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MARKET FOR TALISMANS.
Many Of Them Are still Made, Sold
and Believed In by Thousands
of People.

There are thousands of talismans
cold in New York and other metropol-
stan centers every year. There are
hundreds of men and women who
make business of making and sell
Ing them, and as much as five and
ten dollars is often paid for a little
circular piece of leather or metal con-
tanning inscriptions supposed to pos
sess marvellous power.
A belief in charms has existed in
all ages and has been shared by all
peoples. 1t is natural result of SUI
perstition, says the New York Herald.
Talismans, to be efficacious, must
be constructed when the planets are
IN benefic configuration. 1t is then
that the magic geometrical words and
ngures inscribed thereon are more po-
tent in their results for good. The
date of birth of the person for whom
she talisman is made must also be con-
sidered, SO tfat his particular lucky
star is taken into consideration.
There are thousands who put all
their faith in the talisrnan. This is
notably the case with those who are
In bad health, and where medicine
seems to do no good. In such cases
there is talisman containing mag
ical figures which are supposed to
ward off all diseases and keep the
wearer in excellent health. Then there
are talismans for gaining wealth, for
love, for marriage and what not
A talisman, to be effective, is usu.
ally worn around the neck or on a
silken string. 1t must, however, never
be seen by anyone else but the
wearer, otherwise its power is lost.
The charm is said to lie not SO much
IN the magical squares, triangles and
figures as in the meaning they convey
and the power they exert on the imag-
nation. 1t is but another instance of
faith and the magic exerted by the
will.
Many great men were believers in
talismans and wore them constantly.
Napoleon especially was very supersti-
tious, and carried ON his person a
charm given to him by an Egyptian
priest, which he regarded as being re-
sponsible for his great success in bat
sle. The Rothscbild family, it is said,
also has a talisman, which is an heir
loom. 1t is in the shape of a snuff
box, and is said to have brought the
family the great wealth for which II
Is celebrated
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sheen In the south.

In the south mutton is scarcely
known as household provision, but
the boom has reached the south and
sheep are kept where they never were
before and this is for the money there
is in them. Sheep have trebled in
value since two years ago in the south.
By and by the southern old fields-skel-
etons they are-will become new and
clothed with verdure and dotted with
the wool bearers and the old skeletons
win be living, profitable, productive
fields. The sheep will work this trans
formation. There is wide field in th3
southern states for the shepherd and
the wool manufacturer and when it
is fully occupied there will be more
sheep there than in any of the Eu-
ropean countries and than in the
whole of the northern part of this con-
tinent elsewhere. Everything neces-
asry is to be had with the least possi-
bic labor and cost. Sheep Breeder.
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HERE AND THERE.

