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The Work Of q SwordfiSh.

The society of California pioneers
are the owners of q wonderful curios-
ity. 1t is a section of timber taken
from the side Of the ship Powhatan. 1t
includes portion of the skim" which
is 4 inches thick, and a piece Of abutting
knee, which is 9 inches thick; trans
versely through the whole of this
swordtish has dashed his sword. and
the portion broken OF is still embedded
in the timber. The sword pierced
through Is inches of this solid oak. and
the fish was going in the same direction
as the vessel at that, the ship being I'M
der good head of steam at the time.
An idea of the strength which must
have been exerted can be obtained from
the fact that a rifle six-pounder could
not have done more than pierce that
thickness of solid oak. People on the
vessel stated that they felt the shock
caused by the blow, and thought that
they had struck something floating be
meath the surface. The sword Is over
6 inches wide at the Sroadest point
where it is broken off.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
SWEET POTATO ROT.

What Prof. HAlsted Knows About This
Disastrous Disease.
Among the various fungous diseases
that attack the sweet potato none IS
usually more destructive and therefore
more annoying to the grower than
what is known as ''black rot. so
named because the tubers thus affected
turn to a dark color, and in the worst
cases change to a powdery substance
almost IS black as coal.
Prof. Byron d. Halsted. OF the New
Jersey experiment station, who has
made an investigation of these diseases.
describes the black rot in a recent num-
Der of the Country Gentleman.
The accompanying engraving. at a.
he says. shows q sweet potato as it ap-
pears when badly attacked by the black
rot. There are five diseased patches
shown-two small and two quite large
The decay begins at certain points
perhaps the base of a small side root
and gradually spreads throughout the
potato At digging time the root may
not show any signs of the decay, bu
will often make its appearance later
In other words. the black rot is form
of decay that continues to spread IN tn
root, whether the latter be in the sol
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GOOD HEsFER CALVES.
Bsw to Develop The0 Into Profitable and
Healthy Cows.

