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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
S~uHOcatiOn In q Sil0.

The suffocation Of three men by car
bonic acid gas in a silo in Wisconsin Is
reported. Carbonic acid gas Is not in
itself a poison. but being heavier than
the air it had collected below the silo
opening to such a depth that the men
entering the silo were drowned as If in
water. While this case occurred
through an unusual combination of
circumstances, 1t seems to show the
desirability Of starting the cutter be-
fore men enter a silo that has been left
standing for some time when filing is
in progress. The stirring Of the air by
the falling silage dilutes the gas and
renders 1t harmless. Doors should. be
so close together that the heads of the
men are always above an opening
when working. The accident appears
to have been analogous to the deaths
that occur when men descend into
wells and are overcome by accumulat-
ed gas.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
QUARTER SECTION OF CIRCULAR CORRAL.

QUARTER SECTION Of CIRCULAR CORRAL.
most successful sheep men Of the
Rocky Ford region. who buys south
western lambs and prepares them for
market. 1t is stated that Of the farm
Of 800 acres $50 are seeded to alfalfa
and the remainder Is used for pens.
barns and residence. The manner In
which the corrals and feed lots are ar.
ranged Is an admirable one for caring
for sheep, and 1t would be a hard mat
ter to devise a more practical arrange.
ment.
The corral Is circular in shape and
has a smaller pen in the center. Ra-
dating from this center pen to the out
side are fences. as shown In the cut.
which divide the outer portion Of the
corral into IL different pens. These
outside pens are called hay pens. where
the sheep remain when not In the corn
pens, W smaller pens in the center.
AT the immediate center of the corral
is located the corr bin or crib. Water
is furnished by near of a reservoir
and pipes. which are connected with
each pen, necessitating the use of six
MIGRANTS. one for each two pens. The
feeding pens are connected with gates
to the hay or outer pens.
Feed Is given twice a day. and it
usually takes three hours each time to
handle the II pens. Two pens are fed
at the same time. n pen on each side
Of the dividing fence. thus minimizing
both labor and time. All the corn used
is carefully weighed each day as it is
fed. This is a point that a good many
feeders overlook. A pair of hand scales
is kept at the pens, and not a grain Of
corn more than the determined weight
Is given.
The accompanying diagram shows a
little more than a quarter section of
the whole arrangement. !" a.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
FOR HUsKINo AND FODDER CARTING

axle OF gas pipe the desired length and
two pieces ! by 8 and 10 feet long for
sides. These are made up like a wheel
barrow. Then he puts uprights in a
slant owe the wheels. You can husk
Or end and pile the fodder on the
other end. He uses 1t for carting fod.
der from Une shock to the other and
has hauled i've shocks at nee on 1t. II
10 very handy In winter. when feeding
when the ground ID frozen. to wheel
fodder a. stra0v on.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
DO YOU
KNOW
The Gazette
Job Department

Turns out a better class of
work than any other printing
establishment in the Yellow.
stone valley.
We are prepared to do any
class of printing on short
notice..
We employ only first.class
workmen, and consequently
can guarantee
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
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FAR ,cARDE
WSB~
E PENS.

A Circular Corral Which Mintmizes
Time and Labor In eedin
Sheep men are divided somewhat IN
opinion as to the best manner or han
ding sheep when preparing them for
market. Some prefer square or OBJ
long pens, but a number Of Colorado
feeders build their pens on the general
plan of a circular Enclosure. Tie Daily
Drovers' Telegram gives an account.
which bears upon this point. OF til"
farm and feeding pens Of n Of the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03

