' 1

Animal Frtsnda.

Aninult in captivil/ mutt alien »utr tuc p*ne« oi lonclinett. Roblx^l

let tuc pangs of their freed*

n! of their I c within the

iidenincd' to pace within

set of a narrow cage, they have cmupcrrsation fur the lo»» of lib- | crty. Pathetic instance!* are_ told of i stranirr friendships between animals in )

range

A corioo* incident occurred in New , .Orleans sonic >ears ago, when a beat was lowered into the cage of an old African lion. The keepers supposed it would be torn m pieces, and many people assembled to see the barbarous ex-

hibition.

i The beat at once assumed the offensive. and rushoi a: the lion, but to tha, amazement of the onlookers the lion. . hitherto" Vcghidcd as extremely savage .and dangerous, placed his paw upon the bear's head as d to express his fcuy, • and tried to make friends with him. Taking the bear under rested'.on, '>s, the lion sutfered no one to approach.the cage and did not -51000 until he was ex- . hauslcd. so-closely did he watch over his new friend He even allowed him | l*cro to share 1 hts food. The two animals that would lie down side by side, the lion usually with a protective paw over the bear His delight in companionship was. manifested unmistakably, and his captors were humane enough toTct the

» two >harc the same cage.

Tha l’»a «r Manure.

ft take* time for the manure show fuil effect In tho toll and but. little benefit may be noticed the Aral rear, but gradually the materlaU will 1 worn pose and return to the soil the original elepicnta derived therefrom. Some tanners are occasionally dtsai

pointed with the use of the benefits from manure the

applied

n its

toil.

lisap-

anure, but e first year

CiMMt Insrt Crap«

>•!»- .

Beets, turnips and almllar crops

out 1

in la In I tls. but

pans water. This leaves about 10

Trent of dry matter. It la the water renders the food so valuable, as

It serves a dietary purpose In feeding. While flat valuable foods, the different kinds of roots are highly relished by all kinds of stock and can bo grown

wish profit If fed on the farm.

Hoc

their

M»k« K«w Keats.

ions are usually very choice -in selnctlons of nests, and unless ivi- provide those that arc acceptable to I hem they will most likely seek .there." Naw Is a good.time to renew every one. Tske the old straw out»ide and burn ft. and carefully make

v.at 'Vi!' ) eacFltw^t with froah straw or hay. time ar ] set thknoAts in a dark spot and

b. Do not let tediay loft or

and do not ftnl to

The World's Supply of Coal. A> -a result-ofTtHc recent coal nrike.

considerable atteiumir khs been given tc a rc-cxamination of thA. area of.the coal lands of the entire worlds It i* assumed that there will come a ttmeswlicn the last pound of coal will bt takclf-i^om tht ground, and tlic question is: \\ —• —''

mankind do for fiiel when that i

rives? But tliat question need m« per i a c j

tain apparentlv three, hundred md three '«>e ergs dally, and where It Is [ billion tons, which willJast for four b|in j Hblo send tbeta to your custemcre

dred and fifty years at the prerent rati i same day', of consumption. The 'supply m th« j -.l s jo 4* United States and Canada, added to that :uiimal beet

in other parts of the world, would cnablt j. the human race to rely on coal for fue i

the human race to rely on coal for foe i tteascsS: sfnas |» of coal, and previous to the strike was ' beginning to build up a splendid cna 1 trade apri^ad. England stands next as : , -producer.'and in the present stress i: j actually sending coal to the Uaitcc j

its best as noon as the has left it. and each day

lessens Its market value. '

;h mud

be o s. so

t get d ovtde s

t the ens go through their nests, as they

iinslghU:

Bronchitis

•torsi i yean the w

It is i 1 for,

J.C. Wi

coughs and colds. M ’fUiams, Attica,N. Y.

All serious lung troubles begin with a tickling in the throat. You can stop this at first in a single night with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Use it also Tor bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds.

- Caonll toot tttua. It h» tsy* tak* II. tfcaa -do u Im mxi. If ho t»l« tow no! to toko It. tbon Soot toko It. Bo ksowa. Loot* tt with I tin. Wo »r» wllllns. ' J. C. AT EH CO, —

•eafte:

Jtet

ike tl

! no grass grows with gravel or tha. the hens' feet may

rty.

ifiicient nests, so that tho

1 hcos will never have to quarrel over them, and see that every hen learns M go to them.—Home and Farm.

