PROFIT IN TURKEYS.
i SuKKPfttlon of rrmctleal Value for
the Coming Tenr,
I have Just tmu-ktjl my turkey,
nnd with a well-tilled pocket book n
tlio result, feel qui to snti nihil with Ul.V
!atxr of ruining tliom. They arc much
more pi.'!i:::liU- than chickens, ns far
as my xin-tience K'f, although ninny
iierwMis iissert thnt they eat enough
more than chickens to make up the rtlf
fereuce In weight, a Btateuiout which
( very nuu-li doubt.
These
i. !u, i.:evs were of the Bronze
, n 1 the young torn? of last 1
Mis -hit w"!h! on an average
variety,
years mishit v!r!i?;i n nu tm-rnge
.veuiy j h'i.I.i each. Their food has (
'won uuir. au Item ot late, when the I
flick of T.fiy receiveit n bushel of ears
of corn n day, but It Is gelling nt a
la-etty oo.l llirure made iuto turkey
meat at n sliillinir a pound. The over
supply of poul.ry of all kinds thi year I
has kt pi t -ii- prices low. Last year ;
my urK(..-. lu-vucht sixteen cents a
poiiiid, (.! --.'il--tli.it Is, with tho feath
ers oft', leaving the heads on. and en
trails tiinlrawn. Surely this Is better i
than almost any other fowls will ;
briii.-. ltr .ilrrs may surpass it, but i
the we:t;!:t per head Is 8.) small It '
would lake nearly a dozen to bring as
much m one of the turkeys.
But many will say: "It Is such a task '
b raise turkeys." Yes; so It is, for i
the first few wii ks, but after that they I
aro no more trouble than an coital
cumber of chickens. (Jive them what '
wheat or screen I ng they will eat and
a chance to vet plenty of fresh water
ti drink, iin.l they are very little trou- '
ble. Tin y like to roam over the fields, i
and as their food Is mostly bugs, grass j
hoppers and other Insect, they are a '
boueflt rather than a detriment to the 1
crops, in California vineyards large '
flocks of turkeys, often uuuilioiUi;,'
hundreds, are kept among the vines tc
destroy the worms which food upon '
them. One man who formerly lived
In this ceur.ty now owns a large vine
yard in that State, and keeps a Hock
of turkeys for this purpose. When
his own vines arc rid of the p-st hi
neighbors hire tho flock, and some
fjmcA the birds go miles away for
this purpose. They are herded like a
3x:k of sheep, and driven along the
highway in the same maimer.
Turkeys sometimes do considerable
damage to gardens, but by taking a '
little trouble to have the garden away
from the place where the turkeys are '
kept, this is easily overcame. We rals
S U Lilies of jvt tables last sum-'
uht In our garden, with very little,
bother from the turkeys. They do no '
more harm than chickens; either will
undoubtedly ent cabgage, tomatoes,
cucumber--, etc., if they come in con-'
tact with them. '
I certa'nly know of no better way
for. iariners' wives to get the niueh-tnlkcd-of
"pln-mouey" any easier, or
in larger quantity, than by raising tur
keys. Now is tho time to get your
breeding stock for the coming year.
Make your selections early, and let the
fowls get accustomed to their now sur- j
rouudiugs before the laying season be
gin If you prefer It, buy eggs and
hatch them under common hens. This
eiwts less than buying the fowls, and
is fully as good a way to get a start.
In selecting a hen to hatch turkey i
eggs, choose one that Is not fidgety .
and nervous if a hen can bo called
nervous, and I've seen some that could.
A steady-going hen, that is not so
neivy as to be clumsy. Is best. She
should be tame enough to allow one to
pick up the little turkeys without get
ting exeltt 1, and to allow herself to lu
picked up. poults and all, to be car-1
riwl to slieiier should a storm threaten, i
It requires vigilance tor the lirst few
weeks If one would raise a goodly
percentage of the hatching. Kept free
from lice, and fed bread squeezed out
tt hot milk, or Bour milk curds, with
i little pepper to prevent diarrhea,
jnd a plentiful supply of fresh water
in shallow dishes, ami the little things
will' thrive and grow in a very satis
factory manner.
It is really a pleasure to care for a
Hock of young turkeys. They are much
more Interesting, and I actually get so
attached to them that I dislike to have
them killed. Rut such Is the fate of
turkeys. Ella Itockwood, In the Coun
try Gentleman.
