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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
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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
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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.
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