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Acres Of Coal Ahoat.

Only In the United States can such
n sight be e as six acres of coal
floating down q, river as. a single unit.
This ds the area. of coal. boats the
sterns~heef steamer Sprague Is capa-
Bile of handling as a single tow. -Four
across-stream rows of II boats each
makeup the principal part, according
to the Popular Science Monthly. Back
of the fourth row, however, eight boats
find places together with two barges.
Hence there are Sc boats and two
barges in the big feet. The Sprague
has her nose showed In at the center
of the fifth row. The so vessels are
dashed securely together by lines which
run from boat to boat. Although the
Sprague can push the fleet ahead, her
chief duty Is to hold back the load.
This great amount of coal is handled
by a relatively small total of horse
power .hecauses the current OF the on
flowing river supplies a large part of
the requisite energy.
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With the Fingers
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of a corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
will apply or the corn a few drops of
.freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get a small bot
tie Of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore.
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment 1t Is applied and
does not infiame or even Irritate the
surrounding skin. Just Think You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without a bit Of pain or soreness.
If your druggist hasn't freczone he can
easily get a small bottle for you from
his Wholesale drug house.-adv.
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BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

A general purpose barn for a farm
of 20 or more acres is shown In &C
companying illustration. 1t is 80 by
% feet in size and is built to stable
eight cows and four horses.
The barn has a concrete foundation
wall and a concrete floor. The stalls
are Of the approved kind used In the
best dairy stables. The stanchions are
Of the turning or swinging pattern,
and the stall partitions are of iron.
Each COW stall is 3 feet 3 inches wide.
This width measures out even, and 1t
Is about right for the average COW.
The length of the floor from the
manger to the gutter is 4 feet 6 inches.
The gutter Is 10 inches wide. These
sizes are about what dairymen prefer,
although there are dairy farms where
the cows average extra large. For in
stance, some Holstein breeders pre-
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When the Statue Nodded.

Before he attained to the front rank
in his profession, Fred Kitchen, the fa-
nous comedian, used to tour Europe In
an acrobatic turn with q partner
named Royal.
One week they We're at the Edo
RADIO theater, Naples, and after the
performance they went for o stroll
along the famous embankment, known
as the Waterfront.
pretty soon," said Fred, in tell.
ing the story, 1--WE reached a statue,
and 10! it podded gravely toward us
"Did you see that statue nodT said
my partner.
at certainly did, said 1.
well said he, I'm going back tC
the hotel and to bed before / get rur
in. It's that confounded Capri wine.
$50, ashamed of ourselves, back We
went, and sneaked up to bed.
"But at breakfast time next morn
ing both of us seemed to be amazing
ly fresh considering our dissipation OF
the night before, and we could not I'm
derstand why we had such good ap-
petites until the waiter said:
Ibid the gentlemen feel last nights
slight earthQuakeT"
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ings near the floor at the outside
walls.
The natural tendency of warm all
is to rise to the ceiling and spread in
every direction and settle to the floor
at side walls. Impure stable air is
heavier than fresh pure air, because
the weight of impurities carries it
down. Theoretically, the out-take from
near the floor at the outside of stables
is correct. Sometimes other means Of
extracting impure abr are employed,
because Of local conditions.
The principle of ventilating is based
on the tendency of warm air to go up.
A properly constructed ventilator
works like a chimney. The warm air
from the stable rushes up through the
chimney the same as the warm air
from q FIRE.
The size Of stable ventilators regu-
lates the amount of air to be drawn
off. The intake pipe should be large
enough to supply sufficient fresh air
for all the cows or other live stock
confined in the stable, and the ventila-
tors or out-take pipes should conform
to the same carrying capacity.
For a stable containing 40 cows,
two ventilators will be necessary, and
these ventilators should measu two
feet square inside, figuring the move
ment Of air in the ventilating flues at
800 feet per minute. Not every two
foot ventilator carries air at the rate
Of 300 feet per minute. 1t depends on
the height of the flue and the man
ner In which 1t is constructed. Venti-
lators are like chimneys-sometimes
the draft is strong and sometimes it is
less satisfactory.
Besides the tendency Of warm air to
60 up, a movement Of air in ventila-
tors depends on the proportion Of the
ventilator to the amount of air to be
carried. Also the direction Of the
wind Is an influence. What is known
as aspiration or suction induced by
the wind passing over the top Of a
yentilator has a good deal to do with
upward draft. Mechanical v~entilator
tops are manufactured to increase as
piration. ~
Some Of the ~ventilators rezder val
liable assistance I'm creating artificial
drafts or increasing natural draft
through a yentllating fiue. Manufac-
ttfrers have given especial attention to
the building Of metal ventilators from
the stable up, so that the whole sub
ject is receiving careful attention
from different sources.
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NOT MAKING FAIR BARGAIN
She Expected Hubby TO Have All Pos
sible Virtues, But Forgot to
Take Stock of Her Own.

