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Show -- 'HORSE KNEW LAND WAS NEAR. . ILAi V Animal's Instinct Better Than the Observation of Man. When Thomas McGulness, a horseman of Philadelphia, went to Europe some time ago, he took a blooded horse with him. The animal was in a specially prepared 6tall on deck and enjoyed the trip despite the rough weather. When Mr. McGuiness thought land should soon be sighted, he asked the captain how far the ship was from the Irish coast. The commander of the steamer. In his Your usual gruff manner, replied: horse will tell you; watch him." The owner cf the animal could not understand what the captain meant, and he was not particularly pleased with the answer. Finally, however, a couple of hours before land was observed, the horse, which was a magnificent bay, poked his head through the grating and, stretching his neck, There you are, said whined loudly. the captain to Mr. McGuiness; "your horse smells the land. The captain, in explaining the odd occurrence, said that the. thoroughbred detected the odor from pasture lands that was wafted far seaward, and that horses on board ocean steam-- ers always give the first signal when land Is near. well-know- n hoof Why (S ,. Feeding Economically. It Is Impossible to feed economically while one kind of element Is being ;iven in such proportion that only a part of it can be utilized. If a cow 'an use in a day only two pounds of protein and 11 pounds of carbohydrates, it will be a great waste for us to feed her two pounds of protein and twenty pounds of carbohydrates. In that case, nine pounds of digestible arbohydrates will pass through the digestive system unutilized, and will e cast out Into the manure heap. There are yet thousands of cow feeders that say they care nothing about .he knowledge of balanaed rations, out such men are certainly wasting good feed without knowing it. It is impossible to balance our foods perfectly, but we can balance them apIt is true that we have proximately. just begun to learn how to feed economically. There is little doubt that if the carbohydrates and protein feeds fed to the cows in the United States could be properly proportioned we would get at least twenty five per cent more products of all kinds from them than we do at the present time. Now, sometimes it is the protein that is wasted and sometimes it is the carbohydrates, but both come in for a large share of the wastage. As yet dairy feeds are not sold according to their relative value, hut according to the supply and demand. One kind ot feed may be worth, say ten per cent less than another kind of feed, but if it becomes scarce it will pass the other in price, it will thus be seen that the economical feeder cannot take prices as a criterion by which to determine his feeding operations, In some parts of the country we find timothy hay selling for a greater price than clover and alfalfa, and cow keepers buying the timothy in preference to the other kind. In such cases the feeding is the opposite of -- hinder growth. d from n. nal. The Editor of the Rural New Torker Than whom there Is no better Potato Expert In the Country, says: Salzers Earliest Potato is the earliest of 38 earliest sorts, tried by me, yielding 464 bu. per acre. Salzers Early Wisconsin yielded for the Rural New Yorker 736 bu. per acre. Now Salzer has heavier .yielding varieties than above. See - catalog. JUST SEND lOO IN STAMPS and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive lots of farm seed samples and their big catalog, which Is brim full of rare things for the gardener and farmer, easily worth 3100.00 to every wideawake farmer. It describes Salzers Teoslnte, yielding 160,000 lbs. per acre, of rich green fodder, Salzers Victoria Rape, yielding 60,000 lbs. of sheep and hog food per acre,- together with Salzers New National Oats, which has a record of 300 bu. per acre in 30 states, so also full description of Alfalfa Clover, Giant Clover, Alsike, Timothy and thousands of other fodder plants, Grasses, Wheat, Speltz, Barleys, etc. (W. N. U.) - In-car- Varying Heart Beats. The heart of a vegetarian beats on t to the minute; an average r seventy-five- . that of the of 24,000 difference a This represents hours. beats la twenty-fou- r fifty-eigh- meat-eate- 00 Bn. Macaroni Wheat Per A. Introduced by the U. S. Dept, of Agr. cropper, yielding In It Is a tremendous good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc.. It will yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus Inermls and Billion Dollar Grass, makes It possible to grow and fatten hogs and cattle wherever soil is found. JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICS