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GAME .EAR NORTH.
HUNTING THE BUFFALO, MUSK
OX AND CARIBOU.
Indians on the Upper Mackenzie
Slaughter Them by the Thou,
sand—Vast Herds In a Far-
Away Region.
N a valuable report on the Mackenzie
River country William Ogilvie, a
Government explorer, devotes a
chapter to the lur bearing animals
of this far away district.
“As regards .the muskox,” says Mr.
Ogilvie, “this animal inhabits a much
more inaccessible country than the wood
buffalo. This animal roams over what
is commonly known as the “barren
lands,” that is, the treeless plains lying
east of the fringe of woods along the
Mackenzie River.
“I was informed, but cannot give it
as authentic, that they have lately been
found much further south, east of Lake
Athabasca. They are frequently found
within forty or fifty miles of the Mac
kenzie River, down to the Arctic Ocean.
A white man has entered their grounds
twice recently, His object, I under
stood, was simply to see the region they
inhabit and secure a few heads as trophies.
“He was accompanied by Mr. McKto-
lay and a large number of Indians. They
proved a nuisance and had to be pro
vided with food. On this trip upward
of sixty musk ox and eighty or ninety
caribou were slaughtered, and only a few
musk ox heads were brought out, most
of the remainder being wasted.”
A close season for fur-bearing animals,
especially the musk ox and wood buf
falo, is recommended, together with an
ordinance limiting the number of skin3
to be taken.
“Mr. McKinlay,” continues the re
port, “thought the close season for them
should be about the same as for moose.
He informed me that the Indian method
of hunting them was to drive them to
some natural barrier and then slaughter
BjtoSgin. He said while they were driving
they kept up a continual talk to
them, being firmly persuaded that the
animals understood what they were
saying.
“The musk ox gives birth to its young
generally in April. The Indians told
Mr. McKinlay that the cows generally
bury the young in the snow as soon as
they are born, selecting some sheltered
spot exposed to the rays of the sun for
l this purpose. I have also heard that
I they only do this when menaced with
' danger. About three days after the
birth they are able to run with the dam.
1 “Numberless bauds of caribou make
Mfhe barren lauds their heme in the sum-
BPer mouths, traveling north to the
^Arctic coast in the spring and returning
south to the wooded country in the fall,
i On their migratory journeys they run in
vast herds and the Indians kill large
numbers of them, often through sheer
love of slaughter.
“The Indians visit streams and lakes
, where the animals cross and spear them
in the water, often killing several hun
dred. Mr. McKinlay told me that for
days they were never out of sight of
caribou. Tho average weight of meat
Yielded by a female caribou is sixty to
^eighty pounds, and the male about 150,
sometimes 200.”
Narcotic Effects of a Spring.
Superintendent Stout recently de
scribed a wonderful mineral that form-
* erly flowed from the mountain side some
mile3 above the Butte Creek House, and
near the Plumas County line.
This spring was first called to Mr.
Stout’s attention some years ago while
camping in that vicinity by an old pros
pector, who called it the “chloroform
spring.” The water which flowed from
it did not differ in appearance or taste
from the water of other springs, except
that it was slightly brackish. It was the
effect that followed the drinking of its
; waters that was remarkable. A small
l cup would in trie course of half an hour
I render the drinker totally insensible,
l>—Vhe would remain for hours as if dead,
r But few white meu had ever tried the
experiment of drinking from it, but
those who have done so describe the ef
fect as not unlike that resulting from a
heavy narcotic.
To the Indiai’s this spring has been
known for generations. They call it the
"Heap Sleep’’spring, and it is said that
more than one weary red man has en
tered the “happy hunting grounds”
through the medium of its waters.
Mr. Stout states that when he saw the
spring in the summer of 1890 there were
no less five carcasses of deer, besides
numerous smaller animals, iu its im
mediate, neighborhood thithad drank of
the water and been overcome and died
from the effects.
An examination of the geological con
struction of the immediate section failed
^to show any mineral that might account
for the peculiar power of tho water, and
so far as known, no analysis has ever
been made.—Oroville (Cal.) Mercury.
Star Stones.
The asteria3 or star stones are among
the most wonderful productions of the
mineral kingdom'. They are corundums;
the star sapphire being a grayisu blue; the
star ruby bright red; the star topaz, a
straw yellow. The star appearance in
the stone is caused, according to some
mineralogists, by a foreign substance in
the gem; others say it is due to peculiari
ties of crystalizution. Whatever it may
be, advantage is taken of it by the lapi
daries who cut the stone cabochcu, or in
the shape of a dome, beginning at the
centre of the star and making the points
radiate to the circumference. The stone
has six points, and as the light plays on
the surface of the stone the bright lines
of the star change with the position of
the gem and produce a singularly beau
tiful effect. These stones are very valu
able, the best specimens being, it is said,
worth as much as diamonds of the same
weight. Burton, the great oriental
traveler, had a star sapphire which .te
always carried on his person, and in the
heart of Africa, the sight of this wonder
ful gem always Inspired a respect that
was akin to reverence. The wild Arabs
Africans would gaze at the stone and
then at the possessor and, concluding
that he had 3 talisman of unexampled
power, would render him all possible as
sistance for fear of incurring his ven
geance.—New York Dispatch.
