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letter frcn Tokoboma describing-the
"growth of anti-American feeling In
Japan." The writer says: "This de
velopment is due to the harsh treat
seat the Japanese have received in
Hawaii and to the belief that the
United States will stop Japanese im
migration to Hawaii. The feeling is
calculated to lead to a deplorable war
of tariffs and to retaliatory restric
tions.' The occupants of a balloon a mile
high command a radius of ninety-six
miles.
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U tftttt tlrei feeling Mood laeka vitality
, as richness, and hence you tell like a lag
guv all day and cant get rested at night.
Boot's Sarsaparilla will cure you because
It will restore to the blood the qualities It
needs to nourish, strengthen and sustain
the muscles, nerves and organs ol the body.
It gives sweet, refreshing sleep and Imparts
arw lite and vigor to every function.
Fmt !-" In the spring I would have
ae appetite and would feel tired and with
at ambition. Took Hood's Sarsaparilla
la small doses. Increasing as I grew
stronger. Tfcat tired feeling left me and I
felt better In every way." W. E. Baku,
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The true pessimist wonld rather be
rrong than happy.
Are Tee. ffelae- Alleals Feet-Baa?
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Coras 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. T..
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ly. In the grave thy loved one can re
ceive no kindness.
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toageatssellingourbonseho'd goods. Selloa
sight. Write C. U. Marshall Co., Chicago.
The principal business of one gener
ation is the training of the next
Shaw. Hall's Catarrh Core
b taken internally. Price. 75c
Pride is increased by ignorance;
those assume the most who know the
least Gay.
Re ora the canasa that make your hair llfalea
art gray with Pabkkx'b Hair Balsax.
UlSDcacocx's. tho beat cure (or corns. IScts.
The fruit derived from labor is the
sweetest of all pleasures. Vauvenar
gues. For starching fine linen use Magnetic
Starch.
Those readiest to criticise are often
least able to appreciate.
Your clothes will not crack If yon
use Magnetic Starch.
In great straits, and when hope is
small, the boldest counsels are the
safest.
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longer than any other.
Sometimes a noble failure serves tht
world as faithfully as a distinguished
success. Dowden.
The Stolen at Wasblnatea.
On May 19th, 20th and 21st the Big
Four, C. O. will sell round trip ex
cursion tickets to Washington at one
fare for round trip. For maps, rates,
etc, address J. C. Tucker, G. N. A., 234
Clark St, Chicago.
Even the girl who marries for love
doesn't always get it
Dropsy treated free by Dr.'H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver
tisement in another column of this paper.
Why can't we have civil bank cash
iers as well as civil engineers?
Solomon was the wisest man. Who
was the wisest woman?
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A new story of Kitchener is said hy
G. W. E. Rasaell to be "probably not
so very far astray." Cecil Rhodes
made more or less trouble for the mili
tary authorities in Klmberley, ami
finally Col. Kekewich one day helib
giaphed Lord Kitchener that Rhode's
interference was getting unbearable.
Kitchener's prompt answer was: "You
had better put him in chains!"
Henry Perrine Townsend, a well
known New York lawyer, a native of
Illinois and a Californian pioneer of
1849, is dead, aged 74 years.
THE LETTER WAS GENUINE
Aad Ceatataed Facta A r
leaa Settled hi Western Caeae
needed with lacjatrlrs.
A short time since a letter appeared
in these columns signed by Mr. W. H.
Klnkade of Alameda, Asslnlboia, West
ern Canada, which caused that gentle
man to receive a great many inquiries,
most of them anxious to know if the
letter was genuine. To a large num
ber of the. Inquiries answers were sent,
but it was impossible to reply to all.
We take pleasure In submitting to our
readers a specimen of replies seat by
Mr. Kinkade:
"Yes, the letter dated December 22,
1899, supposed to have been written
by me, which you saw in your local
papers, was genuine and contained
facts. I will say of the information
received from the Canadian Govern
ment Agents prior to coming here, I
did not find a single untrue stateme'nt
The Canadian Government is honor
able and its Agents dare not misrepre
sent this country or they would lose
their Jobs. There is quite a bit of
land for homesteading yet, a very lit
tle close to market, but mainly from
6 to 20 miles from stations. The coun
try, hereabouts is a prairie, nearly
level, slightly rolling, not a rough
country b7 any mear-s. Homestead
entries cost $10: on land that has been
cancelled there is a $5 cancellation
fee extra and in some cases an inspec
tion fee of $5 and where the former
occupant has made any substantial
improvements there are small amounts
to pay for improvements. This is a
poor place for a poor man unless he
has brains and muscle and 'git aad
grit,' but with these requisites he cam
succeed. The population of this part'
of Asslnlaboia has doubled during the
past two years. There has been as
much prairie broken the past two
years as was already broken previous
to 1898. C. P. R. land (odd sections)
joining homestead land sells at S3 per
acre. Improved quarters within four
to five miles or town sell at $1,000 this
spring. This is not a Garden of Eden
at all, no man need think he can come
here and get rich in a short time with
out much labor, but if he will work
and be saving he can soon be an in
dependent farmer tilling his own soil
and getting good returns for his labor.
