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Haa Made S2.000.000.Mexico has a Monaco which outdoes

the sensational marvels of Monte Car-

lo, reports the New York World. Thisgambling palace is situated in thecenter of the city of Mexico, at No. 2

Gante street Its proprietor and man-

ager, Don Filipe Martel, is not only aself-ma-de prince, but a phenomenalcharacter.

For Don Felipe is not only the kingof gamblers, but a devout churchmanand the chief backer of the municipal"treasurer. Mexico City is almost de-

pendent upon this one citizen.Martel was a rich man before the

Mexican government decided to abol-

ish gambling houses. Many influential" Mexicans objected so seriously to the

absolute stopping of their favoritepastime that the authorities thoughtthey would achieve a clever compro-mise by demanding from every gamb-

ling resort a daily license tax of $1,000.No one supposed that tue gambling

spirit would be strong enough to riseabove this obstacle. This proved tobe the case and one by one the gamb-ling houses closed their doors.

When the field was clear Don FelipeMartel approached the authoritieswith $1,000 in cash and demanded aday's license. In a few hours hisplace was thronged. At a single strokehe had won the patronage of Mexicoand his doors have never ben closedsince. The daily outlay of $1,000 isnot missed from the daily revenue ofthousands.

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lipe's personal fortune should havereached $2,000,000 in spite of the con-

stant lavish expenditure. His chiefestablishment i.'i as glitteringly ap-

pointed as a palace. Liveried attend-ants minister to guests and refresh-ments and cigars are served at thehost's expense. Mexicans find noamusement more alluring than a visitto No. 2 Gante street.

Don Felipe's strong religious ten-

dencies are so well known that nobodywas surprised when he built recentlyin the village of San Angel a churchthat cost more than $50,000 . The poorpeople of the vicinity and many ofthe rich as well have come to regardhim as a sort of fairy prince. Hisown style of living encourages thisbelief. The Martel mansion in MexicoCity is a magnificent affair, constantlyfilled with guests. A curious featureis that it contains forty windows thenumber of cards in the Mexican deck.

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finally accosted the Other Man."How long have you been addicted

to the tobacco habit?" the Saintly Mandemanded, with the brusquerie befit-ting his sense of rectitude.

"Forty-si- x years," answered theOther Man, humbly.

"Do you see that twenty-stor- y build-ing yonder?" asked the Saintly Man.

"Yes, sir," the Other Man replied."If I had saved the money I have spentfor tobacco I might own that building,merely, or two or three like it, atmost. But fortunately I learned to usetobacco so that now I have but tostick a 10-ce- nt perfecto in my face andI own the earth!"

This fable teaches but that is an-other story.

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GOOD SHORT fiTORIES FORTHE VETERANS.

Savre h? a Goose The Bird GiveTimely Warntae; to a. Sentry A Bart-UeOe- ld

Dream A BemlaUcence or aCarnival of Slaughter.

Requiem.For One Slain in Battle. 1SG2.

Breathe, trumpets, breatheSlow notes of saddest walling

Sadly responsive pea'. J'e muffled drums;Comrades, with downcast eyes

And banners trailing.Attend him home

The youthful warrior comes.

Upon his shield.Upon his shield returning.

Borne fram the field of honor.Where he fell;

Glory and grief, together claspedIn mourning.

His fame, his fateWith-sob- s exulting telL

Wrap round his breastThe Hag Ills breast defended

His country's flag.In battle's front unrolled;

For it he diedOn earth forever ended

His brave young lifeLives In each sacred fold.

With proud, fond tears.By tingo of shame untainted.

Bear him, and lay himGently in his grave:

Above the hero write:The young, half-saint- ed

Ills country' asked his life.His life ho gave!

George Lunt

Saved by a Goose.Ella Rodman Church tells a very

"Strange Story of a Goose" in St. Nic-holasa story that recalls the legend ofthe Roman capital and the cacklinggeese that saved it from surprise. Thisgoose made its first appearance nearQuebec over fifty years ago, when someBritish troops had been sent out to putdown a rebellion of the colonists. Acertain farm in the neighborhood, sus-

pected of being a resort for the insur-gents, was surrounded by sentriesplaced at some distance apart, and oneday the sentry whose post was nearthe gate of the farm heard a singularnoise. A fine, plump goose soon ap-

peared on a run, making directly forthe spot where the soldier stood, andclose behind in pursuit came a hun-

gry fox. The sentry's first impulse wasto shoot the thievish animal and rescuethe goose, but since the noise of thereport would have brought out theguard on a false alarm he was obligedto deny himself this satisfaction. Thefox was gaining on his intended prey,when the goose, in a frantic attemptto reach the sentry box. ran his headand neck between the soldier's legs justas the pursuer was on tha point of seiz-ing it Fortunately, the guard coulduse bis bayonet without making a dis-

