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I concluded to adopt tbqfollow iag modification of a child's toy, as combining cheapness and power with extreme simplicity of construction. It is made as follows: A vertical axis of any suitable dimension is provided with four horizontal arms crossing at righf tbbeb vobms or wnrnif ILLS. angles, at the ends of which are vertical crossbars for the support of the vanes. Upon these crossbars shonld be hinged frames covered with -canvas or other light material, as in Fig. 1." Thus writes a correspondent of Rural New Yorker, who accompanies his remarks with descriptive sketches. He adds : "As the arms are revolved tbe wind forces each vane in turn against the horizontal arm, until on reaching the farthest point to leeward tbe wind, striking the back of tbe vane, causes it to unfold and swing freely in the wind till it completes a revolution.. Two of the four vanes are thns always under wind pressure and two drawing into position. . 'The principal expense in a motor of this form is the cost of tbe canvas, if that material should be used, while if old lumber be substituted it oould be constructed perhaps more cheaply than the Go Devil. This is the simplest form of the device and oould only be stopped by means of a brake and afterward back ing until all the vanes are free from pressure on the arms. It would revolve either way, as it might be started. There area number of modifications of this motor, varying in the manner of hinging the vanes, as also in adapting it to be thrown out of gear, etc Fig. 3 shows the same with tbe vanes swinging di reotly from the arras and held against the wind by ropes, This form would revolve only one way, according as tbe restraining cords are connected and oould be thrown out of gear by having tbe ropes run over pulleys and slacken ing them as required.-. In Fig. 8 the vanes swing between parallel arms, be ing held against the wind pressure by a movable bar or lever, whioh will in one position, allow the vane to swing through the whole circle, and in anoth er stop the vane on coming iuto the wind. The size and power of these mo tors are limited only by tbe length of arms and .axis and the area of the vanes, which will depend, in turn, up on the use to which it. is to be put and the pocketbook of tbe owner. "The power will be considerable with very little expense, as an arm of 10 feet in length will support a vane of 10 feet square that is to -say, a surface of 100 square feet' to be opposed to the SHAFT THROUGH TAHK SHAFT THROUGH CPFIUPLOOB. wind.'- With a fair wind this would be equal to several horsepower. Probably vanes one-fourth that size, 6 by 8 feet, would suffice for ordinary pumping, es pecially if placed on arms of 10 feet in length..; ."The vertical axis must be -Ugh enough to reach above wind obstruc tion!, yet in case of tbe motor being placed on a barn or on a tauk"Wttn a tower the axis oould be considerably re duced. The manner of supporting the axis, as well as tbe means of transfer' ring its alow rotary motion to mach inery, is left to tbe judgment of tbe reader ia each particular ease. For most purposes a large sprocket wheel with the usual linked chain would seem to be an suitable. See figures in the second cut, which.. Uioatrate connecting windmill with chain and sprocket. . j : The BassnaaiS Ba '. " We cannot certainly hold to tbe opin ion that tbe gesnlne "rail splitter" comes ap to the modern idea of tbe mer antile hog; still it is aoanbln, by care ful crossing and feeding, to bring him p to the point of heaog a fair animal for the prod action of meat on our plan tations aod farms. It will be soma tinat before the "razorback" can be c leased an excelled t animal ia the sooth, and what ere esujbt to do with bin, as with all ear other farm animals, ia to as him with improved breeds and sJabaateJy secure a hog that will better meet tbe demands of the market. Sew Orleans Picayune. - The Leavesrwertb Thaea, to aa edi torial ob tbe good roads suevamect. says, after speaking of the tmportaaee of good made to tbe farmer and raral iat: "fa lb siUes woald sot Um people be i bealthieiv- happies. asora hopefal. would act life be sweeter aad aaote re al, ii. there was a more fracoent habit at seeking the gelds and - weeds I auuatry vUlagcar Nothing has weaaed. psopls) from thai love of She eeaslay aa soach as m ire dazing aad after rain, tuck the rest of tbe time.". ,.