I 1 ALFALFA OR LUCERNE ImtH MrCarlhr. M. Sr II ! Hnr Crop. Alfalfa Medifngo Mitiva is one of the dlileM ciiltivat I crops. It hns been cultivated for ce nturit. Its ativ hon:. i Mipi.-ril to be that of tbe primitive Art an -lurk frcni which 11 the Kiiriipcnu nations are de scended. Mr. tit ralil M. I arthv. M. S.. says tliat n! fa 1 fa is a very long-lived perennial plant of t lie pu'e or leguminous family. It roots very deeply going from (I to 30 feet deep, and as a conenieiu-e is practically drought proof when once well estal lished. It requires a rather dry soil, rich in lime. The plant is tender um! feeble when yoiir.g ami reiiiires u mellow surface free from weeds witli plenty of soluble plant foid at hand. On worn !a::ds tliis crop usually f.ilU to cuteh it ii I'-oo the soil has lieeil gircu a gim.1 ilo.e of stable man '.ire or bor.e tit. al jut preiioii- to sowing the feed. I;cc -tartcd a sowing lasts from in in in c.irs. The dry vnllcy and mountain lands of the lloeky nni' iitaiii- seem to be the home of this pi ml in A nieriiM. It also Mieeerds ci; on the Pacific slope and ill tit:- Mississippi valley. It does we!'. n the liyhter soils of the Atlantic ciiast ii : il 1 1 1 f states, but requires irrf.it care 'o get it started. It is tisiiaVy sown broadcast in early fa'l usiiiir about J.) pounds of seed per acre. No nurse crop is desirable. When well cared fur the yield of this crop is enormous, exceeding any other hay crop. Id New Jersey lour cutting per year are obtained; in the gulf region eight cuttirgs nre the rule. The yield i (:.i- and a half to two tons of air dry hay per cutting, giving a total yield for the year of ti to 10 tons per acre. One ton of this ha contains the following amounts of plant food: NltroRi n 4J.8 lbs. I'tmsi'liorlc m il! lil.J lbs. Potash J3.6 ll. .Vs with nil other legumlnes the nitrogen conies from the air. The potash nu 1 pbospborie acid come from the soil and to keep up the yield un annual dressing of these substances equivalent to that which has been carried off in the hay must be Riven. Taking the average yield at six tons per acre we obtain: Nltroiti n. ":.S lbs Ph.i.s'tiortc ai,l. Sl.s It's. I'ota.-h. i't.6 lbs wnrth 131 .M nrth 2.4T urth .i(i Total fertiiizir value ta.vi To replace t he above amounts of potash will require 40.1 pounds of muriate of potash. To replace the phosphoric acid requires 425 pounds of superphosphate. Hut where the growing season is long and the tem perature favorable the yield may be larger and the fertilizer must be In creased proportionatrly. A good normal fertilizer for alfalfa i t fol lows: ' .!". Muriate of potath 500 to 1.000 lb. reno,rh.,, .-ttiSM'S- and h The I iiiiii.iiinllaa Mere Described Is T'Aeld lu lllai. Kstera. bjr All Wfca Hate lard II. We hate tried se c ..' :.:i d of stools and have .ren ail t ;u ojieration iu ar!oii p;lrt of t'.h- country, but lo'.hii.g Mii;s us mi we!l as the 'y thown here, saj a Mi'hit;an farmer in Iloard's l;ilr man. We made the first ot.e (:. .11 coirnieiiccd dairy. 1 7. Th" cu; shows hov :.j make it. Tl.e board A sin uM 1m ali..i;; i.'- inches lot.j ior n ta'! man and a'oout eight inches wi.le. The :m 1 iu! j'i-ce.s, 1'. a..i! ran :. e-!t und aj i-lcj to u'.t each n.r.k' : V, :i.;u.'.- .(.1 as to bav- ;. I) :?h. an:) pa::. . ; . 1: .s n ..-;.i w .Cr. 1. s c.u .. Ut.e ' bracM it. rt- : . .- r. ki.'-ei The J ?::'ei - ; jl.' y. ai d. :bua .1 . ' '. 1..;. ; u .s.i r . :y ..': , : ti.;- 1 T 'l.e f.or :i'.i.' thus ' er.. W pref. r l.-avy - r. ' y r":,r tz . 3 f g .'ji'h. A fa- .' st 'he t-otv f : a pr. 'ei-'ioa r! rer :: ! :.:' TIMELY DAIRY NOTES. T)-, rot c!.ar?e the 'ed suddenly. 