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BETTER THAN TAGS.
A System OF Ear-Marlxing That Has Given
General Satisfaction.

A System OF Ear-Marking That Has Given
General Satisfaction.
A system of ear-marking which Is
much better than tags consists essen.
TALLY Of tattooing a number inside the
ear by means of an instrument pro
vided fer the purpose.
This would be effective in the care OF
sheep, but not so good for cattle. The
implement, however. is expensive, and
the application some trouble. A con-
siderable number of red polled cattle
breeders in England and this country
are using system, equally effective for
sheep, which it seems to me is simpler,
and for cattle, at least, much better.
1t consists merely of system of
notches in the ear by which you can
make any number you like from one
up into the thousands. Any punch will
answer that makes notch or hole
large enough to see or feel distinctly.
1t may be round, square or triangular,
but the punch cutting round hole is
much the cheapest The punch used
for putting in tags answers the pur-
pose.
/ do not know who is>the author of
the system, but presume there is no
patent on it. Assuming the animal to
be looking toward you the notches with
their values are as follows
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H. : pleasure II STORE Tor IN young
lowers Of EnRlish literature II the form
Of narrative by Mis O n. Garland
called "The Maidcns Of the Lakes"
dorothy Wordsworth. Edith Southey.
and Sara Coleridge). lovely girls, TO
whom Wordsworth addressed his poem,
THE Triad with portraits Of tho three
girls. and other Illustrations. The
Trouble Grandpa Nature had with the
Horse, BY L. J. Bates, "Bee4H Hunting, =
BY Rowland n Robinson. and "A Joint
Snake, by 3. olin, are three peculiarly
interesting Natural History articles
"A Night with Russian Wolves, a blood
,curdling true story by Lient. Col. Thorn
dixie, aJessie's Chickens" home-life
utory BY Hattie Tying Griswold, Edith's
GuinearPig," travel story by Father
George, and . Bronson Company Limit
Cd, !" another home-life story by J. II.
Jameson, are very entertaining. A
Moqui folk-tale Of 1.-THE Genesis of
Earth and Moon Morse folk-talc Of
"Why the Sea is Salt" the Margaret
Patty Letter." tho "Drawing of the
Child Figure Miss Runners art-pa-
perl are readable and instructive. Mar
garet Sydney's Peppers Serial is in
tensely interesting this month. Men
and Things" is full of good original an
ecdotes, and there are many readable
poems and enjoyable pictures, puzzles
and the Children's Lctter-Box. $40 q
year, 20 cents number. d. Lothrop
Company, Boston. !
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A WOMAN IN AN ELEVATOR.

