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Spring Cleaning
3a (rach a trial Lat men say "Let f be , and enriched, ami thus sustains lh
boue take care f itself." iiut the eon- i nerves and all the bodily funetiom.
cisntiou. wife feel bound t rink health "I take Hood's harsapai ilia every Bpriug.
and strength lu ihis annual atnqfgle J and it l the only medicine I o-e through
with lat and dtrt.- The consequence -f I the year. It enable me tu do my house
Ler Icvensh anxiety over extra woik is i cleaning and iarm work all through tt
depletion of the Mood, the source of all
life and strength, uiaiiife-ted in that
weak, tired, nervous condition too preva
lent at this season and very dangerous
if allowed to continue. What every man
nd woman need in the hprl"fc Hood's
fcarKaparilla. It Keep the Wood vitalui-d II. Ankhiws, S. Vt'oodst.jck. ft.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
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All our shoe are equally satisfactory
8ty give the bet value for the money.
ty eaual ciintvm ihoci In style and fit.
sir wearlni qualities are unurpaa4.
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of Cod-liver Oil, with HypopLospbitea of Lime and Soda, .
is a constructiro food that nourishes, enriches tho blood,'
creates solid flesh, stops wasting and gives strength. It ia
for aU
Wasting Diseases
like OoMumption, Scrofula, Anamia, Mammtu) or for Oo& and
Gold, Son Throat, Bronohitia, Weak Lungs, Lms of Plata and
Osnaral Debility. Scott's Knuilaioa has no equal as
. nourishment for BablM and Growing Children, s
Buy only the genuine put up in salmm-ckrtd wrafftr.
"""""" Smdtr pmpltt Sail's Bmuhin. FJtSM.
oott Itwrw, N. Y. All Dructlete. BOoente and !.
niiii.mer. It helped me very mueft lot
palpitation of the heart, i think Hood'i
tarsaparilla is the medicine lor everyom
and all who take it will never he without
it. I have alo used Hood a PilN ami
they are the best 1 ever tried." Man. K
Iieecharn's pills are for bil
iousness, sick headache, diz
ziness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn, tor
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
skin, coated tongue, pimples,
loss of appetite, etc.. when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fre
quent cause of all of them.
One of the most important tilings for
everybody to learn is that constipation
causes more than half the sickness in the
world, especially of women; and itcanall
be prevented. Go by the book, free at your
druggist's, or write B.F.AHeuCo.,365Canal
St., New York. Fills, io and 25 a box.
aanual morfl than ft.UA flm bnla.
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He h;is tried it in over eleven hutidred
ca'-es, and ntver failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Bos' uii. Send postal card for biok.
A benefit Is afways experienced from
the first bottle, and a'perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears In a week
after taking it. Head the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the test you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tab'espoonful jn water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
VITAL ISSUES
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implicit; of Oonatruetion
TOIKT TWO
Working Quantise
PoiffT Tan ia
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Th-e wlH found utUt In lh? new
DAVIS CREAM SEPARATORS
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llTIIKX WKITINO TO AIVF:ItTISl.Rs
pleae rmy you aw the advertisement
In IhU paper.
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Bonn of the Koada.
I looked to the eaat, I looked to the west;
I aaw a mau with a "jag" on,
A-whipping our bursts, all pulling their
beat,
And hauling an empty wagon.
CHORUS.
Pull off the road, boya;
Tear the fence down.
The road in too bad to travel.
l'ull off your coat, boys,
All mired down;
Get out and pry out and walk Into town.
It rained In the north. It rained in the
south,
It stalled ev'ry man with a load.
They all were whipping and working their
mouths.
For the bottom was out of the road.
An old fanner started to cross a bridge
To fight the road tax levy.
The bridge broke down, and I saw him
drown,
Ills road tax was so heavy.
I saw an old hat move along on the mud;
It made me watch and wonder.
My pet pointer pup. he picked it up
And found the owner under.
Five hundred farmers all go to town,
The tlnip that each one loses
A-miring in mud and swimming a flood
Would fix up the road he uses.
A stranger went out to buy a farm.
He slipped when walking a rail
A shriek and a roll in a big mudhole
And the farmer he lost the sale.
The river Is just ns pure as the things
That live on the banks and throng it.