-( - . . - 1 " ' -a - FARMERS' INSTITUTES. their Edaeatloaal Value aa' Explained b Well Known Soathera Authority. Professor Maseey of tbe North Caro lina state experiment station writes on "How Institutes Have Educated Farm ers' Mn The Farmers' Institute Bulletin. Following are extracts from his paper: Among all tbe educational agencies of modem times in tbo line of what is known asuniversity extension the farm ers' institutes have been most influen tial. The progress that has been made in the study of commercial fertilizers and their proper use during the last 10 years is a surprise to those who have not watched the course of events. Tears go farmers, as soon as flioy began to think at all about tbe manorial needs of the soil, jumped at once to the couclu-" siou that the one thing necessary to be done was to get a chemist to analyze their soil for tbem and toll tbem what it needed. They bad an ilidistinct sort of notion that there were certain things needed to make plants grow, but just what these things were tbey imagined that only a chemist could tell. But the chemists at the institutes explained to them just what things were needed for tbe growth of plants and taught them tbat these things were not always in a state in the soil in which plants could use them, and that, while a chemical analysis might show tbem that the needed elements were in a soil, tbey might be there in such a shape that plants could not get tbem and tbat fre quently it might be better to apply these things in a fertilizer thun to wait for the slow purposes of nature to give them from the soil. When manufacturers of artificial fer tilizers first began to prepare special fertilizers for different crops, they were looked upon as quacks, and intelligent men called the practice bumbuggery and mid that a fertilizer that was good for one orop was juet as good for all. But the chemists have learned that these makers of special fertilizers were right, and now wo all pay more atten tion to the needs of tbe plants we are growing than to tbe soil iu which tbey grow. Farmers have learned, tootbat while the three things essential to plant life nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid which are generally deficient in old soils, make a complete fertilizer they must ho in varying percentages to meet the demands of different cropB, and the recent discoveries concerning the way iu which certain plants of tbe pea family got nitrogen for themselves and the succeeding crop, too, if well supplied with potash aud phosphoric acid, have shown them that tbey need not in all cases use the complete ferti lizer at all, but tbat for tbo ordinary farm crops tbey can get tbe nitrogen without money and without prico if they use the mineral plant food to grow tbe legumes. Tbe farmers are rapidly learning that they have been often defrauded in tbe purchase of ready made fertilizers by paying for nitrogen that is of no use to the plants beonuse of its insoluble condition, and that for special crops tbey have got to have a higher percentage of some of tho elements than any of tbe ready made fertilizers supply. Hence we, find farmers all over the country, particularly in sections devoted to the culture of market vegetables and tobac co, mixing tbeir own fertilizers, and thus making sure tbat tbey have what they need. They have learned, too, that while a crop may need potash partio-, ularly they cannot expect the potash to have tbe desired effect if there is a de ficiency of nitrogen aud prosphorio acid either in tbe soil or iu the fertilizer used, and that to get the best results from the use of any one of the forms of plant food there must be either in tbe soil, or supplied to it artificially a duo percentage of tbo otber elements. They have learned tbat while a plaut like to bacco needs a large percentage of potash in a fertilizer it wants it in the form of a sulphate, aud they look particularly into the form of tbe potash in a mixed fertilizer. And this general diffusion of intelligence in regard to fertilizers and their action in plant life is due to the in stitutes more than to any otber agency. The Potato Market, There are. throe things about tbe po tato market tq be considered by those who are boldiug their stock for a high price In the spring. Tbe total crop of the country Is small. In ordinary years farmers do not ship large quantities of second sized potatoes. This" year small potatoes have found a ready sale, and thousands of bushels that in other years would not havo been sent have been sola eany ai lair prices. aaouaanaa 01 j Dusacis tnai in ower years were icu iu stock or thrown away have this year been saved and used for home consump tion, thus leaving free for market as many more bushels of good potatoes. All over tbe south farmers and garden ers are planning for an immense early crop, which will begin to come before tbe old stock is fully cleared no. Tbe chances are fair, therefore, tbat the farmers who are holding their potatoes in expectation of a high price in aisreh or April may be disappointed. Bural New Yorker. : w - Tews and 1 otoa, From tbe Kentucky experiment sta tion eoines the caution tbat bloestone when uaed in very strong solutions de stroys tbe vitality of a port km of tbe wbeat soaked in it. At tbat station the hot water treatment has tbe preference. It is mid tbat only I per sent of fanners fail, while only I per cent of j ia ower lines of beetnoss escape failure. Bural New Yorker mys that the French bur mills do the grinding quite as well aa tbe large mills and do not. reqaire very much power to do tbe work. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is becoming alarmed at tbe rapid spread of the Baa Jem scale and is coaaidarfog the matter of establish big a rigid aoar aatine against it . . Find time to attend tbe farmers' is I stitatea Take tbo adult Bxmbess of yoat family. The geokaricaJ surrey of New Jersey has revived the subject of tbe ieiama of tbe narwwrt rk aad-Newark salt aieadowa. State Oeologbt Smock 1 1 l-lJt tyii A. 1 at-- State EnarUMVermaele be arwPwwBT1,,tee' foolish, men always say, a large map snowing where dikes should lamt J" a woman ha built and eanals cut. The Ctoontry I lie Yea. What of it I Gentleman eaftimst that tbe mnkdows She And tbes) if sbe doee any bare aa area of S7, 000 acre, aad the j thing unocoally clever men nay. coat of reclaiming them by diking aad , rell, aoose but a woman would pampingie emimatad etonlyleorfl (booaht of IKat ""V,i. KOAP CONSTRUCTION. TAUGHT AT THE RHODE ISLAND AG RICULTURAL COLLEGE. Tare Teata Coarse on Highway Bolldlng Provided Instruction Both Theoretical and Practical Students Will Perform Aetna! Work en tbe Boada. 1 1 . ... A most excellent departure has been mado in Rhode Island, where a course of instruction in practical roadbuildiun. has been Instituted in the Agricultural college at Kingston, and the papers an nounce, with justifiable exultation, that "this state leads the world" in such an undertaking. , The course of instruction is to extend over two years and has been laid out after consultation with General Stone. In tbo classroom theoretical instruction will be provided, aud tbe roadrnakiug plant of tbe college will furnish ample opportunity for the acquirement oi practical knowledge. Students who wish to enter the course must be 'well grounded in the common branches, in cluding algebra and geometry. During U WE 8KB Til KM EVKRT DAT. From Good Roads. the first year tho course will Include higher geometry, trigonometry, survey ing and otber English studies. In the second year physics, electricity, physi ography, geology, mineralogy and steam engineering will betaken. Tbe practical work will run side by side with tbo theoretical during tbe course. It will include actual work on the roads, han dling the shovel, driving horses, run ning the stono crusher, traction engine and road roller and all machinery oper ated by tbe department. . Tbe student will thus actually perform all tbe varied operations connected with roadbuildiug as well as receive competent Instruction in all tbat pertains to the art. In this way not only will a large number of young men receive most valuable train ing, but a demand will probably quick ly arise for special instruction for older men, who now are superintendents of streets, commissioners of highways and engineers. There is here a field whioh is not yet crowded or even full. As the Provi denco Journal remarks: "Of late years there has been a demand for competent roadbnilders all through tbe states that havo been constructing macadam high ways. In most instances either theo retical engineers or highway superin tendents have risen to fill tbe places. And to the sorrow and costs of the big cifies and tbe disappointment of tbe counties, in , many instances, tbe latter have been compelled to pay for tbo lock of practical knowledge of the civil en gineers and tbe lack of theoretical knowledge of the highway supervisors. "But even with this school of men who have been educated by building the roads there have not been enough to go around in all tho localities where good roads are needed and where there is money to bnild tbem. A man who'tbor ougb ly understands road construction to day may easily get a position. What is needed is the educated man, who not only knows bow to build a costly, ideal road, bat one who can economically con struct cn eight foot country road a man who knows both tbo theoretical and practical end of road construction. This is tbe style of graduate which tbo Bhode Island institution aims to turn out At tbe end of tbe course they will have graduated a man who can plan tbe highway, draw the contracts, and who Is able to run the machinery to bnild tbe road ; a man who knows the bnsl liess from tbo hoe handle to tbe tripod, from shoveling coal under tbe belli r of tbe stesm roller to drawing the plant a road engineer. "There aro a number of openings which n practical road builder may fill. He may become a road expert for tbe United States government. By pasting tbo civil service examinations of tbe road division, department of agricul ture, he will he put c tho list of eligi bles, and as soon as a vacancy occurs will receive an nppointmcnt from