ADVERTISING ON FARMS.
Every Man Who Han liver Tried II Be
lieve* Firmly In lit. Pecu
niary Value.
In nearly every locality, much may
be accomplished by advertising what
ever we have for sale. Proof of this
w ill be found in your own desire to see
what others advertise for sale. Per
sonally, I am read}- to admit that the
advertising columns of any paper al
ways have a strong fascination for
me, and if 1 see what others offer for
tale, others will see what I may have.
The local newspapers judiciously used
will nearly always bring ample re
turns. Neat circulars stating what
you have for sale and how it may be
obtained, mailed to your customers or
to prospective ones, will usually meet
a response. A very convenient way,
and also one which has brought us
very satisfactory results, is the sim
ple device of a bulletin board. Re
ferring to the illustration, we have
"For Sale" and "Wanted" columns,
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THE FARM BLACKBOARD.
which words may be lettered perma
nently with white paint, or printed
with chalk as occasion may require. A
very cheaply constructed board (any
desired size), may be made as follows:
L'se only the best quality of soft-wood
lumber, free from pitch and knots.
The boards should be evenly cut the
desired length (a convenient size is
2'/2 bj' 3 feet), and fastened tightly and
firmly together with cleats and screws.
The screws should be driven from the
back of the board, and should be one
quarter-inch shorter than the com
bined thickness of the cleat and board,
go that they shall not reach through
to, and interfere with the surface of
the board. The outside cleats should
be put on flush, or nearly so, with the
ends of the boards; and the center
cleat should be cut long enough to ex
tend two or three inches above and
below the board. A post should be
firmly set in the ground to which the
board may be fastened by driving
screws through the projecting ends of
the center cleat into the post any
desired height from the ground. This
leaves the entire surface of the board
free from screws or nails, and it may
be put up or taken down at will.
To prepare the blackboard for use,
take the best grain alcohol and shel
lac in the proportion of two parts of
the former to one part of the latter;
one pint of alcohol to one-half pint I
of shellac would doubtless be sufficient. |
To this mixture add sufficient of the I
best black drop (powder), to give the
desired color, whi#h should be a dead
black, and one tablespoonful of finely
powdered pumice stone. This latter
is added to give the mixture sufficient
grit to take the chalk freely when
thoroughly hardened. Apply with an
ordinary paint brush, three or four
coats, allowing each application to dry
thoroughly before the next is made.
This formula has been sold at high
prices, but was furnished me by an
experienced decorator, and 'pro
nounced the best blackboard dressing
in the market. Try it on your school
blackboards, and save exorbitant
charges by one hired to do the work.—
Rural New Yorker.
Some Unprejudiced Advice.
If you have a bright, ambitious,
healthy boy who rebels at sticking to i
the farm, there is but one word of ad
vice to give should you ask what to
do to keep him there. Do nothing.
Let him go where he wishes or can.
Let him battle with the world and find
that the old farm has privileges and
attractions not found elsewhere. He
will come back if he has any business
on the farm. If he hasn't he will stand
the chances of drifting into the right
corner, and at least will not become
the worst of all failures—a failure on
the farm.—Farm Journal.
KillinK Wild Moi-niiiK-Olory.
Ihe wild perennial morning-glories
or bindweeds are often troublesome
pests, very difficult to eradicate. They
can be killed out only by persistent
cutting as fust as they appear above
ground. The main thing is not to al
low a leaf to expand, and the roots will
become exhausted in time. They pen
etrate so deeply that .salt and other
weed-killers have little effect, and are
able to send up shoots through a very
thick covering. Clean and persistent
culture is the only practical means of
exterminating such plants.
Dentroy tlie Vines Now.
The best possible disposition that
can be made of the melons, squash and
cucumber vines is to pull them up, and,
when sufficiently dry, pile and burti
them. Left upon the ground they be
come the shelter and breeding place of
the next year's crop of beetle®, and
their value for manur# will in no way
compensate for the damage accruing
If left upon the ground. Better at
tend to it at once. —Rural New Yurkif,
RENAMING THE BIRDS.
Knsllali Nuiucn tiring lilven Some
Amrrlran Specif# by 4lie Miil(b*olllau
■ UMltllttOll.
"The Birds of North and Middle
America," by Robert Ridgvvay, chief
ornithologist of the Smithsonian in
stitution, is tin' name of one of the
most remarkable publications of the
new century, says a Washington spe
cial t-o the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Some eight months ago, Prof. Bidg
way, to employ his own words, realiz
| ing the fact that English is fast be
j coming the language of commerce all
I over the world, and that the demand
! for plain English terms in all walks
of life is growing stronger day by
j day, decided, that of all sciences, or
j nithology ■was one in which English
j could be employed to the best advan
i tage. He was then preparing the
i work above mentioned, which gives a
j summary of the birds of North Amer
! ica as far south as Ecuador, and, find
| ing that there were some 5,000 spe
i cies of birds on this continent, known
! only by their scientific names, of
| Greek and Latin derivation, he de
| cided in view of the fact that very
I few people, aside from ornithologists,
are acquainted with birds by their
technical names, which are, as a rule,
difficult to pronounce, and impossible
to remember, to undertake the task
of giving English names to all of the
aforesaid 5,000 or more species of
American birds, popularizing a sci
ence that, for this reason alone, has
long remained dull and unattractive.
