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times during the year. They have no rain
there during the six months OF summer:
There is good deal of evaporation, and
these salts are brought up and left near the
surface. At the end of the dry season
very large proportion of the alkali is within
a few inches of the surface. When the RAIN
comes in the winter months this alkalt is
dissolved and carried down to a depth OF
three or four feet. The process is repeated
with the succession of the dry and wet sea-
son. Advantage may be taken of this, In
planting crops, by putting the seed in the
ground during very wet season, when the
alkali is below. and get the plant well
started, so that when the dry season comes
on, and the alkali rises, the roots will then
nave chance to grow in the lower depths
of the soil. Fruit trees should always be set
out with this in view. Another thing that
planting the crop. This changes the carbon
ate of soda the surface of the ground
into sulphate of soda, and the seed ger
inmates where 1t would not have done SO In
the presence OF the original carbonate OF soda.
1t is extremely important that the soil be
possible, evaporation of water from the sur
face, so that the salts may not be left at the
surface of the ground in such large quantities
as to 1nJure vegetation. Cultivation should
be very deep, that what salts are left be-
hind will be distributed through a large
soil be particularly well drained. Where water
stands in the soil the harmless sulphate OF
soda is changed into the harmful carbonate
of soda, or black alkali.
IF the soil is afterwards well drained and
especially if the application of gypsum, or
carbonate Of soda is again changed to sui
phate, and SO this change may take place in
one direction or the other. according to the
condition of the soil, as regards its drainage.
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al changes and partly to physical

