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WC their attention to growing high
jrotela corn for tho purposo of pot-
Mag a better balanced ration (or
'Mock feeding it will bo well to con-
sider somo of tho probablo results.
To grow a largo crop of high protein
corn wilj roqulro a soli rich In nltro-
(N. Tn trouble with most Illinois
farms nrbcro a proper rotation of
corn and cloror or other leguminous
ylants have not been followed Is that
"these lands aro already deficient In
nitrogen and to attempt to grow a
high protein corn upon them in their
present condition will likely result
In disappointing ylolda. It seems prob-
able that tho yield from such lauds
will decrcnio ns tho protein content
of the corn Is Increased. It Is now
an established fact that tho corn plant
cannot obtain nitrogen from tho nlr
but Is dependent entirely upon that
which Is nvallablo In tho soil. There
Is therefore but ono courso for tho
.grower of high protein corn to follow
and that Is to Increase tho nitrogen
In tho soil by growing moro clover
cow peas soy beans nud other
legumes oil of which hnvo tho power
of obtaining nitrogen from tho nlr
through tho agency of bacteria In
their root tubercles. While It lu es-
sential .that theso leguminous crops
should Do grown by every corn grow-
er. I' wish to cmphnslzo tho point
that tho grower of high protolu corn
will exhaust avnllahlo ultrogen In tint
oil moro rapidly than tho grower of
high starch corn mid must therefore
havo soil rich In that clement to ob-
tain tho best results.
As feeders wo want tho high pro-
tein corn for our Uvo stock but It
eccms probablo that a high starch
corn would bo less exhausting upon
tho soil and give a larger yield on
light and thin soils. Wo do not know
this to bo truo. Hut sluco nil plants
get their carbon from tho air It
would seem that tho variety ot corn
containing tho most carbonaceous
'--vttor -nl least protein would pro
duce tho largest yield In bushels on
tbln colls. This Is n point of much
Interest to tho grain seller who cares
moro tor yield than for feeding value.
Wo would llko to hear from 1'rot.
Hopkins on this point Clayton C.
fervler Dureau County Illinois.
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The Home Market for Meat.
Georgo F. Thompson says: Although
It Is always Impossible to know tho
extent of tho homo market tor Uvo
stock and their products nil ngrco to
tho proposition that tho homo market
U tho best markot. Certain features
of tho Uvo stock Irado may bo shown
very easily but to glva figures con
corning tho markets as a whole is not
posslblo. Such a statement would
necessitate not only nn nununl enu-
meration of Uvo stock hut a record of
animals slaughtered on tho farm nnd
In tho village town ai.d city. Tito
consus roports ot 1000 aro helpful to
somo extent In that they glvo the
valuo of tho animals sold (less thu
number purchased) and tho value of
those slaughtered; but thcro Is uoth
Ing to show how much of theso values
roprcsontcd cattle or how much rep-
resented sheep hogs nud horses. It
Is Interesting nevertheless to know
that tho farmer of thu United States
disposed of Uvo stock In 180'J to the
value of 7329131H. This repre-
sents tho not sales as tho vuluo of any
animals purchased wore deducted from
tho valuo of thoso sold. During thu
samo year thcro wcru slaughtered up-
on farms animals having a total valuo
of 1189873310. In other words ev-
ery persou ungaged in agricultural
pursuits who was ton years of ago or
older consumed meat worth $18.20
during tho year 1S99. At this rato ot
consumption tho producer of Uvo
stock should hnvo received fiom tlio
pcoplo of tho United States who wero
ton years of ago and older including
themselves tho enormous sum of f 1-
000820000. Thu records however
show that tho combined value of tho
Uvo stock slaughtered on tho farm
and that sold off was but $312780424
or 1148033370 less than tho uliovo
amount showing Hint tho producer
consumes much mora meat than thu
peoplo engaged In other vocations and
Is therefore his owii best customer.
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Increase of Meat Prices In Germany.
United StattB Consul John 10. Kohl
reports that butchers' associations In
Germany have within tho past two
months held many meetings to dovlse
means ot stopping the continual de-
crease In tho supply ot live stock
available. This scarcity exists
throughout the whole empire natur-
ally Increasing tho price ot meat. In
Berlin for tho month of June 1902
there was n deficit ot 1901 head of
cattle (slaughtered) ns romparcd
with tao samo month In 1901. For
the last halt ot Augtiht (from tho lCth
to the 30(h) there was a general de-
crease ot 22.CC0 head ot slaughtered
stock as compared with tho same
period of 1901. These figures arc
taken from the Allgemelne Flolsch-
eraeltuug. The decrcaso of available
stock In the Dresdou market for tho
rat seven months of this year at
compared with tho same period ot lsti
year was: Beef 2014 btrnd; swine.