The Height of Courtesy.
'he Queen of Saxony is passionately
1 of children, perhaps for the very
on that she has none of her own.
ordingly, she never fails to caress a
y whon she .gets a chance. Once,
in taking a stroll in the park at Dres-
, she accosted a nurse with a couple
plendid babies in her arms. “Oh! the
:lv pets!” she said. “Twins, no
Yes, your Majesty.”
Their father must be very proud of
This one’s father certain y is; but
other one’s father has just died.”
But you told me they were twins 1”
hen the nurse blushed, and said, “I
pardon, it was not myself who said
but your Majesty, and—I didn’t
i to contradict you.”—-La Belgique.
Scene at a Dutch Kermess.
On the second day the crowd really
begins to swarm, and by evening alt the
avenues of the iair are jammed. The
gasoline lamps shed a flaring light over
the sea of heads; the hurdy-gurdies of
the different merry-go-rounds try to
drown one another; the managers of the
theatres, with their companies in tights
and spangles on the platforms beside
them, are bawling through speaking
trumpets descriptions of the wonderful
pieces about to be performed inside, oo-
casionally giving snort sketches as allur
ing samples; parties of young peasants
and their sweethearts “charge” through
the crowd. This “charge,” which is
peculiarly Dutch, is accomplished by
from ten to twenty persons locking arms,
with the weight forward, and acting on
the principle of a battering ram. It is
very effective, and will open a lane
through the densest throng. The
chargers sing cheerfully during the on
set, and the collisions are generally taken
as neat bits of pleasantry. When the
chargers reach, or have created, a com
paratively open space, they form a ring,
and jump up and down, shouting,
“Hustle 1 Hustle!” in time to the steps,
while the tempo is accelerated till the feet
give out and the breath is gone.
What the Donnybrook Irishman would
term “a fine bit of a fight” now follows.
A cry has gone up from two combatants
who have squabbled about nothing—
“Laron 1 Laren! Lareul” from one, and
from the other, “Huizeul Huizenl
Huizenl” Our village (Liren) is Catho
lic ; Huizen, just beyond, is Protestant;
and the feuds of the rival creeds,
though mild in comparison with
those of the past, are bitter yet. No de
cent and self-respecting Larenite would
dream of marrying into Huizso, and
vice versa. The women’s caps and ear
rings are of another pattern; so are the
sabots, even those of the children. There
is absolutely no social communication
between the communities. In the olden
days there was constant fighting, and
many a head was broken and many a
knife stab given; but iu these times,
except ou special occasions, the towns
preserve a surly peace. Bat hot blood
boils at kermess time, and the old trouble
breaks out again, and the war cries
bring the reserves hurrying to the field,
clearing for action as they come. In
this case the police separate the brawl
ers, taking one to one end of the fair,
and the other, with a handsome cut on
his head from his opponent’s wooden
shoe, in the opposite direction. It may
be well to state, by tho by, that a wooden
shoe of the size worn hereabout, snatched
off and used either as a club or projec
tile, makes a weapon of great effective
ness, and one very convenient to get at
upon the first call o'f necessity.—Cen
tury.
What Plant Names Indicate.
The botanical names of plants ari
often, when understood, interesting
topics for study. For example: Our
flowering maple, abutilon, is from an
Arabic name for an allied plant. An
other, called abuta, is a native name for
a plant from Cayenne. Achimencs is
from two words meaning to sutler from
cold, the plauts all being very tender.
Acorus, the flags, is an allusion to the
eyes from its medicinal properties. Ba-
biana is from a Dutch word for baboon,
tho bulbs being eaten by baboons. Briza,
or the quaking grass, means to nod and
is expressive of all the family. Campa
nula, meaning a bell, has reference to the
shape of the flower. Capsicum is from
kapto, to bite, which relates to its hot
fruit, and carex to cut, because the leaves
of many species have their margins mi
nutely serrated;these will cut the hand if
drawn rapidly through them. Dianthus
for the pinks is a name for the flowers
given as long ago as the time of the
Romans, and means the divine flower,
from the exquisite fragrance of the blos
soms of most species, as well as from
their unrivaled neatness and brilliancy.
A large number of plants are named iu
honor of some botanist or person of re
pute in horticulture. Magnolia, fuchsia,
begonia, camellia and indeed most ol
those ending with th.3 “ia,” are such
names. The second, or specific, name is
more often descriptive of the particular
species, as elongata,elongated; coccinea,
scarlet; matutina, morning; micnlatu,
spotted; rubra, reddish; ciliosa, hair
fringed.—Chicago Times.
Mexican Peonage.
A local paper has created a sensation
hv declaring that slavery exists in the
State of Tabasco. This is, of course,
not true, but there is still in existence,
not only in Tabasco but in several other
States, a kind of peonage which very
much resembles slavery. For instance,
there are laws in several States which are
presumably for the purpose of regulat
ing the relations between employer and
employe which bear mo3t oppressively
upon the latter. One law provides that
no employer shall dismiss an employe
without giving eight days notice, and
that no employe shall leave his plac3
without giving due notice and of paying
whatever sum he may owe his employer.
