Hi/son, MrFarlane l v Co., I lard tea re I hater*. HARDWARE! WILSON, MoFATILAN I<: fc CO. DKALKKS IN STOVES, RANGES i HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND IBTTII-IDIEIRS' HABDWABE. AI.I-KOIIKN V BTRKET, .... HEMES' W.OCK, .... HRM.sroNTK, PA. TRAVELER S GUIDE. BELLKFOXTK& SNOW SHOE! R K. — Tiinv'Tubti In eflect un and after Burch , I,1**1: Leaves Snow Shoe* &.:16 A. m..Arrives In Ilellefontc TJA A. M. I<mvm Ih-llefuute 9.12 A. M., arrive* mt Snow Shoe* 11.25 A. *. Uavpi Snow Shoo 2.30 P. arrive* In Nlilbote ! 4 m t. M. Uavn Bellefoute 4 45 r arrive* At Snow Shoo 7.25 P.M. S. S. 111. AIR, (i*n'l Superintendent. ' | OAIID EAGLE VALLEY RAIL- I ) KOAP —'Tlni-T.blr, April J". !**': K*p. M*il. HK.HTAARD. t AIT A ARU. Kip. Mill. A. M. P M R M. A M A 1 7 t2 Arrive at Tyrone Leave..... 7 3*2 H IS m 3 6 5.5 Leavi* Ka*t Tyrone Leave... 7!W H55 711 . 5) •• Tall - ... 74: ** . 755 47 M Itald EagU •• ... 747 902 7 4-S C 36 " Fowler 44 ... 762 9 •• 742 6 ill " Hannah " ... 7 55 ! 13 • 735 6 '25 44 Port Matilda " ... *OO 9 !'. 727 617 •• Martha " ... *O7 925 7IS t; OS 44 Julian " ... Hls 932 7 9 ft *7 44 ('uioiivillo *' ... S 2-1 9 •' 700 54S 44 Srw Shim In " ... h B*2 945 6565 45 44 Milewburg " 14 34 9 4** j • 46 635 41 H*ll*finto •• ... Ml 957 636 ft 2.5 •• MIMFURIC " * R '4 10 M 6 2-5 ft U 44 Curt In 44 ... 90610 19 6IS ft lo 44 Mount Eagle 44 ... 91210 25 6 9 501 44 Howard 44 ... 92"1" 37 ft 55 4 ftO .... 44 Kaglrvllls 44 ... 93510 49 556 445 44 H. .' h r r ek 44 ... 9401" M b34 433 44 Mill If All 44 ... 954 11 16 ft 29 430 44 KUtulngtos 44 ... 967 11 2 525 425 44 Look lUvm 44 ...10 01 11 35 I >EN XSYLVA XIA RAILROAD. —-(Philadelphia and Erie* Division.)—-On AII1 after D*cenit>rr 12, 1 **77 W EST WARP. F.RIK M AIL HAVES Philadelphia 11 55 PM 44 44 Harri-burg...... 425a m j 44 •* Williamport.... s 35 a m 44 44 lux k Hav*n............... ' 4 4 a r 44 44 Kith-vo .. 10 55 a ni 44 arriat Kri* 7 p rn NIAGARA LXPIIKSS hm*. Phi I*3. Iphls-. 7 an a m 44 " Harrisburg.... In fto A tn 44 " W illianisport. 2 2 1 ' ptn 44 arrive* at llenovo 4 4 p m I'wienepni by tin* trmin arnvw in B*lle fools 4 p m F AST 1.1 N K leave* Philadelphia. 11 4VAtn Harr inhtirg. 3 35 p tn 44 44 W|lliAUport 730p tu 44 arrive* At l/wk Haven... H 4 ptn KA4TWAKD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leave* I.- k Haven 6 40 • m , 44 44 WiHiamaport... 7 .V *tn 1 44 arrive* at llarrUburg 11 sft A m | 44 44 Philadelphia... 345 p m ' PAY EXPRESS IIAVN Re* no v.. 10 10 a tn : 4 4 44 Ia k 1Uv00.... 11 20 aat ; 44 William*p<>rt 12 40 4m ! " arrive* at Ilarritburg 4 ]Opm 44 Philadelphia...... 720p m j ERIE MAIL leave. Reuovo x 35 p m | 44 L<xk llaven 945p n. j 44 W :lliArtip..rL 11 tt'i ptn 1 44 airiv**. at il*rrtt org 245A m I 44 Philadelphia 7no* ml FAST LINK leave* Wi|lUm|trt 12 3ft a m | 44 arrive* at llArri*hnra 3 ftl am j 44 44 Philadelphia 735a tn I Erie Mall We*t. Nkor* Etprea* Weal, |/>rk Haven ; AerntnrnodAtion Wait, and I>*y Kvpre** E*t. make i rlo*e roan action* at N"rthtimW~rUnd with L. A H. R K. train* for Wilke*harre and Srrmnton. F.rie Mail Went. Xl*ar* Expre** Wot, and Erie ; El pre** Wot. and Lnrk Haven Areommodatieu W*i. I mak* < lo*e connection *t Williameport with N.C R W. train* north. Erie Mail Wt, Ni*ara Expre** Weat, and Pay I Expre** Ea*t. make rl.ae roanei tioti at L - k Haven , With It K V R !i train*. Erie ftlail R*t and W'e*t connect at Erie with train* 1 on L > A M. 14. K K.. at Corry with OCA AYR ; K. at Emporinm with B N Y A P. K. It., an 1 at ; Driftwond With A V. R. A. Parlor r*r* will ran between Philadelphia and W"illiani*prrt on Niagara Expre** W.