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yarylnc Quality of MIX

Prof Joseph Hills, director of the
Vermont experiment station, says:
The experiment on large number
Of COWS has shown that, as rule, a
COW gives the most milk, but of the
poorest quality, in the first two months
of her lactation; that during the first
six months of her lactation the quality
Ioes not materially change. but In the
asst half of the year Gf she calves
rery year, the milk flow shrinks and
s. quality increases, the latter being
On the average an increase OF about
one-quarter OF the total fat. 1t has
been found that cows calving in the
spring change the quality of their milk
in the latter part of their lactation
.uore decidedly than those that calve
:, the fail, while farrow cows. calving
either in spring or foil, hold to the
even quality of their milk more than
.hosc that calvc each year.
The variations fIom day to day of
the milk from the same cow or herd are
frequently eStIenlc. aud :ue often due
to causes which ain not understood. 1T,
however. by meaps of the composite
sample il,s quality cf tho yield of sew
ernI days Or q wccls be estimated, 1t is
usually found that there are less wide
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Reasons for Flowing

Two objects should be aimed at In the
cultivation of the soil-getting rid of
weeds and retaining moisture. Both
are necessary to successful farming. 1t
is an established fact that water will
rise to the surface by what Is termed
capillary attraction. A compact soil
has extending through 1t minute spaces
formed by the partial contact of Its par
ticles, which facilitates the rise of the
water. This movement is constantly
going on In firm soil. AS the water
comes to the surface and is evaporated
more moisture rises and fills the space,
thus keeping constant stream of mois-
.ure from underneath to the surface.
When soil is broken by cultivation its
capillarity is temporarily destroyed be-
cause the particles are separated. But
when the soil is roughly broken and
coarse clods are left lying on the sur
face, the evaporation continues to q
greater or less extent. This does not
benefit the soil, and it follows that
thorough pulverization is the only meth
cd of retaining full supply of under
ground moisture. Plants growing In a
thoroughly pulverized soil obtain their
moisture for growth from the subsoil, as
soon as the supply is exhausted by alb
sorption of the growing plants. None of
the moisture except small proportion
that comes to the surface and Is evapor-
ated is lost.-Field and Farm.
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THE HABIT OF SAVING.
How the French show Their Thrift
Children Taught to Save Money.

How the French Show Their Thrift
Children Taught to Save Money.
The French suffer less from panics and
depressions than any other people on, on ,ns "
globe, and 1t is because thrift Is the basis OF
their prosperity. .,,,,,,
In France nearly every person saves 'e, some
thing for a rainy day. The habit y aimos.
universal, and those who earn the least are
sure to be found In this great saving class.
The French savings banks have more tnnl
S,OOO,OOO depOsltOrs, and their qeposlts
amount to about $SO0.O0O,O 600. and this large
sum is made up Of small sums
The French schools teach the children 70 70
save money. and the most frequent priz.e
given to a bright pupil Is a savings BANK
book with a small sum to the credit OF tne
owner. This Is given where, In this coun-
try, we would give a medal or q book.
When a community has lot OF money
deposited In a savings bank 1t Is easy to Dor-
row money without going to outside cap.
ltallsts The local banks are prepared 70
loan to home people at a moderate interest,".
In the large cities and factory towns OF @ tns
Eastern states tho savings, banks are the
great safeguards of the poor wage rners
against hard times, and II the sayings habit
was as general here as 1t is In France, our
people would have passed through the e.
cent financial depression without seriously
Every child should be taught the i'm.
portance of saving without being ayarici0us
and niggardly. We need more thrift. The
average American wage-earner wastes
enough in his lifetime to make him CO.. com.
lesson from the French in this respect.
They know how to enjoy life and at the
same time work hard and save money.-At-
lanta Constitution.
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DRINK IcE-wArER FREELY.
Doctors Have Finally Discovered that
Hurta Nobody.

