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An impure thought in the heart locks its door on God. A 3Taw Stan Big resourceful Texas is famed for Its great undertakings. The newest and brightest star which has shot athwart its horizon is the wonderful town of La Forte, located on Galves ton Bay midway between Houston and Galveston in the celebrated Coast Country of Texas. A happy trinity of pluck, brains and capital is here found . at work building up a great deepwater seaport city. Extensive public work is under way including wharfs, docks and water front shipping facilities. The U. 6. Government is soon to deepen the channel, thus enabling the largest ocean vessels to receive and discharge cargoes at La Forte. ftUsi Syi Use Magnetic Starch it has no equal. Sympathy and sincerity gives the sesame to every heart. Half a Bottle Cured Me "About thirty years ago I bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop my hair from falling out. One-half a bottle cored me. A few days ago my hair began to fall out again. I went to the medicine shelf and found the old bottle of Hair Vigor just as good as when I bought it." J. C. Baxter, Braidwood. 111., Sept. 27. 1899. Keeps Thirty Years Ayer's Hair Vigor b cer tainly the most economical prep aration of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long way. And then, what you don't need now you can use some' other time just as well. It doesn't take much of it to stop falling of the hair, restore color to gray hair, cure dandraf . and keep the hair soft and glossy. There's a great deal of good and an immense amount of satisfac tion in every bottle of it. S1.M a kettle. All tfrattka. Write the Doctor If yon do not obtain all the benefits von desire from the use of the Vigor, wHto the Doctor about it. Address, Dr. J. C. Ayi:k, Lowell, Mass. ;8TOSCgf)ae8ttsgK5igtS)gef TilWurc, , I WnCIIU (TALPetJE Send your name and address on i postal, and we will send you our 156- g pap illustrated catalogue free. lWCHESTERREPEATlliG MIS CO. 174 Wtachwfer Areas, Mm Haven, Cam. K UOUJRr wWttSBmKT. astaawn 111 . . - ffWftCLARA MAWJgACTUW COL "nis ntat. MAGNETIC The WONDER cf the AGE. No Boiling No Cookiiue STARCH It Stiffens the Goods It Whitens the Goods It Polishes the Goods It makes all garments fresh and crisp as when first bought new. TRY A SAMPLE PACKAGE. You'll like it if you try it. You'll buy it if you try It. You'll use It if you try it. Try it. Sold by all Grocers. . khMtOuaMMhMfw Pultry, 6am, Bitter, Ens. uji M mi ami pilcia. Basses fParile. IS- ILbbbbbbbbbbbbbbS1 Hj -jr VVH j5 BBBBBBBBBBBBW ssibw sa- aw r . . 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Cross, of Grinnell. for an auxiliary air heater adapted to be con nected with a stove in such a manner that it will receive and direct the pro ducts of combustion and aid in warm ing and circulating air in a room, as required to maintain a uniform tem perature, by' admitting cool air at its botoxn, heating it and discharging it at its top. An undivided half is assigned to W. S. More of same place. To J. Morgan, of Atlantic for a plant planting machine adapted to be ad vanced across a field by horses to set out cabbage and tobacco plants in rows at regular distances apart. A boy on the machine hands plants in succession to automatic plant holders on a wheel and as the wheel revolves it places the plants in a furrow in ad vance of tha wheel by a furrow opener and furrow closers immediately cover the roots and rollers pack the ground around the roots. An undivided half has been assigned to E. Whitney, of Chicago. Printed consultation and advice free. THOMAS G. ORWIG A CO., Registered Patent Attorneys. Des Moines, Iowa, Dec 27, 1899. It is poor charity to give the crust that Is too hard for your own teeth. Your clothes will not crack If yon use Magnetic Starch. The biggest lights are net always the best. New lavtatloas. Among the patents issued last week was one for an apparatus adapted to inated sign; while a an electrically ilium obtained a patent for roasted. An Ohio man coffee while being fumes arising from collect and utilize the Nebraska Inventor obtained a patent for a curiously constructed foot operat ed hammer. Among the prominent manufacturers buying patents were the following: Griffin Wheel Co., Chicago. III. Spotless Steam Sponger Co., Cleve land, Ohio. American Turret Lathe Wks. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Mason Machine Works, Taunton. Mass. Calumet Tire Rubber Co., Chicago, 111. Veeder Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn. Bali-Bearing Co., Boston, Mass. Campbell Printing Press ft Mfg. Co., New York City. Parties desiring free information as to the method of procuring and selling patents should address Sues ft Co., Patent Lawyers, Bee BIdg., Omaha, Neb. Magnetic Starch is the very best laundry starch in the world. A Boston Mm Pleased. In conversation with some friends, a prominent Boston man told of his sufferings from rheumatism and ner vousness, and one of his friends gave !i.m some advice, which will be men tioned later, and which has proven to be of incalculable value. To successfully act on this advice, it was necessary to make a trip of over 2,000 mlies, but he undertook it, and now thanks his friend for the advice, as he finds himself fully re lieved of his old trouble and has re turned to his home feeling able to cope with his business demands, a new man. The advice given was to go to "Hot Springs," South Dakota, and there take the baths and enjoy the finest cli mate of any health resort in America. If this man was satisfied after mak ing a long trip, those residing within a few hundred miles and similarly af flicted can certainly afford to try it, or rather can't afford to neglect to try it. Ask any agent of the North-Western Line for full particulars, or write J. R. BUCHANAN. General Passenger Agent, F. E. ft M. V. R. R., Omaha, Neb. If you have not tried Magnetic Starch try it now. You will then use no other. Half Kate South via Omaha aad St Loats aad Wabash Roates. On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the above lines will sell home seekers tickets to southern points for one fare (plus 32.00) round trip. WINTER TOURIbi RATES now on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all the winter resorts at greatly RE DUCED RATES. Remember the O. ft St u. and Wa bash, the shortest and quickest route to St Louis. Remember the O. ft St L. and O., K. C. ft E. is the shortest route to Quincy. Unexcelled service to Kansas City and the south. For rates, sleeping car accommoda tion and all information cat at the QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE, 1415 Far nam St (Paxton Hotel block) or write Harry E. Moores, City Passenger -and Ticket Agent Omaha, Neb. The habit of arriving in the nick of time might be called a nick knack. I believe my prompt ut of Pise's Cur prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy Wallace, Marqnetta, Kan., Dec. IS, m. It takes a good man to do good things. MIIHIMIIIIIMHIIIIIIII I Try Grain-Ot $ Try Grain-O! Ask yon Grocer to-dav to show m a packaged GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult All who try it, libs it GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown 'of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and tha Tnnittrlclixatak afw..V -- - I : : t wilhont dial 1 lUMia X 15 cents and 25 cmta per package. 1 X Sold by all grocera. X Tastes Ulce Coffee Looks like Coffee TawatttialjuaifciumcimyoaQBAg-O 2 4" Acceptaoialtauoa. Z ----- POTATOES 2 ' nrmmt ai.sa. link. aj ttVAurAsni 32!? 9999999rt HI hi Aaariaa. - IiiwmiUdnffc, OwtMlfa-fc BBMSi saaaUaaa mm ttat-. a - - - - . - aa ain afka aa aBTBaaaTa ff Vf v y t ks tMSSSSS J2fehT-aZHh Umscar UMal EXTRACT ep SMO. Itafwai Mdiw ayd. TTiaiaaTSaaaa, ICAMPFIBE SKETCHES. SOME SHOUT STORIB FOR THE VETERANS. - Xfca OM Stava ml Oaatatml Malay rarraara aaaai A Daady la Um War Mm Hla Oira Vteta, Uaai aa Wmea. OM I Heart of my heart, when the day was yeans. Bmpm sane to life with a silver tensua; Heps beckoned love down a flowery way. Where 'twas always morales and always 'May, Aad two true lovers need never part Do you remember, heart of my heart? Heart of my heart, when the raooa was hish. . Work showed the way we must travel by; Duty spoke cold and atern In our can. Bidding us bear all the ton and teara, . Partings and losses, sorrow and smart Have you forgotten, heart at my heart? Heart of my heart. In the setting sun. We sit at peace, with our day's work done; In the cool of the evening we two look back On the winding pathway, the noon's rough track. And the morn'a green pleasaace, where roses twine. Heart of my heart with your hand In mine. t Heart of my heart when the night is here. Love will sing songs of life In our ear; We shall sleep awhile 'neath the daisied grass. Till wa put on the glory and rise and pass. To walk where eternal splendors shine. Heart of my heart with your hand In mine. -E. Xesblt. in the Argosy. The OM Steva mt Gaaw Chelay. Gen. "Joe" Shelby's old body serv ant Uncle Billy Hunter, la spite of his T2 years. Is still sturdy and vigorous. He remembers the war times remark ably well, and likes nothing better thaa to talk of the many fights and incidents In the life of his "old auuss." the famous confederate general, whose body rests in Forest Hill cemetery. With the exception of Shelby's expe dition into Mexico one of the most dramatic events ia our history aad the thirty years after the war, whea the general lost sight of aim entirely. Uncle Billy was with him from the time he was 12 years old. Billy is at his best when he gets started oa Gen. Shelby during the war. "Oere never was a maa like Gen. Shelby, sea." said Billy the other day to a reporter from the Kansas City Star. "His sojers Jes' thought the world of him. 