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MAKING FAMILY CHEESE.
Hints Furnished by n WeIl-k now n
New York InstructOr.

In making cheese by the dairymen AT
home, where they do not have vat
with a heating arrangement under
meath, the milk can be heated in "A tin
heater set in kettle, in which there is
a quantity of water. 4 dairy kettle is
the best. that is, kettle and stove COM
bined. If you do not have this. you can
use a caldron kettle, set in an arch, if
there is draft enough so that it will not
smoke. as the smoke would faint the
milk; then by filling the tin heater
with milk. and warming it up to about
100 degrees Fair, and turning it in the
vat and filling it up again and heating
il. and continuing to do so until the
temperature of the milk in the vat is Sc
degrees Fahr., it could all be warmed
Then add rennet extract, reduced with
one quart of cold water. at the rate of
three ounces to 1000 pounds of milk
thoroughly stirred, so that ii will be
evenly distributed through the whole
mass of milk. says George 4. Smith
former cheese instructor of New York
in the Farm journal
When the curd is hard enough $,
that it will cleave from the side of the
vat when pressed away by laying the
back of the hand upon it, cut it. using
the perpendicular knife. and cut as even
as possible. Then stir it until the whey
begins to separate quite freely. Then
dip off whey. and fill the tin heater, and
warm up TO about 100 degrees Fair.
and turn in the vat. and continue to do
so. until the temperature is brought
to % degrees Fair. at which
point it should -ne kept until the curd
becomes firm, and when squeezed
up in the hand it will apart readily.
and by taking and squeezing the mois-
ture out of it, and touching it to hot
iron it will draw out fine threads about
one-half inch in length. Then draw off
all the whey. and stir the curd until the
whey is thoroughly drained ont of it.
and then stir in salt at the rate of two
pounds of salt TO 1000 pounds of milk
Pile up the curd on the side of the vat.
and cover up with cloth. and let it
remain about one hour. stirring it I'D oc-
casionally. then put to press. and press
lightly at first. In "a hours the cheese.
may be taken out and muslin bandape
put about it. The cheese should be kept
in cool room. and be turned and
creased and rubbed every day.
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MINNESOTA BUTTER.
A Recent Export Shipment Sold Well
In England.