ItarTMlins Ibo Buckwhrw- Crap. The most common method where | small quantities are raised Is to wait

until, t

• the seed is well matured, that is

the dough stage, then c small shocks, allowing

loroughly i the him

dried <

UtU* rough, tor ovary on

age piedomlMtes to such an extent that the stomach must be extended moat of the time In order for the animal to get sufficient nourishment, then the food Is i\ot of a kind to produce lults.—E. P. Smith, In

the beat reeul

American Cultivator.

1any far dd have

.r soil r« think

rtfHtr. that If they lyzed that

eouk they

" r In tho 1

analysts

that In the surface 8 li of every grass field,

pounds of nitroi pounds of phospho where from 11.000 I

pro

duce crops for many ytare to come and

ibtained from having

Igbt

II how triable

acid, and any5,000 pounds of

of what would be needed to

ytare to cot lined from 1 really very

because the analysis docs not te much of this plant food Is aval for the plants' use. Every farmer must be an expert mentor, and every farm an experi ment ftitlpn. The farmer who has not the spirit of Investigation, and who cannot learn for himself the treat-, ment best adapted to bis soil, will not make a success at fanning. Our experiment .stations have conducted fertilizer 'experiments year

y have 1 i sOlls

A Kain of data. "During my sea. life. 1 have experienced many kinds of showert." aid the captain of an English steamer, Trat it remained for me to feel the effect of a rain of hats on the trip down tlie coast from New York to Baltimore. One night when about ten miles off the Delaware. we were suddenly brin^struck in the face and on rfur heads" and sometimes on our bodies by myriads of birds, as we supposed. We were not long, finding out that the attack was from beats of bats, if 1 may apply that term, ’t was with difficulty that those on deck .i * / •—

r yeaY

fertilize:

tain fertilizers on sdila In. certain

are beat lor corn or for

oats, or for other farm crops,, but tbeec results arc of little value to the farmer so far as giving direct infor mation as to the needs of his farm. They point in a general way towards

They point in a genera! way towards better' methods of treatment which will probably prove advantageous. If, as the result of many experiments it Is

:oua.

many experixncnl found that the soil in any portion the state responds to an application of phosphoric acid, then the farmers

,diving in

tAtkfi i. „ sea, and during the time it was beating about our dgcks against the rising, boats and nhokcvlack this tiny infant had held on and fallen with its exhausted parent to the deck. 1 shall try to raise, the pair, and also several others. I doubt if there is anybody w ho can "boast of such a queer capture and has the idea of making pets of them. I shall look up natural history and seek some plan to preserve their lives and sec what will be the result. 1Making Fuel from Psat. A stock company to make fuel from peat is being formed in Maine. The officers of the company say that they have succeeded in producing a fuel that they call coal, and that has a heating value that is slightly greater than soft coal. They say that there arc almost inexhaustible supplies of this peat in nearly all ttii New England 'States. The Sun*

THE SON OF EX-

U. S. MINISTER TO ENOLAND

Commends Peruna to All Catarrh Sufferers.

hat phosphi rhich their

that section may suppose

element In

t! and

nlng pbosi

lould a|

that phosphoric acid is the element

soil Is deficient; ai

iphoi

apply.

fertility

and that iric aclJ

fertilirer containlnt Is the one they she

The problem ot. soil fertility Is ae of plant food alone. We are learning every year that bacteria play far more Importance In the production of our crops than wo had sup ised. Alfalfa does not seem to rife In Connecticut. Those who

hare tried It almost tnvariabl that it docs not grow bet

made upon our college farm show that ft doea not thrive. I have recently

ts which were at-

lug to grow upon the college farm, The roots contained no no-

ably report The tests

dug up i tempting

-sections the binder Is used for. harvesting buckwheat. but the branching habit of the plant makes the use the binder impracticable where [small areas are grown. The modi

bind

fairly well, but as the "ster tc Suing a large amount

not dry

In some I doles whatever.

Generally Used.

A discussion has been started in Germany. urging that German children drop the words "mania'’ and "papa" in favor of "Mutter" (mother) and "Vater'' (father), "How." say they, "can anybody preifer the unmeaning 'mamma' to the (Jeep and impressive 'Mutter? Nothing can replace for a German the word 'Matter,' certainly not the French, 'mama.' A certain philologist, however, asks how it can be suggested that the word mama' is derived from the French. I that it is probably to be found in

> only lodern

stems arc suc-

nPAYS*™™ 4 ™ 11 ” 15

*- 1M UUStUTfC OR HOfiTT KTOfl MASSEYS2 WBrttXjHATI ALA HU

dry out '

trly well, I ilpnt. conti

moisture ft Joes

when placed in bundles.

