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As you glide along past youth Into middle ago got a good grip on your enthusiasm. Life looks blaciv after they arc gone. 'kWJ I (Kb TMrmMiOTWirililhW lurwK noTl The Dairyman Not a Bcefmakcr. It is not tho htishicKH of tho dnlry mnn to mako beef, though some of them seem to think that beef is a by product of I ho dairy. It has boon shown by figures again and again that tho man that trios to produce cows that will bo good dairy cows and at tho samo tlmo furnish n good carcass of hoof Is sure to make loss out of his dairy operations than ho would if tho opposite course wore followed. Tho men that talk about having a good carcass to the cow, so that it can bo sold for hoof, must remember that tho cow is not likely to be sold for beef till she has finished her career as a dairy cow, and perhaps at the end of ten or fifteen years, and then her flesh would be too tough for good beef no matter what kind of a frame she might have. Is It to bo supposed that any buyer of beef cattle would pay very much for an old tough cow? Would ho pay much for a steer that was ten years or nioro old? Tho tender beef Is what brings a good price, and the tender beef is mado on a young carcass. Tho time element is an Im portant consideration in tho making of beef, and tho constant practice of bcof-niakors is to roduco it, putting tho hoof anitmil on the market at as young an age as possible. The high price of corn mukes the fattening of the old cow too expensive to bo much of an inducement. Corn now can hardly bo bought at any time of year for less than CO cents per bushel, and that will only make five pounds of hoof gain on a steer that is bred from a long line of meat-making ancestors. He will make far more gain than will the old cow. Yet with him every pound of gain made on corn costs ten cents and will have to be sold for half of that. The average old cow would probably make not more than four pounds of gain on a bushel of corn, which would mean a cost of twelve cents per pound, and ulio would not bring more than four cents per pound in tho market, and often not over throe. Tho disadvantage of trying to make beef from a dairy cow is apparent, and when wo consider that a man has paid a good sum every year to carry Elong the extra weight of carcass, we rco that ho is suro to lose money Id tfcc Vittcmpt. Build an Icehouse. Summer is the tlmo to got ready for winter, and now is when the ice houso should be constructed. There aro a fow things that must bo care fully looked arter in tho construction of this house. One of these is drain age. Good dralnago Is necessary, for if the water rises with the molting of tho ico tho loss to tho ico supply will bo very great. Ice melts many timos faster in water than in air, and faster in moving air than in air that Is held In place by tho sawdust or other Iso lating material. Tho walls of tho Icehouse should bo firmly built, as thero Is danger that they will bulge out if thoy aro not tUrong. Tho lateral pressure Is not as great as with silage, but Is con sidorablo if tho ice is not carefully packed. Sometimes the ice falls apart and lurches to tho side of tho house, and then the strain is very great. Wo havo soon email ice houses on farms that wero only two-thirds filled with Ice, because the sides of the house had bulged so the owners wero afraid to put In a full supply. Sometimes permanent props tuny be mado, as with the large commercial leclumses. A double air space will help to' keep th'e temperature low and prevent wast Ing the ice. The house should bo as near tho cube as possible, as this will give tho largest possible space lor tho le'ast possible material. Consistency Is a jewel that lias no valuo at UiO pawnbroKer'A. Your Father Used It. For twenty years it's cured them, and rarely ever falls. There aro many newer remedies, but no better ones. It cures Chills, Kover and all malarial troubles. It creates strength, appe tite and health wo mean Cheatham's Chill Tonic. It if falls to euro your money is promptly refunded. First Mention of Cigars. In tho "Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn" (London, 1740), the earliest mention of cigars occurs. Cockburn was put on a desert island in the bay of Honduras, swam to tho mainland and traveled thence on foot to Porto Bello, a distance of 2.G00 