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BARK FOR TWENTY COWS.
fcw York Editor Aannrni Q,vetlaa
T. of a Farmer Who "Waata t
lluUd One for $800,
The specifications la this question
are somewhat meager, and in .an
swering It 1 urn forced to take some
things for granted. There mny be
storage room for hay, straw, etc.,
already on the farm, and only n
"barn, one story high, or a stable, is
"needed; Ibut I have supposed the idea
is to hnwe a barn floor pvurhend, with
mows an each side of It. With this
in view, 1 submit the accompanying
crude sketch, trusting that our cor
respondent may get some helpful
suggestions from it, if he docs not
care to follow my plan closely. If a
driveway, or, as we call it here, a
barn-"bridge, is to lead to a floor over
the 'cows, if the building can be placed
on eowewhat sloping ground and an
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excavation of two or three feet be
made at that side, it will make the
bridge less steep. This would neces
sitate building a wall to come above
the ground; but for the sake of the
stable, it should be no higher. Let
none of the other foundation walls
be higher than necessary to jusH
keep out surface water and protect
sills from decay. Woodwork is less
expensive than masonry, and will be
lrycr nd more healthful for the
cows. The stable should be at least
eight feet to ceiling, and the stor
age part of the barn above the stable
10 feet to square. If built with a
Ji:p roof, more storage room above
will be had than under a common
pitch roof. .A hay hole directly over
the feeding alley, and a similar hole
behind each row of cows, for put
ting down hay and straw, will serve
the additional purpose of ventilation.
At least four ventilating flues, of
capacity equal to about six inches in
diameter, should start about a foot
from the floor, two back of each row
of cows, and against the outside of the
stable, made preferabty of galvan
ized sheet ir.on and end in one or
more discharges, well above comb of
roof. I have made provision for a
number of windows in the cow sta
ble, where there should be all the
good sunshine and light possible to
secure. There are two box stalls
for cows to freshen in, or. in case
of sickness; also, two calf stalls and
two silos, as calves from good cows
should be raised and they and their
dams fed good corn silage the year
around.
The framework of this barn should
lie of plank designs, saving for the
builder, in comparison with the old
heavy framed structure, time, money
and timber. The cost of the build
ing will depend, of course, upon the
cost of material and labor; but by
using the plank frame and as much
ordinary labor as possiblo in nailing
up frame, T should expect to build
Buch a barn as I have suggested, and
nt lenst one of the silos, for the $800.
The mangers, or troughs, should be
built low, so the cow, when standing
or lying, would have her head over
the trough. It is quite a labor for
a cow lying on a platform short
enough to keep her clean to get up
if the trough is so high that her
head goes under it. I prefer the bot
tom of the trough two inches from
the floor, so air may circulate under
it. The side of trough next the cow,
if ten inches high, will not interfere
with her lying, and will be fllgh
enough to hold her feed of silage and
meal or fodder and hay. From the
feeding alley to the side of the ma
nure gutter should be seven feet at
one end of the stable and six and a
half at the other, for medium cows;
the longest cows being put at th"
seven-foot end and the shorter grad
uated to the other. The manure gut
ter should be ten inches deep next
the cow and six inches next the
walk; 14 inches wide and cemented
to save all manure. I cement two feet
from gutter under the cows, allowing
their front feet to be on clay. This
allows me also to build stall partitions
by putting posts firmly In the ground
to save an objectionable wilderness of
posts and braces running to ceiling,
where they obstruct the view, the sun
light and the freest, circulation 0f air.
N. Y. Tribune-Fanner.
SILy ti
THE BROWNLOW BILL.
State I.cKlRlntora Like the Menattre
and Think It Will Solve the
Iload QaeHtloa.
