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BY THE FIEE.
She tut and muaeil by the ilriftwood firo,
As the leaping flames Hashed high anlahlzher,
.And tho phantoms of youth, aa tairaud bright,
(Irow for her gaza in tho ruddy light j
The blossoms she gathered in lifo's young days
Wreathed and waved in tlie flickering blaze;
And she laughed thro' a sunny mist of tears,
That rosj at tha dream of her April years;
And vi r and ayu tho sudden rain
flashed on the glictcrini? window pine.
Sober and saddened tho pictures tint showed
As tho drift-wood 1 gs to led coro glowed,
And tho fancied pictures of olden tinio
f assed wilh tho steadied step of their prjmej
Tho daisies and snow dropi hi jomed and died,
I'ed rosci and lilies stood side by side,
Whilo riVli'-r and fuller, and deeper grew
The lines of the pictures August diew;
And cvtr an 1 ayo tho filling rain
Streamed thick and fasten the window pane.
The drift-wood died down into foitlury ash,
Vhcro faintly aril fitfully shone the Huh;
Slowly nnd sidly her pu'tes beat,
And soft was tho fall, as of vanishing feet;
And lush and green, as from ouarded grave,
She taw tho grass of tlty valley wave ;
And like cchoci in ruins seemed to sigh,
Tho "wet west wind" tint went wand'ringby,
And caught tho sweep of t .0 sullen rain,
And dashed it against th window pane.
, All llie Year Honml.
Old Zeke's Horse.
ritOX'IIIIHMM.tS'- stony.
'Tlittr ho Htiinils o. iimocoiit lookin'
tin' chippur oz yor yo.ulin' colt, an' no
1111 w'uM b'liovo tlmt hcwi wiu U) y'ur
old. Yaau, Iv'c owned liim son, ho wor
r colt, 1111' I've leached him everything
that ho knows) 'cent his nicniinivH. Ho
coined nut'ral liy tlmt, pardner hit was
horned in him."
Wo Inul boon on a hunt in tho moun
tains of Death after black-tailed door,
and in returning camped hero for two
days to givo our t-tock needed rct and
glass. On tho in'oning of tho second
day of our stay an old hunter-scout
friend of otnn rodo into camp mid made
0110 of our p.uty. Ho had been out on
this oxlreino fionticr for years, and knew
every hole and corner of tho mountain-"
ivo had just pas-oil through. Old Zuko
told a rood story, and wo had boon li--ttnin
for 110111 to Ins thrilling; "yams"
of adventure on tho great l'lisum I'lain,
wlion iho lnuidorous Apacho and the
bldod-thiihly (Niinaneho roamed ocr it
nt will. Wo burned from him that tlie
sprint; where wo worn now camped had
been a favorilo stopping pl.ico for the
rod men on tbolr journeys through tho
country. It was tho onlv water of con-
soipienco between (ho Motini u 1 of
Death and (be Sierra Diablo, th. ' rig
only a small liolo on tho gre.i: Di.itb
J'lnin, which Htit'tebed nwny at our feet
toward tho dim blue ridden of the latter
nioiiutniu.
The Texas I'ucilio Kiiiho.nl wa- within
tiftcen iiiiKn of tho spiing, and when
t hoy were building tho load, water for
gro.it consti notion eamp vn hiiuled
fiom tho tiriti7 in wagons. Tho load,
wliivh they made has not yet ovoi grown
mid is tho only evhhmee of civilization
in all this wild cuunliy. The spring
lies at tho head of a urn row auoo
which biiiiichi" ofl" fiom Ap.iebe Can
yon, and Iho Indium used to camp heto
fur weeks, at a time. Tho old "rign"
they made U abundant, and above the
spiing 011 a level plateau arc planted
several smootli posts, now fast decaying,
where the red luinloiv- n-oil to diess
their deer hides. It bin not boon so long
since they were here either. I followed
11 trail through this canyon I0.-1 than two
.wars ago, and in ISSO, when Victoria
swooped down upon the frontier, his do
li.int force passed through Apacbol'un
yon. Old .oko is a eiitahlo frontier
p.itriiiivli. lie must be at lwit TO yo.us
of age, but ho is n active and btrong
a many men at -It), mid is gon! for
ninny years' of haul .sorwooyot. When
ho was a younger man a (. oniaucho
warrior shot an tirrow into his right oyo
and ho lost the use of that member.
