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IETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA,
SECURES DRY FARM
ING CONGRESS
FOR 1912.
Tho term, "dry farming" does not
Indicate all that might bo Implied. It
fioea not mean a syatcm of Irrigation,
tut ono where- nil tho rain fall and
precipitation la stored up and con
served lu tho boII, to bo drawn upon
fcy scientific arid sano processes when
It may bo required to forward and In
crease tho growth of grain.
Tn cortaln sections of tho Canadian
.West as woll as in tho American
.West, thero 1b a portion of tho coun
try In which tho coll Is tho very best
tor tho growing of corcals, but tho
geographical locations and relative
position to tho rain avenuos, do not
fctvA the advantage that other parts
possess in tho matter of precipitation.
Agricultural sclenco, however, has
been making rapid progress during
tho past fow years, and it is now as
eertalnod that It is not altogether ths
faumber of inches of rain that Is es
sential to tho growing of crops, but
Its conservation, and that is tho
faeaning of "Dry farming." "Dry
Farming" may woll bo applied to dis
tricts whero thcro Is a heavy rain fall
and better results will follow. Tho
education of tho publlo Into thc30 new
tnctbods, oot now exactly, but such
as havo had satisfactory demonstra
tion. Is not nlono tho purposo of these
dry-farming Congresses. Ono idea la
to bring Into life and into operation
tho great areas of splendid land lying
within what might b termed soml
arid, without placing them undor tho
restrictive and ezpanslvo process of
Irrigation. J
Tho Congresses aro attended by
thousands and thoy bring representa
tives from all parts of tlw world. Tho
Provinco of Alberta, and also of Sas
katchewan, has taken a vital interest
In tho Congresses which hnvo been
bcld In tho past two or threo years.
Tho Province of Alberta has mado
provincial exhibits, districts have
hown their products, and last yar,
several hundred dollars wcro taken In
prizes; this year tho Provinco of Al
berta took prizes ten to ono in excess
jbf any stato in tho Union. Alberta I
lias won eight out of twenty special
fcupa, that provinco taking ono, Loth- j
5 v B7 r . ' . u , April tho Cunardor Caronla, four
STohn Baxter. Edmonton, carrying off hour8 out from Queonrtown nnd buclc.
ono sweepstakes When It camo to , ng down to , ht, ,mrd Work
"" lu0Cnl?n f, thT SPW i gainst tho northwesterly gale,
L, ?9!Vb0 ,t7 f ,hrd,B' shipped n sea. It was not much of a
jvhlch had put up a splendid fight for , Beam0rely ft playful slap of a wave
secured the Congress by a unanl. u broko ngnJnBtho BtttuncU biack
?..T?t0'Ik "l J" u,etsMo and glanced upward In a shower
ltbbrldgo Congress will bo tho larg. of Bpray, spattering liberally a soli
et yet bold and will be tho biggest t passenger who had been show
convention In tho history of Wealera ,Dg onoBh ,ntcrc8t ,n tho wcatherto
Canada. In emphasizing his Invlta- rcmnln on (cck ,mU1 that ,mrtIcuiar
tlon to "Lethbrldgo, ono of tho speak-1 momcnt( Apparently undlsconcerted
era said he bad Just received a tolo-, by tho miflndvcnturc ho Bhook hlmsolf
-STSEi frC"l Msrth nar Lethbrldgo) a iausjCji - zau c,t. j-.-t.
gating that of on thousand acres of found a handkorchlof aTd"moppedh7i
wneai jusi mraBnea tictnersnaw ana
f radshaw had thiashed 47,000 bush-
ftu.
Literature sent out recently by the
Canadian Government Agents, which
rill bo sent postago free on appllca
,lon, tolls of hundreds of splendid
jrlelds In all parts of Western Canada.
Pantomime Code.
ijouivs x. nuiun ui wu utiu ui i tun-1
Tior & Fields woro a flowing beard,
as many men of his tlmo did. Ho was
scrupulous in tho caro of it, and in
the main manago'd It at tho table
with skill.
His wife was always on watch for
him, too, when thoy wont out to dln
iter together. Thoy had a pantomime
codo and a fow expressive spoken sig
nals, Should a broad crumb catch In
the floss Mrs. Fields would say:
''My dear, Uioro's a gazello In tho
garden."