How to Develop Then into Profitable and
Healthy Cows
No one will deny that to have good
mixers we must raise the good heifer
calves, and wish b note a few things
in this regard that have found 0f prac-
teal service to me
First. the calf paddock is one of the
things to do away with Why? Be-
cause as long Is you are feeding
skinned milk the calf should be con-
fined in small shed with chance to
| exercise in the COW yard where the
! COWS are out on grass My practice IS
| to take the calf - soon as dropped and
feed it the new milk of its, dam for
three or four DAYS: then commence OF
sweet skim milk for one or two weeks,
then gradually ON to thick sour milk
Now at about this age is when most
ldairymen turn the calf into the pad
dock and it is just this period that Is
most critical n the calls life An at
tack of ,scours' at this time is sure to
make ,'runt' or stunsed COW. The
cause is that grass and curdled milk do
not work we'll together. Keep the calf
in an inelosure with plenty of shade
and good dry hay. either alfalfa or any
of the dried grasses
If the calf was . very early one 1t
| will do to wean in the fall and have the
run of the meadow until time To put up
for winter care The milk should be
warmed to so or 65 degrees before Civ
ing to the calf Some feed bran. mid
dlings or oatmeal. which is best
These never should be mixed with tho
milk but put in the bottom of the buck
ct after the milk has been drunk. 1t IS
not natural for calf to drink grain
any more than for a COW to do it.
Give milk from six to eight months
with the grain ration increased TO what
the size of the calf demands To keep It
growing until grass the next spring
The full calf has the best chance II
properly housed and fed during the
cold weather. as it is ready TO wean 1t
grass time and there is no danger OF its
getting into the grass paddock before
the milk ration is taken Off
During the first winter if you have
small potatoes. feed them; if not, 4 few
beets. pumpkins, or any vegetab bic Will
help to make them healthy, and If
healthy they are sure to make good
growth during the winter. See that
they drink heartily of water at all
times. especially in the winter. II the
water you give your cows has ice in it
do not offer to the calves Warm it.
See them drink with your own eyes.
Never trust the chore boy or hired man
X about watering calves. They do not
see the point W. F. Wing, in Farm
Field and Stockman.
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or bin. and therefore the merch ant and
the consumer may join with the pro-
Queer in sharing the loss that comes
from this cause.
The trouble is due to microscopic
growth of fungous nature. and the
spread of it through the root is similar
to that of mildew through a leaf. or
a mold through piece of bread or
cake.
At least three kinds of spores are
formed by the black-rot fungus, so
that there are abundant provisions for
the propagation of the trouble. besides
the method as illustrated at in the en-
craving. The sprout is here seen. and
it will be observed that the upper por-
ton and the lowest leaf are repre-
scented dark, to indicate that they are
dead and shriveled. This is due to the
growth of the same fungus as the one
causing the spots, large and small. in
the potato at a. The lower portion of
the sprout. c, which normally is color
less from being under ground and COW
cred with small roots, is in this case
spotted with long, dark patches. also
due to the fungus in question. Should
such plant be set in the field. it would
be quite sure to develop potatoes af-
fected with the black rot, provided 1t
survived. In all such cases the disease
has probably gone from the root used
as seed" in the propagating bed to the
sprouts that grow from it. Laboratory
experiments were made in growing
sprouts from diseased roots, and lnva-
riably the sprouts would be attacked
and worthless.
This point suggests the utmost i'm
portance in selecting the seed, that
it be entirely free from the black rot.
If there be doubt about this, it would
be wise to obtain roots from locality
where no black rot has been known
A second precaution is to discard all
sprouts not perfectly healthy.
1t is possible that some substance
| NAV be found by experiment that when
! sprayed upon the hot beds will assist
materially in checking the black rot
In like manner there may be some
treatment for the roots after digging
that will prevent any further growth
, OF the rot. None of the tests made with
various substances added to the soil al
setting time have given material re
lief. In fields where the rot is very
bad, 1t may be wisest to devote the lant
| for few years to some other crop. and
| thus permit the fungus that is in the
| soil to die out.
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THE CANTILEvER, OR LEANING TOWER
port a substructure of metal. The
tower frame and substructure as
whole resembles the letter L. making
in principle an immense unyieldlng L
Of which the lower part acts as a foot
or offset to counter the lean OF super
structure. The depth of the sub
structure is IS feet, area 165 by lis feet.
The construction of the foundation Is
chiefly of plate-riveted iron girder work,
imbedded in concrete. which forms
solid bed about Is feet deep: This
pirder-concrete foundation has the
characteristic of being continuous in
structure and rigid throughout. and is
especially designed for building on
yielding substrata, such as the deep
CLAW of Chicago. On the girder work
there are bolted steel-bearing plates,
and on these plates the massive truss
foot of the cantilever rests. This
foot at the left side will be at
tached to the metal parts of the
bed by large steel pins and eye
bars. but these connections will not
be brought into play unless the tower
is heavily loaded. In the superstructure
three lines of trusses constitute the
main supports: two form sides OF the
tower, the third has middle position
and lateral truss system braces them
together Pin connections are used for
truss members. The walls of the tower
are comparatively light, being simply
| a framing of small-siZed angle iron at
! tached to the trusswork and having a
| facing of embossed sheet metal. The
exterior will be painted dark terra
Gotta color. Electric hoist elevators
and easy stairways will conveniently
| lead from the entrances to the upper
stories. Above the first story there are
| five floors. They are inclined and con-
sist of series of broad steps extending
across the tower. Numerous windows
light the interior. balconies provide in
| teresting Outlooks for visitors. and at
the top of the tower an extensive view
of the surroundings and mid-air rea-
lization may be had. A spacious buffet,
serving light refreshments. will be In
the top story, and about midway will
be the tower curiosity shop. The Wis
itor can also reach the foundation and
view its construction. In building the
cantilever or L tower for exhibition
purposes it will make the greatest lean
ing structure in the world, and be
unique in many particulars. Besides
affording an attractive sight for visitors
it will present novel display OF the
application of metal to all building pur-
| poses.
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of any kind. which fact is possibly due,
to a great extent, to her exceptionally
cheerful and equita BILE temperament.
When she was well on in the nineties
she declared that it was her ambition to
be hundred years old. However. now
that she is well started in second
century, she is still looking to future
and is arranging to attend the Column
biau exposition in 1898. Indeed. Mrs.
Miller's continued pleasure in life and
her plans for 4 time to come remind
one of the story of the countess OF Des-
mond. who lived to be one hundred and
forty years of age. She had pension,
as the story goes, which expired when
she was one hundred years old. In
compliance with her request, James l..
renewed it for hundred years. This
she resented. assuming that it should
have been renewed for her natural life.
For a number of years Mrs. Miller's
birthday has been observed as fete
day by the people in the vicinity OF st.
Charles. The day that she was one
hundred years old between five and SIX
hundred people called on her. Al
though she shook hands with them all
she was not weary, but for several days
afterward was rather more brisk than
usual. One gentleman who called to see
her on that day remarked that her con-
dition was very different to what it had
been Just century before. ''Oh. yes.
she replied. smiling; Il could neither
walk nor talk then, and now can do
both"
Mrs. Miller is exceedingly particular
about her personal appearance and her
caps are always embellished with bows
Of delicate colored ribbon. She rises
early and works all day. with the ex-
ception of short nap. Her favorite
occupation is the piecing of silk bed
quilts. Each of her children and grand
children have one of these silk quilts,
and she has also pieced several for sale.
A number of her grandchildren are
sixty years of age and there are now
living in her family five generations.
One astonishing fact in regard to this
venerable woman is her activity. She
moves about with perfect ease and was
able only short time ago to get in ano
put of a high carriage without assIs
| taraa
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s.. .rne-x;.;on Of Aunt pebby, a moth