?JTW bead; calves 1055 head; sheep
lfM head. la Posen pork la selling
ter 1 asark (M.8 cents) per poiind. In
OaiBx general advance' ot 10
'MMBlaiv (14 etn'ta) was made last
toMth wtaU kinds of meats and
it m aare to iy teat amosi
THE MAID sf MAIDEN LANE
Sequel to The Dow ot Orange Ribbon."
A HOVE STORY BY AMELIA E. BARR
(Copyilihc. 1900 far AmelU K. llarr)
t CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
A short time after Cornelia enmo
home Doctor Mornn returned from
his professional visits. Naturo had
left tho Impress of her nobility on his
finely formed forehead; nothing but
truth and klndnoss looked from his
candid eyes. On sntoMng tho room
ho clruw his wife closn to his heart
ami kissed her affectionately.
"1 havo hail n morning full of feel-
ing. Thcro Is no familiarity with
Death however often you meet him."
"And you have mot Death this
morning 1 sro that John?"
"You nro right Avn. 1 must now
tell yoi that Kldcr Semple died this
morning."
"Tho door old maul Ho has been
sick and rorniwful ever since his wllu
died. Woro any of IiIh sons preso it?"
"None of thorn. Tho two oldest
hnvo been long nwny. Nell was
obliged to leave Now York when tho
Act forbidding Tory luwycrs to prac-
tice wan paused. Hut he was not iiillu
alone his old frU-tid Juris Van
Ileemsklrk was with him to tho last
moment. Tho lovo of these old men
for each other was a very beautiful
thing"
"There Is nothing to fenr In nuch
a death."
"Nothing nt nil. Last week when
Cornelia and 1 passed IiIh hnusi! he
was leaning cm tho garden gate nud
ho spoko pleasantly to her nud told
her sbo wns 'rt bonnlo lassie.' Whcru
Is Cornelia?"
"In her room. John she went to
Duycklnck's this morning for mi
anil (leorgo Hyde met her again nud
they took u walk together on the
ltaltory."
"Sho told you about It?"
"Oh yes and without Inquiry."
York nnd Ilydo went Into tho Conti-
nental army nnd did great things I
suppose for bb wo nil know ho was
made a general And will you plcnso
only try to Imaglno It of Mrs. General
Hyde! A woman so lofty! So calm!
Will you Imaglno her oh Kathorlno
Van Ileemsklrk In a short quilted
pr-tlrnat with her holr hanging In
two brnlils clown her back running
away at midnight with (len Hyde!"
"Ho was her husband. Sho com-
mitted no fnult."
"Cornelia shall 1 tell you why you
aro working so closo to tho window
this afternoon?"
"You aro going to say something I
would inther not hear Arenta."
"Titilh Is wholesome If not agree-
able; and the truth Is. you expect
I. lent Hyde to puss. Hut he will not
do so. I saw him booted nnd spur-
red on n swift horse going up tho
river road. I lo wan bound for Ilydo
Manor I am Hiire. Now Cornelia
you need not mnvo your frame; for
no one will disturb you. Ho will not
bo Irsliiiintliig hlnisolf with violets
mid eonipolllrg you to tako wnlks
with him cm tho Mattery. Oh Cor-
nelia! you see I am not to bo put out
of jour c-oulidonee. Why did you not
tell mo?"
"You hnvo given mo no opportun-
ity and. us you know all why should
I cay nny moro about It?"
"Cornelia my dear rompnnlnn let
us be Inmost If wo dlo for It. And
you may as well toll mo of your lit-
tle coquetries with (leorgo Ilydo for
I shall bo sure lo find them out. Now
1 am going homo; for I must look
after tho lea tabic. Hut you will
not bo sorry for It will leave you
free to think of "
'Please Arcntal"
t "It Is said that Mtrabeaa is urb
ed somowhere for something. 1 did
not hear the particulars. And the'
deputies aro returning to tho Prov-
inces drunk with )clr own Importance-.
Mr. Hamilton says 'Hovolutlon
In Franco has gono raving mad and
converted twcnty-fcur millions of
peoplo into savages.'"
"I hate tho French!" sold tho a en-
oral passionately. "It Is a natural
Instinct .with mo. tf 1 thought I had
ono drop of French blcod In me I
would let It out with a dagger."
(leorgo winced a little. Ilo romem-
bcrcd that tho Morons were of French
extraction and ho answered:
"After all father wo must Judge
pcoplo individually. Mere race Is
not much"
"(leorgo Ilydo! What nro you say-
ing? Ituco Is everything. It Is tho
tlrongest and deepest of nil human
feelings. Nothing conquers Us
prejudices."
