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FEBRUARY WORK.
Timely Reminder* on Sowing Flow
er Seed*. llauilliiiK Plant*, Etc.
■ Flower Seeds to Sow.—Seeds can be
6tarted this month in the greenhouse
and in frames in southern localities or
in the bouse window if one is sure of
the suitable conditions of the following
kinds, which require to be well estab
lished in the early spring: Ageratum,
nbutilon, tuberous begonia and Bego
nia vernon. Centaurea gymnocarpa, €.
candidissima and C'. Clewentei and
Cineraria maritime, the last five named
for bedding; calceolaria, Chinese pinks,
coleus for bedding; cyclamen, forget
menot, gloxinia, Grevillea robusta, gyp
sophila, heliotrope, lantana, oleander,
pansy; pcrilla for bedding; Salvia
splendens, smilax, Solatium capsicas
trum and S. ciliatum, thunbergia, ver
bena.
Resting Plants.—Some kinds of
plants that have been resting can now
be given warmer quarters in good
light and be supplied with water and
encouraged to start.
Starting Cuttings.—Cuttings of chrys
anthemums, carnations, fuchsias, ge
raniums, tea roses and many other
kinds of plants can be started during
the month.
Growing Plants.—Care should be
taken to give plants air on fine days
and to avoid excess of heat, to keep
the foliage clean and free from Insects.
Hard wooded plants that are grown
on from year to year in pots, such as
oranges, lemons, camelias, etc., may
now need a top dressing of fresh, rich
soil.
Grapevines.—lt would be better that
the work of pruning vines in the gar
den and vineyard should all be com
pleted this month.
Planting For the Season's Work.—
Complete plans should be made while
there Is yet some leisure for all the
various kinds of work to be done dur
ing spring and Bummer. These plants
should be putin writing and then fol
lowed through the season, deviating
from them only as improvements and
necessary changes make it desirable.
And this useful little outline of work
to b« done originates with such excel
lent authority as Vick.
Norfolk Island Pine*.
Among pretty plants which, especial
ly when tied up with red ribbons, made
a brave show at the holiday season
were the Norfolk island pine (Arau
caria excelsa) and its varieties. These
are popular decorative house plants
and appear to be well adapted to the
DWARF NORFOLK ISLAND PINE,
conditions to which they are subjected
In such use. Kept in the cooler part
oi the room, with more or less light
and due attention to soil moisture, the
plants preserve their foliage and color
well for months and even years.
Care should be taken as much as pos
sible to keep them free from dust, and
frequent spraying or syringing Is de
sirable. The engraving, from Vick's
Magazine, shows a variety, Nana com
pacta, which grows more compactly
than others of the species.
A Date Farm.
The date farm at Tempe, A. T.,
which is under the supervision of the
6tate experiment station, has lately ac
quired about 400 dale trees of choice
varieties secured from Algeria by W.
T. Swingle. These are all suckers
from bearing trees, so the kind of
fruit they will produce is known. These
trees are to be used for propagating
purposes, and a part of the suckers ob
tained from them will lie distributed
throughout the southwest, where the
date is said to thrive In many sections,
doiug especially well under irrigation.
r ' vou associate v.itn aevils during your
waking hours you need not expect angels
to visit you in your dreams,—Chicago
News.
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V SPECTACLE OF WAR
HOW A GREAT ARMY APPEARS WHEN
ON THE MARCH.
Deacrlptlou of the Order In Which a
Urltiali Column Advances When It
!■ I'reparliiK to Attack the Strong
hold of an Enemy.
A British column advancing in time of
war through an enemy's country is at
once a magnificent and a remarkable
spectacle; or rather, to be quite correct,
it would lu', provided the eye could take
in all the details at a single glance.
But that is just precisely what the eye
cannot do. A column of even moderate
strength, when on the move, lengthens it
self out abnormally, so much so indeed
that a body of troops which in review or
der could be packed within a moderate
sized parade ground will occupy ribbon
wise eight, ten or even more miles of
country.
We will, therefore, take tip a position
on an eminence and watch in imagination
a column of British regulars marching on
an enemy's stronghold.
First there will come in sight, riding
at a walking pace, a solitary pair of horse
men. These are the advance points, as
they are termed, and are thrown forward
perhaps a mile ahead of the vanguard.
They are on the lookout for the enemy,
and on the first hint of danger it is their
duty to ride back to left and right and
alarm the flankers.
These latter are thrown out fanwise
from the cavalry which screens the infan
try vanguard, and they in turn pass the
word back along the trailing, snakelike
ribbon of armed men, till within half an
hour, say, of the enemy's being first
sighted the entire command knows of the
threatened danger and is prepared to deal
with it.
The two advanced points have been
well likened to a couple of electric but
tons, which, on being touched, thrill the
alarm down both Hanks throughout the
entire length of the column with which
they are in communication. The simile
is not quite perfect, however, for the
alarm is sounded by these living electric
buttons while yet the danger is remote.
