Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 September 1900 — Page 3

MORE ABOUT SILOS. Bow to Build an All-Wood Slraetan a»d to Conned It with Wall Flush with the Outside. Fig; 1, from Wisconsin experiment station bulletin No. 83, shows the con* struction of the door of an all-wood silo. G is a cross section of the do^r resting against the door jamb, which

FIG. 1. is provided with a gasket of three-ply rubberoid roofing and held in place with four lag bolts and washers, the door opening inside. F is a front view of the door made of two layers of fourinch or six-inch tongued and grave flooring with a layer of three-ply acid and waterproof P. and x>. paper between. Fig. 2 shows method of constructing the all-wood round silo and connecting it with the wall flush with the - f*VB I'-V *

FIG. 1 outside. This figure shows the most substantial fo?m of construction with three layers of three-inch lumber and two layers of three-ply acid and wax^~~terproof P. and B. paper between them. A very excellent silo is made after this pian omitting the inner layer of lining and paper and the layer of paper on the outside. With small silos 15 feet in diameter only the siding on the outside is necessary for strength and protection against weather.—Ohio Farmer. WHY THE SILO PAYS. Some Truth* Which, Although They ▲re Self-Evident, Cannot Be Repeated Too Often. Until every farmer has a silo, it is in order to preach the silo, so we beg those who have silos to bear with us, if we seem to repeat self-evident truths. Remember what an aw ful lot of preaching it takes to save a few sinners and have patience, or, do better, help us to spread the truth. 1. The silo stores away corn'‘more safely and more permanently than any Dther plan. Silage is practically fireproof, and will keep iu the silo indefinitely. 2.. Corn can be made into silage at less expense than it can be preserved in any other form. 3. The silo preserves absolutely all but the roots of the com. ’ 4. Silage can be made in the sunshine or in rain. Unlike hay, it is independent of the weather. 5. When corn is ready for the silo, there is but little farm work pressing. 6. Corn is JwOrth more to the dairy as silage than in any other form. 7. At least one-third more corn per acre may be fed on silage than dried corn, stalks and fodder.: 8. Corn is fed more conveniently as silage than in any other form. 9. Silage is .of more value when fed in combination with other food richer in protein. It is not a complete food. 10. Owing to its succulence and bulkiness, silage is the best known substitute for green grass, and is, therefore, especially valuable as a winter food.— Jersey Bulletin. Cod Liver Oil for Calve*. American dairymen are well acquainted with the methods of enriching skim milk for calves by the addition of oil meal and the like. But according to recent reports the New Zealanders are actually using in their milk cod liver oil at the rate of two ounces per calf per day. The report says that where separator skim milk is used the farmers have found it necessary to add something, especially when the calves are to be grown into beeves. Crude cod liver oil can be bought in that country for about 75 cents per gallon, and each gallon contains 160 ounces of oil. This permits them to feed two ounces per day for a period of 80 days, after which the use of the oil is discontinued. A well-prepared seed bed has much to do with the success of any vegetable.

GREEN KAFFIR CORN. Tkc Daaicn of Ita Vw aad That of Rarghna aa Feeds for All tort* of Live Stock, Because they have seen cattle eat young, first-growth and second-growth aurghum and Kaffir corn, and in some instances pretty nearly subsist on them without apparent harm, many persons are ready to maintain that these green growths are never dangerous, Yet, under circumstances and for Reasons which no one is yet able to explain, other persons, in numerous instances, tind to their sorrow that the plants are almost immediately fatal. This suggests that no one is justified in taking any chances by permitting cuttle to have access to &uch “greens.” In connection with this remark the experience of Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas board of agriculture! may be interesting. Prof. Coburn eites three examples of the fat'd effects of Kaffir corn drsorghum occurring only recently in Kansan, Thomas Feakes, of Lincoln county, turned his cows into an unused corral, where a few scattering bunches of Kaffir corn were growing. In less than 3 minutes seven of the cows that had nipprtl the growing blades were dead; several others were made very sick, but recovered. John Kaser, of Covert, Osborne county, was driving a lot of young cattle through a pasture where there were stools of green Kaffir corn and sorghum. Within 90 minute*, ten out of 31 heifers that had eaten these sprouts were dead. C. F. Wadsworth, of the same county at about the same time lost six steers in the same way. “Losses such as these,” says Prof. Coburn, “are of annual occurrence, and a list of them would be very long. The fact that results are not always fatal should not furnish an excuse for taking risks so likely to prove extremely expensive. Certain safety is only assured by absolutely preventing cattle from getting within reach of the plant named, even for the briefest intervals.”

