Farm Convenience of Cement. Tlie use of cement for stable Doors Is bworulnjr more and more Kent-rul eaeli roar. Ihcre are oilier twos for tlio nine material nbout a arm. two of which are suugested In tbe accompany Ing IlluHirr.tlons. One is a cement wac rrlug trough made by using two wood' tu uoips or uitrereut sizes to form a mold. Put In a thick layer of foment, harp sand and sharp gravel well mixed npon the bottom of the larger box. then set upon this the smaller box, a CKMBNT WATERING THOUGH. ihown In the first picture, and till In Ibout the sides. If a veut Is desired, In the bottom or side, put a round bit of wood in the position where the opening Is desired, as the cement Is being filled In. Tbe second convenience Is a lawn ind garden roller. Get a sheet of Bheet Iron and fit a disc of wood Into one end to niuke It a perfect cylinder. Bore a hole In tbe exact center of the disc to Insert an iron rod. Place on end, with the disc end down. Select a round Iron rod for the core of tbe roller. and drive It, through the hole In the disc, a few iiu'lies luto tbe cement roller, gromui( keeping the" rod exactly In the center of the cyl inder at the top. The mold, ns seen In the second Illustration, is now ready to fill with cement. A light handle Is attached to the Iron center, and the roller Is complete. Use the best cement, the sharpest of sand and gravel and mix thoroughly, that every particle of the cement may be wet. Round off all sharp edges when tbe articles are taken from the molds, Thiamine n Wttltby" Horae ower. liorse tMti'cr Is cheaper than human muscle To use the former In well dig ging, bet four timbers, 4 by 4 in. firmly In the ground over the well hole and bolt together at the top. At A attach efong rope, run It through a pulley, WELL DIOOIJfO MADE EASY. as at B, through another suspended from the top of the framework, and finally through a pulley at D and to the whiflletree. The horse can easily raise the dirt which Is shoveled Into the box1 or other carrier, as at E, after be ing lowered. Two 2 in. boarda are laid as at H II In the cut F F are also 2 in. boards, fastened at one end and loose at the other so they can be spread apart to allow the box E to descend Into the welL When it comes up loaded they are again placed as shown In the Illustration and the box rests upon them. The track, K, is of plank and convenient for drawing the box over It to be emptied. A small truck can be run under the box after It Is raised, over the track K and on tbe cross pieces F F. This makes unloading much eas ier. A short sled, built after the fash ion of a stone boat, has also been found convenient for dragging it away by horse. Farm and Home. Well-Managed Orchards. An orchard well managed may be made to pay several times as much for the land occupied and the labor spent as tbe best field on the farm. But it will be a poor Investment If it Is neg ' lected and suffered to go to ruin. Cul tivation is Indispensable to enable tbe oil to contribute Its fertility to the trees. Tbe surface must not be left untouched to become covered with rank weeds or moss, to He bare and barren. There is nothing better than a crop of clover, and this should be permitted to die down and decay on tbe surface. A plow ehoald never be suffered In an or chard, says the Xew York Times. Only the surface should be stirred, lest tbe floe footling root mny be Injured and the tres euoclted In their growth. A good burrowing lu tbe fall and two or three la the summer will be all tlx cultivation an orcluird requires. ' Feed I ii Mock nn RrnwM, In times of scarcity cattle are some times driven to the woods and allowed to feed on the twigs at young trees growing near the ground, or of the top iKinghs of trees that have been felled for this purpose. The Imss wood In the to-iit of trees for this pu limiign twigs of tin- beech were often thought nearly as good. It is on such feed as this that deer largely hiiIisIxI In cold weather, when rue snow Is too deep for them to rea.'li the ground. lint If much stock has to lie kept on Drowse, It require more labor than to cut and cure hay after the ground has once boon seeded, and the" liny Is mIho much more nutritions than the twigs. which are very largely only woody fibre. Exchange. Farming wl'h One Hone, There are already very many small farms where the expense of keeping two horses is