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Enormous Growth of an Industry.

Few persons realize the enormous
increase of our wool product, which
has resulted from proper breeding
and good management. In 1910 the
number OF sheep in the United States
amounted to 100000 and 13,OO0,-
600 pounds of wool were produced.
In 1892 our wool product was 244, =
600, ZOO pounds, while the number of
sheep had only increased to A, $685.
865. The average weight of fleece had
risen from 1.9 pound in 1910 to SIS
pound in 1891.
The efforts to improve the weight
and quality of the fleece have not
been confined to the United States.
In 1891 the number of sheep and
lambs in Great Britain was returned at
%, 1872, 558, and in 1898 at 27,2SO,334.
The wool clip in 1890 was placed at
13S, 100000 pounds, and in 1892 at
153, ,OOO,O
While wool is cheaper now than
ever before, it is also more largely
used, SO that the increased production
is not so disproportioned as it would
at first appear. In 1860 the worlds
product of wool was 955,0O0,O00
pounds, in 1880 it was 1926, 600, 900
pounds, and in 1889 it was 1850, ,000,-
900 pounds. Europe is decreasing it's
wool production. North America in
creased from 110,0OO,OOO pounds in
1850 to 630,000,O00 pounds in 1889.
The largest increases were in Aus
tralia, from 60,000,000 pounds in
1860 to 45O,OOO,OO in 1889; Rio
Plata from 43,OOO,O00 in 1860 to
$50, ,OO0,O 900 in 1889. These statistics
are interesting, for they show what
competition American wool-growers
have to meet. New York World.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

A little woman goes long way.
She even occasionally goes too far.
It is good to love when you are
young, to be loved when you are old.
We pity a man "who goes to the
dogs" without thought for the dogs.
Absolute contentment is absolute
rest, and absolute rest is annihilation.
Marriage is like cold bath. The
longer you will look at it the less you
will like it.
When people recklessly impair their
own credit they must expect their cash
to grow scarce.
A man with one bad habit always
has two-one habit itself and the habit
of lying about it.
Every day man submits to some
injustice, which he vowed yesterday
he would not stand.
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who set the bread before
going to bed at night?
The milk of human kindness isn't a
bit improved by diluting it with the
tears of sentimental pity.
Whenever you find man who says
that honesty does not pay it is sign
that he has never tried it.
1t is with charity as it is with money
the more we stand in need of it, the
less we have to give away.
Never offend little people. The great
can afford to forget. The small can.
not even affect to forgive.
Humanity to animals is duty re-
posing on the same foundations as the
claims of man to humanity.
If people would only stop talking
where they stop knowing, half the
evils of life would come to an end.
Don't depend too much on popular
sympathy. There are more tears in q
pealed onion than in public calam-
ity,
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He Could Throw Some.

"several years ago, remarked Oil.
YER L. Westbrook, of New Haven,
Conn.,, 81 knew man who lived on
the outskirts of my town who could
throw stone with more accuracy OF
aim than is displayed by most sports
men with rifle. The man was per-
feet giant physically. He was good
deal of hunter, using stones as his
only weapon to bring down the game:
BE had large leather pouch attached
to one side of his coat, in which he al
ways carried good supply of careful
ly selected missiles. With these he
bagged every year no small quantity
of game, such as quail, rabbits and
squirrels. He could kill a bird On the
wing or rabbit at full speed almost
as easily as at rest. One of his favor.
ite methods for displaying his skill
was to set up scythe-blade with the
edge toward him at distance of about
100 feet. and by throwing potatoes
against the edge cut them in half. He
could almost exactly halve two out OF
every three potatoes he threw. st
Louis Globe.Democrat.
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The Cat and the Canary.

A lady who owned large and hand
some cat, received from q friend
present of canary, beautiful sing
er. The canary's cage hung in her
bedroom, and, when the cat was not
there, the cage was opened, and the
canary allowed to fly about the room
as it pleased. One day when the cage
was open, the cat somehow got into
the room without being noticed, and
when the mistress came in she was
surprised to find the cat and the bird
the best of friends. The canary was
riding about the room on the cats
head and looking very dignifed, and
the cat was purring with delight. AT.
ter this they often passed hours to-.
gether. One day in the middle OF
their play, the cat seized the canaay
in her teeth, jumped upon the bed
with it, and looked as if she were 60.
ing to eat it. Her mistress thought
the bird was certainly lost. But when
the cat stayed there for some time
with the bird in her mouth, making
no attempt to kill it, she wondered
what it could mean; looking round,
she saw there was strange cat in the
room. How it had come there no one
knew. But this explained why puss
had caught hold of her friend the
canary. 1t was to protect it. When the
strange cat was driven out, she let the
canary go, and they played together
happily once more. e.-Home and Farm.
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A Remarkable Caterpillar.

