St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 October 1896 — Page 3

Take Care of your health at this season. See that your blood is pure, appetite good and all Mie organs in a healthy condition. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the great buildingup and blood - purifying medicine, and therefore it is the best medicine to take in the fall, when the atmosphere is laden with disease germs from decaying vegetation. Hood's Sarsaparilla prevents colds, pneumonia, bronchitis and fevers. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact, the Ono True Blood Purifier. Hnnd’c Oillc th* best family cathartic UVUU o rill» and liver stimulant. 25c. When Gunpowder Explodes. The explosion of ordinary gunpowder Is so sudden that for a moment that part of the gun around the powder charge has to hold the big volume of gas squeezed down under enormous pressure until the slrot «£i*l make a start to get out of the end of th^ to make room for the gas. If, tdirefor^ gunpowder could be made U burn more slowly, so that it would n4i all be burnt until the shot reached tW muzzle, the strain would be distributed nil along the gun. Such powder was made first in Germany, but in spite of the fact that Its manufacture was secret other countries analyzed it and soon made It better than Germany. Apples Good for Dyspepsia. Apples are useful in nervous dyspepsia; they are nutritious, medicinal and vitalizing; they aid digestion, clear the voice, correct the acidity of the stomach, are valuable in rheumatism, Insomnia, and liver troubles. An apple contains its much nutriment as a potato, In a pleasanter and mine wholesome form.

HER HAITI DAY. A CHARMING STORY OF MEDICINE AND MARRIAGE. Two Open Letter* From a Chicago Girl ^How Happiness Camo to Her. Among the tens of thousands of women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for advice and are cured, are many who She facts iu eases made , butdonot emission to i h their or reasons ous as in following 1 , o name is published hout the iter's auarity; this a bond of h which i. Pinkham as never broken. Jsicago.Jan. }th, ’ 95 . y dear Mrs. Pinkham:— A friend of mine, Mrs. —, wants le to write >u, because e says: “you nuch good.” -, Am nineteen years of age, tall, and weighed 138 pounds a year ago. I am now a mere skefeton. From your little book Ithink my trouble is profuse menstruation. My symptoms are ♦ * • • etc. Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that I am fn consumption, and wants to take me to Florida. Please help me! Tell me what to do, and tell me quickly. lam engaged to be married in September. Shall I live to see the day? • • • • LUCY E. W. Chicago, June 16th, ’95. My dear Mrs. Pinkham:— This is a happy day. lam well and gaining weight daily, but shall continue the treatment and Vegetable Compound during the summer, as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about what you have done for me, because it would make things very unpleasant in the family. I would like to give you a testimonial to publish, but father w uld not allow it. • • • • I shall be married in September, and as we go to Boston, will call upon you. How can I prove my gratitude ? • • • • LUCY E. W. Just such cases as the above leak out In women's circles, and. that is why the confidence of the women of America is bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham. Why are not physicians more candid with women when suffering from such ailments ? Women want the truth, and if they cannot get it from their doctor, will seek it elsewhere. The Cyclist's Necessity. 0. I 0 rVTnEOT tAIHAuI Is th® REPAIR KIT for all ACCIDENTS. Unequalcd. for Quickly Healing Lameness and Soreness of HuscSes/Wounds, Bruises, Stiffness, Rheumatism, Rub thoroughly with POND’S EXTRACT after each ride to keep muscles supple, pliant, strong. Try Pond’s Extract Ointment for Piles. Hvoid Substitutes—Weak, Watery, Worthless, taso'i Extract Co., 76 Fifth Avenue, New York.

THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Lesson in Up-to-Datc Farming-Corn Shredders and Hnskers — Second Growth Clover—Quality of Vegetables—Grain Cheaper than Hay. How a Live Farmer Farms. I have fifty-eight acres of land, keep three cows, three yearlings, two work horses, fifteen sheep, forty liens and two hen turkeys, writes a farmer in Colman's Rural World. Have five acres of woods; balance of land is in cultivation and pasture. I will give below my methods of raising crops. For oats, I plow In the fall so that freezing will mellow up the soil. Should advise plowing eight inches foi' stubble and six inches for sward. In the spring set the pulverizer as deep as the field was plowed the preceding fall. In drilling grain, put in one-half bushel grass seed per acre. If phosphate is used, get the best, and mix half plaster with it; use about 400 pounds pop acre. If oats are sown broadcast, sow three bushels per acre, and sow before pulverizing, so as to put the soil on top of the grain. Go over the soil twice, then sow grass seed. If phosphate is used broadcast, apply before sowing grass seed. Then, with the old-fashioned drag, go over It once and then roll, which will leave it in good condition. During 1594 1 made G per cent, interest on my farm, and last year 9 per cent. Had a big potato crop. Paris green was applied witli plaster. To sell liny and straw, cut early and when through the sweat, press It and put it on the market, send it to a good firm and avoid all the commissions possible. Cut oats when one half or two-thirds turned, and the straw will bo much better. In regard to selling produce, I have found it pays to sell stull when It is ready to be sold. Last year I had throe cows and one-farrow. 1 sold veal calves for $69.50; from seventeen ewes and a ram, wool brought $15.12, lambs brought $20.T0; miscellaneous receipts brought the total for the year up to $238. 1 fed my family well, and carried stock through to grass. In marketing potatoe-). three or more farmers should sell to one merchant. Order a car and - ’dp by carload direct. This will save bother, extra commis elous, freight and work.

Hie Corn hhredder. Last season'-; experience with corn shredders and buskers has developed several ohjeeti. nable featur- s, the most serious being that they are too expensive, and i!.at th-- fe hb-r too frequently molds when baled or stored In mows. The first will gradually disappear, predicts the "Orange Judd Farmer." As the machines become more generally Introduced and used, the first cost will be les«, a. 1 compe tltlon among owners will necessitate a reduction of charges for work by the acre. The matter of-knowing Low to keep the fodder properly Is mere se rlous. and experience al me can deter mine the best method of storing That It can be kept haydly admits of doubt The problem Is certainly not m< re dis flcult than that of determining just how dry hay must be before It can be put Into the stack or barn. A k: tie patience and a few trials will clear up the lack of knowledge on.th is point. It certainly will be unwise to dlscour-" age the use of the shredder because a few farmers, have not been entirely successful with it. While some have failed, many have been pleased with results, and find the shredded fodder excellent feed for horses, cattle and sheep. Second-Growth Clover. The late growth of clover Is not usually large in bulk or heat y iu weight, but it makes up in quality for what it lacks in quantity. Old farmers have long known it as an especially good feed for young lambs and xoung calves In s ring But there is a still better use auf it, ami that is as f. d for hens In winter so as to dilute their grain feed. Clover grown after midsummer Is much richer in nitrogt n than are most of the grasses an i vegetables that fowls pick on their ranges during the summer. Clover is also a lime plant, and it thus furnishes material for both egg and shell production. It is not concentrated enough to boa perfect ration unmixed with grain, but is jus: what is needi-d when wheat rye or corn are fed to fowls in winter. If only the grain .s fed the fowls get too fat to produce eggs and then cease laying. A certain amount of cut clover with their grain will cause the fowls to keep in laying condition. Quality of Vegetables. There is great difference in quality of vegetables aside from their freshness. It is due to their method of growing. All roots need to be grown quickly, which require that the soil be rich and moist. If the soil Is poor or dry, the roots will be stringy and unfit either for human use or feeding. At the same time, it is not best that roots of any kind should be grown in contact with manure, which breeds worms, and makes the roots unsalable in another way. If turnips are grown very rapidly they will dry out as quickly and become dry and pithy, not good even for stock feeding. Rutabagas, which are planted early, have more substance in them, and will keep till spring, long after the quickly grown fall turnips have become worthless for feeding. Grain Clueapcr than Ray. In all the Western cities the coarse grains, both corn and oats, are now very cheap. They are relatively cheaper than hay, and weight for weight, are little higher than the cost of bay when ■ both are brought to Eastern markets.