Congressman llrownlow, of Tennes
see, says that his good roads bill is the
most popular measure introduced in
congress since the civil war. He snya
that even the democratic legislature of
his own state has indorsed it, and that
the legislatures of Minnesota, Missouri,
Alabama and New Mexico have taken
similar action; and that he believes the
bill will be indorsed by the legisla
ture of every state in the union, if that
is necessary, in order to press upon
congress the importance of (he meas
ure. The following is a copy of the
resolution as adopted by the legisla
ture of Minnesota:
"Whereas, the burden of improving
and maintaining our highways accord
ing to the general prevailing system in
this country rests entirely upon the
agricultural lands and people living in
the rural districts, and
"Whereas, the state-aid plan for
constructing highways, as practiced
in the states of New Jersey, New York,
Connecticut and Massachusetts, has
proven satisfactory in its operation,
and has offered a partial solution of
the road question in that it distrib
utes this burden of cost so that one
half is paid out of a general fund sup
plied by the state, and
"Whereas, It is desirable to extend
this principle of cooperation and dis
tribution of the burden of cost to a
still greater extent, so that the govern
ment of the United States shall bear a
share of he cost of construction to be
paid out of the general revenues of
the United States, and
"Whereas, one-half of said rev
enues, aggregating during the last
two years $1,000,000 per annum, is
derived from the agricultural states
and rural districts, while only ten
per cent, of the total amount is ap
propriated by congress for the use
of said agricultural states and dis
tricts, while 00 per cent, is appropri
ated for public buildings and other
uses pertaining to great cities, and
"Whereas, Hon. Walter P. Brown
low, member of congress from Ten
nessee, has introduced a bill in the
United States house of representa
tives, providing for a system of na
tional, state and local cooperation
in the permanent improvement of
the public highways, according to
the provisions of which the sum of
$20,000,000 is appropriated, and the
United States government is to pay
one-half of the cost of improving
anj public highway when requested
so to do by, and in cooperation with,
any state or civil subdivision there
of; therefore, be it
"Resolved by the general assem
bly of the state of Minnesota, that
we hereby heart ilj- indorse said llrown
low bill, and recommend its passage by
congress, nnd that we request the
representatives from the state of
Minnesota in congress, and instruct
the United States senators from this
state, to vote and support said bill."
BRACING CORNER POSTS.
The Device Here Described I I)cIk
miteil by Iln Inventor nn Supe
rior In Every Wny.
1 have used several methods, but
have discarded all o them for the
one illustrated herewith. I regard it
as being superior in every way. It is
thoroughly effective, is easily made,
is neat and wholly devoid of danger-
KI3EPS POSTS FROM SAGGING.
ous features. It is made as follows:
Drive or set the corner post and four
to eight feet from it on each side put
an additional post. Put on stay wires
first from bottom of corner post to
top of brace posts and after drawing
them tight, staple securely in posi
tion. Next nail on six-inch fence
boards or poles at top so as to leave
the stay wires perfectly tight. It is
then ready for the wires and if it has
been well made the corner post will
never pull up. Z. T. Russell, in Or
ange Judd Farmer.
Ileat la None Too Good.
It pays to have a good dairy barn.
Money is well invested in such an im
provement. We have known farmers
that were well-to-do and yet all their
lives never owned a decent barn for
the housing of their dairy cows. Barns
dark in summer and cold in winter
are not places in which the cows can
be comfortable or their keepers hap
py while they are working around
them. Farmers' Review.
Gooseberry bushes should be pretty
severely trimmed. It is the only way
for growing large berries in sufficient
jEunl'ght to produce a good iluvor.
B
JVLauiuacjes That flte Criminal
By DR. JOHN S. SCUDDER,
Pastor Ftrat Congregational Church, Jcrnoy City, N. J.
Hal
ence respecting the welfare of coming generations!
In the absence of suitable conscientiousness on the part of par
ents, the State should intervene and rigidly make an examination of
all couples tending to marry, and give licenses only to those who
arc healthy and fit to be fathers and mothers. Thctatc has a right
to place restrictions on marriage. Drunkards, incorrigible criminals,
insane and idiotic people, and such as are afflicted with consumption,
scrofula nnd other diseases likely to injure the next generation,
should be denied the privilege of wedlock, or certainty of reproducing
their kind.
A BIRTH FORBIDDEN BY LAW SHOULD BE CONSID
ERED AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, AND THE PARENTS
SHOULD BE PUNISHED BY FINE OR IMPRISONMENT.
Science, not caprice, should be the arbiter of life, and domestic
sentiment in some casos must be sacrificed in behalf of the general
good.
The limitation of offspring when parents arc competent o marry
is as yet a question for bhe parents to determine themselves. Poor
people in our overcrowded cities, who allow themselves the luxury
of six or eight children when they know their income is not sufficient
to properly feed, clothe and shelter them, nre positively cruel. The
ambition of a man of small means should be to rear two children, in
stead, of ten as heretofore, and give his children an opportunity to
taste a few of the good things of life. Let the rich have large fam
ilies'! They ought to have them,
vide for them.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
North Carolina and Mississippi have
state schools" for the study of textile,
fabrics.
Poor students at the University of
Fez, Morocco, make their living by
making copies of the Koran, reading
aloud from ifcin public places, and writ
ing letters for the illiterate.
On the subject of his preaching the
lale Dean Farrar used' to quote with
much amusement the judgment of one
of ttis critics that he was "a poor mix
ture of Spurgeon and Dr. Gumming,
without, the robustious humor of -the
one and without the Scotch accent of
the other."
A Presbyterian minister in London,
the Rev. R. Westrope, proposes-to es
tablish a new "third order" of the
"Brothers and Sisters of the Common.
Life," who arc 'to be in the twentieth
century what the Franciscans were to
Europe in the. thirteenth. His motive
is to convert England to Christianity.
