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iK T ' t FAPM SCHAPD at GARDEN WEDDING OF SECOND SON m, fnk OF KAISER ARRANGED FOR. YOU WANT m,u Journal Job Printing W ""T';?rtqB??"' ' - " 11 -vl V as t V -ii4pfe?'--t, a-. ftmAiSii ' -u i- &. . - : c " "?"- IrrZ.. . ' 7jT t TtmAjys M4& V "W- W W MjtmWWWW . w r f m m """r AJ-O-yyy. '-- . . ''Tl-zdi,.- -w- ;-vs.. inent ma vi -- ptea2 t . -villi:: ir.'orTn.i". t. Adtrss M J ilouies. Iowa- ---. 'au-ra or a" i ..--- .: rbi tiepar-- sti. anil would t tj- -jpondents des:r- n uiji-t dwcuj.! : szs, a.ucet: or Jts t PRUNING FOR FRUIT CR WOCD. CHtSTNUTS. TO? DRESSING PASTURES MEADOWS. AND The average yield of hay taken from a meadow m the United States is prob ably less than l tons per acre per ear. If due attention is givtn to the fertilizing of meadows this return couW undoe&tedly be very greatly in creased. Statements occur rrorn time te time, particularly in eastern papers, showing the great incrtase in the yields of hay b roach t about by top dressing meadows with some kind of fertilizer, in New England complete fertilizers are used: that is to say. ter tifizers -Knich contain nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash Tb practice. Trees have two natural methods of reproducing themselves. The first is ! by means of shcots or buds. This is J known as the vegetable reproduction, or reproduction by growth. Every bud on a tree, if placed under proper condi tions as is done in the practice cf grafting and budding, is capable cf producing a tree like the one from which it was taken. The Aher method of reproduction is by the seed of the fruit. If the tree is growing a great deal of wood It produces little fruit, and vice versa. The skill of the pruner :s required to maintain the proper bal ance between the reproduction by growth and by fruit. If cne kind of reproduction is getting too much the start of the other, it is only necessary to check the predominant one. If trees . are pruned in the growing period. , rowth will be checked and fruiting ' stimulated. Summer pruning should howeTer. of nsms nrroren alone, and two or three times curing the crowing ! be mostly confined to heading back too seosni. is becoming quite common. In- i fast growing branches. If on the other stances have been cited wherein five ; haad the center of the tree is thinned toes per acre per year have thus been j ont- the fruit-bearm:r branches are re reaped. In other instances. Three tons ! mOTed' and & energies of the tree have been obtained. If these results i fe aain forced into wood growth. can be obtained on the thin soils of -he owth of the tree might be New Wnsfcmd hw ranch more will ' checked by stopping cultivation and they not be obtained on the richer soils of the Mississippi basin, if due at- i tentioa is given to the fertilization of the meadows. ' Tke time is coming when meadows I and pastures will be thus fertilized. ' even in the rich valleys of the tribu taries of the Mississippi- But even now there is a method by which much , could be done by way of fertilizing such meadows if attention were only ' paid to it. Farmers who live near i towns and cities should draw manure . from the same. In very many of the j cities, towns and villages of the West this commodity could be obtained for the drawing. If it were piled up and allowed to heat and were then spread over meadows, the yields would be very trreatly increased. The heating of the manure would have the effect of destroying the vitality of the major portion of the weed seeds in the same. sowing the orchard to some cover crop, or the plow might be made to run a little deeper so as to cut off the surface-feeding roots and root-prune the tree. Pruning for vegetative or wood growth is that which has been out lined for the younir growing tree. Cut out all dead, broken and deformed limbs and those which cross or rub one another. Care should be taken to keep the tree free frocm suckers, so that there is a free circulation of air through the tree, and the sunlizht is let in sufficiently to give the fruit a good color. A dairyman that has fed a rood deal of apple pomace to his milch cows says that it proved very satisfactory ' as a feed, and that he was able to i save a large amount of silaire during the time the pomace was being fed. It is not long since the chestnut wa3 receiving an undue share of attention, bu: like many another fad it scan had its