Some hundreds of yards in the rear of
the cavalry screen comes the advanced
guard, subdivided into a vanguard and
a main guard. This latter constitutes
the first lighting unit of the advancing
column, and its strength is of course pro
portionate to the strength of the force
it is covering. With it are field and ma
chine guns, sappers, miners, engineers,
ambulances, reserve ammunition wagons
and so forth. In fact, the advance guard
of a large columu constitutes in itself a
fighting force—a miniature army, so to
speak, complete in practically all essen
tial details. After the advanced guard
has passed we shall probably see, emerg
ing from the clouds of dust which al
ways except in wet weather envelops as
with a mantle a column on the march,
another solitary pair of horsemen and
then at intervals another and yet an
other. These are the connecting links.
A half troop, or perhaps, if the force is
a large one, a whole troop of cavalry
will come next, then more connecting
links and lastly the officer commanding,
surrounded and accompanied by his staff.
The uninitiated in matters military will
now probably expect to see the main
body of the army, but no. A single in
fantry battalion, or maybe two, will per
haps pass, marching strictly "to atten
tion," bayonets fixed and officers' swords
carried naked at the slope, after which
there will heave slowly into sight an ap
parently endless train of field artillery,
machine guns, ammunition wagons, am
bulances, tool carts, forage and store
wagons and numbers of led horses. It is
only when this heterogeneous procession
has come to an end that the thickening
of the dust cloud aud the measured
tramp, tramp, tramp, herald the ap
proach of the infantry brigades. On they
come, rilles at the slope or nt the trail,
talking, laughing, joking, singing, smok
ing, as though war and its attendant
horrors were a thousand miles away. On
they come—and still on! Battalion after
battalion, brigade after brigade.
It becomes almost monotonous after
awhile, for the mighty fighting machines,
each composed of 1,000 or more individu
al fighting units, swing past with me
chanical precision of gigantic automata.
Everything moves as if by clockwork.
Thirty paces interval is the regulation
distance between battalions and brigades,
and 150 paces interval it is—no more, no
less. There is no slackening, no hesitan
cy, for all the apparent free and easiness.
A company lags but a foot or two. It is
spurred sharply forward by a biting
phrase—half expostulation, half com
mand—uttered by its captain. A battal
ion does likewise, and a wave from the
hand of its ever watchful chief sends the
adjutant galloping down the right flank,
exploding as he goes. So is the force
kept "strung up." And a very necessary
process is this same stringing up. The
loss of a few yards at the head menns
hundreds at the tail. Trivial check to the
front of a long columu is a serious delay
to the men in the rear of it.and continu
al stepping out or rapid closing tends to
exhaust troops.
With the passing of the rearmost bri
gade the interest to the average spectator
largely vanishes. True, there follow more
machine guns, more tool carts, ammuni
tion wagons, led horses, etc., but all these
have been seen before. The bearer com
panies, with their trim stretchers and the
lied Cross of Geneva showing conspicu
ously on their tunic sleeves^arouse a brief
curiosity, but they are out of sight, swal
lowed up in the dust cloud almost ere we
realize their presence. If. however, we
care to occupy our position for another
hour or so we shall see yet another cloud
of dust advancing toward us. This is
formed by the baggage train which fol
lows all armies. Lastly comes the rear
guard, followed by a small detachment of
military police, whose duty it is to look
after stragglers.—London Express.
Lord Robert*,
Lord Roberts, or "Bobs," as he Is af
fectionately spoken of In the army, Is
a wiry little man, quick in every move
ment, showing the nervous energy
which possesses him. Ills deep, pierc
ing eyes look Into the other man's as
if he would read his thoughts faster
than his lips can frame the words. His
gray mustache bristling over his
mouth and his visored cap drawn
slightly over his eyes give hint a rath
er pugnacious air. He speaks In quick,
short, incisive sentences, with no waste
of words aud demands that the officers
who come by scores to report shall do
the same.
Clustered around the doorway of the
regency are a dozen officers waiting
for an entree to his office. He has been
calling them In and sending them away
for over two hours already. Suddenly
he appears at the door, with a short
and pleasant "Good morning, gentle
men," poses for the photographer wait
ing for him and asks, "Whom do you
represent?" exclaims "Thank you; I
wish you success," and turns to the
officers, nods at one and walks back
and forth with him on the garden path,
while be explains some military neces
sity. He takes them up, oue after an
other, In this manner, constantly walk
ing, bis brows knitted in thought, stop
ping just long enough to punctuate his
remarks by decisive and expressive
gestures of the hand.—William Din
widdle in Harper's Weekly.
Will Boom His Business.
