For Fllllnir Sacka.
In Oiling sacks with grain, flour, ce
ment, etc.. It ling been found Impossible
for one ninn to do the work. A second
laborer Is required to hold open the
mouth of the bag while the other does
the filling. The necessity of the ex
tra laborer 1m eliminated In the Back
filling appnratus shown here, the In
vention of a Washington man. This
apparatus was designed primarily to
provide a device by which bngs could
be quickly and economically flHed by
one man. A hopper Is provided, to
which a pulley Is attached at one end.
At the front are the frames for sup
porting the bags after the later have
been fastened In position. The grain
or other article to be placed In the
HOLDS BAGS OPEN
bags la shoveled Into the hopper, from
which It drops by gravity Into the bags.
As the grain descends the bags are
ibaken at regular Intervals by an ar
rangement attached to the pulley. The
bags are In this way automatically
lifted off the ground a trifle at each
turn of the pulley, allowing the grain
to settle, filling the bags to their ut
most capacity. This does away with
the ordinary laborious method formerly
employed by hand. It Is claimed that
the bags can bo filled In one-fourth the
time heretofore required and by one
ian. ,
(nuaea of Houp.
When fowls crow at night, which is
the fact when the number quartered is
greater than the capacity of the bouse,
they sweat. This sweating causes the
feathers to rot at the base, giving them
the very appearance of molting. This
explains why so many flocks look
ragged in early bummer.
It Is a noted fact that the majority
of cases where roup has become epi
demic among fowls the latter were
crowded In tightly-built houses wlien
the weather Is very cold and allowing
the houses to remain closed all the next
day. This creates a moisture which
generates, dampness, and the whole
house feels very much like a vault. At
nlgbt tbe house Is more or less filled
with dampness emanating from the
fowls' breath, but If, on the following
morning, the windows are opened wide,
this dampness will bo dispelled. This
Is a great point in favor of the scratch
ing shed plan of house.
Popular Breed of Poultry.
Leghorns If compelled to roost In
told houses and pick a living from
tbe slush of a barnyard will not lay.
But when warmly
housed and prop
erly fed they are
the best of winter
layers. The best
bred leghorns are
practically non-slt-
irnl should
not be counted on
to rear their
young. For t h o s e
who are so situated that they can hatch
and rear their pullets artificially or
with hens of other breeds, and who
give their bens suitable care In winter,
the leghorn will prove a very profitable
breed fr the farm.
1
'frn. ters
me LEo non.
Nut Induatrr on the Farm.
An Industry which the farmer might
take up with profit Is nut growing.
Improved nut trees begin bearing at
about six or eight years, bearing the
same as apple or iear trees. Large
trees when grafted begin to bear about
the third or fourth year, and large
trees that are budded will bear sooner
than small ones, but the small ones
bear longest. English walnuts can now
e grown In the Central States.
which affects tne reet and not the chest
In old-standing cases of foot lameness
the chest muscles may, waste away In
sympathy, and that fact has led to
the "chest founder" Idea. Such a horse
should be shod with wlde-webbed, fiat
bar shoes, put on over dressing of tar
and oakum, and a thick leather sole.
Then clip off the hair and blister the
hoof beads (coronets) of forefeet with
a mixture of one dram of biniodlde of
mercury and two ounces of cerate of
cantharides rubbed In for fifteen min
utes. Wash blister off In forty-eight
hours, then apply lard dally. Blister
every three or four weeks.
Tranaplantlna-.
As the time approaches for removing
young plants from the flats In the
house or from the hotbed outside, an
extra amount of airing must be given
to harden them. Plants which have
started Indoors or under glass are
more or less tender and will not be
able to thrive under the rigor of early
spring planting without treatment
They must become hardened, or accli
mated, to the new conditions.
At least a week before transplanting
remove the sash entirely from the bot
bed during the day and allow abund
ance of ventilation at night, except
when heavy frost threatens. This will
give the plants practically an outside
temperature for the greater part of the
day and they will grow stronger and
harderthereby. At this time also less
watering should be given to check
growth and make the plants more re
sistant to the cold. All plants can en
dure a lower degree of temperature un
der dry than under moist conditions.
Most seedlings ore transplanted di
rect from the flat or hotbed to the open
garden when they have , attained a
height of from four to six inches or
more. When facilities are at band a
better way is to first tronsplant them
to a cold frame, which is the same as
a hotbed without the heat. In the cold
frames they become accustomed to low
er temperature and are still protected
from frost of nights and on cold days.
A still better wny Is to transplant the
young plants at the appearance of
their second or third set of true leaves
to two Inch flower pots.
Dialling Alfalfa.
