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This most important institution on every
farm is either totally neglected to the dis
comfort, and injurious to the health of the
family, or it il an intOlerahle nuisance, dis
grace. nj to civilization. IL is not a very
pleasant subject TO be discus ed before our
readers, but there is so much Inconvenience,
suffering sickness and even deaths caused
by the neglect of having such a convenience,
that we approach it boldly. The old
fashioned practice of digging a vault five or
six feet deep and building closet over it,
in way that is almost impossible to clean
out the vault lut which is generally left to
fill up with the weddings and the drainage
and seepings from it saturato the soil for a
long distance, frequently reaching the well,
and rendering the water poisonous, engen-
dering typhoid fevers and other epidemics,
which scientific researches have frequently
traced to these causes.
The best way probably on a farm, is to
build a water closet as near to the house and
as much out of sight as possible but SO the
rear part of it can be reached by team Of
horses. Build the closet up high enough
from the ground to admit box two by five
feet, and two feet deep, set on narrow run
ncrS. made &C two by four scantlmg tapered
up in front ami fixed so that when filed
horse can be hitched to it and haul it out to
the field or to the compost heap and emptied.
There should always be kept in the water
closet n barrel or box of road dust with
which to sprinkle the weddings whenever
they are Likely to become offensive in smell
BY strictly attending to this prccaBtion the
vault can be kept from being offensive, even
if the vault is at the end Of the back porch
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! A boy writes to The Rural New Yorker
telling how he trained cat till it did ever 50
many circus tricks. He writes a very nice
description Of it, too;
The cat should he in good condition. well
sound of limb and not too fat; a cat that is
too fat viii not be able to jump. You want
TO teach her TO know your voice, and to como
at your call. Cruelty should never he used
in training Kindness, alone will work with an
animal Before proceeding further will de
scribe my cat
Tom is his name he is exactly t. inches
high, 3ii inches from tip cf his nose to tip of
his tail and weighs 1917 pounds. At times
when he is not in condition he weighs on an
average II pounds and sometimes ~ pounds.
He can play leap-frog with anybody, play
dead, will lie on his back, and one time he
went to sheep on his back for twenty minutes
He can also jump through a hoop and over
your arm, will kiss you 10y a lap or two with
his tongue on your face; but he is very partial
with his kissing, as he beStows that favor
only on the members Of the family and few
of his most intimate cat friends.
To begin with teach the cat at meal times.
Place the meat and milk fried liver and
warm milk is the best food for a cat in train
ing; on no account give any rawm meat on the
floor in the usual place where the cat eats.
and forbid him touching it. If he goes to
touch it hiss at him, and if he persists in
touching it push him away, but do not strike
or brighten him. This is enough training for
beginning. Then, after he has learned not
10 touch the food until YOU give permission,
you can begin with some simple trick, such as
jumping over your hand or stick few
inches above the ground.
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Charles is Daughter.

In the year 1919 King Charles | was be-
headed by his subjects, and Oliver Cromwell
became what was called protector. This was
a revolution in government
Charles had not been a popular king But,
however much his subjects disliked him,
there was one who mournei for him and
would not be- comfortei That was the sweet
little Princess Elizabeth his daughter A
year and half after his death two of his
children, Elizabeth and Henry, We're sent by
Cromwell to he kept prisoners in tn, Isle of
Wight. Here was royal castle called
Carlsbrook. 1t was an old, old castle Part
of it dated back even to the time when the
Romans had possession of England King
Charles himself had been imprisoned in this
castle before his execution. At first he was
allowed to drive out and to hunt Then his
captivity became stricter and h, was shut
into the castle, and ut last into one room
with q barred window
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Have pea brush and tomato trelis ready
beforehand
The export business in apples has been un-
profitable this year.
There is large reduction IN the area Of
winter wheat this year.
Clean out your cellars every rag. tag and
sprout and rotten vegetables, and whitewash
them.
Hominy meal, the refuse from mills where
hominy i, made, is an excellent food for
cGt'l.
Don't lie taken with any pretended secrets
Tor making butter come quick. They are
SwindleS from the word go.
After the strawberry picking season is
closed, set fire to the whole pat ch and burn
it over II will do it good
George Bishop set double yolked egg
under a hen. Two chickens, slightly united,
were hatched, but easily separated
Commercial fertilizers are better for the
potatoes than barn yard, manure. They pro
duce larger crop, which is freer from scab.
SO it is said.
A New England poultry raiser keeps lice
from his fowls and their house by the free
USE vi poNueIeu sulphur dDOUJ tu' nests
and in the dust bath.
The market for fruit would be doubled,
much TO the improvement Of the general
health, if people were educated to eat it as
much rs they ought to.
The best farmer I know is a young man
who acquired the habit of neatness, prompt
ness, accuracy and haste in his fathers drug
store. These habits, put in practice on the
farm, are the only reason why be succeeds
better than his neighbors. -Supt. Thompson.
would say to the beginner that 10 be
successful hog raiser or breeder, he will find
hard work, early work, late work, dirty
work; and much patience with a deal Of
kindness is necessary; and il h. attends to
this lie will get well paid, in clean money. /
10 not keep dog John Gilmore.
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FARM GARDEN
Something About Corn.