'Twant aerer 'Go fight but 'Come on, boys,' an' he was always in de front a leadla' 'em oa. Many's the time I've brought up a big fresh hoss for him when his wss shot, and carried coffee aa' a bite o' something to eat to him oa the field. Wasn't no one else could cook for the general 'cept ole Billy. 'Come here, yon black nigger, an' get me something to eat!' he uster yell, an' you bet I did right smart He would cuss me awful, but Lor'! that wasn't nothing. When he didn't I knew there was trouble on. All through the war I tended him, and when he was shot la the wrist at Cape Girardo I nursed him. Lots o' men went hungry in those days, but I generally could pick up something for the general. Had to be mighty careful 'bout it. for he didn't allow no stealln. Yes, sah, I was cap tured jes' once. Lemme see, that was at Lone Jack. Gen. Shelby sent me to Col. Jordan's camp 'bout a mile away, and the feds scooped me and took me into the Tillage, but in an hour and a half the James brothers came chargln' through and drove the feds off. They pulled me out from between two feather beds, where I was keeping away from the bullets, and took me back to Shelby. When he saw me he looked mad clean through. 'Where have you been, you black rascal?' says he, 'go get me some breakfast darned smart' When Gen. Shelby started for Mexico with his 1,000 picked men he says to me, 'Billy, you take Miss Batty that's my missus and the children back home, and you're a free man.' So I left him at Galveston and carried them 'cross the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, and from there to Lexington safe and sound. After that I drifted off on my own hook, workin' as porter in hotels an' tendln' bar, and I never heard of the general for mor'a thirty years. One day while I was working for Jim Baldus In Chicago I heard that my ole massa was Ualted States marshal in Kansas City, and I let him know where I was. He sent for me to come back, but I guess I didn't start quick enough to suit him, for one Sun day when I was readin' the papers ia the barroom in walks a man and says: 'I'm Deputy Marshal Potts of Kansas City, an' I'm looking for William Hunter.' Ts the man, sah,' says I. 'What you done, Billy?' said Baldus. TU stand by you.' 'Gen. Shelby told me to bring you back with me,' Potts said. 'He said "that darned nigger worked for me for more than thirty years, aa' he's going to take it easy now. You bring him back, and I'll give him all the land he wants." 'I'd go through fire and water for the ole massa.' says I. and back I starts. The missus gave me two horses, and I stayed with 'em till the general died. I done lost the best friend I had then. An' now I'm living with Joe Shelby, Jr.. sah. and tend his children Jest as I did him when he was a little feller. But every Decoration day I goes over to my ole massa's grave and put flowers on it in memory of the finest man that ever lived, sah Gea. Joe 3helby." Terrast'e Haarar. . One of the fiercest and most deter mined fighters in the civil war was Gen. N. B. Forrest, commanding the confederate cavalry. His name was a redoubtable one, and few of his op ponents were aware of a humorous side of his disposition, familiar to his friends. For many years the general loved to tell the story of an incident which occurred near Cowan's station. The troopers he had with him were being hotly pursued by the federals, and the general was galloping along at top speed. A fiery southern dame hap pened to be standing by the roadside, and when she saw the flying confed erate officer her Indignation boiled over. Shaking her fist In scorn, she screamed: "Why don't you turn and fight you cowardly rascal? If old Forrest were here he'd make you fight!" Fortunately the, general's horse soon carried him out of range. Forrest's biographer relates that onee at a dinner party, where he had been invited as the guest of honor, there was a loquacious widow, with hair of raven black, who rudely interrupted the conversation by asking Gen. For rest why it was that his