ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Regular monthly meeting of i!ie
roiinrilhekl Thursday evening, Oc
tober 5. All members present except
Mr. Sivent.ell.
Question wan raised as to whether
1). K. ColTman should be allowed for
jiolice services. The president ex
pressed an opinion that he iii. per
formed his (Uuies as well as others,
whereupon a motion was made that
;in order be drawn for his pay from
April i st. at the rate of $5 per month.
J. C. Drown on behalf of Columbia
County Agricultural Society askew lor
appointment of special police during
the Fair. It was referred to the pres
ident with instructions to swear in as
many special police as the society de
sired. In th- matter of obstructing the
I'.spy road the following report of J.
C. J'.rown, town surveyor, was sub
milled. To the 'reeient and Members of the
Town Con ne il of llloomsbur. '.,
Gentlemen:
Upon the matter of complaint
against J. I.. Dillon for alleged build
ing an obstruction . in lierwick road
and referred to me by action of Coun
cil. I would beg leave to make the
following report :
I have examined what is termed
the "rural" map of the Town of
!!oor..! burg, and can find no width
of the road in question designated
thereon. I have made an examina
tion of tiie grounds with the following
results : I find an old fence standing
on no: t!i side of said road which I
presume was intended to mark the
northern limit ol the road ; until the
erection of Dillon's fe!-ce the space
from that fence on the northern side
was open to the bank of the canal,
and the traveled track on the south
side was irregular and not well de
lined; the distance between the fences
at the west end is 34.5 feet and at
the east end 27.3 feet, the width of
tuc road bed at the east end not cov
ered with cinder is 19 feet. By a ref
erence to the map prepared by the
Land Improvement Company 1 find
that the northern side of said Berwick
road is extended eastwardly in a
straight line thus removing the angle
opposite the N. W. corner of the Dil
lon enclosure. This gives the road
a uniform width of more than 33 feet
throughout.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. Brown,
Town Engineer.
Upon motion the street commis
sioner was directed to notify Mr. Dil
lon to remove fence, to allow a pub
lie road of the width of 33 feet.
Building permits were granted as
iollows : J o I. h. ost, dwelling on
Fifth street, Mathias Foust, dwelling
on Leonard street, 'I. C. Harter,
dwelling on 7th street, W. R. Ring-
rose, dwelling on West street.
On motion it was directed that V.
I'leckenstine and Wm. Lanion be no
tided, to remove obstructions in front
of buildings on Leonard street, and
failing to do so, the street commis
sioner directed to remove them.
M. K. Cox complained that Patrick
. Fly nn and John Henson were main
taining nuisances on their properties.
It was referred to the board of health
with power to remote.
When the hair begins to come out
in combing, it shows a weakness of
the scalp that calls' for immediate at
tention. I'he best preparation to ar
rest further loss of hair and restore the
scalp to a healthy condition is Ayer's
Hair Vigor.
A Toad's (Junuing.
A scientific journal tells this story
of a toad's cunning : A brood of
chickens was fed with moistened meal
in saucers, and when the dough sour
ed a little it attracted larce numbers
of flies. An observant toad had evi
dently noticed this, and every day to
ward evening he would make his ap
pearance in the yard, hop to a saucer,
cumo in ami roll over until ne was
Covered with meal, having done which
he awaited developments. The flies,
enticed by the smell, soon swarmed
around the schemins batrachian, and
whenever one passed within two inch
es or so of his nose his tongue darted
out and the fly disappeared. The
plan woiked so well that the toad
made a regular business of it.
Aftur Breakfast
To purify, vitalize and enrich the
blood, anil give nerve, bodily and di
gestive strength, take Hood s Sarsapa
nlla. Continue the medicine after
every meal for a month or two and
you will feel "like a new man."' The
merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is proven
by its thousands of wonderful cures.
Why don't you try it ?
Hood's Pills cure constipation.
They are the best after-dinner pill and
family cathartic
The New York World has com
menced the publication of a monthly
edition, which is to contain as much
miscellaneous matter as usually found
in ihe magazines. It will be printed
in the newspaper form and sell at 35
cents per year. The first edition is
dated October, 1893.
