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the salt Is the brine, that Is n solvent of mineral matters in the soil, and thus helps the quince tree. Feeding the Work Horse. A Bank Greenhouse. Where the "lay” of the laud is favor able. a very convenient greenhouse or forcing house can be constructed after the plan shown in the accoinpauyiny illustration. The basement is carried into the btlnk only far enough to give room for a heating apparatus and the storing of necessary fuel. The green house floor is partly below the surface, the walls here, as well as in the case of the basement, being laid up with In feding the working horse I would feed corn and oats, equal parts, either ground or whole, and if convenient change from marsh bay to clover. Corn meal should not be fed without some dllutent. The bran of oats is sufficient to prevent it becoming a pasty mass in the stomach. If meal is not mixed with ground oats or with bran, it should be fed with dampened cut bay or cut sheaf oats With a ration of corn, oats and timothy hay or marsh hay. either bran or oil meal or sprouts should be added, say six pounds of bran a day. or if oil meal two pounds a day, or three to five pounds of sprouts. If fed in the ear. corn may be fed three times a day, with oats and bran added at noon and night, with less corn. A good day's feed for a l.LW-pound horse is 14 pounds of hay, 10 pounds of corn meal. (i pounds of oats and 6 of bran. In place of bran one may use two pounds of oil meal. If he feeds clover hay he dues not need either bran or oil meal. Corn should never lie omitted from the ration of a horse at hard work, just as meat is essential in the food for laboring men. I once knew a teamster hauling gravel to say that ten ears of corn at a feed (thirty ears a day) did not keep his horses up. He was told to quit counting corn, ami feed with a scoop shovel. This he did. anil stopped losing flesh. This was, of course, in the severest kind of work, loug continued.—Rural New Yorker. Laine the Land. rough field stones. The entrance is at the further eud. steps down from the doorway to the greenhouse floor being provided. Such a building will be ex ceedingly warm in winter, not only be cause of the earth bank, but because heat cnn be generated and sent to a floor above much more readily than it can be generated upon and diffused over a single floor.—American Agricul turist. Farm Economy. Profits on the farm are much greater when the averages for several years are compared, as each year must bear its proportion of expense, and a failure to secure a profit this year may not be a loss, because there may be a corre sponding reduction of expense next year. Nor must we overlook the ad vantage of the opportunity offered the farmer of selling his own labor in the form of some product. Where a farm er makes only a small profit, but has derived a fair sum for the labor he per sonally bestowed, his gain is greater than the actual profit. The farm has increased in value as the labor or manure or other accretion has failed to yield a reasonable cash profit. On the farm the item of labor must be consid ered according to its actual cost as an expenditure. Though the labor of the farmer himself is an item of cost, and must be paid for. yet he pays it to him self, and it really is profit because of the employment secured by him on the farm. For that reason a small farm, or a small flock or herd, will always pay more, in proportion to expense incurred, than larger areas or an increase of stock.—Grange Homes. A Wiiiter Feed Cooker. Warm mashes are desirable for fowls and hogs in winter. To cook the food with but little labor, take half a barrel and set it in a grocery box. filling in about it with chaff. Make two covers, one to fit inside the barrel, the other to shut tightly down over the box. Put in the meal and wet it soft with one or more pails of boiling water. Do this at night and close tightly. The mass will cook all night long and be nice and Lime is not used as much as former ly, and yet it is one of the most essen tial substances entering into the com position of plants. It is not only plant food, but it exerts a chemical effect on the soil, which brings into use other materials widen are beyond the capaci ty of plants to reduce. When green food is turned under, lime will be found a valuable adjunct, as it combines with them. It is a heavy substance and has a tendency to go down, hence, if broad casted on tlie surface of a field, it will sooner or later be within the reach of plants. Some lime that has been air slacked until it is fine is better than any other form, and that from the gas works (mostly sulphites and sulphides) should not be procured. Every farm should be limed occasionally, as the benefit is sure to be much more than the cost and no harm can result. Cures a Horse's Rheumatism, Horses troubled with rheumatism have been treated successfully with Turkish baths. Trainer Patterson gave Hamburg one a few weeks ago and the king of 2-year-olds came out of the bath as supple as a youngster. The Sparrows Destroying Grapes. It is becoming extremely difficult near cities to grow and ripen grapes, because of the attacks of sparrows on this fruit so soon as it begins to color. Fortunately this pest does not go far from cities and large villages, where it finds plenty of feed scattered in the streets, and where the warmth from city houses affords it partial shelter. But we have learned enough al>out the habits of the sparrow to know that it is a pest that should be destroyed wherever seen. In England thousands of boys are employed to watch grain fields and drive the sparrows away. But even after all this care millions of dollars' worth of grain is destroyed by them every year.