The twentieth centurj- crusade of the
Methodises was to achieve a double ob
ject 4he collection of $20,000,000 and
the conversion of 2,000,000 souls. The
dollars have been secured, but not the
conversions. From this fact it would
seem that it is easier to save ten dol
lars than one soul.
One of themoht elaborate education
al systems in the couivtry is that. of the
Young Men's Christian association,
which embraces the following lines of
study: Association libraries, reading
roomsv practical talks, educational lec
tures, study clubs and evening insti
tutes. The system embraces classwork
of the public schools and the lecture
and library -work of technical schools'.
Dr. Patton was delivering a lecture
recently in his course on ethics at the
Princeton Theological seminary and
experienced much annoyance because
some of the students ate peanuts in
stead of attending to him. Finally, he
adminU-tcred this, rebuke: "Gentle
men, I have delayed starting this most
important part of to-day's lecture hop
ing that the stock of peanuts would be
consumed and a restful quiet be re
stored. As the quantity seems ample
to meet the demands and 'the supply
appears inexhaustible, I feel const rain
ed to request thnt your appetites be
restrained until the conclusion of t,he
lecture. I would be greatly pleased if
in the future anyone wishing to con
duct n 5 o'clock lea in the class-room
would confine the refreshments to
tponge cake."
Coffcc-Drlnkcra nnd Alcohol.
A traveler has made the observation
that coffee-drinking people are very
seldom given to drunkenness. In Bra
zil, for instance, where coffee is grown
extensively and all the inhabitants
drink it many times a day, intoxication
is rarely seen. The effect is not only
noticeable among the natives, but the
foreigner who seltk'H there, though
possessed of ever such a passion for
strong drink, gradually loses his liking
for alcohol as he acquires the colTee
drinking habit of the .Brazilian. De
troit Free Press.
What They Indicate.
A phrenologist says that the bumps
on a married mini's head frequently
indicate the possession of a strenuouu
wife. Chicago Daily Ncwh.
The rights of unborn generations is a branch
of ethics which has been largely ignored, but which
ought to form a part of our moral philosophy. If
a man has no right to poison his child with arsenic
or strychnine, he certainly has no right to bring a
child into the worldwith the poison of hereditary
disease in his blood. In cither case he is equally re
sponsible and reprehensible. We call ourselves a
civilized people, and yet what monumental ignor
ance exists in regard to life, what criminal indiffer
for they have the means to pro
ctthM Clex.MgA
HUMOROUS.
Lou "Which would you rather be
rich or handsome?" She "Well, I'd
like to be rich also." Loudon An
swers. Finds a Lack. "The great poets are
born," remarked the sententious per
son. "Yes; and they are also dead,"
replied the editor, wearily. Philadel
phia Record.
Fell Away. "I understand his
friends have all deserted hifti." "Yes;
you see, they discovered that he was
actually going to need their assist
ance." Colorado Springs GazeMe.
Undoubtedly True. Askitt "1 won
der why ministers never strike for
higher salaries?" Knoitt "Probably
because it keeps them busy trying to
get what has already been promised
them." Chicago Daily News.
Inconsistent. "Here, you!"ericd big
Mrs. Cassidy, "sthrolke or no sthroike,
Ol'll not hov ye standin' 'round doin'
nothln'." "Well, oh, well," meekly pro
tested little Cass-idy, " 'lis the most on
r'asonin' woman ye are. Last wake ye
told me if Oi didn't behave mesel' yeVl
make me ttand 'round, an' now that
Ol'm doin' it ye're kickin'." Philadel
phia Press.
PRINTING OFFICE PRECAUTION.
Every I, lite of Proof iiihI Every I'litfe
of Copy In Kept for lti-f-
rr twice.
"It will not be possible," said an
employe of the government printing
olllee, according to the Washington
Star, "for any one to place errorn on
this oflice, for every line of proof and
every page of copy is carefully pre
served. This is done in order to pro
tect the olllee. It is not an uncom
mon thing for errors to be charged
to stenographers, proofreaders and
printers, and every precaution lii
taken to guard against .such.
"The universal ijse of the type
writer has robbed the labor of the
printer and proofreader of much of
its humor and nearly all of Its mis
ery. Time was, and that not many,
years ago, when all the copy for the
Congressional Record came to tlie
printing oflice in the ehlrography of
the author. Those were days of pro
fanity and drink, and no end of print
ers' yarns are yet extant among the
old ones of the place in regard to tho
awful 'list' written by some of the
men whose names are immortal in
history, and that without, the assist
ance of the Record. The. list of these
poor penmen is legion, but it is pret
ty generally conceded that the name
of Reverdy Johnson should be at the
head of the roster, though Pratt, of
Indiana, is said by some to be deserv
ing of that honor. One excellent,
coihposltor of that old regime, some
what addicted to rum, was said to be
the only printer who could read
Pratt, and he could do so only when
he was drunk. Now It Is the correc
tions alone that bother the printer,
and all of these are obscure enough
to show what the work would be if
in the written hand of the speaker.
