Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 January 1896 — Page 7

THE FARMING WORLD, j OUTLETS FOR DRAINS* iMCNl ExedlMt D*tIw» rally DmeHbmA ud Oiutntcd. Unless special care is taken to protect the outlet of a tile drain, there is danger of its being more or less injured. If it is in the pasture, stock tramping '* about it; are liable to crowd the tile out of place or break them. Where land washes very easily, heavy rains will frequently displace them. It is also sometimes desirable to so close the opening in the drain that muskrats, rabbits and other vermin cannot enter It during a dry time and build an obstruction. Several such devices are illustrated in the cut. Outlet D is particularly suited to a tile which has its opening in the bank of a creek or ditch some distance from the bottom. It is merely a wall of stone or brick laid in cement. This protection prevents the washing away of earth from about the outlet or a displacement of tile or earth by freezing.

7V ARIOUS STYLES •'OF DRAIN OUTLETS. >. Where stone is abundant, this style of an outlet . is as practical as any and more substantial than many others. Outlet C consists of a wooden box made of two-inch hart! wood, open at one end. which is slipped oref the end of the drain. At the outer end a door, hinged at the top, is so arranged that the water can readily flow out. but nothing con go up the tile. A similar box outlet. E, is square at the outer end. over which iron rods are secured or a piece of strong wire netting i* fastened. Outlet F is simply a tile with1 holes in the top and bottom through which iron rods are passed. Trapdoor outlet A is a tile to the openingof which a circular pi^ce of galvanized sheet iron is so attached that the water can pass out. but the entrance of any foreign matter is prevented. Outlet B is similar with a square tile for the end. These last are seldom made in the west, but are more generally in use in the east. When obtainable, they »are more easily fitted with a piece of sheet iron. Often a small sewer tile^is used to finish the towe^end of a drain. TW object in all these cases is to prevent an obstruction to the flow of water and to prbtect the drain.—Farm and Home

STORING ICE OUTDOORS. Ki^*rt«ar« of a Man Who 11m Done It with Sooif SunfM. “Some years ago it occurred to me to stack a little ice out of doors to save the trouble of taking it from the ice house. The stack was made on the north side of a building. Tn the expectation that warm weather would quickly melt it, but little was put up. It kept surprisingly. and thereafter large quantities were Stacked yearly, until for several years past the out-qf-doors stack has furnished ice for creamery and household until about September 1,” writes a correspondent in the Connecticut Farmer. “There being a scarcity of ice this year, 1 had to use an inferior quality four to tive inches thick.. The stack was about 30 feet square and four feet high. It lias-furnished ice to cool 3uo quurt* of milk j>erday. in creamery, besides refrigerator in house. My method is to spread a few inches of shavings on the ground for the ice to rest on, stack the ice and cover with shavings to a depth of about a foot. 1 have found a low stack best, as there •eeiiis to be;comparatively little melted from top to bottom; but if an opening through the side covering lets the air in it will cut away very fast, and the higher the stack is* the more difficulty in keeping the sides covered. 1 Lave used the same shavings year after year. I doubt w hether it is important to have the stack in the shade; the shavings getting moisture from rain and from the ice. evaporation keeps down the temperature.”

LIVE STOCK NOTES. All thing's considered, the shepherd dog is the best farm dog. One writer of experience says that yellow turnips are much superior te carrots for Worses. English sheep grow ers, says the Journal of Agriculture, litter the pens in which sheep are housed with burnt chiy as a preventive of foot rot. The clay acts as an absorbent and makes a good fertilizer. There is nothing more important than keeping the stock free from lice. Fumigate the housed and stables w ith sulphur and charcoal. An application of a decoction of staves-ac^e is recommended to rid animals of lice.—-Farm er's Voice. « The Only W»j to lUppIorw. Look up, look forward, look on the bright side. It is a great thing to take an optimistic view of life. By thinking that everything happens for the best, and every day looking on the bright side of things, toue and vigor will be given to the nature, and anyone who tries this plan under any and all circumstances will be happier and more contented. It is a man's first duty to be contented with his lot, no matter what it may be. Keal happiness is so easy to get that one sometimes wonders that there is so mutch misery in the world. Some people cannot drive to happiness with four horses, and others can reach the goal on foot. Be- >' lag perfectly contented with what we f have is the surest way to be reallr happy.—Ru rad World.

