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There are twenty nine cities having
between 100000 and 100000 inhabi-
fnnts
Money Made Keeping Hrns.


Hundreds of farmers who never kept an 40
count, would kill every "pcsky hen" on the
farm, If it was not for the women folks" Ths
women intuitively know that the hens do not
"eat their heads off every six months" but
properly kept pay better than any otEer form
animals.
This is true. A record, simple to keep, so 1t
would be used and show the facts in detail,
would prove that every hen paid profit They
could be made to pay, from one to three dollars
each. Mr.. James L. Burgess, Nashua, n. H.,
reported to the Nashau Telegraph that his
wife made clean net profit last year, OF $36.59
for eggs alone, from only sixteen hens. He
thinks her success was largely due, to using
Sheridan's Condition Powder, much adver-
tised preparation to make hens lay.
Do your hens pay like that? Do you want
to learn how to make them pay better2
Are you in delicate health, and want to COM
mence poultry raising, for the sake Of open air
employment9 If 80, get some reliable advice
how TO do It. Anew, enlarged, and much i'm i'm
proved edition Of that valuable book, the Far
mers Poultry Raising Guide, has just been
rinted. 1t contains much very practical In
1rmation.
person who keeps hens should have, Is blank
records and accounts for eacn month OF the
year. It also contains long series of very
valuable articles, by A: F. Hunter, How to
Lowell, Mass, Journal says: 1.-The most sensi-
BILE poultry literature we have read we find un-
der the name A. F. Hunter. He evidently knows
what he is talking about" These two features
alone are worth ten times the cost Of the book:
which the publishers, l. S. johnson & Co., z
Custom House St., Boston, Mass, send, post
paid, for only q cents in stamps.
There is really no way that persons on a
farm or near a large town can secure q cash
income, with 30 little effort, as by keeping
few hens. For such, this book IS very va!u,
able. Send to johnson & Co., for testimonial
circular.
6. w. Cushing, of bingham, Mass, says: II
believe the Farmers Poultry Raising Guide
dams Powder -fall for Sl.2Oj contains more
practical knowledge for a person raising only
few fowls than many poultry books which cost
two dollars,
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Ventilatinr a Hay Stack.

The internal ventilation of an outside
hay stack will add materially to its pre-
servation. A simple and effective method
OF ventiating may be contrived thus:
On the spot selected for your stack erect
three strong stakes or posts, the lower
ends fixed firmly in the ground about
two to three feet apart, and upper ends
Joined together. On and around this
triangular structure build your sack.
But before doing so lay pole on blocks
along the ground from the center OF the
triangle to the mark designed for the
outer edge of the stack. This will serve
as duct for the admission of air to the
interior. Besides serving as ventilator
the structure described will not only help
to support the stack, butprevent it sink
ing at the center or become lop-sided. It
will likewise tend to preserve the g: adual
slope of the sides which is so useful to
carry off rain. The air duct may be
made, if preferable, in the shape of V
trough and placed mouth downward,
the outer opening being covered with
wire screen or Slated, to keep out YER
nin.--NeU York Herald.
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Sc0tchmen Discuss Our Cen.erb0ard.

An extremely interesting discussion
took place at the recent meeting of the
Institution of Naval Architects, held in
Glasgow, upon the subject of the center
board. It was stated that experiments
made by Mr.. Froude "proved that the
leading part of plane moving obliquely
through the water had much greater re.
sistance per square foot than the remain
ing part of the pane. The triangular
centerboard of the American yachts,
having a long leading edge, was most
advantageously placed in this respect,
and its resistance per square foot at a
given speed was much greater than that
of the ship proper, or of any draught she
could be given, SO far as large yachts are
concerned" Mr.. Watson, the designer of
the Thistle, spoke, and maintained that
a keel boat would still beat center
boarder. Chi, ago Herald.
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Farm and Garden Notes.
Manure the strawberry patch.