miles. He appears to havo met somo friars, who gave him somo "seegars to smoke, which they supposed would be very acceptable" Golden Hue in Butter. Consumers of butter at Springfield, Mass., who have recently noticed tho unwonted golden hue of the article, are puzzled over ono dealer's state ment that an unusual crop of dande lions In Vermont and western Massa chusetts Is responsible for It, and tho explanation of a less poetic dealer that It is probably due to a greater uso of coloring matter by tho dairymen. Britons to Retain Lance. The British War Department has re considered Its resolution to abolish the lance as a cavalry weapon. It Is said to have been "tho only thing used by the troops in South Africa that Inspired the enemy with fear." Motherly Advice. "Come!" cried the mother of tho peevish llttlo bull pup, "you can't mend matters by whining, can you?" "Maybe not," sniffed tho llttlo pup. "Then," said his mother, "if not, whine not." Nickname for Diplomat. Baron Speck von Sternburg, Ger man ambassador, is the only member of the diplomatic corps who can boast tho popular distinction of a nickname, lie Is known as "Speck." EVER TREAT YOU SOT to Coffee Acts the Jonah and Will Com Up. A clergyman who pursues his noble calling in a country parish In Iowa, tells of his coffee experience: "My wife and I used coffee regular ly for breakfast, frequently for dinner and occasionally for supper always the very best quality package coffee never could find a place on our table. "In the spring of 18flG my wife was taken with violent vomiting which wo had great difficulty in stopping. "It seemed to come from coffee drinking but we could not decide. "In the following July, however, she was attacked a second time by the vomiting. I was away from homo filling an appointment, at tho time, and on my return I found her very low; she had literally vomited herself almost to death, and It took somo dgya to quiet tho trouble and restore her stomach. "I had also experienced tho same trouble, but not so violently, and had lellevcd It, each time, by a resort to medicine. "But my wife's second attack satis fled me that the use of coffee was at tho bottom of our troubles, and so wo stopped It' forthwith and took on Postum Food Coffee Tho old symp-" 'toms of disease disappeared and 'dur ing tho 9 years that wo havo" been1 using Posturn instead of coffee'" we' have never' had a recurrence' of the vomiting. We never weary of Postum, to which wo know wo owe our good health. This Is a1 simple statement of facts." Nam,e' given by Postum Company, Battle Creelc, Mich. Read the little book "Tift Road to Wem'tlle," In ?agh pkg,, uTuiTijuoIl Vegetable Pre pawtionror As similating IheFood nrtdRcg ula llng ihcSloinachs and Bowels oF naiwgregTOTfl&gi Promotes Digeslion.ChecrPtir ncssandltest.Contains neither Opium.Morpliine nortiiieral. ?STOT IAIIC OTIC . w w Jim oroUJDrSANUELPtTCNER Mx.Stmtn UotkttUScltt- Jifpennttt - . BtCarbcnaltSoild-n Cfmfitd itiiair hfhttrywvt HoYan Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa rton , Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .revcrish ncss and LossjOF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. 6AST0RIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of w tu AAiF r Jfv In rtfr Use EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. m For Over Thirty Years CUSTOM TMl OtNTAUfl COMPANY. NCW TOUR CITY. SBHR SI SMOKERS FIN I LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER 5$ Cigar better duality than most 10? Ci&ars lc:u.ori' svppllod by tUeir jobber ur direct Zrvvi 1'raute V Itewla' Jfucuiry. Peoria, W- IF i ' li ilr i H mS Dainty, Crisp, Dressy winner tart arc a delight to the refined woman every where. In order to get this result see that the material is good, that it is cut in the latest fashion and use Miaou taftlf in the laundry. All three things are import' ant, but the last is absolutely necessary. v No matter how fine the material j-Ofo'.how daintily made, bad starch and poor laiinarj work will spoil the effect and ruin the' clothes. DEFIANCE STARCH is pure, will not rot the clothes nor cause them to crack. It sells at 10c a sixteen ounce pack age everywhere. Other starches, much in ferior, sell at 10c for twelve ounce pack age. Insist on getting DEFIANCE STARCH and be sure of results. Defiance Sttarclht Omahav loteska.