-t. Erie Expre** j W'e*t, Philadelphia Expre** K*t and Iaj Expr Eat, and Son lay Expre** Ea*t HUepinc 'arson all j night train*. Wi A Ruoviv, Oen'l Superintendent. I V I CO&M:K CHIU<TNL'T AND NIKTTISTRF.ICT*, I MHimmi • Thi* haaaw. prominent in a ity famed f.r It* com f rtalde hotel*. I* kept In every re*pert e.jual to any ] fimt via** hotel* in the country. Owing to the *trln- 1 gencyof the time*, the prir* f hoard h* le*n reduced , THaRR nciwLAßa per day. J. M KIHHIN. j 1-6-t' Manager. ) / 11LM0RE A CO., " * I.AW AND COI.I.ETTIOJI HOIHK. 629 F STREIST, WASHINOTOM. D. C. ' Make Odlarffon*. Negotiate ham and attend ti> all ho*ine roi.fij.d to them LAND SCRIP, Soldier'* Additional II inet*ad Right* and LAND W ARRANTS bought and wdd. 4* tf j I iftOli pp A TRUE TONIC W A PERFECT STRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. !HO\ BITTERS are highly rwnmmntKlrrl for all diw >• quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially Indignitum, Itywpcjma, Inlrr nUtmt Ferer*, Han/ <>f ApprtiU. Lot* of Strength, Isiri <f Energy, tic. Knrichcn th<> Mood, strengthen* the miiwien, and give* new life to the nerves. They act like a charm on the liigaativc organs, removing all dvniieptic symptoms, mrh na Totting the F"o>t, llriehing, Ural in the Stomach, Hmrtrmm, tit. The only Iron Preparation that Mill not blacken the teetli or glte heathlclle. Hold hy all druggist*. Write for the A. It C IVmjc, 3'2 pp. of uaeful and amnaing reading— tent frrt. lIROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Mil. BITTERS f II ALBERT K. PAINS, y Uti< Commiwtloa.r of Ptlrali. t BKNJ. P. GRAPTON. PTORT B. LADD. PATENTS. , ' y I'AINK, URAKTON A LAPP, A AUorncjtat Low and SoUcitori of American and Foreign FalcnU, 412 Fipth .Street, Waibinoton, I). C. Prartlc* ilml law In all It* tiranh* la tb# Pat.nl OB.and lb* loprnw and lire alt Coorl* of tb Vnitwl Hum. Paiapblat Mad frw. 4Mf 1B( If Imi ai* a iimn II fmi are a of hUHinew.wi ak iraui of h-p --ene<i ty the etrmm tf icrwt'aling over mid* your Uutie* avotd tilght work, to re*, •tiinutani* an du • a W tor* brain nerve*lM4 Hop Bittara. ■#. U** HOD B. If yrei are younw and ■•ufTerlng from any In dlrrrUun or <lit|>a ■ lion , If you are.mar rletl or ningie. otd or ■young, euifeiing from tioorh' alth or lancuuh ■ Ing on a bvU of kk ar..t rrij un Hopn*lrtarß. Whor.rrjrnu.r-, JWW Tim"1I<I. dl. .B --• h.o-.-r Jon '-ri TV 'I nmi. Ih.t 7,.0r .jrt. in fonn of K Idn.J d-<h). <lrn.lni<, t..n- *Silu >ni lunfl.l Intr ur rtimuUllng. b. b-rnprrt-iitrU Wlthoutinluriruinm, 1 tj . timely u-of t.ke Hop aW.'V Hopßlttara • ittara. ll.re ynniflf.. /f -> ■ ■ | 0. I. C. J riT.ri7.. 1' |> .n .t— 'int. 3 nop E^Elr. iim- of upturn? You will ne ■ niTTrnn tobacco,or cured if you nee ■ U TTL DP uaroote a Hop Bittara O ]\ \\ Ifr-il.re.im M UI,II -" U !>',ldbv An m piv weak and H iiriffD 4 N'HUlwf Uij.uM.9l H NEVER Kuvular. II 11 mayll _. . . 