isis Renewing OraHt oil I'mture Land*. Farmers who keep cuttle on the pas :ures until the animals are compelled io search for food thereby force them to trample over the lield and Injure ;he grass. Grass can be killed by Keeping it too close, the same as other plants. Pasture fields should be al lowed to renew the grass, and if the growth is slow fertilizers should be applied. In place of the grass feed the cattle on young fodder corn, which may be cut and Carried to them ~ - ining them in the barnyard. (Sees In the Orchard. At the Oregau experiment station Ihey forced a number of peach trees into bloom under glass last November, and introduced a colony of bees into :lie house, first protecting one tree so that the bees could not get to it. From that tree all the fruit dropped, and the fruit was so abundant that it was necessary to thin it out severely. This shows very clearly how much every orchardist is indebted to the Deekeeper for the success of his fruit :rop, us without tin- bees there would aot be insects enough to pollenize the Dlossoms. It should suggest to them ilso the wisdom of having a few colonies in their orchards. Saving Straw. A Kansas correspondent of the Farmer's Tribune calls attention to ;lie great waste on many farms by the :areless way in which the straw is put up, not in stacks, but in piles, usually by a gang of boys who think they are doing all that is expected Df them if they can keep it out of the way of the carrier or the elevator. We think there are farmers nearer than Kansas who liave the same fault, and lose money by it. Straw is too valuable as a rough fodder in sections where hay Is high priced to be wasted as it often is. And even where hay is cheap there are uses foe straw as mulch, as thatching and bed fiing, for which it is worth more than hay. Put a good man at the straw stack, or build a good stuck of the straw after the threshing is over, and then try to learn how to save money by making a profitable use of that cvhich is now going to waste.—The Cultivator. Fatal Gfftoti of Gratn Forgliiun. There has been much discussion in some of the western papers as to the ;euse of cattle dying suddenly after fating green sorghum. All wero aware of the facts, yet chemists have been unable to detect any poison In the sorghum plant or in the organs of the animals that died from eating St. A writer in the Louisiana Planter, who says he lost in this way last year cattle that cost him SIOSO, thinks he can account for it. He says:"The blamed stuff won't be swallowed. It simply gets warmed and limbered a little, coats itself over with the tough, sticky saliva, or slobber, repairs to the glottis, pastes itself smoothly over the organ, closing the truchea, or wind pipe, and the poor brute In the great est distress and misery smothers to death—dies for the want of air. My remedy would be to swab out the throat immediately so as to remove the bits of blades that have pasted themselves over the glottis, or open iug to the windpipe. They will some times stick there like a wet paper to the roof of the mouth. The saliva of the cow Is more sticky than that of i human, and the smooth blades of sorghum stick worse than a fuzzy leM." Ills explanation seems plaus uble at least, and those who lose cattle in this way should examine the entrance to the windpipe to see It it Is closed. Water for Heei. Water is a necessity for bees, al though they do not visit watering places at all times. Bees need water when rearing brood, providing they are not gathering nectar from flowers. When gathering honey from blossoms, the nectar gathered contains enough water to supply them, but if the flow of honey stops oIT suddenly, and the bees have a large amount of brood on hands, which they mostly have, then they will make a rush for water. They use water too In their com position of pollen and honey for manu facturing food for the young bees, and of a necessity must have It at such times. Convenient watering places should be furnished them if running water Is not near the apiary. While they may go long lUstunces for water, yet It pays to tlx a watering place for them near the apiary. Frequently they will water at watering tanks in tended for stock, and thus !