NOTED AFRICAN EXPLORER AND AUTHOR,
WO Doses
, DISCOVERER OF GORILLA, WHO IS DEAD
For One D0j
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A We-d Tillies
Another machine lins ' can invented
for the use of the f armor. Tin? p.clure
.shows the Invention doing its work,
.mid rIvcs an idea of the mei-lmniHii by
which It Is operated. Two fluted roll
ers are mounted on an adjustable sr,i
"jort at the roar of a suiky. whh i lia n
gearing to rotate tiioin lap'd'.y as t!;t?
.machine ia diT.wn over llio .ur.uml. As
the fliit!u.:;s on the faro of the tolHrs
tnoKli closely together, it is e.ixy to tni
.flersltuid how any wok! or pms.-s whtcli
once j?ets between ih;ii will l:e drawn
up, ii 11 1 i 1 It is Anally lifted out oi' ;Uo
ground, roots and all. To Insmv :li"
killing of higher growths, the mai-h.ue
Fertilizing: for Tomato Crops,
Although the following Information
Is based on the work of a grower of
tomatoes for canning factories almost
exclusively, It Is of value to any one
who grows the medium and late sorts
for any market. .Muriate of potash
500 pounds, nitrate of soda 400 pounds,
bone tankage 700 pounds, and acid
phosphate 400 pounds, using of this
mixture 500 pounds an acre, .'100
pounds being used broadcast before
harrowing and 200 pounds In the iU.
Tills formula supplies the food needed
by the plants In addition to what Is
naturally supposeu to be in the fairly
fertile soil, and should give as a result
a large crop of fine tomatoes of good
color. Natural!-, the result will de
pond somewhat on the varieties used,
which for canning purposes should al
ways bo such as will ripen all over and
be of a dei'p red color. It Is always
sale to select varieties of this descrip
lion for any market, as they are at
tractive to the eye and generally of
good quality. The old favorite I'ar.i-
go.i pronatiiy comes as near to the
MACHINE TO PI' LI, THE WEEDS.
lias been fitted with a series of rotary
blades, which feed the tops of the
weeds down beneath the face of the
first roller iustoad of allowing this
roller to strike the stems and push the
..weeds over, without uprooting them.
Fo-Cnlled Corn Wheat.
In sections of the West there Is be
ing grown a variety of wheat known
ns relish wheat, which has compara
tively little value except, perhaps, as
a food for stock. Public accounts of
this wheat have been so garbled that
farmers have a wrong Impression of
It. As this wheat Is grown in the
Northwest, It produces wonderfully,
iinrt the kernels are much larger than
those of the recognized varieties of
wheat, 'hnd when fed to stock It Is said
to have wonderful fattening results.
That It has some merit there Is little
- doubt, for It has given fairly good re
sults In the making of macaroni flour,
. although not so good as the results
from the true macaroni wheat. It Is
doubtful If It Is safe to use It largely
in the fattening of stock, although It
Is worthy of test in that way. Seeds
men In the North and West can doubt
less furnish seeds In small quantities,
and the reputation already acquired
makes It worth a test, lu some sec
tions the variety is known as Emmer
und some seedsmen catalogue It under
that name.
Make n Bag Holder.
A frame may be fixed In a few min
utes that will hold bags while being
tilled. Cut a board six inches wide and
nail together as
shown. Fill a bag
and set it Inside,
then adjust the
hooks the proper
height. The hooks
(at are elghtpenuy
wire nails driven
through the boards
bau iioldrh. downward to pre
vent turning and the ends then bent
upward. The front hooks should be
n little lower than the back two. A
cross brace on the back will strengthen
the frame. A. till more, In Farm and
Home.
I,nw Wnite.
An English farmer writes that he
knows several farmers who have late
ly surrendered their rented farms sole
ly from the dltllculty of getting labor
ers; and lu that neighborhood a good
liouse and garden free, and a wage of
about $.'1.10 a week "can be had for the
asking." American farmers meet a
similar dltllculty, although offering at
least double the English wages. Ex
change. Cutter or Qooae Fat.