From this wound ho take tho n.imo by
which he is generally known "One-cjoil
Zoko." lie lives in the mountains 'all
the time, mid since tho laihoad was put
through has made a snug little, fortune
killing antelope, which find u lo.nly sale
ut good price.- at any of the Millions on
the road. Ho iits tho "settlement.-.''
only when ho needs rations or amnmiii
tion, and when ho gives down to iho rail
loud wilh a load of antelope, is regarded
with much curiosity by tho "tomteifoel"
passenger. Ho is a good lepivsoutative
of that hardy nur of plainsmen who
Hie fust disiixtii'ing Iwfoin tho iiiihv.nl,
is ttiMiig of limb and stout ot heart, in
ured to hardship, honest, ipiahit of
spotvh und simple of manner. He told
mo ouco tlmt he had neur been sick 11
liny in hit life. J If km for iiinuy yeai
gOTcmnuMit Ktiide, mid could tell you
thouud stories o( mlvtMUuu'.. llis
hore u !'( Wootl-liny HiiiniHl, who
)im wit;ked fashion' of nhowing the
wlutel.pf' hi eye itnd laying Kick hii
iliiftMr,
MiUtwok. much like one uv them
thar Mexican lioni," wptiuiiOAl the oh)
hunter, "that I named him Cougar,''
unit it ia to s.iv Homethinsr about Cougar
and his many exploits that this letter
was begun, lie hint ofloii spoken to me
of this famous animal, and one day 1
shall never forget tho circumstance I
formed Coiurar's ucouaintance. At that
timo I was located at 0110 of the posts,
iind Cougm's master was the chief guide.
Having occasion to uso a horso for a fow
hours ono d.iy ' was on my way to tho
ofllco of the quartermaster to got nn
older on tho master of tho corral for one
of Undo Sam's snarocaballos. My near
est route lay through the corral. I was
walking Icimicly along near tho centre
of tho iuclosuru when a scicamjng
neigh, tho sound of quickly falling
hoofs, and a warning cry from 0110 of
the Roldiors at tho far end of the corral.
caused mo to turn my head. A blood-
bav horse, with proudly arched neck,
flowing mane, and tail and bend erect,
was coming toward 1110 at a qnicK gal
lop. His thin cars wore laid back closo
to his head and bis red tonguo bung
from his mouth between two rows of
vicious looking teeth. I turned and
faced tho rapidly advancing animal.
Tho nearer ho camo tho moro dange
rous ho looked, and I was unarmed. I
would have 11111 toward the row of stalls
on the north sido of tho corral for the!
ter.but Ihcy wore too far nw.iv. I could
bear tho champ of bis toeth and tho
sound mado cold chills run down my
vertebral column. Kuc soeiuril to llnh
from bis cyc-i. and great Hooks of foam
droDiied from his ouen mouth. When
ho was within ton feet of 1110 ho roared
evidently intending to crush me beneath
Ins foiofeet. I sliuililuoil - mo-l any
man would have done so under the cir
cumstances and biacod myself lor a
spring. Tho anticipated shock did not
como however. I heaid tho sternly spo
ken caution "liyiir!'' in tho well known
vo'scecf Ouo-oyed Zekc, and tho horso
but recently so full of vicious tire, halt
ed, prio';od up bis oars and stooil meek
ly in front of mo, with such an expics
siou of innocent wonder on his hue that
I btirht out laughing. He did not like
this and laid back his cars again.
"Hjaryerascall' slmutod his master,
"None uvtbiit. '
Ho walked ujito where I was standing
and placed It 1 - hand 011 my shoulder.
"This hynr's a pardnor uv mine, Con
trar," bo said, "Shnko!"
Cougar who bad inclined his hoad
gravely, as though listening to his mas
ter's words, lifted 0110 of his fore feet
and estonded it towaril mo m a friendly
manner. J grasped tho outstielcheel
limb, and "nice that day Cougar and I
bavo been very good friends, although I
never caicd to presume on our acquain
tance liy any undue familiarity. 1 was
speaking about this littlo incident when
One-eed X"ke, gave utterance to the
words which open this loiter, llo
glanced tow ml the subject of his ii-
maiks wuli an expression very much
akin h loving devotion in his r-iugle eye.
and then began to tell US the lli-torv of
Cougar's long and eventful life.