A. H. Thurness, manager Willow Creek
Coal Co., Buffalo, Ohio, writes: | have
been affected with kidney and bladder
troubles for years, passing gravel or
stones, accompanied by excruclatlng
pains. Other medicines only gave tenn
porary relief. After taking Foley's Nd
ney Cure the result was surprising: A
few doses started the brick dust, little
fine stones, ETC., and now I have no pain
across my kidneys and feel like q new
q Foley's Kidney Cure has done me
$1,000 worth Of good. Holmes & Calhoun.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03

for the hives to rest on only Is used, as
a ground floor in the center is prefer
red. The objection to a much longer
house on the same plan is that it is not
convenient to move. and also that bees
become more or less confused where
so many entrances are close together
and all have the same appearance.
This has always been the objection to
beehouses, but small buildings such as
these, located around at different
places, overcome this objection.
In addition to the foregoing para.
graphs by A. H. Duff Of Kansas. The
Farm, Field and Fireside illustrates
the latest style of hives, with the state
ment that they are no mans private
property, but about every beekeeper's
furniture, used now almost exclusive.
" by all specialists. No. l is a hive
arranged for comb honey with two
supers, each containing "a n pound
section boxes, thus saving a surplus
capacity Of AZ pounds. The brood
chamber contains eight of the stand.
ard frames. Hive No. 2 is simply two
brood chambers, the upper set Of
frames used for extracting honey.
Cutting Dow Ensilage In the silo.
Where a silo Is SO large that in feed.
ing ensilage a layer cannot be remov'
ed daily to the depth Of about three
inches a Rural New Yorker writer rec
ommends to feed from a portion Of the
silo each day, instead of attempting to
feed from the entire surface, especially
in summer. During the winter It Is
probable that one would be able to
feed from the entire surface without
danger of having any Of the ensilags
spoiled.
A practicable way. he says. to secure
a smaller surface from which to feed
Is to cut down a portion of the ensilage
with a hay knife, just as one would
cut down a portion Of the haymow.
The knife used for this purpose should
be one with a serrated edge, and care
should be taken that the knife is well
sharpened. If the ensilage is cut down
SO that a smooth edge Is left exposed,
1t will be impossible for the air to pene.
trate to any considerable extent. and it
has been found in actual practice that
there is no waste whatever.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
Comparative Yields of Oats.

In four years experience in growing
oats the highest yielders at all the Ca
madam experimental farms have aver
aged as follows:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-11-03
Bushels. Pounds.
A Handy Device.

In making a husking horse an Ohio
Farmer correspondent employs a pair
Of old wheels of convenient size, an
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
TRAINING THE VOICE.
beauty of Utterance, In speech on
Song, Is IA Mark of Culture in
All Good Society.

Aristotle said: at is not only nee
essary to have something to say, it j.
also necessary to know how 20 say it,"
A well-trained voice is a mark of cul-
ture in all refined society. This is as
true in speech as in song; the same
principles govern both, but are even
more important in relation to speech.
Song implies a distinct art, whereas
speech is universal Modern civiliza-
ton eXacts purity of speech and dis
tlnct articulation, but
'Tis not enough the voice be sound and
clear,
'Tis modulation that most charms the ear.
Sir Morrcll Mackenzie says: ut is a
mistake to think that speaking requires
no special training and exercise. Even
III ordinary conversation speaking is an
art. and a difficult one" Fer the clu b
woman and the woman of society not
to specially cultivate the speaking OF
conversational voice is tC handicap
them with { defect wholly unnecessary
4 weI-moddlated voice may be ac-
uuired il adult life, but the preferable
period Of requirement is in childhood
and youth.
The generality of mothers are not
awake to the beauty of utterance. II
they were they would consider the ac-
quisition of a weil-moduiated speaking
or conversational voice should go hand
in hand with piano-playing and sing
ing. If the cultivation of the every
day speaking voice had been given
the attention and study that piano
playing has received, the disagreeabIe
element so often complained of in the
American voice would have disappeared
long ago.
Spurgeon said: 81 believe that every,
one should train his voice and body un-
der some system of elocution. First,
for the health it affords; second, for
is educating effects; third, for the ad-
vantage it gives over others for use
fulness. Chicago Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
A TALK ABOUT TEA.
Some 1t Affects Most Pleasantly,
others Are Seriously Poisoned
by Single Cup.

