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\:*e for Bonen.
Someone suggests that there is a
use for boues as a feed for poultry, as
au egg producer—especially as they
can be thus employed, and yet come
iu, in large part, as a fertilizer,
through the poultry manure. Let the
farmer take his choice and get all out
of the bones that he cau. If he has a
bone mill, or a meat chopper, and cau
reduce the boned small enough for
poultry to readily swallow the pieces,
this will be the most economical plan.
Bones, especially fresh bones, from
the kitchen, are a capital egg pro
ducer. It will pay eveu to beat the
fresh bones tine with an old axe, if
one has no boue mill, and feed them
thus to the fowls. But the mill is far
better, and every farmer keeping a
few dozen hens cau afford to purchase
one of these mills. It is the best use
to make of the fresh bones. But
large, dry and hard boues, such as
those of cattle and horses, had better
be reduced with ashes. Though, of
course, even the driest raw bone,
ground tine, is readily eaten by fowls,
as every farmer knows who has ever
nppl>ed raw bone as top dressing to
grass land.
Growing: Grain Feed*.
ft is sometimes a problem whether
it would be cheaper to buy commer
cial fertilizers and grow more grain to
feed out, or to buy more grain and
make more and richer manure, and
therefore have less need to buy fer
tilizers. The solution of the question
seems to depend primarily upon the
cheapness of land and labor. If a
man iu New England, especially near
a manufacturing town, had to hire
land and hire labor, we think he could
employ them to belter advantage iu
growing other crops for sale than to
grow any kind of grain for feeding
purposes. But the man who lias
plenty of idle land yielding but little,
aud help that he must keep the year
through, either members of his family
or that be must hire to do other work,
we think can grow corn cheaper than
he can buy it, if he so cares for his
fodder as to get full value for it for
dairy stock. Corn grows well upon
soil that is not well adapted to some
other crops and grows without the
heavy manuring that would be re
quired for market garden crops, while
it is not exhausting to the soil, but
leaves it in better condition to grow
almost any crop thau it was before the
corn was grown.
To Destroy MOIPH.
Some people claim to believe that
moles are a greater benefit than au
injury, for the reason that they are
almost wholly insectivorous in their
diet. This I dispute. A mole will
destroy seed corn after it has been
anointed with tar from the southern
pitch pines, while every other known
animal aud fowl, including crows, will
pass it by. 1 think the great majority
D!' farmers will favor thoir extermina
tion. I therefore submit the follow
ing cheap and effective plan to destroy
moles.
Mix a proper quantity (no particular
rule) of arsenic with corn dough,make
•i small hole into their roads here aud
there and deposit a lump of dough in
each, about the size of a marble.
Cover the holes with any convenient
substance, such as clods of dirt, to ex
clude the light.
Some years ago I had a piece of laud
badly infested with moles that I
wished to plaut to sweet potatoes.
Success depended on lirst getting rid
of the moles. As a matter of experi
ment I conclude 1 to try corn dough
and arsenic, as above. Two applica
tions resulted iu a virtual extermina
tion. Some of the moles came out of
the ground aud soon after died.
Other poisons may answer as well, but
I know that arsauic can be relied on.
The best time to apply is perhaps in
early spring, soon after the moles
leave their winter quarters.—Bryan
Tyson in Farm, Field and Fireside.
True Canto of Feather Eating.
An< lowa poultry grower, Mrs. F.
M. Jarvis, sends an acsouutof feather
eating in which the disorder is de
scribed as contagious, and she ascribes
l ie trouble to the presence of a min
||jarasile which spreads from fowl
to fowl aud which she thinks was
probably introduced through purchase
from an infected flock.
Concerning this mite, a recently
published leaflet of the board of agri
culture of Great Britian gives the fol
lowing description: Feather-eating in
poultry is due to a minute parasitic
mite (Surcoptcs laevis) at the roots of
the feathers. It is generally supposed
to be due to a "vicious habit," nu
merous absurd theories, such as idle
ness and thirst, having been put for
ward to account for.it. There are
two kinds of feather eating, viz, "nelf
feather-eating" and the plucking of
other birds' feathers. The former is
chiefly due to the mites living upon
and irritating the roots of the quills.
The form on the fowl makes its ap
pearance about April and is most pre
valent in spring and summer. The
■nites cau be easily found among the
•vhite powdery matter at the base of
the quill. The minnte young are
transmitted during copulation. The
fowls pluck out the feathers to destroy
the irritation caused by the mites at
heir base. Lice, also, are partly ac
ountable for feather-plucking. The
irds in picking off the mites and lice
ull out the feathers.-—American Ag
riculturist.
