An Extemporlaed Evaporator. | A homemade evaporating apparatus is shown in the acc .npanylng illustra tion. One of the I..tie oil stoves used for heating chambers and other rooms that are now in such common use is set within a barrel, holes being made ut the bottom to admit air. A board jwith a circular opeaing nearly as largo as the head of the barrel is placed on top, and over this a barrel, without top or bottom, is paced. Within this upper barrel is hung the strings of ap ples or of other fruits to be dried. If it is not desired to string the fruit, trays with wire-cloth bottoms caa be arranged, one above another, within the barrel. A large volume of heat will rise up through the barrels, all that is produced being forced to ascend directly through the fruit, thus drying it very rapidly. £ \ HOME-MADE KVAI'OKATOH. To keep the heat from passing up and out of the barrels too quickly tho top of the one above can be partially closed. The heat within the barrel about the fruit can thus be regulated as one desires. This easily made contrivance should do as good work as many evaporators that are somewhat expensive. A few cents for the oil consumed by the oil stove is all the expense that need be Incurred in the case of the plan here shown. Farm Telephone** Practicable. The farmer must be a business man and should be connected -with the world. But few farmers can live near a telegraph office and the telephone of fers direct communication. If the far mer need the doctor or groceries, or repair for machinery, he is in instant communication with these people, and in a rainy day or during the winter When the roads are well-night impas sable, the farmer can do business with the cattle dealer, or any business men in the city. Telephones are cheap now and can be bought for flO to sls and the lines can be putin by subscription. Poles can be bought very cheaply, and ought to be from 20 to 25 feet long, 8 inches in diameter at the base, and placed 200 feet apart. This would mean 25 poles to the mile. Good wire costs $2.25 per 108 pounds, and nobs 75c. The total cost will be about $17.75 per mile. Any farmer who once uses the telephone will never be without it again. it adds life to the community and is an education and a step toward a better civilization. Potato BllKht. Blight on potatoes cannot be pre vented before planting, as the germ of the disease lives in the tuber. Precau tions should be taken, however, not to use for seed any potato whicft when cut is not clear and white. When the vines are about six inches high, spray them with Bordeaux mixture. Two or three sprayings during the season will usually be sufficient, unless the blight is unusually bad, when the mixture Bhould be made stronger and the spraying be more frequently done. A Food Hint. Small fruits and vegetables are lux uries which farmers may have at the cost of a little time and labor, but city folk pay for them in money earned by labor much harder than that you ex pend in raising them. Don't live on pork and potatoes when such food as berries and fresh vegetables can be Used at so small a cost. Mubaollinir Conaervea IKolature, The Wisconsin station found that in subsoiled ground, there was more wa ter in the second, third and fourth foot than in soil not treated, but that the surface foot was drier. Farm Farron-N. Farm the land red hot. Fall plowing fattens the profits. High thinking goes well with high farming. Cattle will pattern after an ill-tem pered owner. The truck farmer sells mostly high flavored water and air. A tripod of good farming: Good stock, good care, good marketing. NeVer alltJw tvfo men, two cows or two acres to do" the work of oak VETERINARY. * Practical Atlvice. RYE FODDER.—W. D. L. wants to know if feeding rye that was cut iu the bloom to cows in calf would cause abortion. If it is fed along with some hay or straw and free from ergot (the rye fungus), there is no danger. It has been fed to cows when badly af fected with ergot and has not caused abortion if they were fed a grain ra tion along with it. Abortion is usu ally caused by the poor quality of the fodder and not by the ergot. CRACKED HOOFS.—D. C. M. has a horse which has a crack in its hoof; it began at the top. Take a hoof knife and cut a piece out of the hoof at the top, let it extend about 0110 inch back from the crack on each side and one inch downward, pare it down to ,the quick, and put on some tar to keep out the dirt; also put on a bar shoe. In i time u new hoof will grown down solid, j The horse should not work during this ! time. INJURED lIOCK JOINT.—G. D. C. has a horse which got kicked 011 the hock joint; the horse is very lame and there is a great discharge of matter from it. Mix Idr chloride of zinc in cold water 1 pt; shake, inject a little into the opening twice a day. Mix cantharides 2 dr and lard 1 V-i oz, rub a little of this on the swollen part, keeping it away from the sore parts; repeat this every week. GRUBS IN THE BACK OF CAT- j TLE.— H. C. N. wants to know it there j is a remedy for destroying grubs in the j backs of cattle. There is 110 medi cine that will destroy the grub without blistering the skin of the cow. The best method is to scrape off the top of lump and press out the grub by placing the thumb of each hand at the base of the lump and squeeze. After the [ grub is out tiie part will soon heal. , The grub comes out of its own accord ! in the latter part of May or early in June. NEW FROG.