In New Zealand and Australia they
have an animal which, from all &C.
counts, cannot be equaled by any
other animate or inanimate object
upon the earth's surface. 1t is the
queerest of the many antipodean Won
ders and paradoxes, and, for the want
of better name, has been called the
"bullrush caterpillar" or vegetable
worm" The native Tasmanian name
for the oddity is "Aweto-Hotete. !"
The above ground portion of this veg
etable worm is q fungus of the order
sphaeria, which grows to height OF
six or eight inches. When pulled up
by the root, this fungus is found to
consist of large caterpillar, showing
head, segments and breathing holes
every detail of the grub being per-
fectly preserved. On examination OF
the interior of the caterpillar it is
found to be composed of q ''punky"
looking substance, really the root OF
the fungus, which has cremated every
fiber of what was once living, breath
ing creatures anatomy. In all the in
stances which Buckland records, the
sphaeria had made its attack in the
fold of skin between the second and
third segments of the caterpillar and
had replaced all the animal substance
of the creatures body with a hard
brown vegetable growth resembling
the fungoid growths on blackberry
and other vines.-St. Louis Republic
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Largest Lighthouse in the World.

The distinction of owning the most
powerful fash light and the largest
lighthouse in the world belongs to
France. This monster light has been
set up at Cap de la Heve, near Havre,
in the centre of the most dangerous
section of the French coast. For the
past year the French Lighthouse
Board has been making some curious
experiments at the Cap de la Heve
tower. First they used oil lamps with
fixed lenticular apparatus which
yielded 19, 900 candle power and could
be seen 49t miles. The next trial was
that of the fixed lenticular in connec-
tion with powerful electric arc lamps,
the light in this case being equal to
$4,000 candle power, and capable OF
being seen fifty-seven miles. The
next trial was that of electric arc and
flashing machinery yielding 24,OoO,-
900 (twenty-four million candle
power, and which could be seen no
less than 130 miles on clear night.
The light now in use at this Titan of
the lighthouse has power equal to 49,
900, 900 candles, and its reflection can
be seen 243 miles. st. Louis Re-
nublic.
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A Coronation Chair.

Who can determine which is the
throne of Great Britain? Is it the
stone coronation chair of King Ed
ward the Confessor, in which every
sovereign who has reigned over Eng
land during the last thousand years
has been crowned? Is it the gorgeous
chair of state which occupies the
centre of the dais in the House OF
Lords, or that queer kind of music
stool arrangement on which the
Queen half sits, half leans, when she
presides at the Drawingrooms held at
Buckingham Palace? Or is it, per.
haps, the gilt armchair on which she
takes her place when she accords
audience to foreign ENJOYS at Wind.
sor for the purpose of receiving either
their letters of credence or recall?
Not one of these seats can claim the
exclusive right to describe itself as
the throne of England, though were
they forced to choose, most people
would be inclined to accord the title
to the coronation chair in West.
minister Abbey. And yet it is only
used once in lifetime by each Of the
English sovereigns, namely, on the
day when they are invested with the
crown by the Archbishops of Canter-
bury and York, in the presence of the
Peers, of the Parliament and of the
great officers of the realm. There is
only one sovereign in English history
who has sat twice in that seat, and
that is Queen Victoria, the second oc-
casion having been the jubilee an
niversary of her accession. The chair
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LINE AS A FERTILIZER.

Lime has long been used in Penn
sylvania with good effect, also in Eng
land and Ireland and other European
countries. The reason why it is not
used much in New England is perhaps
due to the comparative scarcity OF
limestone in most parts of this section.
That it exerts beneficial action upon
peaty lands, and upon lands that have
been for long time cropped and ma
nured. there is abundant evidence in
all places where it has been tried.
There are many places in New Eng
land near our large towns and cities
where oyster and clam shells are
thrown away in considerable quanti-
ties. They are very easily converted
into good lime by burning them in a
limekiln built of bricks for the pur-
pose, or where there is not enough de-
mand to warrant the building of kiln
for the purpose, the shells may be i'm
perfectly burned in heap, construc-
ted with alternate layers of
shells and firewood, and COW
cred over with a layer of sods to
retain the heat, leaving q smoke
hole in the middle on top. It is not
necessary to use very good wood for
this purpose. A layer about a foot
high is first placed on the ground, a
large part of which may be branches
and brushwood; on this layer of
nearly foot of shells, then another
layer of wood, and so on until the pile
is about five feet high; the sides of
the heap should be slanting, so that
when the heap settles from the burn
ing of the wood the pile will not foil
open. The covering of sods will need
to be replenished when the fire burns
too hotly. After the wood has burned
out and the pile has cooled down, go
that it may be easily handled, it
should be Stacked and snread as soon
as convenient upon the land; any
Jumps of unburned shells that may
have escaped the heat of the fire
should be picked out and reserved for
another pit.
We believe that in this way dress
ing of lime might be cheaply prepared
wherever shells can be had, and the
labor would be we'll repaid in the in
creased fertility of the soil 'Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
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The Sioux Dinner Pot:

