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It tars the arose of oaf life iato poetry; it flings Sowers of mashiae over oar darksome wood ia vhieh we are traveling; it loaches with light even our sleep, which a ao more the image of death, bat remmed with dreams that are the ihadows of immortality. Vogue. TMAXot'kNMmMm" ffita malarial disease, but with prodigious rloleaea af rer wards. If you neglect immedi ate measure of relict The surest prevent ive aad medical form of medicatioo Is Hos letter's Stomach Bitters, the potency of rhlch as an antidote to miasmatic poison has been demonstrated for orer forty years past. The lirer when disordered sad con rested, the bowel if costlpated, and the kidneys If Inactive, are promptly aided by t. and it is invaluable for dyspepsia, nerv 9us debility and rheumatism. Dtoerisalaato la .the Cs of ' A society paper, eager to be correct, referred to the "un bonneted women who received with the hostess," and sddly enough the effect on every read- ex was the same. Before her arose the rision of a loud-voiced, loud-mannered, overdressed woman who had literally thrown off her bonnet Discrimiaste and use the words "lady" and "gentle , man." when they should be used, and "men" and "women" as they are most 'proper. Remember, too, that the charm ing girl yon met yesterday is an "ac quaintance" and not a "friend"; friends 'are gained after along acquaintance, followed by a close intimacy. Ladies' Uome Journal. FITS (topped free and permanently cured. He If after nrt day uie of Ir. Kllne'slireat Kan Restorer. Free S3 trial bottle and t rotlbe. . Send to Pa. JOumc. Sfl Arch SU. Fhllanrlnnla, fa. t One of the profitable results of the ' present agitation of the silver question is a concise statement in the September Keview of reviews of the pros and cons af the question, "would American Free Coinage Douqle the Price of Silver in the markets of the world?" The affirm ative view is supported by Charles B. Spahr, Ph. DL, of New York, and the .negative by Prof. J. Laurence Laugh (in, of Chicago. Each of these writers ' .is a recognized authority on the ques .lion of the standards. If the Baby ts Catting Teetaw at ron and me that old and well-tried icawdr. KmtjoWt sooiraxa Sixer for ChUdrea TeeCUac- i Harper's Round Table published September 1st will continue the first Installment of a new serial story enti ty tied "In the Old Herrick house," by Ellen Douglas Deland. To the same number Dudley D. F. Parker will con- tribute an interesting paper on the art 1 of sailing small boats. The article will be fully illustrated and will be found to contain many useful suggestions and directions for young yachtsmen. Hooey Fralt Cake. . . Four eggs, five cups of flour, two s taps of honey, one cup of butter, one :up of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of ' cream of tartar, one tcaspoonful of soda, one pound of raisins, one pound : Df currants, half a pound of citron, one . teaspoonful of cloves, cinnamon and ' nutmeg. Iiake in a slow oven. Sep tember Ladies' Home Journal. Take 4fce best whtnyoa need medicine. For blood, appetite, nenres, stomach, liver, nothing equals Hoods Sarsaparilla -IbbOb Tree Blood Puriler. All druggists. 91. Hood's PMls rare aU Liver Ills. 3 cents. SOUTH MISSOURI. WEST The best fruit section in the West. No drouths. A' failure of crops never known. , Mild climate. Productive soil. Abundance of good pure irate For Maps and Circulars Rising full descrip tion of the Rich Mineral. Fruit and Agricultu ral Lands in South West Missouri, write to JOHN m. PCROV. Manager of the Missouri Land and Lire Stock Company, Neosho, New ton Co., Missouri. 1,200 BU. CRIB, $9.50. . h. Bioome. Cewtcll Bluffs, lewa. PATENTS, TRADE MARKS JS""S ?"s"T,,"! rateatablllty of la eentioa. had forlBnoton' OnU.nr M.iT rtent." oTaaarfi.asox. w--"-rtt. n c. STEAIY WORK WE PAT CASH WEEBXT aad waatawa everywhere to SELL STAM TKES 3?tr.r.t mlMolatelyaBt."ffpertotflta. wytea. STARK BKOTHERS, LonsuxA. Bo., BocaroaT.lu. SROflT Hlln yVSAXrs School of Short Only one la Owahysaght by prmct teal Mf 'mTpher ir.vtslS liif- iIo.lte pnn.exasnioerU. . yoetee Dgane Weaver. McOlUBldW y; WHISKY ; a. wesuar, inun, u. IfaSactedwMh ITawaMmM'sEytVatar. W. N. U., OMAHA 38 1898 When writing to advertisers, kindly mention this paper. BJaSSSi bbbbbI aBBsssssssssTBaHl bHsCSbsbbbbbHbVbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBb ( jHHmffffffVEl msaVasVswJM HsamSw" bbB tatasBsBsL ftllm ftsV t-aaaavasmsi bbH bBMssm S." aaam say aaaBMKlBBsV WBSJ One Cup I One Cent 2 Less than a cent in fact and all Cocoa 5 i pure Cocoa no chemicals. That describes S 2 Walter Baker 8c Cos Breakfast Cocoa. J WALTER BAKER CO.. I imttii, - Dercaeater, ftav T h CSalW. CSiaS. U MMPPE aad TMIamT TamJBLCt' X - LNellie Peaoyer. I5M So. Tenth St.. Omaha. Neb- wrlta dBBKars uaj Balm fcr s severe case af Ia Grippe. Two .SVMataateaee. The aoreeessca myiases aad ia my head sooa . - , - -w - - .j mm imm x tiwn xf BmssHrMtMBMawMwn ease est caase slrrsra amass y casta rtitaitn. tt cares a.mcser taaa say I have ever