FARM CIDER PRESS. |t Enable* Krnit Grower* to Mnki Dm* of II uMli eI * of A|»|» Ie » Thut Often i» o to IVmte. On the farm where there is no cider (iiill a large number of good apples are wasted every year. These might be ronvertec into cider. The accompany ing illustration is of an easily made press for the purpose of utilizing those upples. Simply procure a plank about four feet in length, and asbroad as avail able, and a stout pole (b), 15 to 2(1 feet Jong. Make a frame, or vat. to hold the (pples to be pressed. It can be con ttrueted of one-inch boards, about one foot square. Set this vat on the plank (a) and have a channel cut round it in -r--rZs£:t -r--rZs£:t CIDER' PRESS IN POSITION. the form of the letter Y. Place the plank and vat at the base of a tree or Bitump, using a few blocks to raise it from the ground one or two feet. Now cut a deep notch in the tree or stump about l'/a or 2 feet above the plank and insert the heavy end of the' pole. At the other end of the pole set four pins as shown. The apples to be squeezed with the press are thrown into the vat a few at a time, and a heavy wooden stamper is used to crush them. When the vat is full of the broken-lip apples, a wooden cover, fit ting inside of the vat, is laid on top. A few blocks: are placed on top of this cover so as to allow the pole to pres« down on the movable covering. The pole is weighted down with heavy ftones or bowldersiplaced between the four pins at the end remote from the press. Cut several small, V-shaped openings round the bottom of the vat, or make a system of channels, connect ing with the large channel, to collect the juice and permit it.to follow the course along the plank until it reaches the vessel used to receive it. Theillust ration shows the press when completed, and also explains the man ner of using it. I can confidently as sure any farmer readers that this press, which will cost practically nothing, will give entire satisfaction. —J. (J. All bouse, in Orange Jtuld Farmer. SHREDDED CORN FODDER. If Well Drieil When rut In It Will Iveejt Sweet and Wholesome in the Mow. It has been amply demonstrated not only by experiments, but bv practical tests made by feeders, that shredded corn fodder will keep satisfactorily in the mow il' it is well dried when it 1* putin; it should not contain more llian 25 per cent, of moisture. On tlie other hand, if it is putin damp it will mold. The quality of shreddec fodder lias a great deal to do with its value, lind especially its commercial value. Where shredded fodder is baled and Sold as hay if it is free from mold It will bring as much as good timothy hay, in most instances it sells from f5 to $S a ton. We look for a great ileal of tl.e bright shredded fodder to be placed on the market this year. A Nebraska feeder says that to secure the nicest product the corn should be shredded just as soon as it. comes out of the dough, and that it will keep all right if ricked outside with a roof over it, but that it will heat if It is putin the tarn in bulk. Another feeder says that if the fodder is dry when shredded it will not mold if put intj the barn in great bulk. An Illinois feeder says that he has Stacked it outside and it kept well, but that it was packed so solid that water could not run into it. All of these feeders prefer to have it under roof and especially in barns where it can be easier handled during the win ter. In reply to a direct inquiry from us about the only answer we get is that the shredded fodder will not mold nor spoil if tine fodder is fully cured in the shock and is free froiu rain when shredded. This is a very Important point and should be re membered by every one who has his fodder shredded tills year. Be surf that the stalks are eight before they nre put into the shredder.—l'rairia Farmer, 1 Rotation for Wentern State*. We generally do all the fab plow ing we can for all kinds of grain. We let oats follow corn in tne rotation after which we seed with clover and timothy and let them stand for two years. Then we turn under the sod and plant with corn and rye. Our fall grains we sow the last of August OF the first part of September. We gen erally get the best results from early sowing. When we grow earl? pota toes we put them in as early as the ground is fit. For late potatoes we. plant from the 1111 of May to the ls4 of June. .1. ('. Thompson, in Farm ers' Review. Furm SHI- rouiulftic*. Farming is not only a means of get ting a living; but. it Is an opportunity |o cultivate the beautiful and to de velop an appreciation of artistic sur roundings. No lawn or grounds tan surpass the farmers' at so small un ex pense. TAk-JG AN INVENTORY. Somrlhlng Every Farmer Should Do