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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The common house fly makes 600
strokes of it's wings per second when
flying at its highest speed, The
dragon fly makes 11,5oo.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world, is that which
has recently been prepared by Lon
don, Berlin and Partisan astronomers.
It shows at least 6s,000, 600 stars.
The only electric traction adapted
for crowded city streets is the Vuil-
leumier system, Professor Silvanus P.
Thompson contends, supplying cur
rent through contacts in the roads
surface. /
An Illinois man has patented a hoe
which has divided shank at the end
of the handle to support two narrow
blades, the device being useful in
wedding both sides Of small plants at
once without interfering with the
plant. .....
Steel bushel baskets are pressed
from one piece of thin cold-rolled
sheet steel entirely without seams and
we'll galvanized. They will not leak,
and can be used for all purposes for
which an ordinary splint basket is
adapted. . " s
In handy combination tool just
placed on the market, the metallic
handle is divided into two sections to
operate pair of pliers, claws and
wire cutter, with a ,hatchet blade on
one head and a hammer head and
claw on the opposite head.
Animals are often able to bear very
protracted fasting. In the italian
earthquakes of 1795 two hogs were
buried at Soriano in the ruins of q
building. They were taken out alive
forty-two days later, but very lean and
weak. A dog at he same time and
place was buried for twenty-three
days and recovered. +"
An eminent naturalist says that
every thread of what we eSll the
spiders web is made up of about
5000 separate fibers. If pound Of
this thread were required it would oo-
cupy nearly $4,000 spiders full year
to furnish it. The author of this
statement does not inform US how
long the thread would be, but it is
safe to say that it would reach several
times, around the world.
Two companies, one French and the
other British, carry on the extensive
manganese mines on the Cyolades,
Greece. The beds exist in parallel
layers in q hill rising abrubtly from
the shore to q height of about 400 feet.
Eighteen tunnels, from 100 to 400 feet
long, have been opened in the beds,
with veins of from two to six feet OF
ore, which is intermixed with clay.
The separation Of ore from clay is
very easy and inexpensive. -.
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Recalling Letters. .

Many times people would like to re-
call letter after it has been
mailed. This can be done even after
the letter has reached the postofice at
its destination. At every postofice
are what are called Withdrawal
blanks" On application they will be
furnished, and when a deposit is made
to cover the expense, the postmaster
will telegraph to the postmaster at the
letters destination asking that it be
promptly returned. The applicant
first signs this agreement: 1T is
hereby agreed that, if the letter is re.
turned to me, 7 will protect you from
any and all claims made against you
for any loss you may sustain by rea-
son Of such action. And herewith de-
posiS$- cover all expenses incurred,
and will deliver to you the en-
velope of the letter returned" In
many cases parties have made remit
tances to fraudulent parties or ir-
responsible firms, and have in this
way succeeded in recalling the letters.
New Ideas.
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Ants That Live on Honey.

20.
Twelve million dairymen ants have
been discovered on the western bor-
der of Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The entire colony lives in ten-acre
lot on the Phillips estate, near Atglen.
These curious little creatures gain
livelihood by securing the honey Of
the aphides, tiny insects which live
on rose bushes and grapeyines.
When disturbed they yield q single
drop fof honey. This the dairyman
ant knows, and 30 he pats and fairly
embraces the aphide. At once The
honey appears, which the ant con.
sumes as greedily as a child devours
candy. He continues to disturb the
frightened aphide until its store Of
honey is exhausted, when he seeks,
if his appetite is not satisfied, another
living honey storehouse.
The homes Of these ants are mounds
ten feet high. They are curious little
fellows. The head and the chest are
q bright red,' but the abdomen is
black. Otherwise they much resem.
BILE the ordinary big black ants found
in gardens in this city. Each mound
contains several castles. There is
first of all, ;the ant aristocracy, made
up of the male and female ants
They have wings and are about six
sixteenths Of an inch long.
They work not, neither do they
spin. It is their exclusive task to
raise the young. Next in rank are
the worker-majors. These are six
teenth inch shorter than the males
and females and are without wings
New York Journal.
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The Pig-Eating Sow.

