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A MODEL HOG HOUSE.
Xanibrr of Anlmala It Will ircom
uodate la Mmlleil Only by
I.euKlU of Mrtirlnrr,
The plan of this house was given
us by one of the most Micressful
wine raisers iu the west a gentle
man who has frequently topped the
Chicago market during the past 40
years. He holds that one of the
most essential things in the business
is a good house, properly construct
ed and kept clean. His building ia
convenient hoc. iiorss.
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16 feet wide, with a riv of pens
ilorn each t-iil. and a four-foot al
ley in the middle. The pens are
MX by eight feet, with a gate open
ing from each into the alley, and a
window in each. 'I'hy house stands
north anil south, so' that the snn
inu shine in both from the east and
the west. The entrance ways lire 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, and
no chance for rats or mice to har
bor. There need be no fenr of cold
in winter ns 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-
jjniiy
family
DIVISION OF THE HOUSB.
erriced to give gixxl ventilation o
that the animals will not become
overheated and catch cold in the
open air at meal time. A good roof
tbat will turn snow and rain ia es
sential. With cracks battened and
tight doors 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 sleep
ing quarters mostly, although it may
be used by sows at farrowing time.
A layer of straw scattered over the
floor will make sufficient bedding.
This should be changed as often as
it becomes dusty. If the hogs are
given proper attention, there will
never be other cause for cleaning out
ihe pens. Catching an individual hog
is an easy matter. Watch when he
goe into the house, follow him into
a side pen. drop the gate and he is
yours. Loading for market, too, is
nn easy jol. Let a chute be arranged
at the end of the alley, if the ele
vation is not sufficient to make the
floor on a level with the wagon bed;
pet the 1 s l" s into the pen, close one
alley door and back up the wagon
at the other, lift the pate, drive tbi
lings into the alley, tben into the
wngou. J. L. Irw in.
K0TES FOR SHEPHERDS.
Feed regularly as well as liberally.
line pulverized alum for scours,
with wheat bran.
Have water convenient for your
beep. They drink little and often.
Keep the lambs growing from the
1rt. If f at . sell thetn when they
weigh 'M to pounds.
Eweb that prove, poor mothers, or
refuse their own lambs, might as
well g" to th butcher.
iJo not feed lambs on rape alone,
but a"''Mstom them to it gradually
wheu fed v '..! other fodder.
An authority on uri.lj l.r market
savs pi e.bred or hi:-',-gfa''e lamle
should :."t I e l.ept i.cy nd si
rtont l .
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jiroi.-.iM-d ;it grci:t cost and etVoj-t. '.,
tocl fl'.Ol. Id be pUI'cbllM-'.! Unless .il'
souully inspected; reliance on the juV
meut of others is unsafe.- Ti vX. C. fc
J'kuub. in Furm and Hume.
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BIG BLOCK OF REDWOOD.
It a Diameter la Mar Tkaa E4sjfcea
Keat aad lta Clreaa-lerear
EiceeaU Klllr-Sla.
On exhibition at the American Mu
seum of Natural History, says the New
York Herald, mill toon he 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 relies of the forest primeval and
the great ice age, is rapidly going on,
and it will only be a question of time
when all save those standing in the
SUCH OK A GHEAT TREE.
(On of the Wonders Rt the New York
Museum of Natural History.)
government mid state reservation
prove 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
proportions is vividly shown in the
illustration by the six-foot man stand
ing at the base, whose figures reaches
only a third of its height. The diam
eter is more than IS feet and the cir
cumference is .16. and it is surrounded
by a fringe of cinnamon-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 prow 550 A. P., and
was 13 feet in diameter when Colnru
bus renched our shores, and when cut
down it was 1,340 years old. Some of
the trees jn the same Ticlnity are sard
to be f rom 5,000 to 8,000 years old.
HABIB ULLAH KHAH.
Bath RacSaad aaa) Rassla Are rieae4
with ("oadact of the Vw Aatrer
af Afa-aaalataa.
Habib CTlah Khan, who sncceeds
Abdurrahman Elian as the ameer of
Afghanistan, is the son of the Me
ruler, and thCeldest of three brothers.
The kingly houses of Afghanistan go
back to remote obscurity. Its political
history is iaextricably entangled with
that of India. The whole country was
conquered in medieval times by Timur,
the mogul, whose descendants retajaed
possession of the realm for mauy
centuries. In 17H7 Nadir Shah, the Per
sian ruler of the country, was assas
sinated, and after his death Ahmad
Shah confederated the provinces into
great dominion extending to Kash-
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UAIilU LL1.AH khan.
