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Chew Star Tobaccoyrhe Best.
Smoke sledge Cigarettes. ~.
Hou the, Finrer Na,ls Grow,

2 ~ . u "A Z
The nails Of two fingers never grow
with the same degreeaof rapidity. "
q The nail Of the middle finger, grows.
with the greatest rapidity, and that Of
the thumb the least. It has been
computed that the average growth Of
the finger nail Is one, thirty second Of
an inch per week, ,,or j little more than
an inch and half per year, The
growth, however, depends to great
extent upon the rate of nutrition, and
during periods of sickness it is sre-i
tarded. =! 3. 3sstSiis;;i.,, H &
Authorities differ with regard To the
equality Of growth on both hands,
some holding that the nails Of the
right hand grow faster than those Of
the left, but others can perceive no
difference between them. According
to the rate of growth stated, the aver
age time taken. for each finger nail to-
grow it's full length is about four and
half months, and at this rate q wom-
an of seventy would have renewed her
finger nail one hundred and eighty-six
times. :. Y g fE !. s,
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California "Goodroadso League.

Out on the Pacific coast they write
the name of their new association in
one word, as they say that they have
plenty of "roads, 'but few "goodroads. "
For ten years they have had educa-
tional talk and unsatisfactory legisla-
ton. Two years ago Bureau of
Highways was created to visit all the
counties and collect data and statis-
tics on road matters, with a view to
preparing suitable road legislation in
1897. As a result of their report,
three bills were framed, one creating
a Department of Highways, another
defining its duties, and thirdprovid-
ing q special tax for the work Of the
department. The Governor signed the
first and vetoed the others, thus Great
ing a department without duties to
perform and perfectly useless. The
"Goodroads" League was therefore
formed to cultivate good roads senti-
ment, disseminate information and
secure such legislative and executive
action as will ensure good roads to the
State. It is proposed to form associa-
tions in every county to affiliate with
the State association.
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The Walking Fish.

Recently very remarkable fish have
been captured in this country, found
many thousands of miles from their
native seas. i. g.: Il ~.
One was caught on the Pacific coast
the other day near Betterton. @. O..
Warner, of Philadelphia, caught the
curiosity which turned out to be Q
native Of the Indian Ocean, and which
is known the world over as the walk
ing fish, SO called because it really
does have feet which it uses as mode
of locomotion. AS matter Of fact,
the walking fish is ghoulsh- appear
ing thing, for the little claw legs which
are seen, two on each side of the crea-
ture, are decidedly uncanny. ~ -
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is added, thoroughly stir and mix it
with the mass. Add no cream for
twelve hours before churning, as it
will not ripen and churn, and will
therefore remain in the buttermilk.
The cream should be churned as
soon as it becomes slightly acid. If
souring goes beyond this, the acid be-
gins to cut and waste the butter fats.
Some, however, let the cream 60 so far
as to even Topper. This gives e posi-
tive lactic-acid flavor to the butter,
which many Like, while the extra
amount of caseine retained in the but
ter makes up in weight for the loss Of
some Of the finer fats.
It WAS claimed by the elder
Voelcker, chemist of the Royal, Agri-,
cultural Society Of, England, and by
the late Professor L. B. Arnold, that
the 'fnest-Aavored and longest-keep-
ing butter is churned from sweet
cream and is free from Gaseous matter;
while some claim that such butter is
insipid in favor and does not keep
well. s...
But sweep cream must be ripened
by oxidizing before churning, and e1-
perimenters say that it must be
churned at q lower temperature than
sour cream in order to secure the best
yield. The best temperature in
which to ripen cream is about sixty
degrees. It should be kept cool, not
below forty degrees, and the tempera-
ture be slowly raised to the desired
point of ripening and churning.
The oxidation requires shallow set
ting or some other method of expos
ing the cream to the atmosphere In
all deep. setting, souring the cream
becomes necessary to develop flavor,
as the oxidation is only partial.
The natural butter flavor, developed
by oxidation,. is milder than, the
lactic-acid developed by souring.
Hence it is that many consumers pre-.
fer the latter, which they are used to,
as nearly all the butter is made from
sour cream. ..'',.
The contradictory opinions in re-
gard to sweet-cream butter appear to
come from different ways in which the
cream is handled, only few knowing
how to do it. But if one only makes
good sweet-cream butter it demon
strates the fact that it can be DONE
Colonel T. D. Curtis, in Farm, Field
and Fireside, ,.r. ~ 5-l@l 4, q. -
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A Closed Incident.

