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OB FARM AND DARDEN. TUBES BA11KED BT MICE OB RABBITS. When a tree is denuded of bark all around its recovery is hopeless. Had the trees been protected by wrapping them with old newspapers, as has so often been advised, they would have been saved. The only tiling that can be done now is to cut them off where tho bark is still sound and graft them. An excellent way to deal with mice in an orchard is to procure small blocks of wood and bore 1 1-4 inch holes in them, placing some meal mixed with tallow and rat poison in the bottom of each hole,and leave these about the or¬ chard. No other animal can reach the baits.—[New York Tin.-•s. GROW MORE PARSNIPS. The parsnip is a root generally liked, and should be always grown. If more are planted than needed for fable use the surplus makes excellent feed raw for cows or horses, or cooked, even for hogs and poultry. It is a root more easily grown than carrots, as its wider leaf when it first comes up makes it easily distinguishable in hoeing between the rows. But, even in advocacy of the parsnip, we dislike to say aught against the carrot. Both roots should be grown, and the carrot may be sown thickly, so that if some are cut out in weeding enough may be left to make a stand.—[Boston Culti¬ vator. wnr clover rs so valuable. Clover, cowpeas and other legumes have a pe culiar power of gathering plant food and especially nitrogen from natural sources. Although they contain much more nitrogen than wheat, oats and similar grains, they thrive and bring large yields where wheat will not. While their faculty for gathering nitrogen from the stores in the soil, aud especially from the air, is not yet explained, the impor¬ tant fact is that they do gather it and leave a great deal of it in the roots and stubble. Nitrogen is the costliest ingredient of fertilizers. These facts help to explain the economy of clover for manure, and why clover is so val¬ uable as a preparatory crop for wheat and other grains. Ttie above cited facts, with others, ascertained at the Connecticut Stores Agricultural Experiment Station, seem to demonstrate that the legunes such as clover, cowpeas aud lupines are especially valuable for this kind of manuring, that timothy stands next and that the grain crops leave the least amounts of plant food in roots aud stubble.— [New York World. PROTECTION OF FLOWER BEDS FROM POULTRY. This has been a difficult problem for many housewives to solve since poul¬ try have unlimited range ou most farms. To find a pretty flower bed ruined by one or more inveterate scratehers is most trying. But tho chickens must not be penned up, for that would involve expense and labor. We do not want to fence off the flow- ers, for that would spoil half their beauty. The following has proved effective: The flowers in the lawn where they could bo readily seen were inclosed in a fine wire netting eighteen inches high. This was a real protec¬ tion, but the netting was at least un¬ sightly. Realizing that it w r as tiie soil and not the plants that needed guarding, some wide netting with small meshes was procurred and fas¬ tened upon the surface of the flower bed after it was prepared and the seed sown. For potted plants the wires were out to allow the stems to be slipped through and then replaced. This device eventually prevented dep¬ redation by the fowls, while its only disadvantage was that it made cultiva¬ tion a little more tedious.—[American Agriculturist. GROWING- WILLOWS. Tiie willow will grow on most any soil, but made lands such as aro made by deposits of soil along the banks of streams or rivers by changes in the flow are the best. Besides this such spots have the advantage for this pui* pose that they are rarely profitable for any other crop, being liable to over¬ flow. The willows used in this coun¬ try for basket work are mostly im¬ ported. According to a report of Mr. B. F. Lernow, Chief of the Forestry Division, ozier growing for profit is not so simple or inexpensive an enter¬ prise as might at first appear. The climate of the United States in most parts is not very favorable to the growth of the finer grades of ozier rods of European kinds. Out of some 250 speeies of willow only a limited number have been found of eco¬ nomic value for ozier purposes. A good ozier willow should pro¬ duce many slender rods without branching; tho rods should bo soft and pliable, and preferably white when peeled. The stocks should be of a kind that will reproduce vigor¬ ously for a long time. The red