"We burn coal, which costs us $1.85
per load at the mines, which are 20
miles southwest of us.
"People with stock and machinery
should come in May so as to have all
June to break in. Those who expect
to work for wages for the first year
or two should come by the end of July
to work through harvest and threshing
and then go to the coal fields and work
all winter and by spring he could be
ready to Improve homestead.
"A quarter section of railway land
sells at $3 per acre. The interest is all
figured up and a man has about $71
to pay cash, and If he breaks at least
10 acres first breaking season his $21
interest for the first year is thrown
off and the second fall following pur
chase he has $69 to pay and then $60
to pay for S more falls, which makes
a total of $611 the quarter costs him,
including all interest Paying for a
quarter of land that way is like keep
ing a life insurance policy paid, only
it does not take so long to do it By
a man homesteading one quarter and
buying another quarter gives him a
chance to have a 320-acre farm all his
own and have it paid for In ten years,
and after that he is sure of aa easy
living if he is any good at all.
"(Signed) W. H. KINKADB."
The number of languages and dia
lects spoken in the wor.j amounts to
J.064.
Magnetic Starch is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
A director of the Standard Oil com
pany has recently published in The
Independent an article declaring trusts
to be good for the workingman. To
the May Century, Andrew Carnegie of
the Carnegie company, which rivals
the Standard Oil for first place among
the world's great corporations, will
contribute an essay taking the same
ground. In this article, which bears
the title "Popular Illusions about
Trusts' the great steel manufacturer
argues that the evils of trusts are gen
erally self-corrective; that no trust
can live long unless it secures a vir
tual mononoly of the commodity it
deals in; and that "the only people
who have reason to fear trusts are
those who trust them."
The entertainment of royalty costs
British society each year fully 2,000.
900. Vn. WlMlaa Intu..
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kiwiiMlof.aUrjspaUk.caraswtedcoUc. c a battle.
In the Review of Reviews for May,
there is editorial comment on Admiral
Dewey's candidacy; on the government
of Puerto Rico under the law recently
passed by Congress; on the proposed
government of Alaska, and on the
developments of the month in financial
and industrial circles. Other topics
treated in "The Progress of the
World" are the rush to Cape Nome,
fox-breeding in Alaska, the April elec
tions, the epidemic of strikes, the
opening of the Paris fair, the military
operations in South Africa, and the
Delagoa Bay award.
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(Old Favorite Series.)
This Is a song of the American Civil
War.
Just before the battle, mother,
I am thinking jnost ot you.
While upon the field we're watching.
With the enemy in view.
Comrades brave are round me lying. '
Filled with thoushts of home and God.
For well they know that on the morrow
Some will sleep beneath the sod.
CHORUS.
Farewell, mother, you may never
Press me to your heart again;
But oh! you'll not forget me. mother.
If I'm numbered with the slain.
Oh! I long to see you, mother.
And the loving ones at home.
But I'll never leave our banner
Till In honor I can come.
Tell the traitors round about you.
That their cruel words, we know.
In every battle kill our soldiers
By the help they give the foe.
Farewell, mother, etc.
Hark! I hear the busies sounding
Tls the slfiial for the fight
Now may God protect us. mother.
As He ever does the richt
Hear the battle-cry of "Freedom,"
How It swells upon the air;
Oh, yes. we'll rally round the standard.
Or we'll perish nobly there.
Farewell, mother, etc.
reat Wars Wnm Uttle Chi
Although war, as moralists teach us.
Is the last argument nations" should
resort to in settlement of their dis
putes, it has frequently been brought
about by trifles light as air, little inci
dents from which have resulted awful
sacrifice of life. "With what streams
of blood has the failure of a few drops
of Ink been avenged!" Those were the
words of a great writer lamenting the
bitter war between Poland and Sweden
in the seventeenth century. The king
of Sweden, in reading a dispatch from
the king of Poland, noticed his own
name and titles were followed by two
"etceteras," while three were append
ed to the name of the king of Poland.
He took this in such bad grace that he
declared war. and the strife was car
ried on for six years. It has frequent
ly been stated that the accidental spill
ing of a glass of water caused the ter
rible wars of the Spanish Succession.
