A RURAL MAIL BOX.
One of tlie Mont Serviceable of the
Many Noiv lleliiK Introduced
Into the Service.
I
The accompanying drawing shows
one of the newer mail boxes invented
for use in the rural districts, where
the same box is employed both for
mail matter that is being delivered
to tlie resident and for matter de
posited by the latter for the carrier
to take away. This particular box is
made rather long, so as to admit
periodicals without folding them.
Many persons object to having their
magazines needlessly creased.
The opening above the door is so
arranged that the carrier can drop
RURAL MAIL EOX.
mail in there without unlocking the
door, and thus save time. Then, like
some other mail boxes, this one has
a signal to attract the carrier's atten
tion, in case mail for him to take
away is inside. The signal projects
below the lower edge of the box, and
is adjusted when the main door is
open. It can be set, therefore, only
by a person having a key to the box.
Of course, when the carrier stops and
opens the box he shoves the signal
tip out of sight, where it remains un
til one of the family pulls it down
again. When a carrier has nothing
to deliver and sees no signal set for
him to collect mail, he saves time
by passing right along.—N. Y. Trib
une.
WINDMILL SCARECROW.
It "Will Interrupt flio Work of Croivi
Even \\ here Tliey llnve IICKIIII
Tlieir Depreciation!*.
The only effectual scarecrow I over
found is a windmill. I formerly made
them to jingle a bell as they turned,
but later founti that their motion
alone is just as effective. I take two
pieces of pine two inelie" square and
about two feet long. These are first
balanced on a knife-edge to get tlieir
center of gravity. Make a side mor
tise in each, cutting half through,
tack them together at right angles,
and we have the four arms. Bore a
hole for the axis anil insert an iron
box, or else tack a washer on each
tide to prevent wear. The oats are
the sides-of quart tomato cans, un
soldered in the fire, rolled out flat
and tacked to the arms, which have
previously been beveled by taking ofE
corresponding corners. Another
strip of two-inch stuff about three
feet long is required, a piece of tin
or a shingle is tacked to one end for
a vane, a hole is bored longitudinally
in the other end to receive a bolt,
which is tnen driven in with the
•wheel upon it. After being thus
mounted the center of gravity is
found, a hole bored through the stick
nt this point, aiyl the whole mounted
upon a stout pole set in the ground,
using a bolt for a spindle to allow the
vane to turn in the wind. Such a
contrivance has never failed with me
to prevent, or to interrupt the work
of crows even where they have com
menced their depredations.—Kural
Xew Y'orker.
CinoNc Fnrmlnß In EiiKlnnd.
Goose farming and goose fattening
have fallen off greatly in England.
From old accounts we read that it
was not uncommon for a man to keep
a flock of J.''oo each of which might
be expected to rear on an average
seven goslings. The flocks were reg
ularly taken to graze and water, the
same as sheep, and the man who
herded them was called a goose-herd
or gozzanl. Tlie birds were plucked
five times in the year, and in the au
tumn flocks were driven to London
or other markets. They traveled at
the rate of about a mile an hour, and
would get over nearly ten miles a
clay. When eeese are to be traveled
a distance in Europe, they are driven
through warm tar, and then through
sand, which "boots" them for the
journey.
j Biji Victory In I'eniiHylvnnla.
After a desperate struggle the
farmers of Pennsylvania ha»e won a
victory in the passage through the
state legislature of a strong anti-oleo
bill, it was a hard and long bat
tle, in which the state grange and
other organizations took part. The
oleo interests were strong and well
organized, and they fought desperate
ly for their fraudulent profits. The
farmers did not have much money,
but they made a brave showing when
they organized for business. Why do
we keep on talking about organizing
and "getting together?" Because that
is the only way to turn the wrongs
of the farmer into rights.—Kural
New York.
Until the calf you are raising on
skim milk is six or eight months old
it is not a bod idea to feed a small
quant it j of grain ©nee a day at least.
PITY THE POOR BOY.
When Ho Trie* to Traoh the Cull t•
Drink from u I'nil Johnny Una
Trouble* of liiM Own.
The time of year recalls the dear,
dead days beyond recall when the
farmer's boy taught the calf to drink
from a pail. The Britt (la.) Tribune
refers feelingly to these strenuous
moments in the life of our agricultural
youth—moments that teach patience
and kindly dealing with the dumb ani
mals. For the weaned calf is full of
the infinite and eternal energy. It de
sires its sustenance mightily, but it
desires it in the way nature lias
taught it to obtain sustenance. The
sight of the pail seems to fill the calf's
mind with forebodings. The calf de
sires to look up when it drinks. The
farmer's son desires it to look down
ward into the pail. The farmer's child
must hold the pail between his feet
with his hands, using two other hands
to hold firmly the cow's child to its
milk. When the calf humps its buck
and tries to jump, it is necessary tc
hold it down with two more hands.