Manure the strawberry patch.
Look out for borers in fruit trees.
Don't let the cows be hurried home
from pasture.
Keep tools in good order and save
labor and time.
Mix hen manure with fine soil before
applying to plants.
Q AS much as possible protect animals
from flies and mosquitoes.
Never leave a horse standing un-
hitched. 1t is the way to make them
runaways.
Kerosene or coal oil is the best stuff
you can use to keep the roosting perches
free from lice.
Empty the water dishes for poultry at
each feeding, wash clean and refill with
cool, fresh water.
Near the close of journey let the
horse walk. If covered with sweat rub
off with rag, to prevent too sudden
cooling.
A little time used in the care of the
harness will make it last much longer.
1t will also he more comfortable for the
horse if kept soft and pliable.
No class of farm stock is more eagerly
sought for by buyers than good horses.
For the present, at least, there is no dan
ger of overstocking the market.
Spade up small piece of ground in
the poultry yard, make the soil very fine
with the rake, and the chickens will re.
sort to it for dust bathe; thus prevent
ing lice.
Southdown rams are the best for cross
ing on small native breeds in older to
produce excellent mutton. The ewes
from such cross should be mated with
Oxford or Shropshire rams if larger size
be desired.
Reports from the use of copperas
solution on grape vines have been very
favorable. Spraying with the solution
usually mitlgated the bad effects on the
crop, though the disease was not entirely
prevented.
The amount of salt required for butter
much depends upon the taste of the con-
sumer, but one pound of salt to fourteen
pounds of butter is the average for good
butter in England. Only the very best
salt should be used.
Roses and the flowers of the grape
were formerly disastrously destroyed by
the rose bug, but since the introduction
of alantus trees the bugs have entirely
disappeared This statement would
suggest the making of experiments in
this direction.
Because you know that Faris green
and London purple are poison, do not
neglect to caution those who use them
on your premises. They are as danger
Gus as they were when many farmers
declared that they would quit raising
potatoes rather than use poison.
1t often happens that when cows are
giving an extra quantity of milk, they
incline to become thin and weak. This
! condition should be prevented by the
iudicious use of concentrated food.
The strength and condition of the animal
must be kept up at all times for the best
results.
The hired man who milks, has no
more important duty to perform than
that of taking pail and sitting down
by the sde of a cow; and it is pretty
safe to say that when a man feels that
''milkiug is not mans duty anyhow" ="
he will never properly appreciate his duty
as mixer.
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Fishing with Electric Lights.

Prince Albert of Monaco, Italy, who
is devoted to zoo oylcal studies, is about
to start on au extensive fishing expedi-
tion in which he will utilize the electric
ght to attract the fish. The apparatus
for general ng the electricity, toge her
with the lamp. is attached to the net and
submerged W tn It The great difficulty
encountered was to instruct a lamp
VIII ch shou be capable of resisting
great water pressure, and this obstacle
has been successfully overcome by the
physicist, r. egnard, in the construc'
tion of this ap 'aratus. Experiments
have shown the electric light to be very
er1icacious in attracting Esh.-NeW York
Post.
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Geese.

It is a matter of curious study that
geese are bred only in such limited num-
bers. They are hardy. They require
only the cheapest shelter. For many
months in the year they will obtain the
whole or greater part of their living.
Goslings are easilt and cheaply reared.
The flesh sells readily and brings good
price. The birds are handsome; on the
water rivaling the beauty of the swan,
but yet few breed them.
Perhaps the most influential reason
why SO few breed geese IS that farmers,
rightly or wrongly, are pre- :udiced
against them. They say that they destroy
more value than they create; that flock
which would produce fifty dollars
worth of tesh and feathers would de-
stroy by eating and trampling down
fifty dollars worth of hay; in word,
they do not think they are profitable.
But geese do not need to run in q
meadow. They need rass, but they can
feed in pasture as well as cow. Kept
in q meadow a cow might destroy as
much hay as her income would equal.
Regarded IN this light cows would not
be proftahle
The fact is, geese properly managed,
will pay hs .dsome pront. During the
summer they can be turned into past
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Pasturins On Sandy Land.

Cows and horses that graz~upon light,
sandy land swallow with their food q
good deal of the sand, which may accu-
mulate and cause gastric troubles. The
indications of such result are an abnor-
NAL or depraved appetite, desire to cat
coarse rubbish, to gnaw wood, and chew
bones and old leather. Sometimes the
gastric irritation causes troublesome
cough from the disorder of the pneumo-
gastric nerve, which brings the stomach
and lungs into intimate relation. The
remedy is to give soft mucilaginous food,
as linseed and bran mash, to which the
sand in the stomach adheres, and with
which it is carried off through the in.
testines. .-Meao York Times.
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Color in Horses.


