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Natural Ga. Wen. Run Dry.


Ten years ago the daily capacity Of
the natural gas wells in the Findlay
lOD fields was 200, OoO, 900 feet. Now it
is down to a few million feet, and the
pressure is so low that the supply is
almost useless. This year will mark
the passing Of natural gas as a fuel in
all Of northwestern Ohio. The big pipe
lines which carried gas to Toledo, Tiff
fin, Sandusky, Norwalk and many
smaller places are fast being abandoned
and the pipes taken up. The pump sta
tons Of the No thwestern Natural Gas
company are shut down. as are those Of
the city Of Toledo, which cost the mu-
nicipaity s., 500, 900. The gas would
have lasted many years longer If in the
early years Of its discovery it had not
been wasted. The famous Krag well,
probabl the greatest gas producer ever
opened up, was allowed to urn uncon-
fined for months at time, mi ions Of
feet going to waste daily. All through
the natural gas belt, ii the early days Of
the craze, the streets were lit BY great
torches, the flames from which some
times Jared up 80 feet into the all
Chicago Tribune
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MS BATH NOT A SUCCESS.
Being In Harry He Forgot to
Take on HIS Under-
clothes.

IL seems ler husband had been out very
late celebrating, and as he came home in the
rose flush Of the morning he Thought it
would be capital idea to take bath be-
fore getting into bed. First of all and most
important It would contradict any wrong
impression as to his condition, as his wife
sometimes had wrong Impressions when he
had been out late at night. Women are SO
suspicious: s. q
So he went boldly to the bathroom and
was soon splashing around as gayly as a
canary. In fact, he created such an un-
usual commotion that his wife woke up
and went to see what was the matter.
+ Suddenly he saw her gazing through the
door with a look SO cold and contempt
uous that it struck chill to his very
heart. But he made dive for the soap
and went on industriously with his abltl-
tons.
..What are you doing there, Peter?" she
asked him.
He made the effort Of his life to appear
debonair and perfectly sober.
Cant you see-what / am doing, my dear?D
Unanswered, with another prod gious splash.
I'm taking a bath.
Don't you think it would be good idea
for you to take off your underclothes 2? she
asked him, with frozen reflection, as she
passed out Of sight Chicago Inter Ocean.
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FEEDING 3 AR CORN.


The practice OF feeding ear-corn to
cattle IS very widespread. The impress
sion seems to be that what is lost in
the unused corn - made up IN the saw
ing ~ iapor and expense OF grinding!
Ine practlce q having hogs follow
cattie orig1na TED ~ 2 "A desire TO make
gooed s. part o1 inns loss: Ihe practice,
however, y not one that commends IT.
sen g men tnat pract1ce advanced.
methods lt,t n feeding. Even in the cases
@ men that have their cattle followed
~ nogs n summer time, the same prac-
tice oI leeulNng corn On the COD IS con-
Inu '1ue curing the winter and during all
other times, When the loss cannot GER
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LIGHTNING STRUCK TWICE,
Giant Cottonwood Tree In HydePar
Chicago, succumbs to : sec-
Ond Stroke. Ed,

lightning never strikes twice in the
same spot, says an old saw, but there is
q giant cottonwood in Hyde Park tina.
proves that there are exceptions to.all
rules. sS
This tree stands on the south sids
of Fifty third street between Cornell
avenue and the Illinois Central tracks.
It is more than 40 years old and is one
OF the tree monarchs OF the neighbor
hood. The late Judge John a. jameson
built his home at the southwest cor
ner Of Fifty-third street and Cornell
avenue in 1857. There was little or noth-
ing in Hyde Park in those days; so little
that the suburban service Of the Iii.
nois Central was only one year old,
and there were only three trains a day
each way. On the Fiffy-third street
side he planted q row Of cottonwoods.
Cottonwoods grow rapidly and take
kindly to the sandy soil along the lake
shore. The row grew into great trees,
which in time came to be landmarks.
Ten years ago the largest Of these
great cottonwoods was struck byslight-
ming. The bolt seemed to be in the
shape of an enormous knife, for it sliced
off a large strip OF the trunk for 10
feet or more. Such a stroke would have
killed less vigorous tree. But the
big cottonwood tree stood the i blow
bravely, recovered and went on grow
ing. In time there was nothing but q
long brown scar to prove the visitation
Of the deadly blast from the skies.
|. A few days ago the lightning came
again. Before the bolt struck the leaves
of the cottonwood were green and
glossy. Within an hour every leaf was
shriveled. Some Of the leaves dried up
and became brown. Every sign Of vital
ity had departed from the tree. The
giant cottonwood was dead.
Curiously enough, this time the bolt
left. no mark. Ten years ago the light
ring left great wound in the trunk;
yet the tree lived. This time there is no
sign Of the smallest puncture; yet the
tree was instantly killed. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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PUNGENT 3 RAGRAPHS

