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Fishing for Trout With Live Mice.

The waters of the little Broadhead at
Pocono, Penn, are sprinkled with
numerous pools, deep and dark, which
are the home of big trout. A few days
ago the attention of a fisherman was
attracted by tho sight of little field
mouse that was making frantic struggles
to cross one of these deep pools. While he
watched it there was furry in the water,
and monster trout darted up and seized
the little struggling creature.
That was enough to set the fisherman's
brain to working, and early the next day
he was out in search for field mice. He
soon captured several, and then he rugged
up harness of mice. To this he
attached gang hook that was connected
with the line on his rod. The hook was
near enough to the hind quarters OF the
mouse to make it impossible for trout to
swallow the mouse without also swallow
ing the hook, but it was far enough away
to permit it to sink in the watar as If
there were no connection between the
mouse and the hook. Then with the
harnessed mouse in his hand and the
others in tin box in his creel, the angler
stole softly to rock overhanging the
pool where the swimming mouse had met
its fate on the previous day. He dropped
his captive into the water, and watched
it struggling laboriously across the dark
water toward the opposite bank. Ithad
covered half the distance when a big
monster OF trout fell upon it. When
the fish felt the hook his rage knew no
bounds, and he fought for over an hour
before he could be landed. He was SIX
teen inches long and weighed nearly
three pounds. The fisherman had to cut
the hook out and make another harness,
and for every mouse he was repaid by a
whopping big trout.-NssO York Sun.
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Haymakine in Finland

A curious way of making hay is very
generally adopted by the Films, says the
Mark Lone Ezpress. Poor men who own
no meadows have long been accustomed
to cut what grass they can find in the
forest glades and other waste lands.
Owing to the lack of roads and farm
steads the hay was stuffed among the
branches of neighboring trees to await the
winter frosts and snow, when it could
easily be carried off BY sledges. After a
wet season some farmers noticed that this
was actually better in quality than that
which they themselves had made from
much better grass. The wild crop, so to
call it, had dried much better in the
tree branches exposed to free circula-
ton of air than the rich herbage which
had lain long on the sodden ground.
Hence it occurred to them to make tenn
porary trees upon which their own crops
might be dried.
This experiment was attended with
such success that the plan has been widely
initiated and bids fair entirely to supplant
the old-fashioned methods. After the
moving is done number of poles about
ten feet in length and provided with long
transverse,pegs are set up at intervals and
the grass is loosely heaped upon them.
The result is said to be excellent. Even
in wet weather only small portion form
ing the outside Of the pile is discolored,
while the inner portions, exposed to the
air beneath and protected from the rain
above, are dried in perfect condition.
Moving can be carried on in spite of
wind and rain, and when once the grass
is placed upon the drying-poles it may be
left without fear of serious damage until
the weather changes.
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Lobster and Milk are Dangerous.

ssI was called to see Miss Blank, and
she is suffering from poisonous dose of
lobster and ice cream-not so seriously
poisoned that it was necessary to use q
stomach pump, but poisoned enough to
make her very i'll. And now / want to
tell you what everybody doesn't know,
but what everybody ought to know in
this weather. Lobster and milk, when
taken together, form a combination of
a poisonous nature, and lobster taken
with any form or preparation of milk is
very pernicious in its effect on the
bowels. Beware of the lobster, but if
you must take him, take him straight"
-R1sta1 glo6e ....- ....-- -.
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THE POULTRY YARD. 4.