Lines on the death of Miss Maud
Murdm, who died Sept. 191I1, 1893,
a . . . I 17 yen?, fi imnths, 1 by.
Ikxi- "M,r k-ih is g vie down
v,:'"!e " 'as v t W"-;.;.-o:iiiali 15th
cii.'.p., 911 voe.
1"l"l-St ItltU.I Sll"' II V h.M 1 ft IM,
Ami ll'T loss WP il-.,y f,.,,;(
Jlut we put our 1 r. m In Jesus,
Who ran nil our s-irrow In-nt.
hiip iiim Iwn a Invlnx (I nimbler, I
Anil a slsti-r kind nml true,
The friends shn made hove ninny been,
Ami her rimmles were few.
If'T lOi-o-tiinl face, her sunny Itnlr.
Hit eyes no bright and blui
Her friendly smile, her words or Cheer,
Made nor dear to nil slip know.
The homo hIip lias lprt so lonely ,
The sorrow-inff ntnt tier's heart,
Now nclics fur the (leiir hnmn daughter,
Wli It whom she was called to part.
And the, brothers too, will miss her,
And the sisters left behind.
Km-li feels the loss of one so dear,
of one so loving and kind.
Her youthful friends who knew her best,
'in scarcely believe It no,
Nil- w :u so bright, si full of life,
lust 11 few short, weeks uifo.
Hut all I Imfs bright and fair must, lade,
The III lKhtet slVins I he II, .,.(,.! ,
I'll" lovely and I lie sweet was made,
Hut to Im lost when sweetest.
We trust she Is safe In heaven,
Nafe from sorrow and from eni-e,
Yes, safe with nil those if.ni-- before.
safe lii yonder home so fair.
Let u.l keep the memory bright.
Other, whodled In her youth,
our lives make pure, our steps direct ,
In the ways of wisdom and truth.
So teach us to number our days,
our hearts to wisdom apply.
'i'he yonnc, tin- old, the r! "i and pw.
Sooner or la'er must die.
If we prove faithful to the end.
A crown to u.s He will irlve.
And Joys so irrcul ami blessings rare.
Ph Josu.s nt home tu live.
Lizzie Kline.
Oranoevili.e Pa., Sept. zS, 1893.
Three Mouths' Railroad Disasters,
A list of railroad disasters to passen
ger trains within ninety days this sum
mer, from June 20 to September 22,
is given in the New York Advertiser,
with the number of dead and injured
in each. Summing these up the read
er finds that in then, there were one
hundred and twenty-two people killed
outright and three hundred and eighty
injured. Many of the injured are life
after prolonged sufferings.
Of these "accidents," so called,
there were thirty live in the ninety
days one to each two and a half
days on an average. Of the thirty
five eighteen were collisions with other
trains, six of these collisions due, in
the first place, to a misplaced or an
open switch. The switch wrongly
placed was the cause of eight other
calamities, leading off with the fright
ful tunnel disaster on the Long Island
railroad in June. Three of the dis
asters came from bridges giving away.
One, in Alabama, was the work of
train wreckers.
It is to be noted that there were
fourteen rear-end collisions, proving
how utterly inadequate are the means
provided against these, the ordering
back of a brakeman with a lantern for
a distance of i.occ feet. In many
cases he is unable to cover that dis
tance, or any distance sufficient to
warn another train or section of a
train following. As the Scientific
American truly said not long ago,
there is no guarantee of safety to pass
engers when a train stops unexpected
ly, except in immediately getting out
ref the train.
There is no excuse, whatever, for
this state of things, this dreadful sacri
dee of human life, says the Scranton
Truth. As the scientific papers have
repeatedly pointed out there are de
vices already known by which collis
ions from the rear can be made im
possible. Automatic signalling and
switch placing devices are at the com
mand of railroad companies. If the
loss to their own properly is not suf
ficient to compel the adoption of meas
ures at their command to prevent
human slaughter, then public opinion
should enforce legislation that will
make railway travel less of a menace
and danger.