In answer to the question; "Why
will SOW sometimes destroy and eat
her young pigs?" the Western Swine
herd says: "There may be several diff
ferent causes for this trouble.
ssIn some cases we have seen SOW
evidently suffering from a form OF
hysteria, similar to what is known as
puerperal mania in the medical pro-
fession, and in such cases the trouble
has been very much aggravated, gen.
orally, by injudicious handling. If
SOW is inclined to be wild and nervous
as the time for parturition approaches,
the best plan is to leave her alone.
Do not go into her pen at all; it will
only aggravate her. Handle your
sows as much as possible while young,
and nine times out of ten you will
have no.trouble at narrowing time; but
if you have, make it a rule not to
interfere unless absolutely obliged to,
and on no account allow stranger to
60 near the pen.
''In other cases we have been salts
fed that the SOW was induced to eat
her pigs through an unnatural craving
produced by an unhealthy condition
of the body. Once acquired, the prac-
tice soon becomes habitual, and under
these circumstances the best place for
the SOW is the fattening pen.
"We think, however, that careful
handling, no harsh treatment, and O
moderate amount of food of cooling
and slightly laxative description with
regular allowance of salt and ashes,
and, perhaps, in>some cases, a dose OF
salts shortly before farrowing time
will be the best safeguard against sucG
trouble.
"We notice a statemen. by writer
in one of our exchanges attributing the
cause of this trouble to thirst, and re.
commencing plentiful supply of warm
water to be produced for the SOW aftel
farrowing. We quite agree with the
advisability of this, and will add that
svery sow, whether inclined to destroy
her pigs or not, should have plenty oi
fresh, warm water within her reach
after farrowing."
Our own opinion, backed by some
of the best breeders, is that the feed
ing of cooling, laxative food before far
rowing is the best preventiye.-Farm
Field and Fireside.
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Peers In Trade

Two peers carry on the trade OF
milkmen in London, and there is also
Q titled fruiterer. Heis no other than
the Earl of Harrington, who keeps q
shop at the Trafalgar Square end OF
Whitehall. His lordship's name is
not up, but he acknowledges the con,
nection by calling the establishment
"Elvaston," after his castle in Derby
shire. The windows, too, are placard'
ed with the frank announcement that
the fruit is ''from our own gardens. "
Tit Bits.
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Accidents and Hearing.

Professor Burkner, in his lectures
in the clinic for ear diseases at Got
tingen recently, referring to the num-
erous railroad accident that have oc-
Cured in Germany of late, said that
it is probable that many were due to
imperfect hearing on the part of rail-
road employees. While large classes
of employees have their vision tested
periodically, and often also their hear
ing, yet deficiencies in hearing capa-
CITY occur among them frequently
which are not detected by these ex-
aminations. Many who suppose their
hearings to be be perfectly good, by
careful testing are found to have very
serious defects. By reason of this
general self-deception, no faith should
be put in mans own statement that
he hears we'll with both ears.
The practical investigation Of the
sense of hearing demands such mas.
terry of the various methods used as
can hardly be required from the or.
dinary physician. The professor said
a great part of the trainmen, and par
ticularly of the enginemen, after a
relatively short term of service, no
longer possess normal hearing, though
many of them may still be fit for SER
vice. An adequate acuteness of hear
ing is of the greatest Importance, not
only among trainmen, but track guards
and switchmen; these and others
should have good hearing in both
ears. A man hard of hearing in one
ear has great difficulty in determining
from what direction sound comes.
The safety of travellers and Of the en-.
ployes themselves, said the professor,
requires that far more attention be
paid to the ears of railroad men.
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Usefulness OF the Owl.

