* CLOVER AS HORSE FEED. *" - • •-T*. , . .'4 \v 'i; * * M 'V- * t - ; *• j » • ^ - - *» * .»4* t <•* \ >•/ >* 'v< *#<^>- '•»*.» ' • ' * - -" v*' •&• •' * «• *" '» ? • - A} n'sS . iv i» , ~ * , , . ,•• _ v . - 1 N 1 1 _ * 1 ' , " . . , V : J - • ' • V • • • ' T . . . - . . ^ • • - • ^ •: •: •-. ̂ ?:s:msS m, WIS&U *f€4ttHN* WORKED •(' 5 SIMPLY MARVELOUS." •*><:- *e.; . y;% Suffered Severely i Headi Unable to Work. Miss Liter V. McGivney, 453 Srd A4*., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: y "For many months I suffered se renely from headaches and pains In the side and back, sometimes being wamble to attend to my dally work. *'f am better, now, thanks to Peru- na, and am as active as ever and have cm more headaches. **The way Peruna worked ia tKf cam was, simply marvelous." We hare in our files many grateful letters from women who have suffered with the symptoms namedabove. Lack of space prevents our giving more than one testimonial here. It is impossible to even approximate the great amount of suffering- which Pe runa has relieved, or the number of women who have been restored to health sad strength by its faithful use. KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. Slant Whose Botanical Name Is Poa Pratensis Is One of Much v. •>. Value. « ,# TM» to ofce of the very famous grasses of the United States and one of the most valuable. In different parts of the country it is known by different names, among which are: Green Meadow Grass, June Grass, Common Spear Grass. The grass attains a good height, sometimes being 30 inches tall. ' The leaves are narrow and long and are easily distinguishable from Canadian blue grass, which has a broad leaf. The roots are perennia.and creeping, 7ACTS ABOUT STAMPS. specialist who collected :„tl» ips of France and her colonies re cently sold his collection for $11,000. It takes a stamp collector to tell where are Ancash, Antofagasta, Apuri- mac, Chlapa, Diego Suarez, Bamra, Tea, Wadwhan, Goliad, Jhino, Ujong, Faridkot, Nabba and Obock. It requires more than 40 large al bums to house the collection of United States stamps owned by the earl of Crawford. This collection of United States stamps is thought to be the most complete in existence. The credit of originating adhesive stamps is generally given to James Chalmers, of Dundee, Scotland. He firat advocated them in 1837, and in accordance with a legislative enact ment of December 21, 1839, they were issued for public use In England May 6, 1840. - From Philadelphia. le visitor from Philadelphia had taken in hand by his Pittsburg friends and shown the sights of the city, from the Carnegie Art institute to the belching furnaces of Homestead together with other points of semi- historical interest. The visitors was naturally impressed with the action and snappiness of the city. "Now," said the visitor, gratefully, 1 must try to repay you for your courtesy whenever you come to my town. By the by, have you ever been in Philadelphia?" "Yes," said the Pittsburger, "I spent several years there--in om after noon!"--Pittsburg Gazette. Religion No Excuse, man addicted to walking In his lp, went to bed all right pne night, but when he woke he found himself on the street in the grasp of a police man. "Hold on!" he cried, "you mustn't arrest me. I'm a somnambu list!" To which the policeman re plied: "I dont care what your relig ion is--ye can't walk the streets in ye* nightshirt."--Scottish American. f TUB KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS. « (Poa Pratensis.) and a pasture of this grass, if taken care of, will last for many years. The gyass starts to grow very early in the spring and flowers in the northern United States in June. It likes a limestone soil, and on a soil rich in lime it establishes Itself by forming a very compact sod. This grass is better adapted to pas ture than to hay meadow, for the rea son that it does not work well into the rotations. It takes three or four years for it to form a compact sod. When a pasture has been once taken by blue grass, the farmer has something that will stay by him through cold and heat, flood and drouth. In Kentucky the farmers pride themselves on the luxuriance of their blue grass pas tures, some of which are more than 50 years old. It flowers but once, in the season, but after being grazed or cut it quickly sends up a new vigor ous growth. The grass does well in rather dry soils, but will adapt itself to almost any Soil, even to the wet meadows. In Kentucky and other states in which the winters are mild it is used,, says the Farmers' Review, for winter pas tures and it is not infrequent .that herds are kept on it the year around. It does