The book just published is a monu
ment to his forethought, and a thing
altogether new in science. In it the
North American birds are given by
their English names, such as "canvas
back duck," "blue jay," "wren,"
"crow," etc. Prof. Kidgway had to
invent English names for the 5,000
birds above mentioned, but so far
there have been no criticisms passed
on his taste in the matter, a result,
no doubt, of his having striven to in
vent for each bird a name that would
be short, easy to remember, and at
the same time appropriate and de
scriptive. This is the first, time such
a thing was ever undertaken in sci
ence, and had it occurred as late even
as 50 years ago, it is safe to say that
the Latin-worshiping savants of that
day and time would have thrown up
their hands in horror over such an
innovation.
The scientific men of this city are,
however, rapidly reaching the con
clusion that the best way to interest
the masses in science is to strip it of
its mediaevalism. The result of Prof.
Ridgway's work will be watched with
interest by Washington scientists,
many of whom are in favor ot apply
ing the same general principle to
zoology, palaeontology and geology
and of using English in place of the
long Latin names, which very few
people care to learn or to remember.
Beat for the Bowels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right, (,'a.scarets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascaretg Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Mum on Tackle.
A bargain counter rush at Charleston. S.
C., resulted in severe injuries to a number
of women participating in the race for
marked-down commodities. This indicates
that feminine pastimes have the same ele
ment of danger that pertains to masculine
sports.—Baltimore Herald.
To Tare « Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggistsrefundrnoneyif it fails to cure. 25c.
A Sad tons,
"Jones," said a professor to the prize
donkey in his class, "what is electricity
"Well, sir," was the reply, "1 did know,
but I have forgotten."
"That is very unfortunate," said the pro
fessor. "The only man who ever knew, and
he has forgotten '—Baltimore American.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.—J. W. O'Brien", 322 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. G, 1900.
Distinction,
"Wha's the diff' runce 'tween gastron
ermy an' jes' plain, common cookin , huh?"
"Ign'uncc;! (Jastronermv 's jes' nach'ly
cookin' wit gas, cohse!"—Puck.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
spot, streak or give your goods an un
evenly dyed appearance.
Uncle Kpli'm.
"Dey's mo' dan one kind o' wisdom," said
Uncle Eph'm. "A wohd to de wise is
s'ficient, but yo' don't git no chanst to say
wohd to de wise guy. lie knows it all."—
Chicago Daily Tribune.
New friends and old enemies are not
above suspicion.—Chicago Daily News.
The man who puts up a front is frequent
ly trying to compensate for a lack of back
ing.—lndianapolis News.
The exigency is never such that a man
need froth at the mouth in order to evince
genuine patriotism.—Puck.
"Does yer pa know ye got that gun?"
"D'you think I'd have it if lie did? —ln
dianapolis News.
•
"When you see a man spendin' money
foolish," said Uncle Eben, "it's hahd to
tell whether he's got mo'n he knows what to
do wif or whether he ain't got enough to be
wuf takin' kyah of."—Washington Star.
"What did you give the man who saved
your life?" "1 gave him, of course, all the
money 1 had by me—about live dollars.
Fortunately, I had just deposited SSO in the
bank!"—l'liegende Blaetter.
Those Girls Again.—Tess—"l saw her in
her new dress to-day, and she sei-ined really
happy. Isn't it remarkable?" .less—"llow
remarkable ? ' Tess- —"That some people can
seem happy, no matter how they look."
Philadelphia Press.
"Very clever fellow! He has opened a
very unique dyeing and scouring establish
ment." "What's unique about it?" "Why,
he doesn't advertise that he 'dyes to live,
and lives to dye.' " —Philadelphia Press.
Itarry—"You have been free to say that
this is the most beautiful place you ever
visited; but I notice you have not paid any
thing for your board yet." Fred—'"Oh, I
know that. That's the beauty about it." —
Boston Transcript.
"Are you a voter in this precinct, rav
dusky friend?" "Me? I should say I wuz.
voted heah much as 50 times. Yes,
sah.' "How long have you been a resident
of this precinct? "Who, me? I've lived
heah goin' on a yeah-an'-a-half, sah."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1901.
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«• Master Workman," ••Sickle," •• Brandy wine," ofaMhsM^
" Planet," "Neptune," "Razor," ••Tennessee '
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CATALOLQUE 0F PRESENTS II |
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—. Our offer of Preseuts for Tags will expire Nov. 30th, 1902.
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containing Tags, and send them and requests for Presents to 1
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**St. Louis, Mo.
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