grenter than the profit from the lund will stand. As popula tion becomes more condensed the num ber of such farmers Is sure to Increase. With light plows suitable to be drawn by one horse a good deal of plowing may be done. If still faster plowing Is desired, two farmers, each workRig single horse, may unite .their forces. This Is the way that French farmers do. and we have seen the same practice near some American cities. It Is chiefly In drawing manure that the two-horse team Is most essential, for It Is the prac tice to mnke the manure box very "large so that two good horses are required to draw It Cultivator. What to 10 with Fat Hena. When a hen becomes very fat she not only Is a poor layer, but will become broody, have leg weakness, and be un lit for anything but the pot. Such hens should be fed flnly once a day, at night, the meal to consist of a pound of lean meat to twenty hens, with a handful of grain scattered for them to bunt up. They will then be hungry during the dny, will search and work for food. while the inducement of a few grains thrown out at night will cause them to keep at work until into. Meat con tains little fat-producing elements, If lean, and will greatly promote laying as soon as the surplus fat Is removed, which can only be done by compelling the hens to exercise, Mali hi tig for Solllnu, It is Very rare of lute years that a season Is found when there is good pasture all through the year. Usually the dry Bpell comes late In summer or early In the fall, Just the time when the best soiling crops are ready to help out the deficiencies of pasture. The rea son why more farmers do not Sow soil ing craps In spring is because their laud Is not reffdy to produce the crop that Will make soiling profitable. Prepara tions for soiling ought to begin at least the fall or winter, before, Draw out and spread a good codling of manure on lnnd to tie drilWtl with corn next spring, and It Will d'o jar more good than If the manure wre applied then. How to Improve a Lawn. i.awns can be kept green and.lttickset without the use of stable uunure. City and village people who have a few square rods of grass4 Usually Imagine It necessary to ke:p the plot covered for weeks with badly scented and Ill looking manuce, when the fact Is that one-half the money's worth of nitrate of gods, and powdered phosphate of lime will answer better and create no ntilsa'nee. They furnish to the soil what ;ts Wost needed, an alkali, phosphoric :at;ld and nitrogen. Both at itheni are Inodorous and show their 'effects Im mediately on applicatlon,-Nw York Tribune. Htirse Notes. If you raise the right kind of horses the buyer will bunt you up.- See that the sliocr fits the shoe to the foot, and not the foot to the shoe. Tbe cause of a vicious disposition la a horse is often rough treatment In grooming. Too much feed Is aa bad as too little, especially when the horses have but little to do. Never allow anyone to tickle or tease your horse In the stable. The animal only feels the torment, and does not understand the Joke. The farmer who has the care of young colts should make up his mind not to let them lose a pound of flesh at wean ing time. Tbe colt should pass his first winter In the best of. condition, and without a bitch in his growth. Western Rural. Fonltrr Points. Filthy houses lice. Wet weather pip. Musty food canker. Overfeeding apoplexy. Impure water cholera. High roosts bumble foot Damp quarters diarrhoea Close .confinement debility. High feeding leg weakness. Drafts In the hennery roup. Want of exercise black rot Pullets are not good breeders. Unwholesome diet Indigestion. Exposure to cold rheumatism. Tbe French Queens. Of sixty-seven queens of France only thirteen have died without leaving their histories a record of misery. Eleven were divorced, two executed, nine died young, seven were soon wid owed, three cruely treated, three ex iled; tbe poisoned and broken-hearted make op the rest You can make lots of headway some times by admitting you are wrong when you are not Life. Tea is better fresh if it isn't, what does the grocer mean by telling you that he has some tea just come from abroad? Fresh doesn't mean just picked; it means just roast ed. Schilling's Best is roasted as fast as your gro cer wants it no faster in San Francisco. ban Francisco 4?8 Gladstone's Advice to Young Men. Be sure that every one