porticularly well where trees are scattered about to give it a partial shade during the hot days of summer. If Not Cut in Time It Becomes Dusty |pc,i:|(pd Makes Poor Feed--Cut , - When It First Blooms. One great objection to clover as a horse feed is the fact that it is fre quently not cut in time and becomes dusty. The formation of the plant is such that the leaves go to pieces very quickly if they are permitted to be- Some too dry before being cut. Clover em when the first blooms appear and made into hay properly and properly housed makes a good feed for any kind of stock. Including horses. It has more substance than timothy and this is important in a horse feed, as the stomach of the horse is smaller than that of some other farm animals. But when clover is fed to horses It cannot be given in as great quantities as can timothy, says the Farmers' Re view. One of the advantages in feed ing timothy has been that vlie horse could be fed more than he would eat and then not eat so much as to injure him. That was because the same bulk contains less substance than does •c'.over. Thus, the scientific feeder knows that he must be careful as to the amount of clover hay fed. Just as he would be careful of the concentrates fed. He would not think of giving the horse an unlimited supply of grain of any kind. How much to feed is a problem that must be worked out by the horse owner, for we have all kinds of horses, engaged in all kinds of work. JfHE FEED OF COWS. Sudden Change Should Be Avoided, as It Seriously Affects Milk Yield. A BUSY WOMAN On Do the Work of 3 or 4 If Well Fed. livlw Just outside of New York, writes: "I am at present doing all the house work of a dairy farm, caring for 2 chil dren, a vegetable and flower garden, a large number of fowls, besides manag ing an extensive exchange business through the mails and pursuing my regular avocation as a writer for sev eral newspapers and magazines (de> signing fancy work for the latter) and all the energy and ability to do this J owe to Grape-Nuts food. "It was not always so, and a year ago when the shock of my nursing baby's death utterly prostrated me and deranged my stomach and nerves so that I could not assimilate as much as a mouthful of solid food, and was in •even worse condition mentally, he would have been a rash prophet who would have predicted thai it ever would do so. "Prior to this great grief I had suf fered for years with impaired diges tion, insomnia, " agonizing cramps in the stomach, pain in the side, consti pation, and other bowel derangements, .all these were familiar to my daily •life. Medicines gave me no relief-- nothing did, until a few months ago, at it friend's suggestion, I began to use Grape-Nuts food, and subsequently gave up coffee entirely and adopted Postum Food Coffee at all my meals. "To-dav I am free from all the trou bles I have enumerated. My digestion is simply perfect, I assimilate my food without the least distress, enjoy sweet, restful sleep, and have a buoyant feel ing of pleasure in my varied duties. In fact, I am a new woman, entirely made over, and I repeat, I owe it all to Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee." Nime given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little Ifcx*, Road U} WelWWa," l» MAG9OTS IN RADISHES. Prof. H.- A. Gossard, of the Ohio Ex- jperiment Station, Makes Borne,,,. Suggestions- The usual radish-infesting maggot originates from eggs laid by a fly somewhat smaller than the ordinary house species. These eggs are de posited near the base of the plant on or slightly beneath the surface of the ground. Several broods occur each season. A number of plants are sub ject to attack, possibly the most com mon being cabbage and cauliflower. The insect is a difficult one to suc cessfully combat, and only partial suc cess need be expected. The principle to work on is to keep the maggots from entering the plants rather tban to try to destroy them after they have once made their way into the fleshy portions, as poisonous gases, liquid or Insecticides will then fail to reach them. Two of the easily applied remedies are, beginning with the first appear ance of the plant, weekly applications of white hellebore or tobacco dust. Either material should be sprinkled in a strip at least 1% inches wide along both sides of the row. Another remedy advised by Dr. J. B. Smith, of New Jersey, is a fertilizer made as follows: Nitrate of soda, 700 pounds; ground rock, 1,000 pounds, and muriate of potash, 300 pounds. The mixture should be applied at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre soon after the plants are up. . Sudden changes of feed should be avoided, especially if very