CAAV A A AAAAAAAA t FARM AND GARDEN.! UoHtoriitlvp Cronn. Clover, cowpeas, soy beans and the like are the best crops to improve worn-out soils. The crops may be cut for liay and grazed and the beneficial effects still be very great. Whore the soil has been very badly injured, bow everit is best to plow the vines under. Marked results are produced ii most cases, the beneiit being largely due to the effect on the mechanical condition of the Roil. The added vegetable mat ter enables the soil to retain great amounts of moisture and at some time during the growing season this stored up water is needed. Old IfrriH and Moulting. Much has been said against the keeping of heus that are over two or three years old, and there is only one point against tliem, which is that each year a hen will moult later in the sea son, and the older the hen the later in the season will she moult. When winter comes it many times catches her before she is fully covered with feathers; as a result she will be set back and suffer from the cold, and perhaps not commence laying before the spring. A little judicious treatment with nitrogenous food not only benefits the fowls, but shortens the periods of moulting, and in addition to that the growth of plumage is stronger and heavier, the fowls being then better able to staud the cold winter. The appearance of the fowl is also im proved. The feathers look better and the fowls take on fat and meet the cold weather of winter with a vigor ous constitution and in gaod healtn, wliidi otherwise might not have been the case.—Mirror and Farmer. Taking Milk Snmplos. Creamery testing may be best checked either by halving the cream ery sample or duplicating it. When the creamery composite sample is complete and ready for testing the op erator may bo asked to famish one half of it. The patron should then be certain that the operator thorough ly mixes the sample by pouring; that all the cream from the sides of the jar, covers, etc., is mixed into the milk or cream, and that the halving is done immediately alter the last pouring. In lieu 01 this the operator may be required every time he sam ples at the factory to furnish a dupli cate sample in a jar controlled by the patron. In this way duplicate com posite samples may be made, one held in the control of the operator, the other in that of the patron; both of which should test closely alike. Wide-mouthed jars should be used, whi.h should bo tilled absolutely full to prevent churning in transit. Ex press charges should be prepai 1, and the name of the i arty sending slroulil be placed upon the package.—Ver mont Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin. Woman'H Kxperience With Fertilizer*. As lam a woman farmer, perhaps my ideas may not be ac -onnted of much value. Nevertheless,experience is worth something whether it be gained by man or woman. Ten years ago, when I made my first attempt at trucking, 1 had 1"> or 20 loads of line manure hauled on the truck patch and pit upon one large heap. This was done in autumn. The ground was rich loamy soil and sloped toward the south. The first year told nie this was not a uood one. as the ground whereun the manure was beared re mained frozen for weeks after the other ground was in proper condition for plowing. Again I noticed that where manure was spread thickly the ground retained the frost longer, and as one writer has said, was apt to turn up in clods, and the manure seemed dry and loose. After experimenting for ten years, I have reached the con clusion that there can be no particular rule to suit all farmers. Th e soil, the slope of the land and thedimate must all be taken into consideration. We are told that we must not fol low the rules laid down by our fore fathers, that methods of farming have changed so much in the lapse of years that we cannot with profit pursue the old ways. However, we cannot <hnnge nature; that remains the samo for all time. Our forefathers seemed to fol low the same rule in farming. There were no agricultural colleges, no ex perimenting, yet if the season was favorable their crop was good. This was due to the fact that the soil was new and not so much land was under cultivation as we now have. Time and education have changed this. We are the better able to discriminate as to which will be the most profitable plans to follow, but I shall continue to watch my neighbors' crops and methods, aud whenever I stie a good thing, follow it up, providing all things work together for good.