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Coarse wra^^Hpm^^^HmBg^H rapP of newspaper, dipped in ke^HSERB || tied about the base of a tre^MM| W few pieces laid over the nearest i^Hj j will repel the mice, aud at the saiH ' time prevent the ravages of boriH beetles. Field mice, like their cousiM the house mice, are easily trapped. ? box rat-trap set near their nests anil baited with coru will often catch half a dozen at once. | !?S Fee<l Cookers. Every farm on which stock is kepi should have an appliance of some kind for cooking the food given cattle and poultry. Not only is the warm morning mash good for poultry, but cows will be much benefited by a daily warm mash. Hogs and lambs that are bei ing "finished off" for market will take on desk less expensively if a warm mash is part of the ration. There are several feed cookers on the market, all Ui IUCIU guua uuu jJLKJmauig iv uot where many cows or hens are kept. For a few cows, hens or hogs a small masoVs stove of cast iron ami an iron kettle will answer the purpose. The stove may be set up in a shed or outbuilding and be operated at small expense, including its cost. There is no doubt but that the use of the cooker will save food, besides adding much to the comfort and health of stock. . Propagating Hoses. Almost every one who cares for flowers at all loves roses. But perhaps every one does not know how easily they may be propagated. Let us plan for a bed of ever-blooming roses next summer. Begin by digging the soil to a depth of fifteen or eighteen inches in a sunny, welldrained spot. "Work in a quantity of well-rotted manure that from the cow stable preferable. Cut or break a branch five or six inches long from the rose, choosing wood grown in the early part of the season, which is now ripened. Plant three or four inches deep, pressing tho soil firmly about the catting. It vert a glass fruit jar over eaoh one. burvinor the toD of the jar deeply enough to keep it steady. The cracked jars which every housekeeper has left over from the canning time will answer for this purpose. This planting may be done anytime L in November or even in December, if the earth is not frozen. When the T first warm days come in spring lift the jars off and begin to harden the plants, beiug careful to replace them m<r>V>+ if 4l>ova ia rl?noar nf frnsfr Very probably there will be, even in April, times when it will be best to keep them covered both day and night. The uncovering may be deferred until settled warm weather. In this case it will be necessary to shade the plants from the midday sun for a time. Plants thus started are on their own roots, and do not need to be disturbed by trausplautiug. It is surprising bow much bloom they will give, even the first summer. By exchanging cuttings with friends one * h?ve a good collection of *1.. expense. Endeavor to obtain varieties which, while hardv, :?i a , . . ,y% win uower at linervais uuring me summer and fall. There are many such. I hope in the future to give a list of the best of this class. I have suggested placing the cuttings in a bed rather than scattering them on the lawn, because with 5his arrangement they can more easily be given the cultivation which is essential to the best success. New York Tribune. The Sew Cattle l>lp. 9 The efficacy of the new cattle dip, one of tho most important discoveries ' of the Agricultural Department, lies , in its certain destruction of the ticks. Experts have been working on this line for years without producing -washes that would Kill the ticks and not injure cattle. Several solutions have been tried that exterminated the tick, but iu each iustance the cattle were rendered unmarketable or suffered injury from which they did not recover. Dr. Norgaard, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, an expert of about eight years' standing iu the Departpartment of Agriculture, who was assigned to the study of cattle dips, has discovered one composed of eighty-six pounds of sulphur dissolved by heat in 1000 gallons of extra dynamo oil which has proved efficacious and promises to revolutionize the cattle business. Two careful experiments have been made, 500 cattle being shipped in each instance to Bockford, 111. On the first trial some of the animals died from overcrowding it. 1 * i.L .1 1 in me ears, nuu in me seconu several were lost through fever, but in both shipments the cattle were delivered ^free of ticks. In preparing them for ^^^fcdBftiipment they are driveu through jd jgHnt containing a sufficient quantity^? HHragfedip to immerse them, beins^^H iaBlBM|M? e wash about a minuy^HwS tick is as large as a^HRra IgflSjSHHQK^MUse of the Texas ve d the Southj^HQn98H ed with HnHKof th^BH8H^^8H| ei of ponl WHBI^Hnn;; a do] lie sum the laiM^^|^^afit^J|^100 pe cent, of it. A surplus of feed and