poctors Have Finally Discovered that
Hurts Nobody.
"Pepper's Therapeutics" lately pub
lished, being q standard compilation Of
the most recent advances In medical
science, contains an answer to the
question "How to Keep Cool" For
those who find 1t necessary to endure
great heat, 1t contains the usual instruc-
tons about farinaceous food and fre-
quent bathing, and says: "Drink an
abundance of water"
It also says: Most persons have n
strong perjudice against ice-water. II
is conceivable that large quantity OF
very cold water taken suddenly might
prove Injurious by chilling the stomach,
but taken at frequent intervals 1t
makes perspiration easy, and therefose
must be beneficial" This is an utter
reversal of old ideas.
When DR.. Lewis Tallman was asked
about 1t he said: Pepper is standard,
and is the latest authority. Probably
the best object lesson In the science OF
keeping cool is the porous jar of India.
When travellers on the desert wish to
get a cool drink from the supply Of wa
ter that has probably been carried for
days in the sun. they fill porous jar
and let 1t stand. The water steadily
leaking through the pores Of the jar,
evaporates, and as this uses up the Ia
tent heat in the surrounding atmosphere
a cool draft is formed that makes the
water cold. This is the theory and func-
ton of perspiration. A man Is like the
India Jar. The popular idea Of drink
ing little water in very hot weather is a
fallacy. Another fallacy is that sun
stroke is due to some peculiar action OF
the suns rays. Fifteen years ago doc.
frrc 1NalIouaf thnt CIInStrnkn rpSnItHd
from poisonous secretion in the blood,
due to the action of the sun. Now,
however, all heat prostrations. whether
from the sun or artificial heat are rec
ognized as being the same, are all In
cluded in the term 'thermic fever and
are treated the same. AS a proof that
the light of the sun has nothing to do
with sunstroke is the instance of the
French man-of-war Duquesne, in which
100 men were overcome after they had
gone to bed, by the stored-up heat which
had been beating on the ship all day
and were virtually sunstruck In tile
dark.
'srhe reason there were SO many sun
strokes last Friday was that there was
considerable moisture in the air. When
the air is full of moisture the perspira-
tion is not taken up, and even though
a person sweat copiously, there is little
cooling of the body by evaporation. Last
spring was out in the Yuma country
In Arizona, In the vicinity of Death val
ley. Out there the thermometer was
11S degrees and yet sunstroke Is rare.
The same is true of the table-lands of
Abyssinia and certain parts of Texas,
and is due to the dryness Of the air. A
man can hardly tell how hot he is by
simply looking at the thermometer. 1t
depends upon the humidity. l expect
to have to go out to Yuma and the Colo
>rado river shortly s}s5r and Peppers thera-
peutics will be observeGi,> inciudlng tne
paragraph relating to AN a9anddGce ol
water"
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come down to Texas to take a look
at the sunny south, many of them with
view to making 1t their future home
II they were pleased with the soil,
climate and people.
While there fell into conversation
with a man that took for preacher
from the state of Iowa. He told me
he was a farmer-fed hogs, cattle.
etc. asked him what was the best
breed of hogs to raise. He said they
had tried all breeds, and that 1t was the
rule of his country to raise the hog that
would always keep fat. 1 asked him
his reason for that. He said: 1--WE do
that because we have to ship and sell
to save ourselves as soon as the hog
cholera strikes them, or we would in
all probability lose all the hogs we have
or are feeding" l asked him If he
could find sale for herd of hogs that
had cholera. ooh, yes," he said. "the
board Of health of Chicago decided that
the meat of hogs that died of cholera
was all right" He said that the buy
''ers would take every hog and pig that
was alive when they reached the mar
ket and pay the ruling prices for them,
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A Washington Romanoe.

Miss Anna Gould's and the Count de Cas-
tellane's is not the only interesting tnterna-
uonal marriage that is on the cards. The
Duke di ARGOS, Spanish minister to Mexico,
pie whose memory goes back twenty years
wondered If he had come to see u certain
lady to whom he had been engaged long
ther with no fancy for an alien son-in: law
had interfered in those days when the duke
was no duke at all, but merely a young at
tache. He had not forgotten his first love.
though and when he came back like a loyal
gentleman to ask for her no decent father
could have refused him, and so the engage
ment has been renewed and an early mar:
riage will follow. Is not that a beautiful
Boston transcripts Washington Letter.
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Coins Financial school.