This last provision, in practice, consti-
tues peonage, whether it was so intended
or not, because where such law's exist
employes are always in debt to theii
employers and for this reason cannot
leave their places. In olden timeB the
laws in many sections provided that
upon the death of the father his debts
should be assumed by his sons, and in
some cases by his children irrespective
of sex. So far as we know, such laws
no longer exist. As those laws which
now impose peonage are local and so
worded as not to conflct with the Fed
eral Constitution the general Govern
ment cannot interfere. However, these
laws are gradually disappearing and in
the near future will nowhere exist ia the
Republic.—Mexico Two Republics.
Horsu Sense.
“Horses surely have reasoning powers,
for I have known animals that were ex
tremely vicious when mounted by a man
develop into the most affectionate and
tractable saddle horses when mounted by
a lady,” said a gentleman at the South
ern. “I travel through Southwest Mis
souri and the Indian Territory, where
ladies ride almost exclusively on horse
back, and they know how to put a horae
through his paces without the aid of
whip or spur.
“One of the finest saddle horses I ever
saw was a magnificent sorrel gelding
owned by a doctor’s wife in the Indian
Territory. The horse was bred in Ken
tucky, but was sent to Texas when a
colt. From the first attempt to break
him he was stubborn and vicious, strik
ing with his fore feet or refusing to go
at all. He had the habit of bucking and
but few riders could stay in the saddle.
The doctor bougfit him at the request of
his wife, who was an expert rider, and
in less than two weeks the horse would
follow her like a dog. He expected a
caress every time she appeared, and
would eat fruit, candy or confections
from her hand. He never attempted to
throw her, and she could shoot from his
back or turn him loose in the prairie and
he would remain as close to her as pos
sible. She called him ‘Martin,’ and I
have seen him leave a herd of horses and
gallop to her when his name was called.
Don’t call that instinct, my Hear sir; that
is, to my mind, the clearest of reason
ing. St. Louis Republic.
CURIOUS FACTS.
There are forty-four separate pieces of
leather and other material in a pair of
fine shoes.
BRAIDING THE HAIR.
People who braid their back hair are
now raising it up higher and braiding it
very close to the top of the head; then it
is looped down on the head and fastened
closely to it. The reason for this is
that the small bonnets must have some
thing more than merely a fancy pin to
hold them in position, and this arrange
ment of the hair makes them more com
fortable.—New York Telegram.
ABOUT SKIRTS.
The skirt is irrevocably evoluting t<
greater width and consequent weight,
and the prtfent chronicler cannot too
strongly urge the maxim, “Be mod
erate.” The modes now in vogue are
too graceful and convenient, and have
too much to commend them, for us to
relinquish them without a struggle; and
because a few women, always eager for
any novelty, no matter how eccentric,
have wired ruffles in their skirts, it doss
not follow that the inconvenient ab
surdity is ia mode. For walking, skirts
ere short, and simply trimmed around
the bottom; for the house, they are long,
and for evening they are trained, and
much more elaborate trimmings are ad
missible. When there Is deep trimming
extending in widely separated bands or
ruffles to the knees, a deep facing of
crinoline, canvas, or even of horsehair if
the trimming is heavy, extends as high
as the trimming.
New skirts are cut fuller, from three
yards and three-quarters to six yards at
the bottom—this last for evening gowns
—and gored but slightly at the top, a
little fullness extending all the way
around, either gathered or laid in fine
plaits.—Demorest’s Family Magazine.
PREMONITIONS OP FANIBB8.
Although paniers are not yet openly
favored by fashion, there are some indi
cations that, before the season is over,
they may be arrived at by indirect ways.
Lace is gathered in a deep flouhee to the
edge of the round waist, in Russian
style. It is also set on the outside of
the edge of the bodice, gathered full,
and turned up edge to edge, then
dropped over the seam to have the effect
of a puffing. It is applied in the same
manner on princesse dresses. Wider lace
is used on dinner and evening toilets,
this occasionally forming panier-like
draperies that terminate in long ends on
the back, caught to the dress by bows of
handsome ribbon. The use of lace will
constantly increase from this time on,
throughout the spring and summer,
forming tabliers, jabots on both skirt
and bodice, and plaited in fans and co-
quille ruches to increase the flaring effect
ou the bottom of the dress. Yery short-
trained bell skirts will have the flounce
all around the hems, while demi-lrains
and full trains for brides and dowagers
will have it only on the front and sides,
leaving the sweeping breadths urn
trimmed.—New York Post.
THE BACK OF YOU.
These are the days for the women
with pretty necks, especially if they are
pretty at the back. The pointed gown,
the soft ruffle around the edge, the hair
drawn up, all give a most graceful effect
if there is any beauty at all. For that
matter, women are apt to forget the
charm of the back view of their sweet
selves. She is a wise woman who, in
stead of standing ready and expectant
to meet him, sits down in a,low chair in
front of the tire and pretends she doesn’t
know he is coming at just that particu
lar minute. You see, when the eyes
have met, there is little else to do. It is
all over, to a great extent. Why not
prolong the effect? Give him a chance
to see you a moment when he fancies
you do not know he is there. Let him
note the glow of the firelight in your
hair; let him take in the graee of your
sweeping gown, the thoughtfnl bend of
your head; give him a chance to come
up behind you and say the word that
shall turn your face to his, and put all
the gladness of your smile and voice and
welcome in his sight. It is a good deal
better so, is it not? You will avoid the
strange awkwardness that mars the joy
of so many first meetings after long ab
sence, an awkwardness in which you feel
that you should be more happy than you
are and show more happiness. The
style of gown of to-day’s fashions is just
the thing for this. High collars and
exaggerated headdresses were a little
out of line, but now that all is so simple
and graceful it will be as well to remem
ber “back effects” as a legitimate part
of your repertory of charms.—Detroit
Free Press.