day. Yet there are many places where the tree can be grown to advan tage for utilizing waste ground. There are three kinds of chestnuts which are cultivated for their fruit. The American, which is the largest, the European and the Japanese. The first needs a space of forty feet or more. It makes a good shade and is fairly ornamental. It is slow growing. Some of the trees at least have partial ly sterile blossoms. Generally, more than one tree should be planted if fruit is desired. The European species needs less room, about thirty feet. The nuts are large, but not of as good quality as the American. In Spain and Italy they form an important article of food. The trees have been planted to a consider able extent in this country, but have not met with expectations. The Japanese chestnut is smaller, having a spread of about twenty feet. The tree is not so easily affected by disease as the others. The nuts are large, but of inferior quality. Some of the lately introduced varieties are a? good or better than the European. Japanese chestnuts are noted for early bearing and productivity. Both Japanese and European chest nuts have been extensively advertised. If early bearing is desired the Japan ese is to be recommended, but for a standard tree we prefer the American. However, the most popular of all is the Paragon, which belongs to the Eu ropean class. "Give to the lordly stetd his equine irra.ee. Givr to the farmer lar?e rewards for totl. Render to the milkman all honor due his place; Bat bear in mind the cow is master of the soil" GUESSING. II. -. n- - i ; .i Pastures should also be verv trreatlv i "e "- tjouun pomace ai n, k r 4, t, ha-ra almost nothing at a cider mill, the AMVt WU A U4 tww ---, lA( . Where a field is to remain for some time in pastere. the plan would probablv be reasoaably safe that would spread the manure thas drawn immediately ever the pastcres. However, there might be some kinds of weed seeds in such manure that would make it unsafe to spread it thus over th pasture before it was reduced by fermenting. The return from such a method of treating meadows and pastures would not all be obtained in the extra pro duction resulting. That return would continue in crops that were crown on ) Some people Ions: t r lemonade , . . . And .soi3 for fan dnaks the sou when it was overturned, ihe t snT7, inr OTri.,m,h rh- -.m Of sundry wicktHi winks. i expense being chiefly the work of haul- insr. He bean feeding to each cow only 10 pounds per day. but gradually i increased the amount till each animal i was receiving 4 pounds. He found j the pomace to be best when not al I lowed to ferment, the lermented po mace causing bloat when not carefully used. The writer of this note has also fed pomace and found it very accept able to the cows. BUTTERMILK. increase in the humus thus put into the soil would be favorable to plant growth subsequently. Procress in agriculture is not so much the result of what a few men of genius have done as it is the result of the patient work of thousands of toil ers, who have ziven to it the skill of their hands and the best thought of their minds The farmer of to-day can be all that these thousands of his fellow-workers have helped to make him. But it is only through the reading and lie study of the literature of his occu pation that he can realize these possibilities. 'HE SECRET OF HORSE BREEDING. But wh-n tc un i nerce and hisrh. 'Tis then rny fancies turn To buttermilk 'ti then I sish For nectar from th rium Forgotten then are draft.- of wine That all th ensf clov. And you your happv soul retzn To deep drawn breaths of jo And he who do; not know of this Has one clad truth to 'e-im Thar buttermilk L luiuid bliss When ladled frnrn th churn. The Iarsre mercantile establishments in all of the bic cities are replacing the lighr and middle weight horses with Heavy drafters and well-matched teams, each of which weighs from 1.700 to 2.U0D pounds, sound and prop erly proportioned, will now sell read ily in the city markets at S600 to S700. What a lot of guessing is done on some farms' Yet we are clad to note that such are growing less, but still we occasionally find dairymen who feed, water and salt their cows by :ruess. knock their cows out of condi tion, diagnose their ailments and dope by cuess. says the "Farm." They use a scoop shovel for a measure, a meas ure for a scale, and when it comes to regularity in feeding they use their inclinations for a timepiece. They feed their stock Dy feasts and lasts, and then guess that stock farming doesn't pay. They use their finger for a thermometer, and alternately scald and chill the calves and pigs, and guess that skim milk is worthless food. They cut their hay and fodder by guess, and guess that there is no nutrient in it. They don't seem to know nor care to know when or why or how to do but keep right on sowing, planting, reaping and feeding by guess, and as a consequence are kept a guess ing to maintain an existence antil Father Time closes the chapter by har vesting a professional guesser. 