Apples Wrapped In I'aper.
We have tried the experiment In
past years of wrapping apples for long
keeping In thin and compact paper,
iach specimen being wrapped separ
ltely. The object was to preserve a
nearly uniform temperature, and to
exclude nil tendency to decay. Th
experiment was successful, and speci
uioiiS) thus treated kept decidedly long
er than those of the same size and
quall y without wrapping. Similar ex
periments are reported with apples
thus prepared a year ngo for exhibition
at the World's Pair with like suceess
i'ul results. Reported accounts state
that then,- were wrapped in paper and
;acked in barrels, and they had the
ittvamage of cold storage, the uniform
t.Muperulurc being X degrees. "They
cam" out In splendid order in May
j:id Juie with their characteristic
tavor, tliLiv,'li some of them were fall
varieties hard to keep. They kept well
wo to four weeks after opening." The
tdvantag" of eold storage Is shown by
lie faer that other specimens kept nt
i fluctuating temperature from ;rd to
.'1 degrees w re more or less decayed
tnd lo.t. Cultivator.
, I
Shying Hone.
A horseman whose horse Is
riven to shying, ought never
n perm'l himself to evince symptoms
f nervousness nor puuhdi the animal
or exhibitions of timidity. Whenever
i horse directs the points of his ear
.a a certain direction, as though dls
rnistftil or afraid, the reins should be
.ulled in auo her direction, thus di
vrting t'le attention of the animal
.rum the old ct causing the perturb i
.oHi. If, on the other hand, force oi
Yirsh means are used to compel an
-cqualnt un-e with the object feared
he horse v.-IIl bti doiib'y exleltod, if
t.it mini imigoaMo. We have found III
rvi- of yliig or halting at real or
tiivlo 1 e!.l its of disquiet, that stop-
ng lo rse nnd using soothing Ian--i:ge,
; -,.--.-. .Ts a very good purpose,
f the i i .i I is stationary, the horse,
I'ier n h it time, will most usually
N-vaire i l I'le dlriclioll of it, iip-
-laelii ; e-ut'ously till satisfied no
Jn.gtr r. Ie apprehended, WiV'.i '-e
Vl!l I" : .u bis way lu a quiet mood.
';.r it' ised fi.r shying, lie will
.' :.-c t '.,'ects of fear Instead of
.tie, iui 1 1. eonu; more confirmed In
the habit uf distrustfulucss.
HEAD TO THE ENGINE.
A Plrcpln(t-Cr Porter Tells How Ol.l
Trnvelrr Sleep.
"How will you have your feet?" the
porter asked In a Wtiguer car coming
from lUifl'al.).
'loot to the engine," unld the
denser.
pa
"If you travel much yoii'l have your
hcnl put next to the engine," said the
colored mnu.
"No," mild tho pnssonpor, "I nm
nfmld thotv nilirht l n collision, and
" . no a oouislon. and
t,M .J ' H iny wMii
i'31"1 U1 LiaJ' riU lHru'r cuuok-
led
"I beg pardon, boss," said he "but '
I notice dat all de railroad men bus '
their heads put toward de engine
and all the commercial travelers also.
The biggest arguments Is in favor of
doing that way.
"In the first place, there ain't many
head-ou collisions. There's more dau-
i ger of a rear-end collision. The reason
I 's every passenger vr.iln has Its own
I right of way, ami runs regularly every
' night, and is looked out for by all the
train hands that's running ahead of
. It. Therefore the most danger Is from
something behind which don't know
i when we have stoppul or broke some-
thing and which runs into us unex- i
' peeled Ir. '
I "There nin't any one looking out for
1 any kind of collisions, 'cause when
they come it matters mighty little !
i which end you're putting forward
your head or your feet but If you In
, idst on looking out for 'em from be
hind I m n-telllng you."
"Any more arguments?" ,
"Got plenty more arguments, boss.
You don't wnnt to sleep with your feet
toward the engine, because If you do
the draught through the car blows ,
right ag u your head, mid when it gets ;
cold at night your head and chest aro -exposed.
Tut your head toward the '
engine and you feel cool without git
tiug In no draught. j
"It's Just the same way In summer.
If you sleep with your feet toward
tho engine you can't have your win
dows open, with the screen In 'em,
witlur.ut getting the wind and fine dust
right in your face, whereas if you
sleep with your head to the engine
you get the cool air and no draught
and dust."
