home-mad fertilizers. -arc n1 Foresight Will Hart Mncli Need. 1pm i. Ttm fnllnwlnir In from tho Ohio Fnr- mer: Lot us look nt mi nvcniKo burn- ty of nnturo renlinnlilo to rrcry one. yartl nn tlmt amy be mot with most If we hop n negro in tho street of anywhere. Here we see a large pile of Iondon we Immediately recognize the horse ninnure steaming nwny na though broad differeuce that marks lilm "it on lire. Here n jitlo of cow manure from tho common mass of white men all frozen so It cannot rot Its own lit- by whom be Is surrounded. But that, tr before summer. There a pile of of course, Is only because wo take nu dry corn slnlks, ns they have been Individual Instance. We say quite dog thrown out of the feeding-room. In matlcally: "Tills man Is black, thick one part of the yard stands n straw Upped, tint-nosed; 1 call hi in a negro, stack Unit the cattle run n round nnd These other men are white, thin-lipped, pnll down, but tho scatterings are left sharp-nosed; 1 call them Europeans." close around the stack, nnd nre tramp- Quite so; that is true, relatively, to 1 two feet deep, while n, few feet the small nrea and restricted number from the stack the ground may be of cases you have then and there ex seen. The corner of the yard where a mined. But now suppose you go on the outdoor feeding Is tlont If the only .to the Scudan n rather dillicult thing portion that Is In any order for manure, to manage just at present, Mr. Cook's Now I will leave It to my readers If through Ixmklius to Khartoum being I have not described nn nvernge bnrn- temporarily suspended nnd start from yard. This is where farmers nre to thence down the Nile through Nubia blame. It is but little trouble to keep to Alexandria. At first on your way onr barnyards In proper shape if we you would see few but thoroughly only will. Let us ask the proprietor of negroid faces black skins, thick lips, onr sample lmrnynrd If he has so much tint noses, etc., according to sample, work during winter that he cannot nt- As you moved northward Into Egypt, rend to his yard. His answer will be: however, you would soon begin to And "No, but I thought the bamynrd could that, while the skin remained as black take care of Itself." With most of far- or I. early as black as ever, tho rea mers there is a great deal of spare time tures were tending slowly, ou the aver during tho winter. Their work, aside age, to Europennlze. from stock feeding, is not very push- Yet there would be nowhere a spot Ing, nnd a day's time now nnd then where you could say definitely: "Here would not be missed. Let us have that I leave behind me the Nubian type day once In a while to straighten up nnd arrive at the Egyptian." Never that yard, nnd 1 will see to It that you even could you pick out three or four are paid for It next fall. Let us take nien quite certainly from a group on a fork every few days and go around some riverside wharf, overshadowed thnt straw stack, taking the loose straw by douni palms, and say on. the evl that Is under foot nnd cover up thnt donee of skin and features alone; bare spot of ground. Throw It wher- "These men are Soudanese, nnd the ever the manure Is thin, and the cattle remainder nre Nubians." will train!) It more, making better man- Then, tf von went on still thrnmrh ure or the straw, wnue it neips mo siniil nnd rnlostlne the regular Eust iunlity of what Is nlrendy there. Take 0rn tour you would find nt each step 1 a horse nnd sled every week or so, nnd move that pile of horse manure nnd thnt pile of corn-stalks. But them around In thin spots In your yard, like you did that straw, and then see what a difference It makes In your yard, Above that cow manure pile just have a few stock hogs where they enn get at It. and I dnro sny It will be tnken care of. Two or three hogs nre the best aids you enn find to nsslst about the ynrds but In justice to the hogs I will say that it not tho best thing stock n tint h r m thoroughly scatter the uiauurc