ssgtVgV?ya
Ciste-m for DrlnkluB Watrr.
In dinting cistern, dig It deep and
arch well under ground, closing In
the arch to receive 2-foot aewer tile
to form the neck, which enu easily
be closed tight against toads and In
sects, By the side of the big cistern.
llg a little filtering cistern, aa shown
In cut, that will hold from 10 to IS
barrels. Wall, area and cement the
aame aa large cistern, except that lu
the ceuter of the bottom, which should
be slightly hit sin shape, dig and ce
ment hole large enough aud deep
enough to receive a bucket that will
told 5 of 6 gallons.
Have bottom of bucket perforated
CIIT1W
FUX TOB IABOK AXO SMALL CISTEBXS.
with small holes and fasten a strong
bale to bucket by which to lift It out
Have a strong flange turned close to
the top of the bucket to rest tight on
the bottom of filtering cistern round
top of hole. You can ninke it water
tight by resting flange on packing. If
bucket Is not good and strong, place
a rest under the bottom, as there will
be a heavy pressure when filtering
"istern is full. From the bottom of
the hole under bucket connect filter
with cistern with a 3-Inch sewer tile"
thoroughly cemented in. Farm and
Home.
ThnubM Ilia Con.
Tears ago, says an Iowa man, I used
to remove every other row of teeth
from the cylinder, feed by hand, run
the thrasher with a ten horse-power
engine, and did fairly good work. But
Waif YeaaaT Te sir H4.
These are the advantages of plant
lug young trees: They can I trail
ed to the desired form better than old
er trees. A two or three-year-old tree
Is branched and has had Its head
already formed by the mirserymau ; a
yearling tree of tbe apple, pear and
sweet cherry Is usually uiibraiH-hL
Sometimes the nurseryman lias headed
tlie tree too high or has not beeu care
ful enough about starting out the oaf
fold luib. and It Is dllllcult to correct
the form of the head after It has been
started. There Is an unmistakable
preference for low-headed trees, due
chiefly to tbe need of economy and
ettlcleucy lu spraying and harvesting.
The single disadvantage of low-heading
is greater Inconvenience In tillage.
This Is much more thau offset by the
advantages. In the Judgment of most
growers. Wlthlu ten years the height
recommended for heading apple tree
lu Knst has been reduced at least two
feet The bearing of this on the mat
ter of yearling tree la that the grow
er can head yearling tree where he
pleases.
A tils taa Farmers,
As showing still another service
which the IVpartmont of Agriculture
has rendered to the business intercuts
of the country, we note In a recent bul
letin that, solely due to the Introduc
tion of better uietlkHls of collecting
turpentine, there has Uvn an Increase
of 40 per cent In tlie output, amount
ing to JT.lXHUMHl, while the long leaf
pine forests of tlie Southern States,
from which the American supply of
turpentine Is largely obtained, have
at the same time been saved from an
nihilation. The cost to the dcmrtmcut
of the service rendered In this Instance
was $14,000. This Is one of many eases
which go to prove that of nil the
money that is being expended by the
federal government In any of its de
partments there la none which Is fetch
ing a larger return on the Investment
than that disbursed by the Department
of Agriculture. For this reason pres
sure should be brought to hear on our
Congressmen to make appropriations
for this branch of the government
work as generous as possible.
Seed- Whul.
In selecting seed wheat each and
every one should be guided by his
peculiar locality, but every true, en
terprising farmer should experiment
with some of the Improved varieties
if only a bushel. A vk Is letter than
nothing, for It can !e compared with
a like quantity of "old familiars," mid
the method and difference of growth,
adaptability and yield noted. It Is
the farmer's duty to do this, and not
'Praaervlaai torn t Ine fob.
