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A MODEL HOG HOUSE.
Xauatirr o( Aalmala It III Arrom
moilate I l.lniltnl Only bjr
I.enKlli of Slrnclurr,
The jilnn of tliis Inmso wus given
us by one of the nmst stu-rcssful
swine raisers iu tlic west a gentle
man who lias frviitiently topped the
Chicago market during the past 40
years, lie holds that one of the
most essential things in the business
is a good house, properly const ruef
ul anil kept clean. J lis building is
oNvi:.vir:NT hoc, norss.
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1C feet wide, with a row of pens
doTn each hide, and a four-foot ul
ley in the middle. The pens are
six by eight feet, with a gate open
ing from eaeli into the alley, and n
window in each. lie house stands
north and south, so that the sun
tan shine in both from the east and
the. west. The entrance v;iys are ut
the ends of the alleys. The founda
tion is built up two or three feet
from the ground so that there is a
free circulation of air beneath, und
no clinnre for rats or mice to har
bor. There need be no fear of cold
in winter as a house of this kind,
if built with any degree of care, will
not freeze even in the coldest weath
er with a drove of sleeping swine in
it. In fact some care must be ex-
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DIVISION OF THE HOU6B.
tr teed to give good ventilation an
that the animals will not become
overheated and catch cold in the
open air at meal time. A good roof
that will turn mow and ruin is es
sential. With cracks battened and
tight doora and windows, the tem
perature can be controlled by watch
ing the ventilators, which can be the
windows, or shutters placed in the
gable ends for that purpose. The
number of hogs the house wfll ac
commodate will be limited by Its
length.
This house is designed for fcleep
ing quarters mostly, although it may
be Used by sows at farrowing time.
A layer of straw scattered over the
lloor will make sufficient bedding.
This should be changed as often as
it becomes dusty. If the hogs are
given proper attention, there will
never he other cause for cleaning out
the pens. Catching an individual hog
is an easy matter. Watch when he
goes into the house, follow him into
u side pen, drop the gate and he is
yours. Loading for market, too, is
nn easy job. Let a chute be arranged
of the end of the alley, if the ele
vation is not sufficient to make the
floor on a level with the wagon bed;
get the hogs into the pens, close one
alley door anil back up the wagon
ut the other, lift the gate, drive tl2
hogs into the alley, then into the
wagon. J. L. Irwin.
NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.
Keed regularly ns well as liberally.
(live pulverized alum for scours,
with wheat bran.
Have water convenient for your
sheep. They drink little and often.
Keep the lambs growing from the
start. If fat, sell them when they
weigh 'M to 5U pounds.
Ewes that prove poor mothers, or
refuse their own lambs, might us
well go to tha butcher.
Do not feed lambs on rape alone,
but a'-custom them to it gradually
when fed with other fodder.
An authority on lambs for market
avs pi:ri'-!rcd or liiirh-grade lambs
hoiil'! l;ot be l.cpt U'..id si
months.
In fcc'iiv.- sV.'M'"! ot:i fodder
to sheep, 'ora u :. i. 1 ' - may I
l.iivd l!.c si'i.-i- t'i a Mid any
lp, 'in!'- 1 1 ;.t may tut from over
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If !!.. ; l.ave c::::irrh. p'lt them in
u v. ' '. ' : ! i I cac!-.
t-a ; a i ' '. a te:i.-pno:i-
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fcrlfi'l lun nl lliriiliim Slue!..
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t ,-; ' :! :i :. : .; ' '.. ! ' ' am... p i -. 'I tha n
that of iir. t lu.-'IIsif the imliv ii.ual ,-ui:-id
t i i lo '; w ' - aiel then t: ! !.. i-o. ;
a. lerward. Too many un n de-ire tn
,iv Hock at hariil;, a'.o-.e l,-teher'
j rii-o. mi i jirr.-n 'l n" w iiiinin ss to
jav a i'-n i i 1 1 1 1 1 to the man who is o.'
iering them .'inimuls that have la in
pri : i ci at gn-at cost and effort. .'n
st'M-h .-hoiihl be puri hahed urdcs per
onally inspected; reliance on the judg
ment of others is unsafe. Prof. C. 6
1'luiub, in Furm and Iluaie.
BIG BLOCK OF REDWOOD.
Its niinrtrr la Bar Tbaa E4sra
Feat Ita Clrraa.frrrara
Esceeds Flfty-Sls.
