MIDDLEBUEQ post.
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DIVIDING BEE COLONIES.
Talaablr Simrttlon for TkMt Wit
Are Sot Yrt Eiprrti la Hint
mril of Aplarlea.
A colony of bees may very easily
be divided if they are Btronp and do
not swarm. It is necessary, of course,
ito have them in movable comb hives
jto make a complete job of it.. When
'the colony is full of bees and the
combs well filled with brood they are
ready to divide. One liulf will have
Ho queeu for the present, but the bees
will rear one und she will be ready for
duty in some "0 or 23 days thereafter.
It is better to have a fertile queen
ready to introduce in the queeuless
half, and a fine queen may be pur
chased from some breeder of pood
stock, and thus we have introduced
new blood, which is very important.
Take out of the hive to be divided a
larger portion of the frames of comb
which have the oldest brood in them,
that is, brood that is capped over, und
with the bees that adhere to the combs
set iu the new hive. Leave the queen
in the old hive, for she can be of more
.use there than in the new one, as most
.of the working force of bees will pa
back to the Old hive,, and it will be
stronger of bees in a day or two than
the new colony, and as most of the
brood frames are. in the new hive,
empty ones take the place of them in
the old one, so that she can fill these
vrith epps, and the epps with honey.
It may be necessary to take more
frames from the old hive and shake
the bees from them into the new one,
for in the new hive we want the largest
.number of bees so that when all the
old ones return there will be enough
.young bees left to take care of the
brood and make a fair colony. If a
jiew queen is to be introduced into
the new colony, and she is bought of
some queen breeder, directions always
go with her how to proceed in intro
duction. At the elapse of the time
mentioned above, examine the new
colony for brood or a queen, if they
are left to rear one, for if she fails to
ijuuteriulize the colony is doomed to
destruction and must be furnished a
queen or brood from which to rear
another. C'olouies mny be rapidly in
creased thus if the honey season is
pood. A. II. Duff, iu Kuriil World.
BREEDING FINE CORN.
FALL POULTRY NOTES.
if
There Ever 1 Time Wh the
lieu .Need Extra Care It la at
Tliia Mum rut.
This is the seastm to build a new
poultry house or repair the old one.
l'oorly-constructed buildings destroy
the working powers of the hens.
Houses built now will have time to dry
out thoroughly before severe cold
weather. It is well known that damp
nets is not conducive to the health f
the flock. If new buildings cannot be
afforded for the use of the hens, we
can do much at this season towards
making the old ones clean and com
fortable. Cleanliness is the first prin
ciple of success with poultry. If not
too long neglected it is not such a
formidable task to clean the poulry
house.
Scratching sheds should be cleaned
out and clean ttraw put in or, better
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
Aa a firnrrnl I'mponltlon It Mny He
altl Tli at DravvliiK I'onltry lie
fore Marketing; I'nya.
? Opinions differ in the United States
regarding the practice of drawing
poultry before marketing. While it
is desirable to suit the demands of
the market to which shipment is made,
the following conclusions from recent
American experiments are of inter-
"iL.:. Imu 1?
Of Stemperature and- haiifidity, drown;
fowls will keep from 20 to 30 hours
longer than those not drawn. The
presence of undigested food and cx
crementitious substances in animals
which have been killed most certainly
favors tainting of the ilesh und gen
eral decomposition. The viscera are
the first parts to show putrescence,
and to allow 1 hese to remain w it hin Ihe
body cannot do otherwise than favor
infection of the ilesh with bacteria
and ptomaines, even if osmosis does
not actually carry putrid juices to
contiguous tissues. Hunters know
the value of drawing birds as soon as
possible after they have been shot,
in order to keep them sweet and fresh
and to prevent their having a strong
lintestinal favor. That the opening
of the body of an animal anil exposing
'the internal surfaces to the air may
have some influence of itself iu has
tening putrefaction is admitted, but
when the process of drawing is prop
erly conducted this secondary objec
tion to its immediate performance
may be entirely set aside. Absolute
cleanliness should be maintained
throughout the operation, nnd if the
entrails are torn and their contents
allowed to come in contact with the
flesh of the animal its interior should
at (luce be washed out with clean cold
'Water and afterwards with a solution
of common salt and the carcass hung
up until thoroughly dry. The Farm.
