W A S H IN G T O N
inventions a r e n u m e r o u s .
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g . t . r n r l . l . s I n T . n l o n Produce
3 eW Thine** f o r W h e e l m e n .
REAL RURAL READING
InvfDtlons in th* bicycle line aro
_ gnj more numerous. The a*l- 'V ILL B E FO U N D IN T H IS DE-
PA RTM EN T.
J , I0f »arm weather Inspired one In
ffotire genius with the Idei» of a cycle
How to ( Bre for
,,t. m Cro|). Hurn
l ••tern, Better th«„ \v ell.-W onder-
f,,‘ Work of B e e .- k e .o n n ,, U„.
fruitfnl Trece-karm Not...
Heun Harveetino.
art
•»•>• Him. In j llnr
•*-<» lK*cou,e thoroiiBh.
.y warmed and corn |.lamina is ..........
t «N
> -nil should u*
well
drained, well plowed, tlioii.iiKl.lv pul-
'e n z. d, and kept free from weed»
til the crop has matuieil. raring for
1 “! <'ro|> af,M' 11
done growing* re-
dulren mui-li skill and painstaking ai-
temion. Formerly, ami even to,lav
where beana are raised on a »mail
A CYCLE CAN O PY.
aoopj. It is constructed of strong m.i-
ijriai and designed so that the shade
L;il afford a minimum air resistance,
jbe standard is made In two sections,
• of which telescopes into the other,
Wa universal joint 1 s provided at the
^ndle bar and also ut the top where
• •bade is set on to the standard.
| Another enterprising inventor lias al-
idy anticipated the coming winter by
•trirlng a cycle for riding on Ice. A
bine of this kind has ju st been con­
tacted. The frame is similar to the
now generally used, but differ» in
; t its lower ends carry runners like
THE IC S B IC Y C L E .
ose of a sleigh. The motive pow.'r
insists of the usual chain gearing,
|hicb imparts motion to a wheel at the
The wheel is slightly raised from
ground and has spurs on its rim.
!ben the wheel revolves, the spurs cut
■ the ice and thus propel the m i-
ine.
Wellington Hated F la tte ry .
[As the duke of Wellington was stand-
one day opposite his house in Picen-
jy. waiting an opportunity to crosa
street, an entire stranger to him of-
[ml bis arm to the duke to assist him
Timing. Although Wellington hated
tiitance of any kind, he accepted the
nger’s arm, and the latter, having
iired a passage by signing to the
Iters of the vehicles to stop, conduct-
toe great man In safety across the
£ i thank you, sir,” said the
*. releasing his arm and prooeed-
“to his house door. But the stranger,
¿d of moving off. raised his hat
delivered himeelf to the following
“Your grace, I have passed a
; md not uneventful life, but never
I hope to reach the day when I
Jht be of the slightest assistance
the greatest man that ever lived.”
t be a damned fool!” responded
duke, and turned on his heel.
owman -This is a picture of the
♦lites crossing the Red Sea. One of
audience—But I don’t see the Israel-
• Showman—Oh, they’ve Just cross-
0T«*r! One of the audience—Well,
•are the Egyptians? Showman—
J 1* Just gone under! Say, how
- will you take to take your money
^Pick-Me-Up.
man does a fierce Job of loving
is at It. but It doesn’t last
than Ice cream in front of a
•or Metericht, the Paris me-
uigst, calculates that a hot, bright
io midsummer sees not leas than
.000,000 tons of water evaporated
toe surface of the Mediterranean
^ • I ’L A K F O R M o r
M O N O M A N IA .
c 1« m of
people, rational enough In
>. who me certainly monomaniac«
i-mselvea. They are constantly
inu nta upon their stomach«, their
r livers and their kidneys with
urns.
When these, organs are
' order, if they would only use
toinach Bitters, they would, if not
snne. perceive its superiority.
•Ullest of the new buildings go*
®Pon Park Row, New York city,
Weigh more than all the 600,000
who live in Boston.
