COMMODORE NICHOLSON
RECOMMENDS PERUNA.
COMMODORE Somerville Nicholson, of
the United States Navy, in a letter
from 1H37 R Street, Northwest, Washing
ton, D. C, says:
"Four Perunahas been and is now
msrd by so many of my friend and
acquaintances as a sure cure for
catarrh that I am convinced of its
curative quallttex and J unhesitat
ingly recommend it to all persons
suffering from that complaint."
Our army and our navy are the natural
protection of our country.
. Peruna is the natural' protection of the
army and navy in the vicissitudes of cli
mate and exposure.
We have on tile thousands of testimon
ials from prominent people in the army
and navy.
We can give our readers only a slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited en
dorsements Dr. Hartman is constantly re-ccivinc-
for his widely known and efficient
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If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. S. B. Hartman, Pres
ident of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum
Tjus, Ohio, and he will be pleased to give
you his valuable advice.
Workman's Ancestral Failings.
The strictures passed upon the
working men as a whole might have
been passed ever since Tacitus de
scribed our Anglo-Saxon ancestors,
but the brighter facts are compara
tively modern. Christian Common
wealth. . 10,000 rinnta for lOo,
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Eahser Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes.
Salzer Seeds have a national reputation
aa the earliest, finest, choicest the earth
produces. They will send you their big
plant and need catalog, together with
enough seed to grow
1,000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2,000 rich, juicy Turnips,
2,000 blanching, nutty Celery,
2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
' 1,000 splendid Onions,
1,000 rare, luscious Kadishea,
1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
. Thia great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 160 POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them 26c in postage, they
will add to the above a big package of the
earliest Sweet Corn on earth Salter's
Fourth of July fully 10 days earlier than
Cory, Peep o' Way, etc., etc. A. C. L.l
The Public Health Committee of
Camberwell, London, proposes to fit up
the public baths in the borough for
cricket practice during the winter
months. Apparently the Camberwel
lians do not bathe in winter.
The Automobile In England.
The use of automobiles is Increas
ing rapidly in England, and this year
promises to be an excellent one for
the trade. On April 1, 1904, there
were 14,887 cars in use in that coun
try representing an Increase of 25
per cent during the past two years.
There was also a corresponding num
ber of accidents. Take London alone
lor example. During the year ending
May 1, 1904, there were 510 accidents
to automobiles, of which 13 proved
fatal. This will make the enemies of
the automobile hold up their hands in
horror, but the- figures will not seem
as bad when placed In comparison
with the accidents, caused by and hap
pening to horses and carriages during
the same period. There were. 7,684
of them, and 190 were fatal. But the
automobilifit must " remember that
there are far more horses In London
than automobiles. Springfield Re
publican. A WOMAN'S MISERY.
Mrs. John LaRue, of 115 Paterscu
Avenue, Paterson, N. J., says: "I wa
troubled for about sine years, and
what I suf
fered no one
will ever
know. I used
about every
known reme
dy that Is said
:tc be good for
' kidney com
plaint, but
without deriv
ing perrutinent
relief. Often
when alone in
the house the backache has been so
bad that It brought tears to my eyes.
The pain at times wag so Intense that I
was compelled to give up my household
duties and lie down. There were head
aches, dizziness and blood rushing, to
my bend to cause bleeding at the nose.
The first bos of Doun's Kidney Pills
.lienefited me so macii that I continued
the treatment. The stiucing pain In
the small of my back, the rushes ol
blood to the head and other symptoms
disappeared."
Doan't Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers.1! CO cents per box. Poster
aillnurnfco., Buffalo, N. X. .
LOVE TRIUMPHANT,
Helen's lips are drifting dust;
Dion is consumed with rust;
All the gallsses of Greece
Drink the ocean's dreamless peace;
Lost was Solomon's purple snow
Restless centuries ago; ,
Swtely empires wax and wane :
Babylon, Harbary and Spain;
Only one thing, undefaced,
Lasts, though all the worlds lie waste
And the heavens are overturned,
Dear, how long ago we learned!
