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FAR! AND GARDEN.
Mixed Feed Clieapeit.
One-third blade fodder or corn
shucks, cut fine along with the oats or
hay, will go as far and do more good
' to the teams than a full feed of sheaf
oats or clover hay. Thus when the
oats or bay is about to ruu short the
farmer may economize by mixing a
third of shucks or fodder. Even top
fodder may be worked in thus. Long
feed serves two purposes, nutrition
and distension of the stomach. • An
animal feels better with a full stomach,
even though the food be not all very
nutritions.
Selecting Good Cows.
It is hard work for the most ex¬
perienced to select a good cow merely
by her [appearance, though one may
think he knows all the marks that in¬
dicate a large milk production or a
good butter cow. She may have them
all, and yet by improper treatment
when young she may have been so
spoiled as to fall far short of what she
should have been. She may have been
fed so that she acquired the habit of
turning her food into flesh or tallow
instead of milk or butter fat, before
she ever came to milking, and if so, it
is doubtful if hereditary influence can
counteract the efforts of evil training,
any more than it always does with the
human race. We nearly all knew of
instances where surroundings have
been unfavorable, and [have made
those go wrong who were naturally
good; and while there are cases of re¬
form, it takes much time and trouble
to effect a cure which is doubtful at
the best. The surest way for the
dairyman to get a good herd is to raise
them himself; to breed for milk, to
feed for milk,['and to use every meth¬
od that he knows , of to develop the
milk-producing power. When thishas
been done after the cow is in milk we
believe it is possible to so feed as to
bring up the percentage of butter fat,
not perhaps beyond her natural capa¬
bility, but up to that, which is a point
that very few cows ever r mil. We
do not think a good Jersey h iS f'eached
her full percentage of butter fat until
she makes a pound of butter from five
quarts of milk six months after she
drops her calf, and as this may seem
to be an extravagant statement to
many people, we will say that we know
' of a case more than thirty years ago
in which a man won a wager of $50 by
four quarts of his cow’s milk making
over one pound of butter, the milk be¬
ing cared for and cream churned by a
kjwsfetiiy- disinterested, party.--Ameri¬
can Cultivator.
Getting- tlie Water Into the Barn.
Some pump 3 need only a little eleva¬
tion to make it possible to run the
water by a spout right into the barn,
where the cattle can drink without
being exposed to cold or storms. The
cut shows a pump raised and the
elevated platform boxed in, the in¬
terior being filled with hay to keep
the pump from freezing. This is not
a difficult job, and the results are
often worth a great deal during a
single winter even. The pump can
be lowered again for summer use if
desired, setting the elevated platform
away for use again the followingiv.!::
ter. Few realize what an immense
amount of animal heat (and therefore
feed and milk) is wasted when cows
are turned out to a watering place on
a cold day in winter. The animals
come in shivering, their backs rounded
up with the cold and every hair
standing on end. It takes an hour at
least before they feel comfortable
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the secured. barn in Where the w^ vjf fj|r luggested, can be run it will, into
on temperature standing of a ’®Yjparn, Jbdie, acquire being then the
much mere suitable for cows to drink,
while the latter will also be saved the
exposure to cold, winds.
Draining: and Drain Tile.
The farmer that begins for the first
time to use draiu tile is confronted
by a number of questions on drainage
that act as obstacles to his progress
in this matter. From being too little
interested he is likely to uninterested become too
much interested. The
man say*. “Leava the land without
drainage,” tlie enthusiast says,
“Drain all of the land.” Between
the two extremes lies the truth. Drain
only the land that needs draining.
Some land can be positively injured
by increasing the facility for the pass¬
ing off of water. Some soils are of
such a nature or such an elevation
that the soil water is so far down that
the laud hardly secures what it needs
for the plants growing on it. Any
lowering of the soil water in such a
case is a positive detriment. We have
heard of the productive capacity of
fields being greatly reduced from this
cause though it must be admitted
that such cases are rare. Trees are
frequently killed by the lowering of
the soil water below the depth to
which the trees have accommodated
tb emselves.
