—A merino ram sold for $8000 at Sidney, and at other points in Australia from $2000 to $6000 have been paid for rams. These prices are high, but the sheep breeders did not make any considerable profit until they began to buy the best wams in other countries. —If weeds are allowed to become dry be- fore they are turned under they will rob the land of fertility, but if plowed under when green they will quickly decompose and restore to the land that of which the soi] was deprived. By plowing under the green weeds there will be no seeds. —It is an old story, but worth bringing forth as new, that salt is an excellent fertilizer for fruit trees. It must be used sparingly. A quart is enough for a com- | paratively young tree—a half-bushel might be spread under a bearing one—strewing it thinly over the ground as far as the boughs extend. —Evergreen hedges will last for years if they are kept in good condition by careful trimming. The great scourge of hedges is the basket worm, which can, however, he easily kept in check, but which is not done by ail, the result being that the hedges in an entire community are sometimes ruined by the negligence of a few. —The director of the Minnesota experi- ment station announces that cabbages can be grown as stock food with but little cost. | They were grown alongside of roots, rape, sorghum and other forage plants and were found healthful and palatable for sheep. The seed was sown in drills and thinned out, so as to avoid transplanting. The cabbages can be eventually pastured off by sheep, thus costing nothing for harvesting them. —Asparagus rust is due to a fungus which grows through the sub- stance of the plant. The diffi- culty is one that is becoming serious with growers of asparagus, the several methods of spraying not being completely effectual. The best remedy is to cut down the stalks, cover with straw or hay and burn the bed, compelling the fire to pass over every square inch of ground and con- suming all of the material. —A western poultry paper recently pub- lished an article on poultry, and cause of death among same. By investigation it was proved that 99 per cent. of the chick- ens that die lose their life in consequence of the ravages of lice, either directly or in- directly ; that a laying hen covered with lice becomes so debilitated that her chick- ens are not so strong as those from hens free of lice. —Difficulties with milk fever can be avoided with care and at less expense than to be annoyed with it when the cow has her calf. Previous to calving the cows | should receive green food, ensilage and | hay, with a bran mash during meals, ac- cording to the season of the year, allowing no grain at all if she is fat. It is from making the cows too fat that some cases of milk fever occur, and such foods as cooked turnips, chopped carrots or any food not too concentrated are better than dry hay or grain. —There are laws in nearly all the States relating to the destruction of Canada this- tles, hut they are not strictly enforced. The cheapest way to get rid of them is not to allow them to grow. If kept in check, So as to prevent growth, they will die ; but if they make only slight growth they hold the land persistently. A crop of | potatoes one year, followed by cabbage the next, will clear them out if clean cultiva- tion is given. The potatoes may be late, with peas first, as an early crop, and the “cabbages may be preceded by early tur- nips. If only one crop is grown each year the land should be plowed every time the thistles begin to appear, as the hoe will finish them during the cultivation of the crop. - —The breed is as important as the feed in raising hogs for market, and the farmer should make himself familiar with the wants of the customers. The Berkshire has long been famous as a superior breed | for the production of choice hams, while the Ilssex, also a black hog, has the repu- tation of producing the best side meat. For a long period of time the Chester Whites, of Pennsylvania, had a reputation second to no other breed, when large car- casses were the rule, but to adapt them to fit the conditions required for market they were improved by crosses with the York- shire and Suffolk, the result being a sacri- fice of hardiness and a reduction in size, but a marked improvement in their gen- eral quality. Of recent years the J ersey Reds and Poland Chinas have come to the front, both breeds being hardy, but they are rapidly falling behind from the prac- tice of imbreeding by some of the breeders who have establisked lines of pedigrees. Farmers who have been successful have used coarse sows which have proved to be good mothers, resorting to pure-bred males, but they have not been as careful in prop- erly mating their stock as they should, as they have bred from animals too young and thus reduced the vigor of their herds. Some breeds, like the Chester Whites, thrive better than others in cotd climates, while the black breeds—Essex Berkshire, and Poland China—are better adapted to the South. The theory that corn is the principal source from which pork must be produced has done harm, not that corn has failed to hold its high position in that respect, but that farmers have not availed themselves of the waste products of the farm as as- sistants to corn. Losses have also resulted from the use of corn exclusively, digestion and disease occurring because of a lack of variety in the food. Some farmers turn their