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Jersey, began to lift enough stone 'may not bo gathered to DAIRY AM) POULTRY. Mattox House. For Modern CooWngr. As a matter of useful information it may be stated that whenever a cooking receipt calls for a baking powder thd "Royal" should be used. The receipt will be found to worlr hftr an a and the bread, biscuit, rolls, dumplings, crusts, puddings, crullers or whatever made, will be produced sweeter, lighter, finer flavored, moro dainty, palatable and wholesoma Besides, the "Royal' will go further or has greater leavening power, and is I therefore more economical than any other powder.

Many receipts as published still call for cream-of-tartar and soda, the old fashioned wav of raisino MnrW cooking and expert cooks do not sanction this old way. In all such receipts the Royal Baking Powder should be substituted without fail. The greatest adepts in the culinary art are particular to use the Royal only, and the authors of the most popular cook books and the teachers of the successful cooking with whom the best results are imperative, are carelul to impress their readers an pupils with the importance of its ex-' elusive employment. The Royal Baking Powder is "ttie greatest help of modern times to per- feet cooking, and every receipt requiring a quick-raising ingredient should embody it. Bequeathed His 1'ension.

Said B. C. Rains, a special pension agent: "I had a peculiar case in Washington county. Tenn. A man named Adams drew a pension for total disability, and I was instructed to call and see if the disability was still total.

When I reached the house, a young man came to the door. I asked: 'Is this where John Adams 'It's whar he did live, 'Where does he live 'He don't live. lie's been dead for goin' on five y'ar. I'm his son. 'Then 1 explained my mission, and he said: 'Oh, thefs all right.

Walk right in an' take a cheer. Pap could write, an' he made a will. The pension war the only thing he had to leave, but it's cum in mighty "He produced the will. and, sure enough the pension had been devised to him. I didn't have the heart to tell INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmer Operate This Department of the Homestead Hint!) as to the Care or Live Stock and Poultry. Curtailing Oleo l''ruils. The sheet anchor ou which the oleomargarine swindle relies for its fraudulent profit is its color, says Hoard's Dairyman. It is colored to i-esemble butter while it is not butter. As a consequence, the stuff acquires a value at once in the mind of the innocent purchaser, that does not belong to it.

As a consequence it is sold for much, far more than it is worth. Compel it to stand in its own color before the consumer; compel it to abandon its fraudulent butter color, and it would then be sold to every person that wants it without the fictitious price that the color gives it, and at a fair value. As it is now, the poor people who buy it are compelled to pay from 200 to 300 per cent above its real value as a commodity. The oleo people are very fond of saying that they make the stuff for the poor. Like Judas they want to carry the bag for the sake of the poor.

If they were honest they would place oleomargarine on the market in its own color, for what it is rather than for what it is not. The dairy farmers contend for a law in the several states like that now in existence in Massachusetts and Connecticut, which forbids oleomargarine from coming into the market in any form or color as an imitation of Gutter. This is fair and honest. They have a right to demand that their butter, which always advertises its true character, shall not be compelled to stand in competition with a cheating imitation. They are right in demanding this by law, both as a protection to themselves and to the poor of the land, who may wish to buy the stuff as a substitute for butter, and who would not be swindled into paying a butter price for a cheat on account of its color.

There is plain common sense justice in this and the dairymen are asking no more. The above is heartily seconded by the Farmers' Review, but it is doubtful if such a law would be found con- v. 1 'la. ne foot from the ground as sc as I began milking. 1 paid no attention to her save to occasionally stop and pet her, but she kept on and finally upset the pail.

Then she jumped as if to ward off a blow, but instead of the blow that she evidently expected she got only kind words and more petting. This seemed to surprise her greatly. She turned her head and after giving me a good look she began to lick my coat and kept it up until I had finished milking; and after a week or Jo I could go in her box stall and set the pail under her and milk her without any trouble. And to repay me for my kindness to her, when I went after the cows in the evening I had only to open the gate and call her, while the hired man had to walk after her and drive her to the stable. Now I do not believe there is one case in ten thousand where striking a cow does any good.

Cows are not by nature vicious, and even when they are made so by man the way to conquer them is not to show them viciousness. Just look at the matter in a common sense light. A young heifer is brought to the stable with her first calf. She naturally thinks it is a great event and is very much excited over it, when a man comes in with a rope and a pail and after tying her head so short that she can hardly see her calf, he begins to pull on her teats. They are, of course, more or less sore, and she resents it, and the only way she has of showing her resentment is by kicking, which she naturally does.