cal changes and partly to physical
causes.
I'm a country where the rainfall is
abundant, the excess of these soils
over and above what are given off an
nually, are leaehed out and carried out
into the ocean. This is the source Of
the salts. in the ocean. In a country
of scanty rainfall, with not more THAN
nine or twelve inches year, there is
not sufficient water to leach any of
these soils out, so that they remain in
the SOIL Under natural conditions
they are usually distributed through
the soils just as they were formed
but when irrigation is introduced they
shift their position and accumulate
at certain places, come up to the sur
face and are liable to injure or destroy
the crops.
"The alkali va9ies=in different parts
of the country. tins Dakota and Mon
tana it is almost Exclusively white
alkali (sulphate of soda). This is not
particularly harmful to crops unless it
accumulates in very large quantities.
In the Yellowstone valley, where they
use an excessive amount of water on
their lands, ithese salts have accumu-
lated to such n4extent that in many
and 1t is a very serious problem as to
how the accumulation can be prevent
ed. and how the land already given up
may be recovered. With this kind Of
alkalt the only thing. is to reduce the
amount by unders drainage, to carry off
the seepage waters and the excessive
amount of alkaH they contain.
'In Washington and Southern Cali
fornia a great deal of the aIkali is the
carbonate of soda, which is particularly
injurious to plants as it corrodes their
roots. They also have the white alkali,
but this is not giving SO much trouble
as the black The carbonate Of soda
can be neutralized by the addition of
sulphate of lime or plaster. This con-
verts the carbonate Of soda into the
sulphate of soda, and leaves carbonate
of lime in the soil, which is beneficial
to plants. Where this OCCURS in very
large quantities. however, under-drain-
age is the only safe remedy. Where it
OCCURS in only moderate quantities,
thorough cultivation, by retarding
evaporation, will keep the salts from
coming to the surface These alkalis
are all beneficial to plants if they are
not in such excessive quantities as to
surfeit them.
Much of the harm that has come
from the alkali is direct result of
the excessive use of water in irrigation
and there are considerable areas of
account of this trouble. AS the lands
are becoming more valuable, these
questions are interesting the people to
a very great extent, and they are be-
ginning to appreciate the efforts that
have been made towards the study
and improvement of the conditions.
'In Nevada the alkali is mainly
common salt with some sodium sui
phate and sodium carbonate. In the
Northern part of Nevada the alkali is
the borate of soda and borate of lime.
This is mined. and boracic soda is
made from it on quite a large chemical
scale. In Utah the alkali is mainly
common salt, and this is quite easily
washed out of the soil by flooding,
providing there is sufficient drainage
to carry off the excess of water
$50 much water is used for irriga-
ton, and so much injury has been
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agriculture do not recommend green
manuring for medium rich soils, as
general thing. It is highly recommend
ed for sandy soils, because it enrich
es the soil in humus. On better soils,
this is not the case AS one Of the Off
Gals today said. ''It is like putting
a wig on a man with a full crop of
hair. 1t is like putting a buffalo robe
on black bear, to keep him warm.
In other words, green manuring rich
soil, is giving nature what she does not
need, does not want, and will not have.
Furthermore, it is wasting time, money
and energy
There are some rich soils, however,
which are poor in some particulars.
The scientific farmer will study his
soil, and when he finds rich soil de-
ficient in producing power, he will
carefully investigate and analyze it.
There may be just one little thing
needed May be it is microbes. May be
it is potash. May be it is phosphoric
acid. Whatever is found wanting
should, of course, be supplied; and, in
that event, green manuring, properly
ordinarily rich, as for sandy soils.
There are exceptions in all cases. But
as a general rule, green manuring on
medium rich soil Is not recommended.
Another matter of interest has been
developed at several of the experiment
stations of the department of agricult-
ure. Alfalfa and red clover have been
used as fodder, and the stock which
was fattened by these 1eguminous
plants, returned to the surface Of the
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STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Anna Kuck
formerly Anna Jedlicka). deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate ot
said Anna Kuck, formerly Anna Jedllcka,
deceased late of the County Of Ramsey and
State of Minnesota, being granted 10 Jennie
NJ. Kinsey.
1t is ordered That six months" be and the
same Is hereby allowed from and after tho
date of this order in which
all persons having claims demands
against the said deceased are required
to file the same In the Probate Court OK
said County, for examination and allowance.
Or be forever barred.
It is further ordered, That the first Monday
in June 1895 at 10 o'clock a. m, at a gem
eraI term of said Probate Court. TO be held
at the Court House in the City of Saint Paul
in said County be and the same hereby Is
appointed as the time and place when ard
where the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
And it is further ordered. That notice of
such hearing be given to all creditors and
persons interested in said estate by forth
with publishing this order once In each week
for three successive weeks I'm the Saint Paul
q o b G, a daily newspaper printed and pub
Hshed ~ said county.
Dated at st. Paul, this 1lth day Cf Mo-
vembeI, 1897.
BY me Court:
o. 81 G. WILLRICH.
Judge Of Probate.
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we were that l could trust to extract the
bullet, but the wound healed after fashion.
Before l got back to New York. which l
reached as soon as | could, I had suffered
great deal from copper poisoning but had
made the discovery that rum was an anti
dote to the verdigris that constantly, was
forming IN my body, and that | could be
comfortable as long as I kept myself nalf
fun of this liquor. The best physicians in
America have advised me not to risk the
operation of having the bullet extracted as
blood poisoning would be very liable TO fol-
low it, So l still carry the copper bullet IN
INV body and take this remedy for its bad
effects. . .z .,,,.
I drink in day and every day? a quart. Hard!
Tro quarts? Try again. Double that Never
less than gallon of Santa Cruz. Jamaica or
New England rum, according as ! nnd OF one t6p or
another the best brand to be found at ths
place where chance to be- A pretty sun
allowance of grog to work on you MINK, tnink,
hut il lust keeps me right Those dredge3
ont in the lake are mine, and every scooplnl
of mud that comes up means ~ cents III
INV pocket so l can afford to drink some.
It's time for me to take my medicine again, a.
win YOU Join me this time? It's not Dad 20
swallow -
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A POOR SMILE.
To Wiliie's Mind the Bird Did Not
Suggest Freedom.


The athletic young man was inhaIing
gi5a' lungfuls of the crisp air, says
the Washington Star.
IT'S almost worth the depression of
a high temperature with lots of hu-
midity," he was saying, 'to fully ap-
preciate this exhilarating atmosphere
1t needs some unpleasant experience
as a standard of comparison to en-
able us to fully enjoy happiness when
we really attain it,"
IT'S very refreshing" replied Willie
Washington.
"It positively makes a new man of
me- the rhapsodic friend persisted. "T
makes me forget all about this life
and it's sordid cares 1 feel as free as
a bird"
'As free as what?' was the rather
anxious inquiry
"As a bird. Do you object to the
comparison
Eyes. 1 don't like to interfere with
your rainbows of fancy nor your flow
ers of speech. But I wish you could
have said that in some other way
When 1 recall the fact that yesterday
evening after the theater two or three
birds were the cause of my having
to pay out something over 50 to the
waiter your simile doesn't sound like
anything but a gross, gloomy sar-
CaSm"
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he would say: Sorry but we have no place
for you. or report to the city editor and
tell him to put you to work
THE first time saw him do this thought
as one examines the mouth of a horse but 1t
wasn't so. Old Bricltop, as we called him
he a red-headed man-had a theory
about teeth. II he found them white and
sound he deduced that their owner was
man OF consldtjN jNbie sef-resDect and OF
cleanly habits. lie believed that man who
was physically clean WIS morally Cleeg. nine
times out of ten. He would give that man
work If he could. II he found the teeth dis
colored and decayed he would not hire the
applicant II there were a dozen vacancies to
be filed.
when l discovered his fad-I suppose you
could call IL a fad looked at the men In
the office and there was not bad set Of teeth
among them. 1t was an excellent staff. too,
sober, Woodworking and ambitious I never
knew BricktoD to fall down on mis- estimate
OF man."
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he arid and semi-arid lands of this