—Exchange. Barreling Pork. When the time for putting up pork approaches the barrels for that purpose should be got out of the cellar and thor oughly scalded. No beef barrel should ever be used for |>ork, for no matter how thorough the scalding ft gets, some germs will remain and taint the pork. Where j>ork has been kept in good con dition the brine is often used a second time, after thoroughly boiling ft and skimming off the refuse so long as any appears. But It is perhaps better to use the pork brine as a fertiliier for quince trees. [Hitting one or two quarts only around each tree. There is much nutri tion taken from lean pork by the brine when the pork is salted, and this is ex cellent fertiliser for the quince. As for A scheme to increase the efficiency of oil to still the waves of the ocean in a storm has been thought out by Wil liam Guthrie, of Chicago. His notion is baaed on the argument that if oil has a pacifying effect when distributed on the water in the immediate neighbor hood of the ship in trouble, it« effect would be magnified if the oil could be applied at a distance all about the ship, thus creating a calm circle, in which the ship could ride in safety until the storm had spent its fury. His proposi tion is to shoot saturated sponges or cot ton from a pneumatic gun, that being preferable to a powder gun, as there would be no danger of igniting the oil- soaked sponge. Some people interested in shipping have been impressed with the idea and application is to be made to congress for an appropriation to test its efficiency. An Air Cushion the Latest Scheme ts Prevent injury If the Cur Falls. The elevator is a labor and time sav ing device in such comiiit.il use that no consideration should stand in the way of reiluciujt to )g 1. a minimum f he element of danger. Yet accidents occur so frequently that it would seem as if progress t o w a r d safety had stopped. Only in very rare cases does a ear "drop.” This could happen only if all the cables support- Ing it should part. In the great major ity of accidents the car "runs away.” or gets beyond the control of the ope rator. and nothing can prevent disas ter but an automat ic device which will stop the ear gradu ally. No such de vice which can be 111 VIST absolutely depend ed upon is now in In the publication of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, Professor Roent gen has an article >n which he confirms the observation of Dr. Brandes that it is possible to make the X-rays visible to the eye. KNOCK HI) OCT. It knocks out all calculations of attend ing to business in the right way for a day when we wake up in the morning sore and stiff. The disappointment lies in going to M a n u facturers bed all right and waking up all wrong. re unanimous in There is a short and sure way out of it. (Io declaring the aver to bed after a good rub with St. Jacobs Oil and you wake up all right; soreness and age "elevator man” stiff ness all gone. So sure is this, that men 1 or "boy” is ineapa- much exposed in changeful weather keep lu JI fob bIe of properly “Pe- a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night to make sure of going to work in good nx. ei . evatous . rating an elevator. No elevator is simple. The passenger does not see and could not understand the complicated mechanism necessary to its working. Yet these delicate ma chines are often placed in charge of ig norant boys or men whose qualifica tions are limited to a superficial under standing of the working power and safety devices. The engineer of a locomotive must pass a severe examination and serve an apprenticeship before he is intrust ed with the lives of passengers, and even gripmen and motormen operate their ears for a long time under the eye of an experienced man. 2k 16-year-old engineer or motorman would never be employed. It is suggested that cars should be placed in charge only of men who are old enough to be clear-headed, who have passed a suitable examina tion as to knowledge and general fit ness. A scheme which is in use in a few buildings and has given good satisfac tion is an air cushion in the bottom of the shaft. The lower part of the shaft for a distance of several feet Is made air tight. When a falling car drops into tills “tube" the air below it acts as a cushion, and the stop is made gradual by the escn[>e of the air around the sliles of the ear. For experiment n car has been dropped repeatedly 125 feet Into one of these cushions, and stop page was not of sufficient abruptnei 'SS to break eggs on the car floor. A floral curiosity is on exhibition in the Temple Gardens, London. It is a ! $5,000 orchid from Venezuela. It has h white flower which in shape resem bles a sea-gull with outspread wings. THE PURSUIT OF If a beef breed of cattle is preferred make beef production a specialty, and not look upon cows of such breeds to be perfect as producers of milk and but ter. There may be a few good butter <ows among the beef-producing breeds, but where a certain article