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exceptin the arrangement for allowing
the point to run to depth of three or
four feet while the beam and handles
of the pillow remained at tho surface.
Fig. / represents this pillow, the dotted
lines showing tho position of the beam
as it gradually rises to allow the cut
ting point to run correspondingly
deeper, the handles similarly raised at
the same time. This pillow was drawn
by two horses on opposite sides Of tho
ditch, attached to the ends of a whiffle-
tree six or seven feet long. Passing
two or three times, three or four inches
of the hard-pan subsoil were loosened
ready to be shoveled out by hand. One
team would loosen as much earth as
seven or eight men would throw out by
hand, and where there were several
parallel bitches under way at the same
time, the team could prepare several
hours work for the shovelers in adj
vance. If the subsoil was very hard,
the ditching-plow would work more
slowly, at the same time that it would
prove a greater labor-sa aver if the cut
ting point was kept sharp. When the
cost of cutting bitches wholly by hand
was thirty cents a rod. at depth Of
three feet, tho cost was only twelve
cents rod with the use of this plow
aided by the hand-shovelers.
Another ditching pillow, which we
figured and described in the Country
Gentleman in 1882, was invented and
used by P. Du Bots, OF Tompkins Coun-
ty, N. Y, of which this accompanying
figure Gig. p is a copy. Its operation
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was ON the same principle as the one
above described. being used for loosen.
ing the hard subsoil. The point was
of steel; the rest of the pillow of bars OF
wrought iron half an inch thick and
two and a half inches wide. One end OF
each was welded on the steel which
forms the point, with space of three
fourths of an inch between for the
beam. A bolt ten inches from the
point was the place from which the
beam drew, and serving as pivot for
allowing it to play up and down or to
rise or fall automatically, according to
the depth Of the ditch. This is shown
by the dotted lines. One of these plows
may be made for ten dollars
Mr.. Du Bots gavo US some additional
particulars CT its construction at the
time, eight years ago The bar OF
steel, forming the point, and which
was nearly square, weighed about two
pounds, on which the side bars were
welded at a slant They were about
four feet long, and the wooden handles
were bolted to them. making eight feet
from the steel point to tho ends OF the
handles. These gave Q Sufficient lover.
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AN UNIQUE FAN.
Covered with Photographs of Poets
Painters and Musicians.


An extremely pretty girl, who is a
faithful attendant at the philharmonics
in winter and rarely misses summer
concert of any merit, has of late carried
fan that attracts good deal of atten-
ton. 1t is one Of thos Japanese affairs,
with few slender bamboo sticks, and
the paper rough greenish gray, decor
ated in black characters. On each panel
the owner has transferred cabinet
sized photograph Of one OF the great
composers. First removing the picture
from the card on which it was origin
ally mounted. she has neatly pasted it
on the fan. Engravings have served
when photos were unobtainable, and.
using both sides of the fan, she has
found space for founteen portraits.
Some deft pen-andink work has an
swered to frame the head, and below
each one is a bar Of music from the au-
thor's greatest work, and executed with
SO much finish that a genuine little
treasure is the result The same young
woman is also as much an enthusiast re-
garding painters, poets and actors as
where the artof music is concerned. She
tells Of three other fans in her posses
sion treated in like manner. One has
photographs OF Tennyson, Browning,
Longfellow md Bryant, with etchings
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Home Seekers Excursions

Win leave Chicago and Milwaukee via the
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILrTT~
for points in Northern Iowa, Minnesota
South and North Dakota, Gncluding the
Sioux Indian Reservation in South Da-
kota), Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska,
Sept. 9Th and Esd and Oct. 18th, 1890. Half
passage within 80 days from date Of sale.
For further information, circulars show.
ing rates of fare, maps, etc, address A. V.
=, CARPENTER. General Passenger Agent
Milwaukee, Wis.
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AUTOMATIC WATERING DEVICE.