turbance, and he did thin to such goodadvantage that the pursuit was soonended. The rescued goose, evidentlyanimated by the liveliest gratitude,rubbed its head against its deliverer'slegs, and performed various other joy-ful and kitten-lik-e antics. Then,, de-

liberately taking up its residence atthe garrison post, it walked up anddown with the sentry while he was onduty, and thus accompanied each suc-

cessive sentry who appeared to patrolthat beat About two months later thegoose actually saved the life of its par-ticular friend in a very remarkableway. The soldier was again on dutyat the same place, and on a moonlightnight, when the moon was frequentlyobscured by passing clouds, the enemyhad formed a plan to surprise and killhim. His feathered devotee was be-

side him, as usual, while he paced hislonely beat, challenging at every soundand then "standing at eaee" before hissentry box. The goose always stoodat ease, too, and it made a very com-ical picture. But some undesirablespectators at least, of the soldier'smovements were stealing cautiouslytoward the place, under cover of thefrequent clouds and a line of stuntedpine trees. Nearer and nearer to thepost they crawled, till one of them,with uplifted knife, was about to springon the unsuspecting man. Then itwas that the watchful goose covereditself with giorj' by rising unexpect-edly from the ground and flapping itswings in the faces of tfce would-b- e

assassins. They rushed blindly for-

ward, but the sentry succeeded inshooting one of the party and bayo-neting another, while the goose con-

tinued to worry and confuse the re-mainder until they fled wildly for theirlives. The brave bird wa3 at onceadopted by the regiment, under thename of "Jacob," and decorated witha gold collar on which his name wasengraved, in appreciation of his ser-vices. Ever after, during his life oftwelve years, he did sentry duty athome and abroad, for he was taken toEngland at the close of the war inCanada, and. greatly lamented therewhen he died. His epitaph reads,"Died on duty," and no human senti-nel could have been more faithful thanpoor old Jacob. As it may occu.Jv.osome readers who have not made "astudy of the interesting and almost hu-man ways of many animals to doubi.the truth of so remarkable a story,they are referred to the gold collar,with Jacob's name and oxploit en-graved on it, which may still be seenat the headquarters of tie HorseGuards in London.

Battlefield Dream.They were talking of dreams, when

the volunteer who was shot throughthe hip at San Juan spoke up, says theWashington Star. "It is strange," saidhe, "how the real and the unreal aresometimes connected in dreams. Ihad an experience down at Tampawhile we were waiting for orders to goto Cuba which was remarkable in itsway. One night, after trying forhours to go to sleep in my tent, I wentoutside to see if there was a breath offresh air to be had. Near the tentthere was a rough bench, which hadbeen built for card playing. It wasabout three feet from the ground andwas just wide enough for a man to liedown on. I walked over to the benchand, stretching out on it. vas soonasleep. I dreamed that I was standingin a Spanish camp surrounded by hun-dreds of excited Spaniards, who wereinsisting that I be shot at occe for aspy. I was perfectly cool and had asupreme indifference about my fate.They took me over to a stake drivenin the ground and tied me np to itThen they wheeled up an enormouscannon to within fifty feet of where Istood and aimed it straight' at me. Isaw the gunner seize the lanyard andlook around at the oficer in charge fora command to fire. Then I closed myeyes. The next moment there was atremendous roar. The camon ballstruck me squarely on the side of theright hip and I flew up into the air. Iwoke' to find myself on the ground,where I had rolled from the bench.There was a sharp pain in my rightalp, and, looking oit into tie openspace beyond the tents I saw that themorning gun had just been fired. Thesmoke was still hanging oyer (he ru- -

non. The pain in my hip was causedby its coming in contact with a stakedriven in the ground near the bench.Several weeks later at San Juan I sota bullet in my right hip where thecannon ball of the dream struck .anddirectly in the center of the bruise leftby my forcible contact with the stakewhen I rolled off the bench."

