FOR HANDLING STONE.
Mow an Kirrllrnt Barmn 1'
aa lie
ldr l Home at m Merely
omloal Kiprair,
The illustration (Kijr. 1) shows a
rontrnunre which will be found use
ful for handling- !tcn: or for moving
other lieuvy or bulky material to
which the ordinary wheelbarrow in
not adapted. A ready-made stone
barrow eosts three dollars, but the
vuii illustrated fan be made by the
farmer himself, and besides the ma
terial will eost nothing but the work
tind a few cents for the blacksmith's
tiervices, if they are required. IV;
two pieces of IxJ-inch hardwood
tuft
to 4 feet long for tin!
main parts of the framework. At ono
TT 1
110.MKM.UK STUNK HARROW.
end lianjr a solid old barrow wheel,
with bearings of strap iron so as to
liue two or three inches of the wheel
below the frame piece At the other
end, bolt handles such ns may be ob
tained from an old cultivator or
-hovel plow. The handles are ben
out to the required position and held
in place by a simple iron brace to
strengthen both the frame and the
handles. The handles should nut be
elevated (rai much at the ends, but,
be low and long enough to give sulli
tient leverage when lifting the bar
row. Tut on n floor of hard wood
boards about IV, inches thick, making
it, say, two feet wide and -3 to
inches long, and nt the front arrange
a sloping board behind the wheel.
This board is held by screws or naiN
to a block attached outside of each
STRONGER. HUT HARDER TO MAKE.
Sx3-inch frame piece; in the out it is
partially represented by a dotted
line, nnd but one of the blocks that
hold it is shown. The 2x38 may be
placed as far apart as the length of
the hub and axle of the wheel will
nllow. Screws or nails may be used
to hold the flooring, nnd the, dura
bility of the bed will be increased if
two or three flat iron strips, drilled
I with hides for the screws or nails, are
used as washers, running the full
length of bed nnd up on the front
board. In Fig. 2 another kind of
frame Is shown, which is stronger
but more dillicult to make. Four 2x.1
inch pieces are used, and they are
braced together with n 2x3 and Sxl'2
crosspiece. The two middle fram
pieces are mortised with 2xl-ineh
tenons into the rear crosspiece, nnd
the crosspiece is mortised into the
side frame pieces in like manner. The
front crosspiece has a two-inch slot
cut where it crosses each center piece
and the center pieces each have a one
inch slot to receive the crosspiece.
As Is illustrated in this cut, wooden
handles may be used if iron ones are
tint nt hand. J. G. Allshouse, in Ohio
Farmer.
Orttlnu n Snpplr nt llnmua.
On most farms the rush of getting
nut the manure for the spring planting
is over, nnd it's time to begin to save
manure to draw out after harvest. H
there is no manure shed on the place
scrape all the scatterings of the barn
yard nnd feed lots into a pile, get the
old stack bottoms that nre too wet or
rotted for bedding over them and then
pile the manure as made from day to
lay on the whole mass. If a few hogs
could be let lvse on the pile each Any
a smnll amount of shelled corn scat
tered over the mass would lend the
swine to work over the whole, and be
fore the summer was past there would
le a nice lot of humus in good shape for
plowing under when drawn out. He
fides the stack jurds, feed lot and all
the farmyard surroundings would be
center for the general cleaning up.
J, Earmark of a Good Farm.
Hut wherever he lives, north or south
or in the center of the state, there are
characteristics, earmarks, so to speak,
by which the farm of the up to date
farmer is quickly recognized. It has a
tidy appearance, the fences are in or
der. The gates nre on their hinges and
swing free. There are no weeds by the
roadside. His house and barns are
minted. The doors of bis barns are
hooked shut oropen.thev nre never left)
swinging. His animals are never call
ing for water, nor his windmill for oil.
Such n, farm is a benefaction to the
neighborhood nnd a benediction to itf
occupant s. Joseph Carter, in Farmers'
Iloview.
