T" -a- c
KlHlrla rrmlg,
Although agricultural machinery
orlglnali-d tn the United States ami the
American farmer used patent mower.
rcii4era and threshing machine tng
before their Ktirupenii contemporaries
lu the same Held of labor had put aside
scythe, rake ami flail, the possibility
of Introducing electric power In frm
work waa first recognised lu the OKI
World.
This haa probably beeu due to the
fact that the farmer of America,
thrifty and far-seeing, recognising the
economy and reliability of the small
oil euglue, failed to perceive how any
iwvtng could be effected by generating
electric current and distributing to Its
tutors In outlying position.
When, however, the mains from some
large electric power company t"-,i
In reach of a farm or estate the condi
tions are much more favorable, and
this atate of thin must already exist
in a measure which will be largely ex
tended lu the future. Current Uertn;in
newspapers contain au Interesting ac
count of the application of electricity to
a group of farms in Saxony. The elec
tric current is brought from au adja
cent town by overhead wires en.-rlod
on wooden poles. Two reeelvliu sta
tions are arranged, from which the eKv
trlclty Is distributed to the farm build
ing and to convenient positions 'it the
fields for the purpose of driving thresh
'tig and other machinery.
Sixteen fixed electric motors are In
atalled for chaff and root cutting, oat
rruxhlng. pumiug and for operating
machinery used In the manufacture of
potato spirit. lu addltl.xi to this -er
equipment, alx portib'e motors arc
provided, which may he used for driv
ing punjjn. circular saws, threshing ma
chinery, and so forth, at any iwlnt
where their servl-vs are required. The
bouses and bulliliiig on the farms are
all lit by electricity, 9 ar- limps and
alKJUt USX) glow lumps being used for
'he purpose.
It must be pointed out. however, that
this example could only lie foil-mod In
the United States en a very large e .tie
or a group of adia vm ?jthi. and It is
doubtful whether Molt a scheme innld
be made a commercial sus-es f-r the
iteration of farin.n m.i.-lii n.- y pun
and simple. It wou! I iiie.ir ll.nt wood
sawing, pumping and i.tlic- operations
repilring s,wer inns' In i;i '.ii'te I if
tlie results are to compare favorably
with those at pr-seiit obtained by the
use of oil or stein engine. Hut ih
Xaxon experiment Is full of Interest,
and displays a cu-iou-dy prngn-ssive
sjiirlt In a country where 'arm feces
are almost unknown and shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur
esque realities.
Learned by llara Ham-ki.
A jiecullarlty of clover is that w
may take off a crop and leave the land
richer thau it was ts-.'or-.
A proper rotation .in.l wise til. age
will do niu.-b to keep C.. Htlil supplied
with available fertility.
Without stuck tle-re ran la- no -oin-jilete
utilization or the farm pi.lii'-t.
With stock there cau Is- no waste pro
ducts. Clover and grt.scs retain u-.oisur
In the soil, render .'. im-oii and fav.r
nltrotli-atlun while -.lliing v.ii'i Verita
ble matter.
More hay and l.-s.t g.in make the
farm easier to bit :! and in the end
gives It ijulte as i.uvh profit.
So long as the lane nmrket . not
fully supplied there . n,i :;n!u In ship
ping away.
Better inelliols. belter !'rk and bet
ter tools have doo i'c.1 tn productions
of more than one farm.
As a rule the offspring of Immature
snd pamiered animals are predisposed
to disease.
There is, of ten more prolit In grow
ing little things and lu fine products, In
wroportlon, than In the great staples,
Oats contain largely the mineral
properties requisite to form and grow
bone and the protein that makes mus
cle and other tissues.
taalltr of Grass Sera.
The Maine luw regulating the sale of
agricultural seeds requires that grass
seed shall be sold under a guarantee as
to purity. Bulletin 1TSS of the Maine
agrbultural exjierltiieut station, which.
doubtless, many of your reader have
received, gives analysis of the seeds
which were collected by the inspector
and tlKe sent, to the experiment sta
tion by correspondence In 1!!. The
dealers are very generally conforming
to the law and the purity of most seeds
is now guaranteed. The question nat
urally arises lu the mind of a fanner.
should a wed be strictly pure, and, If
not, how nearly pure should It be?