She Does Not Like the Pace and Her SEM
stations Are Not Pleasant.
A woman doesn't enjoy riding in an
elevator little bit. Particularly in
the rapid ones.
1t is with fear and trembling that she
steps into the car. The rattle of the
iron door as it closes gives her start.
The car shoots heavenward and the
woman holds her breath. Flying
floors make her head swim. Vertigo is
imminent.
Suddenly the fiendish elevator man
stops the car. The woman seems>t to be
going upward all by herself. Hen heels,
rise in the air and only her toes touch
the floor. She is uncertain whether
she is going through the roof or the
floor is dropping from beneath her
feet. And the internal sensation! I'm
less she has been at sea in a gale she
never felt that way before.
Then the car starts again, taking her
breath away and causing her knees to
bend with the force of sudden jump.
Before she has regained her equi-
librium the car stops, dances up and
down few times, and the rattle of the
door announces that another passenger
has escaped.
The woman feels faint, but cannot
summon courage to rush out. Again
the upward fight, and with final
dance, as the top floor is reached, the
agony is over.
The woman steps out of the car. She
is uncertain of herself, Things whirl
around, and@she cannot walk straight.
Gradually she RECEIVERS and attends to
the business that led her into a modern
office building.
Then comes the descent. The woman
| hcsitates before again rislsing her life
in the car. Sometimes she asks the
tieud in charge if he cannot go down
slowly. He promises to let her down
easy.
| She enters. He lets the thing drop.
The woman emits gasp and clutches
a strange man by the arm, Then she
looks foolish and feels faint. The car
stops to take on a small boy, and the
woman rcsists tendency to sit down.
| Another drop of few stories, another
stop, and all is over-N. y. Recorder,
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cinating, and especially SO to boys of
an adventurous disposition. But this
is one of the instances where distance
lends enchantment."
Once had the highest conception of
cowboy. life, and when at the age of
fourteen was informed that ] should
go west and join my elder brother on
his ranch / felt that had suddenly
reached the contamination of all earth
ly desire. / was to be a cowboy" and
race over the broad sunny plains on the
back of a sleek, spirited pony, wearing
jingling spurs, wide brimmed hat and
fringed leather leggings ! felt that l
could ask for nothing more, and it was
with impatience that I counted the
hours that elapsed before | reached my
brothers ranch.
For short time found my new oc-
cupation all could desire, but wheh7
grew more used to it, and the novelty
began to wear off, / discovered that it
was far from what had conceived.
found that there was plenty of hard
work attached to it, and that the du-
ties were manifold and often quite dis
agreeable. The long days spent alone
out on the great prairie became sadly
monotonous, and many of the sunny
days of my fancy gave place to stormy
ones. Frequently came in at night
thoroughly drenchcd from head to foot
or shivering with cold.
Before had been "a month on the
range began to think lovingly of my
home in the east and to have yearnings
for the village life which l had once
thought entirely too tame. l was be-
coming discouraged and homesiek.
But hard work, loneliness and ex-
posure were not the only disagreeable
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nrst the rise was slow, but soor. Il IN.
creased, and ID less THAI two hours the
water was nearfr % my waist. and be-
fore morning it had crawlcd up about
my shoulders
"A few more minuteAs thought
land II will be OYER
II would be impossible TO describe
how anxiously coun ted the moments
and watched the rise Of the water.
Slowly. it seemed, but steadily II crept
.ap to my neck, then up to my chin,
then mp to my mouth. / knew that i've
minutes more must bring the end. l
could not possibly survive longer thnn
that
Hoping that some one might be with
in hearing Of my voice, ] called time
and again, hut there was no response.
The water had crept up until WAS
forced TO stand on tiptoe to preserve
myself from drowning. | gave up all
hope then and waited for the end.
A numbness began to steal over me
and felt inclined to sleep. So strong
did this feeling become that resolved
to make no further effort to rroiong
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A TALE FROM THE TABLE.
TIE story of Wrecked Life and Its
Tragic End.

TIE story of Wrecked Life and Its
Tragic End.
.'Some years ago, said the gambler
as he lay baciSpuffing his cigar, Il was
in California, and while there / FREE
qrented very fashionable place.
There came to that place every night a
young man. We all liked him. because
he seemed rather innocent, and many
of us gave him the advice to stay away,
but he only smiled and said he would
some day. On
"Onc night he came, looking rather
pale, for stately he had lost very heav-
lily. He sat down and commenced to
play in an excited manner; but game
after game he lost He took out his
pocketbook and placed all the contents
on the table and lost. Then l saw him
turn pale and take a package from his
pocket and stake that lit belonged to
his firm and he lost it.
After that he passed in his watch
and received the cash, staked that and
lost. Two of his rings followed and
were lost We all felt sorry for him
and heartily wished he would win. At
last all he had left was thin. gold
ring, not worth much. He looked ut
it, and the expression that came over
his face is one that shall never for
get.
HE passed ia the ring, and although
it was worth about one dollar the CASH
icr advanced fifty dollars. He played
and the boys put up all his money, the
firms money, his watch and rings
against his fifty dollars, and he won.
Then. when success came, he laid his
head ON his arm. We waited five min
ptes for him to get up, but he did not,
and then we lifted his head up and saw
that he was dead. &
1--WE found out afterward that tho
ring which changed his luck was his
dead mothers ring. I often tried TO
think what agonies he must have suf-
fered: what recollections must have
1850. before his mind. " Philadelphia
Press
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a soond1s oho can sec.
She's the woman who gets well.
It's the woman who Do,at see and
won't believe who has to suffer.
And it's needless. There's a
medicine-a legitimate medicine
that's made to stop woman's snf-
fering and cure woman's ailments.
It's DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. It's purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless Ia powerful
general, as well as uterine, tonic
and nervine, imparting yigor and
strength to the whole system. For
periodical pains, weak back, bearing
down sensations, nervous prostra-
ton, and all female complaints, !"
it's positive remedy. 1t improves
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and pains, melancholy and
nervousness, brings refreshing sleep,
and restores health and strength.
No other medicine for women is
guaranteed, as this is. If IL fails to
give satisfaction, in any case, the
money paid for it is refunded. You
pay only for the good you get. On
these terms it's the cheapest
But more than that, it's the 6est.N
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rwo nRoAp-HArrEp MEN RODE up

