VUStfm
tti- rr-cSft
Ulnr tht Incubator.
The best oil U iiuue too good for tbo
Incubator In in p. I'oor oil, 'besides be
ing dangerous, crusts the wick, and
encrusted wlckg give very little beat.
Lamps must be filled and cleuned eveu
wben tbe best oil Is used. To forget
tills duty once may spoil a batch and
waste much precious time. It will pay
to make an effort to keep tbe Incubator
room at a moderate and even tempera
ture. A temperature of thirty degrees
to forty degrees in the room requires
the lump of the Incubator to be run at
Its full capacity, aud of necessity there
will bo a free circulation of air, aud,
hence, too much ventilation resulting In
too great evaporation aud a drying out
of the eggs. This Is the case with a
majority of tho machines. A very high
temperature Is just as Inconvenient. A
range of twenty degrees, between fifty
degrees aud seventy degrees, without
the presence of coal gus, Is about right.
Temporary chauges, higher or lower,
for an hour or two, do little harm. No
self-regulatlug apparatus, however In
genious, will dispense with the use of
bruins lu running an Incubator. It Is
sometimes needful to discount the as
sertions of the catalogues lu this re
spect, and to watch vigilantly that the
machinery docs not bind or chafe, or
become dlsarrnnged If the heat and
moisture within or from some obstruc
tion without. This Is the time to work
the Incubator for all it Is worth. -Poultry
World.
Shipping Fowl liy Kzprcs.
Poultry breeders aud poultry buyers
are Interested as to how best to ship
breeding stock by express. Expressmen
hare fouud much fault lu the way
fowls were occasionally prepared for
shipment, and the result was double
first-class charges used to be made on
poultry. As this seemed an Injustice,
poultry men and expressmen came to
gether and decided on what should con
stitute a proper coop In consideration
of single first-class merchandise rates
Instead of double. This conference re
sulted In the adoption of a "one rate"
price Instead of a "double rate." Also,
that coops must be strong and slatted
and not lujured by other packages be
ing piled on them. If the coop Is suf
ficiently strong, expressmen have no
objection to coops being lined inside
with cloth to protect birds from a draft.
The coop illustrated above Is four feet
long, two feet wide, and twenty Inches
high, made entirely of laths, excepting
the bottom and the boards around the
base, which are four inches wide, of
THE SLATTED COOP.
bottom box stuff. The laths on the
sides are securely nailed to posts which
are of one Inch square spruce. Such a
coop will carry any amount of mer
chandise piled on top of It, as much so
as though it was a box. Farm Poultry.
Core of Potatoes in Cellars.
There are many dangers of injury to
potatoes kept in cellars. That of being
frozen is what happens the worst, but
It Is always guarded against, so that no
caution is needed about that. Much
greater is the likelihood that the pota
toes are kept too warm, aud especially
If they are piled lu bins. Some warmth
comes always from potatoes thus
massed, and those in the bin will be un
touched by frost even when a film of ice
will form over water set in vessels on
the floor,' or the potatoes left outside
the heap have been frozen. It Is doubt
less the warmth developed by sprout
ing the potato that creates the warmth
that protects the mass as It slowly rises
through it. When it Is seen that pota
toes are beginning to sprout, they
should be removed and the larger
sprouts be broken off. Those that are
meant for seed ought to be put In a
mass, unless In a pit out of doors, and
they should be got out and exposed to
air and light so soon as the weather be
gins to grow warm. Exchange.
Cooked Fcod Ioe Not Far.
Cooking of grain and meal for stock
is only profitable when it is done In cold
weather and the feed is given while
still warm. A temperature at or near
animal heat U an advantage, as the
stomach baa to warm to that extent.
But the heat required for cooking car
bonaceous food expands It so that tbe
stomach can contain lees of it. If the
digestion be good the uncooked food
will In the same bulk have the most nu
triment and do the greatest good.
Gronnd Meats and Fiah.
If yon cannot get fresh meat for your
poultry, or if tbe expense is apparently
too great, use the commercial ground
meat. Fish is also excellent for ducks If
the eggs are to be used for hatching,
and ground fish will be very acceptable
to them. In the winter season, when
grain is largely xwed, meat or fish will
sene to supply the deficiency of nitro
gen. One cent a pound Is about tbe
cost for ground meat or fish, aud they
aro very cheap, even at douhlo tho
price.
Ftnrane I'urlfieaj Water,
After all, the best kind of purifier Is
nature' own. Tho minute organisms
known as bacteria are the chief causes
of the Impurity of drluklug water.