><• a hind rance to the stock in getting sufficient water, and in many cases drive the stock euttruly away from the water during the day. This may be prevent i d by furnishing a watering place for theiu near the apiary. Many ines are drowned In open tanks or )urg<- np-n vessels containing water, so that tli* watering place must be arranged with floats of sticks or straw on th» water to prevent them from drowning. \ leaky barrel tilled with wat«r ami covered over mak>-s an Ideal watering place for bees Some use a salt barrel as the b«ea »H*IU to prefer the water a little aalty, but much salt will not be accepted by them. When b*t-s once g*t a st irt at wate. - lug at stock troughs or tanks, it ta very difficult to break them of It, and only by furnishing them water, and covering the stock tanks so they can not get the water, can we get them broken away from them.—A. 11. Duff, in Farm, Field and Fireside. Importance of Good Tillage. There is a growing realization of the fact that a soil may be quite rich In all the elements of plant food and yet be infertile, and It Is coming to be quite well recognized that thorough tillage will render the inactive fer tility available for the plant's use. Manures are largely dependent upon the texture of the soil for their ability to act, and good tillage Is essential to give such conditions as to air, moisture within the soil as are nec essary to vigorous plant growth. The fertility of the soil is not measured by Hie amount of plant food It may contain, but by Its capacity to yield crops, and to stimulate this capactly, tillage is vitally Important. The state of the surface soil does more than determine the availability of the plant food. A good tilth not only does this, but it facilitates the action of the roots in spreading in search of food, and at the same time diminishes the risk of suffering cither from drought or excessive moisture during the growing senson. In short, a fine tilth has an important regulating in fluence on the temperature, soundness and productive capabilities of the soil which can be obtained by no othei means. In a short time we will be preparing a seed bed for wheat nnd what is said over nnd over In the spring that a crop for which there hits been a thoroughly prepared seed bed provided is fully hnlf made, they apply to the wheat crop with equal force. If the seed bed is made just right and seed properly planted, and at the right time the result is much more certain than if the plan of your careless neighbor is followed. Don't do your work of plowing, harrowing, dragging, etc., as your neighbor does unless his system is just right and is successful. Too many of us are thiMikful we are no wone off in our failures than our neighbors. Whether the seed bt*d is in the condition that it ought to be is not a comparative ques tion at all. Whether a neighbor pre pares well or ill, it neither lessens nor Increases our own duty to prepare thoroughly well. Good tilth ought to be secured before a seed is putin ** ground.—Farmer's Guide. Shallow Culture of Corn AdvUable. Deep cultivation cuts the roots, and frequently, us when it is close to the plant, by cutting one primary root it destroys a large root growth. The secondary roots near the severed end make a larger growth than If the pri mary root had not been cut, but this extra growth is at the expense of en ergy and material, and the live, avail able growth of a severed root docs not equal its growth if not severed. Instead of deep cultivation Increas ing the feeding capacity of the plant, it has the opposite effect. When there is sufficient moisture hi the upper strata of the soil, which also contain the most available plant food, the roots of the corn remain near the surface. But as soon as there is a lack of moisture near the sur face, the roots go almost directly downward. If the lfioisture in the upper strata is Increased, the roots will turn upward. Hence the course of the root is sometimes a series of curves. In the case of protracted drought, the course of the root is steadily downward, until some reach a depth of several feet. Usually, dur ing the first half of the corn's growth, the soil near the surface Is moist nnd the roots do not penetrate deep. If cultivation Is close and deep, mnny roots are .destroyed, nnd some have been led to believe that this Induces the roots togo deeper. The error Is easy, for as all the roots near the sur face are destroyed, after a time the only roots are the deeper ones; and nlso as the season progresses, the sur face of the soil becomes drier, es pecially when there is deep cultiva tion. and the roots no deeper to get moisture. Many of these routs will b cut by deep, ciose cultivation and the effect Is at once appurent. Such is the usual character of 0111 seasons that proper cultivation has in view the conservation of the moisture of the soil, especially of Its upper strata. This can be accom plished by a mulch, and it has been found that fine earth Is a good MMilch —few better in fact. If the surface, say