beard was still black, while his hair was turning gray. With great politeness he tamed toward.! her. "I fear I cannot give you a. satisfactory answer." said he. "unless, possibly, the reason Is that I have used sty brain a little more thaa I have my Jew la the midst of one of his palgns a captured federal caaplam was brought to his headQuarters. The sua skewed the deepest anxiety aad de pressioa. for stories of Gea. )Forrest's severity were rife ia the unloa casta. A little later supper was aanouaced. aad Forrest to the chaplala's surprise, tavited him to share It; bat his sur prise grew to amasemeat whea the general turned to him and revi tlally.sald: "Parson, will yoa m aak the blessing?' The next moralag Forrest courteously gave alsa aa es cort through the confederate lines, for he wished no eon-combatants for pris oners, sad bade hint goodby with the remark: "Parson. I would keep you here to preach for me, If yon weren't needed so maca more by the sinners oa the other side." Bat Um Chaeaa Died Away. Gen. Lee rode Traveler, his pet horse that carried him through the war, te Lexington when he went there to as sume the presidency of Washington college, says the Ladles' Home Jour nal. One day he met a rusty, weather beaten mountaineer lounging drowsily upon the road la his rickety cart Gen. Lee's cordial "Good morning" aroused the old confederate Instantly. "Whoa!" he called out to his old nag. "Ain't that Gen. Lee?" he inquired, as he climbed down snd caught Traveler by the bridle. "Yes. sir," said Gea. Lee wonderingly. "Well, then," said the old fellow In a glow of excitement "I wsnt you to do me a favor." "I will with pleasure, if I caa." wss the re sponse. "All right, you just get down off Traveler." Gen. Lee did so, sad to his amazement his'uorse was led away and tied in the bushes, while he stood alone in the road in great perplexity. "Now." said the excited veteran. "I am one of your old soldiers. Gen. Lee. I was with you all the way from Mechan lcsville to Appomattox. I was thar all the time. And I just want you te let me give three rousing cheers for 'Marse Robert' " Gen. Lee's head dropped la most painful embarrassment as the first yell went sounding along the mountain sides. The next yell was choked with sobs ss the old soldier dropped upon his knees in the dust hugging Gen. Lee's legs, and the third died away In tears. A Daady la tho War. The Hon. W. Dawson was surrounded by muleteers, with whom he was bar gaining to provide carriage' for innum erable hampers of wine, liquors, hams, potted meat and other good things which he had brought from England, says "The Reminiscences and Recol lections of Capt Gronow." He wss a particularly gentlemanly and amiable man, much beloved by the regiment; no one was so hospitable or lived so magnificently. His cooks were the best in the army, and he, besides, had a host of servants of all nations Span iards, French, Portuguese, Italians who were employed in scouring the country for provisions. Lord Welling ton once honored him with his com pany; and, on entering the ensign's tent found him alone at table, with a dinner fit for a king, his plate and linen In good keeping and his wines perfect Lord Wellington was accom panied on this occasion by Sir Ed ward Pakenham and Col. du Burgh, afterward Lord Downes. It fell to my lot to partake of his princely hospital ity and dine with him at his quarters, a farmhouse in a village on the Bid assoa, and I never saw a better dinner put upon the table. How Kapeleen Dateeted m Spy. On one occasion, while he was forti fying the island of Loban, Napoleon became suspicious that an Austrian spy had gained admission to a certain regi ment He immediately ordered this regiment to parade drill, delivered a speech to the troops and told them of his suspicion. He then commanded that every man closely scrutinize his com rades to the right and left In this manner a man was discovered who was not known to anybody. He turned out to be a Parisian, who had fled from the French capital to Austria, had secured a French uniform on a battle fled, and thus did the service of a spy for Archduke Charles. The spy was promptly executed. Taakea Meal la Cbtaa. Consul Johnson, at Amoy, believes there is an attractive opportunity for the introduction of corn products into China. Flour has been introduced, and "the increase in consumption is mar velous." "Cornmeal, grits and hom iny," the consul writes, "could be laid down here at a price which would un dersell rice during more than half the year. It is only necessary to introduce the corn products in an intelligent way so as to get the