Like a Thief in theNiglit
Consumption comes. A slight cold,
with your system in the scrofulous
condition that's caused by impure
blood, is enough to fasten it npon
you. That is the time when neglect
and delay are full of danger.
Consumption is Lung scrofula. You
can prevent it, and you can cure it, if
you haven't waited too long, with
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. That is the most potent
blood- cleanser, strength-restorer and
flesh-builder that's known to medical
science. For every disease that has
to be reached through the blood, for
Scrofula in all its forms, Consump
tion, Weak Lungs, Bronchitis, Asth
ma, and all severe, lingering Coughs,
it is the only guaranteed remedy. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you have
your money back.
The proprietors of Dr. Sage's Reme
dy know that their medicine perfectly
and permanently cures Catarrh. To
frove it to you, they make this offer :
f they can't cure your Catarrh, no
matter what your case is, they'll pay
you $500 in cash.
Hanging in chains was abolished,
with many other cruel punishments in
1834.
GRAVE AND GAY. .
Wonl.4 lt:i Icn.th.
t
Detithl !c!.i!i! 011 1 ntlll louder. Death! I tievd
n Tote 1 .ill: Dentin
How could I liii .w but (l.o Voice u .1 cull w ro
a thnu: :er ie
How could I ti.:;.U to itlve up my v i- iti; n:ul
happy I real).
How roiild I Is-ar l.'.t-!!- l.liicli ni.d pltjotis
dead to be
Dmttil mill the volco orlnd: Ik-alhl
IVnlti, O ro'.d pursuing DeatW for a lltllo pass
me lv,
Ieuve me a Utile more, good Death, to the
Mid anil early day;
There are those wiililn?, weary; to tlio wenry
ones draw nigh!
1 (five. O 1 Rive rum ransom to pass ll.o other
wayl
lVathl lie merciful, Denthl
Death, O my friend nnd my brotherl gentle and
wise, one, thou!
I urn walllmt weary to meet thee, here in tlirt
thick o' the strife.
Friend and dearer than brotherl I am lonclng
fur thee now,
I have Utiou-n enoufh of the nndnrss called by
the living .lien l.ifo.
Yea, come as a friend now, J leu till
Ah, tliou art passlnx; cruel! mill must I toll
and wait?
Oh, but x pa re to the, mother tlx) child that
dlns t. her breaitt
Drother, my day Is wunltii;; my year It Is wax
In hue:
. C'rue',1 (Jsparel Ah, (ireetlncs and Rratltudnl
Now to my rest;
IKuth, thou art (food now, Death!
I am Klad, my Heath!
Sprlniflleld (Mans.) Kepubllcai
Now or When?
Oil the wall of nu ancient minster,
In a run; old l-iuKlisli town,
I'Miii one of Its outer lowers
A dial lonkuth down.
Whereon apjwars a leifenil.
And thoikrmds uf pa isinf men
Have read In lint centmies ol.leu
lis warning "Xo'.v or W'lieui'
.Still dwellers within the city.
Ai..l sir.uuer 1 tru'n la;;.l a fur,
As they con tie- utrl'.iiti, motto,
l-'ore'cr exhorted are
He It morn or :.o.n or even
Jly those words none fail to l;en
Tile pr se::t Is vu'.lr''; thu! ott'y
Is cerl.ila "Now or V Hour"
That others who ne'er In jier.'oa
May the dial quaint behold
fchall yet lis message ponder;
Its .story here, is toliL
Hast tlinu uti','tit th'iu wouldst occompll.st
Ily deel cr voice or pen?
Thu moment is thine; no other
Art Hum promised "Now or When!!"
Itev. l'Ullip II. Strong, in tioldon Duya
An l iidlseooriiKed farmer.