AN INCLOSED SWAtfP, Best Way to Drain la by Syphoning Water from Lowest Point Vp Over the Ridge. A swampy piece of land that is surrounded by higher land can be drained by syphoning the water from the lowest point up over the ridge surrounding it, and so down to lower ground. A shallow excavation should be made at the lowest point, that all water may set toward that point. From this

'"/S/f ''S'' *• s TO DRAIN THE SWAjfP. excavation run the pipe, as^uggesteu in the dotted line. The lower end must be lower than the swamp, and* to start the syphon a small pump must be placed near at the lower end. Stop the lower end of the pipe and pump it full, then pull out the plug and the water will flow itself. After a heavy rainfall the basin can thus be cleared of water with no work whatever, except the trifling trouble of starting the syphon. Then natural forces will do the rest. It is a good plan to take advantage of nature’s assistance onfall possible occasions. Windmills, hydraulic rams, syphons. etc., are all examples of this ability tp harness natural forces, to make them do the work of man while he sleeps—or does something else that nature may not feel called upon to do for him.—N. Y. Tribune. MILK PRESERVATIVES. Violent Death of Font Children in Indianapoll* Canoed by the Uae of Formaldehyde. The Jersey Bulletin states that three babies died at an Indianapolis orphans’ home from poisoning caused by milk containing artificial preservatives. Tests of the milk showed that formaldehyde was present only in small quantities. Three other children in the same institution are ill, and one of them is not expected to live. Two years ago the death of several children occurred from the same cause. The same milkman has been furnishing milk to the children for three years, and when called before the authorities denied knowledge of the presence of preservatives. This case furnishes another proof that even a small amount qf formaldehyde is dangerous to health. It also suggests the propriety of punishing a dairyman for delivering milk contain4ng artificial preservatives, even M hough he ‘‘didn’t know” it was there. Judging from the pleas of “no* guilty” from milkmen arrested on this charge, there must be an organized body going about putting this stuff in milk without their knowledge or consent. They ought to be punished, anyway, for being everlastingly innocent. A man who pays so little attention to his business as to permit strangers to adulterate his milk, ought to have a guardian. (Since the above was written the fourth child has died.)—Rural World. Sy*t*ra Lots of Money. System saves laboi* and reduces the cost. It is not difficult to find dairy farms with a dozen or more cows that keep the owners busy, and on which extra help is required, while other farms containing no larger number of cattle are operated at half the expense of the former, simply because everything has a place and each person understands and performs his duties in h systematic manner. \ ’ : * *

GOSSIP OF irTTERATEURS. —<- Richard Henry Stoddard, tha blind banker and poet, has given up dictating much of his copy and writes mojjt of it. In spite of his blindness he writes a remarkably clear hand. Charles Upson Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y., has been commissioned by the Royal Academy of Science, Berlin, to prepare a new edition of Ammianus Marcellinus. the Roman historian of the fourth century. The commission carries a grant of 1,500 marks. Mr. t'lark was valedictorian of the class ol ’97, Yale university. Literary Paris is greatly agitated . over the difficulty of deciding which is the genuine copy of “L'Arai du People,” which was stained with the blood of Marat When the revolutionist met his death at the hands of Char- | lotte Corday. So far seven copies have turned up, all solemnly accredited and all bearing the blood stain. Several descendants of the poet Longfellow have been enjoying the hospitality of the Ojibway Indian; away up at Desbarata, Ont. These Indiana are descendants of the Sagamores, so picturesquely treated in “Hiawatha.” Miss Longfellow, the poet’s daughter, has been formally adopted into the tribe. A select corp* of chiefs, braves, squaws and pappooses gave in presence of the visitors and beneath the primeval trees of Desbaratas islands a dramatization of the famous poem. The performers were garbed in buckskin costumes, with headdresses of feathers.

