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Farmers Should Know HIGH GW 1 'of Horse Is Well Liked In America. PBICKFOR" STALLIONS, win Command at Annual French American C01 America show tbnt horses were im- The ported into ye valuable to rercber United States, and It 19 thnt cau trot like a uunllties make it de- purposes. It Is also easily broken, THE HUNDRED BUSHEL YIELD; There ara three elements in crop production which cau be controlled to largo by poll fertility and cultivation. The and showers 4 cannot be controlled, but nature uiuitttly does her part better tMtt 'There at'a approximately 8,600 bills of cot'n on nu aeris Jf the corn IB planted three and half feet each wny. go two one- pound eiifs to the hill will mnlte lop uUBheld of corn to the ticre.

£ust two nio'derUte ears to the r. hiii. The first essential to the 100 bushel yield Is good seed, seed 11 that is ill the habit of making big yields. Then be certain of tho power. Buy your seed on the cob unless you I have full confidence in the party I you are buying Fireside.

Stallibn "UPPER BERTHS" FOR HOGS. Method of Homing Them That Been Found to Produce Good A number of the most prominent hog breeders of today nre putting concrete into-their piggeries, In the mhuU of many, however, concrete-Is objection; able as a flooring on account of KB being cold and damp, especially during the winter mouths. Maple farm, In Cook county, 111,, has overcome this objection in a part of one of its houses by means of novel plan which might bo ndvnntngeouHly used by many breeders. One of the main piggery is used for finishing pigs preparatory to shipment and IB divided into pens, each approximately ten feet squnrX On. the soutR felde of each pen is a raised wooden platform or upper berth, with an inclined walk lending up to it from the floor ifcvcl.

This upper berth Is about three feet above tire iloor, Is about four feet wide nnd Is made of heavy planking. On the south and north sides, with the exception of where the runway comes up, nre railings two feet high to prevent the pigs from being pushed through the windows or off the platform to the floor below. The pigs soon learn the use of this upper berth and enjoy themselves immensely on It. Lying up there during the cold winter days, basking in the sunlight which pours through the south Windows, they are comfort exemplified. Country Gentleman.

taring exceptionally good feet for such a teavy type of horse. These horses, which originated at La Perche, France, have become one of 'the foremost breeds of draft horses In the world and nre being used great success in all parts of the Unit- Hi States, particularly in the west, where the requirements nre for large aud powerful horses. Other countries are also extensive users of the Perche- ron, and in Prance the annual horse Mr, at wulch the best stallions and mares are disposed of, attract breeders from all purls of the globe, says the York Times. The Americans do not, as a rule, buy the espisuslve prizo winning stock, but seek the best for geuenil breeding purposes, while the prize winners are usually shipped to the Argentine. The general price piilrt for the offerings at the Paris horse sale by the American Imyer is $5,000, and he invariably makes his selections before the judg- IHR Is done, buying the horses for breeding purposes rather than for their ability lu the show ring.

A. good type of Pereheron before the judging will Mas about but if successful in winning prize could not be taught for less than $7,000. Every year tills fnlr is attended by a number of American dealers of the west who Import the stallions nnd mares for tlie breeding of the Perohe- rou In America. This Is due to the fact thai tlie United States does not POSHPSS sufficient good sires. Kven with all its advantage in numbers and In close hreeillnn It is not easy 'in France to obtain a surplus of stallions, an on nn average not one-third of those produced considered good enough for the stud, but are disposed of for general purposes.

What nre lacking in America are size nnd bone, this weakness being aiw (o the multitude of weak sires. The American farmer nnd breeder to not adhered to type. He breeds to tuelerchorou and then crosses back to lie rood horse, while In Frnuee the Horia Notes. For worms In colts try nilxing exsiccated sulphate of iron, s.ubli.ined' sul phuf and powdered worniseed equally. Give a heaping tablespoonful every moniltiig In wheat bran inash for six days In succession.

"Lack of exet'clse, with high feeling, is the cause of 75 per cent of poor foal getters," said Dr. O. W. McCanipbell assistant in animal husbandry nt the Kansas) Agricultural college. A good hoof ointment is composed of linseed oil, raw, one-fourth pound crude petroleum, one-fourth pound nentsfoot oil, one-fourth pound; pine tar, one-fourth pound.