While bay is the REGULATION" color
for standard and thoroughbred horses,
gray is the foundation or standard color
Of the draft horse. 1t was once coa-
tended by people generally that gray
was an undesirable color: that a grly
horse was much more liable to blemish,
be unhealthy or weak eyed, than DARK
colored horses; but in the country, where
horses are bred specially for hard and
heavy work, four-ffths are gray, and
this is the most desirable color. That
o gray scrub is more likely to be delicate
than one of darker color is probably
true, but there are distinct breeds of
draft horses that are nearly all gray, a-d
of this class the best are of this color,
and it is anything but an indi; alton of
weak eyes or delicate constitution. 1t
sometimes happens that standardized
horse, sired by bay or black, but
having in his veins the blood of some
strongly bred ancestor several gene:a-
tions back, is gray. Such horse is no
more likely to get gray colts than if he
was black. This is not 80, however, of
the breeds that are uniformly gray. If
the horse is pure bred animal it makes
little difference what the color of the
the mares, the colts will generally be
gray. 1t, however, the horse is a grade,
the colt may be gray, the color of the
dam, or the color of some remote an
cestor on either side. One of The best
proofs of the breeding of horse Is that
his colts are uniformly of his own co. or.
-lsras Lice Stock journal.
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No other term than the above would apply to
the woman who could see her youthful beauty
fading away without pang of regret. Many
q awoman becomes prematurely old and hag.
gard because of functional arrangement.
What pity that all such do not know that
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Ills to which the DAUGHTERS Of rve are pecu-
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remedy. = 1t is the only medicine sold by drug
gists under positive guarantee fr I'M the
manufacturers that twill give satisfaction ir
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The German population in Chicago exceed.
that of the Irish.
A Babe In the House

Is the source Of much sunshine and joy
Frightening manv q dark cloud and tighten;
abide only in a healthy body. The Creator
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ear vegetable remedies for every i'll Of h9-
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its secrets to man only by long and searching
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than DR.. r. V. Pierce: nor devised for suffer.
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tumors and all blood disorders.
San Francisco has been shaken up AT time.
by earthquakes in the last eighty years.
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Cure for rheumatism.

G. G. Treat, of West Granville Mass, writes
of ALLcocKs Porous PLAsTERs:
For rheumatism, neuralgia, pain in the side
or back, coughs. colds, bruises and any local
weakness, they truly possess wonderful cura.
tive qualities. III I'VE recommended them to
my neighbors with the happiest results, many
Of whom but for ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs would
be IN a crippled condition at home. In every
instance where they have been faithfully and
prop; ;rly applied the result has been wonder
fully satisfactory.
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Advertising patent medicine in the pecu.
liar way in which the proprietor Of Kemp's
Balsam, for Coughs and Colds, does 1t is indeed
wonderful. He authorizes all druggists to give
those who call for it sample bottle Free, that
they may try it before purchasing. The Large
Bottles are 5Oc and 81. We certainly would ad.
wise trial. 1t may save you from consump.
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"That Miss Jonesis a nice-looking girl, ISM

"That Miss Jones is nice-looking girl, isn't
she?"
"}es, and she'd be the belleo the town If II
wasn't for one thing"
whats that?"
"She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant to
be near her. She has tried dozen things and
nothing helps her. am sorry, for like her,
but that DOESN'T make it any less disagreeable
for one to be around her."
Remedy, there would have been nothing of
the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every
time
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Fall Feeding of Mich Cows.

