy meat on
the breast, and not be large. It may
quickly fatten on a small amount of
food, and be easily kept on a city lot,
and yet with all these points in its
favor it may be a very indifferent
breed for laying. Some breeds can
give better results on corn than will
others, and some will fatten so readily
on corn that they will be rendered use
less as layers altogether, for there is
an art in feeding, and it is often the
case that the "best breed" depends on
the "best man," for upon the manage
ment of the flock depends the results
expected.
Heavy Pruning. Heavy pruning of
old trees will cause them to make
extra efforts to produce a heavy crop
for a few years, but it will be at the
cost of the trees. The wounds made
will never thoroughly heal; and even
if new wood grows over the cut you
will find a rotten place in the tree
which will continue to increase until
the tree dies. The first indication of
the tree's decay will be a growth on
the body, of the tree near the ground
of a toadstool-looking substance, which
will continue to increase even after
the tree is dead, and if there are any
large roots near the surface it will
sometimes grow on them. Never cut
any wood from an old tree except dead
or broken limbs. Clean up all grass
and weeds during the winter or early
spring and burn them. It pays, for if
there are any apples in this neighbor
hood you are sure to get them. Rural
World.
Fighting Grasshoppers in Algeria.
The state department has a letter in
dicating that Kansas is not the only
place where grasshoppers eat things.
In Algeria, it is stated, the standing
crops will be seriously damaged and
in some cases destroyed by the clouds
of grasshoppers moving in a northerly
direction. Ten thousand francs have
been appropriated for the first ex
penses incurred in fighting against the
invasion and steps have been taken to
secure 200,000 francs additional for the
same purpose. Near Bisera 3,200
camels are being employed in the
transportation of inflammable material
which is being burned where deposits
of eggs are found. In all parts of the
colony men are. at work plowing up
eggs and destroying them.
Italy Exporting Butter and Cheese.
According to the Italian trade returns
it appears that the quantity of Italian
butter exported to Great Britain in 1897
was about 31.500 cwts. and of cheese
42,900 cwts. These commodities are
for the most part exported overland
through other countries, chiefly
through Belgium, and consequently the
annual statements of trade of the
United Kingdom for 1897 show only
1,349 cwts. of butter and 1,892 cwts. of
cheese as having been imported into
that country from Italy. The total ex
ports of fresh and salt butter from
Italy in 1897 were 93,600 cwts., and of
cheese 173.400 cwts.
Dried-Blood. The principal food in
gredient in blood is nitrogen, which is
also the most essential substance in
albumen or the white of egg. Dried
blood contains about 14 per cent of
nitrogen, while green bone may con
tain but 1 or 2 per cent, as the bone
is mostly phosphate or lime. Bone
varies. If it has adhering meat it will
contain more nitrogen than if clean.
Blood cannot entirely take the place
of bone, as the bone contains phos
phates. The dried blood will answer
as a substitute for fresh blood, but no
kind of dry food, whether animal or
vegetable, is equal to that which la
fresh. Ex.
Maine's Apple Crop. A year ago the
apple crop in Maine was one of the
smallest on record, but there is every
indication tbat it will be no larger,
even if it is not smaller, this season.
The experts say that a large percentage
of the trees in most sections of the
state did not blossom and those that
did have been greatly injured by the
ravages of the so-called tent cater
pillar, many orchards having been al
most entirely stripped of their leaves
by this pest. Ex.
"Bermuda Lilies in the South. Sec
retary Wilson has sent large numbers
of Bermuda lily bulbs into several
of,the Southern states, with a view to
supplanting the Bermuda Easter trade,
which annually sends out of the coun
try a large amount of money. Mr.
Wilson expresses the belief that there
are sections of the country, if they
can be found, as well adapted to the
culture of this flower as is Bermuda.
Ex.
The French government is about tc
expend several million francs on the
coast defenses of New Caledonia.
Tt Clothing Catalogs
Ready now. Hayden Bros. clothing
catalogue showing samples and latest
styles and lowest prices. Mailed free
on request Send postal to Hayden
Bros., Omaha, for prices on any goods
you need. Make yourself at home in
the Big Store when in Omaha.