110p Brm!M aaroyouru UAII lite. It hna 1 I /\ I I • aitreti hurt- I tt>wi.r. n. f. ilruJß. VI. . AT—ii .rh*. MKaamvvaa*K*KAw>-<'i.umwuMa Eirtiil'lHHlHililil'M Battle Creek, Mlohlgtfl, _ MANUFACTt?RARE OF TIIC ONLY UCJIUiKB Traction and Plain Engines and Morse-Powors. 11 iat Comnletr Thrcek-r Factary t Established tn the World. ' 1040 /\ VPiBQ ♦/ omMsf/wi iis'i wotdw' Ud. c m ICRfiO ■•". without L. • ? i %ii*\ \J fa IliJliwiii'-nl, I r l*ut;-•!>, '•! " '•! 4 .;" lAs ■' ■ ' rtjud e. rr**,:y git en u* aUan t 4^ ' -* - 'j- s I, STFtM.POWTH SKPAUATORH and ( ottiplrlr Htr**i Outfit* of m<tukl"< wu/0# hod Tra lion linrim* and ft*lain Lngiur* ri♦ r in the Amen, an market A wtoltitntl* ttf •fM I fftVneet anri in pram —mil for Url.tnrether wiUi *"* fnn *#• u i***r>o Eg *** a*bri*ii pot iMMdnf ts Uft mriwnt Feiur etie* of hU jart..rw. fnuu flu I 2 boran CVMUitjr. far * Ao rtxere Tw, *ty9-e 'M '* Mounted * If rw prnrrrw 7LAA AAA Krrl of Helrrtrd I timber ,dUv,vUU (/r asfArw''Uw. M rti*"ant'y on ban 1. from which tmllt the OA mtnparalAie wtiwi-wurk of our UAarhinerv TRACTION ENOINES<?> o- l .(Unlit. r vJtl m It'll. Parm-r. Nad Tbri.brrm-n • lnrltr.l ta tnmrti.-.t.. thl. M"li™ Ttir~hirur M. h!nrry. Ctnulv. rtit fr— Ail,!ma NICHOLS. SHEPARD 4 CO. R.'ttlc Craak. NHoM*®"* XT()YRY To I.oiin at 6 per C't. It .AIJI |ty THE; Ml TI'AL I.IFK ISAI'B AMCK CO. or SIW TURK, on flr.t n,r,rl < . { . on improved farm pmperly. in sum* not Use than Vt/KJO, anl ik>l exceeding t,ne-fhird of th* value <if the property. Any p<rt4a of the principal ran le paid off at any Us, and It ha* l-een lle uwlott -f the company to permit the pri*ripal to remain a* long a* the l*rr>wer wiahe*, if th* interest i* promptly paid. Api'iy o CIIARI.) P ANRRMAS, Att/.rn.y .l l.w, A/7 Court, .tr—t. Ri .ding. Pa. or tn PAVID 7. KI.INK, 0b Ap(.r.lr. 3-tf n-11.f0n1., P.. ST. XAVIKIt'S ACADEMY, NKAR LATROBK, PA., half a Conliiry old, from I.* wbl.h tb amrt prwntln.nl and rnltltatcl worn.a In p.no.ylraala hat. (radnaUd, ff.r. mral ih. r.wiyh Mmall.ul aid* and hlihmt aUadard of mflalna In fln.no**. Pnnll* admit!*! at aajr tint*. Iwl; *■ p*na* abort I Addrtaa, HIRTERE OP MRRCT, M Ibalt;'! P. 0., Waatmor.land coantjr. Pa. ("} AKMAN'B HOTEL. vJ OppoallaOnart Ha*., HKLI.EFONTR, PA. TERM! 11.86 PER DAY. A food Utnj attarhad, 1-1 I'rii/'rHniotinf tVi #•</*. will MS A. WML A'lt, II AAfI It 1., h Km", IIAKHt r. WALLAt I, WILLIAM K. HAM.AI L WALLACES KHEHS, T V I,AW AMI I n1. 1.1 11" > om<'K, January 1,1 SKI CLKAHZIKLL*. PA. IjMjLIS L. ORVIS, I J ATTORN KY AT I. AW. I ||| It I opposite III' Cuftfl II I ' if A. 0. Kumt'a MiiLling* i Mf HA. McK 10 K, • ATTORNEY AT I.A W. 42-tf OlNra (ip|kMlle Court 11• ia.-, It-11• f.n t•. Pa. |?RANK FIELDING, I I,AAV AM* COLI.WTIO.V OKKHTC, IH, l I.KAIIKIKI.iI, PA. \V T A. MO 11 It I SON, ' • ATTOIINKY AT I.AAV. ILKLLKKONTK, PA. OfHre ITI Wiaslrlnf 1 * ILLI K. OJl|.Hl||'* the Court HOUM* Consultation In English or tleruiaii Hj C. t. ALEX4KOKR. V. M. BOWEB. \ LEXANDKR A HOW Kit, il ATTOIINKYB AT LAW, Ihdlcfonte, r* , may Im consulted in English or Oer nuai#. 011 l win (iarinioi'a lluiMtiig. i ly JAM It A. Itr.tVKH. J. WMI.IT •IfNARf. HEAVER & GEIMIART, ATTOKMCVH AT LAW. Offlr# on AID gh rA itrvet, n- rtli of High. IDllc* font*. Pi. 1-Iy nl'. FORTNEV, • ATTORN KT AT LAW, IIKLI.KHI.NTK, PA IAI <) or to the loft in the Court lions*. 