Frederic
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The HEART
By ELL1CE
CJCILLA linil fnllen madly
in love Willi Vincent Keith
nt first sight. She fancied,
with fluttering hope, that
C9)d! ho also wns attracted by
j her. She had had many
admirers, but hitherto not one of them
had stirred her heart. Now, as the
weeks passed, she begun to experience
the Joy of being wooed when the lover
Is also the beloved.
She knew so certainly that she hnd
loved him that she trembled in doubt
whether he loved her. She waited for
the declaration she longed to hear be
fore revealing herself.
She was now cool, now fonder to him
as hope and fenr alternated In her
heart, and he, manlike, was equally
cast down by her rebuffs and elated
by her favors.
One evening he brought her a cutting
of verbena, and they went together into
the garden to plant it. The surround
ings inclined to sentiment, and he broke
off a flower, a red rose with a golden
heart, kissed it, and asked her to wear
It for his sake.
Her hands trembled ns she fastened
It Into her low cut bodice, and he
caught them In his. She did not with
draw them.
A moment more and the enger ques
tion might have sprung to Ills lips, but
they were interrupted. Hal and Kdgnr,
Luellla's brothers, made a noisy ap
pearance on the scene, nnd carried off
her lover to the billiard room.
Seeing there was no help for It, he
yielded with a good grace, and Lucilla
chafed. She wished now she had not
let him hold her hands. He would re
member that sign of yielding on her
part, and she had nothing to console
herself with. Yes, the rose! It nestled
warm against her breast. She would
put it in water, that it might last the
longer.
So thinking, she made her way tip to
her room. But, after all, the flower
was still quite fresh, and it seemed a
pity to disturb it from where his hand
bad helped to place it.
Now that Hal nnd Edgar had him at
their mercy, there was little hope of
seeing him again that night, unless1
she cared to Join in their game, and
for that she was not inclined.
She sat down by the open window
and watched the dusk gather. The
wallflowers and the roses threw np
an Intoxicating perfume, and a thought
came to .her. She would watch for a
glimpse of him ns he left the house.
Yes, it was worth the long wait!
The moon rose; a sliver crescent in
an unclouded sky; and presently in a
distant tree a nightingale began to sing
Its song of love. The liquid notes
thrilled her; her hetrt went out to the
night But time sped on; It was grow
ing late; her exultation died down; the
nightingale ceased; the rose had beguu
to droop on her breast. ."Flowers fade
on flirts!" She smiled nt the thought.
Her own heart was true and stead
fast enough, she knew. Nevertheless,
she took the flower now and placed
it in water. As she withdrew into the
warm room she shivered slightly nnd
wrapped a light shawl round her bare
heck and arms, that her evening dress
left- exposed, ere she seated herself
again at the window.
Then came the sound of the hall door
banging, and her lover's swift tread
crunched over the gravl. She leaned
from the casement.
Right past her window he came, and
suddenly stopped. Was it love's pre
science that he stopped and stood look
ing up at her window? Certainly with
even less thought of seeing her there
than she had of such an unexpected
move on his part. She was not warned
In time to retreat.
"Lovet Love!" he whispered, 'throw
me down the rose!"
Bnt she drew hastily into the shadow
With burning cheeks.
Did he guess she had waited three,
perhaps four hours, waiting for a sight
of him, who had never yet so much as
told her he loved her? She would die
of shame! He assumed, at any rate,
that she cherished his flower. He took
much for granted. And he dared stop
under her window and beg a love token
as if as if she had given him her heart
Without the asking!
Luellla's pride was up in arms. She
nulled down the window with an anger
that was manifest.
And he, ignorant of tha intricacies
Of the feininino heart, with a sudden
hopelessness upon him, went sadly
borne.
How small a misunderstanding can
create a barrier between two lovers
whose love is as yet unsigned, unsealed
nd undelivered.
That night made a breach between
Lucilla and Vlucent that was not long
in the widening. "Pride properly be
longs to a woinnn." Lueiila told her
seir, "nnd not to a muu." And, Vin
cent, conscious only of her rebuff,
waited vainly for the encouragement
she bad not grudged him before. v
And one day, when the young moon
cose oo Just such another summer even
L
There's a tight that blinds the sun.
Sound that lives when sounds are done.
Music that rebukes the birds,
Language lovelier than words.