IVfttAoftli<» Berry Fatch.
A great amount of work and watch
ful care are necessary to make the
berry patch profitable. First comes
he strawberry with its disease and in
iect pests. It is often subject to
[ blight, which is injurious to both
plant and fruit. It first shows itself
upon the leaves in reddish, purple
spots which soon turn lighter colored
and finally white. Upou these spots
a spore is formed which spreads the
disease through the summer, while in
the fall and winter a form is produced
which infects the new leaves the fol
lowing spring. Thus the fruit is de
prived of its nourishment, and in some
instances crops have been ruined.
But if one starts a field with good,
healthy plants, and sprays with Bor
deaux mixture, there is generally but
little trouble.
The worst insect pest is that nuis
ance of the farm, the cut worm. It is
often very destructive, as it works on
both roots and crown in feeding. The
roots are often attacked also by the
white grub and the strawberry root
borer. The latter bores into the
crown aud down through the heart
into the roots, usually killing the
plant. The best remedy for this pest
is to change the bed often, not raising
more than two crops on the same
ground.
Pests of the raspberry and black
berry are anthracuose aud rust When
infested canes are found we cut and
buru and so end the trouble. The
insect pests are many, among which
are the tree crickets, the red-necked
agrilus and the raspberry saw-fly.
The crickets weaken the canes by
making a row of lougitudinal punct
ures filled with eggs for several inches
down the canes. These eggs are long
and often mistaken for grubs.
The surest way to get rid of them is
to cut and burn the canes containing
them. The saw-fly is a green, hairy
slug, which works on the under side
of the leaf, resembling it so closely
that one has to look carefully to de
tect them. They cut irregular holes
in the leaf, often nearly perforating it.
Hellebore or the arsenites aie recom
mended as remedies.
When one stopß to consider all the
numerous diseases and pests with
which the fruitgrower has to contend,
it is not surprising that so many fail.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of suc
cess. " The one who masters all diffi
culties, by working understandingly,
is the one who reaps the reward;
while the slothful are ready to declare
there is no money "in fruit growing.
Enlarging tlie llerrift of Live Stock.
The average farmer who raises
grain, fruits or vegetables, or makes a
point of mixed farming, cannot do
better than to give more attention to
increasing the live stock on the farm.
No farm should be without a fair
number of cattle, sheep, swine, hordes,
poultry aud general live stock. It is
not necessary to enter into the busi
ness of raising live stock for the mar
kets so that it will interfere with the
general farming, but on general prin
ciples there is FO much waste on a
farm which animals alone can con
sume profitably that it is essential for
the highest success that live stock of
one kind or anothev should be kept.
Nature never intended that the farm
should be devoted to one particular
kind of farming to the utter seclusion
of all others. The fruit orchardist
who fails to raise at least a few hives
of bees misses one of the chances for
profit that has been putin his way.
Even if he only raised the honey for
homo use, he would secure his re
wards. Likewise the grass and hay
farmer, with his miles of rich clover,
timothy and buckwheat, should have
a hive of bees for every two or three
acres he puts under cultivation. I'igs
go in clover and also iu orchards.
Sheep supplement the work of the
farmer iu packing the soil around the
grass roots, and in the orchard they
add fertilizers that are of the greatest
value. The wasto fruit of the orchard
will go a long way toward fteding the
pigs. Then the grain aud corn waste
feed the dairy cows, aud the waste
milk and cream from the latter can be
put to no better use thau for pig feed
ing. So one could go through the
whole list of farm apimals and show
how ore is intimately connected with
another, and the whole with the gen
eral farm crops. After all has been
said for the farm specialist, we must
admit that the ideal farming is that
where a variety of crops are raised to
suit a variety of farm animals. Iu a
system economically aud iutelligent
geutly conceited there should be ab
solutely no waste whatever, aud there
need be none. It is simply because
we do not raise enough animals or a
sufficient variety to consume all the
by-products of the crops. It is true
that the number of these animals must
vary with the years. When corn is
liigu priced it will pay to sell more
and to reduce the number of live stock
dependent upon it for their food. On
the other hand, when grain is plenti
ful aud cheap, increase the grain-eat
ing animals and poultry, and sell the
food in the form of meat aud eggs, in
stead of grain by the bushel. A little
study of the markets and of the best
way to reduce costs and increase prof
its will enable the plain, every-day
farmer to realize more on liis assets
than he does today.—C. S. W'alters in
American Cultivator. '
High Lights.
Our heredity traits are those which
we pick out to blame on our ancestors.
Let us live for each other, but not
so energetically as to become meddle
some.
It depends on what we do whether
we are really industrious when we
are busy.