"What kind of a man are you going
TO marry?", asked earnest, dark-haired
Margaret Ellis.
Her friend Vivian raised her golden
head. 81 want the man I marry to be
entertaining, to be high in his profess
sion, to have money, or ths hope Of
getting 1.-THE kind of man that every
n is anxious to know. That kind
|. could make me happy. Just any man
wouldn't do: I couldn't marry just
any man."
Grandmother Ellis looked up from
her crochet. A quizzical look crept
into her gray eyes. as they rested on
vivian's attractive face. Then she
folded her capable hands in, her lap
and said: -. =
rCAn you cook, vivianr'
"Why, yes, a little. ] a make
mayonnaise, cake and-and fudge"
she answered, looking puzzled over
the seeming ~irrelevancy Of the Ques-
ton.
"Can you sewT"
'No; but / can embroider."
'IA see. OF course you can keep
house?"
"No, Mrs. Ellis. I cannot. The maid
does that at our house."
81 see, I see," unused grandmother.
She gazed out of the window for a
minute, and when she looked back
her eyes were very kind.
Eyes, my dear, you expect to marry
someone who has used his time well
in making a successful man of him
self. He must be so well trained that
he will make no mistakes that might
cause you discomfort or unhappiness.
He must stand. the strain of the long
days, ,and. the responsibility. not only
of his work but of his own family
and then be entertaining.
II wonder often whether women
realize just what that a You,
on the contrary, know nothing of your
business of being a wife. You enter
on the biggest job in life without
training. You will learn In time, per-
haps, but at the expense of his COM
fort and your own The petted doll
way of ~,homemaking is marked with
tears and regret. Do you think it is
quite fail. to ask so much and give so
little?"
!. AS Grandmother Ellis talked a flush
had risen to Viyian's face, but plenty
of sense lay behind her beauty. She
drew a long breath.
rThank you; Mrs. Ellis" she said,
sincerely. II have never thought the
thing dat before. 'sY0u have given me
something that 1 shall profit by
Youths Eompanion. <>s
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a noticeable odor when entering from
the fresh air outdoors.
The most penetrating odor is am
mcnia. When animals are confined In
a well-built stable they are constantly
throwing Off through the breath guam
titles Of devitalized air. Experiments
have been conducted to show that a
mouse confined in a jar that is filed
with the breath Of an animal will die.
Prof. f. II. King showed that a cow
needs twice as much pure air by
weight as the food she consumes,
which means that a COW will breathe
$500 cubic feet of air per hour.
The problem of supplying SO much
air to each COW In a crowded stable
containing 80 or 40 head is no easy
task.
The Importance of pure air has only
recently begun to be thoroughly appre-
clated by farmers for the reason that
cows until recent years have never been
Kept in large numbers on the farm.
Formerly a dairy farm consisted
Of five or ten cows that were stabbed
in one side of a loosely constructed
barn to be fed and MIXED. During
the greater part of the "a hours, they
were turned out into the barnyard to
forage around the straw stack or un-
der the sheds.
The increased value of live stock
during recent years has resulted In
the building of barns to accommodate
large numbers Of cows. Likewise
horses are better stabbed, because
farmers have recognized the value Of
good buildings. Many Of these build
ings are equipped with thorough sys-
tens of ventilation. but, unfortunate
ly, some have been constructed on old
lines without proper consideration for
the needs or requirements of large
numbers of cattle in close confinement.
Professor King probably did more
than any other man to call attention
to the great necessity Of changing the
arr in stables constantly days and
nights. His ventilating systems were
constructed to admit cold, fresh air
from outdoors in such a way as to
spread it out over the cattle near the
ceiling. This forced the cold air down.
ward in the stable and outward to the
outlet ~yentilators that have their open
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The Whole Gamut.