Hue and scent that shame the rose,
Wine no earthly vineyard knows.
Silence stiller than the shore
Swept by Charon's stenlthy oar.
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's boundless sea;
Ye who love have learned it true.
Dear, how long ago we knew!
Lawrence Knowles (Dana Kstes it Co.).
OF LUCILLA.
BEERE.
ing ns had seen the little rift within
the lute, when the nightingale Bang
over again his tender raptures, now
passionate, now pleading, nnd Lucilla,
with fnllins tears bent her head over
the withered leaves of a faded rose,
Vincent sailed, to seek n better fortune,
n kinder fate In other lands. And Lu
cilla waited to see him ngaln, counting
the hours, while time sped Into years.
"You must really come with ns to the
theatre to-night," declared Lucllln's
great friend, Elsie Southwood. "Felix
has such a nice box, and is going to
bring Sir. Cllenroy. You know, Lucilla,
you always wanted to meet him."
Lucilla roused herself; she was near
ly always absorbed In a reverie now.
"The man, you mean, who has the
gift of reading in people's faces their
fate?"
"Yes. I wonder If lie will tell ns
onrs. Of course I know mine; I'm al
ways going to be as happy as the day
is long, wltli my precious Felix, a reg-
ular Darby and Joan couple.- lint
aren't you longing to have yours told,
to know whether you'll marry for love
or money, and wander far or live and
die nt home, and all that knid of thing?
Felix says be Is wonderful when he
can be persuaded to do it for anyone,
but he won't tell some people nt nil
If he can sse death or misery In their
faces, or anything like that."
Inadvertently Lucilla said: "Oh, then
he won't tell mine!"
Elsie stared. "But you're not going
to die, Lucilla; you're too young.
You're n year younger than I am, nnd
people don't die at twenty-four unless
they're ill. And you're not miserable,
you've everything to make you happy.
It's other people you make miserable.
When are you going to marry my
brother Fred? EVery one knows he's
deeply In love with you."
"Perhaps some day, perhaps never,"
said Lucilla, Indifferently; "but I'll go
to the thentre, Elsie, if it's only to see
Mr. Glenroy, and in the hope that he'll
read us our fate. I confess I am in
tensely interested. Indeed, I long,
above all things, to know what the fu
ture holds In store for me."
Lucilla found herself seated with her
back to the stage, with Mr. Glenroy at
her elbow. The piny was a popular
melodrama, In four acts, and with
three long Intervals.
Lucilla did -not give much of her
attention to the play, so occupied wns
she with her companion. He was a
gray-haired man of middle age and
middle height.
His features were good and regular,
with a well-formed nose, and large,
rather full blue eyes. His face wore
an expression of great kindness and In
telligence, and he had a peculiarly
sympathetic voice and manner which
won the confidence at once.
He appeared deeply interested In Lu
cilla, nnd talked freely to her between
the nets, nnd not the ordinary small
change of conversation either. Soon
they were discussing personalities.
"You're not hnppy," he said, under
cover of the orchestra; "you must not
mind my saying so."
"But what nuikes you say so?" asked
Lucflla, quickly.
"I generally speak the truth to peo
ple," he said, whimsically, "If I speak
at all; but sometimes they contradict
me."
"You arc right," she said, In a low
voice. "I won't gainsay you."
"And if you are not careful yon have
more unhnpplness to come."
Oh, don't, don't say that," she cried,
alarmed. "Tell me what is this
strange gift you have of reading peo
ple's future In their fnOes."
It is no gift," he responded, smiling,
"merely the faculty of observation nnd
deduction very acutely developed. And
then, my theory 'is character makes
fate is fate. Gauge thoroughly a per
son's character, nnd you may predict
with more or less certainty her fate."
And my character my fate?" she
breathed.
The keynote of your character," he
said, promptly, "is pride. Pride
through and through, always pride,
and pride again. It has shipwrecked
your life already." In n low voice he
added: "There Is always the danger it
may do so again. Don't let It."
It is hard," she responded, "that
one's temperament should predestine
one to disappointment."
"Yes, If you nsk too much of life,"
he said, quickly. "But don't you ad
just the balance yourself? Can you. of
all people, say tha-t no one pays the
price of your suffering with theirs?"