I met a Jolly farmer in a lovely western vale,
A muu of fertilo fancy that was never kuown
to full,
Who, when I told of hailstones Hevcu uuuiva
lull in welchu
Bald ho bad seen twelvesuunco ones back In
eighteen sIxty-cluhL
And when I spoke of fish I'd caught, In certain
loreign nils,
That measured twenty-seven fee from narra
tive to Kills,
IIo said, wlih brow unruffled and a manner
frank unu free,
That ho had cauxht them twice as long la
eighteen slxty-lhreo.
And then I spolcu of having mot a fellow la Her
lln
Whoso mouCh was large enough to gel three
lurgo potatoes In;
Whereupon ho wished Jim Hankinoon his
cousin v. as ullve;
He'd seen him hold six apples In his mouth in
sixty-five
It seemed to make no odds to him bow I'd ex-
agtforutc:
He'd always go one better; so I thought that
I a narrate
How with an ass's jawbone did the mighty
Samson luy
Ten thousand of bis focmen Just to seo what
tie would say.
Ho listened most intently, with an ever-broad-
enlnK smllo,
As though be were a person that had never
heard of guile;
And, when I'd done, he told me that be knew
my tale was true,
For Samson's self had told It him In eighteen
sixty-two.
Harper's Uazar
I. ore anil Hard Times.
I said: "The times ar hard, and bread is dear
when work is not,
And sad, Indued, Is poverty, and lonely Is Its
lot;
And 'faint tho gleam of silver Is, and far the
Kleam of gold;
Tho chilly winds are blowing, but tho hearth at
borne Is cold."
Then one climbed up and twined ber arms her
little arms, so while!
Around my neck, and softly said: "I love papa
to-night!"
And as she cuddled clote to me the winsome
little witchl
Tho times wero hard no longer, for ber love bad
made mo rich!
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Dinner Horn.
Wheu I hear tho dinner horn.
Ain't I glad that I wux bornr
Oh, tbet boiler tootlc-too.
How it thrills a feller through!
Talk about yer slinphunulcs,
Now, 1 tell y' what It is,
Angola' harps don't stand a show
When that born begins to blow.
Don't I quit the pesky plow
Kind o' mirfhly suddln, now,
When I hear the welcomo sound
Ecbolif from the. woods aroutidl
Ooshl them burstln' 'taters sweet,
Jcs' like warmed-up snow to eat!
And them fritters thick and brown
I'eller hates to let 'em down!
Get up, Surroll seems ez though
Hosses' walk is mlRhty slow.
HI, thnr, boys! quit droppln' corn
Dnu't yo hear tho dinner horn?
James liuckbam, In Detroit Free Pruts,
A l'hllosoplier and Ills Family.
His mind was In a perpetual siusm .
About the cause of protoplasm,
And w'en 'twas caused he loii-d to know
Jest wbat It was that mado It grow.
Ho longed to know Just what it was,
Tho cause behind Ihe primal cause.
Just what was Chaos made of, and
Upon w hat ground did Chaos stand?
Ho wished to know what It could be
When in the khupc of uebului;
And whut was ualuro's underpinning
'Fore It bogaa lu the beginmngr
He longed to know how it began,
Tho much-dobated 1'ull of Man,
What lauguago Kden's old snake talked?
And If upou its tail It walked?
And If we'd lauded high an' dry
Had Eve's old apple hung too high?
He tried to find some one to tell
Of U10 "lust tribes of Israel."
And 'twas the problem of bis life
To find out who was old Cain's wife,
And Just bow much tbe world would gain
Had Abel lived, ins Wail of Cain.
Dut his coarse neighbors wlshod to know
How bis poor old wife could sow
Enough to buy him clothes and food
And feed seven children hungry brood.
They were dull-minded creatures, so
This simple thing they longed to know.
Sua Waller Fos la Boston Ulob
mm
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BROWNING.
910 and
WARBEH A. REED.
Famous Americans.
President Cleveland never wears
gloves, whether the weather lie cold
or warm.
Vice I'resid'.'m Stevenson follows
the example of tip: president and pays
his hotel and railroad hills wherever
he i;oes.
