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MRM AND WARDEN’. MIXED GRASSES. L ,l mixture of grasses for hay Lnothv, o0 meadow fescue, red top, g ! ' a "' and tall oat grass—six of the first and ten to each of acre. Thick sowing is as; per that portion for the reason a e Halit eliafiy seeds may not grow. growth of grass the Jiving requisite made must be fine, provided, fresh Good soii very evenly sown and a final light Ling after sowing, Seeding early in the spring is most advis- A dry spell following will not Ltful L if the see(i is covered in ijoht harrowing on fine soil. Love-named if grasses will not run the meadow is occasionally fer- [l Le or manured and fall.—[New is not pastured York late in the p. CAUSES OF COLIC. Le in our horses,” says an Eng- eterinarian, “is generally the re- [f Itomaeli careless or the improper horse is small feeding. and of Id, Ll, and if the horse is hungry and or is allowed to gulp dow-n a led, I- colic is the result, or if musty musty or sour feed is used, or [sh-cut Ltily grass wet with dew or rain eaten in large quantities, soften the result. The earful, htful man who feeds his horses inly rarely lias colic to contend , More frequent feeding of small is better than too much feed at See the skilful horseman on the rithhis horses tied up without ex- j. He cuts down his feed to keep irses with keen appetites. A very I overfeeding produces colie.” much cold water when the horse [ted and tired is a fruitful source blic, as is also too much green which from its succulent nature pie to undergo fermentation.— tern Agriculturist. XPKKIMEKTS IX FEEDING PIGS. i object of some experiments at the Kentucky station was to mine the relative values of shelled com meal and corncob meal for ping purposes and the length of [these feeds would produce pork nying figure. In this trial it was 1 that corn meal does not fatten ill as shelled corn. Nitrogenous produced less fieeh but a more r development than did non-ni- pious foods. The following is a summary of the results: phelled corn produces fat more I ly than other feeds tested, f bin produces fat at a cheaper Ilian other feeds tested, phelled corn produced pork at a for Oo days. C’ornmeal produced kit a profit for 63 days. < Corncob produced pork at a profit for 54 The Chester Whites fattened readily than the Tom Kinds on line quality of food. I lie nitrogenous foods produced [le gain in live weight that it may ributed to growth and not to ling. Cotton-seed meal could not be rolitably. j Much corncob meal was wasted piling L*(l. being picked over and on ni!rogenous were 80 much stronger than the r ’i‘ at they caused them serious \ " i iei1 turned out to run together. fi 1( “ nitrogenous foods tested, |>f | parts corncob meal the and cheapest.—[New ship stuff in was World. I EE 1 ) FOR POULTRY. Pen feeding fowls many persons ! ° think full of litne. YVhy a hen’s time * ,e thought of so much conse- Would l>uzzle them to tell. Jf whob corn it must be put |eh the ^ shelter fitch and thrown out by them as in their they gobble their mouths then, stretching up their > let all go down in a heap. the better way, if corn is to he :dl - to then it slowly and . “ '* 111 "fig straw, to be scratched before fill of it is found. r grain, fis heat w or oats, better than «x>rn. and fiUK thus scattered among -eason ’ -i 11 ardei mea l ' is f° used it must For the be wet to enable the chickens to eat it faster. Young chicks are often killed by wet food. It clogs in their little crops, which most need just the exer- cise that digesting whole grain would give. An unused organ soon becomes not only inactive, but unfit for action. So the dyspeptic hen becomes dumpish, and finally dies, all from the effect of unskilful feeding, Young chicks a week old will eat whole wheat, and even earlier they will eat it if broken into small, hard bits.