§||l§|S TRAVELING MAIL BOX. Ilmpe Device hy Which an Ohio t'ltrurr Him Ili« I.cltrrn Currlvtl AcroMH a ltlver. We recently received from the rural delivery bureau at Washington a photograph of a traveling mail Lox designed and used by Mr. James Tag gart, Delaware county, 0., to convey his mail from his box on the rural carrier's route to his house across a river. Without, this device he would be obliged togo some distance to the bridge to cross the river for his mail. As something like this would be very convenient for others simi- IIOTOR GEAR CP TRAVELING MAIL BOX, larly situated or at a distance from the road, we wrote to Mr. Taggart for particulars and he has replied as follows: "This mail carrier is designed to transport the mail across the Olen tangy river, which at this point is 228 feet wide. It is supported by a No. 8 galvanized wire (A) which is maintained at the proper tension by means of a fence ratchet shown at B. The box is supported on the wires by two grooved sash pullies, (D D). The strap iron connecting with the box and pullies, (D D), extends on both eides of the wire, making it impos sible to get off in transit. The post (E) on opposite side of river has an iron at the top end bent into the form shown at F. This iron is <j / x2y l inches and extends down the center of the post and is held in place by bolts (II H). A sash pulley (1) is fastened to the post, around which the cord (Iv) passes. This belt of cord, known in the market as No. 60 medium laid seine twine, is made fast to the mail box at the point L. It then passes around the pulley (I) ther.ce around the groove ' drive •wheel (m) and fastens again at the point L. "By revolving the wheel (m) the box is pulled along the wire; then by reversing the wheel the box is moved in the oppo site direction. In order to in "iLL ißfef * L Fic.2 DIAGRAM OF TRAVELING MAIL BOX. crease the speed the cogged gear wheel (n) is added, to the shaft of which the crank (O) is attached. One turn of the crank mo'es the box ten feet. The iron (F) is used to enable the mail carrier to drive his vehicle wheel under the box for convenience in delivering mail. The cord (K) varies in length considerably in wet and dry weather, but not so much as to interfere with its working. "The matter of cost is a little hard to get at accurately, because much of the material, including all the wheels in the driving mech anism, were drawn from the farm junk heap at no cost whatever, yet would have a considerable value were they required to be espe cially made. The cash outlay for this outfit was not over $2, but it must be noted that all the work, both wood end iron, was done on the farm and would perhaps amount to three times the above figure."—James E. Taggart, in Ohio Farmer. Crcamerlc* Do Good Work. ; creameries are constantly start ing up, and son:.* °£ these' are co operative. Every new creamery, Jf started on a good basis, is of direct in terest to the general public. With the immense increase in our population the problem of supplying a good qual ity of butter at existing prices is a hard «ne to solve. Certainly the mar ket of the future will take all of this product it is possible to sell. It is to be hoped that the itierea.se of but ter supply will keep pace with the demand, as too high prices turn the buyers to butter substitutes. Farmers' lie view. Itncon Curing In England. Take the whole side, after the ham and shoulder have been removed, and rub it with the following mixture: Fo'r each 100 pounds of meat, seven pounds of salt, one pound of brown sugar and four ounces of saltpeter, finely powdered and mixed together. Spread this compound on the flesh side of the meat only and rub it in well. Lay another piece on the first one, treat it in the same manner, and •o proceed until all the meat is salt ■ed. Let it remain in this compound for three weeks; it will then be ready to hang up to dry or to smoke., ■when it should be wiped off. GOOD AND BAD MILKERS. Why Dalr) mrn Should Make Ore*- hiouul Tenia of tlx- Milk front All Their Cu«'«. At a milking trial held in conception with one of the recent summer shows in England the cow which was awarded the first prize produced over six pal lons of milk in the day, and her milk was so rich in quality that it produced over four pounds of butter. At the tame show there were on exhibition other cows of the same breed and practically the same size and weight which produced only two to tliree fe lons of milk and barely one pound of butter. It would, be a mistake to sup pose