Harvesting and F tacking Grain. Of the various machines and Imple menu used on tbe farm, there Is none co delicate and comullcated, or requlr- lug the exercise of mere skill and In tenuity on the part of the operator, than the self-binding harvester. The s'sndard machines of 10-day are the re sult of a long and thorough course of development and improvement. Tbe siylLg "Care makes luck" will apply to running a binder it to anything; If tbe BADI.T FORMED BUKDLE. parts get out of orde don't lose your head over it, but deliberately set about to repair the break or straighten out tbe difficulty. Poor l .vlne is responsi ble for much fussing In the harvest field. It Is nearly impossible to do good, even work with poor, uneven twine. The best twino is pure manllla; but so much eo-called manllla Is poor manllla, that much of the good, even grade, new, white stsal Is is satisfac tory. As machines become old they usually prefer a coarser grade of twine than In their young er days Good reel ing is Indispensable to square, well formed bundles. The reel should not run parallel with sickle, but the outer end should stand (M'veral Inches for wnid In order to place grain upon platform with butts In advance of beads, as tbe butts WELL-FORMED BUNDLE. are always retarded Ljr coming In con tact with the falling grain. In stand ing grain, the machine should run about level. It taken but a moment when starting up a grade to tilt tbe machine forward, and vice versa. It should be so well balanced that the tongue will play on the neck yoke much' of the time.. It Is cheaper and more humane to carry the machine on Its wheels than on the horses' necks. It should, therefore, be lilted back when the driver leaves his seat; if it stands long the binder may be shifted back also. Farm and Home. Machinery Hired Help. Farm work is now everywhere done with much less manual labor than used to be the fact before labor saving ma chinery was Invented. One man will cow do the labor of four or five, and will also generally do it better. Even If it were not so, the difficulty of se curing sufficient help would make the machinery necessary. It is not certain either that the bettor care given im proved Implements .n small Eastern farms does not make ihelr use pay as well as it does on the large farms of the far West. Alniosx all Eastern far mers house their farm implements when they are not lu use. Even the grain is not put under shelter In the West, but Is rushed from the field to elevators and stored rhere. The lack of buildings to shelter Improved imple ments at the West makes their work ing life much shorter than It ought to be. American Cultivator. ' Post and Roof Ptnrinr. la post staging b Is easily put up, firm to walk upon and readily taken down. If there are windows where the otaging comes, nail to each side of the casing. For putting on the shingles, a EASILY PUT TP STAGING. will be found convenient and will not injure tbe shingles already put on. It la made by nailing three shingles to a 2x4 or 3x4 scantling; c is a line usad in putting on the shingles. Orange Judd Farmer. ' Capital In Fannin. The great drawback to good farming Is lack of capital. A farmer should have a cash capital of $10 for every acre he farms, and a trucker or gar dener $20 per acre, at least With a working capital of several hundred dol lars, advantage can be taken of the labor, feed and fertilizer market, and In a monthly outlay of from $300 to 5400 a saving of from $15 to 1:5 can often be made, which will pay the 'wages of one man for a month. Farm ers should be able to get money as low as 3 per cent., a their security Is am ple. Irritation on the Farm.' In laying out a system of ditches for Irrigation purposes good care and time unould be observed. Ditch lines should be run aa much as possible on the high ? If 1 parts of the farm, and tbe grade should be light, about four feet to the mile be ing about what ordinary soils will best stand. The ditch should always be larger thnti Is 'apparently necessary. Both ditch and bank should be built broad, and particular care given to pre. vent the liability of a little stream of water starting and cutting away both ditch and bank and Inundating the field. A Rnatlc Plant Steads, To utilize a stand of Nature's own fashioning, com mon tree limbs can be used. A section of an sp ile tree, gnarled aid crooked, Is picturesque and suitable. It may I o placed at tbe Intersection o f walks and made useful by holding plants In large vrioec, or a basket containing trall- LAWN PLANT STAND, 'Ug plants looks well placed upon t Set firmly In the ground, as It is Intended to be station ary. Mnck Overestimated. Many people still think that black, mucky soli must necessarily be very rich. But the fact that It remains without fermentation shows either