HANDLING CORN SHOCKS. Although It I* a Tank of Far-Beack. lug liuiiurlnncr, Hut Few Per form It Well. The report- of the Kansas state board of agriculture says where hand labor is plenty, the standard price for cutting corn by hand is five cents per «hock, 14 by 14 hills square, without board, or 80 cents per acre, as there are 1C shocks of this size per acre. Corn should always lie cut on brig-lit, clear days or on such a day as is good to cure hay in. Two men should work (together, and the shocks should be started on a jack, which is made by 'putting two legs, well braced togeth er, near one end of a ten-foot scan tling, and having an auger hole neaT the upper end for a oroorn handle. A* ecion as four armfuls are set up against the jack the shock should be loosely tied with a stalk and the jack removed. As soon as the shocks have thoroughly cured, say two weeks j»ft er cutting, those that are to be stored ■in the barn should be baled under 6,000 pounds pressure, and tied up with a wire (common hay-baling wire, one wire will tie up two shocks), and those that, are to be fed from the field can be pulled up tight with rope and pulley and tied with binding twine; the twine should be satur ated with coal oil to prevent mice and insects from destroying it. Eminent professors have agreed that it only takes one and one-half inches of rain iall to wash all traces of digestible matter out of a shock of alfalfa, and <x:>rn shocks are also affected, but not to so great a degree. They have also •agreed that well-cured corn fodder, put under a good roof without having Jiad any rain on it. is in every respect 'just the same as ensilage, except the water content, and it is only neces sary to cut it and add the water to se cure food identical to ensilage with out the cost, of a silo, with its short 3ife, and also withont the 20 to 25 per cent, waste that mold causes in the •corners ol' the siio.—l'rairie Farmer. CHURNING MADE EASY. Novel Method Invented by n t'nllfor. nin Ilßirj man of Havlnc a Home Do the Work. Various contrivances have been rigged up whereby the bull, sheep, goat, or even dog may do the churning. The illustration shows a novel method of having the horse do this work. Set a post (a) in ground to be 2 feet high. Make hole in top and put in a pin da or C DASHER CHURN POWER. at b. Get a piece of timber 2 by 1 bj 12 feet, as c, make a hole in one end and put over pin b. At other end put on » mower wheel as at d. Build an oblong box (e), get a mowing machine axlt and put through the back end of boi and attach mower wheels, as g 112. Tht churn (h) sets in the box and the dash «r is worked by a chain belt, from i large sprocket wheel on the axle at rear end of machine. A barrel churn can also be used snd so hung in the cen ter as to be turned; with such, th« dasher arrangement is not needed. The lead pole (jj, keeps the horse or other motive power going round in a circle —Ray Copcland, in Farm and Home. GRANDFATHER'S JOB. 3Last spring, when William started up hit plow, I said: "Give me them lines—l'll show yr I "No, father -You're too old!" He meant it kind, But them words sorter rankled in my mind. In droppin' corn I couldn't find the row; 1 lost my glasses whc*i I tried to hoe, An' thought a hill of corn was jest a weed. Then Susan said: "I guess there ain't no need JPer no more signs to show your work U done; Why don't ye set down quiet in the sun .An' rest!" Jest ttdnk of it—set there an' rest! A man like me who's always worked his best; An' so when William worried on the hay I said I'd ride this hoss rake anyway. Maybe I'm sorter old to hoe or plow, Hut hitch old D'ck—we'll show them young folks how. Why, him an' me was almost boys to gether. An' now the both of us pull on the tether. Hoys, help me on this rake—Git up there, Dick! He knows who's drivin' him—jest see him prif k Ticm ears—Now, William, we'll bunch up this hay An' do a tirst-cla<ss job—what's that you say? Don't work too hard! Tie J a little boy? Way l»- you think this hoss rake Is a toy. Just take my sWck and lean it on the fence. Wow, Dick—we can't see good, but show your sense. —Rural New Yorker. The sucking calves and pigs and colU puffer with the heat and need water a# well as the baby in the house. TRANSPLANTING TREES. Earth Should Be Left (llnglnc; to tk« Hoota and the Trunk .Should lie Lifted Bodily. The more earth that can be left lo be transplanted, the more certain Is the tree to live. It is wise, then, to dig about the tree so as to leave a bunch of earth about the small roots, follow ing out and gently freeing the long roots as they are met in cutting a cir cle about the trunk. Then the tree must be lifted bodily, if possible. There are several ways to apply power for this purpose, one of the best being shovji in the cut. A tripod is rigged with three stout poles and lever is at tached in the manner shown. As the tree is lifted a new "hold" can be se cured by taking up the chain on the tripod. Where the tree is gripped by the chain or rope at the end of the HOW TO TR A NsP' 1. A.