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PLAN FOR HAY BARN
How to Put Upsa Durable and Com
venient structure 10 Hold
I 100 Tons, Loose. VI

IN compliance with the request Of d
Texas correspondent, Prot. Mumford,
1T the Missouri agricultural college,
gives a sketch and descripti ion of a barn
estimated t. hold 100 tons Of loose al
falfa hay.
The storage capacity needed for 100
tons Of loose alfalfa hay will depend
largely on the depth Of the mows in
which the hay is placed. The deeper
the NOV the greater its capacity per
cubic foot. In mows 20 feet deep and
above it will require approximately 500
cubic feet Of space to store one ton Of
hay. These figures are, Of course. APP
proximat tons only and will vary with
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alright pen, and SOW would not live
in it long. For ventilation, bore two
inch hole through the outer wall near
the bottom of pen on the end. Bore a
corresponding hole on the inside near
the top. Reverse the position OF these
holes on opposite. end. Have double
window in one end high up out of the
reach of the SOW. The door in the other
end should also be double. Place a
guard for little pigs across back end
and a trough near front end. If the
weather is very cold, hitch team to
pen and draw in onto barn floor. Pigs
can then be raised in coolest weather.
Orange Judd Farmer.
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PIG-PEN POINTERS.

"A sour swill is often the cause of
scours in pigs.
Does the SOW have to climb steep
plank to get to her pen?
Small, unstable cooked potatoes are
good for the hogs; mix with skim-milk
and a little cornmeal.
Licescan be driven from hogs by tax
ing paint brush and with It apply
ing kerosene or fish oil.
Don't forget to see that the brood
sows have plenty of clean water to
drink while they are raising their pigs.
Don't expect q clover field pastured
by pigs to produce hay the next season.
Too many roots will be rooted out and
eaten.
The first time a pig follows its dam
from the nest, let it see grass IN til
walk, and have it before it as soon as
it will eat.
Pigs need no litter for q bed in sum
mer. After the ground is warm dry
knoll is better than straw. a clover
field is the best pasture.
AS pigs increase in age ii may be well
to increase slightly the proportion OF
corn in order to make the ration a little
more carbonaceous toward the finish
ing period.
Breed, feed, fatten and market the
hogs young, and turn off two crops a
year & rather than one every two years,
as was the old custom. "A good clover
field helps linathis wonderfully and in ii
| the hogs will keep vigorous and healthy.
colman's Rural World.
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PEN FOR BROOD sows.
Z Il r Frost-P roof and Pigs Can BE
Raised In It Even In the
Coolest weather.

Thousands Of farmers are using the
portable pigpen shown in illustration.
The objection to it in cold weather is
that the cold wind striking the OUT
side Of pen condenses the warm air and
steam on the inside, producing frost
and ice. To remedy this I first board
up in the usual way, cover with good
quality building paper, nail on cleats
crosswise, cover with boards one foot
wide and batten. a two-inch air space
between the outer and inner wall is thus
secured. The ends should be fixed up
the same way. Now you have an almost
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How to Reach Two Famous Resorts
An Outing Hint from "Outing."

