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VARIOUS FARM NOTES. SAVING CORN-FODDER. Every farmer knows the value of corn-fodder, though many are very wasteful of it. In a large proportion of cases, where no danger of frost is antic ipated, the stalks of corn wjth their foliage remain on the hill till the ears are plucked, when cattle are turned in the field to eat the leaves and nubbins. Of course, those leaves that have been frozen and thawed, torn and scattered by the wind, are of little value to Block. A more excellent practice is observed when there is fear from frost, that of cuttint? up the stalks of corn and put ting them into shooks. Many farmers protect their corn-fodder in this way, even if they have no fear of the frost injuring the ears. In New England and some portions of the middle states it is the general practice to cut the stalks just above where the ear is joined, some time before the corn is ripe. These stalks are cured, bound in bundles, and housed or stacked. It is held that corn ripens better when the stalk and leaves are taken away, and that the fodder is of much greater value. In the south where the stalks are very large, too large in fact, to save, and where hay is scarce, it is very common to strip the leaves from the stalks by hand, cure them, and tio them in bundles for conven ience in handling. This work is usual ly done by old people and children. These dried leaves are relished by stock of all kinds, and from the dainty to the tit-bit of stock diet. Southern farmers think it pays to preserve com fodder in this way. UTILIZING BONES. It is only within a few years that farmers have used bones in any form as manure. The fact that they were of great value was first shown by European chemists. Since then bones have been sought in every portion of the earth, taken to those regions where agriculture is more advanced, ground up or treated with acids. In this country the bones of buffaloes have been collected on all the great prairies of the distant west. The English have scoured the great plains of South America to procure bones, and have even rifled the tombs of theanoient Egyptian for the same purpose. A large proportion of the bones collected in this and other cities are sent to England to be used manure. Many are also used in the east, where their worth is better ap predated. It is very difficult to pulverize bones f by any other than expensive machinery. It is to be regretted that there is no simple process for reducing them to veiy small pieces. Only thin bones or those that have been made brittle by fire or exposure can be easily crushed. There is economy in burying large bones, especially skulls, in holes where grapes are to be planted. All bones may be softened by covering them, in a suitable place, with wood ashes, made slightly moist, or by putting diem in heaps with fresh horse dung. After being treated in this way for a few weeks they become quite soft, and may be crushed by a heavy blow. There is no better manure for grass, turnips, beans, and pears. several days’ time next year, as well as in subsequent years. NURSERIES OF WEEDS. Farmers who tend their cultivated land with a good deal of care, and have most of the remainder of their land in grain or grass, are often astonished at the way weeds multiply on their farms. They do not see where the seeds come from that produce such abundant crops every year. Some of them seem to have the idea that the weeds come up whether the seeds are sown nr not, They seem to forget that there are other places where weeds may grow except or culti vated grain fields ; that their sc jds are endowed with remarkable vitality, and that many of them are provided with wings that they can navigate the air. The fact of the matter is, nearly every farmer has several nurseries of weeds on or about their places. Often there is a nursery on each side of a grain, corn, or potato field, jast between it and the fence. The preduot of it strangles these, and is distributed over the farm by the wind and other agencies. Between the outer fence and the road tt re is another large and long nursery where the vilest sorts of weeds grow unmolested. If farmers would only give attention to these places, mowing and burning the weeds before they mature, they would save a great amount of work the next season, and raise larger and bettor crops. Rabbits as Dogs, but Turtles is In sects.