tbe government. Tben tho builders of road machinery havo a com.taut call for men to s t up their plants in the various towns and cities which are 'constantly acquiring such equipments. They have to send with tbe machinery meu who know all about operating it. As a rule, the men tb y send ollt are sbop bands, and, heyond tbe rule of thumb expert race with theso identical machines, tbey know bnt little. Tbe builders my there is a eonatant dituand for roadbnilders with these plants and that tbey consider that this Is a good m id for young meo. "But the largest field for men eda a tad as rcadbuildera will probably be found as . bigbwsy superintendent among the various counties and towna Tberemre few first class men in this line, aadTwith the sprtad of the good roads movement, tbe demand for such sxperta is growing. Saard tbe t pooka amrotga. One of the moat curious customs In connection with the court of Spain is the provision made for tbe safety of tbe aovereiga at night Tbe slumbers of tbe little king are watch ed over throughout tbe night by a body of picked men, who moat, ac cord ing to ancient tradition, be na fives of Eapinoaaand have served with distinction in the army. I tie by tbem tbat tbe palace gates are lock ad at midnight with ceremonious solemnity and reopened at 7 o clock ia tbe morning. Tbeir affectionate fidelity to tbe person of tbe aover eiga ia as traditions I aa tbeir strange and time honored privilege-"" ' iBeeord, - GOVERNOR BLACK ON ROADS Bo Farori tha Plan Of Paring the High' waj Tax Ia Money. Governor Black of New York in his annual messnge calls attention to tbe need of improved roads and points out the Value of such improvement to tbe forms of tho stale. He says: - "Tbe opinion is growing- tbat some method must soon be adopted which will improve the country roads. Tbo system now iu general use allow tbe highway taxes to bo paid in work. The result is poor roads, with little sign cf improvement Under the law of this state any town or county now has tho right to adopt the plan of paying this tax in money. In tho few oases in whicbj t WHAT WK WANT. From Good Hoads. the latter plan has been adopted the re salt baa given great satisfaction. Tbo money system cau bo to pursued as to insnro tho expenditure cf & stated amount upon each uiilo of road iu a town, leaving a- surplus to be devoted each yoor to the roads most in need of it "It is urged Ly many whoso judg mcnt aud experience ore vnlcublo that tbo legislature should enact a law com pelling all highway taxes to bo paid in money. This may finally bo done. I would recommend, however, Hint before snob law is passed tho tow mi aud coun ties of tbo Ktnto avail themselves of their privilege under thn staluto of adopting tho money system. Tbe experi ence thus gained will probably satisfy the farmers that I lie plan now in use should be abandoned. "I call special attention to this sub ject because tho uccd of improvement is apparent and admitted and becuuwi tbo benefits following it would be extensive. Mauy sections of the stnto unsurpassed in beauty and fertility are neglected aud almost unkuown because tho condition of (bo highways' affording tho only up proach Y$los tbem difficult of access. A good rfacHsoneof tho chief elements of tho va'iuo of a farm. If its fertility be slight, .it may still be desirable if Its location and'Eurroundiiigsurouttractivo and tbe approaches suitable "In many pans of tbiscouutry, nota bly iu Now England, farm values which had been reduced by tbo competition of tbo west have been iu great measure re stored Ly the demand for summer homes. Every such conunauity finds it self bouoflted to the extent of its power to attract investments from the towns and cities. Its markets aro enlarged, tho prico of nil commodities raised, railroad facilities are improved, and thoso changes which tho expenditure of money is likely to create are largely realized. New York has natural udvantuges un surpassed by any state. Better roads will bring them more generally into view." .... LOCATION OF ROADS. The Importance of Correctly Selected Koutet Cannot lie Ovoreillmatod. Country roods almost as a rule are badly located, Tbe older ones fallowed tbe tracks of bridle paths and farm Hues aud grew up no one known exactly how, but lnuuy of the later ones havo been laid out aud accepted under sumo official form of procedure and yet tuow 116 im prove nieut, Tho "viewers" who select uuil recommend tbo ronlen aro influenced by too uiuny friendly and personal con siderations uml too often divert tbe roads from tboir proper courses, regard less of tbe right and needs of tbe trav el lug public. Tbey scctn to feel tbat tbeir Immediate local interests are the ouly ones concerned aud do not realize that not ouly they, bat all who use tbe toads, for all. time to cumo, will be obliged to travel circuitous routes and plamber up and down hills, to