Among "the cups that cheer but not
inebriate" tea and coffee stand pre-
eminent Tea is, as a rule, the favori a
in nothern latitudes, while the con-
sumption of coffee is greatest in warm
countries.
Like most things in this world, es-
pecialIy like most stimulants, tea has
its good and it's bad side. When taken
in moderation, and by one with whom
it does not disagree-for some persons
cannot drink even small cup without
symptoms of poisoning-tea is a stimu-
liant, relieving mental and bodily IA
tigue, promoting intellectual activity,
curing tired" headache and causing
a most agreeable sense of well being or
even eXhilaration.
Part of this effect is doubtless due to
the hot water-in itself powerful
stimulant-yet not all, for cold tea acts
almost equally well. When one feels
cold, the heat and the alkaloid caffeine
or theine-in a cup of tea act as
stimulants to the heart, increasing
the warmth of the body. On the
other hand, hot tea is asserted to be
cooling in hot weather by reason Of the
profuse Precipitation which it induces,
The evil effects of overindulgence in
tea are greater than the good effects
Just mentioned. Taken in excessive
quantity, or even in moderate quantity
by one with whom it does not agree.
tea causes marked dyspeptic and nerN-
GUS disturbances. Tea drunkards suf-
fer from catarrh of the stomach, fiatu-
lence, inactivity of the bowels-or
sometimes the reverse-palpitation OF
the heart, nervous unrest, muscular
twitchings and wallefulness.
Some people, who can usually drink
tea without any evil consequences, find
that they cannot do so if they happen
to be worried or in mental distress; at
such times the beverage, instead OF
cheering, aggravates the worry and
adds to it the misery of Indigestion,
Some of the dyspeptic troubles pro
! duced by tea are doubtless due to the
| tannin which is contained in il in vary
ing amounts, according to the kind and
quality, and which is extracted from
the leaves especially by long sleeping
| or by boiling. Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
BLIND MATT1Es TALKING GLOVE.

she sits and waits she talks to herself
and often kisses the simple little cotton
thing, her key to everything about her
Blind Mattie's story is remarkable.
She was born healthy and perfect, and
until she reached her eighth year
showed no signs of disease or deform-
ity.
Whep she was eight years old her
brother died, and she was dreadfully
shocked by the event. One day she en-
tered a vacant room in her home in
Newark and there imagined she saw her
dead brother, and that he said to her:
Matte, where's pa?"
The sound Of his voice struck her
dumb. and when she was found she had
lost the senses which never returned.
One of the saddest parts Of this ~
that the shock which caused her great
sorrow was only imaginary. Hoctors
from all parts of the country have
worked on the case, with no good re-
suits.
She remembers how the sky looks
and what it is like to hear sounds, but
never again on earth will she enter the
light of material things.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
STRONG ROPE HALTER.

strap (A) passes. On the throatlatch
is a sliding loop CD, as shown, to make
that part which goes over the horses
head larger or smaller. On each side
the straps &C E) are held together by
means of a loop (J), which is movable
on them as required. 1t will be seen
that the halter is formed of three
straps only and that the straps can
easily be adjustable, so that the halter
will fit any hor e by simply sliding or
moving the loops ID and j j, as well as
the loops G G of the cheek pieces. By
sliding the loop ID down on the throat
latch the halter can be put on the horse,
and when put on the loop d is moved
up again to fasten it. The three straps
of the halter can be made of leather,
rope or any other suitable material.-
Farm and Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
lueer Nnmes for Women.

The wives of some of the Indian
braves have names as odd and often as
droll as their husbands. They seem to
have cognomens of their own too and
not TO take those of their spouses only.
Some of the actual names given in a
census of the families of the scouts al
one place include Mrs. Short Nose. who
was before her marriage Miss Piping
Woman; Mrs. Big Head, formerly Miss
Short Face; Mrs. Nibbs, formerly Miss
Young Bear; Mrs. White Crow, former
ly Miss Crook Pipe; Mrs. Howling
Water, formerly Miss Crow Womau;
also Mrs. Sweet Water, Miss Walk High,
daughter of Mr.. White Calf, and Miss
Usage, daughter Of Mr. Hard Case.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
FATTENING HOGS.
Not Until Farmers Understand the
Science of Feeding VIII They Pro-
duce the Best Pork.