09rRr',:f5V V Tlfi r" TvkPMSS 5 B Kr SbZHiM I fit vi iBBs! i i tip ' mUFy i i I . 9! Iff Styles are always up-to-date. "Work is guaranteed. Prompt delivery. Reasonable prices. If we haven't it we will order it. We can save business men money on printed forms; we can get engraved cards for society people; better styles at lower prices. Journal Sale Bills bring crowds, brins business. Trv us. Journal Letter Heads Columbus Journal Co. 5?.S 3ojJIZ GzAJ?icnizc: Prince Eire! Frederick and the Duchess Sophie Charlotte, whose en gagement is just announced, are dis tinguished scions of reigning families The first named is the second son of the German Emperor and King of Prussia. His full name is William Ei tel Frederick Christian Charles, and he was born in the Marmor palace, near Potsdam, on July 7. 1SS3. He is a lieutenant in the guards and in a Iandwehr and other regiments. Prince Eitel wears the decoration of the Or der of the Annunciation, and he is a chevalier of the Order of the Black Eagle. He is one of the popular princes of Germany, and is held in high esteem by all classes. The bride to be is the oldest daughter of the reigning grand duke of Oldenburg. Frederich August. She was born at Oldenburg on the 2d of February, 1S7S. Her mother. Prin cess Elizabeth of Prussia, died in 1SS5, and the following year her father mar rie: Princess Elizaoeth of ilecklin-burc-Schwerin. The young duchess is described as being pretty, bright and amiable, and as bein a great favorite in grand ducal circles. The house from which she Is descended has given iiiiiiiiiiiimiiuiiiiiiiniuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ! umjz fALNi rAC'l'S Oil Is tke X. 2. Tke mmi1 rtjwdlee tke fact tUmt Boat f tfceai are MfttlTrW wtta 3. All paint is first srrwn m THICK PASTE. Sfcsea paiBt maser uaea tfintes every sautm f -iturjom have to take kJa war tor Ha . Wan yea bay taJy.Tlixea' Patat.ye Bay tke tt price f or Zkia canned -aU." ar (roam 2 13 to 3 etortl ' tke freak, pare raw ail la y 3. Tkere Is a paint wkaae awlrfri STOP, ptetea; ceateai aruk tke araut oa tke tkat aay 14 ymr eM key eaa attx this paste katk beetnt separately free tke leU dealer. gsilsa for calM. no mere, no less. yea kave aa absolutely pare liaseed ail as least 33aA, less thaa aay -Illzk ksaest price for bock paint and all ede of its parity and daraaUHy. - a. Tats paint Is Klaloeh H une of standard, popalar patat-tr- tan tke road reaoy far yea to Cham dona nun Beady.Jltxed are raw oM. tkei Simply stir tecetker. else. and FOtl t that ki Hixed wase nam; waira m ansae bb a nut aad DURABLE colors. It Is aot a pateat old tiawcried anlat msli i Is In rrnaas tke nan ran- oil. WHEREVER WE HAVE NO AGENT. YOUR OWN DEALER WILL aETKINLOCH" FOR YOU. IF SHOWN THIS AO.. 3Y WRITING DIRECT KJNLOC"-1 A!NT COMPANY. ST. LOUIS. MO. I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I III II HI I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I 1 I II 111 t sovereigns to Denmark, Scandinavia, and Russia, and is said to be de scended from "Wittikind. the celebrated leader of the heathen Saxons against Charlemagne. Five years ago Duchess Sophie, whose mother was the elder sister of the present Duchess of Con naught, was reported engased to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, but for some unknown reason the match was broken off. TO RUSSIAN NAVY CF LITTLE USE. j THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER Commenting upon the necessity for a foundation of good blood in the im provement of stock, the distinguished writer. John H. "Wallace, says : When I commenced to think and write about the horse fifty years ago, like all other bezmners of that day I was wild as a hawk. I was terribly af flicted with the parrot cry of that age, that the way to improve the horse or any