N. C. Creole, the funnier of Creede.
Col., has taken i:; his rerJdenO' in
Los Alleles, Cah. and bought a resi
denco there for forty thousand dol
lars. Having ai'.ias..e l a fortune le;
will ib vote the rest of his life lo taking
care of his health.
It is rumored in New York that
Miss Helen Cou'd, eldest daughter of
the late fmanc'jr. i ; ! a t . .s I : i; the erec
tion of a hospital for women. Miss
Gould i probably the richest heiress
in America, her fortune beme; esti
mated at froi.i ten to fifteen million
dollars.
George Vandeibilt's purchase of
the 1'aul Cameron estate near Ashe
ville, X. C, for seventy-five thousand
dollars, it is thought, will make him
the largest land owner in the state.
This property is in the immediate
vicinity of his grent chateau and hunt
ing preserves.
Low's This !
We oiler One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case ol Catarrh that can
not be cured by 1 1 all's (Jatarrh Cure.
F. J. CI1KNKY & CO, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan
cially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Wai.ding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
10 6-1 mo.
A Vcritablo Jewel.
Simpson Is your watchman a care
ful man ?
Robinson Very, lie eats mince
pie every night before retiring.
Jlrooklyn Life.
One word describes it-"perfection.
We refer to De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve, cures oostinate sores, burns,
skin diseases and is a well known cure
for piles. W. S. RisKon, Druggist.
10-14-iyr.
Nature Sure to Compensate.
Ethel (looking at the statue of the
Venus of Mi'o) It seems to me,
Maud, that the women in ancient
times had larger waists than they have
now.
Maud Well, perhaps the men had
longer ai ms. lio.'tu tilnhe.
If you can afford to bs annoyed by
sick headache and constipation, don't
use DeWitt's Little Early Risers for
these little pills will cure them. W.
S Rishton, Druggist. 10-14 ly.
You have noticed
that some houses always seem to need
repainting ; they look dingy, rusted,
faded. Others always look bright,
clean, fresh. The owner of the first
"economizes" with "cheap" mixed
paints, etc.; the second paints with
Strictly Pure
White Lead
The first spends three times as much
for paint in five years, and his build
ings never look as well.
Almost everybody knows that good
paint can only be had by using strictly
pure White Lead. The difficulty is
lack of care in selecting it. The
John T. Lewis & Bros.
brand is strictly pure White Lead.
" Old Dutch " process ; It is standard
and well known established by the
test of years.
For any color (other than white) tint
the Strictly Pure White Lead with
National Lead Company's Pure White
Lead Tinting Colors, and you will have
the best paint that it is possible to put
on a building.
For mio by the moit reliable dealer In
paints everywhere.
If you ar. going to paint, It will pay you
to send lo ua Tor a booV containing informa
tion that may aav. you many a dollar ; it
will only coat you a postal card to do so.
JOHN T. LEWIS & BROS. CO.,
Philadelphia,
f
Summer Men
nre now looking for
Faif; Overcoats
OU'il:, . re equal t custom
made. The fashionable
sorts nre Vicunas, Wors
teds, Cheviots ami Homespuns.
Prices, $25, $20, $15
and downwards to
$8.00-
for an excellent one.
KING & CO.
912 Chestnut St. Philada.
opposlto I'ost Office.
Fine PHOTO-
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsburg.
The best are
the cheapest.
Cry f'hl'Mtrr' Wl
mmmorf.L puis
Orlh-lfii.l ur.'' Only f.MMi'ni. j
jf ,t t. r'.f--l.k. (.), t &,
Mi Mmnii it liffl Wi't Unit i Uirlftii,?
-a. t.fl h i ) ri.r,f it. Tul.n
t no othip. lutr dun-jtrti tA'tifn V
in Ptamfi ti-t -rrtlMtrP, l f ttrjohinli tnl
at 'H'i emu. in n. A lriiir;.ite, ,tr "Tia 4v
ftltfll. 1r. )(' I '.ili'OIHtla. .Virir ',jir.
fc"ld by Ml Loot Urujguu. L'Um
H'hi'i ntiH fft an fniallitiln
(wr fornix. l'ric'$l. My
fivit. AtMre'ASAKKMS,"
liox 2410. 1'uik City,
EEAUY
KOLTED
to the
Ground
Juhi UKjk nt thi! bottom of this.
