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Show AGRICULTURE, laSaHiit E:i S3EI338 Krel'I ri InhUt:!a:e It I: El 1 THE WAT Farm A XVttoctloa for Fruit Drytr Tha Family CowoSuparfltoat lionet a I'rol.rtlon for a Farm Cate. A constant source of annoyance on the J' 18X111 is the destruction of gates by careAy anew gate be put up and less drivers. some one is sure to injure or completely tireak It down sooner or later. The device CONVENIENT WAGON JACK. suggested by W. T. Whitsett, Guilford and two feet long. The two upthick, illustrated N. and alxive, C., county, wood boards an Although simple, will save much vexation right pieces are of hard inch thick, four inches wide and two feet high. The lower ends are let Into the It A an - , base and firm'y nailed or screwed to it Near the top are three half inch holes In each, for the loit to support the lever. The lever Is of hard wood an inch and a quarter thick, four feet long and five Inches wide at one end, tapering to a handle at the other. A long slot is cut through its center with notches on either side. At the large end of the lever Is a round notch on either side, for the side of bolt the wheel to rest in. A half-inc- h supports the lever, the holes in the upright bars allowing it to be shifted up or down for wheels of different sizes. An iron rod, four feet long, its bent tlnough the slot in the lever, and each end Is fastened by au eye to a bolt through the standards, seven inches from the base. As will bo seen by the dotted lines the lever may be reversed when desired. - nd repairing. The damage Is generally done by the wagon hubs striking the frame of the gate, often getting caught behind the cross braces of the frame; and by a sudden jerk before the w.igcn can be stopped. On every gate, bolt or nail firmly a plank twelve or fourteen Inches wide And not less than mio inch thick, dressed on the outside, the entire length of the gate. The middle of the plank Is arranged to be the same height as the hubs of an ordinary wagon wheel. When the axle strike this plank it meets no obstruction fupri1aoai florae nd is free to move on. Although simple Is comparatively few farmers who can It And easily arranged by any farmer, this little contrivance will save many a good neeompil-- h all that they expect They lay out plans that requires more men and farm gate. Of team help than they can command. A Homemade Fruit Dryer. late years it Is increasingly difficult to hire Our Illustration represents a cheap and reliable farm help; but horses are always effective fruit dryer, which may be set to be had for tho money, if the farmer ripen the kitchen stove. It is made of wants to purchaso them. It is in this way Inch lumber, with a base of sheet iron that many overstock them elves with four inches wide to protect it from burn- horses. The evil is the worste for the fact ing. The slats which are nailed inside to that an Idle horses In tho stable is a support the trnys, are two inches apart. temptation to the owner or to ids family to The dryer may be made of any desired drive around the country instead of attend(eight, from two to four feet, the capacity ing stiictly to their business. We believe increasing with the height The trays that farmers do well to visit each other upon which the fruit is spread are mere aud learn dlfft rent and improved methods frames of wood, far enough apart to ad- - of farming; but the season for this is mit hot air and hold the fruit fiom falling mainly in winter, when farm work is not through. Galvanized wire netting would pressing. It is hardly possible for a farmer be better but more costly. 1 lie dryer has to leave work for anything in ho growing an oening in the top for the escape of sea-owithout loss. Farmer. Aha vapor-l-a len hot air, and a handle on ARCHITECT! US, -- A SERVICE ART. E FRtTT DRYER, each aide for lifting it. The door has two transverse cleats firmly screwed ou tho otiUido, to prevent warping. Much a dryer may be made by anyone who can use tools with a very small outlay for materials. Th Family ot Cow. Except by those who have had experig in the rich qualities of the Jersey as a family cow, and her gentle, habits and docile and affection-- ! asy-going Ate disposition, that seem almost inseparably associated with the race, but little idea . can lie formed of the real luxury and solid comfort to be derived from this source of : .necessary supply to the family needs, livery family requires milk and cream, and in cities and towns in almost every section . of the country the universal cry goes up condemning the quality of these articles as furnished by tho average dairyman; hence, those whose sunoundings and clrcum- stances are favorable adopt the more satisfactory plan of obtaining the supply from tin ir own family cow. There is no animal so well and so thoroughly adapted for this jiuipose ns the Jersey. Tho Argus. ence ndlk-glvlu- SiAACn.cJifl: rMcnS 7t s'rkSt A Model PUNKliVb O u . : CO 1 ain BARii t f- Off n 100-ac- 1 lei-u- re i i a FlOOl 5hESP t ?. i 1 : i 3 - iivf.v nC Shoos. 