RATIONS FOR PIGS. Cora Is the Hsndiest Food, Bat Not th« Most Soluble One. Corn is undoubtedly the handiest pig food the farm produces, but it is not the most suitable one. Disease and degen* eraey are certain to follow in the wake of an exclusive corn diet. The very elements which make this grain the best fattening food render it unfit for use when bone and muscle are needed to build up the strong frames and hardy constitution required for profitable pork production. No one kind of grain contains ail the elements of animal life in the proper proportion, hence the need for a well-balanced ration. The best results are obtained with a variety of feed. Clover, wheat, peas, oats, middlings: and bran, with all the spare skim and buttermilk, are perhaps the most satisfactory foods. Corn should be given in moderation. Abroad hurley meal is regarded as the best feed for the production of high-class pork. The best results are obtained with ground feed. The whole grain is more expensive, as it is eaten too rapidly to allow of proper mastication and digestion. If unground, the grain should be soaked for ?4 hours before feeding. Hogs require some other succulent food when debarred from clover, and. as they do not take kindly to ensilage, it is necessary to supply roots. Pumpkins are excellent to give variety and furnish succulence. The great value of juicy foods is not in the amount of nourishment they contain, but in the stimulus they afford to the appetite, thereby enabling the pigs to maintain digestion and assimilation unimpaired. Sait, charcoal and ashes should l>e freely supplied, as they aid in regulating digestion. They are particularly needed w hen the hogs are being pushed.; It is important to remember that jt is not wA.at a hog eats but what he digests thai makes the pork. For this reason the animals should be watched when at meals, and should never be allowed to overfeed. This is a very common trouble, as hogs are naturally very greedy. Their real \vants can easily be discerned by noting the eagerness with which they come to their feed. The supply should be proportioned accordingly. aud any surplus should at once be removed. In profitable pork production the aim is to have the hogs eat as much as possible without cloying the appetite. To do this they must ue fed legularlv and. though tetnptfd to bat, must only be given what they will eat up clean.—N. Y. World. STABLE PORTIERES. They Help to Keep the ^Horses Warm in Cold Weather. Where the horse stalls are at one side of,a stable, and not'shut off from the large open space by a close partition. The occupantstof the stalls are likely to suffer from cpkl during severe weather, even though well bltrSeted. Much more feed is consumed in this way, the

STABLE FOKTIEKES. extra amoupt doing the animal no pood except to aid in keeping him warm. Morrow^, chillv quarters tend to pet an animal out of condition, and so lesa able to do his work well, A plan is suggested in the accompanying sketch lor keeping horses warm in such open stables. A7 stogt wire or light iron rod is. stretched across the rear of the stall near the ceiling, and on thi^is hung a c urtaln of burlap or old carpeting. On cold nights and days this can be drawn across the opening, to the great comfort of the occupant ol„ the stall. Kings of stout wire hold the curtain to the rod. - -Orange Judd Farmer. I'rrdiQg Whole ljtr» to Steer*. The most profitable method of feed* ing steers with us is in open yards with sheds nicely bedded. We use troughs, because with horned cattle we cannot spare the room for self-feeders. Every day each trough is cleaned out and the cobs and half-eaten ears are taken to a big, flat trough for the stock cattle. \V< believe that we get the best results from feeding whole ears, for when brokeff pieces are taken into the mouth, the grains are shelled off the cob.tind possibly both corn and cob are swallowed without being properly masticated.®1 With whole ears but little of the corn is shelled while fy is being eaten.—Elmer Laughlin, in Prairie Fhrmer.

W led In the Sow In* of Seed*. Reports from the North Dakota expert nieut station give remarkable confirmation to the well-known faet that winds play an important part in the distribution of seeds, in 2 square feet of a 3-week-old and 3-inch deep snowdrift upon an k-e pond 10 yards from . :, v weeds, 19 weed seeds were fountk and another drift similarly sitaata yielded 32 seeds, representing 9 varftw ties. While the wind was blowing 2w miles an hour a peek of mixed seed was poured on the snow crust, and 10 minute* after 191 wheat grains, 53 flaxseeds, -13 buckwheat and 91 ragweed seeds were found ip a trench 30 rods from where they bad been poured upon the crust. , 4 Xot less food, but food better adap*» ed to the purpose for which the animal is kept, and fed in such a manner as to i give the hint results: this Is the line of investigation for the farthers and feed* «rs to-dajr. tail is tj farmers i *

