FARM NOTES,
AN expert in the cheese business re.
bukes the cheesemakers of this coun-
try for using unsuitable materials for
greasing the rind of new cheese,
“There is," he says, ‘*a pernicious
practice rife of rendering oil to be used
for this purpose from o'd, rotten whey
which lias been stored for weeks in
filthy barrels near the factory. The
disgusting stuff is heated in kettles and
the ofl which floats on it 18 skimmed
off.’ It is such practices as this that
are giving American cheeses a bad
name in foreign markets,
A CONVENIENT Farm Map. —A
farm map is an in-titutlon which often
proves very useful to the owner, but
here Is a novelty In that line worthy of
note and imitation, An Iowa ruialist
writes te his local paper that he has a
ground plan of his farm, showing its
various flelds, etc, pasted in his kit-
chen. By sticking pins in it, the part
of the farm whereon his boys are work-
ing is shown at a glince, so that his
wire knows just where to send for them,
A happy idea—good enough to be the
conception of a born New Englander.
BrTsy AND THE BApirEs, — A float-
ing paragraph sensibly declar:s tnat,
after all, the good wife and the boys
abd girls are the best things on the
farm. Don’t forget this when you find
yourself given up night and day to
thinking about and caring for those
pigs and calves, If the pig or calf goes
wrong iv ean be replaced with money,
but nut se with a helpmate wrecked
with overwork, or a boy or a girl gone
astray. The best type of a farmer is
the one who thinks of his family first —
not that he thinks less of his farm and
its belongings, but more of Betsy and
the babies
BEGONIAS AS WINDOW-PLANTS, —
And now we are told that begouias,
grown as single specimens and carefully
handled to ensure good form and thrifti-
ness, make fine plants for the window,
A way which florists recommend as giv-
ing fine re-ulls is to place the pot ona
brick in a pan of water, keeping the
water about half an inch Lelow the
upper surface of the brick. In tls
way the plant absorbs the water as it
requires it, and m istare is suppiled to
the under surface of the leaves, which
i8 necessary for the best developmeut
of Lhe plant,
IT 1s better to apply the manure thick
than to attempt to make it go as far as
possible by spreading it on in thin
layers. In the one case it must nourish
more plants than it posses.es nutrition
icient,
leaves that are unsalable, and if thy
pense of growth the manure will
better results and the profit will
greater,
be
trimmed. The use of the pruning
shears will give shape and symmetry to
the trees if they are attended to when
they are young, A dressing of manure,
ashes and lime In the fall will be of
great advantage. Where the trees are
thick they should be thinned out. Too
many trees prevent rapid grow h and
extend the Sime when a grove is
shaded,
than two small ones,
IN summing up some of the results
of his work with fodders, Dr. Goes.
man, of the Massachusetts Agricultur-
al Codege, says that their milk and
eream records show that the fodder
orn, corn stover and corn ensilage,
when fe! p und for pound of dry ©. at-
“er, in place of English hay, compare
well a« far as the quality snd the quan-
»] is eoncerned,
Many hav+ doul thwsly heard of the
famous traveling » ons of Australia,
Similar curiosities have recantly been
found In Nevada, which are described
as almost perfectly round, the majority
of them as large as a walnut, and of an
irony nature. When distributed about
upon th# floor, table or cther level sur-
face, within two or three feet of each
other, they immediately begin traveling
toward a comnmen center, and there lie
huddling up in a bunch like a lot of
eges in a nest, A single stone, removed
to a distance of three and a half feet,
upon being released, at once started
off, with wonderful and somewhat com-
ical celerity, to join 1ts fellows; taken
away four or five feet, it remained mo-
tionless, Tley are found in a region
that is comparatively level, and is
nothing vut Dare rock. Seatfered over
this barren region are little basins from a
few feet to a rod or two in diameter,
and it is in the bottom of those that
the rolling stones are found, They are
from the size of a pea to five or six
inches in diameter. The cause of these
stones rolling together 1s, doubtless, to
be found In the material of which they
are composed, which appears to be
loadstone or magnetic iron ore,
ws—p pn
A recent compilation of statistics
relating to electric railways in the
United States shows the number now
building or in operation to be sixty-
one, employing 638 cars, and having a
total mileage of 380. There are 250,-
000 persons employed in the United
States in lines depending solely on
electricity.
Ap sents
The longest distance over which con-
versation by telepl.oue is daily made is
between Portland, Me,, and Buffalo,
N. Y.. about 750 miles, There are
more than 170,000 miles of telephone
wire in “peration in the United States,
over which 1 055,000 messages are sent
daily, About 300,000 telephones are
in use in this country.
rrp proms
While the use of electricity in Lon-
don for illumination 18 stealily increas
ing, the use of gas 1s also rapidly on
the increase, the demand for the 1 tter
for heating and cooking being greatly
in excess of former years,
IT is an old saying that every
must eat his peck of dirt. Those who
use the milk that comes from a cow
covered with filth, and milked by a man
whose hands have not been washed
clean for a quarter of a century, get
their share of dirt in quick order,
one
Don't Fool
3 experimenting }
medicines, when Dr. Pierce's Golden i
Discovery is so positiv ly certain In its cura
tive action as to warrant its manufacturers in
$ nteeing it to cure diseases of the b ood,
and scalp, and all serofulous afflictions, or
money paid for it will be refunded
i Catarrh by the proprietors of Dr. Sage’s Heme
1dy. Weis, by druggists,
Hard work is the best cure for the
| blues; at least that 1s what you always
| tell other peop e,
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Are any of the newfangled washing com
pounds as good as the old fash
{ bins’ Electric Soap ho» baen sol
4 pears, and is now just
of
| Your grocer lor it and
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AS Pow Bs ever.
take no other,
let there le no set-back
| growth of any of the young
But there will be if you are not careful
| along now, A
growtih 1s just so much lost.
IafMicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaao Thompe
son'sEye-water. Druggists sell at Se. por Lottie
en —————
An “inch of rain’ meaus a gallon of
walter spread over nearly two Square
feet, or a fail of about 200 tons 10 an
acre,
in
al t feavsil owiilt
apniig stana-siiii
us
A pocket pin
sill's Punech™
The queen bee— he only
fem le bree in the hive--lives
| while workers have at most an existence
{ of a few months,
in
Lireeds
“tate Experiment Station,
Brunswick, with different
the products of the different
Those beng tested
aod Shorth- rns,
of from iw) to four years,
WINTER da'rying will gradually
force progressive dairymen into more
nlensive sy:ten s; better cows, better
maintained, and on fewer scres, and
possibly with the sl o; soillng in some
of ius forms will take the place very
largely of the Summer pasture of wide
range,
weed seeds also in a fresh wholesale
condition, but do not put an unreason-
able value upon the actual percentage of
cake aud its composition, as shown by
a full analysis, regulate tne market
value,
Tue village butcher who buys ths
farmer's hogs and retards them from
the block in almost every’ instance
makes a greater nrofit th n the giower
dare think of. The farmer can save
some of this profit to himself Ly learn-
ing to make a fancy article of meat for
summer use, Do It, and quit howling
about hard times,
Sm
LOOK out for your out-door celery in
these days. If not amply protected it
will be aut to freeze solidly, and that is
not a good thing for is, Keep it warm.
ly covered and in the dark. If you find
it necessary to furnish the roots mois.
ture to yrevent it from wilting be care.
ful to avoid wetting the foliage, as it is
very apt to Induce rot.
Do xor disturb the onfens or onion
seta if they are frozen.
of them when they are in a
dition is detrimental. Allow them to
they were originally
A :
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Byrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and pufiedhing to the taste, and acts
ntly yet promptly on the Kidne
iver and Bole cy the in
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation, Byrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its fina ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste ll
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com-
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Fre of Figs ia for sale in 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly fora any one who
wishes to t not accept
any po bi
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Rheumatism {s most prevalént because expos.
ure to the cold and wet drives the blood from
the surface of the body, and causes congestion
of the liver and kidneys, These organs are
thus unable to perform thelr functions of elimi.
nating the impurities and lactic acid, which are
taken up by the blood and deposited in the
Joints and tissues, resulting in the pains and
aches we call rheumatism. Hood's Sarsaparilla
has had great success in curing this disease,
both ehronie and Inflammatory. Acting
promptly on the blood, it neutralizes the lactic
acid, expels all impurities, and restores the
liver and kidneys to natural action,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, $1 (xix for 83. Prepared only
by C.LHOOD & CO, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Doliar
NW
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ONE POUND
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A GAIN OF A POUND A DAY IN THE
CASE OF A MAN WHO HAS BECOME “ALL
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THAT REMARKABLE FLESH PRODUCER,
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JANUARY IN Tuk Hous, - There is
no harder time to the wother and the
housvkeeper than the first few weeks of
the new year, ‘I'he house bas been al-
west literally “turned up-ide down. ”?
A number of new articles have made
books or toys, have found a welcome in
the house, Tue children have been
obliged to stay in the house almost all
the holiday week perbaps, and It has
required all a mothers, arts and some of
Job's patience to keep themin order and
supply means for ther enjoyment,
They have soon tired of the Christinas
tree. The candles nre all eaten and the
light burned out,
when they go back to old favorite play-
things and pictures, and books stored
away for months are brought out, All
this, and the fact that many of their
friends have come to see their Christ.
mas, makes work for the liousekeeper
when the school begins again and it is
very apt to be a very discouraging season,
There are sometimes alas! New Year's
Bills to pay and they come with the
most certain regularity, Just at this
time it is difficult also to have a variety
upon the table, and those delicacies
which we desire are expensive, Then it
Is a time for colds and fevers and we
must have a care about ventilation,
Altogether January is a hard month.
not be out of the wav,
Do not try to accomplish too much,
things will right themselves in time.
There are long evenings still and a great
leal can be accomplished then, Save a
shorl time every day for personal im-
provement either by an hour's chat with
a friend —1 do
with some author through his book.
Let the children make a noise, itis hard
and above all do not
band, or futher, or other, all the p-tty
Have many petty trials as well as you,
but they bave learned to keep quiet
about th m.
For the table, furnish some fruit
orce every day, oranges, bananas or
spples, for city people letiuce and cress
are to be found, and an abundance of
celery, which Is very healthy,
pared dishes there are a number
the month of January,
nice biscuit crust raised with yea<t snd
roll out thin, cut in squares, put a cored
m, Spa
Known in every
Dr. herces favorite Prescription is a
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As an invigorating tonic, it imparts
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As a soothing and strengthening nervine,
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distressing, nervous 1] y, commonly
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t is the only medicine for the curs of all
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Wonia You Believe
The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam given
Thousands of Bottles away yearly? Tuls
One tiny, Sugarccated Pellet a dose
Constipation, Indigestion,
if the Balsam was pot a perfect cure for
Coughs apd all Throat and Lung troubles
You will see the excellent efloot afrer tak.
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South African farmers are greatly an-
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their sheep, rob their beehives and tear
down fruit trees,
Thousands of people have found In Hood's
iia a positive cure for rheumatism
This medicine, by its purifying action. neg
tralizes the acidity of the blood, which is the
cause of the disease, and also bulids up and
sirengthens the whole body.
SArsaj
Give it a taal,
If you happen to have a furnace in
Apples mu-t not be kept in too
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Lucas Cousry, ”
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