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( Chicago, I1L, writes:
' "Perama has heea
I cemJd get mmag without It I tare
; gtrem H tm aU mi my chHdrem at, ;
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wMhcremp, colds and the ataayaH
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Pe-ncaa Prefects the Entire House
hold Against Catarrhal
Diseases.
One of the greatest foes with which
every family has to contend is our
changeable climate. To protect the
family from colds and coughs is always
a serious problem, and often impossible.
Sooner or later it is the inevitable
fate of every one to catch cold. Care in
avoiding exposure and the use of proper
clothing will protect from the fre
quency and perhaps the severity of colds,
but with the greatest of precautions
they will come. This is a settled fact
of human exierience. Everybody must
expect to bo caught somewhere or
somehow.
Perhaps it will 1h wet feet, or a
draught, or damp clothes, or it may be
one of a thousand other little mishaps,
but no tine is shrewd enough to always
avoid the inevitable catching cold.
There is no fact of medical science
better known than that Peruna cures
caiarrh wherever located. Thousands
of families in all parts of the United
States are protected from colds and
catarrh by Peruna. Ouce in the family
Peruna a' ways sta3s. No home can
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A Chinese Farewell.
After Wing Chow had studied at
Sunday-school and become a member
of a church, he decorated his remarks
Vith Scriptural phrases, according to
Lippincott's Magazine. He grew dis
satisfied and pleaded for an increase
of wages. "You vely lien woman, I
vely poor man," he explained, "money
I wish you more give me.'? Mrs. Dash
rejected the plea, and Wing Chow ap
peared to submit. E'lt on the follow
ing morning, when the good woman
Entered her dining room, though the
room had been swept, the table laid,
and everything in perfect order, there
was no Wing Chow. Beneath a plate
the perplexed mistress found a note,
which read as follows: "You vely lich
woman, I vely poor man. I aske you
sore money; you givee me none. Oh,
Lamb of God! I go."
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tm each of the following states: 1111
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ceat. 16-ounce package of Defiance
cold water laundry starch. This
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ami received by the Defiance Starch
Csw Omaha, Nebr.. before September
1st. 19M. October and November
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store starch for the same
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tickets to the Exposition will be
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S , Tm aaa who has the least to say the least money who try to make the haw to Use her a an she should.
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Mrs. A. Hobson. 225 Washington'
! 1st., Lansing, Mich., writes: !
"Pmrmma has hema much a bleating ;
ta atymmly child, aa well as myself, , ,
that I teel Induced ta give mytesu
smamlaL Ha has always smHored
Itromcatarrhofthe head amd throat,
l mad to use extra arecauueas
mat em have him t umtimmd ta
Idaatp mr cekt weather. Last year!
i he was takemwHh la grippe,
le mrmm m araiem etie. cmm
aeachmmxlety. So medicine helped
him tm he took Permaa. Imoticed
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pletely cared amd iaotlced that the
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icrcrinca. mi mwwpwmic,
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i, amd I gladly nemmmemd it
Mrs. A, tloaaem.
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spare Peruna after the first trial of it.
We have on file many thousand testi
monials like the ones given above. We
can only give our readers a slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements we are receiving every
month. No other physician in the world
has received such a volume of enthusi
astic and grateful letters of thanks aa
Dr. Hartman for Peruna.
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A correspondent, writing from Con
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lends, as the result of personal in
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glittering with rare and large gems
of the purest water. There are also
the royal throne of Persia, carried off
the Turks in 1514, and covered with
more than 20,000 rubies, emeralds and
fine pearls, and also the trone of Su
leiman I., from the dome of which
there hangs over the head of the ca
liph an emerald six inches long and
four deep. These two thrones are the
chief objects in the collection.
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Attention to reedina.
When man first domesticated the
fowls of the jangle he had mo thoaght
of the wonderfal things that were to
develop from them throagh the ecl
ence of breeding. It Is altogether
likely that the first distinct breeds
came into existence gradually and as
a result of the differing conditions of i
the countries In which they were
raised. It Is- believed the first fowls do
mesticated were those of India. From
that point they were taken east, north
and west In the beginning they bad
all one general set of characteristics.
But in the coarse of time the fowls
of China developed ia one way, the
fowls of India ia another and the
fowls of the various countries of Eu
rope in other ways. At first no at
tempt was made by man to direct
this development, that Lelng a result
of place and conditions. So at the be
ginning of poultry history we find a
few distinct breeds that have since
been named after the locality from
which each came. Thus, from the
north of Asia we have obtained the
Langshan, from the south of Asia
the Brahma, and from Europe the Leg
horn and the Dorking: These were
pretty good breeds, when we remem
ber they were the result of breeding
without an object During: the last
70 years a great many new breeds
have been created by fanciers, who
appreciated the possibilities locked
up in the fowls and which might be
brought out by selection and breed
ing. Doubtless the coming hundred
years will see an- enormous Increase
In the number of distinct breeds of
poultry and a general Improvement
In the special points for which each
is bred.