pigs on the clover fields, but dislike to doso owing tothe rooting up of the fields by the animals. It has been demon- strated at several experiment stations that by ‘growing forage crops, and using the waste products of the dairy, the cost of pork on eastern farms can be made as low as in the west included in slaughtering and preparing the hogs for market, as the farmer cannot compete in that respect with the large packing houses that are supplied with labor-saving machinery, but there are seasons when the farmer is really idle and his labor possesses no value at all unless he can apply it. It will pay to raise hogs that can be sold in less than a year, or if the winter expenses can be avoided, hence a pig farrowed in April and sold in Dec- ember has eight months during which to grow and will have six months of moderate weather in its favor for foraging which reduces the amount of corn required and saves much labor to the farmer at the time he is busy with his Crops. | The New Scalp Law. An act for the destruction of wildeats, foxes and minks in this Commonwealth, and providing for the payment of bounties on the same, officers fees, and fixing a pen- alty for violation of the same. Section 1. Be it enacted, &., That for the benefit of agriculture, and the protec- tion of game within this Commonwealth, there is hereby established the follow- ing provisions for the destruction of cer- tain noxious animals, to be paid by the re- spective counties in which ‘the same are slain, namely : For every wildeat, two dol- lars ; for every fox, red or gray, one dol- lar ; for every mink, fifty cents. Section 2. It shall be the duty of any person, having killed any of the animals mentioned in the first section of this act, who is desirous of availing himself of the premiums therein provided, to produce ‘| such slain animals before any magistrate, | alderman or justice of the peace of the | county in which the same was killed, and | make affidavit of the time and of killing | the same : Provided, That the pelf if en- | tire from the tip of the nose of any such | animal may be produced in lieu of such animal when so preferred, and upon the re- | ception of any such animal or pelt, it shall | be the duty of the said officer in presence | of said person killing such animal, and one | elector of the county, to cut off the ears of such animal, and in the presence of such persons burn the same. Section 3. Upon the destruction of such ears, the said officer shall give to the per- son producing such animal or pelt a certifi- cate of compliance with the provisions of this act, directed to the commissioners of the county in which such animal was slain which certificate shall contain the follow- ing fact : The kind of animal, and when, where and by whom killed, and the date by whom, and in the presence of what elector the ears of such animal were de- stroyed ; and upon the production of such certificate the said commissioners shall give an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of premium or premiums pro- vided by this act ; and it shall be the fur- ther duty of the said officer taking the af- fidavit provided for in the second section of this act, to file same forthwith, or cause the same to be filed in the office of the com- missioners of the county ; and upon filing the same, the said officer shall receive from the county treasury the sum of twenty-five cents as full compensation for all his ser- vices under this act. Section 4. If any person shall wilfully and fraudulently collect any premium or premiums provided in this act, or shall aid abet or assist in any official capacity or otherwise in the same, he, she or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, upon conviction thereof he, she or they shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and undergo an im- prisonment in the county jail of the proper county not exceeding one year, both, or either, at the discretion of the court. Section 5. All acts or parts of acts in- consistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved—The 9th day of July, A. D., 1897. DANIEL H. HASTINGS. SOMETHING To KNow.—It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired out nervous system to a healthy vigor is elec- tric bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the liver and kidneys, and aids these or- gans in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric bitters improves the appe- tite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by | those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or $1.00 per bottle at Green’s drug store, Bush House. —The famous Sphinx near the Pyra- mids of Gizeh was thoroughly investigated by Professor Erman, who at a recent meet- ing of the Berlin Academy delivered a lec- about its probable age. Careful researches show that it could not have been built pre- vious to the so-called ‘‘Middle Kingdom,’ or about 2000 B. C. Between her front paws there was originally the image of a diety, all traces of which have at the pres- ent time disappeared. For the building of the colossal work more than twenty years must have been necessary, even if 1500 men had been employed all the time. Fable of the Dog. Once upon a time a dog had a tin can tied to his tail. : ‘Alas !”” exclaimed the unhappy beast, when he could run no farther, ‘‘what a curse is life! Yet death has no charms for such as I. This fable teaches that the pessimist is the creature of