"Can there be any possible harm in
killing owls for women's hats?" ex-
claimed New York milliner to a mem
Der of the Audubon Society the other
day. '.Of what use are the horrid
creatures to anybody?"
The pretty milliner was quite sur
prised when told that owls were very
useful birds. Owls eat the field mice
and other small rodents that work
great injury to the farmer, and every
one that is lost not only means men
ace to the farmers, but 8 distinct loss
Z to agriculture.
DR.. G. Hart Merriam, ornithologist
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture, has estimated that in
offering a bounty on owls and hawks,
which resulted in the killing of more
than 100000, the State of Pennsyl-
vania sustained loss of nearly $5,.
900, ,0O0in one year anda half.-Boston
: Globe. ,--s-ya
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Spiders as Barometers.

One of the best weather prophets is
the spider. If there happens to be a
web in the secluded corner OF the
porch watch it carefully for few days
or weeks and the spider will 'unfail-
ingly predict the coming of storms.
When the spider sits still and dull in
the middle of its web rain is not far
off. If it be active, however, and con-
tinues so during shower, then it will
be of brief duration and sunshine will
follow. ....
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Electric Snow Plow.

A pneumatic snow plow, driven by
electricity, is certainly as up-to-date a
machine as any one could desire to
use in winter. Its novelty consists in
the fact that the snow is blown off the
track by blast instead of being swept
away or removed by some sort of snow
pillow. 1t is a pioneer invention,
which cannot be too soon introduced
into England, for, although the sum-
mer has just left US, we shall be very
soon plunged into the heart of winter.
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Electric Contribution Boxes.

The minister of a progressive church
has recently introduced an electric
contribution box. By pressing but
ton several small silver cars lined
with velvet run along q miniature rail.
way placed at the back Of each pew.
As they pass along, the members Of
the congregation drop in their offer.
ings. All the cars concentrate at on {
point and the collection is taken out.
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Securing Early Lettuce.

The outdoor crop of spring lettuce
nay be made several days earlier by
sowing the seed in some sheltered
place late in fall. It is not likely that
# sown now any Of the lettuce will
come up this fall. A few leaves scat
tered over the bed will keep the seed
from injury, and it will sprout and
grow with the first warm weather in
spring. Almost every one has seen
self-sown lettuce on the beds where il
was grown and went to seed the previ.
GUS year. It is much more forward
than spring -sown lettuce can be had
in the same locality.
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Winter Feeding OF Live Stock.

It would be better where there is q
rapid growth, if possible, to withhold
the stock from blue grass until mid
winter. The advance in grain values
has induced most farmers with live
stock to put up liberal quantities OF
corn fodder. This will prove a for
tunate reserve for the shortage in au-
tumn grass. The abundant rains OF
early summer supplied good yield OF
hay, as a rule. The hay market now
is low compared with grain values.
There seems to he no occasion for
alarm as to great advance in the val
ues of stock food within the coming
six months.
The feeder should give full atten-
ton to the subject of the proper diet
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"A rattlesnake, four feet nine inches
long, camped on the face of Professor
Charles Rice, abugologist, as he slept
in the Sierra Mountains. When the
reptile started to get in his fine work
the professors companion discharged
iit by charge of buckshot delivered in
the right spot.
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Quite q Difference.

Algy-'I just complimented Miss
Oletimer upon her looking so young,
and she seemed offended-I supposed
women liked to be told that they looked
young"
Beggy-"And 80 they do, Algy; but
not complimented upon PUCK,
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How's This /?

We offer One Hundred Dollsrs Reward for
any ca Q of Catarrh that cannot bs cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
~ F.J.CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. Q.
We, the undersigned, have known T. J. Che
-ney for the last Is years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business t-ansaStons
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton m.de by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
y Ohio.
wALDINe, KIHNAR & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
: Halls Catarrh Cnre is taken internally, act
2ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur;
faces Of the system. Piice, 75c. per bottle. Sold
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
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The Oldest Man.

Sunday School Teacher-.tCan any
little boy tell me what man attained
the greatest age in the world?" w ~
Bobby (holding up his handl 81
can." III ~ a6
Teacher-'Well, whoa" q Fl
Bobby-"Sants Claus. -Hsrper,s
Round Table. 81. 4 z. /, Il ~
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South African Diamonds.