The circumstances of too occurrence
were as follows: At a great state ball
in Paris, Mrs. Masham was holding In
her hand a glass of water, which was
spilt over the Marquis de Torey.where
at he, thinking this premeditated, took
umbrage. Recriminations followed,
disaffection set in between the English
ambassador and the French govern
ment who came to loggerheads. Hence
the war. Plutarch relates how the
smell of butter brought about a war
A lady of Sparta went on a visit to
the wife of a nobleman In Thrace; but
the visitor was scented with sweet
ointment whereas the Thraclan lady
had used butter, which was then only
used as ointment or medicine. The
difference in the smell created a dif
ference of opinion, and the quarrel
ended in war. The loss of a teapot
once plunged the empire of China in
civil war.' which lasted for nearly a
hundred years, devastating the land,
and causing the destruction of thou
sands of lives. A great Chinese po
tentate was traveling in an obscure re
gion of the celestial domain, and he,
like the man going down from Jericho,
fell among thieves, who robbed him
of everything, including his beloved
teapot An appeal to. the Chinese em
neror resulted in the speedy return of
all the goods, except the teapot; but
having great influence at court, the
nobleman persuaded the emperor to
send a body of soldiers to recover it
When the soldiers arrived the Inhabi
tants of the districts which the ban
dits infested took sides with the lat
ter, and, the faction spreading, the
whole country was ablaze.
8tlll Another Explosive.
Safety in use, so far as the user is
concerned, and hideous devastation to
the foe are the ideals In war explo
sives at which the world's war bu
reaus are aiming. Marslte, the inven
tion of Mr. Hathaway ot Wellsboro,
Penn., is said to be the safest ot the
high explosives yet known. The ord
nance bureau of the United States na
vy is investigating the material, and
the preliminary tests are said to have
been highly favorable, says the Lon
don Times. Marsite is supposed to !e
a nitrate compound, although its com
position is the secret of its inventor.In
appearance it resembles dark colored
clay, and it is said to be as safe as
clay to handle. You may with im
punity pound it with a hammer or rasp
it with a file. You cannot explode it
by coneussion, and if you set fire to
it it merely sizzles for a moment and
then goes out But a percussion ar
rangementfailing that an electric
current will do all that the most ex
acting military man could ask. A
quantity of marsite in a four-inch
shell was put in an excavation In
the ground. Over the hole was placed
a scrceen of steel an inch thick, above
which a wooden structure was built
When the electric current was turned
on a terrific explosion occurred, which
tore a hole in the steel screen and
burst the shell into thousands' of frag
ments. Placed between cakes of ice to
demonstrate that the explosive is not
affected by cold, 0 the explosion tore
the? ice to pieces and cast fragments
high in the air. It is claimed that
the shell may be safely fired' from a
gun with ths initial velocity ot 2,000
feet a second.
'tie KarHacr.
A number of romantic matrimonial
alliances have been made by veterans
of the National Military Home, Day
ton, Ohio, but none quite so sensation
al has occurred as the recent marriage
ot William H. Post, a popular mem
ber of the Home Drum Corps', to Mrs.
Elizabeth McWilliams, of 165 Haw
thorne street Dayton. Veteran Post is
one of the three youngest members of
the. home, being but 52 years of age.
Joan Holden being the youngest 51.'
aad- John Goldeh. 53, the oldest of the
trio, all musicians. Post came here
from Marion. Ind., where he owns con
siderable valuable property. His bride
is bis senior by nine years, the mar
riage license showing her to be 61.
The sensational part of their court
ship and marriage is the fact; that the
bride actually had to run away from
hone, like many younger ones do, in
order to get married, her daughters
vigiroosly opposing the match, and
threatening, so It Is alleged.' to lock
their mother up la order to. prevent
thercoamunmatioa of her wild iafatu-
atloa for yawag Veteran Post Sae
seat her clothing to the aoase of her
soa Joha, who slid aot object to the
marriage, whither she afterward re
paired anbekaowa to her daagaten,
aad was duly married to her soldier
lover by Her. J. V. Poorman. The
bride owns valuable Daytoa property,
which the daagaters. It is saM.thoagat
would slip from their inheritance If
the mother married Post, hence their
opposition to the match. Bnt the old
lady was too smart for them. The
bride in a bright comely, well-preserved
woman, looking not a year over
59, while her husband would pass eas
ily for 45. He entered the service of
his country as a drummer boy at the
age of 11 years. He had three broth
ers killed in battle, and is the only
surviving member of a once extensive
family.
First te Sacgest. the . A. K.