Imagination is that faculty by which
wo describe beautiful sunrises without
losing sleep.
If a man doesn't know a bargain
when he sees it, at least he knows the
bill for it when he sees it.
The man who gets sleepy after din
ner ought to give up the idea that he
is an ornament to society,
At 35 a bachelor thinks all girls
want to marry him; at 50 he knows
that he has lived a terrified life on
mere rumor.—Chicago Record.
HIS COOP FIGHT FOR LIFc.
The Heroic Struggle of a Woodsman Who
Was Hart In the Adirondack*.
From the heart of the Adirondack
wilderness comes the following pa
thetic story of a woodsman's heroic
struggle for life, after meeting with a
terrible accident.
The accident occarved on the shores
of Lako Massawebie in the town ot
Piereefield, N. 8. A lumbermau by
the name of Jerry Dudy had con
tracted to furnish logs for the mill at
Fieicefield. He occupied, with his
wife and week old baby, a solitary
cabin on the shores of the lake. Dud;
was at work some three miles ia the
forest {tiling spruce timber. One
day he had cut through a tree about
two aud a half feet in diameter, and in
felling it, it had become lodged iu
some nearby trees. This is a com
mon occurrence, but the work of dis
engaging the tree involves great dan
ger, aud is the cause of many serious
accidents.
Dudy proceeded t.o "butt off" the
tree. The crash came at an unguarded
moment aud he was knocked down,
his right leg pinned to the earth under
the great weight He was uncou
seions for some time, but after regain
ing his senses, he was not slow tc
realize the exceeding peril of the situ
ation in which he was placed. He
knew that if he remained inactive for
any length of time lie would freeze
to death. He could just reach the
axe, which had fallen near him, and
with his knife he cut off a portion ot
the helve that he might use the blade
to better advantage in his reclining
position.
The night advanced, the stars ap
peared one by one in the heavens,
and still the brave man toiled on.
Oftentimes he dropped his axe in
despair. But the thought of wile and
baby at home always caused him to
take up his task with renewed vigor.
At Inst the tree was cut through, and
with all his remaining strength he
rolled the short butt from off his limb.
He was Iree. He tried to rise, but his
strength was fast failing, and he sank
to the ground. On examining his leg
he found it to be broken in two places
and frozen stiff.
Late the next day he reached the
floor of hi 3 cabin, almost dead from
exposure and loss of blood. He had
crawled three miles over Ihe broken
and almost undefined wood trail, drag
ging behind him his crushed and
broken limb. The thought ot loved
anes at home had given him strength
to accomplish the almost herculean
task. His wife rendered such aid as
was in her power, and trampled through
the deep snow a distance of over a
mile to the nearest neighbor. Every
thing was done to relieve the man
until the a physician could arrive from
the village of Piercdtield, 13 miles
away.
Pneumonia set in. He had suffered
more than human strength could en
dure, aud with the wife aud child be
side him, for the love of whom he had
suffered so much, he passed away.
A llntli In the I>en<l Sen.
"Years ago," continued Mr. Smith,
"I paid a visit to the far East, and in
tlie course of my travels visited the
JJead seu, which is situated in south
ern Syria, not far from Suez. Com
pared to tho waters of the Dead sea,
those of the Salt lake are compara
tively fresh, and a scientific man
whom I met in London gine me this
explanation of the cause of their ex
treme silliness. All water carries a
per centago of salt, aud iu both the
cases of the Dead sea aud the Salt
lake there is no outlet to the lakes—
aud they maintain fheir level through
evaporation. Through the countless
centuries during which they have ex
isted this salt, since it does not evap
orate, has accumulated until these
bodies of water have attained their
present brackish condition.
"Bathing in the Dead sea is really
fearful. In the lirst, place, you are so
buoyed tip by the water as to literally
lie on its surface, and alter a bath in
it yon are almost as sticky as you
would have been had you taken a
plunge into a hogshead of molasses
a state you must endure for some
time, as fresh water does not lie near
if. It is only to be able to say after
ward that you have bathed in the
waters of the Dend sea that induces
y<iu to take the nauseous plunge.—
New York Tribune.
Foe Wtift Onrfl n Soldier.
In an examination of the muster
rolls of the regular army, which are
now beiug copie l for preservation in
the war department, it has been dis
covered that Edgar Poe, the poet and
mystic, was once a private in battery
H of the Fifth artillery, and was pro
moted to sergeant major. He enlisted
in 1829 under the assumed name of
Edgar A. Terry, and afters rving a
year or more was discharged under his
own name through the intervention of
influential friends, who secured him
an appointment as cadet at West
Point, his military career, however,
was brief, aud not bnlliaut. He was
dismissed by court-martial during his
first year nt the aeade 113-, probably for
drunkenness, although the specifica
tions are not given.—Chicago Record.