Cultivation nf f'oenn.
A t ravelcr in Soul h Africa, w here the
coiMia tree is largely cultivated, speaks
of the great care w ith w hich theyoung
plants have to be protected from the
sun, which if very strong is fatal tr.
them. To secure this protection the
planters shield them by banana trees
and plantain trees, the broad leaves
of which t:ive them the needed shade.
And even when they are fully grown
they need protection, which is given by
itrees known as "immortels," or, as the
planters call them, "the mother of the
cocoa." Thus the whole cotou, planta
tion bus a sort of canopy.
CAUSE OF GOOD ROADS.
All Part. ( w York It la Pr.
prriug a It Sever Maa I' Tam
pered He to re.
The action of the board of supervis
ors of this county in recommending
the building of 33 miles of good road
tin At the Mate aid plan, and the ar
proprii.tion of the county's share rf
money for the improvement of four
miles of road on which estimates had
already been made, bring the matter
of good roads to a practical test where
it has heretofore- been a theoretical
proposition.
It shows th growth of good rr.nd
sentiment which is shared all ovft the
state. 'Hie I'tica Press printed in n
canal town, concedes that the good
roads sentiment has a majority over
the canal sentiment, and it suggests '
that: "In case the legislature fails to
F.tnction the submission to the people
of a con-tituitonnl amendment-authorizing
the appropriation of $SS,
3(i0,nnn for the further improve
ment of the canals, there may
be a chance for the proposition in
reference to pood ronds. There
is undoubtedly more sentiment favor
able to road improvement than to cnnal
improvement. As road improvement
would be shared by all the count ics in
the state, it Is practically certain that
there would be popular approval of an
amendment to the const it lit ion permit
ting the. stale to ifsue lionds to the
amount of $o,fifKl.(ioo to carry on this
movement."
Certainly here Is more argument for
n tax on tlie Aew lork Tarmer to get
his products to market than there is
to tax him for getting the product of
his wis tern competitor to market. The
legislature has probably refused to
sanction the submission of the canal
proposition, and if it remains In It
present determination the way is
clear for the submission of the $20,000.
000 proposit ion for good roads, as both
subjects could not 1h submitted in one
year. It is believed that the people
would accept the good roads proposi
tion, in which all would receive equal
Wnefit.
The legislature is pretty sure nt least
to grant lfr.00.ono this year to the state's
fund for n id in building good roads. It
is an epoch of good road building. The
legislature has passed several acts
favorable to securing better roads.
There is the O'llrien bill, which pro
vides a county option plan, whereby
any county may adopt the most mod
ern system of caring for it roads nnd
bridges. It codifies the present laws.
provides for the cash systci,,, n county
engineer ami tne proper care oi nriuge
nnd the contracting therefor. The
Green compulsory adoption of cash
road tax system has renched third
rending in the 6enate, nnd the bill to
compel the use of wide tires after 1905
Is on general orders in the senate.
Assemblyman O'llrien, of Clinton,
has also pnssed his bill to nllow village
to bond themselves nnd thus raise
money for the purchase of a steam rol
ler, stone crusher nnd engine, nnd
other roadmnking machinery. This
bill has met with no opposition.
One of the best of good roads meas
ures Is that introduced by Assembly
man l'lank, of St. Lawrence county,
w hich has been signed by the governor,
and is n law. It provides a measure for
localities that object to the more ex
pensive requirements of the lligbie
law. It is an amendment of the Fuller
law of ls'JS, nnd gives towns ndopt ing
the money system of highway improve
ment 50 per cent, bonus from the state
treasury, instead of 2.1 per cent. This
law takes effect immediately. Towns
which have or do adopt the money sys
torn will get an immediate benefit on
future work. W. Tierrepont White, of
Oneida, who is a leader of the good !
roads movement, says that this law
will go far toward intelligent improve
ment and work on all country roads.