The Rev. Wm. J. Rutledge of Jack
sonville, 111., died recently, aged 86.
He Is credited with being the first to
suggest the Idea of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which was afterwards
carried into effect by Dr. Ben F. Ste
venson. Mr. Rutledge was born in
Virginia and married in 1843 Miss
Louise Stratton of Pike county. He
was the father of twelve.childreneven
of whom survive him, and although
scattered all over the United States,
all attended the funeral. Mr; Rutledge
had been in' the ministry for fifty-six
years and at the time ot his death was
the oldest member of the Methodist
Episcopal conference. For the last six
years he had been on the superannu
ated list, but did not give up active
work. Mr. Rutledge served as chaplain
of the Fourteenth Illinois infantry ,Gen.
Palmer's regiment, for nearly four
years. For seven years he was chap
lain of the Illinois state penitentiary
at Jollet by the appointment of Gov.
Oglesby. He also served as chaplain
of the Illinois Soldiers' Home at Quin
cy for four years under Gov. Flfer. He
was also a member of the first board
of trustees of the Northwestern uni
versity at Evanston and It Is largely
due to his influence with the legisla
ture that this institution today enjoys
many advantages over other schools ot
like character.
Troops la the FhUleplaes.
Adjutant General Corbin has pre
pared a statement snowing the
strength of the troops in the Philip
pines on the 1st of April, the date ot
last returns. According to the state
ment there were on the date stated 63,
585 officers and men there. The total
strength of officers and staff Is 2.730,
of whom 2,610 are regulars and 120
volunteers. There are fifteen general
staff officers, of whom all but one are
classed as volunteers. The total ca
valry force Is 3,507, of which 2,411 are
regulars and 1,096 volunteers. There
are five regiments ot artillery, all of
the regular establishment and num
bering 2,228 officers and men. There
are forty-one regiments of Infantry,
agregating 55,120 officers and men, of
which number 24,133 are regulars and
30,987 volunteers. Including all classes
there are 31,382 regulars, ot which
number 968 are officers and 30,414 en
listed men, and 32,203 volunteers, of
which number 1,356 are officers and
30,487 enlisted men.
A DtstlagaUhed Soldier
A distinguished Scottish soldier has
passed away in the person of Field
Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, who died
recently at Algiers. Sir Donald Stew
art was Lord Roberts' senior, both in
years and experience, and he was also
his predecessor in the Indian com
mand. The two men served much to
gether and were lifelong friends. The
commander-in-chief In South Africa,
in the press of a serious war, must feel
keenly the loss of his old comrade. Sir
Donald Stewart began his military ca
reer at the age of 16, when he joined
the Bengal staff corps. From that time
onward he missed no opportunity of
distinguishing himself. He was a man
who. bad many friends, and .was one of
the best known and best liked of all
the Scotchmen who have risen to emi
nence in the army.
Projected Sasssaer JIaaeayers.
Extraordinarily persistent rumors
were current in Moscow that on Rus
sian Easter Sunday the czar would is
sue a manifesto containing an ultima
tum to Great Britain demanding that
she conclude peace with the Boers
forthwith under threat of occupying
Cabul andd Herat If Great Britain
failed to comply. This report was
connected by some persons with the
fact that no reservists were allowed to
take unlimited leave, but possibly the
orders to the reservists were connect
ed with the projected summer maneuv
ers in the central provinces in which
200.000 troops will participate and at
which Emperor William Is expected to
be present
Weak Gaapowder.
Gunpowder was not always as pow
erful an explosive as it is now. In
the time of Cromwell, for instance, it
was so weak that the plstoleer was
advised not to discharge his weapon
until he could place the muzzle of the
pistol close to the body of the enemy
under the cuirass, if possible as he
would be sure not to waste his pow
der. Effect of I.)dd!te Taper.
The vapor given off by lyddite when
it explodes has an extraordinary effect
on the hair and face. When the Brit
ish troops took possession of Cronje's
laager the Boer children.of whom there
were about 22, presented a curious ap
pearance. Through the effects of lyd
dite their hair and faces had become
quite yellow.
Grew Haadsosae While A!eer
A physical culturist ot authority
claims that not even worry will make
a woman grow wrinkled and old so
rapidly as sleeping with her head on
a high pillow. To grow young,
healthy and beautiful while you sleep,
lie on your back with your head on a
level with your body. Her theory is
that during the day, when the head is
held ia its normal position, the mus
cles of the face drop, and when the tis
sues are lacking in strength and the
skin flabby, wrinkles come, says the
Montreal Herald. At night the drop
ping of the muscles should be counter
acted. They should be lifted up. By
sleeping with the head on a level with
the body, the drooping lines, which
give an expression of care and age to
the face, will in time gradually disap
pear. Dfeseead Iasared far Sell
An mormniK ritamnnri fmn iriv.
ley will be shown in the jewelry sec
tion of the Paris exposition.' It was
found shortly before the war began
and is said to be finer than the -Regent,
the Shah, the Grand Mogul or the Koh-i-noor.
