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$50.
rAnLE SHOWING WHO LAID OUT TIE ALr-susl-
MKR JOB.

MKR JOB.
Special Ditpafch to The Tribune.
SrhssaFlELp, ILL.,, May 7,-Follou!ng Is a list
Of tho number Of bills each member hns intro
ducca this session In the House. In addition to
these, there ase Il largo number Of substitutes
for bills, md also considerable number Of
original bills introduced by various standing
committees. Shaw, the Chairman Of tho Judi
ciary Committee, it will be observed, has not
tntrn1nced bill.
, 1879-05-08

Knowles Insect Powder Gun L. by fss the b.st. (
, 1879-05-08

AtttULtp4l lnWxEr+ bt1t he WAS llta certain tlllt
one Ut Thu results OF tic proposed amendment
would be to rid ihu General Assembly 0[ the
u.n,ost illnusnurahle hills md measures of a
trivial character ,lIat werr introduced here by
the illlndrod. It. anpeayctt Ia him good k3cal
ltko "eatan rcblliivlg Tin II for the gentleman
from Ford {FFew1 10 presuNlu to lecture this
llouso for speIidlug its ttmu upDu trivial
matters, II thero is one man who aboyo
auutfer on thi6 1|oor could In unani.
n,pusly ynted ns the grand hell
Wo,hrr o. MI who had ropautncd tbe tlmo 0f
ills iiousc upI,, ridiculous. absurd, imnrac.
ucublc, uupsepslcal lpeaalarrs OF no couse.
ut,r,,cu whatever. It Ia l,ru-rtuluentIy tho ron,
tItu,nu frunl Fuyl fFrrwl His c5lile and In.
mature PROJECTS had Ucr smashed in Utmost
every committee Of this House, u.nl vet enough
llutlae to no purpose than any olller member.
One of tie EoDd offeets OF this proposed nTnoHie
1ntne would bs to remit to tile Ecar and shut otf
tht Idle Eas of aucll statesmen, Mill thts was
cEtIugtl ~ es,mnloll IL to hin, Ald ho thought
tlc peoplc would say A'ien'
FURTHER DISCUSSION.
Collins spoke a.ankt tic resolution, tnsfng
t!s ground. anlosig OtEcTst that it conferred tao
Hitch powur npols tho duYernor, by giving hin
authority to .lesgnato tlx subjects Ut le4Isla.
ts0i,. THIS power WAS llnuc Rway with by the
nincntamunt that WIS offered by Hopkins. ll0
thought It would tcd to shorten the sesslnna OF
the ucnesul Assembly, unl to relieve It Of much
| oi tllu pressure Ut trillng business.
lrlsticIl was oppuAcH In the original resnlu-
ton. NJ that, could como here n,l.l dtscls1gge
tue dulles incumbent upon him without has-
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POs1 OFFICE NOTICE.

Dust OffltE NOIItE
i The foreign mails for the week ending saturday Jsn-
uay T. 1879, will close this Office Tuesday at A.
ioi Europe by steamship Wisconsin via Queenstown;
Wednesday Mt 30 A. NJ, Tor Europe by steamship Scytha
via Queenstown; Thursday NJ ~ W., Tor Europe by
steamship Republic via Queenstown correspondence for
errany and France TO he forwarded by this steamer
be specially adcsscd and ~ ~ W. for Europe by steam
ship Wicand via plymouth Chcrbourg aud Hamburg;
Sau DAY az III A. NJ for Europe by steamship City oi Bcr-
lin va queenstown correspondence for Gcrnany and Scot
land 20 he forwarded by this steamer must be specially
dresscd and at II A. W. for Scotland direct by steamship
Anehoria Via Glasgow aud at 80 A. NJ for Germany, &C.
by steamship Oder Southampton aud Bremen
spondencc Tor ureat Britain and the Continent TO be for
wurdcd by this steamer bc specially addvssc Tho
steamships Wisconsin, Scytha. Republic aud City OF Bcr
lin do not take nails tor Denmark sweden aud Norway.
York December 81 The mails for ayti aud jamaica leave
New YORK January 3. The mails for Havana leave New
York January Tho mails for the West indies Brazil
Argcnt leave New York Jaunsry The mails for Porto
mails for China Japan leave san francisco January
The mails for Australia &C. leave San Francisco January
10
THos L. JAMES. Postmaster
Posr OFFICE, NEW YoRK, Dec. -, is7a
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THE TIRE.