This seems to he an era of good
roads. Those that have been made
create demand for more. The money
erst is great, but the cities nnd
lages pav it and it is converted Int
lalwir in the rural districts, and the
cood road remains ns she result.
WVitertown (X. Y.) Times
A POTATO C0VERER.
A n Tool for the runtime Mnile Ki-l.
dent liy Ita Name It Ortninly
llas No Superior.
I have for years used a potato cov
erer that is made entirely of wood
ami at little expense. The board;
that do the covering are 1x10x22, nine
inches apart at the rear end, and 24
In front. I use two horses, going
FOR COVERING FOTATOES.
stride the row. The tongue is in one
piece, and is bolted in so ns to make
the implement run smooth without
too much work for the driver. The
weight on the handles regulates the
depth of the covering. It scrapes ill
the surface dirt, leaves a ridge to
burrow down, nnd kills the weeds just
before the potatoes come through. I
have tried different cultivators with
covering attachments, but they do
not give such perfect work. As n tool
just to cover potatoes, the above has
no equal. Kpitomist.
Sprouts of red raspberries outside
the hills or rows, which ever way you
t rain yours, should be treated at weeds
and hoed or plowed up when very
young. . ... I
GIVER OF MILLIONS.
So
Modest That His Fame
Never Gone AbroaS.
Eas
William Dewrlaa-'a Hraefleeae Has
Keen Biltailveaad Suua II Mar
lilir Anuthetr Millloa t Norta
wcalfra I alveraUy.
lieports that AYilliaiu Dtering, the
ell-known harvester manufacturer
of Chicago, has in contemplation a gift
of $1,000,000 t Northwestern uni
versity, bring to light the fact that
while this philanthropist has continu
ously for years given thousands of
dollars to educutional institutions,
:hurehes and charities his beneficence
jiractically has been kept a secret.
While he can hardly be placed be
side liuckefeller in the total sums he
has given, it is know n that he has given
away fortunes. Small, struggling col
leges or churches, particularly of the
Methodist denomination, for Mr. Deer
ing always has been a warm supporter
of the Methodist church and its institu
tions, have been helped by him when
confronted with debts or mortgages
without the fuet being flashed over the
wire and becoming public through the
newspapers.
Some time ago Mr. Deering heard
that his nutive town in Maine would
like to have a library, lie immediately
wrote, out a check sufficient to pur
chase one nnd maintain it, without put
ting any obligations on the city.
Garrett lliblical institute, affiliated
with Northwestern university, has
been the recipient at various times of
Mr. Dcering's generosity. He has been
president of the board of trustees of
I the institute and also held the same
position on the university board. At
one time he gave $3,000 to a seminary
at Omarga, 111. He endowed and built
Fisk hall, which is occupied by the pre
paratory school nt the university nnd
built Willard hnll, the girls' dormitory
nt Fvanston, where the. university is
located.
He has regularly given from $2,000
to $3,000 to the city missionary nnd
WILLIAM DEERING.
(Chicago Philanthropist Who Doe Much
Good by Bu-alth.)
church extension societies in Chicago
to support evangelist ic work. He has
given $150,000 to Wesley hospital, in
Chicago, to erect a, new building and
make it a first-class medical institu
tion. The hospital nlso is a Methodist
institution. Northwestern university
has received many times valuable land
from Mr. Deering, which netted hand
some return. The sums of money to
'Northwestern university range from
$20,000 to $100,000, all given since the
(institution was founded. There are
many other gift that would make a
long list.
Mr. Deering is the oldest and wealth-
lest friend of the university and the
announcement that there w ill be a do
nation of $1,000,000 for endowment
does not canse much surprise. Ac-
' cording to information the gift is to be
If7
vii-'. presented as soon as I'resident James.
Intojwho recently left the University of
, Chicaoro to assume management at
Kvanston, is found to meet Mr. Peer
ing's approval, after rensonnble time,
from the viewpoint of the institution's
welfare. The period of probation will
!not be long, ns the manner in which
President James grasped the situation
as he found it has gone far to convince
friends of the university that its future
is safe with him.