fodder shout be secured for the flock on the range Dae provision should be made lo shelter probably to be needed. It i better to be sure of this thau sorr; for neglecting it. No man more thai a shepherd needs to keep his kea< level. He must not get too elated b; present good fortune, or become de ])ressed by-and-by by a possibli change. It is estimated that there are lift; per cent, more ewe lambs in the rang country this year than male lambs, : fact that may bo traceable to th larger use of young rams and ran lambs than were foi uierly used 01 range flocks. It this be true, th theory of French experimenters, tha young sires get more ewe lambs thai ram lambs, is pretty well attested b; American experience on a broade ? 1 . scaie. The tendency of ranchmen to fee< their own lambs antl wethers a home on the produce of irrigate! farms sheds a new light on the feed I ing situation. So strong, indeed i is the present tendency in this direc j tion that within two or three year ' the bulk of the male lamb crop will bi fed where raised, and Eastern feeder will be compelled to look elsewher for the million of lambs they are ac customed to feed annually east of tin Missouri River. As there is no else where from which to obtain thesi lambs in large supply, there is bu solution of this most serious problem and that is for the feeders and tliei farmer neighbors to raise the lamb themselves. -American Sheep Breeder Turkeys ami ??u the Farm. I Turkeys can be made quite profit ; able on the farm in connection will [ chicken raising. ] have found tin : Bronze to be the best variety; the; are of a large size and very hardy I keep one gobbler and four hens, se the first clutch of eggs under chickei hens and two turkey liens; whei they hatch give all to the turkey liens For the first few weeks I feed foil or five times a day on hard hoilei eggs, milk curds, light bread crumbs ! lettuce leaves and onion tops cut u] ! fine. 1 1 put the turkeys in a large couj I with a yard made of wire netting, keej them shut up in wet weather and o : mornings until the dew 01T, and se< that they are free from lice. After they are six weeks old the; ' will become more hardy ai>d do not re quire such close attention. I alway i give them a generous feed in the even ; ing to insure their returning home a night. They should average at least ? i each when marketed iu the fall. J mistake many make is to hold thei fowls for the Thanksgiving and Christ mas markets; these are always over | stocked and it is much betior to sent ! between times in order to obtain bet ter prices. Money can also be made by raisim ducks ior vlie early markets. \Y< like the Pekiu best. Yv'hile not absolutely necessary t< have running water tisey do mucl better for me with a brook, creek o; pond to swim in. ! Five ducks to a drake are enough The ducks will lay over :h)0 eggs in i season. Jt is best to set the eggs uu tier chicken hens us thicks make th< poorest of mothers. We feed then all kiuds of scraps from the table ant garden, besides wheat brau, corn meal cooked vegetables and a little cori once a day a few weeks before market The best time to market is at tei weeks old. The feathers are also quite an iter of profit. I give my fowls a feed of chopped onions once a week, also every or two feed Venitiau red; this?B ! prevent cholera and othm^kj^Rsfl j and greatly increase the^^^^mHD tion. I have cured cholera, with this^flH^^BBBH everything else I keep my yoiu^BRSBBHj^HH keys in yards severa they keep than wiiu^DjmB^HHBBKSHH n ??l (aj^^EhbS^BB^KHS^B^^^sHH i flHHH1 H^B^^roplo of 3 ^^The old Bull has joHBH^^BB^^^^fl| combinejbut bas large ^^^BBB^^B^Bfl it and the personnel rank beyond any tirmB^^mpauy^r'A the tobacco business of Wis country. They aro mou of large affairs, having ? s vast connections in most of the large ( 1 centres, and they have not gone into < r the tobacco business for their health. ? r Leaf tobacco buyers of Blackwell's ; (% Durham Tobacco Company will bo di- ! ? rented to onen the leaf tobacco markets i * to honorable competition on grades of j 5 tobacco that have for the past several j ^ r years been bought almost exclusively | 2 s by one concern at their own price. | ( v The promise of competition in leaf; 9 n tobacco means a great deal to the far- 2 I mers in the tobacco-growing section of ( y North Carolina. Colonel (arr appre- 9 dates the fact that for 25 years he has 2 so couducte 1 tho business of mauufac- 5 d tilling Bull Durham that the public is V interested, and we venture to sa3' that 2 r in the future as in the past, "Biack- ( o well's Durham" will be so conducted (* a that every North Carolinian will bo 2 e proud that it is a North Carolina insti-1 (? tutioD. The business will bo ruu on II - ...... I /A a no other than the lairest business prin- ? 