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feet long, and fashion the onward end
OF each IN the shape of sleigh runner.
linen take 2Xi the same length as
the boards, and bevel the edges in such
way that when the boards are nailed
Oh. they will spread out at the bottom
until they are about eight inches apart.
This trough is to pass, inverted, over
the corn row, between the shovels of
the cultivator; its sloping sides catch
ing the loose soil aud leaving it lying
loosely next the corn, but never ON it.
10 fasten this trough to the cultivator,
bore an inch hole through the sides
near the front end and just beneath
the top xxi. Through these run n
small, strong rope and tie each end to
the cultivator in such way that the
trough will be kept little in advance
OF the shoyels. 1t is best to leave
the rope play loosely through the
trough, as it would otherwise upset in
turning Mt the end of the rows. The
illustration shows the construction
exactly. Make your handy devices
now, before the busy time comes. -
Jim |. Irwin, i'll Ohio FARMER.
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The Best Prescription Is Grove 8
TasteIeSS Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle,
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking.

Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their med-
cine If you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as tonic while the Ouinine drives
the malaria out of the system Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called etTaste
less" chill tones are limitations. An ANALYSIS
of other chill tonics shows that Groves i
superior to all others in every respect. You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-its
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States No Cure, No Pay. Price, SOC
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Dust Should BE DESTROYED.

The modern housewife has learned
that feather busters aud other flirting
brooms and brushes merely scatter
the dust and germs in her house, in
stead of removing them. She is now
being told by scientists that to shake
her rugs and carpets. beat her draper
les, etc, is undesirable. The dust
flies in nearby windows, her own
perhaps, and is again disseminated.
The idea of housek coping to day is
to destroy dust. Carpet
covered dust-paus, and cloths are the
implements TO be made use of, and
the dust thus gathered should be
burned, or. in the case of cloths,
washed ont Back of this care, how
ever, should come wise choice of
household belongings. Simplicity
should he the fundamental law OF their
selection. Have the things needed
for comfort and use III simple, easily
cared for designs; for pure decora-
ton, only few very satisfying things.
GewGaws rs a rule arc useless, and
may be dispensed with.
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scratching, there is no better grain
for them than millet seed. For the
main part of their rations, make Al
bread as follows: To three cups OF
sour milk or buttermilk, add one heap
ing teaspoonful of saleratus. little
salt and cayenne pepper; stir into this
equal parts of corn meal, heavy shorts
and bran till it is a stiff dough. Bake
1T in deep dish so that there will be
as small a proportion of crust as pos
sible. Keep in a cool, moist place, as
1t soon sours in warm weather and is
then unfit to feed TO chicks. Animal
food i'll some form must be supplied,
else some of the chicks will pull the
down from others and eat it.
They should have charcoal occa-
sionally, coarse sand or rock, pounded
quite fine, and plenty of green stuff.
Lettuce, young cabbage plants, tender
clover heads, are all excellent, but
they should have two or three feeds
of this a day, for they soon tramp on
and spoil what they do not eat. Mil
let seed, wheat, cracked corn are good
for dry feed and should be scattered
about the runs for them to pick at.
The first thing as soon as it is light
in the morning, feed the chickens.
The last thing before going 10 bed At
night take a lantern aad look at thc
thermometer in the brooder, for as
the outside air grows cooler aft er SUI
set the temperature IN tue brood er
will decline. S. +. Cadwalladcr in
American Agriculturist.
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The Best Disimrectants.