leather and a bit OF wood. If it floats
weight it down or arrange spring to
hold it down. A light spout (b) conveys
the water from the barrel to tho water
trough. This spout is balanced at so
as to act a. lever. Tho float icy, a
piece of scantling, is hung to one end of
the lever by u leather strap; the other
end OF lever is provided with peg to
lift tho valve in the barrel and permit
water to flow when the level is lowered
by the water being drank out OF the
trough. The trough is about four
inches deep and wide and eighteen
Inches long, including the part con tain-
ing the float. This device costs COM
paratively nothing and works as salts
1acterily IS one costing six dollars.
use 1T as fountain for poultry, and it
always supplies fresh water as needed,
with no waste.
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STATE OF OHIO, CIrr OF TOLEDO,

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner OF the firm of f. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State afore said, and that said
firm Will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS Tor each and every case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, AID 1886.
lsELl A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Send for testi-
monials, free F. ] CHENEY q Co., Toledo,O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Home-Seekers' Excursions via the Chi
cago, st. Paul e. Kansas City R'y.

On Tuesdays, September 9 and % and Oc-
tobsr1A 1890, agents OF the Chicago, St.
PAN and Kansas City Railway -ill cell
Home-Seekers' Excursion Tickets to PRIV.
cipal points in the West, Northwest, South
and Southwest at rate of one fare for the
round trip, tickets good returning thirty
days from date of sale. For full particu-
ars call on oraddress agents of the Chicago,
St Paul ard Kansas City Railway.
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A SOAP that is soft is full of 4rdter, half or
thirds it's weight probably, thus you
pay seven or eight cents per pound for wa
ter. Dobbins' Electric Soap is al soap and
no adulteration, therefore the ctedpcSt and
best, TRY DobbiilS',
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81 THOUGHT may a time when used "a
go to sec ny girl she was sweet enough T.
cat" "And why didn't on cat hcre' "SAc
soured on Inc 'i-PhladciDhia Times.
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You've Mrs. Tocllcr says sho truly he
lievcs that Charley has gone into tho lum
Der business without telling her a word
about it, because he is constantly talking in
his sleep about buying chips.-W Washington
Post
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ALMAXAc-"You sccm to be pretty far
gone" C2lcnoar--"Y | fear my DAYS
arc NUM- cred thin! had better turn
over q new leaf tao first of tho month"
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WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carter $ Little Liver Pills.
Thousands Of letters from people who have
used them prove this feet. Try them.
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APRoPos Of tho fruit season, it may ne
noted that the down Of tho peach is different
from that Of tho banana peel
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THERE is said to be little doubt in En-.
gland that Sir Edwin Arnold will be the
next laureate.
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SOME say that II man who would "bcat
an Cgg' would be 50 cruel as to "wnil
cream 'tarash wheat, or even lick u
postage stamp"
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NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often
the very first dose. This is what is said by
all who try Carriers Little Liver Pills.
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A,wRITER in the Railway Age confidently
predicts that the time between New York
and chicago, now tweuty-four hours, will
some day be reduced 10 ten hours.
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For Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
cine is Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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NATURE has wisely arranged matters so
that man can neither pat his own back
nor kick himself
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FIGURES can't lie, but lies figure quite cx-
tensively in almost all statistical articles
Boston Transcript
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SOME lawyers are always poor, while
others in tho profession meet with fee-nom-
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SHOP KEEPEEs S!udy to please. but ther,
arc lots Of boys and girls whom 1t doesn
please 70 study.--TcXas Siftings.
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"lT's awfuIly hard" sad tho Five Dollar
Dill, as he was borrowed for the hunIreth
time, ITO so through life entirely a loan"
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PEACH CoBBLER.-Line a dripping pan
with paste; fill with fruit, sugar and -four
in correct proportions; make fast tie cover
and bake one hour.
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IT is good policy to tell tho truth, because
If you dun YOU can't expect to be believed
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MADE to shut up-window blnds.-N. Y
Mail and Express.
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KEEL ovcr-sloops in Gale.-N Y. Hail
and Express.
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SuRINKs from socicty-thc wooden shirt
Texas Siftiugs.
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II is blow for blow when tho hacker
'of prize-EShtcrs arc boasting.-N. o. PIT
pyune.
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DoN'T hit back-matchcs, when struck.
N. Y. Mail and Express.
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of confidence III 1.-THE manu-
facturers of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. It's a faith
that means business, too-it's
backed up by money. This
is what they offer: $500 re-
ward for a case of Catarrh
which they cannot cure. They
mean it. They're willing to
take the risk-they know their
medicine. By its mild, sooth-
ing, cleansing and healing
properties, it produces per-
feet and permanent cures of
the worst cases of chronic Ca
tarrh in the Head. It's doing
it every day, where everything
else has failed. No matter
how bad your case, or Of how
long standing, yo1 can be
cured. You're sure of that
or of $500. You can't have
both, but you'll have one or
the other.
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ENouoH to set man thinking-an idea.
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No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies tail. 25c.
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QUISTSE does not como from Chilli, but
seems like ii ought to-W ashinSton Star.
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Go To sec-transatlantic travellers.
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1T is better to Keep the cow healthy
y good feeding than by medicine.
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AUTOMATIC WATERING.