When it breathes hard into the pail
and blows the milk all out you must
twist its tail with two more hands.
Just before a calf bunts it wiggles its
tail. At the premonitory wiggle the
tail must be held also, meantime keep
ing the calf's head directed Into the
pail. The Hritt Tribune says:
"Don't get excited; stand perfectly
still, inspiring the calf to confidence
by your coolness and sang froid.
There is nothing equal to sang froid
in the initial lesson, and without this
attribute the pedagogue is sadly ham
pered. There are other requisites, one
of the chief ones being that the
teacher must know more to begin with
than the calf. By following these di
rections closely a calf can be induced
to fill itself with invigorating, life
prolonging milk in a very few lessons,
so that it will run its nose clear to the
bottom of the pail the first bunt."
AMien you feed a calf it is better to
be alone. Especially is it necessary
not to allow the women of the home
stead to be present. The proceeding
sometimes looks like cruelty, and they
have other methods of calf feeding
that seem more feasible to them, and
they do not hesitate to voice them at
critical moments, thus shaking your
confidence in yourself and incidentally
shaking the calf's already small stock
of confidence in you. It is an art—that
of calf feeding—that has not been
sufficiently treated in the bulletins of
the agricultural department.—Min
neapolis Tribune.
CALVES IN ORCHARDS.
Where Voting A N IIIIMIM of Any Kind
Are Hitelictl to Trees tlie I,ut
ter Muitt lie Protected.
A calf may be hitched to the trees in
an orchard, if a crate, like that shown
in the cut. is used. It. is hinged at one
corner and opens at the other. The
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PROTECTION FOR TREES.
bottom of each side is rounded, so it
will slip over the ground easily and
revolve when the rope becomes wound
about it. In this way the calf will not
become "wound up" to the tree, as is
often the case when the rope is tied di
rectly to the tree. This protector can
be made of four boards if the trees
are not large.—X. Y. Tribune.
The Mule Ilreedlne IIIIHI ll eM*.
We areof opinion that mulebreeding
has been too much neglected in the
south and perhaps elsewhere. The
mule is really the most useful draft
animal on the farm and by far the
most economical. For real rough
farm work mules are better than
horses. They are not quite so speedy
as horses, but there is much plowing
on every farm that cannot be done
both rapidly and well, and for steady
pulling at a uniform speed the inulo
has no equal. They are hardier and
more easily kept and more cheaply fed
than horses, and when grown for mar
ket they are always ready sale at
higher prices than farm horses. Largo
mares and well bred jacks are needed
to produce mules that will bring S2OO
at two years old. —Farm and Kanch.
A I'nlr of Old Apple Tret'*,
Seymour Iveyser, of Manlieim,
county, X. Y., has two old apple trees
on his farm that are record-break
ers. One of them is 12 feet in cir
cumference. It is a Holland pippin
and was brought from Holland in the
latter part of the seventeenth cen
tury. The tree is stilj bearing fruit.
Another tree fell to the ground over
half a century ago; the body and 11*
original roots have long been de
cayed. The to]> of this tree has taken
root and receives its nourishment
from the lower end of the top of the
original tree. The apples are of the
rustyeoat variety. This tree was also
bro jght from Holland at the same
time as the first mentioned, and is
also bearing iruit.—Country Gentle
man.
The farmer who has a inilk check
coming in every month will you
that it is a great aid in producing
sound and natural sleep, for it re
lieves the worry of how to meet the
current expense bills for the house
hold.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, rgoi.
SAYS THERE'S SNOW ON MOON.
Prof. W. 11. I'lckerlni: lirlurna from
Jnmulru tvllli ICraiillm of Krvcrul
Tloiulm' OhHcrviillunii.
Prof. W. H. Pickering, of the
Harvard observatory, who has been
making astronomical observations in
Jamaica, West Indies, for several
months, has brought a series of
photographs of the moon, which ap
pear to establish the interesting
fact that there is snow on the moon.
To secure the necessary details
the surface of the moon was arbi
trarily divided into 10 parts, and
there are live pictures of each of the
lti parts. Arranged in series then
all the prominence and depressions
on the moon's surface appear lighted
under five different angles of sun
light, and the astronomer may fol
low any chosen object of observation
under as many conditions of light
and shade.