It is quite an easy matter to pre
serve corn on the cob. (lather the
ears wheu tlie grain are full and be
fore they begin to gtnxe. Soak thfiu
half an hour lu brine made strong
enough to float an egg. Then rinse
tltcm In cold water and put where
they will dry. When the grains are
shriveled aud there Is no more moist
ure lu the cob, pack In wooden boxes
ami cover closely In a dark, dry closet
Wheu wanted for use soak In warm
water until the grains are tilled out
fairly well, then cook as though freshly
gathered.
rirklv4 flat'
When cleaned aud cracked, put them
In two quarts of water; let them slowly
simmer for three hours or until very
tender; theu Hur them through the
colander. Take out all the bones, rat
up the feet and put them Into tlie
liquor lu which they were boiled; let
It cool, theu remove all fat ; to the
liquor and chopped feet pour a half
pint of vinegar, a tcaspnoiiful of whole
allspice, a little salt aud rod epier;
put all Into a saucepan, let simmer for
live minutes, keeping It tightly cov
ered ; stir It well aud pour It ull Into
a pan.
Deviled Oysters.
Cook together five minutes two ta
blosqiiHUifuls of butter, one tableHsui
ful of etiopped green icpcr, half a
teasMMiiiful chopistl onlou. Add half
a cup well-stralued oyster liquor, one
tahlcsioonrul tomato catsuji, one-third
tcnspooiiful salt, ois' half leaspisiiiful
propured mustard, a dash of cayenne
aud a pint of c!inpMd oysters. Sim
mer for live minuter and till the rice
cup. Serve piping hot.
Npuaa I'uilillnar.
Bake a common sponge cake In n
flat-bottomed pudding dish. When
ready for use cut In six or eight
pieces. Split and spread with butter
and retu,m them to the dish. Make
a custard with four eggs to a quart
of milk, flavor and sweeten to taste.
lVur over the cake and bake one-half
hour. The cake will swell and till tho
custard. This Is delicious.
COW PATHS.
. .-TjwV &jCEZj?- 0,S Hu.iwo.r
The department of dairy husbandry at the Illinois experiment station
has been making investigations throughout the State us to the prollt returned
by the dairy cows. In the report which has been Issued the state of affairs
Is represented very graphically In an Illustration which is reproduced above.
It Is shown that half the cows are to be classed as medium, while the other
half follow divergent paths. One out of every four cows produces not more
than 133 pounds of butter fat per year. This path Is not the "milky way;"
It does not tend upward and lacks the starry brightness and the milk. Head
ing along the right hand path are the cows (one-fourth of the whole number)
that mean profit, progress, plenty und an attractive Ironie for the owner. They
produce 801 pounds butter fat per year and leave a clear profit of $31.32 each.
The scales and the tester, as shown in the circle, are the Instruments for the
dairyman to use to distinguish between tbe profitable and the unprofitable
animals.
recent years we let the cylinder re
main as tor grain thrashing. Use one
concave, with two rows of teeth, self
feeder, a sixteen horse-power engine,
end do a better Job, making the fod
der miKh finer. It will crack some of
corn, but makes it better for feeding.
The fodder after being thrashed should
be placed nnder cover, as it
takes rain very readily and becomes
spoiled for feed. I have fed a great
deal of it and will say that when It is
cut at the right time and well cared
for I would rather have It, pound for
pound, than timothy and clover hay
for milk cows, but all stock eat It frell.
Lara-eat PouKrr Ranch.
In central Pennsylvania a tract of
107 acres is to be used for a mammoth
poultry farm, with a plant Intended
for ten thousand laying hens. It is
claimed this farm will be the largest
In tlie world. Perhaps the next larg
est is that of Mr. Hayward, of Han
cock, N. H., who keeps six to eight
thousand laying hens, lu small colony
houses. Mr. iTayward's farm, how
ever, has been 1 actual and buccchs
ful operation for many years, while
the Pennsylvania project Is as yet a
mere outline.
leave It to seedsmen and originators.
If all would try exiierlmeuts there
woura soon be a great revolution In
wheat culture.
Replanting.