The purity of seed varies greatly
with tltetr ltlnd. It I possible to grow
tPnotb-T seed so clean that It shall car
ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
It Is not as easy to grow any of the
other grasses or clovers so clean. There
Is no need for the sower to ever buy
timothy sjhhI that Is much less than
"115 per cent pure. Samples have been
examined by the station the present
year which contained not a single tor
elgu harmful seed.
The best red clover seed will fre
quently carry as much as 1 per cent f) om, (lf , ,., known
of foreign matter, although these hit- iMvimmlh '"'"' 1,1,1
It :i
and
SLAVES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
n.,.e U hkk Th-v '
llrlle el Tuns
A relic of slavery ilaya In N'--land
lu Hie mld.lle of the eighteenth
,vnturv, the old Tllden li-use on ''''
ter str.Ht, West Hanover, the oiity
house In that h " ' ,v" ,v""'
kept for market. Is now being d.Mtol
Islntl. sji.vs the Boston neram.
purities are usually ivnuaratne...
harmles. It Is. however, poor jiolley
for the sower to buy a retl clover s.s d
that I less than IW ht cent pure. The
tH-st grades of alslko clover will run
about IW.5 per cent pure ou the average.
It Is doubtful If the purchaser should
buy an alslke whose purity Is less that
UT.ft !er cent.
UtHlto) Is the most dlllbmlt setnl ot
all It will, of course, contain more
or lew chuff. It Is dUlleutt to grow r.-d-MP
freo fnm tltiKtthy. and the svd
cleaner find It dllllcult to separate tim
othy seed from rUop after It has one
been Introduced. Samples of redtop
carrying as high a U or even 16 per
ivnt of timothy are not unusual. If
one could be sure that the Impurities
were harmless like chaff and timothy
it might be safe to buy a redtop even
as low as S3 r cent pure, fttless one
Is assured of the character of the Im
purities. It Is unwise to buy a redtop
less thau 'A"i per cent pure.
lloable-Kua-ea Saw.
To make one saw take the place of
two. and at the same time preserve Its
durability. Is the recent Invention of
an Indiana man.
K v e r y carpenter
Includes two saws
In his klt-otte for
cross-cut and one
for cutting with
the grain. lie can
now dispense with
one saw. as It Is
IsMSlble to put the
two blades having
dlffereut teeth on
hs two totrs. the one saw, a
shown In the Illustration.
The smooth top edge always seen on
saws is changed to a cutting edge, simi
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having teeth n the two longi
tudinal opposite edges. The handle Is
hinged to the blade Instead of being
rigid and can be reversed a It become
nis-essary to use either blade. This
saw Is also an economical saw, as It
saves the exene of urehalt! two
Ml W S.
aail fnrm stole.
The profitable line of production Is to
maintain good health with early ma
turity. More than half a million emigrants
from ltussla have passed Into Siberia
the past year to engage In wheat rais
ing.
A fanner near McKwan. Tenn., Is dis
playing an ear "f iuru twelve Incite
long, weighing three pounds and con
taining 1.3" grains.
A Kralii farm at Murray. Iowa, ship
lM twenty-seven carload of timothy
wed last fall, for which the farmer
reoelved from ll..V lo $1.7.1 a bushel.
A Kansas iiiaii claims lo have Invent
ed a fi-iti-e-weavlug machine, run by a
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile of feme a
day. ,
The I'lillcd Slates prsl tired ll.OtiO,.
ikki btisliels of rlii- last year on it half
million acres. The culture of rf Is
gradually creeping north mid some very
gixsl grain 1 reported in Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work lo
pump the water out of the famous
Zuyder Zee and turn It Into dry land.
When this work is itiiompllslied there
will rise where 4.W fishermen now
sink their nets farms and homes for
,Vi.isl Hollanders.
Charles W Trork of Itidgeway, Ohio,
a "year-old lud, while wandering in
the Held sat down ou a little hummock
which contained a bumblebee's nest.
Within a moment he was so badly stung
that his body swelled to twice Its size
and death soon followed.
KuterprlMing men will make an ex
periment of raising t hornless cactus
on a commercial s-ale In Hlverslde
county, California. Tills cai-tus Is the
kind that has bad Its thorns hnil off
by l.uther Biirliiiuk and Is said to bu
extremely valuable as alix-k final.