Every farmer should be a breeder
to a considerable extent He may mot
originate new varieties, in fact should
not waste his time In trying to de
velop these, but he can do the same
thing, in fact, that is. develop a strata
of birds of more than the common
value. Many of the breeds we now
have are no better than the ones oat
of which they have been developed,
their distinctive markings in color
and form being about the only quali
ties their parents did not possess.
But the fanner may well develop
strains that will prove earlier matur
ing, better laying, healthier birds than
were their immediate ancestors. The
laws of breeding are to be studied to
advantage and when understood will
open the way to both pleasure and
profit The neglect of the laws of
improved breeding is responsible for
much of the poor stuff now to be
found on our farms. We have to say,
however, that there has been a great
improvement in the last ten years, at
least In the matter of meat producing
birds.
The farmer that has a flock of 10
hens can well afford to adopt some
regular system for his breeding oper
ations. If he has eggs in view he can
adopt a system of culling out all of
the poorest egg producers from year
to year. By so doing he would in a
course of years have at hand a flock
-that would be a paying investment
Yet there are farms on which the hens
have not Improved for half a century,
principally because there has been
no care taken at all In the breading.
The eggs for sitting have never been
selected, and the result has been a
reproduction of the average quality
of the flock. Attention to the matter
of breeding will pay every person that
expects to raise fowls.
Grading Up the Flock.
There are several ways by which a
farm flock can be kept up to a very
good standard of excellence for prac
tical purposes, by just a little effort
of the keeper, said J. H. Robinson In
an address before the Massachmsetts
State Board of Agriculture. Thus,
where it Is the practice to take the
eggs used for hatching from the gen
eral flock if, besides reserving his
best pullets, the keeper weeds out all
the decidedly inferior ones, and uses
only well developed males, any one of
which would be considered j a desira
ble breeder, the stock cannot go back
very rapidly, even though, as we have
seen there might not be enough of the
product in any year from the best
birds to strongly Impress their quality
on the flock.
It Is such selection as this," accom
panied by selection of the largest
eggs for hatching, that Is practical on
most farms where some special atten
tion is given the matter of making
poultry profitable. It is doubtful
whether any marked progress was
ever made by such methods, but they
are a long way In advance of leaving
it all to nature. At best, these meth
ods are crude; their use under the
condition described is illogical.
The logic of such a situation re
quires that a poultry keeper who real
izes the importance of reserving his
best fowls to breed from, should make
sure that it is only the eggs of his best
hens, fertilized by his best males, that
are used for Incubation. The logic
of the situation requires that a poul
try keeper who thinks it worth while
to select the best eggs for incubation
should, sooner or later, come to con
sider it necessary to know that these
eggs were from heas possessing the
other qualities prised, amd fertilized
by males most suitable for matiag
with these particular hens. Selection
is not complete if it stops short of
the separation of the fowl selected
unless the whole nock Is select
a thing which does not often happen.
With a bfg flock of fowls It Is no
small matter to keep up the supply
of grit Where natural grit cannot
be easily obtained commercial grit
should be purchased. We are satisfied
that on some of our farms im the prai
rie states the securing of grit by the
fowls is so difficult that they are un
able to obtain the quantity required.
This Is especially true on' a soil that
is soft aad velvety and free from
gravel. In such cases grit win have
to be bought
Milk cans fined with milk cool fast
er im water than ia air at the same
tearperatare. as the water Is a better
eoadactor of heat
Aa ExplaJned,
Stringer I once knew i
who
hadat a friend on earth. -
Nibbles Is It possible?
Stringer Yea. He was a baseban
ampire -and rendered a decision
agaiast the home team.
I laPn we luwVwTe
Mies Willing Should a girl allow
fiance to Uss her before they are
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Sugar Beet CattaW
While it Is trie that In all
sugar beets cannot be pfofltaMy
grown oa account of soil and climatic
conditioas, yet there is a wide belt
running throagh the northern states,
from New York to Minnesota, where
It ia a safe industry to. consider, lie
proper selection of soil upon which
the beets are to be growm is' the tret
essential to succeasfal beet culture.
Not only is the top soil of importance,
but the subsoil as weU. A subsoil
rich in lime, a day or sandy loam,
which will hold moisture well ia a
dry season, are the best providlag
they are well drained. The top sell
should be fertile, easily tillable aad
free from stones; very heavy days
as well aa very light sands should fee
avoided. Fall plowing: seems to be
a favorable practice im the beet belt
and If it has been plowed in the fall
to a depth of six inches or over and
has mot settled too much, it aeed mot
be replowed im the spring, but har
rowed as soon as soil conditions will
permit, and a dust mulch established
to preserve the winter moisture. 'If
necessary to plow again Im the spring,
it should be dome early and each half
day's plowing: should be harrowed and
rolled, so that the chance of drylaf
out will be reduced to the minimum.
