1 J&"g& A Scratching Pen. . Many poultry houses are now built wIUi an open scratching sued attach ed. This, serves very well for giving the hens exercise in the open air In winter, providing the weather Is all right, but drifting snows and cold, dull days make an open scratching shed of little service and entail much labor In setting the snow cleaned out, and In patting things in running order again. The accompanying cut, reproduced from the Orange .Tudd Farmer, shows a much more practical arrangement than the open shed plan. It is a lean to addition upon the south side of the of the contained water when it freezes. The earth I- pulverized and put In good condition for receiving seed. Hence It Is beneficial to plough the fields In the fall so that the winter frosts may act upon the hard pieces of earth. In this way much labor as saved and the natural forces do better work than could be accomplished by artificial means. A further advantage Is gained from the action of air on the exposed soil. Wit k POULTRY SCRATCHING PEN. henhouse, the windows of the latter elng above the roof of the lean-to. Large windows in this addition have a grating upon the outside, or wire poul try netting. In pleasant weather the glass windows are all swung up to the roof Inside and fastened, giving an abundance of pure air and sunshine for the hens when scratching for grain In the litter that covers the floor of the addition. In stormy and very cold weather the glass windows can remain closed, or nearly closed. A small door, that can be closed at night, admits the hena to the scratching room from the main or roosting room. Feeding Turnips on the Land. So much is made of the turnip crop ky Hngllsh sheep feeders that Ameri can farmers are Inclined very natural ly to Imitate their example. But we harfl grown several turnip crops, until we concluded that In this country In dian corn and other grains with wheat ran afforded much cheaper nutrition tooth for sheep and cows than we could get from any root crop. As for feeding tarnlps off In winter, it is not adapted to oar climate. Most of the turnips grown here are kinds that grow above ground, Rud the freezing destroys their feeding value. English farmers grow rutabaga turnips for sheep feeding, which are so deeply rooted that the sheep eat Into them without pulling Ifcem up. But they are large, heavy sheep, and will feed where our Ameri can grade Merinos will not. Model Dairy Cow. At the last Southampton show in England Jersey cows made a notable display, both as to numbers and ;ul Ity One of the Rothschilds Is .1 spe cial breeder of these cattle at his coun try place, Tring Park, Herts. Lord Rothschild's Jersey cow Clypsy Queen 11. took first prize at Southampton. WmmA 1 tVWftMMIFr I IITPT VlJKKlf II. Her picture Is here given. A dairy of that beefy build would have been nowhere at a fair In the United States, but ideals differ. It w.is mat beefy build Itselt, added to her units ini size, that helped Gypsy Qneen II. get first prize. She is of a fawn color and Is 5 years old. A description of the cow in the London Live Stuck Journal praises her capacious udder. To the American eye, however, her adder Is the reverse of capacious. Marketing Potatoes. Ttiere are few farm crops that cost so much to harvest and market them as does a '.nrge crop of potatoes. It will be ,lte as expensive this year on account f ihe prevalence of rot with a not very large crop. It Is for this reason that many farmers delay their potato har vest until late, so as to save extra hand ling. It ray sometimes pay to put po tato crops In outdoor pits. But on no account where rot prevails should any bo kept In the cellar. The odor of rot ting potatoes Is not only offensive, but K hi extremely nnhealtbful. Besides ; Oils the labor of taking potatoes up out " of the cellar is much greater than tak ing them from a pit, which despite its rme Is always built level with the sur face of the gronnu. Fall Plowing for Corn. If a heavy old sod Is to to be plant ed with corn next year, it should by all means be fall plowed. The earlier this is done the better, as it will give time for some decomposition to take place, which will make the spring cultivation much less difficult. It will also enable the farmer to harrow the laud two or three times before winter sets in. It Is often recommended to plow just be fore the ground freezes, and leave the land in the furrow so as to give frost better chance to mellow the Soil. But there is never any danger that frost will fail to go down the full depth of the furrow In any of the Northern States.' There will be a mellow seed bed to the depth of the furrow, if the ran plowing is done early. If dono late, there will be more or less grass roots living and ready to grow among the corn when warm weather comes. Fall Ploughing. The action of the frost Is very bene lotal to the farmer, for the hard clods us broken to pieces by the expansion .Buying. When a horse shows a tendency to shy at anything, he should be held by a firm nnd gentle hand, and spoken to kindly. If possible hold bis head di rectly toward the object, and let hira look at it as long as he will, then move him toward It. If the object Is station ary, let him get acquainted with It, let hlra smell It and look closely at It The moment a horse becomes familiar with the things that alarm him, and knows what they are, he grows indif ferent to them. This Is