Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 25, 1901, Image 4

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Lessening the 1 roll ts. Many farmers ship produce to mar ket at certain seasons and buy articles that could be dispensed with by using those grown on the farm. In such cases they pay transportation two ways, which lessens the profits. Improving Land by Dr? tn age. When land has been heavily man ured and does not give satisfactory crops the cause may be that the land requires tile drainage, being too wet, owing to the fact that the lower water cannot flow away. Drainage in such cases will effect wonderful improve ment Feed the Plant*. - Plants must have food and water, the same as animals. The fine white roots are the feeding mouths, while the leaves take carbon from the at mosphere Plants make their most rapid growth when well supplied with a variety of food, and, as they con vert food into salable product, they should be well fed or they will fail to give satisfactory results. Changing the Garden Plot. The garden plot may be changed every two or three years in order to prevent diseases of plants. The plot for the garden should be selected at this season of the year, plowed and a liberal application of manure made, which should be harrowed in. Sow rye to cover the ground and plow it under early in spring, using a small quantity of lime, or apply wood ashes. Have the plot so arranged as to culti vate in Jong rows, in order to save labor. The fall is the time to ma'-e the garden plot fertile. Care of the Horses' Shoulders. First see that the collars flt thc shoulders perfectly and then begin in the spring before work is rushing to work the horses a little eacn day to toughen their shoulders and work off the superfluous flesh. Bathe their shoulders with cold water immediately after work, and if pads are used take the collars off at noon and put them j in the sun to. dry which I find a great benefit over putting on wet pads. Keep the pads clean by washing, if woolen ones; if not scrape off clean before putting on the horses. When at work raise fae collars occasionally to cool the s?oulders and see that the pads are clean; if not, rub off with the hand being very careful not to heat the horses' shoulders in hot weather. Burton Shingleton, in The Epitomist. Fattening Hogs Rapidly. My pigs are farrowed in April and May and the brood sows run on a good clover^ pasture during the following -bummerr They ?Iso-Hrua_Jn_,a_ nice grove where they find plenty of shade during hot aays. I feed equal parts oats, wheat and barley to my brood sows during the summer and usually some ear corn. I have a feeding house with a plank platform and also slop troughs which hold about 90 palls of water. Water is supplied from a cattle tank by means of a three-fourths inch pipe. In winter a tank heater is used to keep the water from freezing. Plenty of feed is kept in the troughs during July and August, so that young shotes will learn to eat About Dec. 1 the young hogs are put on full feed. The ration consists of ear corn and a mixture of shelled corn, wheat oats and barley soaked in a slop tank, but never allowed to sour. A?hes and salt are kept on the plat form regularly, which tends to keep the pigs healthy. I have never had a case of cholera. By Dec. 1 the hogs are shipped to the Chicago market, where they seldom fail to bring about the highest price. My shrinkage is very small. For shelter, a wooden shed is used, as the animals kept in this are not as liable to contract cold ar when confined in a basement barn. -A Minnesota Stockman, in Orange Judd Farmer. Reclaiming Waste Land. We have been working for several years to bring a piece of land which might almost be called waste, back to a state of productiveness. Many years ago a heavy wind swept over this tract of land, felling the native forest trees and making it necessary to clear it all up. For a year or two the fieid was cropped. Then it was al lowed to lapse into uselessness. Small trees grew up on it, blackberry bushes ran rampant and altogether the lot was almost worthies? Cattle found shelter in the shade o? the trees from the sun and flies, but aside from that it was of little value to the owner. This was its condition when we came into possession of the farm. It is dis couraging to think how many dollars the former owner must have paid In taxes on this valueless piece of land, for it is a fact that very rarely does the assessor set foot upon the farms he is called upon to appraise. As soon as possible we planned a campaign against the saplings and the brush and the logheaps on this field. After the work of haying was over we went to it and cleared up a strip. We cut the small trees down close to the ground, thus ensuring their death. We trimmed up the limbs and piled them