After (lie Sea»ou'« Croim Have Been Unrvested. All successful business men annual ly invoice their stock; they arc not simply satisfied with a bank account which shows that they are growing in financial strength; but the stock on hand is gone over that just what is on hand may be known and also what is its present value, whether it has ad vanced or depreciated, whether cer tain classes of stock are ready or slow *ale and all like considerations that the yearly inventory reveals to the thorough going business man. The farmer usually knows how many head of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs are on the farm and can c#losely estimate the bushels of wheat, oats or corn and the quantity of timothy, but these are not the most valuable facts that an invoice on Ihe farm should disclose. But rather, how many acres have been required to sustain a given number of cows, sheep or pigs. What are the yields per acre, what the profitableness of certain kinds of grain, what the farm knowl edge gained from the experiment patch, what lias a well systematized crop rotation done for the farm, what has the flock of hens done towards lessening the cash outlay for house hold expenses, what has the garden ■paid, what has been the actual amount paid in cash or rade for fam ily expenses, what expenses have been incurred for farm machinery and re pairs, are there unnecessary fences on the farm, what disposition has been made of manure, and like questions should be answered as the season's harvest reveals the contents of store house and barn. When the merchant has completed his inventory he immediately prepares for the new stock and its sale, though he may give the impression of doing little; if he is to enlarge his business he Is at work; so the farmer known by his thrift and tine farm is now, when harvesting his crop, planning by the light of his own experiences and by gaining knowledge from those of other farmers preparing for the crops of another season. The history of excess! e yield always reveals that the soil was studied, the seed careful ly selected and the most intelligent cultivation given. If the inventory the farmer makes shows where mis takes have been made as well as suc cesses scored it is accomplishing its purpose.—Colman's Rural World. WATER-LIFTING WHEEL. It I'tillsr.eH the Current of un Adjneent Stream, Without (lie of a l>ulll. A novel wheel for lifting water for irrigation purposes has lately been designed and constructed by Mr. Charles Hunt of Delaware county, 0. It is planned to utilize the current of the near-by stream without the ex pense of a dam. The wheel is six feet in diameter, with 34 paddles one - >-. i; i ■ft II WATER WHEEL FOR IRRIGATION. foot wide by four feet long; and is suspended between two boats which rise and fall with the stream, there by keeping the paddle of the wheel and the elevator buckets at the prop er depth in the water at all times without attention. The boats arc each one by three by ten feet. The elevator buckets, of which there are 31, each hold one quart, and make one complete circuit every 70 seconds. The elevation that the water is raised is 13 feet. As may be seen from conditions stated, nearly .'{<>o barrels of water are raised every 24 hours, un amount suffi cient for considerable inexpensive ir rigation.—James E. Taggart, in Ohio Farmer. SHREDDED CORN NOTES. The topped corn fodder (stover) contains 55 per cent, of digestible matter. Convert all of your corn stalks into nice, palatable l odder, every particle of which cattle will eat and grow fat on. Do you know that the corn fodder or stover from one acre yields as much digestible matter as two ton# of timothy hay? By using the best machines the largest and heaviest corn stains grown can be put through equally well as the small stalks. Cure and store shredded corn fod der in the same way that you would hay. and you will have little trouble in its heating. The corn fodder shredder is the greatest feed saving machine ever in vented. No other machine enables farmers to save 40 per cent, of anv crop. The value of an acre - of ~hiredded fodder put through a good machine is more than three times as much as the expense to the farmer of husking his corn alone. —Prairie Farrier. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. THEIR EXPENSE ACCOUNTS. ! ?omethtnK of u Difference Between the Outlays of it II is ho |> ull d n Drummer. At the Methodist general conference re>- cently held in Chicago certain members, both lay and clerical, freely criticised the large expense accounts of some of the bish ops, relates the Chicago Chronicle. They Were charged with extravagance, and told that they had no right to live like princes while serving the Lord. Bishop MeCabe lias felt personally aggrieved by these criticisms, and has published a reply. He declares that his own annual traveling expenses average less than $350. The bishop's hill certainly looks modest. He states that a commercial traveler to whom he showed his account "laughed long and loud" and said: "The house for which 1 work allows me eight dollars a day for traveling expenses." This comparison unquestionably is most favora ble to the bishop. One i» reminded, how ever, that there are certain necessary items of heavy expenditure to the account of a successful drummer which are escaped by an itinerant bishop. If Bishop Mcfahe were obliged to treat his constituents as liberally and as frequently as the average commer cial traveler he might find an allowance of eight dollars per day none too ample. SUSPICIOUS LIBERALITY. It W un u <1 ueN t lonu lile It une Hut Jones Got Ills Wife Home in n llorry. "It was a mean trick," said Jones, with a smile, relates the Detroit Free Press, "but I wanted my wife to come home, and it was the only way 1 could think of to get her back. She went away about five weeks ago on a vacation and left me alone to get along as best I could. It wasn't long before 1 grew tired of the arrangement, tired of get ting my meals downtown, tired of sending cheeks in reply to her demands for more money. Three days ago 1 received a letter asking me to send her $25 at once. It was then that my plan suggested itself. By re turn mail 1 sent her a check for double the amount that she had asked for, and inclosed it with a note that read: 'Don't hurry back.' "It worked as I thought it would. My wife returned by the first train with a strange gleam of inquiry in her eyes and a set about her lips that bodes trouble for me if she confirms the horrible suspicions that she is laboring under. However, 1 have her at home, and I am not losing any sleep over what she may suspect." Mcdnl Awnrded Walter linker & Co. ■Paris, Aug. 20.—The judges of the Paris Exposition have just awarJed a gold medal to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., U. S. A., for their preparations of Cocoa and Chocolate. This famous company, now the.largest manufacturers of Cocoa and Chocolate in the World, have received the highest awards from thie great International and other expositions) in Europe and j America; t.hisi is the third-award from j a Paris Exposition.—New York Trib une. I*nrt of the Core. Mr. Tlenpeek The doctor says I absolute ly must go away next week for a rest. Mrs. Henpeck—Goodness! I can't possi bly manage to get away togo with you then. "I T m-m! I guess the doctor must have known that." —Philadelphia Press. A Keniurkn lile ( use where, after a year's suffering, immediate relief was given two persons by Palmer's Lotion. Miss llattie Morrison of Selma, Kansas, wrote: "One bottle of your Lotion cured myself and my mother of (sore Eyes, of over a year's standing, from which we could get no relief until we obtained your valuable medicine." This most reliable remedy will at once relieve any case of Sore lives and Fyelids and eventually cure them without the aid of a doctor, li' your drug gist don't keep it, send liiss name to Solon Palmer, 374 Pearl St., New York, and re ceive free pamphlet of testimonials and sample of Lotion or Lotion Soap. And Willie Knew. Little Willie Paw, is ma a microbe? Mr. Henpeck—Why. no, Willie. What makes you ask such a question? "Well, the teacher told u> that baldness was caused by a microbe."—Baltimore Amer ican. LOW -It.VI E K.vt I USIOXS, Via Missouri I'ncllic Halhvry and Iron Mountain Itoute, To points in the West, Southwest and South east, at half-rates (plus $2.00) for the round trip. Tickets on sale Tuesdays, September 4tli and 18th, October 2d and 16th, Novem ber 6th and 20th,and December 4th and 18tji, 1900. For full information, land folders, etc., address any agent of above lines, or 11. C.Townsend,ti. P. & T. Agent, St.Louis,Mo. : A fool at 20 may be wise at 40.—Chicago i Daily News. A dyspeptic is never on good terms with i himself. Something is always wrong. (Jet it right by chewing Been.an's Pepsin Gum. j Very few people do well in an emergency, i —-Atchison Globe. Hull ■ Cutnrrh Cure Is a. Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c. _____________ THE MARKETS. New York, September 7. Flour—Choice. $3.30(f/11.60. Wheat—No. 2 red 77e. Corn—No. 2 at 44%e. Oats—No. 2 white 27c. Beeves—Nothing doing. Veals $5.00 (ti 8.25. Sheep—Slow at. $2.25(a4.00, lambs $4 .'J7 y. 01 6.25. Hogs—Western $5.70. Cleveland, Sept. 7. —Flour—Winter wheat, patents, $4.50(04.05. Wheat—No. 2 red BTe. Corn—No. 2 yellow 45c. Outs—No. 2 white 2(1 y,c. Butter—Best creamery 23c. Cheese—York state Il'/i.c. ' Eggs- - Best 15(?