Although what, is known as 1111 "Amer
ican bor.-e. Cougar was born wild and
on the plains. One day about twenty
five ye'.irr. ago One-eyed Zeke was follow
ing an I lull-ill trail along the .Neuecii:
Uier. lie made 11 dinner camp on the
bank of the liver 111 a grove of cotton-
rrood tiici. A lienl of wild ponies weie
feeding noar by, and among them was a
voting Aiueric.ui mine with her foal.
The colt vva gamboling about its dam,
and .eke, noting his splendid form and
beautiful coloi. determined to capture
him He knew that if ho should kill the
mother be could soon run the colt down.
and, rai-ing bis rille, he took careful
aim and liuil. Tho ninre dropped dead,
and tho suddenly orphaned colt, with a
slit ill neigh of nlaim, began galloping
around tho body of bi dead parent.
The iot of oho herd sl:imjcdotl, Tho
colt started to follow, but seemed loth to
leave the mine, and In-fore he really
made tiit bis mind what to do the noose
of Zeke's hi-o tightened around his
neck and be tumbled over on the plain.
'ile war (her most orioils li-etlo devil
I evcrsiod,'' said Zeke "an' fought mo
like er voting irrily. Hit war two
solid hours' work to break him, but 1
llnallv tool; some ov their ciisscdness
oul'ii him. an' drug him back tor camp
with me. 1 wuz Mirier tooken with the
lectio devil iet on account ov his mean
lies?, an' fur erbout three y'ar put in all
my sMie tune te.ieluir bun tuoklhet
he son he u ov s.uviee tew him.
Cougar would in.ike 11 fortune for
.-howuiuu lie ktionu to uiiderstnutl
oorvthing that Zeke sav 1 1 him and
can peifoini moie divitiug tiicks usu
ally taught ''educated horses" than miy
minim! I over saw, such as walking" on
his hind legs and suddenly ivveisingtbe
iKisitiou without losing his balance,
I dancing in time to iiiumc, sitting ihiwn
on ins uiiiiis, iiiiui'iii, lucieuiiiiiK 10
drop dead when a six-shooter is dis
charged, lying down nt n woul and 11
hundred otiieis. Ile will "fetch mid
oniry'' like a elog, and can follow 11 liail
night or day over the most rockv ground,
with the unerring precision i a blood
hound, llo c.111 scent water for miles.
and always gives warning of the near
presence of liulinii". llo si-ciii to have
but one friend, and Zeke is the only man
that has over Urn able to ride him. Ile
will not make friends with man or beast,
only when commanded to do so by the
old" scout, and tho hordes he had lamed,
and the ling-, chickens, pigs, goat-sand
sheep he had killed would run up into
the hundreds, lie ill nttiick n man in
the same way, and people who know
him have a moitiil terror of him. He
cannot be kept in couliucipeut. He
bleaks ropes, slips halters and bi idles
simps hobbles, jumps fences mul all,
and breaks dftwn the strongest gutes, and
doors. When Zeke wa ut the post he
lined to wander about t pleasure, and
evei'vliody gave him a wide lrlh. On
sevvuil occasion !en he found (IiumI
imngutg heavy on ins iikihw (of vainer
h-K) he unuiHvtl himwlf by brMkiug
into the little Hewer garden: ahout the
quartetvof ihenfucers, al it w sim-
plv wonderful the amount of irrepara
ble dnmago he con d do in five minutes'
lltl'O.
m- day 0:10 of tho officers gave a
grand p.uly to somoof his friends from
tho States who wore visiting tho post,
ft was a sort of garden fete, and a big
grovoof cottonwoods in tho roar of tho
post hospital were selocteel for tho
merry-making. Tho officer, who was
young and unmarried, mado great
preparations for tho occasion. Ho bad
a big fruit-cake baked, and one of tho
soldieis who had boon a confectioner,
after 11 ureat deal of difficulty, made
"omething which passed for ico cream.
This was for tho ladies, who were most
ly young, pretty, nnd unmarried. Tho
son of Mars elid not forget tho wants of
his male friends nnd mado .1 big tub of
punch very stoutly "spiked."' Somo ono
at tho post hail a croquet sot, and all
tho picnickers took a hand at the game.