A r FLEETWOOD PARK SATURDAY. JANUARY A.
iPurse $50; open all horses that never beat 40 !.
harness hest three sleghs entries to close III
the club house O'Clock p. NJ. trotting at 2ociocK
~ '' "' Gates II BARNARD.
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srncfAL NOTICES.

A LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY
LEANS, JANUARY a. 1857 PRIZES. TOTAL. sllo,40o
CAPITALS. $4,000. sioooo. 5000 &C.; 100000
TICKETS TWO @9 DOLLARS; HALVES, ONE @D
DOLLAR. APPLY To NJ. A. DAUPuIN. POST OFFICE
BROADWAY NEW YORK
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CERTIFICATES OF PRIZES.
Nrw ORLEANS, Dec. 81, 1873
The under certes that he held for collection for
account Of zachariah Voorhees, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law, ~ broadway Brooklyn II. D. aud c3 Bedford
Brooklyn T. D. whole ticket mo T5aOi. class in the
Louisiana State Lottery which drew the eeccnd capital
prze of 5000 Tuesday December TO- 1873 said ticket
hav ng Of go the Office of II. L. Plum
Broadway New York and that tho pruui,piy
paid In full presentation of the ticket tho office
t. wESTCOAT
Agent Southern Express Co..
NoxrH Hrlc Ia
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ENTIRE COMPANY IN BOTH PLAYS.
GAN FRANCISCO MINsTRhLs. OPERA HOUSE,
DAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS. Broadway and 29th st.
HEAPS OF Fun. REAL HAPPINESS
First week of the screaming Piece of
LOVES ENDURANCE.
BIRCH, MANIFOLD. BACKUS THATCHER. RYMAN,
RUSSELL. FRILLMAN, STEVENS. RAYMOND,
JOHNSON, POWERS. RICARDO MuLLALY,
IN NEW SONGS, SPECIALTIES, &C
SEATS SECURED EVENING AT 8
VVALLACKS. OPENS 80. BEGINS AT s.
w Proprietor and Manager. Mr. LESTER WALLACE
SATURDAY. January e. 1879
MATINEE AT 30 AND EVENING AT O'CLOCK.
Mr.. Paul Merritts drama three acts, entitled
AT LAST,
INCIDENTAL MUSIC. SCENIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND
ALL ACCESSORIES ENTIRELY NEW.
THE CAST will include
Mr.. LESTER WAILACk as..............JOHN GARLAN
Mr.. z: 7. COGHLAN as.............. Rium AID ROXBY
Mr. W.. 10 ~ rllZkCi SMll
Mr.. CHARLES ROCKWELL as........AUST1N GRANNY
Mr. D. W SfiANNON MI AtNt
Miss Rose COGuLAN ns............... Ann III RONBl
Miss EFFIE GERMON as.........- MkS. SPAkkLElGH
Miss STELLA BONIFACE ..... .CISSY GRANNY
L,IFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
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Tho undersigned certihcs that he the holder Of
fth OF single number ticket No J2S" class NJ IN tho
Louisiana state LOTTERY, which drew tho capital prize OF
hvc Thousand G,oOD dollars, Tuesday, December 10
lSfs ald ticket having the of two SJ dollars
the ONCE oi H. L. Plum No 3in Broadway New York city,
and that the pronpv pnid on 81
the ticket st the Office OF H. l.. Plum.
l.. g. HOUGH.
DEcexBEg 20, 1873 e' " "
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Tho undersigned cerfes that he the holder of
tenth Of single number ticket No. 1921 class NJ IN tho
extraordinary drawing OF the Louisiana state Lottery,
which drew the iorrth capital pri2c NJ ten thousand
xioOOO) dollars. on Tuesday. Dccembcr 10, is7s said
ticket having tho of tS) dollar through the
that the promptly paid IN full
ut the ofhcc of the company In New Orcans La
HENRY BARTELS.
NEw YoRK Doc. ~. ISIS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-12