A picture of Fred Soutliwood's face,
now with the love light on It, now
darkened by despair, rose up before
her. She dropped her eyes, unwIlKi.
to return a truthful answer.
The curtain hud gone up, and In the
slight confusion which ensued In the
boxes', consequent on the return of
muny occupants to their plticcs, she no
ticed a young man, whose appearance
seemed familiar, yet unfamiliar, make
bis way to bin teat.
- "You young girls'," went ou Mr. Glen
roy, in a lighter tone, "don't understand
what that kind of a thing may mean to
a man. 'Faint heart never won fair
laldy Is all very well in its way; but
take a sensitive fellow, for instance,
Well, here Is a case in point I came
from the Carlton to-night, where I was
dining with a friend; oddly enough,
there he is, that young fellow Just
settling into his seat He made his
pile out in Australia a short time ago.
Before that he was In a bod way about
some girl one of those stiff-necked
damsels, I should say, who ought to be
queens in their own right the role of
simple woman isn't good enough for
them; or, rather, it's away up beyond
their ken. Now this man I'm speaking
of, my friend, has a strange dislike for
red roses cau't bear the sight of them.
There were superb ones on our tnble
to-ulgbt Just like what you are wear
ing, Miss Woodford and he had them
all taken away; so I suppose there's
some memory of her bound up in them.
He's not one to wear his heurt on his
sleeve, but little things like that be
tray a man to his friends."
Lucilla wns making an effort at self,
control, a tumultuous Joy was tugging
at her heart. She strove to make some
adequate reply to Mr. Glenroy.
All through the rest of the evening
she surreptitiously watched the rail
head of the man she loved, the torment
of the last few years changed to trem
ulous doubt and hope.
Did he see her, recognize her? Once
or twice she thought his eyes were on
her, earnestly gazing, but she hnd not
strength or courage to meet his glnnce.
The curtain was rung down nt last,
and a feeling akin to despair begnn to
settle on Lucilln ns reluctantly she
made preparations for departure, and
with the others left the box.
There wns a long wait in the vesti
bule till their carriage was called, nnd
Lucilln suddenly started at the sound
of n well-loved voice and a hand-clasp
that set her pulses beating. Vincent
Keith stood nt her side. .
In her nervousness nnd confusion
her hand went up to her throat. The
abrupt movement detached one of the
crimson roses at her breast, and it fell
on to the ground at his feet .
Gravely he stooped to pick it up.
Her senses were nil In a whirl, nnd
as he offered It her, she whispered,
faintly:
"Won't you keep it-n belated gift?"
Ho surveyed the flower a full-blown
rose; and nt the instant's hesitation the
color limned over her face, and she
would have recalled her words, if she
could.
"It has a golden heart," he said,
softly, "nnd I have always wanted the
heart of Lucilla!"
She faltered a moment, then, with
eyes downcast, murmured:
"Yon have always had it." New
York Weekly.
No Itouin In tbe Safe.
The Traveling Man was standing,
looking disconsolately nt the Floor.
The Hotelkeeper was watching Illm.
By and by the Hotelkeeper said to
the Traveling Man:
"Lose Something?"
The Traveling Man nodded.
"Something valuable?"
Another Nod.
"Sure you had It when you enmo
here?"
Anotber Nod.
"Don't you see that Sign, 'House not
responsible for Valuables lost unless
they were put Into the Office Safe?' "
Another Nod.
"Then why didn't you put it in the
Safe?"
"Couldn't"
"What wag It?
"My Job." Baltimore Americun.
Entitled to Enter,
Walter B. Stevens, Secretary of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, recent
ly was down for an address of welcome
before the Congress of Deaf and Dumb
held at the World's Fair. Usually
punctual, he was a few moments Into,
nnd by way of preface apologized for
his tardiness, his explanation being in.
terpreted to his "audience" In the sign
language by an instructor on the plat
form. When I reached the door," said- Mr.
Stevens, "I wob stopped by a Jefferson
guard, who told me that no one was
admitted except deaf nnd dumb per
sons. I told him that I was deaf and
dumb and had a right to enter.
