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A Pmill Stable. The design sbowa lu the accompany lag perspective and plan is furnished Country Gcntleiuun by the Co-operative Building Plan Association, of New York, and Is Intended to cost, without '' .. GROUND PLAN. tall fittings or water service, 1)00. The building Is 23 feet wide, 23 feet (J Inches deep. First story, 10 feet; second story, 9 feet 0 luches to collar boards. Foun- datloa, brick; first story, second story, gables and roof shingles. Interior walls and celling of first story are celled with narrow tougued and grooved North Carolina pine boarding; side walls be ing celled vertically. First story floor, two-Inch spruce plank; loft floor, North Carolina pine. Trim In first story and man's room. North Carolina pine. All Interior wocd-work of first story and man's room finished In hard oil varnish. The walls and celling In man's room are plastered two coats; second coat hard white finish. Trim, Including cor nices, casings, etc., dark green. Shin gles on side walls nnd roof left natural for weather stain. Galvanized Iron feed bin and huy drop In loft. Harness case enclosed by glazed doors with drawers underneath. Large sliding A SMALL STABLH. carriage-room doors and single folding stable door. Storing Hay Backs in Winter. Owing to their great size inconven ience la often felt in caring for hay racks in winter. The difficulty In stor ing tbeui often leads farmers to leave them out of doors all winter, which is most unfortunate. The accompanying diagram shows how a rack cannot only be stored without Inconvenience, but may be made to do duty during the winter. It Is raised to the great beams over the feeding floor of the barn and secured In the manner shown In the sketch, and while In this position it is utilized as storage room for any fod der, like straw, pea or bean vines, etc., that may be threshed out during the winter. It Is raised by a tackle and fall, and Is lowered In the same way, directly upon Its gear, when wanted she following season. Exchange. Kzperlmenta on r.very Farm. Host farm work is experimental, There are a few ruts which all farm' ers get into, but aside from these al most everything the farmer docs is so subject to varying conditions that its result cannot be surely forecasted. For his own protection the farmer is oblig ed to try both early and lute seeding. Sometimes one and sometimes the oth er will produce the best results. Thus each year every farmer must be accu mulating new facts to modify his pre vious conclusions. They are, too. facts that are generally used appreciatlngly, for they are reasoned about by men who know that their success depends on making use of what fbeir dealing with nature has taught them. Vet none the less such farmers read with Interest of experiments made on farms devoted exclusively for such purposes, and which, being supported by the State, can make experiments that are impossible for average farmers. Amer ican Cultivator. Calvco and loans Ettck. They thrive best when given plenty of exercise. Keep the calves and year lings separate. Give each calf dally one quart of oat coop and one quart of millfeed. Yearlings should have two quarts of millfeed and one quart of oat -'-np. Give the grain dry, and give !.entj of long fodJer, rough hay and "'X- Mr straw. Keep them growing, and let them eat plenty of rough feed to dlt tend their paunches. Our aim should be to raise large-slr.ed, healthy cows, with big appetites and a vigorous diges tion. Small, delicate beautiful they may be, are seldom prof- name. Poll Injured by Trampling;. There Is no time of year when Injury may not be done to soil by having stock run over It But there Is greater dan ger of this In moist, open weather Ml winter than at any other time In tho year. There hi nothing for stock to get at this season by roaming over the fields, even If they are bare of snow. The poaching which pasture and mead ow lands get by being trampled In luto fall or open spells during the winter destroys much grass. It Is not much If any better when the field has to be plowed In spring. The soil will turn up full of clods made bv the oonchlnir. and It, will take a great deal of extr.i cultivation to make the plowed surface Into a seed bed fit for any hoed crop. " J Krmovinir Poate Made Baay. The Illustration below la almnKf aolf. explanatory, but a scheme that but sel dom occurs to a person who wishes to move posts. One man drives the pick, B, Into the post, A. and braces against the crowbar, D, which Is worked over the fulcrum, C, Farm and Home. by his companion. Be-rin with Goo1 StorV. Most of those who begin farming buy more land than they can pay for, be cause a part payment on laud leaves good security for the balance. Then they find Innumerable expenses in pur chasing tools aud stock to begin opera tions. The temptation always Is to economize In the stock, thinking that It Is easy to breed up. Sometimes this Is done, but more often the economy in not buying the best stock dooms the farmer to the same labor and expense In caring for it, while It Is. when grown, not worth half or a quarter what II would have been if he had begun right at first. Winter Plowinnr. The action of the frost Is very bene ficial to