The road or the street is just as neat
As the people who live along it.
fjood Roads.
Government Favors Wide Tiros.
The Agrlenlruro Dt-partniont bus ls
miod a bulletin complied by Roy Stono.
special ajiont In i-hargi; of road Inquiry.
containing information concerning the
use of wlile tires on wagon wheels.
5U Stone reK'ardH It of Hpfidal import
11 ace In Hie uininlennnce of public high
ways that the vehicles used on them
shn.ll have tires of greater width than
tire now In general use. Extracts from
State laws respecting the width of tire
to he uted on vehicle are given, some of
which offer n rebate of a portion of the
highway tax on wagons with rims or
tired not les.H than three and three and
a half Inches In width. The results of
experiments with wide tires tn vari
ous States are also given.
For the Benefit of Good Itouds.
The New York State meet of Ameri
can wheelmen will probably be held
at Coney Island and will Include a race
meet, a theater party, a dance and one
or more runs. ,Tbo profits of the meet
will be devoted entirely to the Improve
ment of side paths or tho erection of
guide boards on Long Island, or the
publication of a special guide book for
wheelmen of the New York district, as
may bo determined by tho members of
the L. A. V. residing In Kings County.
It is proposed that the net profits of
all league meets In New York .State
shall be turned over to the good roads
fund for the benefit of the wheelmen lu
the county where the meets are held
end not to the club treasuries as here
tofore. This scheme originated in New
York and will doubtless be Imitated
elsewhere If successful.
Good Konds, Better Prices.
The longing of many young men and
women to escape from the farm is
largely traceable to the Isolation caused
by the mud embargoes. Good roads
mean better prices for the fanners lo
cated a few miles away from the mar
ket town, because the present condi
tion of the highways compels the mar
keting of the products of such farms
at the times when the roads are good
and the market prices usually lowest
Good roads would permit the average
purchaser of farm products living In
towns and cities to buy his stock of
such articles at a lower price than at
present-
TOWN OR COUNTRY.
Two Views of Life Which May Carry
a Lesson to Home.
I have Just received a letter from a
reader living In the country. To quote
a few words: "Here 1 am six months
in the year, Isolated from all the world,
Kenerally snow bound. I would like to
go to a large town or city, where I
could not only enjoy better advantages
myself, but give my boys the benefit of
a good school. But alal I am poor.
Do you know of anything I could do to
earn a living? 1 have a good common
school education and urn a fair pen
man. I own a little home here, and we
are at least sure of a living, but If
we remain I am afraid my boys will
never be anything but farmers."
A worse fate than that of a fanner
might befall a boy. Few men of note
came from the city. The plow, the ax
and tho blacksmith's hammer may not
be polished tools, but men who had to
commence life with no other have
found their way to the pulpit, the Sen
ate and tho Presidential chair. Differ
ence In mind Is not caused by differ
ences In latitude. A boy who Is really
bright will come to the front somehow,
even if he was born in the backwoods.
This world has work waiting to be
dons, and the man who can do It will
be welcomed, no matter what his con
dttlori. tanect or color may be. If be
can preach sermon that will go
straight to a huiuaii heart, or If h -ac
frame a good and Just law. wi carta
whether he was born in a lug cabin or
a palace? 1 really believe there In
something about a town that enfeebles
that as men obtain outward polish,
Inward strength declines. Certainly
few men worthy of mention have been
conventional In all things. Statesmen
or preachers, inventors or artists, they
all seem to be fashioned on a strictly
original plan, while the average city
man Is as much like his neighbor as
one pea hi like another.
Now to take up another point in the
letter: The isolation of the country.
Vhethpr the country seems lonely or
not, depends. I suppose, on the mind.
When I am shut up in town 1 always
feel as though there had been no sum
mer in my year. This fall, the first
snow storm came as a disagreeatde
surprise. I could hardly realize that
the autumn days were gone. No pleas
ant hours had there been for me this
year, looking out all over a world
bathed in golden light and color. I be
lieve the best place In the world for a
mother to bring up children Is the coun
try, and the mother who can live there
without fret and worry, ought to be
thankful. It Is something to have no
fear for the morrow; to be sure of shel
ter and food and freedom. I do not
know w hat advantage a city could offer
to a woman to toll In an office ail day,
compared to these. And there is the
constant fear of loss of employment
and that other twin horror debt
If my advice Is good for anything,
take It and stay in the country. You
at least will not starve nor grow bit
ter with many failures and disappoint
ments. Womankind.