No country on earth can produce
pork as cheaply as we can. No fault
can be found with the hams and shout
ders from American hogs, and only the
absence of lean streaks prevents our
bacon from taking first place. Under
present conditions we cannot afford to
produce bacon such as comes from Den
mark and Ireland, because there is
more profit in producing weight with
corn. With all these advantages of
cheap feed and favorable climatic con-
ditions, we can produce pork very
cheaply, but we should not be content
with this. We should try to produce
better pork than we do without adding
to the cost.
Very few farmers would say they 90
not know all about raising hogs, but
the truth is, very few really do know
the best way to feed for the best re-
suits in quality, gain in weight and
healthfulness.
Most farmers are inclined to think
the best way to feed a lot of hogs is to
put them in lot and keep corn by them
all the time. Corn and corn alone is
eiouSu IOi d HoS, tHt.y tllI1k, duu 10
feed this in unlimited quantities re-
quires neither judgment nor sense.
The average farmer does not read, nor
does he bother himself much with
thinking. The man who is above the
average reads and-thinks, and he knows
there is much to learn in even so sim-
pie an operation as raising hog. He
knows that corn alone does not fur
nish all the elements that go to make
perfect pork. The thinking farmer pro-
vides pasture of clover or blue grass
for his pigs, and gets them up to 100
pounds or above with grass, wheat
bran, skim milk and such nitrogenous
feeds as to make lean meat and bone
Then he feeds corn and oats or bran.
and toward the last feeds all the corn
the animals will eat, with good appe-
tite, and goes into the market with a
finished product that he may be proud
of, which has not cost him any more
than full corn-fed hog would have
cost. When all farmers follow this
course, then will American pork have
come into its own and the price viii
rise to its true value.-Farmers' Ye;ce
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
Alfalfa Is n Good Crop.

In the localities where it succeeds.
which are mainly in the arid regions of
the west, alfalfa is much more pro-
ductive than clover. 1t has also the
advantage that once the ground is seed
ed with it the plant will live for
years. The chief drawback is that it
takes longer to get start, the plant
not making much growth until late thu
first season. 1t is very impatient of
wet, and cannot be grown where the
ground during spring and late in win
ter is flooded. After the first year
three crops of hay may be, cut in year,
and as the plant has the power of dis
integrating air in the soil by thenodules
grown on its roots, the soil increases in
nitrogenous fertility. But Of course
mineral fertilizers must be supplied
when they are needed, as no disintegra-
ton of the air can furnish any of
these.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
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A TALKING GLOVE.
Novel Conversational Expedient OF n
Young Woman who Is Blind,
Deaf and Dumb.

"Blind Matte" is an inmate OF the
Newark almshouse, says the New York
Press. TIE Kind of home life would
seem SAD enough, but for Matte 1t mat
tiers little where she lives so long as
people about her are kind and consld-
crate.
Not only is she blind, but she is also
deaf and dumb, and can neither smell
nor taste.
With all this afliiction she possesses
q mind of remarkabl activity and even
brilliancy, for she can rhyme hymns,
which she loves to compose, and, in
deed, there is in many Of them real
poetic pathos. She is 32 years old, but
looks much older.
Her sad life has attracted much at
tention, and recently she received a
talking glove'-a gift from deaf
mute in Hartford, Conn, who had read
of Mattie's a1fiiction and who invented
the glove to help mitigate them.
1t is a common white cotton glove,
with the alphabet put on it, each letter
on the balls of the fingers. Matte is so
quick at learning with touch that in
single day she had memorized the posi-
ton of every letter, so that now the
people about her can talk to her by
spelling out the word on the letters of
the glove.
She is happy now, sitting by her little
cot, waiting for some one to talk to
her" Over and over again her lips
move in spelling out words, and while
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
HEALTH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Injurious Labors In Home Life and
How They May BE Avoided.