S. Lavel, a merchant of Dallas, Tex ,
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up business, after two years of suffering
from general debility brought on by
overwork and long hours, but four bot
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feel like working all the time. It's a
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A HOMEMADE HILL.
lion Two llo* n and Thflr Father
Made u Flue I ouniiiiK Uronud.
While Tom uud Billy lived in New
England they found plenty of hills to
elide upon —nice, level hills, as Billy said,
looking back to the delightful slides
longingly. Billy always said "level"
when he meant "smooth." But all about
the new home the land was hardly bro
ken by even a rippling undulation. The
"hills" were really and truly very nice
and level!
The sled runners would have grown
rusty if the boys' father had not had au
inspiration, which the three very speedi
ly put into tangible shape. With a few
FIGURE I.
sticks of joist, some strips of board for
stays and a few short planks they put up
such a framework as is shown in Fig. ).
There was no making of mortises or ten
ons. The posts were set in their proper
positions right in the snow, and strips of
board were then nailed from one to an
other, as shown. The "stringers" were
laid right on top of the posts and nailed
there. Then the planks were laid across
the two that were inclined and over the
level stringers at the top. Afterward a
rail was nailed about the whole, us
shown in Fig. 2, and the first snowstorm
completed the work. Here was a "hill"
made to order, and fine sliding it afford
ed, especially after a snowstorm that left
a fine, hard crust. Down the incline the
sleds would dash with force enough to
carry them far out upon the level, and on
this "hill" one did not have to keep
watching out for teams that always will
appear at the foot of country or village
coasting stretches just as a boy and his
sled are "uulimbering" for action at the
top!
This coast that Tom and Billy's father
built for them —with the boys' help, as I
have said —was eight feet high, with an
incline of 18 feet in length. Up and
down one side were steps, each made by
two bits of board nailed to the planking,
as shown. When these were covered
with snow they still afforded the foun
dations for steps that were quickly made
over them in the snow, the steps occupy
ing but 15 inches of space in the coast's
six feet of width. The sketches are giv-
I
HGURK 11.
en with the idea that perhaps other boys
and other boys' fathers may feel inclined
to give nature a lift too. Such a coast
ing course is easily, quickly and cheaply
built and can be taken down when the
snow is gone. It affords sliding not only
where hills are wantiug, but where there
is so much travel as to make coasting in
the highway dangerous or whero—and
this is specially Important —there is likely
to be company in the coasting that is nei
ther agreeable nor elevating.—Webb
Donnell in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Little Sgnare Clock.
Tht chlDi dog on the table sat,
And the ivory elephant, round and fat.
And the cr.vatal rat. and the little square clock—
Tlck-tock, tick-tock, tlck-tock, tick-took.
Down came a fairy so dear and tweet,
Golden haired to the tips of her feet;
No taller she was than a light, soft quill.
And she asked them to wish, as fairies will.
Loud rose the dog's beseeching wail:
"I have lost my tall I 1 have lost my tail I
0 fairy free, if thy power b« true,
Give ma a new, give me a new I"
Up spake the elephant, spirit sunk:
"I.have cracked my trunk 1 I have cracked my
trunk I
O fairy free, if thy power be true,
Give mi a new, give me a new!"
Quoth the crystal oat: "I much rejoice!
For I've loat my voice; oh, I've lost my voice!
O fairy free, if thy power be true,
Give mc a m-e-w, give me a m-e-wl"
The fairy's wand had a wondrous quirk;
Each gift r<uue forth and began its work,
And then she saw. and she turned quite red—
She'd forgotten the little square clock, that
said:
"My corners have never • crick or crack.
My hands are whole, and I haven't a lack.
O fairy free, dost bid me choose?
Give, oh, give tne something to lose!"
The crystal cat mewed a silent mew;
The dog and the elephant wondered too.
The fairy nodded a nod sublime
And flourished her wand and gave it time.
She gave it time, since when the grace
Of satisfaction is on its face.
And all day long, all night, it will sit,
Losing and losing and losing it.
—Agnes Lee in St. Nicholas.
Kffectlre Soap.
The children's toboggan slide is quite
au institution in a certain nursery. Il is
an old ironing board, a good wide oue,
and when its end is tipped up on a chair
it furnishes all kinds of amusement to
the small owners.
The other day the children discovered a
new joy in the ironing board. They plac
ed it flat upon the floor. Then they smug
gled a piece of soap from the bathroom
and soaped the board well from end to
end. It made a famous slide.
The three boys and the girl, who is the
wildest boy of the four, gave themselves
plenty of room to run, and the board was
long enough to make a good slide.
One after the other then ran. T <•■
phase grew excitim- I'y A ire t..U
ing her turn, cam with ,i rush <i iwn ihe
hall and acros- i!e board. The insp.-lu
was too mueh. Her heels Hew up. nd
she came down hard, very hard.