the cuor mous lorn of time and energy, because of tbeir mistaken and ahurtaigbted policy. Verily "time is ruoney, " and grades and squaro corners constitute a heavy perpetual tax upon tho public, for rarely ia a route once in two changed to other location. The importance of locating a road correctly at tbe outset, according to competent surveys and thorough exam ination, cau hardly be overestimated. Where reports are mode by viewers to eonie ruerler body with whom the final decisiuu rests it is of great iiuportanoe that the viewers be liberal minded, in teiligent and public spirited and that one of tbem should always be a thor oughly competent engioier. A full re port ML every examination should be wade and should stattain roflklent data to rhafco it possible to Lam an intclli genl and accurate opinion on it Pipe IMwtaa. " Frequently it it Imnoawible to make open ditches deep (Dough to drain the center of tbe roadbed, and in sucb cases suit or oratrul drains should be used. Tbe-.feBsdation. course of a macadam road needs to be sufficiently porous so tbst such rain as may soak through the top covering or wwk ia from the aides) may Hod its way into the earth, where' it ran be led off by drama A drain of four inch earthen pipe placed beneath each gutter al a depth of folly t feet below tbe crowa of tbe road aod cover ed with oner gravel pebbles or brakes stone marly up to the surface should be eaed, though, if the road lies ia a very wet place a larger draia located eadcr the center of tbe roadbed is more effective. A slight fall ia eaaeotial aad also a free, open outlet With attention to these details aod a system of eontiau- oas repairs it Is not difficult to ma in tain S good roadway. L. A. W. Bulletin. . Boutltcrn and Western stock men know s good thing when they see - it - therefore fir ar-ralche", sweeny, ring-bora, strains, sprains. bruises, eidrilo and harness galls ami ailments of hone, they lire Rice's Goose rease Liniment, it is good for man as beast, Sold and guar anteed by all druggist and general stores.,- ' , , Advantuw With Bnrglara. Of late several burglaries have been committed in the neighborhood in which Mr. James Bimpsou lives, and, of course, tho folks are not a little alarmed. In Simpson's row alone enough firearms and ammunition havo been collected to conduct a very fair sized war with Mexico, aud Bimpson particularly has bought a wholo army of weapons and loaded them to the muzzle. Simpson's brother-ui-lawr George Washington Budd, commonly known as Waali, lives with him, aud for weeks past Wash, upon going to bed, has made sncb a preparation aud display of various kinds of engines of destruction that a looker onr might havo concluded that his purposo was to conduct a kind of battle of Get tysburg on his own responsibility. The other night Wash, after recap ping all his revolvers, miming his thumb alonpthoodgoof his broadsword, half pocking his gun aud laying bis bowle kuifo bu tbo chair, thought he heard a burglar -prowling about down stuu-H. Buckling on his artillery, Wush, in stocking feet, crept down the back stnin;a', determined to annihilate the thief. Himpson heard tho uoiso at tho samo moment. Tboy stopped aud liHtc:iod. Wash thought ho heard the burglar in the parlor, bimpson felt sure, tho rascal was in the dining room pocketing the spoons. So, while Wash trod noiselessly frontward, Himpaou stepped stealthily to the ri-nr. Midway in the hall they camo into collision. Euch felt perfectly certain that tho other was the burglar. WaAi grappled with his autagouiHtfet u '' wuilu till bleeding. Dry instantly. Simpson know that a death atrngglo hod begun, so ho took hold with all his might Neither had a chance to draw his weapons. Wash strovo to throw his burglar dowu, and Simpson, perceiving tho game, mado a huge effort to prostrate Wath. They pushed aud pulled aud jerked and ohoved mid panted, bumping up agaiiifit the wall, kicking tip tho car pet and making such a hubbub that Mrs. Simpson, up stairs in her room and afmid to ooino out, lifted np her voice and screamed with awful vehemence. After a fearful and desperuto strug gle, during which Wrath had his cout torn to rags nnd a couple of handful of hair pulled out and Simpson had his noso jammed against a chnir nutil it felt as if it had swelled to tho size of a watermelon, Wash let go a moment to get his breath. Thereupon bimpsou mado a rush for tho front stairs quietly in tbo durk, aud Wash, pretty well scared and tired of war, dushetl off up tbo backstairs, re solved to go and see why Simpson didn't como dowu aud help wipo tho burglar out As Simpson got to tho binding ho saw Wash's form by the dim light from the bathroom in tho back entry. Who's that?" shouted Simpson, nervously feeling for his revolver. ."Mo Wash," replied tho brother-in-law. Simpson weut.np to him aud said: "Thunder and lightning, Wash! Why didn't you