neatly. The bodies of such as were large enough for fuel we laid out to one side to be drawn to the woodpile lat er. With a good strong scythe we mowed the briers and other small brush. All the refuse was piled and when dry burned. It is not possible for me to describe the difference in appearance after our work was done. Where it had been almost impossible to get through on account of logs, trees and brush we now had a fine open field. But that was not the best of It We did not sow any seed on that field. It was not necessary. Immediately after the sun began to warm the earth a beautiful growth of fine white clover mixed with timothy began to spring up. I hac lot looked for this, but supposed of course that it would be necessary to scatter-seed over the land and drag It in. A few sprouts grew up at the stump of the trees we had cut off, but a blow with the ax disposed of these for all time. So that now this is one of ene finest fields in our pas ture. Today we might plow the lot and get a good crop where a little while ago we had nothing but waste. We think it paid great returns for our labor. And there are thousands of 1 acres in every state just as valuable as that described which might be re claimed in the same way.-E. L. Vin- J cene, in Agricultural Epitomist The Uses and Value of Oreen Bone. In early December about six years ago, I first noticed in the columns of my agricultural journal an advertise ment of a "green bone cutter," stat ing that said cutter could be easily manipulated and that green bone was the best ot es? foods. I had, therpf -re, in different seasons and at wid'j intervals poifhded up fresh bones and found the fowls very eager consumers of them, but the pro cess was so tedious and unsatisfac tory that I had never continued the feeding regularly enough to effect any noticeable change i. egg production. At this time, only about one-sixth of my fowls were laying. They had large warm quarters, good air, plenty of exercise and good food. They looked healthy and were mostly the spring's hatch. I could get fresh bones from the butcher in town for a mere trifle. Ere the end of a fortnight 1 bad concluded that the bone cutter was the proper thing and acted according ly. When the machine came, it was immediately installed, grinding its stint that noon and every second morning thereafter through the winter and spring and fall during moulting. On use, I found it valuable for sev eral things besides egg production. But first of all I learned that the large beef shank bones did not pay to cut when others were plentiful, owing to the great wear on the machine knives. A too generous feed of bone, I dis covered later, caused fowl disease. Also it should not be fed clear. Feed it wit.i some coarse food, as cut clover or bran. My preference is to mix it in a mash of the latter. On Candlemas day over 60 percent of my fowls were laying, against a scant 17 percent 40 days earlier. About two weeks after the first spring hatch came off, I thought to try it on the chicks and found by grinding it as .fine as possible, which is not neces sary in feeding grown fowls, they would eat it ravenously. The first year it was fed to alter nate broods. In the fail I found that those fea with it were stronger in frame, not troubled with leg weak ness, and the pullets earlier layers than those not having it as chicks. It is now my choice to feed it to all my chicks from the first to tae 14th week. During the moulting season I feed it regularly to all year old birds and find it stimulates and invigorates the fowls sufficiently to reduce the "moulting languor" period a full week. From my experience therefore I can not speak too highly of green bone, but not until one has tried it can one have a proper conception of its real value. And like everything of real ?value it can be misusea and overused. L. G. B., in the Country Gentleman. How the Creamery Benefit* the Farmern. Dairying is now a science, and skill and judgment are required to make it profitable. The best mlthods of feed ing and caring for cows, and the most economical way of buying products must be carefully considered. If skim milk can be fed to hogs, calves or poultry so that it will return 10 to 20 cents per 100 pounds, that part of the creamery business is profitable. The advantages of the creamery ! are, uniformity of butter, a greater quantity of milk, better prices per pound for butter, less labor on the farm and a smaner outlay for the farmer. If the section of tne country is adapted to dairying, the farmers may safely unite to form a co-opera tive creamery association, but it takes some time to develop a good dairy man. Begin by building up a dairy herd,- learn how to feed to the best advantage and to care for milk and its products. After a sufficient num ber of farmers in the