'Oh, if thnt's the cose, sir, pass right
in,' the guard replied." Minneapolis
Journal.
Killed by Imagination.
A workman on the Siberian Railway
was accidentally locked into a refrig
erator car and was afterward found
dead. Imagining that he was being
slowly frozen to death, he hnd recorded
his sufferings with a piece of chalk
on the floor. The refrigerating appar
atus, however, was out of order, and
the temperature in the car had not
fallen below fifty degrees Fahrenheit
throughout the Journey. Chicago
News.
Vhlstllng.
We consider that the ridicule which
has greeted a notice in a Glasgow
music hall to the effect that "Whistling
or cheering with the feet Is strictly pro-
hlbited" is undeserved. While It may
be dlllicult to cheer with the feet, wo
believe that It Is by no means impossi
ble to whistle with the feet. We im
agine that instead of two tlnger3 being
ilnced in the mouth the wholo foot
goes in. Punch.
Flxtv Miles Long anil a Mile Wliln.
Friday .a peculiar snowstorm extend
ed from Itrotul Mountain to above
Wllkesbarre, a distance of sixty miles.
Although the snow fell to a depth of
two inches, many towns experienced
the full effects of the blizzard, while
neighboring towns within walking dis
tance were not affected nt all. A high
wind accompanied the storm. riiila,
dflphla Ledger.
rraetleat Poultry I'olnti.
Keep your fowl stock young; old
hens are wholly unprofitable to keep.
Cocks ns well as hens eat a lot of
food, and no cock is necessary except
during tlie hatching season.
Grade your eggs as to size; it im
proves the sample, and consequently
the price.
Large, loose-feathered hens of the
Cochin or Brahinn typo lay small eggs,
nnd but few of them. They are also
large eaters and poor rangers.
Close-feathered, medium-sized hens
of the Leghorn type are non-sitters,
good rangers and great layers.
It costR nearly ns much to keep a
hen that lays eighty eggs In the year
as one that lays 1:50.
Fowls should not be fed near the door
of your dwelling house, or they will
stand about all day looking for food.
Fowls roosting in trees nnd open
buildings seldom lay many eggs, and
those they do lay are often laid ustiuy
and lost.
Onto I.ntcll.
This is a simple thing, but will save
many a crop from total destruction by
stock If adopted. This gate will open
only by human hands, never out of
order. Cut or saw two elbow slots
ns indicated in the latch, large enough
to slide enslly on a large nail driven
ffl
L3 &
,3
through tlie cross-piece Into he slots
of the latch as Indicated by the two
dls. The upright slots should lie
nbput one anil a half Inches iong, and
the horizontal ones about four Inches
long, space above latch about two
inches, moriise in the post about two
Inches longer than width of latch.
J. D. Bible, in The Kpltomist.
Fattcnlni; tlio Old row,
Terniit me to relate my experience.
I once had n cow that 1 considered an
extra good milker. It was before the
days of butter fat and liahcock test,
so I might have been mlslnkcn. Sure
ly she was one or. the best In the herd,
so I kept on milking her much too long.
When nt hist I was compelled to turn
her off I purposed to make beef for
my own family use. I commenced
feeding corn, but she soon refused
to eat. She was always thin and rough
looking, ns some good milkers used to
be. What was I to do? The nearest
mill where I could get corn ground was
twelve miles distant, and It wns the
beginning of winter, with bnd weather
and bnd roads. The patent feeds were
not then Invented, so I offered her
shelled corn. She ate eagerly, and in
six weeks I hnd the very finest beef In
all my forty years of farming, tender
and Juicy, Just the thing for one's own
eating. She had with the shelled corn
only common prnlrie hny; not a tight,
warm barn, but n cheap stable of n sin
gle thickness of common boards. I
would not guarantee the same result
another time, but I would certainly try
the shelled corn. J. G. Osborn, in the
Tribune Farmer.
Feeding Krotn Large 811ns.
I covered the ensilage with chaff nnd
tarred paper and put on the weight.
The ensilage kept well until opened.
when it troubled about healing nnd
moulding, and nearly one-half was
spoiled. In the first silo each pit had
144 square feet, nnd I could feed fast
enough from the top to prevent mould
ing; now I hnd 250 square feet, nnd I
wns In trouble again. I rend every
thing published about ensilage, yet no
body told me what I wanted to know.