It has been insured for 82-000.000.
FASH AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Vste-Date RIats Aheat Cel-
Uvatlesi er the , Sell aad Yields
Thereef Hertlealtare, Ylttaaltar aad
Fleriealtare.
Ceaserrlar afaaare.
In common with other things that
are under control of trusts there has
been a sharp advance, in the price ot
chemicals that the farmers use for the
manufacture of commercial fertilizers
or that the manufacturers use In the
making up of commercial grades. This
Is said to be especially true of the
materials that contain nitrogen. It
therefore behooves the farmer to look
after the fertilizers he has on the
farm. By the ordinary manner of
handling manure at least half of the
nitrogen is lost One-half of the value
of the excrement from bur cattle and
other stock is in the liquids, which on
many farms are not saved at all. Ni
trogen especially abounds in the
liquids, as is evidenced by the am
monia they throw off. We want again
to urge that every farmer take meas
ures to save these valuable products.
I he farmers that have manure piles
that are exposed to all weathers and
that have no arrangement to save the
liquids should at once stop the waste.
It means hundreds of dollars to the
pocket of every farmer. Remember
that the manure pile is not only as
sailed by the rain but by the air, and
the latter helps to deprive it of its
ammonia a form of nitrogen. It is
not enough to prevent manure from
leaching and washing, It must be kept
from drying out and thus losing its
ammonia, or a large part of it
Horllcnltaral Obserratloas.
A well cultivated orchard on deep
rich soil should send down Its roots
much deeper than an orchard not cul
tivated. Consequently it should be
able to stand cold better than trees
in uncultivated orchards. It Is true
the frost may go deeper, but the root
should outstrip the frost
Mr. John McDonald of Michigan
says: "I learned last year that fruit
trees standing in grass winter better
than those well cultivated. A great
many apple and pear trees died last
summer owing to the hard preceding
winter." The general conclusion that
Mr. McDonald draws from that experi
ence is not well founded. It all our
winters were like the one of 1898-9 we
would have to stop cultivating our
orchards, and we could then state as
a general proposition that cultivated
trees are liable to be frozen out be
cause the frost can strike In deeper
and stay longer. But that winter was
one of exceptional severity, and it Is
doubtful If we will have another like
It for 50 years to come. The ground
was bare and froze deeply. Probably
in some sections the roots of the trees
did not thaw out till after the buds
and leaves had appeared. But we must
figure on ordinary and not on extra
ordinary years. An orchard planted
now may grow to maturity and fail
with old age and be succeeded by an
other orchard that will likewise dis
appear from old age before we have
another winter with conditions iden
tical with the one named. Cultivation
is desirable, and we will have to take
our chances on the unusual winter.
e
S. T. Wilkinson of Branch county.
Michigan, sends the following to the
State Board of Agriculture: All apple
orchards in this vicinity that had been
both cultivated and sprayed bore a
full crop of fine apples. Most or
chards sprayed and not cultivated had
a partial crop of fairly good fruit,
while but few orchards not sprayed
had more than 10 per cent of a crop.
With peaches I have experimented
some for three years with some varie
ties in same plot and set at the same
time. The first crop in 189S from the
cultivated portion bore 50 per cent of
a full crop of fine, large, well formei
fruit while the uncultivated trees bore
20 per cent full crop of second class
fruit Cultivated trees killed by last
winter's freezing, 60 per sent; uncul
tivated killed, 2 per cent. Have reset
cultivated portion and cultivated
whole plat All have made gool
growth and look fine. I think that it
pays to cultivate judiciously all peach
orchards and sow rye or some other
cover crop about August 1. Heel in
with dirt all trees under bearing age
at least one foot high, as our winters
re very likely to be bare of snow, and
would both cultivate and spray all
apple orchards.
Potash and Starch Potatoes.