BemlaUcence or a Carnival of SlaughterDenver News: "Yes, we made about

550 good Indians on that day," saidllobert Fiskin, a former member ofcompany G, First Colorado volunteers,who served three years during the civilvar in the department of the Missouri,and who is now visiting Colorado afteran absence of thirty-fiv- e years. Thecay referred to above was the datecf the Sand Creek massacre, in whichMr. Fiskin took an active part I leftmy home in Dubuque, Iowa, in thespring of '60," he resumed, "and, ofcourse, came overland by wagon. Iwas only a lad of 20, but I had the'fever,' and in company with Jim Mc-Bri-de

and a man named Wood weheaded for Russell Gulch. We minedwith varying success all that year, andin the spring of '61 I sold the onlyclaim I had for $50 and went to Denver.War had just been declared, and I en-

listed in the First Colorado for a periodof three years, or until the end of thewar. We went into camp at CampWeld on the Platte river, and our firstcampaign was in New Mexico, whereat Canby, 1,350 Colorado troops routed3,000 Texans under Bailey and drovethem back into Texas. Soon after thisthe government commenced havingtrouble with the Indians and we weresent back to Fort Lyons. On the nightof Nov. 27, Col. Chivington rode intothe fort and gave orders for the entireregiment to be ready to move on thefollowing night The government hadbeen finding fault with Chivington forhis apparent inability to restrain theIndians, and he had evidently resolvedto give them a lesson which they wouldremember. On the night of the 28thwe left the fort and after marching allnight came upon the Indians on SandCreek in the early morning. The In-

dians were taken wholly unawares, andthen ensued a carnival of slaughterthe memory of which even now makesmy blood run cold. Of the 850 Chey-enne, Arapahoe and Sioux Indiansthere were but 300 who escaped. Over550 were massacred and left dead anddying on the field, their flesh to beeaten by the coyotes and their bonesto bleach on the prairie. Mr. Fiskinwas mustered out in the fall of '65 andwent back to Iowa, where he has beenever since. He has come to Denver forthe purpose of entering the Soldiers'Home at Monte Vista.

An HUtoric Slip of Taper.A-- scrap of paper that carries one

back to the very atmosphere of a greatdecisive battle in the world's historyis among the historical treasures ofBlenheim house. On the paper are adozen lines scribbled in pencil. Theywere written by the duke of Marlbor-ough at the close of the fierce struggleat Blenheim. The tumult of battle wasrolling westward, where French andBavarians were in disordered retreat,with Marlborough's cavalry ridingfiercely in their rear. The slopes ofthe hills and the marshy plain werestrewn with thirty thousand killed andwounded. But Marlborough, with theexcitement of the great fight yet strongwithin him, pulled up his horse on oneof the little rustic bridges across theSchwanbuch, and scribbled these dozenlines to his imperious wife in London,to tell her of the great event. Appar-ently, says the Cornhili Magazine, theduke borrowed the scrap of paper fromsome member of his staff, for on theback of it are the faded items of a tav-ern bill. He used the parapet of thebridge for a writing desk. He hadbeen seventeen hours in the saddle,most of that time riding in the veryheart of one of the greatest battles inall history, yet the letters are firm inshape, a curious testimony to that se-

renely unshakable temperamentwhich was Marlborough's most strikingcharacteristic.

Army and Navy.The annual reunion of the Society

of the Army of the Cumberland wasnot held last season, as many of itsprominent members were engaged inthe war with Spain. This year's meet-ing is to take place at Detroit, Sept. 26and 27.

A German officer has invented anacetylene searchlight, which can becarried by one man and which will il-

luminate everything within a distanceof 100 yards. It is expected to be ofgreat use in searching for the woundedafter a battle and in bridge building atnight.

M. Dunant, a doctor, was the first tocall the attention of the world to thenecessity of some such thing as theGeneva flag, for the betterment of thewounded on the great battlefields ofthe world. It was in 1859 that hearoused the people to the situation byan account of the condition of thingson the field at Solferino. M. Dunantwho was a resident of Geneva, and afellow-citize- n, M. Moynier, set the ballrolling, which resulted in the final ac-ceptance of the Geneva flag, which ismerely the Swiss flag reversed a redcross on a white field, instead of awhite cross on a red field.

The military authorities in Austria-Hungar- y

are confronted with a some-what serious situation the escape overthe frontier of men liable to militaryservice in Austria-Hungar- y. A largebusiness is carried on by the agents,chiefly foreigners, who assist thesemen. The first essential is a passport,and this is generally forged. It isknown that 1,000 men weekly, on theirway to the frontier, pass through Vi-

enna alone, and as most of these areyoung men,' it is calculated that duringthe year at least 30,000 of those who sopass are escaping from military ser-vice. Most of these, it is estimated,come to America, where it is believedthere are at present over 100,000 menwho should be in the Austro-Hunga-ri- an

army or reserves.During the Franco-Prussia- n war the

French hospital at Vendome was incharge of Mme. Coralie.Cahen, aidedby two other nurses and seven sis-ters of charity. These women vis-ited thousands of both the French andGerman soldiers. The recent death ofMme. Cahen has brought to light thestory of her bravery when the' Prus-sians --occupied Vendome and attemptedto turn the hospital Into a Germanplace of refuge for the sick and wound-ed. Mme. Cahen herself went to seethe Prussian ireueral and protestedagainst the raising oMhe German flagover her Institution, replying to hisremark that "We are masters here"with: "In the town it may be; here,no. We are prelected by the red crossand the French flag, neither of whichyou have the right to touch." She wasallowed her own. way, and soon wonthe love of the enemy, whom she con-tinued to nurse, as she had done everytime one of them .came under her

FAEM AND GAEDEN.