Wet lands should be drained, and
it should be done with tile of sufficient
capacity to permit the drainage to
take place rapidly. The small bore
tile of years past has been largely dis¬
carded and all opinions seem to be in
favor of a larger tile. As to the depth
of laying tile, we must base our con¬
clusions on the kind of tile to be used,
as well as the depth to which frost
will go. Unglazed tile is generally
preferable below the frost line, as it
costs less than glazed tile. But if it
is necessary to have the drain so
shallow that it will be caught every
year by the frost, glazed tile will
prove more likely to endure. Water
does not get into it and, freezing,
cause the scaling off the tile. Where'
unglazed tile is laid too near the
face of the soil it is not infrequently
pulverized by the frosts. As a gen¬
eral rule, it is better to use the cheaper
tile and put it down so deep that it
will be safe from frosts.—Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Getting Even.
“I know how to get even with those
pickpockets that have been‘touching*
the street car conductors,” remarked
a Orosstown bell-jerker, in a confiden¬
tial tone. “It may be an old ruse,”
he continued, as he passed along in
search of fares, “but I’ll bet the ‘dips,’
as they call them, won’t try it on me
twice.”
“What is your scheme?” asked 1 a
curious passeuger.
bein ‘‘Simple enough, aud it has never
ductor. known to fail,” replied the con¬
“In this outside pocket I
carry a nice assortment of fishhooks,
so arranged and attached to the lining
of the pocket as to form a network
warranted to catch all kinds of suckers
and other worthless game. Oh, I’m
ready for ’em!”
At the next corner an unobtrusive,
quiet-looking young man alighted from
YLe «sa:, «a4 i«. tLe-middle ot tee
block an expression of surprise and
disgust might have been observed
upon the face of the conductor. The
cause of his change of countenance
was soon explained in sundry inele¬
gant and forcible remarks. When he
placed his hand in his unprotected
pocket to make change for a patron on
the platform, no merry jingle of coin
responded to his touch, [and all that
the depths of his fare receptacle re
vealed were bunches of transfers and
tickets.
“Weil, by thunder!” he exclaimed,
his affjazement at first overwhelming
his p»rer of speech; “I s’pose one of
{hosetedips’ was on the car when I.tyas
tellirA■' about my plan to fool ’em. I
caii’tiUive hooks in both pockets, aud
I gu §5 i I’ll have to think of something
new.”
When the victim counted up
found he was just $1.10 behind in his
salary.—Detroit Free Press. ,
!iew York’s Greatest Contractor.
John B. McDonald, who is building
New York’s $85,000,000 underground
rapid, transit system, was born in Ire
land, fifty-six years ago. He was a
fifieen-year-old boy when he arrived
in this country and had a primary ed¬
ucation only.
His education was continued in the
public schools. His first occupation
when he began to work for himself
vas that of timekeeper at the building
ft’utnam Iff the Boyd’s Corner Reservoir in
County, New York. Later
he was inspector of masonry on tae
juilding of the tunnel in Fourth ave¬
nue, New York City.
When he went into business as a
contractor he was successful from the
start. The first contracts he received
were from Dillon, Clyde & Co. He
was interested in the High Bridge
branch of the New Jersey Central
Railroad, the Georgian Bay branch of
the Canadian Pacific IJailroad, the
Boston and Hoosic Tunnel, the Buf¬
falo extension of the Delaware, Lacka¬
wanna and Western Kailroad, and al¬
so did extensive work on the West
Shore road.
He constructed the tunnel of a milo
and a half through Baltimore, Md.,
for the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad,
which was a work of much magnitude.
It was the largest single undertaking
he accomplished before he secured the
contract for the Jerome Park Reser¬
voir several years ago, which is a $7,
000,000 piece of work.
Holder For Rubber Stamps.
Handy is a holder for rubber hand
stamps with a series of spring metal
plates attached to a fixed back, with
the sides of the plates formed into Y
shaped slots, the stamps being pro¬
vided-with T heads at one end, which
are slipped in at the tops of the slots
and pulled out at the bottom for use.
A Bachelor’s Club.
A number of Pittsburg bachelors,
have organized a, club, and mutually
pledge themselves in defence of their,
liberties to esehAw feminine society,!
discourage the advances of the other
sex and to abjure matrimony. That is
simply a shrewd dodge on the part of
the young men. The people who sol¬
emnly swear they will n@Vet marry are ;
always in the matrimonial market for
the highest bidder, and the oath will be
broken at the first opportunity. These
Pittsburg bachelors are no exception to
the general rule. They are using a
unique method of gaining their end,
that's all.