A detail of black Foldiors under com
mand of u corporal, looked after .the
lunch, and while tho croquet was going
on put up tho table. Tho punch, tho
big cake and tho mysterious compound
which passed for ico crenm, were placed
tineler a small tout which had been spt
up under tho trees. No one paid
any attention to Cougar, who was feed
ing on the hospital lawn. Tho tout
attracted his attention and he walked up
to see what it all meant. When tho
soldiers went to get tho good things thoro
was nothing left of the cako but a fow
crumbs, the ice-cream hail been over
turned and was soaked into the ground,
and the punch tub was as thy as a
buffalo wallow in March.
Tho officer who was engineering tho
foto was furious and ho started to hunt
up Conger with rago in his heart somc
Uiing like a "big, big. D" on his lies and
blood in his eye. He found the forager
on the parade ground as drunk as a
member of tho legislature on a junket
nnd surrounded by the entire population
of tho post Cougar was on a funny
drunk and when the irate officer reached
him ho was trying to stand on his head.
The young man's race was turned to
laughter and his guests forgot all about
their loss watching the idiotic antics of
that horse. For him it was tho fatid
"first drink." which leads to cocktails
before breakfast every morning, and he
gets drunk now whenever he can get
tho liquor. J have often seen him at
tho door of thepo?ttradci's saloon "beg
ging for a drink," and have soveaal times
known him to go on a regular "high lone
some." On ono of these drunks a soldier
began teasing him, and his little fun
camo near costing him bis life.
Just before tho Victoria raid a small
band of Indians ran in on the horse hcid
which was feeding close by the post and
stninpeded several animals. Conger
was ono of the hoisos they ran off. He
c.ime back to the post the next day and
his fore-legs were covered with blood. A
paity hud started out after the thieves,
and when they camo in they loportcd
t nit a dead Indian bad lcrn found lying
nlong-iile the trail, whoo body was
mashed into .1 jelly. He bad probably
b"on. Irving the experiment of riding
Conger, and the horse had tliiowu and
killed him. Cougar wears a gold medal
around his neck, and a history ot this
medal shall clo-e this .-ketch.
In 1ST I a party of soldiers who were
being guided by ko followed nn In
dian trail which tended across K I.iano
del Muret, which is an arid, sandy,
alkali de.-eit. It is about one hundred
miles wide and there is veiy little water
on it. The soldiers bad 1 cached the
middle of the desert when they were over
taken by a teiiiblesandstorm, which last
ed about twelve hours. Many of the
men nnd horses were suffocated by the
sand. The packs and water-sacks weie
blown away ami those of the hoises that
weie not killed stampeded. Old
Zeke was badly bruised, and the alkali
dust entering his throatrhad so swolleu
it. that he could hnr'dly sneak. The
soldiers weie lying about suffering from
the same difficulty, and eke knew that
unless they could reach water they would
all perish." 'When he came to his senses
Cougar was standing ne-ar him, and he
called the animal to bis side. With
great difficulty he managed to clamber
into the saddle.
'Water?'' he whispered hoaisely in
the horse's ear.
Cougar threw up his head, sniffled the
air few a moment, and then stinted oh' at
a galop. He made straight for 11 water
hole, about throe miles ilhtaut, and when
he reached there Zeke was enabled to
allay bis burning thirst. Ho filled his
canteen with water and started Cougar
back with it to the silfleiiug soldieis.
Ile mado the journey swiftly, and when
he returned liU saddle was loaded down
with canteens. Zeke tilled thes and
when everybody had been supplusl the
niisiiig horse-, and pack animals weie
hunted up and the outfit turned back
toward the post. When they reached
there, and the story of Coug.uV sagacity
became known, they made a hero of the
horse. The officers drank bis health,
their wives and daugbteis made him a
blanket, tho soldiers wbiw lives he had
saved contributed money enough to buv
him a eotlv bridle and saddle, and the
eommiintler of the f-couting p.uty had a
gold medal struck.on winch is etignivcil
an account 01 too uu.nr. "taasi' sain
Zeke, when he tiui-lu l hi story.
Cougar v. tolerbul keen hii, be he
more souse than half the humans what
meetstbut he's no angel, e the man
what fools around bis head or heels can
te.tifr to."
VU'tVr L4MM.
A l-irsc summit of vacsct land may be
fouud iu the Willow Creek couutry. Umatilla
county. Tne town of Heppner it iu th midst
ot this section. The Heppner Gaxttit, pub
lishes! tlicr by J. W. Kedlnpton. can bit had
atr&0 ytr, il.60 (oraii months, $1 for
Ui FAftMKi olio. Fakmib and CautU
,00a,,.
