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The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
TOOL FOR CUTTING MORTlSES.

The cutting of mortises In timbers
for frame buildings has hitherto been
a laborious task, even with the aid of
the boring machine in common use for
this purpose, and without the machine
it is almost impossible to cut the SER
les of holes in the straight line neces-
sary to form the mortise. Isaac Schur-
man Of Danvers. Mass. has designed
the tool shown in the cut to replace
the machine now in use, and the rapi-
dity with which it will perform the
work will recommend it to the prac-
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
Where Spiders Arc Useful.

At a recent meeting of arborcultur-
lists in France, the question was de.
bated whether spiders should be suf-
fered to spin their webs on fruit walls.
The general opinion seemed to be that
the webs were more useful than OBJ
jectionable. It was remarked that
they prevent the incursions of ear
wigs and similar insects, and also in
terfere with the operations of noxious
flies whose larvae ravage leaves and
fruits.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
AND.


markable elevated railroad is nearing
completion. while part of it has been
in operation for several months. The
cars are suspended beneath the super
structure from single rail on which
run motor trucks attached to the car
roofs, the motive power being cleo
tricity. Each car can accommodate 50
passengers, and the maximum speed,
with train Of either two or four cars
is Is miles an hour. The road, which
is more than eight miles in length,
crosses Wupper river without in
terruption.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
Alfalfa as Sheep Pasture.

A. F. Klinkerman, Bent county, Col
orado, writing to the Colorado Expert
ment station, says:
We have pastured sheep on alfalfa
part or all of three seasons. One sea-
son we lost as high as 10 per cent
by bloat, but this was due largely
to inexperience. During 1898 we let
the ewes run on alfalfa during the six
weeks of the lambing season and as
soon as that was over we sent them
to the range. We lost about l per
cent during the six weeks. We had
about 500 ewes, and their lambs on
fifty acres of alfalfa. We have al
ways left the sheep on the land when
irrigating it. We expect May lambs
to weigh 60 pounds the first of Oc-
tober if pastured on alfalfa. In 1898
we turned the ewes and lambs on the
range the first of June. It probably
took two-thirds of the first cutting
of alfalfa to- lamb the sheep on it,
but we consider ourselves we'll paid
in saving of lambs and the start it
gave them and the old ewes before
turning them on the range. We are
satisfied that we saved at least f1f
teen per cent more lambs than could
be done on the range and also saved
in the expenses of herders during
lambing.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

rect stream is too harsh for the skin.
With this device the bather can rinse
the skin without the necessity of refill
ing the tub with fresh water, and a
shower at the proper temperature will
prove itself an agreeable feature to the
bath.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

In Berlin an association Of eminent
physicians has been formed for the
special study Of cancer.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

Poultry Notes from Foreign Consuls.
Great Britain imported 100000, 900
eggs in 1899.
Denmark, exporting four times as
much butter to England as France
does, has applied to the egg trade
those principles of cooperation which
have already proved successful In the
butter trade and other industries con-
nected with agriculture. In the rural
districts of the little Baltic kingdom,
cooperative societies undertake the
expectation of fresh eggs of good
quality, and members are required to
scrupuously conform with the rules OF
the society. To ascertain, for example,
by what member of the society bad
every egg is required to be marked
with an india-rubber stamp, so that
the person by whom the egg was sup
piled may be at once identified. De-
pots are established along the lines
of the railway, and each producer Is
required to make delivery of eggs at
least three times week. At each de-
pot there is an agent of the society
who has the right to refuse any eggs
about which suspicion arises or which
are more than four days old. The ap-
proved eggs are sorted according to
size. The inspection takes place. with
lamp in a darkened chamber, and
the discovery of single rotten egg in
London would be followed by a heavy
claim against the Danish depot which
furnished it. The Danish egg trade in
England is growing tremendously, if
reports are to be trusted.
Geese are less in favor with the
British public than formerly; but
there is a demand in excess of the
home supply, especially at Christmas
time, and France reaps this benefit al
most exclusively, it being estimated
that 100000 to 100000 are sold in Lon
don in December, while the other cities
in England also furnish advantageous
markets for geese.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How successfal Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

Mango in pigs is disease caused by
an animal parasite (Sarcoptes suis).
The disease is transmitted by con-
tact. Blotches or small pustules ap-
pear on different parts of the body,
and the hog scratches frequently. For
treatment, wash the skin and apply
daily a mixture of one part of sui
phur, one part of carbonate of potash
and eight parts of oil. Sulphur may be
given in the feed.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
Poultry Briefs.