Mix. Apply every night. 'Clean out hoof before np plying. Be cnreful nbont feeding horses In cliued to heaves too much hay or fhat is dustyi I The Surprising Outcome of The Leap Year Round Robin By MARY, MARSHALL I is absolutely to type, American iuiportatlona from France we weakest hi the fact that stnl- 'ions Imported heavily outnumber the oarei and there is great shortage mares lu the country. also stated of the American at they aro ot Producing the of wWch ex i ced a ago nnd that only one mare In produces a colt.

KsperlmentB are I bcl "8 conducted with a largo -nuni. of barren or Beiiil-barren mares In tral mates In an effort to aster 8ou thp failure to pro andin lUewy ls KermMpfectlon, to ih thta ful ng to whw tu i luralntM 'toned foreign Importation. lvom the cou The Bull and th. Milk bulls do not give "men, act ou the notion tUnt milking quftllUfli to Thl(l of has an much to the HARVESTING BEANS. Thin Is How a Massachusetts Man Brjngs.

Jn His Autumn Crop. In Jltfssachusetts bfeuns are raised in large quantities. They put nitrogen Into the soil before the land goes back to grass, and at and a bushel beans are A profitable crop despite the rather costly work of thrashing' in a section where grulu -machinery is scarce. Until lately wo did not know how to harvest.beans to the best advantage. Following the time honored method described In Uncle Sam's bulletin on' this crop, we pulled the vines in September when they judged to ripe and stacked them round poles to cure.

If tthe weather was dry during that process the results would be fairly good. If It happened to be wet or muggy, however, the beans gathered dampness nud mildewed, nnd many were spotted. Under these conditions the crop is hard to pick over after thrashing, and the returns are lower. 'When beans are fairly clean we can sell a good many of them round home. instead of stacking the vines to cure we now let them stand in the Hold until they are "dead ripe." Mist fall two indies of snow lay on tho.

crop In the field before we had weather suitable to brinfe it In. It wns. not hurt a bit, however. When every sign of green leaves has disappeared we go into the field parly Home sunny October morning ami pull beans us fast im possible, putting them in plies. As long as there Is dew on the vines the ripe lieans will not shell and can bo handled quickly and roughly.

About 10 o'clock in the morning the sun wjll usually have so dried thorn out thnt they begin 'to shell, nnd then we stop pulling. The piles nre forked up into a tight wagon, hauled to the burn and thrashed. By the time the Hall strikes them they arc in first class thrashing condition' and come out clean and wh.ite.—Country Gentleman. Chicken Cholera. For-cholera or any other bowel trouble with which chickens nre affected give Venetian red and laudanum in the proportion of four tuhlespoonfuls of Venetian red and two tonspoonfuls of laudanum to one and one half gallous of water.

I use a wooden fish bucket, which Is set under a tree. not allow the chickens any other water to drink. If taken in time this is cure. Burn all dead chickens uud bad Homestead. Saving the 8eedi, Leave some of the biggest cucum- bwu for need.

When they aro yellow split them open and the inside out, seeds and all. Spread the pulp out on a tin and leave it until it drlos out- thfiii you CKU separata the nicely. The same way with tomato Journal. Good, Hard Cow Sense. Don't become discouraged -with your cows because yon happen to read of some one who has made a record of 800 pounds of butter fat in single year, if four of your cows nre making that amount you are doing well under average farm conditions.

The cow that produces less than i'JO pounds of butter fat in year Is "boarder" and should be made into "hamburger" for mir city brothers. It is not good business to exchange $50 worth of feed for $40 worth of butter fat nnd throw in lot of hard work for good meas- Homestead. Inllulng 2 8 1 bl8 nn uu- l8 cer from wl butter toilkers thiin Don't Give Ice Water. It is much cheaper to warm water for cows with tunic beater than it is to mnke the cow do this work. large cities marriages among the, so railed higher clnsses are de- A young man even of has many things to deter from matrimony nnd many things Induce him to remain single.