5ait 'hn'i'd alwsiv- :e aci-e-sib. l.ad (jjrent da. tv literature aud keep pi .'ul r.r i-'.V ileal. lise the herd examined at leatt twice a year by a fkiid veterinarian. Do Lit ;lo cow faster than a on:? rts'iie t!k while on tbe way to piice of miiVing or feeding. Nr allow the cows to be excited by lard drirjrg, abue, loud talking or unr.ecesiary diturbacce; do not xpoMi them to cold or storms. Feed libraPy, and use only fresh, palatable fe-t stuffs; in 110 case bouUJ lincoidposed or moldy material 2 usoi. OUrrre scd etforee tbe ' utnaott caniiDes a boat tbe cattle, their at-te-cdasta, tbe stable, tbe dairy axd aU nteDtUs. Promptly remove feotai tbe herd any cnimal suspected of being la bad keaith, and reject ber uilk. Xter tvdd aa aaimal to tie berd. uatil cer ain it is free from dlaeaae, cafcbU tulrctUs-sls- Farmers Elw. 1 . ' 1 !. - - ! ' Feature after feature of the old aouth is passing, and plantation Ufa aa it win befo 1 hn (kixn la Ulale. ' ' wah will aooa be a J- memory, at th . current rate or change, it tnlgnt be kupHed that so long aa cotton ' niuins the ataple in Dixie one. feature at least of antebellum - days the dur'y cotton picker must survive. J tut oven this tuueful and jovial, if hard-driven, relic of the past, it ap pears, must go. A cotton-picking HiU vhinu has been put on the market, after ten years of experimenting end udjusting. and a contract hus just bceu closed through which the new machinery will be put in operation in Mississippi on a large scale on a Washington county pluntation next fall. The inventor of the machine, gays the Milwaukee Sentinel, admits that it can be used only u the level uplands, low valleys uud prair.it) grounds, but success, which seems reasonably assured, within these lini- I itiitions, will revolutionize the cot ton-picking industry in the south. The inventor, it is needless to say, is a Yankee. Thus one Yiwikee, Whit ney, devised the cotton gin, which helped fill the southern plantations with uegroes by making their labor enormously profitable; now another Yankee comes forward with u con trivance which bids fair to reverse the process. The London Lancet warns people not to open their letters at the breakfast (ierni la the Morning- Mall lame. iney are pretty sure to be laden with germ the letters, of course and it isn't well to mix these germs with the ordinary articles of food. The flap of the en velopes that have been moistened by the human tongue, us well ns the slumps that you stick with a lick, may be bristling with contamination. The envelope itself is quite likely to huve pickci! up a lot of infection while on the way, and if by chance it has' dropped in the mud, it probably is loaded to the rail with all sorts of contagion from tetanus down to sep ticaemia. 1 h is knocks out about all' the romance that was left in letter writing, complains the Cleveland l'laiu lealcr. Think of it! The dear girl who writes to her lover: "I Jhave pressed a kiss n the page right here," must understand thut she may be sending him in p.' ::ion a half hundred germs and almo.- ny number of bacilli. It's quite too 1, ul of the Lancet. Instead of Irving I i make life worth living they seen: i."ermined to make it such a treuiei. ' ; struggle against itsene mils?, th:: ' . really doesn't seem worth the axTur:. 3ovtrnmeiit postal cards which are enameled, bronzed or iu any way de---j"ionisi. vn?""r-,i - their llllflll If they wtr Ps- . o-s.l ... ..:.BrilM K('ll , ..4 ov.cai T., u c v - after and become subject to ordinary letter postage when they bear a writ ten message, or to third-class post age when they arc all in print. This 1 ruling is contained iu the latest edi- ' tion of the postal regulation. The 1 Iruling is thought to be the result of j j the recent dix losures regarding the , ease with which Mich cards are conn- 1 terfeili'd. Though the department hail not discovered the maker of these Imu'iis cards when this order' vva- drawn, it lias been known for u I -1 tii time ti nt Mich work was made 111 1 H.sii,:,. hecau.se persons were .er- i ituj to enamel uncanceled cards' and tin:-. ii,. them, though thev iiad l.