~ Poultry Briefs.
Does feed change the quality of the
egg? Probably not. Good feeding
may increase the number of eggs drop
ped, but will not increase the so-called
richness in each egg.
! A writer on Leghorns says that a
fence fifty feet high is needed to con-
fine them. This is just trife of an
exaggeration, but it indicates high
hylng power in the Leghorns. 1t is
perfectly easy to conf1ne them inside
tour-foot wire fence. with no top rail,
provided the wings are kept clipped.
I A man that has had experience in
poultry farming says that the kind of
soil most adapted to poultry farming
as sandy soil. Where clayey soil is
used, the droppings remain on the top
and the ground soon becomes sticky
and filthy. On sandy soil the rain
washes the manure into the ground,
and the latter becomes pure after each
rain. This is great advantage when
one has not the time to often turn up
the soil.
One poultry writer asserts that the
ammoniacal gases arising from the
droppings of poultry kill lice, and ne
advocates permitting the droppings to
accumulate to point where they will
p emit ammonia. We do not believe
this is advisable as a practice, for the
ammonia in the form of vapor woulc
be detrimental to the health of the
fowls. But if ammoniacal fumes are
destructive to lice, it might be possible
to use the fumes to destroy them, b!
other means than depending on the
droppings.
From the standpoint of the absolute
there is no best breed Of poultry. I'M
circumstances in which each man Il
placed must decide the question as tt
what breed is the best for him. Mucl
depends on the inclination Of the poui
try raiser. A man will naturally d
the best with the breed in which n
is most interested. AS they 'receiv
the best of care, they are very llkel.
to do better than fowls in which tn
owner is not interested. Then, toe
the matter Of choice must be governe
to some extent by the range that ca
be given the fowls. If man hav
but limited range and wishes to bull
no fence except such as is needle
& around his orchard or garden a foW
like the Light Brahma will be foun
very serviceable. But if he has a
abundance of range and inclines to
ward the production of eggs, llghte
fowl of the reproducing specials
type is preferable.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

"Openness" in Cheese.-In regard to
openness of body, it is often caused by
makers having their curds too dry
early in the season. In order not to
get curds too dry, they should not be
cooked too high in the spring 1--WE
cook lower because we have less fat
in the milk, as the high temperature
used in cooking drives of the mois-
ture. Give them time to mature in the
vat. Mature the curd evenly by turn
ing it often; leaving the curd un-
turned for a long time allows the
moisture to settle to the bottom Of the
curd; the top Of the curd gets dry and
does not cure SO fast as the bottom, in
which the moisture has remained. In
the spring keep up the temperature,
and do not let the curd get chilled
G. G.. Publow.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03
Feeding tho Dairy Cow.


CONDENSED from Farmers Review STEM
opraphtc Report Of Wisconsin Dairymen 3
Convention.)
Prof. T. L. Hacker spoke on feed
ing the dairy COW. He mentioned the
fact that he fed turnips, which were
valuable to keep the cows in good con-
dition and not because of the nutrient
value in them.
Q.-Do you prefer roots to silage?
Prof. Haecker.-No, but our silo
does not hold enough to feed the cat
tie all winter; so about the middle of
November we stop feeding silage till
April when we re-commence and feed
silage till the cows go onto grass.
Q.-What kind of corn do you use
for silage?
Prof. Haecker.-We use dent corn.
Q.-How thick do you plant it?
Prof, Haecker-We prepare the soil
at the ordinary time in May, and con-
tinue to harrow the ground till the
middle of June. when we plant the
seed. We use from 54 to So pounds
of seed per acre. After it is planted
we harrow II ana tnen again aILer "
Is up.
Wild onions abound in many parts of
the West, and the cows as well as
children eat them. They are bound
to injure the milk If eaten by the cows
for the reason that onions contain an,
oil that gets through the system of
the cow and into the milk. There is
a. dispute as to whether ordinary food
in a bad state can taint the milk, by
passing through the COWS, but all are
agreed that onions and garlic do. But
ter that is tainted with these oils does
not sell we'll. It Is not much Of a task
Kidding pastures of these Objectionable
plants and it should be done.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-08-03

A Suspended Railroad.
Between the towns Of Elberfeld and
Barmen in western Germany. q re-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
What Sailors Have Survived.