(New inn r i f Afghanistan Fleasts bulb
E: g.ur.d ar.U KuftU.)
mir on the east and Oxus on the north.
In Isfc the liritish forces under Sir
John Keane interfered, and the trouble
culminated in the terrible revolt of
1-41. In ls (ireat Britain declared
wilt on Afghanistan, and the end of;
the tragical business was brought
about l.y the accession of the lute'
a in' er am! the iiiairiter.ar.ee of 1, is rti!e
by the two-fold ii.fliieiiee of Iltissi.-i
:;r'1 gland. The new ameer is sai'i
to lie a iiiore tractable man thru I, is
father, a fact wlieh has ir:;ile his ir-ec.-i-in
a,eeptab'.e to tie iwo '.:!'
pea T: Je''! v most li-ir' i ii!:i-( n nl.
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Tlie Uulrr Uid ut C'oiur.
Accuiui'ig to tlie Washington 'J iinet,
it wrs a ir.coiiaiu coi ressman who
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wliv-u n,s niiiicu, iwm intc
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THE FARM GRINDSTONE.
llarh at Its larfnlaeaa aaai 4 valla,
bllltr I)rirnla aa tha my la
Wblca It la Moaatea.
The old-fashioned home-mounted
grindstone is rapidly going out of use
on the modem farm. When a. ball
bearing stone, mounted with foot
power utatchntents and furnished with
a feat for the operator, cau be pur
chased for less than $3, the farmer who
has need of a new grindstone and 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 ready-mounted conveniences
instead of buying a stone and fixture.
Hid doing the mounting himself. Foi
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 he ground can give
more attention to whnt he is doing
when he does not have to use his feet
to keep the stojie t liming, and can hold
the tool more steadily.
To do g 1 and speedy work in most
cases the grindstone should revolve
as fast as possible, and in Fig. 1 is
shown a method of mounting thnt per
mits greater speed than the ordinary
MOCNTED FOIt HIGH 6PEED.
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 xe crank. To mount
a grindstone in this manner, obtain
first a two-inch plank about four feet
in length and as wWe 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 eerve as bearings for the
grindstone Bnd the cog wheels. Two
eif the uprights are each twenty-four
inohe long and the other twelve
inches. The two long upright pieces
may be 6paced apart to agree with
thiskness of the cog wheels and the
shorter upright, at side of grindstone
(not shown in Illustration) may be mst
a boot f onr inches from theone BtxCfb
It, distance depending on thickness of
the stone. TVocure two metal cog
wheels from some piece of unnsed ma
chinery, one fifteen inches and the
other three inches in diameter. Have
;.th large wheel turn on an axle with
' a frank, in bearings on top of long up
right pieces, and engage in the teeth
nf the small wheel. The small cogwheel
is put on end of the grindstone shaft,
which extends between the long up
rights and size of cog wheels may, of
course, be adapted to the size of stone
or kind of wheels fonnd available. Tut
n water box or trough under thestone
in position indicated by dotted lines.
Put on legs nnd braces as indicated.
Fig. 2 shows a quick and satisfactory
method of mounting which may be
made use of for large and heavy stones
as well as 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 nt the butt end. Fasten the
bearing on top so as to allow the stone
in revolve between the forks. It is not
recessnry. excent perhaps for nppear
ntice. that the forked frame be sawed
perfectly square ns in the illustration.
MOUNTING TOR HEAVY STONE.
A water trough may be hung under the
stone or a dnp-cau supported over t
cn a bent rod. asdej-ired.
When a water trough is used on a
grindstone, care must be taktn to
empty the trough when through using
the stone; and if the stone i- ;.:ioved
to remain outside, some kind of a cover
must be employed. The farmer must
take good cure of his grindstone, if he
expects it to do aatisfaetory work.
Wear it out by ue rather than by ex
jiosnre iiud carelessness. J. f!. Alls-l.otiM-.
in Ohio Farmer.
MONSTER INCUBATOR.
An A nl rn II n n Muclilne. Iluilt on the
llul-lfuuai- 1'rlneiple, nilli u- ,
(oteily of Hoo 1:kk.