And then the owner begins to inquire for devices for kicking cows, never thinking that he has, or ought to have, if he runs a dairy, the remedy within himself kindness. Fall New Milch Cow. Most farmers who have tried winter dairying find that they can get more money either from selling milk or butter from cows that calve in September or October than from those that calve in spring. The summer prices of all dairy products are much lower than they are in winter. Milk must be freshly produced every day.

It is equally true of butter that what is well made in winter brings better prices than what is kept over from summer. It is not a difficult matter with ensilage and grain feeding to make yellow butter in winter as good in quality as that made from cows at pasture. The white, poor but ter made in winter comes from feed- ing the cows on hay mixed with weeds, which injure its flavor. There must also be enough cows so as to require frequent churning. Where milk from one cow only is used the cream has to stand too long before being churned, and good butter is impossible from cream thus kept.

A Tor Wire. A great many who keep poultry are inconvenienced by the fowls flying over the fence. This may be easily remedied by placing a strand of wire around the top of the fence. It is well to place the wire on ihe inside six inches from the fence. When the hens attempt to fly over they aim for the top of the fence, and before reaching it will be thrown back by the wire.

After several attempts to fly over they become wearied and abandon it, and are soon cured of high flying. Sked Novelties. Novelties in seeds are very tempting, as they offer many inducements as superior to the old and tried varieties, some farmers buying more seeds of new vegetables than of the standard sorts. The first essential to consider is the adaptability of any variety to the climate, and to determine this a test must be made, which should be done cautiously and on a limited space. It will pay, however, to try all the new varieties by testing them, selecting the best for the purpose to be used a succeeding' season.

Rkmembeb that profits depend more on the quality than the quantity of the butter put on the market. construct this basement with pront thus '-killing two birds with one stone Next take si wide boards (do not aut them, as they can be used for boards) out of which make to mix mortar in. If you havcyflug to a depth it is likely you bttve struck good building sand, if' not, this must be furnished from elsewhere. Divide your box about the center by the use of sand; into one end place the lime you wish slaed.and pour on water. Do not slack too much at onco.

After it has become thoroughly slack, mix with sand and water in the other end of the box. Commencing about the center, lay a layer of stone from a foot and a half to two feet wide around the now lay the front up (a paddle made of wood may be used as a trowel) a foot and a half from the ground. Do not lay the stone the whole length of the front, or you will have trouble in laying your corners. Now upon the wall you have thus laid place your door frame made out of two inch plank, twelve inches wide well braced, that the pressure of the stones may not press it out of shape. Now lay your entire wall eight feet high, placing on top in a layer of mortar a 2x12 plank, onto which the roof may be nailed.

After the wall has become thoroughly dry put on a double roof, using inch boards. Now take the mortar (or a barrel of water lime mixed with sand would be best) and go over the inside, filling up all rough places and smoothing off. After this is dry, place in your doors. If you make your door frame the right size you can use a couple of window sashes, covered with wire netting, for the inside, fixing them in the door so that the top one may be lowered to admit air on warm days, and make a rough storm door for the outside, to close at night. If the wall is higher than the surrounding ground take the earth which you have dug out and use as banking; now place in your roosts, nests, and you will have a poultry house in which your hens will lay eggs all winter, if properly cared for.

Perhaps some one in reading the above may think that they could never accomplish the job of laying the wall; let them once try it and they will find that it is not near as difficult a feat as they thought it would be, and they will be surprised with what rapidity they can lay the stone after they have once became accustomed to handling the trowel. W. Z. Dumond, in Farmers' Review. Valre of Hone yeal for Fowls There is no ingredient whose value as a mixture in poultry food is equal to bone meal or ground bone for its cost.

Hone meal is ground the finer of the two, and is sold at a price which renders it very cheap, and an excellent ingredient to mix with soft food for poultry, and the fowls are very fond of it. It is especially desirable for laying hens, and those who give it a thorough trial quickly discover the difference between the yield of eggs from fowls that have this mixed with their food and those that do not. Even the large bits.of bone, as large as a whole kernel of corn, and even larger, are greedily devoured by the. laying hens, and it is really surprising to see how much they like it. It is also an excellent thing for growing chicks, and is just what they need to build up a good, strong frame, and if they are well supplied with bone meal mixed with their other food it will be a great benefit to the chicks as well as to their owners.