the supervision of Aunt Debby, q moth
erly old colored woman who had an I'M
watering faith in '.yarbs" for the cure
of ..all the ills that human hesn en-
dure." and at the time Dick started 70
find Clip she was gathering some OF her
favorite '.yarbs.- and it so happened
that she saw Black Dan leave the men
and 90 after Dick, but she did not see
Dick. because he was hidden by the
trees. She also saw Black Dan raise
his Ak and hurl it at something with all
his strength. but she paid no attention.
surprising that he threw it at some AMI
NAL that he saw. so she thought no
more about it.
Dick said nothing about the AK incl
dent. and matters went on as usual un-
til one day the foreman set Dick and
Black Dan both at work to fell the
same tree. When two men are chop
ping on one tree they both work IN the
same notch keeping stroke, as a
blacksmith and his helper keep stroke
on the same piece of iron. the blows
falling alternately. 1t is very impor-
tant to keep stroke" this way. as one
| Is laDle 10 Ills COiAPohiCh'
was not more than pleased at working
with Black Dan, and soon found that
he was surly and disposed to be quar-
relsome. He soon complained OF Dick
breaking stroke. chopped wild, and
finally barely missed Dicks hands with
his AK.
Look here, Dan. if you don't want
to chop with me. why don't you say sc
and let the boss send another mar
here" said Dick, resting on his AK.
lyon want me to go. Why don
you 60 yourself? Have l got to always
step back for you? You may sneai
around Miss Nab, but you can't aroun'
me. If you don't want to chop here
run to the boss and tell your little tale
Dan, don't want any quarrel WIFI
. YOU. but don't allow any man to tall
, to me that way. I'm square, and yo'
l know it
Il don't know anything OF the kind.
said Dan. throwing down his AK. IAN
when you say that you don't want an,
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TASTY PLANT LABELS.
One That Is Simple. Cheap and shows the
Name Legibly.

One That Is Simple. Cheap and shows the
Name Legibly.
The cross form of the labels, as so
often seen in European public parks
and private ornamental grounds. Is
open to the criticism of imparting to
such resorts of pleasure and recreation
a somewhat cemetery-like appearance
Mr.. r. Endlicher, a German landscape
gardener. uses and recommends the
style of label shown in annexed en-
craving. This label is not only simple,
cheap and practical. but also quite
tasty and pleasing to the eye, and at
the same time showing the name leg
IDLY and prominently. The label part
is cut or stamped out of heavy sheet
zine The form to be adopted may be-
the one shown in illustration. or it may
vary from this according to Individual
taste. The face side is given two coats
of black paint, and upon this. when
thoroughly dry, the name is To be writ
ten with white paint prepared from
rectified varnish and white lead only
the very best quality of each ingre-
dent should be used The writing
NAV be done with a common soft pen,
after the point has been dulled on a
prindstone. or better with goose
Quill. The use of upright Roman char
acters. as shown on sample label IN
illustration. admits of crowding the
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ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR.
remarkable Longevity Attained
BY Mrs. Asenath Miller.
Though Entered Upon Her Second Cen
fury the Old Lady Is rs Spry n Most
Women of Forty and Fond
of Dress rs . Girl