Mayor Mitchell said4at a dinner in
New York: 80,
Insurance rates, now that we're at
war, will naturally go up. / heard
the other day: about a young fellow
who went to an Insurance agent and
Said.a -
I'D like to take out a policy,
please
VERY good, sir;'.said the agent, sit
down and have "a, cigar. Now, then,
what kiAd of policy. do. you want
to take out-life, fire, burglary, acct
lieut., murder, drowning, assassination
or marineg
"Tn fake the whole caboodle OF
Them said the young man. "Tmrgo-
ing to try to cross to England through
the U-boat blockade So,
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.EspiGseh Good Garden CROP.

There is, perhaps, no other garden
creep which gives as much satisfaction
as spinach. Ordinarily ID occupies the
land during the. autumn and winter
and does not interfere, therefore, with
the production Of summer vegetables.
Three or four ounces OF seed planted
In the autumn after the summer crop
has been harvested will produce an
abundance Of green's for the average
family during the late autumn and
carly spring. In gathering spinach the
entire plant Is removed instead Of
merely cutting of the leaves. BY Sc
lecting the larger plants first, the
smaller or later ones are given room
to develop. This method does away
with the necessity Of thinning. q
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fer large cows and they breed with

fer large cows and they breed with
that end In yiew.-. III
In buildingsa dairy stable a dairy
mar is governed by local conditions.
..Thst stalls given In this plan are
plenty wide and long enough for Jer-
seys or other breeds Of cows weighing
up to 1000 pounds.
The alleyway in the center Of this
stable is built wide to drive through
with the manure spreader and for the
handling of bedding and other litter.
The horse department is partitioned
away from the COW stable by a good
board partition that reaches to the
ceiling. The two doors opening into
the horse end Of the barn are hung
with weights, so they always pull
shut. Most farmers like to have the
horses and cows entirely separate.
The ceiling over the horse depart
ment is 8 feet In height. The ceiling
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21

over the COW stable is the same level.
but the COW stable floor is built diff
ferently so that the head room over
the feed alley Is only a little over 8
feet. Eight feet of head room in a
Gov stable Is about right for ventila-
ton, but horsemens prefer a 9-foot
ceiling In a horse stable.
Over the stable is a good-sized NOW
which is used for hay and bedding,
put In with a horse fork through the
large door in the end. The hay and
straw are let down through a chute
which opens into the horse stable
near the center partition to avoid
scattering dust through the cow sta
BILE.
One Of the most important consider
atoms In any type Of stable is the
ventilation.
One OF the best tests for ventilation
In stables Is whether or not there Is
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VenaI Justice.