—Amer ican Agriculturist. of Fruit. It is too bad that the farmers' fam ily can not have all the fruit that they wish to eat, but it is a fact that there are a very large per cent, of farmers' families who consume but litt'e fruit, savs a writer in Farm, Field a id Fire side. Grapes, for instanc >, whi -li is me of the most easily grown fruits, is s scarce on a great many farms as are ,en's teeth, and this, too, when the young vines can be had for a very few cents each, and take but little time to set out. The grape is a very whole some fruit, and there are but few per sons who are not foud of it. It ought to be made a joint on every farm to set out sonic fruits every year. Nothing adds so much to tho attraction and comfort of the farm home as does the orchard and fruit garden. Who is there that has grown up and gone out from the old home nest that does not look back with pleasure to the orchard where grew those delicious red apples of childhood days? Ought we not to plant fruit trees for those who aro to come aftei i us? If there is no other available place to set out trees aud vines, why set theui along the fences. No mattei how little land one owns, there can surely be room found for a little fruit, audit ought not to.be neglected. A"grapevine or two can be trained up the side of the house or some othei building, and apple trees may be set in such locations as to be ornamental as well as useful. Why not set fruit bearing trees aud plants about the home for ornament, if you are scant for room, instead of shrubs that pro duce bit ssoms only? Is not the apple tree, when in bloom, as handsome as any strictly ornamental tree grown, and then again, in summer or autumn, what is more ornamental than a tree covered with bright red apples? Tlie Farmer and III* Help- We have had a number of inquiries about hired help on the farm and how we manage to secure good help. This is one of those problems that everyone mus'. solve for himself. No two men, farms or lo'ulities are alike. We can possibly give a few general points that will be applicable to nearly all circum stances. One rule on our farm is to employ no one that uses intoxicating liquor at a iy time. No man is employed that is in the habit of using profane lan guage. Loud talking and shouting aro forbidden." A man that shirks his duty is promptly discharged. We em ploy middle-aged married men when we can. We give every man a clear understanding of the kind and amount of work he is to do. En: h man lias his part of the chore work to do, and no one is allowed to ask him whether ho has done his work. We try to see that it is done. We hire all help either by the day or week. All help is paid every Saturday evening. We keep men as long as we can, aud re ward them for good, honest work. We board some of our help part of the time, and some all the time. We re quire kind, respectful manners, and give the same in return. Wo re juire no man to work ext.a time or do dis ag eeable work without extra pay. Upon our part, we treat men as our equals. We feed them regularly and well. We do not ask them to do more than a good, honest day's work. We begin at six o'clock in the morning and quit at six in the evening. We pay men for every day, wet or dry. We allow a reasonable number of holidays. Jn case of sickness or accident we pay a reasonable part of their extra expense. We furnish or give nothing in our contract, but allow our men to share fruit and vegetables with us if we have them to spare and they want them. Wo never "boss" a man or give him an unkind word. If he is not satis factory, we tell him so aud discharge him. We allow him the use of a horse and buggy occasionally without charge, but we do not keep a liors ; fot any one. If we furnish a house it is kept iu good repair, neatly painted, papered, etc. cistern and out buildings are also kept in good repair and clean. We pay good wages and do not discount them for an hour or two lost time if it is unavoidab'e and reasonable. We try to have our men and their families honest, temperate, Industrie.us and truthful,aud we strive to be a model for them. Farmers' Guide. Practloiil Dairy Noton. Poor care iu the dairy will teai down faster than good biood can ever build up. A Habcock milk tester is as neces sary in a creamery or cheese factory as a plow is on a farm. Regularity iu milking, to prove profitable, must be observed not by the week or month-but by the year. If possible, raise your own cows, but if you have to buy, test every animal before you purchase, by milking lier youi self. The appearance of a butter package is a guide to the quality within. No really good maker e.er packs butter in an untidy manner. A clean milking place yieldeth pure, sweat milk, which in turn produceth gilt-edged butter, which fetcheth the top o' ti.e market price. Those dairy in e/i who "deacon" their calves instead of turning them into veal will ha\e an extra hard time in falsing the interest ou their mort gages. It should bo (onsidered as an ac complishment equal to proficiency in music aud painting, that a