como down sooner?" "Sooner! Why, whero'vo you boon? I'Vo had tho most awful time you ever heard of. " "So'vo I, " it-pllod Simpson. "There's a burglar iu the house, und I've been tearing him to nieces. l- "You don t say sot Why, my gra clous, I'vo hud a fight with, one, too, and I think I laid him out I "You did? Where?" "Why, down stairs there, in tbe front entry. "Not In tho entry, yon don't menu?" "Yes," said Wash, "iu tho entry. Nearly banged tho head off of him. Where was your man?" "Why, 'In tho entry too. Queer didn't bear you. " "It is .queer," replied Wash, "be canso I luimmcTed bis nose against a chair ntitil it must bu mushed flat " "Wboao nose?" "The burglar's. And ho toro my cent to rags and pretty marly sculped me. "Who did?" "The burglar. " Bimpsou was silent a minuto and tben bo said : "Como hero to the light They iniferod the bathroom, and Wash looked at Simpson and Simpson looked at Wash. " Wash I" mid Simpson. "What?" said Wash. "Wah, you'ro tho biggest idiot in tbe state. Hang me if I don't believe you've been fighting with met Look at "Not Yon don't my? Did yon pull out your burglar's hair and splinter up his coat?" "1 am afraid I did, " mid ftimiMon. "Mr. Simpson, " said Wash calmly, "if there ia a bigger asa mi the conti nent thou I am, I tbitik I can lay my band on tho man a party' ly tbo uamn of Jim Slmpaoo. Just at this juncture Mrs, Simpson flew from her room down tbe hallway and into the bathroom, where ahe fell on her knees and clasped her hands and shrieked: "Save mo, James) Ob, mvo me. Washington, save met Don't let me bo murdered I Don't I Don't oh, doo'tl" Simpwfi looked beeiiinbly at Wash tben, without earing a word, he seized Mrs. Simpson by the arm, ran her over a rxAaruL ab neertBAT sTcrooLa. to lbs bedroom and slammed the door. Then Ooorge Washing too Dodd went sadly mp stairs, oUiarorging bis murder eas apparatus, locked bis bowie knife la bis trunk and went to bed. Both combatants swore secrecy, but Simpson eomlda't help trlling bis wife, and she spread It of course, and aa bar tt ia Max Adlcr. Itches) hamaa. an stork, cared as mlaatt by Woo) ford -a amuarr toUoa. Thai arrar fail a. SoM by T. A. Asbrigwt, tragi, Graham. I. X 'TO DRESS POULTRY. ' , Pointers Concerning tho Proper Prepare tloa off Chickens For Ilarket.. -Poultry should not be fed for 24 hours before killing. A full crop hot only injures the appearance s of the dressed bird, but is liable to sour, and low prices . aro the result, fftroltry should bo killed by bleeding in tbo mouth - or by opening tho veins iu tho neck, then bang by the feet until tbey are properly bled. Tbo crop and intes tines should not bo removed, and the feet and head should be left on. Either manner of dressing by scald ing or dry picking will do, as those dry picked sell best to shippers and scalded best to tbe home trade For scalding chickens have uenr boiling point as possible without boiling. Hold by the head and Icrh, which should be picked dry before scalding; then immerse and lift up aud down throe timos. If the head is im inersed, it turns tho color of the comb and gives tho eyes a shrunken appearance which leads buyers to think tho fowl has been sick. The feathers and piu-1 feathers should then be removed imme diately, very carefully and without breaking the tikiu. They aro thou "plumped" by dipping ten seoouds into water nearly boiling hot and then put immediately into cold water, where they should remain until tho animal heat is entirely removed, after which tboy should be hung in a Cool place. To properly dry pick poultry the work should bo done before thu bodies picking iu much more easily duuo wbilo tho bodies are warm, 'the work should be douo very carefully that tho skin may not be torn or broken. A GREAT DUCK FARM. nreedlutf Conducted on a Illg flcate hy ailllloualro Jacob Itupiim-t. Jacob Enppcrt, tho wealthy . Now York brewer, has invested about $ 10, 000 iu a duck furm, says tho New York Commercial Advertiser, at bis counti place, IlhinucIiff-on-tba-IIudfioii, where a wooded point extend intothe-river.-Ouly Whre"Pekins uro raised, being batched iu gas heated iucubutors bold iug 400 eggs cucb, nnd automatically regulated, 'i'ho brooder rooms aro 150 feet long, with 00 compartments, each holding 100 ducklings, each batch be ing kept sepura to until sold, Tbe brood ers havo cozy cuddling places under steam pi pot). When sufllciuntly strong, the ducklings nra removed to pcuu nut side, a day's hatching in each. Killing for iniirkot begiuB with tho pen nearest tbo house uml continues to tbo most diftuut. None uro sold over 10 weeks old, and during this time they do not see water. Tbey weigh five or six pounds when killed aud lire sold to leading hotels. During tho breeding season, from December to July, the ducks aro coulluid in ten pens, each holding 1 00 fowls. I-.ach pen has shoot extending into thu witter. Tho