The sixth winter I covered with
chaff, then a layer of boards, then
tarred paper, followed by a second
layer of boards, nnd then a foot of
straw to keep the boards from warp
ing. During the, winter I blundered
nlong, trying several ways to keep the
ensilage. As a Inst resort, I began on
one side nnd took out ensilage one foot
in depth and then covered with boards
behind me as I proeepded across to
the other side. After I had gone across
and dug down another foot and began
to go back I found the ensilage very
hot and mouldy under the boards. As
I proceeded nlong backward, I thought
of .something new, which has proved
to be Just the right thing In the rigiit
place. I put poor ensilage on top of
the good nnd then two layers of boards,
breaking Joints, nnd the good ensilage
remained good. , The poor ensilage and
the boards excluded the air. and that
ended the trouble. For five winters the
same plan has been followed with good
results.
It makes no difference how warm or
how cold the winter, the ensilage al
ways ecmes out warm, fully up to
blood heat, and there is no clmnce for
any to mould, for very little Is ex
posed nt one time. On no other farm
do they handle ensilage In this way.
Too often in o flier silos I have seen
mouldy nnd frozen ensilage, both un
fit for feed. In n round silo boards
could not be handled very well for
covering, and that is why I prefer the
square one. N. IS. White, in The Amer
ican Cultivator.
Spraying rotators Pnlrt FlTfe Fol.l.
A bulletin of the Vermont station
says:
Did you spray your potntoes this
year? If not, what per cent, of them
did yon lose by rot? The Vermont ex
periment station furnishes some Inter
eatii.s data upon this subject L'ist
August It sprnyp a portion ef i po
tato field located beside one of the
most traveled roads leading Into Bur
lington. The soil was a well-drained
sandy loam sod, well manured, plowed
In the spring and planted late in May.
Two-thirds of the piece was sprayed
on Aug. !) and Sept 5 with standnrd
Bordeaux-Paris-green mixture (six
pounds copper sulphate, four pounds
stone lime, one-half pound pnris green,
forty gallons of water); one-third was
sprayed solely with pnrls green.
The late blight (which directly or
Indirectly causes most of the loss from
the rot of the tubers) was first seen on
the unsprayed rows on Aug. 21. It
spread very slowly, but when the tops
were killed by frost Sept. 215, fully 1)0
per cent, of the foliage on the un
spray rows were dead, being most
killed by the disease. No late blight
could be found nt this time on the
sprayed rows, where fully DO per cent,
of tire leaves were alive.
The crop was dug Oct 3. The
sprayed rows yielded at the rat- of
1514 bushels per acre, and the unsprayed
rows nt the rate of S01 bushels per
acre, n gain in total yield of only 43
bushels. Bnt when the rotten tubers
were sorted out the sprayed area pro
duced at the rate of 317 bushels per
acre of sound, marketable potatoes,
and the unsprayed area at the rate of
ij(l bushels per acre of sound nnd mar
ketable potatoes. Eight per cent, of
Hie crop on the sprayed area was rot
ted, while 80 per cent, of that grown
In the unsprayed nrea was lost by
rot. The net gain was 201 bushels per
acre ns a result of spraying with bor
deaux mixture. Potntoes sold in Bur
lington for 00 cents ),er bushel. The
gain amounted, therefore, to ?1."0, It
cost about $0 per acre to spray, leav
ing a net gain of $1."0.
These results are exceptional; but
there were many fields tills fall, espe
cially in northern Vermont, where
there was ns great or even greater
loss from rot. Some were hardly worth
digging. Are you planning to harvest
50 or o!7 bushels of potatoes per acre
next year? Do you expect to leave SO
or only 8 per cent, of your crop in the
field? Why not plant less laud nnd
still raise ns many bushels? It Is one
way to solve the help problem. Bor
deaux mixture ought not to cost over
three dollars per acre for each appli
cation; in practice it usually costs
much less than that. Is It not better
to buy copper sulphate than copper
Mirror and Farmer.
Cnt and Uncut Silase.