Most all diseases of fowls are the
direct result of carelessness, lice, filth
and impure water.
AS soon as the fowl breeding sea-
son is over it is good plan to dispose
of all the breeding stock not wanted
for next seasons breeders.
The shipments of eggs this year
have been the largest ever known, and
so long as the farmers continue to inn
prove their poultry the shipments of
eggs will be increased.
The proposition to introduce ele-
mentary courses in agriculture in pub
lie schools is good one. Farming is
as much of a profession as law or med
icine, when properly carried out.
Any farmer who denies himself
the time necessary to keep posted on
farm topics and general news, is rob-
bing himself feloniously and will meet
condign punishment in purse and per-
son.
Crowley, La, is to have another
rice mill, larger than any now ia oper-
alton there. The National Rice Mill
ing Co., of New York, has dec .ded to
remove its Brooklyn mill to Crowley,
SO as to be at the center of SUPPLY.
Heavy rains in the central and east
Gulf states, including portions Of Ken
tucky, Tennessee, southern illinois,
and central and northern Indiana,
have retarded cultivation, and in some
sections caused injury to crops.
The farmer who imagincs he has
no time TO read, entertains danger.
Gus. dehlsion. 1T is lack of inclination
that interferes. If he would take an
hour daily for reading he would find
it about the most profitable hour of
the "a, except the hours spent in re-
freshing sleep.
-One of the most important points
in good hog, as breeder or feeder,
is good strong legs and feet. A horse
Is no better than his worst foot, will
apply TO hogs also. A hog wants to
get about lively, and, to hold his own
among his fellows, must do SO. Fine
ness of bone has been carried little
W. iof IA soihe VI INC Dtst bfteuS.
Japan clover was accidentally in
troduced twenty years ago in the
mountain region of eastern Kentucky,
and has been spreading rapidly. 1t
seems the soil and climate suits this
plant very well and it is liked very
much by the farmers because of its
furnishing excellent grazing for cat
tie and other live stock.
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Last year the Lerner expedition, or.
ganized by German syndicate con.
sisting of capitalists in Berlin, Ham.
burg and Magdeburg, took possession
OF some land in the Bear islands off the
coast of Siberia, says a Hamburg cor.
respondence of the London Mail.
The sale of this property should have
taken place some time ago, but at the
'ast moment it was put off by the ven.
ders. Whether the idea of selling il
arose from discovery of the poverty
OF the islands in natural products or
not 1T is impossible to ascertain. To-
day the property was put up for
sale. and the whole of the mining rights
and stock of the Bear island syndicate.
including mining plant and consider.
able stocks of coal, were, after pro.
test from Herr Theodor Lerner
knocked down in public auction to the
firm of Knoehr & Burchard's Success
sors & Co. for 1900. Herr Lerner an.
Piled to attach the whole of the pur.
chase money for the settlement Of tgs
prisr claim Of 8 42oo.
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Examine your bees frequently ana
remove and extract from the COMBS
that have been filed and sealed.
Don't invite trouble by leaving moro
combs in the brood chamber than are
ne. essary to keep up the supply OF
bees.
Never blow your breath on bees
when manipulating them. This is con-
sidered deep insult in the highest
bee society, and is always resented.
Keep the grass about the hives close
ly cut. A good way is to keep little
space before the hives covered with
coal ashes mixed with clay and beaten
down solid. This gives place for
loaded bees to settle, as they very
often miss the entrance tc the hive IN
aligllting. and if there is long grass
there fail to get in at all.
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Getting Rich Farminx.

Many farmer has become rich in
the last 25 years by attending strictly
to his duty and applying himself dili-
gently TO his business. One mar in
South Dakota started OH nothing, and
saved a competence of $4,000 i'm 20
years. Many others have done as well
or better. If one will stop to study tho
success of such men be will find that
it is not all-in luck or hard work, but
some of both, coupled with enough
horse sense and shrewdness TO know
how to do things Systematically and
well. When once on aud independent
basis a farmer is in position to get
the most out of his efforts, for he can
wait till things are coming his way.
Some farmers are poor because they
start poor, and never get over the
habit. The best policy in any business
is to make your efforts and capital go
as far as possible, and this can only
be done by being thoroughly posted
on everything pertaining TO that busi-
ness.--Farmers' Home Journal.
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EXERCISE FOR SWINE.
Room to Exercise While
Grow ing.

DO hogs need exercise? is asked by
correspondent Yes, at most periods
of their lives they do, although the
tendency of modern greeting has all
been in the direction of carly fatten-
ing and making the largest gains on
the smallest possible amount of feed.
The sucking pig needs exercise, or
plethora and an attack of thumps
may be expected. The time when
tbumps are most complained of is
when, after farrowing time, there is
bad weather that keeps the litter and
the dam confined to the pen, where
the former suck and sleep. and has
no work to do to keep it healthy. In
gtod weather, with room enough to
rrn about ont of doors, the litter al
ways get exercise enough, and rarely
has thumps. Growing pigs need some
exercise, too, but they can be relied
on tG take all they need il given room
enough, and the weather is not too
unfavcrable. Breeding pigs should al
ways have plenty Of exercise, or they
will become shy breeders, and the pigs
they have win not be vigorous, and
they may even become entirely sterile.
When hogs get their growth and are
put in the yard for fattening, is the
time when they need exercise least.
For the short time that remains be-
fore marketing they can both safely
and advantagco,lsly be kept as quiet
as possible. The time is too brief fer
them 10 suffer injury for want of ex-
ercise, and the feed will have quick
er effect if they do not run it off. The
tnswer to the. question should there
fore be that the hogs need exer-
else, but no particular pains need be
taken to see that they get it except in
the case of young pigs in bad weather,
or in that of breeding stock that has
been fattcncd for the show ring. The
latter. when they reach holre after the
shows, need reducing, not by cutting
OIL feed so much rs by exercise. and
in doing this driving them around the
yard with a buggy whip for while
each day is often rcsorted to.-Home-
stead.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

