PERMANENT LADDER. One Should Ite In Every Darn Reran** It Tukei I'p Little Ilooin and Sever slip*. A permanent laddt-r, such as shown in the cut, has numerous advantages over the movable variety. It takes up no more room in the barn floor and never slips. Moreover, if the "rounds" are strong, the ladder will never break down, all weight coming upon it longi tvdinally. The one shown herewith has a post at the side of the main, or II,! IIS y=-§ I=l Wl w! I I | | i,,11.3 || PERMANENT BARN LADDER. feeding floor, for one side, and a light l'/ 2 by 314-inch strip for the other side. I'in the rends en each crcf'.Uly, and the ladder will be practically inde structible. The light side piece should be securely fastened at top and bottom, EO that the whole ladder may be per fectly rigid. The top can be mortised with a crossbeam in most cases—the beam that runs parallel with the barn floor. If the common detached ladders are to be used one precaution should surely be taken —they should have sharp iron points inserted in the lower ends, so that there may be 110 chance whatever in their slipping. This is one of the great dangers of the ordinary ladder, and another is that arising from weak "rounds." An ounce of preven tion is valuable in this case.—N. Y. Tribune. SALTING THE SHEEP. A Method Thnt Ifni Given Gennlne Satisfaction to One M'lio Jinn Tried It for Years. I would like to describe an apparatus for salting cattle and other stock so •they will always have salt before them and no waste, writes Joseph H. Yoder, in the National Stockman. For cattle or horses I woulc prefer to use rock salt placed in boxes or troughs for the winter and scattered about the pas ture on the grass in summer. Rains have little effect upon it and this wiil be found both convenient and econom ical. For sheep, however, this plan does not work so well. The rock salt is so slow to dissolve that they are not able to get a sufficient amount of it to satisfy their wants, hence it is neces sary to use the loose salt for them. Duing the winter a box can be fastened ■up at a convenient place in the shed and at the proper height so they can have access to it at all times of the day. In summer if th(yr have not a shed to run under the box can be fastened to a gate post and have a roof placed over it so as to keep out the rain. If it is de sired to use loose salt for cattle the same arrangements can be used as have already been desoribed for sheep. The roof over the box should be high enough to be entirely out of the way of the animals. Where loose salt is used it is necessary to be careful to keep a supply in The box all the time, as the animals are liable to eat too much if they go without for several days. CHEAP MOTIVE POWER. A Small Gusollne Enelne Will Do More Work, at LeitH Expeuiie, Than Wind or Water. The ingenious farmer can contrive many ways whereby natural forces may be made to serve his purposes. He can so harness water that it will grind feed, shell corn, saw wood and chop feed; he can secure the services of the ■wind for similar purposes, and there are gasoline engines, tread powers and in powers ever ready to do his bidding'. These last three are pow ers which manufacturers have forsale, while the water and wind power may be secured without much cost. It is astonishing how much work car, be gotten out of a little gasoline en gine; it will earn fts price every week on an ordinary farm. Its feed is cheap and its durability and strength are re markable. And another important thing is the engine is cheap. It can be used for a great variety of work re quiring motive power. For running the corn sheller, ensilage cutter, corn husker, wheat fan. grain cleaner, bean huller, etc., it is a great convenience. The price of gasoline engines makes their purchase more practicable than to attempt to secure the services of the wind or of water. Hesides, they are so much more reliable. —Farmer's Voice. _ Grinding Grain for Cattle. Does it pay to grind the grain and cut the hay'.' Opinions differ, as the cost of the labor is sometimes greater than the gain made by cutting the feed, It is claimed that if grain is ground there is a living of one-third, and that 16 pounds of hay when cut up line will be more serviceable than 110 pounds uncut. Cutting the hay permits of mixing with it not only ground grain hut linseed or cottonseed rueals. STORAGE ROOM NEEDED. An Important Item Which I nf«r» tnnntely I * Overlooked by e it if it wasn't the best. The saying that a bird on the hat is worth two in the bush is no joke; that is, sup posing a bird on the hat to be worth any thing near what it costs. —Detroit Journal. Piso s Cure is the best medicine we ever used for all affections of the throat and .tings. \\ m . o Endsley, Yanburen, Ind., I-eb. 10, 1900. "I don't enjoy my meals any more," an old fe low said to-day. "I ate up all the good things 25 years ago."