that it has little nitrogenous value, or that It Is so saturated with water that it has become sour. Yet we have known many city people buy black muck from swamps to pot flower? In, and pay 25 cents to 50 cents per bushel basket for it, when dry earth from the side of the wad, with much less vegetable matter, would be much better. Most muck, especially from swamps, lacks mineral fertility. It is easy to handle and to work In, and this s what makes It popular. But it needs both ammonia and potash to give the best results. Comfort for Cow In naimr. It Is the Interest of the dairyman to keep his cows at all times as comfort able as possible. This means the con tented chewing of the cud, which the cow will do after her work of filling her stomach during the first hour of pas ture In the morning. But how can a cow do this? It Is Impossible while she lies exposed to hot sunlight and the at tacks of files. Since the born fly has become widely prevalent, summer sta bling of cows In a dark, cool stable is more necessary during the middle of the day than It ever was before. No amount of feed will keep a cow to her milk when she is exposed all day with out shade to broiling sun and is tor mented by flies. Calf'a Drlnklnar Pail. Calves during the first summer are frequently pastured in an orchard or tethered by a rope near the barn. In either cane water must be carried to them and their pail is very likely to oe tipped over. Make a frame with spread ing legs, like that shown in the cut Just large enough for the pall to set In sideand no trouble will be experi enced. American Agriculturist. Tobacco Plants. To have stout, stocky plants, the beds should be kept free from weeds, and, If they too thick in a row, thin them out. The small plants can be transplanted and. If shaded for a few days, will soon take root. If the plants are small and yellow, sow a little phos phate between the rows and work It In with a rake. If ti.c ground Is dry, water it. The phosphate will make tbe plants grow vigorously. Aim to grow none but strong, stout plants. Working Implements. Hand work will not pay. Let the horses do the work. A steel harrow and a good sulky cultivator will work the corn, potato and vegetable crops at one-third the cost, and work them far better. Farm Notea. Do not let up on the cultivation until the crop is made. Cleaning up the farm will add ma terially to its value. Convert cheap grain into meat before sending it to market. To grow good wool keep sheep in a uniformly thrifty condition. When the cultivation is finished put the cultivator under shelter. The good farmer Is known by his clean farm and thrifty stock. Growing a crop of clover will add to the store of nitrogen in the soil Feed to make the greatest size In the shortest time at tbe lowest cost Good pastures may be considered the foundation of successful farming. Old sheep should be fattened and marketed while paaturage la good Tbe marketing of tbe products In the best condition la where tbe profits He. An advantage in keeping stock in a good condition la that It Is always salable. 1 'ri.-'-., , . PAIL FOB THE CALF. TWO MIGHTY CONTINENTS, North ami South America, besides Guatemala, the West Indira, Australia, awl even Kurope, are the Mill of usefulness In which llostetter's Stomach Hitters hn demonstrated Its value si an antidote to malaria, and at a remedy (or lveiKia, constipation, rheumatism, neural Kin, biliousness, iiervoUMieKH, and loss of appe tite and W-ri. The inhabitant!), the medical men ol thee countries, have spoken In no un certain tones I'ouc'ertilnif the ctticacy of the great household remedy. Coat of Ships and Guns, Since 1885 the British parliament hits voted $541,000,000 for new war ships and modern naval guns. AN OPCN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive line of the word "CASl'OKIA," and rrrCHKR'aCASTOKIA'aa oat Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of CHAD. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes of the mothers of Amerioa for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is ihi kind yom havt alwayt bought, and has the signature of CHA8. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one hss authority from me to use my name except The Centsur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President ' Match t, 1S9J. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX There are 23 acres of land to every inhabitant of the globe HOITT'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Accredited at the State and Stanford Univer sities. A first-class Home School. Careful supervision and thorough training In every re spect. Seventh year begins August 10th. Ira U. Holtt, Ph. I).. Principal, Burllngsma, San Mateo county, Cat Chair Rents In Paris Parks, Paris manages to make 150,000 francs a year from permits to let chairs in the squares and gardens tor the ac commodation of promenaders. DRUNKARDS CAN BE 8AVED The craving lor drink Is a disease, a marvelous cure for which has been discovered called "Anti Jug," which makes the Inebriate lose all last for strong drink without knowing why. ss It can be given secretly In tea, coffee, soup and the like. If "Anti-Jag" Is not kept by your druggist send one dollar to the Kenova Chemical Co., so Broad war. New York, and It will be sent postpaid, In plain wrapper, with full directions how to give secretly. Information mailed free The new rifle supplied to the Italian army has a capacity of 24 shots a min ute. HOW'S THIST We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. t. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for. the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business trasactlons, and financially able to .carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. WEST A TRl'AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Wldino, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Tsledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Price 7Sc. per bottle. Sold by all drugglslB. Testimonials free. Hall's family pills are the best For lung and chest diseases, Fiso's Cure is the best medicine we have used. Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Out., Canada. Frosen Lamb for London. Some 18 years ago the flock owners ol Australia, finding that there was a fair maiket in England for canned mutton, determined to try the experiment of ex porting the fresh-killed meat in a frozen state. Sheep which had been bred with a view to producing wool rather than for table use, did not at first find favor with the publio, besides which an occasional breakdown in the refrigerating machinery often ren dered the experiment an expensive one for the shipper. New Zealand sheep were found to be of a much better quality, and by degrees difficulties were surmounted and prejudices overcome until New Zealand mutton has become as oonimon an object in London meat markets as the home-grown article. Owing to the difference in the seasons on the other side of the eauator, lambs are ready for export about Christmas time, so that they can be placed on the London market earlier in the season than those raised at home. The car casses are first cooled and then slightly frozen on shore; they are then trans ferred to a dry chamber on board ship, where the temperature is steadily main tained at a few degrees below freezing. On their arrival in port they are again transferred to a cold-storage chamber and kept there nntil wanted. iMES. ELLA M'GARYY: Writing to Mrs. Plnkham, Says: -I. have been usinij your Vege table Compound and find that it does all that it is recommended to do. I have been a sufferer for the last four years with womb trouble, weak back and excre tions. I was hard ly able to do my household duties, and while about my work was so nervous that I was miser able. I had K auwgiveu j pair, when I V W. waa persuaded to try Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and to day, I am feeling like a new woman. Mrs. Ella. McGarvt, Nee be Boad Station, Cincinnati, O. Iydla E. Plnkham's Liver Pills work in unison with the Compound, and are a sure cure for constipation and sick-headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash is frequently found of great value for local application. Cor respondence is freely solicited by the Lydia E. Ptnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., and the strictest confidence as sured. All druggists sell the Pink ham's remedies. The Vegetable Com pound in three forma Liquid, Pills, and Lozenges. 1 PiHlT- I te, lla Son by ararwu. 1 1 j TRUMPET CAU.8. Aara'a Bora Peundei a Warning; Note to tb Unredeemed, , fT- HE wish to shine 1 I mnlio. P" The devil's head is longer than bis tall. Don't try to Im part Ideas by your feelings. The man who can ilr 1 1 'A- rellelon knows yJ very little. IvS" j The profit on ' ' whisky Is conspic uously advertised In the clothintr of the saloon-keeper's wife. You cannot fool God with a pinch of cloves. j A little sin bag as much death in It as a big one. The gurgling of the faucet Is the dev il's delight. Make a call too short, rather than be yawned out The was Is not over because we have lost a battle. Whoever knows God well wants to know him better. Some would rather face a cannon than their own evils. Prayer Is always easy, when we kneel on praying ground. The man who knows bow to live well will not have to learn bow to die well. Our prayers for guidance will not be heard, unless we are willing to be led. The devil has to fight hard for all he gets In every home where Christ la king. ' In the robin redbreast speaks the same Christ who came to "seek and save." Nature is God's; botany and geology are man's; so religion is divine, theol ogy human. The man weighs little on the Lord's side who Is not throwing an ounce of weight against the saloon. Tbe prohibition that gives society the children who never saw a drunkard can't be such a big failure. The Creator expends so much force in sunsets and apple : . blossoms that there must be some great use In mere beauty. If you want to know the spring, open ' your hea"rf,"so, also, if you would know j Christ. Knowledge bloats; love devel ops. . . j God never made the world for an apothecary shop or a chemical labora tory, but for a temple; the final word of nature Is spiritual. 