2-1) JOHN BLAIR LINN, rl ATTOHNKY AT LAW. IL* LI.LFONTK, PA 00M Allflfbioy Itnwl, OHl P it 001 ill I> I L. SPANGLKU, ft • ATTOIINFY AT LAW. ItRLI.KKoNTK. CI NTUK "1 M V PA S|*wial attention to <*<#ll* tl**ii. j t \< tie •• in all th CourU, ConaultAtlnna in Ocrman or K k*o h '. 11) nK. KELLER, • ATTOHNKY AT LAW. on Allegheny Ktre. t - ;tli aoi# f !.\ '• •tofr, Itcllefontc, p. 1 ly T. II Mt'RAAT. t Tftt fl OOAIXIff. MURRAY A CORDON. H. ATTOHNKY- \T LAW. I'LKAHKIKLD PA Will attend tb* Eell#fo|tw Court* when •! ially tttiployw|. I )y r p C. HIITLK f 1 • D-t K IIAN KS. PA. All litiilneta j-mmj tly attnl 1 I 1 ly \\ M. I*. MITCHELL, V V PHA, riCAI St'HVRI OK I. IIAY KN. PA . Will attend to all *• rk In Cleart><ld, C.Vntre and Clinton count Jew. o{i|aNit# Lirlt llawer# Nat* r. I fv-mk JO ly W ('. lIEI.VLK, t ' • II f 111 \TK PA tfT. " in Conrad II >•••. tr-e|. 8p btl ilkntku cltcti t t 1 * • m AH Duairicaa att< T l<-I t>;r< (i ; . .11# W'lLI.I AM MO ri.l.oroil, V V ATTORXI Y AT I IH 111 uim.i.u, PA All btninnn i r- mj f ly attended i 1 I jr 1 \ ' E desin w w I VI Complete AM rtment of Agricultural Implements F r.VKKT MX 111 I T I from maker* Hir pri, m are m-tvtitr, af I the Yjnattfv of our itnf.letnf nt are ae, *nd I-- r. or in the loarh'f Farmer* and rof#*nn*<-va will |n ue|| to rail on U* fre pur, h.r*g e)aeher> tm' *c out tnk , f impleir.enl* tl<l t f ni.d PAX TON PtIRTABLR MILIIVHS WAO<NI* Adriance Reapers & Mowers, OR AIM DRILL*. HAY RAKM, tRN PI ANTKM HROAD CART GRAIN DRILId*. Tlfl;IIIN<# MA CIIINM, WIARDCIIfLU.Ii Pl/m - A. A We alwr# five U) attention t*. RKI'A I RING, and would r*wj.wetfully edidt U#e patrrifiagr of ilhim <|p. airing an? thing in the line , t f lin|d menu and Ma rhioery of every dearripOon GORDON A- I#ANIMS, 1* f I'KI.I.KKOVTY . I'A. J J J. BAKER . COMPLETE MA NT RES, mv I'OTA T( I KS. ('AIIIS A O K. CO K N, OA TM, AVHKAT, KRI'LT TRKKS, AND KVKIIY FARM CROP. Th-W. M.niirm r imparMl mp—Ullr for wS I- rmp, r>.nllnlA In , RK'HIUM f. rm J, ,h stoat f'Kd, In ,h- ,ivi |*"|"iiMii l mjnlrol to proAitm* Lara** , i-M Tli, r CIIKAPRR THAN STAIILK MAN I'H M, pr.-in.inf mnrli Srllrr and morn rrrtaln r—Mlt, Vr of Al<l trial h*rr ilo o In- Hi* rmrni •j*trm of Srlllimkiii A ton innnf. ttimr*, lm|'>rlrr- *n.l di-nl-r* In Prime Agricultural ChciiiicalM, STHHTI.V PURE GROUND BONE, SCLPIIATK OF AMMONIA. NITKATK or eUA. Ml RIATK OK PorASII. SDI.PIIATR or POTASH. AC It* RHOAPIIATRS, LAND PI,AST*.II. POTASH SALTS. Ac. Qt ALITV aCARANTKKIi. ClrcnUm fllnf fnll p*On oUn and nonlainlng br|* Inlarairtlnf In Arni'm, mailed on appllrailim. IM OfTYo* : SIS Pearl St., New York. CANCER REMOVED, WITHOUT KNIFE, and in moat V raaa* wHliont paln. AmilT n .. C. W. p. risliru, SnaUtoiff. I#*" Onlre Coant >, Pa, alu CfivU'c jpnn octal. c/_J> HKLLKFONTK, J'A. AQ-RlCCrijTt7llii.li. Ni:WH, I'M TH AM* HUCJIiI. TIONS. tun Ttr ur TM* w ATl'inai. un.fAkr ' Tin ifn.i.i- OIN'K AMI# FUopl'Mtli) or !