that the feeding of one of the last-named would cost as much as the six-gallon cow, because, as a rule, the better milker a cow is the more food will she consume. It is only natural that a cow yielding six gallons of milk should require a much more lib eral food ration than one producing less than half that quantity. The dif ference in the cost of feeding the cows in question would not, however, be anything like so marked as their rela tive milk yields would suggest. In practice it is found that cow# pro ducing only 1% gallons to two gallons —that is, six to eight quarts—per day cost as much to keep as those yielding double that quantity. It is only when calculations of this kind are gone into that the difference between good and bad milkers can be properly estimated. At least occasional tests should ba made of the milft which all the cows in the herd are producing, and a similar te.st should be made of thp food which they are consuming, and if it is found, as it is to be feared will be only too frequently the case, that the animals are not giving a sufficient return for the cost of the food which they are disposing of, they should be got rid of at the first opportunity and their places filled by others capable of giv ing a better return for the food.— Farmers' Gazette. GOOD PASTURE FENCE. Ita Inventor, * A'ortli Dnkotn Man, Hai I noil One for Three Years with SotiNfnetion. A cheap fence for cows and calves at pasture can be made as sketched. Take, two-foot posts (a a a), sharpen, drive in the ground a rod apart, leaving eight inches above ground. Fasten a EXCELLENT PASTURE FENCE. smooth wire (b b) on top of posts with staple (c c c). A cow is tied to a rope about 15 feet long. Fasten a block six by six inches -\' a or three feet long to rope. Attach rope in center (d) of end of stick with staple. I have used this sort of a fence with satisfaction three years. I used four-foot cordwood sawed in half for posts. The longer the rope used the further the cow can graze.—J. Peterson, in Farm ami Home. WATER AFFECTS MILK. Therefore the Farmer Who ret* Ills tow* Drink from n. iiaut Pool Commit* u Crime. We hear some things that we find hard to believe in the way of the treat ment of dairy cows. One of these things is that there are here and there pastures in which the only watering place is a stagnant pond full of in sects and slimy grasses. It is a won der that cows can drink such stuff and still remain healthy, but it is certain that they take chances on acquiring some one of the water-borne diseases common to stock. Xo human being should be asked to drink milk made out of such water, even after it has been strained through the cow. It is claimed that other owners are known to water their cows out of rainwater barrels. Well, that is only a slight improvement over the stagnant pond method. The water in the rain water barrel soon takes on a smell that is disagreeable toman and beast. Why can't our cows have at least pure water to drink? Water, pure and sparkling, enters very largely into the life of every being-. Let us be sure that the milk we drink is made from water and food absolutely pure.— formers' Review. Importing German Potatoes. It may seem strange that Germany should be able to establish an export trade with America in potatoes, yet such is the case. So far the shipments made have been small, but the indica tions are that the volume will increase. Orders for next season are heavy. The German potatoes are smaller than ours. Those exported l are known to the trade as "old potatoes" and are to be used almost entirely by the large hotels making potato salad. Amer icans should supply this demand by purchasing seed potatoes in Germany and raising them at home. They could be sold, at a greater profit than is made on the potatoes now grown, as the Germans can afford to raise them, pay freightage and our import duty of 23 cents a bushel and still find the busi* ness remunerative.—Toronto Mail. The bumblebee, with his fuzzy legs and body, is the best carrying medium for the distribution of pollen from blossom to blossom. Without this in sect the clover field would be seed« less. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY n. 1901. 