* 5?r* for Consumption has been a
®Wicine with us since 1865 —J. R.
• 2 * * 42d a re ., Chicago , 111.
offensive weapon of the oatrich
**g He can kick as hard as a
ani* it is remarkable fact that
is forward, never backward
Great
,rora
great merit which
• thousands of wonderful cure* by
ood’s
Sarsaparilla
^*Blood Purifier. All drnggipta. 11.
**••• ewT* all Liver Ilia M e*"**
f CURE
_ *
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fo r
V* Mr« C -renin
P IL E S
M t i . 1 l , l-fclte. Ffc
I
FIO. 1-
A BEAN PUL LE R.
M-uir. Hu- bunthas were pulled by hand
and placed in piles until thoroughly
dried out. To-day large growers use
machine« for cutting off the plants. A
puller is shown in Fig. 1. Two rows
are pulled at the same time. The hori­
zontal knives run just beneath the sur­
face of the ground and cut ofT the
stems. The tops are brought close to­
gether by tin* rods above the knives.
They can then be easily gathered up
with a fork ami placed in tin» shock.
Allow the shocks to remain in the held
until thoroughly dried. The shocks
after thorough drying can 1 m * placed in
a stack or a hay mow. Care must nl
ways be exercised to prevent much
packing while being stored, otherwise
molding will ensue. Avoid tramping
by placing a board for the operator to
stand upon. When ready thresh, using
a bean thresher. Small lots are beaten
out with a flail, and cleaned by means
of a hand fanning mill.
After threshing it pays to pick out
the broken beana, also the discolored
ones. Especially is this true where the
crop is raised for seed. This may be
accomplished by spreading out upon a
white-covered table anil removing the
trash and defective beans. A number
of machines have been invented for ex­
pediting this work, one of which is
shown in Fig. 2. The I »cans to be
picked are placed in the hopper. A
force feed passes them regularly
through the hopper into the perforated
cylinder, where they are freed from
dust and trash. They then fall upon a
white canvas belt which is moving
slowly toward the operator. While on
this canvas, the discolored and broken
specimens are easily seen and removed.
The perfect beans remain until they
fall into the spout provide«! to ronvey
them to a sack or other receptacle. For
COUNTY
nn aggregate of 3,7110.000 bees. Or, In
other words, to collect Its pound of
honey one lie.- must make 3.7riO,OOU
trips from and to the hive. The enor­
mous amount of work here Involved
preclnrtes the idea of ally one l»ee ever
ll.lng long enough to gather more than
a fraction of a potiml of nectarine
sweets. As ts'cs are known lo fly for
i miles in ipteat or suitable fields or op-
| cration. It is clear that a single ounce
j of honey represents millions of miles of
■ 'ruvcl li is no wonder Suit these In-'
.histrión« little insects have eaVned the
reputation of being “busy” bees.
Curin-r Corn Kotirfer in Co ck ,
Wlifii corn fodder I» cut while the
weather i» still dry It will cure in bet-
i ter shape and with less loss if put up In
! smi,,l **n« ks rather than in stooks. The
j reason is that as days shorten and
I nights rapidly lengthen there is not
j sunlight and warmth enough in the
daytime to cure the stalks as rapidly as
they should be. In the cock the stalks
will heat, bringing the temperature up
to 100 or more, night as well as day. If
a little dry straw is thrown on the cock
so as to absorb the moisture at night,
when the outside cold air condenses it,
the stalks below it will come out green
looking, yet slightly softened from the
heat to which they have beemsubjected.
Stalks thus cured will be eaten much
more readily than stalks that have
dried up by lwing exposed in stooks to
drying winds. All farmers have no­
ticed that in winter it is the corn stalks
that have been heated and even molded
in the mow that will be preferred by
cows to stalks that have been dried in
the wind and without the heat needed
to soften the outer shell of th^ stalk.
The moist stalks are also more nutri­
tious, as in drying out the carbon in
them turns into woody fibre, nearly in­
digestible. In putting up the cocks they
should be small, so as not to heat too
much and blacken the stalks. For the
same reason they should not be left
long before being drawn to the barn or
mow.