neighborhood have learned these points, they stand a good chance of succeeding in the business. Feed regularly, milk at the same time each day, provide pure drinking water, having it warm In the winter time, and have well venti lated stables. These may seem to be stale statements, but unless the direc tions are observed, the creamery busi ness will not pay. See that the but ter maker you hire is competent and is careful in all his details. The source of dissatisfaction comes fre quently from variation in the milk test. Of course the milk will vary some, but if the butter maker has looked after the testing carefully, trouble will not often occur from this source. A good dairyman must learn the in dividuality of every cow and find just what ration and the kind of treatment are best for her. The cow that tests the highest is not necessarily the most profitable, but the one which will pro duce the greatest amount of butter fat in a year. In a co-operative cream er}' the farmers can with profit unite in buying grain by the carload. Good roads are a factor jn a dairy region and without them it is difficult to make a profit Then tin farmers themselves must be thoroughly honest An actual occurrence in a cheese factory illus trates this necessity: One patron had a cow which gave on a- certain day stringy milk. Instead of keeping this at home he sent it to the factory and caused the loss of 6000 pounds of milk. By applying the curd test the cause was discovered the second day. I have often asked myself why farmers could not co-operate success fully. Primarily they do not realize the power of their organization and do not attempt to stand by an association when it is once formed. Creameries have helped pay debts in Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois, Wiscon sin, and in all these sections the fer tility of the soil has been increased, while in tne grain growing regions it is gradually decreasing. Then, too, in dairy sections, most farmers own their own land, which is not the case so generally in grain growing sections. Consequently, although creameries frequently fail, they are here to stay, and of course are more profitable where farmers have been educated along dairy lines.-Ludwig Engleman, in American Agriculturist Fire Amone the Redwoods. Perhaps the most startling pheno menon of the fire was the quick death of childlike Sequoias only a century or two ago, says John Muir in the Atlantic. In the midst of the other comparatively slow and steady fire-work, one of these tall beautiful saplings, leafy and branchy, would be seen blazing up suddenly all in one heaving, boom ing, passionate flame reaching from the ground to the top of the tree, and fifty to a hundred feet or more above it, with a smoke column bending for ward and streaming away on the up per free-flowing wind. To burn these green trees a strong fire of dry wood beneath them ls required to send up a current of air hot enough to distill inflammable gases from the leaves and sprays; then, instead of the lower limbs gradually catching fire and ig niting the next and next in succession, the whole tree seems to explode al most simultaneously, and with awful roaring and throbbing a round taper ing flame shoots up two or three hun dred feet, and in a second or two !s quenched, leaving the green spire a black dead mast bristled and rough ened with down-curling boughs. [ PATEE IS WIDELY USED. j NOW EMPLOYED IN A GREAT DIVER SITY OF WAYS. Ten Years' Improvements-Glass Ceilings Made or Taper -Cars Which Koli on Paper Wheels -Paper Vests and Paper Underclothing - Household Articles. Paper manufacturers have devel oped their industry in two ways in re cent years, and the results justify all the labor and experiment carried on through the application of science and chemistry, claims the Scientific Ameri can. The application of machinery to cheapen the process of converting the raw material into different grades of paper has enormously stimulated pa per production in this country, and the various processes employed have often been described. But a no less important expansion of' the paper industry has been in in creasing the manifold uses to which paper can.be put Here, too, science has been the chief agent, and it has wrought remarkable changes and im provements. Chemistry has been la boring in this field for two decades, and from the laboratory have come discoveries that have made possible the enormous side products of the pa per trade that are now manufactured on a large scale. One of the things in the paper in dustry that seemed almost incredible a number of years ago was the manu facture of car wheels. It seemed in comprehensible to the lay mind that wheels made of compressed paper would stand the strain better than wheels made of steel. But the manu facture of paper wheels