Even with the utmost care grave er
rors will at times intrude, but copy
and proofs are kept to be on the safe
nide in case of trouble coming up."
JAPAN OF MODERN TIMES
Campnrlinu with the United Kins
doin In Sire, I'nimlnllon nml
Other Particulars.
Concerning thq United Kingdom the:
following points of resemblance be
tween it nnd Japan are remarked by
tho Anglo-Japanese Gazette: Japatv
consists of a group of islands lying to
the east of the continent of Asia, asthc
United Kingdom consists of a group ly
ing to the west of the continent of Eu
rope. Both groups extend from north
to south; the main Islands of the Japani
group are about the same length as tho
United Kingdomviz., about 700 miles;,
both groups have a similar population:
Japan 44,000,000 and the United King
dom 42,000,000; both groups have a.
similar area Japan 147,000 and tho
United Kingdom 120,000 (English),
square miles; both groups arc washed
and their climates modified by impor
tant ocean currents the British isles
by the gulf stream and Japan by the
Japan current.
The resemblance ceases, however,,
when the two are contrasted as em
pires. The one is the land of the rising
sun, the other that on which the sun
never sets, while the population of tho
British empire is about 400,000,000,
nearly a quarter of the population of
the globe and nearly ten times that of
Japan.
The revenue of the United Kingdom
i:more than four times that of Japan,
but the foreign trade Is 17 times and
the national debt 12 times greater.
The marked contrast between the na
tlonal debts of the United Kingdom and
Japan is that the former has been
raised almost entirely for carrying on
the wars in which that country has
been engaged during the last 200 years,
while that of Japan has been chiefly for
public workB and industrial enter
prises. In the United States the population
Is, roughly, twice the number In Japan,
Its size is 23 times as large, its revenue
four times hb great, while the foreign
trade of the United States is nine times
and its national debt seven times that
of Japan. Russia covers one-scventh o!
the surface of the globe, is 00 times the
size of Japan, but its population Is less
than three times greater, consequently
population in Japan is0 times thicker
than In Russia. France has an area
nearly 40 per cent, larger than Jnpan,
hut a population 10 per cent, less, and
not growing. Its national debt is enor
mous the largest of any nation in the;
world nearly double that of the
United Kingdom and 20 times that of
Japan. Germany, which now alms nt
becoming a world power, is about tho
same size as France, or 40 per cent,
larger than Japan, while its population
is one-fourth greater. A striking fea
ture of the population of Germany is
that it is growing at a much greater
rate than that, of the United Kingdom
or Japan, and justifies, in some meas
ure, the desire for expansion.
NO BUCKET BUSINESS. '
When Snot nnd IIIU Met There Wn
JVo II'iikkIhm; or Any OlUier
KtilNitiiue.
"On the train, as T was going to
Chicago the other week," said a De
troit er, according to the Free Press,
"I fell in with a man who was on his
way to visit his brother in a certain
town. The two had not met for 30
years, one having lived In New Hamp
shire and the otheV in Michigan all
that time. I became somewhat inter
ested in the affair, and In imagina
tion I pictured the greeting between
them after such a long separation.
Indeed, I was more enthusiastic than
the traveler. He had given no notice
of his coming, but when we reached
the town he pieked up his satchel
and looked out of the window and
said:
" M think I see my brother right
out there on the platform now.'
')i followed him out and he walked
up to the other and queried:
"'Ain't your name Sam Blank?
" 'Yep, and ain't your name Bill
Blank?' queried the other in reply.
"It is. Howdy do, Sam?'
" 'Party well, Bill.'
" 'Come to visit me?' v
" 'Yep.'
" 'Then come along to tho house
"That was all," sighed the narrator
"no hugging no tears no linger
ing handshake no old-oaken bucket
business whatever.
"After U0 long years Sam had hap
pened to be at the depot as hia
brother Bill got off' the train, and Bill
went home with Sam. It uindo me so
vexed that 1 didn't enjoy the rest of
the day at all."
Took It Literally.
Once upon a time a very nervy man
called on his physiciau and asked him
for medical advice.
"Take a tonic and dismiss from your
mind all that tends to worry you," ha hi
the doctor.
Several months nfterward the pa
tient received a bill from the physi
cian ashing him to remit $18 and an
swered it 'thus:
"Dear doctor, 1 have taken' a tonic
and your advice. Your bill tends to
worry me, and so 1 dismiss it from my
mind."
Moral: Advice sometimes defeats its
gher. Cleveland Leader.
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