rest of tho. year thu breeders aro turned loose ami roam at will. About 800 of lust year' breeders ro retained nnd 700 young ducks added for next year, Steam power is used to grind tho differ ent kinds of food, bones ntul shells to keep thu birds iu gooil coudiliou during tbo winter mouths. Beside ducks Mr. Buppnrt bus a (lock of Wbito Plymouth Hock fowls. r WHITE COCHIN BANTAMS A Itreed Highly Keoommended to Ama teur Poultry Halters. Whito C loch in bantam are growing more popular year by year, deinoustrat ed by tho largo show of 40 of tho vari ety at tbo lato New York show. This is a breed which will do well in tho bands of any pninMukiug person and one who has a sufficiency of ahnde. The percent age of fertility in egg and the number of chicks roared equal iu ratio any of tho bantam family. To breed good birds, breed from small, typical shaped bens with yellow leg and beaks, mated to a good, typical shaped mala Get shape iu tho siro by all mean, for be will put his stamp and Individuality fin hi progeny. Beware of breeding from birds whoso white plnmago ia tinted with yellow, a once in a flock by breeding it is very hard to eradicate As to feed, they are fond of any of the grains and should have plenty-of green stuff. Tbey relish and thrive on any food, but ycilow corn is bad very baiL In rearing chicks oatmeal soaked in milk ia good after having fed tbem crumbs and flno bard boiled eggs rolled in crumbs. This breed will to toth a pleasure and a profit to any paiuotaklug amateur who takes them up. Ibelr beauty at tracts admiring comment even from peoplo who cannot ordinarily boo any beauty in "ehirki-na," as tbey coll tjieiu. Poultry Monthly. rrotectlna Agalnit PraaU It has liom noticed that tho liberal ap plication (if pot:u-h fertilizers, especially thacrudo i-i!t, Irni la certain ex tent tbo injuries which -the. crop may suffer from frost. This ia an item of considerable, importance, especially in the cam of tolmeco, whit-h 4s" !t greatly Injured by fnatt in tbo early au tumn. Thecauoeof the protection which kahnt, for inatuitce, off-rs to plant against frott i:i found in two sources. In tho first place; on ncctnuit of the bygroecrpit; nature of tbe Kilt the moia rnre of the nil is more securely held ami there lull ssmpid evaporation. Oneof the prime) conditions of b i'tmrntinm of Croat la a rapid evaporation and con- seuent cooling f the surface of the aoiL Anything which preventa this, of course, fnd to diminish the in tenuity of the frmrt. In the second ram, tbe prueraco of a polai-a fertilizer produces a mora luxuriant vegetation, and thus secores more perfect rover of tbe soil. affording in thia manner a lea rapid evaporation. Tnem two cauaaa combined aiuvubtedly have a tendency to dunia Uh the danger from frost to which a crop may bo ex; How many regular boarder nave you, madam r" aaked a ernsus taker of a lady. "Well, really I can't ay aa any of 'em ia any too regulsr. They stop out. "I mean, madam, bow many steady boarders have your "Well, really out of 19 there's not morea two that I d coll steady." A Tone, negro once gave the following : "Do gubercor ob our state he ran ha wid bery little opposition; he goes oat wid none at all ' la aad Saoadr. STAGE REALISM. A Sarlea of Exciting Incident That Were Wot on tho BUk - - Several unrehearsed and highly excit ing incidents occurred at, the initial production of "Tbe Prairie King" at the Lyceum theater, Sydney.1' The play is one of tbe wild weot order and is full of sensationalism, which tbe manage ment sought to make more intense by the introduction : of : a "real" water scene aud a collapsible bridge effect A mischance began just before the last beat of tbe drum in the overture, when a canvas tank, which fills so many func tions during the performance, burst and tbe water escaping into the magazine below the tage tbe management had to send an apologist to crave tne lnaui- loaoewbile. sepairs were being effected. The performance crawled along some what sadly, as if the escaping water bad washed the heart out of the actors, uu- -til it was known that the tank had been refilled. Each member of tbe company tben played up to the great abduction scene in the second act. Tbe part of the heroine was filled by Miss Maud Wil liamson. Her final escape was to have been made across the unlucky tank, and up to this point all seemed to be going . off admirably. An Indian warwhoop rang through the theater, and the hero ino wait dragged shrieking across the stage, and finally flitted breahlessly , into a canoe moored to tbe side of the tank. Then came a mighty splash, the cauoo having capsized. Miss William son full bead over heela into the tank. Tire audience was appreciative of tbe realism of tbe situation, for it did. not know tbat Miss Williamson bad been caught in the canoe and was in most imminent risk of being drowned. Some of the performers kept the play : going, but Mr. King Hedley and some . stage hands groped anxiously and un successfully for tbe leading lady. Tben tbo curtain was rapidly rung down, and a fireman and a stage hand plunged in to tho rescue of tbe distressed heroine in real earnest v f ; , ;.