A WOMAN PIONEER. Tho Extraordinary Career of Mrs. " f £ P. Hadley. Owner and Xiuacw of a Splendid Prairie Farm—Wonderful Grit and Endurance. From the Free lYest, Stnator, HL On a splendid farm at Blacks tone, in tht | very heart of the great, rich and prosperous j prairies of Northern Illinois, lives Mrs. J. P. Hadley. She onus and personally directs the affairs of her farm, which is as rich and : productive as the most ambitions could de- ; sire. She is now sixty-five years old and was afflicted with bleeding of the lungs for fortyfive years. Dming that time she was a great sufferer, she was weak, tired and run down, and in consequence existence, even, was a harden. There was no pleasure in life for her. “During all these years,” she said to the writer, “I had received .treatment from j many very successful and eminent physicians They could do nothing for me. '1 continued to grow worse, year by year, until last spring whed I was so bad that I could not even walk across my room, and when 1 coughed the blood often gushed from my nose ;ind mouth. At this time 1 was receiving treatment from the local physicians, and while they are men of more i than ordinary skill, I was constantly growing weaker and worse. Under these circumstances 1 became thoroughly discouraged ; and disheartened;. “My physicians told me frankly that they could do no more for me, that I could live but a short time at the best and that 1 should arrange my affairs with that fact in view, that my death was only a question of a very short time. Under these very trying and discouraging circumstances my attention was called to the. advertisement of Pink Pills for Palo People. I decided to try them. I could not see that I had anything to lose and everything was to be gained. My physicians were doing me no good so there was nothing to lose oy dropping their treatment, so without saying anything to them about it, I began on Match c. to take Fink Pills for Pale People, Snd I have continued their use up to the

presens tune. 111 uui x nave uiKt n eiev«;n boxes. 1 began to improve almost as scon as I began to take them and I have gained constantly until 1 am notv remarkably well for one of my years. It has been more than forty-five years since 1 was as 1 am now. I now fully realise that I have not known what it was to be ready well. That weak, tired, languid feeling which has been the burden of my existence for so many years and which has made any labor oreveu life itself a thing to be dreaded is gone. I can now work about the house and assist in the duties which fall to women on farms and even enjoy the labor while thus employed. I can not help wondering how I ever endured mv years of torture. I consider myself fully'as strong and healthy now as women of inv age usually are. “ ‘•When 1 besran taking the pills my skin was dry, harsh and dead. It has since peeled on and is fresh, soft and healthy now. My hair which was almost white, crisp and dead has regained its vigor and much of its color and is soft and pliable. It is in 'better condition than it has been for years. Mr feet were badly swollen, the skin on them was dry and cracked. They gave me great trouble. Now that is all changed. The swelling has entirely disappeared and they are in a perfectly healthy condition. “Taking it all in all,” she said, “1 think my cure a most remarkable one and I am more t han willing that the world shall know what Pink Pills for Pale People have done for me, for it may prove a blessing to other sufferers. Yes, you may make auyuse you like of my experience.” An analysis of Dr.- Williams’ Pink, Pills shows that they contain. In a condensed form. alUthe elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus* dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, | nervous headache, the -after effects of la ■ grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either ia male or female, and all diseases resulting from vitiated humors of the blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will besent port paid on receipt of price, SC* cents a box. or six boxes for 13.30-oy ad dressing Dr. Williams* Medicine Cc., Schea- , ectady. N. Y. FINGER RINGS.

During tire 14th century, in France and Spain, {rifts of valuable rings to statues of,the saints and Virgin Mary were very common. One statue in Barcelona is said to have worn rings valued at SI00,000. Pilgrjtar rings were formerly sold at every noted shrine in Christendom. The# were purchased by pilgr:ms preparing to return home, and were regarded as evidence that the pilgrimage had been really performed. The coronation ring of Great Britain is of gold, with a large and very valuable ruby setting. During the coronation ceremonies it is placed on the fourth finger of the sovereign by the Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the traditions of the early church. Joseph and Mary were espoused w ith an amethyst ring. This, by some persons, is supposed to be the reason why Episcopal rings were often set with the same stone. Mithridates, in the first century before Christ, had a very large collection or museum of signet rings. It was insinuated agAinst him that his collection contained the signet of every leading potentate of his time.

INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Tacoma claims the Pacific coast record for the output of its lumber mills during1 1895. -the total being 115,000,000 feet. ^ The first buckwheat state is New York, with £80.029 acres and 4.675.735 bushels of product. A peanut oil mill is to be established 1 in Norfolk. Ya.. with a capital of $40,000 and nn estimated capacity of 400 gallons a day. Henry Moe. an eccentric farmer near Greenwood Lake. X. Y.. is preparing to v start a frog farm.on which he will raise /irogs for the New York market. The total salmon pack of the Pacific st during last year, for the full ring and fall seasoas. was 2.0$4.ST7 Of this amount 627.000 cases were packed on the Columbia river. 637,000 cases in Alaska apd 512.^77 cases in British Columbia. POINTERS FOR WOMEN, j Do not scorn to wear a veil in a high wind. ? Do not economize on the manicure’s services. Do not neglect the day of small mendings. Do not regard the pin as a substitute for the needle. Do not wear shoes on blacked nr ran down at the lieeL