—During an address of welcome at Concord, Mass., last Tuesday to the members of the Essex Institute of Sa lem, Judge E. R. Hoar related the fol lowing incident as the only lesson he ever received in natural history: While traveling in England he happened to be in a carriage with a lady who .carried a pet rabbit, which the guard declared could not be allowed in the passenger car. Thereupon a gentleman present drew a turtle from his pocket, saying that he (the guard) would not think of rejecting that, and that the rabbit had as much right to its place as the turtle. The guard went to headquarters to have the question settled, and return ing, said: “ Gats is dogs, rabbits is dogs, but turtles iB insects, and they go free; but rabbits must pay." T HIS paper Is printed with lok made by G. B. Kane & CD.. Ill Dearborn btieel, Chicago, mod lor sale by us In large or small qnantiti-s. SOU. * KWaPAPER UNION, Nashville. Tern). DOORS A MONTH —Age ts watred every where - Dullness honorab o and first Claw Particulars sent tree. Ad- diets WORTH ds CO., JSt Louis, Mo. or part of your time, ir.a cor fe male. A iare tliance to make money. En tirely near, circular free. NORTH «v KNTF.RN MJPPLVi « Pan Y,.66 W. Ltke at.Chicago,III. for yon. Bells »t sight. Our Meats coin money. Wo have work aud moue- for all men or women boys or girls wbo:e or snare time, neud stuuip for I*-'- " *• O'r ;.i*U6. Adurct£ rrani Qlnck. New Ei ■dfttrd. Mast. PENNSYLVANIA try Aomlcmy, Chenier. Pit. Opens S»ni civil linuiLeerlng.iliCi laatlc*, V uglish ami apply 10 For circu ais ATT, President. P SYtillOHANOYj or Soul Clinrinlug" How cl.her sex may fascinate and gain the love and affections of any per ion they choot-e Instantly Th u art all ctn powers, free oy m H.lUosntsrto- f ether with a Marriage Guide. Egyptian OrRcie; •reams, Hints to Ladles, Ac. IjOuu,uno sold, a queer book. Address T. WILLI v.M.-i A CO., Pub lishers Pni’adelpbla, Pa. BLINDS VARNISH WANTED! A OK NTS FOR Til K bestselling Pilze l ack- ageititheworld. itcon .. loins I ft sheets ' nper, 15 hnve opes,go denpen pen holder,pencil, pat ent Yard measure ami a P.eceor Jewelry. Single package, w 1;h elegant r r ze, post-paid, It5 ets. ci. r- cular free. bBink&i'o. IGU Broadway, New York • MOWING-MACHINE OBSTRUCTIONS. Every year in harvesting the grass crop the mowing maohine meets with more or less obstrnotions. Among them may be mentioned stones, stumps, knolls, tassoeks of grass. Many acci dents, both to the machine and the driver, happen from contact with these obstructions, some of which have given trouble for a number of years, and whose location is forgotten at the time the ma chine iB brought into use. Mc.’e ma chines are injured by obstruction than by cutting grass. It is a serious thing to injure a machine in the time of hay. harvest, not only on account of the ex pense of repairs, but on account of the loss in time. The beet time to remove these De structions is just after the field is cleared of grass. If the mowing machine does not find trouble in passing over them it is Kkely that the horse rake will. If these causes of obstruction can not be readily seen after the field is oleared the spots where they are should be marked byastiok. As soon as haying is over the obstructions should be removed. Stones should be hauled away; bushes and stomps be dug out, and kboIIs and tassoeks be leveled down. A day spent in this way may be the means of saving —To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us; when we succeed, it be trays us. Officers and soldiers who served in yyjI'Q ^|p£ AsplemldNxwlllus'rated ,0)K IN THE lie ttuth' r’s o *n So years’ life and thriltiog ulvent res among tnd ans, lu bortle. war., ran UirQT hunting wllu an mala, e c. The ■ Hn TV Ltf I best nud only new and complete boot on the wild Fax W ust. Heats n> thing to tell. AUUNTS