Housekeeping in style Is expensive, while there nre magnificent clubhouses which a bachelor may spend his At a special gathering of young la- diefl the indlspcftfUou of eligible men to marry was under discussion. Miss Markhatu declared that It was the fault Of the girls that they did not use the sex's privilege to snore the bachelors. Now, there's Guy Harrison," she said. 'He's entirely eligible In every respect. He's president, vice president and director of no end of companies, nud everything he touches turns to money.

Me'8 thirty-five, well educated, refined intellectual. Why hasn't some girl 1 appropriated-him? Men don't think of marrying, or do they consider It in the remote future till they nre snared." 'Very well," said Miss Boyd, spinster of thirty; "consider yourself appointed to snare Mr. Harrison." Thank you for the honor conferred upon me, but 1 am not Inclined to'do nil the work myself. I will, however, Join In a round robin with the others present with a view to accomplishing the purpose. Let us each write a leap year letter to Mr.

Harrison proposing marriage. This will riYrest bis attention and force him either to choose one of us or appear ungnllant." "Bravo!" shouted every girl present "How delightful! Come; let us Letters wore written by five young ladles, each oue of whom signed an assumed name to her epistle. Miss Boyi" refrained on fyie ground that at be; age it would be highly' Improper to offer herself. To this the others as sented. She was surely pawe, thomgl a very attractive woman.

She wrote Mr. Harrison that she would be plnasw to have him send his reply to her and cull upon her for information concern- Ins the writers. Then nil the letters were put into the postolfk-e, at one (hue, thrft they might he received together. Miss Boyd promised us soon as reply was received to cull the candidates to her house to hear it read: A week passed, and, not hearing from their medium, the young Indies became Impatient. Then consultation they resolved to go to her house nnd ask if a reply had not been received.

Miss Boyd received embarrassed nnd with fuint color In her cheeks. She admitted that she had received a reply and banded It to Miss Markham to read: Dear Miss heartily approve of the leap year plan adopted by critnln young ladles, but disapprove of any lady who was present. ahlrklng her purt In It. I Shall withhold my selection until satisfied that every woman present ut the time robin was decided on has sent in her proposal. The girls nil looked nt ench other.

Miss Boyd proved equal to the occasion. "Jt Is evidently ruse," she snld, "to galu time. To accommodate I will take measures to bring him decision by writing it proposal, it ivill be mere form. My Identity will be the only one he will know. He will hen for further delny by asking for tho names of tho others.

But do not despair; some of you will bring him down yet." This view of the case satisfied the cftndldntes, and the young ndies went away. All admitted thnt a middle ngcd mnn would be sure to boose, If at all, from among the youngest candidates. Another week: passed without word from Miss Boyd. The young ladles, growing Impatient, went ngnln In ijody to lier house. Again she received them with embarrassment nud this time refused to show a reply she had received.

Attacked front, minks and rear, she at last yielded. The reply was this: Dear Miss return certain anonymous letters received by me recently, none of which Interests me. Your proposition will be considered and a reply sent you later. There wns a blank stare on the faces of the ciindidntes. Then Miss Boyd, recovering her equanimity, said: "Our plan has failed.

It has been evident from the first thnt Mr. Hnrrl sou Is sufficiently adroit to get out of the trap without appearing ungallant." "tmgnllnnt!" cried one of the girls. "Is It ga limit to say to a woman who proposes her reply will be sent later, with view not to sending It at nil?" This remark gave the impression held by the girls, and all took thcit departure feeling that the plan had miscarried. Indeed, each girl, thotigi her identity wns unknown to the snub her, felt that she had been snubbed. A month passed, nnd the episode was nearly forgotten.