\ T T it E£3B. lever the bark should be well wrapped in old cloth to prevent injury. If the ground is dry at the time of transplant ing it will be necessary to thoroughly wet the ground all about the trunk, since the earth will cling together and to the roots much better in this way. If dry, the earth fails apart readily. Elms and maples are not difficult to transplant, but oaks must be moved with greatest care and with as little disturbance of the roots as is possible, if the trees are to live. —X. V. Tribune. THE BEET ARMY WORM. A Mew Pe»t That lluu Recently Made lib Appearance ' ll Larfge .Num ber* In Colorado. Every kind of worm is called au army worm when it appears in suffi cient numbers. A worm that has long been known to injure the beet last year appeared sufficiently numerous to be called the beet army worm. It was officially noticed by the entomolo gist of the Colorado experiment sta tion. Last year a first brood of cater pillars appeared ul dbuut tlic liiiit* for thinning the beets and destroyed most of the plants after thinning. One method of destroying the early brood is to mix one part by weight of I'aris green or London purple and 20 parts of common flour, and then dust the mixture over the plants* before sun rise in the morning. In this strength a light dusting will be sufficient, in the early morning the leaves have on them enough moisture to hold the flour and poison. It may also be applied after the leaves have been moistened by a shower. To apply the poison, make a small cheesecloth sack about five inches in diameter and ten inches deep. Fill it with the mixture of poison and flour and walk along a row of plan's shaking the sack over them. This can be done quite rapidly when one has learned how and is economical of poi son. and does not require wheelbarrow or wagon to carry pump and tank. When the plants become large, as in case of treatment for the second brood, it will probably be better to use a bar rel or tank and spray pump. SHALLOW CULTIVATION. Horticultural Author It lea In lie la AKreelns Tlinl It In lliml Effect ive for Orchard*. While it is an accepted fact that so far as conditions will admit thorough cultivation should be given during the early part of the growing season to the young orchard, at the same time it should be understood thai the cultiva tion should be shallow, particularly close about the trees. With all plants, in cultivating care should be taken not jtc di«t'irb the ro<? f s, o n d this is espe cially true as regards fruit trees or plants. While thorough cultivation is admittedly beneficial, it should always be given in a way that will not disturb or injure the roots. With a little care the weeds may be kept down and the soil in good tilth by giving shallow cultivation. When plow ing care should be taken to run shallow when close to the trees in order to avoid injury to the roots. When no crop is grown, if when the last cultivation is given the soil be left level, fine and mellow it will act as a mulch during the summer and aid very materially in retaining the moisture in the soil, and with newly-set trees this is quite an ad vantage. as many die the first year for want of moisture.—X. J. Shepherd, in Farmers' Voice. noren on Fruit Tree*. There have been published many methods whereby it was claimed borers »>n fruit trees may be destroyed, but or chardists agree that the work is alto gether too laborious to pay. A number of preventives are also advocated, but if those consisting of washes, usually in the form of cement made of skim milk and hydraulic cement, are not care fully removed after the season of dan ger is over th? growth of the tree is retarded. Undoubtedly the better way to prevent borers is to keep the soil in orchards well cultivated and the trunk of the tree clean of fungi and all other foreign growth, evcji at I loom bark.—Farmers' Voice. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1900. GNAWED TO DEATH BY ANTS. Horrible Punishment Inflicted by Cleans of Krd Ants on an American by 71a) o Indians. A mining man who reached El Paso, Tex., from the state of Sinaloa, Mex ico, tells the story in detail of the terrible punishment recently inflicted on James Wilson, a renegade Ameri can prospector, by Mayo Indians. Wilson frequently visited the villages and finally won the affections of a handsome young girl. Instead of mar rying the girl, according to the rites of her tribe, he is said to haTe decoy ed her to his camp in the mountains and kept her there against her will. She finally escaped to tell the story and Wilson fled. He was overtaken and carried back. As a punishment for his crime it was ordered that he be put to death by a method common with the Mayos. The prospector was stripped eif his clothing and bound across an ant hill infested by large red ants. After many hours of hor rible suffering as the insects slowly pnaw-ed away his flesh Wilson expir ed. Wilson was reputed to be a fugi tive from justice from Oklahoma. Knellsh Poor Shots. All the principal correspondents at tbe front, among them Mr. Tturleigli, Mr. Villiers, the war artist; the Daily News and the Times Mafeking corre spondents, as well as Sir Howard Vin cent. have testified to the poor shoot ing in unmistakable terms. Mr. Vil liers' experience was a particularly striking one. says the Nineteenth Century. While asleep in the Capo cart on the veldt he was ineffectually potted at 100 yards off by three gen tlemen in khaki, who mistook him for a Boer farmer. As he tersely puts it: "I never felt anywhere so safe as when under my countrymen's fire." An analysis of the "withering rifle fire of the British advance" shows that in very few instances was a Boer hit more than once, while many of our men had several Mauser bullets through them, in some instances as many as 12 and 13. English as well as foreign doctors in Boer hospitals report that almost all the wounded Boers have come to their injuries bv artillery fire. Dr. von Gernet states "that the British rifle fire is almost finite without effect." which, if the instances I can cite of regulars wlin were hurried to tlie front who had never fired a service rifle in their lives lie at all general, can hardly rouse surprise. The Scutamil n and the Tlatcli. "Can ye oblige me with a light?" said a Scotsman, as be bit off the end r>f a cigar and looked around a stnok insr carriage on the Great Northern railway. One traveler produced an empty box with apologies; another said he didn't smoke, and therefore didn't carry matches. "Can ye give me a ligrht?" repeated the Scotsman to the third, who stolidly looked out of the window. Then the Scotsman's wont rolut'inilT IV iiir> o\\ n pocket. "Wectl. weel!" he murmured. "I'll jist need to tak' ane o* my ain." London Chronicle. A Child Who Herame Great. Every precocious boy does not be come a brilliant man. but some bril liant men have been precocious in childhood. John TJuskin, the jrreat Eng-lish essayist and critic on art. was such a child. At the ape of seven he wrote verses in rhyme and kept a journal, or diary. This journal was really a record of trips tliroupli Eng land that he took with his father. His interest in the old cathedrals and in the bits of scenery that he saw during Ihese journeys betrayed the tastes that in later years decided his career. —Detroit Free Press. Theie July Days. Corn, we know, is good for man, yet here's a flaw in nature's plan; for weather which is good for corn makes man wish he ne er was born.—lndianapolis Journal. AfceM of Man. "At 25," remarked the amateur philoso pher, "a man is eager to reform the world. At 50 he is about ready to be reformed him self."—Philadelphia North American. "I half believe the report that Crocker is having trouble with his wife." "Why?" "He's so devoted to her in public."—lndi anapolis News. Summer Roy—"l'm sorry we had that quarrel last night. W hat will induce you to make up?" Summer Girl —"Another en gagement ring."—Town Topics. Trained.—"l might as well tell ye before we go any further," said the witness, who had been getting rather the better of the lawyer, "that ve needn't expect to rattle me by askin' fool questions. "No?" re torted the lawyer. "Naw. I've raised three boys, an' got two grandsons that's keepin' me trained all the time." —Indianapolis "Who steals my purse," exclaimed the actress, with genuine emotion, "steals trash. This is almost as much of a chestnut as l steal ing my diamonds. Hut he who filches from me my good name does that which, while it perhaps enriches not him, advertises me to beat the band."—Detroit Journal. Towne—"Hicult has conceived a horrible idea." Browne—"What is it? An infernal machine?" Towne—"lt's, infernal, sure enough. He proposes to set some of Brown ing's poems to Wagner's music." —Philadel- phia Press. Gerald—"llow much do you love me?" Geraldine—"How much are you worth?" Gerald—"A 112 hundred thousand dollars." Geraldine—"Then I love you a hundred thousand dollars' worth."—Town Topics. Summer Boarder—"You told me your place was five minutes from the station?" Farmer—"Yep." Summer Boarder—"Well, why didn't you tell me they'd moved the station?"— Town Topics. Tess—"Old Mr. De Sember is indulgent to his vouns{ wife, isn't he?" Jess—"Yes, and 1 know it just worries May sick." less — "Gracious! Why should it, if he spends all his money on her?" Jess—"Why, she's afraid he won't have anv to leave her when he dies."