—[Boston Culti¬ vator. MAKING AX ASPARAGUS BEp. That is if you have not one already. Every owner of a garden should have a bed large enough to afford a liberal supply of this early, palatable and wholesome vegetable. It is the earliest ' vegetable that can be grown in this climate entirely in the open air, and, if properly cooked and served, most people are fond of it. Old gardeners and writers on gardening made the di¬ rections for starting a bed so difficult of execution that most farmers, who have but little time to devote to the garden, were frightened out of au at¬ tempt to cultivate it. The ordinary directions for the pre¬ parations of garden soil for vegeta¬ bles are applicable to asparagus, namely: Make the soil deep, fine and rich. It is perhaps advisable to spade the bed rather deeper ‘ up asparagus than would be necessary for most, other vegetables, as the crown of the roots should be planted about four inches beneath the surface and the roots will penetrate to a great depth in search of appropriate food and mois¬ ture. If you follow the old direc¬ tions and trench a plot for the aspara¬ gus, throwing out from eight to twelve inches of the surface soil and then breaking up the subsoil a spade in depth, the soil will be deep enough. As you turn the surface soil carefully break up all lumps with the hack of the spade. A plot equal to a rod square will afford a liberal supply for an ordinary family when it gets well started. It is well to dig in a good dressing of tine stable manure with the surface soil, but it is not essential, for you can top dres9 the surface every au umn if you wish. After breaking up the earth for a bed make the surface fine with the steel garden rake. Then dig drills about six inches in depth, lengthwise of the bed about three feet apart. Then plant good, strong one year old plants eighteen inches apart in the rows, placing their budded crowns whence the young stalks start, about four inches below the surface level, spreading the roots out in the trench. Now cover the crowns two inches and leave the remainder of the trenches unfilled until later. The soil around the young plants will warm up much quicker and the shoots start sooner than if the trench should be filled to the surface. As the stalks grow the soil can be drawn around them until the trench is filled. Some would plant the rc s closer than three feet by eighteen inches, but au asparagus bed may stand half a century, and it will, in a few years, become a mass of roots if planted at the distances named. For the first two years you want to keep the tops growing until they attain full growth, but if seeds form cut them off, as they unnecessarily exhaust the soil. Before the ground freezes for winter cut down the tops, rake them oft'and cover the surface with rich stable manure, which may be dug in lightly in the spring, Sometimes in the second year, when occasional stalks start of good size for cooking, we have used them, but generally we do not expect much for the table until the third year. Then the larger sprouts may be cut freely when from four to eight inches high. We cut just below the surface so that ail may be tender, and we like them cooked and served with cream and butter the same as green peas. The asparagus bed may be made just as early as the ground will do to work.— [New York Herald. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Don’t depend on one crop. A fast walker is better than a fast trotter on a farm. Don't deprive yourself and family of fruits aud vegetables. At this season of the year feed the cows all that they can take care of. Much spring sickness is produced by the hearty winter diet being continued into warm weather. The Smallest American Railway. The most diminutive railroad in all Down East, according to a newspaper ex¬ change, is that owned and operated by the Monson. 3Iainc, Slate Company, run¬ ning from Junction, the company’s quarries and to Monson on the Bangor Piscataquis. This little road has a two foot gauge, is about six miles in length, and is thoroughly equipped with a lo¬ comotives, passenger, baggage and freight cars, has several stations, regular superintendent time tables and a superintendent. conductor, hag- The is also gage master, mail agent, passenger and freight brakeman, news agent and director—a regular Pooh Bah— and for performing all these otljces he gets $900 a year. Ten men constitute the entire force of the road. The trains average about 50 miles a day in summer and 35 miles in winter. The road is all down hill one way, so that a car will run from the quarries to the junction without the assistance of a locomotive. If a pas- senger misses the regular train. $5 will secure a special to carry him over the line. Last year this toy road carried 9,- 000 tons of the company’s freight to Mon¬ son Junction (6 tons to a car) for trans¬ shipment over the Bangor and Piscata quis to Bangor and points west, and 4,200 passengers, who paid $12,000 in fares, were transported at a cost of $9,000. This little road has been in operation six years, and in all 'that time no accident of any kind has occurred on its line. We