Erath's Patent
Hitching Post.
Bound to stay whore It's placed,
lHii't. It T I.Ike to know more
sVs uoouni7 ifgtiie uneapest,
there In. Write to
uC. W, ERATH 93 S. Main.
WW I I KBB KM KM W fH. aM.
ely's catarrh
UUJLAM BALli
Cleans the
Nusal Passages,
Allays Pain and
Inflammation,
Ilc.il.4 the Sores.
Kcstores the
Sense of Taste
and smell.
TRY TEE CURE-HAY'-EEVER
A particle Is applied Inlo each nnsrn and Is
0(,'ii' able, l'rlee !xi ei-uts lit lrujfi;lt.-i; l.v lniill
f lstcn-d, BH eta. ELY BUOTll Kits, 5ii Wurreu
ni,, . 1 .
Solentiflo American
Agency for
cavs-ara.
TPAnu uiDifS.
DESICN PATENTS.
AnDVDinura
jt or TninnnaTinii ana rree iiannDoon rfritww
ML'NN CO., '.! IlHUAlJWitT, NEW YonK.
Oldest burenu for ecuiinir p&ttinte In Anmrlca.
Kvery patent taken out hy ne Is brniuiht bofnra
the public by a uutice givec f mo oX eluuso lu Uia
J freest elrewlstlon of any nolentl fin paper In tho
n-tii'ld. Biiiulalltllr llliiHt.nau.1. No iiilellilrniit
nisu should be vuhout it. Weokly, ..(MI a
j-wiri H.SInlx w 'hn. A'Miwk .mi'NN a. fi)
tuuutuiuw, 'ItunUMuy, itew Vutl City.
THOMAS G0URF.Y
Plans and Estimates on all
kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work promptly
attended lu.
i
Inside Hrrdwood finishes a
specialty. '
Persons of limited means v' o
desire to build can pay part and
secure balance by mortgage.
The most healthful and popular drink of the
S'he proper drink for both table and fin-Hide
now within the reaeh of all. tfvery thrifiv
hoiiHi-wireeun provide for her home, Krane or.
unite, penr, ehi-irv, apple, baniiim and iilneaiinln
elilein al, the Kinull exix-nse of llfleen eeulH nr
itullnn. Keep your lmsbaiidB and mms at home
by preparing for them those delightful u xiA
iiirinleHs d.Tnk : thereby suvlnu the mo -y
time might, possibly rind Its way Iulo llio hii.
loons. It nnVy lakes ten mlinm-8 to make any
fine of these delightful drinks. Unclose 10 cei J
for one, or 6(1 1 eeuu for seven of n. "Kriiltt id'r
Heclpcs". Address NMS NOVELTY CA
3IM C'nllmot Ave., tTk o, 7l" VfeLT C0-tt-lu-U.
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METHODS OF PLOWING.
How to Lay Out tho V.'nrk So a to R
rnr Fnlr Itenlfs.
A plow Is simply a wudtfe, which Is
.irea between tho furrow liee r.i.-l
tiie land, to separate tho two. Like uil
wt-tljjiM It U most rfilcient whoa tins
f-'-rcu In upplii-d most ueurly luliuo v. R'a
tl-,3 direction tf Its work. To tveco'u
;li:,li this, the cIo.vIh mid tho truces
should be ai'jnsUvl until tho require!
depth is attained. Or if a wbel is lifted
lot that bo plueed at tho proper height,
adjust tho clevis and let out the traces
until the wheel runs on the ground all
!i' - -
no l unit, pr.owrn
T W A U I) S T II K
I'fcM'IC.
no. 2 n a r k r v it
iiowiNO ruuu iris
properly aljust.
will not bevel it
tbo way.