Throw the windows and doors open.
Rest in the shade and let you chickens
do likewise.
Don't estimate the size of the egg from
the length of the cackle.
It may be just as well to hatch no more
chicks for six weeks, at least.
Wire netting of one inch mesh will
keep out animals that prowl around after
young birds.
If the bottom of your feed bin is on the
ground, your meal is probably moldy and
unfit for food.
Keeping the droppings covered with
dry earth is one important means OF pre-
venting cholera.
Drown or chloroform the cat that
develops fondness for chickens. This
is the speediest cure.
Let the poultry have some of the CLEAN
ings of the wheatfeld placed under tree
near by for their especial benefit.
All fowls that are to be dressed and
sold should be killed before they begin
to moult and the pin feathers appear.
The modern method of whitewashing
poultry houses is to make the wash thin,
strain it and throw it on with hand
force pump. Have you tried ita
It is dangerous at all times, and
especially in hot weather, to have sick
birds running with the flock. Kill them
or put them in the hospital at once.
One of the best places we know of this
season for a brood of chicks is on the
edge of corn field. They have loose
earth, shade and security from hawks.
To ship dressed poultry this hot weather
use barrels with two or three augur holes
in the bottom. Put in layer of poultry,
breast down; then fill in the chinks with
broken ice, and so continue until the
barrel is full. Use plenty of ice on the
top layer. Cover with burlap.
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REPAIRING TINS,

Farmers who live remote from any
place where there is tinsmith are often
troubled by leaks in tin roofs, or cave
troughs. Any farmer can repair them
and make them stronger than before.
Find the leak, and apply good coat of
rather thick paint; put on piece of old
bagging or coarse muslin, then second
coat of paint, rubbing it well in and
smoothly. Then cover with a piece of
tin, mailing it down tightly close to the
edge, using large-headed tacks; those
known as twenty-four or thirty ounce.
Iron tacks are best. Then give another
coat of paint, and the leak is not only
repaired, but that part will last much
longer than the rest. Old fruit cans are
just the thing for the purpose; set them
on top of hot stove till the solder is
melted, and then fatten them out.-New
York Witness.
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SHE TELLS HIM THE SECRET.
An Editors Experience.

Major Sidney Herbert. q ell-known jomnaliH 4
agricultural circles. writes Apri. 18th. 1889: So
five years ago wrote q letter stating that sxfni
Specific had cured me of severe rheumatism. 8ancs
that time have had no return of tho rhennat
troubles, although frequently exposed to the tnAn
ences that produced former attaekA Several dng
friends had similar experience, and are frmhhdh
conviction that s. 8. S. brought . permanent emA
The searching power Of this medicine = shown +
the fact that it developed scrofulous taint t M
conspicuous in my blood over thirty years ago md
has removed the last trace of It. have also tese
s. S. g. as tonic after severe attack OF lnaf1kia
fever, which kept me IN bed for three month"; md
am convinced that its curative and Greugthcntna
was in very low condition Of health. >eaE
SIDNEY HKRBEar, Atlanta, Ga.
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number of workers by hand could dress

Ii S~S
$500 slaves.
In making tin cans, one man and a
boy with modern appliances, can do the
work of ten workers by the old process.
In making bread boxes three men can
do the work of thirteen box makers by
the old methods
One boy by machinery, in turning
wood work and materials for musical in
struments, performs the work of twenty
five men by the old methods.
By the use of coal mining machines 100
miners in month can mine as much coal
in the same time as 500 miners by the old
methods.
In the manufacture of wall paper one
worker by the aid of machinery, does the
work of 100 workers by manual labor,
and in cutting and drying paper by ma
chinery four men and six girls do the
work of 100 operators by old methods.
In the whole country an army of work.
ers have been displaced by machinery,
while large contingent of operators has
been placed in the manufacture Of labor
saving appliances. Improved processes
of manufacture and competition make
everything made cheaper to the con-
sumer.
In 1880 there were in the United States
2,733, 900 operatives engaged in manu-
facture, representing and supporting 49,
665, 900 consumers, or one-quarter of the
population then, with S., ,5S5, 900, 900
product, or an average of $2045 per hand,
with $3.50, 900, 900 wages paid operatives.
The product of the census for 1890 will
probably reach between $4,000, 600, 900
and SO, 1000, 900, 900, with very large
increase in operatives representing and
supporting an army of consumers of
everything produced in the country.
Every week there are chronicled numer-
Gus new manufacturing enterprises CIV
ing place to large numbers of workers.
The most notable are the organizations
at Pittsburg and Chicago for the manu-
facture of tin and terne plates, for which
we have paid Great Britain $244, 900, 600
in the last fifteen years, and ten-million
iron plant.-Neu York GTaphic.
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AGRICULTURAL,
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
D1scoURAGINa THE CABBAGE WORM.