Some thirty square miles of land are
in this country alone devoted to the
purposes of burial.
Tombstoue, Arizona, has three mines
named “The Lucky Cuss,” “Toughnut”
and “Good Enough.”
Sauerkraut, although of German
origin, is more largely used by Ameri
cans than by Germans.
In New Zealand one may catch 100
pounds of trout in a day with a minnow
or thirty pounds with a fly.
Eight olive trees now exist in the
Garden of 01ive3 at Jerusalem which are
known to be at least eight hundred years
old.
There i9 said to be only one hotel in
this country, and that one in Philadel
phia, which has a library for the use of
its guests.
A pot of gold and silver coins of
American mintage was dug up near
Pittsfield, 111., recently. The value of the
find was $225.
Members of the British House of Com
mons enter and leave the Chamber with
their heads uncovered, but during ses
sions they wear their hats.
A genius at Omen, Ky., had several
ponds on his place that the cold spell
froze entirely covered up with straw,
and proposes to take out ice during the
summer as he wants it.
The largest South African lion on
record weighed, five honrs after death,
583 pounds. This fine specimen was
shot by John Otto at Koppie, Allwin, in
Orange Free State, South Africa.
A plentiful supply of hot water was
struck at a depth of 372 feet in the
artesian well at the Boise City, Idaho,
penitentiary a few days ago. The flow
tills a five-mch pipe and is very hot.
Nebraska has a young lady in the per
son of Miss Schaffer, of Beaver Crossing,
fifteen years old, six feet three inches in
height, weighs 259 pounds, and wears a
No? 10 shoe. She Is growing rapidly.
There is a woman in Brocton, Mass.,
who can boast of having lived under the
administration of every President of the
United States. She was born the day
preceding Washington’s retirement from
office.
Leif Erikson’s statue in Boston has
been criticised as artistically inaccurate
because it has a smooth-shaven face.
The question is raised as to the possi
bility of razors having been in use among
the Northmen in his day.
Asafetida is not, as many suppose, an
animal product. It is prepared from
the roots and stems of a plant grown ex
tensively in Persia, Beloochistan and In
dia. It is the last named country cooks
use it in all kinds of pudding.
Samuel HarmoD, of Fox Hill, PenD.,
claims that he has eaten in the last
twenty years 3650 pies. His regular
consumption has been half a pie daily.
He declares that he has never experienced
the slightest attack of dyspepsia.
A resident of Auselain Springs, N.
C., claims to own a peculiar ear of corn.
It is said that there are thirteen ears all
containing well developed grain,
grouped around the large ear. All these
fourteen ears, he states, grew in one
shuck.
Wall space for advertising purposes
commands very hii(h rentals In popular
business thoroughfares in New York
City. There is one man who obtains an
annual income of several thousand dol
lars out of one side of a house which is
conspicuously exposed.
The Denison (Texas) Herald chronicles
the arrival in that city of Isa To-Ba, one
of the most picturesque characters in the
Chickasaw Nation. His long silky hair,
massive head and generally imposing
appearance attract attention wherever he
goes. He has been Justice of the Chick
asaw Supreme Court and National Audit
or. He is a full blooded Indian, but is
known to the whites as Josiah Brown.
FASHION NOTES.
White silk slippers are embroidered
with pearls.
Double-faced shot ribbons in velvet
and satin are new.
Narrow bebe ribbon rosettes in tri
colors are liberally employed.
Accordion-plated fronts are being
placed in empire evening gowns.
A glimpse of the new spring goods in
dicates the blow of the wind, in this
season’s fashions.
Garnitures describe wide plaiif braids,
the alternate squares of the pattern filled
in with fur imitation.
Some of the muslins are figured in
what are called in the store “lappet
spots,” which give a pattern in large
waved effect.
Parisian dressmakers and couturiers
never omit to ask when a dress is-ordered
from them what perfume is adopted by
their client, and they then proceed tc
introduce between the linings tiny, flat
sachets, prepared in accordancrwith.the
answer.
An empire wrap/of olive green velvet
was accompanied by a white velvet
bonnet from which a mass of yellow
curls overflowecLand tell aboutia piquant
face and down upon the great puffed
sleeves, fte small wearer was perhaps
three years old.
Among the stylish'fancie3‘forjyoiithful
wearers for spring are double-breasted
round waists of plain cloth or velvet, in
dark colors of blue, golden brown,
dahlia or myrtle green; with pifein cloth,
skirts lapped on left side, and buttoned
about half a yard down.
A stylish«lre3s of figured'Indian silk
has a long bell skirt, cutaway jacket
fronts and very full sleeve puffs. The
fitted front, high) collar and ssleevesvfrom
elbow to wrists are of plain velvet. 1
hat of velvet to;match is trimmed with
plaitiugs and xuching3 of fine,- black
lace.