On exhibition at the American Mu
seum of Natural History, says the New
York Herald, will sumi be seen the
largest section of a tree ever brought
from a forest, which is considered the
finest specimen of it kind in the world.
The fast passing away of the giant
redwood trees due to the ax of the
commercial lumberman those majes
tic relic of the forest primeval and
the great ke age, is rapidly going on,
and it will only be a question of time
when all save those standing in the
SLICK OK A GREAT TREE.
(One of the Wumlcrs at the New York
Mufium of Natural History.)
government nnd ttate reservation
groves will be destroyed.
This huge block of redwood, now
skillfully polished, forms a striking
big tree exhibit, whose like cannot be
seen outside of a visit to southern Cal
ifornia. An idea of its gigantic pro
projMirtions is vividly shown in the
illustration by the six-foot man stand
ing at the base, whoe figures reaches
only a third of its height. The dium
eter is more thnn 18 feet and the cir
cumference is 56, and it is surrounded
by a fringe of cinnomon-colored bark
a foot deep in some places. The speci
men will be the main feature of the
new wing of Forestry hall.
The tree began to grow 550 A. D., ond
wae 13 feet in diameter when Colnm
hus reached our shores, and when cut
down it was 1,340 years oM. Some of
the trees in the same vicinity are said
to be from S.000 to 8,000 years old.
HABIB ULLAH KHAW.
Bath Eactaad aad Raaala Arc Flese4
with t'oadact of the Kw Aaieer
af AfahaaUtaa.
HaUIb Cllah Khan, who encceeds
Abdurrahman Khan as the ameer of
Afghanistan, is the son of the Me
ruler, and the eldest of three brothers.
The kingly houses of Afghanistan go
back to remote obscurity. Its political
history is iaextricably entangled with
that of Iridla. The whole country was
conquered in medieval times by Timur,
the mogul, whose descendants ret.'uaed
possession of the realm for many
centuries. In 1747 Nadir Shah, the Per
sian ruler of the country, was assas
sinated, and after his death Ahmad
Shah confederated the provinces into
a great dominion extending to Kash-
HAMH ULLAH KHAN.
iNiw Amcir df Afghanistan Pleases Uuth
Er.giur.d and Russia.)
mir on the east and Oxus on the north.
In 1838 the liritish forces under Sir
John Kcane interfered. and the trouble
culminated in the terrible revolt of
1M1. Irt 17S (irent Kritain declared
war on Afghanistan, und the end of
the tragical business was brought
about by the accession of the lute
ameer and the maintenance of his rule
by the two-fold influence of i.'ussia
rind I'uglaml. The new ameer is said
to he a more tractable in:in than his j
father. ;i fact which has made his nc
cession acceptable to the two l-'u r
I'i'iiii jmers most niar'v concerned.
vifftiilnrc of II i'i liliiitil nmri.
the following gnes the 1 1 h : 1 1 1 1 t i of
the names of the principal Ilighhiiri
in ""1 la ml : .'!' I nl oMi. the son
. f th- 'ir-i ; Mi-1 l.iiio hi. the son if
Kroun I've-: Mc)ie'.-ill, the son of
;;i.;i I'.y-: Mi -On'iechy or I )n n-.--:i .
tl.e -on of llrown 11. -id; Me(;re:'or. the
S...H of a ; !:! t Mm; Met uithln-rt. tV'
.c ii or t he Arch I n;iil; McKay, t he S 'ii
,,f the IV'phet ; McT:."..'art. the sun of
the lVlest: M't le.i'l. the son of the
V, , .:,'! it: M l.ea i:. i :.e son of t he l.ioti;
V. :;.!!. II.'- .--.ii i.f the Friendly One;
Mdiityrc. the i n i.f the ('nrpcntci ;
Campbell. Ci'o o.'-. .Mouth; Cameron.
Crooked Nose; Stewart, High Stay or
S'.iiipurt.
'Mie Wiitrr Dlil Not Come.
According to the Washington Times,
it wi's a Wisconsin congressman who
wus caught holding a pitcher under a
button on the wall in his room, under
which was written: 'Tush twice for
water." . . -
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THE FARM GRINDSTONE.
Vara, at Ita larfulaeaa aa4 4 valla
bllltr Drprnda the Wmy la
Which It ! Muaatrd.