-eh l.l.Vc rule .tnl i iff ' ire t ructcd I'listluasters to enforce this tricth. .1 !.., lie. 11 -iiri. j. : 1 d the "V . r ."t;.ie. i- tl.r.e . "!. on of which ejr 1 xjilanat i'.n- nt e K-Cilllit of its L'W.- -: ' i : : auot iier that tLe ..; - in it 5 coat 'f arms. i.s . 1. .aii..l the "J-.k..-:n the great li'imiit-r of 1 w ithiu ;t limits, and ti.e ate." because the curly ct i tl.es,- a :i i 111:1 i - iu hllcll tl.at lliry pruVed a M-rjoiM Kell u Ciirefui rider plus- .- Ilia "(..,) tic.-- UI.'. 1 Lie. 1 1 r a piuiu w here gophers aluniud-1,1- i:. daUL'cr.of being throwu by hor-e accidentally stepping ia u, ,er K.v. hi - - trt-a when Kassala was handed over Crematory companies would do to the Egyptian government. In 1808 well to note the statement of a them- he commanded at the capture and de hit who hus determined, by painstuk- fense of Gedarcf; and in 1&8S became ing analysis, that a humun body of assistant adjutant general at Wool average size, contains three pounds w'L-n- Tw" J,ars aPn he went out and 13 ounces of calcium. The cur-' Bfain to Soulh Africa- tl,i time reut quotation of calcium is an 1 i-tant inspector general of th. lines 1 , . , ... , of communication, uuce, which would give us each a value, in the retort, of or one- Goals' Milk as Medlclar. fourth of our weight in gold. A diet of goats' milk and daily ex- ercise on the mountains of Arizona The British press has revived tbe am-ieut sneer about "diplomacy iu shirt sleeves" as a descriptive of Amer- ican official conduct In relation to for- j doubled in weight. Every day he eigu affairs. Tbe flout has lost its drank a pint of goat's milk at break sting, however, observes the Chicago ( fast, and the same quantity for sup Cbronicle, in tbe unflotitable auprein- ' yr, with a half pint of the same bev of Aiueric.su Industry in shirt ' rage every two hours during the flay, sleeves. j "e abstained entirely from meat, but r j ate plentifully of vegetables. A leading Philadelphia society worn a a lite "The nrr.men iskn inkV tin T'liilcL. I delphia society know notbiag of swear lag." This speaks well for the babits t the men of PbtUdelphU when the ti t uotae. ATTORBEY GENERAL KNOX. ! Learsil TtttUlBar Makes Hla m I - A AU Praaeeatar af Allen Caiman Traat. , . 1 1 " - ' ,; Attorney (ieneral rhlliinder C.Knox ho has won the distinction of start - ingthe prosecution by the federal got- j eminent of the grt-ut Chicago nacktra ' far their alleged tiolatiou' of tbe "trist law, is "an Interesting man .-tertonally, and u capable man pro fessionally. Somewhat below the mid dle stature, he is jet impressive and possesses vital ami nervous energy in a high degree, lie is culled an intel lectual dynamo by the people who know bow his mind works when it i busy with some Intricate question ! ATTORNEY GKNKRAL KNOX. (He Is DlrtctinKtiovernment Investlgatloa in Href Trust.) law. His talent- ere the aubject of ciiiiiiu.ii talk i.ni the lawyer of ,er m .ng l'ittsburg before he came to the cap! tul, and, although it comparatively young man, he had earned the reputa tion of one of the cleverest and quick est legal minds in Pennsylvania. Mr. Knox is a graduate of luion college, of Alliance, 0. He went to l'ittsburg soon after he finished his luw studies iu ls7i aud was soon practicing iu part nership with James 11. TScod. The firm was very successful and ultimately were appointed counnel for the Car negie' eompany. His long study of corporation law in nil Its phases en dows Mr. Knox with peculiar fitness for the very work he has now under taken to do. His mnsterlr Dresenlu tion of the Crent Northern Securities case disclosed what that knowledge and experience could do when roused to action by sufficient motive. Mr. Knox is happily married and hns a family ns clever in its way as him self. He is n member of half the prominent men's club of Pennsylva nia and likes to feel the motion of a sulky drawn by a pair of fast trotter. This is his principal recreation. 