The same year that the constitution
Of the United States was adopted. 1884,
Mrs. Asenath Miller, who for more
than fifty years has been resident OF
St. Charles. H., was born Mrs Miller,
saws the Chicago Evening Post, still
lives with her daughter. Mrs. J. ;.
Hampton. at St. Charles, and Is DISK
and busy. and has by no means surren'
dered to old age. Although she will be
one hundred and four years old August
IL. of the present year, she is IN the 1uli
possession of her faculties. Is cheerful
and thoroughly enjoys life. She Is
trif,e hard of hearing but still sees well;
her memory is good, her intellect clear.
and as she has lived through every adj
| ministration since the government was
founded. and has been an intelllgent
observer, her conversation is most IN
| teresting.
Early in life Mrs. Miller married
Simeon Barnum. She bore him seven
children. and. as he was farmer and
by no means rich. her early life was the
busy, laborious one of the farmers wife
of tina. period. Being left widow
when she was forty years OF age, she
married Frederick Miller, who was also
a farmer. BY this marriage she had
two children. Mr.. Miller. who was
some years her senior. lived to be
ninety-two years old. Both her mar
riages were particularly happy; indeed
her whole life seems to have been re
markablv free from corroding sorrow
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w,., n, ..rnch- of Rain Means.

Few people can form definite idea
of what is involved in the expression:
''An inch Of rain" 1t may aid such to
follow this curious calculation: An acre
is equal to 6,a1a, 60 square inches; an
inch deep of water on this area will be
as many cubic inches Of water. which,
at a21 to the gallon. is $4,000 gallons
This immense quantity of water VIII
weigh go. 600 pounds, ',r 1oo tons One
hundredth of an inch (0.0I) alone i
equal to one ton Of water tc the acre.
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Take Good Care of the Calves.

Give calves a comfortable yard or
pen whether raised by hand or the cow.
,vri.es a farmer. Confined in close
quarters. the floor beneath should be
cleaned often and Uttered abundantly-
L. is as cruel as Improbable to keep
them tied in cold. filthy places Two
calves may often be profitably raised
on one COW Always scald or cook
meal for young calves before ningilng
il with any kind of milk or feed as
raw meal is very liable TO produce
scours. Wheat -four boiled in milk
checks scours.-Westerp Rural
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name in very small space. After the
name is put on, and has become thor
oughly dry, the whole surface should
be given a coat of best rectitied varnish-
When dry, such label will be good for
MANY years. unless injured or spoiled
with malice aforethought- For
larger trees the labels may be fastened
directly upon the BODY, at proper
height For shrubs and plants. piece
of heavy galvanized iron wire Is at
tached to each label in the manner
shown at the right-hand figure of illus
tration. namely by winding it through
two eyes formed by soldering two little
pieces of lighter wire TO the back
Popular Gardening.
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An Excel,ep. Disinfectant.