The. Xtw Orleans I'ienviiiin hjy that
piety (evannot lw imaMirvel by a lonic'fucv.
S'or by a long pm.
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
Cur Crrsipondeat'3 Res2arcaes and a
Remarkable OccurancaHe
Describes
St. AuiiNb, Vt.,Jan. 10, 1SS1.
Mo'srs. Editors : Tho upper portion of
Vermont is ono of the plcasantest regions
in America during tho summer and
ono of the bleakest during tho winter.
It afi'ords amplo opportunity for the
tourist, providing ho chooses tho proper
senoii, but the picscnt timo is not that
season. Still there arc men and women
bore who not only endure theclimate,but
praise it tinstintingly, and that, too, in
tho face of physical hardships the most
intense. The writor heard of a btriking
illustration of this a fow days since which
is given herewith :
Mr. Joseph Jacques is connected with
tho Vermont Central railroad in the
capacity of master mason. He is well
advanced- in years, with a ruddy com
plexion and halo appearance, while ins
goncial bearing is such as to instantly
impress one with his strict honor and
integrity. Several vears ago he boenmo
afflicted with most distressing troubles,
which prevented tho prosecution of his
duties. Ho was languid, and yet rest
less, while at times a dizzinoss woukl
como over him which seemed almost
blinding. His will power was strong,
and ho dertcrmined not to give way to
the mysterious influence which seemed
undermining his life. Hut the pain and
annoying symptoms were strongor
than his will, and he kept growing
gradually worse. About that time he
began to notice a difficulty in drawing
on lus boots, anil it was by the gnu test
effort that be was able to force bis feet
into them. In this manner several
weeks passed by, until finally one night,
while in great agony, he discovered that
his feet had, in a short whilo, swollen to
enormous proportions. Tho balance of
tho narrativo can be dcscribeil in hi
own words. He eaid
"When my wife discovered the fact
that I was so bloated, she sent for the
doctor immediately. He made a mot
careful examination and pionouuced
me inaveryseriouscoiulitioii. Notwith
standing his care, 1 grew worse, and the
swelling of my feet gradually extended
upwaril in my body. The top of my
head pained me tcrribty; indeed, so
badly that at times it seemed almbrit as
if it would hurst. My feet were pain
fully cold, and even when surrounded
with hot flannels and irons felt as it a
strong wind were blowing on them.
Next my right leg became paialyed.
This gave mo no pain, but it was ex
ceedingly annoying. About Ibis time
I began to spit blood most freely .although
my lungs were in peifect condition, and I
knew it elid not come from them My
physicians were careful and untiring in
their attentions but unable to relieve my
sufferings. My neighbors and friends
thought I wan dying and many called
to see me. fully twenty-live on 11 single
Sunday that I now lec.ill. At last my
agony seemed io culminate iu the iuest
intense, slurp pains I have ever known
or heard of. If red hot knives sharpened
to th'o highest degree bad been run
through my body constantly they could
not hsve hurt mo woiso. I would spring
up in bed, sometimes as much as three
feet, cry out in my agony and long for
death. One night the misery was so
intense that I arose and attempted to go
into the next room, but was unable to
lift my swollen feet a I Hive the threshold
that obstructed tbein. I fell back upon
the bsd and gasped in my agony, but
felt unable even to hivnthc. It eemed
like death.
"Several yenis ago ltev. Dr. .1. E. Ilan
kin. now of Washington, was stationed
here as a pastor of the Congregational
church. We all admired and respected
him, nnd my wife reinemliered seeing
somewhere that he had spoken in the
highest tonus of a preparation whie'b
bad cured some of his intimate friends.
We detcimiueel to try this leiuedy,
accordingly sent for it, and, to make a
long story short, it completely ietored
my health, brought mo back from the
giave, and I owe all 1 have in the way
of health anil stiength to Warner's Safe
Cure, letter known us Warner's rifo
Kidney and Liver Cure. I am positive
that if I had taken this medicine when
I felt the first symptoms nbnvo described,
I might have avoided all the agonv 1
afterward endured, to say nothing of the
narrow escape I had from death.