farmer's daughter be able to make first-class butter. The dairyman who has had an edu cated conscience aud heeds it, will not allow dirt to sift into the opeu top of the milk pail and then strain it out through the funnel. The dairyman who has faith iu his vocation and makes money from it is not afraid to invest his profits tin im provements of farm aud cattle that will yield liim compound interest. First class cheese can only be pro duced by the co-operati. n of dairymen with their local cheese maker. Some dairymen are years in finding this out, much t;> their financial loss. Economy iu the dairy meaus liber ality of purp >se. T economise on tha grade ot salt you use in your but ter, or the character c 112 feed you give your cows, is the rankest prodigality. It takes years of perseverance and experience to build up a good dairy, but only a few weeks if mismanage ment t • tear it down.—American Cul tivator. The area of the Orange River Free State is 70,(100 square miles, that is to say, it is smaller by about 40,000squar« j miles than the Transvaal. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The superior flavor of Smyrna figs is ascribed t;> certain Asiatic insects, which produce a more perfect fertili zation of the flavors of the fig trees iu Asia Minor than is commonly effected in other couutries. The fla vor appears to depend upon the num ber of ripened seeds in the fruit. During the past year the department of agriculture has imported some of these insects from Asia into Califor nia, and it is hoped that they will multiply there aud improve the flavor of American figs. The reconversion of the great Sahara desert, which was once an inland sea, to its former state is propose.!. It is argued that a canal sixty miles long, counec tiug with the Atlantic the im mense depression which runs close up to the coast nearly midway between the twentieth aud thirtieth parallels of latit de, would solve tho problem. The water would not, of course, cover the entire surface of the desert, here aud there portions remaining above sea level, these becoming the islands of the Sahara ocean. A now computation of the period of the fifth satellite of Jupiter, discov ered by Mr. Barnard in 1892, shows the extreme accuracy of astronomical calculations when they are based upon a long series of continuous observa tions. This computation deals very toutiueutly with thousandths of a se 'ond, the period of th 6 little moon being set down at 11 hours, 57 min ute-, 22 seconds aud (547-1000 of a second. Tho mtellite whose time of revolution is thus accurately deter mined moves with great speed. Its distance from .Tupitor's centre is about 112,500 miles, and its path is practi cally a circle, so that the distance which it travels during a revolution is, in round numbers, 353.250 miles. As it accomplishes this distauce in less than 12 hours, its velo.itv is almost 500 miles in a minute, and this, sin gularly enough, is about the same as the average velocity of Jupiter in his revolution around the sun. An English railway engineer has invented a car for lessening the loss of life in rail way accidents. The plan adopted, which is favorably regarded by English e cperts, is extremely sim ple. On the ground that the danger from railway ac iilents is iu the tend ency of the modern car to telescope, and in the iuablility of the present style of buffers to take up very se vere shocks, the inventor has designed a car tha 112 will take up aud break a very heavy shock without injury to itself, except in extreme cases. His buffer car is filled with powerful springs, calculated to resist ordinary pressure, but to telescope under in tense stinin to one-third its normal size, thus exhausting the force of tho shock and saving tlu passenger cars from injury. The cars aeto be used in pairs, one to follow every train and another to precede the car, separating it from tho engine and tender. The force of a collision would thus be broken, whether it should come from the front or rear. Some very pertinent suggestions appear in the Werkmeister Xeitung as to the best ti e itineut of driving belts, in order to insure tho most perfect working. Thus, from the fact that the guod drawing of a belt increases with the friction between belt aud pulley, it is to be considered that the belt must surround as large a portion of the pulley as possible, for which reason en ssed belts always pull better than open ones, so that, if in any way practicable, open baits should cover at least almost half the pulley. Further, if the circumference of one pulley be very small iu proportion to the other thus allowing the belt tj cover only a small portion of the smaller pulley— n sliding of the belt frequently takes place, especially if the distauce be tween the two