is no longer a novelty, and they are made in a great variety of sizes and shapes for use on roller skates up to heavy car wheels. After the car wheels made of paper were announced somebody applied paper to the construction of hollow telegraph poles, which were de signed to take the place of those which had heretofore disgraced our streets and highways. But paper telegraph poles have never proved of any great value except to illustrate to the skepti cal what can be done with paper. There have in recent years been made of paper, water and sewer mains which promise to be of value. These are hardened and treated chemically, so that they are more impervious to water than some of the iron and earth enware mains. It remains to be proved by actual test whether they can outlast some of the latter. The announcement was made a few years ago that paper window panes had ac tually been made and used, but these were much like the oyster-shell win dow panes of the Filipino huts. They may admit a certain amount of light to brighten up the interior, but they could never be looked through with any degree of satisfaction. Still, a semi-opaque glass is often needed for the ceilings of public buildings, where the light admitted must be dimmed and diffused in passing through tho substance. Paper window panes have been used in this way with more or less success. By means of improved machinery and new chemical processes wood pulp can be drawn out into the thinnest imaginable sheets. In this spinning and squeezing the paper does not lose its toughness. Thus thin paper nap kins and tablecloths are produced and printed with fancy borders and pat terns. Some of these articles are al most as tough as linen in resisting the attempt to tear them. Of course, they will not stand wetting and soon lose their toughness when moistened. But otherwise they make serviceable substitutes for table linen. Likewise the paper vests and paper undercloth ing and lining of winter suits are pre pared for practical use, and they ac complish nearly all that is claimed for them. The paper vests and linings are made so thin that their weight is practically nothing, and yet they keep out the wind and cold. They are chemically treated 00 that they will last a long time. They are also man ufactured so that they do not make the rustling sound usually character istic of paper, and they are pliable enough not to stand out or bulge the cloth in any way. Waterproofing and, more recently, fireproofing of paper have occupied the attention of chemists and practical papermakers. Paper made waterproof and as fine as the ordinary napkins and tablecloths would prove a boon to many lines of industries, especially at restaurants and hotels. It is said that public eating houses are waiting anxiously for durable paper napkins and tablecloths. Waterproof paper is made today, but not in such a way as to be valuable for table use. Water proof paper sheets are frequently glued to cloth, and in this way the latter is rendered impervious to moisture. This waterproof paper is good, however, only for limited lines of articles. Lately the paper pulp mills have been experimenting with fireproof paper. In fact, the experiments in producing fireproof paper paved the way for making fireproof wood. The wood pulp that is compressed into molds for general household uses, such as for wainscoting, dadoes, ceil ings and moldings, can be made fire proof in the same way as the paper. The fireproofing material is introduced and mixed with the wood pulp when the latter is In a soft, pliable condi tion, and when hardened through hy draulic pressure the chemicals remain in the wood. This is one of the most interesting lines of experiments yet attempted by the wood pulp mills, lt opens up a world of new possibilities. Should they succeed in producing perfect fire proof wood pulp there would be noth ing to prevent them from furnishing our builders and marine architects with nearly all the interior wood trim mings in pressed material. The de mand for such fireproof wood pulp products would be extensive. Our Navy Department is demanding such material for their battleships and cruisers, and the builders of the great skyscrapers in our cities are just as anxiously looking around for the same thing. If fireproof wood pulp could be produced satisfactorily It would en ter into our daily lives in innumerable ways. When we consider the great number of household articles already made of wood pulp, it car readily be under stood that a fireproofing process for paper and wood would be immediately of great value to all. The interior trimmings of railroad cars, public halls and hotels are nearly all made of hardwood treated with oil, so that lt Js more Inflammable than In the natural state. All this trimming of wood forms a daily menace to