of you has bis place and vocation on this earth, and that It rests with himself to find It. Do not believe those who too lightly say: "Nothing succeeds like success." Effort, honest, manful, hum bio effort, succeeds by Its reflected action, espe cially in youth, better than success, which, Indeed, too easily and too early gained, not seldom sgrves, like winning the tlirow of the dice, to blind and stupefy. Get knowledge, all you can. Be thorough In all you do, and remem ber that though Ignorance often may bo Innocent, pretension is always despica ble. But you, like men, be strong and exercise your strength. Work onward and upward, and may the blessing .of tbe Most High soothe your cares, clear your vision, and crown your labors with reward. MOTOK AND MISERY. . Compressed air as a motive power for street railways will In time supersede elec tric wires and the trolley. Necessity and Invention make rapid changes, but some old, sure, unfailing methods will hold good for all time. The nerves nre the electric wires of the human system, und often "jangle out of tune," as when neuralgia slips the trolley of the system and it grinds and groans with pain. The old motor for the cure ot pain, St. Jacobs Oil, will always art as electric influence on the puin stricken nerves, and will send a current of cure through the disordered wires, and bring about a perfect restoration. Nothing new can improve upon what is known to be t he boat and surest in the treatment of pain ful diseases William B. Phillips, of New Madrid, Mo., is credited with a total of 1,850 squirrels in three days' hunting on Lit tle river. i - ONE SKCRKT OV LONGEVITY. Those anxious to prolong this rapid transi tory existence of ours beyond the average span, should foster his digestion, negatively by ab staining from Indiscretions in diet, and affirm, atively y the use of that peerless stomachic', Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, when he expert encea symptoms of indigestion. The impair ment of the digestive function is fatal to vigor. Subdue with the. Hitters, aUo, fever and ague, bilpusnessapiiooiISlpat!onv ' Typhusantitoxine ip the latest medi cinal discovery. It is alleged to be a sure preventive for typhus fever, V'oi lung and chest diseases Turn's Cure is the best medicine e nave used, Mrs. J. L. Korthcott, Windsor, Out,, Canada. . tA'IXBBil 9AINt)t &H tUKBD With LOcaL aPWSItBS as they cannot reach the seat of tn'4 wsouse. Catarrh 1b a blood xr constitutional viscose, and in order to r(ire l't VoU musft take Irjtehai remedies, Hfill'S prescribed fcy'titfo of the best physicist tn this country for )rs, and is a regular jirescrip tfon, ft Is composed of the bent twites krumn, comWTiied 'th the best blood purinors, aotlng dirncftyvm the mucous surhire. The perfect coimbtir&'tion of the two Ingfedients Is what hroflwes such wonderful effects in curing vafarrh. Send for testtnjoMals, free. P. J. CHENEY t'()., Props., Toledo, 0. Sold bv druggists, prfce 75c. Mall's Family Pills are the est. The light of the moon is only about one-six hundred thousandth that of the sun. Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys ical ills, which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasanteftorto rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual 'dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion orf the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt ly removes. That is why it Is the only remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed bo highly by all who value good health. Its bene&cial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs oa which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when yon pur chase, that yon have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in tbe enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should hare the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely Jmed and gives most general satisfaction. Tjnnn-roABi.i TOAKT SMOSEB. "AW1Y WITH AnsHirm." Dsa torf tost Ulit. BJNCHS om or. Due ECLIPSE MFC. CO. BfH.IL iinata Waatatt. Fartiaad. Or., C. S. A. SURE CURE for PILES Iwtiav Hd SrfB. Stftt m fpw.HM rlM ffcjM MM I OCio-aAM-KO'fVlLl IMllDT. ' PRINCE OF MAGICIANS. The Orcnt Herrmann Con Id Not Jusale with Death. The theatrical world and the thou sands who had witnessed his wonder ful art were shocked by the news that Prof. Alexander