to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, alone worth $100.00 to any farmer. (W. N. U.) ke Italian Newspapers. Italian newspapers have few subscribers. They are sold mostly in the streets. Money refunded for each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES If unsat- isfactory. Potato Alcohol for Autos. The London Engineer says that the production of potatoes In Germany will be even more important in the future on account of the increasing consumption of potato alcohol for automobile purposes. the coronet to the ground, though influenced to a slight degree by the precited conditions, varies in proportion to the distance of the coronet from the ground. At the toe, depending on its height the horn grows down in eleven to thirteen months, at the side wall in six to eight months and at the heels in three to five months. We can thus estimate with tolerable accuracy the time required for the disappearance of such defects in the hoof as cracks, clefts, etc. Irregular growth is not infrequent. The almost invariable cause of this is an improper distribution of the body weight over the hoof that is, an unbalanced foot. Colts running in soft pasture or confined for long periods in the stable are frequently allowed to grow hoofs of excessive length. The that is, dished long toe becomes concave from the coronet to the ground the long quarters curl forward and inward and often completely cover the frog or lead to contraction of the heels, or the whole hoof bends outward or inward, and a crooked foot, or, even worse, a crooked leg, is the result if the long hoof be allowed to exert its powerful and abnormally directed leverage for but a few months upon young plastic bones and tender and lax articular ligaments. All colts are not foaled with straight legs, but failure to regulate the length and bearing of the hoof may make a straight leg crooked and a crooked leg worse, just as intelligent caro during the growing period can greatly improve a congenitally crooked limb. If breeders were more generally cognizant of the power of overgrown and unbalanced hoofs to divert the lower bones of young legs from their proper direction and, therefore, to cause them to be moved Improperly, with loss of speed and often with injury to the limbs, we might , hope to see fewer knock-kneed- splay-footecow-hocke- d, horses. . Goats for Dairying. It seems likely that in the not dis tant future we will have to welcome the goat to the number of our dairy animals. The goat has long been an Important factor in the dairying in foreign countries, but has never attained such distinction in this country. About the only place in which the goat has ever received any distinction of this kind in the United States is in some of the poorer portions of our large cities, where the nanny goat may be seen here and there trying to pick a living from among the piles of rubbish and tomato cans on the vacant lots. We understand that the United States Department of Agriculture is about to send an agent to Eurqpe to study the milk goat there and the methods of caring for them and handling their milk. As all know, some of the most famed of the foreign cheese is made from the milk of the goat. The milk and cheese making industry in some of our European countries hangs powers of largely on the the goat how-legge- d, pigeon-toed- , interfering and paddling If in shortening the hoof one side wall is, from Ignorance, left too long or cut down too low with relation to the other, the foot will be unbalanced, and in traveling the long section will touch the ground first and will continue to do so till it has been reduced to its proper level (length) by the increased wear which will take place at this point. While this occurs rapidly In unshod hoofs, the shoe prevents wear of the hoof, though it is itself more rapidly worn away beneath the high (long) side than elsewhere, so that by the time the shoe is worn out the tread of the shoe may be fiat. If this mistake he repeated from month to month, the part of the wall left too high will grow more rapidly than the low side whose pododerm is relatively anemic as a result of the greater weight falling into this half of the hoof, and the ultimate result will be a wry or crooked foot. milk-givin- g report of the Department of The Hard Milking Cow. Every farmer has had trouble with cows. Generally the difficulty comes from the smallness of the teats. The cow with very small teats with small orifices is doubly hard to handle in this respect. Nev-- I ertheless, some of these animals are good mothers and give a large mess of fairly rich milk. This