"Js that all yon know?"
"No, boss. I hain't told rou the big
gest argument yet why you should t
have your head made up toward thf
locomotive. The most serious thing of j
nil Is the circulation of the bloody i
your body. Y'ou been having your feet ,
made up toward the engine, eh? Well,
I rar.her reckon you don't never ,
floep very well in the cars, do rou'
Your night's res' is usuully broken,
ain't
your
it? Well, sir, lcnime make up '
head to the engine, an' you'll
like yon was a baby. i
Sleep
It's because tho motion of the train
so strong and steady that It send?
Is
all your blood toward the end that's
furthest from the engine. Put your
I feet to the engine, and all your blood
1 rushes straight to your head and gives
you n restless night. Put your head
to the engine and the blood goes away
from your head, leaving It cool nnd
I easy so as you can rest like a child."
j "Put my head toward the engine
and stop tnlklng, will you?"
I "Yes, sir; all right, sir; anything you
say, sir. You won't gredge me dat
1 quarter in the morning, I'm n-telliug
you."
I (A lapse of half au hour. Then a
I voice from between the curtains. It
i udresses the porter.)
I "Solmoinon; Diogenes, porter! Any
arguments ns to what part of the
truln is the safest?" .
"There aren't no use of arguments
'bout dat, sir. The safest place on a
train Is the middle car on the side fur
thest from the other track."
"Good night, Cicero!" New York
Sun.
A Critical 1'irlod.
Y'otuig editor (reflectively) If I
dont publish this pin-m Grace has
writ tun she will have nothing more to
niui me. auii ii i u piinusn II, 1
bnau prouiimy lose my position. Jlfe.
j Not Tluit Kind of a liar.
1 A gentleman from the" Tennessee
mountains was waiting for a friend Id
the ding store near the depot. He lind
i never seen this friend, who had wrlt
i ten him offering to exchange a large
I amount of bad mony for a email
amount of good bills. While tarry in b
tho mouutalueer observed tho soda
, fountain. It was a uew device to him,
! but after a moment ho satisfied him
self of Its purpose.
I Walking up to rho attendant he wild:
t "Gimme three fingers of red-eye."
"No liquor sold here, sir," was th
. answer.
"Wnl. then, pull me a glaAS of lx?er,
; an' don't put so much foam on It as
ye iiui ier me two gais mat Jest lert,"
"Wo have no Ix-er."
"Sn herv, stranger. If this nin't n
distillery or a brewery, what in thun
der nioiit it be, tuiyhow?" St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Sonndii 1'laiiKtlile.
"I can understand why Father
Time is represented as old, but why
do they always picture him as lean
uud skinny?"
"I suppose It !s because everybody
seems to want all the spuro time he
can get." Chicago Tribune.
Very Exact.
Judge (to witness) -What Is your ngo
seiiorn?
Witness I am over twen'y.
"You must tell me the exact truth."
"Hot ween twenty and thirty."
"Put when will you be thirty?"
"To-morrow, my lord." La Union do
Valparaiso. -
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
WORK AT THE GREAT NAVAL
GUN FACTORY.
Completion of the liunu for Oar rtnttle
ships The Q item Ion of Count Difciire
Opinion of Naval OOicera Importance
of the Navy.
Pneclnl Washington Letter.
The vsltor to Washington, who
wishes to Imbibe an Impression of the
, vnnporui of mixlorn warfare, should
make a visit to the great gun ship at
j the Washington navy yard. Visitors
J are freely admitted. Few are aware
, that our government now possesses the
largvst and most coniplu e guuship In
the world, surpassing that of the great
Krupp nt Kssvu, Germany. This
great factory for arming our navy was
i built during Secretary Whitney's ad
ministration of tho navy otllce, but
has loeu gmvdy enlarged since, 'llie
objects of greatest Interest In the
navy yard at the present time
are die twelve thirteen -in eh guns that
have boon completed for the great
battleships of the new navy. Tin so
guns are the largest ever built In Uiis
country, and the ollleers of the navy
, believe they will prove to be the most
j powerful ever built by any nation. Tho
' iirst of these guns went to the prov
ing grounds this week.
