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Improving Prairie p..tur..

While alfalfa and other forage plants
may be best suited for hay and fod-
der the wild grasses growing on the
prairie furnish pasture which will
last indefinitely and afford feed even
IN the dryest seasons, unless it be over
stocked. Prof. Georgeson of Kansas
believes that the prairie grasses exist
because they are suited to the condi.
tions. In proof of this he describes
successful attempt to renovate the
prairie pasture ON the college farm,
which. from being overpastured, was
failing and wecdy. A weighted disc
harrow cut up the surface in several
directions, and mixture of orchard
grass. timothy, redtop, meadow fescue
blue grass, with some red clover and
was broadcasted. These
sprouted we'll and made good stand.
but We're overcome by the wild grasses
IN June, which formed close sod.
all the weeds, and furnish.
ed an extra yield of wild prairie hay
In September. Take off the stock.
scratch the surface in early spring, or
before a soaking rain, and the new
Wild pasture will stand the drouth.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
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canker In Chicks.

Canker of the throat in chicks is
often mistaken for gapes, says Farm
Journal. The characteristic yellow
sores sometimes close up the mouth of
the windpipe and cause the birds to
gasp for breath. If an attempt be
made to extract cape worms from a
chick 80 affected it is likely to die in
the operation. A drop Of peroxide of
hydrogen applied with a pippet
syringe or dropper to the sores may
give speedy relief. Old fowls aud
pigeons are also frequently affected
by canker. Sick birds should be re-
moved ut once from the flock, and all
water vessels cleaned out, scalded and
coated with lime wash, and all food
should he supplied in clean vessels.
Give homeopathic mercurus vivus or
nitric acid In drinking water.
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In the LihrarY

"What fool gave you book on that
card?" asked the library official.
"Why, it was a mean looking fellow
about-why, it was you"
That is as bad as what happened to
Horace Greeley one day.
He wrote note to friend, and
when the boy delivered it the man
looked at it and handed it back, say
ing, sotto voco, Il can't read the ID
FOOLS writing
The boy took the note back to Gree
ley, who hastily opened it, and, not
being able to read it, sald:--
''Here, take this back and tell the
ID fool can't read his writing"
"That'0 what he said," remarked the
boy.
"Whatw aghast.-Peck's Sun.
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oolor-Dlind AMI Degenerate Artists.

Color-Blind and Degenerate Artists.
Let us take as an instance q degen-
crate painter who paints all things in
dull colors like Puvis de Chavannes,
or green, like Lucian Monod, Roger,
or Latenay. If these painters are
honest and sincere, If their pictures
are genuine expressions of their SEN
timents, they prove that they are af-
ficted with a peculiar form of color
blindness. This color-blindness does
not directly imperil their lives. Nor
does the prevailing daltonism. But
for all that no one will deny that q
person who cannot distinguish the COL
ors Of outward objects is organically
less completely equipped than one
who perceives all things in their true
colors, and that in the struggle for
existence the former is likely to be
vanquished by the latter. We may
therefore safely assert that painter
who sees all things green is unhealthy
and that green pictures, with green
people, green hair, green faces, are
pathological phenomena and are an in
dication of the degeneracy of the ar
tist.-"A Reply to My Critics." by
Max Nordau in The Century.
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Spirits in the Clock.

Hampton Beach, N. Y, owes much
of its popularity to the poet Whittier,
for he delighted in the place. Many
of his poems were inspired by scenes
and traditions about the place. A To-
cal landlord tells the following story:
Il was talking with Whittier one day
about fine eight-day clock which my
family owned, which used to belong
to Gen. Jonathan Moulton, and is over
200 years old, and will, when set at
certain hours, play four different coun-
try dances and marches. Tradition
says that just before member of the
Moulton family died the clock, al
though 1t had not been wound up for
a long time, would strike. A man who
was standing by broke in with, Say,
mister, I've got one of them 'ere old
clocks, just as good one as any,
body's; don't you want to buy it?
Whittier looked UP quickly. with q
twinkle in his eyes, and replied: NO;
yours hasn't any spirits In it,"
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VALKYRIDuL, Wins
IT Is POSSIBLE, HOWEVER. THAT
SHE MAY LOSE THE RACE.
While the Yachts Are Maneuvering
Before the Start valkyrie Fouls
Defender and Causes Serious
Damage to One Nf the
AmeFicaA's Sails.
\ GREAT RACE FOR ALL THAT.
Defender Chases valkyrie and Loses
by Only At SccOnds-A Pro.
test Is Filed.