fact has kept many such a cow alive when she would otherwise have been sent to the butcher. One of the best ways to utilize cows of this description is to make them foster mothers. The calves of the easy milking cows can be given to these to nurse for the first four weeks of their lives, or until other calves are ready to take their places. This is the practice with some dairymen and general hard-milkin- i Sheep Wagons. A Man Was g riculture says: The method of managing sheep on the western ranges varies greatly in different parts of the country and with different sheep men. In some localities readily accessible, large and commodious sheep wagons follow the bands of sheep from place to place, and In these wagons the herders carry their necessary utensils, food, clothing and beds. The usual form of sheep wagon contains a cook stove, convenient arrangement for sleeping and a supply of medicines. These wagons may be hauled by two or four horses, according to the condition of the roads. In more inaccessible places, one wagon may be required to furnish service for a number of herders, who sleep in tents, near the night camping ground for the sheep. Under such conditions each herder establishes a camp at some location, protected from storms and conveniently near water, fuel and grass. Marine Hospital Service. The public health and marine hospital service costs $1,000,000 a year. New Diving V risos portionately earlier. ami Stops the Cough Works Off tlib Cold. Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets Price 85c. Low Price for Steamer. for building a steamer was recently made by a A contract of 6,000 tons eatin you? great English shipbuilder at the rate of $26.75 per ton. This is probably the lowest price that has ever been quoted or accepted for a properly equi; ped cargo steamer, and is but very little more than half what would have been asked for such a vessel two look of pained surprise overspread the features of the rusher. You neednt be so unreasonable, he If answered with offended dignity. you must know, I promised to do my sick wifes Christmas shopping in New York on Saturday afternoon, and being a bit out of condition, I was just getting in form. But I didnt mean to make myself conspicuous, I assure you. And somehow. the apology really did make him conspicuous for the moment. New York Herald. A years ago. Mrs. WinslowS Soothing Syrup. reduces tho InForchlliiren teething, softens gums, cures wind collu. 25c a botUa. flammation, alluys THE STREETS OF PEKIN. A A Beast of Superior Intelligence. You may say what you please regarding the superior intelligence of the human animal, remarked Crosscup oratorically, but I have at home a puppy a common yellow puppy that is far more clever than some Sights Seen in the Dirtiest City in the World. An American in the orient writes: Pekin is said to be the filthiest city In the world and it is. The streets, which apparently have never been repaired, fairly swarm with human and animal life; caravans of stately camels from Mongolia and Tibet; the Pekinese cart a creation of its own, with no springs, but drawn by sleek mules in gayly caparisoned harness with outriders in mushroom hats and red plumes, the mafoo running alongside or mounted on small donkeys; bodies without number bearing burdens on their heads or shoulders; richly adorned sedan chairs bearing some mandarian or high Chinese official; the biggest Chinamen riding the smallest of donkeys with jingling bells; and through it all, underneath and! around, swarmed a mass of Chinese men, women and children; the Manchu women in gorgeous apparel with their peculiar headdress, and with faces rough and powdered. Such a sight cannot be seen in any other country, nor in any other city a combination of gorgeousness and filth, magnificence and squalor, unequaled and almost unbel'evable. Odd First Aid for Injured Animals. West Philadelphia physician is writing an Interesting and valuable little book that he intends to call First Aid to Injured Animals. The book deals with the treatment of the common accidents that happen to dogs, cats and horses. It shows how 50 per cent of the deaths that occur among domestic animals are due to the mistaken treatment that these animals receive in the Interim between their falling ill and the veterinary surgeons arrival. The physician said: Take the case of a valuable dog, for instance. Dogs frequently choke. A bone, a nail or a piece of tin gets in their throat and there Is great danger of their dying before the surgeon comes. Many of them do die, but there is no reason for this. For it is easy, without the slightest danger of being