WANTKD. F. A. Hutchinson & Co., Cincinnati, O. KOVKLTY SHOES, Wood and leather combined keep the feet dry. Save Hia'tb, rnve Money Manufactured by newly Invent’d fcac.lnery. -amples sent by mail po t paid for 7;c. to fl.80 per pair, Active men m-ke money telling them, send for free ilJust ti led clicjUr to AMERICAN NOVELTY SHOE Du., Meadvllle, P». work In the Talent Office, Washing ton, D C. and has proved to be tbe best. 19 sizes made. Prices lower than any other first-class Wheel. Pamphlet free. N.F.BCRNHaM, York. Pa. TRY ELAINE LAMP OIL. Safe, Brilliant, and Cheap* AGENTS WANTED" For the best, obtapent and fastest selling Bible i ver published -enl to-our extra terms o.gents National publi-hjnu io, e>t. Lorn?.mo. This new Truss is worn with pernc. comiurt night and day. Adapts Itself to evety motion of the body, retaining Rupture under tbe baldest exercise nr se verest strain until per manently cured. Bold cheap oy the Elastic Trass Go., _ llrosiiwnjf, New York City. Sent by mall. tail or send for circular and be cnreif. UAUTION—NMT'OE—TheGKNUINE EDITION L IFK AND I,a KORN OF lyiWGST O UNTIES. (Including tt.e ” LARI' JOUltNALH.”) uuroide vlvUtlg his art yean atrange ml ventures, alto the curiosities woniien and wcnl-lt or that marvelous count rv, .ml is absolutely tbe only n«w. complele work. Hence It sells, Just think, lM,OiiO lint 7 weeks. Anentg’iu«re«< would astonish >ou. more wanted -*end for terms and positive proof of genuineness HllakAKD BROS.. J\,D.. 1« W. fib St., tin., O. WYOMING MONTHLY LOTTERY A FORTUNE FOB $1. DRAWS EVERY 30 DAYS. TICKETS SI EACH.—SIX FOR $6. CAPITAL PRIZE $50,000. Legalized by authority of an act or tbe Legislature. ONE CHANCE IN FIVE. Agents wanted. Send for circulars. Address tbe manager J. M PATTEE, Laramie City, Wyoming. ,DOUBLE YOUR TRADE the arm., physicians, .otgKom, and amtoanl men and * iujj | pujoiLiauO| DUijjouuo) auu vuatuwuw and women everywhere, join in recom mending Johnson's Anodyne Liniment to be tbe best internal and external family medi cine ever invonted. That’s our experience. All the year round, Sheridan's Cav alry Condition Powders should be given to horses that are “kept up." To horses and cattle that graze in summer they should only be given in winter and spring. Asthma and Catarrh-Soe D. LangeH'sadv’t. Dr. Tail’d Improved Hair Dye Is In general nse throughout the whole country. It Is superseding all other hair dyes. SILVER TIPPED SHOES Columbus discovered America, but it bos been found that tbe only econc mlc .1 Shoes for chil dren are tbe celebrated Mil ver Tipped. Never wesrout at the toeland are worth two pairs wlthont tips. All dealers sell them. 7 raa.ln scaled packages .screw-top eons boxes or halt ebesto-flrouieri’prices.Hendforc'rcuIar.The Wells Tea Company. M button St.. N. Y„ P.O. Box 4.3G0 To People who Reason. It Is because Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient. reduces the bee 1 of the b'ood by creating pcrsplra- tlon.as welt os through I In purgative operation, that produces such marvelous ellect In frenlle diseases. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. «• Keep your head co >1 s nd your feet dry.” It has Wlwaya neon neceifary In order to< arry this out, to ► ii in the bouse and sties J our head ont of the window low pnt 01 a pair or Cable Screw Wire Boots or Shoes and walk out* GABLE SCREW wire; E VF.RV family WANTS IT. Money ht It Sold by agents. Address M. N Lovell,trie. Pa. rjOP Cobnell’s Pile Ointment.—Sold by drug- UDlj gists. Wm. H. Cornell, PropY, St. Loots, Mo. H EADACHE-A sore cure; 2ScH. Maned by A. TOBor its. Paris. Texas. -erranted agents. W i " ----- MERIDEN Manufacture all kind* of Table cutlery. Exclusive makers of tbe “PAT1CNT IVORY” or Celluloid “nlte The most durable WHIT* HANDLE known. Original makers of the HARD KUU- BKK HANDLE, Always call for -’Trade Matk”MEHI DEN CUTLERY cO.. on the ariautej and fold by all dealers In Cut lery Atd by the MERIDEN lUf'LERY CO , 40 Chambers Street* New York. A FORTUNE FOR SI. LEGALLY AUTHORIZED. TEXAS GIFT CONCERT ASSOCIATION OE DEMI BON, TEXAB, WILL 01VK A SECOND GRAND GIFT CONCERT, In aid of a Masonic and