features of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
soon discovered. There were dangers
attending the occupation of which
had never dreamed, and an account of
an experience l underwent will give
some idea of what suffered in that
way.
One morning at breakfast my broth
er announced his intention of going to
town for the purpose of securing some
supplies. The town was thirty miles
distant and that meant he would not
return before late at. night. The ranch
was not an extensive one, and the herd
was not SO large but that could man
uges, it easily enough alone In fact
had done so to large extent of late.
lyon had better take the cattle to
the lower range to-day" my brother
remarked, ''for there is "a scarcity of
water,on the upper range. Keep them
down there until near night and then
work them back this way,so as to get
them corralled by night"
''All right" / replied, cheerfully,
You'll get back tonight, won't your
Yes, sometime tonight. Ill try to
XVI, Duch DtiOTc puI ~ lcuS
ride and I'll have my trading to do, and
altogether Ill have busy day of it.
But I'll get here as early as ! can, and
If I'm not here before dark l will be
soon after. just hold the cattle well
together and don't let any of them
stray from the herd and you'll get
along all right"
sob, can manage the cattle, | said.
'You needn't have no fears for them. y
"All right then" Jim replied. Now
you fetch my pony while ! make pre-
paration to co., y
| arose from the table and went TIC
get Jim's pony, saying nothing more.
felt a restlessness and uneasiness
that was far from pleasant. | had
never been to the lower range, hut |
knew it was secluded spot and was
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German
!. Syrup

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, SUBJ
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack--a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fidence to the little ones in their
mosA critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed, I. WILLrrs, Of : Mrs. JAs.W. KIRK,
Alma, Neb. ! give It Daughters College,
10 my children when Harrodsburg, XIV. 1
troubled with Group have depended Upon
and never saw any. It in attacks ofCroup
preparation act like with my little daugh-
II. It's simply mi ter, and find II an in
xaculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
"A medicine tobe successful with the
little folks must be treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes Of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inhamma-
lions Of delicate threats and lungs. q
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put onsover the crimp in the wire, and
the stay of No. s or wire thrust
down through. The washer is, then
fiattened, and the wires are securely
locked together as in Fig q 1t is
claimed that the crimps in the wire
provide against expansion and contrac-
tion by heat and cold, which think is
true. though believe that even this
fence would be better for ratchet
or similar device, to keep it always
taut.
AS to the expense: buy my wire in
500 pound lots. delivered, for cents
per pound-l pound best galvanized
reaches nearly 20 feet; wires at 8
cents per rod. "a cents; stays at 80
cents per pound, cents; s2 washers at
8 cents per pound, cents; 4 staples, 1
cent; total, IS cents put posts 90 feet
apart ! find this fence a good pig
fence. A man and boy can build about
rs to 40 rods per day, putting stays 8
feet apart. | have used barbed wire
for top strand in some instances. II
requires special tool to build this
fence, the '..crimper," which costs ST.
j. L. Wing, in Country Gentleman.
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Facts About the Queen Zee.

