JyA 1 " HANDY FRUIT LADDER. Carfnl for Many Other l ? «rm Par. poafo Reside* That for Which It Wat First l>r »iv nrd. Below is the description of a ladder that will be found very handy about a larm, especially where there is fruit to be picked. Being mounted on ■wheels, it is easily taken to the place ■where wanted, and it has the advan tage of being independent of support, «o that there is no danger of a fall or of injuring the limbs of trees. It can lie made of any height, according to the work required of it. The wheels on which it is mounted can be taken from any farm macbin- EXCELLENT FRUIT LADDER «ry if there is not an old pair of cul tivator wheels at hand. The axle tihould be at least four feet long to insure against upsetting. The ladder is made of two-by-four timber with inch holes bored in for the rungs. It is bolted at the top to the standards (a a), which in turn are bolted to the axle. These are spread out at the bottom as far apart as the length of the axle will permit. This gives addi tional strength to the support of the ladder. The braces (b b) are bolted to the bottom of the ladder and to the axle. This ladder will be found very bandy in picking fruit from the tops of small trees and the extreme branches of the larger ones. By lengthening the braces (b b) and bor ing corresponding holes in each at the ends the pitch of the ladder ean be regulated by running a rod through the holes in the braces and ladder.-- J. L. Irwin, in Farm and Home. GARDEN AND ORCHARD. Look for borers and j ..nth them to death. What, the pround hard and dry around your newiy-set trees'.' That •won't do. Look at the peach trees and see if •ny are likely to split down in a high ■wind after they get heavy with fruit. Do something to prevent this. Is there a scale on the bark of some cf your trees that you have not no -liced before? Be careful and see that it is exterminated, or it may exter minate your trees. Taking the country over, neglect ■and starvation are the fate of most orchards. As a result the trees lack vigor, and so are unable to resist at tacks of insects, blight, yellows, black knot and other diseases. Get that young orchard of yours into the bearing habit. Do the neces «ary pruning each year instead of slashing only once in two or three. Trees resent tne latter treatment, and often insist upon bearing wood in stead of fruit when so managed. In thinning fruit it is a good way to do some pruning at the same time. Often one can get rid of a dozen speci mens not needed by cutting off a twig, and the tree will be benefited, as well ias the crop. We have never known a season that so much thinning was seeded as this.—Farm Journal. The Kffcc* Ik of Over lien r in*. ' A tree has a certain amount of en ergy to be used in the production of 'fruit, and at first develops its efforts to maturing as many pits as possible. '1 his habit is a provision of nature for the reproduction of the species. This great production of pijs exhausts a tree so that tnere is little strength left for the development oft lie fleshy part of the fruit. More than this, there is only a small growth made and the tree cannot ripen its wood so •as to pass a severe winter without being injured. Very few, if any, fruit buds will be formed for the following year's crop, and the tree must spend jthis season in recuperating and de veloping fruit buds for overbearing again the next season. If the limbs are not propped up many will be broken, thus giving the tree a ragged and unsymmetrical shape.—C. B.Close, in Farmers' Review. Scale Infiect* on GriiNhrji. • We generally think of scale insects as damaging trees and tree fruits. Most of us have never felt that we .need concern ourselves abo.t these in sects on grasses. It is a faet, how ever, that in some parts of the couri .try scale insects abound in the .grasses. Whether or not they are to "become a pest remains to be demon strated. The Kansas Agricultural col lege has been investigating them and has just published a bulletin describ ing a considerable number of species. Nothing is said as to their harinful .ness or necessity for measures of de struction. 'lhese points must yet be learned. The grass scales attach them selves to tue plants near the roots or on the crowns. The greatest danger -from them seems to be in relation to grasses on ranges and permanent jtures,— Farmers' iUview. HANDLING CORN FODDER. Illinois Farmer nencribn In Drtakl (lie Method I'urkited b>- Hixu fur Two Ycari. It may interest, many readers to know how I handled my fodder. I have a small cutting box, arranged with a pulley for power attachment. 