Unwritten Law.
According to th Standard Diction
ary, tho unwritten law Is a rule or
cuBtom established by general usago,
etc." The unwritten law, as tho term
reccntiy has come Into uso, Is tho as
umed or supposed right of a person
to punish oven with doath tho author
-of a gross, wrong committed ngalnst a
membor of hlB family. Courts do not
countenanco It, but Justices frequently
act upon It, and sovernl Instances
fcave occurred within recent years In
which persona accused of homicide
havo been acquitted.
Shrewd Vote Getter.
Up in Oregon Mrs. Abigail Scott
Dunway, a loader in tho oqual bui
frago movoment, was run down by
an.czprcH3 wncon in tqo. .sttpet, and ;
crowd surrounded hor. Sho was un
uUrtssd ss the dust-rrss brushed c2
her clothes tho express driver nsked
anxiously if sho would mako him
trouble. "No," sho answered, "thero
will bo no troublo if you mon all
tu'omlso to TOto for woman Buflrage."
To Be Sure.
"T onlr why It In that show IrlH
look down on ordinary chorus girls."
"Well, rcThapB ono reason why they
do so Is that thoy are nearly always
tailor."
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The ChlciiRo Firo could havo been pre
vented Mith, one pull of water, but tho
water vas not handy. Keep a bottlo of
Hamlin Win.nl Oil handy and prevent
the flcry pains of Inflammation.
Ancients Used Lightning Rods.
As early aB 400 B. C. tho nnclcnts
had observed that lton rods had tho
power to avert lightning.
Tho miaorablcst day wo llvo there's
many a better thing to do than dying.
Dnrley,
Mrs. Wluitlow'a Soothing Brop for Children
teething, softens tbe sums, rvdace laOamma
Uca, allAn patn, cures wlud collo, SJo a bottle.
A mouse is afraid of a ruan, a man
Is afraid of a woman! a woman Is
afraid of a mouse and there you aro.
Dr. rierce'n Pellets, small, Kugar-coateil,
ey to take a candy, regulate and invigor
ate tomacb, liver and bowel. Do not pipe.
Irrigation projects are rocolying tno
nerlous attentlpn of tho government
ef Brazil, w
, -
"Mechanical kisses ore the kind wow
vaglre each other,
e DDONZ
ZLOUIS JOSEPH YANeB
AUTHOR OF "THE BRASS BOWI ' ETC.
DDMi9nnwfliDcis by dmst moarEoo
GQPYfllCHT BY LOU3 tOSCPH VAHCt
SYNOPSIS.
David Amber, starting for n duck-nhoot-lnr
-visit with his frlond, Qunln, comes up
on a young lady equestrian who has liecn
dismounted by her horso becoming fright
enpd At tho sudden appearance In tho road
of a burly Hindu. Ho declare ho Is
Dcharl lal Chatter'l, "Tho appointed
mouthpiece of tho Bell," addresses Amber
as a man of high rank and pressing ft
mysterious llttlo bronzo box, "Tho To
ken," Into his hand, dlsappoars In tho
UmiX TM r: calls Amber br nirn
Ho In turn addresses her as Miss Sophia
Knrrell, daughter of Col Farrell of the
British diplomatic service- In India and
vlsltlnsr tho Qualn.i. fioveral nights later
tho Quoin homo Is burglarl7cd and tho
bronze box stolen. Amber and Qualn go
nuntlng on an Island and become lost nnu
Ambor Is loft marooned, IIo wanderrt
about. Anally reaches a cabin and rec
ognizes as Its occununt an old f 'end
named uutton, whom ho last mot In nc
Innd. and who appears to bo In hiding.
When Miss l'arrell Is mentioned Uutton Is
strangely asltatod. ChattcrJI appears
and summons Hut ton to a meeting of a
mysterious body. Button seizes a revol
ver and dashes aftor ChattcrJI. Ho re
turns wildly excited, says ho has killed
tho Hindu, take poison, and when dying
ftska Ambor to go to India on a mystcrli
ous errand, Ambor decides to leavo at
onco for India. On tho way ho sands a
letter to Mr. labertoucho, a sclontino
friend In Calcutta, by a quicker route.