"A queen can beat hen at laying.
Give her the best surroundings, with
plenty of honey combing in and all
that, and she will lay 5000 eggs in
'twenty-four hours, She does not cackle
over it either. Each egg measures
one-fourteenth Of an inch in length and
one-seyenth of an inch in thickness.
Even when she is only doing an av-
erage business she will lay more than
twice her own weight in twenty four
hours. But, mind you, she does not
do anything elses Does not even feed
herself. You will see the workera con-
stantly offering her fond. American
Ice journal
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ward--I mean so that when the wires
strain the post they will pull it against
the ground sill. b in cut is fat stone
or plank 2or 8 inches thick. The brace
B--shouid be s feet long rests on this,
and is not necessarily fast to it. At G
put four or five strands of large. strong
wire around base of post and end OF
brace; cross them in center and twist
them until quite tight 1t is well to set
post leaning little backwards, away
from fence. The brace ID. remember,
must not be butted up against anything
solid--it is free to slide--except as re-
strained by the wires at G. This wiring
at C must be strong and thorough. The
pull Of the fence wires is transferred
through the brace D to the bottom OF
the post through the strands c. Lam
not competent to calculate the strain
on the wires at G, but judge it to be
over so per cent of the total strain ex.
erted by the main fence wires How
ever, re=isz cheap, and a number OF
strands can be put around and twisted
up in very few minutes.
If your post has been leaned back a
little when the bracing was done, the
pull of the fence will bring 1t straight,
and no power applied in a forward di-
rection can uproot it unless something
breaks. / use SKIS brace for my g.
wire fence, made of No. s or wire,
so that it will not bend. This post will
not pull up, or give in the ground. even
if the hole is not filled with earth after
it is set, providing it is solid stick and
will not bend or break.
i have built the perfect wire fence"
1t does very WELLS as near perfection.
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About seven years ago had Bronchitis. which final
y drfted into Consumption, the doctors said, and
they had about given up. was confined to my bed
One day my husband went for the doctor, but he
not in his office The druggist sent me bottle of Psos
Cure for Consumption | took two doses of it, and was
greatly relieved before the doctor He told me to
continue its use as long as it helped me- did so, and
February 20, 1894.
have had Catarfh for many years, but never found
anything that did me any good until concluded to try
Pisos Remedy for Catarrh. After using it few times
found great relief and would not be without it now
Miss BELLE WOODRUFF. Lawer, Iowa, July 81, 1891.
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1t will be seen that with few
notches you can indicate any number,
which can be read by blind man, can
not well be removed without defacing
the ear and cannot loose. Suppose yon
wish to indicate the number fourteen.
Ten, three and one make it. Six hun
dred and sixty-three would be indi-
Gated by 500; 100, so and 8, or 400, 200,
80 and 3, and SO on. The notches
always figure up, by addition OF their
values, definite number McLain
Smith, in Breeders Gazette,
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- - -
Both the method and results ~.
Syrup Of Hgsy taken; it iypissssSs,
and refreshing to the taste, and -.
gently yet promptly on the Kidpsy,'
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the ~
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, hess,
aches and fevers and cures hab;tpsl
constipation. Syrup of Figs i Tia
only remedy Of its kind ever nm.
duced, pleasing to the taste and A
ceptable to the stomach, PROMPT n
its action and truly beneficial IN ia
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances ia
many excellent qualities comment 4
to all and have made it the mon
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drue
gists. Any reliable druggist vbo
may not have ton hand will pro
cure 1t promptly for any one who
wishes to try it I'o not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fic SYRUP co.
san FRANCISCO. cAl.
LOUISVILLE. kKs NEW YORK. M
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(aP1ured ~
S@tt1ls 15ieyes.

GREAT many
b 0 y s w h 0
know nothing
about it prac-
tically, mag
inc, no doubt,
that it is a
G re a t thing
to be a ''cow-
boy.''',!-s-A t.
a distance the
&c ow b 0 VS. =
lif e appears
extremely fas-
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Al MAN or SENSE.
". VA.
49,