At last, however. one or two Demo
Gratis attempted to reply. They
made feeble efforts, however, and the
debate soon ,ended. II was now
nearly daylight. and vote was Ia
ken. TIE amendment was carried.
and finally the bill passed 10 its orig
inal form.
The exciting character Of the dis
cussion mag be imagined when it is
stated that nearly every Senator
remained in his seat throughout its
duration, while very few Of the spec
tators in the galleries ct the time Of
It's commencement left until its cou-
clusion. 1t Was unquestionsbIy one
Of the meet animated and vehement
political debates which has ever &C.
Cured IA the Senate A slight per-
soosl difficulty which occurred be-
tween Senators Blaine and Thurman
during its progress, and which was
caused by Mr.. Thurman's order to
Mr.. Blaine to sit down, has been
amicably settles by proper spolo-
gies.
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Two OF THEM

In the farmhouse porch the farmer sat.
with his daughter having a c0zy chat;
She was his only child, and he
Thought her as fair as girl could be.
wee Dit jealous the old man grew.
II he fancied any might come to WOO;
His one pet Lamb and her loving care
He wished with nobody else to share.
"Therc should be itro Of you, child he said
..There should be two to welcome me
when come home from the tieli at night;
Ttco would make the old homestead bright.
There's neighhor Grey with his children four,
To be glad together. Had one more,
proud old father I'd be, my dear,
With two good children to greet me here
Down BY the gate. meath the old elm-tree,
Donald waited alone; ami she
For whom he waited his love-call heard,
And on either cheek the bushes stirred.
Father she said. and knelt her down,
And kissed the hand that vas old and brown
"Father, there may be two, ifyou will,
And I-your only daughter still.
.Two to welcome you home at night;
Two 10 make the old homestead bright;
Land somebody else.n ~ see."
Said the farmer; .'and whom may somebody BET
Oh, lhe dimples in Bessie's cheeks,
That played with the bushes at hide-and-seek
Away from his gaze she turned her head.
soGe OF Nelghbor Grey's children she said.
.'H'n, y said the farmer; ''make |; plains
Is it Susan, Alice. or Mary Janee
Another kiss on the aged hand
To help the farmer to understand %.
sH'm p said the farmer yes, sec;
il is fsso for yourself and oae for me-"
But Bessie said, ''1heFe eaG be bgt oas
For me aad my heart Til life is doae."
-HGFPer's Weekly.
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a Besufffu1 story.