—Philadelphia Press. IRON BEDS AT A\ CENTS WE DO NOT SELL Iron Beds by the lb., but this is what our 52.50 Iron Bed would cost per lb. if hold that way. We oner big vaiueH In all kinds of furniture. Send for our ini»uirnoth new Furniture Catalogue containing Wholesale Prices on all Kinds Of Furniture. Three piece Hardwood Chamber Suits, 3(2.50. Oak Suits for 8 14.25. Iron Beds from S2 a SO"P- Full pise Couches upholstered in Velour or i> orduroy, $5.00. Thousand« of them* Couches have been sold by us and every one satisfactory. We have a COMPLETE LINE Extension Tables, Book Cases. Library Tables, Chiffoniers. Cupboards, Sideboards, Wardrobes. Dining Room Furniture, in fact ANY ARTICLE needed to furnish your home. Send for free t urmture Catalogue, si*e containing 1W pages. We can nave you at least "f> per cent on your purchases. T. IK. ROBERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE, - MINNEAPOLIS, HIINN. HETTY GREEN'S TAXES. Amounts Paid by America's HirbrX Womau In (be Tuuu \% lirre fcbr Live*. Hetty H. 15. Green, the richest wo man in America, is iigftin counted among the citizens of Bellows Fulls, Vt., says a special to *he New York World. Mrs. Green's taxation has always be -n a bone of contention here. What she thinks is a larg-e list is small, in deed, to the tax listers, who have not failed to hear of her many millions. Mrs. Green has owned a house and barn here, known as the Green home stead, for many years, and has paid taxes thereon to their full value, but getting a personal list was not easy. On a recent visit to this place she was accosted by a resilient who had known her for many years. He shook her proffered hand and asked: "Where are you living now, Mrs. Green?" "Oh," she replied jauntily, "under my hat." This is about as far as most of the tax assessors got. Investigation of the town records shows that Mrs. Green first became a legal resident of the town in IKB9, paying i>t that time and up to and in cluding the year 1893 taxes on $30,000 personal property. In 1894 a new board of listers succeeded in material ly increasing the list. She then paiu on SII,OOO real estate and SIO,OOO per sonal property and on SIO,OOO as trus tee. Her husband, as trustee, paid on $5,000, and her daughter, Sylvia, on $5,000, making a total of SII,OOO for the Green family. In 1895 she paid on $20,000 real es tate. $90,000 personal; Mr. Green on $5,000 in his own name and on $5,000 as trustee. In 1896, 1897 and 1898 she paid on $20,000 real estate. $40,000 personal: and Mr. Green on $5,000 in his own name and $40,000 as trustee. In 1899 she was taxes for one house and barn at $16,000 but refused to hand in a personal list, stating she wished to change her residence to an other state. The place was under stood to be Hoboken, N. J. Her only reason for the change was because of litigation in which she was engaged. Mrs. <ireen says the listers in this town are not so inquisitive as those in New York. Her taxes this year will amount to one-thirtieth of the total taxes in Bellows Falls. Acrobatic. After supper he procured his wife's best clothesline from the back shed, fastened one end of it to his St. Bernard's collar and the other to the handle liar of his bicycle. Then went out into the middle of the road and mounted. For about four rods, that is until the St. Bernard espied a canine friend, the sensation was dreamlike, after that it be came one horrible nightmare. In despera tion he rider clutched handle bars, back pedaled and fairly howled, until at last he became sufficiently cool to call to the dog to stop. It stopped ail right, but the wheel had motions of its own. It went on till it struck the dog amidships, then it rose in the air, sending its rider toward cloudland. His head tried his wife never to do it again. Detroit Free Press. If You Have Pimples, Tetter, Eczema or any disease cf the skin or Mucous Membranes that can be reached by an outward application, it can be cured by using Palmer's Lotion, the gr eat be.iutifier and Skin (. urer which should be kept in every household ready for any emergency. Lot ion Soap will greatly assist in curing all such afflictions. If your drug gist does not keep it, send his name to Solon Palmer, 374 Pearl Street, New York, and re ceive free pamphlet of testimonials with sample of Lotion or Soap. A Heavy Case. Mack O'Rell—Hard times have brrueht about a change with Blighter. I remember when he always had a case of champagne in the cellar; now he has only a case ot beer. Luke Warme —Well, you know, "circum stances alter cases." —Chicago Evening News. Throw physic to the dogs—if you don't want the dogs—but if you want good diges tion chew Beeman's Pepsin Gum. A practical joke should lie handled as cautiously as a double barreled gun.