/ 16c. Potatoes—Best ?.Q(tt 40c. Cattle—Choice steers ss.oo(fi 5.25, fnir $1.50(f/ 4.75, calves $6.00<« 7.25. Sheep- Choice $3.75(rt 4.00, fair si!. 2 j (ft.'i.so, best latnhs $5.40(ft5.50. Ilogs—Yorkers and pigs ss.so(ft 5.55. Toledo, Sept. 7.—Wheat—Spot 75 '/..c. Corn No. 2 cash 41VI'e. Oats—No. 2 cash 22c. East Liberty, Sept. 7. —Cattle—Ex- tra s').7."(ft (i.OO, good $5.25(fi 5.50. Hogs Prime heavy $5.50(y5.00. heavy Yorkers $5.70. Sheep—Prime wethers $3.80@4.00, choice lambs $5.75(« 0.00. East. Buffalo, Sept. 7.—Cattle— Veals $5.50(0 5.70. ilogs—Mixed $5.65, Yorkers $5.65@ 5.70. Sheep—Lambs $4.00(&5.75, sheep *2.00(03.75. THE HARDEST HEAD YET. J It Proved Too T IIIKII to Kick AS : Cheerful 'Ktdiu Found to II IN Sorrow. Cheerful 'Rastus fiohbli d painfully into the office of the city ph.vsici.in>, supported bv two abbreviated I room handles, says the Detroit Free Press. "Well, 'Kassy, lio'v is the limb to-day?" inquired one <>t the loung men jn charge. "Tol'ble, tol'ble, replied 'Rastus, grin ning like a new mo'in. "Ah tell ye," h< said, as the were changed, "Ah'se heerd all k;n s stories aboot coon's haids—how hawd dey is an* how prcsumshus it. beewnes cr white man ttr 'tempt ter break 'cm hut lem'iue tell ye, ye dean' know aboot it 'tel yt runs ag*i de real t ing. Me- an' dn> feller wuz vvokin' togedder puttin' up a bilei, an' a desserta tion ariz between us, an' Ah, in de 'zuber anee of me feelin's, kicked wid all me mite. Well, Ah reckoned ter >trike him on de haid, an' Ah did. 'Deed Ah did! ( aught him squar. He nevah moved—no, sah: Hut de reaction didif do er t ing but break three of my toes, an' dat's what Ah'in here fo' — ha! ha! ha! huh! huh." And Cheertul 'Rastus, with the broken toes, laughed hilariously while the physician readjusted the splints. A Reflection. "In your advertisement," said the man with the suave manner, as he entered the of fice of the ice company, "you say that there are no microbes on the ice that you furnish | to your customers." "Yes, sir," replied' the treasurer, as he | placed a blotter in front of his diamond stud ■ so that the caller would not have to blink, I "and we stand by our assertion." "1 stand by it. tr«o," said the man with th* suave manner, "and I have called to say that, as I have no fear of microbes.lieving they are harmless, 1 wish you would direct your delivery man to leave at my residence in the future ice of such dimensions that two or three microbes, if they felt so inclined, could occupy it without unduly crowding each other. ' —Harper's Bazar. Some wives, like watches, have pretty facts, delicate hands, and are good to look upon hut somewhat difficult to regulate.— Chicago Daily News. Wotnon Think ikhoui This In addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are com municating with A Woman A woman whose expe rience in treating femaie ills is greater than that of any living person, male or female. She has fifty thousand such testimonial letters as we are constantly pub lishing showing that Lydia Em Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is daily re lieving hundreds of suf fering women« Every woman knows some woman Mrs. Pink ham has restored to health. Mrs. Pinkham makes no statements she cannot provem Her advice is ftrnt* Lydia E. Pinkham l rtitsa Med. Co , Lynn, Mass. mail on receipt, of price J»0 emit* ario #II.OO. WILLIAMS MFG.. Co.. Props.. CLEVELAND, OHIO Fight on for wealth, old "Money Bags/' J \ h V your liver is drying up and bowels wear /V Vi FTIT Vtet\l nillmlnr mr — ( ing out ' some ay you will cry aloud for 112 MjJ i' lJt.il 112 i'll ■ 11 11 Ui 1 ■ I health, offering all your wealth, but you if ~nfr iNWI not get it because you neglected Nature * n your mac * to £ et No matter what you do, or what ails you, to-day is l\( ay — ever Y day is the day— to keep • i \ ' watch of Nature's wants —and help your flispL rWWt il bowels act regularly— CASCARETS will ■imS£r\ Ii- \ m|/ b e lp Nature help you. Neglect means bile 112 i° the back of the head with a loathing or that is good in life. V - nj J Don't care how rich or poor you are, you ) ft \ v'' \lf I\ l m y° u will be regular if you take CASCA \£ \ { /1 |[l \ RETS —get them to-day— CASCARETS — N. I in metal DOX; cost 10 cents; take one, eat llSy K/ it like candy and it will work gently while 1 v Ttr ■i. you sleep. It cures; that means it strength ens the muscular walls of the bowels and gives them new life; then they act regularly and naturally; that is what you want — it is guaranteed to be found in— j To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. «a I.nnc'a Family MedlPlnr, Moves the bowels each day. Jn order to >e healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head a< he. Price &> and 50c. A Serious Powwow —"llu'h. not so loud! We'n having a conference of the powers." "Eh! Who is conferring'/" "My wile, my mother-in-law and the cook!