The recent landing at this port of a
half-starved seaman of the Norwegian
bark Drot by the German steamship
Catania, which picked him up off the
Florida coast whele he had floated
Oh a roughly constr Icted raft for five
days without food O., water Illustrated
fCrcibly the powers of endurance of
s"amen in general. Some years ago
Mate Books, of tie American ship
Belle O'Brien, which was burned off
the Irish coast, was picked up lying
unconscious among } boatload of dead
and dying men by tapt. Dunn, of the
Lord Line steamer Lord Erne, and
brought to Baltimore. He had been
ton days with little or no food or wa
tor. Robert ScotneJ, second mate O.
the English brig Taomas, was found
by an East Indianm IN outward bound
IT. a small boat a Ii, ing skeleton. He
had subsisted Is days from the time
The briS was lost IN four pounds Of
meat. four pounds a. -four, six pounds
OF bread, a scant supply of canned
goods and key OF Nater.-Baltimore
News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
Index NJ akinu.

A young woman in London has for
sume years carried IN the business Of
index making. During that period she
has trained in her flee forty women
index makers, and she has indexed
such works as Nansen's "Farthest
North" Science of International
Law" 1855 volumes of history, and
numerous papers ana periodicals. Ac-
olding to this en-. erprising woman,
indexing affords a field for women
workers that is as get unoccupied. 1t
is her belief that TIE feminine intelli-
gence is particularly successful in this
lile and that she has found her pupils
patient enduring accurate and con-
scientious. Morrow sr, women's we'll
known tendency to jump to conclu.
sions here become legitimate exer.
else as the quick intuition has great
value in successful ildex-making,-Ex.
change.
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
WHERE THE OLD CARS GO.
Many Uses to Which the Cast-Offs OF
City Lines Are Put.

On all metropolitan street railways
new ears are constantly appearing,
and the question naturally suggests
itself, Where do the old cars go? A
street railway man of long experience
answered this question for Sun
reporter the other day.
I'VE sell numl er of our old cars"
he said, ito other cities, where, after
they are painted and otherwise refur-
nshed they are used as trailers on
electric roads during periods of infia-
ted traffic. They are merely hitched
behind the motor cars, and answer
the purpose to viii III they are put very
well. However, tho demand for horse
cars is slight and it is sometimes
problem to dispose of old electric cars
to advantage.
"Now and then we sell an old car
to someone living n the country, who
wishes to convert the vehicle into a
playhouse for children. 1t answers
this purpose very well, for cars are
invariably well made and will stand
hard weather and the severe use
which children are liable to give any
thing they come in contact with.
I'm the agricultural districts beyond
the city proper you can find scores of
old cars which have been converted
into chicken houses by the vegetable
gardeners, who are always on the
lookout for bargains in these cast
off vehicles. They remove the glass
windows, board up the sides and thus
make the finest possible kind of a
chicken house. Hundreds of old cars
are doing duty as soda water and
peanut stands in various parts of the
country. Cars which saw service
thirty years ago nre now in use as
waiting cars, where passengers can
lingcr while awaiting transportation
to other parts. A fCw such are to lie
found in Manhatta l, but most Of them
are in New Jersey N. Y. Sun.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
NEVER DRINK WATER.
Horses and Cattle That Stake Their
Thirst on a Peculiar Grass.


Thirst on a Peculiar Grass.
The proverbial horse which can be
led to water, but which cannot be
made to drink, exists in great num-
bers In the Hawaiian islands. Among
the cattle he has thousands Of cousins
of the same proclivities.
1t Is surprising statement to make.
and yet one that is literally true
SO commonplace that no one<
thinks anything about it, thai tnere
are hundreds Of horses and thousands
Of cattle which never take drink OF
water throughout the whole course of
their lives.
On all the islands the upper altf-
tudes of the mountains are given up
to cattle ranges. The cattle run
wild from the time they are born un-
til they are rounded up to be sent to
the slaughterhouse. Except during pos
sibly two or three months Of the rainy
season, there are no streams or pools
of water in any part where the cattle
range.
But everywhere there grows a re-
cumbent, jointed grass, known by the
native name of MAMMA. This Is both
food and drink. Horses and cattle
grazing on it neither require water,
nor will they drink 1t when offered.
Our first experience with this fact
was on a trip to Haleakala. A party
was mounted on horses which has just
been brought in from the range. The
journey they made was fourteen miles,
in which distance they assembled about
5000 feet.
The party started in the afternoon,
and about sunset halted for supper.
They thought it strange that the
horses should leave a feed Of grain to
nibble the scanty grass which grew
near by, but were willing to trust
their instinct In the matter.
However, before starting, they in
sisted that they be given water. The
native guide demurred in this, saying
they didn't need it, but with the good
natured complaisance Of his race,
yielded to requests, and led detour
of about a mile, which brought the
party to a ranch house where there
was well. But to the utter amaze
ment and stupefaction of the travellers,
the horses would not drink.
They took it as another case Of in
stinct, and assumed that the water,
for some reason, was not good, and so
refrained from drinking 1t themselves.
1t was not until the return the second
day, to Kawaapae, that the travellers
MAMMA grass,-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
Thirty Tons Of Spruce Gum.