Fast, safe, superbly equipped and most
carefully governed, one need not wonder
at the great popularity of the New York
Central: No other line affords such facili-
ties for through travel between the East and
the West as this wonderful four-track sys-
tenn. In the possession of the Grand Central
Station, located in the heart of New York
City, and within tri1ing distances of all
frst-class hotels, this railway offers greater
advantages than competing lines. Spring,
summer, autumn and winter, it has attrac-
lions irresistible. The great Northern VIII
derness, the playground of the State, now
beckons its thousands. As autumn falls,
Americas scenic masterpiece, far-famed
Niagara, will claim its annual host of pill
grims with its majestic power, the fierce
turmoil of the Whirlpool and all the pic
turesque surroundings, the awesome Cave Of
the Winds and several other minor attrac-
tons of the vicinity. And when winter
comes, then the entire scene transformed to
what seems fairyland of marvellous frost
dressings, of icy forts and snowy palaces;
of cleaning crystal prison barriers vainly
striving to bind the roaring, foaming plunge
Of water-will present spectacle of weird,
mysterious beauty which is not duplicated
in the world. Outing.
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A Mother Story
BY Itta Ellen Fellner
tTFTTTTTFTTT

The afternoon sun sinking to rest
in the west cast for moment its
brilliant and departing rays upon a
solitary farmhouse in the Berkshire
hills, then the bright glows faded away;
the sun disappeared behind the noun
tain, and it was soft, beautiful twi-
light. It was May, and the spring had
been unusually early. All the air was
Elled with the fragrance of May flow
ers. The apple trees in the orchard
were laden with pink and white bl.os-
SONS. All along the streams and upon
the hillsides the frogs were croaking
in absolute contentment. Tt was a
pleasure to breathe that delicious coln-
try air. It was a pleasure to live on this
glorious evening, even if one,s hori1 on
was narrowed to the limits of a farm
among the hills. A.
Two women come out Of the farm
house and sit down upon the porch in
the twilight. They are mother and
thoughtful look in her face, which is
fair still, although her hair is snowy
white. The girl is beautiful truly, and
her mother is very fond and proud of
her. The mother sits in large arm
chair and her daughter on the steps at
her feet. AS the mother tenderly
strokes the abundant tresses upon her
fair young daughters head she ques-
tons her very earnestly.
All around the farmhouse there is
peace and quiet, the silence broken
only by the mothers sweet, calm.voice
as she addresses her daughter thus: $50
my little lassie has had an offer of mar
rage and cannot decide what her an
swer shall be? All! do not blush, my
dear, for I have known all along how
John loved you, though I have been Wor-
ried for fear you,did not appreciate his
good heart and honest nature. ] was
afraid you would hesitate, dear, before
you gave him your answer, because he
is only a farmer lad; but John would be
loyal and true to his wife; besides he is
"a thrifty, Industrious young man. All,
yes; l will admit John's not stylish, or
what some would call refined, but it is
character, dear, one must look at, and
all the neigh borhood knows Johns good
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Recognized HI. own Tablecloth.

The head of one of the largest dry goods
houses in Chicago noticed one day recently
in passing through his linen department a
stopped to admire the texture Of the linen
and remarked to the clerk in charge Of the
counter that the cloth seemed to him the
handsomest they had ever had in stock.
Next day he noticed that the beautiful
cloth was not in the show case and was
told by the clerk that it had been sold. On
the house Of friend, who is prominent in
social affairs. Passing through the linen
department on the third morning he saw
the splendid tablecloth again hanging in
the show case. 4 thought that cloth was
sold, he said to the clerk ct was, sir,
but it was returned this morning as not
was the answer, "for I dined off that cloth
last night and heard no fault found with it. .
Detroit Free Press.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-13
! HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU YOUR
FREEDOM