MATTERS OP INTEREST TOAGRICULTURISTS.

Bern TJp-to-D- ate Bin to Abomt Cml-trraU- oa

of the Soil and YieldsThereof Hortlcaltore, Tltlcaltare aadFloiicaltare.

American False Hellebore.In this column we illustrate a plant

known as American False Hellebore.It is one of the poisonous plants of theUnited States. It is blessed with agreat variety of names, as follows:White hellebore, false hellebore, swamphellebore, Indian poke, meadow poke,poke root (in N. H.). Indian uncus,puppet roots, earth gall, crow poison,devil's bite, duckretter, itcb weed,bugbane, wolf's bane, bear corn. Itgrows from two to seven feet high andhas a fleshy root one tothree inches long. The leavesare large and stemless andof varying size. The flowers blossomin a large yellowish-gree- n cluster fromMay to July. The plant is a native ofthis country. In New England it isfound in wet meadows and by moun- -

Mse hellebore (TVrafrtim. virUeoa-tbin- lnatural siio.

tain brooks. It is found in cold situa-tions as far south as Virginia andwestward to Oregon and Washington.It is even met with in Alaska. Itspoisonous properties are found in allparts of the plant, seed, leaves androot It has been reported that chick-ens are frequently killed by eating theseeds, and horses by eating theleaves. But it is asserted that sheepeat the leaves with relish and apparentimpunity. The root has been known tokill people who ate it for somethingelse. One case is reported where afamily prepared the leaves for eating,thinking them to be marsh marigolds.The result was the poisoning of theentire family. The poison acts' by par-alyzing the heart

Fertilizers for Wheat.The Ohio Station has been making

an interesting experiment on fertiliz-ing wheat The marked effect on thegrowth of the wheat plant, which isusually observed after the applicationof fertilizers carrying soluble phos-phoric acid, such as acid phosphate ordissolved bone black, together with thelow price at which plain acid phos-phates can be bought, as comparedwith fertilizers containing nitrogenand potash, have led many farmers tothe use of this material alone, believ-ing that they can supply sufficientnitrogen by growing clover, and thatpotash is not needed. The trials madecovering a period of years show con-clusively that the clover is not fur-nishing sufficient nitrogen to meet thedemands of a full crop, and that it ismore economical to use a fertilizercontaining a small percentage of nitro-gen (ammonia), even though the costbe somewhat increased, than to useone which carries only phosphoric acid.

Cow Peas In the Orchard.(Condensed from Farmers' Review Sten-

ographic Report of Illinois State Horti-cultural Convention.)

Q. Is It not an advantage to sowcow peas in the orchard the fourthyear and then pasture it with hogs?

Mr. Riehl That practice is all rightI do it, and think it is better than thecultivation I give my orchard. I hada peach orchard on a side hill that Icould no longer cultivate, as it waswashing so. So I put in cow peas andlet tho hogs eat them. However, Ilost some trees from mice that got intothe cow peas. So the last season Imowed the cow peas, hauled them offand made them into hay.

Q. Would you seed your peas tograss after two years of good cultiva-tion?

A. W. Stanton I would not, but itdepends to a large extent on the kindof soil. The practice with us Is tocultivate only till the trees come intobearing, and then stop. Kcop theweeds or grass mowed down.

Mr. Riehl I think the question isnot asked right We should not makeany hard and fast rule; we must getat the principle of what we are doing.It has been said to cultivate your pearstill they come into bearing and thenrest your trees.

Oar Friend, the Ladybng."Ladybug, ladybug. fly away home,"

is a line familiar to most children whoare taught not to hurt' the pretty bug,as she is a friend of the garden; andthis is strictly true. The ladybug doesgreat damage to insects which them-selves destroy the products of the gar-dener's labor. Plant lice, for instance,like most insects, have certain naturalenemies which tend to keep them incheck. The ladybirds or ladybugs areby far the most important factors inthe destruction of plant lice, as boththe adults and young feed -- ravenouslyupon them. There is a notion preva-lent that ladybirds, in some way orother, produce plant lice. Natural lawswill not permit such a state of affairs.'Like begets like in the insect world,-- !

just as persistently as it does in thehigher animals. The progeny of aladybird is always a ladybird like theparent insect The young of a lady-bird, however, looks very differentfrom the adult In fact, the young ofsome species resemble minute alliga-tors in general appearance, and aregaily colored. They feed almost en-

tirely upon soft-bodi- ed insects.