9 4 i 3 eg 0 SHLfP Fjink31 j 4 ?'A C fl stanchions along the outer wall, also with gate for par it'.i ning them off. The loft is all one open mea, extending over the ma il building and sheds and is closely laid with straight-edge- d plank. The design of the gioimi plan and loft will be better undcis'iHid from the following diagram: The joists over the stalls are seven feet in the clear; the joints over the shed six feet in the clear at the outer end. The y loft of the b.u n is laid with planks, w.tU the exception of a opening through which hay is to he taken up. The hay loft will hold 10 loads of clover hay. The hay for the au 1 st ok in the ba:n laid is all thiown down on the harn floor, thus saving waste; the h iy for the sleek In the close I shed is thrown down ot opm ng lift all aiouml thiocgh a the outer e 'g of the loft light over the stunehions ml leak. The harn floor is fully Inyo enough to contain bed Tug fur the hoises, o: to held landi ng ewes on that the nights. It will be r calves can te stanch;'u,lit ng or ioned, an I the others left free, so that lie.uly twite the number can be housed in Theic is a tlropi of one or the same spa-clo-el- liur-s-- nia-te- e. ebon-hue- mgHni ! on ter than anybody or anythingwould earth? Why, I often thought I cladly, for Jim.have died, and diedoTd fellows memodear bless the God truer oi ry! There never breathed a a nobler gentleman than Jim. Finally, when I got to be strong enough to da something for myself. Jim came to ,me and said: Malter, mv boy, we re on our last legs, about. The claims cleaned out,1 nnd theres not half a dozen ounces in the sank. To make a long story f short, we were relocated a few day oi some twenty in a place later tvventv-fivmiles dissantf w hen some 'big finds were being mane, Our luck was almost phenomenal, in Every night the buckskin sackwas which we stored our treasure made considerably heavier. This went on until we both were sure oi realizin' our utmost hopes of for tune. One morning, the first thing aftei I jumped into the hole, I turned up a nugget, a bowlder of pure gold, that lairlv took my breath awav. I just knelt down nnd kissed its yellow Bides and cried over it nnd acted like a crazy man. When Jim saw it he too went nearly wild; it was such a bir one. We didnt work any mon that day, hut laid out under the ornaments, curiosity was trees with the nugget safe between us; what we were going to do pardonable, and the reporter asked, planning wealth. our for his inquisi- with with a ' Some wav or another, however, Would you mind telling tiveness: me, Mr. , why and how you chose feeling of distrust of everybody that monster nugget for the place of around me. I fancied that every one in camp wanted to rob me of my honor in your cabinet? The response to the interrogatory heavy hoard of dust. I even watched to have been struck was delayed for a moment as the old Jim (I oughtlest he should make dead for that) nuggets possessor mused in silence. nwaywith the treasure. That night Well, it is not a story that I often tell, I was wakeful, knowing that the because it makes me live over again whole camp was aware of our great nnd fearful that some of the during the days that were too olten luck, more lawless crowd might attempt bitter to make pleasant recollections, a robbery during the darkness. Some but Ill waive my scruples this time, time along in the morning I awoke young man, and tell you a little piece with the cold perspiration oozing out of my life that that lump of gold from every pore. I felt, rather than was wrong. was connected with. Sit down again knew, that something reached over to where Jim slept and and take a cigar and Ill satisfy your found his blankets empty. Next, curiosity. Only I want, it understood to where the treasure was buried. that if you make a yarn out of this My hands could scarce perform their office as I tore up the earth. It was (as you probably will) you call no gone. names." I rushed out into the faint moonobwas The condition imposed not Not a soul was in sight. I light. noxious and the reporters assent to it hurried a revolver, slipped back, was w illingly accorded. Mr. ,vho on boots