other domestic animal was to ""breed up." and I never got clear of my affliction till I sat down to the study of great collections of facts. It did not take me long to learn then that mere breeding was a delusion and a humbeg. and that the true way to breed was to go to the horse that pos sessed the qualities and could do what I wanted my colts to possess and do. "In other words, adopt the simple formula that "like begets like." In looking back over the acts of a long life. I think that if I had done any thing that may live after me. it is the promulgation and support of this great central truth as applied to breeding horses. It met with much and bitter opposition for a long time, but it has now become the law of the land. PLANTING HORSERADISH. SHAPING A TREE. If the proper work i- done at the time of planting the Tee :n givimr it the proper shape by cuttinc out all superfluous limbs the tree can go for tsree or four years with but little la--bor. But so many merely plant out a tree in the spring and let it so. letting it form a tcp as "t will. To these we would say that now is the tim- for zoin over your trees and cutting out all small limbs and twigs that indicate in a year will be large branches and have to be removed. The mam thing in any tree is to set bearing surface o: wood To do this the tree must be trained from its start into a spre?dins: shape. - we always oeueve in a low. open, topped, spreading tree. They rive entire protection to the trunk, and have more exposed surxace to the san for the development of fruit. the heifer shooM be such as would tend toward development of frame J pather than to the laying on of flesh. I Grass and roots and bulky forage win ; he of more value than grain or other i r! zh. concentrated foods. j This well Savored venerable can be easily grown if ziven the risht care and treatment. The following sim ple method of planting siven by one of our exchanges is worth of consid eration. The fall is a good time to begin preparations for a horseradish bed. A spot should be selected where the soil is deep and strong and contains a fair amount of moisture. At this time of year the soil should be pulverized to a depth of two feet or thirty inches. This is necessary as the root re quires a good deal of room in which to develop. Into this soil barnyard manure should be worked to the depth of a foot or more. We notice that some say well-rotted barnyard manure, but unrotted manure is good if it does not contain two great a pro portion of straw The manure is put in fresh in the fall, it will have be come largely incorporated with the soil by spring, when the cuttings of the horseradish plant are to be put in. These cuttings should be about twelve inches long and be placed eighteen Inches apart. It is easier to plant fruit trees and shrubs than it is to give the subs quent care that is essential to success. This often causes many to overdo the nrst step and they plant out many more than they are able to give the proper attention to. The outgrowth of such work is generally discouragement on the part of the planter. Buy with moderation and increase your plant ings according to your ability to give proper care and attention. HARDY PHLCX. POULTRY NOTES. Supply chickens and fowls with plenty of travel and sand. Keep the drinking fountains clean and filled with fresh water. Do not disregard breeds and keep anything that is a fowl. Ducklings should not be allowed to bathe until they are well feathered. The feliow in the poultry business who kncws it all and won't learn is to be pitied. It is a mistake to feed only com and wheat to fowls, omitting foods which supply albumen for eggs. Because we have seen neglected and despised clumps of these dull and poor colors with narrow and ragged petals in scores of gardens is no rea son why this family of beautiful her bacious plants should not have a -ro-inent place on every home ground. We have just been out among our phlox, a collection embracing some thirty of the best named varieties of recent introduction, and a more gor geous exhibit of color and freshress of foliage can be found in no other family of flowering plants at this time cf the year. The best varieties are those of the phlox decussata and the pancalata hybrids. They are mostly of French origin, hence we will not give the names, but will say that our readers ought to know more of this family. The Pearl and Miss McGrey are