i This will doubtless lead to a larger use J o,f both corn and oats as feed, supplementing the deficiency of hay which has now existed on most Eastern . farms two or more years. It is really better for all stock to have a part grain ration as t is better digested than the same nutrition in the larger * bulk which would be needed to give It 1 the form of hay. When grain in mod- - erate quantities is fed to breeding animals It means improvement In their progeny, thus Increasing the Kain from improved breeding.—American > Cultivator. Yonngr Trees Best for Planting 1 It Is very natural for purchasers In i choosing trees for planting to select the largest, thinking that those are nearest the bearing age and will soonest become fruitful. In almost every case the smaller, if quickly grown, will have the most roots in proportion to Its top and will make the best growth. The size at planting time makes but little difference. The growth and vigor of the tree after planting Is what tells most. We once saw an old grape vine carefully removed when the family was removing to another place. It had considerable top, and though this was cut back very severely, there were at leant forty shoots grow’ng the next spring. The result was that it took fully two years to get that vine established in Its new home. If left where it grew it was more valuable than h new vino would have been, but If transplanted It was no better, though much more cumbrous and troublesome than a well-rooted yearling vine with but a single bud left to giow. Some like two-year-old grape vines, but a yearling that has made a vigorous root will be quite as good after three or five years growth. Draining Pasture Lands. Many fields are used for pasture only because they are full of cold springs of water which make them too wet ami cold for profitable cultivation. Such land will not produce a good quality of grass. It will be coarse and lacking in nutrition. In such cast's there is no way to get the land In good grass except to underdrain It. The quality of its grn s shows that the soil Is full of humic acid from decaying vegctatlor la contact with cold water. This humic add Is rank poison to tlio roots of aH*l>ut the poorest and meanest kind of vegetation. Drain It, admitting warm surface air, and hastening the decomposition of vegetable matter, nud such soli is often found very valuable, producing : ny kind of crop luxurirnfly. though usually somewhat deficient in mineral plant food, ns its vegetable matter las always been lacking In this re s>t < t. Mnkinc hquuMhc* Productive. All growers of squash* a <>r other vine* of this churn t r have noh 4 the fact that the tint blooms are barren, la other words, they arc all male blossoms. i If this is rwmli d a little farther it । will be found that these male blossom# ! are on the main vine, which nccoutPs for their b-lng earlier than the femMSH I er lx arbh -- * < wb h appear on I the side branch-'*- To keep the main 1 stem pinched ba k mil force more i groxvth UGu the sdo ! . in 'hes and con- I । frequently more fruit There should i be pinching ba< k of new growth all around as the v :e mil set more fr 't t! an it can carry to profita ble marhVtatg s ..c. Sher l> N o t What l>-< ■ d - f she* p have y* u fouu I j' best for Hie g< n* ral farmer? It Is Important that each lot of lahib# have plenty of pure, fresh water, acces slble at n U. Os the 565.137 p r* ported in lowa on Jan. 1. n little over KM.QOt' are classed as Shropshire^. Sheep should Lal tually nxC on sod, ■ or on sxD covered with straw; the soil, coming directly In contact w.tb the wool, nt sorbs the oil and leaves the ends of the fiber dry and harsh; also, i the earth works Into the wool, giving I it a frewsy appearance. On any good farm, and under good I management, a flock of sheep will pay ■ make. Give them lots of straw, and , they Will convert it into the richest | kind of food for crops. No farmer Is so poor that he cannot afford To keep sheep, and none so rich that he can afford to ignore them. They fertilise the fields, furnish food and clothing, and help subdue the fields so as to fl*, them to raise crops. The sheep is the farmer's best friend, under any and a.U circumstances. The Dairy. A quart of gon*! cream should mak-* a po’Nid and a half of butter. Tire butter predu 4 of all cows Is Influenced more or !* ss by the feeding and care given to the animals. Liberal feeding of the dairy cow nicass that she must have as much whefirsome, nutritious food as »he can ea.^ dynast and assimilate, and the more fully fills is done the better will be tho resalts. If the dairyman is to raise his own covfis he ought to be reasonably certain Jhat they are good ones. One of the best plans for doing this is to use only a thecoughbred bulf from a good dairy breTd, and to save the best of the heifer calces. Sime people boast that they keep the cow’s udder clean, and perhaps they do; but all the rest of the animal Is left tn a filthy condition. This dirt dries in the hair, and the act of milking sbt.kes it into the pail. Such milk Is unlit for human food. A cheesemaker who suspects that someone is sending him tainted milk, Iw.s only to take off the lid of each man’s can, and smell for odors. After milk Laas been shut up for an hour or more, tiny taint can readily be detected In -this manner. Look into this matter at home.