New York. Sept. 12.-Crippled but
still heeling far over in her strength
and swiftness, Defender followed
Valkyrie across the finish line in the
second race for Americas cup. Less
than half u mile separated the two,
and anxious eyes kept pace, second by
second, with the time indicators as
they moved around, and when it was
seen that the American defender had
not only lost nothing in the last twen-
ty miles Of the course, but had actual
ly gained, great shout went up for
the gallant struggle the vessel had
made.
There were cheers for the victor, too,
but although Valkyrie III. was the
first challenger since 1871 to lead over
the home line, the honor of her per-
formance was lost sight of for the
time in the grand effort Of the Amerl-
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The American Indian is a strange
being. He is, indeed, unlike any other
human being. 1t is doubtful IL any
white man has ever fully understood
the red mans character. And nobody
knows to-day just what ia in the minds
of the band of Bannocks who have
been stealthily skulking about in the
Teton range Of mountains in Utah for
the past two weeks, with war paint on
their faces and their eyes fixed upon
the settlers down in the valley.
Next to the Missing Link, there Is
doubtless no creature that has aroused
more discussion than the American
Indian. Fennimore Cooper called him
"the noble red man." Gen. Crook is
said to have declared that there 10 no
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Paderewski,s .roons.,

The woman rocked away upon tie
GUNNER hotel piazza and conversed
upon the glittering generalities com
mon to the occasion. 1t was poetry,
taste, pictures, Shakespeare and the
musical glasses with a vengeance.
After awhile they got round to a
certain piano virtuoso much beloved
by boarding-school girls and by whom
he is abbreviated as Paddy" "Oh,
isn't he perfectly lovely?" cried the
stout woman with genuine appreca-
tion. why. l just went crazy over
him. Did you ever see anything like
that hair Of his in all your life? The
only thing didn't like about him was
his toons. He played about as ugly
toons us ever heard."-New Yori.
fu2. zt
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AN ORTHODOX MOB AT OXFORD.
A Curious Episode In the Career 9
Edward Everett.

A Curious Epis0de In the Career Of
Edward Everett.
The center and fortress of this vast
system. and of the reaction against
the philosophy of the eighteenth cen-
tury, was the University of Oxford.
Orthodoxy was its vaunt. and spe-
cial exponent of its spirit and object
Of its admiration was its member of
parliament, William Ewart Gladstone,
who, having begun his political career
by q labored plea for the union of
church and Etate, ended It by giving
that union what is likely to be it's
death blow. The mob at The Circus Of
Constantinople in the days of the By
zlntine emperOrs was not more wildly
orthodox than the mob Of students at
this foremost seat of learning of the
Anglo-Saxon race during the middle
decades of the nineteenth century. "A
curious proof of this lad been dis
played just before the end of that Pc
riod. The minister of the United
States at the court of st. james was
then Edward Everett. He was un-
doubtedly the most accomplished
scholar and one of the foremost states
men that America had produced; his
elo1uence in early life had made him
perhaps the most admired of Ameri-
can preachers; his classical learning
had, at later period, made him pro-
fessor Of Greek at Harvard; he had
successfully edited the leading Ameri-
can review, and had taken a high
place in American literature; he had
been ten years a member Of congress;
lie had been again and again elected
pOvnrnOr 0f Massachusetts,. md in all
these posts he had amply shown those
qualities which afterward made him
president Of Harvard. secretary Of
state Of the United States and
United States senator. His character
and attainments We're of the highest,
and, as he was then occupying the
foremost place in the diplomatic SER
vice Of his country, he was invited to
receive an appropriate honorary de-
gree at Oxford. But, OH his presenta-
tion for it in the Sheldonian theater,
there came revelation to the people
he represented, and, indeed, to all
Christendom; a riot having been care
fully prepared beforehand by sundry
ZealOts. lie was most grossly and in
genicusly insulted by the mob of un-
and bachelors of arts in
the galleries and masters of arts on
the floor; and the reason for this was
that, though by no means radical in
his religious opinions. he was thought
to have been in his early life, and pos
sibly at that time, below what was
then the Oxford fashion in belief, or
rather feeling, regarding the mystery
of the Trinity.-Andrew ID. White, in
Popular Science Monthly
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A Lucky Escape.