So Captain Leonard A. Lowering,
Che officer at Fort Sheridan who kicked
and prodded with his sword an OBJ
Sstinate private soldier, is to be 'srep-
,E1manded." The penalty, to civ
iIian, seems rather mild, all things
considered, but in reality it is by no
means light one, and the ends Of
Justice will probably be met. An Of
Rcial reprimand is not easy to bear
when directed at man of high spirit,
to whom reputation is a.matter of i'm
mense consequence. Captain Lover
ing has had his lesson. It is not
likely that he will offend again, and as
no doubt he is good soldier. the in
tcident may be regarded as satisfac-
torily closed. New York Times.
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Hints on DafryinG.

As a rule, with any kind of setting
now practiced, the cream will all be
at the top as soon as the temperature
stops falling. 1t will, if the tempera-
ture is run down to forty-fiye degrees
or below. The more rapid the cool
ing the more rapid the separation. 1t
is not we'll to go below freezing.
It is best to remove the cream
while the milk is sweet, so that the
milk can be fed sweet to the pigs or
calves. No good dairyman favors let
ting the milk more than slightly be-
gin to change before skimming. To
let the milk Topper is positively bad,
as it renders it impossible to remove
the cream without taking too much
Gaseous matter with it. When cream
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King Of Slams Decorations.

The King of Siam carries back with
him the grand cross of the Order of
st. Andrew of Russia, st. Stephen of
Hungary, Saints Maurice and Lazarus
and the Annunciation of Italy, the
Elephant of Denmark. the Black Eagle
Of Prussia, the Lion of the Neither
lands, Charles III of Spain, the Con-
ception of Portugal and st. Savior of
Greece. OF minor orders his insignia
would load Bangkok mule. But His
Majesty kicked furiously because he
was not decorated with the Order of
the Garter in England.
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Moral Geography.
The LARGEST river is Time.


The deepest ocean is Death.
The highest mountain is called Sue
cess.
The most highly civilized country is
To-day.
The region where no man hath ever
set foot is called Tomorrow.
The region where no living thing
hath habitation is called Yesterday.
Few reach the top, save those who
watch sharply for the passing of the
spirit of the mountain, Opportunity,
who carries upward all those that
seize hold upon him.
The greatest desert is called Life,
and it hath many GASES. These are
called Hope and Ambition and Love
and Charity and Home; and of them
all the last is the most beautiful. Be.
sides these are many others, smaller
in extent, whence the traveller obtain
eth refreshments during the weary
Journey through life.
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Our Farm Homes.

