' M.tte Carnegie's Hairy Lion.
Uttle Miss Carnegie, who asked
lhat her father give her "the largest
; and hairiest lion in the world"
which, he tiid, sparing no expense un
til he had obtained the finest leonine
specimen in existence does not go
as often as she did to the Bronx Zoo
to look at her protege. lie frightens
her, as he doe3 many of the grown
ups, despito the fact he is caged safely
behind stsel bars, which the strength
, of many lions, even if united in intel
ligent effort, could not bend or" break.
But Miss Carnegie's lion is so superb
in his strength and his dignity, and
ipo powerful Lnd in his deep-chested
voice, that it is no wonder he strikea
terror to the hearts of the timid,
safeguarded as he is. Three school
girls in short drosses retreated to
,the opposite-side of the lion house
! yesterday when the tawny monarch,
iwho had been pacing up and down
for an hour, paused, shook his mane,
drew in his lips over the white fangs
and began to speak. It was a low,
guttural rumble at first, and rose
gradually to a roar of such depth and
volume that even the bars of the
cages vibrated and they are not
Common i that. New York
I the Dog's.
Mrs. Frederick B. Schoff, the presi
dent of the National Congress of
Mothers, dwelt forcibly in a recent
address upon the evil of loquacity.
"Loquacity talking overmuch,"
she said, "that Is a fault inherent in
too many mothers, and in too many
fathers, too, if you come to that. Si
lence is a blessed thing and we should
cultivate it when we have nothing to
say. Silence is always better, to my
mind, than a buzz ol empty and
meaningless talk. I used to know an
old lady who talked overmuch. She
; was out walking one August after--noon
when a man passed her with a
dog. The dog's tongue hung out a
; little and the old lady stopped and
said: 'That dog is not safe. It should
not be at large. Its tongue hanging
ut of its mouth is a sure sign of
; rabies.'
"The old man, who knew the med
dlesome old lady well, retorted: 'It's
!unly a sign that the dog's tongue is
itoo big for its mouth, the same as
some old folks'." Los Angeles
j Times.
i A Wonderful Tree.
I The royul oak at Eppelbarn, Eng.,
'"Is so large that a hall has been built
in it which will hold more than 400
people at one time. Its age, too, is
very great, scientists agreeing that it
must have been growing for several
hundred years. At the top are four
. email cannon, from which "shots are
.fired on. holidays or solemn occasions.
The. man who is responsible for the
scheme has taken out a patent for it
on the ground that it is an institution
for the fresh air cure.
Emperor William of Germany has a
cold and cannot attend the funeral of
Count von Waldersee on Thursday.
! lamsurePiso'sCure for Consumption saveO
my life three years ago. Mas. Thomas P.ob-
itlNH. Maple St., Norwich, Feb. 17, l'JOO.
51 en who mind their own business are
too bu?y to quarrel with their neighbors.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10
cents per package.
Rome men make positive failures even of
their mistake0
1 Millions In Oats.
! Saizer's New National Oats viehled in
il90S in Mich. 240 bu.; in Mo., 255 hu.; in
j 24. D., 310 bu., and iu 30 other States trom
j 150 to 300 bu. per acre.' Now this Oat d
i generally grown in 1904 will add millions
if bushels to the yield and millions of dol
Ilar8 to the tanner s purse. Try it for 1904.
largest Seed Potato and Alfalfa Clover
growers in America, f A.C.L.J
; Halm's Speltz. Beardless Barlev. Home
i Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat. Pea Oat,
i Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes
are money makers for you, Mr. Farmer.
jt;st send this notice and 10c.
in stamps to John A, .Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their
big catalog and lots of farm seed samples.
When a man undertakes to discuss love
he winds up by pronouncing it a form of
ittsan ity. ,
' FIT8 permanently cured. No fits or nervous
Bess after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer.f2 trial bottleand treatisef ree
lr. R. H. Ki.inr, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila.,Pa
1
Worry is as useless as it is to tell peopla
Bot to worry.
I Billion Dollar KrH and Alfalfa.
When we introduced Billion Dollar
rass Ihree years ago, little did we dream
it would be the most talked of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
ou earth, but this has come to pass.