The work of disking alfalfa requires
a little bit of skill. The disk must be
set Just so It will cut the ground suf
ficiently and do as Jlttle damage as
possible. A little experience will en
able any Intelligent man to do the very
best work In the field. There are times
and conditions when the spring tooth
harrow may do all right, but gener
ally nothing but a good sharp disk with
enough big horses in front and a com
petent man on the seat can do the
work. 1 use only the smoothing har
row In the early spring, but after each
mowing I use a disk or spring tooth,
whichever I think best, always finish
ing with a spike tooth, so as to leave
the field In the very best possible con
dition for the growing crop. It Is a
real pleasure to see the alfalfa start
out anew and grow about one inch a
day on an average. Denver Field and
Farm.
A Cow Yard Gateway.
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Foundered lloraea.
A. S. Alexander, veternary surgeon,
explodes the old Idea that a horse can
become "cnest-rounaerea. " lie says
that Koch cases are those suffering
fraa chronic founder (lamlnltls),
A handy entrance into the cow yard
Is made by cutting the wires between
posts and putting In two tall posts.
Wire them together at top, put on
fence wires and you can get through,
but the cows cannot.
Helpful Hint..
Oil up the work harness.
The neglected colt or calf will prove
profitless.
Cattle will never do well In the same
pasture as sheep.
Wood charcoal should always be
kept In the hog pen.
How are the farm Implements? Any
of them need repairs?
To improve live stock, requires In
telligence and thought.
It Is a good plan to have the horses
and cows clean up their mangers after
each feed.
There is such a thing as overfeeding.
Feed stock all the food they will as
similate, but not more. .
Don't have a lot of manure lying
In the yards all summer. It will lose
Just about half of Its value by fall.
It Is better to feed the cows fodder
and hay after milking, as It keens
the dust down. Feed the grain before
milking.
The best feed for making muscle
oats. They are not heating nor very
fattening. The young calves should be
given oats In order to give them mus
cle ana mate usm piumn.
HALF-BREED IN DIRE PERIL.
Towed by a Wounded Mooae, Which
He Had Laaaoed.
A tale of being saved from drown
ing by a moose he had shot, and which
abounds In startling details, has been
brought Into
Wlnnepeg, Mani
toba, by a hunter
familiarly known
LaMli
throughout the
northwest as
"Traps."
"Traps" Is noted
for his honesty and
truthfulness. II e
says that about a month ago he wound
ed a great moose on the banks of the
Saskatchewa River, and that, when the
animal sprang Into the river he Jump
ed into his boat, and started in pur
suit, hoping for another .shot at close
range.
While trying to reload and row at
the same time, says "Traps," he drop
ped his gun overboard and it went to
the bottom. Marking the spot where
the weapon went down by associating
the location with a fallen tree on the
shore nearby, he seized both oars and
gained rapidly on the injured animal.
When he reached it he made a slip
noose of his tow line and skillfully
threw It about the great, spreading
nntlers. This done, he atteniDted to
tow his quarry ashore by backing up
the boat, but the frightened beast pull
ed him rapidly down stream.
The rapidity of the current Increased
and soon "Traps" was terrified to hear
the sound of the falls. Ills most des
perate efforts availed nothing against
the current and the frenzied animal.
Having no knife, he attempted to un
tie the line from his craft, but it was
water soaked and his trembling fingers
could do nothing with it. i
The cry of the falls came nearer and
nearer and the boatman had given him
self up for lost when the moose's feet
struck bottom.
After some stumbling the beast
braced himself and walked to a little
Island about five feet In diameter, com
posed of rock, and rising In the center
of the river ten feet from the edge of
the tails. "Trap's" boat swung around
over the falls, the stern projecting over
about three feet. The moose braced his
feet against the pull, fearful of being
swept from his point of vantage.
Seeing that his preserver could not
hold out much longer against growing
weakness and continued loss of blood,
"Traps" began cautiously to pull his
boat to the little Island, hand over
hand. The moose looked on the ap
proaching enemy with terror, trem
bling visibly. When "Traps" was with
in four feet of terra firnia he sprang
from the boat and after a scramble
succeeded in getting to temporary safe
ty, wondering the while whether or
not the moose would gore him to death
In revenge. But his fears were ground
less,' for the animal, in a frenzy be
cause of his nearness, sprang Into the
swift current, and moose, tow line and
boat went over the falls.
"Traps" bad been on his little isl
and without food for three days when
he was discovered by passing hunters
who floated him a line from a safe
distance and he was dragged ashore.
He recovered his boat and the dead
moose entangled In the branches of a
fallen tree eight miles down stream
two days after his release, and has
brought the antlers to Wlnnepeg as a
souvenir of his wonderful experience.
Exchange.
THESE ABE WEATHER SIGNS.
Simple Indications that Show When
Rain of Snnahlne la Coming.