Wood Floors la Foaltry HoiWe notice that a contemporary ob-

jects to board floors in poultry houses,because they get wet and soaked withfilth from the poultry droppings.Whenever tbat condition arises, it isa. positive proof that the poultry houseIs overcrowded, or lacks light and ventilation, or is not cleaned out as oftenas it should be. The writer of thishas a poultry house that has been innse for some years, bat in It no such

tondition has arisen as is described Inthe said journal as a necessary conse-quence of having a board floor. Thebuilding is 12x20 feet and is well light-ed on the east, south and west Insummer two of the sashes are takenout and wire screens put in. In thishouse not to exceed fifty fowls arekept at any one time, and generallythe number does not exceed twenty-fiv-e.

The light and ventilation keepthe floor dry in all seasons. The drop-

pings become 'soon dry and the houseis cleaned out In large part by sweep-ing, the shovel being used only imme-diately under the roosts. It is betterto have the floor of matched lumber,as there, are then no cracks to annoyin cleaning out the house. As to rats,there is no danger at all if the floorIs so built that it will be a foot or twoabove the ground. There is no pointof support at which a rat could beginoperations to gnaw his way into thepoultry house.

Layers In the Fall.Some hens begin laying late in the

fall, lay through the winter, and dur-ing the summer losing no time untilAugust or September, when they be-

gin to moult, says Mirror and Farm-er. But moulting is considered a faultwith such hens, as they receive nocredit for their good works. If theyset an example of usefulness they leadtheir owners to expect them to so con-tinue, and as scon as they fail to keepon, their heads fall under the hatchetfor simply resting from their labors,while the fat drone hens, that havebeen expected to begin, are retained asecond year, in the hope that theywill do better. Virtue does not receiveits reward, even among hens. Indi-vidual merit is swallowed up in thevices of the whole number. Early pul-

lets are the most uncertain of all. Apullet that does not begin to lay be- -fore she is ten months old should besent to the market stall. It does notpay to keep pullets to replace hensunless the pullets begin to lay in No-

vember, and then lay during the win-ter. When the pullet is slow in be-

ginning to lay, the cost of her main-tenance detracts from the profits great-ly. When early pullets (those hatchednot later than April) do not begin inNovember it is seldom they will layuntil the opening of spring. It is muchcheaper to keep the old hens duringthe three months required for themoulting process than to sell them offand replace them with early pullets.The old hens will cost less and paybetter. No early pullet will pay forherself until she is at least 15 monthsold, as she must return the cost fromthe time she was hatched until thetime she begins laying, a tribute whichthe hen has already paid.

Beech Hedges.The tourist in Scotland, as his

brothers elsewhere, with his hurry andscurry, forever in haste to see every-thing in a few days, too cften passesby the smaller objects of interest andthus really accomplishes little of hisvast undertaking, says the New YorkTribune. The beech hedge is one ofthese too often neglected wonders ofnature. Not that it is a "smaller ob-

ject of interest" by any means, for itstands over .100 feet high. The beechhedge is the property of the marquisof Lansdown, at Meiklour. Perthshire,and was planted in or about the year1745 by a party of highlanders en-

camped there for a few days while ontheir way to join the pretender. PrinceCharlie. This mammoth hedge, whichindeed deserves the name of being oneof the modern wonders of the world,is a fitting monument to commemoratethe pretender's defeat at Culloden, "thelast battle ever fought on Englishsoil."

Surface 'Fires In Forests. Surfacefires may be checked if they are feebleby beating them out with greenbranches, or by raking the leaves awayfrom a narrow strip across theircourse. When the duff is deep or thesoil peaty, a fire may burn beneath thesurface of the ground for weeks or evenmonths, sometimes showing its pres-ence by a little smoke, sometimes with-out giving any sign of life. Even aheavy rain may fail to quench a fire ofthis kind, which often breaks out againlong after it is believed to be entirelyextinct. Fires which thus burn intothe ground can sometimes be checkedonly by digging a trench through thelayer of decaying wood and other veg-

etable matter to the mineral soil be-

neath. The most dangerous and de-

structive forest fires are those whichrun both along the ground and in thetops of the trees. They can be check-ed only by rain or change of wind, orby meeting some barrier which theycannot pass. A barrier of this kind isoften made by starting another firesome distance ahead of the principalone.

