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for which such a wagon might be used
about farm in moving heavy materials
which can be loaded on a high wagon
can be constructed by any one having
ordinary mechanical ingenuity. The
Messrs. Hicks have large silo built of
brick in the form of round cistern,
sixteen feet deep, but they do not use it,
as the milkman to whom they sell their
milk refuses to purchase it if they feed
silage.
Fig. represents cart for spreading
liquid manure, not such a one as is now
in use, but more like one that would be
made were another required. The one
now in use consists of three casks of the
size of ordinary oil barrels, but pre-
ferable device like the one illustrated,
consists of only one holding from $50 to
200 gallons. AS shown, the cask is
mounted on a framework of sufficient
strength To sustain the weight this be-
ing supported by an axle-tree and
wheels far enough apart to allow the
cask to rest between them. The cask
has an opening at the top mot shown
in the cut) for pumping the liquid in,
and at the bottom an opening closed
with valve controlled by the driver,
which allows the liquid to escape into
a pipe ian ordinary pump.log was
used) which conducts it to V-shaped
trough, perforated with numerous
small holes, through which it is spread
as the cart is driven over the field.
Here the tow-cart is again brought
into use, the manure-sprinkler being
chained to the under side of the axle
tree in a manner similar to the silage
cart The liquid manure is collected in
large cistern to which it is conducted
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BLOUSES AND GOWNS.
Garments That Can BE MADE by ANY In
tefIigent NeedIewoman.

Garments That Can BE MADE by ANY In
teiIigent NeedIewoman.
Tennis flannels, vailings, wash silks,
Oxford shirtings, sanitary vailings, In
dian silks, percales and half-a-dozen
more materials are used for the COM
Portable sailor blouse, to wear with any
and all skirts. They have plain or fan
cy collars, shirt sleeves, a breast pocket,
and are held to the figure by a drawing
string run in the hem. Figured ma
terials are preferred to plain, and not
an inch of any trimming is required.
Stout ladies pull out the drawing string
and wear the blouse with a leather, rib
bon or material belt. The odd basques
are for more dressy occasions, and are
now in the Spanish style, with short,
velvet jacket and sleeve caps edged with
silk or tinsel drops, and blouse having
full sleeves of crepe, surah or India
silk. Pansy velvet, gold drops and pale
yellow crepe are pretty; also black
velvet, silver or black drops and OLD
rose China silk. To come down to
palmer fabrics select yellow, spring
green, dome-blue, heliotrope or old
rose vailing, and black velvet jacket
fronts only. These are frequently
dubbed ''theater jackets" though worn
more for aressy home-wear, with plain
er skirts than an ordinary bodice would
admit of.
Two neat cotton gowns: One OF plaid
pink, olive and white American ging.
ham, at eighteen cents yard, is charm
ing enough for garden party if worn
with large leghorn fiat, trimmed with
pink roses and black lace. Yet it is
simply made by any homo dress-maker.
The skirt is cut on the bias, bringing
each plaid block diamondwise, and
hemmed; it is five yards wide. The
round bodice has a one-piece back,
shirred at the waist line, while the
fronts are in folds from the shoulders to
the waist center where they meet over
a vest of white embroidery. The full
sleeves and bodice are cut on the bias
and have turnover frills at the neck,
and wrists of fine embroidery in van
dykes. A wide belt ribbon, matching
the pink, is held in front with a pearl
buckle, and the ends fall toward the
left where they are caught in large
rosetts near the front of the skirt. The
other gown is of old-rose sateen, having
a Persian pattern outlined in black.
This forms tull skirt, bordered with
black velvet ribbon. The ''early
English" bodice is shirrei around the
neck to fit it to the form, and has very
full sleeves shirred above and below
the elbow. The fitted belt of black
velvet is shaped over the bottom of the
waist line with point in front. Deep
cuffs and gorget collar-one having a
deep point in front like tiny yoke-oi
the velvet finish quaint toilette.
White and blue or geeen ginghams need
only a collar and cuffs of vandyke EN-
broidery. The ginghams, sateens and
broidered muslins re.lovely this season,
and quite cheap. Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