RAIN AND SUN-FR00F.
Coop (or lulekena 1 lint Ear
tlruii and (an lie Made of
tlieap Lumber.
to
' I Lave a chicken coop which I think
suits me better than any other I have
tried before, say J. C. I'ecraft. 'f Mar
shall, Mo., in a Utter to l'oul try
Keeper. The coop is tiuk'c out f f cheap lum
ber. The britt' in is liiti-recl at ti e back
A MISSOURI COOP,
jto the upper part. At the front I
drie two ttaples to fasten the coop
down, to it (nil be moved about. The
CROSS SUCTION SCRATCHING SHED,
still, autumn leaves. Where there are
several shade trees the dry leaves nre
easy to get. And it will pay to Etore
some of them away in boxes or bar
rels for winter scratching material.
The leaves are light and easy for
them to scratch among. The scratch
ing hen is the hen that lays the eggs
if she is well cared for otherwise. The
exercise sends the blood quickly
through the veins, giving a healthful
glow to the whole system. Few eggs
may be expected front liens that ure
not an perfect condition. Ihe dust
bnth, one of the aids in keeping fowls
healthy, so often is not provided by
the careless owner, who, it seems, does
not study their habits. How they
make the dust fly if they discover a
dusty place under on old building in
the winter! They seem to eDjoy a
bath as much as we do.
I have been testing the wire hens'
nests. They are durable nnd cheap
and give no hiding place for vermin.
, 'ij. the hens would just as toon haT
an ordinary l x wien w uvii tecure
ly to the warmest side of the hen
house for cold weather. I find they
will select a nest every time that has
a nest egg in it. The evaporating nest
eggs are all right. They cause the
lice to go "way back and sit down,"
so to speak.
No poultry house is completely fur
nished f or w int cr w it h out an nut mun t-
le poultry fountain. One old lien, if
she is fat enough will pay for a lnrre
sied fountain made of galvanized iron,
that will not freeze and hurst, nnd
there is no danger of lit t le chicks
drowning. The chief advantage is the
water beingkept eieiin and pure. When
the egg is composed of about CO per
rent, water it is easy to see what nr
important factor water is in the run
ning of the egg machine. It is said
impure water injures the flavor of
eggs. Whether this be true or not.it
is not good for the lien to drink out
of a slop hole. Then I do not like the
idea of eating chickens that ore not
provided with pure water. I imagine
the flavor of the egg and fowl boPi are
a little off. Ohio Farmer.
Allow the Hen In Pornse.
The hen is a scavenger, and in hunt
ing up the stray bits here nnd there,
she becomes n medium of converting
that which would be lost without her
aid into a valuable nnd salable prod
uct, while the number of seeds, of
weeds nnd undesirable grasses con
sumed, lessens the labor of the
farmer the succeeding season. Htnce
in the fall she often repays whatevei
loss may have been sustained by her
support in the early part of the year.
Although many hens do not lay dur
inir the fall, being engaged in shed
ding the old nnd donning the new
feathers, yet at no senson of the
year could this be done at less ex
pense than in the fall. The hens
should, therefore, be given their lib
erty in the fall, to forage at will, in
order to save the waste left in the
fields from harvesting. Trairio
Farmer.
It U Oa of the Pleaaaaleal Ta.ka the
Far ate r Caa l'n4ertake, aad Oae
That Pari, Too. (
It will pay every farmer in tho
corn belt to breed some corn and to
spend some time on his breeding plot
and see how much he crn do.
