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Sandal Wood Trees.

In the physical world South America
is fun of wealth, and nature has be-
slowed upon it a m~atchless grandeur in
its rivers and its mountains. Professor
Fisher shows us that inter-tropical
America North and South surpasses
all the world in the number and variety
of its plants, while AgassiZ shows us
how greatly the wonderful variety OF
its fishes SURPRISES that of North Amer
lea. OF course, much of the country is
now m~alarious and unhealthy, yet vas,
regions of elevated and most beautiful
sections are most salubrious and healthy
and clothed with an incredible wealth of
ceaseless production. Endless varieties
of the most luscious frIitand beautiful
flowers, with birds of gorgeousplumage
and gigantic butterf;e les, delight the eye
on every hand, far up on elevations
where neither the winters cold nor ex-
cessiye heat is eyer known, and all ma
al undance. Even the low levels along
the great rivers TEEN with endless
wealth and invite a commerce that
has scarcely begun, save in a few ar
ticles. East of the Andes, and inte:-
sected by many great rivers, is pro-
badly the greatest and most valuable
forest on the globe, and almost uu-
touched by the axe. Mr.. Thompson,
who held the p sition of Consul al
Brazil for some time, stated in a le,-
ture, on his return, that in travelling
on the Amazon he saw sandal wood
trees that here would each be worth
5000, vet of whose value the natives
seemed unconscious OF indifferent.
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At one end of the main place Is a
handsome cream colored mosque with
two minarets. Around this, though
kept at a respectable distance, were
crowds of people. The street leading
to the mosque was also lined with an
expectant multitude. Men were sweep
ing the street clean, and then spreading
fresh gravel over it, to make the pass
age of the carriage easier. Presently
everything was complete, and soon
after the glitter of arms appeared in
the distance. The escort of soldiery
was an immense one, representing the
very flower OF the Turkish army.
They are w~ell-developed men, elegantly
uniformed, and under thorough disci-
pline, as was evidenced by the admira-
able style of the few e%volutions per-
formed incidentally.
When the soldiers had been distribute
ed properly in phalanxes about the door
| could get a view of the royal train.
There were two carriages filled with
the favored members of the harem who
did not alight. There was one carIi
age containing the five princes of the
royal household, scared looking little
fellows from 10 to perhaps 16 years of
age. There was the Sultan's Cabinet
and immediate staff on foot, directly
in front of the Imperial barouche.
There were two other men In the carri-
age with his Majesty, M of whom-a
fine looking man-was Osman Pasha, |
was told The carriage halted, his
Majesty alighted, and in company with
a lew of his intimates, assembled to the
mosque, the head priest sweeping off
the Steps before hun. As he did So
the muezzin in the minaret balcony
above sounded his call TO
prayer.
OF course l could not get a good view
of the Sick Man owing to the tantali-
zing movement of the boat. He is APP
parently of medium height, and, others
whc were present say, has an express
ionless face, indicative Of dissipation.
Perhaps his sickness is not wholly poll
teal. He was dressed after the most
approved French style, in a black suit,
with frock coat, black tie, and the Ia
tional fez as q headdress. The lapel
of his coat was distinguished by two or
three decorations, including, doubtless,
tie Star and Garter. | am told that
his deyotions consumed an hour.
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From Mr.. Ell p. forby, OF New York.