Former President Taft, during a
visit to Texas, said at a dinner in
Galveston:
"There is a story which illustrates
the Importance of keeping our judges
out Of business or trade.
: "It's a story about a magistrate who
was also q flour and feed dealer. A
farmer was brought before the man
for falling to notify of a case of cattle
disease. The magistrate delivered
judgment as follows:
"'YOu are fined So for this ~offense,
with $3.50 costs, making $50, and SO
you W me for your last bill of feed,
o $16.50 in all-$16.50, or thirty
days."
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DON'T WORRY, ABOUT PlMPLEs
Because .cuticura Quickly Removes
''':' ' Them-TriaI Free.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off the Ointment in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water, using
plenty of Soap Keep your skin clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, *Guticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she had taken It with good
results. / did 90, my weakness dis
appeared, / gained In strength, moved
into our new home, did ell kinds OK
garden work, shoveled dirt did build
ing and cement work, and raised hum
dreds of chickens and ducks. ! cam
not say enough In praise of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
IL these facts are useful you may pub
lish thems for the benefit Of other
women. Mrs. M. o. JOHNSTON. Route
ID. Box 100, Richmond. Ind.
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Il Was Heavy on His Mind.

Two gross inebriates had approached
Ninth street and Grand avenue the
other night, reports G. III. S., when
ono said:
wait a minute. I've sumpn very
Important to say to you."
Jaw, come on" protested the other.
Were N a hurry"
"Yes, / know, bat this is vast 'mpor-
lance. You'd never guess"
"C'mon, slate"
saw right. But you'll see. And don't
blame me-"
swell, then, what is it?"
""Tis jus this (very solemnly) :.
D Turk."-Kansas City Star.
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BARN FOR
SMALL FARM PLOT
1t viii, Stable Eight Cows and
-Four, Horses and Is Thor
=.
l. oughIy Modern.
VENTILATION WELL PLANNED
This Important Factor Was Not Given
Consideration Warranted Until
Scientific Experiments Were
Made In Recent Years.

Mr. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm. for
the readers OF this paper. On account OF
MS wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to william A. Rad
ford. No. 1871 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
III, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
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He Stood The Cost.

"You know the old story they tell
about the man who ordered potatoes
In five different ways from a French
menu card?'
Eyes"
Didn't the story begin by telling
he was q travelling millionaire?'
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What Could He Do?

The Monon passenger car was filed
and when a stop was made at a small
way station a man and woman board
ed it.
Mr.. s., who was occupying a seat
by himself, arose and offered the wom-
an a seat. She accepted. but when
Mr.. S. resumed his seat she remarked :
II prefer my husband to sit by me. IL
you please"
When asked what he did, Mr.. s. re-
piled: well, what could 1 DO Dut
complyT'-Indianapolls News.
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F RECKLE S
Now Is the Time 10 Get Ria Of These
Ugly gnotm.

NOW 10 the Time TO Get Rid OF These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed OF your freckiea an the
prescription othine - double strength - 10
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
strength-from your druggist, and apply q
little of IL night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freakles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. II In seldom
that more than one ounce IL needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure TO ask for the double strength
othine. as this il sold under guarantee OF
money back IL it fails 10 remove freekiea-
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o my age that
when going up
stairs I had TO go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top TO rest.
The doctor said he
thought / should
have an operation,
and my friends
thought Iwould not
live 10 move into
our new house. MY
dA-NLkow aakaA MA
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Very Particular,

Doctor-Did the patient have his
insomnia medicine every hour as !
ordered?
Nurse-Oh, yes, doctor. / woke him
for every dose till he stcid awake to
take Ii.
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Heard at the U

That's Fred Darling just come in.
You know his wife made him."
You mean that fellow with a waxed
mustaehe and manicured nails?"
."Yes..... . 49,.
,FWeH / know women did fancy
work, but ! never knew. they did any
thing as fancy as that. :. -:
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oh, That's Different.

May-Has Mr.. Eaton declared his In.
tentions?
Dora-YeS.
May-What did he say?
Dora-He declared In a most decid-
ed manner that he would never marry.
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Druggists friend--i near your cash
register ringing a lot. You must be
doing a fine business?
Druggist-Tm doing splendidly.
don't know how many nickels' worth
of pennies I've sold this morning
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Out of His Size.