■ ^Rateful letter.' r A W Qp /1 | AN CURED °F DISEASE t 14 YEARS’ STANDING. • Ren' tC * tO th<s Pro * >r i e t°r Os the 0 y U “ ed nnd TclU of Her Ren'*l Health and Great Joy. Dr W.m” 1 the Breeze < SeUaire. Mich. ’ necUdyaK’Y 1 . 0 ^ 111 ® ^“Pany, Sehe--1 you of'thA' 1 ) - ^ I should write I your Fiul- I nh? ^have received from been \ LA ? 8 fo j: 1 llle 1 e ?P le - I have M'eut v B "fierer, and for nearly • well dnv* 3 tr 'V y s:iy 1 llave soeu I I was an { v j ? Ue - 1 uscd Pillk Pill - of which T ' i or fou . rt ? n years - seven ' to be ™?y ns , allMoSt hp| Pless, and had * Dlace i r ' d "hen moved from place to ach tronhi' a9 tr j U,,lod with serious stoniworse xr s ’.? nd ? vas constantly growing my aiik!^ y h ecaine paralyzed, then came , nnd at terwards my knees be1 thJd f>arn .’y 2ed - Wo became convinced ■elf nn epiug poralysis had fastened ittn LE ° me ' and my dca, h was thought ' “ ? alter of only “ short time My hu’hand had procured some Pink Pill/ • tried a tL they ^ ere helping him greatly I > tl>/* theni . “nd can truly say of them that cue. are an extraordinary medicine. I ex P e , r i e nced relief bbyond mv fond•st hope almost. My paralysis is it thing or the past, and though 1 nm a woman of U 5 uenrs, 1 now do all my housework, and amjenjoying good health. (Signed) MARGARET ROSE. Statte of Michigan, County of Antrim, ss.t Karfaret Rose, being duly eworn, <lepqKS and stirs tbnt the foregoing statoby her subscribed is true. K- DENSMORE, Notary Public, r-r. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a e^densed form, all the elements uecos- : to give new life nml richness to the 1 b>»d and restore shattered nerves. They « J an unfailing specific for such diseases aslocomotor ataxia, partial paralysis. Kt. । 5 |us’ dance, seintica, neuralgia, rhemnatijpi. nervous hendnehe, tho after effect e^la grippe, palpitation of tho heart, pale and sallow complexions, nil forms of weakness, either in male or female-. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents * bex or six boxe* ! >r $2..-i), by addressing Dr. \\ ilbatn-. Medicine Company. Schenecta-ly. N. Y. I'or Chapped Lips. Os tho many minor ills to which the , small child is subb'ete.l in cold weather, ’ there is none much more disagreeable than chapped lips, and when the "chap" becomes a deep era* k in the middle of tho lip it is oven mor*' trying. The one quick and efficient remedy for this Is a * tiny phial of flexible collodion and a , camel'^ hair brush. The mother must hold tho to > >; 1 a of ,ho Up together with one hand, while with tho other •ho dips tho brush in the collodion and quickly paints over the crack with the liquid. It drh-s ahr. st Instantly, and . In drying forms a skin over the wound. Mheu-'v- r tie skin l»r»ak*s. it must bo I renewal. In two or three days the lip will be enUre’y cured. That Joyful I'ccllng, With ft. ' *' .b.' t: ' tig ■ ;. o of r-’-ncwo l I ;i’’h ;*--d •ti h;r l internal j c!rnnliU"S. vhb h L lb>v s th-' use of Syrup of I'igß, is mi ! -wn to th*' few i who have not pn-gi 1 Iw-yoml the old । time medicines and li.c cheap substitutes sKtuetinies oflen 1 but never ac j septed by tho v.dl inform- *!. The World'- P- prilation. In Asia It Is <■ •in ,i I there are *25.P54.H001n! in Europe. 557.379,000; In As; a. i-i • -r -n America, I 121.713.f5**; and in \o-'ralia, 3,230,000. Os this t ■■-I ab*u' 3.’.511.000 persona dh* annually ;• r day. or 4,020 per hour, or 67 ;>er nduitto. Will Hhe liver B*' yw-'en? Th*' Frit - -s of Wali's has now held »er title *cst over thirty thr-'o years a period w’: h i s b•. n ei- ceded by only one of he" jc- d - '--sors. Augusta, tho daugb •” of George 11 . who was for thirty fire years Prim e>s of Wales. A Huusetiohl AecesMty. Cn'-nc-'is. Car. ly Cathartic, the moat wouderf .. un-i: >1 d 'V.