"lixcept love. I hnvo hoard father
that l.ovo never a's 'of what ruco
art thou?' or ever 'whoso son or
daughter art thou?'"
"You have hoard mnny foolish
things (leorgo; Hint Is ous jof them.
Men and women marry out of their
own nationality nt their peril. I took
my life In my hand for your mother'H
love."
".She wrts worthy of tlio peril."
"(Jod knows It."
(To bo continued.')
K'kM WA wl 8 iWimmmi&S ksSS
.'.'Vr'-S'Wtcjr. e44? et nere than 00000 In
tfu fygyqg
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ham. slae th 1st of Jn
' Mmmi mM 4km HMmm ..lu.l.nhaj bm In
MfM M MniiHI.VU VII III
r m tan priee er meats rron
IMf to June 1W2. the price oi
MM rleen W.I ear eeat 1;
atriilM tha uae of meat dur
 M tflMlnURlng which
tae call et il.MS.Tlf it
MtreekMd awaked Hii
vmm9 with- jm.
T'aTr
"Cornelia shall not have anything.
"Very good. I must look after that
young fellow." Hut ho Mild the
words without much enro and Mrs.
Mornn wiih not tntlsllcd.
"Then you do not dlsiipprmo tho
mooting John?" sho asked.
"Yes 1 do. (leorgo Hyde bus too
many objectionable qualities. His
father Is tin lOugllHhmnu of tho most
pronounced typo and this young man
is quite llko him. 1 want mi Kugllsh-
man In my family."
"Thoio huvo been many Dutch mtir
rlttgoH among the Moruiis."
"That Is a dllforent thing. Tho
Dutch as a race havo every cleslr-
nblu quality. Tint ICngllhh nio nat-
ural drnpolH. Tho young mini's
faults r.ro racial; they nro In tho
blood. Cornelia shall not have any-
thing lo do with him. Why do you
speak of such dlHtigiccuhlo things
AvaT"
"It Is well to look forward John."
"No. It Is tliiiii enough to meet
annoyances when they nrrlve
for tha llvdcH. futner nd son I
would prefer to hear its moro nbout
thiim."
Nothing further wns said on the
subject but tho doctor looked moro
attentively nt his daughter than was
usual with blm. Ho was moro silent
thou ordinary; nud us no went out
told Cornelia sho would do well not
to nppear in public.
"Tho city Is in unoumlng" ho
snld "and respectnb o women who
havo po real buiilnnss or duty to take
thorn from their homes will pay tho
rovorcnen of seclusion In them until
after Franklln'H funerai."
A couplo of hours lator Cornelia
was sitting at her tambour-frame
passing her iiccdlo slowly through
and through thu dellcato muslin. Sho
was desiring no companionship
nbon Arenln entered with her usual
Uttlo flurry and rustic' Arenta hiss-
ed her friend nnd took off hor hat
and cloak saying as sho did so:
"I havo boon at Aunt Angelica's
ell morning and wo talked a groat
many pcoplo over that Is Aunt
Angelica talked.
"Now 1 can tell yen something
worth bearing about (len. Ilydo Lis-
ten I
"When Madame Hyde wan Kathor-
lno Van Ileemsklrk and younger
than you are sho had two lovers;
one CspL DIciC Hyde and tho other
a young man callod Neil Semplo;
and Uioy fought a due) about her
and nearly cut each other to pit'coe."
."Areatal"
.'Obj li la tho .very truth 1 assuie
yeHl And -while Ilydo still lay bo-
tee Jlfe and death Mi" Van
Heemiklrk married hlmj and aa soon
as he was able he carried her.o at
mMhlpkt te Hngfand;aBd (here tbey
to do with him."
"Very well. I will have 'considera-
tions.' Oood-byc!"
Then tho door cloned and Cornelia
was left ulotio. Hut tho ntmohphero
of tho loom was charged with
Arcntu'H unrest nnd n feeling of dis-
appointment was added to It. Sho
suddenly realised that her lover'H
absence) from tin city left n great
vacancy. Sho had u now strnngo
ImppliicxH new hopes new fenis ami
new wishes; but Ihoy woro not an
unmixed delight for she wiih nlso
aware of n vnguo trouble a want that
nothing In hor usual duties satlsflod
In a word kIio had crossed the
tin cuboid of womanhood and was
no longer a girl.
CHAPTER IV.
PfllZES OF THE DRITISH BAR.
High Salaries and Larne Fortunes Are
the Rule.
Tho Ixjrd High Chancellor of Croat
Britain Is hocoiiiI only In position to
the Archbishop of Canterbury and he
enjoys an Incomu of JU'IUJIOO n year.