These Invlsihlo creatures have to live
as well as their larger brethren, and
they must eat to live. As soon as they
have euten all lu tho water that there
Is to feed on they die. Dr. Frankland
has stated, from his recent examina
tion of water stored for two weeks, that
It seems as pure and free from bacteria
life as If It had been passed through
the best of filters; but It seems strangq
that this should have so recently coma
under Dr. Frankland's experience. Ev
ery one knows that there Is no purer or
better water In the world than that
which Is supplied to seafaring people.
Almost any kind of water stored away
In a ship's tank becomes absolutely
pure after the vessel has been a few
weeks at sea. This Is usually ascribed
In popular language to fermentation ;
but there Is really nothing to ferment,
It Is simply thnt the bacteria have
eaten everything In the water there Is
to eat and then died of starvation.
Median's Monthly,
A Milking Ptool.
The self-descriptive Illustration, from
Farm aud Home, shows a practical
milking stool, readily made by any one
understanding the use of edge tools.
The seat board should be made of two
inch material, at least two feet long,
aud wide enough for comfortable sent-
A HOME-MADE MILK STOOL.
ing, say nine Inches wide nud chamfer
ed to fit. Where the bucket rests it must
be In width to correspond, which can
be secured by placing bucket on the
board and marking circle with pencil
before sawing out In chamfer style.
The "rounds" should be made from
hard wood and about fourteen Inches
long, end to end; make holes VA luch.
Every farmer and dairyman should
have a workshop aud kit of tools so as
to make the many convenient and serv
iceable articles described In Farm and
Home, thus saving annually hundreds
of dollars. '
Feeding Wheat to Ftock.
Wheat Is now much dearer than any
other klud of feed. Yetthere are cir
cumstances In which some wheat may
be fed even at present prices. It does
not pny even when wheat Is cheapest
to feed It exclusively. It has more nitro
genous substance In proportion to its
bulk than any other grain, and is there
fore very likely when fed alone to fer
ment In the stomach. Yet when com
bined with other grains and cut hay or
straw the wheat paid for hogs very
near Its present prices In the market.
Therefore a small proportion may yet
be fed with profit. For one kind of stock
wheat Is always the cheapest grain.
Thnt Is for laying hens. But they must
not be fed much lest the hens fatten, as
they will just the same as If overfed
with corn. American Cultivator.
Eradicating cheep Fcnb.
Hot baths made by putting sulphur
lu water ate a specific for scab in sheep.
It is very infectious, and any sheep
having It should be kept by Itself. The
bath will need to be repented nt Intervals
of one or two days, for nt least three
times, in order to destroy germs that
were not advanced enough for the first
application to kill. The Australian
sheep growers have succeeded In eradi
cating scab from that country. Now
every sheep brought to Australia has
to submit to the bath once to destroy
possible germs that have not become
visible.
Milk for Calve.
Frofessor Daine, of tho Harris Insti
tute at Preston, writing ou the subject
of the feeding of calves, says: "For
the first month calves should have new
milk, which, after that period, should
be gradually diminished, skim inilk oc
ing substituted, fresh from the separa
tor, if possible, as it is then warm."
A Nation of Spitters.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald meets the views of many when
be writes:
I am heartily in sympathy with the
edict Issued by the Board of Health
against spiting on the floors of public
conveyances. But It should go further
than this; It should forbid the befouling
of sidewalks, stairways and lobbies by
expectoration. A more disgusting, hog
gish and nauseating habit than that of
expectoration could not possibly be con
ceived. 1 have traveled In many civil
ized lands, and on my return to my own
country I have been made ashamed of
my people by being compelled to ob
serve their beastly habit of expectora
ting, which habit during my sojourn
abroad was unobserved by me, if It ex
isted at all.
The absence of handkerchiefs or their
non-use by the men of our country Is
noticeable and to be regretted. The
spitting habit Is chronic in our land.
The further west one goes the more
frequent Is its exhibition. Let us try
and revive in the men of our country
a spirt of decency, so that tobacco
chewers, gum chewers and other chew
ers will cease to make themselves of
fensive. Tbe universities and colleges of Aus
tria afford employment to 1,-KX professors.
"How can Schilling's Best
tea cost so little and be so
good?"
1 Easy. It is roasted every
day in San Francisco like
fresh coffee and peanuts.
Other tea is roasted once
a year in Japan, etc like
stale coffee and stale pea
nuts.
A Schilling Company
ban Kraticlico
An English paper says "Queen Vic
toria now rules 467,000,000 people."
BOBSK l'OWKK.
The horse has wonderful muscular
power, but 'will suffer a great deal at times
with nervous attacks if not properly
groomed and stabled. This Illustrates that
a great deal of neuralgia is caused by im
prudence and results from shock from cold
to the nervous organism in parts most ex
posed to the cold, Hence, neuralgia Ik i)i
often uu ntlilctuin of the head, face and
neck, as thevure frequently badly protected
against intense cold. The use of warmth
as an antidote is apparent, and the warmth
to the alllicted part imparted by the use of
St. Jacobs Oil, together with the soothing
inilueiice of tlic remedy, lull tlio pain and
quickly restore a goou ueuilimu condition
of the "nerves, curing even the worst cases.