1 took two teams, using four wagons, two for hauling the fodder and two for receiv ing the cut stover. The corn had been husked by hand, except some which I had left for rich feed. I hauled the fod der to where 1 had a stationary engine for shelling corn. ] can cut six fair sized shocks^ —one wagon load—in 30 minutes and put the contents into the large wagon and haul to the stable loft or to a slatted corn crib. Around the latter I built a thed and manger, removed a slat or two, and let the cat tle eat to their hearts'content without waste or further labor. I did this work at times in the early winter, generally when the engine was fired up. as we op erated a grain station on the farm, us ing such help as was at hand. The small cutter used was constructed with b series of small knives adjusted in spiral shape, around a shaft in such a way as to partially cut off a stalk, thea e-plit it, another cut. another split and to on, leaving the mass in a short, sliv ered, soft and pliable condition. This can be stored in a compact form, can be handled in a basket or with a close tined fork; it is not easily thrown out of the manger; a greater proportion is eaten, practically all, if not too freely fed. and the refuse makes the finest bedding or absorbent extant. I have seen at work, but never used it, a some what larger cutter that snaps off, near ly clean of shucks, the ears of corn which drop below as the stalk passes through the knives. I consider this, the ideal machine for the average farmer who can arrange some kind of power at hisbarn and handlehis fodder from the shock as it suits, his convenience. Ido not think bulking dry fodder any dis advantage, as some do. and would cut it up as soon as possible. Two years ago I had only a little fodder, but as I did j not have much stock 1 thought 1 couid feed it out carefully without cutting it up. It was all fjone before Christmas'. Last year, situated as before, 1 hired a power to attach to the cutter at the barn, and the feed las/ted me until I come time in February. It pays to pre pare the fodoer right.—J. G. Wright, .n Prairix Farmer. COMFORT FOR CALVES. How t«i C'nn*tmol « Simple Shelter for AnlnmlN Kxposci] to the Hot Summer Sun. It is so easy to provide a shelter from the sun for calves tethered out in an open field that it is little short of criminal to allow the little animals to suffer as many do. Make a square frame of strips of wood, and cover it with cotton cloth or old burlap. Sus pend this from u stake as shown in SHELTER FOR CALVES, the cut, setting the stake just far enough away from the hitching post so that the calf can go under the awn ing. but cannot wind his rope around the stake. Where there is no other shade this will make a calf comfort able and allow him to make proper growth, something which ought not to be expected when the calf has to lie down for hours under a blazing sun with nothing whatever to protect it from the heat. \\ i apple or other trees are at hand 'f ean be tied so as to have advan. ' the shade, while si ill be ing unable "'id the rope about the tree t»-unk. a little thought fulness in such matters makes animals com fortable and keeps them growing.—N. Y. Tribune. What Anicorn ftontn »r<l. Dr. Stanley says: Angora goats re quire much the same care as sheep and much the same feed except that goats are not so dainty and will eat much coarser feed. They eat coarse hay and straw and corn fodder about as sheep, only cleaner. Kxperienc-» has shown that wherever sheep will thrive Angora goats will do well. Angoras are not grazing animals like sheep, but. browsers. They prefer leates and weeds to nice grass. In fact they run over grass to get leaves and weeds. Goats eat leaves and weeds for feed and then grass as a condiment. Sheep eat grass for feed, Ihen a few weeds for condiment. An goras dislike rain and mud, though cold and even enow tliey care not for. Standnril of Cavalry llomrii. The United States standard cavalry horse is an animal standing 15.1 to 36 hands, with short back, good bone tendons and feet. The head of medium size, the neck rising from oblique shoulders and the carriage animated and graceful. Buck knees, or calf kneed animals are rejected, the for mer conformation indicating weakness antl the latter being indicative of stiff, ungraceful action. The more breedy the appearance and the higher the finish the more acceptable to the serv ice. Ma j. Alvord, states there are now approximately 10,000 creameries and cheese factories it> operation in United States. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900. Something Worse. Jcnson—What do you know about the horrors of war? Bronson—l know a lot. "You don't know a thing; you staid at home." "I know I did; but I had to read the yellow journals every day."—Detroit Free Press. Lane'i Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to he healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head ache. Price 25 and 50c. ft Thrill* Him. Quinn—She kissed her hand to the audi ence only once. That's not enough togo ar< und. pe Fonte —Oh, yes; rtage kisses are flex ib.i . Every man in the house thinks that that one kiss was for hfm.—Chicago Even lag Xaws. I'iso's Cure is the best medicine we ever lsed for all affections of the throat and ungs.—Wm. O. Endsley, Yanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. A Bitter Drop in Joy's Cup.—"Did the bride seem happy?" "No; the society mag azine put her wedding eleventh in a column of 13.' —lndianapolis Journal. It requires no experience to dye with PtTNAM Fadeless I>ves. Simply boiling vour Roods in the dye is all that's necessary. Sold by all druggists. The benefactions of love are not original with us, but were ordained and predestined to our souls by the eternal goodness w hence they come.—Boston Transcript. Dyspepsia is the bane of the human sys tem. Protect yourself against its ravages by the use of Beeman's Pepsin Gum. "Past master of political arts, eh ? Is there any higher degree?" "Oh, yes, postmaster, you know." —Detroit Journal. Hull's Catarrh Care Is taken Internally. Price 75c. Only fools fight friction; the wise reduce it. —Boston Transcript. Inanimate Depravity.—The match which would not half-way light, he tossed aside in fretful spite; it did not then, of course, ex pire, but up and set the house afire. —Indian- apolis Journal. It seems as if it ought to be easy enough to break up a China army. Why not send a company of servant girls against it? —In- dianapolis News. By the "refining influence of women" in a house, is meant tiiat a boy learns to give up his roc kvig-ehair, and learns not to repeat to the neighbors what his women folks say about them. —Atchison Globe. Of Course.—"Our forecast man gets a good rest .n July and August." "How's that?" "Why, when a lot of conventions and ex cursionists are coming t-j town the hot weather just naturally runs itself." —Indian- apolis Journal. Ignorance is everywhere. In Boston there are persons who don't know a symphony trom a scnata, arid in Chicago persons who don't know a prime ox iroui a canner.—De troit Journal. Ba 'iff of the ('ourt (to his German friend) —" There's a man that gives weight to that jury " German Friend —"So! How so?" Bailiff —"He weighs an even 300." <l. F "11.., ha; dat's goot. Yateli me b.ay dot shoke on Sehmiedel. Schmiedel, dere is a man vui is a heavyveight on dot chury." Schmiedel —"Yah; he is a pig man. How mooch he veighs?" Indianapolis Xews. The tempest broke. The ship reeled and quivered. The passengers huddled upon the deck in momentary expectation of being swept into eternity. A man clambered into the shrouds and waved his arm frantically. "Ladies and gentlemen," he shrieked, through the storm, "a straw vote wiil now be taken!" Some were for throwing him into the sea; others, more cruel, were for ignoring him altogether; only a few, one or two, perhaps, charitably reflected that this was the year of presidential elections, and that after all the man was but the in nocent creature of the occasion. —Detroit Journal. The tripping feet—the sparkling eye—the graceful movement—be long not alone to the budding maiden. These graces are the right—aye duty of every woman until the hair whitens —and regal dignity replaces them. The mother who guards her strength has so much more to de vote to the care and education of her dear ones. She should be a comfort—a cheer—always. Yet how many feel that they have the strength to properly bal ance the home ? The world is list less, weary and morbid. Its blood moves sluggishly and is full of im purities. It needs a kindling, in vigorating tonic to set it afire—it needs Pe-ru-na, THE ONE MEGiCINE in the world which women may rely upon positively. Pe-ru-na is good for everyone, but particularly for women. The various weak nesses which afflict their delicate or ganism spring from inflammation or catarrh of the mucous lining,and Pe-ru-na is a specific for catarrh in any organ of the body. Any congestion of a mucous membrane simply means catarrh of the organ affected. This is why Pe-ru-na cares all sorts of troubles where other remedies fail. If there is a catarrhal affection the matter with you anywhere Pe-ru-na will cure you. A. N. K.