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The free press., 1895-11-21
MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK.

We are often asked how to measure
hay, and while we have had some ex-
perience, we prefer to adopt that of
others to our own. The Northwestern
Agriculturist on this subject very cor
rectly says that measuring is very
crude, unsatisfactory method of esti-
mating the weight of hay. There are
times. however, when 1t is imprac-
ticable to use the scales, and q close
approximation to the true weight will
answer all purposes. Then, by taking
into consideration that fine, soft hay
will pack more closely than a coarser,
sitter quality, that when cut early in
the season it will become more solid
and stiff than late cut hay, that the
degree of dryness when stacked will
affect the weight, that the compact
ness Of the lower part of the sack or
load rs affected by the height, the
time it has stood, or the distance and
kind Of road it has Travelled over, it is
quite possible for person of ordinary
experience and judgment to make an
estimate of the quantity in load or
The free press., 1895-11-21
RAISING OF HORSES.

The price of horses has of late been
so reduced that farmers are discour-
aged in horse raising. The low prices
now prevailing are due to want Of
demand, on account OF the electric
car system, which has been so gener-.
ally established throughout the cities
ard some parts of the country for
rapid transportation. This is, no
doubt, in some part the cause of the
weak demand for horses in the markets.
There is, however, another cause,
which will be found in over produc-
tion. A few years ago the horse craze,
as it may be called, prevailed among
farmers, and there was scarcely any
one who was not breeding either first
class roadsters or blooded drivers.
For these for few years first-class
prices were obtained, and the demand
which was at the time fictitious one,
produced by sort of boom in horse
flesh, produced an oversupply, and
now there are too many horses for tho
market, which has for the time been
somewhat diminished by the electric
cor lines.
But good horses are always desira-
BILE, and will in the near future bring
better prices than now. Farmers will
understand what they need, and for a
while, perhaps, the supply will be
short of the demand, but the price
will again settle to fair compensa-
ton for the trouble and risk in rails
ing good horses. Good family horses
will always be in demand in the cities
and in the prosperous villages. Cars
may carry men to business, and wo-
men to do their shopping, but'there is
a demand, in hours not spent'in bust
ness, for carriage horse to supply q
need, felt by almost every well-to-do
family, that may have restful airing
in the country OF in the parks and
suburbs of the city. Farmers would
do well to turn their attention to rails
ing horses to supply thiswant. Horses
should be raised of the best blood,
not for the turf, but for the carriage,
and as much care should be taken in
their training for this purpose, as is
necessary to produce good condi-
toned, quiet, trusty horses suited to
driving through all the hustle and
noises of the city.
This will require time and care in
the trainer, but such horses will al
ways have a good sale, and can be
profitably raised.
Give us good family horses and the
JamaDd will ha ouffi ciaDf fn now &he
producer good profit.-Farm News.
The free press., 1895-11-21
THE BROOD SOW.

From the present until breeding
time brood sows should be allowed the
pleasure of large pasturage and COM
Portable sleeping apartments. She
should have no grain. Her nutritive
system should have rest. She should
be reduced in fat if not already SO re-
duced. The reduction should progress
until she is lean and lank and able to
stand a good chase. Such training as
this rests up the fat and flesh forming
functions of the body aud gives the
blood opportunity to fully absorb all
effete matters in the system, provided
proper sanitary relations are observed.
both as to food, drink and breath. A
SOW whose age or i'll treatment will
prevent her going through such q
training and coming out as fresh and
vigorous as a young gilt is not fit
progenitor for the next crop of pigs.
The fat of the brood SOW should in
crease little daily from the date Of
population until narrowing time, at
which time she should be comfortably
fat. A clumsy condition at narrowing
time is dangerous. II also detracts
from the vitality and development OF
the pig. 1t does not pay either for
breeder of feeding stock to use lame,
logy or decrepit sows. Hereditary
tendencies may be great or small, but
certain it is that, with the animal AZ
with the plants, nothing but perfect
forms imbued with strongest vitality
can produce desirable and profitable
offspring. The boar should be at the
lowest state of flesh now, and should
begin to fatten and so continue unit
the breeding period begins. -Rura
Life.
The free press., 1895-11-21