marked, as 4u changing from dry to green feed, says Prof. W. J. Fraser, of the Uni versity of Illinois. Special care Is re quired when cows are put on pasture • in the spring and when first turned on rye or cloveis Only a small quantity of green feed should be given at first, the amount being increased as from rday to day the dry feed is reduced. If care is not exercised at such times, the cow's system is likely to become deranged and the milk will then have a very disagreeable odor, jiut if this method is followed the system grad ually becomes adjusted to the new conditions and no bad results follow. When feeding turnips or cabbage, the difficulty is frequently experienced of having disagreeable odors in the milk. This difficulty may be largely, if not entirely avoided by feeding after milking rather than just before, as the peculiar odor produced by these feeds will then leave the cow's system be fore the next milking time. s IMPROVED PIG TROUGH. Simple Arrangement by Which the Animals Can Be Kept Out of the Feed. A simple arrangement, which is de vised to Keep pigs out of the slop trough while being fed, is illustrated in the sketch, says the Farm and Home. Out several pieces of board mm 0 TROUGH WITH PLACE FOR EACH PIG. like b and nail thdm firmly into trough in an upright position. Each pig then must take his portioned space for eat ing. If plug is placed in the end of the trough at a it is much easier to clean when it t>ecOmes very dirty. This trough should be^ipped under the partition, so that^fhe slop may be poured into it from the other side, where the feeder will not he disturbed by the swine. $ THE FABM. L COMPOSTING MANURE. Methods of Handling So as to Hasten Its Preparation for Application i S o i L ' v . t- All *i«nre used as top dressing on garden and flower beds should be well, rotted, so as to be Immediately available. If rotted manure cannot be obtained, green manure can be made available it* a week's time by stack ing and turning. Take a load of fresh stable manure and fork it over, throw ing out or breaking up all lumps. If it is dry add water. Make a firm, compact, conical-shaped heap, as this form offers the least surface to the air and will tin off rain. Turn the heap every d> y, shaking the manure thoroughly at.d placing the outside portion of the heap on the inside of the new heap, adding a httle water if necessary. In a surprisingly short time a lot of raw manure can be turned into fine plant rood. If one has any cowiderable quanti ty of manure to st-^er, a manure spreader Arill be found a good invest ment, recommends the Farmers' Voice, as it saves half the labor and distrib utes the manure in fine particles, which are immediately converted Into the fir8t min. • : «•. .W- , Is essential to 'good crops and is cheap at any price. Plowing too wet ground glazes over the clods and keeps in the water. The cow that is '•spring poor" now won't be worth much the coming sum* mer. Keep plenty of vegetable matter In the soil by use of clover, cowpeas or manure. Don't blame your neighbor because his cattle get in your field. Keep your fences repaired. We have as yet hardly begun to study our grasses, of which many kinds grow wild in the United States. Give the boys five square rods of -and for a garden. Let them plant anything they like, tut insist that they jteep down the weeds. No barn dressing should be used in growing ijotatoes. it has a tendency to produce rot. Use barn dressing in seeding to grass after the potato crop. E, . Rogers, Cumberland county, »le. A top dressing of nitrate of soda is applied early in the spring by that Very succersful hay grower of Connec ticut, George M. Clark. It gives grass a vigorous start. OLYMPIC GAMES ARE BEftlK IOMP AND CEREMONY OPENING AT THE STADIUM Handling Duck Egg* eggs spoil qtiickly an-1 should not be more than a week old wfc*n set, so hens will bring better resulr.4 ihan incubators the .first year, although one of small capacity may be used. As soon as hatt'hea cucklings sho.U l?e re moved from $ke hens, greased oa the head and under the wings as a precau tion against lice and placed in outdoor brooders, set temporari y in a well- built 25-foot double-brpeding house. With a liberal supply of soft food, two and three-year-olds will lay more or less double-yolk eggs, but this cannot be avoided without lessening the num ber laid. Time to Stop Her Laying. When a hen known to be a prolific layer begins to produce eggs without shells it is quite time to stop her laying altogether for a period, which can eas ily be done by putting her on short diet. Let her have entire r«st and then probably a cure will be effected. Give plenty of variety in food, taking care that the hen has a chance to run out daily. . -V Bine Hundred Athletes, the Pick of the < World, Pats in Review BefSK* ^ j ; Boyal Patrons. ^ Athens.