Mrs. Houlihan-sure, Teddy, it's
costin' your sowl more to shave yure-
self than it would cost yure pocket to
pay for barber.
Mr.. Houlihan (slashing himself
agatn)-Begorra, ii it wuz a barber
that were cuttin' me this way, it's
lucky Old be to get of wild a life sen.
tence.-Texas Siftings Library.
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farmers who are anxious to get q bet.
ter profit out Of their live stock.
LOUIS s41vELAz,s INVENTION.
All Right In Theory, but . ScFe
I.nMaA IN UeamtaMA


Loose In Practice.
1t ia a good thirg to be an inventor,
IL you can invent something that will
do good work. II, however. says
writer in the Louisville Commercial,
your idea is a bad one, your expert
ence is not likely to be a pleasant one.
Louis Mivelaz is the latest victim of
an improbable idea. Mr.. Niivelaz IL
great fisherman and spends most of
his spare time on the river front. As
be always has good luck, he is gener-
ally surrounded by crowd of boys,
who watch him haul in his fishes.
This is annoying, and Mr.. Mivelaz has
long pondered over way to get rid
of the boys. The result Of his medi-
tations was that lie hied him to n
printer aud had printed on large
card these words: "This is my busy
day."
The next time Mr.. Mivelaz went fish
ing he threw out his line, and then
hung the card by string around his
neck in such manner that the card
hung down his back. Then he waited
for the first small boy to come around,
expecting him to stink off on tiptoe as
soon as he caught sight Of the card.
But this did not happen. The first boy
that happened that way did leave in a
hurry, but 1t was only to come back In
a few minutes with crowd Of twen-
ty or thirty urchins, who stared at the
card as IL they had never seen any,
thing like 1t before. More came. and
soon the fisherman was surrounded by
crowd of such size that Patrolman
Doran ran down the bank in hurry
thinking that somebody had fallen in
the river.
Nobody was gladder to see him than
the fisherman. and he soon relieved
him by scattering the crowd. Since
that memorable day Mr. Mivelaz has
been doubtful about acting upon any
of his brilliant thoughts till they have
been tried upon someone else.
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Bannock Indians in Costume and
War Bonnet.

War Bonnet.
good Indian except dead Indian"
He has been described as being
naughty and revengeful; indeed, one
writer says that with the Indian re-
venge is a sacred duty; another tells
us that sense of favors conferred lies
over q desire for revenge.
He Is dull and apathetic, but again,
he is lively, humorous, and has pow
err Of repartee. His hair is a straight
black, but sometimes has dash OF red
in it, and Is even silky and curly; his
eyes are either Jet black or brown.
He is additionally treacherous, but
many find him a true and faithful
friend. He is listless and lazy, except
when hunting and fighting; but, on the
other hand, he plays games, such as
balls, dice. hunt the button and shut
tle-cock.
He is incapable of being educated;
yet the Cherokees have a newspaper
printed in their own language, and so
have the Choctaws. They have no
ideas of central government, yet the
Seminoles, the Choctaws, the Chicka-
saws the Cherokees and the Greeks
have parental or federal government
of their own. The New York Iroquois
have long hcrcn'e civilized citizens.
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conversation at Dinner Table.

Talking ia one of the hest Of all
recreations, and woman who under
stands the art possesses q most useful
and enjoyable accomplishment, writes
Amelia E. Barr IL the Ladies' Home
Journal. No dinner table is well ap-
pointed without good takers; and the
basis of interesting conversation Is
reality. After a course Of London
dinners Sir Walter Scott said: "The
bishops and the lawyers talked better
than the WITS" that is, the wits talked
for the sake of talking and the church
and the law had something to talk
about. Yet specialties and hobbies
are not admissible at dinner table,
and a woman who can only talk on
her own fad las no business In soci-
ETY.. She ought to write pamphlet
or 60 to the lecture platform, for any
conversation at the dinner table that
is strain on the attention or the pa
thence soon becomes bore; indeed,
one of the chief elements of pleasant
company is readiness to talk or to
be talked to on any rational subject.
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A Cood word Tor w.rne.