The best disinfcctants are pure air
aud sunshine. Without the aid of
these disinfectan!s the most powerful
chemicals used to purify pest place
may prove of no avail. 1t is more
necessary that house should be ven
tilated than that the waste pipes that
lead into 1t be trapped A strong so.
luton of potash and boiling water
poured down the sink and into waste
pipes will disinfect them sufficiently
for the season. If about four quarts
of boiling water are poured over five
cents worth of copperas, and the So
luton scattered over the ground where
the garbage pail has sat during the
winter, and into cesspools or any sim
liar spot that needs distinction, il
will be usually all that is necessary,
provided air and Sunshine can also
reach the place. 1T is not safe to
trust the eyes; that which looks clean
may be very uucleau, out there is
usually foul odor TO any spot need.
ing disinfectiou.
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The calf makes the COW. II good
cows are desired or stock is to be i'm
proved, 1t is through the calves that
1t may be done most effectively and
cheapIy. The spring calves should
not bc confined to pasture, and this
generally poor, but should be fed
with uastinted generosity. The rule
should bo to feed calves with the
greatest liberaliiy with the best food.
mud TO push them ah sad the first wear
o. thbr life aud never relax the gen.
crous treatment till the old COW gives
mp business. The animal is the ma
chine through which the food j.
changed from cheap material TO a
much moro valuable one.
Thus the milk feeding should be
continued 10 the age of five or SIX
months, some dairymcu say all
through tho cows life, aud doubtless
this is trlo. for why should not the
food that makes good COW be still
employed Co maintain her? n has
been proved by practice i'm many
diaries that the skinned milk makes
iity per cent. more return when fed to
cows than byany other way of disposal.
But D. is certainly good for the calves.
tending Co give them q good. strong
frame, q wcll-dcyclopcd digestive
function, ability to dispose of much
food to advantage and wcll-dcvcloped
vital organs, thus building up an AMI.
nal fully supplied with every facility
for making profit for her owner i'm her
alter life. Eut with the milk "a zen
crous allowance of grain food must
uc given. Henry Stewart. iu New
England Homestead
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Moisture in the Soil.

The finer the soil the more moisture
1T is capable of absor bling and retain
ing. Moisture cannot and does not
penetrate into heavy, tenacious soils,
and when clods i'll such soils are not
pulverized and become dry they re-
tain their dryness in the centre dur
ing the entire summer. When land
is made fine and free from clods the
water does not so readily flow back to
the surface, nor is it so rapidly dried
up during the season, but is delivered
to the surface i'll proper proportions.
The moisture which is inclosed in the
interstices of the soil aud which ac-
cumulates in large quantity when
land has been plowed in the fall ex-
pands and contracts during the win
ter, according to the temperature, aud
many of the coarse portions are pull
verified; but in spring, should tho
blowing of field composed of heavy
soil be performed and the work fol-
lowed by dry weather, even the har-
row will sometimes fail to reduce ii.
Flowing aud narrowing must, there
fore, be done atproper times, and the
Judgment of the farmer must be exer.
cised to guide him. The condition of
field should be similar to that re-
quired for garden. With small
garden, where the spade and rake are
used, care is taken TO make the soil as
fine as possible y field should be
considered as a garden on a larger
scale. 1t requires moro labor on n
garden plot than for field, but the gar
den produces twice az mu ;h in pro
portion TO area rs the field Labor
bestowed on field, so far the
preparation OF the soil is concerned,
will be amply repaid in the gain of
yield in the crop. The soil always
responds TO good treatmeut-a fact
which at Que time gave rise to the
claim that well-cultivated soil re.
lnired no manure, which claim, how.
ever, is not correct: but cultivation
without doubt largely increases the
yield.
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| think it is ny duty to write a
letter TO You in regard to what LYDIA
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
| would say to all suffering women,
Take Mrs. Pinkham's advice, for a wo-
man best understands a womans suf-
ferings. and Mrs. Pinkham. from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give You advice that you can get
from no other source. Clara KoPP.
Rockport. Ind, April -. 1899
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a Portable seICI.ecder.

y correspondent of the Breeders
Gazette describes self-fceder sue
cessfuIIy used on his farm. The
frame work is all bolted together, as
nails will not withstand the strain
pulling the feeder from one field to
another. The runners are made of
heavy 3N1O oak planks, each sixteen
feet long and placed Is! feet apart.
The runners are rounded at both
ends so that it can be pulled either
way. Nine 2Xt ioists, each nine feet
long, are bolted onto the runners,
abont two feet apart. These joists
are then fastened together by 2xG
ioists, which project over the runners
far enough to support the feed trough.
The trough is built about the width
OF scoop. This permits OF easily re
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AGRICULTURAL.
'seeeseeeseesseeeeessee
Celery In the Garden.