A w n in its fo r C o u n tr y (lo m en .
Awnings let in the light but keep out
the sun’s heat, affording just the con­
ditions needed in summer. Blinds keep
FRAM E
FOR AN
A W N IN G .
out heat, but make a room dark and
gloomy. Awnings may easily be made
at home, this plan being easily carried
out. A three-eighths inch Iron rod is
bent by a blacksmith into the form
shown, and this is supported by «crew
eyes In the window case and wires ex­
tending from the outer corners to the
top of the window case, hooks being
placed there. These hooks also sup­
port the top of the awnings, eyelet holes
l>eing made in the cloth.
B arn
C ia te r u a .
It is bad for »took to depend on water
drawn from wells near barnyards, as
It is sure after a term of years to be­
come contaminated. In all such cases
a barn cistern with a filter at the out­
let through which the water Is drawn
offers lietter security of pure water
than can la- had from water taken from
n well. Some care must be taken to
prevent dust and dirt being washed in­
to the cistern from roofs. After thresh­
ing especially, and In the fall when
leaves are flying, the eave trough
should he frequently cleaned so that as
n o . 2. MAIHI.NK FOB SORTINO HE A NS. little dirt as ((ossible be washed into a
well. An average barn roof will In a
iariri* iiiiiintltii-s there art* inacMOM year catch water enough to winter the
upon the market run by Rteam or horse stock that will usually be fed In the
power.
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barn.
C o m in e o f A u tu m n .
W inter anil Summer Price« of K ick *.
Always in the fall Hie price of e « s Autumn wandered through the woodland
Touching with his wand each tree;
goes up. partly because the supply de­
creases then, aud also b<-cause with cool Summer stood reluctant, crying.
weather those who prepare eirgs for “Bring my beauties bark to me.'*
keeping iu winter hare more confidence But the maple leaves grew crimson.
Ripened fruit hung everywhere;
and begiu to buy extensively. We have And the harvester spoke, smiling.
efteu wished that no method had ever “Autumn'» charms are full as fair.”
lieen discovered for preserving eggs.
Then the winter price would 1»- always Summer, weeping, wrung her fingera.
Then gleamed forth the golden rod —
what It costs to produce eggs In win
ter Both the egg producer and the Asters by the laughing hrooklet
(Jive new beauty to the sod;
consumer would theu la- better satis­
fied. It really discourages the use of Mother Nature viewed the picture.
Smiled as fell the first white frost—
eggs to buy some and have them plain­ Sweetly said. “The summer's beauty
ly a trifle’ stale, not changed enough
Will return, for naught is loft.“
as the dealer will tell you to hurt them.
T h e P ig P e n .
The truth is that an egg not |a-rfe* tly
Crowd the young porker* that you
fresh Is an abomination. If only such
were sold in market there would la- bet w ish lo turn off In December.
Keep hog cholera out. It is not safe
ter prices all the year round. But In
„„Oh weather as we had In August an lo de|iend upon knocking it out.
It is possible, by cleaning out the
egg will spoil from the natural heal of
the atmosphere in two .lays, so that It pen once or twice a week, and disinfect­
will not be fit to use The refrigerator ing it with lime to keep the place In a
must be used more in keeping .-ggs. not sweet, presentable Audition.
to chill them, but to .-ool the tempera
Away with the Idea that winter made
pork does not pay. Men that are pre­
ture around them. __
pared for such work often claim the
Hrmroins Unfruitful Tree».
In every orchard there will la- found greatest profit from winter feeding.
Never allow the permiums won by the
wme trees which are an injury to the
farmer every year they remain in their sire ami dam to dazzle your eyes when
present position, producing nothing looking at the pig. Size np the pig first,
themselves and lessening the ptmlnct then his pedigree, and the reputation of
of neighboring trees. All old orchard, the an*-entry last.