There are some farmers in this vicln
lly who still put their silnge in with
out cutting. It is not convenient for
some to secure cutting machinery, and
others think they cannot afford this
expense of cutting. There appears to
me to be a marked difference in the
quality of the cut nnd the uncut silage,
enough certainly to warrant quite nn
additional expense for the cutting if
necessnry.
I visited the bnrn of a good farmer
recently who Is feeding silage for the
second season. His silo is well built.
Ids corn was secured without frosting
and has kept without the least indi
cation of mould; still there is a strong
odor from it, sufficient to 'attract the
attention of any one before entering
tbe bnrn, even nt a time when the
silage was not being disturbed. I saw
his cows fed upon this silage. They
nte it greedily, and I was told there
was no waste, nnd that the cows re
sponded well at the pail. Still, that
strong nnd rather unpleasant odor
hung to everything.
Oil my return I passed another ham,
where whole silage wns being fed, and
I smelled it in passing. I said to the
boy: "We will notice when we reach
home and see If any such smells reach
us."
We accordingly did so. I may fay
the boy has been away to school for
several weeks and has not been hand
ling any silage dnring tlint time, and
consequently is an impartial Judge.
When we reached home we noted
conditions at once, and both were firm
ly of the opinion that if we hnd not
known there were silo In the barn we
could not have determined that there
were by any smell. I am very sure
this different condition comes from the
cutting, nnd I am firmly of the opinion
that the finer the cutting is done the
better. It would be Interesting to cote
the tlifforence between silage from the
shredder or blower, which has been
thoroughly fined and mixed In the
process, and that obtained from the
ordinary cutter nnd elevator. The
Pines silage lias been cut in one-fourth
inch lengths until this season. It was
cut this year in one-half Inch lengths,
but is not so satisfactory ns when cut
finer. There are more leaves not fully
cut, and It is not so light in color. It
also appears to cool more quickly nnd
have more tendency to freeze. Where
cutting machinery can be secured at
reasonable rates or where there Is a
permanent farm power, silage can be
cut in cheaper than It can be packed
iu without cutting, more can be put in
a given space and the feeding is easier
and more even between different ani
mals. The silo is to be one of the principal
factors in advancing New England ag
riculture, and every feature necessary
for perfect work should be kept con
stantly before the people. B. W. Mo
Keen, In the Tribune Farmer.
Tibet NOT-KliniIne.
To prevent snow- blindness the nn
tives of Tibet grease their faces and
thin blacken the skin nil around their
eyes with burnt sticks. Most foreign
ers when .exposed to the snow in Tibet
near culured glasses.
BUsixnrcniM. .
H. HsDONAU.
ATTORNKT-ATLAW,
Rotary Publla. real estate agent, PaWata
Secured, collections made promptly. OS&ga)
In ayailoate building, tteynoiderllla, Pa.
J)R. B, K. BOOYKR,
REYNOLDS VILLI, PA.
Resident dentist. Ii tha IlnflTxr katlaiaA
Asia street. (Jnntleness In op-rstlnt.
J)R. L. L. MEANS.
DENTIST. .
Office on second floor of First
tlonal bank building, Main btreet
J)R. B. DEVEItE KING,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor KeynoIdsvIII
Keal Estate BuildiBg, Main streeL
Enynoldsvllle, Pa.
Jj NEFF, 1
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Aud Real Estate Agent
ReynoJdsvilln, Pa.
5JMITH M. MoCREIGHT,
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW.
Notary Publto and Real Estate Agents. Col.
lections will rnoetve prompt attention. Onto
In the RtynoldTllle Hardware Co. Building.
Main street, Meynoldevlllo, Pa.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
WrifntNo. 2 tea - $101
Kye No. s HH
Corn-N". Svellow. enr ill
No. 2 yellow, shelled Ml
Mixrl ear 48
Oats-No. 2 white .Hi
No. 8 white Hi
Flour Winter pntent - )
Btraiiflit winters S W
Hay So. I timothy 12 vs
'lorer No. 1 W 00
Feed-No Jwhlto mid. ton M
Biown middling W '0
Htsn. hulk W W
Ftratr Whrnt 1 OD
Oat 7 00
Dairy Products.