While it is desirable to have rich
soIL it should mot be manured the
same spring as planted, as this has a
tendency due to the altrogenous
content to cause the beets to make
too rapid a growth without becoming
sufficiently rich in sugar. 8ince the
purpose in the growth of sugar beet
Is to obtain the largest total yield of
sugar per acre, and inasmuch aa the
sugar content of the beet aa well aa
the right growth and development is
very largely influenced by the char
acter of the fertilization, this matter
becomes of a very considerable imv
portance. The sugar beet draws
heavily upon the son for nitrogen aad
potash, a 20-ton per acre crop, remov
ing 100 pounds of nitrogen, and If 2
pounds of potash. Phosphoric add la
also needed especially during the ear
ly growth. As was stated, the rapid
growth should not be encouraged too
bite in the season, therefore the nitro
gen provided should be In quickly
available forms such as nitrate or am
monia compounds and applied early.
The potash should be In the form of
sulphate and from 100 to 150 pounds
per acre is a proper application.
Good results follow the use of phos
phoric ncld derived from superphos
phate. The mineral fertilizers are
best applied the fall previous to plant
ing or at any rate quite vearly in the
spring, while, the nitrogen may be
used as a top dressing after the
plants are up.
The time for planting win vary
sUghtly with the season, usually
around the beginning of May. The
soil should be pulverized to a depth of
four or five inches; then packed welL
The best way to plant is afeross the
last harrow marks, using beet seeder
drill This drills four rows at a time,
sixteen, eighteen or twenty inches
apart The seed should not be cov
ered more than a half or one Inch
deep. Eighteen pounds of seed are re-:
quired per acre if the rows are eight
een inches apart and twenty pounds if
sixteen. ?
Cultivation Is to begin as early as
the plants are above the ground.
After the third or fourth leaf has de
veloped, bunching should begin i. e.,
hoeing out the beets before thinning,
leaving little bunches about two inch
es wide and six or seven inches apart
After another cultivation, the bunches
are thinned. After thinning they
should be cultivated from a week or
ten days to keep out the weeds and
preserve the moisture. The beets are
"laid by" when the cultivator cannot
be run1 without breaking off the
leaves. D. L Duncan in Farmers' Re
view. Roots Versus Silage.
In Europe the use of roots in stock
feeding is quite universal especially
in those countries that are too far
north to permit of the extensive
growing of Indian corn. But in the
United States root raising for cattle
has never been very popular, for the
obvious reason that it is very much
easier to grow corn than roots. We
have talked this matter over with
stockmen In the West and their ver
dict Is uniformly that roots cost too
much, except when grown and fed in
a small way, in which .their ase is
justified as a laxative rather than
a food. Careful experimenters have
shown that roots cost about three
times as much as corn to grow, bas
ing the comparison on the dry matter.
Corn in the form of silage is one of
the best and cheapest foods for- stock.
It has been regarded as a dairy food
par excellence and as a milk maker.
But it Is equally good for beef mak
ing, and some of our leading cattle
raisers are now building silos to em
able them to make the best use of the
con. crop.
Stock 'In Orchard. ;
Now and then we see the advice
given to pasture the stock In the or
chards. But if the orchard is a mod
ern one, we .doubt very much If this
advice is good. It might have beemr
aU right In the old-fashioned orchard?
that had trees headed high, and of
which the stock could not eat the
lower branches or gather the fruit
from them. But in some of. our best
orchards the trees are headed so low
that the brandies almost lie on' the
ground, and In the growing season a
very large amount of fruit would be
within the reach of the stock what
ever kind It might be. Poultry is
about the only dass of farm stock' that
can "be given access to the orchard
without running great chances of ex
tea8ive Injury resulting.
MUk should be separated before the
temperature fslls, as at the tempera
ture at which It la drawm separation
is easy.
The first care of the farmer should
he to mifatala the fertnity of his
land.
At It Again.
a!" sighed the
art
it aa young as she meed
to be; 71
wish I could see 20 again!' -i
"Huh!" rejoined the other girl In
the dialogue; "you ought to be satis
fied with seeing double."
Trivial.
Hasbaad Ia doing your shopping,
my dear, why don't you get all the
things first?
wife Oh! somehow they
unimportaat Detroit Free
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Preparing Orchard, Land.
The lead should be -mitigated tw
two or three years, and freed of all
wtti sod amd weeds before it is act
to orchard, says a M. Morris, of the
Ottahoma statioa. The lead should
hi plowed deep so as to gWe aa deep
ofl ae possible. Most of the prairie
can tm Oklahoma is very poor im ha.
an or deoaylsg vegetable matter.