In this day when we hear so much
about score cards, barren stalks,
cross fertilization, foreign pollen,
etc., we 'roust be careful or we will
get the idea that some expert has
devised a plan by which he can grow
corn as uniform as shoe-pegs or as
buttons from the button factory;
that is perhaps aa great a mistake n
we can make. Yet the score card is
a good thing in its way.
For.iO years I have practiced se
lecting seed corn while husking.
I plant the best I can And in the
field, discarding all very large, Eappy
ears or small, inferior ones. I pre
fer cars that nre high in quality of
color and kernels with straight rows.
Tips ami buts come next, but you
cannot get all of these only in rare
instances.
In some varieties there are more
good tips than in others. As a rule
short-eured corn baa better tips than
the very long corn. There nre excep
tions to the rule in any of the varie
ties, and all will vary some, accord
ing to locality.
Let the man who wants to see how
much he improves his corn take, say
ten of the best ears he can find this
year, and leave a little husk on each
ear; hang them up where no mice
can get at them and keep them eight.
or ten years and see how much he has
done iu that time.
Now play fair. Pick the best you
can find; it's a good lesson. I have
tried it and it has taught me that
the rond to success is filled with ob
stacles of all kinds, but it's glorious
to know and to feel that some of
them have been conquered. A. T.
Docrr, in Farmers' Voice.
RENOVATING THE SOIL.
Ileal and Cheaprat War to Grow
Uitimlnam I'lanta for One or
More Srnsona.
frivereil llnost for Winter.
To keep fowls comfortable during
the very cold nights in the northern
section of the country, what ore
called hooded or covered roosts, may
be provided. These can be had by
closing in the two ends of the roost
ing places with boards of heavy mus
lin; and then have a curtain to come
down in front. This will confine the
warmth or heat from the fowls, and
will keep them nice und warn) through
upper part comes down over the floor , . ..... . , '
.ii .. .. ... :i done at very little cost, nnd the corn-
all the way so you can put a nail
.through the staple.
The shade in the front is to keep the
sun and rain out. These coops are
yery easy to clean.
! A lury hen is never a laying hen.
To Lave your Lens lay well, you must
make them scratch or work for their
food. Therefore scatter the grain
well. Commercial Poultry.
fort to the fowls and the saving in
food that would be otherwise de
manded to keep them warm will
more than pay for the cost and trou
ble of fixing, looking after and clos
ing them at hight, and giving them
their freedom in the morning.
Commercial Poultry.
Hens have the reputation of being
the filthiest feeders of anything that
' Th. best way to cure sickness oea in the market for sale, but
among- hen. is to prevent it .1 to can be VePl M clean M a habf-
Clover has long been prized as .1
very valuable crop; the difficulty,
however, iu securing a stand renders
the clover crop on most farms very
unsatisfactory. For this reason cow
peas, soy beans, the velvet bean and
some of the vetches are gaining u
greut deal of recognition. It is abso
lutely necessary to build up the soil
in some manner; our rapidly increas
ing population, together with our ex
panding export trade, demands a
greater food supply each year. For
merly we supplied the deficiency by
breaking up more government lund;
nave, now-over, reacneti ine limn
iu that direction, and it is necessary
to turn our attention to more exten
sive farming; for this reason every
fanner should make a test of the dif
ferent leguminous plants on his soil
to determine which is the most val
uable for his particular use, as well
us to acquaint himself with the good
qualities nnd the peculiarities of
each. Changes nre constantly taking
place in farming methods as well a-,
in other lines of business; those farm,
er.s who take advantage of the ne v
processes are the ones who succeed.
If your land has become poor legumes
will restore it. It is important that
they be grown two or more seasons.
Agricultural Kphomist.
SUPPORT FOR KETTLE.
A Home Device W hich Will lie Found
Serviceable at All Seasons of
the Tear.