The old-fashioned home-mounted
grindstone is rapidly going out of use
on the modern farm. When a ball
bearing stone, mounted with foot
power utatchments and furnished with
a feut for the operator, cuu be pur
chased for less than $3, the farmer who
has need of a new grindstone und who
has a workshop or other place to keep
it, is generally willing to pay a few
cents more when purchasing and get
one of the midy-ntnunted conveniences
instead of buying a stone and fixtures
nd doing the mounting himself. Fot
certain kinds of work, however, the
stone with a crank for hand-power if
sometimes preferable to one operated
by foot power. The man holding the
tool or object to be ground can give
more attention to what he is doing
when he does not have to use his feet
1o keep the stojie turning, and can hold
the toed more steadily.
To do good ond speedy work in most
eases the grindstone should revolve
as fast as possible, and in Fig. 1 If
shown a method of mount ing that per
mits greater speed than the ordinary
MOUNTED KOIt HIGH BPEED.
method. This way of hanging is best
adapted to stones of not too great di
ameter. With too large a stone the in
crease of speed might be more than
counterbalanced by the extra power
required to turn tke crank. To mount
a griadstone in this manner, obtain
first a two-inch plank about four feet
in length and as whle as possible, say
18 inches. At the center of plank
mortise three holes In which to insert
solidly three two by three-inch -uprights,
which serve n bearings for the
grindstone and the cog wheels. Two
of the uprights are each twenty-four
inches long nd the other twelve
inches. The two long upright pieces
may be spaced apart to agree with
thieknesa of the cog wheels and the
shorter upright, at side of grindstone
(not shown in Illustration) may be Jt
abont f onr inches from theone nexib
it, distance depending on thickness of
the stone. TVocure two metal cog
wheels from some piece of unused ma
chinery, one fifteen inches and the
other three inches in diameter. Have
;.the large wheel turn on an axle with
' a crank, in bearings on top of long up
right pieces, and engage in the teeth
of the small w heel. The small cog wheel
is put on end orf the grindstone shaft,
which extends between the long up
rights and size of cog wheels mny, of
course, be adnpted to the size of stone
or kind of wheels found available. Tut
n water box or trough under the stone
in position indicated by dotted lines,
rut on legs and braces as indicated.
Fig. 2 shows a quick and satisfactory
method of mounting which mny be
made use of for large and heavy stones
as well ns for those of small diameter.
Secure the fork of a tree that has not
too much spread, and after squaring it
somewhat with an nx, put legs in each
fork and at the butt end. Fnsten the
bearing on top so as to allow thestone
it) revolve between the forks. It is not
necessary, exeent perhaps for appear
ance, that the forked frame be sawed
perfectly square ns in the illustration.
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MOUNTING TOR HEAVY STONE.
Awatertronghmuybehungunderthe
stone or a drip-can supported over It
on a bent rod. as desired.
When a water trough is used on a
grindstone, care must be takm to
empty the trough when through using
the stone; and if thestone h allowed
to remain outside, some kind of a cover
must be employed. The farmer must
take good care of his grindstone, if he
expects it to do satisfactory work.
Wear it out by use rather than by ex
posure and carelessness. .T. ("!. Alls
liouse, in Ohio Farmer.
MONSTER INCUBATOfc.
An AiiNtrnllnu Machine, Unlit on l!ie
lltil-lf nunc Principle, with 111- ,
liaclty of 1 I.SIMI Kkkm.
According to u Sydney paper, Aus
tralia has tin- largest duck ranch la
the woi Id, and has just con: deled, with
most excellent success, t he largest in
eiibator ill the world. The incubator
has a capacity of 1 1,4 ID duck eggs, or
1 l.no hen e;jgs. The machine is built
on the hot-house principle, and, in fact,
is a hot-house. 11 stands in the open
and is constructed of ordinary pine
weather hoards, with corrugated iron
roof. The c!".' t rays each hold 130 duck
or 1 00 hen eggs, and there are four of
thekc end to end in 11 tiers, one nbnve
the other on each side of the room, f
tiidLiiwp n 4ninl nf Xfiiictnrn ta clitw :
meanof stem pipes from t!,e boiler'.
I which ! kept constantly going to fur
nish motive power for the vnriona
works in conenction with the estab
lishment. The incubator is said to be
J working well and bringing out a large
-percentage of ducks. This season the
machine has brought from 10 to 60 per
cent, and the proprietor has about
3.000 ducklings. The incubator will ho
watched with much interest by the
American incubator men. Journal of
Agriculture.
THE IDEAL DAIRY COW.
raited Matea Department af AgrU
cnltare Describes How She
Shoald He Developed.
