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MRS. r. LUSBY.
Palmistry and card readings. 1850 q m.
70 ESQ p. m; ladies only; closed Sunday.
esS ". Y. ave. 2Ss
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NONMEDICAL HEALING.

THE VACUUM TREATMENT.
Its MIRACULOUS CURES have made
II famous the world over. L1TERA-
TURE, WASHINGTON REFERENCES,
and CONSULTATION FREE. Hours, 10
to g. Prof. II. n. d. PARKER, 1922 9Th
st. NV. Lady attendant. HS-6t-xm
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l WILL FURNISH FUNDS AND
ground in northwest section of Dis
trict for building Of detached homes.
Address BUILDER, Box q. Herald office.
206-tf
TWO LOTS, NORTHWEST DISTRICT:
convenient; very high ground: trees; IA
cents a foot. Address OWNER. Rox 20,
Herald office. 20S-tf
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia, Washington. August 8.
l9ll.-Sealed proposals will be received at this Of
fee until O'Clock p. IN. AUGUST Is. 1911. for
furnishing and delivering 1000. more or less wire
tree guards for in the parking commission,
this city, and for furnishing and delivering one
IS II. p. double cylinder locomotive traction en-
gne, IS II. p. single cylinder return fue
traction engine; eight-ton dump spreading car.
and two heavy hauling wagons for use at ID. O.
Workhouse, Occoquan, Va Specifications and form
Of proposal may be obtained from the puI
chasing officer d. c. State which set of proposal
and specifications n desired. CUNO II. RU-
DOLPH, JOHN A. JOHNSTON. MARK BROOKE
(Actins). Commissioners. ID. c. sued3t
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District of Columbia. Washington. d. C., August
s. l9lk-Sealcd proposals will be received ut this
Office nntil O'Clock p m. AUGUST l6. 1911. for
furnishing and delivering road oils and tar. Speed
fcations and form of proposal may be obtained from
the Purchasing Officer. ID. G. CUN0 II. RU-
DOLPH. JOHN A. JOHNSTON, MARK BROOKE
(Acting), Commissioners. d. C. au7.d,6t
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

INVESTMENTS OF ALL KINDS.
General Commercial Service. Inc.
60o-6W Barrister building.
Phone %5ls Main. sSS y st NV.
2Qi-6mo
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FOR SALE
BY R. H. SCROGGINS.

CLARENDON. VA. ALL KINDS, OF
suburban property in Virginia. Free
access to Washington, d. G. Electric
cars through property. Lots and houses
of all kinds on monthly payments
Houses built to order in MOOre's AdSr
tiOn and SCroESinS' Addition to Claren-
don, Va. Phone write; will come to
see you. X. II. SCROGGINS, Clarendon.
Va. Telephone Ross 15S-C. 2G
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FOR SALE OR P.ENT.
WANTED AND TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-LARGE SUMS ON
business property a speciality. Smaller
loans. $500 and upward. All transactions
conducted with economical consideration
for borrowers VIM. II. SAUNDERS &
CO., Southern Bldg. s0 18th st. NV.
2O0-tf
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MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED
city real estate at lowest current rates
Of interest; special privileges with respect
to prior payments TYLER & RUTHER-
FORD. Inc. 7so 18th st. NV. 63-tfs
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LOST AND FOUND.

THREE DRESS SUIT CASES, MARK
ed N. B. s.. from the back Of an auto
mobile between Belair, Md, and Wash
ington, d. c., Reward will be paid II
notice Is sent to SENATOR SCOTT, New
FOUND-SoMETHING NEW IN LITH-
ographed business stationery. Exclu-
sive designs; letterheads, billheads. en-
velopes, &C, to match. Costs same as
printing Ask for prices and samples.
Phone Main PASS. CARPENTER PRINT
ING CO., 1915 New York ave- NV. 200-tf
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HORSES AND VEHICLES.

FOR SALE-HORSES SUITABLE FOR
all purposes. Apply to SUPT., Wood
ward & Lothrop. 223
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Georgetown League.
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AUTOMOBILES.
AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE.

AND 7 PASSENGER
automobiles for hire. Call HARVEY'S s
11th and Pa. ave. NV.
200-6mo
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PALMISTRY.

ORIGINAL GYPSY PALMIST.
Whole fortune told, 20c.
Open nights. 1723 sth st. NV.
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FAIRLY WARNED.
The Old Crooks Advice to His Bril-
liant Younp pupil.