: Kaoh of these great guns. In it?
finished stare, weighs 13t!,(MR pounds,
and cost the government about $70,
000. The steel shell to be used
weighs 1,100 pounds, and, wifih a iiw-
dor charge of 500 pounds, attains a
velocity upon leaving the muzzle of
2.101 feet per second. At the range
of luilf a mile, this projectile would
pierce twenty-five inches of solid steel
and. with, proper elevation, the shell
would le thrown a distance of thir
teen niihs. Practically, no armored
ship lu the world could resist the direct
inilact of one of those tremendous
shells at the distance of two miles.
'M;t
I
my
In the Gun shop.
Such weapons of war constitute a
terrible nnd effective argument for
peace.
It needs a visit to this great gun
shop to afford a proper idea of the
enormous) work required for The arm
ing of our new ships. The works con
sist of several large shops, devoted to
tho manufacture of guus, carriages,
shells, etc., for tho navy. The manu
facture of guns nnd shells is the prin
cipal object. Guns of every size are
In consrant coursx; of eotust ruction. I
counted 130 in process of manufacture
nt one time In a single tour of tho
shops, ranging from rhe four-inch
rapid-fire guns to tho great thlrteen
inch guns already referred to. The
capacity of the shops, if pushed. Is
about thirty guns of nil sizes per
niontvh. Tho value of this great gun
shop together with the army gun shop
nt Wntervllet, New York, is almost
incalculable to the country In case war
Should break out. Alarmists are ac
customed" to raise a cry very frequent
ly regarding the lack of forts a:t our
seaports. The real need of our na
tional defense, however, is a sutliclent
supply of guns, shells, and ammuni
tion, nnd this the country now has or
can readily supply. Forts and de
fenses can be easily and quickly Im
provised in case of emergency, but
such weapons as modern warfare de
mands could only be provided by such
perfect mechanism as can be seen at
tho Washington gun shop.
It Is the opinion of naval expel s
that the real defense of our seaports
In the future must be by battleships.
The ease with which Admiral Mello's
ships have run the gauntlet of the
forta nt Rio Janeiro hnis excited tho
attention of all interested in the sub
ject of sea coast defense. Tho Prazil
ian forts were well aimed with Krupp
guns, nnd the Brazilian war ships nre
not of thi Intent or best typo, yet the
ships have easily beaten the forts, nnd
nothing has saved Uio Janeiro from
destruction by Mello except the inter
dict against bombarding the city en
forced by the foreign Herts.
The flr.-it of the new fleet of modern
battleships, the Indiana, Is now ready
for her trinl trip, nnd she will mount
tho first of the new thlrtoon-Im-h guns.
A fleet of those great ships, such as
we are destined to have, with their
high speed, comparatively easy draft,
nnd heavy armaments, could roadilv
concentrate nt nny point on our const
that nn enemy could possiblv menace
A battleship Is really a floating for
tress, and Is much nioro formidable
In defense than In u tack. Hovering
along our coast, hiking advantage of
tho assistance of laud batteries, such
The Indiana.
OS could be readily constructed wher
ever ueedid in time of danger, a large
fleet of such slilps would render our
soaetMst ubsolutely unassailable. It
is very ceitaiu that the completion of
our great guushops, nnd the equipping
of a respootnble modem fleet has
practically placed us out of the category
of ua-tUms liable to foreign a t ack, w'o
are too rich and powerful to be as
saulttd unUns actually unprovided
with moans of defense, and that con
dition of affairs lias now passed away.
Asama ter of fact, we have advanced
lu rhe pa.JL ten years from a non
aggressive to a "ory aggressive con-dak.-ii
of national defense.
TOWXBEND.
Mercy Is tho feminine gender of Jus-'lce.
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CMMY&toi'g.
CLOVER SEED,
TIMOTHY SEED,
AGRICULTURAL SALT,
JD. "W". KITCHEIT,
MI TRIM!
convince I lie
stentic and ooint tho
way which if followed leads in
LLtllrtilifcfTlfU,:rmTN?l
Prof. HARRIS'J
SOLUBLE MEDICATED
Pastille
( v v ' l'wv P iu W
tuio, diiu un Dtn uec
doubtful repuuitlon, but a genuine Bpecltlo fof
ii ytry prevalent dlaesM. TUoutands ot men. of
all (, tanve at nie time In Ufe brounlit on
mttou. debility and exhawtlon. with ornlo
quo it IniluU-ence or Indiscretion and Tlcloui
ii, t -ill"? 'i ,,JS ,he,e that we offer a remedy
IV . ... r . mat we oirer a remedy
thnt will, by Hi direct action upon tl.e tent of tba
e hmuie. Mop the drain and relioTC Uie patient to
lguruub.eilltinnatreniilh.