1 Wooden Shoes. There are several wooden shoe fac tories In America. The Hollanders brought these durable foot coverings from' thei old country, and were long made sport of by tbe Irreverent; But the Americans have, within a ' few years, been coinlug to the conclusion that In (adopting the wooden footwear the DujUi had pretty level hends. The shoes pe especially desirable for work in laupdrles, breweries, and stables, as well as on tbe farm when the ground lsj wtf. They do not become saturated with moisture, never get out of shape like leather boots, and are surprisingly warm and comfortable, and In addi tion they are cheap, and will outlive several pairs of cowhide boots. The awkwardness of wearing the shoes soon passes away, and when the wearer enters tbe house he kicks them off for shoes or slippers of more grace, ful build. Wooden shoes are made en tirely by hand. Small, solid blocks of wood are first shaped like a shoe. They are then turned over to the borer, who, with a variety of Implements makes the bole for the foot. lie first bores a hole for tbe heel and then with what f looks like an exaggerated cheese spoon works his way toward the toe. Once started with augers, kulves, scoops and scrapers, the place for the foot Is rap idly shaped. The workman often uses calipers and measures, so that one whoe of a pair shall be as near as possible the mate of the other. The shoe Is then sent to the drying room to remain a month, when the final touches are to give It the last scraping and the artistic finish. In this country, the wood used is basswood, as It Is light, easy to work, durable and dry. Occasional or ders are received for fancy shoes to be made of maple or walnut, and once an extra fine pair had a mahogany veneer. The shoes are especially adapted for wearing in wet places, and the demand for them Is steadily Increasing. The Sea Gull. The sea gull Is the scavenger of tbe ocean. It scours the surface of tbe sea near tbe shore and frequents har bors to seize on floating garbage, dead fish and other putrefying matter; and these birds have saved many a village and seaport town, round altout which they hover, from plague and pestilence. Such being the services of the sea gull It is a short-sighted policy that causes them to be ruthlessly killed by thousands, partly in Idle sport, but principally that their wings may be used for millinery purposes. Their eggs are also collected In enormous quantities for museums and for the shops of naturalists. La nam a are Iaaon. "Mamma, If I had a bat before I had this one It's right to say that's tbe bat I bad had, Isn't ItT "Certainly, Johnny." "And If that bat once bad a bole In it and I bad it mended I could say it bad bad a hole In It couldn't IT "Yet, there would be potbing Incor rect in that" "Then it'd be good English to say that tbe bat I bad bad had had a hole in It wouldn't It 7 "Johnny, yon mske my bead ache." Chicago Trlbunr A' l Ti $40(f not $2005 Two San' Francisco grocers Ring Bros, and T. Salomon won $100.00 each because they sent the most yellow tickets before June 15th. But grocers and clerks can get more tickets than other consumers; so we also paid $10000 each to the two persons named below : Mrs. Wm. Funk, Winnemucca, Nevada, IJJ tickets- Mrs. L. During, 819 Bryant Street, San Francisco, 7J tickets. Mrs. During got a number of friends in San Francisco and near by (one keeps a boarding house) to give her their tickets ; and she used the tea herself. By the way, she uses Schillings Best baking powder and extracts too bad she doesn't know how good Schilling's Best spices are! But she says the extracts and baking powder are wonderful A woman in Stockton, who keeps a restaurant, came very near getting a prize. She deserves one for supplying her customers such good tea. Better read our advertisements every day some contain suggestions how to win the prize. By the way, grocers can't compete for the two f 150.00 prizes offered for the most yellow tickets in one envelope between June 15th and August 31st. They tan, however, compete for the iooo.oo prize. B 4 SCHILLING'S BEST TEA SAM