Tbere n a mar ~ ,,,as, tdc..-
i knosy mt ,rs,rre ~ itves
lint have fed t,,r ~ All ~ iov
A meeting vim rim gives.
su < ~ :. ane = n.en ~ 'Aiiou
~ nase nne Pny ssq1e,
Srise y. s,s ~. e.n,p'o ovui
s' ~ .1a''1 e11 laeeN
Sorpntirnes meet him nm the ca,
That rms INV wav along
And sometin,es in 4 puflic place
Amidst 4 motley ttreHs .-.-..-,=
wh.a. ~, $50. - - ..sa ~
~ - - -. =. ~ - 80
= = :. = 2 ssSs
pe'eeS -
He "a the one who never wells.
While hair A mile awnv.
y An therel old chan you're looking ane.
How a vour bobs to.davr,
mr. -, 1870 s.aps 80 ~ sao Dssn
~. - y. =. 80 - 20
"a ds.,, -. ~. .,...,. 800. .'o
.e@so' sou, .io'a-
In conversation he displays
A sound ana clever mind.
And TO deception or conceit
Is not the least inclined:
He never blows about his wealth
Nor brags about his brains,
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viii sell from principal stations on Its lines,
ON Tuesdays, August % and Sept, Is and ~,
Harvest Excursion Tickets At Loic Rates to
principal cities and points In the Farming
Regions OF the West, Southwest and North
west For tickets and further Information
concerning these excursions, call on your
nearest O., B.-& @. ticket agent, or address
p. y. Eustis, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent
Chicago Ill
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THE FARMING WORLD.
SMOOTH WIRE FENcE.


|Experieaces That May Prove d valne N
interest - Many.
Perhaps some experienced Of mime
with wire fence may be Suggestive and
useful i began building wire fence .
year ago, 80 the first built has shown
me the effect Of the winters cold on It
TO make good smooth-wire fence II Is
first needfuI that the end post be well
set and braced i have tried various
forms Of end braces and have hit on
one that / believe for chcapncss and
effectiveness cannot be equaied BY any
patent contrivance.
Let the post be Of good size. 5x5 or
a8x6. 1t should be feet long. Frame
or spike across the bottom end . Sx6
piece feet long, Dig hetFeneh for this
across the plane Of the fence and feet
deep Set post in with cross-piecc for
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The Sins Of the Father

The Sins Of the Father. Miss Hill
II don't think Miss Parvenue has any
cause to be so haughty, her fathers oc-.
4cupation was q very shady ono. to say
the least Miss Heitz-Ohl fancy. Do
tell me what 1t was Miss Hill He
was an awning maker. Brooklyn
Eagle.
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For Cough or Sore Throat the best mcdi
cineis Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure In one minute
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CheaP Excursion Rates via ChicaGos -
Paul . Kansas CITY NJ.
Tho Chicago, g. Paul q Kansas City Raj.
wav .announces ! Harvest Excursion ct
greatly reduced rates 70 principal points IN
the West. Northwest Southwest and South,
on September Seth, tickets good for thirty
days Ind covering the -grcxtest vpriety o.
routes.
pertaining to this popular route call on or
address any ticket agent
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A LITTLE man never looks so big to the
world rs he does when he stands on o bag
Of money.--Ram's Horn.
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TIE person who is chased by bear has
proof positive that trouble 10 trewin'.-
Lowell Courier.
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NEVER fail to cure sick headache, ofte
the very first dose. This Is what H. said b
all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills
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TEE girl Of tho period-the lady compos-
tor Boston Transcript.
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The famous Builder County Fair the
largest county fair in the country, %
curs Il Hamilton October 70 inclu-
sive The program md display this
wear promises 10 excel all previous eff
fortA The c., II. 4 d will sell cxcur-
sion tickets from Cincinnati Indian
apolis, Lima, Delphos. Wellston and all
Intermediates stations, TO Hamilton and
return. II one fare for the round trip,
Tickets on sale October to .. good re-
turning until October 10 inclusive.
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WHEN mar. has the nature OF a sheep he
has ari easy time of ftcurbtng his impet-
uosity.--Texas Siftings.
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Z THE bookmaker at the races keeps run
ming account with his customers. Wash
ington Star.
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as ! care to have
it. The manner
of fastening hor.
izontal wires and
vertical cross.
stays together is
done by means
Of q short crimp
in the horizontal
wire, and = COM
mon washer al
o.sx..~ol {.
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TIE hen that sets on o porcelain egg may
not accomplish much, but she has onnest
intentions.-Texas Eiftings.
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WALLAcE-eY ou've been losing flesh late
", haven't your Willis-.sYes. I've been
shaving myself