No garden is complete without a
good supply of celery. Sow few
seeds in hotbed or in boxes in the
house, then in July transplant to rows
In the garden. These should be about
one foot apart in the row aud the lows
four or five feet apart. This can be
set between rows of early peas or
beans and tue ground thus made to
produce two crops in one season. As
soon as the first crop is removed give
thorough cultivation. For blanching,
the soil may bc thrown up about the
plants, or ii you have few old tiles
these can he slipped over the lunches
of celery and they will Written nicely.
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On the strength of a story printed
in the Washington Star. it may be said
that it is a wise person that knows
his own vernacular after the dialect
writer is done with it. What on earth
is de matter wild yoh TALK" asked Pic
canniny Jim's mother. Dat talk what
] was jes' now talkin'?" "Yassir. "
ION, dat amt sho-nuff talk, Ev'y-
hody's gotter speak in school, an dc
teacher is learnin' me negro dialeck
niece"
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SN6D~e~--t-e-s-'---e-
92yAOU5EHoLD
~. RECIPES ,I {

Salad Dressing - Six eggs we'll
beateu, one.haIi tcacup of melted
butter, one of vinegar, one OF sugar.
one coffee cup of cream, one table
spoon of mustard salt aud little
cayenne pepper. Set in double
boiler and stir until il thickeus. Bot
tie aud it will keep month.
Sausage aud Macaroni Pie Cook
twelve sticks # macaroui in boiling
sailed water until tender. drain and
pour over p little cold water. Fill
small, deep buttcrcd dish with alter.
uatc layers OF macaroni and sausage
meat, season ing each layer with salt,
pepper and chopped parsley. NIoistcu
with good stock, cover with puff paste
and bake for about half nm hour
Cream of Peas Soup Cover two
cupluls Of peas with cold water. cook
until tender. Rub half the peas
through n sieve Scald ono-half pint
OF milk. Rub ono Tablespoonful Of
butter and one OF flour Together. Add
the Toured butter aud milk TO the
strained peas. When the soup thick
ems add q cupful of cream, the re
malhuef OF the peas, pepper and salt
French Earcbits- Butter an earlheu
dish and lay in the bottom piece Of
buttercd bread Sprinkle ON this %
layer of grated cheese, aud layer OF
buitorcd bread. and continue i'm the
same way until the dish is filled. Beat
two eggs, mix them with q cup of
milk aud pour over the bread and
cheese. Bake until lightly Drowned
Oatmeal Pudding TO one quart of
new milk add one cupful of cold por-
ridge or one-third cupfnl uucooked
oats, salt aud swceteu TO taste. flavor
with stick cinnamon, or it preferred,
add one-half cupful dried currauts.
Place In q moderately hot oven and
bake two hours When about half
done, STIR i'm thecust already formed.
and it viii form another sufficiently
brown 10 be served either hot on
cold with,whipped cream,
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His Oner.

generous II not aluring offer was
that made by an exasperated physi-
cian to the penurious father of an in
sane young man. The old man wished
to secure his sons admission to the
insane asylum, but seemed unwilling
to pay for the necessary certificate
After hearing his plea of poverty
which the doctor knew to he false
and hearing him also tell of the many
expenses to which he had been put by
his ungrateful children, the physician
waved his hand to end the recital
Now, see here" he said sharply. you
Just pay me for this one. and I'll give
you a certificate for yourself whenever
you wish to use Il, for nothing"
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one obiectionto soiIinr.