A very simple yetieffective>styla ol
dress to follow in the making 'tap of any
of the medium-weight woolens foi
spriug wear is one with a round waist
with cape revere, large sleeves, girdle
and stock collar, with a slightly full
round skirt that flares (considerably u il
nears the hem. -
Permanence of Agricultural Methods.
It is a curious and interesting fact il
lustrative cf the permanence of agricul
tural methods and the continuance of
excellent products as well as the stability
of the art, that a cheese made by the
ancient Gauls from the milk of sheep
before that Nation was conquered by the
ancient Romans, which was sent to that
luxurious city, Rome, to furnish the
tables at the numerous feasts, is still
made in the same locality, and nowhere
else, and by exactly the same process
and cured in the same remarkable caves,
which, in fact, is- the secret of its ex
quisite quality, as at that far distant
time. This is the Roquefort cheese,
made at the town or district of that
name in the south of France, in one of
the most curious volcanic formations
known to the geologists. The mountain
is honeycombed with caves, and being
of limestone, furnishes a pasture of the
richest kind for a race of sheep that have
been bred for milking since long before
the people of that part of Europe ■ were
heard of. The elder Piny, the natural
ist, who wrote many books on agricul
ture, mentions this cheese by its present
name and extols its delicious qualities.
The conquering Romans quickly monop
olized all the best productions of the Na
tions they subdued, and with a taste ed
ucated by luxury, very quickly adopted
this cheese and secured tne whole supply
of it.—American Dairyman.
A New Horseshoe.
A new horseshoe, rocently patented,
has for its special object the obtaining
of better foothold and the lessening of
concussion or jarring effect upon the
animal’s feet. The shoe is made with
apertures extending through it, located
between the positions usually occupied
by the nails. The openings are of dove
tailed form ani the usual nail hole3 are
provided in the intervening solid metal
portions of the shoe. Projecting through
the apertures are elastic rubber studs
which are fixed on a strip of rubber or
leather intervening between the metal
shoe and the well of the hoof, and
through which the nails are driven in the
operation of shoeing. By this construc
tion the grip of the horse’s foot is im
mensely increased, especially on slippery
pavements, and the tendency of the
horse to leg disease is materially re
duced.—New Orleans Picayune.
Testing Pare Water.
It is one of the easiest things in the
world to tell pure water from the im
pure. If you want to test the color of
the water just fill a colorless glass bottle
with water and look through it at some
black object, and the distinctiveness
with which you can see the object will
give you an idea as to the amount of
clay or sand there is in the water. Then
pour out one-half the water, cork the
bottle tightly and set it in a warm place
for about twenty-four hours. Remove
the cork and smell the air in the bottle.
If there is an offensive odor, even the
slightest, the water is unfit for domestic
uses. Well water, no matter how bright
and sparkling, is, nine times out of ten,
putrescent. Then, as a matter of course,
decomposition is sure to set in in a day
or two if you put the bottle in a warm
clsce.—New York Telegram.
COOLING A DAIRY.
It is quite possible to cool a dairy by
means of a metal box containing the ice
suspended in the milkroom. A greater
effect would be produced by adding salt
to the ice after breaking it, for by this
method as much as thirty degrees lower
temperature may be produced in the
cooler. Cheap salt for this purpose may
be procured for six dollars a ton, and
the salt water may be thrown on the ma
nure or a compost heap, and its cost
saved in that way. The cooler should
be kept as high in the room as possible.
The plan proposed is in effect precisely
the same as that by which common re
frigerators are cooled.—New York
Times.
THE COWPEA VINE AND SOJA BEAN.
In digestion experiments with various
feeding stuffs carried on at the North
Carolina Experiment Station, at Raleigh,
cowpea vine hay formed one of the sub
jects for consideration. The nutrative
ratio obtained in this experiment shows
this hay to have been relatively about
equal to the standard rations for heavy
work and production of milk. The an
imals ate this hay nearly as well as they
did the pulled fodder and the clover.
With cowpea vine hay of good quality
for above uses no grain need be used,
while for maintenance and light work
straw or cotton seed hulls could well be
fed as a part of a good ration.
The soja bean is considered a promis
ing crop. Soja bean silage has been fed
in the station stable long enough to give
assurance of it3 value. For cows it
seems to arrest the natural decline in
yield for a time.
The high percentage of protein in
proportion to carbo-hydrates gives this
silage a narrow nutrative ratio, and this
indicates that it can be used to good ad
vantage as part of a ration of hay or
straw with corn, or corn and oat3, or
mixed with corn silage. A correspon
dent of this station, who grows corn and
soja beans together for silage, gives the
assurance that this combination saves
him much grain, as less is needed with
his stock when feeding this combination
than with other coarse foods.
A ration of forty pounds corn and
soja bean silage, in equal parts by
weight, has been calculated to yield di
gestible nutrients in pounds as follows:
Protein, .768; fals, .418; other carbo
hydrates, 4.022. The nutrative ratio is
1 to 7.4, and, although the nutrative
substance is but 5.81 pounds less than
two-thirds of the standard for oxen at
rest, it is in all probability sufficient to
sustain a 1000-pound animal and produce
slow gain. This is possible because the
animal will take little or no water not in
the silage, and having, therefore, less
internal work to perform, the small
amounts of nutrative substances suffices
for the animal’s needs.—New York
World.