—Atchison Globe. PITXAM FAI.I I.FSS DTES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug gists. b Do not stone the baby when you rock '.he cradle.—Chicago Daily News. Dyspepsia is the bane of the human sys tem. Protect yourself against its ravages by the use of Beeiuan's Pepsin Gum. TTnless you believe in the heroic you will uevtr be a hero. —Chicago Daily News. A learned insectologist has discovered that the best time to examine the wonderful construction of a hornets' nest is after the Vornetg have moved out.—Chicago Daily News. Very Odd.—They were at Niagara falls for their first visit, and they were deeply impressed. "Those rapids seem to be fairly alive," said she. "Fairly alive" he assented, "and yet," he pointed out, "they have been shot several times."—Town Topics. A bow-legged Baltimore man has sub mitted to an operation in order to overcome the objections of a girl who doesn't admire the wishbone effect in husbands, Yet there are persons who affect to believe that love i i» deteriorating.—Washington Post. We hear a good deal of the man who thinks the world is in danger of flood when ' his own teapot has a hole in it, but not sc ! much of him who regards the universe as in sound repair when his particular leak is soldered.—lndianapolis News.4 "These pictures," the archaeologist of the distant future is explaining, "represent the cake-walk of the ancients. The cake-walk consisted of a number of movementsevident ly designed to assist the digestion of cake. Hence the name."—Detroit Journal. There was a vacant scat in the car. Lit tle Willie allowed the strange lady to take it, although he looked tired. "Thank you. my kttle gentleman," said she. "Why did you not take the seat yourself? You look quite weary." "So'd you be weary, lady, if yer father found out yer went fishin', "like mine did."—Philadelphia Press. They were sitting on the beach at Coney. He turned at length and said: "Why is the ocean like June?" There was a flutter of interest in the groups sitting about them. She shook her head. "Why? "Because," he replied, amid a breathless silence, "be cause it is maritime." A man near by who had been burying himself in the sand arose pnd left with every indication of sickness.— I We Have Sold MORE STEEL RANCES !n thf font year than nil other de.il*>ni com- v » ' r Tl,ft f'Tthis JR that we sell The BEST RANGE sold In Minneapolis. n* we can B P a CP" 1 H t4 * nts ~ m P leto pol«»s pnd pins SEND 2rtn ANO rim AWPfc -U get thousands of people using it to testify. and sell it for lens money than other dealers ask for H PC* g S f'"' n 92. I O "P- We have all kind* of TENT CATALOGu" WII PteMir 2 ■ CANS S O. - 'ijjgt customers "bo have used them tho hok! l?,?L-P™pM I wi V ??-i 4 . h?? ® ! KINDS OF SPORTIMC COOOS. H w»l tmy you to «eiid ub two * ere !oucl..ft In their pralw.Wa No SZT.h?,S jLmSe O™ uisn Will Cuarantee tliom in every man- So. lSlthote uiSle SvIS soS' pS? .ton ',§•§? Cutlllo 8"«, cootainlnif 116 pages, and the Lowest Wholesale fiCxil Tnt3w ner, shape andform; we do not ask for N « Jr" I . - 19*75 prices on Runs, ammunition of all klndn, including fi«Mnt» r.v,. R.i,.„ r .i,.„ l-SBL^- v. - WnfeMpJ any loop hole; If they do not work per- m ' \xiZs H«I2 it «!! "»?' » i I 'heif 2 I .75 baseball cooua. tents and all kinds of camping outfits. We sell more cuns fectlv we will take them hack and refund 5o iitx i* * •*f He 23.75 aminunitiou and t*-ntH than ALL THE PEST OF THF HOUSES Hotel RANGES aNo IJfcthS 2 Un?e' !5E™ 5> »N THE NORTH WEST COMBIN eIT Ah" BSIuS^I Specialty. Bto*e catalogue free. No ; SiSS.'rZ™}!: h S cloJet' 3o'oS fa?ifc2l %h * t *' K JOU havc Ilot ° Ue of our fe " ,u catalogue, Mod ■■ <-!*£* t> m . ROBERTB . Bupplv HOUBE( fo IHNEAPO J B , MINN 3o.oo lurU „ ouoe . T Mj Roberts' Supply House, Blinneapolfo, Minn. FRENCH LOSING GROUND. li«li{{iiaj;i> of the Kepuhllo Not ax I'opulur ou the t- Mrcuuid highways on the rolling-Sound Shore. " Trending East and West the Cool South Wir.d prevailing in Summer reaches every section. • * Fast and Frequent Train Service. Roadbed cinder ballasted and oiled. For illustrated books and full information send stamps as follows: " I.onjr Island, (Descriptive) 6c Unique Long Island, (Photographic reproductions) 4c • • ~ Summer Homes, (Hotels and Boarding Houses) . 