Herrmann, the great magician, had died suddenly. He was in his private, car on the Buffalo, Roch ester a ad Pittsburg Ilnilroad and was PK0F. HERRMANN. going from Rochester to Bradford, Pa where he was to give a performance that evening. At Ellicotvllle, Cattarau gus County, it was found that he was 111. A physician was called, but Herr mann was dead before he arrived. Up to that time he was In the best of health, having played in Rochester the night before. Heart trouble was the cause of death. The name of Herrmann In connec tion with conjuring Is over a century old, the art having been passed from father to son and from brother to broth er. Alexander was born In Paris 50 years ago. His father was a distin guished German physician, but his knowledge of magic equaled that of medicine. His oldest son, Carl, 25 years the senior of Alexander, became famous as a magician when the latter was but a child, and he taught his brother. At 11 the pupil was more clever than the master and at 14 he made his debut before the Queen of Spain. Early In the C0g Alexander came to this country and here he had since lived, being naturalised In 187(1. He made three tours of the world and spoke Spanish, German, French, Chi nese and Russian as well as English. He made and. lost fortunes, built and sold theaters and at the time of his death owned a villa and park on Long Island, several horses and a fine steam yacht. He belonged to over 100 clubs in Europe and America. ,,. ..... ' RODE ON A,-DEER'S ANTLERS. X Hnn.iKr'a ttxeltlng anil Perilous Ad ' venture in fcslifornia. Vllllaru M. 8tovter, a mine owner In Tuolumne County, California, had an experience, rtttently, that he would not wish to repeat for all the wealth In the hiowntAhis i of the State. While out lilrothig near the Stanislaus River he shot at a deer that was Btnuding on the crest, of a hill. The bullet went straight, and the deer plunged forward and fell. Mr. Stover laid his rifle down and has tened to his fallen game for the pur pose of cutting Its throat. Just as he reached the deer and leaned over to apply the knife, the animal leaped to his feet nud glared at Mr, Stover. Instantly the man seized the beast by the horns. This action terrified the buck. He made plunge, and down the steep sides of Devil's canyon he went, carrying the man with him oa bis antlers. The deer was mnrfiy frightened, and Mr. Stover was wfore Hcared than the deer. He couM not turn loose, and away went nan and animal, over rocks, bushes and briers. Whon near the bottom of the canyon the doer fell against a tree, "and before he could get up, Mr. Stover grabbed a large piece of quartz rock and killed the animal by beating it on the head. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE. Mr. Stover had bis clothes badly torn, and bis face and hands were scratched by the bushes like tbe results of a scrimmage with wildcats. He Is una ble to tell bow he escaped serious In jury while going down the side of the rough hill at a breakneck speed. After tbe deer was dead, an examination showed that the bullet had struck blm square upon the horns 'near the head, which caused blm to fall over in a stunned condition. Critical Moment. Whittler, the poet, and Lucy Lareoni were once driving in a bnggy drawn by a restless animal. Tbe horse become more and more vicious, and the buggy swayed like a ship in a storm. But never a word would L,ucy spare on tbe high-erected theme which then engaged her mind. At last Whittler could stand it no longer, and as be redoubled bis effort with tbe reins, he exclaimed: "Lucy! If thee do not stop talking till I get this horse In hand, tbee will be In heaven before thee wants tor We def J any man on earth to do op a package the way a woman does it mm MIRACLES The Wonderful Progress Made Within the Past Few Years. Diseases That Our Mothers Thought Incurable Now Cured by Palne's Celery Compound. It is difficult, almost impossible, to overestimate the importance of recent advances in medicine and surgery. In surgery there is the application of the X-ray in determining complicated fractures. In medicine there is the serum-treat ment for germ diseases, and more im- portant still, the extended use of Paine's celery cmnjionud in the treat ment of the many diseases that ariso from a faulty or impaired nervous sys tem. This class of ailments causes more suffering