A Powder Tor l'oultry Lice. The following has been recom mended as a good powder for poultry lice: One quart of fine hard-coal ashes, sifted; two tablespoonfuls carbolic acid; one tablespoonful oil of sasafras; one gill lime; one gill Scotch snufT. Mix well, and bottle up. When wanted fill a small baking powder can, first perforating the lid like a pepper box lid, and dust it liberally over the af fected fowl. Corn and Cob Meal a Good Tlilnc. Corn and cob meal has been proved to be of great value to farmers. Here is what a government bulletin says of it:"The corn and cob are often ground together without shelling, and where the cob is not too large and woody the corn and cob meal has given good results in feeding. The ground cob is believed to be of value on ac count of the food and the ash constit uents, and on account of the beneficial mechanical influence which it has on the digestion of the corn meal. The feeding of the cob and corn meal de pends somewhat on the relative pro - -tion of cob and kernels in the ear, which differ in different varieties." Start With One Vnriety or Poultry. Select one or two varieties of poultry that suit your fancy and requirements, and do not attempt to keep more, at any rate not until you have become well acquainted with what you have. One breed alone can be housed and cared for with less expense, and you can attain a higher state of perfection. The owner will be better able to supply eggs when ordered for hatching, and will be able to learn more about the fowl that he makes a specialty of than by keeping several varieties. And, whatever number of breeds we keep, why not have thoroughbreds ? There are enough kinds for anyone to select from. If we should cross several varie ties, the chances are that we would not get anything as desirable as the breeds already established, and to start a new breed or variety requires years of breeding, and while we are at work in this way no one wants any of our stock. The probabilities are, we will tire of them ourselves before we ac complish anything.—Practical Poul tryman. Deep Setting of Milk. At a Canadian institute the essay ist, in answer to questions, said that deep setting of milk should continue from 12 to 24 hours in winter; that a starter should be added to the cream 24 hours before churning; that skim milk fresh from the separator makes as good a starter as new milk, and that buttermilk would do as well as Bour milk for that purpose if perfect ly good, but it often has developed in jurious bacteria; that if the temper ature of cream is too high, or if the churn is filled too full, or sweet and sour cream are mixed just before churning, there is liability of consid erable butter being left in the butter milk; while if cream is too thin or pooor in butter fat, or too cold, there is a chance of butter being granulated and not collecting; that it will pay to have a butter worker even where but one cow is kept, and that when milking eight cows they found a gain of five dollars per month by the uso of a separator; that pure cream can be obtained without the use of a separator, but the chances are agaiust it; that soap should never be used on dairy utensils, but soda may be used, and for wooden utensils the best thing is to dip a wet brush in salt and scrub well. The main points to be ob served in putting up a dairy building are to construct it BO that the temper ature can be controlled, have the drainage perfect and a perfectly tight floor, and have the building so made that every part can be easily cleaned. Cost Then ami Now. Experts of the department of agri culture have reckoned that 70 years ago in the I'nited States it re quired just a bit over three hours to produce a bushel of wheat. Today an average bushel is turned out iu ten minutes. In 1830 the cost of labor con sumed was nearly 18 cents; at present it is only three and one-third cents. Similar figures might be cited for other products of the soil, but it will suffice to say that during the year lh'j'J a saving of |t'.51,500,000 was made iu the raising aud harvesting of the seven principal crops iu the I'nited Rtate.i by means of machines and methods in vented within the last half century, in other words, the production of exactly the same crops 50 years ago would have cost that much more money. This gives a vivid notion of the bene fits conferred upon mankind by moderu agricultural Inveution. The wheat crop la increased at least one-eighth by the use of a single contrivance known as the me chanical seeder. Without the cotton gln It would be almost impossible to raise and to market the cotton crop of this country, which now amounts to 10.u00,u00 bales or more annually. The up-to-date corn busker, which is a re cent Invention, husks the coru, and at the same time cuts the husks, stalks and blades Into feed. In corn-ahclleis the very latest is a steam power ma chine which will shell a bushel a minute, carry off the cobs to a pile or into a wagon, aud deliver the gralu In to sacks or wagons. Ilut the most won derful contrivance of all Is the com bined reaper uud thresher, with which It is necessary only to drive across the wheutlMd In order to obtain the whe«i ready for transportation to the «de vatur. The Tslun or Italian Bee*. The Italian is the most profitable bee. Even the hybrids are much su perior to the common bee. Sometimes there are colonies of hybrids that are better than the pure stock. But, as a writer correctly said, " Even if it were