When the pastures begin to fail, feed
ing in part, either with green corn fod-
der, lucerne, millet, oats or clover, must
be resorted to for keeping up flow of
milk until COWS 60 to the aftermath. 1t
is an important point to the dairyman
that the tiow of milk be kept up, for if
the cows are allowed to fall off when the
pastures fail, it is next to impossible to
bring them back again by fall feeding.
As the season advances and occasional
frosts occur, COWS are very liable to fall
of in their milk yield, if precautions
are not taken to prevent it. Not only
has the grass lost much of its nutritive
value, but cold storms and frosty nights
reduce the general tone of the animals
system. 1t is wise, therefore, at this
season to use little bran or ground
grain, or little corn. 1t will also pay
to house the animals in inclement wealth
er even if the temperature is not very
low. A cow in milk is very susceptible
to changes in the weather, as all atten-
tive dairymen must know.
Remember that ut no season of the
year does stock-and especially milch
cows-require more care than during the
cold, stormy weather liable to come in
the autumn. Shelter and extra feeding
pays at such time. for what is lost dur
ing the fall is seldom regained through
out the entire winter. Good shelter is
economy in that it saves feed, for every
one knows or ought to know that unless
an animal is kept warm by artificial
means, a large percentage of its food
goes to furnish warmth. This sub ect
has been so many times cons dered that
any additional remarks seem superfuous.
So no more will be added except quo
tation from as good authority as "Will-
ards Practical DAIRY Husbandry:" ''The
secretions are always disturbed by in
fuences, that cause pain or uneaslness,
and every shiver of half frozen cow
will make itself felt>in the milk pail 1t
will often, therefore, be matter of
economy for dairymen to begin feeding
cabbages, the tops of roots, or small
quantities of gram, Just as soon as the
grasses of pasture have been touched
with frosts. 4 daily allowance of bran,
shorts, or ground feed of barley or oats,
or oats and corn, in the proportion of
two parts oats TO one of corn, will be of
great service in keeping up flow of
milk and at the same time keeping the
animal in health and condition. ."-Neu
YorE World.
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.e. and so long as the feed is good will

ure, and so long as the feed is good will
get their own living. They can be
plucked several times in q season, and
tn ,ir feathers sell readily and at high
price. The eggs can be set either under
hens or under geese, the best method
beng to set the earliest eggs of the lit
tiers under large hens and the latter un-
der the goose which lays them. They do
not lay large number of eggs, although
we recall one instance where common
gray goose laid over fifty eggs. The
egy ye are almost always fertile and hatch
we'll. The goslings are easily reared,
their tenderest age being when they
begin to feather. For the first few weeks
of their existence they make very rapid
growth, and then comes the additional
strain of not only feeding their bodies
but also that of clothing them. At this
time they need a little extra care and
feeding, the giving to them, in ad-
tion to all the grass they eat, corn
meal thoroughly scalded and seasoned
with little salt.
They should also at this stage of their
growth be protected against drenchlng
rains, as, having outgrown their downy
covering, and not yet having grown their
feathcrcd coat, Their bodies, and espec.
tally their backs, are ne.rly bare, and
they are untitled to Withstand the wet.
But once feathered they become ex-
tremely hardy, and are almost absolute
strangers to disease. Foxes and extreme
old age are their chief enemies. Fifty
years is reckoned as the average age of
the goose, although some manage to
reach three-score and ten.
Goslings after attaining their growth
can be quickly fattened, and as there is
a really sale for such poultry, and as the
prices realized are generally very salts
factory, the fowl, which has cost almost
nothing, except the exercise of little
common sense, to rear, affords a very
handsome profit.
Geese are profitable or Improbable, ac-
cording to the manner in which they are
kept. If given the use of pond on
which they can enjoy themselves, and
dive down in search OF minnows and tad
poles, they can supply themselves with
all the an mai food they require. They
should also have plenty of grass. When
geese are kept on abandoned fields, and
have access to ponds, they are profitable;
but if they are to be fed altogether, they
will be kept at a loss. They often do
damage to pastures, and destroy and
waste much that they should not dis
turb. Cultigdt0r.
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There are fifty-fve cheese factories in
Chautsuqua county, N. !. Last year
their total product was $74h521.
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Iutcresred People.

Four or five of the head porters in the lead.
ing Chicago hotels are worth, collectively, ,ovel
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Extraordinary phenomeuou.

It Is claimed that Washington Territory has
gained 2O,UOO by immigration the past year.
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An orange tree in the gardens Of Versatile
France Is 450 years old.

"There is nothing you require Of your agents
but what is just and reasonable and strictly In
accordance with business principles That's
the sort Of testimony any house can be proud
of, and it is the testimony of hundreds Of men
who are proftably employed by B. F. johnson
& Co, Richmond, Va Write for full particulars.
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Thew have been tried for over fifty years, and
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Your fathers and mothers used them. They are
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It seems that the discovery of sure cure for
badness, claimed to have been made by H. A.
Fechter, Of New Haven, Conn.,, Is genuine.
really wonderful. Mr.. Fechter has printed a
circular describing it,which he distributes free
to all who apply for it.
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