POPULAR SCIENCE. A single leaf of the orange tree, carefully planted, will often take root and grow. It has been observed that artesian wells have a daily period of ebb and flow, as well as the ocean tides, only the process is reversed. The time of greatest flow of an artesian well is the period of low tide in the ocean'. There are 400 miles of icebergs, floating ice, plains of ice and all othei sorts of Arctic obstructions to traverse between the nearest discovery to the pole and the pole itself. Perhaps some means of overcoming these difficulties may present themselves within the next century as science goes on in its progressive way. The eruption in 1853 of Krakatua, a volcano on the island of that name in the Strait of Sunda, which connects the Java sea with the Indian oceai between Java and Sumatra, East Indies, was the worst and most destructive eruption ever known, including that of Vesuvius in T9, A. D. The earth has a shadow, but few ever see it, except in eclipses of the moon. Nevertheless many of us have noticed on fine, cloudless evenings ii| summer, shortly before sunset, a rosy or pink are on the horizon opposite the sun. with a bluish-gray segment under it. As the sun sinks the arc rises xmtil it attains the zenith, and even passes it. This is the shadow ol the earth. SAYINGS OF THE SAGE. A woman can afford to forgive he*, husband for everything except marrying her. A woman never forgives a man fot his kindness in bringing her husband home drunk. A baby's smile is the sweetest thing in the world; it is a combination ©i conjtentment, idiocy and gums. A man can’t please all women part ot the time or one woinan all of the time, but he can always smile at all of their babies. If men were as noble and heroic as theirwives think they are there would be so many monuments around that the street cars would all have to run underground.-—N. Y. Press. THE MARKETS. New York. Sept. 10. CATTLE—Native Steers. •...$ 4 30 COTTON—Middling .. FLOUR-Winter Wheat.... S 25 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 77 CORN—No. 2....:.. .... OATS—No. 2....J. PORK—Mess New. ..12 00 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling . BEEVES—Steers. 4 25 Cows and Heifers. 2 50 CALVES—(per 1®). 5 00 HOGS-Fair to Choice...... 4 80 SHEKF-Fair to Choice.... 3 40 FLOUR—Patents (new)..,. 3 45 Other Grades..... 2 90 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 72! CORN-No. 2. OATS-No. 2....L. 22 RYE-No. 2.L... TOBACCO-LugS. 3 50 Leaf Burley..., 4 50 IIAY—Clear Timothy (new) 9 00 BUTTER-Cholce Dairy.... 15 RACON-Clear Rib. EGGS—Fresh .. PORK—StandardMess(new) .... LARD—Choice Steam. 6%@ CHICAGO. CATTLE-Native Steers.... 4 75 » HOGS—Fair to Choice. 4 90 © SHEEP—Fair to Choice.... 3 40 © FLOUR—Winter Wheat.... 3 80 © Spring Patents... S 50 © WHEAT-No. 3 Spring. © No. 2 Red. 74%© CORN-No 2.1... © OATS-No. 2.4. 2114© PORK-Mess . 10 96 @ KANSAS CITY, CATTLE—Native Steers— 4 90 © HOGS-Fair to Choice. 4 85 © WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 68 © OATS- No. 2 White.. © CORN—No. 2.,. © NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade.. 3 55 CORN—No. 2.,. OATS—Western .. HAY—Choice ..17 50 PORK—Standard Mess..... BACON—Short Rib Sides... COTTON—Middling . LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2... OATS-No. 2 Mixed. FORK—New Mess.12 50 BACON-Short Rib. COTTON—Middling $ 5 80 10% 4 00 79% 46% 13 00 s%| 37 400 51 30 18 00 12 50 76% 44V5 23% 1275