the only way to break a horse of shying at every thing he meets on the road. The man who uses the whip when the horse shies aggravates the evil. Bun Bonnets for Horses. The sun-bonnet for horses has been Introduced in England mainly by the exertions of Mr. Percy, a wine mer chant In Tower street, who . has used them for some years for his own horses. Sun bonnets are com mon in 8 o m TOB SUN BONNET. rreucn towns, no tably Bordeaux, where they can be had for fourpence each. It Is throe years since Mr. Percy began to use them for bis otv horses, and eighteen months ago he sent one to the Society for Hie Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, but It was only last summer that anything was really done. The hats remind oue of a Welshwoman's straw tower. There are two holes In the top for the tars of the horse to go through: In the i.one oue may place a damp sponge. A rib bon at the back attaches the hat to the harness, and It Is fixed to his head by ribbons tied to his neck. A bunci of ribbons at the top of the com) are not nu-iely ornamental, as you would think, but are intended to keep away tno files. Value of Good Hrnnil Snm. Before beginning to feed the spring pigs much corn It is well to select all the long-bodied, thrlftv vonnp snwn nnd Keep mem ror breeders. We never knew even In most depressed tlmeg when a breeding sow due to farrow in the spring would not sell for much more tnan her value for pork would have been. What Is more, the breeding sows need and should consume very little grain. Some wheat middling with such refuse fruit and vecetnty.r as would be otherwise wasted, will on any farm keep two or more brood sows until they are ready to farrow. This especially true In localities that a largely devoted to growing vegetables ana iruits. . QUIEX 8 A BET Qnien Sabe who know is a phrase in tery common use among the Spaniards, md helps over many, many difficulties. It is expressive. What the weather may be the coming winter, who knows? It may be snowy, wet, stormy, cold, freezing, and full of sickness nnd'pain. who knows? Some of us today, hale and hearty, may lie on beds of torture, or hobble nriout on ;rutches, who knows? liefure the autumn merges into wl iter many may have symp toms of eppruaching trouble, of the old rheumatism coming on. or of i.rst attacks befiun; who knows? Tliat'sacoiiundrum. nut there is one thing everybody knows, the best thins to do is to be ready for tiie weather coming and to take hold' of what I is. hverbody knows what is best. With St. Jacobs Oil in the house, even-body knows they have a sure cure for rheuma tism, acuta or chrnnio. Tt is likewise known that in any stage of it. the Brent ' remedy does its work of cure perfectly, If we surfer, we need not ask who kiiows, when it is so well known what is best. of Great Gifts to Education. M.' Euloaions Oeorgieff, the founder the Sofia University, who'died re cently, bequeathed 2,0000,000 francs to the Bulgarian government tobeapphed to the country's needs; 6,000,000 francs for a technical school to be established at Sofia and large sums for other pub- 110 institutions. Quick-Maturing Hogs. There is no longer the demand for the heavyweight hogs which used to prevail when lard was what the hog was mostly valued for. What Is most wanted now are hogs that at seven or eight months old will average a pound a day, or a trifle more, for each day of tbelr lives. Such hogs as these are a! ways salable, and It Is very rare that they will not yield a profit to the grow er. The best pigs for feeding are usual ly a cross of the fine-boned small breeds on some large and rather coarse-built sows, the male always being the smaller. The result will be liogs, which for feeding will be superior to either sire or dam. Horse Points. There are some points which are val uable In horses of every description. The head should be proportionately largo and well set on, the lower Jaw bones should be sufficiently far apart to enable the bead to form an angle with the neck, which gives It free mo tion and a graceful carriage and pre vents it bearing too heavily on the band. The eye should be large, a little prominent, and the eyelid fine and thin. The ear should be small and erect and quick In motion. The lop ear Indicates dullness and stubborn ness; when too far back there Is a dis position to mischief. HOME ritODUCTS AND PUItE FOOD. All Eastern Svrtin. so-called, usnallr verv light colored and of heavy body, Is made from plueose. "Tea Garden tiri)"' is made from Bugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale ov nrst-ciass irroeers, in cans only, jlunninc tureil by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen time "77'a tiartlen livifiH" have the manufac turer name ntnograpnea on every can. A Fair Inference. When the continual and unreason able attacks upon the courts are con sidered, orderlv Deonle are ant to take a liberty with the poet and make his couplet read: jno rouge e'er saw the halter draw with good opinion of the law." Stockton Independent. Omnibusses were introduced in New York city in 1830. The first Copper eent was coined in New Haven, Conn., in 1687. Plants grow more between 4 and C a. m. than at any other time of day. Of 73 historic kings of Scotland 61 are said to have died in battle er to have been murdered. The German emperor declared in a recent speech that his grandfather was a chosen instrument of heaven. "Anoutlaw, three moonshiners and two other men were arrested at the Sun nelton camp meeting at Kingwood, W. Va. Tr Schilling's Best tea and baking powder. I'aper Underwear Tested. During the war between Japan and China the Chinese soldiers wore un derclohting made of paper. Experi ments made with these goods in the Prussian army proved unsatisfactory, as they were found to last only two 01 three (lavs. , ADVICE TO WOMEN. You cannot havo nerve trouble and keep your health. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the womb, the ovaries and the blad der are airected. They are not vital organs, hence they give out soonest. Mrs. -Lydia E. rinlthain's egetablo imr.ound, by building up the nerves and restoring woman's or ganism to ita natural state, relieves all these troublesome uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this wo, by pormission, refer to tha following women, all of whom speivlc from experience: Miss Celia Va.v Doits, 1013 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Grace Col lord, 1431 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Newell, 60 Ryerson St., Brooklyn N. Y.; Mrs. Isabel Obeho, 220 Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass.; Miss. A. n. Cole, Now Eochelle, N. Y., and many others. Women suffering from any form of fe male weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. You can talk freely to a woman when It is revolting to relate your private UI3 to a man A Cartload of Gold -u yon dumped, a eart-lod of (old at my iciiii wuuiu noc Dnnic (to all) Vmen uch joy and gladness into my life." Soi writet a prominent man after using tha method o( elf-treatment that ha restored so many men who had been wrecked by eictun, over-work or evil habiti of youth. ...,, A little book that makpg It all plain may be had without charua bywnting THE ERIE MEDICAL CO., 65 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.' No C. O. D. icheme . no patent medicine ut the book under plain letter eaL, The first training school for teachers was organized in Prussia in 1735. Red Lair can be dyed brown, but cannot be given a golden tint. A New York Insurance company Is getting a good deal of lucrative busi ness in China. Kid gloves, with hand-painted flow ers on the back, are the latest fad on the Continent Dried fish was formerly and Is still to some extent a medium of exchange in Iceland. The people of this country consume, it is said, 20,000,000 bottles of pickles annually. The barrel-organ of the streets was unknown until the early part of the present century. In India the native barber will shave a person while asleep without waking him, so light is bis touch. In the palace of the Emperor William in Berlin 500 housemaids and 1,800 liv eried footmen find employment. At the end of each hair of a cat's whiskers is a bulb of nerve fibre which makes it a very delicate "feeler." Some old lenses of buildings tn Bos ton, still In force, stipulate that the rent shall be paid In Iron or grain. A peach thirteen and three-fourths Inches In circumference was raised in McMinn County, Tenu., this season. In popular estimation the hair In England In the sixteenth century was considered little better than vermin. Cheese Is held In abomination by the Chinese, who call It "milk-cake," nnd consider It in the light of "rotten milk." The share of land failing to each Inhabitant of the globe if it were all' equally divided would be about 23 acres. 1 In every mile of railway there Is seven feet and four Inches not covered by the rails the space left for expan sion. In Poland cucumbers are usually eat en with honey. On the Continent they are cooked and dressed In a variety of ways. The number of pupils In the schools of the United States last year was 10, 415,197, an Increase of nearly 5,000,000 since 1S90. There Is little doubt that the making of wills originated with the Egyptians, and that the custom did not prevail In Europe until ages after. Grasshoppers attain their greatest Ize In South America, where they grow to a length of live inches and their wings spread out ten inches. The town of Marblehead, In Massa chusetts, gained Its name because the white quartz, which is so plentiful on the headlands, looks from a distance like marble. All plants have periods of activity and rest. Some are active In the day time nnd sleep at night; others repose during the daylight hours and are awake at night. Massachusetts convicts are getting fastidious. Not content with Boston baked beans for breakfast every day they have Just sent in a petition for custard pie every Sunday. Not every Catholic priest Is as poor as the proverbial church mouse. Father T. J. Butler of Chicago, who died at I Rome a few weeks ago, left personal property valued at $70,000, J The great basilica of St. Teter'at j Rome, It Is said, does not possess near , y so good an organ as ninny a one In an ' American country church. There arc two small Instruments that en be I wheeled about The Chinese Idea of charging diners ' out in public restaurants Is, It seems, I in nrnRAnt sir rltnpra with n 1,111 fni fni persons, It being reckoned that a din ner for three costs no more than a din ner for one. The Irish bagpipe differs from the Scotch in having only two drones In stead of three, but the music Is very much softer than that produced by the Highland Instrument. It is a smaller lntsrument altogether. Kid gloves, though so called, are sel dom