1 COL. CHARLES PARSONS, I "",," F riti war one Take C-omraanJ o( Regalat Trtopi la viitds, ;-V ' VolSir Charles Parsons 1 of the has been appqnted colonel so cuuimsiia ii, regular troops- nominlon n r.n. A. TV... J, general, as he will locally be called, was born in 1853, and educated at Ktigby and at the royal niilitarycad emy. lie t-erved in the Uuika and Zulu campaigns, and later in the Transvaal war, where he w as present at Laing's Nek and lngogo, and was severely wounded. In the Kgyptinn campaign his horse was shot at Telel-Kebir; and in the Dongola campaign he had com- 1 - r '' OOI.. CHAP.LKS PARSONS. of All li sTuUr .)' " (Appointed 1n the C remand Traops i Caratl Tnaiul f the Kpyptian artillery. In 1 '.ii he was appointed governor of the lied Sea littoral, and was afterwards employed on a special mission in K11- cured Kobert VMlliams or consump t ion. He had the disease in a bad form when he went to Arizona, tVo years mrit Saw he is a wvll man. and hmm Dssiss fSHrl tf Ml. j A shoe Arm ia Toledo, O., has traced to the depredations of mice losses Vn t 1 . . 1 t . rrpnw.'ti idu umcr paper money, which have amounted tot-) ,000 in four year... ... ., Old RorkKey I doubt, my dear, whether this young minister Is able to support you. - Miss liwksey Why, pnp, his a!- a ry is $7,100. old nn We I t,n.,s- u m .I-,. , hut doee he e-et it? V Y. Sun And Cresreado. "I prtaiune your wife makes for you on grand sweet aong," the old friend. "Mostly recitative," answered life laid Mr. Henry Peek, with just a tinge of sad ness, "mostly recitative." IJaltiiiiore American. Knew KU Man. Oreen Why are you alwuys trying to avoid Hrown? You certainly ilon't owe him money? , White Xo hut I'm afraid he wnnts to owe me' some. Chieng.i Daily News. ot fio 1'lnln. ' Mrs. Hunter Weil. Xorah, are yuu a good plain cook? Applicant Oi'iu ns good n nnny wan, mum; but Ofli hov yez know there are some as don't eonsidher me SO turriblc plain. n:nm. Jin';-. And II liny (in. If jour story 1 too k.vuzv T telt to the mariiifs. Just wrap It up anil si l:1 It To ths monthly niah'-ixlnrs. "Chicago Tribune. tO IT MUI L1) SK.KM. Ethel I must confess that I like to have a nice man around me. Chi- ' ago Daily Newt, tlrnd It In llln .ewHer. OeorgB Schn.uK a wt-ll-Miovcu Oer man citizen of New Ljudon, Ohip. is i cojgtaut reader i f tl.o "l)Hytou Volkszeiluug." H- hiowa tlmt this paper aiius toodvei tise only the bent in ita columns, aud wLeu be bsw Chamberlain's Tain lialm adv- rtised h. ""in for lanie l in k, l.e did not h itcte in Luv i ii ii lottlo of it fur i hi9ifvbn for e'gbt we'ks Lad .mrV.l n,!sl. IV a ..... 1 1 " I 1 - auuereu wiiu ttieniosiieiTiuil' paius . in 1 i r DacK ar.ct could et no tflief. JI Ti! "After usins? tli Pin . Balm for a few da: s my wife nti ' XUf0K nilng Ue 4DlirA content ! .aoel ruing ta entird contenfa !oI the"bottIe the Ufj bearable pains had entirely vaui.-hed and the could again take up hei hounehold duties." He is very thankful at d liopis Mat all suffering likewise will hear of her wonderful recovery. This valuable liniment is for the Mibdlebutg Drug Store. Two '.New orkers were remarking how jiersistcntly up to the times the city was. "Kven,thee dirty scraps you see flying around the streets," said one, "are to-day's papers." "And tbe last edition at t hat," replied the other. The first Tagalog-Kngli.