The hard Chief Justice of Knglatid has
n salary of jj8U(iq o year. Tho Mas-
ter of tho Hulls has a salary of .C000
a year and the Kinds of Appeal In Or-
dinary havo tho same. The lord Jus-
tices of tho Comt of Appeal end the
JuOges of tho High I'ouit earn JJfi.OOO
u year each. The mnstnra of tho High
Court uro chosen either from barris-
ters or from t-ollcltors but nil the
other ollli eholders to whom wo hnvo
alluded must huw conic from tho bar.
Tho Attorney (ioneinl makes much
moro money than any of these digni-
taries. Ills salary Is only X70(Jll but
ho bus feus as well sometimes to u
very largo amount. The Solicitor (Ion-
oral hilx 6000 n year besides his
foes. Of c-ouri-o tho double work le-
gal and parliamentary which these
 Ulcers havo to undertake Is most ar-
duous requiring an Iron constitution
ami n mind that requires but Uttlo
time for rest Tho prlvata practition-
ers In fome few eases mako la.'gor In-
comes than any of the olIlc-UI persons
at the bar. It Is not Indeed many
who maku s.-ilurlos of live llgurcs but
there may bo always one or two lend-
ers who are nchlevlng this. Tho lead-
era who are chlelly before the public
In ordinary cases do not oftim make
more than from XTi.OOO to J; (1000 a
year. Larger fortunes are frequently
mndu by men who t-pcclallzc In pat-
ent cases who aio engaged In rating
appeals tint! compensation work or
who practlca their profession nt tho
pnrllnmentary bar. Cornhlll Magazine.
STRANGE DISH ON MENU.
.Ufl"
lived In a Mae' old bouse until the
W Tkea-they eamts.lMwk to Kew In
Throwing Things Into Confusion
l'rudeiiie declares that whenever u
person is lu that disagreeable situa-
tion which compels him to ask what
As  shall 1 do?" that tho wisest answer
Is "nothing." Hut such answer did
not satisfy (leorgo Hyde. Ilo was so
much lu earnest so honestly in love
Hint ho felt his doubts and ni.xlctles
could only ho relieved by action. "I
will go to my mother!" ho thought.
And this resolution satisfied him so
well that he carried It out at once.
But It was after dark when ho reach
ed tho tall stone portnls of Ilydo
Manor Housn.
Tlio grout building loomed up dark
and silent; thorn was but ono light
visible. It wus hi his mother's usual
sitting room nud as soon ns ho saw
it ho began ft whistle. Sho heard
him afar off and was ut tho door to
glvo him a wnlcome.
"Jorls my dear ono wo wero talk-
ing of you!" sho cried ns ho leaped
from tho saddlo to her arms. "So
glad aro we! Como In quickly! Well
aro you? Quito well. Now then I
am happy Happy ns can bol Look
now Illchardl" sho called as sho
flung tho door open and entered with
'tlio handsome smiling youth at her
side
In his way tho fathor was Just as
much pleased. "Kate my dear
heart" he crlad "let us havo some-
thing to cat. Tho boy will be hun-
gry as a huhior after hi rldo. And
deorgo what brings you home? Wo
were just tolling each othor your
mother and I that you woro In the
height at the city's follies."
".Indeed sir thcro wjll be few fol-
lies for somo days. Mr. Franklin Is
doad nnd the city goes- Into mourn-
ing." '"TIs a fato that all must meet"
said tho Oeueral "but death and
Franklin would look each other la
tho facu as friends He bad ..a
work to do ho did It well 'add It la
'Inlabed. That la all. What ether
'news do you bring J"
Young Woman Who Christened It Ic
Under Grave Suspicion.
A voi earnest young Englishman
Is Prof. Francis 11. Tnbor superin-
tendent of The Hoys' Club or Tenth
Street and Avenue A says tho New-
York Times. His sociological labors
nnd the fact that ho has redeemed
whole regiments of Fast Sldo bo)s
do not wholly detract from tho grave
Impression made by his manners and
presence nor fall lo strike uwo to
the hearts of society.
Prof. Tabor who Is n Cumbrldgo
man wnB recently nuked to dlno nt
tho home of a friend to meet it son
Just letutiiitig fiom student work ut
the fumoiiH Hngllsh university. The
daughter or tho house and her girl
friends designed special menus lor
tho occasion. When tho time came
to writo lu the various Items "dev
iled turkey" served as a Initio of con-
tention. "It looks horrid doesn't It?" sold
the daughter or tho house. "This In
my llrst dinner party and I don't
want to spoil It by offending so ser-
ious a mnn."
"Whnt shall wo do?" exclaimed n
companion. "We can't call It 'pep-
pered' 'grldilled' 'curried' or 'saut-
ed' because It's Just 'deviled' that's
all as hot us Satan's residence."