zDr. Kays Lung RaaressaaryUsdafcaafa. Sold by draggists or sea aaVvVfJK??,)iaeura'iM mmA " eareferaahac TS If" k BMaT valoablereceipu sad glcas symaMeu mVfJfwsaaM away save aaM taer weaM ast takasi.Wter awaaataee. AaaMaarwteraaSaeairjp SI -T sr &. if Ji, - 5Ar- . - mVeatef ' Lard Shaftsbary. who practically ia terested himself tor mora taaa sixty years ia improviaf: the homes of the ataases, said time aad agaia thatmaay of the peopla who were ia a f lthy aad deplorabla coaditioa had beea msde so by their aarroaBdiBgs, aad that where their homes had beea improved, they had beea rescaed from sach eoa ditioaa. Hamaa aatare is imitotiva; the force of good example w eatahiag. Lack of opportaaity to lead a mora eivilixed existence, not the iacliaatioa to remain as they are, largely explains the situation of the poorer elemeats amoag city dwellera. Sir Sidney Wat erlow cites the panctaality with which the reaU are paid his eorporatioa as evidence that people having good rooms are anxious to keep them, lie believes there is a growing desire for comfortable homes. September Cca tary. A Kiad Ward tor' X "There seems to be a very geaeral prejadice against Nero," said the maa who had a great tendency to yawa. "It's kind of dying out," waa the re ply. "He's a good deal of a back num ber, yoa know." "I suppose so. I hadn't paid much attention to him un til lately. There's a young man who lives aext to me that plays the fiddle. He practices till 11 at night and starts at 6 in the morning. I have been trying to get sleepy by reading, and I hap pened to pick up a book about Nero. It's my opinion that perhaps he wasn't as bad aa he's been represented." "Bat thiak of his fiddling while Borne burnod." "That's exactly what I had in mind. It seems to me that a man who waited till his neighbors had gone off to see a fire to get down his violin and scrape a tune or two must have been a good deal of a philanthro pist at heart" Saa Cealda't Do It. "I don't know what we are coming to." said Mr. Cumrox. gloomily. "I guess I'll have to turn in and write my letters myself." "Can't you employ an amanuensis?'' asked his wife. "I thought I had one. She came to work this morning, and when she sat down to the typewriter I says to her: 'Now, I want you to take down what I am goin' to dictate exactly as I shy it" "Wouldn't she do it?" "No. She rose up an' said there was no use o' her tryin to hold the posi tion, 'cause she'd never learnt to write dialect" Washington Star. Big School of Perpols . The steamer Dlunda, which recently arrived in Halifax from Liverpool, en countered an enormous school of por poises pursued by about two doz . large whales just before it came into port It was estimated that there was over 1,400 poises in the school. They were seen about 15 miles east of Hali fax, and jumped the vessel's sides in their evident terror of their pursuers. The sea was black with them and they rushed through the water like mad, with the great puffing whales in close pursuit Old salts say they never saw anything like it on the Americav coast The ladles. The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use Syrup of Pigs, under all conditions, makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true and genuine article look for the name of the California Fig Syrup Company, printed near the bottom of the pack age. For sale by all responsible drug gists. Don't tJsa Hot Irons oe Tear Hair. Young girls seem to have only two modes of arranging the hair from which too choose. It is unwise to use the iron or the crimping pin on the hair of growing girls; the most fash ionable women understand this, and insist that nntil the debut has been made, a girl must wear her hair in one of the two styles: It may be parted and braided in tvo plaits tied with narrow ribbon, or it may be rolled off the face, braided -in one plait -looped and tied with a black ribbon after the Cadogan fashion. Ladies Home Jour naL Pointed Bodices. We are returning to pointed bodices that lace at the back, an inconvenient if becoming fashion, while the points in the new bodice are longer than in the old ones a change that will be hailed with delight by short-waisted women. For evening bodices, a pretty tricote material ia gold, thin and trans parent adorned with boquets in silk embroidery, is much used. It is a very gorgeous effect and judiciously em ployed, over a bodice somewhat the worse for wear, has wonderful rejuve nating powers. HMfaranftaefa of KaDNEY ami LIVER DISEASES. THE DREAD "S is hwt JaraaiCBt Kidaey Either Bath af treated ia time with Waraer's Safe Care. large bottle or new stylo smaller tMEMLt CUKEb. X : "Have auif mn iw deswcaverrlier. My Inegswere, Kieppea any seslre to diaaspeared. ItisrerydmV at the lloairk MbW trie. ' Balm: by mail for 25 eta. ueeeiea. seai aadtreatawBtl it If they ssesmt iimsaa. an. j, .. .