nndgottrousers, and ran oldof one this is, by the way, citys toward the nearest cabin, intending est and best known residents, a gen- to give the alarm, but just as I uine pioneer, now rich, respected, and a little thicket I saw Jim passed comhimself for a settled honored, over wlmt I knew instinctkneeling fortable talk, and thus began: was the stolen gold. Slipping ively You most likely know what a motover the softly up crew swarmed was into that it ley ground, I clutched my heavy revolvTalifornia in the good old times, os er by tlie barrel and raised it to they call them. Ve were the strike. At instant, and ns the of nearly every grade and blow aimed that with all my strength decondition of society. Scions of the there was a rush behind me, bluest blood aristocracy rubbed scended, an a shot, and I knew no oath, shoulders with gamblers and thieves more. When I awoke Jims lifeless from the slums; probeside me covered with body lay fessional men, doctors, lawyers and a rough blanket. A group of sternclergymen swung their picks and faced miners about me, and ns rocked their cradles in thesameclaim I arose was stood seized and pinioned. with burly roughs who couldnt When I I collected my scattered wits read nor write. I was a healthy to ask what it all meant, the young chap; had been nicely brought enough answer was merely to point to the well was was and educated, up, fairly still grasped in my hand and used to better piekinsg; but a roving pistol to the ugly wound that showed strain in my blood, and a paternal where a heavy blow had crushed purse that refused, from necessity, to in Jims head. Suffice it to say respond any longer to my sometimes that the circumstances ot peculiar heavy demands, were responsible for the affair were such as to here. out my coming make my guilt doubtful, and that I few first over the months, found no Passing difficulty in burrowing my in which I learned what faro ami of monte were, at an expense that left way out the shanty where I whs confined over night. For days nnd me absolutely without a cent in the I I roamed the hills, world, Ill begin with the time when I weeks, onsuppose, wild berries and sleeping in drifted somehow up to Carters Bend, living on tho North Fork of Feather River. the underliush until I was fairly inWhen I walked into the place I was sane from grief and privation. Iliad killed Jim, the man who had given the dustiest-lookinmy life, the man to whom I had that ever trudged a California me road dead broke, not enough dust owed more than I ever could have left to buy a short drink, no tools to repaid. Was his robbing me any No. I work with and desperately hungry. justification of the crime? would have gladly given him ten But the boys were too in those days to let a poor fellow times as much if I could have brought him back to life. starve, nnd I was ns happy as a king I think it must have been six that night after I'd stuffed myself with fried bacon and pancakes and months or more afterwards that I rolled myself up in nn old army went back to the scene of my crime. I had gone back to San Francisco blanket in the corner of a miners shanty. Next day the and tried to start over again, but it boys chipped in nndgavemeenough was no use. Nightly I lived over of an outfit to make work possible. again the horrors of that night, and The diggings were new, and I woke trembling so that my teeth had no difficulty in getting a fairly chattered. So I went back. It claim that at least paid for my was evening when I reached the daily necessities. Two or three weeks place and walked into the saloon, later I struck it rich and took out where everybody used to congre-cat- e after the days work was enough the first day to make me begin to think of home and a big bank done. When I told who I was and account some day soon. I was only said that I was ready to be punished a youngster, and had worked myseil as might seem most fit! ing there was sick already, nnd I was fool enough a silence of a minute or two, and then to tell all over camp about my good some one stepped up beside me, and luck. Early the next morning I lookin curiously into my face, burst started for my bole and found it had into a loud guffaw, and ejaculated: .hu-been jumped. The two roughs who fol, the chap that were profiting by my find were not killed old Jitn Willis was found next disposed to be at nil gracious, nnd, day lavin in the bushes, not a rod in a word, I was soon lying on the from where he did it, with his head ground with my head split open with cut open. He only lived lon,r enou,rh to say that he done it. And it was a blow from