Occasionally Miss Boyd would asked If an.vthlii), move had come of ttie mutter, to whlcl she Invariably replied: "You silly girl! Wasn't it plain you that Mr. Harrison was too sniar for you allV" But one morning each of the five re- Jecned candidates rushed to the other four, exclaiming, "Have yon seen it?" "Yes. Isn't It shamefulV" "Catch me again employing woman as a go-between in such nn affair!" The occasion of this comment wns an Item In the society columns of a newspaper: Tlie engagement Is announced of Mr. Guy D. -Harrison to Miss Margaret Boyd.

are nil wrong!" said married womun to one of the ex-candidates ou hearing the Invidious-remarks. "Margaret Boyd Is only twenty-nine, and there hns never been time that she couldn't got almost any bachelor In the city she wanted." FEED GRASS Tft THE CAT. A Handful or Two a Advised. Mnn.v are writ ton about mes of lltp dog, tho same ntteii- lon Is not devoted (o tlm Ills to which ollnc fleuli Is heir. Vet 1hp cut Is tho non? delicate nnlnml of 11m two nnd subject to practically 'ill unnio illmeuts us the for exam)le, miffer from distemper, though to willing like the.

snmp p.vlent ns On the other Imtul, for OIIP dog suf- 'erltiR fi-oin "liver" yon will nippt ten afflicted with Ibis complaint, which Is so ofd'ii fatal to thorn bo- Its niilvivo Is not understood ovvnpi 1 Both dogs find cuts snf- 'PI- from mnnjiro, but fplinp mange, is dlsliiift from the canine variety. The point, however, Iw thnt tho nll- mouts of tlio cat a ro little, studied and by tho average owner. The tlrst thing to know that the bpst natural medicine, for cut Is grass. Of course If hove turf of your own the cnt will got nil the grns-s It needs. Falling thin, yon should make point of giving your pet liniulfnl or two of fi'OMli cut grass nt lenst once Answers.

USES FOR CUTTLEBONE. The Time Was When It Was Utilized I as a Medicine. Cuttlebolie wns once, mode use of nn medicine, It Is now used by goldsmiths polish find by bird fanciers ns food for can-oil birds. This outtlo- boue, so called, Is no bone nt nil, but -very wonderful structure consisting almost entirely of pure olmlk and llitv ing been at tilun loosely Imbedded in the substance of some deported cuttlefish. It is nil oval bone, white rind hard on the outside, but soft nnd friable within, and is inclosed by membranous Back within the.

body of the cuttle. Wliou tho cnttle Is living this structurp runs through the entire length of the ilbilornon and occupies about one-third of breadth. In weight oilttloboim IH extremely and if lt.be cut across nnd examined through lens the cause of. the lightness will fit once be apparent. It not solid, but is formed of a succession of exceedingly thin fiooj's of chalk each connected wltb hundreds of the smallest Imaginable chalky nil inrs.

Tho water power of (he United States at present totuls 0,000,000 horsepower. First Aid to the Melancholy Well Qualified. suppose you think thut baby of yours will become president some day. not president, but he will be In the race after this nomination, all right. keeps the- whole place In mi uproar, uses Indescribable language and can go without sleep for a' 'Life.

An Awful End. "And you are going to hnvc the hero 'iind heroine: of your story live happily forever after?" "No, Just the opposite." "Just the opposite? How so?" going to have them marry one 1'ost. Out of Luck. please remember, sir. I Of Necessity.

"There Is a lot of humor, real humor, lo be found on battlefields." snid (ieueral A. Miles at a dinner. "I remember tho case of a retreat which wns rw.lly a rout. "In this retreat the commanding (ton- era as Iny gullopi'd along liko the wind, turned to an- aid. who wns urging-bin to the limit, nnd asked: 'Who are our rear guardV "The aid.

without the slightest hesitation, 'Those who have tho worst horses, Magazine. Sole Mates. Plow For Beets In the Tabli! bci'ts prufcr a good, sol! thnt IB well drained. friable noil curly crops, although clay loam will produce Ini'isw yleUU how possible pluw the land In tbo fall. ore hardy iind can sown as Ined con wasn't anxious to mm-y you.

I refused you six times. nnd then my luck gave out. Quick Change, Obestt i'urty- I'd ijlve anything to be UH thin IIB you nre. Thin Krlond-Yoii cun get thnt wuy for fi wofk. Obowt Party-How, pray? Thin li'rlfHid-r-Move your truuk over to my IwurdiUK She (nn cannot marry you.

I've liiul twenty butter men ihun you at my foot. Shoe salesmen? Something to Work For. "My friend, hnvo you an object lifoV" "Huh?" "Have you anything to work for?" "Yon bet I hnvo. Out wifo nnd five, Herald. A Bad Debt.