She gathered herself together vi h ;t
bewildered look on her face. Then she
stood up slow h
"Dear me." she said, "I didn't know
eoap was so effective!"
Wacra It. England.
The annual report on the changes In
rates of wages and hours of labor in
Great Britain during the year 1899 has
just been issued. The prosperity of the
country was such that the percentage
of the unemployed was the lowest re
corded since 1890. The changes of
wages last year aggregated a rise of
$575,000 per week, an increase of SIOO,-
000 over the year 1898.
What III" Mother Meant.
"I see now what my old mother
meant," said Mr. Newly wed, as he took
up a particularly soggy piece of bread.
"What your mother meant?" echoed his
wife.
"Yrs, what my mother meant. When
1 used to find fault with the meat or the
biscuits, she would shake her head pro
phetically and say, 'Never mind, my boy,
you may see the day when you will be
glad to get this.'"—lndianapolis Sun.
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PEMBROKE POULTRY FARM.
Brooding Home and Lading House
That Have Proved Sacceaaea.
There Is an extensive poultry plant
at Pembroke, Genesee county, N. Y., ;
that has been In successful operation
for some years, but of which nothing
has been written, probably because It
is devoted to the production of eggs and i
poultry for market only. The buildings |
of this plant are three in number. The
principal one is the brooding house, j
which is 110 feet long by 16 feet wide.
In front it is 4 feet to the eaves, while
at the rear the roof rises to the height
of 8 feet. The roof is of tin. At one
end of this house a pit 16 by 14 feet is
excavated to a depth of four feet. In
this is placed the boiler which heats
the pipes of the brooder system, as it Is
necessary to have the top of the heater
on a level with the pipes. Four IVi
Inch pipes run through the building
three feet from the rear wall. These
pipes are laid at a height of one foot
from the floor aud furnish heat for the
brooders. Six inches from the pipe
nearest the wall the back of the brood- J
er is built. At intervals of four feet .
along tills back boards are nailed
reaching to the front of the brooder
house and dividing It Into 14 pens, 4 by
13 feet
To every dividing board at distances j
of six inches from the front pipes are ,
nailed timbers reaching to the ceiling, j
To these are hinged the covers to each ;
section of the brooder. The covers are i
one Inch above the pipes. A heavy |
cloth with slits to allow the passage of
chicks into the pen covers the front of i
BROODING HOUSE AT PEMBROKE.
each brooder. A false bottom is iu j
each compartment, and by adjusting i
this at different distances from the J
steam pipes the heat is easily regulat- j
ed. Fences three feet high made of ,
wire screen of one incli mesh separate
the pens. The space above the brooder
Is closed with a gate of wire netting to '
enable the attendant to enter the pen
with ease.
In the front of the house there are 24
windows 2 by 3 feet, one for each pen.
For each section there is a small yard
in which on pleasant days the chicks
are allowed to run. Cut straw or hay
Is scattered on the floors of the pens
and in the brooders. Sawdust was
tried, but the chicks ate it, with disas
trous results. In each section is a
feeding rack In which is also a water
ing basin. This device not only saves
food, but keeps the chicks from over
turning the water basin or being
drowned in it. Attached to this house
Is a wing 14 by 40 feet divided into kill
ing and feed rooms and a house occu
pied by the overflow from the brooders
In summer and by laying stock during
the remainder of the year. In the kill
ing room is a two barrel kettle for hot
water with which to scald the birds, as
the Buffalo market demands.
The cost of material for the brooder
house and wing was SBS. The style of
construction, with low front and roof,
not only materially reduces the cost,
but makes the house much warmer.
The cost of the hot water pipes, boiler,
etc., installed ready for operation was
$75, while the expense for wire and
lumber In the pens brought the whole
cost up to $175. After using the house
for several years the owner, Mr. E. 11.
Hall, saya that he can think of no im
provement which might be made upon
It and says that when he builds anoth
er house for laying stock he will con
struct It on the same Hues as the brood
er house, except that he will have the
roof one foot higher both in front and
rear.
The house for laying stock is 100 by
10 feet and is divided into six parts,
each with a yard attached. To secure
eggs in winter it Is necessary that the
house be warm; hence this house was
built with double walls having tarred
paper between and was provided with
a boiler and steam pipes. These pipes
run the whole length of the building
aud are laid close to the wall about two
feet from the floor. The floor Is of
gravel covered with leaves and straw.
A board floor was first used, but was
soon discarded. There is n row of
movable nest boxes below the pipes,
while Just above them are the roost
boards. When the weather becomes
quite cold, heat is supplied. Contrary
to what would be expected, this mild
artificial heat does not seem to weaken
the fowls or render them liable to dis
ease. Heating the poultry house has
proved to be a very profitable invest
ment. This house cost slightly tuore
than did the other, the double wall
bringing the cost up to sllO.—S. F.