••! I A I'M AI i.rrrt / farmer in his annual esperienrt ditcuverH notnrthmg of value. Write it anil lend it tn the "Ayrieulturat I'.ditnr af the I>KMoritAT, fif liefunf e % I'mn'tt," that other farmer* may hare the benefit *\f \t. I.et enmmunirntuitiH he. timet and be faire that then are hrirf and welt /minted. It in none too 80011 to think nl>out early latnlw for next spring. Sep urate the lambs from the breeding ewoH at once, that they may have time to recuperate and be ready for ' i breeding again soon after harvest. j (i HASH is not only the licst milk I j producer, but at the name time the j best and cheapest beef, mutton and ; pork maker. Let the animals that j ; are to be slaughtered this fall have ' ! all of it they can consume, and of the best quality, and add a finull ra tion of grain, and you will Is- sur prised at the rapid growth made, and at the superior quality of the meat. I THOMAS J. Kl*uk, the very elll-1 I cient and hard working Secretary of j our State Hoard of Agriculture, has been selected as one of the Vice Presidents of the International Cut ton Exposition to be held at Atlanta | next fall. This is a deserved coinpli ! ment to Mr. Edge, and to Pennsylva | nia agriculture, and at the name time I secures to the exposition a iposteapa j blc oflicer. I ! KMIY WAIU* Hr t uni remarks |on the beauty of a field of butter cups and daisies, but adds that he ; prefers to see it on some other man's j field. If he had accompanied us to the State College last w< < k he could have Is en greatly gratified. We saw '•'in. Lots of 'em. Whole fields of j'cm. Don't misunderstand us though. | It was not on the College farin. Prof. I Jordan and Superintendent Pall< r son are altogether too good farmers , to grow daisies, but some of the farmers between the College and ! Uellefontc (we don't know whom), | seem to have a decided preference for them. IT lonVn now i! there would I" a good deal of tangled wheat to c it this month, (illtd we aren't there.— /',; m • Am fyy 1 That's just like Atkinson, snugly tucked away in his cool brick city office, with soda fountains and lemon ade factories just around the corner, and there are lots of just such city chaps editing "Agricultural" papers for which we farmers must pay with | money earned by harvesting "tangled | w heat," or some other work just as j hard and disagreeable. Clad he isn't here, (if course lie is. And they are ail tarred with the same stick. Not one of the comfortable fellows could you get out of his comfortable olliec to help cut the "tangled wheat," i even if it never gets cut at all. Hut ijusl mention trawl*crry time or j ! melon harvest, or give them a hint | that the peaches ami grapes arc ready I to dig, and they w ill construe your I casual remark into an invitation l*c i fore you have time to sneeze, and ac ! cepl it so quick it will make your j head swiin. Well! we nr. "there," Atkinson. If we raise our eyes (o I the window, we look right into a J field of seven-foot rye all tied up in hard knots by yesterday's wind, which we've got to get into just as t soon as the shower is over, and we ! would like to have you "there" about ' half a day, just to make you appre ciate your comfortable fix and stop you from being so complaisant. IT is said thut more sickness on- ( 5 ours among farmers immediately after | haying ami harvesting than at any j other season of the year. The desire j to get the hay snfidy in, and to cut j the grain during the brief period be , s tween ri|M<uing and shelling, urges to j utmost exertion and exposure. This ;is only natural, and wo not only ; sympathize with the feeling, but I plead guilty to the charge of indis cretion in this matter ourselves. This is not wise. Make it a point to take as much rest during the "busy sea son" as possible. Take liberal "noonings,"and