a pick handle. When I came to my senses I was true. I did not kill Jim; I wasnt a in the cabin of a c.necrold fellow who murderer, after nil. The way of it bad been more than commonly civil was this: Jim had gone out quietly to hip before. The effects of the through the night, and during his I received had nnd my absence the real thief had stolen into thrashing previously weakened nnd exhausted the cabin dug up the gold and tho condition, left me an easy prey to nugget, and stole away with them. the lever that followed. F'or three Jun had met him and been killed in weary months Jim (Jim YVillis was the struggle, and it was his murderer my benefactors name) nursed me ns whom 1 struck and fatally wounded. though I were his own child. He An nccomplieo, who had been on tho even fed me with his own hand, and watch, had tumbled me over. when I was ot the worst, for days and iso that s why I hunted up tho lays lie loft his work untouched nnd nugget, ami I have alway kept it, as 5at by me, bathing my poor you see. The story is queer; perhaps Twice ha rode but it has the merit of being absolute. schjng head. miles over the truo. ly seventy mountains, every word of it. bric-a-bra- e c quasi-apolog- y FLOOR PLANS. high in the clear; cellar, 6 feet First story contains sitting room. 15x13 feet; living room, 13x15. with pantry. Att.c story coutaius two large bedrooms. Cellar under living room. IIORTlCrLTCRE. 9 feet Renoiatlng Run-Ou- m t rchardA The Phrub, It Fropertlei t Yaa-yo- And Medicinal n, Value, Thefieuponj An Olive street florist has a specimen of the yaupou among the shrubs aud foliage The plants ornamenting ills doorway. e, name Is the aboriginal one for the ilex the North American shrub deriving Us specific name from cassena. It is a cas-sin- ''I grass-carpete- d repre-tentativ- white-hande- THE Y ALTOS, slenffrr shrub, reaching at ts best tho height of 15 feet The leaves are small, seldom over 1 Inch long, and oval in shape The flowers aud aud thick and shining. fruit are scarlet, resembling the holly. It was always highly esteemed by the Indians, aud was an article of traffic between them in colonial times. An Infusion of tha slightly loasted leaves produces effects similar to those of the Paraguay tea, being exhilarating when taken moderately, but in acting as a powerful emetic wb excess. The Creek Indians especially ucefi it under the name of black drink in tiieir solemn ceremonies. A strong infusion being made ou such occasions, the braves nlono partook of it, the one longest resisting Its emetic powers beiug regarded as nn evidence of superiority. In North Carolina the whites at one time used it to purify tha brakisli water, a few leaves boiled in the water a moment improving it The yuupon grows best near the coast but w ill not stand severe winter weather. Orchards We often meet with nn orchard of apparently healthy trees, which Is practically fruitless. The owner may tell us that it formerly bore abundant crops, but of late run out. years the trees have Why run out? have they They formerly gave good crops of apples. All the other land on the farm w as expected to give but one good crop, but this of the orchard was made to give a crop of grain, or a crop of gra-- s or clover, to be taken off as hay. The soil soon became tired of doing this double duty. Thetreis gave out because they were robbed cf foo 1; the first thing they need is feeding. Of course if the soil needs dialiiing, lay the needed tiles at once, or as sou a the soil w ill allow. Such orchards are usually in grass; draw on a heavy dressing of manure and spread it, and, as soon a the soil is in pn per condition, turn over the sod and the manure with the plow: with the hot vveathsr the sod will decay rapidly. When this is found to be well rotted, give another plowing, and a can be had. spread a dispone. If heavy coating amt liariow; in the absence of ashos.hairow in a good of lime. If the unk mul larger brniHie are covered vv.tli loo-- e scales of old bark upon vvliii-iulioii and iiiom have a l, the luc'so Imtk. in ng a blunt, lii'it oamr.tHl hue a a Then in a i! h the tree with soft soap, imp time ma, Hun cno.ith to apply with a brii-l- i. t'-- c home mafic snap, mafie with lye nr peta-siv t lie viap with omnisdi water to iimk lcafiiiy, qo over the seraHfi poni'iiNimh it, anfi leave the rain to finish the work. In fine time th haik will bo fontul lie mtiiufiy stne.olh anfi deprived of all toreiqn trow t It. The nap tli.xt has Iscn into the s.o v. ill a t as a uo-f.