What the snow is can as yet be
only a matter of inference. It is
most probably the snow of water.
It appears that the presence of an at
mosphere on the moon is accepted
now among astronomers.
Mrs. DeStyle—-"Of course, this new fur
niture you've bought is quite pretty, but
it's so distressingly new. It lacks the fash
ionable marks of ape and antiquity. - ' Mr.
DeStyle "Never mind, it'll be all light
after the children have operated on it for
a couple of weeks."—Philadelphia Press.
C obwigger—"The railroads are up to
«Y l T y M '"euic to attract traffic." Merritt
Its a wonder Home of them don't offer
prizes to the person who can fold up a
time table as it was originally folded."—
town lopies.
P red \Y hy are you wearing your sweat
er inside out ?" Bob—"Because lam wear
ing the outside in." —Chaparral.
Where the l.iixt Utile I,out.
A Memphis traveler who has just re
turned from.l Mississippi tour says he
heard two farmers discussing the merits and
demerits of the square and round bale gins
as he was waiting for a. train in a little
village of the Bayou state.
"I likes the square hale best," said the
lankest specimen of the two, "but they tell
me that one bale has to push the other out
like the way a hay press works, and I don't
think I want to carry my cotton to a gin of
that kind long toward the end of the sea
son." 1
'■" Why not?" queried the second.
"Well, if I happen to be the last man my
bale of cotton would have to stay in that
consarned press till the next crop came on
a*d the ftirst load was ginned, so it could
push my bale out of the contraption."—
Memphis Scimitar.
Proper Itnte of Payment,
"I would like," said the writer, "to pre
pare you a series of articles on 'How to
Live on Ten Cents a Day."
"For a consideration, of course?" sug
gested the editor.
"Oh, certainly."
"You make your living by writing, 1
suppose."
"Yes."
"And if you can make a living out of one
series of articles so that anything else you
sold would be clear profit, you would feel
that you were doing pretty well, wouldn't
you?"
"Naturally."
"Well, in those circumstances I might
take the articles at your own valuation."
"My own valuation?"
"Yes—the cost of a living, which you put
at ten cents a day."—Chicago Post.
"Th-s thing of bearing a title has some
decided advantages." "In what way?"
"Here's a newspaper report that an Eng
lish duke has to pretend to be on good
terms with hiw wife."—lndianapolis News.
Overestimating Ilim.—"Paw." said little
Willie Gettit, "give me ten cents to buy a
story book with." "Ten cents!" s'—ieked
the old gentleman. "Do you think lam
Andv Carneir.e?"—Baltimore American
B KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. IS
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Back U P a sewer, and you poison the whole neighborhood. Clog up liver and bov/els, and your stomach is full of undigested food, which ®
§ sours and ferments. like garbage in a swill-barrel. That's the first step to untold misery—indigestion, foul gases, headache, furred tongue, bad
breath, yellow skin, mental fears, everything that is horrible and nauseating. CASCARETS quietly, positively stop fermentation in the
stomach, make the liver lively, tone up the bowels, set the whole machinery going and keep it in order.
Don't hesitate J Take CASCAROTS to-day and be saved from suffering!
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"A<lor I wai tndarcd to try CASCA- {'ff' ,
EtETS, I will never be without tfcem in the
v-ir house. My liver was in a very bad shape, obv"
jUtmz&r mSSBn iS'Srtik id and my head ached and 1 had stomach trou- t i.
HmSKeW • l Now, since taking Cascarcts, I foci flno. Lllt^
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HI l !I I 1 B^H11 » imlniftltrr euf Inct liver trouble, unllou com* ftlmllnr medicine in the world. Thin IN abnolute proof of irreat merit, ami
>' our boweU don't move reixularly yon are our be»t tentlmonlul* We havefaUh, un<l will m'll aHholislcly Q
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*%• chronic allmeatK nml Ioi)£ yearn of miller inn that come them a fair, bonent trial, an per simple dlrectlonu, and If you are not untlMtlcd
Snn wh, *t « , l» y« u » "tttrt takfiiK OASCAK I'TM lodny, for after IIHIUIC one f»Oe bus, return the ununed "»Oc box and the empty box to O
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Kuaraatec to cure or money refunded. Hi, Health will oulekly follow and von will blea« the dav rou lirit ntarfed tho awe V®'
ofCASCAKETN. Hook free by'mall. Adds HTBRLIXU'RBSSDY CO., New York ort'hleago.