-li grammar and JCiiglhsh-Tuguing iicti nary has I just been completed, It is ti c work of Dr. Stomple, of New York, w ho worked tbe Tagalog grammar before our war . with Spain. I There never was a time which pre sented more serious and important 'questions for the consideration of the school commencement essayist How ! A tiilil Trouble. Now U the tiiue to pr;vMn vour- 1 S f-e und family with :i l ttle of CU)atubMilain'H rolic, (Ji.oltr.i and iDiarr'0, 11 Heuit-dy 1 is ilii.ost Jcerttiu t lie iif b-d heforit the !HU!11!UH' i over, muJ i f in Ol'll n-d now ( niiiy save 3011 a trip t town in the ni it r in your busient siiuson. It is everywhere n. Indited t lie the i r"nf auccesnf tl iiieiiiciiic ill use f o bowel complaint-, both for children ,und adults, .no fniudy call idiom to Am without it. For sale !, tuo Mia- dleburgh Diug Store. Am Important Occasion. j Uncle Ebony I's glad you's in, sah, 'cause I want to borrer youah cyclo pedias, and a few dictionaries, and ny other nice big books you con pare, sah. Employer Goodness me! And you've brought n wheelbarrow, I see. What on earth do you want of them? Uncle Ebony Very impo'tant occa sion, sah, very impo'tant. Dinah and me wants to hunt up a name fob the baby, sah. N. V. Weekly. Mssl sad Deliver. . Mrs. Helpem This is lovely! JIow did you manage to collect so much mcney for tbe cause? Mis Sharpone It was simple enough. I threatened to get up a char ity concert, and set all the girls prac ticing for it. X. Y. Weekly. ffO$ OkHOV CATrURTte. j f at I CCC Nsver la bulk. I af iaatsr trlu U kJ! lejl.- - Headache kills, not necessarily suddenly, but SURELY. It preys upon the intellectual powers more than we realise. It consumes the vitality faster than nature can replenish it, and we cannot tell just what moment a temporary or complete aberration of the mind will result. Headache and pain should be promptly-' re moved but properly. Many pain cures are more harmful than the pain. Beware. If you would be safe, take m?,;v Pain Pills. "A a icsult of neuralgia I lost the sight of my right eye, and the pain I have suffered n incomprehensible, be ing obliged to take opiates almost con tinually. A friend gave me one of Dr. Miles' Tain Pills and it promptly re lieved me. 1 then purchased a bos and now my trouble is gone. They have also cured my daughter of nervous headache, and I heartily recommend them to others." W. J. CoRLEV. lire mond, Texas. Sold by Druggists. 25 Doses, 25c. Dr. Milea Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. 0r wbat dors a bad taste in your mouth retnind you? It indicated that your PtoniHch in in bad con dition and will remind you that there is nothing so good for such a disorder as Chamberlain's Stomach A Liver TabletH after having used them one. They clean bo and invi gorate the stomach and regulate the bowelu, For cale at 2.") cents per box by ths Middlebur? Drug Stoifi. WINDSOR HOUSE W. II. HI TLER, Proprietor 418 Market Si., Harrisburg Pa., (Opposite P. R. K. Ilepot Entrance) s'alleil lor All Trln, Rooms, 25 and 50c. (loud Meals, 25c Quod accommodations. t G. U OWENS- AT Dill SKY A I-LAW Oca SrafuMTT: Tvaosa. Pa. Collections and Kuporta. References. First National Bank. Near Towni Keprnent4: BillWiod. Altooru. Uolll 'S Signature is on every box of tbe gennlne axative Bromo-Quinine Tablets ranedy area cold in sm ttay CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS Rsfr. Aln-iv-n lhtblx. Ladles, suit rtruirrlst flit 4 1114 IIKSTCK'M KKMMMH III Ked slid (Uttld nieutille Imjiha. wslwl with bluu ribbon. Take mi ulher. Kefus