-ry of the age, pleasant and r< tresbiug to the taste, acts gently e-*1 p- ti •■!? on kiducys, liver and bow* ■*, *;-• n- : the entire system, i dispels * ill-, cures headache, fever, ha- : bit uni < ■*'.!-*• ci 1 ich-nisncss. Please buy and try a I -x - f C C. C. to-day; 10, 25, cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all drug^i-ts. The woi>: penalty of evll-doiug Is to grow luto likeness with the bad; for each mai.'s sntil changes, according to I the nature of his deeds, for better or for worse. Pl * ■ Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your IdTe Away. If yon want to quit tobacco ti«ing easily and forever, reg in lost manhood, be made well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and vigor, tak" No T-.-Bac, the won-der-worker that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten p icids in ten days. Over 400,000 euro 1. I’, - v x . T,. Bae from your own druggis*. wh-. wiihgini-nntee a cure. Booklet ami -ample free. Address Sterhng Remedy t. .* h go or New York. - Over 500 fossil elephant teeth have been dredged from the sea at Moleasoa, on the coast of the Mediterranean, since IS7O. Hall’s Catarrh Care. Is taken Internal.y. Price 75 cents. He who feels his own deficiencies will be a charitable man for his own sake. When bilious or costive eat a Cascarot, candy cathartic; ear? guaranteed; 10, 25c. The lover writes sonnets to the fair grace of his ad ri-1 one who has been made bewitehimrly beautiful by the worldfenowned Gicnn's Sulphur Soap. If afflicted with scalp diseases, hair tailing out, and premature baldnsss, do y SO i Sr w 1s ,T. Ol ' preparations, but apply Hall s Hair Renewer. Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth. Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. W hoever has a bad habit has a master. Piso’s Cure for Consumption has been a ‘^niily medicine with us since 1865.—J. R. Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, 111.

Reforms Need More than a Day To bring them about, and are always more complete and lasting when they proceed with steady regularity to a consummation. Few of the observant among us can have failed to notice that permanently healthful changes In the human system are not wrought by abrupt and violent means, and that those are the moi^t salutary medicines which are proeressive. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Is the chief of these. Dyspepsia, a disease of obstinate character. Is obliterated by It. Cardinal Mezzofantl spoke 114 languages and dialects, fifty of them with such ease and fluency that he was sometimes mistaken for a native of the lands where they were used. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, xveaken or gripe. Dobblna' > loam la-Borax Soap ib mu per cent, pure J!a<lo or Borax. It floats. Costs you same as poorer fluatiug «oap. Worth more, li ail this is true you need W , order oue cake ot jour grocer, you’ll want a box

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———ma—.■>— uh ii i Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Sthw for CblltTJ# 1 teething: aottens the gums, reaucea inflamna»»ww| ■Hay? nain, cures wind colic. 2a cents a bottle. » I'or Improved Ornamental Supporter for L-Mlft Curtains, Sham Holders and Draperies. AMV fixture; lightning seller; big profits. Write tjg territory. Sample 35 cents. WILSON CURTAM SUPPORTER CO., 804 Warren Ave., Cbic*g»J P. O. Box 908. 1 CURcS WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS- Hl Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use res In time. Sold by druggists. gif C. N. U. No. 43— WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS ’ I please nay you saw tho advertioeaasßSt in this paper.