The most iopular substitute for but
ter In Germany Is said to bo goose fat.
?Wlght for weight, butter costs less
than the fat, but then the latter seems
to be far more economical. A pound of
excellent butter can be had In Herlln
for about 30 cents. Goose fat, on the
other hand, is sold by the lKre (1.70
pint) at an average price of 70 to 75
cents. Iu a riven t government publi
cation there appeared a suggestion
from tho American consul at Berlin to
the effect that Germany ofTers a good
market for thlg article of food.
Ideal variety as any,
erod.
all thiags consid-
Two New !-ii-nyn.
Tl!: difficulty of killing plant and
tree lice v.'idi the usual spray mixtures
is well known. ;0cd results are re
ported from the use of a new mixture
conltilulng one pound hard soap, one
quart castor oil. cne-fourth pound car
bonate of soda, one gallon water. Tlip
soap aad acid were boiled In water
and mixed with the castor oil while
healed; the mixture was then diluted
with 10 to 20 per cent of water for
spraying. In fighting tree lice, it is
Important to apply the liquid used be
fore the leaves begin to curl and en
close the insects. For scale insects, a
mixture reported satisfactory is pre
pared as follows: Tin quarts boiling
water, one quart carbolic acid, one
quart soft soap. The mixture Is stir
red until an emulsion Is formed and
Is applied by means of a brush. Amer
ican Cultivator.
Derice for Catch Inn: Kowla.
Whether or not a fowl will quietly
submit to the approach of the Imple
ment shown in the drawing any more
than it would
stand still and al
low a man to get
within reaching
distance, only a
practical applica
tion can deter
mine. It Is possi
ble, however, that
the device can be
moved more rapid
ly than a person
moves, and thus
deceive the fowl. The Idea is Intro
duced by a Kentucklan, who states
that It will do Its work without injury
to the legs, and enable the fowl to
stand naturally after Its capture, with
out, however, giving It an opportunity
to escape.
Farm Notes.
There Is one cron that must be at
tended to now or It will soon be too
late asparagus. It comes earl- in the
year, almost as soon as the frost leaves
tne ground. The bed will be benefited,
If shoots have not apepared, by receiv
ing a covering of straw, salt hay or
any refuse material and burnt over, so
as to destroy disease germs that mav
be left over on the surface of the
ground from last year.
Growing a lot of pumpkins In a field
of corn Is an old practice, but it is
doubtful If pumpkins so grown are ns
profitable ns when grown as a separate
crop from corn. The pumpkins will
prevent the proper cultivation of corn.
as working the corn destroys the
pumpkin vines, the result being that
late weeds get a chance to grow and
mature. It is urged In defense of
growing pumpkins In the corn field
that they do not Interfere with cultlvn.
lion until the com Is "laid by," but
mucu depends ou tho land, rainfall and
thoroughness of cultivation.
should never be "laid by" as long as
weeds ami grass can have an oppor
tunity to grow, cultivation being given
If it Is possible for a horse to pass
along the rows.
Sowing Onions. . .
Sow from four to six
acre. Four pounds per acre Is plenty
iHiMiiuiig iue seeo is good, the seed
bed good, and maggots not numerous.
Sow eighteen seeds to the tw t
seed Is good, which In rows about six-
ieen incneg apart, makes ahnnf .
pounds per acre. Sow with any good
garden-seed sower, first regulating to
sow as desired.
Japan has developed a variety of
maize with leaves beautifully striped
with whlu.
MS N
I.:- ;':ri?PiiPBmift'l
PAUL DU CMAILLU.