the farmer, for the hard clods are broken to pieces by the expansion of the contained water when It freezes. The earth Is pulverized and put In good condition for receiving seed. Hence It Is beneficial to dIow the fields in tli" fall, so that the winter frosts may acfi upon the hard pieces of earth. In this way much labor Is saved, and the nat ural forces do better work than could be accomplished by artificial means. A further advantage Is gained from the action of air on the exposed soli. Pop ular Science Monthly. New Way to Kill Potato Rnsre. Application of poison to the seed po tato is the latest scheme for killing the bugs. A potato is cut Into four parts; dip them Into a solution of paris green and hellebore, and place the pieces over every alternate hill soon after the pota to plants have gotten well started. The old beetle will, It Is claimed, always leave the tops for the potato, and hence will not live to produce eggs. Massa chusetts Ploughman. Valuable lirraca. On the last day of a horse fair recent ly, some very queer-looking horses were, still left unsold. A buyer purchased one, after much bargaining, for $13, and then asked the owner If he would not return the odd dollar just fur luck; whercpon, the owner refused, but added: "Here, I won't be hard; take another boss, Instead!" Pln-my Urine. The smallest known species of pig ii the pigmy swine of Australia. Tbej are exactly like tbelr larger brethrer In ovprtF rmrtlpnlnr pvppnr HI7.P hplnfl not larger than a good-sized house rat. ! Z Horticultural Notes. A superfluous branch is a needless I drain upon the resources of a tree. In pruning the grape, allow flvo I canes or vines to each post cutting i back every year ' Burn all the wood cut out of black o ii I Mil raanWHafl mrk a a t n jlacrniv the eggs of Insects. All apples keep best in a temperature pretty near freezing, and particularly in an even temperature. Put up a number of small boxes in tho trees in the orchard especially for the martins and wrens. It is claimed that with the peach a Southern slope will yb;ld earlier, richer add better flavored fruit but there is an Increased rUk of loss from late frosts. 11 i Eli" IB I .V EAST WAT OP PULMNO PORTS. RAiyi'S H03N CLASTS. (Varalng Note Calling; tho Wlcki. .a hepenlunce. TIIK refo living (1 of war. UK reformer Is n (1 ccla ration Truth 1ms noth Ing to fear from the future. God Is on the side of the man who behaves him self. ' The moot dim gerous wrong step Is the first one. God always has a large place for the If you know that you love everybody, everybody knows that you love Got). There Is such a thing as having great Influence without having great talent. In building the temple of your life, be sure to make Christ tho chief corner stono. The man who thinks for himself, will also think for the long procession that follows him. A godly life Is something that preaches when nothing Is being said In the pulpit There Is a sense In which the blood of every sacrifice lifts somebody into a higher life. It Is a great mistake for the young ,to despise what the old have learned j by experience. Perhaps the world could have been saved without preaching, but not witn- I , . ., ,,, . 0Ut bo1? lh lttS- God is as sure to reward true iaitn to-day, as he was when Abraham of fered up Isaac. Resting In the Lord Is the highest qualification for doing whatever the Lord wants done. One of the worst things about a bad man. Is that he leads a long procession of others Into evil. The mnn who would be used of the Lord In the battle ngnlnst sin, must keep himself in light marching order. Unr Lout. They never quite leave us, onr friends who bare passed Through the shadows of death to the sunlight above; A thousand sweet memories are holding them fast To the places they blessed with their presence and love. The work which tbey left nnd the books which they read Speak mutely, though still with an elo quence rare, And the songa that they sung, and dear words that they said, Yet linger and sign on the desolate air. And oft when alone, and as oft in the throng, Or when evil allures us or sin draweth nigh, A whisper comes gently, "Nay, do not the wrong," And we feci that our weakness Is pitied on high. Id the dew-threaded morn and the opal ine eve, When the children are merry or crim soned with sleep. We are comforted, even as lonely we grieve. For the thought of their rapture for bids us to weep. We toll at our tasks In the burden and hent Of life's passionate noon. They are folded In peace. It is well. We rejoice that their heaven is sweet, And one day for us will all bitterness cease. too, will go home o'er the river of of rest As the strong and the lovely before us have gone; Our sun will go down in the beautiful west. To rise in the glory that circles the throne. Until then we are bound by our love and our faith To the saints who are walking in Para' dise fair. They have passed beyond sight, at the touching of death, Bnt they live, like ourselves, in God's infinite care. Margaret E. Songster. She Knew William's Style. A slender, pale-faced little woman In mourning attended a spiritualistic se ance at the rooms of a Market street medium the other evening. Materializations bad been advertised and the little woman confidently