"All this easy talk about honest
graft" said All author, makes me
tired. There isn't any such thing.
Honest graft is on par with the
point of view Of an incorrigible old
crook | ran across when | was doing
police work on Chicago paper years
ago. The venerable reprObate had n
son about eighteen years old. whom
he had carefully trained to follow In
his own footsteps. They lived togeth-
er, and every night the old man used
to make the boy fork over the pro
ceeds of the days pocketpicking. al.
lowing him just enough to live on.
"Flnally the young crook began to
rebel inwardly. and one night. after
particularly good days haul, he secret.
ly pawned n diamond scarfpln and
kept the money himself He gave the
old thief the rest of the swaC. how.
ever, and It was so goodly pile that
he opened his heart and handed the
astonlshed boy S. and told him to go
to prizefight or somewhere and en-
Joy himself SO the boy began to put
on his only glad rags. But he seemed
strangely silent and distraught. The
old man noticed It and demanded to
know what was the matter and IL the
So wasn't enough. and so on.
Suddenly the lad burst into tears,
'Guv'nor.' he sobbed. 4 amt no right
to this FIVE spot. Here's $40 got on
pin today. and l was goin' TO hold 1t
out on you
"The old crook took the money and
gazed with sadness upon his child
Son he said, I want To tell you one
thing. Take 1t from me. folks that
gets money that way will never, never
come TO no good New York World.
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REMOVE ALL FRUIT MUMM!Es
Wlthered Peaches Should Be Re.
moved From Trees Just as Soon
as Can Be Seen and Burned

After all the fruit has ripened and
gone and the leaves have fallen there
will still remain on many of the
peach trees the dried up remains of
peaches. These dry, withered peaches
are called mummies, probably be-
cause they are dead and yet seem TO
exist a long time without rotting
Mummied peaches will hang on the
tree all fall and winter, and often till
far into the following spring. wien
the new growing buds and shoots
push them off To all appearances
they are harmless.
But the mummy on the peach tree
is a source of great evil in the fruit
orchard business; on Its sunken hide
II carries hundreds Of thousands OF
spores of disease Next year these
spores, if allowed to remain in the or.
cnard, will be carried by wind. rain
and other agencies to other trees. to
cause the growing and ripening crop
20 rot Many years the peach trees
blossom freely, abundance of fruit
sets and grows to maturity. the
peaches begin to color and ripen,
when all at once, within a few days
time, they all begin to rot. Almost be.
ore ~" know It all of the peaches on
all of the trees in the orchard have
rotted Where there was prospect for
large and valuable crop of perfect
neaches now is only more than worth.
less rotten trash, and all has hap.
pened before We could help ourselves.
The remedy for disease in the or.
chard caused by spores is spraying
and washing with Bordeaux mixture
This mixture will kill and keep in
check nearly all fungous diseases II
he treatment is given in the right
vay and ~ the right times. OF course
u is needless to make the applications
after the disease. or rot, has once got.
Ten under way. any more than II Is
to give medicine to a sick animal
hen 1t is dying. The disease must
be taken in time and the medicine
given In the early stages, II It is to do
much good, and prevention is better
than cure
The peach mummies should be re-
moved from the peach trees Just as
soon In the fall as the falling OF the
leaves Will permit all of them to be
seen. Every one of them should be
Immediately burned to get them out
OF the way and to Kill the spores ad.
herring to them to prevent them fly
Ing In the air of the orchard and
causing the next seasons crop OF
peaches to rot. If this is promptly
and carefully done every year-in
YOUR own orchard and In your neigh.
bors'-there will be less rotten fruit.
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CURIOUS RESERVOIRS.
The Uss 70 Which 6ao5ab Trees Ara
Put In Africa