Our farm homes have not yet been
readjusted to modern ideas, modern
conveniences and modern necessities,
says writer in Voice. This change
has taken place in town life; and 80
left the farm house far in the rear.
Attempts at readiustment have almost
invariably been erroneous, if not fool
ish. For instance, there has been an
effort to recreate rural architecture,
but it has not been in the, way OF
creating a distinctive farmhouse,
adapted to those needs. which have
grown up around and with country
life. All about the country our new
farmhouses, for the most part, are
poor limitations of city houses. Some
times they are nothing more than city
houses, built far away from the need
of any such building. A little thought
will show to any farmer that such q
house is exactly what he does not
need. The city house is lifted high
up into the air from necessity, with
little consideration for outlook, but
with good deal of consideration for
neighboring houses. It is built to be
adjusted to city waterworks and gas
and paved streets. All these the
country dweller does not have.
The. country house, on the contrary,
should be adjusted to entirely differ
ent needs. It should he broad, and
not high; it should be surrounded by
verandas, alcoves, porches, and oil
other possible outlooks. It should, in
other words, be adjusted to land and
landscape. It should have three
things about it-frst of all, plenty of
room, second, plenty of trees and
vines, and third, plenty of water. The
farmer, in building a house, should
provide for these three things or con-
slider his home a failure. We may
now add one more point that modern
invention at last is making it possible
for us to secure. I mean that the
country house should be built for 80
ciety. The rural telephone service is
easily adjustable to farm houses, so as
to break up their isolation, and bind
them together into social life fully
as pleasant as that enjoyed by the in
habitants of town. The cost of such
service is Insignificant, and the result
is the abolition of that isolation which
has rendered farm life of late almost
intolerable. About six farm houses
may thus be bound together so as to
enjoy the most familiar intercourse
and be able to call upon each other for
assistance in time of need. This new
farm grouping is rapidly taking place,
and it seems not improbable that by
1900 will have fairly covered the whole
country,
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Items of Interest.

Neglect ruins the best roads; use
only wears them.
Each rod in width adds to the road
two acres per mile.
Poor highways are incompatible
with the public welfare.
Keep the roads clean and the atten-
ton thus called to them will soon re-
suit in their being still further i'm
proved.
Facilities for easy travel and for
hauling freight long distances are
amply provided for by the railway.
We now want equally 60 cd facilitie
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Fowls do not wear overcoats.
Only little crack OF nail-hole-
but? }1a,.l~> - 5stt
Only small head roosting near said
little crack or nsil-hole-butp
Only little cold contracted from
the little draught-but? It's roup.
Clear, cold water is great thing in
butter making, but hot water is quite
as essential.
Better cover the sides and roof Of
the poultry house with tarred (or
other, roofing paper, then there will
be no cracks.
Don't let the animals become poor
by trying to winter them too cheaply.
Judicious feeding and care the year
round is what we are after.
Always use paper on the outside
Of the house first, and then line the in.
side if thought necessary. It will be
necessary for very cold climates.
The pigs will, if given the oppor.
tunity, do much cleaning where
threshing was done out DOORS; so will
the chickens, and without tearing the
ground up 30 much. ...,,. -
Let those who are building up their
focks and herds not neglect to head
them with the best animals obtsinable.
These can be bought right, while
scrubs are dear at any price.
When it comes to quality, there is
far less difference in the best b utter
made by deep and shallow setting and
by centrifugal separating than dairy.
men were formerly led to suppose.
A ton of butter taken from the farm
removes scarcely any fertility, while a
ton Of wheat removes about $751; 30
worth and ton of corn about s.
worth. Surely, the dairy farm should
improve. .....
Men who have made great records
in any department of live stock, have
first learned how to handle the stock
for best results and then got the ami
mails that were built for that kind of
business.
ALI that a farmer has to do to in
augurate q system of improvement in
his poultry is to kill off every scrub
cock and replace them with thorough
breds; next season they will be half
breeds, long step ahead.
If a young man is thinking of being
breeder of any improved breeds of
live stock, and he has not learned of a
successful father, he better put in a
year for some man who has mastered
the business, rather than start without
that experience.
Compared with well-rotted barn ma
nure, there are 1880 pounds of phos-
phoric acid in hen manure to six in
barn manure, forty-one pounds of pot
ash to ten in barn manure. The analy-
sis is based on a ton each of hen and
barn-yard manures.
There is no good reason why the
family flock of poultry on every farm
in the land should not be graded up to
high quality by crossing with pure
bred males; at this season of the year
thousands of pure bred cockerels are
for sale at reasonable figures.
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A Duke's Endowment.