whis pered to the medium that she would like to see the departed William. She was overjoyed to learn that William was on hand when wanted the first time since she had known him and, when a few minutes later a shadowy form appeared In the cabinet, she trem bled with mingled fear and Joy. "Is that you, William?" she asked In a faltering voice. "Yes, dear," was the hollow response. "That's a fraud. I don't believe It" she exclaimed. "William would have iat dickens do you think it Is? "San Francisco Post The Last Touch, "Now, gentlemen and ladles," said the street fakir, exhibiting a bottle of his famous hair restorer, "this preparation nse1 externally will Insure a full suit of alr t0 the f0081 pate lD the Crowd- r caution: When the hair Is once grown. men taite a coupiwoi aoses internally. "What's that for?" asked the pros- i pective purchaser. j "To clinch the roots," replied the fa- klr, as be banded down the bottle and . rwkptpd two hobs. La rka I Gla.,w.ee,pipe : Some of the towns of Germany have . their water pipes made of glass, pro- tected with an asphalt covering to pre-. I vent fracture. ' I From Cuba to Kingsburg. RAISIN CULTUHE IN FRESNO . Whit HrnuKht SnectiM Out of Failure I to Hon. Z. T. Maxwell. From the Republican, Frceno, Cal. I The Hon. Z. T. Maxwell, in 1887,' hnvillir illMt, fininhni1 a. tnnn in (Vio Mia. Bouri legislature, was compelled by ill . ... ... - ' UPHILIi til aonlr n inniu nf nli.,.,ita .11.. after traveling for some months on the FaciUo slope, settled in Kingsbnrg, Fresno county, California, and engaged in raisin culture. The change from Cuba, Mo., Mr. Maxwell's old home, to the balmy air of Kiiignburg, for a time seemed to benefit the invulid, and, for, a while, iu addition to liia labors on tho raisin farm, he began to take a prominent part in tho county politics, and held several offices of trust in his now state. But ill health was the drawback which prevented him from arriving at the highest political honors, and his active mind chafed under the restraint of an impaired constitution, so that instead of improving he became worse. These faots concerning Mr. Maxwell's health were so well known among the people of Fresno county, that when he lately reappeared on the busy scenes in ap parent health, he was warmly congratu lated by his numerous acquaintances, and among others the writer of this ar ticle. In response to a request to give the reDorter nnrtieulara na to th onuran nf bis illness, symptoms, cure, and indeed , cn8e8 ln wuleh no ufts PPHed the treat all there was in it, he said: ment wltb apparent success. The sap "You have asked me for more than I r tne wnrtwort Is of a poisonous na could describe. Sometimes I have ture' and can be used onl' uudr caro looked ovr an nlnhnhpiici inrfr m diseases, and fancied I had them all, but general debility, weakness, insom nia, indigestion, constipation, partial atrophy of muscles, headaches, puin in the back and limbs,' and general wretchedness was my lot. "My horizon was contracting, and I supposed that the circle of my vision would never again have anything but my bed for a center, for on top of my previous ill health, in 1805, I caught la grippe, which brought me so low that I was very nigh the grim portal. "New Year's day I was despondent and unhappy, not knowing there was such good fortune in store for me, for I had hardly ambition to read the news paper that was brought me, and threw it on the bed in disgust As I did so my eye caught the announcement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple, and half in anger and half in con tempt 1 read what u.said and again threw the paper down. But I could not get this announcement cf Pink Pills out of my head, and at last I de termined to try them, and I did so, began to use the pills, following direo tions carefully, and by the time I had taken the first box my appetite had re, turned, and I was so invigorated that it almost seemed as if I were renewing my youth. I kept on taking the Pink Pills until I was thoroughly recovered and now can do more work than for twenty years before. "I will say that not only have they saved me much expense in doctors bills, but my life, and I am only too glad to publish this testimonial to the virtues of Pink Pills. (Signed) Z. T. MAXWELL, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain, in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and'richness to the blood and re store shattered nerves, ihey are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rhcu matism, nervous headache, the aftoi effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexion, all forms of weakness either in male ot female. Pink Pills are, sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on re ceipt of price, 60 cents a box, or six boxes for $3.60 (they are never sold in bnlk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Scbeneo tady, N. Y. Compoelta Reads Should Be Popnlar. People in the vicinity of Pittsburg have started a movement ln favor of composite roads, consisting of a ma cadamized track a dozen feet wide, with a dirt road alongside of it It Is well known that dirt roads In sum mer afford pleasanter driving than any other kind, but In winter or continues wet weather they are at the other