The chief objection to soiling is the
very wastefulness that the system is
supposed to avoid. Suppose COW
will eat 300 pounds of grass day
while roaming over pasture and de-
stroy lot more. The damage she
does is soon repaired by the weather,
but suppose you cut this 200 pounds
of grass aud put in a manger for her.
She goes at it in fine relish until she
begins to get full, and then the mis-
chief begins. She wisps it about,
roots aud noses it over, soldering
over 1T until in the end she absolutely
refuses to eat any more of it, though
1T is not half gone. l doubt if any
body N the country is making sue
cess OF selling. aud Home.
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A FAMOUS ARTIST.

The death in New York on the 7th
inst of Frederic z. Church removed
one OF the most famous OF American
artists. Mr.. Church was "a years old
He was born in Hartford. Conn. and
early evinced a talent for drawing
When young man he became a pupil
OF Thomas Cole at Catskill. n. Y.
where he painted his first pictures
He later removed to New York and II
ls4s was elected member OF the Ma.
tional Academy. In 1853 and 1887 he
was in South Africa and there he gath.
cred much material for later paintings
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JAPANESE ART.
rhcy wiped Up the blood and Said No
Moro About II.


Moro About II.
From Sea TO Sea" by Rudyard Kip
ing: Long ago a great-hearted king
anne to Nikko river and looked across
It the trees, upstream at the torrent
and the hills whence il came. and
downstream at the softer outlines Of
he crops and spurs OF wooded noun
aims. 1T needs only dash OF color
the foreground TO bring this all to-
sether," said he, and he put little
,hild in a blue and white dressing
gown under the awful trees to Judge
he effect. Emboldened by his tender
aess, an aged beggar ventured to ask
or aims. Now IL was the ancient priv
lege of the great to try the temper OF
heir blades upon beggars and such
'attle. Mechanically the king swept
IN the old mans head, for he did not
wish to be disturbed. The blood squirt
I'd across the granite slabs of the river
ord In a sheet of purest vermilion. The
ting smiled. Chance had solved the
problem for him. Build a bridge
nere," he said to the court carpenter
OF Just such a-co4or as that stuff on
me stones. Build also a bridge OF
gray stone close by, for would not
'orget the wants OF my people" So he
gave the little child across the stream
> thousand pieces of gold and went his
way. He had composed landscape.
A for the blood. they wiped it up anu
said no more about II, and that is the
story Of the Nikko bridge You will
not find it in the guide books.-Chica-
go News
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Hroodcr chicks should have little
yard ut first which should be enlarged
a. they grow but care should be used
TO have no corners where they can
congrcgato iu case Of q shower or nj
bedtime instead of going into the
broOder
find it best 60 feed broodcr chicks
four times day, with extra relishes
thrown 900. AZ each feed give only as
much us wiil be eaten before the 1evf
feeding time. To provide exercise bv
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Hair-brushes should be washed in
hot or tepid water, to which soda or
ammonia has been added. The
brushes should be dipped in and out
OF the watertill clean, taking care that
the backs and handles do not get wet.
After rinsing in clear cold water. put
them III the air to dry; they should
never be dried close to the fire. or the
bristles will become discolored.
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moving the grain from the trough
should you choose 60 do so. This.
however, is seldom done. Tho bot.
tom Of the feeder is built high in the
middle and slopes TO the feed trough
ON either side. The roof projects u
little over the sides aud measures
about fourteen fee. from cave to cave
\ door or cover is provided at either
side for the feed trough. II one has
cows In lot a. night. but wishes
calves to grain from the feeder during
the day, he can simply drop the lid
when the COWS are iu the lot and raise
% ON turning them out. Calves eau
then eat oats on shelled corn or what
ever you may have i'm the feeder for
them. Cut the raflers for the floor
out Of fourteen foot 2x4's, making
them each feet long; thirty.six
raitcrs Of this sort will be needed for
the bottom Of the drop ON the sides.
After the feeder is sided mp with
shiplap or flooring, the roof OF ks
sheetiug is put ON, which is after
ward covered with shingles. It is "a
good idea To- put several braces across
the feeder from cave TO cave. Bolt
those TO tho 2xts. Strength will be
given to The structure by running
half1uch rod the length Of the feeder
aud making fast just below the grain
doors The feeder is about sixteen
feet long, aud has a capacity Of about
1000 bushels Of corn. Total cost, i'm
Guiding lumber. labor aud hardware.
viii be about $50 or $50. From fifty
TO sixty cattle can be fed ut ono Of
these feeders Have slides i'm the
troughs so the amount of grain can
be adjusted 10 the kind of feed.
Flossie "Mamma, think this
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Appiicant-Is there an opening here
for sharp young man? Employer
What can you do? Applicant Conf
dently)-Anything. Employer-Very
well. Take my chair here and tell me
how to run my business on a proAta-
bic basis. We've been waiting years
for you to be born.-Stray Stories.
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The small whitish insects which
suck the life out of rose leaves are
rose hoppers, which are frequently
found on the lower side of tie leaves
1t is said that if attended TO before
they are fully developed they eau be
easily destroyed by busting the in
tested plants with slug shot. When
full y grown they are very persistent,
and several applications have TO be
made in order to kill them, aud even
then absolute radiance is doubtful.
Aphides propagate so quickly, and
and III numbers SO marvelously great,
it requires close attention TO keep
plants moderately free from them.
The secret is to begin AT first sight of
them, or perhaps before they arrive.
for there are very few plants that are
not attacked before the season ad-
vances very far. -.Meehau's Monthly.
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Cultivation ShieIh.