It is estimated that over eighty tons
of diamonds have been unearthed in
the South African fields during the
last eighteen years. These represent
4 total value Of $3.50, 100000.
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Raspberrfes.


Read before the Missouri Horticul
tural Society, by D. A. Turner: Rasp.
berries should be planted Sx4 feet
apart, plant as early IN the spring al
the ground will work we'll or gooi
plan is to let the plants get from five
to eight inches high and you will be
sure to have stand.
Cultivation should be thorough anc
shallow, T use Plant Junior five shove
plow and a two (2) horse cultivate,
and cultivate every eight to ten days
from the time the plants are set Il
August 20, and hoe every other plow'
ing; no weeds or grass allowed tc
grow.
Pruning the first year, pinch bach
when sixty-one to twenty inches high
it will make them more stocky and
will throw out laterals the second
year, pinch back when two to three
feet high. I never take out the ole
wood till spring, for it is protection
to the new bones, shorten in the Ia,
teral shoots from ten to eighteen inches
in early spring varities. p p
have been growing raspberries fol
twenty years and now place the Kan.
sas at the head, it stands the winte,
better and resists "Anthrognose" bet
ter than any T know of. It is very
near as, large as the Gregg and much
better in quality and second early and
makes fine, large tips and fine bones.
The Progress is the best early var
iety here, fine and large and makes 6
better bone than the Tolmer and does
we'll on the sandy clay land.
The Queen of the West is good
one, and makes the largest cane Of
any other variety except the Shoffel
and point about the Nemahah. The
red varieties T will say nothing about
for they have not been success with
me, I have number of varieties now
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3-Fl'.E Try Grnfn.O! Try GrainsO
Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of Grain D. the new food drink that takes
/ the place Of coffee. The children may drink
it withou. injury "a we'll as the adult. All
who try Il like II. Grain-0 has that rich seal
brown Of Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives It without distress. One-quarter the
price of coffee. IS cts. and rs cts. per package.
Sold bv all procers
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Wind Pump For Irrigation.

The wind pump, which many farm.
ers now use to supply water for thei,
stock, could be used successfully for
irrigation without much expense OF
the small streams of running water
might be gathered in reservoirs and
utilized for the lower grounds. The
gardeners and small fruit growers now
use these methods with great success
and raise four or five times as much
food on their few acres as they could
do without their constant supply of
water. This intense farming with
means for irrigation must spread from
the suburban regions where it is now
practiced over wider regions through
the country until irrigation in times OF
drought shall become common among
the farmers.
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Negotiations extending over three
wears were necessary before Michigan,
man could buy two Islands, compris-
ing five acres, from the Government.
The price paid WAS $5. 30.
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A Costly Blunder.

It cost the city of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
$50 the other day when Hungarian
girl tried to mail letter in fire alarm
box,
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LOSS OF APPETITE,
SICK HEADACHE,
INDIGESTION,
DIZZY FEELINGS,
Female COMPLAINTS.
BILI0USNESS,
DYSPEPSIA, -.

PERFECT DIGESTION win be accomplished by
nroneies they stimulate the liver IN the secretion
~ the bile and its discharge through the hillary
ducts. These Pills in doses from two to four VII
latent from these disorders. One or two Of Rsd-
way's pills, taken daily by those subject to bilious
pains ana torpidity the liver, viii keep the sys-
teln regular and secure healthy digestion.
Price. 25 cts. per Box Sold by all druggists, or
sent BY mail on receipt Of price. ...
RADWAY e. CO., IS Elm St., New York.
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To Cure A Cold in Ono Day.
4. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
Z Druegists refund money II 1t falls to cure 20.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use of DR.. Hines Great
Nerve Restorer. $2trial bottle and treatise free
sDR, r. a, KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch st, Phila., Pa.
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Wooden Shoe, Of the East,