—Atch ison Globe. Each package ot PI tnam Fadei.ess Dtks colors either Silk. Wool or Cotton perfectly. Sold by all druggists. A boy in the family always comes in handy when the pie left over isn't enough to save. —Atchison Globe. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of scc Fac-Slmllc Wrapper Below. Very small and 19 eaay to take aa saga*. PADTrDQ F0 " IAKI tKo FOR DIZZINESS. BRITTLE FOR BILIOUSNESS. HI V F R FOR TORPID LIVER. H PLL Ift FOR CONSTIPATION. m riLLg. FOR SALLOW SKIN. IFOR THE COMPLEXION . OEPSUINE MU«TKAV« gjpttATUWK. IS'CfHts I Purely iinju.u.uauw MWV CURE SICK HEADACHE. A man, being About to die, summoned his four Sons to his side, and said : "My tons, ] will leave to .John one-third of my estate, to Alex one-fifth, to James one-half, and to Thomas one-fourth, and thus you will all Share Equally." John and James and Thomas took Paper and Pencil and began figuring, but Alex took his Hat and started out. "Where are you going?" the other Three asked. "Do you not Intend figuring out the Problem?" "Xot much," said Alex. "I am Going for a Lawyer to break the Will." Moral—Sometimes the Lawyer can Relieve the Heirs of Much of the Figuring.— Baltimore American. He*t for the HowrU. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until vour bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. ( ascarets C'andy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in inetal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped en it. Beware of imitations. A Desperate Man.—Merchant—"Do you speak German?" Needy Applicant—"l never have, but, gracious, I'll tackle it if you give ire a job."—lndianapolis Journal. Do Your Keet Ache and Ilarnf Shake iiito your shoes, Allen's Foot Ka#e, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores .-ell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress. AJUn S. Olmsted. L-. .Hw. N. V. It is impossible to please your friends; if] you say agreeable things to them you are ac cusnd if insincerity; if you say disagreeable things they get mad.—Atchison Globe. Lane'a Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be health) this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head ache. Price 25 and 50c. On the Return. Jack—Eow long were you in Paris? Bill—l vasn't long; 1 was short. —Syracuse Herald. To Care ■ Cold In One I»ny Take I.axitive Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggistsrefundmoney il'itfails t-ocure. 25c. When jou meet an obstacle use it fcr a etepping gone.—Chicago Daily News. jlall'a Catarrh Care Is taken Internally. Price 75c. The dimer table is certainly a table cf in terest. —Clicago Daily News. Piso's Ctxe cannot be too highly spoken of is a cough cure.—J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Jlmneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. A chore- girl is like a house—the older 1 she gets tie more paint she needs.—Town I opics. A etteris one of the best evidences of the culture oi'a person.—Philadelphia Times. Of 2 /^L Ywrs •'•■•■•■•■•■•■•■#■•■•■• ■ Vn Expensive "Tip"* ■ the one which you cut off and 5 f °w away every time that you • • no^ e a F,ve Cent cigar. There is a ■ -arly as much labor in making this ■ md as all the rest of the cigar, and 2 ■ * ff VCr y ! ? an w(l ° fc uys a cigar cuts • • ott and throws it away. You get 5 ■ you pay for when you smoke ■ • Virginia Cheroots 2 S «!r J aI"""' 0 " °'i v : ,gmu Cla °°" 5 5 .11 - yOUf OWn dci,cr - P ""' 3 for 5 cents. 7 S : Loifsland Beaches and Woodlands.! i i i . « [ ♦ IDE/EVERY RESPECT FOR 112 A DAY'S OUTING; J A SUMMER'S REST, 112 A PERMANENT RESIDENCE. X i id frequent Train Service. Roadbed Cinder Ballasted and Oiled ± I Ample and Comfortable Traveling Accommodations. X MIR. 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Menstruation is a severe straifc on a wo man's vitality. if it is painful something is wrong which will promptly set right; if excessive or irregulan• write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mags., for advice. Evidence abounds that Mrsm Pinkham's advice and medicine have for many years been helping women to be strong. Afo other advice is so un varyingly accurate, no other medicine has such a record of cure» 4 How to pet Wedding, Ir"*lJ I-* j Hirthdny and lloli- I 1 I <' a y present for wife, I | husband, children, ■ DDFCPMTC ilt ''<'r and mother, tI lij t sister and brother I' KKE. They are writing desks. furniture camorasoewrlry. etc., all Kuarunteed. Write Hime s MM-I.V CO.. Kußulo, X. Y. tftx.ooo.oo CASH I.\ AM CASE WIIEKi: lidia Hair Destroyer Faiis. with Kl "" Kjt»?i.h- 0 "C "''V**'!'"" i'lhps of Hair without 'aniMnVurv to"the Si'l J ,y „L l '.'J" IN'I'IA IMrokTfNU CO., ' s " u ' k ■ Wttshiniftou St., Chicago, 11. 7
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