Planting a tree where ono has died
often proves a failure, but we do not
believe the failure Is unavoidable. It
Is best to destroy the old tree and get
as much of the root as possible, some
time before the new tree .Is planted.
Leuve the hole Just as the work left
It until ready to plant the new tree;
then fill it with good soil and plant
ti tree, tamping it well.
The Wearing: Hone.
"Weaving" consists In a motion of
the head, neck and body from side to
side, like tlie shuttle of a weaver pass
ing through the web, nnd hence tho
name given to this peculiar and inces
sant " motion. It Indicates an impa
tient, Irritable temper and a dislike to
confinement In the stable. A horse
thus affected will seldom be in good
flesh or be safe to ride or drive. It
Is not considered a disease, but mere
ly an Individual vice, and there is no
cure for It that I am aware of. Vet
luary in Atlanta Constitution.
a a sn nr.
Mix six pounds of lean, fresh pork
with half a much fat jsirk and grind
well. Stir into this mass of meat six
teasitoonfuls each of salt and black
eper, twelve teiisptmufuls of snvder
ed sage, two tcitKoonfu!s each of
powdered clove and mace and one
grated nutmeg. Pack In a stone crock.
Pour melted lard over the top of the
meat to preserve It.
Drllrlona Hire I'mlillna.
Take two quarts of sweet milk, two
heaping tabicspoonfiils of rhv. a tea
cup of raisins, a lltle salt und sugar
to suit the taste; grate In nlnmt half
a nutmeg, stir all together cold, put
Into the oven and bake slowly for
altout two Incurs, or until It become
creamy. It Is best eaten cold.
Transparrnt Apple.
Pare twelve large apples and sim
mer tlicm till soft In enough water to
cover them. Ilp them out, being
careful not to break them. Add to
the water a pound of sugar, two lem
ons and two oranges, sliced. As soon
as It thickens, put back the apple
and simmer till clear.
istilrr I'oivr,
Make a good biscuit dough, and roll
aliout three-quarters of an Inch thick,
spread over this thin slices of apples,
roll up, tie In a pudding-cloth and
steam ono hour and a half. Serve with
hard sauce flavored with viiuilla.
Rulrs for Baklna;.
Beans, eight to ten hours.
Bolls, ten to fifteen minutes.
Graham gems, thirty minutes.
Cookies, ten to fifteen minutes.
Custards, fifteen to twenty minutes.
Duck, tame, forty to sixty minutes.
Biscuits, fifteen to twenty minutes.
Pie crust, thirty to forty minutes.
Cake, plain, twenty to forty minutes.
Lamb, rare, per suud, ten minutes.
Pudding, plum, two to three hours.
Fish, per pound, ten to fifteen min
utes. Gingerbread, twenty to thirty min
utes. Potatoes, thirty to forty-five min
utes. Cake, sponge, forty-five to sixty min
utes. Bread, brick loaf, forty to sixty
minutes.
Halibut, per pound, fifteen to twenty
minutes.
Lamb, well done, per puund, fifteen
minutes.
Pork, well done, per pound, thirty
minute.
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Other Stoves
FailtoDo
In almost every hnitre there U
mom that the hrst from the
other stove or (urnc 111 to
mrh. It iii v be a room on
the "wenthrr" able, or one having no best
i-,inn...-iinn. It ma Ix a cold lullwar. No mat
ter iu wht part of the limie whellirr room of
hallwav it ran soon be made uug and coy with
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TTnllfc ordinary oil heaters the Perfection glvra satisfaction
alwsv. First and foremort it i absolutely fe yon ennot
turn tha witk loo hieil or too low. Give intrude hat Without
moke or smell becu Kpilpied with ainokcle device.
Ian be easily carrim from room to room, a t
to nprrnle a lamp. Ornamental a writ as useful.
Mud in two flnishr nickel and Uiwii. lira oil fount
beautifully embossed. Hold 4 quart of nit and burnt 9
hour. There' real satisfaction til a Perfection till Heater.