The Connecticut Experiment Station
made experiments to compare the ef
fect of muriate with that of sulphate
ot potash on the starch content and
field of tubers. The potatoes were
grown on very poor soil which was
iressed with 400 pounds nitrate soda,
315 pounds acid phosphate and 120
pounds of muriate or sulphate ot pot
ash. The yield was increased from 43
to 228 bushels ot salable tubers per
acre. Doubling the potash, applying
240 pounds per acre, increased the
yield only twelve bushels per acre over
what was produced when 120 pounds
were applied. Muriate produced a
somewhat greater yield than sulphate,
but the tubers contained slightly more
water and less starch than when sul
phate was used. The evidence In re
gard to the relative effect of sulphate
and muriate of potash on potatoes is
somewhat conlicting. Most of the ex
periments made in this country and
Europe show that sulphate produces
better tubers with less water and a
slightly higher starch content, but the
difference Is slight Some German ex
perimenters, Pfeiffer and others, have
recently published results of experi
ments showing that pure muriate has
no injurious effect on the tubers, but
impurities, noticeably chloride of mag
nesia, are influential in depressing the
proportion of starch.
Treat Oats for Sssat,
The sowing of oats without first
treating the seed for smut is a cause
of great loss to farmers. This loss is
far greater than one would suppose
without investigation. Investigations
in Illinois show that the annual loss
to the oat crop in that state is from
5 to 47 per cent, with an average of
about ten per cent This means abo.U
1.500,0000 bushels per year. One rea
son why the loss to the oat crop from
smut is underestimated is that many
of the smut heads are whipped off by
the wind and so are unnoticed, but at
harvest time the stalk that, is cut is
bare. Then again the stalks affected
by smut are frequently dwarfed and
do not show among the other heads,
even in the sheaf. Then, too, smut
sometimes exists-: without being rec
ognized, it being 'set down as blight
This loss can be entirely prevented by
treating the oats with hot water, dip-
plag the seed oats la water for five
minutes at a temperature ot l?w to 137
degrees. For this work a kettle Is
seeded as well as two barrels aad a
thermometer. Oh barrel shoald cca
tala warm water and another cold
water. The oats should be sacked la
qualities ot one to one and a half
basaels. The kettle should be Urge
enough to hold one bag at a time
After the bag of oats has remained
for the specified time in the kettle ol
hot water it should be lifted out and
dipped at once into the barrel of cool
water. The barrel ot warm water Is
used to take off the chill from the oats
before dipping in the water at 132 de
grees. If the day be warm thi3 pre
caution will not be necessary. The
oats .can be sown at once by hand
without drying.
Ctlllxlaa Windmills.
In parts of Kansas and Nebraska
the farmers are utilizing their wind
mills to irrigate small patches of
ground near their homes for garden
purposes. In some cases indeed these
patches include not less than ten or
twelve acres of ground. There are
numerous windmills scattered through
the middle west that should be more
fully utilized than at present. At some
of our experiment stations irrigation
has been tried on strawberries and
vegetables with very good effect Even
a quarter of acre brought under irri
gation should give good results. This
will be found to be easily accomplish
ed where the soil is sufficiently clayey
to puddle well. The cost should be
small, as the water used is surplus
water that would otherwise remain
unused. In the states near the Great
Lakes the effort should prove effective
for tne reason that the rainfall is usu
ally quite good and the supply of mois
ture in the ground practically inex
haustible. The soil water is within a
few feet of the surface, while in the
regions west of the Missouri the soil
water is frequently 25 or more feet
below the surface, and the problem ,.f
lifting becomes great
Branch lr.
This is called also hemlock, calf kill,
leucothoe, dog laurel. It is a poison
ous shrub, evergreen, two to four feet
high, with thick, tapering, sharply
saw-edged leaves and numerous clus
ters of small, white, tubular, ill-smell-
FM. XL grsaeh fry (tmuathSe eateat)i a
foweriag fcrsach; ft, trailing capsules set
4Urd aataral sits.
ing flowers, which appear In April or
May. It grows abundantly, often
forming dense thickets along the
stream banks in the Alleghany moun
tains from West Virginia to northern
Georgia.
Forestry Exhibit ia Paris.
The exhibit of the division of for
estry for the Paris Exposition is now
complete and on the way to Paris, it
will be one of the most novel of the
government exhibits and will ba
wholly distinct from the commercial
features of lumbering to be shown in
another department The display will
be in the form of a hall or pagoda, the
walls of which consist of large trans
parencies illustrating American forest
conditions. These walls will be double
snd illuminated by Interior electric
lights. The pictures range in size from
3 by 5 feet to 4 by 6 feet There will
be two transparencies 6 by 10 feet,
portraying groves of red fir and Cali
fornia big trees, two of the most im
pressive American trees. A point will
be made of the relation of forestry to
agriculture, and such subjects as pro
tective forests, the use of trees in pre
serving water supply, the manage
ment of woodlands, etc., are fully il
lustrated. The extent of the timber
resources ot the United States will be
shown by pictures from all important
lumber regions. The distribution of
forests will be shown by maps. Twenty
of the most important American woods
will be represented ty sections of
trees.