Lady (entering bank, very business
like)-I wish to get a Liberty loan
bond for my husband.
Cerk-What size, please?
Lady-Why, / don't believe I know,
exactly, but he wears a fifteen shirt.
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CLIMBED STAIRS
ON HER HANDS
Too III to Walk Upright. Operation
Advised. Saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

This woman now raises chickens and
does manual labor. Read her story:
Richmond, Ind.-'tFor two years r
was 80 sick and weak with troubles
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Cynical

Remember 1t was n Of your fore
fathers who pledged his sacred honor
for his country"
"Yes, and how much did he raise
on it?"
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Subject to Approval.

The Nurse-What do you think of
the new twin babies?
Little Ethel-Are they real goods OF
just samples to select from?
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She Knew.

saIlor-Yes, ma'am. them's memo.
war.
Giri-How interesting. And what
are the little ones in 'front.'
Sailo--oh, sthem's just tugs.
Girl-Oh, yes. OF course; tugs Of
war. I've heard Of them.
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After a man has acquired a reputa-
ton for wisdom he can say silly things
and yet his friends will applaud them
as wisdom. 81
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What most ihen need IS d spring
tonic for the intellect.
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win Have % bic.

They were talking in Washington
about putting a heavy tax on Idle
lands. In other words, the landlords
will have to dig one way. or another
Houston Post.
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The life of a woman whose husband
has no faults must be awfully monot-
on0us.
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"Doans Saved MyLife"
Il Had Given Up Hope Says Mr..
Dent, "But Doan's Kidney Pills
Cured Ne Permanently"
INV kidney trouble began with back

ache, winch ran on
about a year, says
w. III, Dent, 22l3
Reynolds Street.,
Brunswick, Ga. MY
back gotso Twas at
times unable to sleep,
even in a chair. Of
ten the pain bent me
double. l would be
Frustrated and some
one would have to
move me. Uric acid
got into my blood
and ! began to break
III -
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mks Dent out. sEnlS g0t- SO pau
I went to a hospital for treatment. ]
stayed there three months, but. got but
little better. Dropsy set in and I bloat-
ed until nearly half again my size. My.
knees were so swollen the flesh burst in
strips. I lay there painting, and just
about able to catch my breath. I had
Eve doctors; each one said 1t was i'm
possible for me to live.
s"T hadn't taken Doan's Kidney Pills
long before / began to feel better. i
kept on and was soon able to get up.
The swelling gradually went away and
when / had used eleven boxes / was
completely cured. / have never had q
bit Of trouble since. I owe my life and
my health to Doan's Kidney Pills"
Get Oceans az Any Store. Soc a Bon
|DOAN'S H pl,
FosTER-MnBURN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
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DAISY FLY KILLER

W. N. u, SIOUX FALLS, NO. 25-1sf7.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
Legal Advertisements
Citation.

GEORGIA-Sumter County.
WHEREAS, j. w. Huguley, Admin
istrator of estate of George Phillips,
has filed application to sell the realty
situated in Sumter County belonging
to the estate of George Phillips, for
the purpose OF paying the debts. and
distribution among the heirs OF said
estate.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned. kindred and creditors, to
show cause. if any they can, why said
petition should not be granted, and the
Administrator of said estate sell the
realty belonging to said estate in
Sumter County before me on the LIST
Monday in February, 1917.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
GRAND JURY GETS SIX
ON FRAUDS IN ELECTION

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 25,-Six seal
ed indictments, naming ninety-nine in
dividuals were returned by the federal
grand jury here today. Names of the
defendants will be announced as rap
idly as arrests are made.
The wholesale indictments grew out
Of the probe of alleged election frauds
in this district. Many of the indict-
ments charge procurement of fraud,
while others are against "repeaters."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
LABOR TURNS DOWN THE
PEACE OF WAR TALK

MANCHESTER, Eng, Jan. 25.-A
labor conference in session here today
rejected resolution favoring the Inn
mediate offering of peace terms to the
Central Powers by a majority of three
to one.
The vote of the. labor unions is OBJ
served with great satisfaction by ire
government, indicating as it does en-
tire satisfaction with the administra-
ton of CONSUMPTION measures passed
over labor's protest in parliament.