Enttrr F.lcln creamery SO
Ohio firHtim-y Id
f'Mi.-y out! try roll 1-1
t'hpppe Ohio, new il
New York, new 11
Poultry, Etc.
HeiiS- per lb 12
l lilci riis ihesBed ... f lo
Turkeys, llvo Ill
EtKa-l'n. i.iiiI Ohio, fresh ii
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potntoes New per tu 5)
CshliKKe per btl 15
OnlotiA per tnriel 1 7i
Apples per barret. lit
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter f stent .V
Wheul .No. 2 ieu... 1 11
Corn mix ou Ui
E(!i;s
butter Crenmei-r
PHILADELPHIA .
F)our-W Inter Patent ..M li
Wheat No. it red 1 10
Uorti No. 2iuixed bi
Uuts-No.il while 86
Butter Creamery, extra 5
aifgi Pennsylvania firsts HMa &f
NEW YORK.
Floiir-l'atrms ,6 0J
W heal No. 'i rid 1 H
Corn No. 2 ., 69
(juts No, it White He
ti.itter Cieamery .. 3
Kttt- . 4
LIVE STOCK.
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Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra I.eaTj, Kioto WOO lbs fl 8i t 80
Kiii.a. li-toto HU0 lbs ... 52J tail
Medium. liMJO to 18U0 lbs 4 00 5 111
i'l ly, lOSI tolloO 4 85 4 0l
Bun-her. 900 lo 1100 IDS 8.0 8 7
t'l.imuoti to fair too 75
Oxen, i-ointnon to fat 75 4 00
Commo'i logood fat bulls snd cows t! IW 8 AO
Milch cows, each 18 Jl 9004
Hogs.
Prime liflsvy hoys .! 4 95 SOW
Crime uirdllllli weights 406 600
bel heavy yoi kers and medium.. 4 90 4 Wv
UooU pliTs and ligiityorkers 4 73 4 HO
IIks, common logood 4n0 47J
Kolifrl.s 8 70 4 10
Mags 85 8 50
Sheep.
ixtra, medium wethers t 6 75 SoO
tuod to choice s 85 5 tfi
Medium 4 7S 6
Uotnmoa to fair SBQ 6Sl
airing Lambs 40J 0u
Calves.
Veal.extra 800 760
V em, 1,110.1 to choice 8J 451
Wm, common beavv 80J 8 7it
FOREIGN ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A London Jeweler lias ninde n colloc
lion of nnrient forks used in England.,
At the French poiifll oniony, Nounva,
New ('tiledonlii, the convicts liuve or
ganized a band.
There fire nhont eighty ships In the
British navy which are loo weak to
llslit nnd too slow to run nway.
One of the guests nt n recent snlden
wedding nt Danzig, (iormnny, was the
bride's mother, ngod ninety-one.
In I!W3 sninllnox occurred In fifty de
partments of France, out of seventy
seven from which returns wore re
ceived. Relgulm. where public libraries are
almost unknown, enjoys l!).0(!O public
houses, or one for every thirty-six in
habitants. The world's largest dredger is now
locked nt Liverpool. It is 200 fret
long, and can raise 100U tons of hard
material an hour.
Capital punishment still exlts In
Switzerland, but nil dentil sentences
imposed within the last half century
have been commuted.
For various misdemeanors sixty-four
schoolboys in Itcriin were condemned
Inst year to Imprisonment for from
two to ten months.
It is rt'poried that owing to the losses
suiTered at the hands of ticket scalp
ers several Mexican railways have de
cided to Issue no more round trip tick
ets. London is in tiie midst of nlnrms
over its 'undergrounds" and "tuppeny
luli.'' There is fear that the city is
being undermined iu t lie interest of
rapid transit.
Xho Cork County Council has re
named tha Coolie IV. anil Wellington
bridges after I'eler O'Neill Crowiey
and Thomas Davis. Crowley was u
Feulau lender, who was shot during
the "rising" of W7. Davis wan the
celebrated "Yontiir Ireland" poet.
A woman out in Indiana died recent
ly, and she stipulated in her will that
no man waa to bo present at her
funeraL She was an old maid, too. -