DISCOURAGING THE CABBAGE WORM.
MIR. Andrew S. Fuller finds that the
green cabbage worm is discouraged by
the following treatment: Two quarts OF
coal tar are put into an open vessel,
which is set in the bottom of barrel,
and the barrel is filled with water. In
forty-eight hours the water is impreg-
mated with the odor of the tar, although
the tar is not dissolved in it. The water
is then sprinkled abundantly on the cab
bages, and the odor penetrates every
portion of the head, killing or driving
away the worms. AS the water evaporates
no stain OF odor remains on the cabbage.
The same quantity of coar tar can be
made to impregnate several successive
barrels of water.-Boston Cultioator.
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Fighiy.Paid Prelates.

The Austrian archbishops are probably
the most highly paia in the world. The
cardinal archbishop of Vienna has about
$50, 1000 year, but the cardinal arch
bishop of Olmutz has 5000, 900, the
cardinal archbishop of Prague has S175,-
600, and the archbishop of Eriru has
$500, 600. And the primate of Hungary,
the cardinal archbishop of Grsu, has
$4Q0, 900 a year.
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lays at this time. If she steals her nest
and brings off nice brood of turks be-
fore you are aware she is laying, don't
show your disappointment by neglecting
her and her brood, but give her to under
stand that you appreciate her sagacity
and success in getting the start OF you.
Treat her well and when fall comes her
nice, great big birds, plump and fat for
the table, will be an ample reward
Farm, Field and Stockman.
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Taking 1t altogether, the' never was time
when our country was enjoying greater pros
perity than at the present moment, and yet
there are thousands OF people in the land who
are fussing and fuming about hard times. No
doubt but what many Of them are honestin
their complaints, and It Is often because they
have not found the right kind Of work Or the
right way to do It. Now, Il business is not
advice and write to B. F. johnson & Co., Rich
mond, Va It Is more than likely that they
can help you, at any rate, It would cost you
nothing but postage stame to apply to them.
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Save That Sweet Girl!

Don't let that beautiful girl fade and droop
into invalfdism or sink into an early grave for
Of her life. DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescrip ion
will aid in regulating her health and estab-
fishing 1t on q firm basis and may save her
years Of chronic suffering and consequent un-
hannineSs
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Au who use Dobbins's Electric Soap praise It
as the best cheapest and most economical fam:
fly soap made; but If you will try 1t once 1t VIII
Please try it. Your grocer will supply you.
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&C Later ANITA Amic0zn

6 Later asnto Ansieoza
Game a pale face preacher, teaching
Peace and progress to tho natices, .
Wooed and won By Uanita.
She no6ler te make his calling,
Whispered to him natures sscrst- "
Told him Of the herbs 50 potent
For the healing and the sauing." - '.
EXTRACT FROM POEM OF 'UANITA."
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Heirs Wanted.

Johanna Wilson, daughter Of Mark sweeney,
wife of Thomas Wilson. born in Limerick Co.,
Ireland She Is, If living, heir to an estate. II
dead, her children or next OF kin are wanted.
Address, W. ]. CovIL, Webster City, Iowa.
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A more pleasant phys!c
You never will lind
Than Plerce's sma "Pellets,"
The Purpatiye kind.