- t Ba "av"7imrarHSTvB. ask ror weitaer aad accept no substitute. T ee4 4 ,,, raaararsV t . - -V 5gS-. DAIBY AND POULTRY. ;ntbrbstino chaptsrs for our rural readers. MACHINE Uveat ed by Mr. Saleains, a Swedish eagl aeer makes hatter la a ailaate from sterilised milk di rect Milk is heat ed In the steriliser (or Tastarme." as it la called) to ISO dec F., aad raa iato the cream- skimming chamber, of the machine. As the cream ia skimmed it rises iato the churning chamber, beta cooled down to 6 degrees ia its progress by means 'of very small cooling frames, through which ice water constantly paasea; these revolve with the skimmer at the rate of C.000 revolatioas per minute. The cream ts forced Iato a tube perforated with tiny holes, through which it emerges with great force upon each 'fresh layer ef cream that rises, converting It into batter by concussion. The batter thus. formed by granules, emerges from a spoat iato a tub. mixed with buttermilk. The bat ter is thea taken ont and passed through a butter worker, which squeezes oat most of the buttermilk re maiirtng, after which it is placed oa Ice for two hoars and thea worked a little more, and made-up. Several advan tages are claimed for this remarkable machine, which bids fair to create a revolution in butter-making upoa a large scale. In the first place, by Pas teurizing the milk, disease germs, it any are in It, are destroyed, as well as the microbes which cause putrefaction of the butter. The process of batter making is so rapid that there is very little chance of any germs that may exist In the atmosphere of the dairy getting into the batter, especially as all, or nearly all, air must be forced out of the chamber of the machine by the extreme rapidity of the movement going on inside. When the butter is once pressed, the possibility of germ impregnation is almost eliminated. Thus, a wholesome and long-keeping butter is produced. Another advantage is that milk can be converted into butter directly after being obtained from the cow; and yet another is that there is a considerable saving of labor, when the use of the "radiator" is compared with that of the ordinary separator and churn. , This machine has been in use several months in Sweden and Finland. In London, the demonstration of its mer its created a sensation among the dairy farmers. Thos. B. O'Nell, U. S. Consul at Stockholm, May 21, 1896. Sites for Creameries. The Utah experiment station sends out some suggestions as to the selec tion of locations for butter or cheese factories. It says: In selecting a site for a factory the following points should be observed: L The site should be one easily drained. 2. It should have an abundant sup ply of pure, cool water. 3. It 6hould, as far as possible, be easy of access by good roads. These points are so self evident that comment Is scarcely necessary. In a low, damp situation It Is scarcely possi ble to keep the eurroundings'of the fac tory clean, and there is always a large amount of waste water from a factory, which should be, easily and rapidly drained away. Abundance of pure, cool water is always needed, in fact, a dairy cannot be successfully and profit ably run without it The plan and arrangement of a fac tory will depend very largely upon Its location and the quantity of milk to be handled. Whether a cheese or butter factory, or a combination of these is de sired, will also affect the plan. This point should receive careful study, as very much work may be saved by hav ing a convenient arrangement of the factory and apparatus. Another point to be considered Is to have the building planned to accommodate standard size apparatus. In a large factory. It may be best to have the milk-receiving vat on a platform, the apparatus and cream vats on another level three feet lower, and the churn and butter worker on a yet lower level. By this plan the milk or cream runs to the places where it Is required and saves lifting. In a small factory where one or two men are em ployed, this plan gives too much run ning up and down stairs, and it Is prob ably better to have all the apparatus on one level; the milk for separating may be raised to the heater by a pump, and the cream could be lifted into the churn. In a general way, the cream vat should be convenient to the separator so that the cream may run into it The churn should be but a step or two from the faucet of the cream vat. The butter-worker should be close to the churn, and it should also be convenient to the refrigerator. In a cheese factory, the presses should be convenient. In their relation to the cheese vats and also to the curing room. Care of Poultry. Indigestion is a frequent cause of disease with fowls, and this comes from over eating. It can in great measure be avoided by giving them a proper variety of food, and by com pelling exercise In procuring it Do not shut them away from a supply of gritty material, for this helps them to grind their food properly, aad pre vents cloying. Cleanliness aad atten tion to food and water will keep the cholera away from any place. When once It has fixed itself upon the vic tim there is no remedy but to kill the fowl and burn or deeply bury it Let the house be sprinkled with a solution of corrosive sublimate, or which is safer, a solution of sulphate of cop per. While