The white OF an egg is mainly al
bumen, and when not properly cooked.
becomes positively indigestible. Not
so, however, with the yelki 1t is easily
digested, raw or cooked.
o Paste for custaris: Rub with half
pound -four, six our ces butter; beat two
eggs and add three tablespoonfuls OF
cream, and with them mix to paste.
Let the paste lie on the slab for an
hour, when it will be ready to roll out
thin for lining custard dishes.-Leeds
Mercury.
-Parsn'p Cakes: Crate raw parsnip,
mix with it an equal quantity Of bread
crumbs; add two or three eggs, seasoning
to taste; add milk enough to moisten
the ingredients sufficiently to make into
cakes. Fry them in hot butter or lard,
over slow fire, till they are nice
brown on both sides.-The Housekeep.
err.
Berry Batter Pudding: Cover but
tered dish thick with berries; mix in
another dish half cup OF sugar, two
tablespoons of butter, pinch of salt
one egg, one cup of milk, two cups of
flour and two teaspoons Of baking pow
der. Spread this over the berries and
bake. i make my puddings with canned
blackberries; they are very nice. For
the sauce, if canned berries are used.
take The juice Tor the sauce, add little
butter and thicken with flour. Add a
little sugar if the juice is not sweet
enough. Farm and Home.
Beef and Potato Pie: A very APP
petizing way of serving beef is to cut
the meat into slices, make gravy of
flour and water, seasoned with pepper
and salt, put the beef in, add two or
three tomatoes pared and sliced, and
warm the whole quickly-do not let it
become tough by stirring long time.
Then put the mixture in a platter, and
arrange around the edge a border OF
mashed potato. Set in the oven till the
potato is brown, and serve at once.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Those who have canned fruit with
tin lids have probably found that the
lids often rust the first year. The rust
will drop down on the fruit and spoil it.
To prevent this, place the lid upside
down on the stove, and put enough seal
ing-wax in so it will cover the bottom
after it is melted. Then let it cool and
it is ready for use The fruit will not
taste after it and will keep air-tight
French Mullins: One and one-hali
pints of flour, one cupful of honey, one.
half teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two tablespoon.
fuls of butter, three eggs and little
over one pint Of milk or thin cream
mix into very smooth batter and hall
fill well-greased muffin tins, and bake
in steady oven about eight minutes. =
Boston Herald.
Celery Salad: Cut up blanched
stalks of celery into short pieces; mix
dressing of one Tablespoonful of oil &c
one teaspoonful Of sugar, one of salt,
half as much pepper, and four table,
spoonsful of vinegar, with half tea
spoonful of made mustard; heat the vim
egar to scalding and pour over beaten
egg, little at time, beating it we'll
to this add the oil and other ingredi
ents, whipping up the mixture with an
egg-beater When cold, pour over the
salad, toss up with silver fork, and
put into a glass bowl.-Christian al
Work
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Modern science Has Proved That It Hat
Twenty Moons.