People Of the Kordofan province,
Africa, use baobab trees as reservoirs
for the scanty water of that district.
The trees have to be prepared care
fully for this use. The large branches
are first cut Off neaf the trunk If this
Is not done the trunk Is apt to split as
soon as it Is followed out A hole is
cut in the trunk. generally just above
n branch. which serves as n platform
for the man who is filling the tree. and
the interior is followed out Round
the bottom of the tree shallow basin
some twenty or thirty feet in diameter
l. made, In which the rainwater col.
lects As soon as there Is storm the
people go out and fill their trees. The
water so stored remains perfectly good
until the end of the next hot weather
or even longer. A few trees. naturally
hollow, have a hole at the top between
the branches and FIJI themselves, the
branches catching the water and act
ing as cutters. These are called "la-
gai," and are highly valued.
The system gives n cistern twenty
feet high and from eight to ten feet or
even more in diameter Owing to the
labor involved in preparing and filling
the trees water is usually bought and
sold, and on the main roads where
there Is much traffic. as between Ma
hud and Jebel el Hilla on the way to
El flasher, the capital of Darfur, the
people do regular trade by supplying
merchants and travellers with water.
The bucket. called "dilwa," CON
sists Of II piece Of leather suspended
by strings six inches long. from piece
of wood bent in a circle. to which the
rope used for drawing the water Is
fastened by three or four strings. On
reaching the bottom Of the well the
leather opens out and collects the wa
ter, however little there may be.-Chi-
cago News.
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HOSE HOLDER QUITE SIMPLE
Little Wire Device Can Be Adjusted
In Few Seconds and Holes In
Lawn Not Noticeable.

What is apparently the simplest
hose-holder on the market has been
designed by a Minnesota man. 1t is
only a little wire device. the shape OF
a hairpin, with the ends straddled out
to form legs, but It answers all the
purpose Of a much more elaborate
and more expensive implement and
can be adjusted in a few seconds.
Furthermore, so small is the holder
that the holes made In the lawn by
its legs are not noticeable. A wire
crosspiece that slides up and down on
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-09-14
LEESBURC.
Sept. II, 1911.

Sept. IL, 1911.
Miss Lilly Holiday returned home
Wednesday from an extended visit
with relatives in Virginia.
G. L. Woodmansee and wife. OF
Washington G. H., were guests of the
latter's parents, David Sanders and
wife, over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Sparks will leave
this week for an extended visit with
relatives in st. Louis, Omaha and
other western points.
After a pleasant visit with her
mother and other relatives, Mrs. Chas.
Rogers will leave this week for her
home in Sulphur, Okla.
Miss Kathryn Sanders was the guest
OF her uncle, Henry Sanders, and
FAMILY, near Samantha, over Sunday.
Frank Dooley and sarence Guthrie
were in Greenfield Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Barrett and little daugh-
ter, Of Bridges, spent the latter part
OF the week with her parents, Henry
Wilson and family
S. R. Ousley and son, Dalton visited
the formers parents in Martinsville
Sunday
Robert HutT and wife and Miss
Ruthie Hun, of Bridges, were guests
of their brother, L. f. Hun, and wife,
last Sunday.
Miss Bena Pausch, Mrs. Lizzie Win
kle and Mrs. Laura Hardy entertained
Thursday afternoon with a charming
kensington in honor of their sister,
Mrs. Margo Rogers,
Miss Della Syferd spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her parents
north Of town.
DR.. w. II. Meadow, of Lynchburg,
will be here Sunday afternoon, Sept.
II, at the NJ. e. church and give an
address in the interest of the Sunday
School, You are invited to come and
hear this address
Mrs. A. g. Thurman is in Columbus
the guest of her brother.
Mrs. Sparks entertained to dinner
Sunday MesdamNs Margaret Teter,
Elvira Beeson and Emily Gage.
Mrs. o. II. Robbins Of Washington
G. H., is the guest of her sister, Mrs,
Il. j. Fultz.
s. A. beaverton and wife attended
the picnic near Beuna Vista last Sat.
urday.
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EAST MONROE.
Sept. IL, 1911.

Sept. IL, 1911.
Mrs. E. b Lupton spent few days
of the past week with relatives at
Blanc hester
Nine of New Venna's most popular
young ladies spent one day last week
at the famous Monroe Falls.
Mrs Madge White and children, of
Circleville, are e guests Of relatives
here.
OrIey Smith moved to DAYTON last
week James Sanders moved into the
house vacated by Mr. Smith and VIM.
Cox and family will move in the house
which WAS vacated by Mr.. Sanders.
W. G. Smith, of Springfield, was a
visitor here few days asst week.
Chas. Stewart, of Sablna, visited
here the past week
Harley Mills and wife. of Greenfield.
were the guests Of relatives here few
days last week
Mrs. Moll.e Ramsey returned this
week after a visit with relatives at
Ada and Lima
Miss lrcna Morton, Of Columbus,
visited relatives here the past week.
Pear and Harley Ward, of Column
bus, spent a few days last week with
relatives here.
Raymond Durnell OF Cincinnati.
visited his grandmother, Mrs. Evaline
Boyer, last week.
Miss Floss McCray returned last
week after spending a few day with
relatives in Cincinnati.
School began here today under the
supervision Of the following teachers.
Prof, W. A. Lucas, high school. and
Miss Ethel Mcpherson, primary. With
such able teachers a successful term
of school is assured.
Miss Ferne Snyder, Of Wilmington.
visited here few days the past week.
Dr. L, E. Tuttle and wife. OF Willis.
Cal, and Mrs, Emma futile. OF vii.
mington' were guests ofrelatives here
last Thursday.
Corn cutting is in progress in this
vicinity and the farmers are taking
adv ntage of the good weather and
are preparing their ground for wheat
sowing.
p. j. Green and family spent Sunday
with relatives at Greenfield.
Mrs. Frank Littler visited at Wells
ton few days recently.
Harry West, of New Vienna visited
here few days the past week.
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GRASS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Great Problem Of Maintaining Fertlli-
ty Of Soil for Future Crops
Solved In One Way.
(py wv. r. GARDNEnl