jud^e it to be the smallest independent line running regular trains for both freight and passengers in Ameriea. Punctuality. This is a virtue, and certainly one upon which much of the comfort of the house dc.cn,1 iir, q ‘ Where any members , of . the , lannly . ., , have to go to office, or w-ork, or school, the chances are that necessity compels punctuality. a cer¬ tain amount of attention to The breakfast time should be fixed at an hour that amply allows for that meal to be eaten quietly. It is veryAiad for the digestive organs to swallow food in great haste, and this is made inevitable if the meal is not ready in time, or that those for whom it is intended do not respond to the sound of the bell. It is a bad thing in every wav. The breakfast table should be bright and pretty, and the members of the fam¬ ily 7 should assemble at it punctually. those Nothing is more dreary than for who have to leave immediately after the meal, to have to sit down before several empty places, and for the rest to drop in, in detachments. It breaks the harmony of family life to begin the day in this un¬ satisfactory way, and the result is so pleasant if punctuality is attended to, that it is worth the effort to attain to it. This naturally involves rising in time. Strange Sounds. In the desert of Gobi, which divides the mountainous snow-clad plateau of Thibet from the milder regions of Asia, travelers assert that they have heard sounds high up in the sky as of the clash of arms or of musical martial instruments. If travelers fall to the rear or get sep¬ arated from the caravan, they hear them¬ selves called by name. If they go after the voice that summons them they lose themselves in the desert. they hear the tramp of horses, and, taking it for that of their caravan, are drawn away and wander from the ri<jht course and become hopelessly lost. The Venetian traveler, Marco Polo, mentions these mysterious sounds, and says that they are produced by the spirits however, that haunt the desert. They are, plain otherwise explicable. On a vast the ear loses the faculty of judging direc¬ tion and distance of sounds; it fails to possess, so to speak, acoustic perspective. When a man dropped away from the car- avim his comrades cal! to him; but he cannot distinguish the direction whence their voices come, and lie goes astray after them. ^yrttp of Fig*) Produced from the laxative and nutritious juice of California fi^s, combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, acts gently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels, effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipation. The wife of a Massachusett’s minister always wears a blue dress on ^loncla^ to ni&tcb liei husband’s mood. ___ J. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., says : “ Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad case of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c. Emmeline—“Don’t you think young I)e Jones is sweet ?” Maude—“Suite 7 Yes, a perfect flat!” _ I bad calls for twelve bottles of Smith’s Tonic Svrup one day before noon, There is no chill and fever medicine that gives such good satis¬ faction.—J. A. Harwood. Corinth. Minn. Muffled voices must be very uncomfortable in hot weather. ____ Poor little child! She don’t cat well, don't sleep well, she don't look well. She needs Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyers. Papa, get her a box. ______ A man in narrow circumstances can not con- sistently expect a wide appreciation. Hood^s Sarsaparilla - Is prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, Mandtake D. ck, Juniper Berries and other well known vegeta¬ ble remedies. in such a peculiar manner as to derive the fn 11 »edi« : nsl value of each. It will cure, when in the power of medicine. Scrofula. Salt Rheum. Sores, Boils, Pimples, all Humors, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache. Indigestion, General Debility. Ca¬ tarrh. Rheumatism. Kidney and Liver Complaints. It overcomes that Tired Feeling caused by change of e imate, season or life. IOO Doses One Dollar. Turpentine. After a housekeeper fully realizes the worth of turpentine in the household, she is never willingi to relief be without a supply of it. It gives quick to burns; it is an excellent application for corns; it is good for rheumatism and sore throats. Then it is a sure preventive tv'fle against moths; by- just dropping cupboards a in the drawers, the chests and it will render garments secure from injury du 3. ng the summer. It will keep ants t» nd bugs from closets and storerooms by , putting a few drops in the corners and upon the shelves. It is sure destructior to bedbugs, and will effectually drive them away from their haunts if thor oughly applied to all the joints of thi bedstead, and injures neither furniture nor clothing. A spoonful of this added to a pail of warm water is excellent fo! cleaning paint. A small piece of paper or linen moistened with turpentine, drawers, for and put into the wardrobe or a ... 