Diet for the Stck.
Milk is a diet In universal favor, and
should never be forgotten as a food at
once highly nutritive and easy of di
gestion. Some persons who, while well,
are unable to take milk, have no such
difficulty while sick. There are few
patients who cannot take milk either
hot, cold, cooked, raw, with Vichy, on
with lime water.
In diseases of the kidneys milk Is al
ways a valuable article of di"t. Some
times it is better taken skimmed, or
after the extraction of the butter it
contains, in the form of buttermilk.
In spite of some adverse criticism,
beef tea holds Its place as a stimulant
anil nutrient for the sick. Unfortunate
ly it is seldom properly made. The beef
should first be finely ground, then
placed to simmer where it will not ap-'
,r ii h the boiliii'l point too closely, un
til 1 Ik- raw b-'cf has changed to a deli
cate piiili wiiii a. tirown exterior. 1 uis
process sit utd occupy about, twenty
minutes. Tho beef should not be cook
ed to a giay color, v hleh color Indicates
a coagulation of some of the soluble
and nutritious albumens.
(Jood beef, finely ground. Is Itself al
most the essence of nutrition, and in
cases of chronic wasting Diseases, it is
as a rule digestible by the weakened
stomach, and Is in the highest degree
nourishing' to the wasted tissues.
Ground meat may be gently pressed
Into cakes which, when carefully
broiled, make a most palatable article
of diet for the sick. Even in fevers a
small quantity of finely ground beef Is
often tolerated, and is enjoyed more
than clear beef tea.
The stimulating value of hot water Is
to be utilized with the sick wherever
possible. Hot water promotes secre
tion better than cold, and is at all times
a stimulant of no mean value. The Chi
nese are said to have numerous hot.
water shops In many of their cities,
where this beverage is sold to an ap
preciative public. It would be well If
such a beverage were to become popular
with us.
Dry bread, at least two days old, Is
more easily digested, and more nutrl-1
tlous, than almost any other article of
food, because It consists largely of
starch. Rice n:id tapioca thoroughly
boiled chely follow in ease of diges
tion and nutritive value.
Sugar, except in very small quanti
ties, makes poor food for the sick on
account of its proneness to fermenta
tion. Fruits, with few exceptions, con
tain large percentages of sugar and of
fruit acids, which later, except In spe
cific cases, are distinctly detrimental,
Fruits and thoroughly cooked vegeta
bles are allowed only In convalescence,
and then only in limited quantities.
The Value of Light.
A sunbeam is a small thing, yet It has
a power to fade the carpet and cur
tains, to rot the blinds, and for this
reason folks carefully exclude the sun
shine. What Is the result? The fam
lly is always ailing, the young girls
have a waxen white skin and a weary,,
pinched expression of countenance.
Their appetites fall, they fall Into such
a bud state of health that the doctor is
called in. In olden days he would have
shaken his head, perhaps, and friends
would have whispered that dreaded
word "decline!" Nowadays he notes
the pale gums and waxen skin and
says "anaemia;" prescribes Iron and
milk, fresh air and exercise and often
a change. If he knows nothing nbout.
tho darkened rooms, he will be puzzled
as to why no pennanent Improvement
manifests Itaelf, and, possibly, the pa
tient will seek other advice. Medical
Monthly.
A Munificent Bequest.
Eighteen years ago Peter B. Brig
ham, a native of Vermont, gave $1,
OOO.WX) for a free public hospital for
Boston, to bear his name, on the condl
tlon that the bequest should remain
untouched and draw Interest twenty
five years. When It becomes availa
ble, seven years hence, the trustees will
have nearly $3,000,0(K) In their hands.
"Eustace has been cured of his habit
of boasting." "How was that miracle
accomplished r "He was dilating on
the size of his Income the other even
Ing In a mixed crowd when one of the
persons present spoke op and re mar
ed that be was an Income tax collect.
or." Chicago Record.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR
THE AGRICULTURISTS.