'sThere is a violence about these in
formal introductions on bicycle paths
don't like" said the green wheelman
as he bandaged his left knee.-Indian-
apolis News.
Miss Gabby-"Freddy Fetherhed re-
minds me of barometer."-Miss Wun-
der-"Why?" Miss Gabby-"Oh. he
can't talk of anything but the wealth
er."-Baltimore American.
Scene-On the Quay. Ocean liners
syren fog horn emitting short, sharp
grunts. Little Girl-"Oh, mamma,
that poor ship must have dreadful
pain in its cabin!"-Punch.
She-"One week from tonight / will
give you my answer" He-"Heavens!
What am / to do in the meantime %
She-"You might make yourself agree
able to my parents. Town Topics.
Not Binding.-'Didn't promise you
a whipping if you disobeyed me? 90
asked his mother. ''Yes; but I'll re-
lease you from the promise, ma" re-
piled Johnnie, d;plomatically.-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Old System and the New.-"But,
dad, what do you know about psychol-
ogy. and physics, and Delsarte?" "And
what do You know, my dear boy. about
geography and arithmetic and SPELL
ing?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Disadvantages of Wealth.-Freddie-
eWhat do you mean by the embarrass-
ment Of riches, dad?" Cobwigger-
swell, my boy, once heard of woman
who had S25, 900 set of dishes and she
was so afraid of the servants breaking
them that she washed them herself" !"
bloomington Pantagraph.
Writer-"But you promised me reg
ular rates. There were over 5000
words in that article" Publisher
Yes, l know: but there were so many
words repeated again and again.
There rs the word and, for instance,
occurring in the first page no less than
IS times. Boston Transcript.
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! HIS DEAR RELATION |

was really a most comical sit
uation, my dear" said Lady Sara
to her friend, Lady Glenlyndon. They
were announced together, just like
husband and wife. She came in looking
ready to burst with rage and affecting
not tonotice the general grin. He came
in, either not having heard the an
nouncement and quite unconscious of
the presence of his dear relation, or
else one of the finest actors have ever
seen. think she would have liked to
order him to be turned out of
the room on the spot, but as she could
not do that she turned up her nose
and am sure it turns up quite enough
of itself. Well, she sat down by me,
and he sat near and talked affably,
obviously trying to draw her in. She
sat looking daggers at him, refusing
to be drawn, and then at last snubbing
him so that he gave her just one glance
and left her to herself. She went soon,
and, l hope, felt ashamed of herself,
but i doubt it,"
Nothing is less conducive to repent
ance." said Lady Glenlyndon, laugh
ing, "than the knowledge that one is
thoroughly in the wrong
Exactly. Well, then, / said to him:
How did you like that lady who has
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The Young Farmer should study.

The young farmer should not be con-
tent to know only what his father
taught him. he should study and
think for himself. Much help can be
gained by reading wisely the leading
live stock and farm journals of the day
and assimilating the ideas of others.
The world is in "a constant state OF
progressive evolution, and every one
who wants to succeed must be on the
alert to pick up new thoughts and APP
ply them to their particular business.
Holding his own is not enough for any
energetic farmer He should advance
and help others along by giving them
the benefit of his experiences. A little
brain work will often save deal of
physical toll and trouble.-Farmers'
Home journal.
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HINTS FOR FARMERS.
They Need q Brass Band mt Milking
Time and when Bulls Arc
Fierce.