No Gold Statates Wanted
The United States commissioner to
the Paris exposition desires the fact
officially stated that no such undig
nified production as a life-sized gold
statue of a woman will be permitted
in the Paris exposition grounds, either
as an exhibit or a concession. It is
proposed to maintain the dignity of
The United States exhibit, and not to
encourage or permit advertising which
would reflect discredit upon the nation.
Oklaho
Its wonderful resources and superior
advantages to homeseckers are set
forth in a handsome illustrated pam
phlet just issued by the Frisco Line
Passenger Department. Copy will be
mailed free on application to Bryan
Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St
Louis, Mo.
Itroaght Their Hcroe Homo.
The cost of transporting the Tenth
regiment of Pennsylvania from San
Francisco to Chicago was $30,851.
From the latter city to Pittsburg the
Keystone state's troops were carried
free by the Pennsylvania railroad,
which company also took entire charge
gratis of all transportation arrange
ments over the whole route.
Patents Sold.
The United States Patent Office rec
ords show that 141 patentees who re
ceived patents this week
had sold either a part of
the entire interest in their
inventions. This means
that 32 per cent of the
inventors have been suc
cessful in selling their
inventions.
Amongst the prominent
mainaacturers who bought these in
ventions are the
American Shoe Machinery Co., Port
land, Me.
The Gorham Manufacturing Co.,
Providence. R. I.
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.,
Providence, R. I.
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.,
New Haven, Conn.
Western Electric Co., of Chicago.
Scoville Manufacturing Co., Water
bury, Conn.
American Electric Vehicle Co., Chi
cago. Bethlehem Iron Co., South Bethle
hem, Pa.
Inventors desiring free information
as to the law and practice of patents
may obtain the same in addressing
Sues & Co., Registered Patent Attor
neys, Omaha, Neb.
Locomotive Kans.
During the past few months, tho
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma
terially extended the runs of the pas
senger locomotives on through trains.
Formerly engines were changed on an
average every 100 or 150 miles. It was
thought that the mountain grades of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would
prevent an extension of the runs. How
ever, the experiment was made. It has
proved successful and reduced the
number of locomotives formerly re
quired by twenty-four, which can be
used in other branches of the service
and save the purchase of more motive
power. Under the new plan, locomo
tives are double crewed and make from-
7,000 to 8,000 miles a month, as against
3,500 to 4,000 under the former method.
The best qualified to judge reckon
that the fortune left by A. T. Stewart,
which he left to the care of the late
Judge Hilton, amounted to about $-10,-000,000.
Mrs. Stewart survived her
husband ten years, and the great
Stewart fortune survived her ten
years. In 1876 Stewart died; in 1886
Mrs. Stewart died, and in 1S96 the
last of the visible Stewart millions
disappeared in the wreck of Hilton,
Hughes & Co.
The Baltimore American completed
the other day its one hundred and
twenty-sixth year, and presented to
each one of its readers a fac simile of
its first issue, which bore date of Au
gust 20, 1773. The original title, how
ever, was the Maryland Journal and
Baltimore Advertiser. It purported to
give "the freshest advices," and its
latest English news was dated June 19.
There is a project on foot in Geneva.
O., to erect a library in memory of
the father of penmanship, Piatt R.
Spencer. The new building will be of
stone, and will cost $20,000. In this
town of about 3,000 inhabitants Spen
cer lived in the early days of the west
ern reserve, and in the little log school
house, which was also his home, he
first taught writing.
Miss Jane Smith, who. on a wager of
$1,000, is making her way from Chicago
to New York with no other mone.?
than she can make by shining shoes,
earned $8 in one day in Binghamton.
N. Y., by charging 25 cents a shine.
She has twenty-four days remaining in
which to complete her trip, and at tha:
rate will easily make it.
Intra Invention.