A Washington dispatch, says a genius
has Invented a doa; which when used
as paint for farm machinery will pre
vent rust, and decay. This might be
good news for those farmers who use
the fence corners Its storehouses for
their farm machinery, but the proba
bility Is they lire too lazy to apply the
dope.
K. W. (.'rouse, a graduate of Iowa
agricultural college, has been nppoluvd
State lecturer on nnltnal husbandry for
Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gone
to the Maasarhum'tts Agricultural col
lege as asNlstant In animal husbandry.
The demand for college graduate In
the high class agricultural line at sal
aries ranging from 1,XX) to $2,000
year la larger than the supply.
lias stood for nearly '.in year.
used as a tavern In It early days
later for a resloctt.v. Of revnt years
It has been abandoned to the el.ntent
and has rapidly fallen Into "ccny
No one knows the eva.t date of the
building of the house, but ItUbTlans
ggtvo that It was long before t-' lu
corporation of tJ town of llanover
"Vededlah Pwellcy. of North Hanover,
who ha spent much thne 1 gntherlni
fa.n eoitivrnlng the early hltrJ ,,f
the town, says; "While there was more
or less buvlng "! "'I'" ,,f U"'
,. In tl ntbl'Hc M"'",tx
,H..n.,rv nearlr all the wealthy families
ownl one r more) this pp.baMy was
the only place where the t rattle vw
carrhsl on for revenue. I have seen
two bills of slave old from Ctlshou
tine was fr-mt Job Tllden to Mr
ii.n... of S.ltuate. m-sro -hlM
named Mornm, years of age. of g.1
i.wlil. h..ilh ami kind .IUJi-'"""
tine of Mr. Tllden' sla.e ns""
C.ff, s. rve, a o!dlcr In lb novo
lutlonary War. and t-'Mla to
..i,i .... roll he was stauotieu at it"".
m..i. 1 tTTT lie !
llallev il dte.1 t Valley Kofge. Me
was known as Cuffee Tlbh-n ami w
. Ins.-rlt'c.) on the printed rolls
The book, of the Klrst Comftegutlon
I Church of llsnotcr re.'""! f'' "''
rlage by the Itev. Benjamin B on
Keb. H, ITM. of Jack ami lllllsn. ser
v.nt. .mne.1 bv Job Tllden. sift a la
th- death "f negro ts.y i.ncd by J
Tllden. Feb. 12. ITdO.
There re many other brief reco'iU
t l-,o in .tlfT.-r.nt fatnll'o- l
Hanover
I kfl - " TH
Spring SVOedlicte!
Yw lust is HtHKl's Sanaparillo. It
is the bost In-t diisc it tUcs the most gotxl.
While it makes the blood pure, fresh
ntul lively, it tones the htom.uh to bet.
tor dis-estion, creates an appetite, htimu
htes the kidneys and liver, Riven new
brain, nerve ami digestive rtrcnRlh.
An imeqiialed W of t'urc 40,366 tcs-
timonidls in two years -proves its merit.
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Wt, KM Uoa la Mr lata "
. 1 Only Otto
"Brcmo Qulnlno"
That la
laxntivo Bromo Qulnlr.
imo iMt mm0 otf to oumt 4 001a $0 oar ur.
Alwr reniemtwr ths lull .
'or thu igniur " rT
l-k
1t
Oal at lh lla ral.
Alinlr ll litnl dad J-m sutatutd
Hui-eplislit
"Anllr ro bui bo. tta," k uti).
"but II ka man ta put th uiBi
ti-l fif l-t l-"'t bk this o "
lleinj hr.4, potitw f.tloas, lb !
bai of that llo'J lb iupriu ta
f9 out tbsl ib.f 'r ff..l la try la
nj tti !( h.l. so J Ik ulawnt
t hmorunt hssuaxl ! rvaftriB laal
UnyrMaioa.
ftal I lrl,l Jraa4
"lUten't jou ur m"k ttt I more
rtas-rful thn thlr piried tb new
tssirdrr h urd ! vf tt liquid
Into his mffmv
Why. wlvt d,i fiu mesa by tbatr ' k. ,M (lljar4'
uoerted the landlady ! "( mt ks. la t Miaja nf s
"Oh. nothing." r-rjoinrd tha a. b ; 1 ta frtl of (to cilt katU npity fc
Takl.a la lb Salt
Tti antuuuibo (viag lftkJ
a hour.