Upon arriving ho finds a notn awaiting
him. It directs Ambor to meet his friend
at a certain placo. Tho latter tolls him
ho knows his mission Is to got Mlsi Fnr
rell out of tho country. Amber attempts
to dispose of tho Token to a money-lender.
Is mistaken for Button and barely
esrape being mobbed. A mewago from
Labertoucho causes him to start for mr
Joollng; on tho way he meets MIb
Fnrrell, and at their lourncy's end asks
her to becomo his wife, A Hindu con
ducts Ambor to a secret placo, and into tho
presence of a beautiful woman who mis
takes him for Button. Iyiter Amber Is
drugged The Hindus plot rebellion, and
at Lnbcrtouche'fl Instigation Amber re
turns to the woman Nnralnl to disco vor
tho secret of tho conspiracy. Ho learns
they would mako him their king, and Is
found facing a deadly cobra In tho Test
of Death when rescued by kabcrtoucho
and his friends. Nnralnl attacks Amber
with a dagger and ha falls. After long
dollrlum he recovers to And Bophla at his
sldo confessing hor lovo.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Final Incarnation.
About llvo o'clock of an evening In
faco with It, then, with a final an-,
proving survey of tho lowering nnd
belligerent canopy of wind-cloud that
overhung tho tortured ocean, per
mitted hlmsolf to bo blown aft to tho
door of tho first-cabin smoking room.
Opening thiB by main strength, ho en
tered. The galo Haved him tho bother
of closing IL
Removing his raincoat and cap and
depositing them on a convenient chnir,
ho glnnced round tho room and dis
covered that he shared It with n iiln
glo pnssongcr, who was placidly ex
hausting tho virtues of an oxccllont
clgarotto. Upon this gentlomnn tho
newcomer brat a regard steadfast and
qucstjoning, but after returning It
casually tho smoker paid him no fur
ther attention Dissatisfied, tho other
moved toward him, and tho dock
slanted Riwldonly nnd obligingly the
cotter to accolernto his progress, so
thnt ho brought up with a lurch In tho
sent next tho smokor. Tho latter
raised tho eyebrowB of surprlso nnd
hopod that tho gentleman had not
hurt himself.
"I didn't, thank you, Mr. David Am
ber." Mr. David Ambor lookod tho gentle
man over with heightened interest.
"You'vo tho ndvantago of mo, sir,"
Amber summed up the result of his
scrutiny.
"It's not tho first tlmo," assorted tho
other, with an nrgumcntatlvo shako of
his head.
"Nok)?" Light leaped In Amber's
eyes. "Labortouchol"
"Surprised you, oh?" The English
man grinned with pleasure, pumping
Amber's arm cordially. "I don't mind
owning that I monnt to."
"Wull, considering that this Is posi
tively your first appearance as your
solt on tho stago of my llfo. you don't
dosorvo any credit for being able to
docolvo mo. Whon ono gets accustom
od to remembering you only as a na
tive gonerally as a'babu In dirty pink
satin ... Do you know, I mado
all sorts of enquiries aftor you, but
thoy told me, In response to my wlros
to Calcutta, that you'd dropped out of
tho world putlroly. I had bexim to
fear that thoso damned natives must
have got you, after nil, and that I'd
never soo you again."
"I'd almost given up hopo of ovor
Booing myself again," said Laber
toucho drily.
"But why didn't you?"
"Business, dear boy, business. . .
. I was needed for sovoral days In
tho neighborhood of Knthlapur."
"It scorns as though I'd waited bov
eral yeats for nows of Kathlapur. Tho
paporB "
"Thero aro a good many things
that happen In India thnt fall to got
Into tho nowspapors, Ambor. It wasn't
thought necessary to ndvlso tho world,
including Russia, that half tho nntlvo
potentates In Hindustan had been
caught In tho act at lotting tho Sec
Couldn't Serve
How the Little St. Paul Girl Under-
otood the Bible Admonition About
Two Masters,
Tho weekly lesson In Sunday school
dealt with tho corrupting Influence ot
luxury and worldUncss, and tho gold
en, text was a well known sentence that
tho superintendent wished all tbo cull
iron to remember.
v 8iw
ond Mutiny looso upon India." A net
work of flno wrinkles appeared about
lils eyes as ho smiled enjoyment of
what ho seemed to consider a
memorable Joke.