pulleys be slight. Again, as a slow running of the en gine makes a strong stretching of the belts necessary, a tightening pulley is fre juently placed midway between the two pulleys, so as to avoid a repeated resewiug, and, if, a large power is to be transmitted at little velocity, a broader belt should be employed than would be necessary with greater veloc ity, or two belts are made to run on top of each other. To Much Bait for His Fifth. They were passing a good story at the courthouse concerning a young lawyer who was admitted to practice a short time ago and recently hung out his shingle. His office isn't a very pretentious affair, but he didu't think it necessary to apologize to his friends for his little eight by ten, with several feet partitioned off for the use of his "clerk." Tho other day lightning struck and the door opened slowly, while a voice charged with a strong Irish accent asked if the lawyer was in. "James" said the rising disciple of Blackstone, getting up from a couch at the time, "I wish you'd step around to the First National Bank and toll them that the amount of that draft isn't quite right; it should be 31575, instead of 51525, and before you return drop into Mr. Johngre's office and toll him I've collected that *33500 claim of his. While you're the!e step across the hall aud inform Mr. Fogoboll that unless that note for 810. 000 is piid in the morning I shall begin foreclosure proceedings. Don't lose any time, as I've a great deal of work for you this morning." "Be hiviuß," gasped the client prospective, who had progressed as far as tho doorway into the inner office, "this he's no place for me wid er two dollar fifty ciut claim ter k'lect," and he departed.— Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. i Intelligence of the Filipinos* Chatting about conditions in the Philippines, Captain A. S. Frost, late Colonel of South Dakota Volunteers, I said to your correspondent: "To show the intelligence and general dis semination of education among the Tagals I might mention that the valet or servant whom I hired for $6 a month, coald read and write Spanish very well. Besides, he was anxious to learn, and would take my Spanish- English dictionary and make up copy exercises which he would write out neatly and bring to me for correction. When I was there, plenty of these native servants could be liad for s(i a month, all able to read and write. Since then the cost of living has gone up, and it is necessary to pay sl2 a month for a servant."—New York Post. Gait of South American Horses, The peculiar gait to which the South American horses are trained, kncwn as the "paseo de trote" is a mincing step, so light and easy that the hoofs scarcely touch the ground. It is said to have been acquired in the early days of the Spanish invasion, and to have become inbred with sub sequent generations of horses. QUALITY_ ANDREWS. I Fame »n<l Excellence Are Determining Factum in SucceHflful Development. ' ONE OF TUE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS I OF lIIGII-CL VSS NEWSI'AI'EIIS. ! In presenting interesting phases of scien tific and economics problems, high-class newspapers frequently give information of as groat value in their advertising columns as in tboste devoted to the publication of the principal events of the (lay, and when ; the fame of a product Is extended beyond Its natural limits into foreign lands, and a large demand created throughout Great Britain and her Colonies and the principal sen-ports and cities of Europe, Asia and Africa, It becomes a pleasant duty to note the fact and to tell of the points of excel i lencoon which so groat a success is based. We refer to the now world-famed laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, the product of the California Fig Syrup Company. The merits 3f tiiis well-known excellent laxative wore llrst made known to the world through the medical journals and newspapers of the United States; and is one of the distinct lohlevements of the press. It is now well known that Syrup of Figs Is an ethical 1 proprietary remedy, approved by the most eminent physician* everywhere, because it is simple and effective, yet pleasant to 1 the taste aud acceptable to the system, and aot only prompt iu its bonellcial effects, i but also wholly free from any unpleasant itter-effects. It is frequently referred to as '.ho remedy of the healthy, because it Is lsed by peoplo who enjoy good health and who live well and feel well and are well informed on all subjects generally, Includ ng laxatives. In order to get its beuellcial effects, it Is necessary to get the genuine Syrup of Figs, which is manufactured by :ne California Fig Syrup Co. only. Jerome K. Jerome has written and pub lished sixteen novels in eleven years. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No | beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by itirring up the lazy liver and driving all im j purities from the body. Begin today to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, | ind that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets, —beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Plumbing is taught in the lloston Trades Bchool. (From the BH >I»KTON TIMES, Oct. 10, I'9o. Brockton's pionperity is so closely allied :n the prosperity ot the shoe industry that it will, no doubt, prore a matter of interest to « .arge number of people to learn the actual Average earning capacity of each individual employed iu the making of the world-t'ametf i Brockton shoe. For illustration: At the far, tory of the W. L. Douglass Shoe company thi /ay roll for the week ending Sept. :!0. exclud fng superintendent. foremen. salosineu and <ll clerical h»lp, shows the average eainlngi •>t til.- employes, large and small, to be Sl'i.'s per week. This was not an extraordinarj week. It was the customary pay roll. The amount earned ;per week, however iloes not always tell the story of prosperity The number of weeks employed each year it the determining factor in the wage earners prosperity. The Douglass factory has beer • -Insert but one week this year, and that foi the usual summer stock taking, and it will bt i dosed but three days the latter part of I)e member. This would make but nine days out if the year that the factory is closed, which s surely as steady work as the most industri IUS shoemaker could desire. ! Owing to increased business, another addl | tion is to be made to the Douglass factory It will be 100 feet long. 40 feet wide, and fivi stories high. It will tic ready for occupanc; early in December. Tills addition increasei ! the capacity percent. The \V. L. Douglas: Shoe company lias the largest factory In tht I World, producing an advertised liue 811.50 ant $.1.1*1 shoes. Mr. Douglass says that the prospect for su<} | business for Brockton manufacturer! was never so good as now, and thatcollectlon are better than for years. About 2500 suicides are unnually regis tered in ltussla. • 100 Ilen ard. »tOO. 1 The readers of this paper will be pleased ti j 'earn that there is at feast one dreaded discast I that science has been able to cure in all iti vtages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Laturrt Cure is the only positive cure known to tilt medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu . ional disease, requires a constitutional treat tnent. Hall's Catarrh! ure is taken internally acting directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying tht inundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constituent intl assisting nature in doing Its work. Tht proprietors have so much fa th In its curativt powers that they offer One Hundred Dollari for any cnje that it fails to cure. Send for lis' if testimonials. Address F. J. CIIKNKY& Co.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Hunting: and Flailing in tlie South A book, descriptive of the best location it the South for various kinds of game anil fish showing the Oame Laws of the differen States South penetrated by the Southert Railway, also hotel rates, names of guides kind of game and parties who will furaisl information,can be had upon application tc Alex. Thweatt, Kastern Passenger Ag>n Southern Hallway, 271 Broadway. New York Lake Superior Is remarkable for the fac 1 that It never gives up Its dead. Eight thousand children in I'hiiadeipliii cannot And room In the public schools. Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke lour Lire Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netlc, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or (1. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York. Simpson, the great mathematician, wsi a poor weaver. /Drßulls^ Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. COUGH SYRUP W Get the genuine. Reflise substitutes, XIS SURE/ Dr. Butts Pills cure Dvstetsia. Trial. so for iC. There is a 4 'comfortable feeling" that comes after a bath with Ivory Soap which is conducive to a good night's rest. IT FLOATS. COPYRIGHT 1838 BY THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO CINCINNATI Save llic .