Wheat for Macaroni. M. A. Carle-to- n

of the department of agriculture,who last year brought to this countrya large number of species of grain fromRussia and Siberia, is about startingfor the west to follow out the line ofthis work with cereals. He is espe-cially interested in visiting Arizonaand New Mexico with the idea of es-

tablishing there the hard macaroniwheata. Mr. Carleton is assured thatif these wheats can be grown in thiscountry the manufacture of genuine"Italian" macaroni will be at oncetaken up. Some macaroni is now man-ufactured in the United States, but thebest is imported, as the wheat grownhere is not suitable for its manufac-ture. Mr. Carleton also intends visit-ing the irrigated wheat sections ofUtah and Idaho, where such immenseyields are secured, being more thandouble, it is stated, an ordinary heavycrop under dry farming.

Pig Feeding. It Is unprofitable forany swine raiser to stint his animals,as they should be made to grow everyday, says Farm, Stock and Home.After ten days or two weeks pigsshould be fed generously through theirdams, and at three or four weeks pro-vided with a place where they can ob-

tain, unmolested, a little feed of slopand soaked shelled corn. Keep themgrowing every day, and at an earlyage, they will be ready for the marketat a profit to the raiser. If pigs areallowed to stop growing and becomestunted it is very hard to start themanew, not to mention the loss of feed,time and labor. Pigs enclosed in adry lot or yard, and given only dry,hard corn and hard water seldom yielda handsome profit They need a va-

riety of food, such as will expand thestomach and at the same time be cool-

ing to the system. Corn, alone, is tooheating.

The Profit In Poultry. The profit inpoultry is just what we make it. Ifwe pay out large sums of money for'eggs, birds and equipments,- - we mustmake large sales and lots of tnem if weexpect to make a profit If we neglectour poultry, no matter how little we

pay out, we will lose money Ex.

Sammsilag Pig.Let pigs run with the dam until

twelve weeks old, provided she Is fedliberally with a warm, well balanced'ration of shorts, oats, corn meal andscreenings, says Farm, Stock andHome. This last mentioned food for;hogs, of .which the Northwest has animmense bulk, is lost to the farmersand being utilized by sheep feeders atthe Twin Cities and other centralpoints. To the above list of foods addaeration of oil meal,bran, and evencorn on the cob. Let the little pigsalso have access to whole oats. Careshould be used so as not to overfeedthe sow. Once off her feed she willfail to produce milk, and it is difficultto restore good digestion and milk pro-

duction. The clover field must go handin hand with this good feeding, but onstormy days they are much bettercared for in their pens with an abun-dance of freshly cut clover. By Julythere should be a field of peas, wherethe pigs will grow and do well. Thefield of peas is next in value to theclover field. If not convenient to pas-

ture the peas, then cut and feed to theyoung pigs. To this method of feed-ing upon clover and peas, add regularfeeding hours for concentrated feed.This is of vast importance. Pigsshould not be allowed to stray all overthe farm. When confined at night inwell-regulat- ed stables and in well-litter- ed

yards, there is made a large re-

turn for food consumed. The pigsshould be promptly returned in themorning to the pasture after feeding.By this method little if any manure islost, and a steady increase in the fer-tility of the soil will be the result

By such methods of feeding duringthe summer and finishing or ripeningthe animal on a mixed food of squash,shorts, oats, peas, meal and corn, theprevious feeding of bulky clover andpeas will have distended their stom-achs and put them in fine form toripen rapidly into the desirable hog.

Snccess Depends on Management.When the market quality is consid-

ered we find many desire size, saysPoultry, Fruit and Garden. The bestbreed for size can easily be named, butit is not the "best breed," however.It may have size, and yet lack qualityof flesh, and it may be of excellentquality of flesh, full of juicy meat onthe breast, and not be large. It mayquickly fatten on a small amount offood, and be easily kept on a city lot,and yet with all these points in itsfavor it may be a very indifferentbreed for laying. Some breeds cangive better results on corn than willothers, and some will fatten so readilyon corn that they will be rendered use-less as layers altogether, for there isan art in feeding, and it is often thecase that the "best breed" depends onthe "best man," for upon the manage-ment of the flock depends the resultsexpected.

Heavy Pruning. Heavy pruning ofold trees will cause them to makeextra efforts to produce a heavy cropfor a few years, but it will be at thecost of the trees. The wounds madewill never thoroughly heal; and evenif new wood grows over the cut youwill find a rotten place in the treewhich will continue to increase untilthe tree dies. The first indication ofthe tree's decay will be a growth onthe body, of the tree near the groundof a toadstool-lookin- g substance, whichwill continue to increase even afterthe tree is dead, and if there are anylarge roots near the surface it willsometimes grow on them. Never cutany wood from an old tree except deador broken limbs. Clean up all grassand weeds during the winter or earlyspring and burn them. It pays, for ifthere are any apples in this neighbor-hood you are sure to get them. RuralWorld.

