TR ~and®F (IARDEN THE RAM IN SHEEP BREEDING. In establishing or h ideavoring improve a flock { the get good ram it is advisable, even, noney as possible 1 $100, Ry - Eh) sheep, ) lavout of deed a sured the value than half that known to be I: price d will, is ther sum pai ram with props least threx ad charact strongly Fred O vator. Lectur je L, three duces and cestors may intensity laws the father like in first cows if not tency is of potency is progeny ent in the looking for prepotency down. he desire gire or in his anc regard as mos important sdividuality of the sire and of his immediate ancesiors if his dam was miiker, a nd i his grandams were good milkers, and his four great grandums were ot si | perior merit, these facts are of more importance than tracim, back to some pmodigy In the distant past. It is far better to have the immediate pedi. | gree strong than to record a trace | of the blood of some splandid animal | so far back that it could much affect the character of of | the given animal. The next point to | be considered is to see if the bull Is | line bred-—that is, that he traces to | and through animals that been | bred for the purpose to which his | calves are to be devoted. In this | way the bull has an accumulation of | forces all tending in the same direc. tion. In-breeding, except in the Jands of an expert, Is dangerous, but line breeding should be followed by every one desirous of improving his herd, The bull should, of course, be a pure bred. Never breed from a cross bred animal, because a cross-bred ani mal cannot be prepotent. The pure the in ¢ a a EO not prepotency have bred {8 more apt lines to be prep of force ed ara el channels tO bre and havi ided as to the point at FEEDING IDLE that HORSES has pr Emn em down Y Mechanical Refrigeration on ways. tific engineer has achieve ff natura: ice a refrigerat hit-cars, which the car, ith the necessity freig art of and the refrigerat gerating-machiae in an enclosed beneath the car, and deriviag rearing connected with the The ma ludes a compressor for con he gas, usually carbondiox lating pipes which cool tne and a condenser for abstracting the heat from the condensed gas. The principle underlying is that common systems mechanical re frigeration., and is based on the fact a gas expanding extracts heat from the vicinity, while a gas being compressed absorbs heat. The func tion of the condenser is to withdraw the heat from the gas that has been compressed, and for this purpose wat er is employed, which in case of need can be supplied from engine hydrants, while rainwater from the roof of the car is also employed. —Harper's Woek- ly. of the trucks densing ide, cit Car, to most of that ss More than 40,000,000 calendars are given away in this country every Jan- uary. An offer of $20,000 for Sysonby was incontizently refused by his owner. PLAST HYBRIDIZATION. MOST USEFUL AND FASCINATING BRANCH OF HORTICULTURE. The Art of Cross-Breeding Plants is of Modern Origin—Wise Provision of Nature to Prevent the Genera tion of Monstrosities. it is during “ w Vay i ile $ tion, or ross-breeding of plant been practised, writes B in the Sci Bacon pollen embr) and is ho OVAry on this stigma is a when has arrived which goed the pollen adheres is fertilized. N ize the pistil of one flower cof another we with the characteri pollen shall ith parents “The of breeds is casily the blooms make mother race, we select one not fully expanded; sharp scissors we cut or polien sacks, is fully expanded, collect a camelhalr brush the pollen a fully blown flower taken from the tree we intend to be the male pars ent. Apply the pollen, and leave it upon the point of the stigma. It is safe to cover the flower thus operat ed upon with a bag made of thin gauze to prevent insects getting be- forehand with us in applying the pol fen. To sum up, the two essential points are: First, to be very care ful to remove the antlers before they are sufficiently mature to have fertil ized the pistil; second, to apply the pollen when it is in perfection. that obtaining performed which of the of the with a er When intend to improved process {tree wo the pair with from OUR DECLINING BIRTH-RATLC Facts Conce of Childran of Some rning tne This Nation. The Dainty Ant, no s« 11% certain conditic -a8 when they as after or be of dis ns fou] ortable, awakening from The keen sense the presence Often to sleep Arouse d by cleansing of incites to one ! n ant midst of the duties of field or formic and begin to comb hergelf i« a mountain mound-maker the passion of nest building to the utmost fervor of activity Suddenly ghe drops out of the gang of workere, and mounting a near-by clod, upon her hind legs and tongue and comb. For a few fellow poses teeth, that act. Around her coign of gweops to and fro ling host of builders wita energies bent upon thelr ruined city. concernedly. From top of head to tip upon vantage all their human eyes. Her | McCook, soil invisible to tollet 1s ended at last—H. C. in Harper's Magazine, The Mohammedans have the cus tom, when they receive a present, of thanking God first, then the giver. Tien -Tsin stands second among the treaty ports of China. MTY Young OF IT (r00dwin tried i told him and 1 And did he kiss No: the idiot cago News, you? actually OF IT rheumat BOTH SIDES Jilison How's your sm day, o' ? working overtime, I'm ubdt able ‘hicago News 3liKins thank much mvaeif to vin PPENED Dick and HOW IT HA Gladvs--1lave reled? Ssmeralda—Yes: tween us I met mine the other day, my, you're us preity as a peach, as you always were! Now, 1 don't think I'm a beauty, | told the story to Dick I thought he ought to show some appreciation of it, but all he said was, "Well, you jook beautiful to me, anyway,’ and that was a little more than I could stand “'~Chicago Tribune. The most elevated river in the world is the Desaguadero in Bolivia. The average elevation above the level of the sea is about 13,000 feet. you it's all over an old bean and he said. "Em Animals to the number of nearly 70,000,000 are killed yearly for the sake of their fur, A TTORNEYS. D F. FORTNEY —— EE. 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Good bar for sted pared on for the tra: RATES MILLHED 1 A PA EHAWYER, Prop First clam socommodations for the traveler @ood table board and sleeping apartments The choloest liquors at the bar. Biable so sommodations for borees ls the best 10 be Bad. Bums wand from all trains on the au and Tyrone Ralirosd, at Coburg a ——t M——— LIVERY = 2p ecial Effor YY IY 1 Commi mercial Travelers... D. A. BOOZER Centre Hall, Pa. Penn’a R. R Discounts Notes . . . MARBLE ao GRANITE VIONUMENTS. <7 i H. GQ. STRCHIIEIE CENTRE HALL, ra wily ER, PE™N, Manufacturer of and Dealer In HIGH GRADE MONUMENTAL WORK in ail kinds of Marble aso Uranite, Dont fll to get my priom ER —— — — = — LAL o oo S Safe, Quick, Reliable Regulator Baperior to other remedies sold at high prices, Qure guaranteed. Burcessfully used by over, LON. 000 Wamen, Prive, Cents, drag. gnis or hy mail. Tesiuimonials tel free, pr. LaFrance, Palndeiphia, | Pa, EES. NEW LIFE TEA CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, SICK HEADACHE, Ce roar et Shia John D. 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