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Homemade Pout or Well Driver.
Posts may be driven with speed aud
economy on many farms, If well sharp
ened and the right method Is followed.
A real post driver Is one of the most
easily made things and one of the
most useful that a farmer can get up.
Uprights are bolted across to a sled,
or a rough plank sled may be made for
the purpose.
The stnndnrds may be 12 or 15 feet
high. To them Is bolted a cross bar
which supports the hoist for the
weight. For this a block of Iron or
lead weighing not less than 25 pounds
must be obtained, and It must have a
staple or ring In It bo It may be lifted.
The post Is placed where It Is to be
driven and the weight lifted and al
lowed to fall on' It. A little practice
will enable one to drive posts in soil
that Rpems too hard. The rig Is useful
nlso In putting down driven wells.
To drive a well 1-lnch pipe Is pre
ferred. The lengths should not be
over 6 feet. The first piie to be driven
uiual Li me a point of huu or steel.
Any blacksmith who Is an expert at
welding can readily make a point solid
In the end of the pipe, and then bore
numerous H-tnch holes In It for the
first 18 Inches of Its length above the
point Before driving a coupling must
be screwed down tight and fast on the
thread that Is to connect It to Its mate,
so the thread may not be Injured. Also
on top of this coupling must always
rest a block of lead or seasoned hick
ory, to receive and distribute the con
cussion, to preserve the pipe from de
traction. The pipe Is driven the same as a
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POST Oil WtCLL DBIVEB.
post, another length being attached as
fast as oue Is sunk In the ground. One
rule must never be forgotten: Each
length of pipe must be threaded so long
that It screws Into the coupling and
rests (buts, they call It), on the end
of the pipe beneath It. This prevents
splitting the coupling and leaky joints.
Julius Brown, In Furm and Home.
Experimenting with I.amba.
The Iowa Experiment Station re
cently marketed some lambs that had
been fed to determine the value of dif
ferent rations. Ixt one was fed man
gels, lot two sugar beets, lot three corn
silage and lot four grain and alfulfa
There was no material difference in
the condition of the lambs In lots one
and four at the finish. While the lot
given corn silage was In better shape
than the one given sugar beets. It was
not as good as lots one and four. It is
the claim of English shepherds that
succulent feeds are necessary In secur
lug a good finish on Iambs, but the
above experiment Indicated that while
the lambs fed such feeds made better
gains than others, there was not
enough difference to warrant the buy
lug of such feeds.
Seed Per Acre.
It will require 3 bushels of oats to
seed an acre; barley, 2 bushel a; tlm
othy, 6 quarts; tobacco, 2 ounces; blue
grass, 2 bushels; clover, white and al
slke, 0 to 8 pounds ; clover, red, 8 to 10
quarts; clover, Lucerne or alfulfa, 15
to 25 pounds; red top, 1 to 2 bushels;
millet, Vj to 1 bushel; orchard grass, 2
bushels; buckwheat, bushel; broom
corn, 1-3 bushel ; corn, broadcast, 4
bushels; corn, lu hills, 4 to 8 quarts;
corn. In drills, 2 to 3 bushels ; popcorn,
2 quarts; sweet corn, 0 quarts; peas,
garden, 2 to 3 bushels; potatoes, 10 to
12 bushels; rutabagas and turnips, 1 to
2 pounds; mixed lawn grass, 3 to 4
bushels ; rye, 1 Vj to 2 bushels ; vetches.
2 bushels; wheat, 1 to 2 bushels.
and be Is not only doing them a kind
ness, but helping himself In a very
definite fashion, If be so manages
things that they can have as many
nesting places as possible.
For Picking Cherries.
With the aid of an Improved fruit
gatherer designed by an Indiana man,
the most delicate of small fruits, such
as cherries, can be
severed from their
stems without mutila
tion, Infecting or soil
ing of the fruit In the
least, and without the
necessity of the hands
of the person coming
In contact with the
fruit. As shown In the
Illustration, the gath
erer Is of a size to be
easily manipulated by CL1PS 0IT rBUIT
the hand. In one end Is an opening,
to freely admit the fruit, a stationary
blade and a movable blade being placed
In advance of the opening. By this
novel arrangement of the fixed blade
and the disposition of the movable
blade and its arm, the movement of
the one blade past the other, besides
efTootlvofy severing the stcma, tends to
Impel the severed fruit Into the open
ing. In practice the device Is held In
either hand, and as the stems of the
fruit are cut It slides down the Incline
and Into the receptacle. When the lat
ter Is filled the contents are easily dis
charged through the hinged lid at the
end.