Sheep Stajcrers.
This is a disease due to the form
of one of the tapeworms of the dog
(toenia coenurus), which becomes
located in the brain or spinal cord of
the sheep. The sheep becomes in
fected while pasturing where the eggs
of this tapeworm have been scattered
by dogs. The dogs in turn are in
fested by eating the brains of sheep
containing cysts. The symptoms in
the sheep are stupor and involuntary
muscular movement The pupil of the
eye usually becomes fixed and tho
sight or hearing is impaired. There
is no inclination for food, and the ani
mal loses flesh rapidly. If the para
site be located in the side of the brain
the animal wirl turn its bead to one
side, and is liable to walk in a circle.
If located in the middle, the movement
will be irregular and jerky. Some
times the breathing is very difficult
due to the location of the cyst in the
medulla, which Is the center of the
nerves controlling respiration. If the
cyst is located at the top of the bead
the skull over the cyst will enlarge
and become soft in about a month.
The cyst may then be removed
through the operation of craniotomy.
The brains add spinal cords of sheep
that have died of this disease should
be burned or buried so deeply as to be
out of the way of dogs. Wolves, coy
otes and foxes are also capable of
spreading the disease.
Silage for Sheep. Silage is good for
sheep as well as for other farm stock.
The time Is not far distant when sil
age for sheep will be provided for
summer as well as for winter use. The
sheep have to become accustomed to
it to eat it readily, but that is the case
with the dairy cow. The men that
have tried to! feed silage to sheep and
have failed have generally abandoned
the attempt too soon.
There are 53.000 acres of most beau
tiful forest within the confines' of the
Yosemlte, General Grant and Sequoia
national parks of California.
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New York's Rlehtst Clah.
The latest aaaaal report ot the Ual
versity dab la that city shows a cash
surplus for the year of 156,403.08, after
aa investment of 12.019,000 in a new
club house, which is not only the finest
clubhouse in the United States and
perhaps In the world, but is also the
most beautiful building in New York's
finest avenue. Its income for the year
was $414,153.43. Its expenditures were
1357.749.35. It has 2,973 members, and
the pressure for admission is great
IN THE LAKE COUNTRY
of Northern Illinois. Wisconsin. Min
nesota and Michigan, there are hun
dreds of the most charming Summer
Resorts awaiting the arrival of thou
sands of tourists from the South and
East.
Among the list ot near by places
are Fox Lake. Delavan. Lauderdale,
Waukesha, Oconomowoc. Palmyra.
The Dells at Kilbourn. Elkhart and
Madison, while a little further off are
Minocqua, Star Lake. Frontenac,
White Bear. Minnetonka and Mar
quette on Lake Superior.
For pamphlet of "Summer Homes
for 1800." or for copy of our hand
somely illustrated Summer book, en
titled "In The Lake Country." apply
to nearest ticket agent or address
with four cents in postage. Geo. H.
Heafford. General Passenger Agent,
Old Colony Building. Chicago, lit
In beginning the second year of his
editorship of the North American Re
view, Mr. Harvey makes It clear that,
so far from lowering the standard he
has set for that great magazine, he
aims at even higher achievements than
he has yet accomplished. It is safe to
say that there is now no publication
of its kind in the world which com
pares with the Review in its prompt
and illuminating discussion of the
more important topics ot the times,
and in the commanding authority of
its contributors.
Carter's Ink Is the Beat lak
made, but no dearer than the poorest. Has the
largest sale of any ink in the world.
There is a church in Boston which
is popularly known as "the church of
the holy beanblowers." in allusion to
the fact that on its tower are angels
with trumpets at their mouths. An
other goes by the name of "the church
of the holy thermometer." because
there is a big thermometer on its
front; and still another is called "the
church of the kindergarten steeples."
because it has one tall spire surround
ed by several small ones. And an edi
fice in New York was called "the
church of the holy oilcloth." because
the ornamental tiles about its towers
closely resemble pieces of floor cover
ing. FlTSPvnBaaeBtSjrCniM. JCoflti or nrrroaram after
Srt da' use of Dr. Kline's Uirat Xrrr Krstorer.
Send for FKEB SS.Oe trial bottle and treatise.
Da. S. U. Kuss, LU-.tJl Arch St., lattatt;lpkJa,t-a.
Let us believe neither half of the
good people tell us of ourselves, nor
half the evil they say of others.
De Tear Feet Ache and BaraT
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foct
East, a powder for the feet It makes
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. Olmated, Leltcy, N. Y.
The English workingman has
working days.