The crop can be stacked and threshed as other small grains. The ordinary wheat thresher will do the work very well provided the screens are properly adjusted. A set quite different from those need when threshing wheat pf oats is required. Where .only haM tw acre or so Is sown for bees and ft is not practicable use the threshing machine, the

can be tramped cut on a

ras abux

This

seeing that it is probably to be found in all languages of thc'wqrU. In the numerous dialect* of Afftca, and in India, the word for mother is 'mama.' which is ' • elderly

ras t grow ing

piled with nodules.

tliat the specific bacteria required for

fa! fa are not

tppllcd^ ts abundant,

ditlons arc favorable, and

Took to t

tho growth of alfalfa are not present In our soil. Certainly the nlant food

it, thn-cllmatic con-

we must

bacteria if we expect to grow

alfalfa successfully in ConnectlcuL—

Professor.!*. A. Clint

Agriculturist.

! given as a title of honor to every' <

arc “liH’,™;

they probably date back some thousands

' years."

Inton, In American

> crop i floor

I SITUATIONS SEOSED I ^ **

' IN OSOtMirs « M0MT RrrcW.T»^lf«mTMr! ttw first-class

-VSINESS«> * of ,aod,D «

s*r

amreirwjnMj? ala.

navsxoN.TEX,

R

TON.TEX, COkX/WBUSXVA. mm

After I would eat a meal I would

ovilta

, I woald_

be suddenly taken with such terril mps that 1 would lliave to walk 1 over, amf I tvofttt have ha

i my clothes. It wodld Jte *

lie, of hours before I would ob- j n reilef. One day I heard about j • Tabules. and since I have "I I tn a couple of the 5-ceat boxes I I [

e not had a single attack.

(be rSre-CWt packet » eoeagb tor aa ordinary ercanoa. The f«jn»y bottle. • cents, eooUiae a cap sky far a year.

the VU, * **** J UM through a fanning mill and thorooghly cleaned. It makes excellent :hicken feed If not wanted for flour. A few bushels taken to the local miller or exchanged will supply a family with buckwheat cakes for the entire

'winter.

XiX'd ataek rradlnc. -In-the present market for beef the demand Is more for the better-grade steere than for the common or poorer guallty, for those who can afford to buy what they waJft win always pay tay price for .ft. In a measure, the beat stock always sells better and pays better. This Is a rule of market conditions which' prevails almost everywhere, and is accepted as ■ trustworthy. The question of improving our stock for market Is consequently more Important sometimes than the matter of Increasing the number^ A

with atfbd

feed It ulll mske every pound of-grain and bay profitable. • A first class steer Is consequently a machine for converting matter of one kind into something else mere desirable. In order to understand this machine we must

imal from Its Infancy, steer possesses merits

ling- ' J

first, hut which wlU soon develop under wise handling; but give to such an animal rough, mixed and indlffer®m feed, and these merits will not develop. Place the animal In with a lot

where they wtll an have to "a'living, and probably the

scruo stock will .how up better at the end of* specified time th.n the former. This is due to the hardier qualities of the scrub stock and to their adaptation to such s Ufa But when a good system of feeding to adopted then the wide difference between the two to at once apparent. The scrub stock to not able to tf«v« the most of Its atw lood and enrirpn-

| of.others i i hustle.for

meats, and as a result they do not totaslly make s sarirfactory profit on the expensive food given to them. If

-wjn. an intensive and breeding, he select hto food in

feeding I mean MISS

Dairying Wllh Fn<r >owi

Many farmers who practice farming ke£p a few cows

butter enough to pay their grocery bill, but do not feel that the/ are do-

ing.enough dairying to separators and other ui pi lances. Often such cows pay better than Ivftrg them better care

* general md moke

f P

the/ a >ut In

Simple, everyday honesty with ourselves and with the world, in thought, speech and conduct. U one of the greatest forces that make for noblf character. Be honest, and all of life’s sorest grief will pass you by.

* plenty oi people ■e*»ed oaJ discour

who lave be-

make their 'do by givfi

' Ing .sc

lods.

° ° '"OS. Gcnran pb^siciao OJ ycai-s sfo. We do notannere'"*could '""F *7 V dij >t L wiil not'

etter than they

“**— —e and ' -•••-• c v '

to take an occasional lemon from the daio-men who. depend alifiost alto Ectl*er upon their herds for their In-

come.