Kiikimo IhrellincH.
The Eskimos inhabit houses that
are built partly underground for
warmth. Tho upper portion is roofed
over, supported by rafters of whale
jaws and ribs. Iu the spring these
cave-like houses become too damp tc
live in. Then tliev erect a summer
dwelling upon the top of the wiuter
one. The summer house consists of
walrus hides stretched over a wooden
frame, making a room from 10 to 15
feet square. These summer houses
are fastened fo rocks with rawhide
ropes to prevent them from being
blown down. The entrance is through
an oval hole in the walrus hide about
two feet above the door.
Mot m Complete substitute.
"They say the automobile is going
to supersede the horse," remarked the
livery stable man.
"Yes."
"Well, don't you believe it. I
don't believe the day will ever come
when we'll hang over a rail and risk
our financial futures on an automobile
race. And I know for oertain that
when meat gets scarce we'll never eat
them."—Washington Star.
Wlint Shall We Have For Deiaert)
Tills question arises in the family dally. Let
us answer it to-duy. Try Jell-O, a delicious
and healthful dessert. Prepared in 2 min. No
boillngl no baking 1 Simply add a little hot
water&settocool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange,
Raspberry and Struwberry. At grocers. 10c.
The word "costaclc" is Turkish and
means "free man" or "free lance."
Mrs. Wlnslow'g Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens (lie (nuns, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2&c.abottlr.
Compressed air motors are supplanting
mules In Michigan mines.
Piso's Cure for Consumption 1B an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
Paris possesses 80,000 trees in the streets
and public places.
Jcll-O, the Now Dessert
Pleases all the family. Four flavors:—
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
At your grocers. 10 cts.
A small body of Infantry covers three
miles an hour.
The B.st Prescription tor Chills
and Pavsr Is a bottl. of Gnovi'a TASTBLIM
CHILL TONIC It is simply iron and quinine In
a tasteless form. No cure—no nay. Price SOo.
Age tells on a girl and so does her little
brother.
F. E. Brill, Boden, Guernsey Co., Ohio, stys:
Please send me by express twelve bottles of
your Frey's Vermituge.
The girl who uses Invisible Ink can usu
nlly write a letter thnt'B out of sight.
ALABASTINE is the original
and only durable wall coating,
entirely different from all kal
somlnes". Rendy for use in
white or fourteen beautiful
tints by adding cold water.
LADIES naturally prefer ALA
BASTINE for walls and ceil
ings, because it is pure, clean,
durable. Put up in dry pow
dered form, in five-pound pack
ages, with full directions.
ALL kalsomines are cheap, tem
porary preparations made from
whiting, chalks, clays, etc.,
and stuck on wails with de
caying animal glue. ALABAS
TINE is not a kalsomine.
BEWARE of the dealer who
says he can sell you the "same
thing" as ALABASTINE or
"something Just as good." He
is edther not posted or Is try
ing to deceive you.
AND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
to sell on ALABASTINE S de
mands, he may not realize the
damage you will suffer by; a
kalsomine on your walls.
SENSIBLE dealers will not buy
a lawsuit. Dealers risk one by
selling and consumers by using
Infringement. Alabastlne Co.
own right to make wall coat
ing to mix with cold water.
THE INTERIOR WALLS of
every church and school should
bp roated only with pure, dur
able ALABASTINE. It safe
guards health. Hundreds of
tons used yearly for this work.
IN BUYING ALABASTINE.
customers Ehould avoid get
ting cheap kalsomines under
different names. Insist on
having our goods In packages
and properly labeled.
NUIBANCE of wall pacer is ob
viated by ALABASTINE. It
can be used on plastered walls,
wood ceilings, brick or can
vas. A child can brush it on.
It does r.ot rub or scald off.
ESTABLISHED in favor, shun
all Imitations. Ask paint deal
er or drupglst for tint card.
WritP us for Interesting book
let, free. ALABASTINE CO.,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
[WINTER BILE
1 I A / \ \\«'\\U Causes bilious head-ache, back-ache
and all kinds of body aches. Spring
LJ, | \j is here and you want to get this bile
f®su? VrSSs 111 I poison out of your system, easily,
A Pint XJ naturally and gently. CASCARETS
J , ft are just what you want; they never
1 \7vWd\ or B r *P e > but will work gently
]\ IA! TV » Jra&jjJ.': ( \A while you sleep. Some people think j
LA <£> J XifcC/' more violent the griping the better (
wjjf the cure. Be careful—take care of
Wj x ~ your bowels—salts and pill poisons
/ / ' 'VA /fr leave them weak, and even less able to
flf fy keep up regular movements than be
/Cv \\ ore * onl Y sa f e > gentle insids
\S. \ V\ Yl^~r —.— Spring cleaner for the bowels are
/ \' I /7) I nirtim sweet, fragrant CASCARETS. They
*- x don't force out the foecal matter with
violence, but act as a tonic on the whole 30 feet of bowel wall, strengthen
the muscles and restore healthy, natural action—buy them and try them.