' Oxford Down Sheep as a Mutton Breed
How to Properly Construct a l'lank
Bidewalk A Brooder for I'igs -Profit
in Hiring Farm Help.
A Good Breed.
The history of the sheep industry lu
this country Is one of almost ceaseless
fluctuations between a Ixmjiu and a
panic. With almost cyclical regularity
one has followed the other. The pres
ent depression in the wool mairket has
created Increased interest in the heavy
mutton breeds of sheep. However
cheaply wool may be imported, the
mutton supply must be mainly pro
duced at home. True, the prices for
mutton have also declined, but the out
look for mutton Is more hopeful than
YEARLI.NO OXFORD WKTHEB '
8TOXE.
for wool In the Immediate future.
While the holders of fine-wool sheep
must sell out on low markets, or hold
on at little profit, if not absolute loss,
until the return of better times, the
holders of middle and long wooled
sheep may reasonably expect fairly
remunerative prices for carcasses,
whatever may be the condition of the
wool market Besides, the heavy
breeds of sheep are generally held in
comparatively small flocks, a few on
each farm, and do not constitute the
leading Industry of their holders, as
In many cases do fine-wooled sheep.
Holders of mutton sheep seem largely
disposed to hold their Hocks and keep
right along raising lambs and mutton.
An Indication of this was visible at the
ist Chicago fat-stock show, where the
entries in the down and long wooled
sheep classes compared favorably with
he exhibits of more prosperous years.
The display of Sotithdowns, fhrop
shires and Oxfords was particularly
od, while long wools and merinos
were quite rainy represented, ur me
Oxford classes the entries of R. J.
Stone, of Illinois, were specially fine,
and took all the prizes but one. His
yearling wether, "Stone," a portrait
of which is shown in the accompany
ing Illustration, was awarded first In
his class, and was at the head of the
premium pen. Orange .Tudd Fanner.
Improving Worn-Oat Lands.
In 1884 I bought a farm of fifty acres.
mostly poor laud, and by the use of
stable manure I have brought It up so
it brings good crops. I have been keep
ing the average of about six head of
cattle and horses, and I have support
ed them from what I raised on my own
land, and sold some hay and corn be
sides.
Now, my brother farmer, you can do
the same thing. It Isn't any use buy
ing feed when yoif can raise all the pea
hay at home you need, for there is no
land so poor that peas can't be grown in
It. Try to make all the manure you
can, clean up your lots, take care of
your straw pile, don't set It afire as I
Bee some doing, put straw in your stable
(leaves will do), put up your stock of a
night, and when your stable gets wet
clean It out, and put in a fresh supply,
and by next spring you will have more
manure than you have any idea of. I
always haul my manure ou my poorest
land. Plant your best land in corn;
sow pens in it at last plowing. It will
help the land, and besides makes a fine
pasture for the hogs and cows. Sow
some wheat, followed by clover, and If
your land is too poor for clover sow It
in peas, and in a few years it will bring
clover, and then you are all right-
Home and Farm.
Constructing a Plank Sidewalk.
In many villages and farming com
munities the sidewalks are constructed
entirely of plunks, says the American
Agriculturist When this Is the case
It Is of the greatest importance that
they be properly laid, or decay or a
tilting walk will soon follow construc
tion. The sidewalk must be laid up
from the ground aud it must have a
ills
A PROPERLY LAID SIDEWALK.
broader, firmer foundation than Is
usually given it if It Is to remain use
ful for any length of time. The Illus
tration shows a sidewalk, and its foun
dation, that is now In actual use and
Is standing very firm and true. Length
wise strips of 3x4 Inch stuff are laid
upon flat rocks well bedded In the
ground, the broader these rocks and
the more firmly established the better.
Crosswise over the lengthwise strips
are laid strips of 8x4 inch stuff Just the
width of the walk, upon which the
nlnnks are laid lengthwise. A side
walk should never be laid with cross
wise planks. Such a walk Is a con
tinual source of annoyance.
Plsntlns Strawberries.
Get the new strawberry land in con
dition. New beds should bars the
plants In position before April 16, If
possible, so as to give them the spring
in which to get a start and become wen
established before the dry season seta
in. A week or two is quite an. advan
tage with strawberries. After plowing
the hind and harrowing it well, apply
wood ashes and ground bone, and then
harrow ft again before putting out lh
new plants.