Flat culture is preferable to killing up for
corn. Harrow manure in we'll twenty loads
to the acre on poor soil, or even more, Plow-
ing the land in the fall is always best, Re.
member that next fall if you forgot it last.
The old approved method was to furrow out
each way three and one-half feet apart and
drop the kernels at the crossing of the fur.
rows. But some live farmers now plant the
corn in drills. Have burrows one way three
and one-half feet apart, as before. Then
drill the grains in with the horse corn
planter, five or six inches apart in the rows,
one stalk in place.
We wish our readers to try both these
methods the drill and the hill, and see for
themselves which will produce the most
corn. Put an acre planted each way side
by side, and measure the corn that comes OFF
The old methods of corn culture by hand
are dying out, fortunately. One of the best
inventions to save labor and time is tbe
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Innocent Old farmers are being victimized
daily 10y suaya swindler in clerical garb.
This sipaler of angels livery enters farm
house in quest OF q meal, announcing himself
a. an agent Of the New York Bible society,
and present, family with n revised edition.
After dinner he inquiries what he has to
pay, and is generally Informed that there is
no charge; but he insists on leaving - cents,
as it is rule of tn society that its agents
shall pay their way. He merely requires a
voucher, as a matter of form, which h can
show to the treasurer Of the society The
good old farmer signs the printed voucher
and the agent departs
In ninety days the good Old farmer re-
ceiyos a note from tho county bank, asking
him to step up and settle a note for SIG. 25
signed by him, which the bank has dis
counted in cool faith. Then the aged
farmer tears his hair, AMI wonders if he can
get even by starving the city summer board
ers. -Orauga County Farmer
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KEYSTONE CORN PLANTER.

It is arranged so it will drop from one to
four grains of corn 1t can be gagged so
that it will place them any desired distance
apart, The rings in the picture are the ones
through which the grains fall, and are large
or small, according to the number one desires
to have dropped in a hill.
The Albany corn planter is one which drills
in all kinds of SEEDS. 1t can be used as a
cultivator, also Cover the corn with a hoe
After this, go over with a smoothing drag.
1t may be made of plank with a strip Of
board two inches wide nailed on underneath.
This is to break up the ground. Or a heavy
roller may be used At any rate, have the
ground as smooth as possible.
When the corn is drilled in, the burrows
are best made by an implement described in
allow the Farm Pays" 1t is a
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rows OF each AMI watching the results oS
feeding. Cows like the sweet corn bladeI
bet, and owing TO tn, stalks being planted
near together it produces as great a weight
Of fodder as the fled corn IL is more diff
fcut to cure, being gummy. But eaten
green as much OF it will be, its excellen % is
unquestioned.
Do not forget TO save the stalks and blades
II your garden sweet corn for fodder. You
Fan thus use up all the plant. The Ever.
green sweet corn makes flrst-class fodder,
Any field corn will do White Southern is
highly recommended.
For the fodder crop begin at early corn
planting time From that till late in June
SOW new crop every two weeks The
early paintings are for feeding to farm ami
mails green, and it will come just TO hand
when the pastures dry out in August and
early September
For fodder drill the corn in rows three and a
half feet apart. Drill moderately close along
in tn rows and cover with light harrow
When the fodder corn is in blossom Is
the time to cut it, There is n self
rakins reaper that will cut the fodder and
throw it off in bundles. 1t requires two
bushels to the acre of seed for fodder corn.
II you want tirst-class growth, distribute
manure in the drills before putting in the
seeds. And whether you use field or sweet
corn, don't neglect to have some kind of corn
for a folder patch, especially 70 come in
after the pasture begins to give out in the
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TOM THT-Np