All fowls, and especially those that are confined, should have at least an occasional feed of bone meal. American Poultry Journal. Cow Kindness. Some time ago, suspecting that the hired man was not treating 'our cows as he should, I undertook to do the milking myself. I found that one cow, him that it was not valid, but here- -ceivesno more pension." Cincinnati Enquirer.

Will Work Well. Mrs. Strcrgmind (a few years hence) I presume you are glad that your husband has been nominated? Fair Guest Indeed, I am. It's just like old times, before we were married. "In what way?" "He knows I have a vote and he's just as devoted as a lover.

N. Y. Weekly. How's This! We offer $100 reward for any case of catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's catarrh cure. F.

J. Cheney proprietors, Toledo, Ohio. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the laHt fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.

West Troax, wholesale drughists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinman Marvin, wholesale druggibts, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-cuous surface's or the system. Price, T5 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.

Testimonials free. Hall's family pills, 25 cents. Front of Hamilton street, McCune, Kansas, COM-MERCIAL MEN and all others will find first-class accomodations at this house, terms reason able. Give me a call. T.

H. Mlattox, Prop. MILLINERY I aim to keep abreast with the times in Styles of Hats and Trimmings. New and fashionable goods received regularly. For prices come and see.

I will not b6 undersold. Corner opp. Wards Bank McCune, Kan. MRS. M.

E. LYON. M. FORD, man Justice ot the Pe2C6i REAL ESTATE and COLLECTION AGENT. Solicitor of Pensions 'and patents, Conveyances and other papers carefully drawn.

Office on Hamil-ton street, McCune, Kans. Real Estate Collection List your Real Estate with me and I will advertise and sell it for you. I have had 20 yr's. experience as AUC-tioneer. Collections 'made and prompt remit-tence, Give me a trial.

Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all lat ent buuness conducted for MOOtNATC Fees. and we can sec ure paicnim less time taaa lliuMi remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or Witn eesenp-j tion. We advise, if patentable or Dot, (ree of charge, thir lee not due till patent it tecarea. A Pa MrmtT.

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FARMERS' REVIEW. Of Course. Freddie Mamma, me face is dirty. Please wash it. Mamma Freddie, where in the world did you learn to say "me face," like a little street Arab? Why don't you say "my face is dirty?" Freddie Because j'our face isn't dirty.

Judge. If the Baby is Cutting Teeth. Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs Wimlow's Sootiuso Syrlt for Children Teething. A Iturnble Kiample. Bildad I understand you have been making love to my wife.

Tapleigh Er er Bildad I want to give you a warn-ing! Tapleigh Er er Bildad Look at me and see what you'll come to if you persist. day. Town Topics. Christ inns i'resents Free. With the first cold snap com.

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If your dealer hasn't an Illustrated Premium List, send your address on a postal card to the firm above named. Squared Blmseir. Cholly Quickwit Who was that round-shouldered, ill-dressed little cad I saw you with this morning? Ethel (freezingly) That, sir, was my fiance. Cholly You don't say. What magnificient contrast you will make.

Town Topics. stitutional in most states. We do not know that the law has ever been brought before a Supreme court judge in Massachusetts or Connecticut, as to its constitutionality. Nothing that can be counted as class legislation will the test. Such a law would have to be.

sweeping in its effects, a sort of double-edged sword, cutting both ways. It would prevent the oleo manufacturer from coloring his product, and the farmer from coloring his butter. Winter OuiirterK. Now is the time for the fanner to prepare winter quarters for his poultry. A great deal has lweo written and said on the construction of the poultry house, but of all such articles that havecorue to the notice of the writer, the cost would be greater than the majority of farmers would feel warranted in expending upon their poultry house.

The writer would like to give the outline for the construction of a poultry house that the coijt, beyond the h.bor expended upon it.need not be great. First select a small knoll facing south or southeast, now dig out the desired size, the hareie as for a cellar, only removing the earth from front, if the house is to be of considerable size the labor can be greatly lessened by the use of a plow and scraper. Now gather all the hardheads and cobble stone you need, there is hardly a farm but upon which.