—J. wants to know if j the frog of a horse's foot will grow i again if the old one comes off. If the j structures beneath the frog remain j healthy a new fro.n; will grow out. Keep the foot clean and rub the frog 1 well once a day with a little vaseline. Also mix 2 dr cantharides with IVa oz | of lard and rub a little of this around the coronet (where the hair and hoof j meet) once a week. This will stim- \ ulate the growth of hoof and frog. BROKEN WIND.—M. B. wants to know if there is any difference between ! broken wind and roaring in a horse. Broken wind is the term applied to a j heavy horse, but horsemen usually ap- ; ply the name broken wind to horses j whicff have a difficulty in breathing. Roaring and whistling are terms ap- | plied when a horse makes a noise i when he breathes, and are usually the result of a deranged state of the ani mal's throat. SLOBBERING. —R. H. R. has horses which are affected by slobbering from eating clean hay, the second crop. This is a very uncommon occurrence. There must be some irritating weeds among the hay. as even dry white clover will not cause slobbers in horses. We would have to know the cause before prescribing. Would ad vise to examine the mouths of the horses as it is possible that they may be sore from some other cause and if they are not sore withhold the hay for a few days to find out if the hay is the cause, and let us know. NERVOUS SPELLS. —S. B. has a mare which is subject to nervous spells, so much so that she can hardly be harnessed. Also a colt which cribs and is hidebound. Give the mare 1 oz aloes. 1 oz ginger and 1 oz carbon- > ate of soda dissolved in y» pt boiling 1 water, then add Vj pt more of cold water and give at one dose. When ' this operates give her 1 oz of the bro- ! mide of potassium in a bran mash j twice u day for one week, then skip a week and give again if needed. Give the colt 1 pt raw linseed oil at a dose, also boil one-half a teacupful of flax- j seed into a pulp and while hot pour it on 3 qts bran and make a mash of it. Give it a mash of this kind once a day for one month. Also mix 3 oz sul phate of iron, 3 ox nitrate of potassium and divide info 24 doses. Put one in the' above mash until all are taken. Place a piece of rock salt where lie can get it when he wants it. RETENTION OF THE PLACENTA. —Mrs. C. G. M. has a heifer which has retention of the placenta. After the third day the placenta should be re moved by the hand and the parts wash- j ed out with warm water. Then mix j 2 teaspoonfuls of carbolic acid in 1 qt ! of warm water and inject it into the part. Also give the cow loz tincture chloride of iron at a dosp. 3 times a day in gruel for a week. TUBERCULOSIS.- W. B. F. has had I some cows which died and on examin ing them their lungs were found in a diseased condition. This disease is hereditary from parents to offspring. It is also contagious to a certain ex tent and may be communicated from one to the other by eating out of the same trough, drinking from the same tank. etc. Have the remainder of your cattle tested by tuberculin and if they are diseased have them all de stroyed and all the straw and other movable stuff taken away and burned and the woodwork of the sheds washed with a solution made up with crude carbolic acid 1 gal to 50 of water. Then you can get in a fresh lot with out any danger of contracting the dis ease. NOISELESS TELEGRAPHY. A Receiver That Cnn Be Mude to Wliii|HM' Softly. The introduction of typewriter ma chines in telegraph offices, on which operators take down tlu> messages re ceived, has necessitated increasing the volume of sound emanating from the sounders in order to make their clicks clearly distinguishable above the click of the typewriter machine. The result has been that the noise in telegraph of fices has in many cases increased to such an extent as to he a serious men ace to the health of the operators. In order to reduce this noise and to make the received message entirely secret a special Bounder has been in vented. The sounder, which is in closed in a hard rubber case, is very I light, the whole thing, with conducting cord complete, weighing but four ounces, it can be used not only with out the slightest inconvenience to the operator, but "much to his comfort and advantage, relieving him of all un necessary nerve and physical strain. It can be attached directly to the main line, where it acts us a'combined relay and sounder, giving all the service of both, without any of the disadvantages and annoyances of a main line sounder. The mechanism of this little instru ment is very simple, consisting of a set of electro-magnets of from 2 to 150 ohms resistance (.according to require ments). An ingenious arrangement of the armature and lever brings the former in actual contact with the poles of the magnets In such a manner as to double the working force of the arma ture. The armature lever is provided with hammers, which, in actioVi, strike upon a resonating plate: a shifter or switch at the side of the case draws the hammers from the plate and reduces jtlie sound to a minimi.m. Owing to the loudness of the sound wlieli the hammers strike upon the re sonating plate messages may be re ceived with the sounder placed on the table or desk, and in this way it may also be used for a call, thus combining in one Instrument both a loud and secret sounder. Should it lie desired to take secret message the sounder is adjusted from the outside by means of the shifter referred 10, which is graded so that the operator may regu late the volume of sound to suit his own ear. l itis may be from the faint est Click to the full volume of the loud est sounder. The instrument is then worn on the head. The case and head band being made of hard rubber in sures t,lie operator from shock from abnormal currents passing through the line. A Wrlrumr ton >loiiar<-li. Three men were dlscuslng the pro priety of the call made by President McKinley upon President Dole. The discussion brought out this story: "I think old Harvey 1), Colvin knew how to do things when iL came to en tertaining folks from abroad, especial ly hand-me-down kings," said one of Don't Tobacco Spit ami Smoke Vuur life Auuy. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag uetic, full of Jife, nerve unit vigor, take No-To- Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 80e or sl. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Hemiiiy Co , Cliu-at-'o or New York. [Your \ Doctor > / Knows) / Your doctor knows all about N J foods and medicines. 112 / The next time you see him, \ 112 just ask him what he thinks r < Scon's Emulsion J C of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- y % phosphites. We are willing % X to trust in his answer. ( / For twenty-flve years doc- S ) tors have proscribed our / / Emulsion for paleness, weak- V J ness, nervous eKhaustion, and / J for all diseases that cause \ \ loss in flesh. % / Its creamy color and its \ 1 pleasant taste make it es- / / pecially useful for thin and \ } delicate children. / 112 No other preparation of cod- \ \ liver oil is like it. Don't lose % / time and risk your health by \ | taking something unknown / / and untried. Keep in mind \ J that SCOTT'S EMULSION/ I has stood the test lor a N \ quarter of a century. i r 50c. and st.oo; all druggists. \ \ SCOTT & BOWNR, Chemists, New York. / [ CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION 256 506 DRUGGISTS flurMj BintM. Me«, W.go.i Sfnd fot l»rj«. fre« No SM«urr.. i C.Lloju.of .11 our .tod.', ELKHART eAHBIAOt; A.MU HAHXKHH MfU. CO. W. B. FHATT. KLitUAKT, IMB. Prevent Pneumonia Prevention is always better than • cure, even when cure is possible. l!ut so many times pneumonia is not cured that prevention becomes the natural act of that instinct of self preservation which is " the first law of nature." ' Pneumonia can be pre vented and is often cured bv the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. " Some years ago I had a severe cold and was threatened "'with pneumonia. I could neither eat nor sleep, and was in a wretched condition. I procured a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and took it according to the directions, and at the end of fifteen daysw as tut well and sound as before the attack. 1 tuve recommended it in many cases of pneu monia since, and have never known it- to fail in effecting a cure." JOHN HENRY, St. Joseph, La. " I was attacked with a cold that settled on my lungs, and defied the skill of my phy sicians so that they considered me incurable. At last i began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and was entirely cured after having taken two bottles." FRANCISCO A. SEVERIANO, Taunton, Mass. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is put up in half-size bottles at half price—so cents. uie ivo. tic* was .viayor or Chicago when Kalakaua passed over the coun try in search of a loan. Colvin was rough and ready, and wore a sUirt with a ruffle front and a diamond in the middle, which always made me think of a barkeeper on his day oIT. When the King and his suite arrived In Chicago, Colvin and his staff were at the station, and the Mayor took the King by his hand as warmly as if the King had been a ward politician. The carriages moved quickly to the Grand Pacific Hotel. Clark street was jam med with people clamoring for the King to come out. The hour was early in the day. At the request of Mayor Colvin, Kalakaua stepped out on the veranda, and bowed. The populace, unused to sights of kings in flesh, yell ed. Mayor Colvin waved his hand and shouted: '• 'His Majesty, the King of the Sand wich Islands,' "The populace yelled, laughed, and hooted. Then Ihe Mayor, remember ing the early hour, turned to bis royal guest and said: " Well, King, you must be tired. Better go and wash up and then we'll have breakfast.' " \>rj lull Kikm-lliih. One of the officers of the Civil War had a private in his company whom the boys jestingly named "Little Mack," because of his bigness. He was the tallest man in the company, about six feet three inches, and one of the bravest in the regiment. On one occasion, when the men were ordered to kneel down behind a stone fence in preparation for an expected assault, the officer, who was preparing a surprise for the enemy, on inspecting the line was astonished to see one large, serene face above the top of the fence. He shouted out angrily: "There, you—you man with the head up—kneel down, sir," The man did not move, and again the officer thundered: "Why don't you kneel down, sir?" Oblivious to any danger and blind to the significance of his head being exposed, Little Mack answered: "I am kneeling down." "Then," shouted the officer,"put your head down, or you will have it shot off. confound you." Thereupon Little Mack curled down behind the fence, grieving be cause the captain had howled at him. Men mill l)rrNh. A word of praise from a man con cerning feminine attire means more than whole volumes from a member of her own sex, yet the man aa a rule doesn't know a hundredth part as much about the subject as our most dowdy sister, cousin or aunt. lllflicMt Prlnr