inbreeding has its pur poses it cannot be recommended to the practical poultry raiser. New blood should be constantly Introduced iato the flock if profit is to be the aim. The chickens which we most desire must show activity, strength and vitality. Every motive should indicate alertaeas and power. In order to have pleaty of fresh eggs new blood mast be intro duced into the flock every year. Evea a mongrel bird will benefit a high bred flock better thaa ao change at all. for it may bring hardiness and endurance which caa ast be otained from one which has beea so carefullr reared for generations past If the cocks shew attention to the hens, courting them la every aassfhle way "aad giving them choice hits, it is well with that flock, aad vitality has aot died eat; but if the cock Is a dullard aad a lag gard, set following in the aaase after lasecta aad worms, aad the aeas die- to eaafchw math. H H about nam as to the Care of Uve lis aasl raadtvy. ' nwsri&aavVflKV up U thai u Prat a H. Bailey, ia Bulletin K, ef the Cornell UaiveraKy Agricultural Kxperimeat Stattoa, says: The fordag of meleas for eall very la midwinter is practically aakaewa. The fruit Is oftea grewa as aa early winter crop, ripening ia October ami early ia November, aad the seeds are oftea sown in January aad the meleas matured ia May and June. Gardeners aow and then ripen a few meleas la mldwiater, bet the fruits are almost lavariably very poor or even disagree able ia aaality. The writer has long beea convinced that It is possible to secure good melons ia December, Janu ary aad February, and to grow them nearly as. cheaply as the Eagllah or frame cucumbers. The attempt was Irst made ia the winter of 18S9-M, aad It has beea repeated more or less per sistently until the present time. It was only until last winter when, pro fiting by all the pitfalls of our past ex perience and assisted by she services of our .gardener, Michael Barker, we finally had a winter crop of good melons. In order to satisfy the read era curiosity at the outset, I will say that the essentials for growing mid winter melons, as I understand them, are these: High temperature from the start 80 to 85 at mid-day, and 70 at night); the plants must never be checked, even from the moment the seeds germinate, either by insects, fungi, low temperature, or delay in "handling"; dryness at time of ripen ing; a soli containing plenty of mia: eral elements, particularly, of course, potash and phosphoric acid; polllnlfer ous varieties.; the selection of varie ties adapted to ih9 purpose. All these requirements seem to be easy enough of attainment as one reads them, but it has taken us six years to learn them. Others would no doubt have been more expeditious; but it should be said that no one of these conditions will ensure success, but all of them must be put together. The house. A house which is adapted to the growing of English cu cumbers or tomatoes, should grow' mel ons. The first requisite is heat The capacity of the heating system must be sufficient to maintain a high tempera ture in the coldest weather. The house should be free from draughts and largp leaks. Our melon house opens Into sheds at both ends, so that no outside air ever blows into it; yet even here, we lock up the house from the time the melons begin to form, to prevent persons from passing through it We like to keep the room close. It should be capable of being kept dry. There should be ample room over the benches for training the vines 5 to 6 feet We use benches, for melons must have strong bottom heat For myself, par ticularly where such high tempera tures are wanted, I prefer steam heat A melon house should receive direct sunlight through an unshaded roof.. In tills respect melons differ from frame cucumbers, which generally thrive best under a shaded roof. The burning of the foliage by the sun Is avoided by. the use of glass which does not possess waves or varying thlcknessess in the panes. The bubbles, flaws and "tear drops" in glass are not the cause of burning. The soil should be very fertile. We have had good success with clay sod, which had not been manured, pulver ized and mixed thoroughly with about half the bulk of well rotted stable man ure. Such a mixture contains enough quickly available nitrogen to start the plants off strongly, whilst the mechani cal condition of It Is so friable that all the mineral elements are easily ob tained by the plants. An occasional light application of potash and phos phoric acid worked into the soil will be found to be useful. Very much of the ultimate behavior of the plants will depend upon the proper selection and mixing of the soil, and one who has had no experience in forcing-house work will rarely obtain the best re sults for the first year or two In pre paring the earth. The mechanical con dition of this soil is really more im portant than its fertility, for plant food may be added from tlme'to'time, but the soil itself cannot be renewed whilst the crop is growing; and, more over, the plant food is of little avail unless the soil is well drained