-C 1826 ROPE ROOFING 1 cent per square foot, caps and nails included. Substitutes for Piaster. SAMPLES FKEK Tl» ►T Manilla Kuollni Co., I AMUEN, N. .1. The lloirrn of China are attempting to solve a gigantic problem, j but they are going about it in the wrong way 1 and will never succeed. Some people, in this country, setm to think tliat they have i as great a puzzle on their hands in selecting I a location for a home. Thay will certainly i go about it in the wrong way unless they in spect the beautiful farming country on the line of the ( hieago, Milwaukee & Paul Railway in Marinette county, Wisconsin, where the eropsare of the best, work plenty, fine markets, excellent climate, pure, soft j water; land sold cheap and on long time, j j Why rent a farm when you can buy one lor less than you pay for rent? Address ( . E.i Rollins. Land Agent, 161 La Salle St., Chi cago, 111. Goodness without graciousness is ugly and i toad-like; if he has a jewel, it is of the head and not of the heart. —Boston '1 run aenpt. o--i--c When a preparation has an advertised rep- ! i utation that is world-wide, it means that ! preparation is meritorious. If you go mtc I I a store to buy an article that has achieved I universal popularity like Casearets Candy j Cathartic for example, you feel it has the endorsement of the world. The judgment [ of the people is infallible because it is im personal. The retailer who wants to sell you "something else" in place of the article you j ask for, has an ax to grind. Don't it stand to reason? He's trying to sell something that jis not what he represents it to be. Why? ; Because he expects to derive an extra profit j our of your credulity. Don't you see through his little game? The man who w ill try to sell you a substitute for Cascareto i'r a fraud. Beware of him! lie is try ing to steal the honestly earned benefits of a repu tation which another business man has paid for, and if his conscience will allow him to go so far, he will go farther. If he cheats ! his customer in one way, he will in another j and it is not safe to do business with him. Beware of the Cascaret subetitutor! Remember Casearets are never sold in bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed on every box and each tablet stamped Hl* I'olnt of View. Fair Medical Student—What doyeu think ■ of women for physicians? Old Doctor- I think they are ail right, j Why, we derive two-thirds of our income ! from women.—Chicago Evening News. tf.Vio.oo n Very l.ow Estimate. This is the opinion expressed by Charles B. Goldthwaite, of Troy, Ala., who wrote, as as follow s; "1 would not take SSOO for the good Palmer's Lotion has done my son. The physician who had treated him for fifteen months pronounced it the worst case of Granulated Eyelids he ever saw." No house hold should be without Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap. If your druggist does not keep them, send his name to Solon Palmer, 374 Pearl Strict, New York, and receive free pamphlet of testimonials and sample of Lo tion or Soap. The l'nlicnrd-Of Expected. "George, what does a presidential candi date do when he receives the committee to notify him of Iris noimnation ?" "()h. In nets .just like a girl who gets a pro posal which she has been stay ing awake o' ] nights looking for." —Indianapolis Journal. ! More Clieai) Excursion* to Colorado. Special Trains, one night out to Denver, j Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the Great i Rock Island Route, will leave Chicago Au- : gust 21, Sept. 4 and 18, at 4:45 p. m. On these dates excursion tickets from Chicago 1 tc> Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Glen- i wood Spiings, Salt Lake City and Ogden, I'tah. w II be sold at rate of one regular fare : plus on for round trip, return limit Oct. i HI, 1900. Tickets also good on regular trains. J For ful! informatii.n, berth reservations and i beautiful book "Colorado the Magnificent," sent free, address John Sebastian, (J. P. A., ] Chicago. J Man's economy is in tellin" his wife hew to save money.—Arkansaw Thomas ( ;.t. Co Your Feet Ache anil liornf j Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot Kase, • i powder for the feet. It makes tight or New 1 Shoes Feel Ka-y. Cures Corns, Itching, j Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe : Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad- | dre- . 