Do you want to understand the science
Of money! 1t is plainly told in Coins
Financial Series. Every one has surely
heard of w. H. Harvey. the author of
Coins Financial School," "A Tale of
Two Nations" etc. Here is an oppor-
tunity to secure at popular prices one
copy or the entire series. In every case
the postage is prepaid.
COINS Financial School," by W. H.
Harvey, $50 pages and 66 illustrated.
Cloth. 81; paper, rs cts.
up to Date-Coin's Financial School
Continued" by w. H. Harvey; 200
pages and SO Illustrations. Cloth. 81;
paper, 25 cts.
Chapters on Silver" by Judge Hen
~ q. Miller, of Chicago. Paper only,
rs cents.
"A Tale Of Two Nations" by W. H.
Harvey; 302 pages. Cloth, 81; paper, Is
cts.
COINS Hand Book" by W. H. Har-
vey; 46 pages; 10 cents. "Bimetallism
and Monometallism," by Archbishop
Walsh Of Dublin, Ireland; rs cents.
Our special offer: For 81 we will fur
nish the entire series Of six books an
above enumerated.
In ordering the series as per above
offer. say 'set No. 2 of Books" Ad-
dress George Currier, Gen. Agt. 1874
So. Clinton ST., Chicago. Ill.
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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 perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, 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
'ccept any substitute if offered.
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two coops. Care should be taken to
make this separation at a point ON the
barrel where the bottom will split
lengthwise of the grain. The pieces of
lath in front may be nailed onto the
barrel or driven into the ground.
The second illustration shows how
to make even better pair of coops
from a single barrel. The slaves are
marked on the barrel about three
inches from each other, that Is, the
marks on each alternate stave will run
round the barrel in line. The saw
ing Of these will give two ends like the
one seen in the illustration. In saving
these barrels it would be well not to
have the alternate openings all around
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and the ones that had died in transit
they paid half price for (pretending
they were to be used as soap grease.
etc.). This statement of the old man
called the attention of western men
present, who were disposed to take is
sue with him on the fact. In other
words, his veracity was assailed, which
seemed to mortify him greatly, and he
publicly asserted that all that he had
said to me was true, and he thought he
could substantiate 1t in the city. said
to the party of gentlemen present. If
this fact was known to our farmers
they would raise their own meat rather
than eat meat that hnd died or was sick
with cholera when butchered.
know from observation, that when a
hog dies of the cholera he turns per-
fectly red, and further know that
have taken large sides of bacon out (the
boxes Of bacon we buy) that was per-
fectly red, which makes me believe
every word the old Iowa man said was
true, and such meat as described died
of cholera.
I have diverged a little from my
story: The old Iowa man was stirred
up considerably. In short time he
came back to me with a gentleman Of
his acquaintance, who said he had
bought thousands of hogs in Chicago
and that every word he said was true,
and intimated that the dead hogs
bought for soap grease went through
the same channel that the live ones did,
and eventually landed in the bacon
box with the Others
Now, appeal to the farmers of Fort
Bend county to know II you are still
going to buy such bacon as have de-
scribed when you have a country far
superior to the West to raise your own
meat in. We must wake up to our own
interest, and sell instead of buy bacon.
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Barrels for Chicken Coops.

Every poultry raiser has used old
barrels as coops. But most of them
have employed them merely for nests
at night, laying the barrel down on its
side, putting in handful of straw, and
a brick on each side to keep 1t from
rolling. This plan is good enough
when there are no rats or cats around,
or when the fowls are allowed the
range of the farm. In fact in the east
it is common practice to fix up such a
barrel, drive down stake twenty or
more feet from it, and tie string to
the hen. protecting the leg with a
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piece of cloth. The fowls soon get
used to being tied, and thus the hen
and her brood are kept of the gardens.
But this is not an ideal way, nor do
we wish to recommend it. The illus
tration here given shows barrel ar
ranged to keep in the old hen and per-
NIT her chicks to run at will. The bar
rel Is separated into two parts by
mailing down the hoops onto the
slaves where the separation is to be
made. Then saving the hoops gives
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Coal for Canadian Steamers.