ozier is the one mostly grown in this conn- try, but does not thrive as well as in Luropo. The opinion is expressed that it is only a ready market and favorable labor conditions which make ozier growing profitable in a few localities, such as Syracuse, St. Louis* Cincinnati, Chicago, around Now York, etc. The following points are given by the authority quoted for es¬ tablishing a good ozier hold: A fresh soil, by no means a wet one, prepared to at least sixteen inches deep by ditch¬ ing and bringing the top soil to the bottom. Plant twelve-inch cuttings in early spring, making the rows twenty-four inches apart, the cuttings four inches in the row, which require, in round figures, 65,000 cuttings per acre, costing about $5 per thousand. FLOWERS ON THE FARM. Tiie key to success with flowers on a farm is having the right position. I protest as a rule against any arrange¬ ment that will cost much expense of time and labor in caring for the flow¬ ers. The common plan of flower borders is worst of all. These bor¬ ders running along paths are from two to four feet wide and offer grass roots constant temptation. They are never quite clean; and to keep them approximately so requires labor all summer. Men will not touch therm and tho women must dig and pull and, poor creatures, never get paid for their trouble only that they love flowers so well. A better plan is large beds cut in a special lawn or yard. Such beds should adapt them¬ selves to bends in the walks or drives and be of good size, five or six feet in diameter at the least. Circles may be set if no better shape is suggested by the drives or trees.. Drive down a stake at the centre and tie a string to it. Carry the outer end of the string around and set stakes aud then you have a circle. Remove af l the sod and throw it into the barnyard to be worked up with manure. Fork tho soil deeply. Throw on a load of ricli rotted compost, fork it in thoroughly and your bed is ready. When your plants are set in leave a rim about the outer edge of the bed for the lioo to work. In this way you can keep grass roots from running over your beds.. A third- plan is to combine your vegetable and flower garden. In this case the fork must do a good deal of work instead of the plough, and that farmers will not agree to except in ease of quite small gardens. But I assure you a garden of this sort may be made very beautiful. Old-fashioned gardens had hollyhocks along the fence, and nasturtiums to edge onion beds. In the centre were beds of pinks and beets. Tins is the English style. —[New York Voice, FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Kill tiie scrub bull. The check-rein still reigns. Corn cobs are rich in potash. Sheep like a few corn-stalks. A dirty barnyard is a nuisance. Use broad tires on farm wagons. Coughing is a bad sign in a cow. Sour milk is a treat both to hens aud to little chickens. Do not allow a few chickens to mo¬ nopolize the roosts. Dry dirt and sifted coal ashes make a good dust bath for poultry. Laying hens should bo kept separate from those that are being fattened for the market. Whenever the brood of turkeys is strong enough, give them the run of the meadows. A good shade and plenty of salt and water are indispensable to the comfort of stock in the pastures. It is a very important item with the work teams to arrange for good ven¬ tilation in the stables during the sum¬ mer. scientific scraps. The mortality in Italy has been re¬ duced between I860 and 1889 from thirty per thousand to twenty-five per thousand by sanitary measures. It is reported that through the Lick telescope the discovery has been made that one of the moons of Jupiter has a little moon of its own revolving around it. Object glasses for microscopes arc now made in Germany of glass that contains phosphoric and boracic acid, jq ; s s t a tod that with lenses made of this glass an object one-twenty-lhou- gandth of an inch in diameter can bo distinctly seen. The wearing away of tho cliffs on the shores of England has of late at¬ tracted considerable attention, and the problem is being attentively studied with the view of preventing the ero¬ sive action of the waves as wpll as the streams tiiat trickle down. In England leaflets are being dis¬ tributed on the subject of the destruc¬ tion of crops in the rural districts. Posters showing magnified illustra¬ tions of the Hessian fly and Winter moth are being displayed in the post- offices to enable farmers to recognize them. M. Mascart, oiie of the most emi¬ nent French electricians of the time, says