NOV. 1t is estimated that with the
above mentioned conditions at an
average, timothy, in stacks OF ten
feet high and upward, measures about
500 cubic feet to the ton, clear clover
between 600 and 700 cubic feet. 10
find the cubic feet in circular stack,
multiply the square of the circumfer-
ence by four one-hundredths (.0Q of
the height. Below is given set of
rules for computing the number of
cubic yards in ton of hay in the
field, stack or load, which can be
easily reduced TO cubic feet by multi
plying the result in cubic yards
by OF:
l. The number of tons of meadow
hay in the windows is the quotent of
the produce of the length, breadth and
height, in yards divided by 25.
2. To fine the number of tons of hay
in a NOW, divide the product Of the
length, height and width by Is, if the
stack be well packed. If shallow and
the hay recently stacked, divide by
1S, and by any number from Is to Is,
according to the density of the stack.
In squares or long stacks the number
of tons is the quotent of the product
of the length of the base, the width
and half of the length, in yards, di-
vided by Is.
3. In loads the number of tons of
hay is found by multiplying together
the length, width and height, in yards,
and dividing the product by co.
Colman's Rural World.
The free press., 1895-11-21
Hard TO Convince.

1t took six visits to presentation Of
the danse du ventre by Turkish girls at
Atlantic City, n. j., to convince the
councilmen Of that town that the dance
was improper. Several residents Of
the town protested to the council that
the exhibition was immoral, and the
Mayor and Council promptly went in a
body TO see it themselves. Half the
city fathers were unable to decide on
the first visit and they went to see 1t
again on four succeeding evenings, and
even then one councilman remained
unconvinced and could not decide that
the exhibition should be suppressed
until he had seen it once more. The
show was closed.
The free press., 1895-11-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A few acres seeded to rye will fur
nish an early and late succulent bite
for the COWS in milk.
See that your early pullets are in
their winter quarters and fed nourish-
ing food that they get at their winters
work in good season.
Better wait month or more yet be-
fore having the COW served, 50 as to
bring the calf later in tho season. It
pays better to have the COWS calf in
the fall months, when milk and butter
are not SO plentiful as in May and
June.
This is good year for the stock
feeder, for while the price OF grain is
low, the supply of feeding stock is not
great enough to depress the market
below fair prices. II you can secure
stock to fed, by all means keep your
grain and turn into meat.
Securing in calves usually indicates
Indigestion and is to be prevented by
rational feeding and good care. 1t
may be checked by teaspoonful of
lime water in each feed. Regular at
tendance and attention to all the wants
of the animal lie at the foundation OF
successful stock management.
When celery first began to be gen.
orally used there was a great demand
for the large or "giant" varieties. 1t
was soon found, however, that some OF
the smaller kinds of celery had de-
licious nutty flavor, and We're SO much
superior as to compensate for their
deficiency in size. AS celery is at best
luxury, it IS quality rather than
quantity that will most affect its
! psice.
The free press., 1895-11-21
Austria,s NaffGIai ISank,

The Bank of England rightly has the
reputation of being one of the might
est powers in the world of finance. But
there are other institutions in Europe
whose capital and transactions are not
to be sneezed at even by the Roths-
child aggregation. In its last monthly
report the Austro Hungarian Bank at
Vienna states that the value of its
notes in circulation is $40, ,40S,0OO gul-
den ($26O,OOOO and that it has gold
and silver to the amount of $40 100000
gulden.
The free press., 1895-11-21

A proposition has reached the man
agement of the Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition from Herbert
Saunders & Co., of London, Offering
to build on the lake fac smile of the
transatlantic steamship st. Louis, to be
of the same size as the original and ele-
gantly fitted out. The interior of the
ship will be used as restaurant and
the vessel will be reached from the
shore by gangways. This Is duplicate
of an exhibition now being given at the
Antwerp Exposition. Henry G. Kit
tredge, the secretary of the Massachu-
setts commission to the exposition, Is
In Atlanta comforting with the manage
ment in reference to the Massachusetts
display. While there he will select the
site for the Massachusetts building
st. Louis Globe e-Democrat.
The free press., 1895-11-21

learn that there i is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrb being con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
cH- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The free press., 1895-11-21
WOMAN'S ENEMY.
SELDOM SPARES ITS
VICTIMS.
When 1t Does She is But n Wreck---Phy-
sicians Have Long Been Poweriess
Tho Experience of n Baiti-
moro Woman.