It takes each year 200,000 aores of
forest to supply crossties for the rail
roads of the United States.
IHIt BPAKTAN VIKTUK, FORTITUDE,
Is severely taxed by dyspepsia. But "good
digestion will wait on appetite, and health on
both," when Hostotter's Klomach Hitters is
resorted to by the victim of lntllgestion. Ileart-
Ing the gastric region and liver If this genial
fnmllv corrective meets with the fair trial that
a sterling remedy deserves. 1'no it regularly,
not spasmodically now and then. It conquers
malarial, kidney, nervous and rheumatic ail
ments. HOME PRODUCT! AND fUKK FOOD.
All Eastern Svrup, so-called, usually very
light colored anil of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Harden Itript" is made from
sugar rune and Is strictly pure. It is for sale
by tirsl-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured liv the Pacific Coast Kykup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Uartlru Drh)'" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
My doctor said I would die, but Piso's
lure tor consumption curcu inc. aiiios
Reiner, Cherry Valley, 111., Nov. 23, '95.
PRESIDENT'S DAILY ROUTINE.
General Harrison Writes of "A Day With
the President at His Deek."
Ex-President Harrison has written of
"A Day With the President at His
Desk" for the March Ladies' Home
Journal. The article is said to be sin
gularly interesting in the detail with
which' it describes the wearisome
routine of the president. It is said
that General Harrison, in "this article,
has delivered himself with great direct
ness and vigor, relative to the annoy
ances that are visited upon a chief ex
ecutive by persistent office-seekers, and
he suggests a unique plan, by which
the president's burdens in that direc
tion could be greatly lightened, and he
be enabled to devote more attention to
more important matters. A feature of
the article that will have a timely in
terest to those ambitious to serve the
oountry under the incoming adminis
tration, describes' very fully how tho
president makes appointments to office.
"A Day With the President at His
Desk" is unique in being the first time
that the daily life of the president has
been desoribed by one who has filled
the exalted office. Articles upon the
sooial and domestic life of the presi
dent by General Harrison will follow in
successive issues of the Journal.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
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 of the system, which the pleasunt
family laxative, Kyrupof Fifrs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millionsof families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of pood 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 have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Tigs stands highest and is most largely
fUtd. and gives most general satisfaction.
CLOSING OUT SALE OF TR0TTINQ SI0CK, j
ARCH IB, 1897. j
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of the finest breed aud quality In Amerhia, eon- j
ilng c.f Altamont. McKlnner. wilkm. Dic
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bred and suitable f r race, rfiad or brectine pur
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MARK TWAIN IN DISTRESS.
fbeOrcot HnmorUt'a Hroken-1! carted
BtriiKifle In, London. I
Mark Twain, America's greatest hu
morist, who was once a millionaire ami
who has dined at the table of kings, Is
living In London In ou Impoverished
condition. He Is worse than penniless.
He Is a slave to debt, and, though In
poor health and burdened with age and
tbe woes of a broken heart, he Is strug
gling to be again financially free. In
modest lodgings, surrounded by few
comforts and using only bare necessi
ties, be Is trying to produce another
great literary work In tho expectation
that Its profits may at least pay his
debts. He has been working for weeks,
and those who have seen his manuscript
fear that the Inspiration Is gone. He Is
working under forced conditions, and
the prediction Is thnt the story a tale
of his latest tour of the world will be
like a plulut forced lu unnatural condi
tions. The story of Murk T wain's successes
and failures In finance are romantic
and pathetic. From n printer's devil on
a Missouri weekly he rose steadily until
at the age of 35 the world knew him as
the author of "Innocents Abroad." lie
made a fortune out of that work, added
to It constantly, and in 1885 was worth
a million dollars. Then lie put his cap
ital Into a publishing house Webster &
Co. and In a few years was u bank
rupt. The obligations of the firm
amounted to thousands upon thousands
of dollars, and ns his name had been
used lu connection with the business
Mark Twain felt called upon to wipe
out the Indebtedness. He has struggled
MAItK TWAIN.
for years to do It, aud It Is to this that
1 he Is still devoting his energies nud tal
! ents. A year ago he started on a tour
: of the world and a few months ago ar-
rived In Loudon from Africa. He is put
j ting the experiences Into a book, but his
latest efforts are not his best. There has
i been a steady decline in his humor
' since it became a trend-mill grind. ,
i When nt the height of his fame Mark
i Twain had many friends In London,
: but now in his' distress only a few faith
ful souls ever call to see him. .