thou sands of people, and should a fire oc cur lt would sweep Irresistibly through these handsome steamship saloons and parlor cars. The whole trade is merely waiting for the proper fire proof wood to make revolutionary changes in its methods. There are innumerable smWr-; trades built up in recent y?arsWw the result of improvements in maaa facturlng paper. Thus in the electric light business compressed paper, chemically prepared, is of great value^ and it is employed for insulating pur poses on a large scale. Paper is in increasing demand for packing perish able goods. Butter, cheese and similar products packed in waterproof oiled paper will keep twice as long as when wrapped in any other substance.. I This packing paper is rendered abso- - lutely air-tight. Druggists use large quantities of it for wrapping around the corks of their bottles, and even in sealing up boxes of medicine which need to be kept from the air as much as possible. In this way results are obtained which cannot be approached by any other cheap material. Filter papers are also articles of consider able commercial value. Thousands of tons of fine filtering paper are used every year in the drug trade. _ LUXURIOUS DYINC FOR $15. How an Italian Street Vender Played It on His Com prit ri ott?. The Italian colony of New York sup plies this anecdote to a paper in the Century, entitled "Humor and Pathos of the Savings Bank." An old Italian street vender, a con sumptive, feeling that his end was drawing near, prepared a scheme for ending his days in comfort Observe the originality and delicacy of the scheme that he successfully worked on Little Italy. He had only $75 in-the bank and of this he drew $70 and re deposited it in a few days He drew it again and again redeposited it, con tinuing the operation at brief inter-, vals, until on the credit of his pass book he had entries of all those vari ous sums footing up $800, and on the opposite page drafts to the amount of about $785-balance $15. After care fully cutting out the page showing the amounts drawn aud leaving the long line of deposits, he took to his bed and called in his friends. He was dying; they could see that, the old man told them. They were good fel lows, and he .loved them all, and he' wished Pedro the banana peddler, and good Giovanni the boot black, and Ar turo the wine seller, to know how af fectionately he regarded them. What he had to leave them was not much -would Edgardo, good old Edgardo, kindly find, between the mattress and what used to be the springs, his bank book? Yes; that was it. Take it to tue window and tell him how much was there. Eight hundred? Ah, well, thanks to God that it was so much; but oh that it were more, for such good fellows as they. Dottore Bartollo had told him that he might live three months, till spring; would his good friends put back his book under the mattress, and when he was gone-no, they mustn't cry would they take it up to the bank, draw the amount and divide it be tween them? Meanwhile, as his lov ing friends of the present, his heir3 in the future, would they kindly at tend to his little wants? Would they? Did they? That old fellow was fed on the fat of the land while he lay there in bed. He drank more Chianti in a week than he had swallowed in five years. It was even hinted by some that Arturo the wine seller was hastening the end by the vile Chianti that he constantly pro duced from his stock, .while the push cart man was so generous of unripe bananas for the sick room that there was a division of opinion in Mulberry street as to whether he was cheering his friend's finale with fruit -OE-^?^ deavoring to complicate consumption with other ills. At last he swallowed Iiis last flagon of Chianti and through Little Italy made a decent pretense of sorrow, jt was really en fete-at last the $800 was to be drawn. I was in the bank when the principals in their holiday clothes and with a few chosen friends, arrived. They stated the case, and asked for the amount, from which the push cart man was to receive some $40 for fruit, the wine seller $100, and the others vari ous sums invested for the Invalid and his funeral, leaving some $350 aa the "dividend." i need not describe thc small sized riot that followed when the abstraction of the pnpvE frim on? side of the book was explained to the swear ing mourners, ami :.. tender was ma'le to them of thc $15. all that the de ceased hac1 in bsuk. AGRICULTURE ON THE YUKON. Good Gronnd Tor V?