One change that many “farmers could well make to in raising soiling

t the p

possible, tj it in tbo vi

venty je»rs oco England im| Imrees anuoaTiy; -stow the i

change

well mat

crops to help out the pasture, rather than to turn the cows out on the meadows and newly seeded grain fields after harvest. Much harm is done to the meadows during dry weather if pastured down closely; even more harm Is done the new seeding by bo lag trampled during wet weather. Another desirable change for the better would bo to have the cows come fresh in the .autumn or early winter, rather than in the spring, as -so many do—often letting Them. go dry for three or four months when

b "" r ‘‘ “• “»'** *«“- *5* or course .the cows must have grain lnfls.-r.rd condition of the mucous Hninr or feud and lots of'clean, sweet roughage th- Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is In-

lta ” S’“ “"V •>»

should hare extra care, warm water Drnfncw Is the result, and onl*** the InCs: to drink and a warm a table; but tile mation can be taken out and this tubs r*-

nrT lr J,7'“ d the j

butter at winter prices will far mere i nr. mused by eatarrti.wbieh ts nothing but an

than pay for the extra feed. iLfinmed <

As for the extra care, most fanners * *'*’ * i J'

have lota of leisure time during the I ~®otbi

winter, and It 1s more profitable to 1 spend that time In making the cows

pay their keep than in racing horses . .... or sitting around the grocery, it to i Coke, a by-product in the msmifarlur* to be remembered also that not only : C, .*»V K" mcrcsscd twenty per cent, in la btmer bltb,, o.rl.* tla Vlnu, " «" ’*•" mouths.-hut that vcaL to also; or ft I \A so-c.n* c*i«a<Ur Tor m. Cvni*. one'chooses to raise-the calves, they 1 >i you want ose ct tho handsomest celwin -make far larger, finer animals “ X ,p ? n * c ^ vc *- because they get iv pt .. « M r™r St^.cw Yort.’ if'.?lox much of their growth before bot IP incht». printed in 18 coloir. end s per-

With Ft. Jacob. OilT cover with oil silk. Irt p«Itor"^X ,l T 0 Jd. 1D Tvc ^u ‘‘the

. , with • cos quart Koenie's Hamburg otln • ,dsv' according to dired can bur the three remedies for'

reliable druggist. Begin the treatment at' oner, and are bow much better you will be

.almost within a week’a time.

oJ-ntry.

tHjooa.

llcafscsa r «n n„[ (

trrjocivj applications as tBey cannot reach th. diseased portion of the ear. Thor. Is only on■> way to care doafners. and that Ti by eonst’

tnUonml remedies. - Deatnaas Is ca

Inflamed condition ot the m - “ " Tube. ’Whan

In a lucent letter from 1006 F Street, x. W . Mr. Johnson say.:

* (.Vo one * houl ‘‘ Vonoertuff- r/rom catarrh .cl.cn Peruna ts fcrr—iblc.

mplfci '* — - - --

Tons,

quaintanret, tliat it Uhumanlty to Ing tclth thladUIrtatln]dlaor-lerof t

noulcdgc tt ha* cau.rd relief to ao many of my friend* and ac-

that it Uhumanity to commend Umttte toall pe

Catarrh Poisons.

commend Clause to alt pertonj aujferthe hum tn*y*tcm.”-Lewl* K. Jo inaon.

iblc" rffi

:®nct, and that remedy is Peruna. iedy strikes at oner to the root* of

There it but one remedy that has thr dr- ‘ llartnun Ksnmnum. Columbm, Ohio.

iwcrs grow and thrive in the process, persons look with envy upon 10 seem to accomplish with ease

men who seem to accomplish with ease whatever comes to them. Usually, how ever, if their past lives could be unfolded, there would be a full record oi

K." v . __

- CCJ» Siva mM h Ira! Si ,K5 r SS SiS j '^JZSZ&'ZgZS m after another, until each was van- | —:—:—: v* : —

quished.

Happiness fall/ to. our share in tc detached bits; and those oi us who are wise content ourselves with those | broken fragments.

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"Famliy PUb are tht best.

iancU

larger, finer

ause

i*lr

weather and fly time.

growth before bot time. Silage, though

desirable-to not necessary fa winter dairying. Sweet well cured . clover, corn fodder with oat chop or bran and

will give a good yield at the

If helped ofit by the

with

11 giv

pall, especially 1

succulence of beets or turnips. Seine fanners have made a change, but one which to noi Tor the better, by putting in (he so-called aquatic “separators." It has treen dearly proved by experiment station t-yfi that the dilution system gets no more of the cream than does the old shallow setting; and ft does not get so much of the butter fat as does tha Jfoep setting in cold water of nadi-

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