policeman-And are the folks at
home. Riddy?
Bridget-No, indadc. Mister Rounds
nan: they have all gone to the the.
,yter. and it's one of Wagner's operas,
I hear. God bliss the man. He wrote
such large pieces that I'm all alone iR
the house for the next three hours
;'cXas Siftings.
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SOME FARM TOPICS.
VALUABLE POINTERS FOR TILLERs
OF THE SOIL.
The Advantage of Knowing What to
DO Next-Fall Campaign Against
Weeds-sheep After Harvest-Agri.
cultural Pointers.

1t Is q wise man who knows what to
do next. No matter where you are
placed, there Is always one thing to
do which is more important than all
others. The wise man instinctively
turns to that more important work
first. The unwise man, the man who
never succeeds, the man who is al-
ways behind In his payments. with
his work, the man who is always los
Ing money, is he who makes mistake
In what to do next. His next work
Is not the most important work, and
the really important work is neglected.
Every man considers himself COM
petent to superintend a fruit farm and
nursery, or grain farm. The fact
Is that many would fail in that ca
pacity, for the reason that they would
not know what to do next. Take, for
instance, the fruit farm. At every
season Of the year there is some one
important thing to be done that can
not admit of delay. Often there are
many such important things, when
1t will perplex the wisest to know
which to do first. But the capable
man, though he has to study the
question for hours, finally hits upon
the most important work and that Is
the thing which he will do next.
I know of men who think they are
doing the most important work. and
yet who allow the worst farm weeds
to go to seed upon their place, with
out attention. Surely the dock, one
plant of which would seed down u
whole farm, should he considered one
of the most important things to be
attended to. l know of men who
drive around in rickcty wagons, tires
loose, thills rattling, boxes ready to
fall to pieces, who think they know
what to do next: when the fact is the
next thing they should do would be
to get new wagon or to repair the
old one. The same farmer runs his
moving machine, his reaper, his
plows and cultivators, with loose bolts
and everything shaky and rickety,
thinking he knows what is best to do
next; whereas, the first thing he
should do would he to put his ma
chinery in good working order.
What should you do next, reader?
Possibly you should inform your wife
that she has been a good, devoted
helpmate. Perhaps you should give
your boys holiday. Possibly you
should all take day off together for
q picnic or other excursion.-Green's
Fruit Grower.
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Succeaa Axxurel

"a woman said Blaggins, disconso-
lately, Twill argue, but she won't rea.
son."
''That," replied his wife, sereuely,
''is why she will be q success in poii.
tics.''
"What do you mean?"
"She will never be logical :anN.
date."-Washington Star.
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A "Fancxn Dairy.

The following description Of tho
dairy In which not only the Princess
OF Wales, but her daughters, have
learned to make the most perfect but
ter, Is clipped from an exchange
which is all the authority we have
Tor the statements made:
The walls are covered with tiles
presented by the Prince of Wales.
who placed them here as a SURPRISE
to the royal dairymaids. They were
made In Bombay and are of a deem.
peacock blue, the rose. shamrock and
thistle being intertwined, with the
motto, s'Ich dien."
A white marble counter runn,no
around the room holds silver mans of
milk from the Attorneys grazing with.
out. Above this on broad bracket
shelves of marble is a collection in.
every imaginable material Of cows
bullocks and calves; Italian and Pari,
an marble; alabaster, porcelain. terra
Gotta and silver-all gifts. -
A long milk can, painted nv tho
Princess Louise to match the Indian
tiling, stands in ore corner. and On.
posite is the head of the princess' net
Alderney, with u silver plate record.
ing her virtues. Here the princess
sometimes churns in silver churn,
ana IN the next room the butter fol
the family is made and sent up fresh
every morning when they are IN Lon
don.
The days supply is made up into
little pats and scrolls all .eady 70,
the table, and the prince requires {
special order of pats. Not grain o.
salt Is allowed In them, and they ar,
made the size Of half dollar aud til,
thickness of three, with either til,
crown, the coat of arms or the tbre,
feathers stamped on each.
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suicided ON Hi. wife,. Gr.x.