The accompanying illustration
shows my plan for supporting my
big iron kettle when I .want to use
it for heating water or for any pu
pose. It consists simply of an iro
KETTLK WELL SCPPORTKD.
band with three legs attached. It i'i
desirable to place the band as near
the base of the kettle as possible, so
as to obviate the necessity of long
legs. The hum I may be put on hot
and shrunk to the kettle. Of course
it wjll then remain with it. In some
cases it is desirable to have the band
free so that the kettle can be taken
off. A. T. Uiauquc, in- Orange Judd
Farmer.
China Needs American Corn.
A new- market for corn is developing
in the orient, and it is possible that
in a few years China will" buy as much
American maize as Europe now does,
Ilice makes up the bulk of the grain
consumed in China, and cells for 2t or
three cents a pound. Any food sold in
China must be valuable as regards
quantity, not quality, as the people
live, for the most part, very cheaply,
the unit of currency being of .the value
of one mill. Corn flour is being sent to
China, as is some wheat flour of tho
lower grades. The Chinese market
takes very kindly to dried fruHs and
vegetables as well as to canned goods.
Germany is shipping immense quan
tities of canned peas, asparagus, etc.,
and Calif ornla is sending dried peacehs,
prunes and other fruits and veg
tables.
ueu Goo
at Schnee
I have jost returned from the Eastern Cities with a
Neuralgia of the
'Heart For Years:
Ftock of Mtrclian'lise at bargain prices to every person. Call '
my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Pain Went From
Heart to Head.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
and Nervine Cured.
"About -.three ears ago my tister was to
badly affected with heart trouble and neu
ralgia oi the heart that we did not expect her
to live, Although we had a lirst-clasi phy
sician she grew worse under th s treatment.
She had a swollen dropsical look and had
frequent spells of neuralgia paia at her heart
when she would render, the most heart-rending
moans and shrieks. At tunes the pain
would fio from her lu art to her head when a
lump would appear on her temple half as
larce as an egff- (One night she got up in
bed and ran into the back yard cryirg with
pain; she was not conscious of it, however,
and was brought hack to the house by neigh
bors. I bought for her a bottle each of Dr.
Miles' Nervine and Heart Cure which helped
her creatljr. She afterward used some five
or six bottles and has never had a spell since.
I had used your medicine with great benefit
myself. I know that Nervine and Heart
Cure not only saved my sister's life but aht.
saved me from insanity and death. 1 was s
nervous I could not bear the slightest noise
or movement around me and I suffered from
palpitation and pain in the heart. I had
choking sensations, dizzy and faint spells,
smothering spells when 1 could scarcely get
my breath; I was so nervous I was treated
like a child and atone time it was thought I
was losing my mind. Nervine saved me
from insanity." 1atik Acres, Clover
Creek, Pa.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tle 1 r. Mi.cs' Uemrdir s. Send for free book
nu Nervous and Heart Disease?. Address
i.ir. Miies Mrdica' Co, Elkhart, Ind.
SHOES REDUCED 25 1 HI
All ladies and misses shoes have been reduced 9j' '
pa
Men's Wool lined Rubber boots, made by the InjJ
Co., reduced to $2.50.
Ladies first quality rubbers 40c.
LADIES FUR SCARFS
Worth 84.00 reduced to $3.00.
A full line of Dress Goods at Bottom Prices.
HENRYHARD ING,
SCHNEE, Pa
fAS. 6. fi ROUSE,
J
ATTOKNKT AT LAW,
MlDOLXBCRw, PA,
All Darin eritrote,1 to his ear
wS'.l roeiv Dromot attention-
Veterinary sUrgeoN.
SCLINSQROVE. PA.
All professional business fntru-1 to my care
w'U receive prompt snd careful attention.
TT4TTnn TTATTfT'
W liN UUK I
W. II. ni Tl.t.R. Proprietor
418 Market Si., Harrisburg Pa.,
(Opponlte P. B. K- Hepot Entrance)
.4'hIIpI for All TrHliipi'.