Uoxton in Reliable Poultry Journal.
j
The American lien.
It. G. P. Candage, the president of
the farmers' national congress, recog- j
uized In his opening speech that a large
portion of Amerlcau prosperity is due
to the Industrious American hen. He
demonstrated by statistical proofs that |
t!i* energetic biddies of the United j
sSUtcs. through habits of early rising
and attending <tilctly to business
seveu days in the week, annually lay
f100.C00.000 worth of eggs. But this
is not all. They rear families that
eventually goon the markets as roast
er* and broilers, and this increase, Mr.
Candage says, has In addition a total
V»'ue of $40,000,000.
Government Bulletin* of Valor to
Motliera.
Many valuable pamphlets which
would be of great use to the housei
mother may be obtained free on appli-!
cation to the department of agricul- 1
ture at Washington. Some of these
are the Nutritive Value aud Cost of
Foods; Souring of Milk and Other j
Changes In Milk Products; Meats:
Composition anil Cooking; Milk as
Food; Fish as Food; Sugar as Food;
Bread and Bread Making; Household
Insects, in which much useful Informa- j
tion Is given as to their extermination.
Besides these there are special trea- |
tises on Beekeeping, Mushroom Grow- j
lug. Poultry Raising, Butter Making, j
Asparagus Culture anil other subjects
Interesting to women who live In the
country, to be had for the asking.—
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Eight hour laws are ignored by those ,
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SCRUBS ARE COSTLY.
THERE IS NO MONEY IN INFERIOR
LIVE STOCK.
Lfniuna Wlileh Farmer* \re slow to
LeHru—U ell llred Animals 4re Ne
cessities anil Not l.uiurlti Where
I'rotltn Are Wanted.
One of the unsolved mysteries in con
nection with American agriculture is
the amazing indifference displayed by
such a large proportion of even the bet
ter class of farmers In the matter of
the quality of their live stock, says The
Breeder's Gazette. In spite of the daiiy
lessons of the market place there Is
widespread failure to apply them in
actual practice. Many do not patron
ize improved sires of any sort, others
choose unwisely and are disappointed.
Still another class destroy progress al
ready made by resorting to an injudi
cious cross, such as breeding a cow of
a beef breed to a dairy bred bull or
stinting a draft mare to a coach or trot
ting bred stallion.
There is no room on any properly
managed farm for inferior live stock.
It pays no profit and involves a useless
waste of animal foods. Too many farm-
SHORTHORN BULL CALF,
ers have the erroneous idea that the
well bred animal is a luxury that can
only be afforded by the rich. It Is true
that the training of pure bred stock for
show involves a more or less elaborate
equipment and comi>els the expendi
ture of much money, it is also true
that many meti of large means engage
In blood stock breeding upon an ex
travagant basis.
The fact remains nevertheless that
the average farmer enn handle well
bred live stock at a relatively greater
profit than the so called "professionals"
and Is blind to his own best interest if
he neglects to maintain some suitable
variety as a leading feature of his
farming operations. These truisms
have been reiterated in these columns
so often that it may seem idle to repeat
them here. At the same time the point
Is one of such supreme Importance that
it cannot too often be discussed.
Animals of good form and quality are
always salable, and there Is no farmer,
however moderate his means, but can
Improve the type of his cattle, his
sheep, his hogs or his horses in one gen
eration by resorting to the use of a
pure bred male. Females can be sent
for service to some good sire in the
neighborhood if it is net deemed expe
dient to buy one. Where there is a
wish to Improve a way can always be
found to make a beginning. The desire
to rear good stock instead of "scrubs"
must first exist. The means of attain
ing that end will readily present them
selves if honestly sought.
It Is all well enough, for example, to
ship iti feeditig cattle from a distance,
but why may not the farmers of the corn
and blue grass belt carry good herds
of cows ami rear a still better grade
of calves than can usually be lxtught
on the range or In central markets?
Buyers are scouring the country for
good young steers and cannot find
them. Why do not farmers breed to till
this steady demand? It will commonly
pay any careful farmer to buy a few
registered cows or heifers and breed
them to pedigreed bulls of the same
type. One does not need to wait until
able to purchase a large lot. One or
two good pure bred heifers properly
handled will soon grow Into money.
And so with sheep or any other variety
of the domestic animals. Few farmers
are rich enough to afford the luxury of
"scrubs." They should not be tolerated
on auy laud that grows good crops.
I'mprnfltahle Stock.
It Is one thing to keep an old animal
that lias been the pride and pet of the
fnmily for years after It has ceased to
be profitable and another to keep one
that Is not and never was able to earn
its keeping. Vet while not many farm
ers feel able to do the former for senti
ment's sake there are hundreds who
are doitig the latter from no other rea
son than an unpardonable Ignorance
as to w e cost of keeping and the actual
results received from the animal. The
Babcock test is doing much to weed out
some of the unprofitable cows when
used In connection with the regular
weighing of the milk, but other ani
mals need to be looked after. Sheep
need to be culled carefully every year,
and those that do not produce and
bring tip good lambs and a good shear
ing of wool should be fitted for mutton.