The citizens of Sault Ste. Marie are com:
planning about the conduct Of managers OF
vessels through the canal belonging to the
United States instead of the one just COM
nation, however, is very simple and natural.
Canadian vessels by clearing on the Amer:
duty 1t has been suggested that the mana
gers of the Canadian Pacific and Beatty line
steamers should be appealed to on patriotic
grounds to use the Canadian canal and pay
the extra duty on their coal. 1t has also
been suggested that 1t would be a simpler
matter to take the duty off coal.-Montreal
Herald.
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Counterfeit Dimes.

Counterfeit silver ten cent pieces that con-
tain as much. If not more, silver than the
genuine coin, have been discovered In the
received from banks and are so carefully
made that it requires the trained eye Of an
expert to detect their bogus character. The
coins have the appearance of being well
worn, the result Of careful work on the part
of the counterfeiter, and valuable aid to
their circulation. Several of the coins have
been sent to the secret service officials who
pronounce them most dangerous counterfeits
and express the belief that they were made
In Europe and sent to this country for circu-
latiOn.-Philadelphia Record.
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variations than are found from day to

day.
For the past three years we have
analyzed the milk of each individual
COW of the Vermont experiment sta
ton herd twice a month, each sample
being made up from eight consecutive
milkings. It has been found that the
milk given when the cow Is four
months along in lactation is very near
ly the average quality Of the milk given
by the COW in the course of the year;
that II two analyses are made at this
time, fifteen days apart, upon compos-
ite samples, the result will probably
be within tenth of one per cent OF
the actual average.
The extremes Of fluctuations in the
quality Of the milk of cow are fire.
Quently noted in the records Of tents,
public and private. Some of these are
almost beyond belief, yet many are aD-
parently authentic.
The greatest change in quality OF
milk from day to day that has come
under my personal observation. was
that made by a registered Ayrshire
owned by L. 8. Drew of Burlington,
being 2.68 per cent. fat change in two
days. This is probably the most vto-
lent change on record where the test
was controlled by chemical analysis.
Has the cow a fixed quality OF MIX
which she gives throughout life? Does
heifer in her first lactation, indie
truly her milking qualities. or may we
expect gain or loss in years to come?
Our records indicate in eight compAri-
sons of heifers of our own raising. less
than 20 per cent. gain in per cent OF
fat during the second milking period.
Apparently the same general character
of the milk is maintained throughout
life, although the quantity may be in
creased or diminished. Minor vafiA-
tions in quality may be expected but
large ones seldom occur.
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Pointer. to shippers.


Keep pregnant stock at home.
Don't ship in any diseased, badly
bruised or emaciated stock.
Don't load your cars too heavily, es-
pecially Of hogs or sheep. though in fact
of any class Of live stock.
Watch out and don't ship in any
stock that has sores, assesses or other
Indication of unsOundness or unwhole-
someness.
The government inspectors are "the
goblins that will get you If you don't
watch out" and keep back unsound, dis
eased, or far advanced pregnant ami
mails.
Beware Of the calves You ship in.
Anything on the Bob" or Deacon" or
der-that is, less than one week old or
weighing under IS pounds-is pretty
su-e to be thrown out and find its way
into the tank.
Don't ship any scabby sheep to mar
ket, as they are very liable to be con-
demned. Lamby ewes should also be
held back, as where they are pretty far
advanced they cannot be sold, under
the new inspection rules, and will
either have to go back into the country
or be slaughtered, and in all probable
ity condemned here.
Don't load too many hogs in one car.
Disregard of this rule is being seen
every day in the number of dead hogs
strewn along the unloading chutes. As
the weather gets warm hogs must be
loaded to prevent crowding. AS high
as twenty dead hogs have been taken
from q single car this week, because of
carelessness in loading. Give the hogs
room. Give them also some good clean
straw to lie in.
The government force began its rigid
inspection May 1. They will throw out
all animals considered not fit for hui
man food. This will include calfy COWS,
piggy sows, and lamby ewes that are
pretty far advanced; scabby sheep.
shelly Gamers, cholera pigs. lur,py-
jaws, badly bruised stock of all kinds;
thin, wasted sheep. busted pigs" etc.
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Nicntinized Nerves.