"W ra baw psaalr.f tkr4
tlfol part of tlx country aVsaai J
. tin(tur la th fmat !.
Tb tourist llor4 tb J
of grit nd dm!
-Hm:- ba lctit,tl bmJ
nxigtuit -It aartn a ItkMUk Da (J
ry I passing through, aw."
tt4aa t u t.
Ta BiamllH "Unas, ta tta auJ
rut IM lb rlly u inail
Katlataat,
Nea. tba. Mr. MksMka, J
lawyer. " will iQ t a
"only
blue.
this wllk srvm to bv Ilia
An Knglnh ..-(' bl l dtb
a.tlnv tin oib'f ! "A Hirstfnf I oo
Aii, ntt tli Willism Hbak
er At trt "
4 lb lla. tmrtag akjatstJ
k ' f lb ibr sttanf -Ckm
Tribon. ,
Tb Haltaison A'y S)Htali
Sftiiwa rauatlW 4 nMS
Pi ib ti i Hunt
aaa.
Illood l'ol..l
fly th term bl-sxl ilninlng I im-snt
the prestuce In tltr bl.sxl of the genus
of putrefaction or sitpt-urafton, or -if
the jsiiiMinous prist u.-t of tlieae r-niis
It I nws-ssary to d.-tliie the eipressl-in
at the beginning, for strl tly shaking
every form of poisonliig, lie hiding !-
hollr lntotli-ntloii. la t... (..la.ulng
Tlwre ar thn-e distinct forms -f
bliMKl r.ilionlng III on the
titrefartlon re Hmilat
CURES
SKIN DISEASES
There i au rvat jttm Inmi the Uly jjotiiit oil conttnuily, 4if
night. thr.ni,;h the jx.rr and glands the aktn. Tin W utttr7
inaiutjining the proper tetu j-ctatttre id our aystrin ami pteisrf vio( t!
ncM a il.l flriilnlity of the kktn, onl bo lonf a thf Idiss! t lr (tool iF
itir no trouble will result Wltrn, however, the bl-sxi dot ar Wi
hcromr tntr, trd with humors and arid, these lag must lie plll.at
iiimillL' in COM' j. I III ll.it ,trl.. ..( r.t.t.a and II...... iih whkh th til
e the c-nns "f ailUn,autty suppltr.! thry piodinc IrrtUt.un a4 thSaniftt!",
"'" ! ' tic t is shown l.v l.t-r,nj A. n. Trite, and akin aflrvtu.n cJ wraMlla
and maniifa-turlrig their p..l-u. ut-n , Tlrn. Imllrli,r, all, ),umor get Int.. the bl.t througH a bltt
wni- n me ,vnipi..ine -u tn -n-- -i- jiu.ii tivrron.litH.it id the ) stem . the itieitt-s whex duty ltlUtrrs
the w-tttr and r'-fu,. matter of the l.lv fjil to nrt.i-ile larrfof in Ihrtt 9a
and this Impute, fcimmtiug uidttrr Is Jr(t in the )tc"l to tsr atassW
the tdissl. rt.r skin is not only aflrvtej ty jn.l-v.il. gttteratnl alii
system, but hiivitH from without.
vi. n at rnisi.ii (i.ik. poiwa Jv-v. I , , , t t
far Ik saw ta r. m"ril
toiiidf ii4 sx "?
hMb wt tow '" "
at aw. law liaik. . w M frl
axlunt ! aif atJ baf "'
abaa t tu ! -'
wm, ba I i- ' sai
ita tii iai lb r. '"
tr 4oaM4 I iki '"".?
ran at!. s4 K""""11""
Mbn auk fH iiJ I' "
MaMla m, ir4 I """"j
fuJ u fx IU ""'".