and aerated, not too loose nor too hard. It is impossible to describe this ideal soil in such manner that the beginner can know it Tarkey Bens as Mathers. Turkeys are very attentive mothers, and protect their chickens well. I never had one taken by vermin or birds of prey, which abound In the grounds round because of the proxim ity of a forest, although my turkeys, with their young ones, are free to run where they like, and go sometimes three or four hundred yards from the house. It they know each other, sev eral may be allowed to run together without danger of fighting. These goodies will accept any change or addi tion of chickens, and brood the new comers as tenderly as their own. I often saw turkeys whose chicks had been Joined to others, adopt large chickens more than two months old, which had been forsaken by the hen. Training turkeys to force them to sit does not take away their laying quali ties when they are properly managed. Therefore, allow them to lay their batch of eggs after they have brooded and raised your early chickens. They will ask to sit immediately after they have finished laying; you may let them, and have no fear of overwork lag. v . Baft Fa for Twang Chicks. Thereis positive danger in feeding toe mueh soft food to young chicks. The older hens seem to stand it well and do better than when fed much grain, but the broods of little ones soon get into bad shape when fed the same kind of food. In such cases. It is best to change at once to bread crumbs and some grain. A continuation of the soft food will oftea lead to the loss of the en tire brood. The worst part of the trou ble Is that the first Intimation the poul tryman has of the bad condition of his chicks Is that he finds some ef them dead, sometimes with full crops and sometimes not If his eyes were sharp he might have noticed before the fact that the little ones were not growing as they should. We have seen broods so treated that some of the hardier chicks were double the size of others in the same brood, though all were Ply. mouth Rocks. Well-Drained Land. Well-drained lands will stand a drouth better than wet lands. This will be apparent when it hi remembered that, during a large part of the seasea, moisture is supplied to the roots of growing crops by capil lary attraction. In a hard, baked soil, taw process it arrested, aad thus the supply at moisture necessary for growth, is cut est. Oaiy a well-pulver-mei, porous soli caa give free friar tc the lew af eepUlarr attraction time there was a, family. Ex. ml - amj '1 -.-s..t-v -:.... .- ?? v- ..'... w - V..- --.--.. - ' i i" --zs? u- h jBMBaaaBBl aaammammj FARM. AND, GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. OW that the water gates from on high have beea opened, after the manner of "Auld Lang Syne," the wiseacres who have been predict ing this country would no longer got the usual average of rainfalls of for- mer years, -on account of the great ehaage wrought In physical features of the country, by the destruction of forests aad the reclaimed marshes interspersed through their once almost impenetrable fastness, will have to "knock under." (self Included), for aothlagis appareatly more easy than to see ralai nnnrlne atralrht dOWU OUt of clouds not much larger than a bed blanket, that last year were as devoid of the coalescent vapors as the cuticle covering the phis of some teetotaler would be of bourboa putrescent Iniqui ties. "Whence the wind cometh or whither it roeth man knoweth not. may be quite as applicable with our rainfall from standpoint of observa tion by the ken of humble, mortals dwelling oa this mundane sphere." And yet here comes aa argument favorabje to increase of rainfall in lower Califor nia, on account of a largely increased area of timber and orchard culture; so that 'tis a poor rule that don't work both ways, notwithstanding phenom enal conditions existing ss at present time. The promising oat and corn crop of a few weeks ago has been materially Injured bv a nrofusion of showers, rot ting oats in the shock, and damaging corn by the continued soaking of soil about the roots and stalks. Twelve years ago Grant county, Indiana, was the banner county in the state or United States for the number, of tile mills turning out tiles for underdralnlng the low level lands withlnjts border, not unlike many others in that respect, covering an area of many hundreds of square miles in several states; but the rapid conversion from swamp to grain fields, followed by a series of unusual dry summers in succession, most all the factories had been closed indefinite ly and manv abandoned altogether, yet recent rains have created considerable stir among the farmers and tilemen, again reviving their manufacture, and a number have started In turning out a moderate supply. That it pays the farmer, as well as any other man with a business, to be on the alert at all times and ever ready to push his busi ness to best advantage, even to a change of method, is never more ap parent than during unfavorable sea sons for work. One man near here who puts up