I. 0. O. F. Temple, SEPT. 22, 1875. First Capital Gift, . . $90,000 Second Capital Gift, . $20,000 Besides Gifts in proportion amounting in all to $250,000.00 LOWEST GIFT TO A WHOLE TICKET, $50. Price of a Whole Ticket, $5, which consists of five $1 Coupons.; Coupon Tickets, $1, Which will entitle the holder to admission to the Grand Concert and to one-fifth of whatever gift may be awarded to tbe whole ticket number. Responsible agents wanted. All orders for tickets lent direct promptly filled. Oiren'srs, Papers, etc., giving full particulars sent free. In writing, be sure and sign ycur name, town, county and State In full. Order* for tickets amounting to $3 and upward sent C. 0. D„ if desired. Address all communications and make all re mittances of money to A. R. COLLINS, SECY, Denison, Texas. Better than Gold. A.Codltxb&Oo, CTjwit*. ami qggg/Te* nDIIIM CDEF,cheap qulok, private. Nopain, UrlUlfl Dr. Arustro.no, Berrien, Mich. COLT’S SEVEN SHOOTER. Send fsr illus trations, Ac. Box 19, Milan, Tonnessoe, 3 PACKAGES SEED WHEAT, Circulars of Blooded Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, Sporting Dogs, etc., senf/ree for 2 stamp*. M. P. Boyer, Porkesbnrg, Pa. A i elf acting trap, torld ont all rat and animal crea tion. Agents wanted. No troubletoselL Address JounDildinx Llm'estonevltle, Montour Co . Pa. THE ONLY POLYTECHNIC HOME 8CHOOL. «r. CLKMKHT’S HALL , Burnt CUT. Md. Five vacancies, owing to enlargement. Apply at once. It! A AaitO E per day. Send for Chr*mo Catalogue. j£lU *• 2)405. H. Burro xc’s Bows. Boston. Maas. C. W. Reed, Grocer, New M Haven, Ct. .says: Your Sea , Foam cannot be excelled north of tbe equator; for good bread »dd Hne hlarult It Is a wonder fill preparatlob." ho say ail. | I\ tuber, Flintner <ft Co.. whole i seie dealers Boston, say: “ We | take pleosnreln recommending < our heu Foam sti the bejt j jaktog powder wo ever sold." Pat! s once using It will have no other. Ito sales are Immense r jsencl for circular to Geo. F. 4 Gantz A Co. 178 Daane st. N.Y. 1*\ Cl7 St. Charles Street, St. Louis, ]&, ilas t»en tcNO«n r muosd In tbe treatment of all Yea* rcul DUeaxe*—Spormatorrbea, Sexual DtfbiJJi/ and Impo* truev—than any othi r FtmlcUn In 8t. Louis. Dr. w.' establishment is chartered br t!\o State of Missouri, if* founded and bs* been established te securo aafi?, certain and reliable relief. Being a graduate of several medi cal college and having the experience of a long amft successful 1 bln bis specialties bo bar perfected rem edies that a.o effectual In all these cases- 111« patient* sro being treated by mall or express everywhere* Ms matter who failed* call or write. From tbe great non* her of anpUcallona be Is enabled to keep bis chalet low. 30 page«t giviDf full symptoms* for two stempt* MARRIAGE GUIDE, 900 pages, a popular book ’ublch should be read byorery. body. No married pair* or persons contemplating mar. risgc, can afford to do without It. It contains the cream eg medical literature on this subject, tbe results of Dr. W.t long experience: alro the best thoughts from late work* |n £usmj« ard America. Sent scaled, postpaid furSUcta SEDICHE BEIDEBED USELESS I Vot.TA’z Elscteo IIzlth and Baud* are induro-d by fno moat eminent pliyaiciana la the worldTor tliecureofrhen- matikm, neuralRla.liVerconi- plaint, dyapepalj, kidneydi>- e*«e,»chea.paln»,nenrQuadii. ordera.fita.iemalo com plaint • nervous and general debility, and other chronic diaeases of the cheat,htod.llver. etomarh kldm-yaand blood. Book with full particulars free by Volta Bist Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. W HEN wetting to advertiser* please mention tbe name of this paper, no. 33 8.N. V. D. LASCn.I.'S SEW AISD CATAlimt REJIBnT. HstUib .tnisslK twenty year, belweea II*and deals with AHTHliA, I experimented by oom- Jbnadlnf rooU and herb. aadltthaUnx tbe am*. tclne. 1 fortunately dlaroTered a wond«f»t Vemedy end eon car. tar Asthma end CaUrrt Warrants to rell.e. Instantly to thspaltalea II. down to rest and sleep comfortaUy. Drug. Hsu ara supplied with sample pashagwkry— diitmrntlon. 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