7trg ~ as
principles. Yes, dear, we know all bout
that young man from the city, and am
/ not denying but what he has been kind
and polite to you; but John loves YOU
and a true, honest heart has John.
You don't like the idea Of farming
Why, your fathers farmer, child!
Was it not only this morning that you
were telling me how dearly you loved
your father and what a grand good man
he was? You think that a fathers occu-
patton is different from a husband
Ny dear little girl, one must be wise in
making choice for life. Fine feathers
do not make fine Birds and though
John is rather plain in his looks he
Z would always be proud Of his wife. You
say you are not sure that you love him
and that you may love that city young
man? ssF
ell, dear, I will have to tell you the
story Of my own love affair, a story you
have never known. ] should not tell it
to you now, but it may help you to de-
eide about John. AS you know, Il was
born down in the village, and was con
/ sidered the village belle. Ny father was
a graduate from Williams college, al.
though he was poor and farmer, so
had better advantages in the way OF
education than most country girls, and
was deemed quite accompl ished. When
4 I was about your ageI too, had a-loyer
he was something like your ] ohm. He
was rough in his ways, a farmer, and
often his hands were soiled with honest
work, which did not please my girish
fancy then; but i lived to learn that il
was better to have soiled hands thansto
have a soiled soul. q
But rs j felt as you do now,
and knew that my lover was rather plain
and old shioned in his ways One win
B ter, just before we were to have been
married some cit Dung men visited
our villas and gave concerts and shows
iii the school house.s- Much to our as
Punishment they remained in the vii
4 lage all winter, and one Of them board
ed at our house. My mother was dead
tAeh and father and = lived together.
The city young man seemed to admire
!. me very much, and soon ] was listening
Ito his fattering speeches and forget
ting my betrothed lover. Ny new adj
mirer was Snaki love to me, and VOW
ing that he adored me he asked me to be
his wife. He told me / was too beauti-
full to pass my life in a dreary farm
house, and. that the man 4 had promised
to marry was onl an ignorant country
farmer and ], foolish girl that was,
Listened to him and believed him.
81 began to be ashamed Of my lover
md OF my engagement and to look with
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the kind Of hay and its condition when


the kind Of hay and its condition when
stored.
I suggest that your correspond
build barn 40 by 60 feet and "a foot
posts. It will be convenient to place
the bents IL feet apart. The cheapest
and strongest construction for the en-
tire frame will be of 2 by 6 ands2 by 8
5planks, spiked solidly together.
The accompanying sketch will indi
cate how the interior bents are con-
Sstructed. This method Of framing is
peculiarly adapted to hay barns. The
entire floor space is left free md no
posts or beams interfere with the work
ing Of the horse hay fork or Sings. 1t.
will be convenient to provide vide doors
so that hay wagons can be driven into
the barn when being filled or for shelter
for wagons, ETC., when bays are empty.
These driveways may be filled with hay
after the other bays in barn are all full.
There should be large doors in each
gable Tor the hay fork or sings. The
siding for this barn can be OF second
grade material. The roof should be
built Of good, durable material, single,
slate or iron. By all means your cor
respondent should have track in the
gable running the entire length Of barn
upon which is to run q hay car carry
ing hay from the load by fork or sling.
There are many outfits now sold which
are very cheap and efficient and their.
use in handling 100 tons Of hay will
more than pay for the outfit in one sea-.
som Journal Of Agriculture.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-13
SALT FOR STOCK.
"A supply Of II Should BE Kept IN
Every Field Accessible to All
Kinds OF Animals.

Some experiments made in France
showed that stock having regular sup
ply of salt were more thrifty and made
better use Of the feed they ate than
those deprived Of salt for consider
able time.
Salt is one of the necessities Of animal
existence and even wild animals travel.
long distances to seek salt in the shape
/ Of salt springs of braclish water. Salt.
lis the great cleanser of the blood and
performs an important mission in ami
NAL economy, and as it is very cheap it
should be supplied to all live stock in
liberal quantities.
"a supply Of salt should be kept in
every pasture field and accessible to the
animals at all times. The common Gus
tom Of sailing stock once q week is
Q very poor way to supply the needs Of
the stock. The strongest ones will get.
enough, possibly, but the weaker ones,
and these are the ones that need most,
will be kept back and never getsa full
supply. One Of the best ways to supply
live stock with salt is to buy rock salt
and place slabs Of it in places conven-
lent for the stock to get at it. The
weather has but little effect on It and
stock can get all they need BY simply:
sucking the salt slab.
To feed IT to horses put a piece in the
feed box where they can get it at any
time. This does not terfere with feed
ing the horses and at the same time o.
little OF the salt gets on NIL fle. sprsin8
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a Tn.te ~ th,,I IA r $780,