quit at night in time for a thorough bath, and a half hour's quiet rest afterwards, Iwfore going "early to bed." In this wsy you can prevent a break down whieli may prove many times more costly tliaii the little time you will lose by tills caro for your health, ami don't l forget to care for the good wife to whom "harvest lime" mid the increas ed number of hands it necessitates I brings with it such a heavy burden of extra work. Make tilings ns easy for her as possible. .See that "the boys" have wood and water light at, her band. Let one of them go to the garden in the morning, and dig enough potatoes for the day's supply before going to the field. Have sup per at live o'clock, and then go out and finish your day's work so that she may have an opportunity to get through before night comes and se cure her much needed rest. Keep calm. Don't rush. Take things cool ly, and rest as much as possible. You will get through your "haying and harvesting" just as early and much more comfortably than if you try to do ten days work in a week, and at the end of the year you will be bet ter otr pecuniarily. Done Dust and Ashes for Wheat. An Indiana farmer gives the fol lowing account of an experiment ' with bone-dust and wood ashes as fertilizers for w heat. Due experiment does not confirm any theory, nor docs "one swallow make a summer," !*nt either may serve as an indica tion : "I applied .0O pounds of dry un- Icached ashes t< the acre, and sowed wheat 011 that, and the result was onlv six bushels to the acre. Ad- I joining this tract I drilled in 200 pounds of bone-dust, and the three acres produced twenty bushels to the acre, l*eing an increased yield of four teen bushels over the tract sown with wood ashes. The following year I used fi"o pounds of l*one-dust on the plat where I had previously sown tiiiO pounds ol ashes, and tin- result wus forty bushels of wheat to the acre, being double wbattltc boot pro dii' ed alone. This < vpeiiicent satis lie i me that ashes alone or lione-dust alone would not give im- ay ield that p.id to my satisfaction. This acre Willi n- lies ynj'led ix bushels; the acre with b un dust yielded twenty bushels ; but when the two were com bined I harvest. 1 forty bushel. This shows what xjK-riments ami a small expenditure of money will do for the progressive farmer." TomaU*' on Stakes. | Kt"m I T' !'irr|.l. ' A fro nd t* lis ns that he was pes tered Is vond measure by the |>otaW> beetles last year. They not only fed on his potalocs, but egg plants and tomatoes suib-ri I as well, lie had read in the T- /- 'jrnjth that tomatoes would do wi 11 on stakes, and he found that the plants so treated es eape the ravages of the Isetle, while j those rui the ground were almost do voured.* The lower branches of the tomatoes on the stakes were eaten, but all alwive a foot were untouched. The ides is that the lieetlc is some what lazily inclined, at least when climbing lias to be done. The hint is a valuable one. If this is not a mere accident, but a genuine protec tion against the liectle : it will be a new argument for stakes, although those existing are good enough. There i no doubt that the plants ~re more productive on stakes or high trellises, than when grown in any other way ; and then the influence of the sun all around alike is favorable to a thorough