Kverr heater warranted. If not t your dealer's writ our ,
nearest agency for descriptive circular
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ImptnTrtt hnrarr. M1 sf hrau Ihrnnglioill ! Blrlirl plslnl.
hvrry Ismp wsrtnuir.1. Sullal'l lur ltliry, itlntiig nium,
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STAND AH U OIL COMPANY
1
A
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Btaar a 1m Hare.
When, a few year ago, omsne In
an Idle Jest worded an advertisement
for a housemaid saying that the ad
vertiser would and could give "refer
ence we all laughed and thought
It too funny to lie true. Hut It was
prophetic, Heceutly lu the newuier
of a auburbaii city nn advertisement np-iM-nred
for a cHk aud a hoiiveinald, and
the one In want of the servant added
lu a manner unmistakably meant to Iw
lersnalve "first change In ten years."
Itut who among 11 feel like laughing
nowT lttither It I tcrlng In It ef
fect upon us, since It but tells In one
more way a story Unit Is vexing and
perplexing thousands of housekeeper
In the State. Hoston Transcript.
Be war of Olotnwot tor Catarrh, that
Contain Mercury
aiTncremy will surtlT deatroy tha ni ot
autell and Riiilnlly ilaru 111 whula aya
Isiu aui'B anUtrltiff li turuusli lha) muC'Ui
aurfsi-ea Surti srlii-loaaitouliTnavnr bd uai-d
axi-vtiton praaorlptii'iia (rout rouialila liv
ah tu,sa ihaliitsif lhajr arllUlola ln IcM
In i.iks1 you can (luaatuiy iturlvtlrom tham.
Hall a I atarrli 1 urn, inanula. lurt.l .y K. J,
I butiy A i o.,Ttlu,to.ii..c,,utaliiattttitvri-ury,
ami la taken Inieruslly, ai-iliig iltn-ctly Uiii
the IUkm1 ami mucvua aur(at-a ul tho aiatem.
In buyliiar HsH'a ( alarrh Curt Im, niro yuu si'l
tho s n u ina. ll la !aen liilvnially, snd ins-la
lu 1- l.-.l... Uhtu, by Y. . I l.oui-jr A Cu. 'laU
luunlala frro.
fclil l.y I'ruKitl.u, frlp"1c. -r bold.
lioll'i Fauili J I'lUa aia Iho boat. f
ConflrnilnM1 th Popular Impresalnn.
"Minnie," an Id tlw young nmn, whose
heart" wns tlinmplni vlulent'y, "do you
know lh.it everybody cr--iay say
Unit we we ars viigsgeilY'
"I upimik. IlarolJ," shs answprod, j
"everybody thinks that that w ought '
to lie by this time.
After Hint it wasn't long ULlil every
bodv know It.
In Ireland there are 211.0(10 widow, a
euinvarcd with only BS.tMX) widowor.
Ill Own Maaalarlara.
Sir Wllllani Ualley "played this off.
aa he expressed It, at a dinner at which
the late t'nrdtntil Vaughnn sat near to
him. "Where did you got that bit of
history fmtiiT" the cardinal asked. "I
didn't get it from anywhere." Sir Will
lain answered. "I make history a I
go on." Manchester Guardian.
Worth Knowing.
That Allcoek'a I'lnntura are the hlgheit
rr.Milt ofntedirsl cii'iitf nnd kill niKt hi in
gmtleitia slid in, tleul Iimvo never been eipi
nlod, 't'litit itiey nro the iirtintl nnd genuine)
po mm plnoters upon wliow n iult.oii toil
tntora tisde.
Tlint they iiover fnlt to perfnrm tbnlr rein
nllnl work ipuekly and llo lunllv.
'Unit fur Wink llm k, Itlieuiiinli'-ni, Tul-U
Lung Trouble, rUmina nnd all Us'id I am
they are iuvulunlile.