—When dogs* into tnd other Animals carried long distances on car*, and steamers, sometimes confined in bags and baskets. Kan, without asking any questions, fin it their way home, and birds travellin g1 thousands of miles come hack year af ter year to the same nests, and carrier pigeons to their dovecotes, it is pretty sure that they knew some things to a knowledge of which no human, being has yet attained, There is a vast field of animal intelligence to be studied, and the more we study the more we shall be filled with wonder and admiration. BTSRAH FOB PENNSYLVANIA. The fanners of Pennsylvania are to be congratulated. M. M. Luther, East Troy, Pa., grew over 200 bushels Salzer’s Silver Mine Oats on one measured acre. Think of it! Now there are thirty thousand farmers going to try and beat Mr. Luther and win $200 in^ gold! and they’ll do it. Will you?' Then there is Silver King Barley, cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre ini 1896. Isn’t that wonderful—and corn 230 bus. and potatoes and grasses and clovers, fodder plants, etc^ etc. Freight is cheap to ail por ts. If TOC WILL CUT THIS OCT AND SEND it with 10c postage to the John A. SalS£r Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.. you will receive their mammoth catalogue and ! ten packages grains and r grasses, including above oats. free. ; (K.)

H» (feeling his way So a knowledge of her accomplishments) — “Can you dam stockings, Arabella I*’ She (with distant! frigidity)—“I don’t expect to marry a .nan who needs to wear darfted stockings.”— "Illustrated Bits. “Love makes the world go round.” The world seems to go round, but love makes vour head swim; that's the exoianatic n.— Boston Transcript. A Canal Choked Up Is practically useless. The human organism is provided with a caiprlovhigh sometimes becomes choked up, namely, the bowels, through which much of the effete and waste matter of the sy stem escapes. When they are obstructed-constipated, in other words —Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will relievo them effectually, but without pain, and institute a regular habit of body. This medicine also remedies malarial, bilious, dyspeptic. rheumatic, nervous and kidneytrouble, and strengthens the entire system. She—“I really don't think I shall take part again in theatricals; I always feel as; though I were makings foolof.myself ."j He—“Oh, everybody thinks that I’’—Pick Mo Up. - ' The class in natural history being asked the difference between a dog and a tree, the head bov answered: ‘’A tree is covered, with baric, while a dog seems to be lined wit iit.” Piso’s Cure for Consumption relieves the most obstinate coughs—Rev. D. Bcchiu'eIiler. Lexington, Mo., Feb. 24, *94. Jackson—“Any sleeping apartment in the club you belong to!’’ Snarleigh—“Not one, except the reading-room.’’—Household Words.

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Bubbles or Medals. ** Best sarsaparillas.” Whenyou think of it how contradictory that term is. For there can be only one best in anything—one best sarsaparilla, as there is one highest mountain, one longest river, one deepest ocean. And that best sarsaparilla is-? .... There’s the rub 1 You can measure mountain height and ocean depth,, but how test sarsaparilla ? You could, if you were chemists. But then,/ do you need to test it ? The World's Fair Committee tested it,—and thoroughly. They went behind the label on the/ bottle^ What did this sarsaparilla test result in? Every make of sarsaparilla shut out of the Fair, except Ayer’s. So it was that Ayer's was the only sarsaparilla admitted to the World’s Fair. The committee found it the best. They had no room for anything that was not the best. And as the best, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla received the medal and awards due its merit?. Remember the word “ best ” is a bubble any breath can blow; but there are pins to prick such bubbles. Those others are blowing more ‘‘best sarsaparilla”bubbles since the World’s Fair pricked the old ones. True, but Ayer’s Sarsaparilla has the medal. The pin that scotches the medab proves it gold. The pin that pricks the bubble proves it wind. We point to medals, not bub* bles, when we say: The best sarsaparilla is Ayer’s.

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The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DOULD KENNEDY, of ROXBURY, HASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture tyeeds a remedy that cures every’ kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases,and never failed except in two cases (botifi thunder humor.) He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, ail within twenty miles af Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experience! from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted 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 o* Bowels. This !s caused by the ducts beSW5^tle4®Ba.h * if the stomach is foul or bijous it will cause squeamish feelings at first. * No change of diet ever necessary. Eat die best vou can get and enough of it Dose, one* tablespoonful in water at beddm. Sold by ulDruggists. >

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