Agr. Editors wrote about it. Agr. Col
lege Professor lectured about it, Agr. In
stitute Orators talked abone it, while in
the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the
ewrner grocery, in the village postoffice. at
the creamery, at the depot, in fact wher
ever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dol
h Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
5 to 14 tons per acre, and lota of pasture
besides, is always a theme worthy of the
farmer's voice.
A. Walford, Westlore Farms. Pa., writes:
"l have AO acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover.
It is immense. I cut three crops this ea
on and have lots of pasture besides."
JUST SEND THIS JiOTICE AND 10C. IN
STAMPS
1 the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crose.
Wis., and receive their big catalog and lot,
of farm feed samples free. A. C.L.J
'The Rritidi Hoard of Agriculture esti
mates that there are 1,871,619 dogs in the
country.
Mrs. Winslow'sSoothlngSyrupforehiltlren
t eet hi n g. m 1 1 e n t he gu ms . red uoes inflamma
tion allays pain .oureswind colic. 25c. abottle
It is harder to reconcile ourselves to
other people's successes than to our own
defeats. ;
7
SOU THERN :
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER.
Forage Plants In the South.
The Canebvake Experiment Station,
located at Uniontown, Ala., has just is
sued an important bulletin on forage
plants for tile South. It would be-well
for farmers who are interested in ques
tions relating to forage plants to write
to Trofessor J. M. lUchesou, at Union
town, or to Professor .T. F. Duggar. at
Auburn, Ala., Director of the Experi
ment Station, for a copy of this bulle
tin. ,
The experiment station at Uniontown
is located on upland prairie soil, known
as the canebrake. On Ihis land alfalfa,
sown March 20, gave three cuttings of
hay the same season, and would have
made i fourth cutting had it not been
for an untimely drouth in the fall of
the year. Both Ainber and Orange
sorghum made enormous yields of fod
der, and furnished two cuttings each.
The Orange sorghum grew larger and
made more fodder, but the smaller
stems of the Axrfber sorghum made it
more desirable than the other for for
age. Sorglluni led nil of the forage
erops in yield. Kaffir corn was not
successful as a fodder crop. The same,
is true of pearl millet and teosinte.
German millet dld well, and is recom
mended for sowing with late sown
eowpeas, thereby making the hay eas
ier to cure.
One very important result of these
experiments at Uniontown is the high
yield of soy beans as compared with
eowpeas. The writer has often sug
gested the advisability of giving the
soy beans a trial in the Southern States,
for the reason that when varieties of
it are secured that are adapted to loeal
conditions, it is a very large yieldev,
maki-ng at the Uniontown station thirty-four
bushels of seed per acre, and
it stands up so as to be easily harvest
ed. The seed, can also be saved at
much less expense than is the case
with eowpeas, and it is said to make
good feed for cattle and hogs, though
on account of its richness in nitrogan
it should be mixed with such carbona
ceous feeds as corn, Kaffir corn seed,
etc. Upland rice would also be 'a good
thing to mix with the seed of soy bean.
The hairy vetch proved a valuable
plant for winter pasture. The Dwarf
Essex rape was another plant, which
succeeded very well, and is recommend
ed for hog pasture. W. J. Spillmaiu
Agrostologist, United States Depart-.
went of Agriculture.
Anthracnose of the Bean.
This disease appears upon the bean
in deep, dark pits. It very materially
diminishes the amount of marketable
beans. It spreads rapidly among the
collected beans in the market. It is
caused by the appearance of a fungus
to be found upon the pods of beans.
It is able to live through the winter,
which it generally does in the bean it
self. When the infected seeds are
used they will either not grow at all,
or, if they do grow, they will spread
the disease to plants otherwise healthy.
It is therefore of great importance to
the grower that he does not at all
allow these seeds to be planted, as in
this way only can the disease be suc
cessfully combatted. The infected
seeds have a shriveled and discolored
appearance by which they may be
usually distinguished from the good
seed. They should be rejected and
onfsuch seeds as are sound should
be used for planting. Some successful
experiments have been made in treat
ing ,the seeds before planting. The
seeds' before planting should be soaked
for an hour or two in a solution of
three ounces of carbonate and one
quart of ammonia to four and one-lialf
of water. The plant will then be g eti
erally free from anthracnose. But
plants from diseased, seed not so treat
ed will be sure to have anthracnose to
a greater or less extent. It is very
easy for one to use this solution, but
it should not be stronger than indi
cated, as it may thus very easily be
rendered dangerous to the seeds.