the arid and semi-arid lands of this
country.
Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of the
division of soils, has recently return
ed to the department, after an extend
ed trip through the Dakotas, Montana.
Washington and other semi-arid re-
gions, where he was sent officially to
examine the possibilities of improving
the methods of cultivation, SO as to
conserve the rainfall Through that
semi-arid region of the country they
have an average of eighteen inches of
rainfall a year. This is sufficient for
the crops if it is well distributed. The
trouble is that it is not regular and in
some years there is a much lighter
rainfall.
Now it seems possible that with i'm
proved methods of cultivation, the
rain which actually falls may be pre-
vented from evaporating, and be main
tanned for the use of the crops during
the excessive droughts which they
sometimes have. 1t was found that
many soils, especially the foothill soils,
and the basaltic soils of the country
i'll Eastern Washington were able to
hold the water which fell in the winter
so that, with eighteen inches of rain,
a crop can be grown through the sum-
mer months, without any additional
rain fall after the crop has been plant
ed.
Another problem was the investiga-
ton of the application Of water to the
soil and the study of methods of iri-
cation and to investigate the alkali
problem in these seveal states.
In conversation with Prof. Whitney
on the result of his Investigations, he
was led to say:
81 went down to Southern California,
and came back over the Central Pa
cific, through Ne7ada and Utah, and
stopped in Nebraska. The trip has
been very suggestive as to the peculiar
needs of these different sections of
the country. The Eastern farmers are
interested in the classification of soils
as they have been forced to specialize
along different lines. The farmers of
the semi-arid regions with the uncer-
tain rainfall, are particularly interest
ed in the methods of cultivation which
will conserve the water and make them
largely independent of drought. The
farmers of the arid regions and
wherever irrigation has been prac-
ticed, are especially concerned
with the methods of applying
the water, the proper amount
to apply for different purposes, and the
treatment of the alkali problem which
is sure to follow the introduction of ir-
rigation.
'"Their soils are formed from the dis
intergation of rocks. The minerals
constituting the rocks decompose, and
the elements of soda and potash and
lime are set free in a soluble form. This
disintegration is due partly to chemi-
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Some Valuable Pictures.

The 500 Line under many difficulties
have taken thirty-five photographs
showing life under all conditions en-
route to the Gold Fields, from embark
alton to arrival at Dawson City.
These will appear in the "Klondilke
Bulletin as a series in each successive
edition in shape of fine half-tone cuts,
and express better than words many
phases of a miners life.
Send cents (6c) in stamps and get
the whole set. Address w. r. Galloway
G. P. A., 500 Line, Minneapolis, MINI.
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FAD OF THE MANAGING EDITOR.
Examined the Teeth OF Men Before
He Employed Them.

''I used to know a managing editor once"
said "Baldy' ConneN OF Memphis who was
in Chicago the other night getting acquainted
with folks, who had a queer way OF sizing
up a reporter who asked him for work. He
had been many years in the business. and
was good newspaper man as well as au eX,
listen to the applicant with an appearance of
great interest in what he was saying, let him
tell what he could do and what he couldn t
do where he worked last, what he was fired
for how long he had been out Of job what
he knew about the town, and 80 forth and
so on. When the fellow quit he would say
'Ah, yes! Just so. just so! Let Jue see
'SWhen he had locked ct the mans teeth
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DRINKS RUM
To Save Himself From Death by
Copper Poisoning.