If It clears off In the night, look for
rain the next day. If smoke from the
chimney settles instead of rising there
is a storm at hand. When sound trav
els a long distance there Is also ' a
storm near. Never expect much storm
In the old of the moon. The absence
of dew and unusually heavy dew are
alike forerunners of rain. Not much
frost need be expected In the light of
the moon.
An owl hooting in the hollow Is a
sign of a cold storm ; on the hill, It fore
tells a thaw. If the hornets build low
the-winter will be hard. When leaves
fall early the winter will be long. When
enow falls on a bard road It will not
last long. ' The last spring snowstorm
never comes until after the "sugar
snow," which may be recognized , by
coming In unusually large flakes and
lasting only a few minutes. If the
hog's milt Is found big at the front the
first part of the winter will be moat
severe ; if the reverse Is true, we may
look for hard winter In February and
March. Bright "northern lights" bring
severe cold. Sun dogs Indicate a bad
Btorm. ,
Distant sound heard distinctly fore
bodes no good weather. If the sun
"draws up water" It will rain. The
pitcher sweating and the tea kettle '
boiling dry also Indicate rain. Cobwebs
thickly spread upon the grass are an
indication of fair weather. Animal Ufa
seems, according to the popular notion,
to have peculiar warnings regafding
the weather changes. Some of these
are explainable by natural causes. It i
Is a fact recognized by all Intelligent '
stockmen that cattle' have an Intima
tion of an approaching storm soine
hours before It is visible to tbe hu-i
man eye. There Is certain restlessness
which the cowboy has learned to In
terpret at once.
When you see a pig pasturing In the
field build for himself a nest you may
look for a storm. Chickens take extra
pains In oiling their feathers Just be
fore a rain. Peafowls send forth theli
shrill cries as a warning, and when' the
quail cries "more wet" from the mead
ow the farmer works briskly to get his
hay under shelter. Putnam's Magazine.
GEN. SICKLES AND HIS WIFE.
After Many Yeara In Spain Mra.
Slcklea la Again In New York.
The unexpected ictuin to this cotin
try of Mrs. Daniel E. Sickles, wife of
the noted general, has created a great
deal of Interest
among the gener
al's friends. She
Is a Spanish
woman and, at
the time of her
first visit to the
United States as
a bride, was ac
claimed one of
the most beauti
ful women who
ever crossed the
Flrat Japaavae Stowaway.
The first Japanese stowaway ever
brought to Boston arrived on a steamer
from London the other day. Be gave
his name as Tasujo Nakamura, aged
SO, and claimed to have been a mem
ber of the crew of an American sailing
vessel. j
It was learned that he was a salloa
on board tbe ship Johanna, which ar
rived at Falmouth, Eng., some months
ago. He was starving In London when
be determined to come to this country.
He wandered about tbe docks In the
Thames and stole on board the Phlla
delphlan and hid In the coal bunkers.
Nakamura said he was all through
the Russian-Japanese war, having been
one of the crew of a cruiser In the Jap
anese fleet.
Inspector Root examined the man
and ordered ihat he be sent back on the
Pblladelphlan when she leaves on her
return trip. -
On m Pinch.
Tor the preient," laid tbe political
agnate, "you will have to b satisfied
with filling lorn temporary vacancy from
time to time."
"I'll be more than latiifled," faltered
the despairing officeseeker, "with any
thing that will fill the vacancy la my
tomach from time to time!"
CtTC St. Vital' Danoe ana - erroaa lmeaaaa paw
I 1 1 J mur cured by Dr. It Une'e Graat Narva Ea.
atorar. Send tor FBE1 $1.00 trial bottle and treatiaa.
Or. a H. Kline. Ld., HI Iron St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
11 r I rrflftnVnut fiTuniTifil
Magle Theft.
Commissioner Bingham of New
York; at a recent dinner, described in
a most interesting manner the methods
of the skilled pickpocket.
"He is to very clever at his best,"
concluded the commissioner, "that one
might almost believe him capable of
the feat attributed to a Western steve
dore. A group of stevedores were
lunching in a sheltered nook of a
wharf. One of them went across the
street for a plug of chewing tobacco,
and In his absence another substituted
for his tin of pale coffee and milk
his own tin of milkless black coffee.
When the first stevedore, plug In hand.
returned, he could hardly believe his
(iEN. SICKLES.