made from real kids' skins. Those that are so manufactured are of won derful softness, and are extremely ex pensive. The reason for this Is thnt the animals that will De sacrificed for the purpose are specially reared, and on a milk diet, even the very choicest green food making the sklu harsh. Important Iteoent Discovery. The Smithsonian Institution has re ceived a collection wiiich is if import ance to the archaeologist. It is known as the Seton-Kurr contribution, having been discovered by this Englishman in Somaliland, on the eastern coast of Af rica. The implements were purchased from the discoverer by the Smithsonian Institution. There ure about 50 pieces in the collection, made of flint, of qnr tide, and ranging in size from an inch or so in length to half a foot, some weighing several pounds. The objects are supposed to bo spear heads, buttle axes and wedges, truncheons, blud geons or whatever they may be termed. The discoverer had this to say on the subject of his find and the locality where the objects were unearthed: "Certain landmarks as to the four rivers mentioned in Genesis led me think that the Garden of Eden, if it ever existed, may have been here, and that these very tools had been made and used by Adam and his numerous descendants. At any rate, my discov eries in Egypt and Somaliland lead me to the idea that man's original home, or the place where he was gradually evolved, must have been in Africa, ot at least, in a tropical land, where olothes were unnecessary and food plen tiful to hand." Quick: WAKE UP. Yes, wske tip to the danger which threatens you ii your kidneys and bladder are Inactive or ei k. Don't you know that if yon mil to impel theiu to action, Brights diseae or diabetes awaits you? Use Hosteiter's Ptomiich Bitter without delay. It has a most beneticial eflecl upon tne kidneys when sluggish, and upon the Dowels, uver, stomacu and nervous system. One of the visitors to the Tennessee Centennial was a Rutherford county man, 84 years old, who, until his trip to the Nashville exposition, had never been on a railroad train. -IYH' Kl'Tiri'RO will cure yon of Dy. pi'psia, IndiKi sik'iii, and stomach troub.es 01 all kinds. Price. I!. 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One night be nenrd a great no.se, and, rushing Into the snake'i private apartment, found that the ani mal bad caught a burglar In the folds f Its body and was rattling Its tall out ef a window to call a policeman. Horse-Power of 8toni Engine. The rule for ascertaining the horse power of a steam engine Is as follows: multiply the area of the piston In square Inches by the average force of the steam In pounds and by the ve locity of the piston in feet per minute; divide the product by 33,000, and even-tenths of the quotient equal the effective power. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use 01 the word "CAslOKiA," ana ' PIXCHEK'd CAS'i'OKiA," as our Trade Mark, I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannls, Massachusetts, wastheorigiuatorof "1'ITCUER'SCASrORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CAsTORIA " which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years, Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it1s the kind yon have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President, March S, ityj. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX The relatives of Joe Sullivan, who died in Oakland, Cal., and was seven feet eight inches in height, have put a guard ovir his grave, fearing that a showman will steal his body. The sooner you begin to use Schilling's Best tea and baking powder, the better your opportunity to get some of that $2000.00. And the more you will en joy your cake and eating. A Schilling ft Company aau rraucisco I0OI A Confederato Koll of Honor. An effort is being made to compile "a roll of honor" for the Confederate Museum, in Richmond, Va., of all the soldiers and sailors who served the Con federate cause, with a verified report of the various commands to which they were attached during the four years of the war. Survivors and friends of those living or dead are appealed to to maka up the record. SlOO KKWAllD, moo. An unmarried Atchison woman who Uvea alone keep ber front door opev with a WKrtJack. The readers of this paper will be plensed to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stapes and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Caiarrh bi'luii a constitutional dis sase,requircsaconstilutional treiLimvut. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces uf the svs tei., thereby destroying the foundation ot the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in Its curative powers, that thev offer One Hundred Dollars for km v case that it (nils to cure, bend for list of testimonials, Address, V. J. CH li.NEY, & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 7oc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A floral curiosity is on exhibition in the Temple Gardens, London. It is a $5,000 orchid from Venezuela. It ha a white flower which in shape resem bles a sea-gull with outspread wings. Cardinal Richeliou hatod children and loved cats: when he died his favor ite Angora pet refused to eat and soon perished. Handel, the corsposer, used, when traveling, to order dinner for three, or if hungry, for live, in either London or Paris. 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