-jfeiiible8-Barley and Bye Ripen. The outlook for gardening ana" some agriculture in thc cold region alorg the Yukon is made quite encouraging by official reports recently received at the United States departmentof agriculture at Washington. Prof. C. C. George son, who is in charge of the Alas ka experiment stations, has spent the summer in the interior and along the Yukon valley, visiting the expe.lment station established by the department of agriculture last year at Rampart, just outside the Arctic circle, and other points where experiments were ar ranged for. " Good gardens were found all along the route, especially at Eagle City and Huly Cross mission. Although the sea son was unusually late this year, u?w! potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, beets and other vegetables were ready for the table before the middle of August, and lettuce, radishes and turnips, grown in the open, had been in use for some weeks. Flower gardens con taining a large variety of annuals grown from seed furnished last year were in full bloom. At the station at Rampart, rye, seeded the previous fall, wintered perfectly and was ripe in July. Spring seeded barley had ripened about the middle of August and there was quite a prospect for oats and wheat to mature. Extensive areas of excellent land were found in the lower Yukon upon which there was an abundant and of ten luxuriant growth of grass over six feet high. The abundant moisture and long days during the summer months account for the surprising luxuriance of vegetation in that far north region. One of Prof. Georgeson's assistants will make a trip overland from the Yukon valley to Prince William's sound, taking the trail from Eagle City. This will afford opportunity for observing that region, which is report ed to contain large tracts of land well suited to agriculture.-New York Sun. A French Clientnut Factory, A large chestnut factory at Lyons, France, employs 250 women and girls. The chestnuts are peeled and bolled and placed for three days in a vanilla syrup; then they are drained, coated nicely with vanilla and prepared for shipment. It has been found in world's fairs lasting six months that nearly three fourths of the attendance comes Ju the last three months. WHAT RETAILERS ARE SHOW ING. New bedsteads of wood with pyro etched designs at the head and foot. Metaal bedsteads in a combination ol colon, including green, white and the natural brass. Oilcloths in a full line of new floral designs. Brocaded silks in large patterns ?ind light color combinations suitable lor evening wear. Gibson corners-a cozy corner adorned with pictures by the popular illustrator and hung with other effects suggesting his work. Velvet gowns for afternoon wear beautifully trimmed with fur and lace. Men's red and green mufflers in Per sian designs. Ermine opera cloaks edged and trim med with heavy lace and white puffed #mouseline. Flags of all the principal colleges to be carried at the football games. Light-colored cloth gowns beautifully trimmed with ermine. Fur driving gloves of the regulation order. Waists of corduroy in several light shades made very plain and unrelieved except by a separate piece of neckwear. Mousseline boas with floral design? printed on the material. Wood lace for trimming purposes. Women's silk undervests in light blue and pink. Black and white striped petticoats, the ? stripes being rather broad. Stock collars with little bows in front made of fine corded silk. Corsets with hose-supporter attach ments. Th? Earth Rieid. Prof. John Milne, of Japan, who has for a long time made scientific observa tion of earthquakes, with the end in view of determining the character of the earth's interior, has recently made known some remarkable facts which he thinks he has established. Probably his most startling discovery is that the earth is at least twice ?as rigid as steel. This is determined by thc rapidity with which seismic waves are transmitted. Second, contrary to popular belief, I the interor of the earth is much more rigid than the crust. This interior is so hot that it would become liquid if the pressure upon it were removed. . As it is, it is not only solid, but extremely dense. This density is probably due to the fact that in the planet's earliest per iod of formation thc heaviest elements settled toward the centre. A Wonderful Clock. A dock was recently made, which In addi tion (o striking the hoard, halves and quar ters, shows tho phases of tho moon and tells tho timo in any other city, but aa the clock is too expensivo to purchase, the best way to obtain this information is from Hoitettor's Almanac for 1902. It alto contains many Amusing anecdotes, statistics and much gen eral information that will intorent you. It can ba obtained from .-.ny druggist freo of charge. The British teach singing to the Boer children in the concentration carno*. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 29- Gnrfield Headache Powdoreare sold hero in large quantities; this shows that people realize the val?e of a remedy at onco harmless and effective. The Powders are of undoubted va'no in curing headaches of all kinds and in building up thc nervous sys tem. Investigate every grade of remedies of fered for ih? cure of Headaches and the Gar field Headache Powders will be found to hold firEt place. Write Garfield Tea Co. for samples. The average savings bank deposits in this country is more than $400; in all Eu ropean countries it is ?bout $100. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness af ter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Groat Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise freo Dr. R. H. KXIKE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa. The fellow with a poor memory seldom forgets his troubles. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for children teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Strange as it may seem, a bore is a man who never comes to thc point. IamiurePiso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.-Mas. THOMAS ROB ?1KB, Maple St., Noitrioh, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Love of a man for himself never grows less. AN OPELLETTER Address to Women by the Treas urer of the W. C. T. U. of Kansas City, Mrs. ?. C. Smith. _ "MT DEAR SISTERS:-I believe in advocating and upholding everything that will lift up and help women, and but little usc appears all knowledge and learning if you have not the health to enjoy it. _ C. SMITH. ( Having found by personal experi ence that Lydia lt. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a medi cine of rare virtue, and having seen dozens of cures where my suffering sisters have been dragged back to life and usefulness from an untimely grave (simply by the use of a few bottles of that Compound, I must proclaim its (Y?rtues, or I should not be doing my duty to suffering mothers and dragged iout housekeepers. j " Dear Sister, is your health poor, do you feel worn out and used up, especially do you have any of tho troubles which beset our sex, take my ?brice ; let the doctors alone, try pdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable ompound; it is better than any ?nd all doctors, for it cures and they do not."-Mas. E. C. Snira, 1212 Oak fit., Treasurer W. C. T. U., Kansas City, Mo.-$SO0O forfeit If about testimonial la ?t genuine. Mrs. PInkham advises sick wo men free. Address, Lynn, Mass. FOR EIGHT DOLLARS You con buy tho very best 800 lb. Platform Scale. Olhcr sizes equally low. Jonos (He Pnys tho Freight.) Box BINGHAMTON, N. Y. N Y USERS OF FARM AND MILL MACHINERY 1 Snbscrlbe For KORKST A VI Kl Ai at sight. It ls published in their Interest at Atlanta, Ga., monthly. Only 25o por year. Agents wantod. Sample copies Free. m JR[ V9 1 quick rr?nf ?nd caro? worn' canal? Book ol tettimoni?ls mid IO dny?' treatment Fr?'?- Sr H. H. SHEIK'S SONS. Box D. Atlant?. U?. O PS YNE ?fin' PISO'S CURE FOR ro Ol CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS, t Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. In time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION r "eyesr'u? Thompson's Ey 6 Wat ir SCIENCE AND INDUSTRf. The idea of driving piles with a wa ter jet was borrowed by engineers from the clam, which burrows 12 to 14 Inches into h?rd sand or mud by this process. The total annual production of tim ber and firewood of the German forests ie estimated at 38,000,000 tons, and this is supplemented by an import of 4, 600,000 tons. The material progress of the country would not be possible had it not the large home production to fall back upon. According to London Invention the o... Norman city of Rouen is about to put into practice an entirely nev/ sys tem of fire fighting. The place is so far modernized ...at it is traversed everywhere with electric trolley wires, and it is proposed that pumps driven by dynamos be supplied, to take the current by means of a trolley hooked to the overhead wires at the nearest point to the fire. Compressed laminated zinc plates are being used on the inside of iron and steel boilers to prevent incrus tation and oxidation. Hitherto zinc has been used with some success In the shape of pigs placed within the boiler, and experiments have shown that the use of the laminated plates fastened to the sides of tne boilers at slight Intervals dev elopes an even galvanic current which effectually pre vents oxidation at a slight cost. The device is now In use In French marine boilers. The production of oxygen and hydro gen on an industrial scale by the de composition of water with electrolytic apparatus in Germany has led to the suggestion that hydrogen thus pro duced may find a wide field of employ ment as a lighting agent. It is now used for inflating military balloons. For lighting purposes it is compressed in steel cylinders. With a proper burn er it is said to be a cheaper illumin ant than acetylene, the relative cost for equal illuminating power being as 25 