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. tarter'* Ink it Scientifically compounded of the best materials. If your uea.t r does not keep it he can get it for you. If the poor insist upon playing golf, it will be with this precisely as it was with appen d.<: our best people will drop it. —Detroit •Journal. To Cure ll Col<l In One Diiy Take Laxative Broiiu> Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if ilfails tocure. 2T>c. Si me lawyers receive a larger fee for keep ing quiet than others do for ta.king.—Chi cago Daily News. I am sure I'iso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. l'hos. Hobbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb IT, 1900. Customer—"What would be the price of a rir.g ike this?" .lewder—"The buying or selling price?"— Town Topics. Dyeing is as simple as washing when you use li isa.m Fadeless Dies. Sold by all druggists. CHICAGQTOOMAKA Double Dai,y * ervice rtf IJ~ lIIWL I WTI New line via Rock \ ford, DuDuque, \ / Waterloo, Fort / Dodge and Coun- X5/i.ROPcil Bluffs. Buffet- Ubrary-smoking cars. sleeping cars, free reclining chair ears, dining ears. Send to the undersigned for a free copy of Pictures and Notes En-Routo illustrat ing this new line as seen from the car window. Tickets ol agents of |. r. K. It.ariil connecting linos. A. 11. HANSON. U. I'. A.. Chicago. Delicious DtMiMerts. Hurnliam's Hasty Jellycon makes the finest dessert jellies, clear and sparkling and (klieiously flavored. Prepared in a min ute. It is only necessary to dissolve in hot water and set away to cool. Flavors: or ange. lemon, strawberry, raspberry, peach, w ■ cherry and unfavored "ealfsfoot" for making wine and coffee jellies. All grocers MONEY -"HEIRS- Heirs of Union Soldiers who made homesteads of less than ltiO acres before June !W. 1H74 (110 matter if abandoned), if tho additional homestead not sold <<r used, should address, with full par ticulars, IIEMCY N. «OH\ Washington. I), t. A 1 11*1 IMATKM Van Buren's line... IE S S 1 I 1 iwm inatic Coiuponud is U Ulil I the only positive cure. Pastex ■lE 111 ■ ■ nerience speaks for itself. He pot V« V r BvM L% UUUoiaxu Ave., Chicago. I AHIFV When Doctors and others fail to relieve LNlllktfi you. try N. F. M. It :it never tails. Box !>•*«» Mr*. H. Kowan, MII wutikee, Wit. Go SOUTH SJiV-W, Norfolk, Va. SB b Satisfaction £ H is unusual with " Five-Cent cigar ra £ smokers/' but it has been the every- JJ day experience of hundreds of thou- # 0 sands of men who have smoked 2Old Virginia Cheroots® Kg during the last thirty years, because J J they are just as good now—in fact,J* ® better than when they were first made. ® Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year- Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. c Z 99# NEBRASKA THE LAND OF PLENTY I wonder why it is that so many men spend their days working hard on rented farms, barely making enough to get along, with no great prospect ahead of owning their own homes, when within a few hours' journey is a land of plenty Nebraska where all kinds of grain and fruit oan be raised with the least amount of labor; where cattle and hogs fed on corn bring a handsome profit; where the climate is healthful and churches and schools abound; where land is cheap and can be bought on very easy terms. Think of this, and if you want information about the country send to me for"The Corn Belt," a beautifully illustrated monthly paper that tells all about Nebraska, and also for"The West Nebraska Grazing Country," an interesting illustrated booklet containing a large sectional map of Nebraska. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month during the balance of this year cheap excursion tickets will be sold over our road to Nebraska, so that people may go and see for themselves. Ask your ticket agent about this. P. S. EUSTIS, Cen'l Pa&ft'r Agt. C. B. & Q. R,R, CH«CAGO, ILL. READERS OF THIS PAPER DESIRING TO m. V ANYTHING ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING TIIEY ASK FOR, REFUSING ALL SUBSTITUTES OR IMITATIONS. I GENT Pr. Sq. Ft. Including cape and nails, for the best Rod Ropo Kooljuk. Substitutes ior Plaster. Samples tree. »HK FAY Manilla IIOOHMJ COMPANY, CAMUK.%, N. J. ILLINOIS FARMS FOR SALE IN TRACTS of 40 to iOOACUm W. FITHIAN. NEWTON. ILI WHEM WHITING TO ADVERTISERS pleu»<» Mat*' til lit you «a\v the Advertise ment In thl* paper. A. N. K.-C 1829 7
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