people to understand their use. It would be worse than folly to dump a cargo of the cornmeal on this market and offer it for sale, as millers have suggested. It must be Introduced by first teaching a number of cooks (who are all organized in a guild, or union) how to prepare it and then giving away a limited amount of the cooked product through the public restaurants, whivh feed thousands of people." St Louis Globe-Democrat A New KrUgloas Coasmaalty. The first public service in connection with the foundation of a new and re markable religious community was held at the Cavendish rooms, Mortimer street west, London, England, a few days ago. The movement owes its origin to Mr. Oswald John Simon, son of the late Sir John Simon (who was at one time member of parliament for Dewsbury), and to a few prominent members of the Jewish community. Their object is the preaching of a mis sionary Judaism acceptable to all mon qtheists Jewish and non-Jewish. Con trary to the law prevailing in the orthodox synagogue, the sexes were not separated, and male worshipers uncovered their heads during the serv ice. Praying shawls were not worn, and minister and congregation knelt together in prayer, a form unknown in contemporary Jewish congregations. Balelag RMae by Gas Pawar. The art of the ship-raiser has of late years been brought to great perfection, and much ingenuity has been exercised in the various methods resorted to. A new apparatus has recently been pat ented in Germany by an engineer of Sonderburg, which depends upon the well-known fact that calcium carbide will give off acetylene gas when brought into contact with water. The apparatus consists of a series of bar rels or drums, each containing a tip ping vessel filled with carbide. These drums are attached, full-of water, to the submerged vessel, and a mechan ical device causes the water to attack the carbide. By this means gas takes the place of water In the tanks, the liquid being forced out by pressure, snd the sunken vessel is thus buoyed ap to the surface. When you have ao aim, you are aot likely to make any mark. FABM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO r-t-Dato Huts Aaavt Cal Uvatle mt taw Sail aad YtoMe Tkaraaf BTartlcaltara, Tltlcaltare aad BTartlealtaral Oasarvatlaaa. The question of whether bees punc-'4 tore grapes has been discussed from various standpoints for a good many years, and the conclusions reached by most thinkers and Investigators on the subject are that bees do not puncture grapes, but suck the juice of grapes only after they have burst open or been bitten by birds. Prof. R. L. Tay lor of the Michigan Experiment Sta tion has conducted some experiments that would seem to put the question, at rest His observations were that the bees worked only on the Delaware and Lady grapes, varieties that burst open badly in wet seasons. Prof. Tay lor placed 1,000 sacks on clusters of thirteen different varieties of grapes so that the bees could not get at them. Toward the close of the experiment It wo found that the grapes inclosed in sacks were suffering more than those that were left' uncovered, and many of the grapes had burst open. The ex perimenter concluded that tho sucking away of the juice' of the grapes by the bees is a direct benefit rather than an injury, in that these juices are pre vented from flowing upoa sound trapes, snd thus increasing the amount of the Injury by the cracking of the kin. The question of reforesting burned over areas Is of Importance to all in terested in forestry and Incidentally la horticulture. When large areas are burned over it 'takes many years to cover them with anything, even with grasses. When a small space only Is covered, the heat is not so Intense as to destroy all plant germs in the soil. but in the case of great fires even the fertility, with all seeds in the soil. Is destroyed. Eome recent investigations in Colorado showed that regions that had been burned over in 1881 had not begun to show any kind of tree growth till six years afterward, and that thir teen years afterward small pines only were found, and though these trees were found on Investigation to be seven years old, they had attained a height of only twenty inches. To fully comprehend what this means one should measure off twenty inches in height from any object the floor or ground and remember that this height represents seven years of growth. At such a rate, how long will it take to cover that region with a fair-sized forest? Another region was burned over in 1890, and four years afterward not a sign of vegetation had appeared, except here and there a straggling blade