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Send for "Choice Keclp.
by Walter ltalcer ft C-u Led.. Durcbecer, Mass..
mailed (res. ileatloo th!i paper.
Settlers are beginning to flock into
Manitoba in large numbers.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has en equal for coughs and colds. John P
Boykk. Trinitv Springs. Ind.. Feb. .5. 190ft.
The locomotive of today weighs
about 120 tons, and haul3 from 1,200
to 1,800 tons.
If you have not tried Magnetic Starch
try it now. You will then use no other.
There are five automobile clubs in
Belgium and their combined member
ship is 740.
Use Magnetic Starch ithasnoequai
Sawyer Was a Peacemaker.
Few men were in public life at Wash
ington longer than the late Senator
Sawyer, and few ever exercised the in
fluence that he did. He was a great
peacemaker." He had a remarkable
talent for bringing antagonists to
ppihpr. He nrobablv adjusted more
quarrels and decided more disputes
than any man who ever lived in Wash
ington. It's a lonely day in a yellow dog's
life when nobody tries to kick him.
ALABASTINE
Ts a dnrablo and
natural coment
bose wall coating.
In 5 lb. paper packages, mado ready for nso In
white and fourteen bcaitiful tints by mixing
with cold water. It is a cement that goes
through a process of setting, hardens with ace.
and can be coated and rccoated without washing
off its old coats before renewing.
ALABASTINE
Is entirely
different
from all the
Tariocs Icalsomines on the market, being dnrabli
end not stuck on the wall with glue. Alabastim
customers should insist on haTi'ng tho goods i:
packages properly labeled. They should rejec:
all imitations. There is nothing "just as good."
ALABASTINE
Prevents much sickness, particularly throat and
Iang difficulties, attributable to unsanitary
coatings on wall?. It has been recommended
in a paper published by the Michigan Stuto
Board of Health on account of its sanitary
features: which paper stronglj condemned
kalsominrs. Alabastine ean bo nsed on either
plartered walls, wood ceilings, brick or canras.
and nny ono can brash it on. It admits of radi
cal changes from wall paper decoration, thug
Kocnring at renwinablo expenw the latent and
best effects, Alabastine is manufactured by the
iUitofiK (otparj o(0rl Ms. !
Instructs and interesting booklet Basiled free
to all applicants.
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Examine the Package !
In view of the many misisacing ana unscrupulous imnauojia ui . a
Chocolate " which have recently been put upon the market, we find it neces- 5
sary to caution consumers against there attempts to deceive
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and to ask thern to examine every package they purchase,
and make sure that it has on the front a yellov label, with
our name and place of manufacture.
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.,
and cur
trade-mark
If vour crocer does
us know, and we will
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getting it- Send for a copy of our Cnoict Recipe book, mailed free to any ap
plicant who mentions this paper.
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Caaadlaa Aaaesatlea.
. J. J. Ford, a native of Ohio, bow liv
ing ia Toronto, says: "It will take
two or three generations to produce
the kind ot people that will consent
to the annexation of Canada to the
United States. Mind, I do not say this
from a Canadian's standpoint I am
speaking as a former citizen of this
country and one who has the Interest
of the United States at heart But I
say that annexation is out of the ques
tion for two or three generations yet
to come."
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First Glass Music.
BO PIECES. $2.
For alsiy itay we will aeml FIFTY PIECE
OF FIKT CI,.VS, FIII.I. MIZKU, high
crntte, alnndaril Vocal aad I&nlraaaralal
ZltL'SIC, carefully nrlrcted, tarladlag Males,
Durts, ((anrtrltK, Wntlzrs, Polkas, Opera,
Negro .llelodlra, I!yni:us elr., etc., charges
prepaid by pout or rxprmm to any part of the
United 8tntcn or Canada, upon receipt of I we
ttollaniu rash, ammo or aaaaer order. The
reyniar price of taWaaiiaie la 82(. Address
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S3 &3.5Q SHOES jjfiffj?
SWo rth $4 to $6 compared,.
win oiner mages.
Jjaiorsed by ever
l,uoo,ouo wearers.
TheamuiM hare W. L.I
UougUs name and price I
stamped on bottom, lake 4
no substitute chimed to be
as good. lour dealer
should keen them if
not. we wilt send a pair
on receipt of urice and iw.
extra for carriace. Stste kind of leathers
'sue, and width, plain or can toe. Cat. free.
W. L DOUGLAS SHCE CO.. isz-Mm. Miss.
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had on application 10 the Superintendent of
Immigration. Eeoartment of Interior. Ottawa.
Canada, or to M. V. Bcnsett, 801 New Ygrfc
XAln illdjr. Oicaha, Neb.
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