"Qo on," pleaded Amber.
"Knthlnpur was a sort of mousetrap;
tho brutes camo out bv two and
threes, Just as I said they would, for
tho bettor part of threo days. It was
IHir KiirrntHlor or starve with them,
and after live-sixths of them had
elected not to starvo wo turned a
couplo of companies of Tommies
Into tho place, and I don't bollevo they
loft unturned a stono big enough to
hldo a rabbit. Ono by ono tlioy rout
ed 'cm out and booted 'em down to us.
Mcanwhllo wo had rushed enough
troops to Ktittarpur to keep tholr tails
quid."
"And Sallg Singh and Nnralnl?"
"Sallg Singh, It turned out, wns tho
chap that got bayoneted in tho tama
risks. NarainI managed somehow to
.steal away tho next night, under the
noses of any number of sentries; beau
ty such as hers would bribe her way
out of hell, I think. What became of
her I don't know, but I can prophesy
that Bho won't live long. Sho was
rather too advanced In hor views, for
India somo centuries ahead of her
raco. Sho and Sallg Singh had it all
planned, you know; his wns tho master-mind,
herp tho motive-power. Thoy
wcro to crown you, instead of Salle's
son, tho next day In tho namo of Hor
Dyal Rutton; and then you woro U
"Davidl"
die suddenly by virtue of homp poison
or somo other contagious disease, nnd
Sallg was to step into your shoes as
Utiipeior or Hindustan, with Nnralnl
as his Empress. . . . Sho should
havo stayed homo and been a suffra
gotto." "Better for hor," said Amber. "Of
courso 1'vo found out about hor, from
Farroll. It seems that sho wns
bi ought up In England, with Sophia,
and ulwnys glvon to bollevo sho was
his own daughter, but sho was n wild
thing and hard to handle. Ono day
sho found out about her parentage
how. It's not known, but Farroll sus
pects that tho men who wero hounding
Rutton got Into communication with
her. At all ovonts, sho brooded ovor
tho thing, nnd when, flvo yenrs or so
ago, Mrs. Fnrroll died and tho colonol
Bent for Sophia to Join him In India,
Kaialnl ell, she robelHl Hh ro
fnfd to let hor leavo England, and
she finally toolc tho bit In hor tooth
nnd ran away vanished nnd was
nover hoard of again until Sophia rec
ognized her in Kathlapur."
"I myself can fill In tho gap," Labor
toucho voluntoored. "Sho Joined somo
of Snllg's undorllngs in Paris nnd
went thence direct to Khandawar, as
suming tho namo of ono of the old
qnoons who bad elected opportunely
to dlo. . . Queer coso singular in
stance of reversion to typo."
"A mighty distressing ono to tho old
colonol; you know Rutton itopt re
ligiously to his promlso not to sco the
child after he'd glvon hor Into Far
roll's caro. Farrcll lost all track of
him and was unable to communlcato
with him, of courso, whon Nnralnl
choso to strlko out for hersolf, . . .
Ono thing has always puzzled mo; tho
girl called mo by hor father's namo,
pretending to rocognlzo mo ns her
husband; you can't reconcile such
conduct."
"You can, easily enough beg par
don, my dear fellow. Neither Bho nor
Sallg Singh was for an Instant do-
Mamma, Too
nnd tho superintendent, mounting tho
platform for a flnul review of tho les
son, when tho school assembled for
closing exorcises, was sure of a pleas
ant response from his pupils.
"Who," ho begun, "can ropoat tho
goldon toxt?"
A scoro of hands woro ralsod, nnd
tho superintendent choso a bright in
itio girl "with 'bluo eyes, a well-bred,
vuu-uuavca muo gin, rroin a weu-to-
mil If T T , 1)11 T fin Ini lul )) i i
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eclvca. Uut tialls had to H-Hver tu
a liar Dyal Uutton to the Council, so
Nnralnl was sot to seduce you. Their
plans only required that you should
bo madly Infntuatrd with hor for a
couplo of days; aftor that . . ."