The Rev. A. B. Church, pastor of the
TJnivefsalist' Church at Akron, Ohio,
advocates the abolishment of coffins, 1
and says that the dead should he in-:
terred with only a shroud wrapped!
around them. He says that caskets
prolong decomposition, and should,
therefore, be abandoned. He would
also do away with the use of hearses
and funeral cars as a needless expense.
Do Your Feel Aclie and Burn?
Shake into your shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease, a
powder for the feet. It makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corhs, Bunions,'
Swollen, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails.' Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25 ets. Sample sent FREE..
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
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, AjCaUf.ornUy girl saysyiho is unhappy
because she has inherited $ 13,000,
’ But’’that amount will enable her to
' marry some tvofih.v imin . who will
spend it for her and'.'bring her once
more to the blessing of poverty.
See your Agent for rates, schedule, time
and all information concerning the' Confed¬
erate Reunion at Louisville, May 30th-June
3rd, by the Seaboard A Line.
Nell—“Why do tcashore engage
inents seldom amount ’to anything?’*
Belle—“I suppose it > because of the
breakers.’.’ .
' The Olfl Veterans are dropping off rapidly
new aud -tone wants to foii to meet his com
rades at the Confederate. Reunion at Loui3
vflle, May 80th-June 3ra, Specially when the
twees are so low as they are by the Seaboard'
Air Line Railway.
Some people.are so busy* talking that they
haven’t.time to think;
The Historic Route to'tliS Confederate Re¬
union at Louisville,' May SOth-June 3rd, is
the Seaboard Air Line .Railway.
Even thf base hail far* can’t' keep
cool.
The Best Praacriptlop for, Chill*
and Fever is'a bottle of "SbaoVn's Tasteless
Chill Ton to. nt$ simple iron And quinine in
a ta ^ Fay " Price 25 °"
The social scale is not life’s most reliable
weighing machine, j :. So. 21.
To Cure a Cold in One Day.'
Take Laxative Bkomo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails to
cure. E. W. G-eove’s signature on each box,
25c.
Hoax—“That long-haired, poetical
fj-jend of yours bought me a drink to
,j a y ” joax—“A literary treat, eli?”
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast-to sun¬
light. washing and rubbing. Sold by all
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druggists.
The street ear conductor may not be
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noted for heroism, but he realizes that
none but the brave -deserve the fare.
We will'give $100 reward for any case of
catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. O.
F. ,1. Cheney A Co.-, Props., Toledo,
The hospitable Kentuckians have prepared
a thrilling program for (he Veterans who go
to the Confederate Reunion by the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, May SOth-June 3rd.
FITS _ permanently t _____________ cured. _______ Nofitsor ..... nervous
ness afeor .....’ first day's use of Ur. " Kline’s ,’T Great
g« r £ e Rest,orer.£2 K°line! Lffi"! trial bottle and treatisefree ,
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Write to L. K. Allen. G. P. A., 8 A. L.
Rallwav, Portsmouth, Va., for full descrip
tive pamphlet giving all information as to
Confederate Reunion ap Louisville, May 30th
Juuegrd. ,
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I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.—M rs. 'i hos. Rob¬
bins, Maple St.. Norwich, N. Y„ Feb. 17,180J.
Among the distinguished visitors at the
Confederate Reunion Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey are expected and will be given a grand
ovation by the Veterans.
The Seaboard is tHe battlefield route to
the Confederate Reunion at Louisville, May
30tb-June 3rd.
Mrs. Wlnalow’sSoothing Syrup forchildren
teething, softens tlie minis, reducesinflamma
lion. allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c. a bottle.
iORNING
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thousands of.them. Take a few bottles Of
this good medicine now and you will not
only get rid of that weak, languid, ex¬
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well all through the summer.
Tired Feeling —“For that tired and
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strength builder and appetite creator, I
have found Hood’s L. Sarsaparilla B. without 285
an equal.” Bias. Woodabd,
Ballou Street,.Woonsocket, B. I. .
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