"I know! We'll Just uso dashes."
When the much-travolcd professor
explored his dainty menu that oven-
lug ho was somewhat surprised to'
Mnd that among other excellent
dishes was:
D  Turkey."
Tho rest of tho diners bellevo that
tho bud's mischief savored or too
much wit to hnvo been bom out of
mtro Ignorance.
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RTIC0LTORE
The Acparagus Bed.
In most ot tho Northern states
spring Is tho best tlmo to start an
asparagus bed. Tho work should bo
begun as soon as tho soil Is dry
enough. Tho ndvantago of beginning
early is to get tho asparagus roots
Into tho soil In tlmo to rccelvo tho
benefit ot tho spring rains. Tho bed
may Indeed bo put In late say Juno
or July but In that caso tho roots
will bo trylntf to send up shoots nt n
tlmo of year when thcro Is tho least
supply of molsturo Artificial water-
ing Is often resorted to in such cases
but such application ot water Is often
neglected or mndo too scantily and
t!o supply that nature gives Is thus
rr.uch to bo preferred. Moreover. In
tho caso ot n largo bed on sandy
Mill tho application of vitor would
I") found L ontnll aa Immcnso amount
ot labor.
For asparagus tno ground should bo
thoroughly worked. K tho land has a
decided slope run tho ntsparagus rows
In accorJmco with it so that tho
"'l may to somo extent hnvo n 'at-
mat drainage. It Is best to glvo tho
plants room enough nud If they are
rrom f'.ur to r.o feet apart. It will
bo better fcr them and c-ika It easier
to cultivate with n horse If tho bed
bo of Hiifllclont slzo to roqulro it. As-
paragus roots spread rapidly and soon
cojr a largo area. They wli. pio-
duce larger shoots and will continue
to produce longer than will bo tho caso
If tho roots nre plnnteJ closo tocther
ns used to be. 'tone. In too cloio plnnt-
lugs the beds In a f-w years become
a mnss of roots aim tho stalks been tno
smaller nud tougher from j- ar to
year.
When a lnrge field Is to bo planted
to asparagus it Is Interesting to know
how mnny pb.iits will he required. If
they nio set threu feet upart each
way an ntro will require 1840; threo
by rour feet 3.CI0; lour by lour feet
272:: plants; four by flu feet 2178
plants per acre; five by Uvo feet
1.CJ2; 11 vo by six feet. 1.132; six by
six feet. 1210. Tho roots of asparagus
will sometimes bo found In tho soil
ten feet from tho parent stem so It
Is readily seuti that Ihoy can uu all
tho room given them.
Asparagus Is not n deep-rooted plant
and does not roqulro to be planted
In deep trenches ns somo seem to
think. In Its wild stnlo It grows on
tho edges of marshes and has to send
Its roots down only n few Inches to
reach water. Tho roots cannot Hvo
lu water and hence run far over tho
ground near thu surface. When they
aro planted In deep trenches on heavy
soli tho rootH lie In watei for weeks
at n tlmo nnd the plants dlo. Tho
writer knows of eucIi n bed being
mndo In tho spring of 1902. ' was
on heavy wet soil. Tho old man mat
dug tho trench followed tho old no-
tion nnd put It down "good nnd deep"
which meant over two feet. Ho filled
tho bottom with tomato cans and the
llko rubbish piled a lot of m.inuro
on top of that then put In tho ns-
paragus roots ami tho dirt. A good
rain rnmo on nnd llllod tho trench.
Not nn nsparagus shoot appeared dur-
ing tho entire season. Tho proper
depth to plant nsparagus Is from four
to ten Inches depending on condi-
tions or foil molsturo supply and va-
riety or ;Iant.
Blue Color Owe te Oxygen.
A German scientific periodical eaya
that according te recent experiments
by Dr. Spring of Luttlcb the blue
color of tho atmosphere' Is due to the
oxygen It contains and not as here;
toforo btllovcd to tho effect of one
particles of dust
An Honored Servant
Sho Masuda a tomato servant of
Nlwagorl Japan has had a green
riband conferred upon her by the
Japaccso Bureau of. Decorations for
remarkable fidelity to tho family
who omploycd her Sho Is said to
bo tho first domestic scvan't who has
evor been decorated by a govern-
ment Trees Without Leaves.
Thoro nro great fcrcsts of lcaflcs
trees In Australia. They aro acacias
or wattles as somo pcoplo call them
and their being leafless Is simply an
adaptation to tho dry climate. They
havo Icavos while growing but when
their growth is comploto they shed
tho leaves and brcntho through tho
Uttlo stem that remains becnusu mois-
ture Is too precious to them for tho
frco evaporation that leaves always
cause.