Fifteen patents were issued to Iowa
inventors this week as follows: To
A. W. Lewis of Keota. for a vehicle
attachment; to J. James of Atlantic,
for a draft-equalizer; to W. Loudon
of Fairfield, for a hay-carrier: to J. W.
Macy of Searsboro. for a road-grader;
to A, W. and T. E. Morgan of Bur
lington, for a wire fence stay; to J. H.
Morris of Maquoketa, for a cream sep
arator; to C. F. Nelson of Exira. for a
boot and shoe cleaner: to C. O. Haven
and P. P. Uhrig of Fort Madison, for
a harrow; to H. Phillips and W. Hunt
of Ottumwa. for a car-loader; to If. II.
Porter of Hartwick. for a hat and
clothes rack: to E. L. Rigg of Gris
wold, for a steam generating appli
ance; to H. Tuttle of Cedar Rapids,
two for a bicycle: to C. II. Van
Alstyne of Manchester, for a barrel
heater and feed cooker, and to S. Ad
son of Springwatcr. for a collar clasp.
A copyright has been granted to
Rev. A. C. Smith of Des Moines for a
new book entitled "Gathered Gems of
Literature." The work is in the hands
of a printer in Chicago and will be
handsomely illustrated and sold upon
the subscription plan.
Consultation and advice about secur
ing property rights for inventions and
literary work given free to inquirers.
THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO..
Registered Attorneys.
Des Moines. la., Sept. 2, 1899. a
The military household of the czar ,
is composed of ninety-eight officers of
various ranks, eighty-three of whom j
,-. . t,. ormv anrt ttffppn to the I
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navy. Nineteen members of the royal .
family are included in this list.
The government is paying from $200 I
to $600 a day for each vessel carrying
horses, supplies and army baggage (
to the Philippines, and $1,000 a day for
each vessel that carries troops.
In Germany during the year ending .
July, i, out oi Ast.jjL iJeisuuB iuu
ing for employment, 222.0 3 found
occupation by means of freo employ
ment agencies.
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The government is paying from $'200
to $600 a day for each vessel carrying
horses, supplies and army baggage to
the Philippines, and $1,000 a day for
each vessel that carries troops.
Are Ton I'sln- Allen's Foot-Kune?
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
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Unlike Some Other Occupations
Golfer "Don't you ever get trret! of
farming?" The Farmer "'Taint no
use gettin tired of it. young man.
Fannin' ain't no fad!" Puck.
mm. W1iiIowh Soothing Syrtip.
For chlMrrn teething, sottem the cmr". reiluocs ts
tUiuuiatlon.ulIttjsraia.cure wludcullc. ZJcabot:!
The man who succeeds in forging
his way to the front is in a position
to be trmpled on by the mob if ho
falls.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken niternallv. 1 nee
.c.
About the hardest thing or te
amateur farmer to raise is the money
to run the farm.
We will forfeit $1,000 if nny of our pub
lished testimonials nre proven to lie not
genuine. Tub l'iso Co., warren, la.
A pun is merely a play on words,
but it's hard work to understand soma
of them.
A IVrf.it C:it!i:irtir.
Yitt violent lM'iuityl:iiM In-Ix.wrls or Iranlns but
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tllinl wall la'i'arcM amljr .tth.irtlr. Uh :B.Sitr.
It's the easiest tiling in the world
to forgive an enemy who is largo
enough to command your respect.
$1 IS buys new upright piano. Srhmol
Ier & Mueller. IZVi Farnain St.. Omaha.
Sixteen windows in the dome of the
new capitol of Colorado, at Denver,
are to have portraits of leading citi
zens of the state, and the women have
suddenly sprung a demand upon the
managers that their sex shall lie rep
resented in at least five of them.
Seven subjects have thus far been se
lected, not one of them a woman.
Among the women suggested are Mrs.
Augusta Tabor. Mrs. Albert G. Boone,
wife of the scout, and Chippeta, wife
of Chief Ouray, of the Ctes.
The candidate who drums on an
empty "bar'I" soon discovers his ina
bility to make effective campaign
music.
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