pile to secure the corn. ; But now let us look a little to the bedding of our cows nnd horses. You reau oi v or !;... ui '"; . liquid manure by troughs and pits, but yon say you caunot do that way. 1 wflL tell you what you enn do. Go to uf a nice bed to sleep on. and they come out of the stable looking clean, fnstenl of reminding you of a walk ing manure pile, ns we often see cattle that nre poorly bedded. There nre ,me who have not got this extra amount of straw to lavish on their stock. To all iuch I say, go to your nearest saw-mill nnd geVs'awdust, and .... .. . ise freely ror bedding, ns tins is as m-nrly as good an absorbent ns straw, and makes gocw bedding. your own home-made fertilizers, and -e bow' much you can Increase them, ind your mr ey it every opportunity turn a band to- rmndle what we have already saved, as to Improve the quality, and re- Inee the quantity, thus lessening the expense of removing to the field. .1 Ouiintitv f Seed to an Acre, Tr&att r rro vfc unr . i t .,,., surface, which gives a grip on tho n;i t in hi ii-iiiuitt, ii j vui vtiiiic ui u , , . ... . - i i., ,i. .i.i l,.. ,m snow wnen going up niu. it is ias- llll tvriu ill tiivj nuiiiv., iiutn TV 111 flint otfo xt dinid; ntwl tnL-a l'lfffulv nf " ' . ' , " r ' "1 u .ii i,"i Kunnlng, or rather skat ng, on snow STrln nt 'I Lt nL heir he 1 Opi Nlly COlintiy, be afraid of It, tat mnkp tMr ld- wUh ht 1Rt on u J , ,UK . l'lv.n in tMmnn of th0 m08t exhilarating forms of ex- Sin in cleaning v r htedS Thp 8," ls not ' "he'strawloo dos" bu'VhwwouJ TX'XZVj all that. Is dirty nnd till up ngniu with f,t four or flvJ verlts an hour is 1 clean wtraw. The result will be that .J1?1:. ,5. f Tf8!8 .aa, aour,. von are savinir neurlv ' all the linuld lo,1K',1(,rl'11 KolKI B'""B Ior " ms- uTantrea "woU n sAXovn& an'eon a ""t eonsldably It. nnd tou have not had any of the more can bo done. 1 he double shutflo tumble you xcJre so afraid of. More- liMi ol.l eodor used to develop on ' " . ..... . oeeislon tllun lis with enw nnrl no- over, your cows nave nau tne uencnt t IVnw niv hmth..r f minora Blleh of """" tv" i-iw-iuuciiimig vo ns'w 1 n ot iSh hed o the subiect v,'U,clty- nn(1 " lll11"tful fuelln ot th yon ns wm not . mc uetii to tiie absence of all effort, till your momen- fflrS Zd rSKr -wvon the plain TUe following should be kept for length of beard seems to Weigh with reference: "Barley, broodcast, two to them more than the stock of brains. hree bushels; bean, pole, In Mils, ten , Admiral Keppel was sent to Algiers jo twelve quarts; beets, In drills, live to demand satisfaction for tho injuries :x six pounds; broom corn, In hills, done to his Britannic Majesty's sub lgbt to ten quarts; buckwheat, one jects by their corsairs. The Dey, en mshel; cabbage, iu beds, to transplant, raged at the boldness of the nmbas lnlf pound; carrots, In drills, three to sador, exclaimed that he wondered at xmr pounds; Chinese sugar cane, Vlie Insolence of the English monarch .welve quarts; clover, nil, alone, lif- Iu sending him a message by a beard rven to iweiity pounds; clover, alslke, less boy. ibme, eight to ten pounds; clover, lu- The Admiral, somewhat nettled, re ivnu' or alfalfa, twenty pounds; corn, plied that If bis master had supposed :a hill, eight to ten quarts; corn, for wisdom was to bo measured by the willing, three bushels; cucumber, in leugth of the beard, be would doubt ails, two iioiiiids; flax, broadcast, one less have sent the Dey a he-goat. This md one-bait' bushels; grass, Kentucky answer so enraged the Dey that ho :lue, time bushels; grass, orchard, ordered bis mutes to attend with the three bushels; grass, English rye, two bow-strings, saying the Admiral should .iushel.; grass, red top, three bushels; pax for his boldness with bis life, -.ti-s, timothy, one-half bushel; grass, Nothing daunted by this threat tho Eiungarlau. one bushel; grass, mixed ambassador took the Dey to the wln '.i.wn, four bushels; hemp, one and