4c Cyclists' "Paradise," (Maps, Routes and Distance) 2c LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, " 112 Long Island City, N. Y. .. .{■ * .fr-*—} —t—-kiii or Mucous Membranes that can be reached by an outward application, it can be cured by using Palmer's Lotion, the great beautitier and Skin Curer which should be kept in every household ready for any emergency. Lotion Soap will greatly assist in curing all such afflictions. If your drug fist does not keep it, send his name to Solon 'aimer, 374 Pearl Street, New York, and re ceive tree pamphlet of testimonials with sample of Lotion or Soap. A Suspicion. When a woman brings out only one g'ass, calls it a loving cup, and asks all her guests to drink out of it, there is always a sus picion among those not posted on social cus toms that she hasn't enough glasses togo around. —Atchison Globe. Cured, After Abandoning ] all hope, by the use of Palmer's Lotion. A. | J. Jessup, Mt. Airy, Hamilton Co., Ohio, j wrote: "Your Lotion cured nte of a most dis tressing and unsightly eruption on my face of over five years' standing, after I had given ; up all hope of obtaining relief." Palmer's : Lotion Soap should be used in connection j with the Lotion as its medicinal properties i render it preferable to any other soap. If j your druggist don't keep it, sent! his name j to Solon Palmer, 374 l'earl St., New York, and receive free a pamphlet of testimonials and a sample of Lotion or Soap. : It's when a man is completely down that he is really up against it.-—lndianapolis News. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c. fio( llie Bf»< of tlsc hatvjfTi A certain Glasgow lawyer was foKtJ of selting traps for wor)gnien wl o might happen to be working in or about his house by leaving - nioneji or some valuable article about. A workman, well aware of the faet, fouixl a half-crown lying* oti the floor in one of the rooms. He smiled as ho said to himself: "I know what that's for,"and, taking? a brace and » bit from his bag, he. drilled a hole in '.in e«'iif, and, putting a large screw vail through it, he fastened it securely V> the floor. The lawyer has not set any traps since.—Chicago Chr •••••o•aoe•ee • a o o » » o c 6 • c o n • *> • «» 1 New : • © : Railroad to | San Francisco ; • • • c • © • Santa Fe Route, by o • • J its San Joaquin * J Valley Extension. * • o • The only line with © • « • track and trains under »• • e J one management all % • the way from Chicago Z • c • to the Golden Gate. ® • n J Mountain passes, ® o extinct volcanos, % • petrified forests, J prehistoric ruins, « • Indian pueblos, £ § • Yosemite, Grand » • _ ev J Canon of Arizona, £ % en route. ® • c » Same high-grade n> • • service that has made • • © • the Santa Fe the J • _ ei • iavorite route to c< • e • Southern California. ° • v J Fast schedule; Pull- J • man and Tourist » • * J sleepers daily; Free * 2 reclining chair cars ; ® ® Harvey meals 2 • « J throughout. ® 9 O • * 9 General Passenger Office ® The Atchison, Topcka & Santa Te R'y, ° • «• (j CHICAGO. 9 t> mmmmi OoybSe J 33 '. 1 * Service ford, Dubuque, \ / Waterloo, Fort / Hodtro and < '<>un cllltluffs. Buffet- library-smoking cars, sleeping cars, free reclining clinir cars, dining curs. Send to tlio undersigned for a tree copy of Pictures and Notc3 En-RouSe illustrat ing this new line as seen from the car window. Tickets of agents of 1. C. K. K. and connecting lines. A. 11. HANSON, G. P. A.. Chicago. IV* '- ,nv to get Wedding, H-« |1 |_ g_ | Birthday and lloli*- fi Present for wife, oi —• | husband, children, nnccciMTC father and mother, PRESENTS sister and brother »■» FREI3. They am wri ting desks, furniture, cameras, jewelry, etc., all guaranteed. Write HOUK SI PPU CO., lluC'nlo, V. Crenni tniitnrd Free. All Grocers are giving, with a package of Burnham's Ilasty Jellycon, a 10c. package of Burnham's Cream Custard. Ilasty Jelly con is the finest Jellycon preparation. !N'o cooking OP baking. Dissolve in hot water and set away to harden. Flavors: Orange, Lemon, Raspberry, Strawberry, Wild Cherry and Peach. Order to-day. READERS OF THIS PAPER I DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THEY ASK FOIt, REFUSING A3.1 j SUBSTITUTES OR IMITATIONS. R RIICS IMATiSM SK^Msrs fFIS l?E 53 ■ t,K! ou, y positive cure. Past ox- HH| H ■ peri en ce speaks for itself Dor»ot I W Wfg.ftfp fiJ. California Ave.. Chicago A. N. K.--C 1821 JnaaißißflaaMaJi TST CURES WHLHt ALITISE f-AILS. tSj raj Rest Syrup. Tastes Good. Dbo pi Ed In time. Sold by druggist*. 7