Fighting Grasshoppers in Algeria.The state department has a letter in-

dicating that Kansas is not the onlyplace where grasshoppers eat things.In Algeria, it is stated, the standingcrops will be seriously damaged andin some cases destroyed by the cloudsof grasshoppers moving in a northerlydirection. Ten thousand francs havebeen appropriated for the first ex-

penses incurred in fighting against theinvasion and steps have been taken tosecure 200,000 francs additional for thesame purpose. Near Bisera 3,200camels are being employed in thetransportation of inflammable materialwhich is being burned where depositsof eggs are found. In all parts of thecolony men are. at work plowing upeggs and destroying them.

Italy Exporting Butter and Cheese.According to the Italian trade returnsit appears that the quantity of Italianbutter exported to Great Britain in 1897was about 31.500 cwts. and of cheese42,900 cwts. These commodities arefor the most part exported overlandthrough other countries, chieflythrough Belgium, and consequently theannual statements of trade of theUnited Kingdom for 1897 show only1,349 cwts. of butter and 1,892 cwts. ofcheese as having been imported intothat country from Italy. The total ex-

ports of fresh and salt butter fromItaly in 1897 were 93,600 cwts., and ofcheese 173.400 cwts.

Dried-Bloo- d. The principal food in-

gredient in blood is nitrogen, which isalso the most essential substance inalbumen or the white of egg. Driedblood contains about 14 per cent ofnitrogen, while green bone may con-

tain but 1 or 2 per cent, as the boneis mostly phosphate or lime. Bonevaries. If it has adhering meat it willcontain more nitrogen than if clean.Blood cannot entirely take the placeof bone, as the bone contains phos-phates. The dried blood will answeras a substitute for fresh blood, but nokind of dry food, whether animal orvegetable, is equal to that which lafresh. Ex.

Maine's Apple Crop. A year ago theapple crop in Maine was one of thesmallest on record, but there is everyindication tbat it will be no larger,even if it is not smaller, this season.The experts say that a large percentageof the trees in most sections of thestate did not blossom and those thatdid have been greatly injured by theravages of the so-call- ed tent cater-pillar, many orchards having been al-

most entirely stripped of their leavesby this pest. Ex.

"Bermuda Lilies in the South. Sec-retary Wilson has sent large numbersof Bermuda lily bulbs into severalof,the Southern states, with a view tosupplanting the Bermuda Easter trade,which annually sends out of the coun-try a large amount of money. Mr.Wilson expresses the belief that thereare sections of the country, if theycan be found, as well adapted to theculture of this flower as is Bermuda.Ex.

The French government is about tcexpend several million francs on thecoast defenses of New Caledonia.

Tt Clothing CatalogsReady now. Hayden Bros. clothingcatalogue showing samples and lateststyles and lowest prices. Mailed freeon request Send postal to HaydenBros., Omaha, for prices on any goodsyou need. Make yourself at home inthe Big Store when in Omaha.

No Gold Statates WantedThe United States commissioner to

the Paris exposition desires the factofficially stated that no such undig-nified production as a life-size- d goldstatue of a woman will be permittedin the Paris exposition grounds, eitheras an exhibit or a concession. It isproposed to maintain the dignity ofThe United States exhibit, and not toencourage or permit advertising whichwould reflect discredit upon the nation.

OklahoIts wonderful resources and superior

advantages to homeseckers are setforth in a handsome illustrated pam-phlet just issued by the Frisco LinePassenger Department. Copy will bemailed free on application to BryanSnyder, General Passenger Agent, StLouis, Mo.

Itroaght Their Hcroe Homo.The cost of transporting the Tenth

regiment of Pennsylvania from SanFrancisco to Chicago was $30,851.From the latter city to Pittsburg theKeystone state's troops were carriedfree by the Pennsylvania railroad,which company also took entire chargegratis of all transportation arrange-ments over the whole route.

Patents Sold.The United States Patent Office rec-

ords show that 141 patentees who received patents this weekhad sold either a part ofthe entire interest in theirinventions. This meansthat 32 per cent of theinventors have been suc-cessful in selling theirinventions.

Amongst the prominentmainaacturers who bought these inventions are the

American Shoe Machinery Co., Port-land, Me.

The Gorham Manufacturing Co.,Providence. R. I.

Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.,Providence, R. I.