"Tho world owes me a living," shout- od the excitable theorist. "Well," replied serene cltlzon, "you're alive, uron't Htnr. Cured Her. "jonws grumbles that his wife can't a Joke. J'hat'i fuuuy, to inf." "Uuw suV took Judge.

The Method. I see they are now manufacturing bostoK shingles which will not burn," snld the titachor. "Well, I don't know about their not burning." suid tho boy reflectively. "I guess it will depend on how they arts Stntesmnn. Poor Kid.

Mother- The toucher complains you have not had correct lesson for month. Why is it? always kisses mo when I tri t. them Orleans Times- Democrat. How Many Jugs? "What did the people do on the ark to pass the time, mammaV" (hoy fishod. dear." "Hut, mamma, they had only two Paul Pioneer Press.

Laid Under Oath. Patron--Waller, Is this egg fresh? Wnltor Yiinstiu, yiiRsnh! 1-ald (' mn wn In', Pntroli Hum! Walter, wim the hen under imth when she, cackledV Not a Bit, K'ie--You know, Mr. Junes, thought you were much older thnn you nre. llo-Oh. no: iiul bit, 1 assure, you.

MAN'S INTEREST IN MAN. Philosophical Thoughts as Written Down by Thomas Carlyle. Sinn's sociality of nature evinces It self in spite of nil that can be ivlth abundant evidence by on fact, were there no unspesik itblo delight he takes in biography. is "The proper study of man kind Is man," to- which' study, let 'nndldly admit, ho. by true or fills methods, applies himself, nothing load; Man Is perennially Interestl'is to man nay, if wo look strictly to It there 1 nothing ulse interesting." How IIIPX wesslbly comfortable to know our ftv ow creature, to see Into him, iindni stand his goings forth, decipher 111 whole heart of his mystery; nay, no only to see into him, but even to of him, to view the world altogeth er ns he views it, so thnt wo can llieo retlcnlly construe him and could almos practically personate him, and do thoroughly discern both what manner of man ho is and what manner of thing he has got to work on nnd live Thomas C'arlyle.

STORED MEDALS. Fifty Thousand of Them Remain Unclaimed at Woolwich. MOST FOR BOER WAR HEROES Rcitei the Quettlen of Whether Soldier at Beflir Such phiei as Is Popularly Supposed. First Medal Ever The fact thnt there ore no fewer than 0,000 medals stored nt Woolwich clnlmnntB onuses one to won- ler whether tlm BoldleT pnts so high a. on medals is usually supposed.

Nearly all of those medals ni'e for he Boer war, and there IB a special government department with staff ot endeavoring to truce the owners. Besides these Boer war medals, hpre are 4,000 medals for the Xulu var which have never been clnlthed, ind even to this dny belated clnltns are still put In for medals for the Crimea Avar nnd Indian mutiny. A short time ago, for example, vet- rnn named James Crystal, applied for mil received medal for Afghanistan ifler a lapse of thirty years. Most of the Boer war nt Woolwich, snys Pearson's Weekly, ong to irregulars who Jollied ott the outbreak of tho war nnd, after It was jvor, scattered nil over the world, But many regulars have not troubled to claim the mednl, alleging thnt It Is too cheap, nnd, considering thnt 750,000 of the medals were struck. It 18 certainly never likely to become a rarity.

Before the days of Waterloo very few medals were Issued. The flfst medal ever Issued was that given to the Elizabethan seamen Who defeated the armadn, and, the earliest military decoration silver badge Issued by Charles I. In IMS for presentation to soldiers who had distinguished themselves 1(4 forlorn hopes. Waterloo was the first occasion when there was a general Issue of medals, and slurp thnt time, Instead of Issuing too few medals, we have gone, perhaps, to the other extreme. Soldiers point out thnt the Aame decoration Is awarded to the mini who lins been flgffHng at tho front and carrying his life in his hands for months'as to the man in a regiment which never stirred from the base of oporn- tlous or so much as seen the enemy, Kvery effort is made by the authorities to SPP that metlftls reach their owners, and If tho owner of mednl happens to be dead the medal la forwarded to his next, of kin.