How to Maintain the Fertility.
It Is a noted fact that where legumes
are grown on laud, Bay two-fifths of
the time, which certainly should be the
case, the nitrogen supply Is held. It is
also well known that the feeding of
the crops grown on the same farm the
proper care of the barnyard manure,
and Its application to the lands, will
return all the fertilizing ingredients
with the exception of such as compose
the animal body, and such other prod
ucts as wool, cheese and butter as are
sold from the farm. They are actually
lost to the soli forever. This loss is
represented on phosphorus and potassi
um compounds, and can be supplied in
three distinct ways only. Thev can
be purchased In the form of feedine
stuffs for farm animals, finding their
way to the soil throuirh the manure:
or, they may be secured directly by
commercial fertilizers; and again by
the subsoil running down to a depth of
or 4 feet from the surface.
Roots of all crops go down Into the,
soil from 2 to a feet, and take directly
the ingredients from the subsoil, and
upon their decay tend to increase its
porosity. This assists the capillary
movements of water, which reacts as
an agent to carry fertlllzlne Incrredl.
ents as they become soluble In the low-
er soils up to near the surface, where
they are readily available to the feed
ing roots of succeeding crops.
Should no Mors Ilertgrron.
There ought to be more hedgerows
than there lire on central western
farms, for wheu grown they not only
serve as a fence which will turn live
stock, but provide birds which nest in
shrubs the best possible protection dur
ing the Bummer season. Of all his
friends in the animal kingdom outside
of the farm animals none render the
farmer more valuable service than the
many birds which range over hit land.
Ra on the Safe Side.
If the herd milk is separated on the
home farm and only the cream sent to
the factory there Is no danger of the
patrons getting an Infected supply of
skim milk from a source outside their
own farms. The farm separator will
protect him from acquiring tubercu
losis from the neighbors herd, which
may be spread through the medium of
the skim milk returned from the cream
ery. Farmers and dairymen who aw
feeding young stock the fPOn til at v
skimmed milk should by all means
have a good separator and by so doing
Insure their herd against infection
F. L. Rlsley.
Nabblna of Farm Nevra.
The State of Vermont has built a
$00,000 dairy with a special reference
to teachlug farm boys and girls how
to make good butter and market their
products.
The farms of Kansas produced $19.
000,000 more prod.uce last year than In
1!XM5. The wheat crop alone amounted
to nearly $00,000,000 and the corn crop
about $113,000,000.
The members of the Bee Keepers As
sociation of the United States, which
met In Chicago recently, declared that
the pure food law lias Increased the
demand for and sale of pure honey.
There are more than six and a hall
million of farm families In the United
States, and they produce enough food
for themselves and the other 12,000,OOC
families who "live In the cities and
towns.
The telephone Is now being lnrgel
used In the country districts for the
benefit of the bedridden persons, who
are connected with church pulpits and
are thus enabled to hear the sermon
and singing.
Luther Burbnnk's thornless cactus,
which promises to be a valuable forage
plant grows to a length of about three
feet by one foot wide, three inche
thick, and has a surface similar to thai
of a watermelon.
TO?
Tnbercnlona Menlnarltla.
This form of chronic brain fever 1b
one which affects children mainly, al
though adults do not always escape.
The most frequent age Is about' two
years. Nearly half of all the cases oc
cur near the period of first dentition.
The disease is due to a deposit of
tubercles in the, pia mater the Inner
of the membranes covering he brifia
This Is accompanied by more or less
Inflammation and softening of the
brain, and by au Increase In the amount
of cerebrospinal fluid.
Tuberculosis of other parts, as the
lungs or Joints, is very common, but
the meningeal affection may exist alone.
The disease may begin gradually or ab
ruptly. The gradual beginning Is mosl
common. For a longer or shorter pe
riod the child Is noticed to be ill. It
is dull, often peevish, sleeps poorly,
sometimes crying out shrilly in sleep
or grinding his teeth; the appetite la
poor, vomiting is not Infrequent, con-
st'i'stlon Is the rule, and the breath
is generally bad.