Winchester Repeating Arms Co.,New Haven, Conn.

Western Electric Co., of Chicago.Scoville Manufacturing Co., Water-bur- y,

Conn.American Electric Vehicle Co., Chi-

cago.Bethlehem Iron Co., South Bethle-

hem, Pa.Inventors desiring free information

as to the law and practice of patentsmay obtain the same in addressingSues & Co., Registered Patent Attor-neys, Omaha, Neb.

Locomotive Kans.During the past few months, tho

Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma-

terially extended the runs of the pas-

senger locomotives on through trains.Formerly engines were changed on anaverage every 100 or 150 miles. It wasthought that the mountain grades ofthe Baltimore and Ohio railroad wouldprevent an extension of the runs. How-ever, the experiment was made. It hasproved successful and reduced thenumber of locomotives formerly re-

quired by twenty-fou- r, which can beused in other branches of the serviceand save the purchase of more motivepower. Under the new plan, locomo-

tives are double crewed and make from- -

7,000 to 8,000 miles a month, as against3,500 to 4,000 under the former method.

The best qualified to judge reckonthat the fortune left by A. T. Stewart,which he left to the care of the lateJudge Hilton, amounted to about

Mrs. Stewart survived herhusband ten years, and the greatStewart fortune survived her tenyears. In 1876 Stewart died; in 1886Mrs. Stewart died, and in 1S96 thelast of the visible Stewart millionsdisappeared in the wreck of Hilton,Hughes & Co.

The Baltimore American completedthe other day its one hundred andtwenty-sixt- h year, and presented toeach one of its readers a fac simile ofits first issue, which bore date of Au-

gust 20, 1773. The original title, how-ever, was the Maryland Journal andBaltimore Advertiser. It purported togive "the freshest advices," and itslatest English news was dated June 19. 1

There is a project on foot in Geneva.O., to erect a library in memory ofthe father of penmanship, Piatt R.Spencer. The new building will be ofstone, and will cost $20,000. In thistown of about 3,000 inhabitants Spen-cer lived in the early days of the west-ern reserve, and in the little log schoolhouse, which was also his home, hefirst taught writing.

Miss Jane Smith, who. on a wager of$1,000, is making her way from Chicagoto New York with no other mone.?than she can make by shining shoes,earned $8 in one day in Binghamton.N. Y., by charging 25 cents a shine.She has twenty-fou- r days remaining inwhich to complete her trip, and at tha:rate will easily make it.

Intra Invention.Fifteen patents were issued to Iowa

inventors this week as follows: ToA. W. Lewis of Keota. for a vehicleattachment; to J. James of Atlantic,for a draft-equalize- r; to W. Loudonof Fairfield, for a hay-carrie- r: to J. W.Macy of Searsboro. for a road-grade- r;

to A, W. and T. E. Morgan of Bur-lington, for a wire fence stay; to J. H.Morris of Maquoketa, for a cream sep-

arator; to C. F. Nelson of Exira. for aboot and shoe cleaner: to C. O. Havenand P. P. Uhrig of Fort Madison, fora harrow; to H. Phillips and W. Huntof Ottumwa. for a car-load-er; to If. II.

Porter of Hartwick. for a hat andclothes rack: to E. L. Rigg of Gris-wol- d,

for a steam generating appli-

ance; to H. Tuttle of Cedar Rapids,two for a bicycle: to C. II. VanAlstyne of Manchester, for a barrelheater and feed cooker, and to S. Ad-so- n

of Springwatcr. for a collar clasp.A copyright has been granted to

Rev. A. C. Smith of Des Moines for anew book entitled "Gathered Gems ofLiterature." The work is in the handsof a printer in Chicago and will behandsomely illustrated and sold uponthe subscription plan.

Consultation and advice about secur-ing property rights for inventions andliterary work given free to inquirers.

THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO..Registered Attorneys.

Des Moines. la., Sept. 2, 1899. a I

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The government is paying from $200 I

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Unlike Some Other Occupations-Gol- fer"Don't you ever get trret! of

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The man who succeeds in forginghis way to the front is in a positionto be trmpled on by the mob if hofalls.

Hall's Catarrh CureIs taken niternallv. 1 nee .c.

About the hardest thing or teamateur farmer to raise is the moneyto run the farm.

We will forfeit $1,000 if nny of our pub-lishe-d

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A pun is merely a play on words,but it's hard work to understand somaof them.

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Sixteen windows in the dome of thenew capitol of Colorado, at Denver,are to have portraits of leading citi-zens of the state, and the women havesuddenly sprung a demand upon themanagers that their sex shall lie rep-resented in at least five of them.Seven subjects have thus far been se-

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