Prof. Henry, of the Wisconsin E x­
need more fertility and alas m o " r» m
for each tree to ripen and perfect Its periment Station, fiDds that cabbage*
in.it. Removing tree, that have for have s good deal of value- more than
rears cumls-red the ground, tak ng potatoes and turnips—a* a swine feed;
room that might be w orthjornsth1»« e s p e c i a l l y In the first part of the fat­
If It were out. is often the best way to tening period.
restoro orchards to productiveness.
The Stock Yard* Company at Chicago
is building the largest swine quarter*
n n ttr i(> r f a l W o r k o f B v e « .
•n the world. It covers fifty acre* and
Bees must, in order to collect a pound will ac<v>mmodate 200,000 swine guests
u f ^ v e r honey, deprive
at one time, in all the luxury their
b l o s s o m s of their nectar.
To do this
tastes require.
th« 62,000 flowers must b* visited i
H ATCH ET.
A Disappointed Life.
W hy R ichard Caytord Left the
H aw aiian Islands.
A S t o r y in W h i c h
To Bo
Given Away
T h e r e S e e m s 1» T i n g e
o f F a t e — M rs . C a y f o r d S t r i c k e n
W ith
U n ru ly s is , mim I Y e t S h e H a s l i e e n
C u r e d -T h e
K e s id e u ts
of
th e
this year in valuable
articles to smokers of
M is s io n I X s t r i c t L o o k U p o n
It
us
a
M ir a c le .
From th e E x a m in e r, San F ra n cisco , Cal.
Blackwell’s
Kesideuts o f the Mission District of
San Francisco have for mouths been
C e n u in e
marveling over the peculiar oase of
Mrs. Anna Cayford, the wife of Riob-
ard Cayford, who resides at 813 Seven­
teenth street. Several years ago Mr.
aud Mrs. Cayford took up their resi-
deuoe iu the Hawaiian Islands, where
Mr. Cayford, who is by trade a black­
You will find one coupon in­
smith, applied himself diligently at his
side each 2-ouncc bag, and two
occupation, until ut length he had, by
coupous inside each ¿-ounce
reason of his hard work and frugality,
Tho B e st
bag. Buy a bag, read the coupon
placed himself and family upon a fair
and sec how to get your share.
S m o k in g T o b acco Made
way to prosperity. He had begun to
look toward to the enjoyment of a
quiet, happy life upon the beautiful
islands of the Pacific, and in his fancy
bad built for himself and his family a
comfortable little home, nestled snugly
among the deep and fragrant foliage of
that distant land. His wife shared
with him in the contemplation of the
happiness that the future apparently
had in store for them. She had ar­
rived at the age at which rest and con­
tentment count for so much in a
woman's life, when she was suddenly
stricken with nervous prostration.
Her condition became very serious, aud
her physician advised her that she
must leave the islands if she wished to
regain her health. Acting upon this
advice, Mr. Cayford disposed of his
business and removed to San Fran­
cisco. Mrs. Cayford improved slightly
with the change of climate until Ju ly ,
1898, when she was stricken bv par­
alysis of the left arm and leg, and was
entirely deprived of the use of those
limbs, having to be carried abont the
house by her husband for a period of
two months. She was treated for some
time by a physician, but he was able
only partly to relieve her. She was
able to drag herself about the house,
bnt there was no strength in eithet of
the affected limbs.
It was while she was in this condi­
tion that she noticed in a paper the ad­
vertisement of W illiam s’ Pink Pills.
She determined to get a box of them
and try them, thinking, as she said,
that at least she could not be injured
by them. Mrs. Cayford tells of the
relief she experienced from the time
she began taking the pills, and her
story is told in such a plain, straight­
forward manner that it is given in her
own words:
“ When I first began taking W il­
liams’ P in k ^ ills ,” said Mrs. Cayford,
P ric e s
of
all
co m m o d itie s
“ I had absolutely no strength in either
limb of the left side of my body. The
h a v e been reduced ex cep t to b a cco .
treatment of my physician had partly
relieved the paralysis, bnt after he had
applied all his remedies 1 was still in
* * B a ttle
A x ” is u p to d ate.
a practically helpless condition. Before
I had taken one full box of the pills I
L o w P r i c e ; H ig h G r a d e ; D elicio u s
began to feel a return of strength in
the limbs that bad been so long useless.