Entry by Nomination In Navy.
The writer of on article In Page's
Magaxlno on Lord Selborno's now
scheme for tho training -or British
naval o Ulcers makes some olntcd re-
marks on tho present methods of en-
try to the 'navy. Ho states that tho
proposed mode ot entry by nomine-
Hon Is' u relic of ti'tmlnilty patronage
which the board is unwilling to re-
linquish; but whether tho admirals
llko If or not It must soon go tho
way of all such antiquated privileges
Opcu competition is suro to como
within thea next fow years. The re-'
suit ot this entry by nomination will
bo to keep tho naval servlcor-es far
as tho officers aro concerned In tho
family circles of tho admiralty and
their (fiends; so that parents without
lutluenco Insldo of that charmed clrclo
will havo np chanco of getting their
boys Into the navy however dcslroblo
tho boys themselves may bo or how-
ever ready tho parents may be (o In-
cur tho heavy cxpeaso of educating
their boya for the service of their
country.
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Fait Railway Time Promised.
Offices ot the TranslbeiUn railway
will be opened shortly Ju Paris. Ar-
rangements aro nearly completed for
the running of the new Itusso-Ruro-
peas express from Calais which wll)
eaaele travelers from England f to
reach PekJ Li (oarUes eaya.
Small Things About the Orchard
In n talk to fruit growers It. Morrill
said: If I were to limo nn orchard
to lay out In an Ideal manner I would
hnvo It laid out with a view of being
ablo to do all tha work In that orchard
economically to be nblo to gather the
fruit economically. I will mention ono
thing to call your attention to what 1
mean if there Is no other reason no
climatic reason why u treo should
havo a long body I would give It a
short body because by ami by you
havo got to pruno that treo and every
foot you raise that treo In the nlr ou
havo expended ouergy from tho be-
ginning of tho pruning of tho treo to
tho end of Its cxlstcnco In going up
nnd down ladders; every root means
that pcrccntago of extrr. labor for
every man that goes up and down that
ladder thousands and thousands of
times during tho llfo of thnt treo.
That means a dlfferenco of 10 per cent
on your expense It might mako 20 per
cent dlfferenco on your cxponses.
Thoso nro Uttlo things but those aro
among tho Uttlo things that count
to much. So I say unless there
Is somo other excellent reason
why you should not do it I
would ndvocato short bodies. Another
reason Is thcro Is not tho samo lever-
ago from tho wind on tho short body
that thero Is on a long body. By tho
samo rulo I would shorten my limbs
and keep my treo compact and open
for tlio samo purposo; it Is economi-
cal. I say "open" here but if I wero
clear down lu southern Illinois proba-
bly I would not say open because tho
question of protection from tho hot
and scalding sun makes a difference.
That Is why 1 wish to.modlfy ray state-
ment and whnt I say may bo open to
criticism it taken In a different lo-
cality. It pays to have a good dairy barn.
Monoy Is well Invested In such an
Improvement. We have known farm-
ers that were well-to-do and yet all
their lives never owned a decent barn
for the housing of their dairy cows.
Barns dark In summer and cold In
wlntor aro not places In which the
cows can be comfortable or their
keepers happy while they are work-
ing around them.
They "Waited" and "Saw."
Wnrrcn's Corners N. Y April 20th.
"Walt and eo you're hotter now
of course but tho euro won't Inst."
This was what tho doctors said to
Mr. A. B. Smith of tlilt place. These
doctors had been trentlng him for
years and ho got no better. They
thought that nothing could pcrma
ncntty euro him. Ilo says:
"My kldnoys recmed to bo so large
that thcro wasn't room for them and
at times It seemed as If ten thousand
needles wero running through them.
I could not sleep on my left Aide for
years tho pain was ro great In thnt
position. I had to get up many times
to urinate and my urlno was some-
times clear nnd whlto ai spring
water and .again It would bo high
colored and would Main my linen.
Tho pain ncross my back was uwful.
I was ravenously hungry all tho
Umo.
"AHcr I had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four days my kidneys pained
mo ro bad I could hardly sit down.
On tho morning or tho lirth day I folt
somo better and tho Improvement
continued until I wa3 completely
cured.
"This Is months ago and as I have
had no symptom or a return or mv
old troublo I am suru I am perma-
nently cured."
Somo people have no more ue for u
tramp than a trump lias for a bath
robe.
You never bear hiiv one complain
nbout 'Di'll.uice Stai'cli." There Is
noil" In equal It In finality and quan-
tity 10 ounces 10 cents. Try 1 1 now
ami wire your monev.
Kvcn the burglar sometimes breaks
Into MK-lcty.
Ann Tome CMrrnnq tahko?