8^ d*y two three , times . Slu e or a year, is a Preventive agamst moths, ■Worthy of Trust. A tourist climbing up a mountain side doesn’t want a small, limber or rotten stick. Xo.be wants a stout staff that will bear bis whole weight, one that he can lean on in confidence, one that is worthy of trust and that will up¬ hold him should his feet slip. So an invalid, in search of health. They dislike to fall into the hands of a doctor and he experimented remedy for with. They waut to use the proper will¬ ing their ailment take medicine in the start. condition They are that only it will to on remedy make them well. Now there is one whose effect is a certainty. It has been tried and tested in thousands of instances and has never once failed. It is called Smith’s Tonic Syrup. Its principle was discovered by the eminent Dr. John Bull, of Louisville, Ky. good It is pleasant to take, and possesses all the medicinal qualities of quinine, but is fl ee from all its objectionable qualities. It will cure chills and fever when quinine fails. It will also prevent and cure colds,influenza,la and grippe, etc. Its influence is positive, it is a remedy worthy of trust. The only person w-ho is safe in Ireland is the Cove of Cork. Eric Railway. This popular Eastern Line is running solid vestibuled trains, consisting of beautiful day coaches, Pullman sleeping and dining York cars, and between Cincinnati, Chicago, New Boston. All trains run via Lake Chautauqua holding during the season, and passengers this through tickets are privileged to stop off at world-famed resort. Be sure your tickets read via N. Y., L. E. <fc W. H. It. FITS stopped free by Du. Kline’S Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits Treatise after and first $2 daj’s trial use. Marvelous cures. Arch Phila., Pa bottle free. Dr. Kline. 931 St., None equal “Tansiirs Punch" 5c. Cigar. SEVEN •IVCNTCCN SEVENTY > To cure Biliousness. Sick Headache. Constipation, Malaria. Liver Complaints, SMITH'S take the safe and certain remedy, BILE BEANS Use the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the bot¬ tle l. They are the most convenient; suit silages. Brice of either slr.e, 25 cents per bottle. If titoolllu R Q QIIVIO at 7. 17, 70; Photo-gravure, panel slzo of this picture for 4 cents (coppers or stamps). J. E. SMITH &CO.. Makers of ‘ ’Bile Beans. ’' St. Louis, Mo. ! LCataR^Yo ^LDin hea. WILL CURE i* 5 *’ aHi I CATARRH j rriopSOATnlij^j Apply Balin into each nostril. EL i BROS., 56 Warren SL. N Y. BEECH AM’S PILLS ACT LIKE MAGIC CN A WEAK STOMACH. 25 Cents a Box. OF ALL DRUCCI5TS. ( i BORE WELLS! MAKE Our Well Machines are the most MONEY! SVCCKSSFCLI I KKUABLE. DURABLK, anil They do MHUE WORK jgp' M make GREATER PROFIT. /V They FINISH Wells where v gahj, others FAII.! Any sire, 2 KL * * in' hes to 44 inches cjiameter. K*-, LGQMIS & NYMAN, Catalogue TIFFIN, OHIO. FREE! - THE ELKHART CARRIAGE & HARNESS MFC. CO $14. Tight bottom anil dash For 16 Yrars H01.KSAI.K ha.P sold to eon- f~ / same rs at W Prleeo, I bavins there ihe DKAI.OS’ t profit. Ship AXYWHKKK for exam .’nation before buying. V* Pny freight fhnrgea If not \ ’ satisfactory. 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Ct. rnanv years, and it ba» ,KH -- given the best of satia- Cincinnati ™ faction. ; , K J it. DYf'HE A CO.. I Ohio. I>. 111. Chicago, Trade Mark . St .00. Sold by Druggist*. VZ‘QCTS. A. N. U. Twenty-three, 183). the pocket containing every modern im¬ provement of merit. Our $109 watch is mi- equaled for accuracy and durability. Oar $50 watch is the great¬ est return for that amount that has ever been offered in a watch. Wchave gold' watches from $25.00 to $200.00; filled watches from $12.00 to $40.00; silver watches from $0.00 to $40.00. Don’t buy before getting our prices. Call and inspect our stock, or write us. J. P. Stevens & Bro., 47 Whitehall St. ATLANTA. [•] [•Tfl CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good, . Use in time. Sold by druggists. 7.2512731