-r : Exactly bow long sbe was submerged cannot te said, but when palled out from beneath the canoe sbe was uucon-; scions. Though the shock was consider- ' . able Miss Williamson insisted upon re appearing, and tbe audience, which bad by this time become acquainted with her mishap, received her with rapturous cheering. -; -"'"' ; - Then there followed a bitch in the bridge scene through Mr. King Hed- f. j ley's alleged mustang refusing to face tho rihk cf plumping down into tbe tank. Tho star, however, seized tbe un- tried horse and forced him at the bridge, which collapsed exactly at tbe right moment aud let him down with a huge plush iuto tbo tank. The play was -thus converted by sheer courage and - quick wittedness from a threatened fail- " ure iuto a huge success. Melbourne . Argus. , Napoleon a Elba. -L - ' ' - Notwithstanding bis apparent affabfl- ' ity toward tbe t'lbans, intended, we must believe, rather to mislead out siders than tbe people themselves, Na- -poleon was not popular in the island. Being iu continual want of money, he . was obliged to tax tho peoplo beyond thcir'reeources, aud tbey naturally mw clearly that, whatever he might my ' aud however condescending he might how himself, the money he drew from tlicm wa by no manner of mean ap plied to thu improvement of their posi tion. His tax gatherers were insulted.-. Riots took place in tho very churches when tho priest gave out the date by -which the taxes were to bo sent in. - In -one village troops were billeted on tbe Inhabitants until tbe last penny should -bu paid. Tbo cries of "Vive l'empe- , rt-url" which had originally greeted him on bis various expeditious' ceased to be beard. . Before matters reached a veritablo climax; however, Napoleon bad played out his part and bad left the island in -which be bad lauded with so many fine promises. He bad shown himself a clever actor, n skillful intriguer to the j ontsido world of European diplomacy;' debauched, tyrannical and exacting to tbe inner Elbau world, into which for- , eign diplomats could pry with difficulty. ' In his vices. In bis astuteness, in bis . ambition, Napoleon, as be revealed bimndf in tbo island of : Elba, moves backward tl-.ronch history and take bis ' placo beside the Borgia, the Orsini, tbe ' Mcdk-i of tho fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Good Word. A California Wedding la tha Old Time. It is suid .the C'aliforujans are born on horseback. It may also be mid they are married oh hcra-back. Tha day the marriage contract is agreed on between the parties tbo bridegroom' first .care is to buy or borrow tbo best horse to be found iu tho vicinity. At the tame time be has to get by cue of these means a silvrr mounted bridle and a saddle with embroidered housings.' This saddle nir.it . havo also at its ttern a bridal pillion, with broad aprons flowing down tbe flanks of the borrs. These aprons are -also embroidered with silk of different colors and with gold and silver thread. ' Around the margin runs a string of . little steel plates, alternated with slight Pfndauts of tbe Fame metal. These, as tbe horse moves, jingle like a thousand mimic bell. Tbo bride alco comes in for her share . in Ibeeenuptial preparations. The bride- ' groom must prevent ner witn at least six entire changes of raiment nor forget, through any sentiment of delicacy, t ven the chemise. Sucb an oversight might frustrate all his hopes, as it would be construed iuto a personal indifft rence tb last kind of indifference which a California lady will forgive. He there fore hunts this article with a much sollcitudo as the peri the gift tbat waa to unlock paradise. Having found six srbich art neither too full nor too tlt-n- der. he packs tbem In rose leaves cud aeods tbem to his lady as his lost bridal present, h'be might naturally expect ttm tu txaiie nrit. Her; Walter tjet- la lit "The Laud of fcnufbine." Tetter, SaJt-Rbenm and Eczema. The intense Itching- and smartine. inc i- Bent to these disoafca, isinstantlyaUa.'. 1 by applying- Chamberlain's Eve i.r. 1 Sla Ointment. Many very bail c.v bate t-cn pemjrinently cured by it. '. ia equally eCJrient for itching j i'.m r: ! g favorit rai0y for sore r. chpTd hand. chilhls!r.. frt: t , and chmnic s-ire eves. So ct.T.pr! j Pt. f-dr's fB?llr! rr-T." r Tmt wlut a 1i-k -e ne,e T-hfr : sori::iriia. Tw'.'-' bi-v-i rr r?rroiu5. 1. r arr : jii' iee an3 :-. t r , h-rv i fT.t. ct.".,' n ora:a ycr rs-k.-r.
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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March 3, 1898, edition 1
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