considerable quantities of hay each year has been following the plan of cutting all his meadows Land piling the hay in small heaps over the entire field, before stacking or mowing into sheds. This year he got it about all cut and in cock, but the incessant showers have continued so long that it Is now all worthless for market, feeding, or where It is in the fields. Had he increased his force a little and loaded the hay on wagons fast as dry enough, like most or his neighbors, he could have had all or the greater part in the sheds and stacks in time, used as it was. Another thing noticeable this year with wheat and oats crop harvested by several different parties Is rented ground for share of the crop. That the soil was put In very fine condition, but for want of having thoroughly cleaned the seed or set the drill for planting a sufficient quantity, crop wasn't so good. As an Instance, one drilled in his oats about two bushels per acre and had a clean crop of oats that threshed out all right from the shock excepting for a little dampness of grain in cap sheaves. The other man used same drill follow ing day In portion of same field of forty acres, with same kind of soil and advantages, but did not put so much seed In to the acre, consequently stand was not so good as the other, and the few little rag weeds occupying spaces, this prolific year for the weed crop everywhere, given a chance, was gath ered in the sheaves by the binder, aud, tho shocked well, much of the oats was badly damaged by the weeds rot ting in the sheaves and making some thing near ten bushels less per acre. With several pieces of wheat a like condition existed for want of properly selected seed and planting sufficient quantity to insure a good "stand" against all odds. L M. Upland, Ind. Mevlas; Bees By KaUroad. Rev. M. Mahln: It Is often neces sary to move bees by railroad, and It is well to know the best way to do it. Having had a somewhat extensive and varied experience in the matter, I can, perhaps, give information that may save some oae from serious loss. I have often had occasion to move bees in box hives, and I have never met with the slightest loss in doing so. I have followed the plan recommended in King's "Bee Keepers' Text-Book." Turning the hive bottom upwards, I have tacked coffee sacking or carpet over the month of it, holding the sack ing In puce by pieces of lath. Tho hive can then be placed in an express car, bottom upwards, and carried with perfect safety. I have not tried ship ping box hives in freight trains. If the bees are to be confined more than a few hours, wire cloth must be used Instead of carpet or sacking, as the bees would cut through the latter and escape. There Is no danger that they will smother, unless the weather should be very warm, and the hive very full ef bees. It would not be safe to move a hive havlag new combs full of honey, in hot weather, or in any weather. But we are not so much conj cerned with moving bees in box hives as those naving movable frames, in shipping bees several thing seed to be attended to: 1. They mast be carefully shut up, so that aot a bee can escape. A very few loose bees can quickly demoralize a whole crew of railroad hands and a few draymea throwa ia. 2. The frames must be secured so that they will aot be Jostled out of their places. This caa best be done by driving a three-penny fine nail through each end of the top bar of every frame, aad Into the hive. But some oae may ask: "What will you do with the bees while that is being deaeT" That is easily managed when yoa oaly know how. Have made a lot t wooden strips the length of the top bars of the frames, aad large enough to ft dewa beta sea thesa. With these strips BTCBati dewa betweea the frames taa beea an eatetaally preveated from, malar oat at the tap ef the hive. I an a very' simple aad convenient de vice far etosasc the entrance of the X taaa a Basse Vassasa fltvti shsnl CaMlia sVsa off taa Bern sma TlsMa Tbmssr saBli' 4Wf waSSAil Mffc I tas S BltM af bMS Mufl Mj beairamaiy (far Urn hive it would have to ha t leaf as the width at the hive f the sertico), aad IK laches wide. Near each and ef this I saw ia, about aa lack aad cat eat the wood hetweea the saw cats, aad thea take a atrip of the same length oaa Inch wide, aad oae-half Inch thick, cutout a piece the same leagta as the notch ia the ether, aad half way through it This I asil to the Botched edge of the larger piece. Whoa nailed together I have a block havlag aa opening under one side, when laid down on its face, halt aa inch high aad six or eigth laches long. Over the opening in the top, which is one lack wide and six or eight inches long, tack wire cloth. When this Is placed against the entrance to the hive, the hive is effectually closed, and yet there is abundaat ventilation. The device is easily aad cheaply made and there Is no other way so conveni ent for ahuttlag bees ia the hive for any purpose. There should be a hole through each cad of this block through which' a aall may be passed, and driven slightly into the alighting board to keep