--Under glorious sunshine, following a showery morning, the opening ceremony of the Olympic games was performed Sunday by King George of Greece. The huge stadium was already packed to its ut most capacity when the royal proces sion arrived to the strains cf the Greek and British anthems. First came a carriage containing King George and Queen Alexandra; then came a car- liage with King Edward and Queen Olea. These were followed by car riages with Princess Victoria, the prince and princess of Wales and the members of the Greek royal family, with their brilliant suites, and repre sentatives of the various European c ourts. The procession traversed the whole length of the stadium amid vo ciferous cheering, and the dignitaries took seats in a semi-circle. Then Crown Prince Constantino, duke of Sparta, who is the president of the games, moved from the center of the arena, saluting King George, and read an address stating the ob jects of the meeting and expressing,tho hope that the victors, whatever their nationality, would remember that their victory had been acclaimed on the sacred soil of Athens by descendants of the ancient Hellenes. He concluded by begging King George to proclaim the opening. King George arose and briefly de clared the game opened. All the par ticipants in the games then moved ia procession around the stadium, head ed by bands of music. As the 900 picked athletes of the world moved past, presenting an imposing display, ;hey were cheered to the echo. Pass ing the royal personages the standard bearer of each team impressively low ered the flag of his country, King George gravely returning the salute. The games began with gymnastic displays and contests. Jno Americano participiated'r Sunday. The members of the royal families remained to the finish. At night the Acropolis was brilliant ly Illuminated. Ell B. Parsons, New Tork Athletic club; Fay R. Moultou, Kansas City A. A.; James S. Mitchell and H. L Hill- man, New York A. C., are steadily im proving, and probably will be able to compete In the games. ^ The Favorite Boute East. Passengers from Chicago to Ft. Wayne, •Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York Uity, Boston and all points east, will find it to their interest by selecting for their jour ney the NICKEL PLATE ROAD from Chicago. Three through trains are run daiiy with Modern Day Coaches and Luxurious Pullman Sleeping Cars to New York City, also through Sleeping Car Service to Bos ton and intermediate points. Rates always the lowest and no excess fares are charged on any train for any part of the trip. The NICKEL PLATE ItOAD Dining Service is right up-to-date. Individual Club Meals are served at prices ranging from 35 cents to $1.00; also meals a la carte. All trains leave Chicago from thc La Salle St. Sta tion. For full information address J. \. Calahan, General Agent, 113 * SW Chicago, 111. * • • • t Appalling Effect The struggling author opened the let ter the postman had just hrought. It was from his publisher and contained a check for a large amount. "Well,"' he chuckled, "I seem to have found the secret of write living at last!" --CJaicag© Tribune. - - - • - '> *'1 JUDGE'S RULING SCdft££>: President Denounces Immunity De> ; fltetoa of Humphrey la PMk ̂ • ' er's Case. . ' fcv. Washington.--In a special message delivered to the national congress Wednesday, President Roosevelt de clares that the result of the recent trial of the "beef packers" in Chicago was a "miscarriage of justice" and that the interpretation placed bjf Judge Humphrey on the will of con gress "is such as to make that will ab solutely abortive." The messagQy which is most*sensational in charac ter, is based largely on a letter to the president from Attorney General Moody, in which the attorney general teviewB the proceedings of the case Of the government against the beet : ackers. The president says it Is clear that o criticism attaches to Commissioner Garfield, as what he did was in sur- #uance of a duty imposed on him b> congress. He refers sharply, however, to the decision of . Judge Humphrey, saying that congress could not have foreseen such a decision and that he can hardly believe that the ruling of Judge Humphrey will be followed by other judges. He declared that such Interpretation of the law as that placed on It by Judge Humphrey "comes measurably near making the law a farce," and he recommends that congress pass a declaratory act stat-' log its real intention. 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