Negotiations tinder way for the af
filiation of Hedding college at Abing
ton, 111., with the Northwestern, nre
taken ns an indication of the policy of
expansion the institution Is to pursue
under the presidency of Dr. James.
For some time Mr. Deering has been
in poor health. Recently he trans
ferred to his sons his interest in the
Immense harversting machine plant,
and the real estate on which It stands,
with the expressed intention of with
drawing from active business cares.
Marrlaare In Illndoatn.
In Ilintlostan the arrangement for
a redding are made by the parent of
the bride and bridegroom who, when
the alliance is agreed upon very like
ly behold one another for the first
time. Then there Is no appearance of
relucta nee about the bride, who play
fully skips toward her future husband
and seats herself beide him. The
priest's part is to tie a corner of the
hrlde's veil to the bridegroom's' shawl,
and thin simple proceeding makes them
legally husband and wife.
F.nirlne Kloped with Hint.
During the inspection of a new ex
press emgine nt Louburjr, on the
Kiev-Poltava line, In Itussiii, nn elder
ly priest mounted the foot-plate and
inadvertently set the engine in mo
tion. Messngea were telegraphed
along the line to keep it clear and
eventually the engine came to a atop
for want of water. The priest went
mad with fright.
MARKED PLAYING CARDS.
rack Walra Is Coulaerr a Marvel
f Ita Kla4 Caplarrd la .New
Vark City.
The paraphernalia captured in the
room iu the New York- flat where llat
Masterson and othergumblers were ar
retted inchuied a deck of marked cards,
which are a martd of their kind. The
faro box. us lur as the detectives at
headquarters could discover, was
"straight," though the springs seemed
to be a trifle weuk. The marked cards
gave the dealer, providing he was a
clever manipulator, an absolute advan
tage over the player..
On the margin of each card was a
tiny speck, or two specks, or three
specks. No ordinary inspection would
f eveal the presence of these specks on
MARKING) PLAYINCt CARDS.
(Cut UliistraU's M tl oci I'st J by Ni -w York
Uaniult-rfi.)
the cards. The dealer must have eyes
like u hawk to read them. All the ten
spots have two specks on the vertical
margin close U the corner.
The nines have two specks an eighth
of an inch from the corner, the eight
spots two specks a quarter of an inch
from the corner; the seven spots have
three specks; the six spots have one
speck a quarter of an inch from the
corner; the fives one speck mi eighth
of an inch from the corner; the fours
one speck in the corner.
The kings have two specks in t he cen
ter of the vertical margin, the queens
two specks an eighth of nn inch from
the center. The aces have one speck
in the center, the deuces one speck an
eighth of an inch from the center, and
the trays one speck a quarter of an inch
from the center.
In dealing the cards the crooked
operator could work out the tiniest
edge of the cards under the top one nnd
rend them by the specks on the mar
gin. ORIGIN OF HIS TITLE.
How Flrt Assistant Poatmaatrr Gen
eral Wynne lleeome a Foll
FliMliteil Colonel.
The first nssistnnt postmaster gen
eral is commonly addressed as "Col."
Robert Wynne. He is not a military
man, but, ns he claims n judicially
indorsed right to the title, the use
made of the same by himself and by
others is possibly legitimate. On
one occasion he was culled as a wit
ness in n damage suit. The suhpena
referred to him as "Col. Robert J.
Wynne." The lawyer to wbose cause
Mr. Wynne's testimony was adverse
was disposed to be sarcastic at the
expense of the witness.
"You have been summoned as
'Col.' Robert J. Wynne," said the law-
COL. ROBERT J. WYNNE.
(First Amlstant roMmarter Central of the
Cr.ltt'd States.)
yer. "What military service have
you ever done?"
"None whatever, but you cannot
hold me responsible for the way your
subpenus are made out."