Taul du Chaillus, whose explorations, covering thousands of miles of
Africa, added greatly to the world's knowledge of the dark continent and
Its inhabitants, died recently at St. Petersburg, where he was making prep
arations to start on a tour of exploration In Siberia. He was the first to
tell the world about the gorilla. He was G5 years old, was born In New
Orleans, and had his home In New York. On his first expedition he sailed
from ,ew York to the French settlement at the mouth of the Gaboon River
in west Africa. At his own expense he traveled 8.000 miles with only native
companions, and covered much previously unexplored country. After several
subsequent trips to Africa. Du Challlu turned his attention to northern lands
P . ..!!' explored from end na. he embodied his experiences In
fTbPand ?f the MidnISt Sun." Recently he had been making a
study of the Muscovite races.
t 6 Prtralt 18 (rom a Photograph Mr. Du Challlu sent to Mrs. Robert
L Giflord, 277 East 46th street. Chicago, who had known him for a number
xf ye'.an, ,ftt Wh08e h0me he was a Sest whenever he came to Chicago
Mrs Glfford last night confirmed the statement cabled from St. Petersburg
that Mr. Du Challlu had no living relations. "-isourg
HABITATS OF THE MOST PREVALENT
DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
AN official death map has been prepared under the direction of the
Census Bureau. It shows that causes of death are largely a matter of
geography, and the twenty-one districts Into which the country s
divided mark the limits of different regions where various dS5 are
most ravnging. 8 ulB
. JZT s,e"satlonalfaeaths occur In the Taclflc coast district region
in the State of Washington. This Is the only district In which gunS
wounds are reported as a prevalent cause of death. Heart disease sXde
and apoplexy show there the largest number of victims, and th VcoS 2
held for the greatest number of deaths from alcoholism
Lung troubles appear to be most numerous along the Atlanta
ZT a,0Dg M,SSlSS,PPl X?rJ2
tr,crrapfs nrirJxf str assrr d,s-
Alabama. Mississippi. Arkansas, and Indian Territory g '
fortr are a few
cause of death. Among these tJ&Z M;
Green Mountains, parts of Michigan and Wisconsin nrt SI . Adironaacks.
side of the Missouri River. and the region oa dther
Croup and whooping cough appear to be most dangerous In ax I . 1
which have the least population and where. presumabTmedlSl 1m , 'tS
difficult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease and anonl Cal ald Is most
expected in mountainous parts of the country than In "f6.,,0 t0 bo
In eight of the twenty-one districts rheumaTn reaps a tart
death, noticeably In the thinly settled States, where tto inhalX VG8t f
exposed to the sudden changes of the weather ,nhabltants are most
Generally speaking. It appears that the majority of donth. t u
are caused by climatic conditions, while those In th nittl e country
social conditions. The farmer on the Dakota prairie talT Ted b
to guard against rheumatism, but not against malaria or hear, d? ' Deed3
Joke Was on the Whites.
A Wichita boy serving In the Phil
ippine army writes to his mother in
the greatest indignation over a gigan
tic joke played by a colored regiment
In the far-away islands. This regi
ment Is the Forty-ninth infantry. They
were stationed at Slpa. one of the in
terior provinces. They told the natives
that the colored race predominated in
America; that the whites had been but
recently released from slavery; that
the colored people ran the United
States government; that President Mc
Klnley was descended from a pure-
blooded African chief; that the white
folk In America were low down, lazy
pilfering trash, much given to stealing
chickens; that the white were not per
mltted to own property, and that the
negroes wouldn't associate with them
on terms of equality at all.
By and by the colored regiment was
moved elsewhere and the regiment to
SU? Thehft? 'ST
tempt and that everything m u C0Xim
Kansas City Journal. De,1eved.-
A New BpeklM Pood
Do you know the 'Autocrat' f
Breakfast Table Mr. iSSSr
of her host at a ruraTdlnner
"Well, really, now, I don't know" he
replied. "We've tried so many oMhem
breakfast foods I can't keep t?ack of
em. Maria." he called to his wife
across the table, "have we ever fied
taoler Cker ' the breakfa
"Do you think that wireless telegra
phy will save time?" "Yes. if they
can invent some sort of a messenger
boyless device for delivering the tela,
grams."