and earlier deaths than all others, and that i why so much pub- lie prominence was at once given to Paine's celery comound when its dis - covery was first announced by Prof, Phelps of Dartmouth college. The rapid and sure way that Paine's celery compound cures neuralgia, rheu-1 mutism and nervous debility is marvel-, ous even in the eyes of this wonder working quarter of the century. Ancient miracles were contrary to natural laws, whereas the remarkable power of Paine's celery compound to ! mnke people well, comes from a better J understanding of the natural causes of disease. That wonderful set of nerves krwwn as tho "sympathetic nervous system," that knits every part of the body to gether and harmonizes all, is under stood today as never before. Many Thousands of Tons of Dost. According to the estimates of Mr. .1. A. Wden, who has studied the remark able phenomena of diut and sand etorms In the arid regions of the West, every cubic mile of the lower air dur ing an ordinary "dry storm" contains at least 225 tons of dust, while In severe storms of this kind aa much as 120,000 tons of dust and sand may be contained tu a cubic mile of air. Dust storms sometimes last for twenty or thirty hours. 0009OO0O990OOO909000O90O900C0M IjlttiHBMlH 1 1'' J Tho Best SmoklngTobacco Made I kOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWM Cheapest Power Rebuilt Gas and Gasoline Engines, IN GUARANTEED ORDER. ......FOR .SALE CHEAP Hercules Gas slVFfsZTX ....Engine Works Scrofula Is a deep-seated blood disease which all tbe mineral mixtures in the world cannot cure. S.S.S. (guaranteed purtly vegetable ) is a real ulood remedy for blood diseases and has no equal. Mrs. Y.T. Buck, of Delaney, Ark., had Scrofula for twenty-five years and most of the time was under tbe care o fthe doctors who could not relieve her. A specialist said he could cure her, but he filled her with arsenic and potash which almost ruined her constitution. She .1, 2 Ar every so-called blood SW) 1 A 1. them by the wholesale, 'but thev did not reach ,her tronble. Some one advised her to try S.S.S. and she verv soon found that the bad a real blood remedy at last. She says: "After tak ing one dozen bottles of S.S.S. I am perfectly well, trty skin is clear and healthy and I would not be in my former condition for two thousand dollars. Instead of drying up thepoison in my system, like the potash and arsenic, S.S.S. drove the disease oat through the skin, and I was perma nently rid of it." A Real Blood Remedy. S.S.S. never fails to enre Scrofula, Eczema, Rheumatism Contagions Blood Poison, or any disorder of the blood. Do not rely upon a simple tonic to core a deep-seated blood disease, but take a real blood remedy. uur books free upon sppli cstioo. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca. 3a-sa- liasi' V. -A. IN MEDICINE. persons nre not aware that any such nerves exist. They do not know that nothing goes on in any part of the body that every othor part does not instant ly "know of." The closeness of this sympathy is familiarly illustrated by heiulnclics, indigestion, rheumatism, neuraliga, etc. About every case of j sleeplessness, nervousness ami dyspep' sia is a "sympatetic strike" by brain, nerves or stomach, induced by the low ering of the general health. People who think to get rid of these troubles bv some medicine that disre gards the general health of the body are on the wrong truck. In gettina i Buch diseases as neuralgia and rheuraa tism out of the system Paine's celery ; compound proceeds at once to restore a normal appetite and regulate the nerves, as the foundation for building up the health and vigor, Itegulates the bowels without delay, and sees to it that the poisonous ha mors that aro bursting through the skin, in what are, for purposes of classifying, called skin diseases, are given a ready outlet. On this bail purified blood and regluated, nerves tha permanent cure of every form of blood diseases, such as eczema, salt rheum, bad complexion, is now assured by this really wonderful remedy. If the render of this is not in perfect health lot him simply try a first bottle of Paine's celery compound and carefully note the results. Cycle Chair fbr the Ameer. A straiige Vehicle, called a cycle chair, has been constructed In London for the Ameer of Afghanistan. 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