Among all the health destroying occupa-
tions in which the housewife may engage
none is more productive OF harm than is
the ack-breakins, muscle-twlstlng, nerve
destroying operation OF washing and scrub
bing clothes upon the ordinary wash board.
The woman who stands over the tub inhal-
ing the hot, unwholesome vapors cannot
hope to maintain good health, to say moth
ing of the effect of being confined to
STOPPING, unnatural position, which, IN time,
will wreck the strongest constitution DO
not wreck health and happiness over the
washtub in this day of washing machines.
Get the best mechanism In this line and re-
lease yourself from the CALLING slavery of
the wash -board-that instrument OF domes-
tic torture which is answerable for nine
tenths of the diseases with which our wom-
ankind is cursed Take, for example, the
Rocker Washer, which is the representative
product in this line, and compare its work
and it's results with the labors OF the old
style "blue Monday" wash day. Not only
does this washer do the work in fraction
of the time consumed by the old-fashioned
methods, but it does it much more thor
and cleaner than could possibly be the case
were the garments cleaned by hand.
For the convenience of our readers who
realize that the highest class article IN any
department of domestic equipment is not
only the most satisfactory, but IN the end
is really the cheapest, VIC nould state the
washer in question may be had from the
Rocker Washer Company, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
The woman who insists upon continuing IN
the health destroying methods and the man
who permits such cruel and unnecessary
sacrifice has much to answer for. When
work can be done more quickly and far bet
ter without the slightest risk to health it
is crime to persist in what causes such
general and widespread harm. The woman
who discards the washboard for the Rocker
Washer will, at the end of the year, be
brighter, better, healthier and happier for
the change, and could never be persuaded to
return again to the days of her degrading
and unnecessary slavery.-J. II. Meyers, M.
D., in American journal of Health.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Traa1, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16

No matter what the style of coiffure
is, wether the hair is done high or low.
or in pompadour combs, below the coil
there are found two sometimes three
tiny curls. They add a quaint coquet-
tishness to pretty face that is charm
ing in the extreme. Not once in so
times are they natural. 1t is imprac-
tical to curl the ends of the hair that
are needed to wind up scientifically the
coil. But they are pretty just the same
and make pretty face twice as attrac-
tive.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
Cushions for Wicker Chairs.

In making cushions for the popular
wicker furniture it will be found that
nothing is more durable than velvet
cen. and the different varieties of the
fabric sold under various similar
names. Being a cotton fabric, it does
not gather moths, and both its dyes
and texture are almost waterproof.
The beautiful tints in which it is shown
make it available for any scheme OF
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
A BeautiHer.

Medical authorities are agreed that
olive oil is fine thing TO build up the
tissues and to rectify a rundown con-
dition of the system. TO certain forms
of microbes it is death and destruction.
Plenty of olive oil in dressing, and once
a week teaspoonful taken clear is as
good a medicine as can be found for
known
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
EASILY MADE HALTER.
Formed of Three Straps Only and Ad-
Unstable to the Size of Any
Horses Head.

A rope halter can easily be made SO
as to be adjustable to the size of any
horses head. a represents the nose
strap, having its ends fastened to
ring OBJ. To this ring are also fastened
the ends of the throatlatch straps &C @,
which are made to pass over the back
of the neck of the horse, and their
ends form the cheek pieces (E E), with
loops C CD, through which the nose
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16

Turkish are very expensive. A
broad cot with mattress looks just as
well under large cover reaching to the
floor. No one could detect the differ
ence unless the cover is removed. One
very enterprising woman used piano
box instead of the cot. The springs
and The mattress were all that were
needed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
Nails Never Grow EUunIIy.

The nails of two fingers never grow
with the same degree of rapdity. The
nail of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity, and that of the
thumb least. 1t has been computed
that the average growth of the finger
nail is one-thirty-second of an inch per
week, or a little more than an inch and
a half per year.