dangerous subatl lu t loi tnd iuillalln. Buv nf ynur DruiiKist, nr wnil 4r. In kIiiiiiii fur PsrtleulHr. Tratl sonlals anil Keller lop l.adlea." In Irltrr, by return Mall, lo.uoo Tetiinoiiinl HoW v all liruKKisi. CHICHK8TER CHEMICAL CO. SIOS MadUun SMiuare, I'll 1 LA VX, Ms'allua tU aspew. FREE enrnmsstracj The Grreat -Ameriari I INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The Leading! Agricultural Edited by the HOX. JOS. Secretary of Agriculture of tbe Uuitod S Agisted by an Able Corps of Editors. THIS valuable journal, in addition to the logicrcatment alJ agricultural subjecU will also discuss tlie grei88"9 thereby adding zest to its columns and giving the ff w 80mtn fo think about aide from the every day humdrum of jittne duties. m f it Tt m The Uadlne County Paper and THE AflEfiCAN FARME.i Both One Year for Ohj Dollar. This unparalleled offer and all old ones who pay up in thirty days. Sample copies free. Address: POST, Mlddleburch mm IU UK - IDEAL SPRAY WAGON. It Has Bts la 8acerafat Osrat iwr .riri.i ran Smra Apple Orchard. insects anil runga diseases g., , become ao numerous their dentr. . nou or irecu.ioii is ausoiuielv tssury if a liiih irrnde fruit of kind in to be produced. This VkS7 . .1 t 1.. 1 t j uouc iiirfjciy uy spraying-, nnu q 1 practice is now generally regarded essential by the more aucce, fruit growersi. There ura many li of spraying noebinery on the I ket, from large power muctines du. , to small hand or force pumps. f4 1 the small power, the knapsack up-,. I ing machine is most satisfactory tk. s.-oiiiiiierci-i grower neetis a Ij- wagon and tuner material lor dvii tne work on an extensive scale, numerous illustrated spraying chine catalogues can suit the watt, of anyone as to machinery und equk ineiits. The spray wagon portrayed hfr with is in use in one of the htfm apple orchards of the country. tank ia of 1 '4-inch pine, grooved itj ORCHAKD 8PRAY1NQ OUTFIT. put together with white lend to water-tight. It Is 12 feet by l'Jbji inches and holds 300 gallons, ic, held together by six hnnl-voo: bauds, 2x3it inches on top ami urnlr bottom, which ure bolted together ti long bolts running up the outsiile ti any tank, rhu manhole in ton large enough to admit a boy to en the tank thoroughly. The so-calk: driver's scut i.s used as a support fo the pump, the driver stuntliug just it renr and doing all the pumping u well as driving the team. Tlie platform is 6x7 feet, siUinirtf by four standards 8 feet by 111) im-hn of l'.-inch hard pine. The tint slior, how the latforin is made. bris: tired wagon should be used, uh plor orchard fields can be traversed m easily. Two leads of one-wialf-W rubber hose, each S3 feet jfung u supported on bamboo fishiil; puis are used. By using a Y on elieb la. two nozr.les.jjn ea.ch pipe wilW hula! th work. An agitator mar wt vs at work in the tank by meats 2, , - i V , . 1 i.l I l' fj procaes wneeis anu a cuam ansa. ;- spokes ortn rear woe' forw'flrtt end of TR-rnir' sImjiW a little lower thaxt the rear, that tM ft pump may pump it more enrlj i-vj ( arm anu iiome. 'irut Lote, When Poverty enters the portal Love flies from ths window, the tlM It Ixva were th right sort of mortal Ha'd so out and bunt tor a Job. Philadelphia Press. The Toothful Feminine Idr. "What kind of a society is ymi asked her father. "A secret society," she replic. T.nt wbirt is its object?" "Oh, just to have secrets frn t other girls." Chicago l'ost. No Pleasnre. "Why did you leave your ns "It was to dull" renlied t f ni "The master and mistress agiJ-j i 'fectlr. and never a thing can.1 p' i Aba serrantj to e$J5p J-bOBq To all ou! buDscribrs Journal of tliNati. It H. BRIGH, Astant ! is made to Al new Bubscribeffjf all arreap ana renew w mi s 1 l Ham