In oider that all possible facts bearing
upon the subject might Ik1 known. I
called on Dr. Oscar F. Fnssctt, who
was for nineteen vears I'nitod St.tU.-.
Examining cjurgeon, and who attended
Mr. Jacques during his sickness. Ho
stateslth.it Mr. .Inequiv. had a most pro
nounced case of Albuminuria orl'right's
diense of the kidneys. That an analysis
showed thepresi nceiof albumen and casts
in great aluumnuce and that be hii' in a
condition where few if any ever uvover.
llis lecovery was due to Warner's Safe
Cure.
Mr. John AN llobart.ileneral Manager
of the Veimont Central inilroad, stated
that Mr Jacques was one of the best and
most faithful of bis employes, that his
siekno-s bad been an exceedingly severe
one mid the company were not only glad
tt again have his services, but grateful
to the lemedy that had cured so valuable
a man.
Mr. James M. Puss, assistant stiierin
tendout and niu-ter mechanic of the
Vermont Central railroad. i also able
to eoutiim this.
I do not claim to Ik- a gn at discov erer,
but I dotbink I b.ivo found in the above a
most remarkable case and knowing tin
unusal increase "of Wright's disease feel
that the public should have the Itiip
lit of it. It se-enis to ine a remedy that
,can accomplish so much in the list
aiagea ougtii to do even more lor the
fit approach of this deceptive yet
terriNe trouble.
itjiWMai.ii i(ii ,j -j
AiuujerT Cough, Syrup vurea colds,
coughs. bronchitU and oonumptiou.
ijttllauc0ug.
Burnlne Rubbish.
Tim burninic of stubble, corn stalks
and weeds is tho greatest folly, and yet
we see it recommended by somo writcis.
To say that tho ashes of vegetable growth
is as valuable as tho decayed remains is
to ignore altogether vegitaule mouiu,
which is tho most valuable of all manures
from its quantity and quality combined ;
for by burning nil but the mineral ele
ment are lost. Hut by burning stubbles,
rtfrt lltrt wlwln vnfrnfnldn mould is not
only lost, but the firo drives out the soil
all rich elements as tiro aircnuy mum
Inniriiu, ill O C11 1 f.1 ! tinril mill HsloSS aS a
brick kiln. For forty years I have never
allowed anything to bo burned on my
lands. The bushes and briars aio put
thinllyon the pw points, so as to stop
die washes and to allow weeds and grass
to grow through them and thus restore
tho soil Tho stubblo is turned under
and cornstalks cut in two with tho boo
and plowed in also, so that nothing is
lost. Thus, while some of my neighbor's
farms have gone to ruin, mine has ever
increased in fertility anil value. While
I lecommend summer plowing where
wheat or other grain will hold tho soil
in winter, I would not have tho soil
plowed in tho fall without somo coyer
on lolling lands to save them from win
ter wa-diing. Corr. Fiirmeis Home
Journal.
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Stirring tho Sqil.
isir .1. B. Luwes says : "Dividing the
constituents which exist in our ciops
two poitioiis wo learn that carbon nnd
water are obtained fiom the atmosphere,
while nitrogen and niiueial substances
are derived fiom the soil. The ntnios
phere furnishes fiom ninety to ninety
live per cent, and the soil from live to
ten per cent, of the dry substance of
crops. Tho stock of fertility which ex
ists 111 soils, though generally large, is
for the most part in latent form. The
nitrogen, for instance, which is in com
bination with carbon, does not appear to
bo available to any extent for tho food
of plants until it has been separated
from the carbon, and by t ombiipition
with oxygen has assumed the form of
nitric acid. Its manuring propetties we
know aie then very great. The various
mechanical operations which tako place
on the farm and garden plowing, dig
ging, trenching, harrowing, rolling, hoe
ing have for theironeobject the forma
tion of nitric acid. A fertile soil is one
competent to lihciate and lender availa
ble for the use of plants a considerable
amount of nitrogen, whilo an abundant
season is one in which the crops .ire en-
ableet to tnUe up an unusual amount 01
this active plant food by means of their
loots." Thus it is that facts accumulate
which enable philosophical obei vera to
account for tho operations which pratci
cal men leivo found to bo necessary iu
cultivating crops. Frequent disturbance
of the -oil is one of the.-e, and its results
aio .is alh.ve shown, ncecsssary to the
picpaiati n of the food of plants.
Sheep on Wheat Land.