4ll®n S. Olmsted. L" Nov. X. Y- Fortunate if the liar who loses his repu- j tation. —Chicago Daily News. To t'nre a Cold in One flay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al\ druggists refund money if ittails tocure- 25c. V 4 i® o arc P ac^ a vay in your insides and must be kept clean, | —>— **> * n order and doing business. A It's a long way, with many turns and pitfalls to calch Y y v ' : yl the refuse and clog the channel if not most carefully cleaned out every day. When this long canal is blockaded, look out for trouble —furred tongue, bad breath, belching or gases, j yellow spots, pimples and boils, headaches, spitting up of food after eatin s:- an all-around disgusting nuisance. ) !/■ 1 I -11 ■ ■ u J Violent pill poisons or griping salts are danger- V > :^'f//^'''^|'''|''!*|^''''"i'i''yrtii';i''|7^7' i 11 ous to use for cleaning out the bo'ivels. They / If J force out the obstruction by causing violent ySfL spasms of the bo<wels, but they leave the in /es/Znes ivcak and even less able to keep up regular movements than before, and make a ■ —sg—\ larger dose necessary next time. \Mf Then you have the pill habit, which kills more pccole %**%, than the morphine and whiskey habits combined. b4 y V The only safe, gentle but certain bowel cleansers are O /Wl3 sweet, fragrant CASCARETS, because they don't force \aflßi. ° ut tiie foccal matter violence, but act as a tonic on the wllole 30 * eet °* bowel wall, strengthen the muscles TH,AL.HF. S T,KVIAAI. I. I.RWER END OF A "D restore healthy, natural action. Buy and try them! (Lo ? k ou i ,m,tatlon£ and substitutes or you can't get res " lts ' Carets arc never sold in bulk. Look for the trade-mark, the long-tailed "C" on the box.) You will find that in an entirely natural way your bowels will be | IK,Wf " """ ttakein promptly and permanently Get the eetiuine If you want results' Tablet is marked "CCC ' Cascarets are never told in bulk, but only and always in the light blue metal be,* with the long-tailed " C." Look n-ifli sSSStS^^ / v -*» ; EEC ft< nu ine To any needy mortal, who can't afford to buy, we will mail a box free, jvi "f> rAz: oU Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York. 418 1 For Infants Years # The Kind You Have Aiways Bought CENTAUR COMUNV. TT MUDMV »THI|T, NtW YOU* ©IT*. • ■•■•■•ItltHltBOBeltlC ■ m • If you will buy three • | Old V irgmia Cheroots S ®© . # ■I HI • and smoke them to-day you will get s J the greatest amount of comfort and ® ■ satisfaction that 5 cents will buy in m 0 a smoke, and get it three times over! gg J You haven't any idea how good they ®j • are and cannot have until you try them. ® Try three to-day instead of a sc. cigar. 5 MK ums Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this * year. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. 3 ® ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Benr Signature of &ce Fac-Slmiir Wrapper Beiow. 112 " "IMJU Very umall and as easy to taiu'< as* sn^ar. IRABTR&'C HEADACHE. LArtf trio FOR DIZZINESS. W| TTL r FOR BILIOUSNESS. W|V F R FOR TORPID L,VER 1M PI LLS ROR CONSTIPATION. H M*■ FOR SALLOW SKIN. IMI I FOR THE COMPLEXION J CiKNI IWE MU»TK*»I tB cSnts I Portly wJHUuMI BBWV 11 CURE SICK HEADACHE. CHICAB0 T °BMAH4 DoubSe Service New line via Eock- I ford. DubiKguc, \ / Waterloo, !■ mt Podge amU'oun- oil lUnfls. Bullet library-smoking- car.:, l sleeping cars, free reclining chair ears, dining cars. Send to the undersigned for a five copy of Pictures and Notos En-Rcuto Illustrat ing this new line as seen from tlio car window. Tickets ot agents "112 I. It. ];. and connecting lines. A. IX. HANSON, G. I*. A.. Chicago. nurnwATJSM Mem Hp I I the only positive cure fast VI 111 ■ K perieace->pt»aks for itsel* i>< -j» t SHI llelcl 6 * Cnicago. EDUCA n ON A L. ~ FRANKLIN COLLEGE f e v"!3;.°: uiid 85u Mini.-tf! total. HIW n year: bucks fn • , liuuni ami s li'fs thim «•»>> t; m» puloons, catalogue 112» with iilnn to I'arrt fundi, at linmr. »V. A, NNILI.IA.MN, P.P., I'm.. ST. MARY'S ACADEMY NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. Conducted by the Sifters of the Holy Cross. Chartered 1855. Thorough Knglish ai/d Classical education. Regular Collegiate Degrees. In Preparatory Department students care fully prepared for Collegiate course. Physical and Chemical laboratories well equipped. Con servatory of Music and School of Art. Gym nasium under direction of graduate of Boston Normal School of Gymnastics. Catalogue free. The 46th year opens Sept. 4. 1900. Address, DIRECTRESS OF THE ACADEMY, St. flary's Academy, • Notre Dame, Indian*. 7
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