bitten, to put the hand in the mouth of a dog and to draw out or push down the obstruction that is killing him. A bandage a handkerchief or a towel will do is passed between the teeth and over the upper jaw, and in a similar way another bandage is passed between the teeth and over the under jaw. One person holding the ends of two bandages keeps the dogs mouth wide open; a second person can then, writh perfect ease and safety, put his fingers down the animals throat and relieve him. There are a hundred emergencies like this one just as dangerous and just as easily treated. In my book it is my purpose to describe all these emergencies and thus I hope to save many animals lives. z i Phenomenon of the Tropics. curious phenomenon has been noticed in the tropics that can never A minbe seen at higher latitudes. is at shaft Mexico, Sombrerete, ing almost exactly on the Tropic of Cancer, and at noon on June 21 the sun shines to the bottom, lighting up the well for a vertical depth of 1,100 feet or more. A SURE The Robust Physique Can Stand More Coffee Than a Weak One. A young Virginian says: "Having a naturally robust constitution far above the average and not having a nervous temperament, my system was able to resist the inroads upon It by the use of coffee for some years but finally the strain began to tell. For ten years I have been employe ed as telegraph operator and typewriter by a railroad In this section and until two years ago I had used coffee continually from the time I was eight years old, nearly 20 years. The work of operating the telegraph key is a great strain upon the nerves and after the days work was over I would feel nervous, irritable, run down and toward the last suffered greatly from insomnia and neuralgia. As I never indulged in Intoxicating liquors, drugs or tobacco In any form I came to the conclusion that coffee and tea were causing the of my nervous gradual break-dowsystem and having read an article in the Medical Magazine on the composition of coffee and its toxic effect upon the system, I was fully convinced that soffee was the cause of my trouble. Seeing Postum spoken of as not having any of the deteriorating effects of coffee I decided to give up the stimulant and give Postum a trial. The result was agreeably surprising. After a time my nerves became wonderfully strong, I can do all my work at the telegraph key and typewriter with far greater ease than ever before. My weight has incrased 35 pounds, my general health keeping pace with it, and I am a new man and a better one." Name given by Postum Co., Battle n r, i W . Saxuki Many Dinner Hours. in Queen Elizabeth's Englishmen time dined at 11 a. m. and Shakesppare rung up the curtain at the Globe theater at 1 p. m., the performance ending between 5 and 6 oclock. By the time of Charles II. dinner had advanced to. 1 oclock and the play began at 3 p. m.. A century later as Pepys records. Horace Walpole complained of dinner being as late as 4 oclock and evening not beginning until 6 oclock. Up to. the middle of the last century the theaters opened at 6:30, dinner being pro- upon-venture- be Cure for Consumption is an infalUWe medicine for coupbs and colds. N. Ocean Grove, N. J., Fob. 17, UWO. humans. a lie other evening I carried home a bottle and joyous anticipations. The former I sought to open with a patent corkscrew. For the first time in its period of service the screw broke half the cork off and on the second try pushed the remaining half into the neck of the bottle. I took it out in the kitchen and with it for a while, trying to labored farmers. It would be more generally fasten the spiral of the screw into practiced if the cows on our farms the floating cork. Would you believe all different the came in fresh in pup crawled under the wash-tub- s months of the year instead of nearly it? That the exact moment the cork at all of them in the spring. As it Is, in never showed so much and dropped the nurse cow finds herself without of its nose until I fished the a calf to milk her by midsummer, and as the tip out with a rusty buttonof cork the hired man has to undertake the bit hook. Then it came out and congratujob. lated me with many wags of the tail. If that Is not superior intelligence 1 AssociaBreeders Ohio Swine The should like to know what is. tion. Superior to what? asked Dew Had an interesting and Instructive ing. at Ohio, Columbus, January meeting Crosscup eySd him as one whe 12th. Officers elected were; Presiwould seek to arouse unpleasant memdent, J. J. Snyder, Paris, Ohio; vice ories. wife tried to advise me, president, S. S. Puckett, Yellow he said My simply. secretary-treasureSprings, Ohio; Deering, who