Twenty Moons.
The solar system has 20 moons. OF
these the earth boasts but one, Latin
name Luna; Mars, two, discovered by
Aseph Hall, August, 10. 1877, named by
him Deimus and Phobus. at the sugges
ton Of Rev. II. G. MADAM, of Eton,
Mass. Jupiter has four, all discovered
by Calico, who saw three of them Jan.
uary :, 1910. and the fourth on the 18th
of the same month. As general rule
they are not called by name, but as 1, 2,
5. 4. according to their nearness to the
Planet around which they revoive, the
names 10, Europa, Ganymedo and Cal
istO, proposed by Mayer, having never
come into general use. Saturn has
eight moons, named in order of their
nearness: ID Mimas, (2l EncelaGus. (Sl
Tethys ca Dinone. (5l Rhea, (6) Titan.
ca Hyperion. IS Japetus. Titan was
discovered by Huygens March IS. 1855
Japetus. by Cassini. October p. 1871;
Rhea, by Cassini, December 81. 1872;
Tethys and Dione, by Cassini in March,
1854; Enceladus, by Sir William Her
schel. August eS. 1883; Mimas, by Sin
William Herschel, September, 1889, and
Hyperion. by Prot BOnd, of Can't bridge,
Mass. septic mber Is, lsiS.
Uranus has four satellites, named in
order of nearness as follows: Ql Ariel.
(2l Umbriel, (Sl Titania and a.
OberOn. Titania and Oberon were dis
covered by Herschel. January II, 1881,
and Umbriel by Otto Strive, October
$ iS47: Ariel, by Lassell, September
II, 1S47. Neptune, like the earth, has
but one moon, but that one is enough to
swell the grand total of moons in the
solar system to 30. Had you figured on
there being hardly that many?-St.
Louis Republic.
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T5IEY dashed his HANDS BEHIND HIM.
nearly all the inhabitants of the village
were out there. and by this time Sam
began to cry. Even Jerry was touched
now, and going up to the victim, he
said:
Now, sam, I'll let you down on one
condition. Promise that you'll never
attempt to perpetrate a practical joke
again?''
Il never will"
'-Of any kind or description? You'll
never annoy human being again, ii
you can help it?'
me GOd,''
So Jerry united the cords, and in a
few moments Sam was free. He was
too stiff to run, and for awhile he could
walk with but difficulty. But Jerry
gave him his arm and helped him to his
own house and there let him remain
until the crowd had dispersed.
Toward noon Sam went home, and
/ for over a month he stuck closely to his
shop, never appearing in the street save
when absolute necessity required it lie
kept his promise faithfully, for TO this
day he has not attempted to perpetrate
another of his practical jokes. And
people love him now, for he is one OF
the jolliest old men in the country and
his presence is sure to dispel any thing
like the sulks or blues. And among all
his stories there is not one over which
he laughs more merrily than over the
one wherein is contained an account OF
that practical Joke which was so sum
marily turned back upon himself
Sylvanus Cobb. Jr., in Yankee Blade.
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nominated a practical joker, and
though he never meant any real harm
vet he often caused much mischief oy
his pranks. On one occasion, when ne
had gone out at night enveloped In a
white sheet 70 brighten sOme girls, he
started 70 the roadside at the approach
of chaise and frightened the horse so
that the chaise was smashed up and one
of the occupants severely injured
sam had been talked with and argued
with, but 10 no purpose He could not
be made 70 see the wickedness OF his
pranks. Sometimes he would fasten
lines across the sidewalk. and thus trip
up the pedestrians; he would ring folks
upin the night and ask them II they had
plenty Of bedding. Once he called the
doctor out at midnight 10 come and at
tend a man who had very bad fits The
good old doctor arose and followed sam
till they came TO Adam Ships little
domicile, and here the Joker called up
the little bOw-legged tailor, and the
moment snip pOked his head out at the
window sam cried: There, doctor, is a
man who makes the worst fits you ever
saw!' and with this he ran away and
left the doctor and the tailor To settle
the matter This was serious business
in one sense. but il set the whole town
in a laugh, and sam was delighted.
But Sans last practical Joke was near
at hand At the edge of the village
lived a man named Jerry Smith. He
was stone worker by trade, and as
strong a. an OK. One evening Jerry's
wife hal hecn TO see neighbOr, and in
returning she had 70 pass over place
where the road was built along upon a
sort Of mOrass. with willow trees upon
each side. When she entered her house
she was pale and trembling, and sank
into a chair almost out of breath
What's the matter?7 asked her hus-
band
I've been frightened, gasped the
her speech.
''But how? Where?''
''Out By the willow trees An OK.
with great horns and fiery eyes, came
out at vs., walking on his hind legs"
by thunder, it's sam Peabody" ex-
claimed Jerry "IIe killed an OK this
morning.
Il knew il was sam as soon as had
time to think, returned the wife, ''for
his voice was plain; but ! was So fright
ened at first that l liked to have
tainted"
Jerry was angry. IL did not suit his
fancy 70 see j defenseless woman thus
treated. lie took his hat at once and
went over % a small house on the OPP
posite side Of the street, whore lived his
partner in business. another stout, iron
corded man named George Tyler
Look here. Tyler. cried Jerry, "Sam
Peabody is oat in the willows, rugged
up in his OysISin, Tightening poor wOm-
en- Come with me and well punish
him."
Tyler hesitated not a moment but
taking his hat he followed Jerry over TO
the other house. In the first place Jerry
took fire-board, and with some mark
ing paint he painted Out a flaming
placard, with letters large and distinct.
Then he got some OF his wife's dresses.
and babe Tyler put one of them on.
For said he, IF he sees two men
coming. he may run"
The dresses were thrown on after a
fashion, and pinned To the other cloth
ing. and then the men dOnned each one
bonnet. They then procured a lot Of
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FIG. 1.