0 ciples, fearing no competition, oppres- < sing no competitor nor even striking ( below the belt. Durham.N.C. Herald ii Y " I iA lit A A !"*>> ^ H'11 Does Your >; S m! Aclse ? / *? L J < ,in: < Are your nerves weak? is i s k Can't you sleep well? Pain < agei i! Ii in your back? Lack energy? fj ^ VA Appetite poor? Digestion , 0 bad? Boils or pimples? < i These are sure signs of ^ 3 , poisoning. < PaU . 4 From what poisons? and From poisons that are al- < to t i ways found in constipated ^ of J bowels. * J thoi If the contents of the < ( r % bowels are not removed from . s y the body each day, as nature 4 ' 4 intended; these poisonous l*"5 substances are sure to be < mar i absorbed into the blood, al- * into ways causing suffering and ^ he ( frequently causing severe yi ,nal 1 < di"ase'. ordi e ^ There is a common sense 4 f v Fj They daily insure an easy t.ortJ L and natural movement of ^ iJU - the bowels. W You will find thatthe use of 4 ' 8' " /Iyer's ss arsaparifla< ? *4 with the pills will hasten > Iuan recovery'. It cleanses the a mini A blood from all impurities and best, L 4 nr/>nr fArtip tn thf* nprvps. A nc *' Write tha Doctor. TA } to r ' ^ Our Medical Department ha? ore L ] I mori , . o; the most eminent phy?iclf.u? In W * the Citited States. Tell the doctor 4 Jiift how you are sutreilrc- Voa t will receive me best medical advice ) without cost. Addreaa, i DK. J. c. ATER.^^HMH Lowell, i v v ^BBBbMH CA?A ^ *"* C a a t c ri z i n the j to which ga^ -a rrrjjM ' 'i ^ A single shade is not an ex mict be fitted out with new ones, the house-cleaning series. Have Ivory Soap? Try it and make t] Lay the shade on a smooth wipe with a soft rag. Make a fc into chips and dissolved in not wa Take some of the suds on a part at a time and quickly wipinj dipped in clear water and squeeze Avoid using too much water, f" do not roll up until dry. Don't start house-cleaning wi Coprrifkt, 1393, by Th? ! Political uses ot no. S.n ordinary i?olitioal eampaig [ .1 novelty manufacturer, "is : unmitigated ev:i to all branches le. Among those that protit by the tin can manufacturers. M he campaign buttons are made and when a big political Strug x|>ected the makers seud < ats through the tin factories of th to buy up all the waste tin s cnns lliev can find to mi r buttons with. .Most of the ei pi buttons are made in Xewa the amount paid by the tnak he van factories, particularly th Baltimore. is considerable. et lgh the tin is waste, if anyth be called waste nowadays. Not tin waste useless, even when tical excitement is on. I know 1 who visits Baltimore at rogu rvals and buys all the scrap .am lind and sells it to the but tors. It is used for the backing nary buttons. Any day, in pa Brooklyn, you i-au see wagt I.wl <,.1V1I1 tin n n<l citjl i?i LVU *? i?" 1 v,? v" greater part of this goes to es whore buttons, toys and g( 9 of various kinds are made, ladelnhia llecord. le "Song of the Shirt" does 1 upon deaf ears in New York C liis time of ours. The good worn so lines are ensi in pleasant pla< ? oonie to the assistance of the 1 unate tailors who make th< na in .> iror ttvif ovnttv; !ill V hood and revives in every whc r> mind tliat belief in human go< without which this world woi linly not be a world worth livi It is not given to all women in a movement like that whi ? to secure a lair wage and a ( living to the operatives who ma r costly gowns, or to minister soldiers ai Helen Gould and Ju ilwlek and Clara Harton and of others did: bur every good v in every home in the laud is ister of humanity, doing her lii , as she regards it her great be he angels look straight at thingi nake life better and happier a ? fruitful of all idj^^B^HHHHH , wnBHBIHH youW|mBHn^H table, brush of light sua^DnHf^Bn until iulHB9|^BH^H^^n . damp sponge, t off with the sponge ^B^^BM^BH^^Bi r1. Wipe dry with a soft^BBR^^HB|B|B Tinor tTif n c/vrn a<: thout plenty of Ivory Soap. *ro-!er 4 Gimll? Co . t-S'SS-S-iSS'J The Corn fed Philosopher. n." "A thing of beauty," said the nor fed philosopher, "is a joy until tfSH of I fashion changes." Ex. p How 'k Tills! osi We offer One Hnndrcd Dollars Reward for of any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by . Hall's Catarrh Cure. / l\ j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o. / out We, the undersigned, haveknown F. .1. ChS. . ney for the last 1.1 years, and believe him n)6r. tlil* fectly honorable in all business transactions ind and financially able to carry out any oUTiga. tions made by their Arm. j West &'Ikuax, Wholesale Druggisbf, Toleim Jo. Ohio. / Wai.ding, Kin.van & Martin, Wholesale ' Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. _ / fl's Hall's Catarrh Cure istaken'irwernally, actiBK directly upon the blood andT mucous surfaces of the system. 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