A Simple Device Tor a Solf-Regulating
Watering Trough.
e. C. Bennett. Tripoli, Ia, sends
Orange Judd Farmer the device illus
trated herewith, and writes: 1t is made
by boring hole in the bottom of a bar
pnmp valve (a) over the hole. This
valve is easily made from a piece Of
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FANCY worlk-buildipg castles in the ai1
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MUST have a bang-the cannon
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saran and Council
and Sioux Falls in St Joseph and Kansas City in
Beneve
Pueblo COLORADO
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Nor to had in lifc-a monument.
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For maps, rates. folders, or any other iniorma-
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Agent, Chicago, ILL.,
A. j. KNAPP, Assistant General Freight and
Passenger Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
II. TUCKER, General Freight Agent Northern
Lines, Chicago, Ill.
d. B. MoREY General Freight Agent Southern
Lines, New Orleans, lii.
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ABOUT TOWN LOTS.
Mrs. NJ. b. Raync in Detroit Free rress,l

graveyard, stranger" said the man
on the cracker box, "thats a site of
our town lots an the city hall, with
a clock tower an lightnin' rod an
all modern improvements. An
them signs that look like grave
stones are inducements to buywhile
the market was kind O easy, as it
was then"
"But, but, | don'tsee any town."
suggested the stranger, as he seated
himself on quintal Of Goldfish, and
kept one eye out for the stage.
It's there tho, jes' as much as
it ever was" retorted the cracker
box orator. "It WASH nothin' but
premeditated Disappointment that
prevented our havin' the finest town
hall in the State of Nebrasky that
an the pesky Injuns."
There was a grunt from Che coun-
ter, where several rows of moccas-
med feet hung dangling, but the
storekeeper handed out a seoopful
of dried apples and the reservation
aborigines were appeased.
81 sed Inguns, an I'll stick to it
if the hull reserve cuts loose. Them
pets of the Gover'm'nt did it, but
L might allow it warn't done in
malice. No, much as I dispise the
hull caboodle, | mus say t'warn't
did in malice s fur as emmy of us
could foresee."
"Was there a m-a-s-s-a-c-r-e ?"
asked the Goldfish man, turning
white about the gills.
"Nope, 'twarn't as bad as that
tho it took on that complexion fol
a time. You see them Injuns al
the reserve are friendlies they
have to be, cause the Govermn't's
takin' care of 'em. Builds nice
houses on the bluffs for 'em with
windys of ra'al glass, portvazzas
an chimbleys that draws like {
house afre.
"And do they Live in theln?'
asked the stranger.
"Not a squaw's son Of 'em. The.
board up the windy's fust thing
then they golf on hunt, an COM
back to the reserve to get somethin
to eat, and to winter conf able
that's what they do"
"But about the town lots?" re
minded the stranger, looking at hi
watch.
ooh, they're under them. boar
headstuns on the town squar. Yo
can't see it Cause Its covered wit.
weeds, but them boards stiekin' u
is in sacred mem'ry of what neve
was. You see it was this way
had les come here then, an hadn'
cut my eye teeth, so | fell RICH
inter the plan. It was to cut Dc
eantaur up inter choice lots, al
make a town of it. Lord! it WASH
nothin' but prairie dog villages al
rattler's- holes then. The onl
amusement we he'd was huntil
them vermin. SO the bizness mel
Cap. Lemming an some other fe
lers, sent to- Omaha an he'd Il
of cirklars printed, all about tn
galorious climate an the fine vew
an how cheap land was, an sci
'em round to all the farmers in thu
deestrick, invitin' Of them in on
certain day to buy town lots, al
hev' some fun. Thet last was pl
in big letters an it said they VIZ
to bring the hull family an hev'
picnic. An you bet we he'd it! "
"Shall [ order fine cut or plug
inquired the stranger, glancingsid
waysatthe blanketed objectssittir
on the counter.
"Eyther'H suit EN- fust rate, Sc
in its agin the law to give the