For later varieties, the Egyptian and Ever.
green are the best For the first Planting,
SOW one of the early varieties mentioned.
Plant at the same time n quantity of the
Egyptian or Evergreen. They will come into
use about the time the other is gone. Every
two or three weeks thereafter make another
planting of the later varieties, up to the last
week in July. The successive paintings may
be continued a couple of weeks later in the
southerly states BY thatmeans the farmers
family will have sweet corn To eat till frost
BE sure and dry some in the sun. Dried
corn, soaked over night, is better in winter
than any canned corn. Add little sugar in
the cooking If you are near enough market
to sell it, the women of the household Will
have a steady income for pin money till
nearly winter The dried corn also sells
we'll Finally, there is
Authorities are divided as TO whether the
sweet or the field oorns are best for fodder
The only way to tell is by planting several
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know a little giant, no bigger than tack,
Who can wrcstle with fat man, and throw
him on his back;
HIS knotted little muscles almost too small
To spy,
Could turn you topsy-turvy and hardly seem
10 try.
70 tweak the nose, and pinch the toes, and
fill one full of woe,
Are jokes the midget loves to play alike on
friend and fOc.
But he can do still greater things than make
big man squeal-
He can split a stone IN splinters or break a
lar Of STEEL
He can shape the dripping caves drops into
crystal spear,
And clutch the falling rain 50 hard, twill
turn all white with fear;
He can chain the dasliug river, and plug the
running spout;
he can build a wall upon the lake and shut
the water out.
But IL Won want to see this little giant cut
and run,
lust build Il tiny fire " step out and fetch
the sun. st Nicholas.
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| The rooms in which Elizabeth and Henry
were kept looked directly upon that part OF
/ the castle in which their royal mth,r had
, ba.uu prisoner The very bars o. The win
/ dow hal been cruelty left there. where the
| children saw them every daN
Princess Elizabeth wa, n beautiful girl, T.
| years Old A Writer call, her a sweet and
/ gracious little flower, cullnl from the rank.
/ blood soaked garden of English rDyultyrs his
| tory She was rs good and gentle rs sha
W., beautiful she VS. pious child, and
read her Bible much.
From the day she was brought TO Carts
brook ,hn faded out Of life she spt quietly
and IoosrI across mt the barred window, OF
her fathers prison. Sh. broodcl all day
long over his tragic fate No illness seized
her. but SIZE lust piunl ami grew weaker. dav
by day looking mt the barrel window
Once from that window, the king came
very near escaping. one Of the bars
was forced out Of its place from
TIE outside 4 carriage waited. Four gall
Looping horses would quickly have conveyed
King Charles TO tn, coast where a ship
waited to take him 10 freedom and safety
But he was too large to squeeze through the
place where the bar had been forced out. and
the rescue had to be given up. 4 printed
card in the barred window of C,rlsbrook
castle shows tn, Traveller to this day where
the king tried to escape.
If the attempt had succeeded he would
probably have got his thron, back, and his
gentle little daughter would have been a
great princess, perhaps a queen But it was
not to be Charlie, lost his head by the ex-
cutioucrs AK. and his children were brought
captivfs to the same castle in which he had
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FURROw MARKER.

This marker is home made, and easily
made. 1t is of wood, and strikes two burrows
at once, three and lalf feet apart The
burrows are made by the triangular blocks of
wood, two before and two behind The fur
row thus made is six inches deep and ten
wide.
Another thing: There is a gool deal Of
humbug about the old-faSh.ouel mcessant
working and blowing Of corn, In the new
method this is not done. After the corn
comes up run a harrow through it once or
twice to kill tho weeds When it is three to
four inches high give it a thorough blowing
close TO the corn. If it is in hills, pillow 10th
ways. Later, when it is foot high, run the
cultivator or horse hoe through it--shallow,
so as not to disturb the roots OF the stalk.
Then leave it. Don't disturb the soil after
this That is all. Nohand hoeing; no sweat
ing through the field after the stalks are
breast high. If largo weeds appear they
should be cut out with the hoe.
There are five kinds Of corn fiut, dent,
soft pop and sweet. The standard field
corns are the flint AMI dent For the north
ern and eastern states the yellow and white
flint corns are the best The Jersey Yellow
flint is said to he the most productive Of all
1t has produced nearly 20 cars OF corn o.
the acre The King Philip AMI tAs Canada
are al-o valuable hints.
The dents are favorite corns in the great
western prairie states. The Queen Of the
Prairie and Chester County Mammoth also
Illinois Mellow are approved varieties OF
dent corn.
We gave last year recipe for treating
seed corn so that the crows and mice viii
not take it. We repeat it here: For twenty
four or forty eight hours before planting
soak the seed in solution of saltpeter. After
that stir pint of hot tar into every peck
of seed. Stir slowly so that the grains will
receive a thin coating. When you want now
seed corn get it from as far north as possible
Finally, remember the Old Indian rule;
When the oak leaves are tho size of a squir.
rels foot it is time TO plant corn.
SWEET CORN.
The varieties of these are greatly profit
able for market gardeners. The earliest
varieties are the Tom Thumb and the Early
Minnesota. But the late varieties are the
sweetest and richest. Plant in bills three
feet apart, or in drills two feet apart each
way. These closely planted hills are for the
earliest small-sizg d stalks.
Market gardeners not unfrequently realize
5000 an acre from the table corns. They
produce as much as ll,0OO ears TO the acre
Henderson,says six to eight quarts OF seed tc
the acre are required.
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Aegal,
DUNCAN & O'CONOR,

