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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. Lt consist
of a miniature carriage body, uphol
stered In green morocco and embaioa
ed with the Anieer's arms. This ai
placed In front of two parallel bicycles,
to be propelled by attendants, and it
steered by a small wheel In front Hols
nre made In the floor, through which
the Ameer can exercise bis legs on trea
dles when he feels like It,
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