On the occasion of the wedding Of
the Duchess of Teck to her handsome
but impecunious husband, her brother,
the Duke of Cambridge, gave vent to
his unfortunate habit of thinking
aloud. When the Duke of Teck SOL
emnly pledged himself with all his
worldly goods to endow the bride, the
Duke of Cambridge marred the sol
emnity of the occasion by exclaiming
quite audibly: "Well, by Jove! And
Wales gave him his shirtsp-Crypt.
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for short distance travel on the COM

for short distance travel on the COM
mon roads.
Public opinion is all powerful.
When free roads are demanded by the
people, means to make them all free
will readily be found.
A legislative committee in Connec-
ticut is giving hearings on the sub
ject of bonding the State for money
with which to build good roads; to
give it authority, or at least veto pow
er, in the choice Of roads to be i'm
proved; to develop continuous lines of
well-made highway, and to make road
building easy for small, poor towns.
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There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For q great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
consti itutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
10 drops to q teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They OFFER one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address -. CHENEY& Co, Toledo, O.
: Sold by Druggists, TIC.
! HALLS Eamiiy Pills are the best.
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Cellar WinterinR.

Bees may be successfully wintered
in cellars, if properly managed, but
it takes care and experience in most
cases to make sure SUCCESS of it. A
cellar used for bees should be for, bees
alone and not for other purposes, from
the fact that cellar that contained
dscayed fruits and vegetables would
not be as healthy for bees, besides
frequent visits to the cellar would an.
noy the bees and may result in disas-
ter to them. A part of a cellar that
is securely partitioned off exclusively
to itself might answer, if proper pre-
caution is always taken on enteringit,
or doing any work in it while the bees
are there.-Agricultural Epitomist,
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Evnporated Onions.

A company at Bath, engaged in t.e
evaporating business, has successfully
discovered o process of evaporating
potatoes and onions, and con reduce
goods into one-tenth the space they
originally filed. The evaporating
process for onions is highly success.
full, and carload will be made ready
for the Yukon market.-London (On-
tario) Advertiser.
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How Road Repairs Are Made.

A sample of wasteful and extrava-
CANT road work was lately noticed by
the Government Road Commissioners
in o Canadian town. For seventy five
years broken stone and gravel had
been placed on one street until there
is depth of from two to three feet of
stone. The money spent on it was
sufficient topave all the streets in town
with asphalt, brick or other good ma
tarial.
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! GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Toll Gates in New York.

The agitation in favor of better and
cleaner highways has aroused pub
tic sentiment that is not likely to be
satisfied until the roads are every
where both good and free. A lawyer
in Albany, N. Y, writes as follows to
local paper:
"By common consent the toll gates
and toll bridges which surround Al
bany are voted public nuisance that
should be abolished forthwith. Their
tolerance does not argue well for the
intelligence or morals of the commun-
ity. That they have been tolerated
for an hundred years in the past does
not indicate that they must unnecessarily
be tolerated for another hundredyea
to come. Some time or other, and
that in the near future, these relics Of
barbarism will be prohibited forever.
There will never be time more fav-
oreble to begin the preliminary pro-
ceedings than the time being. 1 am
aware that the toll gate nuisance is
pretty we'll entrenched in law; or the
the forms of law, but deny that they
have, in justice, any right to legal
existence. T am also we'll aware that
any bill designed to abolish them will
meet with the desperate, sordid op-
position of those who claim to be en-
dowed with so-called vested rights,
to wit, a perpetual right to plunder
the public until the end of time. - -.
"Take, as an instance in point, the
old wooden bridge at Waterford. That
massive structure was built by cor
poration, chartered in 1903, the cor
porate life of which was limited
originally by statute to seventy-fve
years, after which the bridge, with all
its appurtenances, was to become a
free public highway, owned by the
people of the Stste of New York.
Many years prior to the year 1873,
with the usual disregard to the rights
of the people, that manifestly wise
and just provision of the charter was
repealed, and, consequently, this use
full and substantial structure, the
builders of which were amply repaid
for their investment, is now owned
by close corporation who render no
useful and necessary service to the
people of the commonwealth, yet who
admit that they divide, annually, a
clear net profit in cash of $4,000.
'tIt is, perhaps, more than probable
that the earnings, or toll collections,
from this bridge are sufficient for ad-
diional profits at least equal to that
amount, which may be divided each
year in the form of liberal salaries to
the officers, but there is no inforna-
ton accessible to the put lie on that
point. T have been informed, how
ever, that not infrequently the toll col
lected from those who have occasion
to cross the bridge amounts to nearly
or quite five hundred dollars within
single twenty-four hours" ".
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spaIn's Substitute For Telephones.