"Where did you get that title of
colonel?' "
"I submit, your honor," said
Wynne, turning (o the court, "that
a residence of 25 years in Washing
ton is enough to entitle me to that
rank."
"It certainly is," returned the
court, and from that moment Mr.
Wynne's right to adorn his name
with an inspiring prefix bus never
been questioned.
The Name Old Ntorjr.
J. A. Kelly relates an experlnece
similar to that which has happened
in almost everv neighborhood in the
United States and has been told and
re-to!d bv thousands of others. He
says: "Last summer I had an attack
of dysentery and purchased a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which I used ac
cording to directions and witb en
tirely satisfactory results. The
trouble was controlled much quicker
than former attacks wben I used
other remedies." Mr. Kelly isa well
known citizen of Henderson. N. C.
For sale by the Middleburg Drug
Store.
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FAMOUS OLD HIGHWAY.
Casaaerland Road, Coaatrarted Xear
Ijr Oae Haadred Years Asjo.
till la Fair CoadUioa.
The most remarkable highway built
in the United States early in the cen
tury was the so-called .Cumberland
road, which was to extend from Cum
berland, Md., through southwestern
Pennsylvania, over the Alleghany
mountains to the Ohio at Wheeling,
W. Va., and then on to St. Louis. It
was so well constructed that it is a
good road to-day. Henry Clay was its
projector and chief supporter, and his
services in its behalf are commemorat
ed by a monument near Wheeling. We
are told by letters written at that
period that "there were sometimes 20
gayly-painted four-horse coaches each
way daily. The cattle and sheep were
never out of sight, and canvas-covered
wagons were drawn by six or twelve
horses." .
On this great road, which eventually
passed into the hands of the states
through which it runs, the government
expended no less a sum than $7,000,000.
Within a mile of it on either side the
country was n wilderness, but on the
highway itself the traffic was ns dense
ns in the main titreet of a large town.
Ten miles an hour was the usual speed
for coaches. From Baltimore to Wheel
ing ran lines of freight wagons which
carried ten tons, drawn by 12 horses,
nnd with wheels ten feet in diameter.
When Charles Dickens visited Amer
ica in 1842, he traveled by stage coach
from Cleveland to Sandusky, 0. De
scribing his experience, he wrote:
."At one time we were all thrown to
gether in a heap at the bottom of the
?onch, and at another we were crush
ing our heads against the roof. Now
the conch was lying on the tails of the
two wheelers, and now it was rearing
up in the air. The driver, who cer
tainly got over the ground in a man
ner quite miraculous, so twisted nnd
turned the team, in forcing a passage
corkscrew fashion through the bogs
nnd swamps, that it was a common
circumstance, on looking out of the
window, ta see the coachman with the
ends of a pair of reins in his hands,
apparently driving nothing, and the
leaders staring unexpected at one
from the back of the coach, ns if they
had some iden of getting up behind. A
great portion of the way wns over
what is called 'a corduroy road,' which
Is made by throwing trunks of trees
into a marsh and leaving them to set
tle there. The very slightest of the
jolts with which the ponderous car
riage fell from log to log was enough,
it seemed, to have dislocated all the
bones in the human body. It would
be impossible to experience a similar
set of sensations in any other circum
stances, unless perhaps in attempting
to go up to the top of St. Paul's in an
omnibus."
This description serves to illustrate
the .condition of our country roads,
generally speaking, as they were 25
years ago, except in n few wealthy
?ommunities. There has been a won
lerful change since then. Pearson's
Ma ga.ine.
"I am using a box of Chamber
lain's Stomach & Liver Tablets and
tind them the best tbiui: for my
stomach I ever used," nays T. W.
Robinson, Justice of the Peace,
Loomip, Mich. These Tablets not
only correct disorder s of the utotu
ach but regulate the liver and
bowels. They are easy to take and
pie-Bant in effect. Price 25 cents
per box, For sale by the Middle
burg DruR Store.
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