Wy W. " 1ATNIlNEhsl
in attempting to farm without
grasses the farmer is lifting without
lever; he is pulling a load with the
weight on the hind wheels; he Is cut
ting with dull ak.
With grass as basis grains, fruits,
vegetables and meat, all the triumphs
of farming are possible. The first
thing that would advise all those
Who contemplate buying farm to
look into, would be its capacity to
grow clover and other nutritious
grasses and learn what means would
be available for fertilizing such mead.
ows.
The grass can be converted into
milk and products into beef, pork or
mutton and returned to the land in
The form of manure for the grain crops
or you may sell the hay by the ton
according to the facts Of your particu
lar locality.
j would not advise any one to think
OF buying a farm that did not have
at least 20 acres of grass land that
would produce at least two tons of
hay per acre under favorable condi-
tions.
The Treatest thrift and profit made
by fs .ners OFF their farms in ten of
the leading agricultural states that
have visited during the past two
years have been made by those who
make dairying and the growing of live
stock their chief reliance.
The great question of keeping up
the fertility of the soil for future
crops can be solved in only one way
end that is by the growing Of more
clovers and grasses and feeding more
live stock and returning all Of the
manure thus made to the fields.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-09-14
Flowers and Blood.

A superstition dating from olden
times exists to the effect that roses
and flowers generally attain greater
beauty in soil fertilized by blood, espe-
cially by human blood. than elsewhere.
Persons who have visited Newmarket,
England know of the so called "bloody
flower of Newmarket" which is found
nowhere else than in the old moat,
now filled up, and I'm which, according
to tradition, a very large quantity of
human remains is inferred, These
flowers bloom in June and July and
by the bloolllke hue Of their blossoms
suggest the name which has been
given to them.
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Boring Machine for Stump Burning.

above the bottom OF the trench. A fire
is then kindled In the trench, and, as
It burns, some of the fire is drawn up
into the hole by the draft. This fire
feeds upon the stump and the hole
burns larger and larger until the
stump is practically all consumed.
Usually the stump burns down to
depth of 16 or IS inches below the
surface of the ground. which is well
out of the way Of the plow. The tar
In pine, of course, aids materially In
the burning. and It is on pine lands
that the method Is In use.
The holes are usually bored by an
ordinary auger, according to Popular
Mechanics, but the work is so slow
hat especially constructed augers of
the type shown In the illustration
have made their appearance in many
parts of the country, particularly In
Alabama. The outfit shown weighs
about sixty pounds and consists of a
" Inch ship auger about six feet
long. mounted on a truck and stand
ard, and turned by a crank mechan-
ism. With this machine It is possible
to bore holes five feet deep in a very
short time and It is said that two
men can bore and burn as many as
100 pine stumps a day.
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.hF;2'l.N'';l;:.:::;x;;i;;,|| y D
',sslessa-'S-5EE q
E|N.fv.lS>UlnFS'

A full silo makes fat pocket book.
The manure spreader is a profit
collector.
The lead pencil is the most valuable
tool on the farm.
Poorly shocked grain is a shocking
display of poor farming.
You need silo because with II you
can make more money.
Careful feeding is necessary to the
economical use of the oat bin.
Manure and disking will renovate
the worn out pasture or meadow.
Corn is just right for the silo when
II is a little too hard for roasting
ears.
The most successful growers OF al
falfa recommend sowing the seed In
spring
Fall rye will make good spring pas
ture at a time when pasture will be
greatly needed.
You can usually tell good farmer
by the orderly appearance OF his barn
floor and granary.
1t is best to manure and plow the
garden as soon as the growing season
is over and the crops harvested.
II you watch the thistles carefully
and do not let them go to seed for
two or three years you will rejoice in
their absence.
A one inch pipe from the tank on
the windmill to the house and another
to the barn with 80 feet OF garden
hose attached to each II q great deal
cheaper than q nre.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-09-14
STORE POTATOES IN WINTER
Kansas Man Gives His Method Of Pre-
pairing and Keeping Tubers
During Cold Weather.
CRy B. f. MILLER. Kansasl