of grass or sedge. Forest fires not only destroy immense supplies of timber, but destroy the humus ia the soil to such an extent that it is rendered nearly sterile for generations. Fires are the greatest foes to forests, and their prevention should engage the best efforts of the government A Kaw Iadastry. From Farmers' Review: Favorable 'conditions for the growth of what Is known as the Holland bulbs have been discovered in the western part of the state of Washington, in San Juan county. This county is unique in that it consists almost entirely of islands, some 200 in number, surrounded by water which never reaches a lower temperature than 43 degrees Fahren heit in winter, nor higher than 54 de grees in summer. This equable tem perature, together with the copious rains of that region, make it possible to achieve results in the raising of bulbs which long-continued experi ments In other parts of the United States have not been able to produce. Mr. George Glbbs of Orcus island, after carefully studying the soil, cli mate and temperature of San Juan county for several years, in the fall of 1892 planted a quantity of bulbs which he allowed to remain in their beds until the summer of 1S94. when he found an enormous increase in all varieties. Not only was there a phe nomenal Increase In numbers, but the bulbs had also attained an unusual size, some tulip bulbs measuring seven and one-half Inches in circumference. The blooms obtained from these bulbs are exceptionally fine and well de veloped, and are ready for the market two weeks earlier than those raised on the mainland. About 400 tulip and hyacinth bulbs are now planted in Lincoln park, Chi cago, which have been sent there by Mr. Glbbs from Washington, and their development is being watched with much Interest by those in charge. B. JACOBSON. Preaarrlae; Fenca TmmtM. The lime treatment is as good as any. and the cheapest The only ef fect of an antiseptic for preserving timber is to remove the acids of the wood, and to fill the cells with an in destructible mineral deposit, thus pre venting decay, says H. 8. In Rural New Yorker. After much practice with the various timber preservatives for use in such special cases, as In mines, and for bridges, I have not learned of any material better thaa common lime. It has been found so effective in this way, that ships are now In existence and seaworthy ia every way, which are over a century old, and have been all that time carry ing ume as tneir principal cargoes. Timber has been found in ancient buildings, perfectly sound after cen turies of burial' In Ume or cement mortar. From some experience, I am satisfied that the Ume treatment, sim ple and cheap as It Is, is equally effec tive as the various other treatments by much more expensive materials. How to Use It My method has been to saturate the timber which has been put into bridges, cross ties on rail roads, and in mines for posts, in hot lime In this way: A pit Is dug large enough to hold a convenient lot of posts set on end, fresh quicklime is laid in the bottom six inches deep. The timber is laid or set on end in this pit for fence posts, this way is most convenient The spaces between the posts are filled with the small broken lime, room being left for the lime to swell as it slakes, and when the pit Is filled, water is thrown on to slake the lime into a paste, as if for mortar. The lime, in expanding, fills in tightly be tween the posts, and making a great heat drives the moisture out of the timber, and seasons it Water is added as the lime slakes, until it is a semi liquid mass. Then as the lime and the heated timber cool, the vacuum created in the timber by the previous heating. Is immediately filled by the Ume water, sad the ceUulose, with all the acids which are neutralized In this way, be comes mineralized, and decay of the timber is prevented. There is aoth iag aew fa this way. any more than there was ia the advice glvea to the leper to "so wash aad be clean." Bat it is quite as effective a way as aay of the mere costly chemical methods of treating timber to increase its durabil ity or prevent its decay. Of course, it is necessary to immerse the posts ia the pit deep enough to treat them as far as. or something more than, the timber will be set ia the ground, and the timber should be stripped of the bark. S Caraat Graea, We herewith Illustrate paspalum compreasum, better known as Carpet grass. A government report says of it: This is apparently indigenous along the coast, and is slowly spreading northward, being now somewhat com mon in Mississippi and Alabama. It Is undoubtedly one of the