Oso Itwl Cro- Hall liter nil mid e them
whlto nuuln. I-nrce 2 us. iwkacrn. 8 cunts.
Power of Niagara Falls.
At Niagara Falls 35000 horsepower
Is usod In twenty different electrical
processes tor producing metals a-J
chcmlculs.
Time to Destroy Caterpillars.
Tho lato fall and winter months
offer tho best opportunity for fight-
ing tho tet-t caterpillar. The egga
Mien form masses on tho twigs that
can bo easily detected and scraped
off. Every nest destroyed means
about 200 less caterpillars to prey
upon the trees next summer.
California Prunes.
Tho first prune tree was planted In
California In 1870 by a Frenchman
who brought tho treo to this country
from France. Tho first orchard of
ten acres began to yield in 1873. In
1901 tho state produced 150.0000'JO
pounds of prunes and tho total crop
c.r 1902 will bo considerably larger.
The center or tho Industry Is the San-
ta Clara valley which contains 3507-
HO bearing tieos.
Cures Drunkenness.
A traveler has in ado tho obFcnnllon
that coffcc-drlcking pcoplo uro very
seldom given to drunkenness. In lira-
zll for Instance whore cdffuo la grown
extensively and all tho InhnbltacU
drink It many times a day Intoxica-
tion Is rarely seen. Tho forcible:
who settles there though possessed
of ever such a passion for strong
drink gradually losos his liking tot
alcohol as ho acquires .tho cotfea
drinking habit of tho Brazilian.
It pays to make first-class butter.
but 11 Is also necessary that tho maker
should know how to get first-class
prices for It. Tho man that takes bis
butter to tho corner grocery and soils
It at tho same prlco bis neighbors are
-getting for poor butter hns not yet
learned bow to get tho most out of blr
product.
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Two blurk oak chairs said to have
belonged to Mary Quoen of Scots and
lo have been rescued when Ilawley's
Dragoons sot fire to Linlithgow pal-
ace wero sold la London recoutly tot
130 each.
BUILT OVER.
Food That Rebuilt a Man's Body and
Built It Right
By food alone with a knowledge of
what food to uso dlscaso can be
warded off and health maintained
also many even chronic diseases can
bo cured. It Is manifestly best and
satcst to depend upon food to euro
rather than too much drugging.
A caso In point will iilustratc. A
well known man ot Heading Pa.
Trcas of a certain club thcro says:
"I havo never written a testimonial
letter but I have been using Grape-
Nuts about a year and have recovered
my health and feci that I would llko
to wrlto you about It for tho caso Is
extraordinary.
"For Ave years I was a sufferer
from a dreadful condition of the bow-
els; the troublo was most obscure."
Hero follows a detailed description
and the condition certainly was dis-
tressing enough (details can be given
by mall).
"Nothing In the way of treatment
of drugs benefited mo in tho least
and an operation waa seriously con-
sidered. In May 1901 I commonccd
using Grape-Nuts as a food and with
no idea that It would In any way help
my condition. In two or three weoks'
tlmo I noticed an improvement and
thore was a steady gain from that
time on until now I am practically
well. I don't know how to explain
the healing valuo of tho food but for
some rcaton although U baa taken
nearly a year I havo recovered my
health and tho change U. entirely at-
tributahlo to (Jrnpo-Nutt food for 1
long ago quit medicine. I eat ealy
drape Nuta for breakfast and luaeh
eon but at my night Maaef 1 have
pao assorted pitel." Nam frke
K-V-R SAW SUCH URGE YIELDS.
the Climate Is Healthy The Winter
 Are Pleasant In Western Canada.
Writing from Stirling Alberta to
ene of the agents representing the
Canadian Oovornmont free homestead
lands Mr. M. Plckrcll formerly or
Bbcchwood Ky. says ot Western Can-
ada: "In tho first placo wo will say that
tho summer season Is Just lovely In-
deed.' As to tho winter well wo never
exporlonccd flnor weather than wo are
now enjoying. Wo havo Just roturnccl
from Northern Alberta and will say
that wo found tho weather to bo very
mild tho air dry fresh and Invigorat-
ing. Consldo.lnf everything wo can
say 'that tho winters hero aro most
pleasant healthy 'and crijoyablo to-
what thoy nro In tho States. Horo It
gets cold and continues so till spring
thoro nro no disagreeable winds. In
South Alberta it is somo warmer two
to four Inches or snow may rail and
In a few hours a Chinook wind comos
along evaporating tho ontlro snow
leaving terra flrma perfectly dry; In
fact wo did not believe this part until
wo enmo and saw tor ourselves and
wo now Itnovf what wo herein write
to ho Just ns wo wrlto It. Thero hns
not boon a day this winter that I could
not work out aoors. Farmers here aro
calculating nn starting tho plow the
first of March.
