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MOUNT VERNON HAWK-EYE.
do not.
until the
linin
kinds. It
a sooth-
Pectoral
ryourlun
MODEL SWINE HOUSE.
Jk Good Carpenter Should ne Able to
Build It in Four Days at a
Cost of $35.
A suitable house for swine is found
on but very few farms, for the great
ma:jority of farmers seem to think that
a fence corner on the lee side of some
straw stack is good enough, and to go
to the expense of building a cheap j
house for them to go into and sleep]
at night and in bad weather seemsI
like throwing money away. The5" doI
not stop to think ;that a comfortable [
swine house would save them many]
nickels. [
A swine house need not be expeu-]
sive~ and need not be made of the best [
lumber in the market. I know a num- /
ber of farmers who have old odds-
ELEVATION OF HOG HOI:SE.
and-ends of planks, etc lying around
in the yard that would go a lon~ way
toward buihling a suitable house for
swine and anyone with a little knack
IMPROVING PASTURES, FOLLY OF GOOD SWIMMERS, THE APPARENT REASON
A Fe~v Days Labor Every Season Will O ten Take Chances of Overexertion /[ilo Readily Aeeortnted for t~e (~on
Surprise the Owner in Its In %Vater They %Vouldn't stunt "Wearing of th*
Beneficent Results. on Loud Xaloa. And Consider the AIl-lmp0rtant Fact,
If there is any one part of the farm "You generally see, tacked at theDotty sat on a stool beside her mother
that is neglected in the summer time end of the newspaper dispatch an-looking at the pictures in an old church That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are eonfid-
when the rush of harvesting takes up nonncing' the dro~vning of some man book. There were angels and' cherubim
and harlasts gal~orc, and in t hcm the child ing your private ills to a woman--a woman whose
most of the time and attention of all, it at a bathing beach: 'lie was an expert found nmch to interest her. The last pic- experience in treating woman's diseases
s.wimmer,' " said (:apt. Mullen, the life-
is the pasture fields, says a writer in ture in the book was of a dozen or more is greater than that of any living phy-
Indiana Farmer. While there may be guard at Colonial Beach a ruddy, angels iloating on the clouds, Above the sician--male or female.
head of each shone the symbolic halo. Those
some little excuse for this on large strapping, ex-man-o -war's-man, whohalos bothered Dotty. She had never seen You can talk freely to a woman
grain farms, it can hardly be over-has snaked nearly 250 drowning men such a head dre~s and she wasperplexed, when it is revolting" to relate your
looked on a dairy farm, where grassand women'out of the water at wu'iou'; After a minute's thought she held the book private troubles to aman--beside%
and green pasture are the chief de-seashore resorts. "An3 the s,tatement ~t her ~ th,e ~ i. " :aldfSe:~nl;~nngs'' a man does not understand--~impl~
is true in a great manS eases. Iknow oneti~r~ae~(d~*'7~'~ '~a~
pendencies for success. The improve- because he is a man.
that fulh, eight out of ten of the men The mother looked "Those are angels, Many women suffer in silence and
ment of pasture fields is a crying need I have grabbed just in time have been dear," she said.
on many old places. As a rule the drift along frombad to worse, know-
roughest and most sterile felds are first-rate s~vimmers. The good swim "And wha.t's the funny rings on their
heads, mamma?" the child asked, ing full well that they ought to hays
given over to pastures, an ~ it is not mar, of course, takes more chances"Those are halos, Dotty " immediate assistance, but a natural
giving a cow a fair show to make her than the man who is only a fair swim- "Does they wear therff always, mamma? modesty impels them to shrink from
pick up a living on land that would not mar or the man who can't swim at. all. Does all angel's wear them?"
lie is inclined to show off. It seems a "Yes, Dotty All angels wear them and exposing themselves to the questions
the)" wear them all thc time." and probably examinations of even
produce anything else This is often queer thing to say, but all the same it "When they's in' the,house?" their family physician. It is unneo-
the case, however, and then we blame
the cow for not giving more milk. Half is ~rue that l)unehes of ymlng woInen "Yes, Dotty." essary. ~'ithout money or price
the fault against our dairy cows can I on the beaehes are responsible for "'When they's asleep?"
"Yes." you can consult a woman, whose
be traced to improper feeding. Be- I man~ of the surf dxownings. "I guess the,y wears their halos all the ~"~knowledge from actual expert*
cause a cow has n large field or mead- ] "'l:ile good swimmers among the time, mamma, cause they're afraid if they enco is greater than any local
ow to graze in it does not foIIow that [ young fellows in bathing want to dis- took 'cm off and hung 'am on the hat rack physician in the world. The for
play their skill advantageously for the they'd get broke, don't they?"--Detroit Free
she ought to give a large flow of milk. ] owing invitation is freely offered;
A much smaller piece of land would' benefit of the girls, and they fake, Press.
chances that I wouldn't take, and I lllm BumlnesB. accept it intho same spirit:
produce much bettew results if the was pra.ctieally born in the water.A lawyer trying to serve his client by MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDLNG INVITATIOn.
pasture was rich and well cared for.
in the course of his cross-exammatmn, satd:
It is all right to give the cows for pas- The)' pay no attent.ion whatever to throwing, suspicion on a witness, in.the ease Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly
ture the roughest and rockiest part of tidal conditlons or to anything else, You have admitted that you were at the communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. AU letters axe received,
and,engaginginallsortsoffaucyworkprisoner's house every evening during all opened, read and answered by women only, A woman ean freely talk of her
the farm, for naturally one doe~ not for the benefit of the onlooking girls, this time?" private illness to a woman; thus htm been established the eternaleonfidence be-
select that portion for plowing under "Yes, sir," replied the witness, tween Mrs. ]Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken.
~hey get away out beyond the breaker "Were you aud he interested in any bust.
crops. ]But it is the part of wisdom to line. 'If the tide is a~gainst them on the hess together.' ~,Outof the vastvolumeofexperiencewhichshehastodrawfrom, ltismore tha-
bestow a little care upon such fieldsto return trip. and tl]ey have ~o work"Yes, sir," answered the man, nnhesitat, possiblethatshehasgainedtheveryknowledgethatwillhelpyourease* Sheaska
improve them each year. A few days' hard to make the beach a saldden fear m g,~! Now, will you be good enough to tell nothing in return except yonr good-will, and her advico has relieved thousands.
labor devoted to the pasture fields takes pos,session (if t.hem and chills ns h~w and to what extent and what the Surely any woman, rloh or poor, is very foolish if lflle does not t~ke advantage of
every season will surprise the owner their blood and rattles their brai~s, nature of this business was in which you thisgenerousofferofassmtanoe.--LydiaE. PinkhamMedicineCo-,Lynn, Mass
in the results five )'ears later. First and then, if somebody is~not hy toand he were interested,?" ThepresentMrs.Pinkham'sexperienceintreatingfemaleillsisunparalleledt
there are rocks and stones that can handle them, it is all over with them. "Well, I have no objection to tellin!$- I [or years aho worked stde by side with Mrs. LydiaB. Pinkham, tmd for sometime
.was courting his daughter."---St, l~uis )ast has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great busN
be gradually carried off the field, an(~ At the be,~ches where the. surftsvery Globe-Democrat.
at rough carpentering can build one piled up. Clearing the pasture field heavy and the nndertow extremely -- xes$,treattngbylettertmixmnyi~ahundred thoumm4ailingwomont~yea~'."
if he knows just what kind of a build- in this lcisurrly way will yield its re- [ treacherous, particularly along the A SOLDIER'S ESCAPE.
ing he wan~s ward some day when it is found des[r- line of retorts on the New England
I will describe my hog hous% and if able to cultivate the meadows or hill- coast. I have often warned yen'sure- From the Democrat-Message, MS. Sterl-
I were to build another I do not see side for orchard or field crops. Along scrme yotmg fellows to have a care and lng, IlL
how I could improve it, except only with this work should go that of clear- not under any circumstances ~o go be-
'the roof Mine is a gable roof, and I ing the land of wild berry bushes,yond thc breakeT line, They hav.e When Richmond had fallen and the great
think I should like a slant roof better, brush, roots and weeds. The roots grinne~l in my face--a couple of girls commanders had met beneath the historic
I made my house out Of old odds-and- once taken up will kill the bushes anal being arouml, of course--and they have pple tree at Appomattox, the 83d Penn-
ends of plank that were left over from trees for good, and so with the weeds, then jumped in and done just the thing ylvania Volunteer~, prematurely aged, clad
in tatters and rags,
tearing down an old house It has no1 See that they are rooted up, and not I warned them not to do. Of course. I broken in body but
got a single new piece of timber in it. simply cut off. Noxious weed's prevent have always had ~o go in after them of dauntless spirit,
and I did all the work myself, at odd grass plants from growing, and den- when they let their cheeps of distress swung into line for
times when I could do nothing else. erally the)" harbor parasites and rusts out, and often I have had a hard the last "ga:and re.
view" and then
Th~ only cash that I paid was for of grain which may spread~ to the cnl- enough time getting them. It makes quietly marched
nails and some shingles. The win. tivated fields any day, and d~ a great me sore to have to go after a man away to begin life's
dows and door came out of ~he old amount of damage. This work of whom I have taken the pMns to warn. fray anew amid the
hills and valleys of
house clearing the pastures of foreign "Another thing that good swimmers the Keystone State
Fig. 1 shows the house. It is 24 feet growths is very important at this sea- fail to tal~e in, to account is the liabil- Among the number
Asa R~binson came
long-by 16 feet wide. y W are win- son of the year when weeds are about ity of something happening to therein
dows, "D D doors. The door in theready to produce their seeds. Onethe water that .is just as liable to hap- baektothe oldhome
in Mt. Sterling, Ill
gable end is for convenience in put. plant destroyed root and branch now pen to them when they are dressed, back to the fireside
ting anything into the loft that Iwant may prevent the growth of 50 nextashore,~ and violently exerting them- that he. had left at
to put there. I made it so I could put, summer. So it is wise to begin at, ones, selves, A kaan who leads a seden,tary the callto arms four
corn there to feedinthe winterif del for every year that the work is post- life goe~do~a to a bathing beach, aft- year~ previou# He
[ poned the pastnre field degenerates so er enduring a long" season of heatl and went sways happy,
healthy farmer boy
,~ x* ,[ work of destruction it might be well tar wit,h just as much confidemce as he he came back a ghost ~'fv'~r USthe selfmana u;that an.
[to reconstruct, too Plant a few possessed when he was a small boy "~red to PreaidsatJAncola'seallf0r"300,-
"' . I shade trees in the mos,t convenient with limber muscles. If he g'et-.~~ore."
,xtt-~ " [ ~ ]place of the flelds and if necessary for twi'teh he probahly pays r day he is an alert, aetivemansndtelk
: itheir protection fence them in until I to it, and by the time.b pry of his recovery as follows:
GROUND PLAN OF HOG HOUSE. ]they attain a good growth, ~earsi ize that h'is heart -asag: erfromseiatica rheu-
[ later they will be apgreeiate~t by both pre ty llearl3, if a alto the time of my dis-
. from Most of the time I
sired. Up to the present, however, i man and beast. W~enthe weed~ are ~fitted
I have put some eornfodder in the loft,pretty well rotted out, kS.will pay to
to make the house warmer and I sin sow the field in the fall with gras~
eo well pleased with it that I have seed, spreading it thinly around