sicians Have Long Been Poweriess
Tho Experience OF n Baiti-
moro Woman.
From the Herald Baltimore. Ma.
Mrs. J. P. Grove, married lady with
grandchildren, lives AIT Pinkney Place,
Baltimore. She would easily pass for
woman of half her age, and owes her present
state Of good health and probably her life to
the use Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills. Herald
reporter called at the house few days ago
and was informed that Mrs. Grove had gone
out for walk and would soon be back The
scribe was ushered into the parlor to await
her arrival. The room gave every evidence
OF refinement and the care and attention OF
q good housewife. Choice books lay around
giving proof of the Intelligence of the family,
and the walls were decorated with many rare
articles OF virtu and brio-a-brac from South
America, Japan and other countries. When
Mrs. Grove was announced tho reporter was
astonished to find her such young looking
and healthy woman. Sho Is we'll educated ANA
Is a fluent talker and interesting to listen to-
She, however, declined at first TO speak OF
tho results she hal experienced from taking
the Pink Pills as. she said. she did not like
to have her name appear in print In any way.
However, Sne adueu, aiter Soiue itt,io nest
tation. "the pills did me so much good that
might be doing wrong by not letting some
other sufferer know what they did for mo-
Then she said. "Dr. Williams Pink Pills are
certainly all tho proprietors represent them
to be. | never had such relief from any
other medicine. short time ago had IN
attack OF peritonitis which loft mo in sucl
prosiratel aud nervous condition that de-
SPARED OF recovery. ] could neither sleep,
eat or read with any degree OF peace or SAT :
jsiaction. and life was absolutely burden
Having heard that others had been cured oil
the same troublesby DR.. Williams Pink Pills,
secured several boxes and began to take
them. As If by magic ut once began to
improve They cured me, and now have
no symptoms OF nervousness or OF tho disease
which so prostrated me. Now that's enough,
said Mrs. Grove, in reply to another qnes
| ton. She walked to the door as lightly as Il
young girl and with II pleasant gooi morn
| ing to the reporter, disappeared within the
| portals Of her happy home with II little
| grandchili clinging to her skirts.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, In q con
| densed form, all tue clements necessary tc
give new life and richness to the blood an(
| restore shattered nerves. Pink pills are solo
| by all dealers, or will be sent post paid OF
receipt OF price (50 cents a box, or six boxe
for a. 50-they are never sold in bulk OF b
| 1907, by addressing DR.. Williams Medicin
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The free press., 1895-11-21
CHICAGO BOASTFULNESS.
A Windy City Paper Gives a BIT OF
Good Advice.

Chicago is In the position of the man
who prayed: Heaven protect me from
NV friends" We have bred here, says
the Chicago Times-Herald, citizen, OF
all our products the most OBNOXIOUS
the most tiresome, and the most humll-
iating, whose public utterances are con
cerned solely with enlogiums on the
real or fancied merits of Chicago as
"center of industry" and the "home OF
culture"
Fortunately he is not now abroad ID
such numbers as he was years ago, Dul
there is enough of him and he is blatant
enough to shame the quiet ChicagoaD
who cherishes his city too fondly 10
bear its name constantly on his lips
He was born of the period when chi
cago was a boom town, self-exalted
reckless and STRIPPING. That he has
outlived his time of uefulnesS and lin
gers amid new surroundings Is mis-
fortune. He sees the palace OF the
doge in Venice and remarks: "Sho! You
ought to see Pott Palmer's mansion on
the Lake shore DTlNe. w hdt' IN
cries In Stratford-on-Avon, "that was
Shakspeare's house? Why, that would
MT rent for $50 month In Chicago"
He is full of the elegant mansions" and
spacious homes" of his suffering town;
he carries about with him the sanGuin-
ary statistics Of the slaughter houses
and the exact height and dimensions Of
the Auditorium tower. He plasters the
pyramids with advertisements of lard
compound, and is overjoyed to find the
Armour products for sale in Yokohama.
He calls that Chicago enterprise"
Chicago needs no advertising. 1t Is
not a land dealers subdivision, nor a
sideshow, nor a new brand of condens
ed milk. 1t is a great community, grow
ing day by day in population and
wealth, and growing also, let lis hope,
in grace and wholesomeness and the
things that make for greater good. Let
us call In the advance agent and haul
down the "Civis ROmanus Sum- sign.
The free press., 1895-11-21
SIXTEEN SHEEP ON AN ACRE.