environment as well as temperament ; of the objective fact as well as the subjective illusion. Recently a small boy ate buttercups and as a result died. Since then there has been published a list of poisonous wild flowers, popularly considered harmless, but certain to be fatal if eaten by a careless person or ignorant child. These flowers are buttercups, celandine, wood anemone, daffodils, narcissus, lily, snowdrop, jon- quil, wild hyacinth, monk’s hood, fox- glove, nightshade, briony, mezerone and henbane. “ —A new device by which trains in motion may communicate with each other or may receive and send messages has been exhibited at Indianapolis and railroad men say it is practicable. A strip of metal is placed between the rails of the track, and by means of a brush or wheel, which runs on this strip of metal, a connection is made with ordinary telegraph instruments in the train. ——A heavy farm gate fell on the 6-year old son of George Berry, a well-known farmer in the vicinity of Mackeyville, and injured him seriously. The accident oc- curred on Saturday morning and the child is now suffering with a broken leg and se- vere bruises about the head. ——*““Any instructions, doctor?’ they asked, as he emerged from the room of the man who had sent for him in a rush. “‘Only one,’’ he replied.’’ ‘What is that ?’’ “Don’t let him read any more patent medicine advertisements. He has too viv- id an imagination.” —— "I have come to say good-by, Miss McFlirter ; shall I have the pleasure of seeing you in the city this fall ?’ ‘Probably, Mr. Borely, should you chance to meet me.”’—Brooklyn Life. ——The confidence of the people in Hood’s Sarsaparilla is due to its unequalled record of wonderful cures. Public School Laws. Some Facts Our Readers Will Be Interested in Know- ing. The following law relating to the public schools of the state were among those pass- ed by the late legislature, according to the Harrisburg school Gazette : . That school boards may purchase flags and shall display them whenever they deem proper. The school children shall have the use of the books of the board during vacation for a pay or select school, provided the teacher has a valid certificate. That school directors shall be authorized to provide transportation for school chil- dren, at the expense of the district, to the public schools of the district in which they reside or to the schools of neighbor dis- tricts. That a copy of Smull’s Legislative Hand- book shall now and hereafter following cach decennial census, be placed in each public school of the commonwealth, and bi-ennially a copy of the school laws and decisions, by the state superintendent. That independent school districts now existing may he abolished by the courts whenever a majority of the taxable citizens of any school district, out of which any in- dependent district may be created, petition for such action. That school directors may establish and maintain, out of the public school treasury free kindergartens for children between the ages of three and six years, residing in the district. That it shall be unlawful for any indus- trial establishment to employ any minor who cannot read and write in the English language, unless he has attended in the preceding year, an evening or day school for a period of sixteen weeks. That school boards shall have power to levy a per capita tax of one dollar annual- | ly on every male inhabitant who is of age. That the compulsory school law be so amended as to increase the compulsory age to 16 years, to require attendance contin- uously during ar least 70 per cent. of the term, which period shall begin at the he- ginmng of the school term, or at a time to be fixed by the school hoard at their organ- ization ; that between the ages of 13 to 16 a child shall be excused if he has regular employment. Our Wheat and the Old World. PHILADELPHIA, August 28.—The Press will say to-morrow : Word has been received at this port that the Russian government is meditating the promulgation of a decree prohibiting the export of wheat, owing to the small crops in Southern Russia, and this report is caus- ing some uneasiness to those interested. The effect of this contemplated action would he to create a strong demand for ton- nage in the Black sea, so that as much grain as is possible may be shipped before the prohibition takes effect. This in itself would be calculated to force up freights on vessels loading here. A well-known ship- ping man in this city said that this contem- plated action of the Russian government makes it an almost settled fact that Europe must look to the United States alone to fill her orders for cereals. Just what in- crease of business this means for Philadel- phia, New York and Baltimore alone is in- calculable. The exports of grain from Philadelphia, which already are the largest on record, will reach figures in excess of what has been the most sanguine expection of shippers. Within the next few weeks cargoes of grain will be shipped from here to ports in the Adriatic sea, to Marseilles and Alexan- dria, Egypt. Three Men From Pittston, Pa., Who Got $85,000 Each. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 28.