true that hybrids produce as much honey as pure Italians, each beekeeper would want at least one queen of abso lute and known purity; for although a first cross might do very well, unless he had this one pure queen to furnish queen cells, he would soon have bees of all possible grades, from the faintest trace of Italian blood all the way up. The objection to this course is, that these blacks, with about one band to show trace of Italian blood, are the wickedest bees to sting that can well be imagined, being very much more vindictive than either race In its pu rity; they also have a very disagree able way of tumbling off the combs in a perfectly demoralized state whenever the hive is opened, except in the height of the honey-season, and of making a general uproar when they are com pelled, by smoke, to be decent. Our pure Italian stocks can be opened at any time, and their queens removed, ecarcely disturbing the cluster, and, as a general thing, without the use of any smoke at all, by one who is fully con versant with the habits of bees. A good many hybrids will not repel the moth, as do the half-bloods and the pure Italians. For these reasons and several others, rear all queens from one of known purity. If we do this, we may have almost, if not quite the full benefit of the Italians as honey gatherers, even though there are black bees all about us.—Agricultural Epit omist. Fall Flowing Conditions. Where spring wheat or oats are grown, fall plowing should be done on an extensive scale, as under usual con ditions it permits the sowing of these grains from two to three weeks earlier than is possible when the plowing is delayed until spring. In the fall or early winter, plowing can often be done at the least expense, there being no other timely work for team or men. The team is fully hardened to heavy work, and, notwithstanding the short days, more work is accomplished than during the longer days of spring, when the team is not inured to hard labor. Low lands can often be plowed at this season, which the snow and spring rains would make quite impossible to plow in the spring in time for a sea sonable crop. Upon fall plowed land wheat and oats are often sown when the bottom of upturned furrow is often frozen solid and upon the earl mess of sowing these crops depends the profit in their production. Fall plowing can be done when the upturned furrow looks sleek and greasy from so much moisture in the soil. This condition will do no harm, as the freezing that soon follows tears to piece the nioc-t compact clods, leav ing the surface soil soft and friable, while if done under the same moisture conditions in the spring the results would be the reverse. Fall plowing of a stiff sod not only causes every furrow to act as a drain to absorb the railfall, but the upturned furrow contains the wire and cutworms, and thus exposed they are frozen to death. If you desiro to test the benefit of fall plowing, plow a wide strip across the field in late fall and the balance at the usual time in the spring and note the result at har vest time. Particularly if the land be a sod, you will be surprised at the result. —L. B. Snook, in American Agricul turist. InorcMfd Fruit Crop*. As referred to at the time, a corre spondent wrote that his neighbors who did not spray their fruit trees appeared to have as good crops as he did, who practised spraying right along. The reply was made at the time that this was quite reasonable to understand, as the one who sprayed destroye the in sects and fungi which otherwise would have preyed on the neighbor's fruit iu well as on his own. Similar experi ence is being recorded in various parts of ihe country. Fruit crops are beiug perfected from nnsprayed trees where they had been unknown for years, 'it is simply that insects have had their numbers greatly reduced, so much so that there is enough fruit which es capes injury to give a good crop. In this vicinity the apple crop has been good for two seaons in orchards which have never been sprayed. The danger will be that Inconsiderate persons will think there is no need to spray, in which case the enemy would soon be as bad as ever. A r tnaikable instance of the free dom of our local orchards front insects was called to my attention recently. In an orchard embracing apples, pears, cherries, plums and quinces were also a half dozen apricot trees. These trees had been planted eight years ago. This year soiue of the trees are quite full of fruit for the first tlnte In their life. 1 MIU the fruit, and examined it for cur culio marks. Very few were visible, and what were seemed to indicate the futility of the Insect's work. There Is no doubt we shall hear u good deal of the uielcsstiess of spraying when un thinking persons find unsprayed or chards bearing in this way, but our own Interests demand that we con tinue the good work of spraying. It Is provoking that our work Is benefiting an unbelieving or luzy neighbor, who perhaps derides what we are doing, but It Is only what Is happening every day In various other ways.