CARE OF FRUIT TREES.
If fruit trees are trained well they
ought to be able to carry a great amount
of snow without breaking. Of course
there are few exceptions everywhere,
especially these trees trained to standards
on account of growing along roads oi
for any other reason. They will require
the attaining of greater age before they
will be able tc stand as much as their
neighbors close by which are branched
close to the ground and sturdy all the
way up. The first you ought to do is to
knock all the snow off them to prevent
breaking off the limbs. Be careful the
way you do it. Do not take a stick oi
your foot to shake the snow load off;
you are apt to bruise the tree and cause
barking and sores. You are sure to have
an old broom around the house. Take
it and go along the rows and you may
knock the trees auy way without fear of
injuring the bark.
If the snow keeps on falling and you
have some trees with iimb3 too long to
cairy any heavy load and the limbs neces
sary to form your tree, take a string out
of your pocket, which you as rancher or
fruit raiser are very apt to carry always
with you, and tie the limbs in one way or
other to secure a hold for them on the
main stem or stick supporting the tree.
Is the tree split and that in a place
where every limb is needed, splint the
place as you would a broken arm, and
secure the standing branches. You must
1-emember that the circulatioa of the sap
is seriously interrupted. How can the
smaller amount of bark nourish the same
system of limbs. Cut out more or less
of the branches of the upper part and
thus balance the supply and want of
food. If the cold keeps on you will have
to protect the sore place even further,
especially if the frost is severe. Take
tree wax, or any felt material, axle
grease or the like, and by wiping it over
the injured place you keep the cold and
wet out. Don’t think that you are doing
any unnecessary work. Any tree will
do better for being treated thus and the
healing process will go on ever so much
easier.—The Homestead.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Hens over two years old are not profit
able to keep for egg production.
Allow no male bird to run with the
females unless eggs are wanted for hatch
ing.
A gcod plan in feeding corn is to feed
it to fowls on the cob. Let them do the
shelling.
It is slowly but surely dawning upon
the minds of American farmers that fowls
do pay a profit.
Young chicks should not be fed for
twenty-four to thirty-six hours after
leaving the shell.
A dusting place shold be provided for
the fowls. Dry road dust is bast, but
sifted coal ashes is good in lieu of the
former.
Other conditions being favorable,
sweet potatoes are more successfully kept
in large than in small quantities. Suc
cess has been reported in keeping small
quantities in barrels between layers of
perfectly dry forest or fruit tree leaves.
Pork is “looking up” so much since
the foreign embargo on it has been re
moved that those who have breeding
stock for sale smile and are happy. The
man who will sell his be3t pigs at aix to
eight weeks old for fattening at any
price will be foolish.
A first-class trough can be made in a
few minutes of chestnut, pine, or hem
lock plank spiked firmly together, with
coal tar soaked on all connecting edges
and candle wicking saturated in the
same stretched thereon before nailing.
Such joints never leak nor rot.
Parsley is very easy to grow. Set
some plants from the garden in a cool
corner of the greenhouse or else in a
rather warm window, then you may have
parsley leaves all the winter. You can
sow seeds at any time or dig
now and plant in the window.
SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT BREAD
You can
1 old roAa
T
u liich Housekeeper* Should Earnestlj
Consider.
A serious danger menaces the health
of the people of this country in the nu
merous alum baking powders that are
now being urged upon the public.
There is no question as'to the detri
mental eCcct of tliC'-e powders upon the
syttern. Everj Board of Health, every
phys c;an, will tell you of tho unwhole
some qualities they add to the food.
Some countries have absolutely pro
hibited the sale of bread containing
alum.
Even small doses of alum, given to
clii dren, have produced fatal results,
while cases of heartburn, indigestion,
griping, constipation, dyspepsia, and
Yarn us kindled gastric troubles from
irritation of the mucous membrane,
caused by the continuous use of food
prepared with the alum or alum-phos
phate powders, are familiar iu the prac
tice of every physician.
It is not possible that any prudent
housewife, any loving mother, will
knowingly use an article of food that
will injure the health of her household,
or perhaps cause the death of her chil
dren.
How shall the dangerous alum powders
be distinguished? And how shall the
danger to health from their use be
avoided ?
Generally, alum powders may be known
from the price at which they are told,
or lrum the fact that, they are accom
panied by a gift, are disposed of under
tome scheme. The alum powder costs
but a lew cents a pound to make, and is
often sold at 20 or 25 cents a pound.
If some presont is given with it, the
price may he 30, 40 or 50 cents a pound.
It is impossible to name all the alum
powders in the market, but any baking
powder sold at a low price, or adver
tized as costing only half as much as
cream of tartar powders, accompanied by
a present, or disposed of under any
scheme, is of this class, detrimental to
health, and to be avoided.
But the easy, safe, and certain protec
tion of our bread, biscuit aud cake from
all danger of unwholesomeuess is iu the
use of the Royal Baking Powder only.