According
t !'i.;lia lias 1 1
t lie v. "! Id. n
a Sydney jjiijur, AuS'
hirgest duck lunch in
has just completed, with
most i v rHi'iit success, tin; largest Ju
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cubator in ihe world. Tin incubator
bus a capacity of J 1 .4 l'J duck eggs, or
3i"') lien c'js. The machine is built
on the hot -house principle, and, in fact,
is a hot-house, it stands iu the cpeu
anil is const meted of ordinary pine
weather iioaids, with corrugated iron
roof. The i :" trays each hold ISOduck
or V)') hen i i?;.'s. and there are four of
theae end to end in 11 tiers, one above
the other on each side of the room,,
making a total of r. .Moisture is Rii!-j
tJ.u TJje hf.at applied by
mean of tteam pipeg from the boiler,
wnCD fc'Pt constantly going to fur-
Inish motive power for the varlona
works in conenction with the estab
lishment. The incubator is said to be
I working well ami bringing out a large
percentage of ducks. This season the
machine has brought from 10 to 80 per
cent, and the proprietor has about
5.000 ducklings. The incubator will bo
watched with much interest by the
American incubator men. Journal of
Agriculture.
THE IDEAL DAIRY COW
lalted ttatea llrpartoir at af Aarrl.
ealtara Drarrlbea How She
Shoald lie Developed.
This illustration and accompanying
description of the proper development
of posterior regions of the dairy cow
are taken from Farmers' Bulletin, No.
143, wsued by the L'nited States depart
ment of agriculture: The figure shows
the proper formation of hind quarters
and barrel of the dairy cow. She
should be cnt-hammed and thin
through the lower thigh. She should
have a lomrmiarter. and. for the treat.
est utility and service, be wide at the
ritOPER DEVELOPMENT.
pinbones, and particularly so in the
region of the loin pelvis. The angles
of the body should be evident and
clearly defined, nnd there should bs
no sign of any surplus flesh, while the
udder should be wide. dcep capacious
and strongly attached high up on the
posterior side.
Has Lost Faith In Prayer.
A certain Brooklyn girl has (ioiihts
of the existence of God, because He
refused to answer he prayer. For
three weeks sha prayed earnestly,
night aad morning, and this was her
prayer: "Oh, Lord, make me stylish
make me very stylish. Set all the
young men wild over me!"
Hummer complaint is usually pre
valent among children this snason.
A well developed case in tbo writer's
family was cured lant week by the
timely use of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
on, of the best patent medicines
manufactured aud which is always
kept or hnd at the home of ye
scribe. This is not iu tended as a free
puff fr the company, who do not
advertise with us, but to benefit
little sufferers who may not be witn
in easy access of n physician. No
family should be without a bottle
of this medicine iu the hous?, es
pecially in Buuirocr-tiuje. Lansing,
Iowa. Journal. For sale by the
Middleburg Drug Store.
Clean Acsta Are Norenrj-.
The hens prefer clean nests, nnd
when they refuse to lay in the poultry-house,
and begin to deposit their
eggs in the hay-loft, in the food
troughs, or away in the fields, the
chances are thut lice have taken pos
session of the nests nnd driven the
jhens away. A single broken egg in
1 the nest will soon cause millions of
lice, nnd once they secure a foot
hold they stick closely until they
are driven off by heroic treatment.
Keep the nests clean, and always
have toboeco dust, or earth sat
urated with carbolic ncid, convenient.
f for scattering in the nests when
cleaning them. Farm nnd Fireside.
1 be Name UIO Ntory
J. A. Kelly rt lates an experience
! similar lo that vLich ban happened
j in almost every neighborhood in the
i United States and has been told and
J re-told bv thuunands of others. He
jcaye: "Last summer I had an attack
.of dysentery and purchased a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
J Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used ac-
ti,e, .ati.factMy K.gult8i TuP
trouble was controlled much quicker
itlial, f0IUJt.r Hl til(.kg wiien j u
0t'jer remedies.'' Mr. Kully is a w. 1!
known citizen of Henderson, N. C.
horHalaby the Middleburg Drug
Stoir-.
HeilitehoK Kill a Viper.
A resident at Versailles, M. (lulgnct,
sends to Nature u vivid account of u
duel be suw between a hedgehog ami :
viper. The two enemies knew very well
at first sight who was who, nnd eyed
each other us if tbey knew a moment's
inattention would lie fatal. The viper
was the first to get tired of gazing and
it began to glide away. Just then tlio.
hedgehog ru.slied for tlie viper's tail,
and having Mailed il fast with bis tcrtli,
it rolled ilself up. The hed.'reho was
very careful, however, not to cut tlie
. M I' ll'l - . I 11.,. . ,
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miniiMi u i in juua u.-?uiiiin fii in ii -
j gresT.or, wrestling and rolling with tlie
curlcd-up hedgtdiog1 ull over tlie place.
At length the sn:fLe, wounded in u hun
dred places, died. The hedgehog be
gan Us repast on the tail of its victim,
end was curef ul not to cat the head.