anything stronger, answered Il
man on the cracker box, and
reached over for his share; tai
perioue. but it goes. AS | was /
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they did"
81 think l hear the stage COM
ing" said the stranger, looking af-
ter his grip.
"No, you don't. That stage was
never known to git here till two
hours aftershe's due, which is about
now," and the crocker-box man took
out a big silver watch, shook up the
works, placed it to his ear an put
it back in his pocket without look
ing at it, Then he gave d deep
sigh. "Queer, isn't it, that when
you try to make pleasure for
folks, you're as likely as not to
pizen them. You lend an ole gun
to somebody to go huntin' with,
thinkin' you're dom 'em kind
ness, an the peaceble ole weepon
goes off an kills 'em. Itdon't take
the whole hand of Providence to
upset our plans. Jes' fnger'll do
it most O the time.
"Wha' was I? Oh, yes, there
was a lot of runnin' back an yon
to the agency for the Injins bout
that time, but l warn't in the secret.
Howsumever, when the day come,
jes' as bright as a new tin-pan all
secured up, sure enough there was
tables Laid right contingent like TO
them town lots, with enuff good
vittles to fill a thousand hungry
folks, an thewomen all stood round
with their smart gowns on await
in for the fun that had been prom
Used.
"Wa'al, [ declare to goodness I
can never forgetit. There was the
tables all laid out so nice an all
the men folks out smirkin' kind
Of KNOWN, an there was a long
stream of farmers wagons all filed
with the wives an daughters in
their best clus, an as [ was lookin'
at them, kind of promiskus like,
there came a noise as if all the
wolves, an wildcats, an lions, an
tigers, an the roarin' critters of all
kentries had broke loose, an
looked OH t'other side an saw all
the fghtin' Injuns in the reserva-
ton q tearin' down the bluffs wear.
in their war-paint an feathers an
a war-whoopin' an screechin' like
to raise the dead. [ guessed rite
off that they had been hired tc
come, an that was the fun we was
to have.
Scared ? Wa'al, | was. Ii
could have moved a ped I'd hel
hoofed it back to civilization thou
ever stoppin', but [ JUS could'n
stir ham nor foot. The women al
crawled under the tables, an tina
made me larf Then kinder look
ed to see how the farmers took it
eff they were gettin fun ernuff, an
| VOW if every las one Of 'em had'n
turned roun' an war racin' bacl
home jes' as fast as their horse
could get thar. Fun? I CUES
, they hadn't calculated on any ful
with Comanches, an Blackfeet an
Sioux Indians. I mus say the alb
originnys done themselves credit
They cleared them tables so Their
wern't no yittle wasted, an the,
pow-wowed, and war-danced, an
pipe-smoked all the rest of the day
: an there was squar' fight betwix
Little Turtle an Tom Stick-in-the
Mud, but them town lots didn'
, have q ghost Of a show. An W
: buried 'em SO deep they amt neve
: come up agin. Thar's that air slo,
coach now. Bye, pard."
In connection with the subject {
" the quality Of the brain there is on
: point of great Importance abor
o which l can only say a few word
1t is that we have great many me-
= tar elements in our brain and OF
n spinal cord which we neglect abs
e lutely to educate. Such is the cas-
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THERE is no longer doubt as to
who is meant by the "man from
Maine. Indianapolis News.
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In connection with the subject Of
the quality Of the brain there is one
point of great Importance about
which l can only say a few words,
1t is that we have great many mo-
tar elements in our brain and our
spinal cord which we neglect abso-
lutely to educate. Such is the case
particularly the elements of the
left hand. Perhaps, however, faith
ers and mothers will be more ready
to develop the natural powers of the
left hand of their children, thereby
giving them two powerful hands, if
they accept that, as l believe, the
health Of the brain and spinal cord
would improveif all theirmotar ele-
ments were fully exercised DIR.
Brown-Sequard.