FEARED BURIAL ALIVE.
Plan la Invented to Prevent Per
mature Interment.
There Is a certain Inventor, well
known to people In all parts of the
country, whose particular fear Is that
he will be burled while In a trance.
i So strong a hold did this Idea take on
his mind that a year or two ago he do
I vised a plan by which, should he he
; come a victim of premature burial, thu
' fact will soon become known. The II
, lustration conveys a good Idea of his
plan. The tube shown Is fitted with
air valves, which are opened by tlie
GRAVR SIOtfAX IX TOSITIOX.
slightest motion within the coffin, the
result being that the bell is kept ring
ing until relief arrives.
Pins, previous to 1S24, were all made
by hand, and were, consequently, very
costly. Fln-maklng machines have been
brought to a state of perfection. They
now receive the wire from the spools,
cut It Into proper lengths, make the
head ond point, polish the pins, nnd, by
a most singular piece of machinery,
gather up, at one motion, a proper num
ber to compose the row, fold tho strips
of paper and pass the pins through.
A slight movement of thu roller bear
ing the paper pushes It forward a lit
tle further. It Is again caught up hy
the clamps and another row of pins
pressed into position. It Is claimed, for
some of these pin-making machines,
that they can manufacture GOO pins a
minute.
What Manhattan Islttnd Was.
Never say Manhattan Inland when
you mean the Island of Manhattan. The
briefer term was properly applied In
such a way that now it cannot be ap
plied at alL The place that bore It Is
no longer discernible. Manhattan Isl
and was a knoll about an acre In extent
which lay near Corlcars Hook, surv
rounded by marshes anil partly sub
merged by high tides. Later ou It he-!
came the center of a place which did
us noble service, but again has been tb- j
literated, save for the lingering nick- j
name of "Dry-dock Village.'' lli-re I
were built most of our ships in thu,
d.1 ys wben no one could buiM them
quite as well as we. Century. j
, . . i
A lc bronze piece U three-quarters
of an Inch in diameter.
SUFFER NO
Paine's Celery Compound is Working
Miracles in Curing Disease.
Paine's celery compound is working
miracles in tho cure of disease!
So says a recent 'article by the fore
most medical essayist in Boston.
"Nothing shows more conclusively,"
he adds, "the astonishing capability of
Paine's celery compound than tho
thoughful, open-minded olass of peoplo
who uso it ami recommend it, both in
publio and among their closest and
dearest ' friends and relatives. Among
us (physicians) there is no longer any
hesitancy in recommending this great
est remedy without stint of pnfise."
About the same time - the above ar
ticle was published there appeared in
the Boston Journal the following letter
from David K. Chasser of 453 Windsor
St., Cambridgeport, a suburb of Boston:
"I take great pleasure in testifying
to the extraordinary merits of Paine's
celery compound. For some time past
I have been under the treatment of two
well-known local , doctors, but their
combined efforts proved of no avail. I
have been for years a harsh skeptic in
regard to advertised medicines, but
having suffered excrutiating pains in
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began to grow rapidly, notwithstand
ing all efforts to check it. My
eye oecame terrmiy
inflamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
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said I had Cancer of
the most malignant
type, and after ex
hansting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
hopeless. When in
Dp the case as
formed that my lather had died from
the same disease, they said I must die,
gs hereditary Cancer was incurame.
"At this crisis, I was advised to try
S.S.55., and in a short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued to do
o for three months, then it began to
heal. I continued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer disappeared en
tirely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return of the disease."
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prnre4 to Klva profit
able ratarnt (mm-sumi ibvw
niArtiinM airlnftivftl? ta
tyxlf thlMtnrMwbtch prn
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or riffomut Chickens.
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MORE NOW.
the head, which the doctors informed
me were due to neuralgic symptoms, I
determined to try Paino's celery com
pound, on tho advioo of a friend.
"To my surpriso I found an entire)
chango going on after taking a little
ovor three bottles and I began to fool
like a new man. I have for the past
ten or twelvo years Buffered from paina
in tho back and other smyptoms of de
rangement of the kidneys and bladder,
and have spent many sleepless nights
in consequence, but now I sleep sound,
thanks to tho common senBO which in
duced me to try Paine's celory com
pound. I will evor praise the marvel
ous potency of this valuablo medicine,
and at any time will be glad to giy
personal testimony at my address,
should uny sufferer care to call, as I
consider it Bellish to keep such a bless
ing housed up, nnd think the proprie
tors of Paino's celory com pond dosorr
ing of more thanks than I can convey
in words, for making me a new man."
A word to other sufferers:
Go to your druggist for a bottle of
Paine's celery compound, and allow
him to sell you nothing elsol
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