."As to farm wages wo would not
adviso a man to como hern with the
expectation of living by his day's
work but nil who do want a homo 1
ndvlso to havo nervo enough to get up
and como for thcro never lias been
nnd mny never bo again such a grand
opiKirtunlty for a man to gut n homo
almost free.
"As to tho crops I havo been In tho
fields before harvest saw tho grass
put up and tho grain hnrvestod and I
never saw such largo yields. I saw
cats near Edmonton over six foot tall
Hint yielded 80 bushels per acre and I
talked to a farmer t.car St. Albort who
had n field year boforo last that aver
aged 110 bushels per aero and weighed
43 pounds to thu bushel. All other
crops would run In proportion as U
potatoes and vegetables tho turnout
was enormous. I hnvo Bitch reports
as tho above from all sections that I
nave visited and that has been ovcry
community between tho Edmonton dis-
trict nnd Raymond In tho Lcthbrldgo
district.
"As to stock raising. I would nd-
vlee a man to locnto lu this place or
nny" place lu South Alberta but for
mixed farming I would say go up
fai titer north say near Lacnmbc. We-
tnsklwln or Edmonton whoro li Is not
quite so dry nnd "hero thero in somo
timber to bo had. 1 will say that no
where have I ovor seen a hotter oppor-
tunity far a man whether ho hns
mcr.ey or not. to obtain n home. No
whoro ran bo found a moro productive
Foil better wntcr and a bettor gov-
erned country than Western Canada
affords. Inducements to tho homo-
seeker nre unexcelled. I mot two men
near Ponoka on thu C. & E. It. It.
who borrowad the money lo pay for
their homestead and In rour year
those two men sold their farms ono
for 2ron the other for $.1000. 1 met
n man near Wetaskiwln who landed
hero with 25 cents six years ngo. Ho
Is now worth fS.COO. Tho ndvnntages
for rar.chlrg arc excellent. In fact I
do not hollovo this section can be
beat. Markets nro good; as to living
n family can o ns cheap hero as
thoy can lu tha States. Tho average
yield or oats In this neighborhood last
year was 70 bushels par aero; wheat
averaged 33 barley 40 and tho beet
crop was gocd. In consequence of
tho successful cultivation or tho beet
n largo beet sugar factory Is being
erected at Haymond seven miles from
here.
"In conrlurlon I will say that N. W.
T. from Manltuba to n long distance
r.orth of Edmonton producos most won-
derful crops. Lakes and rlvors abound
with fish and pnmo Is plentiful. And
that this Is unquestionably tho coun-
try for a man to como to If ho desires
to belter his condition in llfo. I would
ndvlso tho prospective ecttler to look
over tho Lelhbrldgo I.acombo Wetas-
kiwln and Edmonton districts before
locating.
"I will localo In tho Edmonton dis-
trict next rail and so v oral families
from tho Status will locato with mc
In tho meantime I will recelvo my
mall hero and will bo ploasod to glvo
the Interested nil tho Information de-
sired." For Information as to railway rates
cic apply to any ngent of tho Cana-
dian Oovornmont whoso name appear
elsewhere in this paper. 
Boldness of Kite Hawks.
Klto hnwks havo becorao so bold
nbout tho garrison In Burma that
thoy swoop clown on the moss tables
awl selzn food from tho soldiers'
plates.
New Process Means Great Saving.
A now procoss for extracting oil
from ollvos by a centrifugal machine
such as Is used In sugar refineries
will offect nn enormous saving to the
olive growors of California.
Visitors to Spain Must Register.
Tho Spanish Oovornmont has re-
vived tho regulation requiring all for
eigners rosldcnt In or visiting Spalu-
to register their names at th oir consulates.
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Tho house fly Is very rapid In flight
Its wings making 800 beats a second
In which time It goes twenty-fire feou
When alarmed tho rata Is Increased to
that of fifty feet a second.
New Trouble for Venice.
' Vculce baa a new source of anxiety.
It bas happened repeatedly of lato that
when tho tide went out It left all the
canals empty; and as there are no
horsos all trofflo was suspended for
hours. .
i For Experimentation.
Twp tables for experimentation
havo boon taken by the Carnegie In-
atltute la the celebrated laboratory
of Dr.- Dobrn't at Naples and one In n
station which la to be eaetabllshed
laf the Bermudas.
Women New Fellow Trade.
Wmaa tiBi-ji lnwatil aunv llnAB if
employment hitherto (nought excltr-
sivejy masculine inere are sow i
the last ceneua reeort' IN wemeii
lubbers. etaaterers. HI rteklav-
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