This powder is mentioned because of the
innumerable reports in its favor by high
medical authorities, by the U. S. Gov
ernment, aud by the official chemists and
Boards of Health, which leave no doubt
»i to its entire freedom from alum, lime
and ammonia, its absolute purity aui
wholesomeness. While its use is thus a
safeguard against the poisonous alum
powders it is satisfactory at the same
time to know that it makes the whitest,
lightest, sweetest and most delicious
food, which will keep moist and fresh
longer, and that can be eaten with im
munity hot or cold, stale or fresh, and
also that owing to its greater strength it
is more economical than others.
These facts should incline consumers to
turn a deaf ear to all importunities to
buy the inferior powder. If a grocer
urges the sale of the cheap, impure, alum
brands, it should be borne in mind that it
is because he can make more profit on
them. The wise housekeeper will decline
in all cases to take them.
Take no chances through using a doubt
ful article where so important a matter as
the health or life of dear ones is at slalce.
London is the largest city in the world,
containing a population of 4,764,312 per
sons.
The largest river in the world is the
AmszoD, being 4,000 miles long, 150
milts wide at its mouth, and 'navigable
for large ships 2,200 miles from its
mouth.
The largest island in the world is Aus
tralia. It is 1,500 miles across from east
to west, and 1,030 miles long from north
to south. Its area is 2,9S4,287 square
miles.
The largest empire in the world is that
of Great Britain, being 8,557,675 square
miles, and more than a sixth part of the
lobe.
The largest suspension bridge is the
Brooklyn bridge. The length of the
main span is 1,595 Let and 6 inches.—
The entire length of the bridge is 9,989
feet.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian
Sea, lying between Europe and Asia,
it being 700 miles long and 279 miles
wide.
The largest cavern in the world is the
Mammoth cave, Kentucky.
The largest tree in the world as yet
discovered is in Tulware county, Cal.
It is 275 feet high, and 106 feet in cir
cumference at its base. .
The largest desert is Sahara, in north
ern Africa. Its length is 3,000 miles and
breadth 900 miles; h.viDg an area of
2,000,000 square miles.
The largest volcano in the world is
Etna. Its base is 90 miles in circumfer
ence; its cone 11,000 'eet high. Its first
eruption occurred 474 B. C.
The largest body of fresh water on the
globe is Lake Superior, 400 miles long
aud 160 mile wide. It greatests depth is
200 fathoms. Its surface is 635 feet above
the level of the sea.
The largest church in the world is
St. Peter’s in Rome. Its length is 613
feet. Its dome is 195 feet in diameter,
and its height to the cross on the summit
448 feet.
Floral Curtains.
Fish net makes an easily arranged
foundation for a floral curtain when one
is desired in decorating a room. At a
reception where the house was decorated
in white and gold, yellow roses with
long stems were woven in and out of
the meshes of the net. The ne'ting in
somewhat finer mc-sb, that comes in col
ors, and also gilded, may be used with
exqusitei effect for the same purpose.
Such a curtain is not only pretty be
tween doorways, but drape-t back from a
large mirror. Almost any flower can be
used against these curtains, or the
greenery of smilax, or other vines with a
few flowers.
Retribution.
Teacher—“Do you know what ret-ri-
bu-tion means?”
Bright Boy—“Yes’m. We had that
word last week.”
Teacher—“You have a good memory.
Now stand up and give a definition.”
Bright Boy—“Wy, if you play in th’
dirt, you mamma fills you ears an’ nose
an’ eyes full of soap. ”
To Believe the Trulli
About the efficacy in obstinate cases of dys
pepsia of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, re
quires no stretch of credulity. Are you troub
led with indigestion ? If so try it, not occa
sionally, spasmodically. Take a regular, per
sistent course. Prompt relief, ultimate cure
SISieilL lionise, riuiupo , ...
will be the result. The dyspeptie, the bilious,
the nervous, the rheumatic, the
the nervous, toe rueuiuitut, tuo malaria aim
kidnuy-troubled attest its efficacy. A wine
glassful before meals.
It is all nonsense about our climate chang
ing. Professor Hazen says that the facts of
history show that the world’s c.imate has not
changed in 3,000 years.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enr.chos
the blood, tones the nerves, aula digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in genera. ill
health, giving new energy and strength.
Mrs. Minks—“Mrs. Leadem is aging very
rapidly.” , . .
Mrs. Binks—“Yes, poor thing. She is worry
ing herself gray trying to look young.’
How*fl This f
We offer One Hundred Dollars regard for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
ng Mali’s Catarrh cure.
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We, the undersigned, nave known IT. 4.
perfectly honorable in all Business transac
tions, and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by their firm.
West & Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Waldixq, Kinnan & Mabvtn, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall’s Caiarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per. bottle. gfildLby.all druggists.
A Great and Useful Hook.
Owing to the growth of the English language
and its continually increasing prevalence,
very much more is required of an English
dictionary to-day than formerly, and >oah
Webster, who spent twenty years in preparing
his American Dictionary, would hardly recog
nize it in the perfection which it has attained
in the hands of modern scholars. Webster s
International Dictionary, the latest of the
amount oi ui.ura.ry muui cAptuu^ ,^r jj
earliest edition, and is the most complete and
reliable work of the kind ever published in ?
single volume. It is warmly indorsed by emi
nent scholars throughout the English-speak
ing world, and is a most useful book for the
library, the school, the family, the student,
and in fact for all who read or write the Eug
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Lady (to famous animal painter)—“It is a
jjreat p’tasure to me to meet you—I adore an
imals. ’
Best of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner.when the Sprtfcgtime cornea,
use the true and perfect remedy,Syrup of Figs.