Chapman. Kan, Sept. 11.-Crowiey.
an old resident who disappeared Inst
wednesday,, was found to-day dead at
the foot of his wffe's grave. where he
had committed suicide. Wolves had
eaten his face and body. His wife,
who died some time ago, had been
mourned deeply by the suicide, and
lately he had been very despondent.
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A Bannock Maiden.

and the savage Pueblos are rapidly
giving way to civilized influences.
The Bannock, or Bannack, Indians,
who are the cause of the present ex-
citement, do not form a tribe in them
selves, being part of the Shoshone or
snake tribe, and they are hunting
people, living in Utah. 1t would be
strange If they had really taken the
bit in their mouths and gone amuck,
for they have already twice felt the
heavy hand of. Uncle Sans arm. In
1886 and 1887 they broke loose, but
were speedily subdued with consider
able loss.
AS to their numbers. they are now
barely more than 500, although twenty
years ago they were as many as 5000.
However, they are SO intermingled
with the Shoshones that it is difficult
to estimate their precise strength.
They are said by their enemies to be
unprogressive, and in this case the
charge is probably true, being due to
the fact that the tribe has now ceased
to possess any individuality of its
own. Other tribes connected with
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Wide Tire Test.

"At the Ohio State University" {"
says the Carriage Journal, "a test
was made during the fall of last year
the result Of which was as follows:
An ordinary wagon, with a new three.
inch tire. was loaded with 4,4sO
pounds, the dynamometer being used
to measure the draft. On a hard
dirt road the draft was 254 pounds:
on grass field it was 40S pounds; on
newly-plowed land it was i'll pounds.
The draft power of a horse Of 1000
pounds Is $50 pounds, and therefore
two horses could draw the load easily
OH Il good dirt road, or one and q
half tons on grass sod. With a mar
row tire half as much is a full load
for u two-horse team, showing u
marked advantage for the wide tires.
In addition to which they become roll.
ers and smooth and level the road.
and SO make it better the more it 10
used. instead of cutting it into ruts,
as Is we'll known the narrow tires do
Oh soft roads,
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A sympathetic nov.

Mother-What axes you cry that
way?
Johnnie-Our poor teacher las been
sick so long, and-and-
'sWhat! Did lie die?''
"No-no-He is getting well-boo
hoo"
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The Very First.

Briggs-The first fight on record was
between Cain and Abel. wasn't it?
Riggs-Nah! The first occurred when
the serpent took fall out Of ADAM
Puck.
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Fan Campaign Against Weeds.

FAN Campaign Against Weeds.
Inquiries IRE constantly coming to
us concerning the best method of get
ting rid Of noxious weeds, especially
perennials. Begin by sowing the in
Tested fields to oats in the spring, or
wheat or rye in the fall. Soon after
these small grains have been harvest
ed, plOw under the stubble, thus
checking the development of the first
crop of weeds. When the second
crop has started on the plowed ground,
go over 1t with a disk harrow, corn
cultivator. or any other farm imple-
ment that will kill the young weeds.
Repeat this operation as often as nec-
essary this fall to prevent the matur-
Ing Of any seed or the development of
root stock. Seed the field to winter
grain again this fall and repeat the
operation again next year. II the
weeds afe very persistent. as the
!. Canada thistle, quack grass, etc., cul-
d sSEatc the fallow often enough to pre-
ecial vsafEr. green surface appearing.
4 underground stems will
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Hrs. T.1Hadse's WIN.

brooklyn. Sept. II. - The win Of
9eean ". Talmadgs, wife Of the Rs~.
Z. Dewitt Talmadre. was sdmitte6 s.. ~
s0c Rs0osts 70 so-oay: The estats. valued At
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live for a long time. This is the best
method Of treating an infested field,
and IL persisted in will be successful.
Now is the time to begin the work.
Do not neglect 1t. Orange Judd
Farmer
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speaking By the cara.

Hotel Keeper-What's the matter
here? You're just raising the deuce!
Waiter-No, sir; just dropped the
tray.-National Hotel Reporter.
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UNTAMED sAvAGEs.
0HARAoTERIsTICs OF THE NOBLE
RED MAN.

Odd aad Instructive Facts About
His Life, Habits. Beliefs, Past and
Present C0nditi0n-The Bann0ck
Indiana.