INOfnttk az Lac.
STATE Of ILLINOIS, Ia SALE CouSTr-ss.
- Probate Court Of LIZ Safe County, TO tie June
Henry MONT, administrator OF the estate of Moses s.
hiram, deceased, vs. Margaret Francis. Sam1e )
ssyr NE Ms II SeWs e.
T. Thompson Mahaly Shelton, John shelton, Nancy
J. Shelton. Reuben Il shelton Minerva Shelton. Mar
tin shelton, and the unknown heirs and devisees OF
Moses Cochran, deceased. -PettiOR 90 sell ReW Es'
Affidavit ofthe nonresldence Of Margaret Francis,
Seyilla RIFE Lemuel b. Newell, Margaret f. Tn mpson,
MManSaly shelton Joh3 L. snelton Macy shelton
ton, and the unknown heirs and devsees Of Moses s.
Cochran, deceased, defendants above named, having
Il La sale county notice is hereby given to the said
Margaret f. Thompson, Mahsly shelton. John L Smell
ton. Nancy j. shelton, Reuben II. shelton, Minerva
shelton, Martin shelton and the unknown heirs and
dcvlsees of Moses Cochran deceased, that the SAID
plaintiff Henry Mottt. administrator OF the estate of
Moses Cochran. deceased has filed his petition in the
said Probate Court OF La Sale county for order to
sell the premises belonging To- the estate of said dereas
ed or 50 much Oft rs may be needed TO pay the debts
OF said deceased, and described as follows to.Nit:
TIE southwest quarter of the northeast quarter Of
north range I'VE 81 EAST oSthe third pripcpal merld
Ian. And the south nifty sjOa Of the east one
hundred leOa acres Of the southeast quarter Of
tion No three 3D. in said township No thirty one Sln
north range fve 80 of third principal meridian
and that summons has been Issued out Of said Court
against YOU. rrWruable At the May term 4 D. iSS6 OF
SAID Court TO be holden on the third Monday OF Jane
\ u. s> AZ the court house 10 ottawa, in La Sale
Now unless YOU, the said Margaret Francis sevilla
Rife. Lemucl b. Newell Margaret +. Thompson
Mahaly shelton. John l.. Shelton, Nancy J, shelton
Reuben \. shelton Minerva shelton, Martin Shelton
and the unknown heirs ana dcylSccs of Moses S Coch
ram Diseased, shall personally be and appear before
said Probate Court OF La sale county, the first day
of term thereof 10 lie holden NJ the courthouse in
said county, the third Monday OF June, 1850, and
p cad answer or dcmur To the said complanant's petit
ZION filed therein, the same and the matters AID things
therein charged and stated will be- taken rs confessed
and decree entered against you according to the pray
Cr of said bill
Ottawa, Illinois, April 18th, lSS6.
\, 7. BARTELS.
Probate Clerk.
a
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Thu first syllable in the answer to the 70
lowiu- puzzle Is hip:
Ny first is a portion OF each human frame
Ny second a river with a very mail uame;
Ny third (which is my second save a T.
\ vessel oft employed in cookery
My fourt'. and fifth a IN scellaneous fight,
Ny whole u monster Of amph!bious type
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MASTERS sALE!-slNT1Ffy GF IIIiLINoIs, LAsALLl