- L1ApOEt ShIp"Cht SOAu W CIV
In England.
The secretary of agriculture has re-
ceived complete reports from the third
experimental shipment of butter to
London by his department. The ship
ment consisted of a lot of Minnesota
creamery butter in 56-pound boxes and
tubs, and lot of Massachusetts cream
cry butter in small tubs, family pack
ages, and fancy prints. The export was
made in June. 1t cost 2k cents a pound
to carry the butter from central Min
nesota to London. by the single ton.
with the best refrigerator accommoda
tions all the way. excepting short trans
fers. The transportation from western
Massachusetts cost rather more. be-
cause of the absence of a refrigerator
car line to New York and the necessity
of paying eSpressage. This butter was
ali placed by the departments agent in
London in the hands of retail dealers.
They paid from Is to 1917 cents per
pound for it, the same butter being then
worth Is cents in New York. The
wholesale price of Danish butter was
about 20 cents in London at that time.
II WAS 10 cOHSuIleTS at
and 90 cents per pound-most of it a.
20 cents. This was the same as the re-
tail price of the best Danish. which
leads the London market for sailed but
ter. The retailers. upon being con-
WINGED of the high quality of the Ameri-
can butter. paid the same price for it
in tubs as in the favorite "Australian."
or cubical box. Six different dealers
took the Minnesota butter, at n uniform
price of Is is cents per pound. 1t cost
about 16 cents. delivered to those Lon
den dealers. The Massachusetts but
ter was of equal quality. and. although
some of it sold to dealers at 1872 cents,
the small packages were not liked by
the trade. This butter was worth 20
cents for local sale i'm the neighbor-
hood where made. Thus. as in other
cases, the western creamery butter was
sold at a fair profit. over two cents per
pound. while the New England cream
cry butter was sold in London at less
than it would have brought at home.
The London retailers margin for profit
-6R cents. and about seven cents on an
average-was too great. The consumer
paid twice as much for the Minnesota
butter as the creamery in that state
received for it. and of what the butter
cost the consumer. the farmer who sup
piled the cream got less than two-fifths
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the road, sir, till we can see the hut.
It's up long, shallow valley beyond
that second divide. 1 know the place
now"
But they'll see us, sergeant" shout
ed Lambert, as he bent over the POM
mel. and drove his rowels wickedly at
the torn TANKS of his poor brute. Il
hoped to surprise them and charge"
Lord love you, sir, there's no sur
prising these beggars in broad daylight.
They've been watching for some of us
ever since sun-up. and They've seen us
now. Lucky they haven't guns, 'cept
old muzzle-loaders. They've mostly
nothing but bows and lances."
The horses were painting furious'v
now, and some of the squad were string
ing out far in the rear. Dolan. glancing
back, saw two or three men vainly lash
ing their exhausted mounts long mus
ket-shot behind.
ut won't do. lieutenant; we'll have to
keep together, or, first thing you know,
hull pack q them yelpin' ours ii burst
out of some ravine, cut those fellows
off-kill and scalp 'em and scurry away
on their fresh ponies before we could
get back to help. Let 'em catch up, sir,
Well get there time enough"
And SO, more slowly now, as advised
by the veteran plainsman, Lambert led
his party, the youEg Texan ranging
alongside and riding on his right. He,
too, wanted to charge, and again old Do
Ian pointed out the absurdity of it.
s.'Thair froSh and min, h1e
We'd never catch them, while they
could ride around and split us with their
damned arrows. What we want is a
chance with ourSpencers and rifles, sir;
that's the way to empty their saddles
and stand 'em off. Look yonder. sir"
And then, just as Dolan pointed, three
mounted warriors, their war-bonnets
trailing over their bounding ponies
backs-the first hostile Indians Lam
bert had ever seen--burst from their
covert behind the low divide to the
right and went scurry ing away towards
the northward hills in wide detour to
join their comrades. The road disap-
peared round n gentle rise in the I:rai-
RE half 4 mile ahead.
''Out W tn you, Lang and Naughton!-'
said the sergeant, briskly. go ahead
to that point" And the two troopers,
| well knowing what was required of
them. darted on without a word. Lam
bert and the main body following now
at steady trot- Before the two thus
thrown in advance had come within
three hundred yards of the bend. a little
jet of smoke and fire flashed out from
over the ridge, followed instantly by
two Others; both riders swerved; one
horse stumbled and went down, his rider
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lower end of the sorter is suspended
over the bin for large potatoes. The
other end extends two or three feet out
side the small potato bin. This gives
the dirt chance to settle through be-
fore reaching either bin.
Fig. shows the inside slat frame
which is made of hard pine Stats 1919
feet long. two inches wide and three
fourths of an inch thick. They are set
on edge and bolted with quarter-inch
bolts to slotted sticks near each end
This arrangement admits of adjust
ment. l have the upper end of the Stats
threefourths of an inch apart and the
lower end IA inches. This prevents
wedging of potatoes between the Stats.
The upper ends being close together
allow the dirt to drop through in adj
vance of the small potatoes. This end
also has hopper four inches high and
reaching oh feet from the end. This
whole frame is suspended to the outside
frame by iron hangers. These are made
of three-eighths-inch rod iron and are
six inches long. Notches are cut to re-
ceive these on the upper edge OF the out
side frame and the lower edge Of the
outside slat of the inner frame. 4 piece
of tin may be tackled over to prevent
their getting out.
To operate, pour into the hopper a
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Those who have chestnut grove and
Keep it free from depredators may find
it source of profit. We know one or
two such groves which are only natural
fruit, but which yield returns with no
labor except for gathering the nuts
better than could be got for usual farm
crops. But to secure profitable returns
the public must be excluded. Men and
boys who club the trees while the nuts
are green to bring them down will dis
figure and injure the trees, so that after
a few years the trees will yield little
or nothing. Chestnut trees. if the fruit
is of good quality, are valuable proper
ty, and their fruit should be protected.
There are several improved varieties of
chestnut, some of which will begin
bearing when three years old. These
should be chosen if new plantations of
chestnuts are to be made or scions of
the new varieties should be grated into
native stock.-American Cultivator.
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BUTTER FOR WINTER.
How to Keep II Where Cold Storage
Cannot He Had.


For keeping butter for winter use,
where cold storage cannot be had, no
Dian is as sure to result favorably as
immersing the pound prints in strong
brine, and if trifie of saltpetre is
added to the brine the plan will appear
to be safer. Butter will not absorb salt
from the brine; hence the plan of the
little muslin wrappers, or DIETER yeti
the little paper box which incases the
pat of butter like a close-fitting enve-
iope and prevents the butter from get
ting bruised in the bath. We think we
have before recommended the steriliZed
brine, simply strong brine boiled; and
after cooling, placing these pats of but
ter in it and keeping in cool place,
and taking up the butter only as
wanted.
Where one has very cold room OF
uniform temperature butter can be
packed in close-ftting, small packages,
and closely covered after placing on the
top of the butter either closely-fitti
layers of butter paper or paste made
of very wet salt spread evenly over the
surface before putting on the cover
closely. The facts are that nothing
very new has been discovered about the
keeping of butter not known to our
mothers. and. while cold storage is the
best. it is only at the command of COM
few; so the old standby re-
ceipts have to be brought out and again
presented to public view.-Country
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SHIPPING A CHERRY ORCHARD.
Picturesque Scene Witnessed at One
of the Largest in California.