A correspondent writes: "Last
iummer l was present at a garden
party, at which band of music was
employed to entertain the guests, and
was astonished to see herd ofcattle
come from about the park and get as
close as they could to the lawn where
the music was going on. Here they
stood and listened. and actually
swayed about with their bodies, keep
ing time with the strains of the instru-
nentalists. 1t was most remaI kable
example of the appreciation which ami
mails have for music" County councils
will do well to institute bands for the
amusement of cows and the improve
nent of the milk supply, says the Lon
don Chronicle.
Another correspondent writes: "I
am not an agriculturist, but for ten
years I lived with an uncle who kept
cows. We had several changes of cows
and milkmaids during that period. 1t
was noticed that certain milkmaids
could draw more milk than others.
Our most characteristic cow was Iris
te, so named on account of her sad
bearing, and it required the most
touching of border songs to prevail
upon her to give a decent supply of
milk. The old woman who generally
milked her always wound up with the
Land of the Leaf to get the creamy
ending of the milking process. A new
hand once tackled Triste with sea
songs and dire consequences. Another
COW was called The Evangeliste, on ac-
count of her intense hatred for psalm
tunes and Sankey's hymns. She.
strange to say, preferred rollicking
tunes. Can you account for this?r We
cannot. But we remember that there
was tune of which an old COW died.
Can anybody whistle it?
The bull appears to be even more
devoted to music than the COW. An.
organist reminds us of the publication
in 1914 of little volume entitled 'The
Power of Music" i'm which it is shown
by variety of pleasing and instructive
anecdotes the effects it has on men
and animals. 1t contains MANY re-
markable stories concerning the result
OF music being played to pigeons, liz
ards, mice and spiders! One relates
10 Liverpool tailor, who on his way
through field homeward from bouse
where he had been entertaining his
friends was attacked BY a bull. Unable
TO climb tree, he commenced playing
his fiddle, and "the enraged animal be-
came totally disarmed of his ferocity
and seemed to listen with great at.
tention.' The poor fellow was rescued
three hours later by the herdsman:
put all that time he had been playing;
Tor no sooner did he cease the fas.
cinating strain than the bulls anger
appeared to return with as much rage
as before"
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"Mean!" exclaimed the young man
well, say! he's about the meanes.
ever What do you think he did?"
OF course they gave it up.
well, SIR he explained, "they
have one of the incest little secluded
porches you ever saw, and Tessie and
l used to sit over in the shadowiest
corner OF it nearly every evening"
And he forbade it?' they suggest.
ed inquiringly.
Worse than that" he replied.
"How could it be worse than thatY
they asked.
He put a coat of luminous paint
on it, he answered, and of course
nothing remained but to vote him the
prize for the best hard luck story of
the session.--Chicago Times-Heraid.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER.
He II the One who Learns, by Test
Ing and Experience, the best
Methods to Pursue.