There is many a man who keeps a
horse when be could hire one to do the
work he has for him at less than the
cost of feeding and others who keep
two, though one could do the work ex
cepting during a few days In the year.
Weed out the unprofitable animals
even If obliged to kill and bury them.
They may do the world some good In
that way.—American Cultivator.
Overripe Meat.
The London Rural World answers a
question, "What can be done with
Jneat kept a little too long, but not un
lit for food?" and suggests washing,
vinegar, borax, permanganate of pot
ash and charcoal applied in various
ways. We have always held that meat
"kept a little too long" Is not fit for hu
man food anil ti nt it ought to be taken
out and burled
A Woman aa Engineer.
Of Miss Nevada Stout of Hyervllle,
0., who has received a license to run
a stationary engine, the district exam
iner states that she answered correctly
24 of the 25 questions asked, which is
better than the average male engineer
does. lie says:"l never was more
surprised in my life than when I en
tered the engine room of the mill where
this young woman is employed, for
she Is barely 18. The machinery was as
clean as a new pin. There wasn't a
speck of rust on It, anil she was shov
eling coal Into the furnace anil looking
after the 50 horsepower engine in a
way that Indicated that she thorough
ly understood her business. She was
the only person about the mill, and yet
the plant was running perfectly, and
her employers had left her in charge,
apparently with every confidence that
she was fully competent and responsi
For Shattered Nerves,
A remedy that will soothe, build up
the wasted tissues and enrich the blood
is indispensable. Lichtv's Celery Nerve
Compound has been wonderfnly suc
cessful in oases of nervousness, as thous
ands oi grateful people will testify.
Sold bv. Rossman & Sou's Pharmacy, i
ELECTRICITY IN MINING. ,
Mnßnrllr I urn ol l« Haptdly Mr
placing Strum nnU I uuipre»i>ed Mr.
The New York Evening Post says j
that electricity is tnpidl.t replacing
bteaui ami I • UJ|»IV>SC<I air in mines atl
over the country. One after the other;
in taking up that kind of power, and it
seems as If within a short spare of
time most of the underground work
would tie carried on by electric force.
There is no doubt of its cheapness for
drills us compared with other kinds of
power, and it certainly is much more
Convenient. To bring strain or com
pressed air to tiie heading of tunnels,
sometimes many hundred feet under- j
ground, it has been necessary to build
long pipes and to meet with delays
through broken joints and many other ,
accidents which are likely to hap|>en to'
pipe lines. On the other hand, the elec
tric power wires are flexible, do not re
quire to be laid In any particular way
and are always ready for use.
One of the objections to the use of
electricity instead of compressed air
might be overcome without much trou
ble. In using the high explosives in
the heading of a long tunnel where
there is no means of ventilation the
pipe which furnishes the air for the
drills is left open, and the gases from
the explosion are quickly driven out of
the tunnel so that the men can get to I
work again in a short space of time.
This has always been one of the great
advantages of this method of drilling. ;
This result can IK? reached as well with
electricity by building a big exhaust
blower at the mouth of the tunnel,
using the electricity to drive It and
clearing the tunnel of the noxious gas
ps in even less time. Thus there would
be a gain in time usually lost while i
waiting for the air to clear as well as 1
in economy in running the drills.
In the Cripple Creek mining district
in Colorado the electric drill is making
inore progress than in any other part
of that mining belt. The Colorado
Electric Power company, which lias its
plant at Canon City, has recently put'
electric hoisting engines In several
mines and lias made contracts for
lighting and furnishing power to oth
ers. A lot of electric drills have been
ordered by the company, and within 00
days It Is expected that they will be in
operation in some of the mines. It Is
declared that the new drills will not
only permit a saving of at least 50 per
cent In working cost, but will maintain
a higher degree of efficiency. All points
underground where the more cumber
some steam drill cannot reach the elec
tric drill may !>e used with ease.
Illn Head In Danger.
The powers that demand the execu
tion of certain Chinese because of con
nection with the Boxer uprising and
massacres especially designate I'rince
Tuan as one who shall pay forfeit with
his life. Germany lias s[>oken in posi
tive terms regarding Prince Tuan, as
FKIM.K TV A2l KAMI VI.
he was the head and front of the oi
ganized military forces of the Boxers,
and the assassination of the German
minister. Von I\« tteler, Is laid at his
door. Prince Tuan has been reported
surrendered, captured, dead, escaped
aud out of the country half a dozen
times each during the tiast six weeks.
How (• Hikf l.ewion Saoe®.