Picturesque Scene Witnessed Mt One
of the Largest in California.
Probably there is nc better known
and certainly there are few larger
ranches in the stale of California than
that owned by the Meek estate. 1t is
situated little way outside the city of
Oakland and it covers huge tract of
land between San Lorenzo and Hay
wards. 1t is spread over $500 acres of
some of the finest fruit-bearing coun-
try on the Pacific coast. A thousand
acres is in fruit, for the most part cher
ries. The ranch is owned and controlled
by the Meek brothers and their sisters.
how skillfully may be known from the
fact that in spite of hard times and a
depressed market there has never been
a year when it has not paid literally.
A full crop of cherries from this Won
derful orchard will bring its owners
anywhere from $50, 900 to $35, 900. Just
now the seasons cherry picking is 60
ing on at a great rate, and a little army
of pickers are toiling from tree to tree,
stripping the branches like a swarm
of locusts.
The sight is picturesque. for the
pickers come by families and live in
the cherry orchard in a small village of
tents. At the height of the season
nearly $50 pickers are employed. They
are of all ages and both sexes, as the
work is of such a nature that it can
be performed as we'll by women as by
men. as well by ten-year-old girl as
by grown man. The pickers are, of
coarse. boarded at the expense of the
ranch. and besides are paid from IS
cents to a dollar per day, so that wife
and two or three children can make
as much money during the few weeks
of the picking season as the head of the
house can earn during the entire year.
After the picking the cherries are
taken over to the packing house and
handled at once. The ripper cherries are
sorted out and put upon local mar
kets. while the more backward are
shipped east. The force of packers can
dispose of 425 boxes per day. Two
thousand boxes go to the car
load and must be hurried to
their destination as speedily as possi-
be, for there is no fruit that loses its
flavor quicker by overkeeping than the
cherry. For the same reason the boxes
must be rapidly marketed. for they
will not keep many hours in the heat
of an eastern summer. There are plen-
ty of difficulties in the way of getting
the California cherry upon the dining
tables of the eastern consumer. but
with ordinary care and fair season
the prices obtainable are not bad. In
Chicago ten-pound box of California
cherries can be made to bring one dol
lar if properly handled. while in New
York. though the eastern local market
comes into competition. the same quail
ty will sometimes sell for 10 cents 2
pound-San Francisco Wave.
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cleveriy rolling out from among the
striking, struggling hoofs. That's the
way they'd have picked you off. sir, ~
shouted Dolan, as the whole party burst
into gallop and drove straight for the
ridge. We'll sweep them aside in Il
second
They did not wait to be swept aside.
Six or eight painted savages were spin
ming away over the sward by the time
the troopers came laboring to the top.
and others. cireling, yelling. brandish-
ing their arms. and hurting jeer and
challenge over the intervening swale,
were in plain view along the opposite
slope not half a mile away. Beyond
that lay the scene of the siege; and just
over it. only a few yards away from the
road. lay two bloated, stiffening objects.
at sight of which every horse in the
pursuing party snied and snorted.
There lay. bristling with arrows. two Of
the stage mules. Two hundred yards
farther. the smoudering remains of the
stage itself. with the gashed and mutt
lated body of a man only a lariat's
length away, greeted the eyes of Lam
bert and his foremost men. Here Dolan
flung himself from his horse. tossed the
reins to one of the men. saying: HOLD
all you can Lead 'em to the hollow
yonder," and. kneeling, drove a long
range shot at some gaudily-painted
warriors clustered about some object
halfway up the opposite slope. \ pony
plunged and reared. and n yell of rage
and defiance went up. Man after man.
nearly ali the little squad sprang to
earth and opened brisk fire on every
Indian within rifle-shot. and every man
for himself, following the general lead
of Lambert and Dolan. sirOde forward
up the gentle ascent towards dingy
mound, half earth. half logs. about n
quarter of mile ahead of them. until
Doian shouted right and left: ''Cease
firing. Stop your noise! Listen!'
And. borne down the wind, faint and
feeble. yet eNultant, there came the
sound of distant cheer. and the rescuers
knew they had not risked their lives in
vain.
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IJSIDE STAT FRAME FOR SORTER.
box or basketful of potatoes, then give
vigorous shake or two by taking hold
of the upper end OF the hopper. This
will send the potatoes rolling down the
incline, where they will be separated.
Two men can unload and sort 1000
bushels day as they come from the
field. The material for making the
sorter will not cost over $1.50 at the out
side. If it is desira BILE to sort the seed
from among the small potatoes, the
stats may be set closer, and a cloth may
be tackled around the side to prevent
their dropping through the larger
spaces at the sides thus made, or addi-
tional Stats may be used.-American
AgriculturiSt
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X\,III.