Atlantic. She Is many years the gen
eral's Junior, and still shows traces of eves
her beauty. Havlug lived her life In -Well,' he said, I've heard of clever
sunny Spain, Mrs. Sickles found it thieves, but to swipe the milk out of a
hard to accommodate herself to the feller's coffee hpnte the hnnd!'"
severe' American winters and it was "
not many years before her heart again The Ancient stone siinajera.
turned to the land of her birth. Her 14 has be8n snl' that Asiatic nations
mother, who was an Invalid, grieved celled others In the use of the sling,
for her daughter and begged her to ,nd tDe "Ungers of an ancient army
return. Duties In this country pre- used tnelr ,ltt,e weapons with terrible
vented General Sickles from accora- ffect. "These natives have such skill."
panylng his wife back to Madrid. Her B0y8 one old historian, "that It very
inother died a few months ago and rare'y happens that they miss their
Mrs. Sickles made arrangements to re- a,m- What makes, them so great in
turn to this country and expects to stay the use of the BlinR is ,DP training glv-
wlth her husband until death parts n them from tnpir earliest years by
them. They have two children, one thelr motners- wll wt-up a piece of
daughter, now Mrs. Braekenthorpe, brend huDg at the Pnd of a rod for a
wife of the secretary of the British tarKot and ,et thelr children remain
embassy in Vienna,' and Stanton Sick- wltnout food unt they have hit It.
les, formerly secretary of legation to when the chl,d who U the victor re-
Spain, Belgium and lately to Greece. """" l,,e u,u HS lue rewar
General Daniel E. Sickles is a re
markably preserved man of 85 years
who throughout his long life has often
figured promin
ently In the news
papers and In the
making of his
country's history.
He Is a native of
New York City, a
printer by trade,
a lawyer by pro-
skill and patience."
Hadn't Rearhed That Staff.
She So you are an author?
He Ye-es.
"Oh! how delightful It must be to
earn one's living by wielding the pen."
"Yes, I always imagined It would
be."
MUS. SlCKl.CS.
and statesman of wide experience and
no mean ability. Before the war he
was a member of both branches of the
State Legislature, corporation counsel
of New York City, secretary of lega-1
Handicapped.
Teacher In this free country ef oun,
children, any boy may hope to be Presi-
rlpnf aft mo rlnv
fession, a soldier Cnrl. alred Urchjn (ra,8ms hu
when his country hand I Not me. ma'am. My name's Will
iam Jennings Bryan Simpson. Chicago
Tribune.
needs his services
and a politician
Snaaveatlnar a Poaalble Reaaoa.
"Verena," impatiently asked the mis
tress, "what brings that policemak to the
house so much?"
"Take a good look at me face, ma'am
tlon at Loudon and twice member of answered the cook with a simper. "Do
Congress.
At the opening of the war in 1SC1
he raised a brigade of volunteers and
was commissioned colonel of one of
the five regiments. He was soon raised
ye think it d scare anybody
Chicago Tribune.
away?
Stand
Nan The trouble with Billy Is that
he's awkward when he's in comnanv. He
to brigadier general and gained dis- j doesn't know what to do with his hands,
tlnction in many hnrd-fought battles. Fan 0h yes he does; he told me once
In 1803 he "was made major general. tbat yo" wore t0 many P'" to jour
At Gettysburg he lost a leg. At the I belt CblcaE0 Tribune. .
close of the war he joined the regular I typkwritkrb. "New viaibia m aii makea
army as colonel and a year later was SuMSt,
makaa. M-hlnea rented. C to B.50 monthly. The
Ijpewriter fcii-hange. 266 Montgomery. San Franolaoe
breveted brigadier general In recogni
tion of his bravery at Fredericksburg
and major general for gallant and mer
itorious conduct at Gettysburg. In 1809
he was placed on the retired list with
the full rank of major general.
General Grant appointed him minis
ter to Spain In 1800 and It was there
he met and married his wife.
Since the war he bus been president
of the New York State Board of Civil
Service Commissioners, Sheriff of New
York in 1800 and in 1802 was elected
to Congress.
Happy Immunity,
"There's one advantage in being col
or blind, anyhow," Bald one marked by
this visual peculiarity.
"What's that?"
"Wby, all I know of the red necktie
is based on hearsay." Philadelphia
Ledger.
A man must know himself In order
to understand the meanness in others.
The more money a man
harder he strives for mora.
has the
New to Him.
"Whatever success I have achieved,"
argued the passenger with the skull cap,
"I owe entirely to heredity and enviroa
mcnt." "That's a firm I never heard of before,"
said the passenger with the loud necktie.
"How long have you been traveling for
them?" Chicago Tribune.
The Lncklcat Man.
Eben So Miss Antique is going to
get married at last. Who Is the lucky
man?
Flo The clergyman. He's going U
get paid for it and assumes no re
sponsibility. '
Sure.
"WTiat was It Prlscllla said to Johi
Alden?"
"You mean, 'Speak for yourself
John?"
"Yes; what did she mean?"
"I don't know what she meant, but 1
know It must have been before she and
John were married that id. said it"-
Houston Post