In older children headache Is usually
complained of, and the speech Is af
fected, being slow and halting, some
times with disarrangement of the ordei
of the words in a sentence, or the sub
stitution of meaningless words. When
the disease is fully developed, all thes
symptoms become intensified.
Tain Is often severe, sometimes in
the head, sometimes in other parts ol
the body; constipation Is obstinate'
vomiting occasionally, although not al
ways occurs; the eyes are sensitive t
light ; the face has a vacant expression;
no notice Is taken of the surroundings;
the patient lies on the side with thi
knees drawn up, and asks only to be lef
alone.
Convulsions are the rule In young
children. They may be confined to
certain groups of muscles, to one ex
tremity or to one side of the face, oi
they may Involve the entire body. Fol
lowing the convulsions there is usually
more or less muscular rigidity, or there
may be paralysis. The pulse is irreg
ular, and as a rule slower than nor
mal until toward the end of the dis
ease, when It may become very rapid
The breathing Is "also irregular, and
sighing is frequent.
Tuberculosis meningitis is a very se
rious, usually fatal, disease, but vic
tims sometimes recover from It undet
appropriate treatment, or get well spon
taneously. It is quite different in na
ture and symptoms from cerebrospinal
meningitis.
Feoaailar to itself
In combination, proportion and process, Hood's Sarsaparilla
is therefore Peculiar to Itself in merit, sales and cures.
It is made from the best blood-purifying1, alterative and
tonic ingredients by such original and peculiar methods as to
retain the full medicinal value of each and all.
The severest forms of scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, rheu
matism, dyspepsia, and debility are cured every day by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by druggists, ico doses fix. Beein to take it todav.
oarsatabs
For those who prefer
tnAdiiin In tjtl.lAt
lorm, Hood barsapariUa It now pot np in choco
lated tablet! called Sarsatabs, ai weU at in the
usual liquid form. Sarsatabs have Identically the
Rams curative properties aj the liquid form, besides
accuracy of dose, convenience, econcrry, there
be'Dir no Ions bv evanorailon. brealCAvn or leukr.
Bold by druggists or aent promptly by ixmlL
C I. Iljod Co., Lowell, Haas.
Exhibit A.
Weerius fdrnnni
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llr. Brackett, have you designed anything
new lately tnat you would like to show
me?
Busy Architect Why, yes; I've put a
unique ornamental pnnel on the ontsicij
f my office door. I'll show it to you
presently.
If you wish to obtain a ret of fori
beautiful water color pictures near!
life size, free, write the Pacific Coab
Borax Co., Albany Block, Oakland
Cat., and full information will be een
you together with an illustrated book
let giving particulars of something oi
interest to evervone in the family.
TELEPHONE SUPPORTEB.
Apparatus Conveniently Attached to
Top of the l)enk.
An exceedingly useful and practical
telephone supporter for business use
has been designed by a Massachusetts
man. instead ol
placing the appa
ratus at the side
of the desk, as is
usually done, it is
supported on a
bracket on the top
of the desk. Wheth
er sitting or stand
ing, 'the user can
always swing the
'nhone to the nosl-
PHONE STPPORTEB. Um mQst
He does not have to change his posi
tion. If he desires to talk while stand
ing the 'phone can be reached as con
veniently as when sitting at the desk.
With the ordinary bracket the 'phone If
always on the same level.
. Fiur j
Onr Canadian Cattle Trade.
The total exports of cattle from
Canada to the United States for the
calendar yenr 1007 far exceeded the
record of VM:, when the total reached
the phenomenal amount of $2,445,420.
X'p to October 1, the value for last year
had reached $2,370,579, and it is esti
mated that the trallic of the succeed
ing three months brought the total up
to about $:i,(KiO.OOO for the twelve
months.
The cattlemen of Ontario are plan
ning a market close to the border line
of the United States and not far from
N'iagara Kails, so as to insure the at
tendance of American bnyers of cattle,
and thus accelerate the Interest ol
American breeders and cattlemen Id
Canadian stock.
Illll Too material.
"Now,'' said Mrs. Dresser, "don't you
think my new lint Is n perfect dream?"
"Well, no." replied her husband, "to
lie a perfect dream the bill attached to
it should nlso be merely a dream."
Philadelphia Press.
A girl Is never In love if she knows
why she Is. -
Matrimonial Confidence.
Mr. Billus I wish I could find some
aay to make the hair grow on that bald
pot of mine.
Mrs. Billus Don't do it, John.' That's
the only feature you've got that ever
seems to smile.