Mix well gill of crude carbolic scid
with quart of dry, air-slacked lime:
then mix this quart with two peeks OF
lime. Dust the dry lime over every part
of the poultrv-house. ON the walls. in
the nests. over the roosts and over the
wards. 1t will be found an excellent
disinfectant and will do more to destroy
the germs of disease, and with as little
cost, than anything else that can De
tried.-Wisconsin Farmer.
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Dick started through the woods Black
Dan slipped quietly from the crowd
and. unperceived. followed him. Dick
had progressed through the brush but a
little distance when he CHANGED to catch
his foot in trailing vine and fell. As
he tumbled. an ak came whizzing past
his head and struck a few feet beyond
him. Dick sprang to his feet, but nc
one was in sight, and the only sound
that greeted his ears was the talking
and laughing of the men in the dis,
lance. Had he not fallen as he did. the
ak would have struck him on the head.
Dick picked up the ak, but there was
no mark by which its owner could be
identified. He took the ak with him
and Joined the teamsters, with whom
he found the missing dog. That night
at camp. diligent inquiry failed to re
veal who had lost an AK.
The cooking for the camp was unde'
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fuss with me you are afraid I'll spoil
that face of yours so Miss Mabel not
think it so purity.
Dick flushed. and the two men glared
at each other for a moment
I'm not for fighting, but if you
speak Miss Mabel's name in that way
again I'll hammer you within an inch
of your life
Come on. then" said Black Dan. in
furious passion. making a spring at
Dick. Dick stepped aside and dealt
him heavy blow on the breast. This
seemed to infuriate him to madness,
and, drawing a revolver. he took aim
at Dick and fired blindly. Dick saw
the motion and sprang behind tree.
Then commenced battle of ruses.
Dick was unarmed. and the other men
were fully half mile away. Dan
| walked around the tree to get a chance
to shoot. and Dick lodged from one
tree to another to keep out OF range
and shield himself. Dick saw that the
chances were all against him and that
the other was bent on murder. His
hope was to dodge and run, but that
would expose him to the others fire.
He tried it and got bullet in his
shoulder. Dick was feeling faint from
| loss of blood and Dan was steadily get
ting nearer to complete his work, when
Aunt Debby's voice rang out:
Hey. dar. you Black Dan. what yeI
dom wild dat shootin'-irou? Better put
dat up
run. Aunt Debby, run to the men
He's shot me- called Dick.
Stop shouted Dan. You move
and I'll shoot you"
Aunt Debby took in the situation a
a glance. No you won't, yo' black
debbil Dan" she answered back. and
plunged through the woods with ;
voice and clatter like a young cyclone
Dan fred at her, but she kept on.
Infatuated at the prospect Of speedy
help for Dick Dan made a rush for the
tree he was behind, with the intention
of ending him at once.
In cutting timber, one log is some
times rolled upon two others. to form ;
sort of saw-horse. so that the sawyer
can work handler. Then. when tn,
log is sawed almost through. the weigh
of the ends of the log being sawed pro
jecting over the supporting logs viii
cause the log to split at the cut, leaving
large silver joining the two pieces
This silver the axmen cut when the,
haul the logs away. In his final rusi
at Dick Dan stepped in such a gap be
tween two logs. and before he could re
move his foot. assisted by his weight
they sprang together like steel-tral
and he was held by a crushed foot IL
looked around for moment, saw tn,
helplessness of his position. and then
with an oath, turned the pistol to hi
head and pulled the trigger. When TIL
men arrived with Aunt Dolby he wa
dead, and Dick was lying unconsciou
at the foot of a tree.
At the camp Dick and Aunt Debt.
, were the lions Of the hour. Aun
Debby told how she saw Black Dal
, throw his AZ. and then Dick understood
where the AK came from il the wood
that day. As there would be co chcp
ping for Dic,s for some tiEc, he lef
camp, and Miss Mabel went with him
The last time was In San Bern
ardino learned that Dick owned on
of the largc<. ranches in the cornty
t and was married Gnd happy, and tina
Mabel also WAS married and happy
They married each otheE.-Edwi
: ! Ralph Collius. in Texas Sdtingz
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HUGE LEANING TOWER.
4 Curious Steel Structure for the W091d'G
Columbian Exposition.

Columbian Exposition.
}. b Holpenny, of Chicago, has sab
mitted to the directors plan for q
leaning cantilever tower, 225 feet in
height and 20 feet square, to be built OF
steel. weighing 500 tons and costing
$500. 600. The tower, according to his
statement, will support 100000 pounds
in weight on the top story, which will
lean 100 feet from the perpendicular.
This tower. he claims. could be built in
eight months, including the shop work
and erection. The plan is for the tower
to be in the form Of gigantic letter l.,
of which the lower part acts as a foot
to counteract the lean of the super
structure. He says the framework is
of steel truss construction. forming a
huge cantilever of enormous strength
and rigidity, which combines for sup
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ington, where her beauty, grace an.
prestige have made her calling and
election sure" She was Mrs. Harrison's
principal aid at the first white house
reception of the season. and has been
accorded the place of honor at many
state entertainments.
Exquisite gowns and jewels, which
always serve to make pretty woman
prettier. she has in rich abundance. Old
rose and blue are her favorite colors, and
at recent reception at Mrs Mortons she
was like a quaint picture, in trained
DOWN of blue velvet. wreathed with
roses from corsage TO hem.
She traces her lineage back 70 Prs
ella and John Alden OF Mayhower
fame, and is worthy OF her ancestry.
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MRS. JUSTICE BROWN.
A Prominent Figure in the Social Life OF
the National Capital.

the NatlOuaf OHPft0fs
One of the most prominent women In
the social life of the national capital,
saws Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, IS
Mrs. Caroline Pitts Brown, the beautl-
full wife of the new justice of the United
States supreme court, Hon. Henry 5.
Brown At her sumptuous home IN De-
troit she has always welded potent
scepter. nor is the subtle magnetism OF
her personality less pervasive in Wash