ex treme. It la stated that this combina tion road can be built for $10,000 a mile, or about half as much as one macadamized full width. The Idea seems to be one worthy of general at tention and careful experiment Extras. "Do you know," began the summer boarder, "that the pounding of the steak by your cook awakened me this morning at sunrise?" j "Bor saia xne piacia lanaiora. "it was a real poster sunrise, but beln' as you didn't order It it won't cost you more'n $1 fer extra." Indianapolis JonrnaL Length of Europe's Arm lea. If the armies of Europe should march at an eight-mile gait Ave abreast 10 Inches apart, it would require nine and one-half days for them to pass a given point Your tea -trade for the nCXt ten years is worth having. We want it Try all five flavors of Schilling's Best tea, and get yur money back (f yur OTOCer) Oil those that VOU j , . 0011 t like. ASthmnthCnmpm iwarraaoece Oond Rnncla tii (lie Knf. . If the League of American Wheel nieu as a whole will work for good ronds tlilu coming year as will tho New York division of that rapidly growing organization, theu cyclists generally will rise up nnd pmUu the L. A. V and glvo It their dollars and their mnlerlnl aid. High way Improvement Is ac knowledged to bo the greatest wort the League has before it. And good, or Bvcn fulr- rond!' ro 1,1 s"cl1 HlmiU pro- ' ...l,l.. . ,1... ....... Ill tlilu .1.11 It. I lu luo uuu uu.o iu iuio iiu..- try that a small beginning lu this di rection will give the League a pres tige that It Just now lacks. Chief Con sul Totter of tho New York division has framed a road Improvement bill with the approval and co-operation of the State Grange ollielals, and with the combined lullueuco of the wheel- men and tho farmers It is confidently believed favorable legislation will be 0LO" CI,Ht HI( 0- secured. The work will be pushed vlg-1 Diamond dyes come in convenient orously and uo doubt will bo aided Pckagt which color from oneto tra much by tho good roads congress to Punita of goods for ton cents. Full di be held at Albany in February in con- fectl(,n,? "llkf nim.HiUe for one to Junction with the National Assembly 1,ove. jaw luck" with the diamond, of the L. A. W. This will be an event of wldesmvnrt Imnortnnc. since eentlo- men prominently identified with high way Improvement In all sections of the United States will be in attendance. Possible Cnre for t'nncer. A Russian nbvslclan. Doctor Den- senko, has boon experimenting with the sap of the "wartwort," a plant of the spurge family, as a possible cure for cancer. In a St Petersburg medical Journal he gives particulars of seven , medical supervision, THE 8EIRCBEB. The senrcher after truth is generally re warded, although it Is said that "Truth lies at the bottom of a well." We need some thing when we ore alllicted with neuralgia to search out the seat of tho pain, or the ain spot, and as St. Jacobs Oil's mission 'or good is to penetrate mid search out the hidden misery, it goes tlmiutrli like nu "X" ray. and conquers ami subdues the pain. All pain trouble of a nervous na ture needs careful treatment and patience. The alllicted nerves must he soothed into submission, and stimulated into healthful action, so as to restore, This is the virtue ot the grout remedy for puin, .and it is, therefore, well known us the best. It may be culled the searchlight after the truth of our bodily ailments. A scientist claims that there are only seventy-two different kinds of venom ous snakes in this country. j THE STRONGEST FOItTI FIXATION i Against dlMMite, one which enable us to un durKo unscathed risks from hurtful cltmiitio Influences, exposure, overwork and fatigue, Is the vleor that Is Imparled to a dehllilaivd uliyslque by (lie peorluss medicinal safeguard, Hosteller's Stomach Hitters. You may possess this vigor in a higher degree than tho trained athlete, although your muscular development may be far Inferior to his. Vigor lmpliessound, good digestion and sound repose, two blessings conferred by the Blttors, which remedies ma larial, rheumatic, nervous aud kidney trouble. Smokeless powder, made of ammonia and two forms of potasium, has been invented by a Californian. I believe Tlso's Cure is the only medi cine that will cure consumption. -Anna M. Ross, Williumsport, Pa., Nov. 12, 1SU5. 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Just be cause a few bicyclers wished smoothsi highways whereon to Indulge thsif new-found hobby of wheeling, It seem ed absurd that tbey should ask to havt the highways of the laud Improved. For a time the movement didn't mora worth a cent. People looked upon bicy cling as a passing fad or craze, and they considered the good roads move ment a companion-piece to It. But the bicycle "fud" doesn't pass away. It seems to be here "for keeps," and so the demand forgood roadson the part of wheelmen Is a fixed and lasting one; but beyond this is a stronger, broader demand for Improved high ways. A rond that Is good for the bicy cle Is good for all people, and were the bicycle to pass away, the lesson It has taught would remain In the minds of tbiuklng people. Good roads are a logi cal, happy uecessity for all not a lus ury for the few. Trocyon'a Companion. 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