S Jimmie, e ing uired the neighbor| boy
through the fence, what club III ityour
maw's just joined q? heard her aa]din,s
my nav to Join, too. ,s
don't know but from the she'sI
maxim md and l,e sel rants work I
think If must - . driYsiin club
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no Make m S I I'M ], ssss

Use the fewest possible words when
you ave any thin t. sa slhiic.1u11
Daily News.
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The one Excentinn

He-To hear you tell it, one would think
! never told a single truth before we were
married
She-.Well, you did prevaricate to consid-
cradle extent. but I'll give you credit for hav-
ing told me the truth once. @5s.ss
Indeed! And when was that, pray?'
y. When you proposed. Don't you remem-
her you said you were unworthy of me?',
Chicago Evening News.
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II
manv vices ssI learned with horror Thai
he was : pa n bier and was also dis.
honest. The stylish clothes which he al
ways wore were not obtained honestly.
He drank and gambled a good deal. He
was ALWAYS in debt and trouble. il dis
covered with keen, e sorrow that the win
ter he had spent in the country was
while he was avoiding the law. He had
MANY disreputable companions, and
|often was Obliged to listen to hendish
plots. Twas heartsick and discouraged
and knew not what to do. Twice dur
ing the first year Of our marriage he
struck me while he was under the in
luence of drink. In less than two years
he deserted me. Deserted me- for an
other fair young girl whom he had won
| by hattering speeches as he had won
me. He left me without a penny, and
with a baby girl only a few weeks old.
God alone knows what I went
through then. was sad, broken
hearted woman, grown old in two short
years. I was weak and i'll, utterly poor
and so terribly wretched that prayed
i. u, d;e IA ,ya Ala not a;a 4 moor
,yn 1n ~ Who lived = The bonse viii. me
was LII - no ~ n,,rsaa ~ Voc ,,.,,hv
for No = Gold nav ber not hin = !. She
l.na1, +ha+ h,,+ she helnad ma heca,s.e
sba vas : woman and knew what. =
woman conld s,1ffer
s.1,vo months after NV husband. de-
serted me 7 read az his death He was
killed il s pamblinp saloon Inv man
whom he had robbed. and ali the New
york papers nublished scand alous ac-
counts OF ". How \ suffered then! But
had he lived ! should never t have seen
NM 1or he nad cast me- ASIDE . as easlly
as ne would nave cast aside 9 splt OF
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-13

" All, you do not know how hard it is to
simply impossible. Pick Mel Up. S
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-13

A Michigan man has been telling How. to
Enjoy Country Life" It's easy. Let the
other fellows owe the amount Of the mort
gages.-Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-04
AGAINST THE RAILROAD.
Supreme Court Knocks out the
Harrison Bonds.

Decision of Judge Hagans in an I'm.
portant Case is AfIirmed-0pini0n by
Brann0n-End of an Interesting
Suit-Fife Other Decisions have
Been Affirmed this Term.
The supreme court has affirmed
the decision of Judge Hagans in the
case of West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co., VS. the County
Court of Harrison county. This de
cision invalidates the bonds which
were voted by the county number
of years ago to aid in the building
of the railroad up the west side of
the river which was agitated exten-
sively at that time.
Monongalla and Marion also vot-
ed on the proposition or similar
one. In this county it was defeated.
In Marion it carried but the bonds
were never issued. In Harrison it
carried and the bonds were issued.
These have remained in bank at
Clarksburg until recently.
The county court ordered them
destroyed and this started the law
suit. The company wanted the bonds
left alone and the court wanted them
destroyed The railroad was to have
been completed by 1887 but nothing
had been done up to that time. The
county granted an extension but the
terms under which it was granted
were not complied with by the com
pany and the matter has stood I'M
til this time.
The finding of the circuit court
was to the effect that the bonds
could be destroyed by the county
and that the company has forfeited
all right to them or all claims on
the county. This was upheld by
the Supreme Court. The opinion
was by Brannon.
This decision is the fifth one that
has been passed on by the court this
time sent up from the local judicial
circuit. In all of thems Judge Ha-
gans has been sustained. They were
all from Harrison and Marion. None
OF them were from this county. 1t
is a matter of eongratulation to the
Judge that he has been so success
full.