''He was a man of fairly healthy appear-
ance who at no time showed, physically and
mentally signs of dissipation or excess, yet
he kept himself constantly under the infiu-
ence OF liquor" said Alden Preston, travel
ing salesman. speaking of a man whom he
met in Chicago. says the New York SUM-
'I saw John Mccormick often at the Leland
house. He had a government contract for
dredging in the lake, and stayel a great deal
at this hotel, which was conveniently near
his work. After 1 had got somewhat ac-
quainted with him I noted the regularity
with which he would go to the bar for a
drink. His tipple was always rum. and the
drink was stiff one. After we had got fur
ther along in our acquai lance he told me the
reason for his constan drinking
My life depends o it, he said The
rum counteracts the poison of copper bull
let that 1 carry in my body. An Indian in
Central America shot me five years ago.
was one of party of Americans prospecting
for minerals in a wild region that we had
entered against the advice of friends who
knew the country. The Indians of that re-
gion were fighters, and were bound that no
white man should settle or work in their
country. They hal firearms. and for bullets
used copper nuggets that they found in the
beds of the streams and hammered out round.
When they jumped three of our party of
seven got away, I carrying this bullet in
my back.
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TALE OF A TALL HAT.
How "a Scotch Bridegroom Turned IA
Trick on One of the Guests.

At Scotch weddings, some years ago, 1t used
to he the custom to batter the hat OF the
bridegroom as he was leaving the house IN IN
which the ceremony took place. On one Oh
tbnsa occasions a newly married couple rel-
atives Of the bridgroom) determined to carry
out the observances of this custom to the
;no tbeir n1ans and dispatched n messenger
tos tn the sHV Carriage which was waiting, with his
bo+ come time previous to his departure.
Then donning the hat Of male relative VINO
had nIotted against him, he prepared to go
ort IN the carriage. No sooner had he got 70
the door than MS hat was furiously assaulted
and almost destroyed. He walked out of the
house amid the Laughter, OF the bystandcrs
and entered the vehicle; then taking the bat
tered hat from his head, lie threw it into
the hands Of It's proper owner, exclaiming,
f'Hey, Mr.. Dougall, there's your hat" and and
donned his own. amid the cheers OF all
looking man in Scotland for some time after
that.
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ApnroprinteIy Nnmed.

He was In a reminiscent mood.
"I recall one OCCASION" he said. when
wore a bright red sweater into field where
a large irritable bull was confined. | was
not looking for information, but l acquired
some"
Such as what?"
well, among other things I made Up my
mind before ] finally got over the fence that
that particular feature Of my attire was ap-
proopriately named. Chicago Post.
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SOUR STOMACH,

And every form of stomach weakness, cured
by the new discovery. STUART'S DYSPEP-
STA TABLETS. Pleasant to take: full size
packages. 80 cents. at druggists. Book on
stomach troubles and thousands CT testi-
monials sent tree by addressing stuart Co.
Marshall Mich.
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A Feminine Fad,

"You kin bet observed Fatigued Ferrars
as he laid aside the fragment of newspaper
which he had been perusing that dis Me-
rodey style O. weartn' hair will allus be con-
fined to de females"
''Why, because de men don't wear long
hair?" asked Dusty Rhodes.
'Naw You don't spose. do yer, dat any
sensible man is goin to plaster de risk g not
hearin an invitation ter imbibe do yer!-
Omaha World-Heraid.
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ALL THE OLDER CIVILIZATIONS
WE'RE DEVELOPED WHERE
RAIN WAS SCARCE.
SOIL EXTREMELY FERTILE.
WITH PROPER IRRIGATION RE
MARKABLE CROPS CAN BE
GROWN.
DEPARTMENT IS EXPERIMENTING
Seeking Methods for Conserving the
Abundant Rainfall in the
Northwest.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-One of the
most important problems before the
department of agriculture, and one
which has been under investigation
for many moons, is the reclamation Of
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One Drawback.

al will admit that in some ways tandem
is all right" she said. ''but when it comes
to courtship / should think it would be mighty
aggravating to have man talking to your
hack hair.---Cthic.gO Post.
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An Appropriate Punishment.

erately try to puncture tires ought to get a
couple Of years at hard labor.
Second Wheelmsn-Thats right. They
should be compelled to work at constructing
cycle paths.-Puck.
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RELIEF SOCIETY
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WE WANT A PLACE for a young married
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WE CAN FURNISH MEN who do wood
saving putting on storm windows and
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WE HAVE WOMEN to do plain sewing, nurs-
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S7.oo TO MILWAUKEE, AND CHI
CAGO
Vim "The Milwaukee,"

Commencing Dec. LIST. Secure tickets
al c., NJ. & St p city ticket Office. 265
Robert street. or Union Depot, st.
Paul.
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Chopptng Rates.

Maple Leaf Route makes a rate of
81 10 Chicago Dec. 1st and proportion
a: reductions to points beyond Chica-
l;;ra~a Great Western office,
~: t sts.. ]. P. Elmer, c.
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WANT ADS.

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