Economy in medicine aj
measured by two things,
effect. It cannot be measure
either alone. It is greatest k
medicine that does th
"u "MS!
the money that radically m
manently cures at the least1
pense. That medicine h
Hood's $arsapar
It pTHifies and enriches the i
cures pimples, eczema and
eruDtions. tirnd. In
, , blu leej
loss of appetite and general del1
"T lifiva tntron TTnn.1 e
- a oarsapariy
found it reliablo and giving perfect J
wui.. iuo.-, una mm nrQ ledinti
enorey and puts the blood In good com
Miss Effib CoLONNBk 33 10th Street!
Washington, D. C.
Hood's Earsaparllla promM
euro anu nouns mo promise,
Strength Needed.
"I don't see why oflicerB in thI
should be required to be strong, "
noiri nave 10 ao any lilting."
"No, but they have to carry soq
meaaiB."
Geplus Indeed.
Ida Mabel is a genius.
May In what way?
Ida Why, she never throwi
thing away. When her black i
got too old she cut them up and
beauty spots.
For bronchial troubles try Pino'
for Consumption. It is a eood
medicine. At druggists, price 25 ceaa
No Delay.
Mamma, on hearing that her if
had received a new little girl, a
Lillian, her little daughter:
"Lillian, auntie has a new u
and now mamma is the baby'a if
papa is the baby's unch, and jot
her little cousin."
"Well," said Lillian, "wasn't
arranged quick!" Little Chroniclt
Less Nicotine In Pipes,
A full sized cigar contains ai tf
as two grains of nicotine; a pipeft
tobacce, not more, as a rule, than
thirds of a grain.
CSTC Permanently ourrt ao tla or wc
1119 after first iWmor lir. KIIm'iGtw
aestorer. Hind for KU.KKH-J.Ofl trial botUtixl
tea. DB.B.U.ULine.Ltd.31ArchSUPliiWi
On a Qolden Plate.
President Roosevelt recently m
an invitation on a gold plate. It
not political, but it asked him toil
the mining congress in Lead, &
next September. The plate wasnc
enough to eat a dinner from, i
measured two and three-fourths tit
inches, but it was large enough top
what kind of gold the Black Hull
duce.
The Difference.
"What's the diffeience bet
tramp's protective association i
golf fiend?"
"Well?"
"Why, one links the tramps id
other tramps the links." PfH
Tiger.
Van f!in S2 ill. XTmrntt
vnis wh ami CUVt Mmm -
'-.lt ill n a. n t V
if run jiwn o. nmsiea, ivenoy, . i
nvn naiupiu ui Alien, s root iase. Afcsi"
blalns, sweating, damp, swollen, achlnr
It makes new or tlprht shoes eesy.
CUfA fnr Cnrni DtiH ni.ntn. ill Artisan
iU 25c. Don't accept any substitute.
Mil at Nttt ITda Tlnluifiei.
r .v,UUIV vnu uv iv"B
gaily need by German phyeiciaw
dictating prescriptions to draff'
because of the chances of fatal W
uerstandings.
uum rrvuuwiiuii.
The estimated production of g':
1902 was $80,853 070 and of i
Q1 run not
r
Weak?
" I suffered terribly and
tremely weak for 12 year. v,
doctors said my blood wi
turning to water. At last I
Ayer's Sariaparilla, and wai l,
feeling all right again." n
Mrs. J. W. Flala, Hadlyme
No matter how longyj
have been 111, nor K
poorly you may be todaj
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is tbe
best medicine you &
take for purifying and &
riching the blood. J
Don't doubt it, put yo
whole trust in it, thro
away everything else.
II M I boOlt. All rrrWv-
Atk yonr doctor what ha think. f i
Brprlll. Ho known.il aboiittbUJJ
2!d IStC'jT "'"limine. Follow bUwM
J. O. Aria Co., Lowll.