to a depth of three Inches, Is fre quently stirred and lined, thus break ing tip capillarity, the moisture of the soil is effectually conserved and evap oration from the surface of the soli Is rendered to the mini mum. This do.'s not effect the cupil lary rise of the water from the sub soil into the soil, or disturb the roots. ;«ucb cultivation can be done with broad shovels or sweeps, instead of pointed, narrow shovels or bludes. and us these shovels may be made wide enough to Include all the space be tween the rows such cultivation very thoroughly accomplishes the other pur poses of corn cultivation ut this time the destruction of weeds and grass. VJvery rule has Its exceptions, and circumstances may make It advisable to depart from the cultivation suggest ed above. In Kciicral. however, tuk litg It for tfi'unted Out the ground has been properly prepared for the re ception of the seed, tin- obje< ts of cultivation are a mulch of tine surface soil and the destruction of uuprotlt aide growths. There Is no need to stir the soil deep, to allow the roots to go deep, or to put the soil in condition to yield food. -American Agriculturist DIAMOND DIES USED NOW. Braaa Wire Made as Fine Cobweb*—Cop pers ao Thin as to B« Transparent. Oue of the lutest and most wonder ful developments in brass making is the use of the diamond die by means of which ingot brass is today drawn down to wfre of the fineness of nlue tenths of a thousandth part of an inch, says the Waterbury (Conn.) cor respondent of the New York Sun. Steel may also be drawn nearly as tine, and the two products when com pleted ure as fine and soft as the threads of a cobweb, and are as wavy and glossy as human hair. The brass hair is of a beautiful au burn color, while the steel is of an iron gray. This wire is about as strong as a human hair and is of value for mechanicnl purposes, being in great demand by makers of electrical apparatus. Never before was so line wire drawn.' Until recent years wire was drawn through steel dies. Thfe development of the diamond die to its present stage of perfection hns rendered possible the production of much finer wire. In fact, the sine of the wire now possible is limited only by the ability to hold together as it ifomes through the die. The diamond die is made of a Hake diamond looking not unlike a bit of Isinglass. The hole through which the wire is drawn is drilled through the diamond, and the stone to then stuck on a steel slab with glue, direct ly over a hole In the slab which is a trifle larger than that in the diamond. The wire to be drawn is then led through the diamond so that the stone bears steadily against the slab. TlUs keeps the diamond in position. The brass ingots from which ihe cobwebby wire is made are four inch PS square and long enough to weigh about 180 pounds. One of these will make miles of the cobweb wire. It Is first put through steel rolls until It Is reduced to the Size of one's finger, and then it Is drawn by machinery through a set of steel dies, gradually decreasing in diameter, until it comes out in the shape of the wire of the fineness seen In the ordinary trades. Then It Is put through a set of e'.ght diamond dies, the diameter of the last being the Infinitesimal part of an inch Indicated above. Another curious thing In this brass making country Is the development of hydraulic rolls which are so scientific ally adjusted that a copper cent may be rolled out under them to the size of an enormous platter, and to thin ness that amounts to transparency, so that a newspaper may be read through the metal. The operation has to be conducted with great care. One of the cents thus rolled out was sent .o Queen Victoria as a curiosity some time ago, and the Queen returned a letter thanking the workmen. The I>i»Hppe*rnnoo of » Town. "Whoever suffers from n sense of ttafc youth and crudity of this country,'* said a returned tourist, "should take a trip to the Isles of Slioals. There he will see a few scattered relics of thu once flourishing town of Gosport, it fishing village of some 600 persons, which hu« been completely wiped out. The Isles now occupied by hideous ho tels and summer cottages, i 'ere once the home of a particularly sturdy una intelligent class of people, w ho ha<l an academy that attracted students from the mainland; sold fish to Spain and other foreign countries as well as to our own, and were in every way a de sirable element of population. Their downfall began with the Ilovolutjon, when they were forced to leave the islands because there was no wuy of defending them agalnct the Enpllsh warships, and has been mode com plete within the pa«t few years, when the proprietors of the hotels haw grad ually become possessed of all tlie land. None of the fishing people fire now left; their houses have been torn down, and about the only reminder* of them left are a tiny, little, stone church, which tvas erected la 1800, and a num ber of graves scattered about the Islands. After an existence of nearly two centuries aud a half Gosport has disappeared, probably never to figure again, as the islands ar<>' doubtless a source of greater revenue as a sum mer resort than they/ would be as homes of fishermen.