HUNKS OF SOLID FACT. ~~
Cryolite is a mineral found ia
Greenland.
Egypt was the first country to have
a military organization.
Skating was a sport of the North
i men In prehistoric times.
In ancient times blacK inks wero
made of soot and ivory black.
I mbrellas were in use in America
before they were in England.
Lettuce was introduced into Kng
land from Flanders about 1520.
The invention of the organ is at
tributed to Archimedes, about 220
; B. C.
The Phoenicians and the Greeks
j were the first to place much depeu
: deuce on naval warfare.
1 he mace was a weapon anciently
j used by cavalry of most nations. It
was originally a spiked club, usually
of metal, hung at the saddle-bow.
In the Brook fie Id (Mo.) white
schools the sexes are represented by
I exactly the same number. There are
I just 099 each of the boys and girls.
The judges of the New York su
preme court have resolved among
themselves hereafter to permit no
person called for jury duty to be
excused upon the request of a third
party, lie must appear auu make his
excuses in person.
Now Fa»t Train to Colorado
via Mlmtourl Pacific Hallway.
The Missouri Pacific Railway is now oper
ating double daily service from St. Louis
and Kansns City to points in Colorado. Utah
and the Pacific Coast. Trains leave St.
Louis 9 a. m.and 10:10 p. in.; Kansas City
6 p. m.and 10 a. in., carrying through sleep
ing cars between St. Louis and San Frau
cisco without change. Excursion tickets
now on sale. For farther information ad
dress company's agents. H. C. TOWNSKND,
Uen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, St. Loois, Mo.
No Kye for Home Comfort*.
Mrs. Muggins—My husband is the most
unreasonable man alive.
Mrs. liuggins—What has he done now?
"I've been at him for six months to buy
some new furniture for the parlor, and he
has just paid SIO,OOO for an old seat in the
stock exchange."—Philadelphia Record.
Yellowstone Park.
Extended tour, leisurely itinerary with
long stops in the Park. Private coaches for
exclusive use on the drive. Pullman sleep
ing and dining cars. Established limit to
number going. Escort of the American
Tourist Association, Reau Campbell, Gen
eral Manager, 1423 Marquette Building,
Chicago. Colorado and Alaska tours also.
Tickets include all Expenses Everywhere.
Train leaves Chicago via Chicago, Milwau
kee &. St. Paul R'y, Tuesday, July 9, 10:00
p. m.
Yielded Itendily for Ilim.
First Physician—Did old Coupon's case
yield to your treatment?
Second Physician—lt did. I treated it
for six months, and it yielded something
like SfSOO.—Stray Stories.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds. —N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. .1., Feb. 17, I'JOO.
A Urond Hint.
Mr. Sta.vlate — Aw Miss Dimples, you
have such dn-amv eyes, doncher know.
Miss Dimples- \o. I'm just sleepy; that's
all. —Ohio Stale Journal.
Cure and Prevent Pneninonln.
With lloxsie's Croup Cure, Infallible. 50c.
Mjulery.
A woman enjoys nothing better than to
read a letter in the presence of other wom
en and smile occasionally '-— N. V. World.
Motherhood]
How shall a mother who is weak and sick with sonio 1
female trouble bear healthy children ?
Ilow anxious women ought to be to give their children if
tho blessing of a good constitution !
Many women long for a child to bless their home, but be- §
cause of some debility or displacement of the female organs, |
they are barren.
Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by B
Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound moro sue- 8
cessfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone I
and strength to the parts, curing all displacements and in- I
flammation.
Actual sterility in women is very rare. If any woman I
thinks she is sterile, let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, R
Mass., whose advice is given free to all expectant or would- |
be mothers.
Mrs. A. D. Jarret, Belmont, Ohio, writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINK DAM : —I must write and tell you what your Vege- '
table Compound has done for me. Before taking your medicine I was unahic
to carry babe to maturity, having lost two—one at six months and one at »
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Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound, I did not die. but am the proud 1
mother of a six months old girl baby. She weighs nineteen pounds and P
has never seen a sick day in her life. She is the delight of our home."
Mrs. Whitney's Gratitude.
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was twenty-three I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible
pains when my monthly periods came on. I made up my mind to try your
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The doctor said I never would be able togo my
full time and have a living child, as I was con-
CFFCU'"*' ' stitutionaily weak. I had lost a baby at seven
months and half. The next time I continued
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. do as I did and find relief. Wishing you sue- 1
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mine has been."—MßS. L. Z. WHITNEY, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Mass."
The medicine that cures the ills of women is
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