- il ltuti-O- S'U k -- p 0IV f WY. jh farm, A w.itcr gives tho following as his farm: method of managing his My farm contains about 100 acres of farming land, most of which is limestone soil, the balance sandy loam. I have it fenced in four e pial tracts, nearly as i F'or convenience, at tho corner whoie they all join I have a good well, arranged to furnish stock water for each field. I manage to keep fifty acres In cultivation, fifty in clover, each year, as in cum, twenty-liv- e follows: Twenty-fli- c in wheat. When the corn is cut off 1 seed hia field to wheat, an following spring to clover. I aim to take a crop of corn, then a crop of wheat, then back to tho clover in two yeais and I find this ns long as clover should stand to be profitable, l'y this .method I manage to keep the land in a high state of cultivation without the use of ooniiueicial fertilizers. I rain stin k enough to eat up ail the .tuples com, hay, to. I stack the stiaw ninl feel aioun I the stack. Toward spiing I throw it down. In this condition it rots mm h faster, and 'steady to haul out sooner. 1 hi- - iimnue I spreal in tin and it fHjurest place when 1 have ia good hauling. I'y doing this 1 keep nearly everything li the fat in except the smpluswhe.it, which 1 m uket as soon as ihrcshcd. while it is i the sack. This A 3 it : j .1 . .h..;... : -- U ,TOi'C V vel- d Lying snugly on an w hioh occabinet the vet cushion in in the alcove an library of one cupies ol the most elegantly appointed and substantial mansions of San Francisco, there ia a memento of the j California of forty years ago a silent reminder of the days when the yellow idol, whose shrine was in the old river beds and along the rocky mountain sides of the new land, counted his fiercely eager devotees by the thousand. I Several days ago business matters called an Alta representative to the residence in question and necessitated a lengthy interview with the genial PERSPECTIVE VIEW. whose home it is. The The estimated cost of the completed gentleman risen to go when his eye had folreporter building is $500, and it is described as chanced a dull, yellow gleam catch to lows in the book of plans: First story, case close at from a glass-covere- d hand. Another glance disclosed as the object which had attracted attention a solid, massive nugget, that bore every appearance of being virgin gold, and that certainly must have weighed enough to make its value seem a small fortune to the average man. Considering that people, even wealthy ones, do not, as a general rule, select such articles for Ierpecth View and Floor Finn of a Neat, Cheap Frame Cottage a lau for a SubutAntlol Uaru. A Virginia Itarn. The accompanying plan represents the ground floor of a Virginia bam constructed by a young farmer out of his own head. Following is the dcsciiption: The main posts buildiug is 24x38 feet, with (the p sts ought to have been 20 feet), lean to ail around. with a The capacity of this barn is eight stalls for horses, four of them are roomy for liar- nessing woik horses, ami four smaller for horses, or colts, that are not worked. The she Is, which are planked up or down on the north or west sides, will hold fifty calves an I 10!) sleep. The cows find ample shelter and protection under the open sheds on the south side aud east end. Hie closed sheds are furnished with, o Wi etched Rich Men. Trom th Philadelphia Press. A woman writes to The Press fro Long Branch: One of the 8ad.W lights in the world next to real poT Story fo an Old Miner. joins the main two feet where the lean-t- o saves a large per rent on shrinkage, U a comfortable and conThis building. use and extra handling, you have the where barn, for a farm venient of your money. Any 100 acres are annually cultivated. 1Vcon Jack. A out a Ull for make can readily mechanic I Kiiel Fra t:J Trobably no Imj.Iemeut In common use the lumber. on the farm has called out more inventive Tasteful Frame Cottage. ingenuity, or assumed a greater variety of This plan is taken from a handsome litforms than the wagon Jack. The one OF 1 WAOII IACI Artistic Homes," illustrated herewith was designed by E. A. tle pamphlet entitled The base is a Harrison, Ontario, Canada. scantling, four inches wide, three Inches llom-dCat-- die-sin- g fixit-lioli- -- vva-- ' h. vva-l- ie 1 lennner. 