Japan has but one leather shoe
factory, nearly every one wearing
shoes of wood or straw. ~.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
.teefhinR, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
Hon. aiiays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle.
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Merchants of towns adjacent to Cleve-
land, Ohio, have asked the railroads to not
give shopping" excursions to Cleveland.
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Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
Schildren's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. Nd. d.
BLUNT Sprague Wash, March g. 1884.
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Try Grnin.O! Try Grain.O

>$ A Frenchman estimates that there are In
} the world about 10000 libraries.
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The advantages of Sulphur as q purifier
Glenn,s Sulphur Soap places within reach OF all
Hills Hair & Whisker Dye, black or brown, &c.
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Chew Star Tobacco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
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DADWAY'S
IL PILLS

Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Cause Per;
feet Digestion, complete absorption and heslthful
reglnrity. For the cure ofan disorders OF the
stemsch. Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
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INVENTORS! 1S DsH,. Rs.ss. sssts sssssss. sssss
advertising No Raten: no pay" Prizes medal ad
fo,o Res. Advice free. Highest rsfeserees.
Write us. WATSON e. COLEMAN, solic1.
for Of patents, p02 F. Street. Washington, p.O
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aREAT RARoAINS IN FARMS,

81, ,,o THAT Il can do"-Mn Lucy PnAszy Center vt
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-15

~-An extremely warm day followed by
q threatening evening tended to give
Rev. Thos. Stephenson an audience en-
tirely too small for the merits OF the leo
ture last Friday evening. The lecture
was an interesting description Of Mr..
Stephenson's travels and was highly en-
joyed by those present. The acoustic
properties Of the church are not good
and the echo was decidedly unpleasant,
interfering with hearing many OF the fine
descriptive passages.
-Wadsworth Woman's Relief Corps
will meet first Wednesday OF each month
for next three months in Rockers hall at
3 o'clock p. m. A full attendance OF
membership desired at our next meeting.
ANNIE 8. BURR, Sec.
"A glorious rain fell on portion OF
the wiley Friday afternoon, relieving
scores Of farmers OF the labor of irriga-
tion, giving now life and growth to grass
on the range and cooling the heated ut
mosphere.
"A few days since Gibson & Fenlason
sold 21ff mere tract northwest OF town to
Mrs. Minnie Adams.
The Odd Fellows had pleasant sur
prise Tuesday evening. At the close of
the lodge meeting the Daughters Of Re.
bekah invaded the room with ice cream
and cake. Tl,ey were made welcome and
invited to come again.
w. B. Goblin, lawyer, and J. N. Fem
ton & Co., real estate agents, have moved
their Offices tn the room next door to
Smiths barber shop, and are prepared to
give ground-tloor legal advice and real
estate figures.
Last week Gibson 4 Feniason traded
an unimproved ten acres near Rocky
Ford to r. @. DAILY for ten acres Of i'm
proved land near Manzanola.
-Cretcher's Pharmacy has been stead
lly improved under the skillful care OF
Harry Rushmer until it is now one of
the neatest drug stores in the county.
Its shelves and show cases are filled with
everything IN the drug, medicine and
notion line. One of their show windows
presents an attractive array OF toilet arti-
cles presided over by two babies Of va
ried countenances.
If you want to SEQ rush and n
crush go to Phenicie's next Saturday and
Monday. For particulars see advertis-
ing columns.
General Agent Jessup OF Denver
was IN town on friday ana placed an
agency with the German-American Insur-
ance Co. with Steele l. Beall.
Harry Atchison, representing tho
Western Poultry & Game Co., Of St.
Louis, is in town to look after that 3j Cur
loads Of cantaloupes which his house has
contracted for with the Melon Growers
Association.
Santa Fe Special, continuous pas-
sage, east bound. one way rates: Kansas
City $40; st. Louis sl2.5O; Chicago s15.
Dates Of sale July Is to 20 inclusive; July
%, Is, %; August 1, 8, 8 and u. No
stopovers. Rates to intermediate points
will not be higher.