My way of keeping potatoes during
he winter is to select high piece OF
ground that will drain itself well, then
| put lot of hay on the ground and
put the potatoes on the hay, piling
thsm up nicely. then cover with hay
or straw as thick as think best, then
put light layer Of dirt on the hay.
and as the season gets colder. put on
more dirt. To keep potatoes in the
spring for summer use. put them In a
dark room and give them plenty Of
cir, sprinkling some air-slacked lime
over them. Also keep all sprouts Off
of them, and you will have potatoes
until you can raise new ones.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-09-14
VINEGAR From Gull AppIes.

A bushel of fruit produces practi-
cally 32 pint bottles of fine cider,
worth 25 cents pint Wholesale. That
means eight dollars for bushel OF
fruit. This same cider can, by
proper handling, be made into 40
pints OF vinegar. The price will de-
pend upon the quality and the man.
ner of its marketing. In New York
city fine bottled malt vinegar are i'm
ported from Europe and sold as high
as 35 cents pint. We can make Just
as fine vinegars as can be made any
where In the world.
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MACHINE FOR STUMP BURNING
With Anger Shown In Illustration Two
Men Can Bore and Burn One
Hundred Stumps In Day.

Burning. If done persistently. is con.
sidered by many farmers a much bet
ter method of removing pine stumps
than dynamiting, pulling or cutting
and digging out To burn properly. a
trench must be dug a foot or so deep
on one side, and an auger hole bored
through on a downward slant from the
other side.
The auger hole is usually started
just above the surface of the ground,
and comes out on the other side just
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Remember the apple is mostly wa
ter.
Properly thinned fruit trees need
mo props.
A safe rule to follow: Keep stock
out of the orchard,
Coal tar is an excellent remedy for
the peach tree borer
A catalpa grove will yield its first
crop In about ten years.
There is a small trade every fall in
potted strawberry plants.
= Cut out "water-sprouts" at any
time Also pear-blight and black
knot
A bolt through a weak tree crotch
may save a split tree-if applied in
time.
Posts for light fencing, such as wire
or lath, are easily and quickly made
from ailanthus.
If dead and unsightly limbs have
not been taken of the trees, now is a
good time to do so.
Thinning the tree fruits has come
to stay. like spraying, orchard heating
and honest goods in an honest pack
age,
If the strawberry plants are vigor-
GUS, and the bed not too weedy II
may pay to renovate 1t for another
year.
II you spray you will have apples
too many for the trees to carry and
the soil to feed in droughty years. at
least.
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the uprights holds the nozzle OF the
hose and the angle at which the
stream of water is thrown depends
on the altitude of the crosspiece
When the crosspiece sets low the hose
is nearly horizontal and the stream
cast accordingly To throw the water
higher the crosspiece is moved up
near the top and the holder given a
backward slant that points the hose
nozzle skyward.
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To be honest, to be kind, to earn a
little and to spend little less; to make
upon the whole a family happier for
his presence; to renOunce when that
shall be necessary and not to nc EN-.
bittered; TO keep a few friends, but
these without capitulatlon; above ALL
on the Snu.r grim condition, to keep
friends with himsef-here is a task
for all that man has Of fortitude
End delicacy.
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cuts and then the cane is wound with
wire tightly at the place marked A
to keep 1t from splitting. says the
Popular Mechanics.
To pick figs or other small fruit,
simply insert the stem of the fruit
in one OF the slots and push up
ward on the cane with a slight twist.
The fruit will fall into the opening of
the cane without being bruised.
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A Discussion on Talk.

Tommy-Pop, what is the difference
between a dialogue and monologuei
Pop-When two women talk. my son
It's a dialogue; but when a woman car.
ries on a conversation with her hus.
band it's a ologue.-Exchange
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much attention on account OF its
unique mounting which closely resem-
bles a gun carriage, says Popular
Mechanics. The large wheels of this
carriage make It easily managed
even on rough ground, and two men
can transport it from place to place.
The motor is made for gasoline or oil
consumption.