1 GIANT GOLD NUGGET FOUND. Lump Valued at t'ittl Dlacloard In Wuoblng oil American Hill In Ibe Klondike. A giant nugget, worth $204, was found in the recent wash-up on American hill, Klondike. The reports from the north indi cate exceptionally lively times on all the creeks. The clean-up of 1901 is In full swing'. From all parts of the camp came reports of water running : freely and claim-owners taking' prompt advantage of the opportun ity to wash up their dirt. Summer work is also beginning. Double shifts are being putin at many places. Sulphur Creek reports a good flow of water an along - the stream, and activity at all points on 'iiie Eldor ado. Hunker and Gold bottom are alive with men engaged in sluicing, and Hunker is already sending gold to Dawson. Bonanza has also sent in some new-crop gold, and is work ing at nearly all points. Xo reports are heard of sqareity of men, and some predict that there are more men in camp now than will be needed at the busiest season. 'Twnn Hep Klrxt Lore. On a corner stood a little barefoot girl in her rags. Her soiled, pudgy little hands hugged another bundle of rags caressingly to her stained, dimpled cheek, while she enjoyed all the joys of young motherhood. The bundle was her "baby.' Tied with a tring near one end. the rag« formed into a head. Another string about the middle pro duced the effect of a waist line. A young man saw the happy little mother. "What's that?" he asked, resting a hand on the un kempt hair of the child. "My dolly," she said, hugging the rags jloser. "Your dolly, eh? Whnt a pretty dolly. And what do you mil your baby?" "I tails it —I tails it —1 tails it I'um Annie." —X. Y. Times. Do Your Feet Ache and nam? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder fort tie feet. It makes light or New Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it, 2oe. Sample sent Fit EE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Not n Joke. In a dispute one cuffed the other on the car. "Was that meant for a joke or in ear nest?" asked the victim, hotly. "In earnest." "That's lucky for you. I don't take things of that kind for a joke."—Philadel phia Tune*. Society MOII. "Mr. Woodby is very particular," said Mrs. Woodby, who was engaging a new servant; ht's quite a prominent society man and entertains —" "Is he so?" interrupted the applicant. "Faith, ihen, he ought to know me Uncle Mike. Divil the society ye ever heard tell of that he don't belong to."—Philadelphia Press. Xnilt'il Down. Crawford—Why do you think he's the most henpecked man that ever lived? 1 Crabshaw— Because wiien his wife went i away to the country for the summer . he made him keep .'{diary of how he spent his time in town. —Puck. Spotted! First Shirt-Waist Man—There goes Mr. Sehermerhorn in a new shirt waist! Second Shirt-Waist Man—That is no new shilt waist! That's one of last summer's shirt waists —sec how large the sleeves are! —Brooklyn Eagle. Kitlne Doctrine. School Examiner—What is the meaning of talse doctrine? Schoolboy—Please, sir, it's when the doc tor gives the wrong stuff to people who are sick. —Tit-Bits. Didn't Want Knowledge.—A gentleman one day saw a boy peeling the bark from one of his choice trees with a hatchet. The gentleman tried to catch the boy, but tiie latter was too quick for him, so the farmer changed his tactics. "Come here, my little son," he said, in a soft, flutelike voice, with counterfeited friendliness, "come heie to me a minute. 1 want to tell you something." "Xot yet," replied the recipient. "Little boys like me don't need to know every thing."—Glasgow Evening Times. Logic.—Maud—"When are they to be married?" Ethel "Never." Maud— "Xever? And why so?" Ethel—"She will not marry until he has paid iiis debts, and he cannot pay his dtbts until she marries —Pun SIOO.OO Reward l To protect your health and our reputation, we will gladly pay this big reward to any one who will furnish us infor -0 mation on which we can secure conviction of a dealer who tries to sell worthless fake imitations,when CASCARETS fgt & are called for. When you're offered something "just as good", it's because there is a little mere money in the fake. 0 Buy CASCARETS from the honest dealer. They are always put up in blue metal boxes with long-tailed trade- W marked Con the cover—every tablet stamped C. C. C., and they are never sold in bulk. Remember this and when -0 ever fakes are offered when CASCARETS are called for, get all the details and write us on the subject at once. { SIX MILLION BOXES I | 111 SOLD LAST YEAR §| | £ \_ Jr OUR B E S "T J § FOR BOWELS AND S 1 DRUGGISTS 1 GUARANTEED TO CURE all bowel trouble*, appendicitis, blllousneas, OFARANTEED TO rUREi Five- years ago the first box or CAS- .