that the use of the magnetic needle in tracing the underground geology, or, in other words, the past geography, of a country, is one of those triumphs of science Which are almost tantamount to divination. Oue of the recent inventions for life-saving apparatus is the Irvine pneumatic gun for throwing a line to ships in distress or to persons in a burning house. The air is admitted from a reservoir to the chamber be¬ hind the projectile at a pressure of 2400 pounds ou the square inch. Plana proposed for irrigation both in Upper and Lower Egypt during the period of low Nile include the build¬ ing of a high barragq across the river at the first cataract. Great opposition has been excited against this proposi¬ tion, as it involves the submersion of the beautiful island of Philoe and its magnificent monuments for several months each year. Contracts have been closed for the erection of a plant to manufacture smokeless fuel at Washington, Ind. The process was patented twelve months ago, but it will be the first factory put in operation. The pro¬ cess consists in extracting all of the elements from coal save the carbon, and this, when used as fuel, will make no smoke. The capacity of the plant will be fifty tons daily. The product will retail for $4.50 per ton. Spines have been attributed by tel- eologists to a necessity in the plant for protection against browsing ani¬ mals,though American observers have shown that in Nature spiny plants abound, as on deserts,where browsing animals are least abundant, Mons. A. Lothelier has recently communicated a paper to a French Institute, show¬ ing that spines are produced on plants more freely in proportion to the de¬ gree of light to which they are sub¬ jected. As the deserts are more ex¬ posed to light than the cloudy, rainy regions, there seems some evidence in behalf of Lothelier’s proposition. A Reminder of Pioneer Days. An extra train arrived at Santa Rosa the other afternoon in charge of Con¬ ductor James Van Winkle and Fred Ilanschildt. It was not drawn by tiie Hoskins motor, neither by a steam engine, but was a genuine ’49 mule train with pack-saddles rigged upon each animal ready for business. They came from San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz aud were en route to Rogue river, Oregon, via Crescent City, where tiie owners have taken a contract to peel and pack out a quantity of tan bark at $7 per cord. The packing distance to a shipping point by scows is about one and a half miles. Fifty meii and 100 mules will be employed on the job. Each mule packs about one-quarter of a cord of bark, which weighs about 500 pounds. The mule train attracted considerable attention while it re¬ mained in the city, and in one or two instances brought tears to the eyes of the pioneer miner, who had not gazed upon such a sight before for these many years. — [Santa Rosa (Cal.) Democrat? A Miser's Money. Old Uncle Bost, of No. 10 township, Cabarrus county, North Carolina, recent¬ ly died and his body was buried at Bethel. He was about 80 years old, was a bachelor and was known to be miserly in his habits to a wonderful de'gree. His only companions were two dogs and an old negro woman who had been living with him during his entire life. Curious to say, in his will he left her nothing. His real estate consisted of 1,800 acres of land. His home place, containing 500 acres, he left jointly to his two nephews, Allen and Peter Bost. The former is his executor. The balance was left, to other nephews in 100-acre lots each. To his nieces he gave nothing. In old bureau drawers, old cupboard, in pitcher, jars, in old clothes pockets, in old stockings and in cracks in his miserable hovel were found $10,000 in gold,' besides a large quantity of gold dust and bullion. He had on hand only a few hundred dol¬ lars in paper money, and no notes and mortgages of any consequence. In the search a package from a Charlotte bank was found containing several hundred dollars that had never been opened at all. This was received by him in 1880. Last spring he made his tax returns and gave in as money on hand $4,000. Perhaps he did not know how much he had stuck about in different places. He had corn and hay that had been stacked for twenty-five years. He eased his con¬ science by leaving of his hard earnings $1,000 to Bethel church. He made his will only three weeks ago. There is much talk about contesting it, for some of his kin have been left without anything. Proof of Acquaintanceship* Office Boy—“Stranger at the door; says he’s a newspaper man and