One soft. warm evening in early June
quite family party had gathered on
the veranda of the old white homestead
al Pass Christian. The air was rich with
the fragrance of jasmine and magnolia;
a great bunch of roses lay on the little
table beside :he reclining chair. where.
propped up with pillows, Mrs. Walton
was placidly enjoying the beauty of the
moonlit scene and rapturously contem-
plating the stalwart form of her soldier
son. 1t was too much-it was too soon
Ito expect of a southern woman even
so customary thing as a change of
mind, when that change involved a con-
fession of interest and pride in the army
blue. but the mother did not live in all
the broad and Borrowing south whose
soul would not have thrilled with pride
and delight, even though hidden and
unconfessed, in reading the ringing
words with which in general orders
great union leader had published to his
troops the story of the heroism. devo-
ton, and soldierly skill with which
Corporal Floyd Walton, Troop ~"
Fourth cavalry, had conducted the de-
Tense of the passengers on the Concho
stage, saving the lives of Brevet Lieut..
Col. Sweet, who was shot early in the
engagement, and of two civilians, and,
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THE FARMING WORLD.
FOR SORTING POTATOES.

An Easily Constructed Device That Is
Sure to Give Satisfaction.
l made and used last season potato
sorter. Fig. 1, which gave first-cless
satisfaction. 1t is cheap and service
able and is used when hauling potatoes
from the field to the cellar or bins in
barns and sheds. One end must rest
upon something solid, like the side of
a bin, while the other may be suspended
by rope, so the whole will be on an in
cline. My method of operation was to
have two bins, one for the sorted stock
and one for the small potatoes. The
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-22
Invented by a Woman.

A California woman has patented
cover for milk cans which is perforated
around its sides near the bottom, SO it
can be closed tight to prevent spilling
OF the milk and can be pulled up short
distance in the can to allow ventilation
without insects getting inside.
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Wake I'm.

Yes, wake up to the danger which threat
ems you if your kidneys or bladder are inact-
i've or weak. Don't you know that if you fail
to impel them to action Bright's disease or
diabetes awaits you? Use Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters without delay 1t has a most
beneficial effect upon the kidneys when
sluggish, and upon the bowels, liver, stom.
ach and nervous system
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4 Four-Year-Old Hotel Runner.

He does not crack whip loudly to
call the attention of the public to his
vehicle. He does not in stentorian tones
demand Of the incoming passengers at
Equality. Saline county. Ill. that they
come to the hotel for which he is run
ner-in." And yet. considering his years.
or his lack of them. he is one of the
most successful members of his pro-
fession. Heis Max Walters. aged four, the
adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wal
tiers. OF Equality. Max's foster father is
an agent for machinery and also hotel
keeper. Max is equally at home in pro-
claiming the advantages of each bust
ness. He goes to the depot each day
to meet the trains and to accost every
stranger with recommendations of his
fathers hotel. He usually succeeds in
marshaling quite a crowd to the pa
ternal hostelry. which is not far from
the depot. When he is not thus en-
gagged he strolls about dispensing valu-
able information concerning his IA
theirs machinery to all such as are I'M
informed on the subject. His youth
and his engaging manner make him an
agent-Chicago News.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of Dr. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st :, Phila, Pa
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He WINS d.

Traveller Ito the ferryman crossing
the river)-Has any one ever been lost in
this stream?
Boatman-No, sir. Some professor
was drowned here last spring. but they
found him after looking two weeks
Fliegende Blaetter.
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The Biggest Creamery.

The largest creamery in the world is
said to be near ST. Adams, VT. 1t con-
verts the milk of 900 cows into 10. 900
pounds of butter daily.
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A lawyer doesn't know everything, but
he thinks you think he does.-Chicago News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-22

A girl wearing an organdie dress thinks
she looks good enough to eat.-Washingto
Democrat
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-22

What a nice companion fly makes after
you have had an experience with mosquito!
Globe.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-22

Sore all over and stiff. Cured all
Over by st. Jacobs Oil, and supple.
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OF Course Not.

Mr.. Huggins-Tsn't Miss Roxy a peach?
Miss kittish-Ycs. but she is not the only
fruit in the orchard-Detroit Free Press.
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Progress In Pennsylvania.

pennsylvania has commenced the
construction of its first roads built un-
der the new Finn law.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-10-22

Certainly it does Truly. surely. ST. Jacobs
Oil cures rheumatism. Thousands know it.
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Never strike man when he's down-espe.
cially for loan.-Chicago News.
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I'm Christian art the horse SYM
bolizes goodness and generosity.