*», Rife bad breuth, bud blood, wind on the Mto:na< h, blunted howcln. foul mouth, CARETS WHHMtId. iVow It in over six million boxes a year, greater than any hcudnchc. Itidlgest lon, pimples, pain®after eating, liver trouble, sallow com- similar ro«-<IUIne In the world. This Is absolute proof of frcat merit, ana plexlon and dizziness. When your bowels don't move regularly you are our best testimonial. We have faith, and will well CMSI'AKKTS abmlatclf getting •Irk. Constipation kflln more people thun all other diseases together. guaranteed to cure or money refunded. Go bpy today, two «%Oc bciet, give W •m. It I* a starter for the chronic ailments and long years of aullerlng thut eome them a fttlr, honest trial, an per simple directions, and If you are not ualsfl^d afterwards. No matter what alls you, atart tnklnu CAHCARETII today, for after ualng one /U>c box, return the uuused r»Oc box and the empty box to ~®f you will never eel well and be well all the time until you put your bowels us by mall, or the druggist from whom you purchased It, and ret your money jSC S& right. Take onr advice; start with (!A»CAlt£Tal today, under i»u ttbtolulc back for both boxes. Take our advice—no matter what alls you—start today. Hjn guarantee to cure or money refunded. Health will oulekly follow and you will bless the day yon flrat Htarted the use 151 ofCAHCAUETH, liook free by mall. Adds BTKUUSU ttUIKUV CO., !i«w I#rk «r Cklcap. ADVENTURES OF A QUEER BOY. Hl* Strange Visit to Bueklnebam Palace ICarly In Uueen Victoria'* Helgn. Amid the flood of anecdotes con nected with the late queen and royal family that has been pouring 'through the columns of the press, 1 do not think anyone has called atten tion to the adventure of the "boy Jones," at Buckingham palace, a few years after the queen's marriage, says Edward Yizettelly, in London Free Lance. This young fellow was twice caught within the royal resi dence, without anyone being able to explain how he got there. On the first occasion lie was surprised by a porter early in the morning leisurely surveying one of the apartments. On being searched, nothing of impor tance was found upon him, but he had made up a bundle containing a sword, a pot of bear's grease, and some old letters. He was covered with soot, from head to foot, and looked like a sweep, but. denied tiiat such was his calling, pointing out that his sooty appear ance was due his having concealed Km self in chimneys in the daytime. For awhile he had occupied the vacant bedroom of one of the equer ries. and had left the sooty imprints of his frame on the sheets. He stout ly declared that his intrusion was not for the purpose of theft, but to find out how royalty and the "great swells" like royal footmen lived. His examination before the magistrate created great amusement. He ad mitted that he had been in the palace on previous occasions, and for days together. In fact, he had "put up there," lie said. He had found it a very comfortable place. The apart ment he liked best was the drawing room. During the day he hid behind the furniture, when he was not up a chimney, but' late at night, when everyone had gone to bed. he walked about, went into the kitchen, and got. his food. Then he related that he had seen the queen and her ministers in council, and had listened to all they had to say. When asked if he had worn the same shirt all the time, he calmly replied: "Yes, when it was dirty I washed* it in the kitchen." And 'then he volunteered the infor mation 'that he knew his way all over the palace, and had been right through it—in the queen's apart ments and all. He had found out that her majesty was very fond of politics, he said. This lad revealed himself such a pleasant vagabond, with his amus ing ways and astounding impudence, that no very serious punishment was inflicted on him. He was merely put away for a short term. Xor did he fare very badly when caught a sec ond time. On this occasion he was caught crouching in a recess, and, being dragged out of it.was taken to the police station. He then told the magistrate that he had concealed himself under a safe in one of the queen's private apartments, and had overheard a long conversation be tween her majesty and Prince Albert. Ho was sent to the house of correc tion for a few months, in the hope of breaking him of the mania for in truding on the sovereign's privacy, as the offense was mildly termed. But: soon after his release lie was found prowling in the vicinity of the palace. Finally the authorities in duced him to emigrate to Australia, where he eveidentlv blossomed into a well-to-do colonist. It was soon after these events that Tiaron Stoek mar was brought over here to intro duce order and discipline into the royal residence. Tile Summer Hotel. Young Guest—lt seems to me that you don't object to the mosquitoes singing in your room. Old Guest —You bet I don't! Why, when the mosquitoes are singing I can't hear the University glee flub practicing on the piazzo.