This illustration and accompanying
description of the proper development
of posterior regions of the dairy cow
are taken from Farmers' Bulletin, No.
143, ksued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture: The figure shows
the proper formation of hind quarters
and barrel of the dairy cow. She
should be cat-hammed and thin
through the lower thigh. She should
have a long quarter, and, for the great
est utility and service, be wide at the
PROPER DEVELOPMENT.
plnbones, and particularly so in the
region of the loin pelvis. The angles
of the body should he evident and
clearly defined, and there should ba
no sign of any surplus flesh, while the
udder should be wide, ricept capacious
and strongly attached high up on the
posterior side.
. Has Lost Faith In Prayer.
A certain lirooklyn girl has doubts
of the existence of God, because He
refused to answer he prsyer. For
three weeks tha prayed samertly,
night asd morning, and this was her
prayer: "Oh, Lord, make nieatylif It
make me very stylish. Set all the
young men wild over me!"
Hummer complaint is usually pre
valent among children this sason.
A well developed case in tb writer's
family was cured last week by the
timely use of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
on, of the best patent medicines
manufactured and which is always
kept on- hind at the home of ye
scribe. This is not intended as a free
puff fr the company, who do not
advertise with us, but to beDehS
little sufferers who may not be with
in easy access of a physician. No
family should be without a bottle
of this medicine iu the Lous-;, es
pecially in suuiiner-tiuje. Lansitg,
Iowa. Journal. For sale by the
Middleburg Drug Store.
Clean ISeals Are Xrrrniarr,
The bens prefer clean nests, and
when they refuse to lay in the poultry-house,
and begin to deposit their
eggs in the bay-loft, in the food
troughs, or away in the fields, the
chances are that lice have taken pos
session of the nests and driven the
hens away. A single broken egg in
I the nest will soon cause millions of
lice, and once they secure n foot
hold they stick closely until they
are driven off by heroic treatment.
Keep the nests clean, und always
have tobacco dust, or earth sat
urated with enrbolic acid, convenient.
.for scattering in the nests when
i i . i. .. .1 v: :.i
ClCUIUUlf llirU'. 'L. Ill 111 UIIU L liCniUli.
The Smiie Old Story.
J. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which ban happened
i In almost even' neighborhood in the
-nited States and has been told and
l. InU I. l, ft nll,...ii LT
: says: "Last summer I had an attack
! -'j . i i i i . , ,
.in nvHPnijirv noil n irri rhp 1 n. nnrr. a
i of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which limed ac
MtA n cr 4 ft A ivartt it in a o t v A wi li ah.
tij(Jiv ali8factory mults. The
, rouble was controlled much quicker
tban former attacks when J. ued
other remedies.'' Mr. Kolly is u w. 1!
known citizen of Henderson, N. C.
Kortialeby tho Middleburg Drug
, Stole.
lleilKeliou Kills a Viper.
A resident at Versailles, M. Cliiignct,
sends to Nature a vivid account of a
duel be saw between a hedgehog and r.
viper. The tw o enemies knew very we ll
at first sight who was who, and eyed
each other us if they knew a moment's
inattention would be fatal. The viper
was the first to get tired of gazing and
it began to glide nway. Just then the
hedgehog rushed for the viper's tail,
and having nailed it fast w it h bis teeth,
it 'rolled itself up. The hedjjeliojr was
very careful, however, not to cut the
tail off. The viper curled back, and
delivered furious assaults on its ag
gressor, wrestling and rolling with the
curled-up hedgehog nil over the place.
At length the snrfke, wounded in u hun
dred places, died. The. hedgehog be
gan its repast on the tail of its victim,
and was careful not to eat the bead.
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candy catmabtic 454 j
iQt&iLfTJrr-r . , ... .. wran'lu I
Mark Twain's
Cousin,
G. C. Clemens, of Topcka,
Kan., the no
ted constitu
tional lawyer,
who bears so
striking a re
semblance to
Mark Twain,
(Samuel B.
Clemens) that
he is frequent
ly taken for the
original Mark, c- Clement,
is a man of deep intellect and
.wide experience. He is con
sidered one of the foremost
lawyers in this country. In are
cent letter to the Dr. Miles
Medical Co., Mr. Clt mens says:
Ter? onul experience and obser
vation hsve thoroughly satisfied me that
Dr. Miles' Nervine contains true merit,
and is excellent for what it ii recom
mended." Mr'orman Waltrip. Sup. Pres. Bank
ers' Fraternal Society, Chicago, says:
Miles' Pain Pills
are invaluable for headache and all
pain. I hai been a great sufferer from
headache until I learned of the .efficacy
of iJr. Miles' Tain Fills. Now I alwavs
carry them and prevent recurring at
tacks hy takim; a pill when the symp
toms first appear."