F la v o r .
F o r JO cen ts y o u g et
Feeling reassured by the first effect of
the pills upon me, 1 purchased a sec­
a lm o s t tw ic e a s m u c h u B a ttle
ond box, and continued to take them
until I had need six boxes, when the
A x " a s y o u do o f
o th er h ig h
last trace of paralysis had left my body
and I had regained the foil use of my
limb*. Yon cannot imagine how de­
lighted 1 was when 1 felt that my old-
time activity was returning. It re­
minded me of the days when 1 was so
strong and healthy at my island home.
I do not know what stronger testimony
F e a th e rb o n e
I could give as to the merits of Wil-<
ham's Pink Pills than to say that they
have restored me to such a degree of
strength that I now do all my own
work without the leaat inoonvenience,
whioh is as much as I ever did before
I was stricken with paralysis. But
-
Ask for It
that ia not all. I almoat forgot to say
^
th e n ex t tim e
Mr.
Lincoln
Nelson,
of
Marshfield,
Mo.,
how the pilla have relieved me of a
that you buy a
writes: “ For six years I have been a
certain heeitancy in speech, which has sufferer from a scrofulous affection of
troubled me for years. My tongue used the glands of my neck, and all efforts
BIAS V E L V E T E E N
to become 'thick,' and 1 would hap of physicians in Washington, D. C.(
SKIRT BINDING.
most dreadfully and oould not help my­ Springfield, 111., and St. Louis failed to
T he feath erbon e f la r e « and stiffens — th«
self. I noticed that after 1 began tak- reduce the enlargement. After six
ing the pilla I could talk more easily, months’ constant treatment here, my b ias velveteen w ears as only an S. I I . At M.
and finally I was entirely relieved of physician urged me to submit to a re­ can w ear. Fsp ecially suited fo r silk o r
moval of the gland. At this critical mo­
the lisping that affected my speech. I ment a friend recommended S.S.S., wool petticoat?.
If your dealer W ILL NOT
have taken the tronble to recommend and laying aside a deep-rooted preiu-
.supply you we will.
the pills to an old lady who is afflicted dice against all patent medicines, 1 be­ Sam ples »how
n g la b e t a n d m a ttrla ln m a ile d frp».
with paralyais. 1 have not seen her gan its use. Before I had used one bot-
" Hom« Dressmaking Made Easy, anew 72 p ave
since she began taking them, but her tie the enlargement began to disappear, 000k by Miss Emma M. Hooper, of the Ladles' Horn«
Journal, tell* in plain words how to make d resses a t
husband told me, just the other day, and now it is entirely gotis, though lam home
without previous training : mailed for 2 5 c .
that she had been greatly benefited by not through with mv second bottle yet.
ft. H. A M . Co . P . O. B o x 6 9 9 , N. V . C ity .
Had I only used your S.S.S. long ago,
them.11
1 would have escaped years of misery
Mrs. Cayford's friends are amazed anti saved over $150.”
at her s u d d e D recovery from such a se­
This experience is like that of all who
vere paralytic stroke, and stand in suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
Make m oney bv aurce«*f*i| «p ecu lation lo
hi ax«». We bny and sell w heal th e re on m ar-
wonderment while she repeats the story The doctors can do no good, and even C alii*
Kortui e« have been mwde on a ammll be-
their resorts to the knife prove either It inn in « by f r a r lln x ln fu tu re". W rite for fu ll
of her suffering and her cure.
u la rs
Beat of re fere n ce flv e n . S ev eral
Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla oontain all fruitless or fatal. S.S.S. is the only p re a a rtic
r« e x p e rie n c e on th e ChlcaKo Hoard of
the elements necessary to give new life real blood remedy; it gets at the root of Trade, and a th orou g h know ledge o f th e buai-
the disease and forces it out perma­ e»*e D ow ning. H o p k lja A t o., C hicago Hoard
and richness to the blood and restore nently.
o f Trade Brok« ra. Offlcea In Portland Oregon
shattered nerves.