Rooms, 25 and 50c. Oood Meals, 25c
Good accommodation. tt
ia and Warn n ikcCald
Laxative uroiuo-umine Tablets cure
a cold lu Muay. iso cure, nojuiy. Price
5 ccuts.
Ladies Wanted-
$5.50 Sample Outfit FREE
Sr. Mraii'a Mm-trlc t'lirwln,
Mraiirht front, (Cnture'xown remedy
fof hackuflitt. Nervouaneita, liifli
KOMtlnn, lloiidurlie, l.lvvr utid hid
nvy Troiihltti; price SI to $'t.
Or. Ni-ir tlnlr HrilMlic.
for Falling Hair; price. 1 lollct
articles. Write for l ilivnl Term.
(1. A. Scott, 870 B'way N. Y.
OT ficadiqg.Staud aijd
uAAjiii ffcyolviijg Boot
ADJtJSAABLE TOP.
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1 .A 1 U I1H..IIVB , 1UIC OUU BIIUIIJJ l'UIIIjMb
your Dictionary, Directory, Dux, l!i:ArJ
Hint 1. A T a IU . i a,,tr hoattu i.nlnnm ... tl
angl.-. It can be rerolced and atljwM whet
so as to always throw the stroixged Hylrf on ft
"V-.. it ;i it i .
ion cuu i nun avoiu me giram on your fimixi
when hnltlinir hnnlr in vnnr linml nr mi I..-J
n ... - v. u
it is made of Oak, and has on one eue a
L'p.li luwilfe frnTvi clirlinr
oJSv REVOLVING CASE.
Jf U This Case is 15x15x12 inches. The U
v)ak or Ash, finished on both sides and on all
and have 9 inches of book space on four sides, or 3 feet in J
room enough for reference looks of daily use. Many b(xiki nr
be placed on the tipper 6hclf.-' In all twenty to thirty volume
size, can Im put in it.
CASTINGS connecting the top and Case are finished in bladi
and of sufficient strength to last a life-time.
Pipe, Post and Legs.
The 3 legs are attached by round-headed screws to the turrjc:
Into this post is forced au irou pipe, which runs up throng i thi
and to which the castings at the top are attached. Arou i tis
the Case revolves.
As a Home, Office or Library article we claim its equal 4
exist. Tli accuracy of this statement can be confirmed hy m
letters of the highest commendation from thousands of Ministq
torneys, Physicians, Government, State and County Oflicials, &
and r.usmess Men. Over 50,000 have been sold in the United
and ordera now come for large lots from England and ollm
ii;umam:. i M it atiom.
Taili paid neekly fur nerviivH either on unlury
nnd cx pcnttcH paid, r c (MiiMiMiin, to take or
derM fur mr (.nrden r-ce:; hlt-o KriiitH ami
Flower. We carry a full line for the l-aiin and
Market (iiiidViicm, no tlmt it liva mail (nunot
lielp Itut succeed, nft he hit the factlitic- to
compete for all kii.dn of trade and with differ
ent iinse8 uf ciifctomern. Write at once for
term to
llrrrlck Need oiiipnii.T,
l-4-l:it. Hoclmtcr, N. Y.
A .Steady Income.
Sularr or commliwion paid weekly. Inr 12M
acre nunery require local and travel inir agent
everywhere to dispone of it product. Al-o
seed lino Will arrange for whole or part lime.
Outfit free. We guarantee profltuhle and pleaa
ant employment the year 'round. Write to day
for Hpevial terms.
Brown Unw. Company, llorhmler, X. T
l'M8-3mo.
Private Sale of Desirable
Real Estate
The undersigned, willnell at private tale, lila
IIoueand lt, I Home) m mate in the ltoroiiRh
of Middlehurir Snyder County, l'a. Bounded
nn the hoiith ly arfcet St., ai-t by a lot of A.
K. tiift. Ki.. Wet hy a lot of t W. Waxen
arller, Kq , and North hy Lour Alley, contain.