it ia place. When you have put the strips between the top bars of the frame and have tacked the shut ting ia block to the front of the hive, you caa proceed to fasten the ends of the frames at your leisure. The heads of the nails should be left out, so that they may be easily pulled out with a claw-tooL When the endsW the frames have, beea tacked fast, the strips may be removed, or so many of them as may be necessary to give free ventila tion. Now have a honey board with as many as three inch holes in it, covered with wire cloth, and nail It' over the frames, remove the block that shuts the bees In, and let them fly until even ing. Thea when all are in, nail your block on the entrance of the hive and It Is ready to ship. S. The third thing accessary Is plenty of ventilation, and as that has been provided for, in describing the manner of shutting the bees In, nothing mpre need be said about It 4. Care should be taken that the combs shall not be heavy with honey. If they contain much honey it should be extracted, even If it has to be fed tack. 5. If many hives are to be shipped together and the weather is warm, they should, by nil means, be placed in a stock car that the animal heat may not injure them. In 1878, I shipped over forty hives from New Castle to Logans port, a distance of eighty mile3, in a stock car and all went through in per fect order. In 1880 I shipped forty seven hives from Logansport to Hunt ington, on a warm April day, in a box car, left only partly open, and they were badly damaged, as, In about a dozen hives the combs were more or less broken and in some the bees were nearly all dead. In some hives in which the combs were not broken, and there were but a few dead bees, the brood was all killed, and after some days dragged out They were damaged more than they otherwise would have been because there had been an un usual flow of honey for April, and the honey had not been extracted. 1 have shipped bees at all seasons of the year, from March until late in the summer, and never had any misfortune befall them, except narrated. In the one caso abovo Koads la Asrlealtar:il Keglonv Some man has figured out that on a sandy road a horse can drag twice as great a load as he can carry on his back. On a fair-dirt road he can drag three and a half times as much. On a macadamized road he can pull' nine times aa much, on a plank road 25 times as much, and on metal rails 54 times as much. But there are other things con nected with fine roads, and that is the educational influence it has on the community. If good roads are made it will have a tendency to draw in set tlers and to decrease the size of the farms, making more land-owners, and better and more intelligent commun ities. By the sides of good roads better looking farm houses are erected. The community takes a pride in having the houses and grounds improve with the improvements on the roads. Once 6tart a man to. "fixing up," and he is likely to keep at it The same thing occurs in our cities and towns. The man that lives in an unpainted house on a dirty and muddy thoroughfare thinks that it does not pay to fix up his place when all around Is so unsightly. But when the road is rebuilt and the neighbors begin to set tfleir sidewalks and lawns In order, he sees that the time has come for him to repaint the old house, and set out some shade trees. The improve ment idea is contagious and should be fostered. Tobace Warm. A small caterpillar has been discov ered mining the leaves of growing to bacco. The caterpillar is about one half Inch long, greenish with a dark brown head. It makes an irregular or blotch mine by eating the green matter or parenchyma of the leaf, leaving the skin intact and the leaf transparent The caterpillar is ex tremely voracious and ac several usually mine one leaf the leaf is soon rendered worthless. The insect be longs to the sub-family of Tineid moths, whose best-known representa tives are the clothes and fur moth and the Angumois grain moth. This particular species is yet unnamed. Remedies: Being protected by the skins of the leaf, no ordinary poison or insecticide will destroy the pest, nor can it be hand-picked without destroy ing the leaf. The only treatment is to watch for leaves showing transpar ent blotches and when found to re move and barn them. So far this pest has been reported only from one local ity in North Carolina, but it behooves tobacco growers everywhere to iool; out for it and destroy it as scon zs it appears. If it becomes common it will greatly harm the tobacco industry o' the state. Gerald McCarthy Entomol ogist N. C, Eperiment Station. Rosa Track Garden I rofltt. To give some Idea of the profitable ness of raising vegetables and fruit. we will mention that only recently the large truck-farms in the vicinity oi one of our large cities were inspected by a committee to examine into this industry, ana. iney reporica tnat one farm of 40 acres yielded annually $1G, 000 worth of fruits and vegetables; another of six acres yielded $6,000; another of 90 acres returned $23,030, and another of 20 acres returned ?S, 000. These figures represent gross re ceipts, but even after making reduc tions for fertilizers and other neces sary expenditure, the net returns, al though not stated, were no doubt handsome. Apart; however, from the profits from exclusive, truck-farming, the garden acre on the farm czn be made an important item in the domes tic economy of the home, if we take Into consideration all the expense at taching to the purchase cf garden produce accessary to the health, coat fart aad well-being of the f ami Jr. Farm asd Fireside.