O11wbe.it producing farms sajB Mr.
I!, (i. 1'iiiell. sheep have manv advanta
ges over any other of our domestic ani
mals, some of which aie :
1. They are Jess subject to contagious
diseases, for the leason that the flock
can be moie easily kept isolated.
2. "When individual losses do occur
they are lcs in value than iu tho ca.c
of the loss of a hor-e or cow.
IS. They grow quickly and mature
eailv, and with their fleece, pay divi
dends oftener than any other live stock.
4. When mitnrner-falbwing is prac
ticed they act as gleaners in clearing
fence corners of briars and weeds, and in
keeping down the annual grasses that
spring upon plovveel land.
.". During winter 'they are still doing
their work of converting the surplus
htravr into fertilizers.
hand is no more cxlinustctl by grow
ing something that litis nutritious ipuli
ties than iu producing worthless weeds,
while the former, consumed on tho
ground by sheep, loaves incre-ased ma
terial for a succeeding growth of still
moie value. Sheep, by their peculiar
qualities and merits, pioduce this change
with ceitainty and at 11 very peiceptible
rate.
That sheep will improve the fertility
of our soil may be very easily demon
strata! by yarding them a few" nights in
spring or summer on the thin and poorer
spots, or on knolls that may be found
on mos! of your pastures, those placet,
where the grass grows weakly and where
sorrel grows. Sow eluver, timothy or
blue grass cecil thickly, and then, by a
light. lHirtable fence, confine vour llek-
of sheep for a few nights on these places
and you will soon realize that by a little
attention, and not veiynnich labor, vour
sou win impiove in lertility, and that
your sheep, with a liberal ue of clover
and grass seed and plaster, may u1tde
the bo-t and the cheapest feitiliing
agent- you can employ, juitieulnrlv on
fields most remote from vour barn?.'
Don't think, voting man, that jut be
cause it is leap year you are going to be
snapped up right away. The girls want
a chance to look befoie they U-.ip.
Twuv 1,umlr,'l tnt,lt '. armed to
the teeth, have arrived in Austin, Texas,
to influence legislation on the wire-fcnee
question; and it it tliQiight thevnill uc
ceed. The aniiiriHt in ilia I'n, ...;.,., . .7
of HauoTowiiovfriOQOstock-bi-w,
which Average 500,000 pmrnt of bw
wax. Last .vwr they wld fi()0,OCO
worth of honev.
coxjDurriov ctit ,i,
An old flijslriau, retired from piactlce, havlog ku
placed In hts hands liy an East India missionary Uie
formula of a simple, wgetalrie remedy for the speed?
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AGUE MIXTURE.
A CERTAIN AND EFFECTUAL REMEDY
I OR
Fever (aid Ague, Intermittent
ami Jtemittent Fevers, Cc
Urn i-lav" of diM-nte. ' common in all parti
of the World, and Chpei-iallv jiroalent in ma
larious dittrivts and wrinnge ot wutcr-counet,
arc almost iutari&lily arcoiuinied by roor.oi
lci dfranueuii'Dt of the liier, and frequently
It a ilefulhe action of the dlgttie organs.
Tlie mere LrenLiug of the Chill is but a step
towards completing a radiial cure; Ihnarioul
organs of tlie lodr, ttptcinllr tlie stomach and
liier, must be brought to a healthy and igor
ms londition before a ptrmas.nt vurt ean b
eptiblished, and this fact has btra ipeciill
kept in view by Dr. Jaync in bis treatment of
these complaints. The ute of Jarne's Ague
Mixture, in conjunction with Jarne's Hanative
Pills, as prescribed in the Directions nliica
.accompany easU bottle, will not only
BREAK UP THE CHILLS,
but rttore the tystcm, more particularly the
liver and stomach, to a ound condition, and so
preient a relapse of Vvr aul Apie by thor
oughly ERADICATING THE DISEASE,
and the bet evident e of thl is the uariaU
success nhich has aluays follumd the admin
istration of thee remedies, as altered by tin
ccrtiBiates published annually in Dr. Jajne's
Almanac, and the ide-spi cud popularity of lbs
Ague .Mixture in those distiirts of the United
States, where the distiii, for which It !
da)tfd, icost prevail.
For tale ly Hodge, Davi"& Co., Agento.
Ii. ;u icarsPrarllral Kiprrlrarr. !
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