is desired it should be the prime object. If milk- and butter are specialties the breeds used should be those that excel in those products. Too many good points can not be had in cows. Each cow will ex cel in one line only, and should be made to do duty where the most profitable. Clover Meal. Clover hay is now on the market in the form of clover meal. It is scalded and used for calves, but finds more favor with those who feed pigs. It be ing found excellent as an addition to skim milk. The clover meal, if scalded, la-comes soft and swells and has been found very wholesome and nutritious, as well as highly relished by young stock. No Alderney», Farmers and da'rymen are not as particular in making known their goods in a manner to impress the fact that they thoroughly understand their calling. “Alderney milk” is a frequent sign on milk wagons, says the Philadel phia Record, yet there Is no such arti cle. as there is not an Alderney cow in the United States. “Durham" cat.tle is used for designating the shorthorns, although the term is one that does not now apply to any particular breed. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the only tough medicine used in my house.—D. C. Albright, Miminburg, Pa., Dec. 11, ’95. Diamonds have been discovered, in rare instances, in the meteoric stones which have fallen to the earth. ••King Solomon’s Treasure,” only Aphrodisiacs) Tonic known. (Hee Dictionary.) |r>.00 a box, 3 weeks’ treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Bon 717, Philadelphia, l'a. In every mile of railway there are leven feet four inches not covered by the rails, the space left for expansion. ¡ The number of stars pictured on the latest English and German photo graphic atlasses is about 68,000,000. There are no rats, mice or cats in Fanta Fe, N. M. The air there is too rarified for them to exist. YOUNG WOMANHOOD. The Jack Rabbit. The Balt Spider. What is known as the raft spider Is High Priced Rams. the largest of the British species. It A merino ram sold for $8,000 at Syd receives Its name from the fact that it ney, and at other points in Australia constructs a raft of dried leaves and from S2.000 to W.000 have been paid rubbish united by threads of silk, and for rams. These prices are high, hut thus pursues Its prey on the water. the sheep breeders did not make any The wind has a great deal to do with considerable profit until they began t* making the weather—vs ne. buy th* best rams in other countries. MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO. Walter Baker & Co.’s Breakfast COCOA Pure, Delicious, Nutritious. Costs less than ONE CENT a cup. Be sure that the package bears our Trade Mark. Walter Baker & Co. Limited, Dorchester, Mass. (E,tabii,hed 1780?) OWER P ...FOR... PROFIT •: Power that will save you money and make you money. Hercules Engines are the cheapest power known. Burn Gasoline or Distillate Oil; uo smoke, tire, or dirt. For pumping, running dairy or farm machinery, they have no equal. Automatic in action, perfectly safe and reliable. Send fur illustrated catalog. Sweet young girls I IIow often they develop into worn, listless, andhopeless women because mother has not. im pressed upon them the Importan -e of attending to physical development. No woman is exempt from physical tveakness and periodical pain, and young girls just budding in to woman hood should be guided physically as well as morally. If you know of any young lady who is sick and needs moth erly advice, ask her to ad dress Mrs. Pink ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell every detail of her symptoms, surroundings aud occu pation. She will get advice from a source that has no rival in experience of wo men's ills. Tell her to keep nothing 1 back. Her Iler story will be told to a wo I man, not to a man. She need not hesi 1 tate in stating details that she may not wish to mention, but which are L essential to a full understanding of her case, and if she is frank, help is certain to corne come I * r j cr Hercules Special <>■ I u <>• J * < *' (2)4 actual horsepower) Bay St., San Francisco, Cal. Price, only $185. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED Bv local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure dealness, and that is bv constitu tional remedies. Deafness is can, ■<! by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed vou have a rumbling sound or imperfect bear ing, aud n hen it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can he take....... ill and tills tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will lie destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing tint an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cored by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars; free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family I'illB are the best. ft free Book for Men Person. Who Are Magnetised. Recent French experiments have de veloped the curious and unexpected fact that certain persons possess a magnetic polarity—that is, they act as magnets, having north and south poles. Such a person, when completely undressed and placed near a sensitive galvanome ter, will, when turned on a vertical axis, cause a tieflection first in one di rection and then in the opposite, just as a magnet would. All persons do not possess this polarity. Professor Mu- rani, an Italian, upon whom the experi ment was tried, exhibited this phenom enon, and it is was found that his breast corresponded to a north pole anil his back to a south pole. For men who have wasted their vigor and youthful energy, who feel slow, stupid and weak. For young men, middle-aged and old men who would like to be stronger, Dr. Sanden offers free a book that is worth tl,000 to any weak man. It tell« and proves bv hundreds of grateful lettershow DR. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC BELT restores the obi snap, the vim, the vigor. 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Kansas dealers in hides hdve at length awakened to the fact that jack rabbit hides, known in commerce as American hare pelts, are in great de mand In the Eastern market, and no tices similar to the following are ap pearing in many papers throughout the State: “We will buy nicely handled cased jack rabbit skins at 3 cents each; open ed or damaged, half price: culls anil pieces 3 cents a pound; cottontails at 514 cents a pound. Must l>e perfectly dry and free of meat.” The skins of the jack rabbits are used for making hats. The best qual ity of hats, says the New York Tinies, are made from fur, and the fur has heretofore been obtained from Aus tralia, where the rabbits are success fully disputing the [fossession of the country with the human inhabitants. Address: Benjamin Bissell, who lives near Ballston Spa., N. Y., says he has voted for eighteen presidential candidates, not one of whom w as elected. I perfect globe and the association foot ball Is perfectly round. The intercol legiate foot-ball is the only one which can be [►¡eked up and carried. Better cut these rules out. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “ PITCHER'S CAS TORIA,” 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 CASTOR IA ” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you 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. Match 8, 1897, SAMUEL PITCHER, M.Du tured by the P a < ific C oast syrup C o . All gen uine "Tea Garden brine” have the manufac turer’s name lithographed on every can. THESE CAUSE LOTS OF TROUBLE. Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers’; take out the ticket (brown ticket in every package of baking powder; yellow ticket in tire tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st. Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket; after that only one word for every ticket. If only one person finds the word, that person gets f 2000.00; if several find it, f2000 00 will be equally divided among :hem. Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one envelope will receive an 189S pocket calendar—no advertising on it. These creeping babies and pocket calendars will be dilkient bum the ones offered in the last contest. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word “CASTORIA,” and “ PITCHER’S CA6TORIA,” as our Trade Mark. TAKING A TURKISH BATH. While it is well understood that salt is not a manure, it is so good a solvent of other minerals that where they ex ist in the soil it may always be used with advantage We have often ad vised farmers to apply both potash and phosphate to apple orchards. But if this is done every year It is probable that some of these minerals revert to an insoluble condition. Whenever the apple trees set full for bearing it will pay while giving the usual annual dressing of potash and phosphate to add some salt to it, which will lie much cheaper and probably more effective than supplying directly the minerals w filch the salt will indirectly furnish.— Exchange. What is the missing word?—not SAFE, although Schilling'* Bf^t baking powder and tea are safe. HAPPINESS. Three kinds of footballs are used All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very by foot-ball players. The official inter light colored and of heavy body, is made from collegiate foot-ball is an ellipse. That flucose. “7’ ai Garden brine” is made from ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is tor sale used in the Gaelic game is almost a by tirst-class grocers, m cans only. Manufac Salt for Apple Orchards. Sc/u77ings Best baking penvder and tea are --------------------- because they are money-back. If you look at the map you will find that the mountain chains of the Old World lie east and west, while those of the New World lie north and south. The Intercollegiate, the Gaelic and the Association Footballs. rheumatism had disappeared. He sub sequently led his field under the wire. The contest ends December 31st. When the Declaration of Independence as serted man's right to this, it enunciated an immortal truth. The bilious sufferer is on the road to happiness when he begins to take Hos tetter’s Billers, the most efficacious regulator 01 the liver in existence. Equally reliable is it In chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidnev trouble ami nervousness. Use it regularly and not at odd intervals. THREE NOW USED. Beef and Butter Breeds warm for feeding in the morning.— Orange Judd Farmer. To Btlll the Ocean'« Wave«. DEFECTS IN ELEVATORS. P ortland . O r . Catalogue Free ILLUSTRATED CATALOGS FREE Buell Lamberson 180 FP.ONT ST P ortland . O r . fhr tracing and locating Gold or RUv«r lost or burled treaaurea. M. D. RODS Ore. FOWLER, Box W7,Southington, Coon N. P. N. U<_ Ne. 51, *BT. HEN writing to advertiser«. pieaee mention thl« papar. W