two of the best whites, Wallace the best carmine, and in pinks and reds and crimson there are many varieties that are all zood. Country Could Use Monsy in Mere Profitable Way. A distinguished Englishman made a remark some days ago that the states men of Russia might seriously consid er. It was that Poland is likely to sive her masters serious trouble, and he intimated that Germany was a par ty in interest. The socialists of the German empire are a formidable po litical party who give the government creat concern. Poland has their sym pathy in her longing for liberty and socialistic ideas have taken strong hold on Poland, in which there are immense communities of artisans. Russia will require all the money it is proposed to put in a navy to nay the expense of reform in Poland, in Finland and at the south. It would take ages for Russia to create a navy that England or Japan would not sink during the firs: six months of war if it ventured to sea. A sailor is not made in a generation or two genera tions. Nelson and Decatur were sprung from ancestors who sailed the seas before the time of Alfred the Great. The race that produced Togo were barbarian fishermen before the time of Barbarossa. Washington Post. Different Materials Called For in the t Various Grades. ' William R. Stewart, in his article ' on "Paper and Its Manufacture," in i the Technical World Magazine, de- ! scribes the process brieny as follows: "In its broad outline the process of paper-making may be described as I collecting the raw material (pulp), whether made from wood, rags, or other substances, diluting with water, forming a sheet on a porous surface, so that the water may drain off. and drying the sheet of paper thus formed. Different materials are used for the pulp being now used in the manufac ture of nearly all the fine paper, straw and manila m making wrapping pa pers, etc. But a large amount of pa per is given Its distinctive character after it leaves the paper mill by sur race coatings with various substances. CHICAGO EAST Without Change of Cars UNION PACIFIC R. R. Chicago- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. For Time Tables rnd Special Rates see Union Pacific Agent, or write F. A. NASH, 6m'I Western Agtii, 1524 Fama St. OMflflfl. NEBRASKA. MANURING BULBS. We have found out by experience the past season that there are cer tain bulbs that must not have raw manure worked in the soil during the season that you expect bloom. My gladiolas and lilies are injured this season by too liberal use of barnyard manure. While on hyacinths, tulips. i and the ordinary herbaceous plants it is quite an advantage, making strong er growth and mvins out larcrer bloom. Record-Sreakinc Business Year. The year 1305 s-ands out as a rec ord breaker "a year of superlatives in the business wjrld." as Dun puts j it. Prices of the sixty most active railway securities have reached the of pig iron in the first half of 1505 not only far surpassed any preceding six months' production, but exceeded every full year prior to 1S9j; prices of hides are at the highest position since the civil war; wool quotations have not been as strong since the early 'SOs; shipments of footwear from Boston are close to the maxi mum, and including all shoe centers the movement this year is beyond precedent. Foreign commerce in July surpassed the corresponding month in, any previous year. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Grandson of Robert Burns. Robert Burns Thompson, a grandson of the great Scottish poet, is a hale and hearty octogenarian, living in a suburb cf Glasgow. His mother was a iau?hter of Robert Burns by Anne Hyslop of the Globe tavern in Dum fries. In the days of his young man hood Thompson was the counterfeit presentment of him whose name he ' aears. Also he has the same pithy humor, which was a distinguishing characteristic of his noted grandsire, i combined with a taste for poetry and music and a characteristic sense of manly independence. ' Only Doable Track Railway be-, twesn the Missouri River and Chicago Fast daily train service via the Chicago. Union Pacific 8c North -Western Line from points in Nebraska to Farmers should encourage th estab lishment cf canning factories iear at hand, even if they hav4? to invest some what in the stock in order to get them started. There is profit in gr.viiig fruit and vegetables when there is a market close at hand. Co-operative es