Mo. .a.iM CMS MoaittU
Whaling. W V
M'ti.l ; In t tie- a-e.nd tlie tlo.d .s.ntiilrii.
genus an- thop,, wtil.-h ittue pti f.nn
atioti. atid tls-y alo mnniifa. tore a i
sou which prVMltlis-s the dlcne; III Hit
third fonn the bnetens. either of pu
trefaction or of siiptniriitlon. are not In j Nettle Kath. rt, enter through the
the blood but on the surface "f tl.c open p,tr and elan. Is. and ikj tlmr.
I.ly, nnd the sytnpliniia are due to tho'oughly do tlicy l-ome r-xdrd ill the
atisorptlon of the i..hi clnl.,rn-.-. ,y
them.
The toiin. s this li -t.-rlii pr-i.u. l
ilson Is called. Is In rliU last Instate-"
lmsirtsi, while In the first two .a-s
luentionil It is. n, 11 w-re. of domestic
manufacture therefore obtained n.ire
easily and In greater quantity.
Ttieae three forms are csIIh! In rued
Iral language, w.teinla. pvemla and n
prenila. resiss-flvely, meaning septic
germs In lis- hl"l. pus In the l.l.d
and the prsluets of put refaction III the
l.bssl.
The pyemic form Is characterized by
Irregular chills, fever and sweating,
and the formation of hI.wvsm-s In tnrl
ins parts of the liody It Is very com.
UHitily fatal. Heptemla reserntibs pye
mla In Its syniit"tus, eieepl that the
fever Is more Kiii'liinoiia. not l.-!ti(- i,
lernipteil ,y chills as It Is In .n-mhi.
and tli'-re Is no formation f nl.-i-.--v..-.
Tta- severer forms of u-.li-nilu nr.. mI
most always fatal, but the ill-:ic oc
curs often In milder tyi.. In wtib-h the
chief symplotiis ,ire high fever. In-n.b
ache, and deprewmn of the vital forces.
Sniiremla resembles -.-iI.-iiiIii In H
symptoms, as It naturally should, slii.i
both these form" of hloo.1 ilonlng an
caiiHi'd by the miiiim K.lu.n. In one cnv
forin.il outside of the Isidy anil nbw.rb
e. by the tlKsties, In the other produ.vil
by the bacteria In the blood and tlssii..,
fai.remln may terminate fatally, but It
yields more readily lo treatment. 'ri,M
otii'lsls In iiiiiiiiiti'-mcnt of f ), wound,
o-nlng"ll 1 1 1 lo the air, culling iitvay
the festering parts, clonnslng the aur
face thoroughly, and treating
a nliseptlcs.
Here Is a ulcri-oylpcd i-eiiiark .vol
near ireiiieniiy rrom croakers: -J J,i
you ever see s much sicklies?'
IiIh-kI that thrv at ever ir-wtit.
r rcitirn ul ti-rt.un vamini of ., (
year to torment the snhVtrr. Salves,
wrihcs. Udioni, ttr , can not rttre skin
israsrn. Juxe. such trrjtinrnt re
lieve Kjtue l thr iti tting snd dt.
iitiifort, and aid in krepini; the skin
lean, but it dor n d r li the tral
aune, and at ls-st tail I only palli-
.itilltr nti.l ..ft...... .( ii
Iraimng- "I the l.l, is the oulv vettatn rur or skin tlisr
urnitle a. tinK, 4fr IiI.hmI puritier. made entile!)' of vrKrl.ible ia.wn"
.( the forest and field, . the pio-r treatment. S. S. t,tr "
ireiilntion, and neulraliwa the a. id and humor, th.wotighly rlt'r
purifying t!ie l,!,MH!. and rtirintf akin aflrrtlon of rvrrv kiml, ItrT"
to tie I.I.skI the firsh, nutritive miulttir necessary to sustain th"'.
tu other parts ol the laly, und ml the ldo.l of anv and all ponton. :
-ures Ixc,,,,, T,.(t,,r, A, ,1P Satt Kltcum, Poison Oak ami Jvy. N"
trld u I other hL I I.. ,1.. I.u reill.lVlDf fW
- - "... ...ivitor-. . n.irt I rn. ih-i iiiaiivrii,. T
ttace of the c-.tu-ie (lout the 1,1...!. Kr. tal U,k on Skin Pi W
ucdicui a.lvn e d. -tired fm tnslied ftee to nil who write ,
rm: swift specific co.. atiamz
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.''m, V " "v. tn sil.aa.n...
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