You will find in an entirely natural way your bowels will be promptly
and permanently putin good order for the Spring and Summer work.
To any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS we will send a box tree. Address
Sterling Remedy Company. Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper. 434
The cakes of Ivory Soap are so shaped that they
may be used entire for general purposes, or divided
with a stout thread into two perfectly formed cakes for
toilet use. For any use put to, Ivory Soap is a quick
cleanser, absolutely safe and pure.
A WORD OF WARNING.—There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as trood
as the 'lvory';" they ARE NOT, but like ail counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
OOPYRIDHT ISM BY THK PROCTER & GAMBLE 00. CINCINNATI
A Profitable Calling.
The young mail who is looking for
a calling iu life mny have noticed that
selling gas companies is fairly profita
ble business if one can get steady
work at it. - -Chicago Record.
The Fly a Fast Walker.
In proportion to its size, a fly walks
thirteen times as fast as a man can
ran.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a liquid and is taken
Internally, aud acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHBNKV IT Co., Props., Toledo, O.
The elevator man Is continually running
people down.
To Core a Cold In On. Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROUO QCIKINI TABJ.*TS. All
druggl«u refund the money If It falls to cur..
K. W. Uaova's elitaaiurt) Is on each box. 2So.
Tho church ohoir singer makes his money
by chants.
KITS permanently cured. No iltsor nervous
ness after tlrst day of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer.s2 f rial bottle and treatise free
Dr. U. H. Kusa, Ltd.,U3l Arcli St., Phlla., Pa.
According to the barber the man who
shaves himself has a hard cheek.
W. L. DOUGLAS
83 & 3.50 SHOES j
<SsiyVorth 14 to $6 compared-^^v
with other makes- /
>7 CI \lnd«>raed by over 112 sfl
Jl y 1,000,000 wearorf. fifcf <£J
M\ The genuine have W. L. r 7 ufj
K l /•gX Douglas* name and P r,ce K|fit [y
IX\ '•fi 'tamped on bottom. Take Jr
112 IUSB no substitute claimed to be V"" yl
A VqH as good. Your dealer
ffi ok should keep them— /jffek
W*jon receipt of price anci 25c. \Srj7
extra for carriage. State kind ot leather
IB* s > ze « an, l width, plain or cap toe. Cat. Ire#
SSitffilin *• L DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton. Miss
nDADCV KBW DISCOVERT; gin.
» qaiok rs iief and oaras worst
cases- Book of testimonials and 10 days' treatment
Dr ■. M- ORfiSM'BftOHB. Bos B. Atlanta. 9a
■fc ■ | ■■ 0% 11 yon nave got tne tr
Kill W you have not used Dißißia
R II P_% SDHB PIN CURB, or you
I |■■ Bb would not hare thom WOW.
I'he only Ouaran teed Cure. No detention trowa
business, no operation, no opium or morphine.
12 Suppositories 60c. or 24 and box of ointment
|L(Xi, postpaid by mall. Send for book of valu
able information on Piles, FUEK.whether yoa
DM our remedy or not.
CUE DANIELS tiUKE PILE CURE CO„
an Asylum St.. Hs.rtford. Conn.__
A Swallow
la one cf the earliest harbinger! of spring—an
equally sure indication is that feeling or lan
guid depression. Many swallows of
HI RES RostbMr
are beet for n spring tonic—and for a summer
beverage. & gallons for IS ocota. WriU for
lift of premium* offered free for Übelf. JNV*
E. Ilirss
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MALARIA,CHILLS&FEVER
Grippe and Liver Diseases.
KNOWN ALI.URLGGISTI. Ot) (r
M n B # B ■■ HI IBCUEBO <MT
gJ n j Sa iy I Fee Refunded
9 U I m II I I'&tent advertised
1 ■■ ■ B ■ 1 free. Free h«U
vice an to patentability. Send f«>r "inventors'
Primer," FItEE. .til Ml If. STEVENS A. CO.*
Estab., 1864. HI7 1 -fttli St.. \Vtialiiiiglon, l>. C.
Branches: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit.
ADVERTISING Mfflj
Y Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. CBC M
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