one- dow, nnd showing lilni the English alf bushels; mustard, brondcast, half fleet, said if it was bis plensure to put .iishel; melon, musk, In hills, two to him to death, there were Englishmen ,ii'ce pound.; melon, wnter, In hills, , enough In that fleet to niaku him a mr to Ave pounds; millet, common, ' glorious funeral pile. The Dey, who iroridct'Ht, one bushel; oats, broadcast, I wore a long beard, took tho bint from wo to three bushels; onion, In drills, ' the man who had none. ive to kIx pounds; onion for sets. In lrill:J, thirty pounds; onion, sets, In 'rill. :U to twelve bushels; parsnips, dr il:-, four to six pounds; peas, tn :r!Ib', one and one-half bushels; pens, mad'-HM', three bushels; potatoes (cut aberst. t. n bushels; pumpkin, In hills, 'i.uv i six pounds; radish, In drills, Iglit to tou pounds; rye, broadcast, ".( tiiid one-half to two bushels; snl Ify, I i drills, eight to ten pounds; ofiiMci', in drills, twelve to fifteen liiuu.N; sge, In drills, eight to ten mun is; Mu i;:h, bush varieties, In h!l' '.,cr t i!x iKunds; squash, running niU !'u .', hills, three to four pounds; oui.;tot , to transplant,, quarter pound; uru'p. in drills, one pound; turnip, road'-est, half pound; vetches, broad ast, iv..t to three bushels; and wheat, ).id "ast, oue and ono-half to two b.is';ol.i." SHADES OF BLACK. How Ilie Iliimnn Itnoo Oriultmtos from lllm-k to Whlto. A fninlltnr human cxiunplc will ninkrt IhN Ki'iirrnl linnUlllncHU anil uiuvrtriln- the tints getting lighter nnd the fares J more Semitic. I'nsslng further through Constantinople, Athens, South Italy, ! you would ulwcrve nt each change a lighter complexion nnd more European j stylo, till nt last, ns you crossed Brov- I ,.uce anj approached central Franco, ! you would nrrlve pretty well nt tho fmnlllar Encllsh irne of fneo nnd fen.. 1 ture. The Coruhlll Magazine. , The Kow-si,e. Rnss,nu moyvM ,8 , tMn S,r,n of "ell-seasoued birch wood. ieuB" ,u l,J ' " Pfr;1" r.t:ti,,?t,t:.,lnil .ll'cIl .V" tUe olonctz ponsnnt nlmo(it uvea dur ing the winter shooting down tho steepest bills, scaling the most dilll ,',. ' A thint. cult slopes, nnd traversing the thick est nnd most broken forest with an ease that seems well-nigh miraculous. miration. Snow-shoeing down bill, ! however, is the "cream" of the sport. I A few quick steps launch you into , space, nnd, bringing your shoes pnrnl- j lei, leaning slightly forward, swaying ' your lw.ly to nuut the inequnllties of the ground, nnd guiding yourself with a long stick provided with a knob at oao vu& Atol against tho nnw nun n Vinolt nf the otlier enn with snow, and a hook at the other end with which you may "hang on ' to any , handy tree when ascending a hill going back again is a different matter, and on a -slip- '"".Li' t, T" ' ";J " bottom of the hU1' : I . i10 loors t neir oeams weight, to their oath, which after this formality they rarely violate. Tho An Klcctrlcal Typewriter. An electrically operated typewriter has been for some time lu use In Bos ton, which Is so arranged that It may not only be used lu the ordinary man lier for ofllee correspondence and copy lug, but may be electrically connected with a similar instrument at u dls t.tnee, so that a copy of the work may be automatically reproduced thereon, even In the absence of nn nttendaut Such a machine apparently possessor great possibilities of futuro uscfuhicsn Forewt IteMiurcea. The value of tho product derived from our forest resources n mounts to more than $1,ju0,0m) annually, nnd Is : unmnHHod In the value of annual nrod- ,., iv no other single Industry except- I jng agriculture. frnnf nnd with n uilirht lntirH Mtrt In nl I UeiUW. IUl UOII1K OltCH. UKtUU UU, lllitfc Things Worth Knowing. To clean the dingy rattan chair that has never been painted wash it in hot milk in which a little salt is dissolved. Steel knives or other articles which have become rusty should be rubbed with a little sweet oil, then left for a day or two in a dry