—F. O’ Reilly, Frank Flanigan and P. O’Brien have ar- rived from Klondyke, and claim to have $85,000 each in dust, nuggets and drafts issued at Dawson. They left Klondyke on July 6th and were the last men out, hav- ing come overland via Skaguay. O'Reilly says there were nearly six tons of dust, worth over $2,000,000 at Dawson when they left. The owners in most instances were going to St. Michaels on the next river steamers and coming down on the steamers Portland and Excelsior. Flanigan and O’Brien arein Portland. They are due here to-morrow and will leave this week for their old home at Pittston. O’Reilly will winter in Ireland. They went to Yukon two years ago, and after a year of fruitless prospecting secured claims 37 and 39 on Bonanza creek, which they expect to yield $500,000. They claim to have a pay streak sixty feet wide for 200 feet along the creek bottom and have worked only eight feet of its length. They estimate that the Klondyke dis- trict will produce fully $10,000,000 this winter. An immense area on the Yukon remains unprospected, and other streams no less rich will be found. The Texas Watermelon. Compare the watermelon crop of Texas with the Washington monument at Wash- ington, D. C. The monument is 5521 feet high and 146} feet square at its base. Build a monument of Texas’ 40,000,000 melons, pack them solid, and they would make a column 1,223 feet high, 145} feet square at the base. It the bottom layer there would be 24,528 melons, occupyiny 21,462 square feet. This calculation is based on the average size of the Texas mel- ons—13 inches long and 9 inches in diame- ter. These 40,000,000 would weigh in the aggregate the enormous total of 800,000, - 000, pounds. It would require 30,000 freight cars and 1,200 full trains of 25 cars each to transport them. The trains, with not a foot of space between them, would cover a distance of 170 miles. Pawned His Legs for Drink. The Chicago police are hunting for the legs of a man who pawned his artificials for drink. When taken before the court he said he needed a drink the night before, and not having any money, he pawned his cork legs for the liquor. The case was dis- missed, and the police were sent to find the legs, as their owner could not remem- ber with whom he pawned them. The acceptance of presents by teach- ers from pupils has been forbidden by a nuinber of school boards throughout the State. This step has been taken because the boards believe that many poor children are embarassed at their inability to con- tribute along with the other children. They also regard the practice as treating to influence the teachers relations with the pupils.—Ex. — ‘My wife will be the first Klondyke widow.” “Why ? Are you going ?’* ‘No ; but I'm being talked to death by men who want to borrow money to get there.”’—Chicago Record. Seal Herd Dwindling. The Kiiling of Females With Unborn Pups the First Cause of the Diminution. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28.—Dr. David Starr Jordan, commissioner in chief of the . . . . | fur seal investigations, arrived from Alaska |! to-day and went through to San Francisco. Speaking of the sealing question, he said : “The breeding grounds show a shrink- age of about 15 per cent. over the condi- ! tions of last season ; the hunting grounds a shrinkage of 33 per cent. The primary cause of shrinkage of females on the breed- ing grounds is the pelagic catch of last fall and this spring, To this is added the loss, due to starvation, of orphaned pups in 1894 which should this year have lived to give birth to their first pups. This starvation in 1894, affecting, as it did in a like meas- ure, the male herd, is the cause of the dim- inution of killable secls on the hunting grounds. The decline of the herd is every- where more distinctly marked than it was last year, owing to the effects of the re- sumption of pelagic killing in Bering sea after the modus vivendi of 1893. For 1898 the shrinkage will be still greater through the destruction, in 1894, of unborn pups with impregnated females killed. Thus the evil effects of pelagic sealing in any particular year are still more clearly felt three or four years after. Even if pelagic sealing should be stopped at once, the de- cline of the herd must go on until after 1900, because of the after effect, due to the destruction of nursing and unborn off- spring. The pelagic fleet in Bering sea numbers ahout 20 vessels as against 68 last year. The catches are unprofitable. No seizures have been made.’ The Rivers are Full of Pearls. Recent Discoveries in Arkansas Show the Fisheries are Very Extensive.—Thousands Hunting Them.— Are First Class, and Range in Value from 810 to $800 Each.—Greatest Finds in History. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 28th.—New discoveries of valuable deposits of pearls in lakes and rivers in Arkansas have added greatly to the excitement already existing over similar discoveries, and to-day thous- ands of people are wading through the waters in different parts of the State search- ing for the precious gems. In the Arkarsas river and the creeks, lakes and bayous near the ILattle Rock, pearls have been picked up ranging in value from $10 to $800 each. Hundreds of people are working the Soline; White and other rivers, and many valuable finds have been reported. Additional discover- ies were made on the Fourche river yester- day, and hundreds of people are swarming to that stream. There are 57 streams in the State that are rich in pearls of large size. In the course of a survey made in the White River in 1895, $5,000 worth of pearls were collected by members of the survey in the course of their duties. Recent discoveries lead to the assertion that