Coleridge relates q story 70 this et-
feet:
Alexander, during bis march into
Africa, came to . people dwelling In
peaceful huis, who knew neither
war nor conquest. Gold being Offer
ed him be refused it, saying that his
sole object was to learn the manners
and customs Of the inhabitants.
Stay with Us" said the chief. "ss
long as it pleaseth thee"
During this interview with the
African chief two of his subjects
brought q case before him for jodg-
ment The dispute was this /: The
oue had bought piece Of ground,
which, after the purchase, WAS found
to contain q treasure for which be
felt himself bound to pay. The other
refused to receive anything. stating
that be had sold the ground with
what it might be found to contain,
apparent or concealed. Said tie
chief, looking at the one, You have
q SOM" and to the other, You have
daughter; let them be married and
the treasure give them as . dowrv."
Alexander was sstonished. And
whst,n said the chief, would have
been the decision in your country 2"
I'VE should have dismissed the par
ties and seized the treasure for the
kings use." And does the sun shine
in your country Z" ssid the chief /;
docs the rain fall there 7 Are there
any cattle there which iced upon
herbs and green grassl" Certainly
said Alexander. 'Ah,' said the ehief,
1t is for the sake of those Innocent
cattle that the Great Being permits
the sun to shine. the rain TO fall and
the grass 10 grow in your county
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LAWRENCE, Feb 2T.-This fore
noon at North Andover, Mass, Geo.
Rextraw in q drunken frenzy struck
bis daughter, Mrs Smith, with a po-
ker, knocking her to the floor, and
sbe has since been iGsensible Inme-
dis,ely after be delivered the blow be
fell to the foor a eorpse- II is
thought the daughter will recover
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See how l ride DER the raging
name. exclaimed man who wac
thrown over his horses head into .
ditch cn the other side of the fence
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A roam horse driven By lady Vas
observed tc be raining away the 9th
er day, wbereupon Spilkins remarked
that Il was the only instance be bad
ever known of . woman being una
bic TO hold her roam.
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The art of education has been re-
duesd to go 6ne point that even 6
hswser can be taut.
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PENNSYLVANIA FEMALE COLLEGE,
Pittsburgh, lEass End Pa.

Collegiate year opens September l2th.
Location miles from Court House,
overlooking East Liberty valley. Easy of
access and free from smoke. Terms for
boarding pupils reduced. For particulars
and catalogue apply to
HISS HELM L. PELETREAU,
Acting President.
GEO. A. BERRY. Treasurer.
Aug.7
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-12

When the schoolmsster reduced
the boy 20 Submission il was an un-
fair contest, BECAUSE it was tutor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-12

If is vulgar to call man bow-leg-
ged. Just speak of him "a paren
identical pedestrian.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-03-12

Men who stand sro1nd waiting for
. drink show . lack of cents.
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A pNINIsrRAToR'S NOTICE

q
Estate q Susan KeiEer, late 81 Jenrer
township, Somerset county, Pa dcc9-
Lsstcrs OF admluissrsiion On the above ests {, hav
ing been granted 70 the undersigned, notice ik
hershv given 10 those indebted a. tte make iulI1e
.iate payment and fhose having claims axsicst Il
20 prrseni Il m duly authenticated ia settlement
al the oflGs o. Haer h er. In Ssmsrset Boz.
On Saturday. March g, ls7o.
SOi LESHART.
Teb y Administrator VI susan L-ahart
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A DMINIsTRAToR's NOTICE.

EsiHte Of Ezra s Bsrekley. late Of BroihegsFaliey
Twp. decreased.
Letters 0f edr MS lrs tis1 On tbs ahoFe estate
having been granted fc the undersigned rcsice is
hereby given TO those Indebted ts Il 10 m ke Inn
mesizIe payment. and those having claims aszInsl
70 yressni them 8Ely authenticated fsr settle
rsnf 81 the resizielee Ct decd. On Sssartsy.
March =, 5s-e.
EPBRAIN WALKER,
JUSEPH MILLER
Feb. ~ AdmiaistyAfors.
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rernns of Pnblication
The Somerset Herald