best pasture grasses for sandy soils, and it will bear more hard trampling aad close (razing thaa any other species. On heavy soils It is often crowded out by Bermuda grass and other species, but oa light soils of even moderate fertil ity it will soon cover the ground to the exclusion of all others. It Is a grass that sooa comes In when sandy soils are pastured closely, .and will choke out the broom sedge and other leas desirable sorts. It Is easily de stroyed by plowing and never becomes a weed. It rarely grows large enough to be cut for hay, though oa the prai ries of southwestern Louisiana, where It is known as "petit gazon." it reaches a height of two feet or more and covers a large part of the native meadows. The seed is rarely found la the market hut the plant Is easily propagated by mowing whea the seel is ripe snd scattering the hay over the field where the grass Is wanted. Even If but few plants should appear the first year, the seed will soon be spread by stock so as to cover the entire field. It bears heavy frost without injury, and so affords considerable grazing FMi B CaratC ignai 'ffawafaa Mmpmmai. a, during the winter. It is often used as lawn grass on soils too light and sandy for Bermuda, and is excellent for that purpose, though its rather light color makes it less attractive than a grass having a richer green. Freeervlac Staamlaa la IJva Hteek. By stamina we mean health, vigor, constitution, vitality, endurance, "get there." In improved breeding there Is always danger of decreasing vitality, says Wallace's Farmer. We can push development along any line about so far when weakness of constitution fol lows, and the usefulness of the animal is imperiled. We can. for example, push butter and milk production to a wonderful extent, but the death rate among cows that give the phenomenal yields is astonishing. The constitution cannot stand this tremendous pressure, and milk fever or tuberculosis takes off the queens of the dairy. The cow can be pushed to 300 or 400 pounds of butter per year, provided she Is well fed and kept In a well-ventilated barn, but the danger line lies very near that high point We can make phenomenal gains on hogs and can hide their skeletons In a mass of flesh, but If this forcing process Is continued either on the male or female line, lmpotency and small Utters cf weaklings are very liable to follow. The change from the native hog to the high-bred animal of any of the improved breeds U a radical one, and it is not possible to push pork production to the utmost without de creasing the vitality and stamina of the animal. There is a limit to human endeavor in this direction, and nature says "stop." The same is true of sheep, and in fact of all other classes of live stock; Ie3s perhaps with the horse than any ether because the horse Is used hard for service in the field or on the road, and work means abundant exercise and the preserva tion of stamina and vitality. Qrasea aa Sat Soil Bladers. A government report says: The large areas of drifting sands along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts and also about the Great Lakes and along some of our larger rivers, which, because of their unstable char acter, are a serious menace to life and property, could in many cases be re claimed and converted into valuable pasture and meadow lands. The study of the grasses suitable for binding these sands has been extended along the Atlantic coast as far south as Florida, also to various points on the Pacific coast and along the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon. Several native sand binders of great promise have been discovered, and their utilization in a practical way has been undertaken. The seaside blue grass, a native of the sand dunes along the Oregon coast where it grows abundantly, is said to be a good forage grass as well as an excellent sand binder, and has been successfully in troduced along the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. The binding of drifting sands and embankments about fortifi cations along the coast is a serious problem which confroats the authori ties of the war department Change in Nitrogen. Nitrogen as organic matter (plant or animal) at least before becoming assimilable to any considerable extent, must first undergo fermentation and change to ammonia, and then be changed to nitric acid, involving one more process than In the case of ammoniacal nitro gen. Shoeing Poultry. Bohemian geese, the Poultry Herald tells U3. when driven long distances to market, are shod before starting on the journey by being sent repeatedly over patches of tar mixed