Our method of Uurodnflng
Prof, Harris1 Pastille
f unatble perenni-iW the reamio that we ennplr ii
S wTi1111"''! ,n th0 expense beyond a
1 , - --- ,. , . ii r euBui our
' - - .ww iron pwiniie ei4unn. The
jMwial curd to bo used In MnrtiiiK us tC ir Mil ad.
r,r"ud.",e IX'e atamp fur the letter return.
In the atatenient ot their cae for which wa
isi-ply thein with a qumtlnn blank, to be tilled
out. and an envelop atldresaed to ourwlvm fur
use In returning it whin aiinVT Juc
j-TSTM-N we receive th8 Mate.
P 1C La" iKhtduya' treatment uid for.
I m . ward IL hv mull . ..h .. .
,yIL poxuiiie thereon and alons
Efi.CKflCE. r.,Je'i'.,',l.12rii.,;e"tiu"t
us Wir. 'i he treatment In no way Imorterea with
.ireon'a attention to bulne, aua cause na
J ain or inconvenience In any way.
Wcitreio ituiltlvc Hint it will
plvo perfect eatisfattlon that
Wo leave tlio matter or sending
orders entirely with Uio.e
wslnjsf the free trial treatment.
ItavlnKaatUtled thoneaendln for trial packaiea
fil that they are more laively Interested than
c.urselvea In continuing theueof the i'utll
J.vcn i then wedo notaUemplto mb them bydo
jnaudlnK hiKh prices On tKe contrary, we maka
the prlcea as low a posilblo, and the a'une to all.
They are as follows : l?:i.0O Tor one
month; 5.00 for two moaths:
These prlceiMcurs
'.dwllvery uf the
Paatllles by mail. If
desired by express ws
leave the patleut to
pay Uie cnarnes. for
over ten tears wa
s.fl t . I. a. lnMlTlftuJ
have- operated our
-'"ueeaing treatment for an
Ct the secret Ills which eome to mankind through
avloluiionof nature's laws to send us thoVr ad.
drcs on pobtal curd or by letter and allow u to
convince them that Pit OP. HA KKlV Kill
lucntandarewhat they need. uaa
eWre"dnSUlCOWOU conttdenUl od hould bo
The HARRIS REMEDY CO., Mfg. Chemists
69Bekman Bt, KEW YORK CITY W Y
srm.v-..ii.u iii i.i.i.iJ.ii l.r.nirrTTTTrfT1
l-IMjr. N. C. & Co.
riPKVSiavpiraiiaiii
t hnlH oirrtwl t. no ront, no royultr. A.lui.tM
mh nj, itiitL'M or t tiuiitry. .tHe1 in ovt-ry
home, tihup, utiH nnd ottire. Grtu'.ot tonvc u.
Ailt'i.lk nil. he from ftft to g0 per dnv.
I in in a r. .hIh.h-o niiwni s milii to all 1 1,0
liimi:hlMrs. inft in.irupifnts, no to), ivorl:4
laiiywlwra. any dl.taiu. tVjiui.loia, r.-n.ly for
i. ii-- nim tw, hoiiit une.ina
naver cnit of nr.li-r, no reinlrinu, hi.t. a lit
1 Jui o u ". n niunt-y iu.ikii. Write
W. P. Hart ison 4 Co., Clerk 10, ColunUi, 0.
U SI
i til pii w
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how far dollar will go In the buying of
Men'i.nd Boys' SPRINd CLOTHES.
Our ready Cash secured cloth
at lest than the cost of making,
and everybody knows how low
wages wera last winter, you
get the benefit of other people's
misfortunes.
'DROWNING. KING
D I GO.
, PHILADELPHIA
ETC.,
THOMAS GORREY
Plans and Estimates on all
kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work promptly
attended to.
Dealer in Mte'i Supjliss,
Inside Hrrdwood finishes a
specialty.
Persons of limited means w' o
desire to build can pay pan and
secure balance by mortgage.
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business dlnrt, liente ean transact iiateiitb'is
neg in less time and at, Less Cost than tUosa re
moto from w usMiiirton. IUU!H3 rB
tlou. We advise If patenfablo or not. fieo o
cUurtrc Our b e not due till pat.-nt In secured
A book, "How to Obtain 1'at. nt," "it 1 refer
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