lUOW'.MATK BXCniSIOJII, ▼la Missouri Facile Railway Iran Mountain Raatc, To points in the West, Southwetd and Sootheast, at half-rates (plus $2.00) for the round trip. Ticket* i*n sale Tuesday*, September ♦th a mil 18th, October 2d and 16th, November 8th and 20th, and December 4th and'18th, 1900. For full information, land folders, etCy address any agent of above line*, or H. C. Townsend, G.P. a T. Agent, St .Louis,Mo. Wouldn't Tills Jolt Too. Mr. Wabash (at the ball)—Is your programme full, Miss Olive? MissOlive (of St. Louis)—My goodness, no! I’ve been waiting more than an hour for aome one to come along and take me down to supper.—Chicago Evening News. Drug* have their usea, but don’t '•tore them in your stomach. Beeman’s Pepsin Gum aids the natural forces to perform their functions. _ The desire for fame has betrayed many an ambitious man into committing indiscretions that forever ruined his reputation. —Chicago Daily News. T To Cam * Cold In One Day Take Lnxative Brqmo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. There » an unfortunate time in a man's life whin he feels too old to become gay, and too young to go to bed early.—Atchison Globe. _ Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an infalliole medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17,1900. The. trouble with the air castles girls build is that they are all parlor and music room, with no kitchens attached.—Atchison Globe. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with Putnam Fadeless Dies. Sold by all druggists." j It is surprising what a strong ease a loafer can make out against an industrious man.—Atchison Globe.

All Women Know Thai ordinary treatment fails to relieve painful periods. . They know Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will and does and ha$r more than any other medicine. Every woman knows about Mrs. Plnkham’s medicine. Every woman knows some woman Mrs. Pinkham has cured. But nine women out of ten put offsetting this reliable remedy until their health Is nearly wrecked by experiments or neglect I Then they writs to Mrs. Plnkham and she cures them, hut of course H takes longer to do so. Don’t delay getting help If youaroslok. She has helped a million wonten. Why not you ? i; P____V,

PRESIDENT TV ER’S DAUGHTER, A Venerable Lady of Noble Lineage Speaks a Timely Word.

WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D. C. “One of the most aristocratic faces seen in Washington is that of Mrs Semple, daughter of President Tyler, She has passed her 80th year and yet re tains an exceedingly youthful complexion. Personally she is charming, am impresses one as stepping out of th; European courts,” so says The Nations Magazine, under the heading “ Soci.il Sidelights at the Capital.” The following is a letter from this interesting lady, written from the Louisi Home, Washington, IX C., to The Peruna Medicine Co,, of Cctumbus, Ohio, con cermng their great catarrh tonic, Pi nina. Mrs. Semple wrii.es: The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio: , j Gentlemen—" Your Pur .Mm ft m moat nftwftfci remedy, Many of my frtenda tew .mod It wit* the moat nattering reunite and t oan common J It to ait who ening tonic. It la Indeed a remarkable m_ ‘ V Lotitla Tyler Peruna is a specific to counteract the depressing effects of hot weather. A fre< book entitled “ Summer Catarrh,” se at by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,0 WALTHAM WATCHES & Before 1854 there were no Waltham Watches nor any American Watcties. To-day the tradition that one must go abroad for a good watch has been exploded by the American Waltham Watch Company. ' The Perfected Amerim Watch ”, an itlustrated book of interesting informal ion about 'watches, 'wilt be sent free upon request. American WaV.him Watch Company, Wa him, Mass•

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Every $ring you clean the house you five In, to get rid of the dust and dirt which collected in the winter. Your body, the house you.' soul fives in, also becomes filled up during the winter with all manner of filth, whic should have been removed from day to day but was not. Your body needs cleaning inside. If your bowels, your fiver, S your kidneys are full of , putrid filth, and you don'f dean them out in the spring, you'll be in bad odor with yourself and everybody dse all summer. DON’ f USE A NOSE to dean your body inside, but sweet, fragrant, mild but. w positive and forceful CASCAKETS, that work while: you sleep, prepare all the filth collected la your body for removal, and

L ' anve n an somy, genuy, duc none tnc less feavingyour blood pure and nourishing, you* stomach and bowels dean and liver and kidneys healthy and active* Try a 10-cent box today, and if your money back—but you*tt see how the deaning of your body Is ALL DRUGGISTS ve will send a box free. Address 483