tablishments, owned by the men who are to grow the products, should pay well if nroperly managed. Get well acquainted with your hog, so that you can handle them easily make pets of them anything to culti vate a quiet disposition. They wij take on flesh more rapidly than they will if wild. Remove suckers from the trees and stools from the vineyard. DECLINE OF PEAR GROWING. That the culture cf the Kieffer pear has assnmed such proportions indi cates that our older orchards or better kinds are in a decline. Another evi dence that the culture of our finer varieties has fallen behind is the fact that California fruit is held in. snei favor in ocr markets. Pins cf Ancient Times. Women in ancient times must have had a great deal of trouble to keep their hair in place, the only hairpins they inew being long spikes with big heads, resembling modern hatpins. They were well acquainted, however, with safety pins. The ladies cf im perial Rome used safety pins, some of which were large and masisve, at taining a length of a foot, and weigh ing a pound or more; but these pins were made on exactly the same prin ciple as the safety pins of to-day, with the same kind of catch. Found Prayer Effective. Mrs. John Cade cf Leavenworth orchard. Last spring her neighbors sprayed their peach trees as usual, but while they sprayed. Mrs. Cade prayed. Godly people in the neigh borhood at least those who do not own peach orchards are greatly en couraged by the fact that the prayers seem to have been more effective than the sprayers, for Mrs. Cade raised a fine crop of peaches, while those of her neighbors were almost complete failures. Chicago Chronicle. Lcng Legal Fight Over Nothing. Four years ago William Rockefel ler, the Standard Oil magnate, began an action at law against an old army veteran named Lamore for trespass on the magnificent Rockefeller estate a: Malcne, X- Y. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Rockefeller and awarded hTr is cents damages. Lamore's attorney appealed the case. It has taken a dozen turns, but it is still in the courts. Rockefeller is try ing to get his IS cents and Lamore is trying to keep from paying it. Chicago and East Six trains a day Omaha to Chicago, without change. Two trains daily between Omaha and it. Paul and Minneapolis. Ghe Best of Everything EKI . For rues, tides and fait lefcraacon acciv r. . .. . - vo asrrts umen ficsc K, H. or acsrsss J. ft. Cm. tat im. Fntttari Wr. Oricign &. Ncrth-Westara Ry. OMAHA. NHB. Making His Mind Easy. Father Healy. coolest of men in ordi nary circumstances, was reduced al most to collapse from apprehension j one night when, returning from a ban quet at Dublin castle, his tram whirl ed, recking wildly, through several stations at which it should have stopped. An old woman looked u from the corner and said with pride and satisfaction. "Make you moind ' nisy, yer rivrence. It's my son Jim who's dthrivin to-night, an whin he's a dthrop in him he'd as soon dash on to Wicklow as nit." Dr. Johnson's "Ink Throwing. Canon Xicholl used to tell how some fifty years ago he had visited the fam ous house of the Thrales in that sub urb of London where Dr. Johnson was at home. "Johnson." said the canon. in recalling the visit, had occupied two rooms and these were left as he last used them. The sight was an ex traordinary one, for ink was splashed all over the fioor and even on the walls. It 'was one o" the doctor's habits to lip his pes is ink and thei shake it." Kansas Southern Railway "Stmgkt as the Crew FHw KANSAS CITY TO THE GULF PASSING THROUGH A GREATER DIVERSITY OF CLIMATE, SOIL AND RESOURCE THAN ANY OTHER RAILWAY IN THE WORLD. FOR ITS LENGTH Along its lin srs the finest lands, rsitedfor grow tag rrr.itP. rrxlz. ear. eottos: for eassercul apple &adpeacaorcliri. for other Irsita xzi Iser- rtes ; Tor cosserdal csstalocpe. potato, tomato aad aial truct farau ; for ssgar cane asdriee col ttrattos; for zerchaatable tlsber; fur railing horse, aalea, cattle, ices, sheep, poultry aad Aagors gsata. Write fer lafaraaiia Caaetralnf FREE GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS a Cateftr Locations. Iifrav4 Farm, 'traf Lanfe. Rica Lmntfs aa TtafMr Laaas, aad far caaiw of "Corranl Eiants." asinau OapartMitiai. Ilea ftaak K. C S. Fruit lea. Cheap rocad-ci? horiaaeekara' ttsteta oc tale irsS aad third Tuesdays at each saa th. TH SHOfTT UHE TO "THE LAND OF FULnLLMCNT" fr- t- s TO 4. i- k : jpmfi