—Practical Farmer. ,V l ali Hurts'* I'aat. Maniour, the horse thut ran third in the Grand Prix of Paris in IkHi and coma In only a length and a half be hind Match box, who was sold for |75,0ti0, Is now pulling a public cab I tu the street* of thu French capital. j,jgr To Clean Kamboo Furniture. Do not use soap when cleaning bam boo furniture. Instead scrub with cold water, to which a little salt has been added. Rinse quickly with cold water, but do not make them wetter than is absolutely necessary, and dry in open air as soon as possible. Clean floor matting in the same way, but the matting should be hung over a clothesline and allowed to thorough ly dry before being relaid. How to Cook tlie Squaali. A rich, nutty flavor peculiar to win ter squash is lost when the vegetable is boiled. Wash and dry the squash and cut it, without removing the shell, into pieces about three inches square. Take out the seeds, brush the inside of each piece with butter, place in a pan and bake in a medium hot oven. Serve on the shells, brush ing again with melted butter and sprinkling with salt before sending to the table. To Clean » Woolen Dreil. The following simple method of cleaning a dress skirt has been so thoroughly tested that no one need hesitate about trying it. The rule was first learned from a cook who accidentally had a cup of melted but ter spilled over her dress. It was thought to be beyond reclaiming, but the cook herself declared that she could take every bit of the grease out —and she did. Since then the rule has been applied to many less hope less cases, and invariably with the most satisfactory of results. Take three-fourths of a pail of cold soft water, and add one teacup of am monia. Thoroughly brush and shake the dress skirt, then rinse it up and down repeatedly in this ammonia wa ter. After thoroughly "sousing" it, let it lie in the water for an hour. Once more rinse it up and down, then take it out, squeezing the water from it, but not wringing it. Put up two lines so that they shall cross each other and hang the skirt upon them, pinning the bottom to the crossed lines so that the skirt shall be well spread apart. While the skirt is still quite damp iron it upom the wrong side, ironing till dry.—Washington Star. Tlie Living-Itnom. Do you housekeepers realize that one of the best ways to save work is to have a few knick-knacks about to collect the dust. You may think your rooms look bare w hen you remove a score or more of useless and often grimy so-called ornaments. But if you learn how to make your house as beautiful as possible with your lim ited means, you wili learn to see that all these troublesome articles may best be dispensed with, if you have a good floor, hard wood is possible, covered with plain "filling," matting, or paint, if not, & dado of bookshelves four feet high all Ground the room, a clock, three or four easy chairs, a half dozen good pictures, two or three pieces of really ornamental pottery or metal and a substantial table or desk, you have enough furniture to make your living-room attractive and comfortable. Don't fill it up with bric-a-brac, draperies—except plain curtains —small tables and valueless papers and pamphlets. Remember, in papering the living-room and parlor, that plain colors make the best back ground for pictures and ingrain pa pers are cheap and durable and can bo procured in very pretty tints. When the house is new and you wish to wait for it to settle before paper ing, a very good effect can be ob tained by mixing color with the rough plaster. This is remarkably good with a rich, deep red cr olive tint, and saves the finishing coat. Rag car pots, or better, rugs, are not to bo disdained. They are more beautiful than many an expensive, gaudy new carpet. Don't be r.fraid of simplicity, but try to have things good what there are of them. —Farm. Field and Fireside. js&Ufc(/S£/fe t-o /v C ReC/P£S Boiled Coffee Custard —801l one pint of milk with six tablespoonfuls of sugar and two cupfuls of strong coffee, then add three beaten eggs and one talilcspoonful of corn starch moistened with cold milk. Stir con stantly until smooth. Serve with whipped cream. Hickory Nut Cake—One and one h;>!f cupful of butter, three-quarters of a cupful of sweet milk, two cup fuls of flour, one-half cupful of chopped nuts, one teaspoonful of muni of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, tfee beaten whites of four eggs, one teaspoontul of vanilla. Cranberry Sauce—Stew a pound and one half of cranberries In a pint of water for 12 to 15 minutes. I'ut through a colander or tine wire sieve und to the pulp udd three-quarters of a pound of sugur. i'ut over tbe (lie until the sugar is dissolved, and aft' r it is cold it IE ready for use. It Is to serve with turkey or game. Turkey Salad —Mix together one cupful of tbo white meat of turkey cut into dice, one cupful of celery cut tine, qnd one-third of a cupful of Munched almonds cut Into strips; marinate with a French dressing and let stand In u cool place for one hour; plactt on a bed of lettuce leaves, cov er with luuyouuulM'j und serve. A project is on foot for connecting Rome with the port of Ostia by a canal, which, it is hoped, will bring n large increase of commercial industry. PyolnK Is as simple as washinp when you uso PUTNAM FADELESS DYXS. Bold by all druggists. The most magnificent tomb in the world is deemed to be the l'alace Tem ple of Karnak, occupying an area of nine acres. There is more Catarrh In this section of the conntrvthan all other diseases put together, and until tliolast few years was supposed tohe incurable. For a great* many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it in curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cnre, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the onlv constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi monials. Address F.J. CHENKY& Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 760. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The people who goto church fairs take chances. Best Kor the Bowel*. No matter what ails you, beadaohe to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCABETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. OAHOARETS Candy Cathartio, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab let has 0.C.0. stamped on It. Beware cf imitations. Siberia is twenty-five times the size of Germany. The Best Prescript!** fo* CI»!1U and Fever Is a bottle of GHOVI'i TASTILHM CBII.L TONIC. It Is simply iron and QUINLOELN a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Prloe 800. Russia has appointed three lady doctors to its army medical corps. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ■ess after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.s2 trial bottle and troatisefree Dr. K. H. KI-INE, Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Phlla., Pa Divine healers have come under the ban of the l'ostofiice Department. Frey'a Vermifuge For Worm# ~ Has many imitators. Get the genuine, made by E. & S. FHKY, LI AI.TIMOUE. ML). The number of suicides in the German empire in 181)9 was 10,700. If yon want "good digestion to wait up on your appetite" you should always chew a bar of Adams' Pepsin Tutti Fruttl. Widow's weeds are often allowed to grow on a man's grave. I do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption hns an equal tor coughs and colds.-Jons F. BOY EH. Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1U00. A due bill very frequently means "adieu bill." Mrs. Winßlow'sSoothlng Syrup forohlldren lee thing, softens the gums, reduueslnflaraina tlon. allays pain, cures wind colic.2sc.a bottle France has twenty-two organ manufac tories. TB Care • Cold In OB* Day. Take I.AIATIV* HBOMO Qomtss TABI.ITS. AU driiCi{t«ti refund thn ra.m«y If it falls lo cure. E. W. UHOVB'S slßuature Is on each box. 25c. Barcelona, Spain, annually consumes about 700,000 tons of coal. I I ! Tied Up I 0 * • J When the muscles feel drawn nnd & tied up and the flesh tender, ti.at • tension is • 0 1 Soreness 5 • 0 0 and 9 - Stiffoess * • 0 0 from cold or over exercise. It • • lasts but a short time after 0 1 St. Jacobs Oil i 0 • • 0 0 is applied. The cure # • is prompt and sure. 0 0 • • 0 0*0*0*0»0«0«0«0«0«0«0*0«0* An Ancient Vtnltlng Card. The oldest visiting card of which there is any record is to be found In the State archives of Venice. Giacoiue Cont:iriul. professor r«t the University of I'adun, sent the card in question as a curiosity to a Venetian friend, saying that the Gerninu students who came to Italy had the elegant nnd laudable custom of leaving such little cards, with their unaie and place of origin, at the houses of friends when they called nud found them absent. The card re ferred to bears a coat-of-arms, with the motto "Kspolr me confort," mid beneath "Joannes XVasterhof West scrlbebat. Fatavii 4 Martil 1500."—I'all Mall Gazette. KinTe?i In A man U successful In ooclety to ihe extent to which he forgets Ills clothes; a woman to the extent to which uh ■ doesn't.—Mew York Press. the doctor, "It is the beat laxative n( &v^»)gySfl£^i^FCYWfir mineral water known to medical tcience." IN do more (or a disordered stomach or a torpid liver K rr CURES CONSTIPATION AND BILIOUSNESS R 'Mr Avtragt Dost: One-half glauful on getting uj» in morning. H JBT Your druggist or grocer will get It for you. I ''A Ask for the full name, "Hunyadl JAno*." Blue label, red centre panel ■ H Imports by Firm of ANDREAA SAXLEHNFR. 110 Fulton St., N. V. W iumu'l' 'w. ih! 1 1 1 miMIM TIiIBT'THWBBBniMWBwf MINISTER SAVED Rev. Henry Langford entirely cured ef Nerveue Proi« (ration by Dr. Qreene'e Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy. REV. HBNRT LANGFORD. % Rev. Henry Langford, tbe eminent Baptist divine, of Weston, W. Va., has Just e* oaped utter nervous and physical prostration. He is pastor of four churches. " For ten rears," he said, " I have been nervous and growing worse all these years. During the Inst four or five years I became so nervous I could scarcely sign my name so it could be read. I was so nervous that I could not read my own sermon notes after they had been laid aside awhile. " I was unable to hold my head steady in the pulpit, nor could I hold T handle my book, and paper, without embarrassment, owing to the trembling and weakness of my hands and arms. I was so nervous that I could scarcely feed myself. In fact, my nervous system was wrecked. " I tried many remedies recommended by physicians, but found no permanent relief. " One day I was In the store of R. 8. Ogden, at Hard is, W. Va., and he said to mo! 4 You take two bottles of Dr. Greene's Norvura blood and nerve remedy, and if you say it don't help you, you need not pay for it.' " I took two bottles of this medicine and found so much relief that I bought two mor® bottles, and now lam wonderfully improved in health and in strength. Dr. Greene's Ner vura blood and nerve remedy did it. I can heartily and truthfully recommend it to tha sick. Too much cannot bi said in praise of this splendid medicine. I say this for th-> good of other sufferers from nervous ana prostrating who can be cured by this remedy. For myself, I am thankful to God that I found Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and for what it has done for me." DR. GREENE'S OFFER OF FREE ADVICE. 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