NJ ASTEl"S SALE.-SlATE OF ILLINOIS, LAShLLE
A'l totNTN-->s, la SIiie county circuit court,
In the matter of Helen Baldwin Is. Milton A. Dewey,
Janet H. Dewey Samuel = Eustis, Executor Of the Is
tate OF samuel W. Eustis, deceased. William A. Dewey.
william C. Moore, Michael j. Finn and Joseph Stout -
on BN 20 Fpisripst WOIty1ge.
Public notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of "a
derrrt1 order entered in the above entitled cause
sad court, on the 9Th day of April \. 1886, l. Geo.
". W. Blake, Master in Chancery for said court, on
Tuesday the llth day of May. A n 1875, AT O'Clock IN
the afternoon said day shall sell at public auction to
The highest and best bidder for cash AZ the south door
of the county court house in Ottawa. In said county, the
following described real estate situate In the county
In sale ana State of Illinois 10 Wit: Lots %, Two
three C5 and four -, in Block two CD, tn Gloycrs
Addition To Ottawa m the city of Ottawa together with
al and singular the tenemcnts and Entertainments
thrreuutO belonging. GEO. W. W. BLAKE,
April luth. 4. u. 1855 Master in ChanCery.
H. /. LINCOLN, CumpltS solicitor. aurl0-5w
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Make Him Paw His WAY.

A fat puffy" bull is nuisance Don't let
a bull over-feei Give him plenty Of exer-
else. He never will be fit for service if YOU
pamper him. If You can fit up a harness for
him. and make him haul out the manure and
DO other light jobs, YOU would b. dong bust
ness like farming Rural New Yorker.
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SQUARE KNOT

You can see from the pictures just how it
Is done The first, second and third positions
are all shown here plainly, Get string and
practice 1t till you fix it in your memory
Almost every other kind of knot will Slip
when heavy strain is put upon it, This
never will, and knowledge of it may pos.
sibly save life or prevent an accident some
time. Besides being the tirmest holding
knot known it is also tho easiest to unite.
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Authors.

Alice Cary wrote the beautiful poeL called
mobility. he one beginning, True worth
Is in beisg rot seeming" 1t has been printed
in the Boys and Girls column Rosa Hart
"lcl Thorpe, an Indiana girl. when only IS,
wrote "Curte~ mu& not ring " n sht'
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oonnn ACRES MINNESOTA LANDS are to be

UUUUu sold at Public Auction The Trustee
of the Estate If JyN CuuRE Co. in Bankruptcy viii
"ncr for sale 10 the highest bidder $4,000 acres
valuable land yet remaining. The real estate must be
disposed %! Immediately 10 settle with ere titurs
such an opportunity Is rarely offered for safe and
paying Investment sale takes place at the Chicago
Real Estate Board. Room g. l6l la Sale 81, Chicago
ILL.,, Wednesday, MAY 81, NJ twelve noon. Each tract
sod separately. Address W.. BARNEY ~ CO., y Fri
hume Building, Chicago, H., or james {. NuuHg Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. mayl
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BoYSz GIRLS
A Square Knot.

Boys and girls, whatever else you leave out
OF your education, don't fail to learn TO tie
square knot. 1t is sometimes called a Hat
knot, and again surgeons knot
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Al n. ATINISrRONCf , AttornJ y and CoDR.
vi sror At Law, OTTAWA, III. Notary uOc. Once
IA CpGucy's Block, ottawa ul5.sl
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IOIIN -. RICE, Attorney ~ Law. ErtdCEA
- Block, city OF ottawa VIII practice law IN Ia
sale and adjoining counties, and IA 1he Appellate
huI Supreme Courts. scps,- W
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I W. I1IE IL WEIR, Attorney and Counselor AZ
~. Law. and Notary Public. Rooms 5, 9 a IT, Opera
House Block, OTTAWA, IN.
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~ <. I'I3EsNA IGN', Attorney Ut Law. once
J with l.. W. Brewer, Rooms =. ~ 10, Opera House
Bu.k, Ottawa H. .1n5
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~ p. HuII. LISTER n. srRAwE. s. W. RUGER.
DULL, S'rltA w ~ " ItJCiEH, Atyar.
Id ney and CuuUseilurs ~ Law. Once over City
Drug store, Of la Sale and Madison streets OF
taWH, III ian26,S
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WIRAM q. GILHERr JANIS II. ECKELs.
(tII.IIF,ISr * E,CIS EIISs, Attorneys and
u Cuursylors at Law, FUtterel q MetzEcr's HIoeS,
cas-, OF Court House, sepS9.,2