"There Is q very peculiar custom
among the Sioux Indians" said Eman
uel French, of Bismarck, N. D. "The
Indians take kindly to European cook
ing utensils and aids to comfort, and
it is quite common for an exploring OF
picnic party to trade off kettles, fry.
ing pans and the like for skins or curl
osities. "A cooking utensil thus ac
quired becomes practically the com.
mon property of the tribe, on the
general understanding, however, that
whoever borrows it shall pay for its
use by leaving in it o portion of the
food cooked. AS the Indians seldom
waste any time in washing or cleaning
eating or cooking vessels, this prac.
tice has some conveniences from q
red mans point of view, and often
a saucepan is returned with quite a
large quantity of meat or potatoes
clinging to the bottom, and perhaps
covering up some of the remains of a
preceding and entirely different prep
aration.
'It is not long since that an explor-
ing party was out with lost its ket-
tie, which had evidently jolted out of
the wagon on the bad road. After
considerable hesitation, one was bor-
rowed from a friendly squaw, and,
after the water had been boiled in it
three or four times, and it had been
we'll secured out with sand, it an.
swered its purpose admirably. When
We were through with the kettle,
we thoroughly cleaned it again
and returned it, and it was not until
an Indian guide explained the custom
that we understood the look of su-
preme contempt which came over the
red lady's face when, on looking into
the inside of the kettle, she saw that
it contained no relic whatever of our
evening feast. st. Louis Globe.
! Democrat.
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A HPig', SmaSller.

A hydraulic ''pig" breaker has been
patented by E. P. Martin, General
Manager of the Dowlais Iron Works,
in conjunction with Mr.. James, OF the
Dowlais-Cardiff Works.
Fifty years ago the ''litters" were
broken into fragments after the cool
ing had been completed by process
that was exceedingly laborious. Two
strong men were selected for the pur-
pose, and by great exertion would Lift
double-handled sledge and bring it
to bear upon the iron.
But this new hydraulic process
seems to render the breaking a COM
paratively very simple matter. A
crane lifts thirty 'spigs" at time,
carries them to the breaker, where
they are duly pounded by the dy-
draulic ram, and wagon underneath
it sent away expeditiously full of
fragments. Three half-pence per ton
is the estimated cost of breakage by
this method.-Londol Inventor. .-..
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A STAND OF ALFALFA.

There is much inquiry as to proper
methods to be employed in the start
ing of stand of alfalfa. In reply to
an inquiry along this line from a
Nebraska correspondent Professor
Charles E. Bessey has written as fol-
lows: In the growth of alfalfa it is
necessary first of all to take very great
pains to fit the soil for the young
plants. The ground must be rich and
mellow. Unless it has had legumes
growing upon it it should be treated
to a good quantity of barnyard manure
in order to supply the soil with avail
able nitrogen. Then when the alfalfa
has obtained foothold it will there
after supply itself with all the nitro
gen it needs. Prepare the ground
with great care and have it like gar
den as to mellowness and freedom
from clods. Sow the seed as early as
possible in the spring, but do not SOW
it on another crop, as we generally do
with clover. It is well to SOW a peck
or so of oats per acre with the slfslafa
simply to afford little shade to the
young plants. Since the field ought
to last many years when once good
stand is secured it will pay to take
great pains with it. Do not try to
seed too large field at once, but be-
gin with a few acres so as to give these
the greatest care and add to the area
each year. In this way success is
reasonably certain. But. do not at
tempt it without seeing that the soil
is rich in nitrogenous matter. Put
ON barnyard manure freely.
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A Diminutiye Breed of Cattle.

The Dexter Kerry is a diminutive
breed of cattle, but they are very we'll
in their way, and not merely toys. A
cow standing thirty-nine inches high
and owned by the Earl of Roseberry
gave sixteen quarts of milk in one day,
which yielded fifteen per cent. of
cream. For one month she gave fifteen
quarts of milk per day For city and
village residents who wish to keep a
COW the Dexter Kerry has much to
commend it.-American Farmer.
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LARGE OR SMALL COWS.