In cnItivatinS corn when it is small
1t requires the greatest care not to
cover up or roll hard humps of dirt on
the tender sprouts. The shields that
come with cultivators are very uncer-
tain and unsatisfactory i'll their work.
For several years we have tried this
trough and find it most satisfactory
device. Take two hard wood iuch
boards, eIGhtinthes Wide and nbont five
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Take two parts of washing soda, one
part of pumice stone, aud one part of
fnely-powdered chalk. sift it through
a fine sieve, and rinse it with water.
Rub the marble well over with the
mixture until the stains are removed;
then wash with soap and water.
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The Tronble with SlankIna

Il haven't heard anything from
Slankins for long time. He went out
west and got to be a county treasurer
or something OF that kind. How was
he getting along at last accounts?"
His last accounts. l am informed. did
not balance. Chicago Tribune.
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shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-E Ease. n
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns. Bunions.
swollen. Hot, SmartinR and Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. Ny.
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At the Dinner Table.

George, don't stare at Mr.. Crum-
ley that way. 1t isn't polite" Il was
Just waitin to see him pick up his
glass OF water. ma heard pa tell
you that he drinks like a fish. Gle
land Plain Dealer.
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The Japanese tea merchants are contem.
plating establishing tea houses. after tho
Japanese style, in the large cities OF the
United States.
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Hairs Catarrh Cure Is n liquid ana il taken
internally. ana acts directly on tho blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system Write
for testimonials. free Manufactured nv
=. J. CHESEY Il Co, Toledo q.
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Cigarettes are smoked almost exclusively
in Germany, Austria, Russia and Greece
and generally through Europe.
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1t requires no experience to dye with FRI
NAM FADELEss DYES Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that's necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
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Tiso'c Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of throat and lungs -WM
o. ENpsLEY, NaDburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
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FITS permanently cured. No nts or nervous
ness after FIRST days use OF DR.. kline's Graa Z
Nerve estOrer S2trial bottle and treatise free
Or. H. " KLINE, Ltd, a3l Arch St, Phila. IA.
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The city Of Cleveland Is the first TO create
q department whose sole object Is the ahate-
ment oil the smoke nuisance
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Chief Ripley, OF Chicago has proposed n p
pointing reporters OF the city as members OF
the detective force.
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Most kinds OF clay contain considerable
proportion of iron; the red color of bricks
f!r example is due to the presence OF oxide.
Of iron.