never in man’s history were so many and so large pearls discovered. Pearls of from 30 to 50 grains in weight are no uncommon things to find in the possession of country lads, who fish for pearls for pastime. The color of the pearls is that of a saline rose, and texture is first-class. Niagara Falls. $70 Excursion via Pennsylvania Railroad. The last two ten-day excursions of the present season to Niagara Falls via the Pennsylvania railroad will leave Philadel- phia, Baltimore, and Washington on Sep- tember 4th and 16th. An experienced tourist agent and chaperon accompany each excursion. : Excursion tickets, good for return pas- sage on any regular train, exclusive of limited express trains, within ten days, will be sold at $10 from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and all points on the Deleware division ; $9.70 from Lan- caster ; $8.60 from Altoona and Harris- burg ; $8.25 from Wilkesbarre ; $8.50 from Williamsport ; and at proportionate rates from other points. A stop-over will be allowed at Buffalo, Rochester, and Wat- kins returning. A special train of Pullman parlor cars and day coaches will be run with each ex- cursion. In connection with excursion of Septem- ber 4th, excursion tickets will be sold Sep- tember 7th, 8th, and’ 9th, from Niagara Falls to Toronto, via Lewistown and steam- er, at rate of $1.50 for the round trip, on account of the Victorian era exposition and industrial fair, to be held at Toronto, August 30th, to September 11th, 1897. For further information apply to nearest agent, or address Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent, Broad street sta- tion, Philadelphia. 42-33-2¢ The Pope Intercedes. Will Appeal to the Queen in Behalf of Evangeline Cisneros. RoME, Aug. 28.—The pope will recom- mend to the queen regent of Spain that special clemency he exercised toward Evan- | geline Cisneros. His holiness has taken ing the papal recommendation for mercy to Post correspondent in the vatican by Car- dinal Rompolla, secretary to his holiness. Cardinal Rompolia said that the pope, while disapproving of the Cuban insurrec. tion, has never failed to council concilia- tion and magnamity to the Spanish gov- ernment. Miss Ruth Trash of San Antonio, Texas deep interest in the fate of the Cuban girl, | and the vatican will lose no time in mak. | the queen. This was today stated to The | I I | | | | Medical. A BUILDER'S Medical. EXPERIENCE. A USEFUL LIFE RENEWED INA REMARKABLE MANNER. Udney Y. Wilson Was Near Death's Door. Doctors Failed to Help Him— A Home Remedy Succeeded in Saving His Life. From the Evening News, Detroit, Mich. Udney, Y. Wilson, contractor, and builder, living in Detroit, Mich., at 87 High street, west, said regarding Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People: ‘‘For years I have been out of doors in all kinds of bad weather, looking after my building contracts.. Ihave worked many days in the rain and cold to complete some huild- ing. About two years agoI noticed I could not get around as I should, and com- menced to have a severe pain in my back. I tried the usual remedies without getting any relief, and for nearly a year I suffered intensely. I kept up aslong as I could, as I had several contracts for buildings that had to be completed. ‘At night I could not sleep. My physi- cian said it was my kidneys, and every day I went out doors they would keep me awake nearly all the following night. In- stead of getting better I became worse, and worried a great deal about my work. The doctor said I must quit work and go to bed, or he would not be responsible for my life. ‘All the medicines I took only helped me temporarily. Some days I would feel better and go out a day only to be again confined to my bed for weeks at a time. One day my wife suggested that I try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and I laughed at the idea. “Finally when I got into such a condi- tion that I would take almost anything in the hope of relief, I tried the pills. They helped me from the start, but I would not acknowledge it and said it was the other medicines that had just commenced to work. I disliked to own up that Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills helped me, as I had no confidence in them. When I could not carry on the imposition any farther, I told my wife that the pills were helping me. I took three boxes before I was entirely cured, and we now keep them in the house all the time. “I am not prepared to say that Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills for Pale People will cure everything, but I know they will cure kidney troubles and general muscular weakness, as they cured me. “I now recommend them to everyone in my neighborhood, where I formerly made sport of all proprietary remedies.”’ U. Y. WILSON. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this fourth day of March, 1897. RoBERT E. HULL, J&., Notary Public. Wayne County, Michigan. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo- ple contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia. partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neural- gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by 100), by ad- dressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. She Broke Her Face. While dancing at the International Club slipped on the smooth floor, falling on her face and breaking her nose. Castoria. 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