It is Just little difficult to see how
Professor Alvord arrives at the con-
clusion that larger COWS than those
usually accepted as "about right" are
the more profitable, at least it seems
difficult to make his conclusions and
the figures of the Chicago test, ap-
plying weights of COWS and results,
agree; and if we see clearly, the COWS
under 1000 pounds weight have a good
working advantage, and one entitled
to consideration in making up table
of conclusions, writes John Gould.
We have a doubt if the result of
averages could be kept as high with
the larger COWS as smaller ones, for
we take it, the Professor is declaring
that four COWS that weigh $500 pounds
are better than five COWS weighing 900
pounds each.
The Chicago figures hardly warrant
this, and we doubt if one dairyman in
100 will consent to the practice of
keeping HOO and 1900 pound ones,
and the matter at last rests on this {:
What does each individual COW do
with her ration? And then it comes
down to this: Will ten small COWS
consume more and make less than
seven other COWS that weigh as much
as the ten?
If the large Jerseys at Chicago are
grouped, and the smaller ones of like
number. there is but little difference
in the pounds of butter made on the
average, but it is suggestive that the
largest cow, weighing almost HOO
pounds, consumed s22.34 worth OF
food to make lat pounds of butter,
while the little cow, weighing 791
pounds, consumed $22 worth of food
and made 179 pounds of butter and
if, another pair is taken, the large
COW, weighing 1919 pounds, making
1919 pounds of butter at food cost
$27.22; and the little COW weighing
776 pounds that made 1873 pounds OF
butter on $23.4 worth of food, We
think little COWS are still holding
their own. This last makes the cost
of the butter of the large COW thirteen
and one-half cents, and the little COW
1914 cents; while that of the first
mentioned large cow would cost H.
centsp per pound, which looks as though
small COWS were the COWS for the
butter-making farmers. .-Practical
Farmer.
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is familiar to every American who has
visited Westminster Abbey, and the
venerable relic is, to my mind, in
fnitely more imposing and impressive
in it's simple grandeur than the some
what gaudy chair of state in the House
of Lords, surmounted by its highly
decorative canopy, which is panelled
in the most intricate and rococo man
ner with roses, shamrocks, thistles,
lions PEASANTS, unicorns and, in fact,
all the heraldic emblems of Great
Britain and Ireland. This chair itself
is made of wood, gold, ivory and
silver. The royal coat of arms is
carved and gilded on the back, while
the arms of the chair are serpentine
creations terminating in pair of
lions maws. Some idea of its intrin-
sic value may be gained when it is
stated that the cloth of gold with
which it is upholstered cost in the
neighborhood of S50OO.-New York
Tribune.
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Unknown Dead in a Great City,

Albert q. White, keeper Of the
morgue in New York City. testified in
a murder trial the other day that l4O,-
900 bodies have passed through his
hands since he has been the keeper.
He added that he knew many cases
where mistakes had been made as to
identity of dead bodies, and cited the
case of woman who claimed q body
as that of her husband and had the
body buried in Calvary Cemetery
Scientific American.
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Virtues of Salt.

Common salt is one of the most
valuable remedial agents the world
contains. Used as a tooth powder,
alone or with little prepared chalk,
it whitens the teeth and makes the
gums hard and rosy. 1t is a good gar
gle for sore throat, and if taken in
time will benefit, if not cure diphther-
ia. 1t will stop bleeding Of the
mouth, and in warm water is q good
emetic and remedy against several
poisons. There is nothing better for
sore feet and hands than salt and
water, and for ordinary sore eyes,
though painful operation, will often
effect complete cure. Indianapolis
News.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect Lax.
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation;
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. :,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll informed. you, will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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InSuecting Horse Meat.

In France and Germany there are
many shops where horse meat alone is
sold. In these countries when horse
is injured it is sold to those making
business of slaughte1ing them. All
animals are inspected by Government
officials before killing, so there is little
danger of any diseased meat being
sold. American Farmer.
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Misses Waist.

This handsome design has the full
waist and sleeve puffs of pink crepon,
the ripple skirt, bretelles, belt, collar
and lower sleeve portions being of
pink and black changeable brocade,
trimmed on the loose edges with black
guipure insertion over pink satin rib
bon. 1t is also suitable for pretty
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ROOTS FOR STOCK.

Farmers should at least grow roots
enough to make change of feed for
the stock they keep through the win
ter. Turnips and beets are the best
for hogs, and are especially good for
breeding sows before and after far
rowing. Carrots are excellent for
horses. Beets, carrots and parsnips
will pay better fed to COWS than they
will to market. With well-stocked
farm there is home market for good
supply of roots, and if any are grown
for marketing by the bushel the home
market may well take the place of any
other when the price is low.-New
York World.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
DAT MEAL FOR YOUNG CHICKENS.

Our experience with feeding oats to
hens is that they are too light to be
made main part of the feed. The
fowls will not eat them at the same
time with other grain. But we never
saw young chicks grow better than on
q diet of oat meal sifted SO as to re-
move most of the hulls, and then mixed
till nearly solid and dry with sour
curd cheese. This combination con-
tains just what is needed to make
rapid growth. Cultivator.
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DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binphamton. N. Y.
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Several of the electric launches
from the Chicago Fair are in opera
ton on the Boston Park lake.
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A spider web is constructed accord
ing to the best mathematical princi-
pies.