If the disease should still appear
after planting, when these precautions
are taken, perhaps the best remedy is
to destroy the plants which are affected,-
and Aius prevent its further
spreading. If it becomes very destruc
tive in its attacks one can hardly be
too vigorous or too severe iu his
method of eradicating it.
Swine-Breeding in the South,
In the matter of climate the South
ern farmer possesses a great advantage
over his Northern neighbor in the prof
itable pursuit of hog raising. 1
While at the North one litter a year j
Is the rule, owing to our mud winters
two litters a year can be raised, and
three each alternate year is a possibil
ity. Grass, a very important ration in
profitable swine breeding, holds out
niuch later in the fall and comes much
earlier in the spring with us.
Owing to our mild Southern winters
shelters are much more easily and
cheaply constructed
Many sections of the middle South
abound ia many varieties of niast-btar-
RM . $0 TES,
ing trees, affording a great range for
hogs, and obviating the necessity of
feeding for several of the worst months
in the year.
Furthermore the cured product finds
a ready market right here at home, it
being a well-known fact that Chicago's
be.st market for her bacon is right here
in the South.
Many of our Southern farmers al
ready have aAvakened to this fact, and
are turning their attention to hog rais
ing, and "within the present decade
many more will have engaged in this
profitable pursuit. In the State of
Texas, for instance, there is a general
spread of enthusiasm on the subject
of swine-breeding, ami many meetings
have been held awl organizations
formed for the fostering of this indus
try. At Fort Worth two large- packing
plants have already been in operation
several years.
All this is as it should be. 'Stock and
crop growing should go hand in hand,
and would you expect to find a pros
perous and intelligent farming commu
nity go to that section where diversi
fied agriculture is carried on. South
ern Agriculturist.
Why Peas Improve the Soli.
. It is only the leguminous (pod-bearing)
class of plants, such as peas,
beans, the . clovers, alfalfa, peanut,
vetches, etc., that can use this free
(elementary) nitrogen as it exists" in
the air, in their growth. On their roots
will be found nodules, warts, or tuber
cles, and in these are large numbers of
micro-organisms (minute' forms of life,
which can be seen only with the aid of
a microscope), which have the power
to put the free nitrogen of the air into
such forms or combinations that these
plants decay in or on the soil, the
nitrogen which they collected, through
the aid of. the micro-organisms, from
the air is left in sucli condition that
other agricultural plants can use it,
and in this is the explanation of the
improving and enriching power of the
pea or similar crop. The cowpea takes
nitrogen from the air, which most
plants cannot do, and adds it in the de
cay of its roots and tops to the supply
of combined nitrogen in the soil, while
corn, cotton, oats, the grasses, etc.,
have to depend on the nitrogen al
ready in the soil, gr that which is sup
plied in the fertilizers and Manure, or
added in the ' leguminous crops. The
importance of a full understanding of
the foregoing fact and its meaning to
improved agriculture cannot be too
well understood.
We have thus discussed what is
known as the free, uncombined or gas
eous nitrogen of the air, the original
and greatest of all sources of nitro
gen. It. can only be used first liaud
by one class of agricultural plants.
The farmer should get all he can of
this valuable and costly fertilizer con
stituent through these plants. Pro
gressive Farmer.
"Weed Out the Scrubs.
Professor Soule. of the Tennessee
Station, says in this farmers' bulletin
(No. 186) that moderately good beef
cattle, crossed with an improved strain
of stock, should dresn at least sixty
per cent.
That scrub animals will waste large
amounts of the farmer's feed stuffs is
shown pointedjy in a feeding test con
ducted at the Tennessee Station. A
bunch of animals of good breed and
antecedents were fed for beef and
gained two and a half pounds per day,
while so-called "scrubs" under the
same conditions gained only one and
one-balf pouuds per day, a difference
of one pound per day. The effect of
breeding, blood, conformation, etc.. are
instanced in another feeding test where
certain beef steers gained only forty
five pounds in sixty days, while others
under similar conditions gained !-.
pounds in the me period. Whleii
goes to show that it does not pay to
feed a poor animal. Weed out the
scrubs.
