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.
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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
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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.
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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<yiN.
The richest princess in the world is
the Crown Princess Louise Josephine
of Sweden and Norway, married to the
Crown Prime of Denmark.
£omething to know!
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with ceilings and border to match, All futt ineasure
nu'nts and all'white backs. § Elegant designs as. low
as $c per roll.
1 Window Shades
with roiler fixtures.-fringed and plain. Some aslow
as ioc; better, 25c, 35c, 50c,
Elegant Carpets
rainging in prices 20c., 25c., 35c., 450., and 68c.
Antique* Bedroom Suits
Full suits # 18.00. Woven wire springs, $1.75.
Soft top mattresses, good ticks, $2.50.
Feather pillows, $1.75 per pair.
GOOD CANE SEAT CHAIRS for parlor use 3.75 set. Rockers to
match, 1.25. Large size No. 8 cook stove, $20.00; red cross
ranges. $21., Tin washjboilers with 49c. |Tin pails—
14qt, 14e; lOqt, 10c; Bqt, 8c; 2qt.covered, sc.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
i i
Onr Declaration of-War
Has been in effect for a number of
years and our
Bombardment of High Prices
Has created havoc of late in the sale of
MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS,
PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES,
and ROAD WAGONS
all at the lowest cash price.
PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will be
sold at a low figure.
W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa.
grand spntid
Shoe Stock
Comprising Correct, Stylish, Comfortable Shoes for every mem
ber of the family.
We are now ready to show you as fine a line of footwear as was
ever shown in town before.
We are constantly adding to our stock a higher and better grade
of shoes and at prices decidedly less than others.
That the public appreciates our efforts in this direction is attest
ed by our daily increasing sales of high-class footwear.
You are cordially invited to call and examine our stock and we
are positive that the styles and quality, combined with our usual
low prices, will please you.
Elegant Spring
Shoes for Ladies
Our showing of Ladies' Shoes for spring wear will be more fully
appreciated by those who desire Stylish, Comfortable Shoes. with
out paying extravagant prices for thenij and. we trust to .increase
business to make up for reduced profits.
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for $1.75, our price $1.25. The Bame redaced prices prevail on
our $1.75 2.00, 2.50 and 3.00 lines. We guarantee a saving of
from 25 to 75 cents on each pair of Bhoes.
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