>'ickel». From savins, conios huviut;. Ask your grocer how you can save 15u by investing sc. He can tell yon just how you cau get 0110 largo 10a package of "lleil Cross" starch, 0110 largo 100 packago of "Hubln gor's Best" starch, with tho premiums, two beautiful Shakespeare panels, printed In twelve beautiful colors, or ono Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all for sc. Ask your grocer for this starch and obtain these beautiful Christmas presents fiee. ISngebiill Out (it For the Army. Henry Cliadwiok, the "father of the national game," will call on the Pre sident and urge npon him the original idea of providing all the regiments with athletic equipments, but princi pally with the implements of the na tional game. England has for years provided her soldiers with cricket out lits, and as a result Tommy Atkins has developed into prime physical ex hibits of tho English race. Among the different regiments great baseball rivalry exists, resulting in tho de velopment of the much sought for espiit de corps. Of course, our troops now play hall when opportunity presents itself, but all the paraphernalia secured is at the expense of the boys in blue. The AVar Office in England looks to this part of the equipment of the English soldier as caiefully as to the ammuni tion nnd guns, and should our Gov ernment adept the suggestion, it is clain e 1 that nothing but the best re sults c m follow. I'lifny Killed by it ltoonter. A peculiar sparring match was held in Dan Kellogg's chicken coop the other day. The principals were a eat and a rooster, and it was a duel to the death. Dan threw a piece of meat into the coop for the chicken*. A cat came along and wanted to share in the feast. The rooster objected and a fight ensued. Several fast rounds were fought with the honors very even until the last round, tuue favored the rooster. * -> meantime was getting aroumyr coop to stop ihe battle, fepr the rooster would get killet* j he opened the door of the < .at was lying on its back in t ,s of death, he having bin .i in a vital spot. The jnied to realize that he had beer <ng a cat, as it did not crow, e d.-mal in a chicken fight.—Walk- a (Ind.) In dependent. f/PP PlftS I Does your head ache? Pain back of i I your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth ? I \ It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are : liver pills. They cure constipation, ! headache, dyspepsia, and all liver complaints. 25c. All druggists. | Want your moustache or beard a beautiful [ 1 brown or rich black? Then use 1 BUCKINGHAM'S DYE MSre | I BO CT». or CWUOQISTB, on w. P. HAH * CO. N. H. CARTER'S INK Used by millions, sure prool' of | its quality. Slfl MR 11 Fortunes in storks; invest $5 to All# run #1 slooand not SIOOO ft.r sloo sure; >»fe a bank. Heed ft Co.. 129 s. nth St.. Pl.Ua , I'a. REULAH TRYON.WesternN.C. | famous for the finest climate most beautiful mountain scenery of any -outhem Winter Resort. Excellent board, pleasant rooms, moderate rates. CMrcnlars seut. E. SMITH. HDADGV NEW DISCOVERY; rives Bm, I quick relief and car®* worst OHM- But* uf testimonial* and 10dny«' treatment Fr«e. Dr. H. H. OK&SH'S BOM*. Box B, AUaata, Oa. Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Cae M In time. Sold by druggists. If Itfsln and Rosin. Some of our readers observed, per haps, when reading the address be fore the Huntsville convention upon the timber interests of the South, the use of the word "rosin," applied to exudations of gum from the pine tree. The word, as written in the address, was "resin." The word "rosin" has coma to mean specifically the residue that remains after the distillation of oil of turpentine from pure turpen tine. Therefore, it could not be prop erly used in this connection in place of the work "resin."—Mobile (Ala.) Daily Register. KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS Cl eanses the System •^EFFECTUALLY °Sc r£T BMJ THe GENUINE - MAN'F D By (AUIVRINIA |TG SYRVP(S> fOR SALI PY All OfnjßGtiTS P3K.C SOt PtR BOTTIL The Only Perfect is the Ehle Dinner Pail. Eatablescan • led s e r H ed in When empty ami nested can be car ried in pocket. Sent free anywhere on re °*fu \ •?* een * S ( ' r for a 4 dish Pail. AGENTS WA NTEP.' *" °' " * F. <j. Q. K1 in: A- CO., Buffalo. N. V. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 3.50 SHOES « 1 iffa Worth S4 to $6 with other makes, f* . yjl|\ln(l(»rsp(l by over £ % i|MW 1,000,000 wearers krgf m ■1 f* (tannine have W. I. r/ v flu Hi Douglas' name and price tjy |Y\ Unstamped on bottom. j 1 \U3Dno to b^ m ijflshould keep them—ifVJjV we will send a receipt of price. State of eather, sixe, and width, plain or cap toe. Catalogue C free. * > W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE 60., Brockton, Mast._ Happyl for* * 1 JOHNSON'S rW!ALARIA,CHILLS&FEVER Crippo and Liver Diseases. ««» KNOWN ALL PHIIGCISTS. flOCt J ASTHMA POSITIVELY CURED. I IcitOKIIY'S SH KIMSII ASTHMA t'l KE I ■ does this. A trial ra- kage mailed free. I I Collins Bros. Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo ■ MVATTTn'M" ruis hapkk WIIKN UEJ'LY IKLDIM l-LUiM INU TO AUV I'.s. NYNf-45. } Thompson's EytWatir ARNOLD'S COUGH Prevents VOLOS KILLER
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