SeU iOrk, Decem6er IL, lsSs.
DIR. j. Il scnRNcK, Philadelphia, Pa
Dear SRI wish to tell you what Jour medi-
clnes have done for me, because [ believe that
many lives may be saved 10y my doing so. 1
already know OF one who has been Influenced by
me 10 use them, after having been told by several
physicians that her case was hopeless.
But TO my own case. in the year 1878 | was at
tackled with Inflammation or the Lungs, The result
of a heavy cold. 1t was a severe attack, and
grew worse very fast. Among my friends Il was
reported that l lad quick Consumption. ! had a
continual cough from the first. aud soon b gan TO
raise largo quantities OF phlegm and matter from
my lungs. | lost my appetite, and, OF course, soon
grew very weak-so weak that | was obliged TO go
10 bed. Weakness brought on nignt-swea:s ana
lack 4 nourtshment great loss OF nesh. In SIX
weeks | .oSt over thirty pounds. Alt this time ]
was taking the medicines of Two OF Albany's best
physicians, ! do not wish 10 blame them, but ]
10 not think that they nad made such a study Of
lung diseases AS Is necessary TO treat 80 serious a
ease as niue WAS. At the end OF these SIX weeks
lost faith n everything; | was satisfied thar my
I ME had come. and so ! told my doctors.
. inen, as is usual, after al else had been tried,
some one suggested your medicines, and I neither
expecting or hoping for relief, began 10 use them
tile ulmon syrup ard Tonic In
Two week ! was so much he ter that | got up from
bed aud went down town, and IN four weeks ! felt
well IN the next three months | gained over
Ga rty pounds Of nesh, and / sn very happy to sty
that | have been a well man ever since my recov-
cry, which I consider il entirely Tue to you. |
shall be pleased to sue any one vito may be inter
e,ted 10 my case, or viii gladly answer letters
II IN those who UNI Il Impossible 10 cali on me.
ELI r. FOIBl,
O. ga FOURTH Avenue, New York city.
o any one who Is acquainted In Albany, y. Y,
can refer 20 many who know Of my case.
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The other night a little party from
Detroit paid q flying visit to the Ann
Arbor observatory. Professor Har-
riugton happened TO be busy, but his
assistant, John NJ. Schaeberle proved a
capable substitute.
Under the dome, which revolves cas-
lily upon cannon balls, hangs the fine
telescope with which Professor Watson
discovered twenty additions to our own
system-a service that entitled it to the
feeling of almost reverence with which
we approached it. Bringing the moon
into focus, Mr.. Schaeberle remarked:
The eye-piece gives only 40 dame
ters, but have II that magni6es 40
diameters.
when the Lick telescope is compile
ted, With its 36-inch glass, California
will have the largest telescope in the
world. But here is the moon, a great
deal better in the first quarter than in
the full for a telescope object"
"Why2"
"When the moon is full there is too
much light, and the surface shows fiat
and white, without the relief now seen.
Do you see those bright spots along the
ragged edge?"
Yes, if you mean those particles
separated from the moon, all along
hear its edge, but out in the dark.
What are theyp"
"1hose are the mountain tops, lofty
enough for the SUBMITS to take the
sun, while their bases are yet in sha-
dow. The sun 5 just rising to them"
Cant you show us something more
distant than the moon2n
YES, everything in the heavens is
mort distant than the noon. The 260..
600 miles to the moon is hardly large
enough to express the least division
upon the scale needed to measure the
sky. Twice this distance, or the diam
eter OF the orbit of the moon, is but
go. GEO miles. The diameter of the sun
is $500 900 miles, and the majority of
the stars we can see are suns which
emit their own light, while the plane ITS
with which they are undoubtedly sur
rounded, but which give only a reflect
ed light, are invisible"
"How far away are some of the more
dIstant2''
at is wholly conjectural, as the $780,
VVu,OOV mlles uialIoCoA VI InC CdLOh >
orbit does not give any appreciate
angle to use as a basis of calculation. :"
What do you mean?"
81 mean that from their standpoint a
sun here, having a diameter as great as
the earth's orbit, would appear no
larger than a mere point"
"Do not the higher telescope powers
enlarge the size of the bodies of these
distant stars?'
''Not at all. They are only points
under the highest known powers. OF
course this does not refer to the plan
ets.n
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From Capt. Jack Parr,Of Rochester Pa.

Rochester. Pa, october IAN, ISL.
On. j.. ii. SCHEScE & son, fnlladelphia.
GeaHemen-Haying been asked by many per
Sous In regard 10 your medicines, ! have decided
10 send you this statement OF my case:
In 1854 | commenced bleeding at the lungs. |
was then going down the river on the boat, an |
was sent back home on another boat as the cap
tain was afraid | would bleed 10 death before we
reached our destination ! continued bleeding
on aud en- until the Spring Of l56l, u ring winch
time l t. led everything that | heard Of, as well as
consulting several physician7.
In the Fall OF 1861 l called on Or. Schenck, who
me that he thought his medicines would reach my
case, and advised me TO try them. | purchased
hree botlles of the Syrup and a box OF The Pals.
| returned nome and common ed by taxing the
Syrup and Pills rs directed, and continued
their use thereafter. 1 mad stght hem0r-
rhages until the 9TH of the follow .ng April, since
which time | have had no eturn of the same. 1
had a great deal of pain in my back and chest
and a continual cough, and on many occasions /
tho ght that would cough and bleed to death.
have gre It faith In 20 r meIicens and have
them to a great many persons with
exec lent results.
Yours Very Truly,
W. j. PARR.
Rochester, IA, October 10Th, 1881.
can testify to the above and know Of many
other cases where your medicines have been very
beneficial
{. Z. BaoBECk, Druggist.
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Discharged from the Army az the Las
Stages of C~onsaHDtton.
cured By DR.. Sehenck's Medicines.