Mix one cup of sugar and one table
spoonful of cornstarch. Stir It into
two cups of boiling water: cook ten
minutes, stirring often. Add one ta
blespoonful of lemon juice, one table
spoonful of butter and serve.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH
Better than a Piano, Organ, or Musir ltnx, for It sin«rs ami talk* as well a* plays. arvt
don't cost as much. It rcprmliiccs the music of any instrument—i««nd .■r«>rrli. .tr»—tell*
Ftories and sing*—the old familiar hymns as n. II as tin* [>• >pu!ar s«>ri>r*—il i- il waysrea-ly.
S«*e that Mr. Kdi»»n'«i signature i- <>n every flMrhine. «'»,»-
lopuca of all dealer* or NATIONAL PMONOOKAPH CO.. ijj Mfth Ave. New ¥«k
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PLANING MILL!
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MANUFACTURERS Of
Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas,
Brackets, Frames
and Turned Work of all Kinds.
Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and
Rough Lumber.
RIVERSIDE, NORT'D COUNT>.
FOR FIRST CUSS lORE OUT 00 TO
(i<W Work.
lion eiv«. I.»- • IV
dies Suits and V* ' « / belivtrv.
A.fX'' ' * si J*
Waists, Gents®.'/ ; ; . V-- Right Prices.
\*7l • 4 n 4 1 ?* I '■
White 1 anta- \ ■* * ./''an i
... ,J;\. v *&s All packages
loons and Vests. , - ••£!» •
jV; » / ,* elald tor and
RepckiM don*- 'V ; ' J - i.• ■ r
V\ •. * *: - S*' delivered till
when orderrd. i '
/ : (live us a call.
Danville Steam Laundry,
No., 20 Cana St Lore and kase. Prop!
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.
Central John W Clous. deputy Jadra
advocate g. n« ral. a central figure in
the Investigation of tlx ha/ g tnrtk
oda of the Military academy is out a
at/anger to Went Point.
As professor of law he spent fonr
years at the academy. Hi* a •juaiiit
ance with the post dates from ui. .-aril
er jteriod, however He *#« a member
of the band and lived a j> ar a the .id
barracks n»ar "Logtown tleneral
Clous entered the army a- a private
musician in the Ninth infantry uu k el».
\
w - ' S f
v.v
omul JOHN * CLM -
2. 18T»7. In IJWI lie priunited to
I corporal ami quartermaster m rg.-ant.
In November. l?*;j, he r< • < *•<! a eon:
mission as second lieutenant of the
Sixth Infantry anil three yea l- * late
became first lieutenant. He was pro
moted to captain In 1*»!7 and nearly 'J
years later became a major In the
Judge advocate general's
THE VERDICT.
i New York's vaccination appear* to
have "took."—Washington Past.
Manv people will 1» (lid to learn that
skiumiilk is more Mar fill for paper mak
iutc than for sale to city people at rent*
a quart.— Kocbester Democrat aod |
Cknaklt.
In aeareking for the smith pole the
Duke of AUraazi wiil eater upon a field
of exploration whi- h has 1-eeu very little
cultivated a* yet. It would be a * i»n
ti6<: surprise if the south p.>i«- were to be
first reached.- Ituffalo <'owner.
The present congress may be asked to
consider the Mpolwnr; of uniform mar
riage and divorce laws. The ease of
American divorce is one of the utkiaal
Jokes. There i» an op| ortuiii' for <-■ e
legislation in ;bat direction. »»b.o State
Journal.
The protects of the artiv- .;.-a nst nay
meddling with the Whit* li
▼•net- of a r.p'.it from a r
national commission of art-L. - »• •.
tors and landscape gari.'ier- ■ -to .■»
altogether rea><>nahle and li -
Hartford Coo rant-
The (icrmanixin? of eastern r-i* ia
proceed* :ipi<<-. It is aannum i I t >at at
Kijewo a sch.*>lni!»*ter an-1 his p - Ml*
have re« eived iiot'ce that the r- is' • e
to wear boots high in the leg 1- '
being ri rutidered •< a -i of aa
tionalist ideas.— Ilartangscb< /.if
The mnltipliratioa of a • *•!»• *r-• with
ant'n.ol.il.- x.hiclea 1 iphani— » lk» w—l
Of "other -ici |. ■ r . * r. I
toms." The new m.-|< hines .11
things •« long as they keep ia their pl.i- •
and go rurht. • hit of pia>e or «mt of
trol they are a niena.-e and a horror.
New Vork Trihaac.
If the settlers at Plymouth eoaM have
manage. l to land oa the hut »rie r>«ck a
aonie day either a month before »'hri»r
mas or a month after the rt -j-renee of
that high festival. Forefathers' <!a*
would find ranch more general * ''servau- *
at the hands r.f this latter day genera
tion.—B«>*t on Clnbe.