ROGER EVANS, of Washington, has blacked
the boots Of every President, from jackson
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A School Of tho Highest Order for Young
Ladies.
Ingham University, Le Roy, N. Y, estab-
hshed over fifty years, offers superior advan-
tages in it's Literary, Music and Art Depart.
ments. Excellent home. Attention given to
social culture. Rates moderate. Send for
catalogue. Address Miss R. NJ. Webster,
Principal.
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GUTHRIE, Oklahoma, has already floated a
$4,000 municipal loan.
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Old gmokers prefer "Tansill's Punch" &c.
Cigar to most 10 centers.
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Ifafdicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thorn p
sen'sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
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THE English sparrows have almost extermt-
mated the wrens, orioles and meadow larks.
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From this it may be seen that when
marriage is childless the number of sui
cides is doubled in men and tripled in
women, and also that maternal love di-
minishes the number of suicides among
widows with children by one-thId over
those of childless unions.- Chicago
Tn1nes
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Statistics Of Suicide.

Bertilion, French scientist, made ex-
haustive researches in relation to suicides
a few years ago. He found that among
/ 200, 600 of inhabitants the following
mum hara nnn,mitted slicide.
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JOSEPH H. HUNTER, tSSgS$ssSs Sfss$sie%S 4S;S!s *

shoes without w. L. DOUGLAS name and pr
postage paid. Dealers make more profit on unkno
do not be induced to buy shoes that have reputs
name and price stamped on the bottom and you ar,
dollars are saved annually In this country by the
ing by man state whether you want Congress, But,
row cap toe and be sure to give size and width yor
shoes are made In great variety OF widths, sizes
perfect Subtraction or money refunded upon retur
RrnrIfon. Hoaa o..
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ene proouct.
In the manufacture of carriages it used
to take one man thirty-fve days to make
q carriage. It is now made by the aid of
machinery with the work of one man
in twelve days.
A carpet measuring and brushing ma
chine with one operator will do the work
of fifteen men by the old methods.
In cutting out clothing and cloth caps
with dies one worker does the work Of
three by old methods.
In the cotton mills in this country the
manual labor has been reduced about so
per cent. Now one weaver manages from
two to ten looms, where one loom was
earperly tended by one worker.
IN spinning in the cotton mills In this
country one operative cared for twenty
1--WE spindles that now attends seventy
two spindles-an increase of 1876 per cent.
In the olden time in this country one
sKeaver with hand loom turned out
weekly from forty-two to forty eight
yards. A weaver now tending six power
looms turns out 1900 yards in week.
In the manufacture of -four modern i'm
provements save rs per cent. of the
manual labor that once was necessary.
In the manufacture of furniture only
about one-half the operatives are required
to do the same work.
In leather manufacture, modern meth
ods have reduced the necessary number
of workers from five to fifty per cent.
{ In stave dressing, twelve colaborers,
with Barker machine, can dress IL, 600
stsves in the same time that The same
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W, |, DOUGLAS So and So SHOES FOL

sfrom1t
anFr Iaces, ,on
from
LIDO Brocktes, Mas.
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THE NAME AMERICA.
The Popular Idea That 1t Was Derived
from Amerigo yespucei Disputed.