,...s ever, Wednesday Morning at g o.
maid In advance otherwise y 80
| N Invariably be charged
- subscription win be discontinued un'il all
-. are paid up. Postmasters negiecsins
,,,v us when subscribers do no; take out
: viii be held able for the subscription.
.. .-,,,.-. removing from one PosIoiaee to an
..os,a give Us the name Of the former ss
n :, the present Office. Asddres
The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
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DIRECTORS FoE THE ENSUING YEAE.
Samuel Barclay. Abram Beam. Benjamin Kline
James Parsons. Joseph kein. joseph J. Sayior.
Josiah ]. V slsef. G l. Miller. John Berkeley. J.
o. kimmel. loLn Hicks oi Somerset county, Pa; ;
Leonard Biitner and Z. &. Williams Of BeifOrJ
county, Pa.
OLD OFFscEEs COSEiEuE8.
Samuel Barclay. President. J hn Hicks. Sec
retsry. Treasurer and General Agent
BY order Of the Board.
JOHN HICKS.
Feb l. Secretary.
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o' ''tT dining the wear ISIS s21l IS
% sSso eos,ip1ed "a 402 40
By cash received On account ofassessments
collected ~ 10
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20
Improving His Farm.

He didn't want we should give his name
being Il modest man, but said this wa
what had been done on the farm which HI
came in possession of July l, 1877: In tn,
winter of 1867 it kept four COWS by
buying some hay. The next winter HI
kept six cows and two two-year-olds
The coming winter he expects to keep tel
COWS, and will raise all the grain fed OF
the place. How has so great gain been
brought about, and at what cost? I" | hat
the barn raised up and a good cellar put
under it, hired some brakes cut and put
in for bedding, and bought little mea
for the pigs the first year, and the cost
what have paid out in cash, is 1927. 80. )
Said he: " The barn cellar has done it
and you just wait five years and III have
something to show and tell that shan'l
be afraid to have my name printed under.
And we call $27. 80 rather small sum to
pay for the increasing two and half times
the product of farm which would keer
four COWS. and if barn cellar has played
so important part in the work, it should
be more generally known and the i'm.
portance and value of barn cellars more
fully appreciated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

CHANNEL ISLAND CATTLE.-We are
within the mark when we say that the
leading feature in the food producing live
stock part of the show is the large and
excellent exhibition of Channel Island
cattle, of which there are no fewer than
300 entries-252 of Jerseys and 3S Guern-
seys. The Jersey classes. generally
speaking, are so well filled as to leave
little or nothing to be desired, and it is
under this name of Jerseys that, for con-
venience sake, the cattle of all the islands
alike are coming to be known. Beautiful
to degree, these Jersey cattle are rapidly
winning favor with the public, and this is
seen clearly In the fact that there are
nearly third more in number in the
show than there are even of Shorthorns
while the numbers of any of the other
breeds sink into insignificance in COMPARE
son. We may say that the leading
features of these cattle, in the estimation
of those who know them best in their
island home, are milk and beauty. Large
size, width and depth of quarters, COM
pactness, massive symmetry, early matur-
lty, and aptitude to fatten, are not, as in
Shorthorns for instance, considered to be
necessary to the perfect animal, having
great beauty of face and form, and show
ing signs of great milking capacity; and
we may say it is quite right that these
animals, possessing as they do, strong
individuality of character and breed,
should not have their merits weighed by
standards alien to those which have for
generations been the guiding principles in
their breeding. -LontoB LiUe Stock Jour
nal, on Me KilJurn ShOW.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