CA.NOV
IU.KK.
fi" ,SfPlSi5JJW2 M.' .. "
evm o 6aUt wtw trim to mII
WaetiJn imt u ood."
catkartio . " '
Mark Twain's
Cousin,
G. C Clemens, of Topclca,
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 a re
cent letter to the Dr. Miles
Medical Co., Mr. Clemens says:
"Personal experience and ober
vation have thoroughly satisfied nie that
L)r. Miles' Nervine contains true merit,
and i excellent for what it is recom
mended." Mriorman Waltrip, Sup. Pres. Bank
ers' Internal Society, Chicago, says:
m?,;,. Pain Pills
are invaluable for headache and all
pain. 1 had been a great sufferer from
headache until I learned of thejeflicacy
of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. Now I alwart
carry them and prevent recurring at
tacks hv tnkintf a pill when the symp
toms first appear."
Sold by all Drugflata.
Prlca. 25c. par Box.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Irtd.
The Beat I.liilmriit for Slralna.
Mr. F. H. Welln. the merchant at
Deer Park. Lontr Island. N. Y.,
Fays: "I always recommend Cham
berlaiu's Pain Balm as the best lini
ment for etratns. I used it last
winter for a severe lameness in the
side, resulting from a strain, and
was grestly pleased with th quick
relief and cure it effected." For sale
by the Middleburg Drug Store.
WINDSOR HOUSE
. II. fil'TLER, Proprietor
418 Market Si., Harrisburg Pa.,
(Opposite P. R. R. Depot Entrance)
4veailel far All TraJaa.
Rooms, 25 and 50c. 0oo4 Meals, 25c
Good accommodatlona. tf
g. u o wm$-
ATTOBNEY AT-LAW
oca BraciaUTTi tvboiib. Pa.
Ootlectloniand Report.
Reteieocea, First NaUonal Bank. Nearh
Towns Repr jwnted : Bsllweod, Altoona, Holll
it signature is an every box of the genuine
fixative Bromo-Quinine Tbiu
ramodv ihn rnrea a cold In om day
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WILLIE WALLIE ASTOR.
lf-esatrlate Aaaerteaa mm.,,
alra Ba t rat4 a Baraa as-?
Klaar BlaaH,
Uitast ofliciul report hai it thatTl.
liani Waldorf Aatur will be creattti
linrou Cliveden of Taplow.
Alt'. Astor'a ennoblement la certajj.
ly unpopular and eause retsentm,,.
even iu ministerial circles. But it j,
said for him, half apologetically, thM
he contributed $;j0,000 to the last tort
election fund and will give as tan
before the next general election.
mnu whose tremendous fortune
made in the country that thrastJ
George III. ia a tory of torlea.
It ia authoritatively aid, too, th,.
Mr. Alitor will tell the Pull Mall Gi.
rette at the moment ef hu ennoble!
WILLIAM WALDORF A8T0R.
,'Former American, to lie Created Lorl
Cliveden of Taplow.)
nient. He does not consider the pro
prietorship trf a newspaper to be en.
sistent with the dignity of a peer of
Knglund. Nevertheless, Lord Gleuetk,
proprietor of the Morning Tost, is one
of the ableat, most respected member,
of the house of lords. Lord Gleunk
has never dreamed of selling his new,,
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 bin Dutch
friends.
Cliveden, from which Mr. Aetor will
take his title, is the splendid seat
which he bought from the duke of
Westminster several years ago. The
price wm then said to be $1,250,000.
Cliveden ia en the Thames, between
Taplew and Cookham, about seven
milea above Windsor. The famout
mansion towers behind the rippling
Thames far a mighty moat. Long the
woods of Cliveden were the resort of
many a river picnic, bat Mr. Astar felt
compelled to close the grounds to vii
itors. Cliveden house has been wahfea
largely In English history. Perhaps
the inost celebrated of ita owners
waa George Villierc, -second duke of
Buckingham, the witty an proflig
favorite of Charlea II. . The addition
of the words "of Taplow" .t Uie new
title will, as naual, further individual
iz It. It has long been known tbat
Mr. Astor'a social and political am
bitions pointed straight to the house
of peers. The head of the house of
Attor, he chose to expatriate himself
in 1695 and take up hU residence ia
England.
The Proaaotera.
"Let ua mnke the capital atocU
$1,000,000,000," said the first pro
moter. "All right," suid 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 a few more times."
Bultimore American.
Kltehen Thrift.
The New Muid And the mistresi
cooke some, herself, does she?
The Cook Oh, yls! But there'!
nawthin wasted makes it over
into Irish stews. l'uck.
MIddleburgh.
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