Labertoucho turned down his thumb
significantly. "1 fancy there must
havo l(Cou it family secret or tradition,
handed down from father to sou In tho
Rutton line, that somo day ono of tho
family would be called upon o rnlso
the standard of tho Second Mutiny.
Thnt will explain why liar Dyal But
ton, a Gentleman of parts and culti
vation, dnrod not llvo In India, and
why bocauso ho was sworn to keep
tho secret he laid stress on tho con
dition that you woro not to mention
his name."
"Still, ho gavo mo permission to talk
to Dhola Baksh."
"True; but it seems that Dhola
Baksh had been his confidential body
servant In Kuttnrpur; during his too
brief reign, Rutton thought ho would
be ublw to liolp you, and kner tht h
would bo loyal to his master's mom
ory."
"Finally, what about that photo
graph?" "You'vo Sallg Singh to thank for
Its return, I fancy. I had nothing to
do with It. But they were bent on
luring you to NaralnPs bower, and
they ilgured that after receiving It
you'd go anywhere to meet tho man
who roturncd It. By tho way, whero'a
Ram Nath?"
"He's staying In England as body,
servant to Colonel Fnrrcll."
"He's well off, so; his sphero of use
fulness in India was at mi end. So,
In fact, was mine. That's why I'm
hero on Indoflrilto leavo of absence.
Ono or two things grow out of tho
affair of the Gateway to make mo a
person of Interest to tho natives, and
when that happens In India It's Just as
well for tho interesting person to
pack up and get thenco with all pos
Blblo expedition. It's too bad; I was
really doing somo good work thero.
Woll . . . ! When tho East gets
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j (vHil wTi
She Said.
Into n fellow's blood, bo's a hopeless,
tncurablo caao; I shall go back, I prc
su'mo, somo day. If tho big troublo
coraos In my lifetime and I think it
will; como It will unquestionably,
soon or late I shan't bo able to keep
awny, you know." Ho glanced at his
watch and rose. "Tlmo to dress for
dinner," sold he; and ns they woro
moving to tho door, ho added: "What
ever bocamo of that omorald ring, Am
ber?" "Tho Eyo?" Amber lnughcd. "Woll
It was silly enough; but women aro
superstitious, you know Sophia
dropped it overboard one day na we
wero coming through tho Mediterran
ean, alio, snui sno was , airalu of
It . . . and I don't know but I
sympathize with her."
"I'm cortaln I do. And yet, n your
case, it was tho means of Introducing
you. wasn't It? , . , But thcrol
It's been on tho tip of my tongue a
dozen times to usk, but other tilings
got In tho way. . . . How is Mrs.
Amber?"
"You Bhall see for yoursolf," said
Amber, "whon we moot for dinner."
THE END.
For Pantry Shelves.
Tho shelves In tho pantry often
mean a great denl of scrubbing. Thl3
need not bo bo if tho eholvcs aro cov
ered with v,hito oilsloth, such nB Is
used for tables. Cut tho oilcloth In
long strips about threo Inches wider
than tho shelves. Mako ,flour paste,
and with It stick tho oilcloth on tho
shelves, covering tho front edge and
pasting It underneath, and lotting the
oilcloth como up about nn Inch against
tho wall at tho back. Shelves covered
with oilcloth will koop tidy for years,
and only need wiping ovor with a
cloth and warm water to clean them.
The Open Market,
If you havo a confession to make,
soil It to a magazine. Atchison
Globe.
do and "particular" family, to ropoat
tho t.oxt to him.
"Woll, Dorothy," ho said, "you may
toll It to us. Stand up bo wo can all
hour you."
Dorothy stood up, in the prctt!ac3s.
of her best dross and tho daintiness
ot hor hair ribbons.
"You ennnot," sho said, distinctly.
"You cannot Bervo God and mnmmo."
Hardened stool dies nro produced by
electrolytic etching In a recctUy pat
ented Qevmau process.
TARM AND
ROAD
IMPR0VOICNT
IMPROVED ROADS IN AMERICA
Somo Startling Facts Given Regard
ing Unimproved Thoroughfares
In the United States.