with sand. This forms a hard crust on the feet enabling the geese to travel over great distances. Jefferson county. Wis., made and sold over 6,000,000 pounds of butter last year. - 1B V . When we pay $4 a bottle for brandy we are apt to overlook the fact,, says a New York writer, that it is made out of the surplus wine, the cheap, cent-a-quart stuff that nobody but peas ants caa stomach. This year over 35, 060,000 gallons of claret will be dis tilled Into 2,500,000 gallons of brandy. Wine growing and stock raising ae the life of France. More acres are be ing put into vines and grass every year. Every man has his times when he wishes he could put his life away in moth balls till he wants to take her out U. S. SENATOR ROACH Says Peruna, the Catarrh Cure, Gives Strength and Appetite. 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Roach, United States Senator from North Dakota, personally endorses Peruna, the great catarrh cure and tonic. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, at Columbus, Ohio, written from Washington, D. C, Senator Roach says: "Persuaded by a Mead, I have used Peruna as a toak, and I am glad to testify that it has greatly helped me la strength, vigor aad appetite. I have been advised by Mends that it is remarkably effica cious as a cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh." Senator Roach's home address is Larimore, North Dakota. Peruna is not a guess, nor an experiment: it is nn absolute, scientific cer tainty. Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna has no substitutes no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna. Let no one persuade yon that some other remedy will do nearly as well. There is no other systematic remedy for catarrh, but Peruna. Address the Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio, for a free book on catarrh, written by Dr. Hartman. Water Tonrs. Should you desire information re garding California, Arizona. Texas or Mexico, and the long limit, low rate, round-trip tickets, sold to principal points, the various routes via which the tickets can be purchased, or re garding one way first and second-class rates, through sleeping car lines, first-class and tourist, call upon or ad dress W. G. Neimyer, Gen'l Western Agent, Southern Pacific Co., 238 Clark St, Chicago; W. H. Connor. Com'l Agent, Chamber Commerce BIdg., Cincinnati, Ohio, or W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt, 220 Ellicott Sq., Buf falo, N. Y. Try Magnetic Starch It longer' than any other. will lQ3t The crosses created by carelessness cannot be credited to God. SlOO Bewaitl BIOO. The readers of this paper will bo pleased ta learn tbs there is at least one dreaded disease that wnce has been able to cure in all Us stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Rail's Catarrh Curo is taken internallv. acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of tho svRtem. thereby destroying the foundation of thcdtseasc.andKiTinzthn patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doins its work. The pro prietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer Onellundrcd Dollars for aay case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. . . Address P. J. CHEXEY & CO.. Toledo, a Sold by drumists 73c. Ball's Family Pills are the best Strife boils us so quickly that he who stirs it often gets scalded. Attractive Booklet Sent Fre. Choice Recipe for nialcln? Cm-. anl ChocoUte. AditreM Walter Unkor & Co. Ltl.. Dorchester. Mw. Science is a word that many use as a wrapper for ignorance. Fl TS Trrmtnntlr Cnrwl. Xo nr or prronmiMs artar Snt dy' o' I"- KUne' :iet Ntrre Kntnrer. 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AN UPPER TO HUMANITY GENERALLY We need your assistance at aaaoidcles a thcworld the GREATEST jKMETJVtM Scleaca has ever prodnced. and you need our assistance to secure relief for yourself and friends taroagftj SWANSON'5 "5 DROPS." i-jr-n-ir a?S BawfcBWfcBMase a ssurelyastae American Xavy has con- f KtasPflBwaamf I QUr fCaasBwlBaw queredand will conjueroll thatoppoaes It. o will "5 DROPS" unfailingly conquer all diseases like Rheufltatism. Sciatica. Newralgia.. Catarrh at an kbus, AairtnA, uyspcpM. - .. -,-7-, .-.--- r . Heart Weakness, Tootaacae. caratne. wrwims n 1 1 . Dnnumw. j,er aad Kktaey Troubles, etc etc, or any disease for which we rec ommend it. "5 DROPS" Is the aaaae ami the dose. -5 DROPS" is per-f -m fectly harmless. It does not contain Salicylate of Soda nor, Opiates la any form. The Child can use it as well as the Adult. -. , Read carefully what Mr. L. R. 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