lipening of the fruit, improving the flavor considerably, especially in the estimation of those who like to < at tomatoes raw. It may be rc|>catcd that the stakes for tomatoes must lo very stout and | strong, as the weight of fruit requires something substantial to rest on; or and if the stakes can have arms knots to help sustain the branches, it will be better than depending on twine alone, The stakes must l*e planted in the ground firmly 1* fore the plants are set. These plants are easily kept in position by-a light tying until the fruit comes; then the weight re quires good judgment to secure them well. Dissot.VK a bushel of salt in a bar rel of water, and with the salt water slack a barrel of lime, which should lie wet enough to form a kind of paste. For a disinfectant this home- I made chlorid of lime is nearly as good ns that purchased at the drug stores. Use it freely about sinks, i cellars, gutters and otherwise, and in i this way prevent sickness nnd ohvl ! ate great expense .Sou(A and HVW. No good farmer will pasture his mowed fields much; some of the very best farmers we know do not pasture them at all. Hotter far grow a patch of corn fishier to cut for your cows, if you want a good crop of hay next year don't pasture the fields much now.—Farm Journal. TIIK men w ho neglects to purchase a pure-bred ram liccnusc Its costs more than a common one is the man who always insists that sheep are very unprofitable. A noon mulch is a better preven tive against drought than watering. I Argument Against the Blind Bridle, j from (fi f if'li.iti* furinrt. We know not who invented tliiw instrument of horse torture, but wo | know lie (lid not understand the anat omy snd physiology of the eye of :t horse. i I urnnn vision is binocular— tlint is, we see the same object with both our eyes—and ho adjust the axis of vision that the object appearH 1 single though seen with two eyes. I ait the eyes of the horse are placed on the hides of the head, and the axis ol each is nearly at right angles with the longitudinal line of the body, so that it is impossible that the same object can lie distinctly seen with both eyes. Now, by blinding the eye in the direction in which it was intended, in its construction, that it should see, it is forced to use an ob lique vision, as if we should cover the front of our Optic, and lie com pelled to see only by the corners of our eyes. This unnatural and con strained use of the eye must to a greater or less extent impair vision, if not entirely destroy it. The oli j-'Ct lor which the blind bridle is used is not accomplished by it. A horse is easier frightened when he can not see the object of his dread than if lie can have a fair view of it. Hut it is surprising to oWrve with what tenacity men hold on to an absurd and cruel practice when a moment's reflection should teach them lietter. Nineteen out of every twenty horses you see in harness have blind bridles on, and if you a*k the owner to ex plain its benefits, or why he uses it, lie will be utterly unable to give a ra tional answer. We are not suprised that draught horses are subject to diseased eyes—we wander that they are not all blind. Mn. W. A. Ahmhtkono, Klmira, ' X. Y., has had very satisfactory ex perience with green oats for fodder. Of cutting, curing and value of the crop lie spoke