Men old at thirty. Chew and smoke, eat little
drink, want to- all the time. Nerves tingle
never satisfied, nothings beautiful, happiness
gone, o tobacco-saturated system tells the
story. There's an easy way out. MOTTO Bao
will kill the nerve-craving effects for tobacco
and make you strong, vigorous. and manly.
Sold and guaranteed to cure by Druggists ev-
erywhere. Book, titled Don't Tobacco Spit or
Smoke Your Life Away" free Address Ster-
ling Remedy Co., New York City or Chicago
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Everything on this order will be held
out, passed upon by veterinarians, and
If not passed or condemned may be sent
back to the country. Condemned stock
will be at once tanked.-Live Stock Re-
port, Chicago.
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TIL, ,tronre.t Men GROW weak

The short cut to renewed vlgor
Is taken by those sensible enough to use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters systematically.
the system to assmiiate food, and combines
the qualities of fine medicinal stimulant
with those of sovereign preventive remedy.
nervous and kidney complaints are cured
and avCrted bv IT.
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Grain In the Cow. Rat,on..

GfAih m the COW'b RAt10hs.
In the report of New York farmers
meeting notice the following: Prof.
Robinson ofOntario is reported as say
ing that no COW should be fed more
than eight pounds of cotton seed meal a
day. The COW will not respond to more
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"oh, no, there amt any favorites in this
hfa'%dly fan ssoiiloquz,sd al, Johnny "oh mol Il e.
knuckles. But the baby can eat his whole
foot, and they think It's CLEVER
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the barrel, as they would let in too
much cold at nights, besides wind and
dust. When there are but few openings
they can be turned to the side to get
the sun or away from the sun as de-
sired; also, to avoid wind. Besides 1t
is easier to shut up few openings at
nights and keep out rats.
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Pain is not conducive to pleasure
especially when occasioned by corns. Hindercorni
will plea you for 1t removes them perfectly.
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= AXE PRrkrr's Ginger Tonic home with you
aba'inR colds snd many Ills, aches and weaknesses.
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The more worthless a man is when b,
leaves a town, the greater probability tina
he will come back.
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J. s. PARKER, Fredonia, N. Y, says:"shall
not call on you for the 800 reward, for believe
Halls Catarrh Cure will cure any case Of
catarrh. Was very bad" Write him for par
ticulars. Sold by Druggists, Z5c.
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Time may be money, but most men will
for bus or a car rather than pay for n
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II tho Baby ID Quitting Teeth.
30 sure and that old and welltred remedy, MRs.
wMsIow's SOOTHING SxRrP for Children Tssthing
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The most lonesome man in town ia the
one that has made liberal loans to his ac-
OuQintNncoS
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mans better half lays down the rules
allows her husband to 10y down the carpets.
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may shave himself. never cuts his chin.
The latter Is always with him and In good
working condition.
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1t doesn't do any good to look as solemn as
an owl in church II You are in the habit Of
skinnin9 people in business.
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We love the body for the souls sake, but
never the soul for the sake of the body.
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's1anson's leagio Corn 1alvs."
Warranted to money refunded. Ask Jour
druggist for 1t. Price Is cents
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
| OUR RURAL READERS.
How suocsssfuI Farmers Operate This
\ Department of tho Farm-A Few Hinta
| - to the Care of Live Stock and
J Poultry.
!, THOSE WHO

o THOSE WHO
buy their bacon I
have a word to say,
writes a correspon-
dent of Rosenberg
Progress. During
the late snow storm
I was confined in
Houston at a hotel
where there was a
number of gentle
men from the west
orp statea whO had
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~ VIVA IMPROVED
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~ ~ 4 MlxD PHXSic.

ONE PILL. FOR A DOSE.
A. movement Of tho bowels each day rs necessary ~
make 1t regular They cure Headache brighten tbs
Eyes ciear the CointcAicn better than ctnmefcr
-sii: r1,i t,!a :rce full box for SIC Scl sysrs
s.-~ = f.> .tsD Cr.. ol,,lsc.iphiN "a
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