They are sold in
S.S.S. (guaranterd purely vegetable) and ripokane W ash
boxes (never in loose form, by the doz­
en or hnndred) at SO cents a box, or A R e a l B lo o d R em ed y . m f l l L L l J r n C l . . . . S p e r l a l P r i c e M a t nt
•iz boxes for |2.50, and may be had of
H O U SEH OLD C O O PS, ETC.
is a blood remedy for real blood troubles;
all druggists or directly by mail from it
cures the most obstinate cases of
T
h
ia
u la r ia laaued for th e benefit n t o u r
Dr.
W illiams' Medicine Company, Scrofula, ivezema, Cancer, Rheumatism, c o u n tr y c irc
cu sto m e rs who can not a v a il th em selv es
Schenectady, N. Y.
etc., which other so-called blood reme­ of o u r D aliy Mpeetal Rale«, Hetnl na your ad ­
hoth kood* and orb e* rig h t.
dies fail to touch. S.S.S. gets at the dress. You w ill find W||
L «% FIN CK CO .,
NIK K 0 M arket street. Ran F ra n cisc o , C al.
The humming bird, in protecting its root of the disease and forces it out per­
manently.
Valuable
b
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s
w
ill
llliaillC
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neat, always flies at and pecks ‘.he ryes
sent free
of its adversary.
Crows have been be
to any address
fonnd totally blind from the hamming by the Swift
bird'» bill.________________
Specific Co., At-
4*nU, Ca.
H O W S T H IS*
Its w earing q s a lit le s a r e uixaurpaaae l,a c tu a lly
Durham
Tobacco
any
T Beware
Of the Knife.
Edge
WHEAT.
mu rn rarr
We offer One H undred D ollars Rewurd for any
mu*» of < a ta rrh th a t ca n n o t be c o re d by H uli’a
c a ta r r h C are.
f . J. r H F M Y à CO., Toled o, O.
W e, th e m id e m la n e l. h a r e know n f . J .
Chen«» fo r th e last U ye*m . and b e lle r e him
p erfectly h on orable in all h asin eM tran sactio n «
and fin a n cia lly a b le to ca rry ont any ob U g atlons
m ade by th e ir Arm.
W u t Jk T a r « ! ,
W holesale D r a r tU t* . Toledo. O.
WaLMPO, K rx»4!« A M a im » ,
W hoiraale 1/rnfaiata, Tolodo, O.
H all's C atarrh C a r o ls tak en in te rn a lly , a c tin e
d ire c tly npoa th e blood and m ncooa snrtaeea of
th«* * y ite m . T e s tim o n ia ls aent free. Price 75c
t e r b o ttle «old by a ll d r o fa ia u .
M ali's Fa m ily PlUa ace th e host.
sss
FRAZER c £ x l |
F OS PC0P1.E THAT ARE SlCK o r
o u tlae tin g tw o boxes of «uv o th e r hraud
F re e
from A nim al O ils. U K T T H K O f C 'I J I M S .
r o k RA LB B Y OREGON AND
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o V,LIVER PILLS
| # “ V f A * H I N U T O N M B K C f f AN r » - % |
•nd D ealers g e n erally .
•r* »h« On«» Thinir to m«.
O n « foe a D o « « .
i t e . «box
" W a w ill I^aiv« it F.m fra ty
i y o u r h a n d s ." I f y o u p o rt haee a
lo a G asolin « E s *
not d o a l l w e s a y
y o u r a n retu rn It a t o u r e x -
jw*-.*- » en « fo r C a ta lo g u e and Uri»«
A m e r ic a n T y p « F o u n d « rV Co.
tocaad and Mark It»., Partl««4. •?.
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