Many farmers read with absorbing
interest the recital of the experiences,
as given in some agricultural journal,
OF that farmer who has made farming
ray. They ponder his manner of cul-
turc and methods of handling his
crops, and in most instances fully
acquieece in the wisdom of his
plahs ef procedure. While meditating
on them, at the noon hour, under the
shade of the tree or at the north end
OF the house. the paper oft falls from
the farmers hand, and comparisons,
unconsciously perhaps, are made be-
tween mis- own lot and that of the sue
cts ssful farmer, whose paying methods
are so forcibly pictured in the paper.
The instituted comparisons are too
often odius, even more, dissatifying;
{ hd the farmer rises slowly, delib-
erately gets his old straw hat, partial
ly brimless, and with sigh, goes to
the task of the day. How much the
sigh may mean. 1t may be interpreted
by the line of conduct later pursued,
as meaning that the other man was
successful because his environment
and opportunities were different from
those Of our friend and his advantages
better. II could succeed, too, if things
were only different" is frequently the
entail reflection.
That's just the point, the changing
of existing conditions. But such
changes can't he made as by fairy's
wand. IL requires the plan, then the
slow but sure adoption of this plan.
The successful farmer of whom you
read had his times of sitting under
his worm-withered gourd.
The quiet testing of some of the
ideas of advanced farming is what is
needed. Give some portion of a crop
unusual care, study intelligently the
effect, and patiently await results
Such trials may convince you that yoi,
are farming too much land, and We,
NJ farming it enough. There is din
ference. You cant follow verbatim &.
literatim the methods of any one. The
history OF any successful farming oI,-
Grafton can only be to smother an Oh
J>>e aSs,s'Ohs Ss*Nu Oh tfiC SSnClssf pllii-
ciple that what one man has done an
ether mau may do. Don't conclude be-
cause the first effort is not blooming
success that it is n whitening failure
in toto, as did the farmer who declared
that potatoes grown in the spring,
however early they matured, would
not, if planted the same season, pro-
duce tubcrs, for he had tried it. When
questioned closely the facts were re-
vealtd that he had pulled few early
potatoes from hill and planted them
down somewhere and they didn't
grow. If all experiments were con-
Quoted on such premises we would be
but little past the Indians primitive
meths ds of corn planting.
While thus testing some other mans
methods of farming to determine as
to the best manner of conducting
farming operations, your own intelli-
geEsc and strength CT character are in
the cruciblc of success. Successful
farming alike is test of the farm and
the farmer.-I,ural World.
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just left? He smiled good humoredly
what pleasant smile he has!-and
said: One thing is quite certain,
that l could not like her less than she
did me- Don't you know who she
wasp l said; and when he said No.
added: She is your connection. Lady
Whitney,
His face was perfect study. Good
Lord!' he said, the dowager! Do you
suppose she knew me?'
Well, she could have hardly helped
doing so. as that stupid Watkins an
nounced You together as Lord aud
Lady Whitney,
You should have seen how he stared,
and then he laughed. Watkins takes
the cake he said. But wish hadn't
been the hero >of it-and least of all
with the dowager. It's odd, by the bye.
how different she is to what pictured
her!'
"'What was that?' naturally asked.
"'Oh, old and frumpy, the regula-
ton dowager, with high nose and
plastered-down bands
In this unlucky fashion began the
PERSONAL acquaintance. ii it may be SO
called, between the new Lord Whitney
and the widow of his predecessor. The
piquancy of the situation from the
spectators point of view lay in the fact
that the two persons concerned were
The opposing leaders of a family feud.
The old Lord Whitney had always re-
sented the fact that he had no son.
and Lady Whitney was even more indig-
nant that her da aughter could not in
herit' to the exclusion of the distant
cousin. The fast that the principsl
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See that plentiful supply of water
Is available for the bees. They use a
comparatively large quantity of it,
and need it regularly.
Do not approach beehive from
the front. To do so invites an attack
from homecoming or outgoing bees.
Whenever a hive is crowded with
bees keep them supplied with empty
boxes to prevent waate Of time.
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Must Arbftrat.

New Zealand has law making II
compulsory in all disputes between
capital and labor for the disputants to
submit to arbitration.
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There was a pause, and then Lady
Whitney said, in an altered voice:
docs she love you?"
Not yet. But she will"
"You seem remarkably confident. Is
she SO weak. then?"
mo, she doesn't seem to me weak"
he replied, eying her with smile.
"She seems to me very determined
and rather fiery little lady,
There was another pause, and their
glanees met
do l know her?"
"Yes."
docs she like me?"
"Yes..,
II am sure don't like her."
"On the contrary, you like her
very much.r
''Who is she?" inquired Lady Wit
ney, with abrupt eagerness.
Il will tell you that at the right
time. In the meanwhile, shall we go
to supper?"
Lady Whitney was about to refuse.
but looked into his smiling. handsome
face, hesitated, and--we know the
proverb.
The lookers-on said, when they saw
the pair enter the supper-rooln:
Clever man, Witneyl He has got
round the dowager, and now he win
marry the heiress"
But they were wrong, Six months
later he married Lady Whitney,
Lewiston evening teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1900, 1900-09-05
A Card.

To the Republican voters of Nez PIERCE
county, Idaho: The undersigned solicits
your support for the nomination as state
senator for the Seventeenth senatorial die.
trict, at the republican primary elections
10 dc held September 1, 1900; also, at the
county nominating convention to be held
at Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 6, 1900. IF
nominated and elected it will be my en-
deavor to be ever vigilant in the promo
ton OF the interests of the people of Nez
Perce county. Approaching with other
citizens the eminent services rendered nv
Hon. George l.. Shoup, United States
senator from Idaho, in the passage of the
free homestead bill, his unceasing labor
IN behalf of his state and its inhabitants
since he first took his seat in the senate
OF the United States, the prominence he
has justly attained as a national lepisla-
tor and the high esteem he is held in by
his colleagues, would consider it my
imperative duty, as we'll as an honor, to
have the privilege of voting for him in
| the event had voice in the next Idaho
legislature.
THOMAS MULLEN