place, and then rubbed with fintly powdered, unslack ed lime until every vestige of the rust has disappeared, and kept in a dry place wrapped up in a bit of flannel. There is false economy, which costs more than it returns; such as saving old medicine bottles, partially used pre scriptions, the tacks taken from the carpet, or working days to save or make that which can be bought for a few cents. In packing bottles or canned fruit for moving slip a rubber band over the body of them. The introduction of grated apples into cake is voted a success pine great A neat laundry bag can be made of white Java canvas worked in block pattern with red embroidery cotton. How to Keep Ice in a Sick Room. A very simple but little known method of keeping ice i to draw s piece ot thick flannel tightly over some deep vessel, like a bowl, for instance, and fasten it there. The ice is placed on top of this drumhead and covered loosely by another piece of fljnnel. In this condition the ice keeps cold and even freezes to the flannel. Thus a small piece of ice can be kept near the patient all night, so as to avert many weary marches up and down stairs to the refrigerator. To break the ice a sharp needle or hat pin is the best thing Force it in and you will be astonished to see how easily it will divide the ice Youth's Companion. The amount of cold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated by the Bank of England officials to be about S65 tons. A WOMAPTS LIFE. SOME THINGS MEX DOX'T CONSIDER Thousands of Women Suffer Dally for Years without t'oinpluinlng. - tsrEctAI, TO OCB LADY BlAnERS. Men cannot know tho sensibilities hid den in the delicate organisms of women. I liousands suffer without knowing why, and die the death daily for want of knowledge that relief Is bo close at hand. Lydia E. Pivikham will forever stand highest In the love of suffering women. Because she discov ered the cause of woman's weakness and suffering, and found the means to remove It. Diseases of the Uterus and ovarian troubles are most uni versal; you can see their ravages in palo faces; it is inicated by halting steps, diz ziness, faintness, Irri tability, melancholy, extreme lassitude, nervousness, sleep lessness, and disturb ances of the stomach. You will hear your friends speak of the 'readful "backache," the crushing sense of " bearing down." Lydia E. PlnkhauCs Vegetable Com pound for twenty years has saved women from all this. Hear tills woman speak: " No man ever suffered a single pang like unto wtmian. "Women, therefore, gladly turn to a woman for sympathy, counsel, and help In their peculiar troubles. " Lydia E. BinkUam deserves the con fidences show ered uponherhy thousands. Her Vegetable Com pound has done more.forwomen than any other remedy. " Tho great cause of wo man's misery Is In her womb. Lydia E. Bink batn's Vege table Compouud gopsdirect to the source of trouble, drives out disease, and cures back ache, fainting, despondency, bloatlug, ovarian troubles, and leucorrhoja. " I would have been In my grave If I had not taken Mrs. Binkham's medicines." Mits. Hannaii Hyde, Bethel, Ind. A YEAR m THE IKtTjSTKlG'dS. If you want work (hat U pleasant niH jirodtf 'ilo, feiuf ua our miiht' itmnt'ditili h . v it ik It iiicii tool Himen innv lu t'Ut ti liuui fe-5.(Ki yni tluv lo H. pfr 'iir without hi.n.;; tiuu irt Ifiit i'XK'iit'tico,:iUu (iiruili Iil iinpl'i im ul at wiiuli ItiL-y can iiiaUe tlml umount. iSotttlnt: liilhcuti In iiiii n nr lliat rtMiuitoi iniieli time J lit- wotk in any, lifHUliy.umi honorabk', iiiul can Iikkihc dur I ! i , tlitytiuif or cvei iii'n, rif:'lit iu onrimi li-nil itv, wiiiTPv-r ymt llv. I'lio ri-ult of n f-iv IiotirH work oflen chjiuiU n wiM-k wnfft i". v luivc laiiL'lit iltuiu inulf of bntli hi vt tintl fill njrc, nnd many liavo laid fmiudutioi. li.Kt will Hiirnly bvtif litem rlclioa . homr ol the BiMinlct pu n In ihii cuii r.t ry owe t!u ii nrrccKM in life to tlin start kIvimi liicni whllu iu our employ y mi nao, Vou, r'ndtr, mnv 1( n try it, Vou cfiunnt fHil. No capital nco Bsnrv. Vi'lir ynuout with nontflliliiK I It ii I in nt'M , Molid, ami hi ire. A hook brimful of ndvire U f n to till, llflpynur iiclt by w i it I n p for it to-Uiiy not to morrow, Delnyt are costly. E. C. ALLC?J & CO., Box 420, AUGUSTA, MAINE. 