An experiment is being conducted
by Professor Shaw, at the experiment
farm, says the Northwestern Farmer,
which certainly meansa good deal, not
only to the Northwest, but to all the
United States. He has undertaken to
pasture six sheep and ten lambs on an
acre of land. The experiment is sue
ceeding beyond his expectations. The
food is at the present time nearly two
months ahead OF the sheep. They are
doing splendidly on the food, and
have kept in perfect health from the
first.
His plan is to SOW a succession of
foods, SO there will always be some
thing for the sheep on one or the other
of the plots. The acre is divided into
four plots, and the sheep are pastured
on these in succession. The harrow is
generally used on each plot after it
has been pastured, and in somo in
son has, of course, been very favora-
BILE, but to offset that, in part at least,
the land is not SO good as the average
prairie soil, and it has not been
manured for several years.
Professor Shaw says he has not ex-
hausted all the resources in this line.
and he is hopeful that as large num-
ber of sheep and lambs can be kept
on an acre of we'll prepared land in a
dry year. Let it be borne in mind that
the sheep are pastured-none of the
food is cut for them. A bulletin will
be issued giving all the particulars at
the close of the pasturing season.
The free press., 1895-11-21

Mrs Zabbs-I met with one of the
strangest experiences of my life to-day.
Mr.. Zabbs-You did! What was it?
Mrs. Zabbs-Just this: was getting on
an open car and the man on the end
seat moved in and let me have it.-Rox,
bury Gazette.
The free press., 1895-11-21
Didn't Like Mark Twain's Stories.

DIun'G luke NIafk lWslu SStoItc5s
About this time Mark Twain came to
visit us, and he had habit of making
midday lunch his principal meal, so
when o'clock dinner came he would
walk up and down the room, crossing it
diagonally, and telling us the most
amusing stories while we ate our din
ner He always put on low-hceled slip
pers for this promenade, and some
thing about the singularity of the pro-
ceeding as whole inspired Snap with
distrust. He followed Mr.. Clemens
up and down, up and down, the room,
occasionally shifting at the low heeled
slippers; and when a louder burst OF
laughter than usual greeted some of the
delightful stories, Snap would growl
and try to worry the peripatetic foot
gear, until Mr., Clemens became con-
scious of him, and slowly turned Won
dering consideration upon him.-St
Nicholas.
The free press., 1895-11-21

People overlooked the importance Of perma-
nently beneficial effects and were satisfied
with transient action, but now that 1t is gcner.
ally known that Syrupof Figs will permanent.
ly cure habitual constipation. well-informed
people viii not buy other laxatives, which act
for a tiE1A but finally iniuro the system.
The free press., 1895-11-21
NEW CHATTANOOGA LABORATORY.
One of the Largest In the WOrld-Wine of
CnrduI Hns m Immc cnse SnIe.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. November 9th The
immense new laboratory of the CHATTANOOGA
Medicine Company was commenced to-day.
Nearly an acre of floor space il now used in
making McElrees Wine of Cardui and Thed-
ford's Black Draught, but this new annex
oubles the capacity of the plant. This bust
ness has become one of the largest in the
country, and now sends its leading product,
Wine of Gard vi, to every part of The world
A branch Office has been established at ST.
! Louis for the northwestern trade.
The free press., 1895-11-21
Your Ell. rfs are In Ynin

trying TO regain lost strength by the use OF
tonict, nerylnes, preparations OF codiver oil
iron, etc To get back the Old time vigor, tn
bright eye, the hrm step, the ambition, tn
Z trst aim must be to promote nutrition. Tho
stomach needs the aid of n powerful ally liko
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. With its help,
Indigestion vanishes. perfect digestion rules,
aud health is assured
For sale by all druggists. Price 80 cents per
bottle.
The free press., 1895-11-21
Rapid Growth