Baca lands should be well
before the orchard is set The
mare should be' scattered evenly over
the field aad tamed uader with the
turalag: plow. The practice of apply
Imc hum emantlties of manure la
places where the tree le'to stand cam
ot fee reconnected. This practice
of unevea manuring ta usually, car
ried oat im one of 'two ways. The
manure la applied very, thickly Im
the ImmedJaU vicinity of the tree
and workW into the aefl or' It ta
throwa la dead farrows that are made
ia the row wherethe trees arc to be
set, amd them eoTered. The manure
win decay faster, if evenly distributed
over the land. The trees will gather
food from aU directions and form a
bett r root system. Where the fer
tiliser Is 'unevenly distributed, the
roots seek the meet fertile soil and
are developed there ia greatest num
bers. As a result the water is taken
out of such places very fast and in
dry weather these spots dry out and
the greater part of the root system is
left without water. Trees set oa such
land win always suffer more for water
than .on soU evenly fertilized. Sub
soiling Is beneficial on soil that has
a hard day subsoU. Throwing out a
deep dead furrow where the row of
trees is to stand aad then fining again
after the trees' are set is often of
value both to loosen the subsoU and
to help drala the land. These fur
rows should run up and down the
hUl and be as deep as is possible to
make them with the tools at bead.
The water that stands on the ground
seldom does nay harm to the trees,
but the' son becomes packed and In
a little dry speU bakes and dries out
very' rapidly. A short time before
the trees are set the land should be
stirred deep and the soil well pulver
ized and left in a smooth, level condi
tion free from dead furrows and
ridges.
In Growing Native Plums.
Frederic Cranefield, In a paper on
the growing of native plums, read be
fore the Wisconsin State Horticultural
Sodety. said:
In the propagation of the natives,
many difficulties have been encounter
ed. Root-grafting is but rarely suc
cessful; crown-grafting on one year
seedlings is better, but expensive. Top-
working on two year seedlings Is ail
right for the amateur, but Impractic
able where a large number of trees is
wanted.' The relief probably lies in
faU budding on stocks of the current
season's growth. The next difficulty
encountered,, after the trees have been
planted a year, is the matter of prun
ing. Nearly all of the natives are of
straggling habit and strong growers,
and If allowed to go unchecked, pro
duce bad forks that commonly break
down, as the head becomes, developed.
On the other band, If we practice re
peated cutting back, a compact, dense
head is formed, which necessitates
staking the tree In early life and hin
ders the development of fruit spurs
as the tree develops.
While I am not prepared to give
definite directions for pruning, I am
inclined to believe that a compromise
of the two methods would prove best
I would prune a two-year tree to a
whip when setting In the orchard and
head back severely. A little judicious
summer pruning the first year wUI
aid in forming the head. The follow
ing spring the longest shoots may be
shortened somewhat; this to be fol
lowed by n careful summer pruning.
After this it is probable that as little
pruning as possible should be done.
There Is a very wide difference In the
habits of the different varieties, re
quiring a dose study of their peculiar
ities. Trees of the Surprise and Ham
mer will often make straight and
shapely specimens without pruning
after the first year, while Rockford
and Quaker remain straggling and
forked in spite of the best efforts.
Blushing Maid Crab.
The tree of this Variety is a very
vigorous grower, but limbs and trunk
are comparatively slender. Size of
trunk at base 20 inches in drcum
ference, at head 18 inches; upright
grower with fairly weU rounded head.
Thus far this variety has not shown
much susceptibility to disease, either
ot foliage or fruit says a bulletin of
the Virginia station. First bloom
noted in 1892, three years from plant
ing, and a few fruits were produced
the same season. In 1895 and again
in 1897, 1899 aad 1901 this variety
bore fuU crops of fruit The crops in
oZ years were much lighter. Ia 1899
we picked ten and one-half bushels
fruit from the two trees, and in 1901
the nrees were loaded with showy
fruit It is generally very productive.
Fruit of medium size, striped and
washed with deep red and very showy
on tree. 'Flesh white and crisp, not
very rich, mild flavor, with slight as
triagency. The quality of fruit of
this variety is hardly equal to varie
ties like 'Transcendent, but the pro
ductiveness of tree and beauty of the
fruit commend it for more general
planting.
An American Tapestry Factory.
In the Uttle town of Bronx, the
northern part of New York city, there
is a factory employing 100 men aad
women which. Is turning out tapes
tries that are as good as aay ever
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aa those of the Gobelins. Most ot the
workmen have been educated in the
factories of France and have been in
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designers are also Frenchmen, bat the
apprentices are Americans, who wiU
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they are showing great skin and adap
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Rahberton Why did you aak una
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