The Popular Idea That 1t Was Derived
from Amerigo yespucei Disputed.
Tho bulletin of the Paris Geographical So
ciety, which has just been issued, contains I'm
account by NJ. jules Maroon of certain fur
ther researches which he has made into the
origin Of the name 'sAmerican As far back
as 1875 he published paper ON the same
topic, which attracted much attention at the
time, and he has since devoted much labor to
an investigation Of early historical docu-
ments in which the New World is named
The popular notion that America was so
called from the Christian name Of Amerigo
Vespucci Is, he says, wholly unfounded, and
he sums up his CONCLUSIONS in this way: /.
Amerique is the Indian name Of the noun
tains between Juigalpa and Libertad in the
Province of Chontales, which separate Lake
Nicaragua from the Mosquito coast. The
word In the Maya language signifies "the
windy country" or ''the country where the
wind blows always 2. The Christian name
of Vespueci was Alberico in Italian and Span
ish, Albericus in Latin. This particular
name is subject TO an enormous number OF
variations, as the nomenclature and calen-
dars of Italian and Spanish saints of the
period show; but nowhere Is there any such
variation OF Americas, Amerrigo, Amerigo,
Almerigo, ETC., and none of those Is either a
diminutive Of variation In use In Italy,
Spain'or France, for Alberico or Albert. A.
Before 1907, when Jean Basin OF Saint Die
published the name, 1t Is not 10 be found In
any printed document, nor even I'm any man
uscript of recognized and incontestable au-
thority.
M. Maroon claims that his theory Of a
native origin for the name America has been
accepted in Spain, Spanish America. aid,
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Pure and simple dislike to the service
seems to be the common cause for desertion,
but it Is interesting to note the reasons given
by deserters themselves for the extreme
course they have adopted. The chaplain Of
u London prison some time ago made an at
tempt to find out from the 6l0 men confined
there for descrtion the causes which had in
duced them to abandon tho colors. OF this
number 16I informed him that they had lsft
the army because they fervently hated the
life which they found themselves obliged to
Lead ia confessed that drink had been the
cause of their misbehavior; 100 that they
had deserted ''to better themselves ~
urged that they had allowed them
selves to be Influenced by the persuasions
of bad companions; fifty-ope had gone on the
SPREE, had overstayed their leave, and had
not been able to pluck up courage to return to
their regiments, through fear of the con-
sequences Of their indiscretion; forty-eight
had been so badgered by their comrades or
had found tho treatment Of the nen-commis-
stoned officers 50 harsh, that they had been
driven to seek a refuge In flight; forty-one
had nbsented themselves for some cause OF
other, aud disclaimed any real intention Of
deserving; debt had driven sixteen TO take
the fatal step; a dozen had run away because
leave had been refused them; and, finally,
one had absconded because he had been foolish
enough TO get married without leave. --An
The Year Round.
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Powerful Drugs.

A score of years ago drugs were given in
quite crude forms. The pills then used were
large enough to excite apprehension of suf-
location In patients obliged to take them
Until quite recently all medicines have con-
tanned more or less extraneous matter, which
added bulk but not virtue to them. Gradually
the chemist eliminated such unnecessary mat
ter until at last drugs were furnished physi-
clans in nearly, il not quite, pure FORM But
he did not stop there. He next applied him
self to extracting the active principles of
medicinal agents, and now nearly all the
powerful remedies are used in what we might
term highly concentrated form. Aconite fur
nishes us with ready illustration of this
great change. The powdered leaves were
once given in two grain doses, and the ex-
tract Of the same In one-half grain Doses
At the present time we have aconitina, the
real virtue of aconite in highly concentrated
form, and the dose of that is from 1-400ths to
1-200ths of gyain. OF course, a pill of aconi-
tina containing n full dose might be made ex-
ceedingly minute and as a matter of fact it
is put up in very small granules. The infer
ence to be drawn is that, in taking medicine,
one must be exceedingly careful to follow the
physicians directions ito the letter. Be-
cause the pills are small, one must not assume
that they can be taken recklessly, A man not
long ago deceived himself in that way with
most disastrous results His physician or
dered some ten granules, scarcely larger than
pin heads, which contained a very powerful
drug. He was cautioned to take only one,
three times day; but, thinking to expedite
matters, he took all OF them at one dose and
joined the silent majority. Boston Herald
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Religion by Telephone.

A very interesting telephone experiment
has been tried in Tunbridge Wells. The Rev.
Cowper Smith and his deacons have allowed
the local telephone company TO place their
their transmitters IN tho Mount Pleasant
Congregational church, with the result that
persons in various distant parts of tho town
were enabled to hear and enjoy all parts Of
tho Sunday services. Doctors with their
patients, chemists assistants in their shops,
an invalid lady confined to her room, and
others used the Instruments, and heard dis
tinctly tho singing, reading, preaching, pray
ers and all tho sounds of the moving congrc-
cation. The transmitters have been placed
in several different positions in order to find
out which was the best for tho purpose in
view 1t has been decided that one set Of
transmitters shall be put on the book board
so as to catch tho preachers voice and others
elsewhere so as to catch the singing. New
York Telegram.