after frost" DIR. Gamgee gives the fol-
lowing account of his experimental work /:
% Anxious TO try some experiments on the
action of smut on cattle, had collected IN
January, 1869, a large quantity OF the
smut. 1t was rather late, and the rains
had washed most of it of the still stand
ing stocks; but obtained fOrty-two pounds
If excellent smut, free from adventitious
matters. On the Goth of February, Mr..
George Reid, of lngleside farm, near
Washington, ID. c., purchased two cows
in good health, and aged respectively
about seven years. One cow was LED
thrice daily one and one-half pounds OF
corn meal three ounces of smut, mixed
with as much cut hay as she would eat.
The second had the same allowance, but
vet On the 9TH of March the amount OF
smut given in each feed was increased TO
six ounces. The COW fed on dry feed lost
flesh. On the 18th of March the dose OF
smut was increased to twelve ounces three
lines Il day. The COW on the wet food
gained in condition. The other one lost
In three weeks, the two cows consumed
he forty-two pounds of smut; they had a
vOracious appetite the whole time, and the
only Indication of peculiar diet was a
very block color of the excrement and the
loss Of flesh by one animal, though liber-
ally fed on nutritious diet, which. how
ever, was given in a dry state. On the
18th of March the temperature OF both
COWS was tested and found 1922 and
l02 10 Fahrenheit. No conclusions OF
Importance can be drawn from single
experiment; but it is evident that smut is
not very active poison in combination
with wholesome food, and especially il
the animal is allowed moist food and
plenty OF water to drink Cattle will Ell
smut greedily, and, possibly. morbid
taste for it is acquired, 1t is evident that
corn stalks, when starch and other matter
have gone to build up the large quantitie,
of smut investing them, are essentially
dry, indigestible material for any animal
70 live upon, and especially when excluded
from other food. Thu Is quite sufficient Il
account for The deUel0pmem of the dry
nl4rrain that so commonly Gttacks cattle IN
The United States, and sOdS more freQ1ewt
than usual last Winter."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

EXPERIENCE WITH LANES SUGAR
BEETs i read with good deal of inter.
est your reports from the beet feds of
the Eastern states and some of them
amused me not u little. l was almost
discouraged in the spring, so much SO
that thought seriously of blowing up my
bcets and sowing to corn, but when l
read the reprots from Maine and New
Hampshire, | took new courage, and to-
day think can beat any of them. sowed
the Lanes improved sugar beet, but owing
to the drought only few came up, which
necessitated the sowing Il second time
and to-day have some nearlyfive inches
through. have three pieces: one clay
loan, one ~ sandy soil, the other Il gravel
ly soil. One was MANFRED, the other two
were not. The clay lot, manured, are the
admiration of all my neighbors, and il
they keep on growing as they have thus
far for the next three months, think /
shall have no cause to complain.
planted my seeds about six inches in
the drill. between three feet in the rows,
and after they were we'll started sowed
corn in drills between the beet rows, and
they look well. The beet tops are eighteen
inches high, but unlike one of your CORE
spondents, did not count the number OF
plants, nor will | endeavor to foretel how
many tons will nave in the fall. | have
no doubt | shall have some ten inches
through, by November LIST next. l Shall
know more about the method of planting
another year, but as am only IN expert
menter | thiak have succeeded very
well.-G. S. Mcf, Rochester, N. Y, IN
american Cultivat0r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-08-20

SAVE TIE MACHINERY.-The Prairie
Farmer says if the amount of money lost
each year TO the farmers of the United
States by sheer neglect and carelessness in
the care Of farm machinery and nipple.
ments could be even approximately arriv.
ed at, it would probably present one Of
the most astonishing examples of waste
the country has yet seen. The chief
reason why machines last so much longer
with some farmers than with others, is
from care in wiping and oiling, for when
ever bearings get worn, the play soon
causes the machine to become rackcd
from the constant shaking. and Earring OF
these loose surfaces. This is especially
true of all fast running gears, as those of
real ers and mowers, threshers, corn shell
Irs, tanning mills, and the various feed
grinding power mills in use on the farm
The chief cause of wear in all journals
and bearings is either from the surfaces,
from the lubricators used, or from dirt
containing grit working in. All bearings,
therefore. should be frequently wiped
clean, before oiling, and every possible
means be used to protect them from out
side causes of wear. A good wagner
always wipes the axles before oiling them
Very few also wipe the boxes, and yet
one should be as necessary as the. other
1t will keep the bearings true for long
time, and save vast amount of wear and
tear for the team. How much more nee
essary, then, for such costly machines rs
reaperS, mowers, threshers, and grinding
mills, whose usual life, as now managed,
is only about three years. Kerosene is
the best thing to clean gummy surfaces.
For swift running gears use fatty oils as
lnbricators: for slow bearings and jour-
mails use petroleum lubricators.