for hydrogen to 59 for acetylene. A new cattle food is made by grind ing cornstalks and mixing them with a low grade of molasses. This new food is pressed into cakes under a hy draulic press and can be shipped as easily as bricks or cordwood. For feeding it is broken up and mixed with water. Actual tests, have been made and samples have been sent to agricul tural stations in Europe Tue reports from all sources are very encouraging. This food will be particularly valua ble for cavalry in the tropics, and the food cakes can be made at a minimum cost in Cuba and the southern stains, ?where thousands of tons of low grade molasses go to waste annually. The most striking characteristic by which fishes of different ages can be distinguished is their size. But the size affords us only the means to es timate the age of younger fishes; as to the older, it cannot serve us as an indication of their age, since their growth may vary according to the dif ferent conditions of nutriment, so that often the younger fish will excel in size the much older fish. There is, however, at least as regards the fishes of the northern seas, a sure indicaci?n that betrays their age. It is the oto lites, or ear stones. These ear stones grow as long as the fish itself contin ues to grow, and forms annual rings in the manner of trees. The more an nual rings shown by a fishes ear stones the greater its age. In this way the age of a fish can be exactly determined. How the Carp Were Exterminated. There was a great slaughter of carp on the Morgan place in Sauvie's isl and and now all the lakes at Morgan's and Gillihan's are cleared of these pests and they will no longer eat up the wheat put out for the ducks. The very low water in the lakes gave Frank Thorne, who has the shooting at Mor gan's place this year, a chance to kill all the carp in the last of his lakes. The water was only a few inches in depth. Still very few carp could be seen, but when plank were laid over the soft mud down to the water and a barrel of lime dumped in the water be gan to boil and hundreds of carp from 2 to 18 or 20 pounds put in an appear ance and made the water and mud fly. There were tons of the big ones and millions of the little ones in the lake but in a short time after the lime was put into the lake they were all dead, and when the hunters left the pigs, crows and cranes were having a pic nic.-Portland Oregonian. R?tanla a Lund of Uniform?, If anything Russia excels even Ger many in the matter of uniforms, writes a correspondent in the Chicago Tri bune On the sidewalks of any of the large cities and more especially at railway stations, it is safe to assert that a least 25 percent of all male adults are in uniform. It is a puzzle to the tourist to identify the bearers of such distinctive garbs, consequently the different branches of the govern ment service are often wrongly inter preted. The gaudy uniform does not always indicate a high official, as an officer of high rank may appear in a plain uniform and one of low rank not Infrequently parades the streets with more fuss and feathers than his com mander. The Late Queen'* Autograph*. Great annoyance has been caused at court by recent sales of Queen Victo ria's private letters and autographs, of which an immense number have been produced in the open market dur ing the last few months. It is impos sible to understand how such strictly confidential communications as the queen's private letters to foreign sov ereigns and to the Duchess of Glouces ter and other members of the royal family can have come to be publicly offered for sale, unless they have some how passed into the possession of the servants of the recipients.-London World. Instrument for Dehorninc Cattle. Dehorning cattle has brought a new instrument into the equipment of a range. It is a steel apparatus with handles about three feet long, and al together weighing 15 pounds. It has two sharp knives, one stationary and one movable, and resembles a tree pruning fork. When the handles are apart the knives are open and will encircle the largest cattle horns. When the handles are pinched together the knives close and in a twinkling the horns are severed clean smooth. A gang of five men will dehorn 350 cattle a day. Kanr to IMck Out. Your Own. Tenderfoot (on Texas ranch)-1 should think it would be a lot of trouble for a man to pick out his own cattle from among so many. Cowboy-Oh, that's an easy matter. The trouble begins when he picks out some other man's cattle. See?-Chi cago News. TWO ENTHUSIASTS AT A CONCERT. "I saw you at the Thomas concert the other night. Who was that lady that sat beside you? You and she seemed to be almost carried away with the en thusiasm." "Oh, we werel That was Sue Dal lington. Haven't you ever met Sue? 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