A plow
v 1 1 ' run
flat, and
point; while if it is adjusted with a hitfh
clevis and short traces it will bevel its
point by continually running on its
nose, and will jump itself out of the
(Tround at every slight obstruction.
The side adjustment is governed by tho
snire. principles, nnd there should be
no u'lilue presauro on the landsldii.
Sumo soils will benr deep plowing, and
ii ro positively benefited by it, but
others arc injured.
'I'he lirst consideration in plowing a
field is how to lay out tho work. An
old-time custom, still all too common
n:id popular, bocr-asu It requires only
thu minimum of brain labor, was to
sbnply fro around tho field and forever
and forever turn the furrows outward
toward the fences. The results may 17
seen in many an old field in the tic
cumulated depth of soil near the
fences, while a gaping central dead
furrow with its attenuated corner dear!
furrows reaching tu the fences, in
cnoujrh to make tbe cold chills run
down the back of a tidy modern
farmer. The effect of this kind of
plowinir is shown in Fifr. 1, the shaded
portions showing the accumulations of
oil near the fences by tbe "round and
round" system.
As a partial remedy for this evil,
some have practiced a system of "back
furrowing1" away from the fences. Th
effects of this are shown in Fljj. t,
where it is seen that, while it keeps thf,
soil from accumulating1 near the fences,
as under the other system, still th
evils arc only transferred to another
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part of the field, the center of the field
being still denuded, while the soil con
tinues to be piled in ridores. Even
when the back farrows are laid out of
unequal width, the unequal distribu
tion of the soil is only a, little more
spread and less apparent.
To avoid all these imperfections, I;
plow my fields toward the center.
bcfrin by providing a few dozen light
stakes, and a twine a hundred feet in)
length. Now, with an assistant, meafrn
ure the length of the string from tho
fence and bet a few stakes, as shown
by tho outer dotted line a in Fig. 3.
Ileginnicg at these stakes measure in
ward again and set stakes as before,
utid repeat the process until you hava
reduced the field to a small center or
core bounded in tho figure by the inner
dotted line b. Now begin to plow at
tbo middle of this center piece, turning
the furrows toward tho center, and be
ing careful to finish even to the stakes.
Then back-forrow from each corner ol
this central piece to the corresponding,
corner of the Held, going out and back
twice on each corner.
Tho field will then appear as shown
in Fig. 4, and you can begin plowing
all tho way around the central piece,
turning tho furrows toward the center
until tha field is completed. The dif
ferent setsof stakes will serve as guides
by which tho different sides of tho
piece will bo kept even, and the wholo '
u ill finish even to the fence A labor-'
saving expedient is to simply back-furrow
tho corners of tho field, as chmvn
in Fig. 4. If it is sod you aro plowing,'
when you reach tho back-furrowed
corner of tho field, without 'stopping
tho team you simply roll the plow over
on tho mouldboard. and while thn
makes an easy turn you guide the
plow to its place and let It take its fujO
row on tho other side without pause or
hindrance. In fact tho corner is turnodj
in this way much easier and quicker
than in the ordinary manner of going
around tho land. Chnrlnn R. Ti..., .
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in American Agriculturist
Killing- Weeds la Lawaa. '.
A writer in tho T.nn.lnn rimun .
thut he finds the best way to kill weedJ
in lawns is to nlnen n. fmrtl.-lont K..Iki
, . v vumwi.
of salt on tho crown. This is donei
early In the season and immediately!
after the first cutting of fh
one occasion a mass of rough wee' ;
was exterminated ana, a smooth law i
sooured. Three duva tvern iwmilnH I ..
the work. Similar and butter is tl:.'
use of sulphuric acid, as described inth j
Countrv ()ent.1emnn Thn ..'.Ua.
j v. . vv nuuw
quoted found in one cose, where there
wcio muro wcuum man grass, mat it
was necessary to invert, thu i it.
took up tho turf, raked the ground,
mellow, relald the turf upside down,
scratched It hniivlln
taL J rt.-
with salt la one month it preseotou a
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