It Cures Whlla You Walk,
Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot,
iweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet. Bold
byv5i!.I,r.ugKl,t,'-, 1rlce S60- Don't accept any
Sf"" Tr'Jllr Scke FKEE. Address
Mien 8. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y.
Trne Teat. V
She Was De Plunk's wedding a
larger affair than the Sweelenls'?
He Yes. De Plunk's bad fifty de
tectives to watch the presents, whereas
Sweelenls' only had forty-four detec
tives to watch theirs.
Tipping BtII In Meslco.
The tip question has become such a
nuisance In Mexico city that some time
ago the government of the federal dis
trict announced that cabmen, carga
dors, mecapaleros, etc., who accepted
tips, would be discharged. Unfortu
nately the public prefers to tip ail
these people rather than to hear them
selves called by the far from sweet
names that such people apply to non
tipping persons.
Truth
and Quality
appeal to the Well-Informed In every
walk of life and are essential to per
manent success and creditable stand
ing. Accordingly, It is not claimed
that Syrup of Tigs and Elixir of
Senna is the only remedy of known
value, but one o( many reasons why
It is the best of personal and family
laxatives Is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal
organs on which It acts -without any
debilitating after effects and without
having to increase the quantity from
time to time
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as It is free from all
objectionable substances. To get its
beneficial effects always purchase the
genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for
sale by all leading druggists.
Aridity.
Towner Too live in one of the flooded
suburbs, do you? Nothing dry within
mile of you?
Outsome Great Scott, yes! My cow
has gone dry. Can't get anything to feed
her. Chicago Tribune.
Resenting; the Insinuation
"No, I haven't anything for you," saia
he hard featured woman of the house.
''Instead of spending your time in loafing
around the saloons and begging, why don't
you ly to follow some useful occupa
tion?" "Madam," said Wareham Long, tilting
his jaded remnant of a bat forward and
eyiug her with a frown, "do I look lika
u o' lie iiiie rich?'
Hia Peculiarity.
"My husband has sut-b a curious fad.
tie's making a collection of fine silk um
brellas duzens and dozens of them."
"That must be a pretty expensive fad."
"Well, of course, I er don't know
how much they cost him."
The Proteaaor,
His youngest grandchild haa managed
to get possession of a primer and was
trying to eat it.
"Pardon me for taking tha words out of
your uiouth, little one," said the professer,
hastily Interposing. Chicago Tribune.
Not at All.
"I was held for four hours on a
ferry boat one night when the mercury
was down to rero."
"That was distressing."
"Wasn't it? Did you ever have such
an experience?"
"We 11, I was held for about that
length of time in our parlor the other
night, but It was not at all distress
ing." Houston Post
Echoes of the Put.
Aristides was lamenting the inrratltnrU
of the people of Athens, to whose service
he had devoted the best years of his life.
"Still," he said, "I want it distinctly
understood that I am not going to maks
a noise like an unappreciated philanthropist."
Picking un one of the current
lines he looked it over to see whether or
not Tom Lawson was still throwing fits.
Heredity,
Caller Your little boy looks exactly
like you.
Youngster's Mother Yes; but if he
doesn't get hia meals just when he wants
Ihem be puts up exactly the same kind
of face his father does.
A Stayer.
"Mildred," said the prudent mamma, "I
want you to treat Mr. Ketchley, who
called on you last evening, with some
consideration and respect. He may not
be particularly handsome or attractive,
but he is sensible, well connected, highly
successful in business, and is regarded as
one of the coming men."
"I wouldn't mind his being one of tht
coming men," said Miss Mildred, "if it
didn't take him so long to go."
The Best He Conld Say.
Mrs. Starvem How do you like thi
chicken soup, Mr. Newbord?
Mr. Newbord O er Is this chick
en soup?
Mrs. Starvem Certainly. How dq
you like It?
Mr. Newbord Well er it's cer
tainly very tender. Philadelphia
Press.
Purest
of the
Pure.
KC
' for
The best
in the land is not
always the most costly.
.Quality
KM
pllll
Jounces
lit
POWDER
23 Ounces for 25 Gents
Is the result of modern ides. Costs
less, uoes Detter work. You must
try it to see. Get a can on trial
The baking will be vastly better,
iignicr ana tastier or we pay.
ior tne can,
Jaqnea Mfg. Co.
Chicago,