Tnnl when you buy Allcork's l'limtcra
you uli.oin tlic'ls'at plnatuia liindv.
Van Have ea Thorn,
First flat Uweller Those people
over there are always klit.lag ou the
meal.
Second Ditto Then why don't they
nioveT
r'lrst Kbit Ilweller They're tho kind
that would rather kick thuii eat De
troit I'rce Press.
Ilnahnrd.
Church A man nwiitly paid JldO.nnr)
or a ( in tho New York Slock Ex
change. G.pilmm And did he got It?
't. yes, ho got It."
'That' all right, then. I'll bet I've
paid more than that In tny lifetime for
seats In the atreet cars that I never got."
Yonkers Hlaleamnn.
It I officially roportod Hint tho growing
of cotton In Went Africa has been very
successful.
SfflN DISEASES
HUMORS IN THE. DLOOD
When the Hood is pure, fresh nnd healthy, the skin will he soft, smooth
nnd free from blemishes, but when some ncicl liuumr takes root in the circu
lation its presence is manifested by a Bkin eruption or disease. These
humors pet into the blood, generally because of art inactive or ultiKgi.sh,
condition of the mcmliers of the body whose duty it is to collect nnd carry
off the waste and refuse jnattcrof the system. This unhealthy matter is kit
to sour nnd ferment and soon the circulation becomes charged with the ncid
poison. The blood begins to throw off tlie humors nnd acids through the
pores nnd glands of the skin, producing Eczema, Acne, Tetter, 1'soriasis,
Salt Rhcur.1 nnd si: in eruptions of various kinds. Ikzema appears, usual!
with a slight redness of tlie skin followed by pustules from which there
flows a sticky fluid that dries and forms a crust, nnd the itching is Intense.
It is generally on the back, breast, face, nrms nnd legs, though other ports
of the body r.iay be affected. In Tetter the skin dries, cracks and bleeds;
the ncid in the blood dries up the natural oils of the skin, which are intended
to keep it soft nnd pliant, causing n dry, feverish condition and giving it a
hard, leathery nppearance. Acne makes its appearance on the face iu tho
XeuArMwItHEesnBafifferty f"rm- t ,lm,,c? ""'1 heads, while
year and could find nothtn- to I sonasis comes in scaly patches on differ
our me until I tried 8. B. 8. I cut parts of the body One of the worst
suffered latonaoly with the Itch- ' , .. . ,J, .
In and turnlnKi postulos would forms of skin -trouble IS Salt Rheum;
?.rl? 'n5.'wl'lc? ther? .flowed its favorite point of attack is the scalp,
etloky fluid; oruBta would oomo on ,. 1 . , ,, V, V
the lxln aud when oratohod off sometimes causing baldness. Toison Oa!t
thokinwaaI"ftarawaeploco and Ivy are nhio disagreeable types of ski:i
or beef. I auliorod ajrony la the ..,. . . . . , ,
lornr year I wa ouiioted, but disease. The humor producing the trouble
wnon i nu n. b. o. i louna ir- lies dormant in the blood through the
foot euro. There lias nevor boen -iir:. , . , . b" .,
"""ti f picuK oui. aim lormcni inc
sufferer with the return of Spring. The best
treatment for nil skin diseases is S. S. S.
It neutralizes the acids and removes the
humors so that the skin instead of being
irritated nnd diseased, is nourished by a
supply of fresh, healthy blood. External
applications of salves, washes, lotions, etc.,
while they soothe the itching caused by
skin affections, can never cure the trouble
because they do not reach the blood. S. S. S. goes down into the circulation
nnd forces out every particle of foreign matter and restores the blood to its
normal, pure condition, thereby permanently curing every form of Bkin
affection. Hook on Skin Diseases nnd any medical advice desired sent free
to all who write. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class drug stores.
IKE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. CAm
any roturn of the trouble.
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