InK ' f an ai re, mere or Iran, with the appur
tenance. W here on Is erected a large two
atory brick hoiiae, two ntory law ofllce attached
iSxHI , a uillile hiialno utiiiid, aa it if In the
heart of the town and only a few doora went
of the Court Houe. Law" stable, granery,
corn crib, amoke buoe, chicken liouae and
neceniary nut bull linga, all in fair condition.
AIo hia farm sltuutu in Franklin Townnhlp
f'onritv and state aforesaid, bounded by lands
of Milt"n Krat.er, .lames Decker, S. F. Hiu ke li
bera, Hon, U. A . Henoch, Or. .1 . W. Or win and
fnure Miambiicli, containing ono hundred and
aeventy-llve acres more or lexe; with the appur
tenance. W here nn Is erected a large bank
tinrn, pig pen. smoke hotie, and corn crib A'c.
Thia farm is In a high slate of cultivation. Is
epecially adapted for fruit cultivation and lias
now growing upon It a tine young apple or
chaiuuf uliout IUU trees, a ptach orchard of
about lH) tree, strawberry und rnpberry
p tches in a thriving condition and of the
choice! fruit it Is lucittcd about one half
mile North of Middlehurg and therefore IscIoho
to school, iburch, market, mill and It. It.
station.
te prompt a we itend tn sell Ond will do so
at tl.c Mit .,'l oiiuiiity.
Terms will be made known on application.
James ). C'roi-sX,
Middlehurg, l'a.
COU II tiles.
HOW FINISHED. It is handsomely finished in Antif
and nn ornament to any Office, Library or Parlor.
AS A GIFT; Nothing made is more suitable to present to
or n. a edilmg or liirthday Gift than tins btand.
HOW SHIPPED. This Stand is sent knocked down, ml
htavy paper, unking a package of 20 lbs. By Freiuht it I
second-class, and at about half what it would cost if sent
Plain directions for nutting together accompany each, Stand.
While the regular price of this Stand is 7.00, for a short a
arc allowed to sell them t the wholesale rate of Three lU'ar:.
15., Chicago. Or we will send the Post one year prepaid anilkj
Stand shipped J". O. J J. Chicago, for 3.50,
The POST,
Middleburg,
Manager Wanted.
' Trustworthy,
EITHER SEX, BY
Wholesale Merchandise Company
of solid flnoiielul standing, to manuge
A rv.rt..fT nmiHiimprH.
40 per. cent saved for our customers.
BUSINESS '
No experiment but a proven
' Buccewi. Salary fl.00 a week,
expenses advanced. Experl
. ence unnecessary.
D. i. CLARKSON, Manager,
l-8-7t. 834 Dearborn Bt., Chicago, III.
Hero is an excellent TUFTED COlM
best durable valour . covering, excellent qualii
springs, just the taing for any easy rest, odK
Extension Tables, $5
$5.00; 8 ft. $6.00; 10 ft $7.00. '
Beautiful Writing Des
Top 20x48. bicbly polished fonr drawers, 1"
and a cupboard with . two departments,
persons can use it at the same time, It
isbed on all sides so that it can be niaced in
middle of the room, It is a bargain at $S.5Q.
xinnnnr iioii vtonrt r
K( 1 11 lire, extra kIipH' holmr. nnlp flje Bett
U , - i . u . , , - j
grades and more expensive finish, $
mm $250. ,
0"
Large Arm Rocker,
A. good easy chair, a special bargain ai ?
Other rockers, $1 00, $2 00, $4.00 and $4.6
PICTURES, fruit and scenery, size 27x31
oak, oxydized and gilt frames, easel, n
$1.50, selling now for 1.00. ,1
Chairs; Kit.cben andinins ftc&
a nice assortment, jM-M i
and 5.G0 per half doz. . J
I have also a nice assortment of beds, t
tresses and springs. Come early. '
J. E. MAG EE, Kreamef.
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