*'—Philadelphia Record. A Remit kubl* Grasshopper Plague. Some years ago the lower part of Russia was devastated by swarms of grasshoppers. Th« people were de prived of food, tlile Insects eating up the entire crop, find a famine of ap palling dimensions began. The om- ordered o'ut an army of more than 3000 men to fight tliem, who. armed with shovels, formed In a Hue and heaped up the Insects, which were then burled. But this singular attack apparently made no lniprew siou, though millions of buahels of grasshoppers were destroyed. They devut tated an area over 400 miles wide aud 000 in lie'j in length, leavlug It as ban* of vegetation as It would have bet it had a'fire swept over the laud. The Insects'were In such swarms that thc.v piled up In places like snow; horses eouh'l not drag wagons through them anil bfecaine covered. They flew aud crawh d Into houses and drove |»'Ople out by the terrible odor. It was estluittted that f>olio |»eople died US the till' ect result of this plague, ('laaalfls<l. "She iw a clergyman's daughter, yo© said, Ul/riu't you''" Inquired a young itiau of a friend who had iutroducvtl hlui ♦ "Yes " was the repljr; "he's the rec tor. hi • wife's the director and she's in! sllrector."—New York I'rtM. Acknowledging the Corn. The old gentleman was having his shoes polished in the cabin of a ferry boat. The boy was using a little more "elbow grease" than was warranted by the exigencies of the "shine," and a look of pain passed over his custom er's face. Finally the old man leaned over and touched the bootblack on the shoulder. "My boy," he said, in kindly tones, "I do not care so much about the ap pearance of my shoes as I do about my comfort. On this spot (he touched that part of his left shoe which cov ered the little toe) I have a corn. It is a nice corn, of lusty growth. Hit It hard; I like it, as It makes me feel good." The bootblack "tumbled."—New York Commercial Advertiser. What Insane People Never Lose. Mad people suffer the most extraor dinary Illusions. They often Imagine they see things that are not, and hear sounds which never were produced. But the sense of smell rarely, if ever, is deceived. Even the insane are not subject to delusions of the olfactory nerves. There are no ghost smells. To say the least of It, this Is a curi ous phenomenon.—Penny Pictorial Magazine. Neither the cat nor the dog can com pare In musical susceptibility with the parrot. tIOO Reward. *IOO. The readers of this paper vrill be pleased to team that there Is at least one dreaded dls sase that scienae has been able to cure In all Its stagos, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure 4s the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Curelstakeninter imlly. acting d'rectly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, ana giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so muoh faith in Its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHKNET & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The Ural Mountains furnish ninety-five per cent, of the world's supply of plati num. The Bast Praserlpttra far Chills and Fersr Is a bottl* of OROVS'S TASTBLSSS CHILL TONIC. It Is simply Iron and quinine tn a taatslsM form. No curs—a* pay. Pries Mc. In all India Madras is the only city where electricity is used as a power for street railroads. Mra. Wiußlow'sSootlilng Syrup forohlldrtn leethlng, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion. allays pain, cures wind colic, 250.a bottl*. Custom house fines were abolished in Mexico March 1, IfXX). Plso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—.J. W. O'Hiue-, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis,Minn., Jan.6,lUoo. The chance of two finger prints being alike is not one in fifty-four billion. FITS permanently cured. No fltsor nervous ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Re*torer.s2 trial bottle and treatlsefrea Dr. R. H. KI.INK, Ltd.,H3l Arch St., Phlla., Pa In South Australia a mine of natural rubber has been discovered. Worms eradicated. Children