The spruce gum Of crop of Maine
Of 1899 has been harvested and sent
&c market. 1t has proved to be the
largest crop in the history of the state
- :hirty tons, worth $4,000. This is
all collected by the lumbermen, and
contains considerable bark and chips,
bit is sorted over By the thrifty Yam
Kt.e, who sells it to the trust.
An interesting and peculiar thing
in connection with the gum crop is
th fact that the haAwesters have COM
hined to crush the trust They will
sell none of their pi oduct to any deal.
Ell who does not give his promise that
No gum handled by them shall be man
utactured and put on the market by
tie trust.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
A Balloon BRIDGE,

A French aeronaut has invented a
balloon bridge" which is not bridge
sustained by balloo9s in the air, but
supported by small balloons or air
bugs on the surface of the water For
a river 100 yards wide 200 bags are re-
quired, and 100 msn can build the
bridge in less than an hour. A plat
fern of twenty-one wooden RATS, end
t. end, and tied by Sopes is laid upon
tn bags This new pontoon is actu-
ally in use in the french army.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
A Scientific Rascal.

Scientific knowledge has been per-
verified to the uses jf blackmail by a
medical student OF Grant,, Austria,
who endeavored to obtain 10000 flor
ms from rich old lady for threaten
ing to open bottle Of assorted deadly
bucilli in her room if she refused to
pay up" When arrested bottles
stolen from a bact geological labora-
tory and containing microbes of sew.
eral diseases were found in his posses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
hollanders SaIoke Most.

The Hollanders a>e perhaps of all
the northern people those who smoke
the most, the humidity of their elm
ate making it almost necessity while
the moderate cost of tobacco with
them renders it accessible to all. To
show how deeply rooted is the habit,
it is enough to say 4hat the boatmen
of Holland measure distances by
smoking
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
A Fighting Family.

A monument recNtly placed in a
cemetery in Louisville, Ky, bears in
scription to the memory OF John e.
Austin, a soldier Of The revolution; j.
Allen Austin, his SOD, soldier of the
war Of 1912; Jame9 Grigsby Austin,
hts grandson, a soldier Of The war with
Mexico, and James Eichafd Gathright,
his great-grandson, confederate sol
der who was killed at Mufreesboro,
Tenn, Jan. /, 1863. All were prlyates.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
Fad for perfumerv,

Nearly all the so-called smart set
Use perfumery, and recently one prom
inent Newport woman ordered $50
worth of violet from leading import
or here. This consisted of one dozen
bottles of the best violet, which costs
IS an ounce bottle. The importers
here frequently have arrive in one
steamer 20 boxes of extract, each con-
tanning 20 boxes of essence.-NeW
York Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
PLENTY Of kits,

A Scottish paper gays that between
1sD,000 and 100000 kits are made
e, cry year, The kNted regiment Of
regulars, militia anu volunteers mum.
Der some seventeeG battalions To
these may be added The pipers, belong
ing to Lowland reG pents, making in
ak about $4,000 men AS the military
kilt is only provided biennially, this
represents a supply 1T 1000 each year,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
Gambllna IL France.

Gambling in France is said to have
reached such proportions that the
Government has begun to study the
question seriously. 1t is estimated
that half of the suicides in Paris are
due to losses at the faces
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18
ELEPHANTS Have Eight Teeth.

Elephants have ohl5 eight teeth.
two below and two above on each side.
All Baby elephants teeth fall out
when the animal is about IA years old.
and a new set grows.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-01-18

Women employees on Japanese tea
farms work /. hours and are paid Is
cents day.
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