tongue is fastened solidly, and seat
for the driver, and is used for variety
of purposes.
Fig. 2 shows the structure of a silage
cart 1t is about sixteen or eighteen
feet long; the axle-tree is six feet long,
and on the under side are bolted, close
to the wheels, two strong bed-pieces,
approaching each other to distance of
perhaps a foot apart at the front end.
Boards are nailed across these, each
alternate one coming out flush with the
bed-pieces, the others projecting some
distance. A ladder behind, to hold the
load in place, completes the rack. Two
small, broad-ti wheels are used
When needed for use, the narrow end
of the rack is chained under the tow
cart, which has high wheels, giving the
appearance of wagon with the front
and hind wheels changed about. The
rack is but foot above the ground, and
the alternate short boards allow per-
son to walk close to the center Of the
load to deposit his armful of corn or
other fodder. This renders the hand
ling of heavy silage corn comparative
ly easy matter. In unloading, the
wagon is driven alongside the cutter,
and the unloading is easily ac-
complished. There are many purposes
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ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.

Frequent shipments of carload lots
of DIR. Pierce's Medicines, to all the
principal commercial centers of this
country, are necessary to supply the
unprecedented demand for these world
famed remedies. No other medicines
ever attained anything like the popu-
larity which they enjoy. No other
medicines possess such superior and
positive curative properties as TO war
rant their manufacturers IN selling
them, as the prOprietors of Dr.. Pierce's
Medicines are doing, through druggists,
under a positive guarantee of benefit
Or cure IN every case, on fair trial, or
money refunded.
There are scores of sarsaparillas and
other blood medicines advertised, but
the "Golden Medical Discovery" of DIR.
Pierce is the only one ever backed up by
q positive guarantee from awell-known
ard thoroughly responsible house. The
conditions are, that, given fair trial, it
will do all that is claimed for it, OF
money paid for 1t will be promptly re-
funded. A Certificate of Guarantee
wraps every bottle.
To attempt the sale of an inferior, or
even fairly good, blood-purifier under
such trying conditions as these, would
mean bankruptcy to its proprietors.
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THE HORSES ENEMY.
Worms And How to Remove Them
Some GOOD Hints.

Worms And How to Remove Them
Some GOOD Hints.
OF all enemies of the horse, worms APP
pear to be the most frequent and formid-
able. The most favorable condition for
their increase and injury to the animal
is where the mucous membrane of the
horses intestines is in morbid condi-
ton. This must be corrected before
any permanent advantage can be de-
rived from treatment of worms. Many
preparations expel worms, but this
physical imperfection continued, more
of these pests will soon be developed
and the animals condition worse than
before.
With a view 10 correcting the un-
healthy condition above alluded TO, see
that the animals teeth are in good
order, attending in the colts case
especially to the unshed crowns of the
grinders. Place salt where it may
be had when wanted by the ami
NAL, feed only good sound oats, hay
and roots, and let exercise and grooming
be regularly attended to. Begin internal
treatment by giving pnrgative dose
of raw linseed oil-say one quart-be-
fore breakfast, bran mash having been
given the night before. After the oil
had ceased acting, begin giving pow
der containing dried sulphate OF iron
two drains, powdered barbados aloes
one-half scruple. powdered gentian four
drains; this powder to be mixed with
the feed and its use continued until the
animal is in a satisfactory condition.
IL the powder induces constipation, 1T
must be corrected by feeding mashes,
roots or other laxative food.
After continuing the foregoing treat
ment for few weeks, it may be well to
give a hal f-ounce or an ounce of pow
dered santonine. This should be given
mixed with pint of linseed oil, and be-
fore breakfast With an occasional
repetition of the santonine the tonic
powders being continued, cure is but a
matter of time. Indeed, the santonine
treatment may be dispensed with alto
gether. as when the horse is put In
healthy condition. Farm and Home.
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Prof Tyndsu has described various
ways of producing artificial rainbows
by means Of electric light and artificial
mist, the bows themselves being almost,
il not wholly. circular in form. DIR.
Fleming and others recently witnessed
a natural rainbow of circular form from
the summit Of Glydr-Vach, Wales
Standing on the pinnacle and looking
into the valley where lies the lakelet
Llyn Idwal, the spectators saw their
shadows projected on the mist, and sur
rounding the head of each were two
concentric rainbows. completely circu-
lar. The cOlors of the inner bow were
in the order Of the primary bow. while
those of the outer circle were complete
ly reversed During the whole time of
observation the sun was shining bright
IL to the backs of the observcrs.-St
Louis Republic.
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TRIMMING OFF EARS.
A Novel Operation Recently Perform
I'm "A PhiIadelphia Hospftal.

A Novel Operation Recently Performed
I'm n Philadelphia Hospital
Two photographs have been hung in
the jefferson Medical College. They
are portraits without faces. They show
the back of one mans head. The hair
and the conformation prove that the two
pictures represent the same individual,
and yet there is a striking difference,
for in one case the ears are normal,
while in the other they stand out dis
figuringly from the sides of the head.
The students of this orthodox old col
lege are having fun over these photo
graphs, and one of their whims is to de-
eide by vote who among themselves is
the owner of the unrevealed face. The
explanation of the divergent ears is that
they grew donkey-fashion, but by sur
gerry they have been reduced to the pro-
portions of human comeliness. The
Photographic lens was permitted to
take rear vie " of the ears before their
reduction and again after they had been
shortened, but it was not deemed con-
siderate to portray the face of the man,
and thus subject him to possibly dis
agreeable publicity.
The improvement in that pair of ears
is regarded as a novelty in surgery, and
that is why the photographs, before and
after. are placed in the college. Mod
ern surgery has not hesitated TO cut a
new nose out of the cheek, to loop up
dropping eyelid, or engraft the skin Of
one person upon another, but it has not
until now given a mans ears a setback.
To DIR. William w. Keen, of jefferson
College. came brother physician to re-
pair a job that had been badly done by
natures 'prentice-hand. SO to speak.
The young man, for he was only nine
teen, was all ears; that is to say, his
ears were not only abnormally large,
but they they tapped in a painfully alb
surd manner. The surgeon proceeded
to lay bare the cartilage by removing
the skin from the posterior surface of
the auricle, and then excised a long,
narrow piece of the cartilage-V-shaped
in cross sections, as if he had run q
miniature pillow over the ridge on the
back of the ear. Great care was taken
not to cut clear through and thus cause
scar on the anterior surface. The
edges of the cartilage were then drawn
together Dy cat-gut stltcnes, IN auulJlon
to those in the skin. This was done
while the young man was etherized. He
went to sleep with long ears, and he
awoke with short ears-very sorry ones,
and so intricately fastened into position
that for some nights he had to sleep fiat
on his back. But when the wound had
healed and the plasters were removed
he found himself possessed of symmetric-
al and fair-sized ears -Philadel phia
\
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FIG. 3.

from the stables through a cement gut
ter. From this it is pumped into the
cart without any inconvenience. The
odor is, perhaps, not quite so agreeable
as that of the ottar of roses, but the
whole of the work can be done without
soiling the hands or the clothing. Mr..
Hicks told of one of his neighbors who.
convinced of the value of liquid manure,
lad utilized a cart for spreading it, dip
ping it up with pals, and allowing it
to tricl1le out from the raised end-board
after the field was reached. He regard
ed such dirty job as this sufficient
cause for a strike on the part of a hired
man. The large cistern had been emp
tied but few days before our visit the
liquid being spread upon the meadow
land. Mr.. Hicks considers this the
most valuable part of the manure, and
il he were to build another cistern he
would build much larger one.-Rural
Naw- Yorknr
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AN AesEnT-mINoEo MAN.
Hy sweetheart is poet; he is graceful. sn

Ey sweetheart is poet; he is graceful. slim
and tall.
His hair is dark and curly. and it's long;
His face Il like saint, he can play AMI dance
and paint
And he'd charm you with the way he sings q
song
But he's Away in dream. and TO STRANGERS he
might seem
Like a man NitbOut a purpose or plan
Yet he's not 50 very tame. for he gets there all
the same,
Though they reckon him an absent minded
man
The editors all state that some day he viii be
great,
That he simply rlEs" where other people
creep:
Though 70 sce him in his walk. and TO listen to
his talk
You'd surely think the man was half asleep.
But he never loses temper and he never seems
to fret
And money TO his pocket freely flows;
That he don't know where il comes from 'tgculd
be very safe 20 bet.
And safer that ne don't know where il goes
get 50 very nervous when he takes me out to
dine,
Ioften feel as though I'd like 20 scream;
FcI frequently prevent him adding eatsup 70
his vine,
And stop hiir putting salt in his ice cream
Yet he says u am an angel and the star that
guides his life.
And then You know. ne loves me all he can;
Though I really don't suppose that he ever will
propose
He is such a VERY absent minded man.
Geo. T. Devyr, in Puck.