made well and mothers hapny by Frey's Vermifugo, 25c. Druggists and country stores. Gold is mined in thirty-seven counties in California. A Colonel In the British South African army says that Adams' Tuttl Pruttl was n blessing to his men while marching. The population of Tien-Tsin, China, is in round numbers 1,000,000. To On re a Cold In Oas Day. Take I.HATIV* HROMO TAM.STS. All drupgt#t» refund them .uey If it falls to curs. K. W. UKOVB'S algsaturs Is on sack box. 25c. Greece practically imports all the lum ber she consumes. BILE IN THE BLOOD No matter how pleasant your surroundings, '//jl health, good health, is the foundation fo* 'o y/j (If 01 0 joyment. Bowel trouble causes more aches and j pains than all other diseases together, and when 1 It'Jl , 'jy ~N Kj you get a good dose of bilious bile coursing ! i through the blood life's a hell on earth. Millions >- Ir j. of people are doctoring for chronic ailments that 0 started with bad bowels, and they will never -"^7—\\ get better till the bowels are right. You know j *\ l h°w it is—you neglect—get irregular—first I \ J /112 j suffer with a flight headache—bad taste in the I\l )—{ jy\ \ \ i <JL \/i\' I | j r during the day—keep ongoing from bad to ft I \n ill l/| i T _ worse untill the suffering becomes awful, life HjL I i/ \ II |1 |J . J loses its charms, and there is many a one that Of _ 1/ \/\V>ry hax been driven to suicidal relief. Educate your U . V~Z.71 V'vTl'""/ _ , bowels with CASCARETS. Don't neglect the ,l Pr Jl \Cv )/ / slightest irregularity. See that you have one Ji|_J 112 natural, easy movement each day. CASCA wonder why it is that you have ever been without them. You will find all your other disorders commence to get better at once, and soon you will be well by taking— THE IDEAL LAXATIVE raftcofttito CANDV CATHARTIO^^^^ DRUGGISTS li u sMuuU I-yw 112 buy CASCAMFT3 w wil tmi ab— km. A iimm SisHtef PwJy Cw*f«ey, CUup w N«w Ywk, aaallMlac I ami pef*r. m Every mother possesses information of vital value to her young daughter. That daughter is a precious legacy, and the responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of the mother. The mysterious change that develops the thought less girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother on the watch day and night. As she cares for the physical well-being of her daughter, so will the woman be, and her children also. When the young girl's theughts become sluggish, when she experiences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits an abnormal disposition to sleep, pains in the back and lower lfmbe, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the society of other giris. when she is a mystery to herself and frienas, then the mother should go fo her aid promptly. At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lydia E. Pink ham's vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in this hour of trial. The following letters from Miss Good are practical proof of Mrs. Pinkham's efficient advice to young women. Miss Good asks Mrs. Plnkham far Help. „ __ „ June 12th, 1800. DEAR MRS. PINKIIAM : —I hare been very much bothered ior some time with my monthly periods being: irregular. 1 will tell you »11 about it, and put myself in your care, for I have heard so much of you. Each month menstruation would become less and less, until it entirely stopped for six months, and now it has stopped again. I hare become very ner vous and of a very bad color. lam a young girl and have always had to work very hard. I would be very much pleased if I you would tell me what to do."—Miss PKIEL GOOD, I Cor. 29th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash. The Happy Result. February 10th, 1000. V |R " DEIB MBS. PINKHAM : —I cannot praise Lydia M Nr y just simply wonderful the change your medicine \ 1 fmade in me. I feel like aAother person. My V /112 work is now a pleasure to me, while before using I your medicine it was a burden. To-day I am a j£ lhw nealthy and happy girl. I think if more women 5 would use your Vegetable Compound there would be less suffering in the world. I cannot express the vBSOTK i>ar relief I have expcrUnced by using Lydia B. Pfnk- ham's Vegetable Compound."—Miss PEARL GOOD, — 1 Cor. 28th Avenue and Yeslar Way, Seattle, Wash. (PAAA RFWARI) ■]\ ■■■■■■ Ilia WW MIWV 'heg.nuiS.a.uof th. testimonialletter, Vr ll||||l depodud with the NstlosScT, ■ ■■■■■■■ which will be paid to »ay person who can thow that th* above teitiraonial is not genuine, or waa published before obtaining th* writer'! special p. mission.— LYDlA K. PIKKKAM MBDICIMK CO.
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