Yet there aro still large numbers unclaimed, and, according to the regulations now Irt force, at the end of ten years' time the medals will lie broken tip and the sll- dobited to the mint. The Victoria cross, of. course. Is decoration of quite another character, nnd a soldier would as soon think of parting with his life as with his V. C.

But this Is far from being the case with other medals, nnd Itudynrd Kinling tells how he hns seen soldiers wager their Indian general service medals on the toss for the price of a pot of beer. England and Medicines. England's yearly bill for patent medicines amounts to 15,000,000. The Kngllsh have always had a taste for medicine's. In the days of Henry for instance, Cllbert Vymer, on behalf of London's medical professors, proposed that a body composed of two physician's, two surgeons and two apothecaries should search fill shops fur "false or sophisticated medicines" and should pour all quack remedies Into the glitter.

The cry was the same in the eighteenth century. Lady Mary Montagu echoed It: In a letter of 17-18. "I find tar water succeeded to Wards' drops," slit- wrote. 'TIs possible- this time thnt some other quackery IKIK taken tho place of that. The Kng- llsh are easier than any other nation Infatuated by the prospects of universal medicines, nor is there any oilier country where the doctors raise such Immense fortunes.

have no longer faith in miracles and relics and therefore with the same fury run after recipes and physicians." Window Shops. "Do you know Urn window shopsV" one woman Inquired of another. "What, nn; "Oil. the shops that hnvo all kinds of attractive bric-a-brac, and novelties artistically displayed in the windows, the places that you loiter In front of and at admiringly, yet never enter, not even to things. It Is not because the goods arc expensive or anything of the sort, but It seems only a window exhibition and ends there.

1 see other persons looking In Intently as I do; hut, like me, they pass on without entering. "1 suppose those places must have clientele proportionate to their display, but If I hey liad one In proportion to the nonpurchiislng window gaiters that (hey attract ihcy would ceasi! to be IIHIc shops and would become emporiums. "I would hate In nee th lUappear, fur they afford pleasant and Inexpensive cnterlalnmi'iil." Brooklyn Magic. There Is n-rlnlnly sonn-thlni: nf ex- nulnilp kindness and tlumghllul he- iii'volcnco In that rnrwl ol' gll'lw-lUic The Code Feminine. As soon ns Mrs.

Granger was fairly past Mr. Compton heard nn Irritated There! I knew it!" from his wife, ami turned to see what was the matter. "She's Just as provoked as she can be to think that Mrs. Lombard and I didn't nsk her to go out with us to see the Williams baby!" snld Mrs. Compton.

"She tUlnlta that It was on account of her having said that she did not find three weeks' old babies very Interesting when, of course, she'd make nn exception of Lena Williams' baby. But that wasn't the reason wa didn't ask her; It was because we decided all in a hurry, nnd there was just to catch tho tralu. She's made up her mind she won't propose our names for tho book club." "How do you know she thinks all these thingsV" Inquired Mr. Compton. "My dear, didn't you see the way she bowedV" asked his wife, in a pitying tone.

"Why, yes," snld Mr. Compton. "I thought she gave a rather more pronounced bow than most women do nnd smllud quite brilliantly." "You dear thing," nnd Mrs. Compton patted his coat sleeve, "of course siie did! That's how I knew exactly what silo was Companion. Up With Your Head, I'll with that head there, und lift It on liih'h! tliut your wlnga tailed ere you could ny Aro you to stop there and strive not again Tu rluo mid make good like a man among men 7 KypH front and forward! Why, every full MM-illlH A rlalnn effort redoubled nnd strong Wllli Ktrengih thai hau oomo In the brief All uwfctcimJ liy laughter mid tempered with Rung.

Tip with that heart In tho face of the luwn, And don'l li't them Hoe thnt your luck ki-pt you down! Up with new t'ouuiKo and faltli for the Till fullurii lUjht! at last lends your Boul to the UaltlmorB Bun. Apprebeniive. "What's tho umtUT with thnt friend of lie IU-IH like a crazy man." "'lie's all right, onlj, you BOO. he's from Central America nnd every tlmo In- hears a motorcycle thlnliH revolution has been started." Work, thnt Is the great physician. laeills uiuntof womiils of.