Cropping Orchards.
An orchard in bearing ought never to
be cmpi-d. All the fertility that the
soil contains is worth more to be used
in developing fruit than for anything
else that can be grown. Renovating
crops to bs plowed under may, however,
be sown even in bearing orchards. If
young orchards are making wood In
stead of fruit when they are large
enough to bear, a seeding with clover
and plowing In midsummer after a
clover growth has been taken off, will
often bring them into condition to beat
fruit. The clover while growing is a
check to growth, and the cutting of the
roots in midsummer Is a further check.
This will cause a great many fruit spurs
to form late In summer, and these will
produce a large crop of fruit the next
year. This Is a severe remedy, but if
the tree has a good supply of mineral
fertilizer It will continue to bear from
that time. It may be that a tree treat
ed thus will not be so long lived as ia
one whose growth has not been check
ed, but It Is not often the very largest
trees that are the most profitable.
Profit in Hiring Help.
The rate of farm wages is, we hear, a
litter lower than a year ago; but those
who are known to be faithful and skill
ful can get old prices. There is not the
difference made that there should be.
It Is very easy for a careless hired man
to destroy implements or injure stock
by ill treatment to an extent that would
make his services too dear if he worked
for nothing. Neither can a farmer
afford to hire the slow and unskillful,
for these are just as like as not to set
the pace for others that he employs. It
Is impossible for the farmer to always
work with his men, and when he is
away the work will suffer. It always
pays when a really faithful hand can
be secured to give him some extra pay
and make him the leader, holding him
responsible for the amount of work and
the way it is done.
A Pig Brooder.
C. J. Gray, of Ashtabula County, Ohio,
sends to the Ohio Farmer a sketch and
description of a device he uses to save
pigs that are littered in cold weather.
It. is a shoebox set on end; a door cut
at top to put In and take out the pigs;
a door cut at bottom (D) to put in and
take out lantern or lamp (L); and a
frame over which Is stretched phos
phate Backing (P), on which the pigs
BROODER FOR PIGS.
rest The top (D) can be made Into a
lid, to open and shut The door at side,
at top, serves for ventilation. Mr. Gray
says; "As soon as the pigs drop I put
them In on this sacking. They soon
dry and are ready to suck. They are
safe from being tramped on or chilled.
I have kept the pigs In this brooder
three or four days, taking them out
only long enough to suck, once In two
hours. The greatest loss Is usually in
side of four days."
Cows Holding Back Milk.
One of our dairy exchanges says that
when the cow is frightened or injured
sho holds back the butter fats In her
milk. From this It argues properly In
favor of giving the'eow kind treatment,
and relieving as soon as possible any
sores on her teats, which are the usual
cause of milk being held up. This Is
all right, but we doubt whether the
cow discriminates to hold back the
richer parts of her milk that In milking
always comes last When the cow Is
restless and kicks at the milker, she Is
apt to be left with more or less milk In
her udder. As It ! towards the last of
the milking, this retained milk will
naturally be richer without any voli
tion on the cow's part to make it so.
American Cultivator.
Not AH the Same. '
There never was a stable where all
the creatures should be fed exactly
alike. Some run to fat, others to milk,
one Is dainty, another Is hearty, or here
Is a thief bound to steal all she can
reach before she cleans her own, some
are cutting teeth, others shedding them,
thts one Is excitable, another naturally
quiet To many a cow is a cow, but
there is much more we find when we
attempt to keep each doing her best at
tho milk pall.
Rolling Wheat.
The wheat field should be rolled after
a heavy frost, so as to press the plants
Into the soil if they have been thrown
up. - Where a field is somewhat damp
from Insufficient drainage, and heavy
frosts occur, the plants are liable to be
thrown up until their roots are exposed,.
The roller should be put on the field as
soon as the condition of the ground will
permit
Covering Bead.
Seed should be covered. It Is true
that clover seed, sown on the snow and
allowed to remain on the ground, grows
and makes a good stand sometimes, but
it is safe to claim that the larger por
tion of tho seed never germinates, and
Is lost If grass seed la to be sown on
lawns the surface should be srrstcnod
with a harrow, seeded and roM.