Statement or Mr.. JULIUS BoYpEs, Prooide CT, RI.
WAS discharged from the U. $. Army ia June,
1864, a. an incurable Consumptlye Myd,scharge
reading thus: advanced stage OF ~Consumptlo
OF the uDgs." l was advised by the army sur
geUn to live outdoors as much as possible. He
informed my friends that | was incurable, tut
that with care / might be made conf rtable for a
ime. My cough was almost without oessa toH. l
RAJ ed matter from my lungs IN large quantities,
anil had all the other well-known symptoms Of
the disease. I TOOK many remedies without
benefit. In september | went to see DR.. chenck,
aud soon after began TO use his full course OF
medicines. soon felt heir beneficial effects, my
cough growing less and less, and my strength
coming back TO IN very fast. In the following
April | was entirely well, and came to Providence
and wen 10 work. From that time to this | have
been entirely we'll, not speeding one dollar for
doctors or medicines for myself. | theref re
know that DR.. Schenck's medicines are good and
reliable IN ung Disease. My cure wa considered
almost a miracle by those who knew me when !
was discharged from the army.
JUL US BOYDEN.
u Boyden 4 Whetden, Grocers,
30. 5I4 N. Main st., ! rovldence, K. !.
Formerly of South WalpOle. Mass.
July 4, 1881.
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HUMoRoUA

INSUMERABLE new theatrical compAn.
les are taking the road, chock full to
the muzzls with stsge-struok amateurs:
About November, when a commercial
man seats himself at an interior towns
table, and hears a deep, sepulchral
voice at his elbow say, "Beefsteak-mut
ton chops-p d-iyer-snd-ba bacon we
have.no.eggs-tea-or.c offee T. he will
know that he Is being addressed by the
heavy tragedian. SO, also, when the
cbambermaid makes him a stately bow,
and in a voice of subdued intensity
states that she will investigate If more
blankets cannot be procured for his
bed. he will understand where the "star
of the "Grest Sorefoot Dramatic Ag-
gregation" Is winteriug.
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"BRowx L. F6.uost ~quArrelsome man
In the world. n drinks hard and Is
always 10 debt"
II know Il"
And ysthe Anr friends
Yes, we never had 3 disagreement
since l knew him"
how have you managed itrD
d has no necessity to quarrel Win
me. never lend him any money
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From Philadelphia, Pa.
htperside, ", j. Aug. sth, lss4

DR.. j. Il. SCHENCK l. son, Philad'a-
Gennenen-I am only too glad to say that your
Pulmonic syrup and Man rake Pills have Per-
formed wonde 5 in my case. ltseems to be q SCI
tied fact that l was drifting into q confirmed
Consum ptive.
A friend whose life your medicines had saved
adyi ed IN to try them. | did so, taking four bot
ties Of the Syrup and Pills rs dir cted. | am now
at work daily, have no cough, no pain or other
symptoms OF the dreaded disease.
As / began TO grow bett r. my appetite failed
and nothing tasted good. Your remedy for my
lung trouble had proven so good 1 determined 10
try your Seaweed Tonic. When | had laken less
than half a bottle my appetite improved so rapidly
that my wife said, "if YOUR ppetite increases any
more II will take all your wages to buy market.
ng."
l certainly Am grateful TO you. You may send
any one TO me who cares 10 know III re Of my
case, OF I will cheerfully write to any who may
communicate with me by letter.
Yours very truly,
WILL IAN :. DRUM,
Riverside, n. j., or ~ cherry 81, phila., IA.
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MASON x HAMLIN commenced as me-
lodeon makers in 1854. They soon intro
duced the improved instrumentnow known
as the organ, or American organ, as it is
termed in Europe. The new instrument
proved so superior that it soon took the
place Of everything else in this country,
being adopted and manufactured by all
who had previously made melodeons, and
many others who were induced to com
mence the business by the rapidly growing
demand. Now about 80, 900 American or
gans are made and sold yearly. Those by
the Mason & Hamliu Company rave always
stood at the head, being acknowledged the
best. The same makers are now producing
improved Upright Pianofortes, which, they
believe, are destined 10 rank as high as
their organs have done.-B0st0R Traveller.
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An experienced sheep-raiser says that
a good way to control a flock of sheep ID
to take 4 eve lamb to the house and
make = pet of it. Use nothing but
kindness, and give 1t a name, teaching
it to come at the call. When the lamb
is grown, place 1t in the flock and you
will need only to call that one sheep,
when all the others will follow. As
sheep follow their leader, the training
Of one is the training of all, and it il
saving of time and labor to do so.
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One bushel of ashes represent about
two aud a half tons of dry body wood.
Wood ashes contain all the required
elements OF plant nutrition except
nitrogen. One hundred pounds OF wood
ashes contain 10 pounds of potash,
worth 80 cents; 81 pounds of soda,
worth 2 cents; e. pounds of lime and
magnesia, worth 8 cents, and 81 pounds
OF phosphoric acid, worth 26 cents If
we bad to buy in the market in the
cheapest form the manurial materials
contained in 100 pounds of ashes the
cost would be 81. 16.
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TOMATO SALAD-Wipe and slice about
half a dozen tomatoes; lay them in a
salad bowl on a bed Of green salad;
pour oyer them a salad dressing made
as follows: The yolk of a raw egg and
quarter of a saltspoonful of salt; stir up
drop by drop three tablespoonfuls Of
Ohio oil, one OF vinegar or lemon juice,
and half a saltspoonful of dry mustard,
stirring until smooth.
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DIR.
PILLS