knows you and wants to borrow some money of you.” Editor—“Pretty sorry? Some Great fraud, of course. How much does he want to borrow?” “Ten cents.” “Oh! He does know me, I guess. Give him this dime.” An old scissors grinder who died at Goshen, Ind., the other day was found to be worth twenty-one thousand dollars, though he was supposed to be poor aud needy. Syrup of Figs, Produced from the laxative and nutritious juice of California figs, combined with the medicinal virtues of plant* 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. Money made with chance will go with cer¬ tainty. ___ Ladies needing a tonic, or children who want building up, should take Brown’s Iron Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures Malaria, Indigestion, Biliousness and Li ver Complaints, makes the Blood rich and pure. Dig, sow and reap; but the harvest is Death’s. A Very Strange Fact. It is a very strange fact that a great many people, of sound judgment otherwise, do is not give their eyesight proper care until it too late. will injure Glasses not suited to your eyes your sight. Remember this. Mr. A. K. Hawkes, whose name is known all over the civilized world as an optician and manufacturer of Crystallized Lenses, has established a factory at 10 Decatur Street, Atlanta, Ga., where occulists’ prescriptions will be promptly filled and the trade supplied. All druggists and merchants keep a stock on hand, as they have learned that it pays to keep the best. 6tate of Ohio, City of Toledo, » f* 8, Lucas County, Frank .1. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business n the City of ioledo. County and {State aforesaid, and that said " Vi v m will pay ihe sum of One Jim dred Dollars for each ana every case of Catarrh that can¬ not be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cube. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this bth day of December, A. D., ItSSO. \ 1 A. W, Gleason, SEAL HalTs Catarrh Cure is taken internally Notary Public. and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur¬ faces of the system. 8 nd for testimonials, fiee. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. tW‘ Sold by Dr ggists, 7oc. $1000 in Prizes. The publishers of tho Rambler Magazine will give $1000 formed in prizes from Rambler for the Magazine. largest lists The of words cash: first prize is $200 cash; tho second, $100 61 will other cash prizes Send 15c. and for special weekly Rambler prizes be givefi. copy con¬ taining full information, or 30c. for 3 mos. sub¬ scription to Rambler Pub. Co.. Syracuse, N. Y. 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Osb orne, Kan. ALL ABOUT Enst Tennessee’s FINE CLIMATE and Great Resources in KNOXVILLE SENTINEL; daily 1 mo., 50c.; weekly 1 year, $1; samples 5c. 66 German Here Syrup” is something from Mr. Frank A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt House, Lewiston, and the Tontine Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men meet the world as it comes and goes, and are not slow in sizing people and things up for what they are worth. He says that he has lost a father and several brothers and sis¬ ters from Pulmonary Consumption, troubled and is himself frequently he with colds, and Hereditary often coughs enough to make him sick at Consumptionjiis stomach. When¬ ever he has taken a cold of this kind he uses Boschee’s German Syrup, and it cures him every time.. Here is a man who knows the full danger of lung trou¬ bles, and would therefore be most particular as to the medicine he used. What is his opinion ? Listen ! “I use nothing but Boschee’s German Syrup, and have advised, I presume, more than a hundred different per¬ sons to take it. They agree with me that it is the best cough syrup in the narksi.” A.k my merits sole for W. 1*. place Douglas ask Shoes, If not for fiend for In catalogue, yonr yonr tkf dealer to and them for secure agency, get you. MTTAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. JBl £ f:„ FOR FOR V 3SS WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY P It is a seamless shoe, wii itli no tacks or wax thread read to hurt the feet; made of the best fine calf, ur, stylish at and easy, aud ana because oecax we make more shoe oet of this grade than any other manufacturer , It eq uals hand- sewed shoes Genuine costing from Hand-sewed, $4.00 to $5.00. the finest calf OO offered for $5.00; equals French shoo ever imported shoes which cost from $8.00 to $12.00. calf. <2* ,4 OO Hand-Sowed Welt durable. 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