—Chicago Daily Sew*. Hitter-Sweet, Ted—That girl of mine has the germ fad and won't even eat ice cream. Xed—You're in hick. "But she doesn't stop there. She won't kiss me for fpa»* of " Misapplied ladnatrf. "TTnve T not been an earnest and consci entious worker?" asked the young man who was about to be "let out." "Possibly, possibly." replied the prac tical politician. "Indeed. I may sn.v that I have no fault to find with your industry, except that it is misapplied. "In what way?" "It has been devoted to the interests of the taxpayers instead of us. You are a f;ood man in some ways, but you seem tc ack judgment."—Chicago Post. Terribly Horned. "An ounce of prevention" maybethought a luxury, but it often turns out to be a necessity, as is proved by the following statement from Mr. J. 11. Malkmus, of New York City, N. Y.: "On the 20th of June, I terribly burned one of my hands by grasping a dull red hot iron about three inches long and three-fourths of an inch thick, and now on this 26th day of June I am cured, nothing having been used but Palmer's Lotion." Everybody should have it. If you cannot get it, send to Solon Palm er, 347 Pearl St., Xew York, for samples of Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap. Fairy Storle*. "I tell you your country is painfully new. Why, you haven't even any fairy tales." "Haven't, e'n? Well, you just come with me and look at the tablets on our host mon uments."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'Brien", 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis. Minn., .far.. G, I'JOO. Some girls kill themselves jumping rope, some grow up and write problem stories, and some have fame thrust upon them.— Detroit Journal. Check CotiKlin, Coltln an«l Croup With Hoxsie's Croup Cure. Xoopium. 50cts. Hibhs —"Xo man inov/s himself." Gibbs —"That's so. He would lose his best friend if he did." —Smart Set. IWomen Sleep. Avoid Nervous Prostration, If you are dangerously sick what is the first duty of your physician ? He quiets the nervous system, he deadens the pain, and you sleep well. You ought to know that when you ceased to be regular in your courses, grow irritable without cause, and pass sleepless nights, there is serious MRS. HARTI.EV. trouble somewhere, and nervous pros tration is sure to follow. You ought to know that indigestion, exhaustion, womb displacements, fainting, dizziness, headache, and backache send the nerves wild with affright, and you cannot sleep. Mrs. Hartley, of 221 W. Congress St., Chicago, 111., whose portrait we pub lish, suffered all these agonies, and was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound ; her case should be a warning to others, and her cure carry conviction to the minds of every suffering woman of the un failing efficiency of Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound. ■b ■ ■HB IUBTICU Van Bnren'sßhen- HI II ■ I B InA 113 m malic Compound La UJ LJ IL. B H 1,,e only positive cure. Past ex- ML r| ■ ■ perience speaks for Itself. Depot ■ Ha b. California Ave.,Chicago. WWMHWQ on disability and Widowhood: P.I. iutiwluftd or any IT. S. Service. LAWS FBEK. A.n-MetOKUICK A SONS, <in«-lunall, O. ; Wa»hla|rton, p. C. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. P.?us? Bear Signature of See Pac-Simllc Wrapper Below. 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In 3 or 4 Years an independence Is Assured fllf you take upyour home® lin Western Canada, tbt © J M Ila nd of plenty. IHoa i M||ft mated pamphlets, giving \ ft I experiences of farmer* "a I who have become wealthy TillS^TffKl^SfcsSE 11 ! reports Vfiff *1 Asflof delegates, etc an<J full w B% S -v*Jl nformation as to ruilufwJ Viy fa*.e2sl?s3 railway rates can be luad **- 1 " ' on application to tft.» Undersigned. who will mail you atlases, pamphlet*, etc.. free of cost. K. PICDLEY. Sunt. of Jrnioigrat lion, Ottawa.Canada; M.V. MelNNh S, No 2 M*rrUJ Blk.. Detroit.. Mich : K. T. HOLM lis, KooJtt ti, BJ* ]• our Blag., Indianapolis, lnd. A. N. K.-C 1872 EDUCATIONAL* I IMA COLLIGf. Eight Departments Fine loca *- tinn and building. Strong faculty. ExpeiiM* lotr.. Catalogsfre%. Kt« Carl Afkeraiann.Ph. I>. ,D«»i», Ll*A,Ot»l®« 7
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