DO not produce Sickness At the stomach. nausea,
OF gripping. on the contrary, tncy are 80 mild and
agreeable in their action that a person suffer ng.
sith Sick Headache, Sour tomac or Pain In the
Bowels, is speedily relieved Of these distress n .
s. mptomA They act directly on the Liver, the
organ which, wlen IN a heat ' condition, pur.ees
The blood for the whole body.
Ia AL eases of Liver ComDlAint VI oJspepsl.
UEsn Insss u EsA "ssknsss ~ asnitp, Dr..
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The most Clearly dressing for a burn
or scald is to saturate a soft piece Of
fabric with alcohol, lay it over the burn,
h cover it with cotton or finely
picked oakum. IL may be thought,
that alcohol applied to a burn will pro
duoe more PAIN; but try it, and you
will be agreeably surprised to observe
how quickly It will allay the pain.
Subsequently disturb the dressing as
little as possible; wet the dressing coca
s~ionally with alcohol, and the result you
will find better than 10y any other
method.
Probably most of US, if asked to
mention the wickedest thing we had
ever done, world at once go back in
thought to ths days Of our childhood,
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TIE old practice of washing sheep
before shearinR has fallen into disuse
among the most progressive farmers.
1t does not pay. Aside from the colds,
rheumat1sms and other inconvenience
incurred by men and animals, the wool
is not increased IN market value enough
to justify the time and labor expended.
II the tieeces are filled with burrs and
rubbish the washing they get on the
sleeps back will not help them any.
Better keep the sheep reasonably clean,
inc.
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HE value of root as a food ration for
stock Is not highly enough appreciated
by most Of u farmers. While no n
would recommend them to be fed alone
Tor any length of time, none who have
tried them but would admit that when
fed in connection with hay, or indeed
with good oat straw, they are worth
more than the cost of raising them.
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AGRICULTURE,

AFARNERs have not as cordially devoted
9 . selves TO the success OF animal
n " as their Importance demands
oecal annual fair is the armer's
.t3chool, and should teach a vslua-
b s-acticai 2son. The tair should
t Ipecte6 fling together the best
aHk9lce Oft Advancement OF agricul-
<%hre IN IL sqrfot. If the farmers IN
the district represented by the annual
fair, entered into it as a matter OF per
sonal interest, competing whenever an
opportunity offered, Offering prizes IN
all those departments most requiring
improvement, stimulating a lively rival
~, such enthusiasm would produce
most unexpected progress, and 500
give the far a wide reputation. Every
prize offered should be for the illustra-
ton of some important point III agrl-
cultural practice, and as the feeding OF
i've stock absorbs more Of the capital
and time of the farmer than any other
specially, so it should occupy a very
prominent position at all local fairs,
and the prize should be given to illus
trate in q practical way all the live stock
specialities. All breeds Of cattle should
be encouraged alike, for each breed has
special qualifications adapting 1t to
certain localities. All matters in farm
practice should be illustrated at our
fairs, aud every farmer should regard 1t
as his duty to assist in building up these
local fairs.
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BRowN BETTY Cut into thin slices
several large apples, have ready butter.
ed pudding dish; put into this a layer of
grated bread crumbs, then a layer OF
sliced apples; over these sprinkle SUI
gar, and so on alternately, bread apples,
sugar until pudding dish is full, letting
the top layer be OF bread crumbs; on
this place three large Jumps of butter,
put in over and bake brown; serve hot
with butter and sugar sauce.
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APPLE PAScAREs.-Iwo cups Of sweet
milk, one egg, four tablespoonfuls OF
z one-half ~teaspoonful Of salt, and
-four enough 10 make a little thicker
than griddles; two good-sized apples
pleasantly sour, pare and slice into the
batter, drop into boiling lard; very nice
Tor luncheon.
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MAMMA.--'It is very wrong in you,