'mm 910.912 CHESTNUT STREET. Warren A. Reed. lows f Harrows I CLOVER SEED, TIMOTHY SEED, AGRICULTURAL SALT, ESIiOOilESJISiritG. HETlMf convince the skentic and txint the way which if followed leads to Prof.HARRI3'4 SOLUBLE MEDICATED Pastille ITm bon nnt nn In And hi.a hAAn it.Afl ... . ' ' ' ..w I . "I .WW u uiiuini AiiiBtruui, u, doubtful reputation, but a genuine peclllo fur a Terr prevulent dlseaae. Thousand of men, ol all tie, bnve at auuie time In life brought oq nervum dubllltr and exbitustlon, wllh orminlo weHkuesn, br over brain work, ezeoBHea.too fro. quont lnrtuluonce or Indiscretion and Tlclon bubiM.and It Is to tbese that we offer a remedy th:i twill, br Its direct action upon the seat of tba dlnense, stop the druln and restore the patient to Vigorous health and strenvlh. . Our method of lutrodniHng ' ' Prof. Harris' Pastille treatment Is one which commends Itself to all sensible persons for the reason that we supply it noon their Judgment of Its ralue. Weaikof our pntrons nothlns In the way ' erpense beyond a ptjctalcnrd and a two cent postage stamp. Tba poHtul enrd to be usod In sending us their full ad dreaa nnd the postage stamp for the letter return Ing the statement of their cose for which ws supply them with a question blank, to be tilled out, and an envelope addressed to ourselves fur use In returning It when oiled. In prlTRto practice. ".l wnen we receive the state. 1 14 ment on blank we prepare 1 asLfaas eightduys' treutment and for. kj" ward It by mall and prepay Tfjfrirxrv with theelglit days' treatment i ii. nfthf,. we send full directions for using. '1 be treatment In no way Interferes with m person's attentlun to bu.lneHS. and causes no, pain or Inconvenience In any way. We are to positive tlint It will plve perfect tutliiracllon that we leave the mutter of scndlntr orders entirely with thoso using the free Irlnl treatment. llavlng satisfied those sending for trial pankngea of our ability to benefit their sexual eondltlon wo feel that ther are more largely Interested than ourselves In continuing the use of the I'astllles. Kven then we do not attempt to rob them by do xnandlng hltib prices. On the contrary, we make the prives an low as possible, nnd the sume to all. They are as follows : $3.00 for one month; 5.0O for two month ; 8T.OO for three months. These prices leenra the delivery of the) I'astllles by mail. If desired by express wo leave the patient to pny the charges. For tTuViucssuiouthls plan with satlHfnutory results. wensaau .eraons nceuuig ireuuuunc lor any Of the Hocrut Ills which come to mankind through, a violation of nature's luws to send us their ud dress on jKmtnl curd or by letter and allow tiR to convince llmin thnt IMtOF. II A It It I -4' ttofi. MKlllliATKIt l'.lXllli:i)) tmvo juei ltniid Mre what they need. All GoinmunlcaUonit eonlldenUal and should be addressed to i The HARRIS REMEDY CO., Mfg. Chemists eOBefknmn Bt., KEW YORK CITY, N. Y. fTTTTMHI Wrij l:IJ.IIMfJ.JkMH .T.(. 1-lS-lyr. N. C. b Co. X:irM,,Aoeni8.$75 wefk. Kialuilv territory. Tk Hspld W uhr. Wubei kll tb dithoa fur ft fkiuilj lagu tulout. Wuhn, rime auil drla ttiem vklbogt wlllu th bftiidi. Van iuib tlit button, tlm iiiacbtrjcdMi thf) rit. Hritht. polUhed dWhei, ftu4 ebsrful tvt. No tatldcd flnfra,DOiolldbtvudioraluthlQf. No broken diabM. do man, Cheu. durabl,wftrrQt4. Clreulr(r. W. P. UABK1HON A CO., Cltrfc Mo. IV, Culumbut, O, 1 PRETTY 111 The mild winter and hard times have left us with sn enormous stock of MEN'S OVERCOATS, UL STERS, SUITS, BIO AND LIT TLB BOYS' CLOTHINO. W havs marked everything sway down. 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