The Purpose In Training.
To secure a tree of a beautiful shape
or symmetrical figure Is the secondary
object in training. One primary ob
ject is to supply a sufficiency of sun
shine and fresh air to the leaves of the
growing plant. The air moves in ail
directions, but the sunshine conies
principally from only one side. And
therefore, other things being equal,
that tree is best trained which throws
leat shadow upon itself.
Another object of training is to se-
Qure
an even' distribution of sap
throughout the branches. The princi
ple upon which this operates is. that
the sap flows most easily through the
upright branches. If a branch grows
too slowly its rates may be increased
by turning it upward. Similarly, tne
.over luxjiriaut branch may be checked
by being turned downward.
The tree should also bo kept in
equilibrium o.s to weight by a careful
pruning and training. It. D. Carmich
ael. HartseUe. Ala. ......
Are Never Witlioiii
w OatarrSia! Diseases.
MR. AND MRS. J. 0. ATKINSON, INDEPENDENCE, M0.
UNDER date of January 10, 18.97, Dr.
Hartnian received the following letter:
'My wife had been suffering from a com
plication of diseases for the past 25 year.
"Her case had baffled the skill of some
of the most noted phypiciaus. One of her
.worst troubles was chronic constipation oi
several years' standing.
"She alo was passing through that mont
critical period in the life of a woman
change of life. In June, 1895 I wrote to
you about her eawe. You advised a course
of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once
commenced, and have to say it completely
cured her. She firmly believes that she
would have been dead only tor these won
derful remedies.
"About the same time wrote you about
my own case of catarrh, which had been of
25 years' tandin. At times I was almost
past going. I commenced to use Peruna
according to your instruction and contin
ued its use for about a year, and it has
completely cured me.
'loitj- remedies do all that ioh.
claim J'or them, and even more. Ca
tarrh cannot e.ttst where I'erunu In
taken accord i nij to directions. Suc
cess to you and your remedies,"
doftnO. A tU I n so 1 1 .
Iu a letter uated January 1, l!MH), Mr.
The Dawn o? Love.
Love has come to me on tht- golden wines
of mornin?c.
Coming as the day coined, with roses iu
her hair;
With her lovely looks all the dewy fields
adorning.
Diademed of sunlight, and garmented
with aii-.
Very fair is .she could I tell how fair her
face is
I could tell the wonders of night, and
dawn, and day.
The mystery of dreams, and the spell of
lonely places.
All the grace of April, and all the scent
of May.
Love has come to me. and the earth is
clothed with glory.
Singing In the valley, find sunrise on
the hiil.
O! the pulse of life, and the old Immortal
story. '
Come with airs at Eden, and pure and
perfect still.
U. G, T. Coventry.
s
It takes bravery to face the cry of
inconsistency. So. 13. I
"Aren't you afraid that a groat many
people will criticise you for becoiuini;
rich?" "Yes" answered 'Senator Sorg
hum. "Hut th chances are that if
I had stayed poor they wouldn't have
noticed nte. even that much." "Wash
ington Star
How't Tlil?
We offer One Hundred Dollars He ward for
auy ease of Catarrh that eautiut be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chesf.y & Co., Toledo, O,
We, the utidersigued, have known F.J.
Cheney for the las.t )! years, and believe him
perfectly honorable ioall busiuess transac
tions and flnauoially abis to carry out auy
obligations made by their firm.
Wist A. Tkuax, Wholesale ;rngyists, To
ledo, O,
TTaldiku, Iwnkn & Marvin-, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken int srnally, act
ing directly upon th blood auil uiueonf sur
faces of the system. Tetixnouials sent tre.
Price, 7fie. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for oouatipattou
"Why does Mrs. Clubwoman look so
sad?" "Thv world's injustice to wom
an has just struck her forcibly again."
"How was that':" "She happened to
thiuk t hat Martha Washington isn't
called the Mother of her Country."