is married also, said, Carl Freigau, Dayton, Ohio; executive Oh! committee: For the term of three years, W. A. Eudaley, Middletown, O.; Electoral Commission Survivors. for two years, E. S. Tussing, Canal Only three of the fifteen members of Winchester, O.; for one year, J. L. the famous electoral commission of Beringer, Marion, O. 1877 survive Edmunds, Senator Hoar and Gen. Eppa Ilunton, King Is Motorist. King Victor Emmanuel, who will of Virginia. All of the five justices open the international exhibition of of the Supreme Court who sat on Creek, Mich. Theres a reason. automobiles in Turin next February. the commission long since passed Look In each pkg. for the famous Is an enthusiastic motorist. away. little book, The Road to Wellville. . Ag- Strange Use of a Suicide's Skull. A rather gruesome Highland practice for treating epilepsy is the drinking out of a suicides skull. In a certain churchyard there is a suicides skull lying perdu, the exact whereabouts being known only to one or two privileged individuals. It is invariably sent for when a case of epilepsy occurs. ork Crowd. At the Brooklyn bridge approach the other day a man was observed making frantic rushes into the thick of the crowd. As everybody who goes to Brooklyn during rush hours does this, it is necessary to explain why this particular man was observed. At first no one paid any attention to him excepting one old fellow with heart disease whom he jostled, and two young women with bundles who were knocked off their feet by the rashness of his charge. Everybody else was too intent on sprinting past his neighbor or adroitly disabling a rival to bother about such a commonplace occurrence. It was the repetition of his rushes over the same ground and not the ferocity of his behavior or his disregard for the softer sex that finally made him the subject of remark. When for the third time he retreated over ground thus gained, and as often returned to the attack, a small, dyspeptic-looking bridge jumper whose corns had been rudely trodden a remonstrance. Subtly inserting his elbow in the abdomen of the center rush, after the most approved bridge jumping tactics, he courteously inquired, What seemato Through & The average rate of growth is about of an inch a month. Hind hoofs grow faster than fore hoofs and unshod ones faster than shod ones. The time required for the horn to grow one-thir- Smallpox as The Good Wife. To this day smallpox is alluded to In the outer islands of the Hebrides as bhean mhath (the good wife), a form-o- f emphemism, the idea of which Is that, in order to escape the ban of the disease, it should be spoken of respectfully. Caledonian Medical Jour- wide-awa- GETTING HIS HAND IN. Cyktir&s&L podo-der- Com-.plaint- '' Salzers - Growth of the Horses Hoof. John W. Adams, professor of veterinary surgeon in the University of Pennsylvania, says: All parts of the hoof grow downward and forward with equal rapidity, the rate of growth being largely dependent upon the amount of blood supplied to the or quick. Abundant and regular exercise, good grooming, moist-nes- s and suppleness of the hoof, going barefoot, plenty of good food and at proper intervals removing the over-- , growth of hoof and regulating the bearing surface, by increasing the volume and improving the quality of the blood flowing into the pododerm, favor the rapid growth of horn of good quality; while lack of exercise, dryness of the horn and excessive length of the - York-tow- L- v(t (a Three Doctors Opinions. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15th. Physicians have accepted Dodds Kidney Pills as the standard remedy for diseases of the Kidneys ana kindred complaints. R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of Benton, 111., says: Dodds Kidney Pills, cured me of Diabetes after everything else had failed and I was given up to die. I . have since prescribed them in my regular practice for every form of Kidney Trouble and have never as yet known them to fail. Jesse L. Limes, M. D., St. John, .Kansas, says: I prescribed Dodds Kidney Pills for the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs McBride of this place who suffered from Epileptic fits following Scarlet-.ina-; results were miraculous; I have never seen anything like it" Leland Williamson, M. D., Ark., says: "Dodds Kidney Pills are the best medicine I know of for all forms of Kidney Disease. I believe In using the remedy that relieves and cures my patients, whether ethical or not and I always prescribe Dodds Kidney Pills and' can testify that they Invariably accomplish a permanent and perfect cure of all Kidney A r; f.T A |