1 d es erty or distress is the sight of a ri ,nan who has acquired boundl. wealth nnd lost his happiness 1118 capaci.y to enjoy what money ures. Such cases are by no mean rare. They are very common. saw a man recently whose income ijjeVpd to be about 1,000 a ' whose whole day was spoiled oeeause a cabman overcharged him 1 for short ride. Of course the millionaire knew that lie could not possibly his income, but neverth.V. of losing a dollar, of idea tlie being defrauded oijt of it, of getting noth. ing in return for it, was almost ao. ny to him. Many a man in matin a great fortune completely loses th? power of enjoying it. This isoneof the worlds compensations. The happiness of sound 6leep and a good digestion is often enjoyed by a man with an empty purse, while the mill. . . onaire epicure has neither painless digestion by day nor healthy rest by nijrht. I the ocean driveooeol Philadelphia 8 richest men, Ha those wretched millionaires one who have spent the best years of their life getting control of abank, or n. brewery, or a boom of some sort, He is sitting back in a corner of h swell landau now and wondering wbat it lor. He has a fine old face, le !l heavT gray mustache, bushy eyebrows and He is dressed carefully, and his iae? is absolutely empty of interest in anything. He cant even work any more. Because lie hasso muehmon-pnil motive is gone. His wife? Oh, well, he loved his wife long ago and he bows to her now when he meets Imr in the hallway of his house, and they have never had a quarrel, (hi dren? Yes, several of them. They used to be pretty , and were fond ol him when they were babies. Then boarding school, college, balls, parties nnd checks, checks. Now he hardly knows anythin" about them. All sympathy is iost between them. Living under the same roof, their hearts are always wide apart. In fact, be doubts whether he has a -- jg gold-rimme- heart at nil, Robbing the Conductor. Two men made good wages o5 street car conductors in this town for some weeks by a simple contrivance. One would approach a car (rom either side and appear as total strangers. Both would crowd into the center of the rear platform, ami the one farthest from the collector would hand him a half dollar or dollar to hand to the conductor. Th latter, in the hurry and crowd, would take little notice of it, but, guided by the impression conveyed by hi fingers, would return the correct change. A minute afterward the other man would look upnieeklyanl ask if that wasnt a half dollar or dollar, always double the true amount that he bad banded. The conductor could not say positively, nnd would appeal to the stranger who had acted middleman. 0! course, he would agree with the de mander, nnd another quarter or halt dollar, ns the case might be, would be banded him. A few blocks farther both strangers" would alight and work the next conductor. Globe-I)enioera- St. Lout t. Generating Steam. It is said that a new method of : generating 6team has met with markable success in England. is adaptable to any ordin-marinef ary Cornish, Lancashire, or boiler. The aparatus for perfectin re-- r the combustion consists of an a 1 tube placed on the floor of the furl nace, perforated on each side, in con' munication at the outer end with ij main air conduit, and at the end with a hot air receiver, or air beconH fusing pipes, where the air by delivered and heated, highly the into of number large jets l ( ing gases from tiro fuel chamberair is obtained by means ot a driven by a small engine. New Telegram. d good-nature- r tie ca) to i toil ewe the) tou 1st Rei abo etoi no I- 1 lai I. eag pm .and con J1 and is moi His wor col moi hun T y g open-hearte- d p.o the eecs-- d - io-- j The Rice Lily. A lovely flower called the rice soutlwes grows thickly in parts of sen ern Georgia. It is extremely H tive to the light. The blosoins up at night, but open in the )rlu ing. At night, while the lovelym blossoms are closely enfolded flowers purple coverin' and the near is if a placed lamp asleep, t they will gradually open ami . towards it. If a strong placed on one side oi01 ie u , containing them, the halfwil quet that faces the lamp folded, while the other hall t'ia L the shadow will remain o closed. Once n Week. fl 1)1 1 . A Monster Petrified Turtle Commercial-- I Cincinnati lector from Brazil, Ind.,saysroC time out of mind a curious nttentio hidden, has attracted point several miles nortli. ' r county. An investigation made revealed a monster IV winch ht of nl0 A how gates off, 000 pound his tnrtlesDP is now transports ill befcJ the railroad, whence it w i Cinemna in to purchasers Mih att seas ban Ji was is a por lau; ma; nea Ir dnn Jar for ism and Ji ciet, and entt ciet and snd dis It yea fat! wee the tail pro orei big His ist of g leas A gar alo per of t mo ten you Ji his ing es tho cie. ten: hoc moi ers, diti wav It con hoc the will nnv J, aw elul m.T We, to 1 Hie wit inif tor Ji am in t mit yoi tha bin T mo are hoi the the an hot hot hut in the lea ere, op i I ere; ?ov Bo- da.- dai ta |