One bottle will answer for all the family and
costa only 50 cents; the large size SI. Try it
and be pleased. Manufactured by the Califor
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Sponge black silk with cold coffee and am
monia to freshen it.
Brown’s Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Mala
ria, Biliousness and General Debiiit*.
strength, aids Digestion, tones ti e ni'ves—
creates appetite. The best tonic for .. ursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Tbt Largest Tilings.
Good Lemonade.
I learned a new thing,” said a woman
recently, “while visitiDg last week an
English friend who is living in this
country. We had a flmall dance one
evening of my stay, and my hostess
served the most delicious lemonade I
ever drank. I spoke of it the next day,
and she told me it was made of freshly
hoiled water—the secret, she said, of
thoroughly good lemouade. ‘I have a
regular rule, she further iuformed me,
which insures success if I am making a
quart or a gallon. For a qu irt I take
the juice of three lemons, Using the rind
of one of them. I am careful to peel the
rind very thin, getting jn3t the yeliow
outside; this I cut into pieces and put
with the juice and powdered sugar, of
which I use two ounces to the quart, in a
jug or jar with a cover. When the water
is just at the tea point, I p ur it over the
lemon and sugar, cover at once and let
it get cold. Try this once and you will
never make it any other way.”—New
York Times.
Visitor—“And so you went to church
to see the wedding? vYbat did you
thiuk of it?”
Little Girl—“I didn’t think. I just
looked aud talked, an’ talked without
thinking, same as everybody else.—Stree t
& Smith’s Good News.
$3 Worth of Rood’s
Cured When Others Failed
Salt Rheum or Psoriasis—Severe
Case.
Mr. N. J. McCoun
Kingsley, Iowa.
“In 1879 I had an eruption appear on my left
leg and arm. Sometimes it would ulcerate
and on account of it I was unable to work a
great deal of the time. I had sevendf ctors ex
amine and treat me without success. Some
called it psora^is, some eczema, some salt
rheum and one knowing one called it prairie
itch. All the doctors in the county had a trial
but none did me a particle of good. I spent all
my spare money trying to get relief. Finally
I was persuaded to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
After using one and a half bottles I saw the
benefit. I have now used the third bottle and
am completely cured. I received more
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
benefit from three dollars’ worth of Hood’s
Sarsaparilla than from the hundreds of dollars
paid for advice and other medicine. Any ono
suffering from skin trouble will surely get re
lief In Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” N. J. McCoL’N.
Kingsley, Iowa.
We Know This to Be True
“ We know Mr. N. J. McCoun; saw hie leg
and arm before taking Hood’s riarsaparillaand
know he was terribly afflicted; now he iscured.”
“ E. H. Basks, Druggist, “ D. A. Oltmann,
“J. P. Gasper, “ R. B. Ellis,
“ c. C. Barceu, Kingsley, Iowa.
Head’s Pills are the best after-dinner Pills, as
sist digestion, cure headache. Try a Box.
How isYour Blood?
I had a malignant breaking out on my leg
below the knee, and was cured sound and well
with two and a half bottles of
Other blood medicines had failed
to do me any good. "Will C. Beaty,
Yorkville, S. C.
I was troubled from childhood with an ag-
avated case of Tetter, and three bottles of
I cured me permanetly.
1 WALLACE MANN.
ManBville.LT.
Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
A Powerful
Flesh Maker.
A process that kills the
taste of cod-liver oil has
done good service—but
the process that both kills
the taste and effects par
tial digestion has done
much more.
Scott’s Emuli
stands alone in the field
of fat-foods. It is easy rjfr
assimilation because part
ly digested before taken.
Scott’s Emulsion checks Con-
sumption and all other
wasting diseases.
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Startling Facts For Women!
Over two million women in the United Stvt-L ,
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One tablespoonful (well heaped) granulated
coffee A or best brown sugar equals one ounce.
No Satsr Rimzdy can be had for Coughs
and Colds or any trouble of the Throat than
ronchial
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Patients continue business while under treat
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twenty years, with continued and successful
increase in practice. Write for my book
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SdU only in boxes.
Troches." Price 25 cents.
Justice of the Peace, George Wil
kinson, of Lowville, Murray Co.,
Minn., makes a deposition eoncem-
irtgfe severe cold. Listen to it. “In
the Spring of 1888, through ex
posure I contracted a very severe
cold that settled on my lungs. This
was accompanied by excessive night
sweats. One bottle of Bosehee’s
German Syrup broke up the cold,
night sweats, and all and left me
in a good, healthy condition. I can
give German Syrup my mostearnest
commendation.” ®
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be careful to procure the genulno article. There * —
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Morphine Habit Cnr«d In 10
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Ill 1 UTCn Traveliko Salesmen; or have fine side
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Cares Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Soto
Throat, Sold by all Drug*isu on a Guaranty,
Consumptives and people
who have weak lung* or Aath-
ma. fhouidaae Ptao’s Core for
Consumption. It has ewod
thousands. It has not Injur*
•d one. It la not bad to take.
It is the beat eongh syrup.
Bold everywhere.
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