In Spain, where the telephone is
largely used in place of the telegraph,
an ingenious application of the phoho-
graph to record the telephone mes
sages has been made. The receiving
operator repeats the message into a
phonograph, from which it can after
ward be transcribed at leisure.
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Pasteur,s Foreetfulness.

The late DR.. Pasteur was as absent
minded as Edison. Even on the morn
ing of his marriage he forgot all about
the approaching ceremony and went
off to his laboratory. The bride and
the attendants went to the church, but
no Pasteur turned up. A search was
instituted and Pasteur was found deep
in chemical experiments and utterly
oblivious of the fact that he was to be
made benedict that dsy.-Philadel-
phia Record. -
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Hou to;Hash g,th u.re.

>, Hard water, ~ strong lye, or inferior
laundry soap are responsible for the yellow
clothes seen in many households. To wash
properly, I'LL tub nearly full Of hot
water, put the white clothes In. first, rub I
with Ivory Soap, scald, rinse and starch.
When dry, sprinkle and fold down over !.
night and Iron carefully. ELIZA B. PARKEs.
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A Practical Lesson.

Towns in South Carolina located
near to the State line and not far from
Charlotte, N. G., have lost much trade
Of late, as the farmers prefer to haul
over the good roads into another State
) in preference to using the poor roads
of their own State. This experience
has been instrumental in inaugursting
a movement for good roads in South
Carolina.
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French Village Mail.

One of the latest horseless carriages
in France is adjusted to take the place
of engines on steam railway tracks for
the delivery of mail late at night in
small villages, which is required by
the Government. The railroads find
their use an economic advantage.
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Cut Straw on the Floor.

1t is well to again call attention to
the Importance of using cut straw on
the poultry-house floor after cold
weather begins, as it serves to. keep
the house warm. Leaves are also ex-
cellent, but the supply is soon e1-
hausted. It is important to cut the
straw short. If only one inch in
length, all the better, and. use it lib
orally, spreading it on the floor to a
depth of two or three inches. When
feeding whole grain to the hens scat
ter the grains in the cut straw, and do
the same with millet-seed. The hens
will be induced to scratch, which will
be beneficial to them, promote the ap-
petite and induce laying.-Farm
News. .Y
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One PROBLEM She Can : !. solve.

One Problem She Cam Solve.
There is no woman in the land 30
bad an arithmetician that she could not
calculate how much her husband
would save if he did not smoke. Lon
don Figaro.
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a Novel pxbgh1t

The Kansas farmers will exhibit at the
Omaha Trans Mississippi Exposition q car
load Of Cancelled mortgages. VI G5.s u
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Eighteen Grandsons as Pallbearera.
B Eighteen grandsons Of the late William
Belt, OF Baltimore, Md, bore his body to
the grave few days ago. No hearse or
carriages were used.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
meas after first days use Of DR.. Kine's Great
Nerve Resrorer. S3trial bottle and treatise free
nR r. a KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa
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Deep-Sea Diving.

A record in British deep-sea diving
was created on the Clyde, when Diver
Walker descended l36 feet, and was
under water for forty minutes.