as follows at a raeet : ing of the local farmer's club: "1 have fed many crops cut when the grain was nearly full,a jicriod in ; dicated to the eye by the gray ap jiearaiii eof the field. At this stage there is almost completed growth, hut the rip< ning prove-s has not be gun : the -ap i-. in the stalks and the heads almost formed. After wilting in the swath a few hours in good ' alher—longer time in poor weath er for curing the oats arc bound in sheaves of moderate size and at once set up two-by-two in shocks, where . they are left until dry enough to draw in, the degree of curing dejien •lent Somewhat on the conditions of storage. If the sheaves are to lie put on scaffolds and not packed to great depth, little care need lie taken to secure thorough curing in the .field. Now as to value, 1 must say ( that oats mi gathered are worth more for feeding milch cows than the liest hay, if made apart of daily supply. I have never fed exclusively on oats. Cows in milk, and doing well on good hay, will at once show an increased yield when given a suitable allowance . of ont, cut green ami cured in the way I have dcscrilred, and they will eat all the straw as cleanly as they consume the l>e*t hay. The fodder is aNo good lor horses, lietter than rijie oat* for horses not steadily etn i ployed, for they keep the eoat good and digestion unimpaired." ' To avoid sunstroke, says I>r. Mann, in excessively hot weather, 1 exercise should lie very moderate : the 1 clothing should be thin and loose, and an abundance ol cold water should lie drank. Workmen should understand thai- as soon as they cease to per spire, while working or marching in the hot sun, they are in danger of sunstroke, and tlifcy.should iin modi"-"'* • ately drink water freely snd copious • ly to aflTord matter for cutaneous transpiration, and also keep the skin and clothing wet with water. Im ' pending sunstroke may often lie warded off by these simple measures. ' Straw hnt should lie worn, ventilat ed at the top, and the crown of the ' hat filled with green leaves or wet ' sponge. It is better to wear thin flannel shirts in order not to check perspiration. I Vwmin on fowls and about hen I roosts will leave headquarters by . injecting from a syringe a weak steep , in water of pennyroyal herb tea. Urivc this weak steep thoroughly ' over the roosts and the poultry anil iit will cleanse them from lice. Sev eral varieties of flies annoy and suck p ; blood from horses ami other animals. Pennyroyal steep will drive them away if the animal is washed with it. To rare for the comfort and health j of horses should lie the first thing to | ' Ik> considered when building or re pairing a horse stable. Pure air and sufficient light should lie given in all stables when |x>ssihle. i Tnr.ni? is no agent that will pro* ■ toot the ravages of the stripped bug , and squash bug so etfeetivcly as paria green when applied to the vines as it ■ is to potatoes for destroying the lieetlo. It is also efficient in destroy tho rose bug. Ci t worms arc very poor climbers, ami much ot the damage they do to tomato plants may las avoided by making a compart mound about the plants as lsrgo as an inverted tea cup. Monxß-ATEi.v broad wheels are pre ferable to narrow tires for use on heavy wagons.
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