- AMtaaXet One thlar there aaa aever beea aay aeaaa of carryiaf with aay comfort and which ia almost iadispeasible to the young woman who exposes her precwasBosetotae sbb, is the bit of powder aad tiay puff with which to cover up the too ruddy glow iaduced by direct or reflected rays. These arti cles have beea enclosed ia a silver nut shell about the size and shape of aa English walnut, which caa be huar oa the Chatelaine. It contains, besides the powder pus?, which fills half the shell, a smelling salts bottle with places for five or six pins around it aad a tiay mirror which forms the parti tion between the two parts, and which also has a place for "his photograph" on the other side of it It may, there fore take the place of the separate smelling salts bottle and mirror be sides ita owa use as a powder box, aad by combining three articles ia one help to solve the problem or what to on one a chatelaine. Fiso's Cure for Consumption has beea a family medicine with us since 1865, J. R. Madisoa, 2409 42d Ave,. Chicago, lib. tittle Kml Sympathy Aasoas; Africa The sick man's brother is with us also, and although a good worker, is absolutely indifferent to his brother's illness. There is no sympathy for an other's pains in the soul of the African. When a chief dies there is a lot of bel lowing and assumed grief; the tears are not real, but only part of the cere mony attending death. Upon the death of a young child the mother doea actually feel grief most keenly, and ia for some days inconsolable, refuses meat and drink, rolls on the ground. tears her hair, and lacerates herself ia her despair. September Century? Old-raaaloaed Apple PI. Fill a deep, yellow pie-dish with pared, apples sliced very thin; thea cover with a substantial crust and bake; when browned to a turn, slip a knife around the inner edge, take off the cov er and turn bottom upward on a plate; then add a generous supply of sugar,' cinnamon and cloves to the apples; mash all together and spread on the inserted crust After gratiag autmeg over it the dish is served cold with cream. Ladies Home Journal. Ball's Catarrh Car Is taken internally.. Price, 75c Aa African's - Care for His Oraaaaeats. Soon after you get started oa a jour ney with black followers all your break able property cups, saucers, eta, will be smashed or lost but the gentle African, notwithstanding, will wear around his ankle a thin thread of beads for three years; he will tear his way through matted grass, and follow a wounded buck through tangled jungle without injury to his ornament It is remarkable how an ornament sticks to a native. September Century. 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The Bather at oace taxed him with the feet that he had oaly his salary hardly enough to keep him ia white gloves aad to banish his braes buttons. 'Weil, Mr. Admiral, what yea say is true. But whea you married yoa were oaly a mid-shipmaa, with evea a smaller salary thaa mine. Hew did yoa get aloBg?" asked the yoaaf ea sigB. who believed he had made the most diplomatic of defeases. Bat aot so. The crafty old sea dog thaadered forth: "Hived on my father-ia-law for the first tea years, bat I'll be d d if yoa are going to do it" Saa Fraa Cisco Argoaaut Sarsaparilla Sense. Any sarsaparilla Is sarsapa rilla. True. So any tea is tea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ. You want the best. It's so with sarsaparilla. There are C grades. You want the best If you understood sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it would be easy to determine. But you don't How should you? When you arc going to buy a commodity whose value, you don't know, you pick out an old established house to trade with, and trust their ex perience and reputation. Do so when buying sarsaparilla. Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been on the market 50 years. Your grandfather used Ayer's. It is a reputable medicine. There are many SanapariUaa but only one Ayer's. It cures. Foumktion."' different Models for men and women and for children, too is contained in the hand somest art book of the year. Free from any of our Branch Houses and Afencics or by mail for two 2-cent stamps. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Stores aad Afeades to etrcry city aad If Columbias are not properly repress tad vicinity, let us know. AM etkwMa Mcwk art SMsd Hh aaarraa amaLC-Tswc Ttacs xom t mm wn fern. at is as nauseates j V i X & ;A-?.r: tfjSg.-aMy -jeacy Bn-mmBmamBBmBmBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB