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> TME FARA*. ! ways tak bar living out of her food supply before she gives any returns in in.., or flesh. About two-thirda of tbe food consumed by an animal ia required When U)6 COWS Come Through the to maintain tar body In normal coudi- Bars. When I ^ar our city cousins, Who have grown ama/ia' rich. ST .Ik of opera.* and parties, Ilu-tur' galleries and sich, In uiy n.Mi.i tbar cornea a pictur' by a heap than thars, One that'* bran' ;w every evenin' When tbe cows ootnc tbruugb bars. Thar's the meadow slopin' east'ard. Wbar the nhadders gather thick; Tttr's the last red sun-rays gllntia' On the wlllers by the crick. Over all's the hu.<h of Natur'. As outpeeps tbe evenin' stars In t he dewy arch of heaven. When the cow* come through ban. *G)urae, some things LA inconvenient; Country life ain't all a dream; Taters rot. frosts nip the peaches; Sultry weather sours the cream. _ Tit when one gits down to weighin' Town and country, what coiupar'a With the feelin' that comes o'er one When tbe cows come through the barsf So says I to xpecylators Who sometimes may rest attack: "N<> I won't sell out or barter This here, farm for bric-y-brao. I don't envy folks in cities; Shiny shoes ain't any w bar's Wlien ihe golden sun '3 *-settin' tiou without losing flesh, so that it is only from the la*t third of tbe food which she will eat that returns can be expected, and if she ia not given more foixl than ia required to maintain her she will not give anything in return. The cow keeps up the temperature of her body by burning the food which she consume.*, a fact which makes warm toe quarters an essential to success. It pays to make the cow as thoroughly com- fortable u possible, not only for the reasons named but because wben the quantity of milk eiveu ia once shrunk- en from a shortage of. or from a poor quality of feed, or & lack of shelter, it u reduced for the remaining portion of her period of lactation. Many a barn 1 could have been made warmer during tbe past winter by a little expenditure of inuney and muscle, and would have saved several dollars' worth of feed and milk during tbe winter. The dairyman who supplies neither en- silage or roota for his cows during the winter mana/es poorly, as there are no other foods which will take their plaoe for a milk cow. The demand fur the product at good price if a good qual- . ity is made need not be queslioi.ed There U always a demand for quod but- ter. Tbe price paid In winter u higher than that for the summer output, as it requires more grit, care and enter- prise to produce it at that season of tbe year. A clean, well-kept barn ia one of the first requisites. It is not possible to have tbe milk in first -class 'condition if tbe barn id filthy. Keep AB the <towrs come through the bars the stalls clean and make them comfort- able fir the cows by supplying them Saving the Pigs. ' with plenty of clean-bedding. Cleanli- Every spring on the larm there are P**^, mllkia " al * > important Milk certain pig* either not endowed with a ^ tl j $* 9U ^ I, fcTewItami fair share of physical vigor, or too num- ' ated by the offensive odor. Milk should ci .m brothers and sisters crowd them', no* be allowed to stand in the barn un- aslde. They grow weaker and weak- 1 " ter is completed. INVENTIONS AND PATENTS. Nssf Tlr That BU * tnTfe<l to l.ibir.-i lM>r*v Lah*r BoaUbulldlng patents number 1.216. There are 1,580 patented knitting- A 200-8TOH 1 be .srem engine ia covered by 8,237 patents. There are 1,523 different patented kinds of nails. There are 459 patenta covering mas- onry work. There are 2.388 different kind* of vel- ocipedes. The manufacture of gas ia covered by 3,06<) patents. Tbe manufacture of felt ia covered by 771 patenta. Patented machines for book-binding number 2.566. clock making ia encourag- MONSTER STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT IN NEWYORK. It Will >tr |e. DUO Omrr.- t trral < ll> I mlrr nr K.,.,1 Ifcr, - llmr. a High Tbere are 1,419 different appliances for drawing wire. There are 2.266 patents and models of sheet metal wire. There are 5.979 patent lock* and latches for doors and gates. There are 4.299 different kinds of aaws and sawing apparatus. Murr vm. A firm of architect* of New York have drawn plans (or tbe most tremend- ous building on earth, a structure 200 stories hijrh. A capitalist of that city submit ted the idea of this building to the ."inn. At first they regarded tbe idea as vision- ary. "Examine It carefully." said their client, "and make your report." The architect* did so. They concluded I that their part of t be work waa prac- tical and practicable; that a 200-story j building could be erected, provided the vast sum of money necessary to con- struct it was forthcoming. This huge pile will be called the King Building Its plan somewhat resembles | that of the Eiffel Tower, that wonder of ' the last Paris Exposition. But tbe . as there is always some odor in a barn needed to give it a fair start with its mutes. The most frequent method of caring er and die. or they become miserable j whifh it wiu ^5,^ to absorb. When Muiiied creatures, giving neither pleas- j milk leaves tbe barn untainted, a good ure nor profit to tbe owner. Whether t ? Urt - toward a gilt edge product has it paya to try to save those weak pigs depend on the comparative price of corn and pork, if it will not pay. they should be put out of the way at once. {el many a pig n killed or neglected hat U well worth tbe little trouble ON AN ICEBOAT. TW lacxswrlraece] a Tke>|hl Thsl ' ad Cei s i Hr.i on "It was on s large bay. The ice was new. and literally as smooth as glass ed pig requires a great deal of care, to say nothing of tbe chanoes against its living, when put entirely on artificial food. Try the following plan once and . aee if it is not an improvement on the ">ct pirf " Wb.it fanner's wife isn't enough interested in the stock to in- can readily detect the one that is im- posed upon by all the rest. Now, sup- pose jhe brines a cup of boiled milk and n, and slips it ' little at a tirn- moi her pigs are tame, or oiuht to be); a meal or two a day will help matters wonderfully, and there U uot an entire change of food or lack of needed warmth. The weak pig will soon be able to hold its own. and it will be by chance ifsutue other pig does not take its place and Ihe- food. ' the entire litter needs feed- ing if it i* large and the mother young. This is easily done by shutting the. sow away from them until tbe pix* are hunxrv. then with a pan of milk al- ways boiled and a spoon, feed tbm. It is awkward work at first but each one will get a little. Repeat twke a day. and in a week the little fellows will need n*> shutting up. but will tumble over each other in their haste to get to tbe pan. "*" worked in under it to make cracks, and the feel of the boat was more like nying tnM any thing I have known au>c * AU TOU "^^ beAr w the crack of the mast and the yiij-d as the puffs came harder, and as the ice skate cut ^ ^ ^ -^1 it chi*l- d out P urt o( brittle fragments that could be beard tinkling on the ice like broken glass. "W. were^omg exactly 58 mile, an hour, aa timed between two harbor buoys that were frozen in they being Uii , OQe ^j . najf ImJtJ4 apart-and there were a few people crossing the bsy. here and there, en foot. We bad the wind a little forward of abeam, and *"* h*<iin on the port tack for the clubhouse. But ahead of us, and to windward, a foot passenger was cross- ing. At first be was only a speck on the distant ice. Then you could see that tbe speck walked, and that it had moving !* Anolhe new minutes and we were neoring him. when two other *bosts were seen approaching with almuot the speed of lightning. I thought I could orwis ahead of them * n<1 9l ^' P* 8 * behind the pedestrian, but tbe other boats being on tbe starboard Points in Favor of Dairying. If it could be shown by figures how , many hundred ions of butter fat from originally pure milk is annually ma.de into grease, unfit for table or culinary ' use. many would probably be disposed to doubt the truth of the statement j writes Prof. J. N. Shepherd. The de- plorable feat ure of tbe caae is that this, butter fat waa, in its original pure con- ' dition, capable of being made into a! gilt edge product which would have top- ped tbe Elgin market instead of being transformed into a product fit only for lubricating purposes. It required just as many pounds of food, which was worth the same amount of money, to produce tbe original butter fat in tbe condition it came from the cow. There is great needs of better met hods. strict- er <-l4iilintvM In tbe work, and more intelligeuce and skill in the manage- ' nieni of tbe product. It is sometimes said that should all milk or butter fat be made into a gilt < edge product, tbe supply might be great- er t ban tbe demand. The advance of intelligent dairying baa been very great during the past few years, and fur every creamery, dairy and cheese fac- ' lory in the western states ten years' ago. there are now several; ami how is the demand? The only portion of the product for wbich there is little call U the inferior grades. The several branches of the- dairy bitsutvcw have de- vtdoped into industruw of considerable proportions. The con.su HUTS of lust- class dairy products have been pleased with tbe palatable products and have shown no disposition to complain of the priced charged. This class of con- sumers are always willing to pay a fair pine for flrat-osaai quality, vsith t he dairy cow ha-s come tin- extensive use of clover as a forage crop, and worn-- out farms have bven rejuvenated and made lo yield fair crops, while UW-HM in l.inds have been greatly benefited. But- ler and cbeean are concentrated pro- ducts, and ton of eiiiK-r .-dupixxl from tin- i arm m MILS that only a .-uiall quan- tity of fertilizing iitalerial ha.^ leli it wlule MM ton of t his roiicein rated pro- duel bring* back from t In.- ' i\ hund- red dollars ti> the farmer. The dairy cow manufactured the rough feeds of t be farm into the concentrated product butter fat, and at the .same nine re- j turns nearly all of the fertilizing ma- { terial conlautedin the food to Mie i um The need of many of tin- common farmer-, is bettor methods of eating for tnir milk and butler, and better met li- nts of feeding and caring for their cows. A now cannot be che-U-.l; she will not for nothing, and she al- lightning, and sa I dared not at that doing, though the second one forced my course till I was flying straight for the {oot passenger. He was then only a short distance ahead, and had taken to ,_,,, ,,. , the wrong direction ami then fell down in tbe course I hoped ti> be able to take. . gay 87 feet a second, and I felt myself sicken as I saw him fall. I dared not try to bear away, for tear {* ** ^-J- {g^ took a frightfully sharp curve thai sent two of the crew spinning out over the ^ t, ^ likl tSS^ % ^- (o , jn<> uu up ^ ,, ew past sonM . tnil j g black on the ice. and then, as the boat bad reached into the wind, I looked back the ice. and two feet ahead of him lay something round and black, that be- longed to him, but was not separated from him. and I cried aloud: "My God, 1 have cut his bead off!" "It was a dreadful feeling. 1 couldn't stir. Of what further use was I to b'".i t "And then I saw the figure move. It stretched along the ice. And in the dis- tance I saw an arm reach forward and seize the detached head and put il back in place. U was tbe man's fur cap tbe iceboat had tilled on. When be had fallen this had been thrown ahead of him a couple of feet, and mighty glad I was to give him the price of a new one i<> call it square. We measured the distance to find out how far the two fellows were thrown who went over the MI|.- at the time of tbe sharp curve. \\ i paced n off from the line cut by t he lee skate, and found t hey had been spun along tbe smooth surface 280 feet almost 100 yards." One Six -year-old Eric found it dull work playinrf football all alone. Why shouldn't moMier play, loo I There she was, si Min,: sowing in ihe drawir.u noiii window. vl "' her. come out and have a game c.t i. mi l>atl wit h me ! Can't play, dear lioy. That's the worst of having a woman for a mother! Eric scornfully remark- ed as he at rut led off. Th - it<spfiil Slinrwn Slippers play an important part in the life of almost every man. In childhood they are laid on him ; in manhood, .iu.si ,,iu-r he has been married, they are thniwn after him. and for a consider. aide part of the rest of his life t 1 mide.r hii'i Patent* on explosives have Iwen issued to the number of 500. The builders of tall bouses have 1.639 elevators to choose from. Papier mach? goods have been patent- ed to the numlwr of 3.381. Of air and gas engines 1.025 different I varieties have been patented. Cannons, guns, pistols and projectiles are projected by 268 paten IA. One thousand and ninety patents have been Lsmied for paving. For the propulsion of steamships 1.583 appliance* have been patented There are 2,298 different contrivances for the purpose of spinning thread. Knives, forks and spoons are protect- . ed by patents to the number of 2,103. I There are patent* for scrubbing brush- , ea and brooms to tbe number of 3.184. ' There are over 50.000 patents which | in one way or another benefit the farm- I er There are 4.854 patents for the man- ufacture of furniture other than chair*. { There are 1.351 patents wbich may be employed in the manufacture of glass. Kitchen ware, exclusive of stoves and ranges, is protected by 1.747 patents. I Patent needles and oins are made to the number of 175 different varieties. There are 636 patent fuels or methods of preparing wo.>d. coal and coke for use. The manufacture of sugar and salt is carried on by the aid of 2.401 inven- tion*. Tbe necessity of preparing tobacco for th consumer ha* developed 2.J74 pa- tents. Ib-re are 3.307 patents for machinery | or processes employed in papor-making. The implements and materials used in building* are protected by 7,792 pa- tents. Trunks, valises and baggage contriv- ances generally are protected by 1.333 patent*. Over 16.000 patents bare been issued for tbe various kinds of electrical ap- pliances. There are 1.771 patent* on tbe me- chanism employed in sinking artesian or cil well*. Tbe builder has a choice of 596 pa- I tent oranen or derricks with which to do bis work. Then- are 1.549 machines or devices I for the manufacture of cordage, twine and string The manufacture of stationery may i carried on by tb* aid of 4.532 patented machine*. There have been 3.717 patent* issued for devices or machines employed by tbe carpenter. There are 2.487 different varieties of fire escapes and ladders to be used in emergencies. Soda water and other cooling tiever- agw*- Are manufactured according to 278 patented method*. The fisherman has at hi* command 2.667 patented devices tor attracting or capturing the finny tribe. The numlr of patent medicines is not so great as might be supposed, there (wing only 1.332 in the report*. Harness-making baa received the ear- lie*.: V tent ion of the inventor, there being ''.400 patents In this line. The erection of fire-proof Imildings is encouraged hy l.V> paten's, taken out for material or methods. Butler-making i encouraged by 4, 135 patents either on device* employed or methods of manufacture. Woodworking tools have developed 4.235 patents, of which one is an auger w hich boras a square hole. The art of printing LS covered by 5,833 paUMits. eiMwr of machines or spe- cial devices employed In Ihe work. The inventors of artificial stone and the manufacture, of lime and cement have taken out 1,159 patents. high as the Eiffel Tower and it* si ruction presents vastly greater diffi- culties. The structure will occupy one large city block. It will, of courae, be built of steel, just as the buildings that are now considered tall are built of steel. THE FRAMEWORK of these buildings U like that of a bridge. Tbe bridge is placed on end and surrounded by an outer wall of stone or granite. In the 200-story building tbe bridge will be longer, that's all. The King building will nave 120.000 square feet of space on each floor; 24,- ODO.OOO square feet of space on tbe 200 It will contain 100.000 separate offices and suitea. It will accommodate t to first Electricity in Rolling Mills. The electric motor has invaded tbe rolling mill.*, and in one a motor ron- iiei-Uvl directly to the rolls. This ma- chine has li.-vn built to reverse eve:y ivn S-,.II.LS. A' the Carnegie Steel Works, at Homestead, Pa., motors op- erate small bn^jtie,, which carry tbe biK billi-t.s fn>m the heatiuc furnace to tbe rolls. l'o iroiors are places) on each buggy, one operating the buggy ihe oih.-r drivin,' rll* on the bu^gv. to place the billets on the transfer table carrying them to the Larrfe shading nll*. This buggy is operated ei,tirvl> fnim a di'tunce. onrraBl bi-i'u I'd ( the 11.0 or* by mean* of swinging cables. A grel relief !.- felt in certain Kng- ILsh circles at the denial mi!- '% Lord RMlry that be is writing a iili'ic;il novel. WhiMi the rumor that h- as iinliilxniv' in nvalistic fit-lion i- i \ciit 'o hi^ I'M" n routfhl. fef'limjs firsi :-d viv'ie. a iiioHl many |x>ople in Kmiland wondeicd if hi.s slmfts of ssr- casm would I'l-m-l ; '-i.<u-- Hoseiwry b>vs deferred bis revenge, how - ever. structure was: "How will people reach tbe upper stories?" The answer UK "By electric eleva- tors." Frank J. Sprague is a pioneer in the construction of electric railways and of electric paweniter elevators. Mr. menl in the construction of electric elevators will keep pace with any pos- sible progress in architecture and build- ing Manufacturers of passenger eleva- tors have been consulted. They are posi- tive that it will be as easy to build elevators in a 2M)-sUjry building as in a 20-story building. In the King building there will be express elevators and way elevators. The express elevators will stop, say st the twenty-fifth, fiftieth. seventy-fifth. one hundredth floors, and so on to tbe to|> story It has been calculated thai the express elevators will make t,he journey the word "trip" scarcely de- scribes U will make tbe journey from basement to roof in TWO AND A-HALK MIM.TES Tbe way elevators will stop at each story where passengers await them, making an ordinary journey in 10 min- utes. There will be st least fifty ele- vators It is ..he purpose Of the projectors of the building to gather on its commo- dious floors 200 distinct communities of business men. On one floor will be the jewellers, on another tbe hardware deal- ers, on another ID harness makers. and so on. S> > lie conduct of ttreat interests will be simplified and more work can be done in that building in four hours than can be accomplished cine where in an ordinary work day of eight or ten hours. In tbe building will be retail clothing stores, haberdashers' shops. barber shops, restaurants, a physician's office and a drug store. In fact, it will be a city under a roof. It ie proposed to lay out that vast roof as a garden ui summer and to inclose it in glass in winter. It i also expected that some invaluable meteorological know- ledge will be obtained by means of the ob- servations taken by the L'nited States Signal Service at such s tremendous height The King building will be. in fact, tbe highest type of present day develop- ment in architecture. It will be tbe first of the mighty, fire-proof struc- tures that within the next twenty years will rear their beads in New York be- low Twenty-third street. In tbe plans it has been del rmiii- ed that the thickness of the lower walls of the buildiry will be nearly si \tuen feet, gradually diminishing towai " the upper stories. OVERWORKED HIS HEART. And Would Have Been a Dead Man but for Dr. Agnew's Cur* for the Heart. The whole trend of present day living is in tbo direction of the grave. When- our fathers lived so that they might prolong lift 4 , the people of the present day live so that they may shorten it Ii is all hurry-burry aint the result i- that a large percent age of t ho men ami women on the stage of life to-day are o\ei working what at any time, and un iler any ciM-iiinstaiifes. LH the hardest worked organ of the l>o.ly the heart. So long as i>eo|ilt> u ill periisi in met hiMJ, the bext thing they oan Jo is t- keep a remedy like )r .Vgnew's Cure for the heart, close by. This reine<l\ in a heart remedy only, but is almost miraculous in its effects. In all cases nl organic or -vmpai liei ic heat' ,i relief i- secured \\i: hiu thirty minutes. and there are score-, and hundreds of people m Canada who testify that hail it not beeu for the. prompt use of this medicine they would have been in th'ir graves ic-.l.n Sold i>> W. K. Richardson. Sir \rihur Sullivan had a in >st utt- pleasant exiHTMMioe w livn hf wt-in u Berlin txnvni ly in Mijieiiniend il ilm-i ion of ' Iv:inli.ie." (hi.- I , )oiirn.il itsjc.'.l. "Whit is this for . 'l.>iiv 'ini'inx ILS.'" and. as ' tint wi-i" i ' 'leMTik-aMe e tiirui was raised iiecauae, firsi.'th. I- of r. uiiioo " i.* a and. .-v.vi-vnd. 01 "in. I ih.i, Sii \r< bur d ... ,, s ^ere uaiued, uot Su-llitan, Uut Tired but Sleepless Is a condition which gradually w*Mt away ths itreugtu. Lst the blood b pur Lied nd orieuad by Hood's Sa Biiparilia and this condition will esase. " For two of three yean I was subject to poor spells. I slwayt felt Ursd, could not sissy at night sod ths lltUe I could sal did not do DM say good. I read sbool Hood's SansparUla sod decided to try tt. Before I had tnlshed two bottle* I bufaa to feel better and in a ihort time I fett all right and bad gained U pouads la weight. I am stronger and healthier than I have ever been in my life." JOBS W. OocaHLJS, Wslliceborg, Ontario. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently In the public eye today. Be are to get Hood's and only Hood's Ds not b Induced to bay and other. HooU's'Pills SKaKW FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS. DUNNS BAKING POWDER THECOOK'SBESTFPIEND LAROEST SALE IN CANADA. BISHOP. KKCTOR AND CURATE. These) Three Beolaalaatlcs Have Bach Spoken Cordial Words in Favor of Dr. AgueWs Oatarrhal Powder. One of the most cordial endorsements of the curative powers of Dr. Agnew 's Cattarrbsl Powder has come fruui the Bishop of Toronto. But be has not stood alone in bis praise of this medi- cine He was followed by men like tb* Rev. John Langtry. ami tbe Rev W. FT Wade, rector of the Church of the seen.- 1. n Hamilton, chit., and faring into line with the Rev W R Wil- liam*. Mr. Langtrv's popular curst*. tbe Rev U B. Uwynne. assistant pastor of St Peter's Church. Hamilton, has been of tbe latest to endorse this won- derful remedy. It never fails, and is so quick, in case of cold in ths head and ca- tarrh, and is the current panacea for Hay Fever. Sample bottle and blower seat on receipt of two .Went stamps. IH-tchon. t4 Church Si . Toronto Sold by W. E. Richardson. An Oil for Bicycle Lamps. A bicycle expert gives the following formula as a well-tried oil mixture for lamps: Kill two-thirds of a pint bottle with tbe best lard oil. and the balance with bead light .si Add m piece of /urn camphor about t be mz- of a small eg; it should be broken up fine, so as to dissolve more easily. This gives m nice white ligbt. diws not char the wick ami will not jolt out. More About the Great Remedy Which Relieves Rheumatism In a Pew Hour* and Cures In On* to Thre* DOTS. William McKen/ie. E.iq . of the G T. tt.. Thamesville, Ont. : "About two years t was completely laid up with the rheumatism and called in our family I hy ictan who attended me for werks without benefit. At last I secured a bottle of South American Rheumatic Cure, and obtained relief in a few hours. Two bottles enabled me to resume work. 1- i- the quickest acting remedy in tbe market, as one dose convinces of its worth, by W. E. Richardson. Venezuela's President. President Cre^"'. of Venezuela. U a tall, heavy man. with a countenan. vealing fonv in I tU'terniin.iMim. He i/ \ :ih*>iii!ioii. ami generally <m". c,i bed at H oV|o<-k it> the t-veniu* He ia in thf ha'Hi of MuniiioiiiiiK his Ministers to him i' ^i.nr!-.' !! i- find ol . .1" le r.iiii-hiiirf. :uid o us a large nujnl) ( -i i , rv~ ni-i 1 ir fnnii the VtfjaraasM I'.ipl- il. !! i- i t [ 'tan. VITAL TO 1'KM'KCT 11EALTH (in Doubt Use South Ami-clean Kidney Cure. The average man or woman cannot trifle with t bai slight pain in the back. that mav bo though 1 >nU i refill of dd. M.TI- than likely it is t h-> warn- - unit- ili.u kidney t rouhU ha" takvn ..old of I he system. It i*sm,pl> iiuaz- ing the i-xii'iit tn which kidney disease is common in Cu.naua. Tbe \>is.' m in ill tak,' lime hy the forelock. :ll) 1 in - t h American Kulney Cure drive the disiMse from the lystem in iis m. ipi -n! ^iages. Fortunately, if it is too liil- I i do this, this riMiiedv is iiioii.; n."ii(>i to h.iltle with the worst > i -?. It U an : _ r in loiim only one llnnx bir in,, i: ;; -ioiil-h Ani-ru-.in Knino . i< a kidney cure. It doi.s nol ,n o ho I claims, bin n > mher remedy , in '',; Sold by W. K. Richirdsou.