Cincinnati Times Star.
10,000 IManti For ltte.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crowe, Wis., make.
They will send you their big plant and
aeed catalog, together with enough, seed
to grow
1,000 fine solid Cabbages.
2,01)0 delicious Carrots,
2,000 Blanching, nutty Celery,
2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1,000 splendid Onions,
1.000 rare, luscious Kadishes.
1.000 gloriously brilliant F'ower3.
This great offer is inadein order to in
duce von to try their warranted seeds
for when yon once plant theai you will
grow others, and
AM. l Olt HUT 16C. POSTAGE.
providing you will return this notice, and
3C you will send them -0c. ia postage, they
will add to the above a package of the fa
mous 1'erl'mer Cauliflower. A.C.L.
When, love and hope tir; met they
formed a partnership which has never
been dissolved.
Peryna in file Ko&sa
Atkinson says, after live years' experience
with Peruna:
"I will ever continue to speak a.
good word for Peruna. In my roHndx
as a traveling man I am a walking
advertisement for Jferuna and ftavis
induced many people during the pant
year to usel'ernna with the most sat
isfactory results. 1 am sttll curedl
of ca ta rrh." John O. Atkinson,
Hoxll72, Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on catarrhal di
eases come also. Systemic catarrh ia al
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become so
indispensable to old people. Peruna is
their safeguard. Peruna is the only rem
edy yet devised that meets these cases ex
actly. Such cases cannot be treated locally'
nothing but an effective systemic remedy
could cure them. This is exactly what IV
runa is.
if you do not receive prompt and satisfac
tory results from the use of Peruna, write
at once to Dr. Hartnian, giving a full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his Valuable advice gratis..
Address Dr. Hartnian, President of The
llartmau Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
"l hare need your vahiable CasearrctB and find
them perfect. Couldn't to without tham. 1 tiv
used tli ein for some time for indigestion ami bil
iousness and aoi now completely curoa, ttuooia
luend tliem to eveiyoue. Once tried, you will
Haver be without tlieu: iu tbe family."
Edward A. Alan, Albany, N. Y...
Best for
The Dowels
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Never siiekeit, Woakeu or Gripe. 10c. UCc.liOc. Nevw
to.M In bulk. Tbe i-nunine tablec Afatmpeal CCC
UuuruntueU to cure ur your mo.ry back.
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ANNUAL SALE, TEH MllUM 10XES
Ibealth Commissioner Darlington, of
New York, in speaking of the alarm
ing increa.se of pneumonia... says, .the
prevalence of the disease ia due in a
large measure to expectoration in pub
lic places. Only, another argument ia
favor of the enactment aad auforca
meut of anti-Spittiag ordinances. s
EIGHT YEARS OF TORTURE.
No suffering wore keen thau kidney
suffering. Sick kidaeys aiake laI..
hlood: cause wejak,- stiff and aching;
hacks; cause blind, sick and diar.j
headaches, lack of appetite -dud loss of
sleep: keep you all tired out aod spoil
digestion.
To have perfect health you mtwt cure
the kidneys. Kead how on man was
cured oy Doan's Kidney Pills after
eight years of torture.
Henry Souie, of Pult
ney St., Hamainds
port,, .N. Y., says: "For
eight ;yeurs I stuff ere I
constant ony fraiu
kidney complaint. 1
endured the svorM tor
ture from gravel ami
the kidney secretions
wereeicesnire and con
tained sediment lik
brick dust, i had to
get out of heuVfrom teu
to twenty times a nijrht
and the loss of -sleep
wore me out. tMlis..'-
tiou came on, and the distress after-
eating was terrible. - 1 loan's Kidney
Pills effected a complete and"' lasting
cure, and after the .symptoms of kid
ney, trouble were gouemy stomach be
gan to work as it should. This lasting
cure, especially in a person of -my age.
proves the great value of I loan's Kid
ney Tills more convincingly thau" could
any words of mine.".
1 loan's Kiduey .I'ills. sold Iy all drug
gists; price, fio cents per 'mx, or mailed
on rectipt of price by Foster-Milhum
Co., buffalo, N. Y. Write fur free triaL