A Seattle physician eheerfn'ly and ap
provingly annonn<-es that the p act ire •
beaming more and mora comm. n with
the members of hi* profession to "pot to
sleep" permanently patients whn*» «-if
ferings are iri<-ur:iMe. If might he w»;l
for peoplt * ho travel to l» a li'tle ttt»-
tious here*fter ationt getting *kh ia ••-
ittle.—Hau Kranciaco BuUetia.
Woking Rahi'a Rotlfea.
If these are well washed, flrst in hot
water and then in col-l. directly after n«e.
there will be no ditfi.Tilty in ke pis g tbem
clean. I»on't use a hru«h. a« 'here is a!
ways the danger that bristle* n >t t- I. ft
Id the t>nttle and swallowed Ist. IV
Ing shot Is equally danger >it*. I- «tan
of lead p >i«oning have rwi urred wl
this ha* Iw-en done. Add S very little «>da
to the hot miter, and after w. II rimi ng
leave the bottle to s> ak in cold water till
needed.
FOR STRIP-NO NT
• tnple De«lee # .»r IWeSfSlilf
A limp •• m *ana nt rtucft
pafaters ..1 1 r tlv *tr pe in* mr
rwonde t »tirfa>-e>. 4e»< niied by fa#
S*dent:tic A ier;. in atf fnve'i's. an€
Mr «;».org»- H A 1 of 'tb ♦'rean
K. I
The •trlper eon- • * «.f a pa.at r-nrnr
voir • »e«l at "t. > end tr. as- few
provi<|e«l With a rent bote eva'ralled by
an adlustal.te gat- At t:<«p .» .#r end
of lhe i» •• v. .[ a (1 >4/i mi»» ar«4
Kmt.r !• ti* the r*-s. rv«xr ar» two '-Ufa.
tUe upper of wh.tb la aiatte of sprang
wuwid ratvr mum
metal and n--»ive< U tse-a It* tufa a
icuid.- arm !*nt near its h»w»r -ad
The second 'dip serves the purpose >|t
holding a ffat spring qp >n whirl a
racking arm la '-nrrr'na at
Its b.wer end a -eating e«p Ti» Sat
•pring normally pr»-««eH the sealing fnp
tightly against the rx-zxle to prereat
the escape of paint from the- r*wrvn(r.
In order to stripe a surface wtfh »na
or more stra ght tines »he guide arm
carried by the upper Hip ia el]n«M
so that its t.ent ea«t engages rbe -»tga
of the s , \s r| > . 'rawn
along the r*»*xle is open.-.I f»y irr ming
th«* en«l of t'.e r»« .11 as <«y
the lower eKp so as to hr'n< »ha seat
ing cup upward. T'.e merits of the Js>
vice ar* obv ons.
Rew •» Brsll s»t> s*rk>»i.
Select a sine ma s-rej an>i >••"»*»■
aa 1 ltn>il tu 11• ma rr tl , a
lay on a hot platvr In tn* wear -aa
brown three ounces of batter a a fry
inn pan- Then tbeass .a »> leaves .112
water cresa a • - .* , r
wtsbH and dr e«t Ut t fr r*Hs o
then ad.l three *atde«ponafui<s mt am
gar ami «is shakes af pepper P- «a
hot. pour the wuoie aver the Salt and
place In the #»et Bra atautea ?«-f-ra
nt once
!tm>w>n r~»
M . 112;. It • sly. iNrt -isf.
. | t 4«: issiy
th: - W. ek U I • ' .t payw fcm
ihL-'»a ft»a Jiannal.
Th.s seae. -n s last artosdr
ILLI N E R
pissfm-tt.»i*s are bee* h> »a«er»st and
pleaee r.ninMitei t tttmaed Hats
T<«|t>es sit ! Ht>nne'«. *n.| <iarmaia*e»t
shapes .if the aewset ami m.<s« »ppr
«ty V" fall and see 'bean Tbee affl
need bat liftV praise aa he ssafr»
1 them apfteeiated Aha» a tine *4 -TO
| trimmed Hats m a I the p- p"'ae ifcayss
IBflll
12a Mill Street.
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Which is it?
Is it the .arp» t f«imt»ar» nt wall
whfh give the key n«>te aea* »ffe«
tiseltr inn nam ith"ut I nbt
it is the wall* TKere are 112 >ur ra
niemlier i»«id> - *"• *e*'!ug ••hrt
things are import*-i' iwit yiai iw
bare mat wall* ta-*efal aad appro
priate if vim wr«h t- r*t a grmd
style 1 »nr papers are the beet
A. H. GRQNE.
112 Milt St.
Chas. L. Pettis & Co..
CASH
PRODUCE BUYERS.
!*ers-ed Poultry, liamf Pars.
FtX* nnd flutter.
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Prices
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fries Monty refer-■*».! it not as
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Dss Mm ass, town