Sold by all Drusilata.
Price, 25c. par Box.
Dr. Mile Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Tha Real l.lnlmrnl for Blralna.
Mr. F. H. Wells, the merchitnt at
Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y.,
says: "I always recommend Cham
berlaiu's Pain Balm as the best lini
ment for etratDS. I used it last
winter for a severe lameness in the
aide, resulting from a strain, and
was greatly pleased with thn quick
relief and cure it effected." For sale
by the Middleburg Drup Store.
WINDSOR HOUSE
W. a. BI TI.ER, Proprietor
418 Market Si., Harrisburg Pa.,
(Opposite P. R. R. Depot Entrance)
-e.t'allei far All Tralwc,
Rooms, 25 and 50c. Oood Meal, 25c
Good accommodations. if
G. L. OWENS-
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
OCB SraClaUTT: TTBORB, PA,
OoUectlonisnd Reporta.
References, First National Bank. Nearn
Towns Kepr jnented : B;llwod, Altoona, Built
il elfnature Is on every box of the genuine
.axative Bromo-Quinine Tabieu
t remedy thn enree a cold In one day
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WILUE WALLIE ASTOR.
eK-Exsatrlate Aaterleaa, Mm,
Ire to Bo Troated a Baroa br
Klac Bawari,
latest official report ha It that vtl
liam Waldorf Astor will be Crlti
linron ( liveilen of Taplow.
Air. Astor's ennohlenient Is certii.
ly ttniHipular and causes resentn,(M
even Iu ministerial circles. Ut lt
said for him, half apologetically, th
lie contributed $:30.0U0 to the last tiij,
election fund and will give as trm
before the next general election, n
limit whose tremendous fortune -,'
made in the country that tlirantJ
tieorge 111. is a tory of tories.
lt is authoritatively said, too, thai
Mr. Astor will sell the Iall Mall G.
ette at the moment ef his ennoy!
4 , 'f
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR.
,'FormT Amtrlcan, to He Creattd Lor
CHvt-den of Taplow.)
meet, lie does not consider the pro
prietorship (f a newspaper to be tc.
sistent with the dignity of a peer ol
Kngland. Nevertheless, Lord (ileneik,
proprietor of the Morning Tost, is one
of the ablest, most respected membtrt
of the honse of lords. Lord (ilcueik
has never dreamed of selling his newt,
paper, which, however, is an extreme,
ly valuable property.
Formerly there was a legal obstacle
to the creation of naturalized English
men as peers. This law was enacted
to prevent William of Orange from
making lords of a number of his Dutch
friends.
Cliveden, from which Mr, Aetor Vfill
take his title, is the splendid sett
which he bought from the duke of
Westminster several years ago. The
price wh then said to be $1,2 50,000.
Cliveden is on the Thames, between
Taplow and Cookham, about seres
mile above 'Windsor. The famoui
mansion towers behind the rlpplinj
Thame for a mighty moat. Long the
woods of Cliveden were the resort ol
maay a river plcnict bat Mr. Astar felt
compelled to close the grounds torii.
itors.
Cliveden honse haa been waftfei
largely In English history. Perhaps
the most celebrated of ita owneri
waa George Vlllieri, second duke ot
Buckingham, the witty nJ profliu
favorite of Charles II. . The addition
of the words "of Taplow" ,t Uie ne
title will, as usual, further individual
ize it. It has long been known that
Mr. Astor's social and political am
bitions pointed straight to the botiie
of peers. The head of the house of
Astor, he chose to expatriate himself
in 1805 and take tip hid residence Ii
England.
The Proaaotera.
'Let ue make the capital stocit
$1,000,000,000," suid the first pto
motep.
"All right," suld the second, who
waa preparing the prospectus on the
type-writer.
"Will it be hard to increase that
capital?" asked the first.
"Xo, indeed. All I have to do is to
hit this 0 key n few more tiines."
lialtimore American.
Kitchen Thrift.
The New Maid And the mistresi
cooks some, herself, does she?
The Cook Oh, yis! But tlsare'i
riawthiu' wasted I mnkes it over
iato Irish stews. ruck.
Mlddleburgh.