Practically every Department. q
In New York which has growryIt to to seaas usos
ACTIVITY has been fostered, first - s'ea, -
by advertising. Merchants No. " al'
years ago unknown beyond a nars auy
neighborhood have by this means .Ow n,.'
ed their names and their business pa'u' :.
q distinction which extends thrss ln1o
the Union. and even througbouss sAy1' ts'
world. Little shops with pettv .,.a 'ls
have developed rapidly Into prso. saus -
Ears under the stimulus of ADVERTISE "a
The free press., 1895-11-21

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
feethng, softens the gums, reduces infamma.
ion, alays pain, cures wind collie. 2jc. u bottle
The free press., 1895-11-21

FITS stopped free by Dir. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, g}l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The free press., 1895-11-21
500 Reward. 800,

There is in some common kinds of lying
nothing worse than weakness and desire to
The free press., 1895-11-21
The Greatest rledical Discovery
of the Age.
KEN N EDY'S
Medical Discovery,
DONALD KENNEDY, Of ROxBURY, MASS.

Has discovered in one of our comma,
pasture weeds a remedy that cures evorv
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofuls
down to common pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundrad
cases, and never failed except in two cases
w." h 'h"nder humoD. He has now in
lAIs poss, sstoD over two hundred certia-
Gates of its value, all within twenty miles
OF Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit is always experienced from thu
first bottle, aud a perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs arc affected it causes
shooting pains. like needles passing
through them; tho same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears In
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious Il will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
tho best you can get, aud enough Of 1t.
Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed.
limo. Sold by a'l Druggista.
The free press., 1895-11-21

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is a sue
cessful remedy.-M. =. DIETER, 81 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, n. Y, Nov H. 1894.
The free press., 1895-11-21

What IA sense oil iteiief IL Is TO Know
that you have no cOrns. Hindercorns removes
them. and Is comforting lJ.. Mt druggists.
The free press., 1895-11-21

1f afflicted with sore eyes DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell at 25o
bottle.
The free press., 1895-11-21

Parker's Ginger Tonic il Popular
for good work. Suffering, sleepless, nervous
women find nothing so soothing and reviving.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-07-18
Fairfield.

Last Friday evening Good win Rebekah
Lodge, No 80, |. o. O. f., celebrated
IRIS first anniversary at Fairfield Opera
House by inviting Aurora Rebekah de-
gree staff of Belfast to exemplify the
work of the Beautified Form. Doreas
Rebekah Lodge of Waterville were also
invited and a majority of its members
were present.
The next meeting of the w. C. T. L.
will be held next Monday 7.30 pm,
with Mrs. F. FL. Brown. The subject
for the evening" will be the report Of the
Worlds Convention in London as given
in the Union Signal. All are invited,
and all members are expected to be
there.
Ralph NJ Brann, formerly in the EN-
ploy of the electric railroad here, was
married TO Susie NJ. Drummond of Oak
land at the home of the bride Tuesday
July 6, by Rev. +. X. WEIGH. Mr.
Brann is now electrician on the Bldde
ford and Saco street railroad where tht
happy couple will reside.
Mr.. ). Merrill left Monday afternoon
! for Standish, called there by the dealt
of his brother-in-aw, Mr.. VIM. Bolter
Tramps are more numerous than for {
long time. They are all we'll dressed
and go in pairs and sometimes threes
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-07-18

The pretty shirt fronts of embroidered
muslin and insertion, so dainty, yet so
high priced, have set many nimble fin
gers to work, as most young women pre-
fer to make them for themselves To
further this object many of the best
shopkeepers sell now by the yard COM
binations Of tucks, needlework, inser-
lions aud tiny lace rutfles, which are
from 10 to IL inches wide, and when
bordered on eacn side with plain muslin
and finished with band at the throat
and drawing string at the waist line
complete the garment.
To make an entire bodice two lengths
of the band are required, one for front
and one for the back, and little skill is
required to adjust them to the figure by
the aid of the plain sheer muslin which
forms the rest of the bodice Dotted
white swiss and plain white organizes
are now being made up by fashionable
dressmakers for summer gowns over
slips of colored silk An economical
mother with several we'll dressed daugh-
tiers has had the slips made of colored
silesia and entirely separate from the
gown--a slip and low bodice of yellow
silesia, one Of pale pink and one of cool
green are among those recently made up,
and the soft and lustrous effect of silk
is perfectly we'll simulated in the silesia,
at one third the cost Vogue.