MAMMA. --'Tt is very wrong in you,
Johnnie, to quarrel in this way"
johnnie, (who has Just had a fgh:
with his brother Tom.)-''Well, j got
mad, and had to do something"
Mamma. but you should not let
your temper carry you away in that
manner. / viii tell you = good rule:
When you are angry always count
twenty before you strike"
Tommy, (the victor in the recent I'M
p~leasantness. Yes, and he'd better
count forty before he strikes q fellow
that eau lick him."
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A YoUNGsrER, while warming his
hands over the kitchen fire. was remon-
strated with by his father who said
"Go away from the stove, the weather
Is not cold" The little fellow, looking
up demurely at the stern. parent, replied
81 amt heating the weather, I'm warm
ing NV hands"
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Flo PUDDING. Three quarters OF a
pound of grated bread, half a pound Of
best figs, six ounces of suet, six ounces
OF moist sugar, a teaspoonful of milk
and a little nutmeg grated. The figs
and suet must be chopped very fine.
Mix the bread and suet first, then the
figs, sugar and nutmegs, II egg beaten
well, aud lastly the milk. Boil in a
mould four hours. TO be eaten with
sweet sauce.
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FARMERs in England are taking to
beet growing. la Norfolk they have
undertaken to grow this season at least
800 acres of sugar beet from selected
seed, and on the faith of this an associ-
alton has been formed, which, long
before the beet Is ready, will have
300, 900 worth OF pl mt on the ground
ready to make sugar as fast as the roots
come in. The farmer will get So a
ton for the white beet delivered at the
works, and as ne can grow from fifteen
to twenty tons to the acre, he will,
after allowing Tor heavy manurlng, and
all costs OF Ian labor, seed and trans
port, be able to reckon, sven in an in
different season, upon a return of at
least SIS an acre.
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LITTLE Gorge was questioned the
other day about his SISTERS beau.
"How old is he?'
81 don't know"
"Wtll, is he %young2'
II think so, for he hasn't any hair on
his head"
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CHARLES DowNNd says, that a great
deal of canned fruit is prepared when
quite hard and unripe, which makes it
look inviting, but it does not compare
in quality with that which Is put up
ripe. Sugar when cooked with fruit
renders it hard aud indigestible but
the practice, now happily coming into
use, of using nc sugar when canning,
but adding it when put upon the table.
is a great improvement.
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RICE VARIES 10 n cup and a
half full Of boiled rice add two cupfuls
Of -four; mix it with milk. The batter
must he rather thicker than pancake
batter. Add a little salt, then beat two
z g very light, ana stir them in the
last thing, beating It thoroughly. Bake
In wafne-lr0us.
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Notwithstanding the great number who
yearly succumb to this terrible and fatal
disease, which is daily winding its fatal
coils around thousands who are unconscious
of its deadly presence, DIR. Pierce's "Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" will cleanse and
purify the blood of scrofulous impurities,
and cure tnbercular consumption (Which
is only scrofulou5 disease Of the lungs).
send three letter stamps and get DIR. Pierce's
complete treatise on consumption and kim
bred affections, with numerous testimonials
of cures. Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, y. Y.
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DIR. LUTZE'S
SPECIFIC FOR NJ

Tests by Sir j. simpson, one OF Engjand's most
highly distinguished physicians. Prof. Ringer,
and many others, In their practice, have estay-
lished beyond a doubt the worth Of this great
remedy IN diseases OF women. The Specific Is
NATURES own great re nedy for Prolapsus-utert
and other dlsplacements Of the womb. Ia connec-
ton with proper local attention. It cures Pruri-
tus Va. va, AmrnOrrhe9, Leuc lrrhPa, DysneuOr-
rhna, Flooding, Ind animation, Liberation, Epi.
lepsy, Commissions, 81. Nltus' Dance, SICK ami
Nervous Headache, Rheumatism, Enlarged
Joints, Kidney Diseases, Dropsy, Catarrh, Nsry-
BUSINESS, Feeb' eness from IndlscretiOns and EX-
tfanaI ~ nuNtaa 30
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ONE OF the most difficult things to
cure for fodder is the green cor stalk.
Great quantities of good winter feed
are often lost by early frost, and the
american CalttUatOr suggests as q
remedy drying the stalks on a platform
OF rails o" loose boards, lain so as to
allow a current of air under the stack,
with = column of barrels built up
through the middle to give additional
ventilation.