FRANCISCO DR. A. T. BANPKN: , Portland, pa., June 29, 1897. Dear Sir-Your Belt has enred my lame back. !t' a great remedy. I had been uslnr medicines ana liniments lor three years without Renins; sny relief. When I got the Belt I couldn't stoop over to pickup a stick from the ground. The Belt cured my back in a month, and It has never bothered me since. My back Is as strong: ss ever no. ... Yours truly, ALBERT BKRANCHI.E, Second street, corner Flsnders. T! you have sny trouble with your back or kidneys, denoting weakness in or Injury to the muscles or kidneys, neither medicine nor liniment will help you. The trouble re quires Just one remedy, and that Is Electricity. Dll. BANDEN'S FLKCTKIC BELT That Is what has cured many thousands. It gives life to the weak, strained muscles, and cures often In a few days. It you suffer, call and test it, aud see the names of hun dreds ot other cures. Get the book, free. Call or address, SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO., v'-'" . r. WTien writing to dnerHser plense mention thii paper, CHEAPEST POWER. ..REBOILT GAS AND GASOLINE EH... HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS Franklin's Bequest In Court. If Benjamin Franklin, one of the wisest of men, could have foreseen the difficulties and complications that have grown out of his famous bequest to the city of Boston of $5,000, more than 100 years ago, he would probably have can celled that part of the will, or at least made its provisions very different, re marks the Buffalo Commercial. The fund, which now amounts to $348,000, has been. invested mainly as he direct ed. At the end of the first hundred years the principal was to be laid out at the discretion of the managers of the donation to the town of Boston, "in publio works which may be judged of most utility to the inhabitants, such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, pub lio buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people and ren der it more agreeable to strangers re sorting thither for health or temporary residence." The money is in the Bos ton city treasury, but it appears the municipal authorities and the trustees are at loggerheads aa to their respec tive powers, and also as to the method of its expenditure, and as a lam resort the matter has been carried to the courts. An application is to be made to the supreme court of Mafwachusetts to decide who has authority under the will to expend the money in one of the sev eral ways suggested by the testator. It is to be hoped a way out of the diffi culty will be found and that the fund will be uned to establish the Franklin trades, school, as has been proposed. It is one of the most remarkable legacies ever made, and the benevolent intent is plain enough, though perhaps not ex pressed in sufficiently definite terms. , Burled the Wrong Corpse. Fairplay describes the following as a true story: Lately an English family had the misfortune to lose an aged aunt, who died in SU Petewburg. Ar rangements were most carefully made and directions sent that the body should be forwarded to Englund to be interred in the family vault In due time a magnificent coffin arrived and before it was lowered to its last resting place it was opened for inspection. Much to the dismay of the family, instead of finding the familiar features and frail form of their Moved aunt, the corpse of a Russian officer, clothed in military garments and decorated with ribbons and medals, was disclosed to view. A frantio telegram was dispatched to the Russian capital, to which the following answer was returned: "Lady buried yesterday with military honor. Please keep the general." A grasshopper can spring mora than S00 times its own length. Does Your Back Hurt? The Dull Pain. The Tired Ache. The Sharp Pain. The "Catch" in Your Back. How Hawaii Is Prononnced. As we have now started on the road toward the annexation of Hawaii, it is but natural that Americans should want to pronounce tlio name of the forthcoming new territory correctly. The correct pronunciation is "Ha-v.i-e," the "a" sounded as in "father," the "i" as in "time," and the "e",as in "we," the accent being on the seo oud syllable. It is well to know how the new torritory is pronounced, says the Chicago Tribune, even before it en. tsrs into the Union. New Use for Sand Blast. The sam blast has .frequently been adapted to a number of ingenious op erations, and the Intent phase of its utility is in the cleansing of ships' bot toms. The Atlanta, one of the United Rates men-of-war, was recently dry docked and by menus of compressed air sand was forced against the sides of the vessel, cleansing and imlishing the iron and steel as bright as silver. JHEJRIUMPH OF LOVE t j Happfand Fruitful Marriage. 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