Thero aro In tho United States a
llttlo moro than two million ono hun
dred and fifty thousand miles of
roads. Of this mllcago only one hun
flrd and soronty-slz thousand, four
hundred and twenty-nlno miles aro
Improved, or eight and two-tenths por
cent of tho total, according to statis
tics gathered by tho government office
of publlo roads. Tho Improved roads
aro those surfaced with gravel, stono,
or with somo special material.
Tho most striking feature of tlieso
statistics Is tho enormous extent of
unimproved roads In tho United
States. An expenditure of something
like 53,000,000,000 would bo required
to convert tho common earth roada
King Road Drag.
of tho country Into oven good gravel
roads. That this Is desirable fow will
gainsay, and that It Is becoming nec
essary under modern conditions and
tho relations now existing between
producer and consumer Is 'also qulto
generally admitted. Tho Increased cost
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att Immense tax upon the farmer and
those who purchase his products, and
is a restriction on tho crons which
I can bo raised and moved in certain
localities.
Tho Interstato Commorco commis
sion finds that two hundred and sixty
five million tons of agricultural, forest
and miscellaneous products of tho
'land aro haulod to depots for ship
ment in the courso of a "year. Figured
on a ba3ln of tho averago haul at tho
lowest average rate ovor unimproved
roads, 23 cents per ton per mile, the
cost would be four-hundred-thirty-two
millions, four hundred thousand
dollars. If tho hauling could be re
duced to one-half the present average
or llc a ton, the resultant saving
would exceed $200,000,000 a year.
That such a saving Is reasonable is
Indicated by tho experiences in other
countries and in localities whero im
proved roads are found. Tho cost of
hauling on such Improved roads Is
placed at from 8 to 10 cents per ton.
The introduction of wlso and equit
able road laws and good business
management would. It Is estimated,
save forty million dollars moro in the
administration of tho country's roads
or leavo It for some other use.
ARTICHOKE FOR THE TABLE
Vegetable Can Be Grown In Almost
Any Garden and Makes Most De
licious Change in tho Dishes.
Tho artichoke, which can bo grown
In almost any garden, makes n de
licious change in tho vegetable dishes
for the table. Tho plant is perennial,
but declines rapidly, and should bo
reset every three years.
It Is propagated from seed, and tho
suckers aro set out, producing edlblo
heads tho second year. Tho heads
uro from threo to four Inches in dl-
Artichoke.
nmotor, and aro ready to cut for tho
tablo Just beforo they open.
For pickling, tho heads are often
taken whon about half grown. Tho
leaves aro somotlmes blanched and
eaten, nnd these form the salad plants
which aro seen on tho markot
Motor-Driven Road Maker.
Washington has turned out an au
tomobile road maker, or In reality a
traction ongino made to haul a seven
foot road scraper capable" of turning
over tho road It covors In Its progress
of ten miles every four hours. Tho
traction engine looks like a,n automo
bllo with the hood ond body gono,
oxcopt that tho wheels are of iron
with tires as broad as thoso on a
threshing machine. Tho framework
of tho car Is of heavy steel, firmly
n.-etcd, st? that tho strain of hauling
tho road scraper through rocky soil
can bo withstood. Whon tho scraper
Is detached It Is possible to attach
a ton-section plow to tho englno and
do all kinds of farm work. The ma
chine Is etcored with a wheel from
tbe driver's seat, tho samo as any att
tomobllo. Corn Crop In Limelight.
The falluro of tho hay crop during
tho past two seasons has brought tbe
corn crop Into tho limelight and its
good qualities have been praised un
til (hero Is very Httlo to bo added.
s.-
TO KILL ROADSIDE INSECTS
Right Time to Do Work is Late In
Fall When Cold Weather' Has
Set In and Vegetation Dry.
triy anonan ii outzkc.)
A great many people have the mis
taken Idea that tho tlmo to burn the
roadsido in order to kill tho many in
nects that winter in these places, Is
In tb" nrly spring of tho year.
If you will watch closely at suclv. a
placo whero tho roadsido has been
burned In tho spring you will sco tho
Insects coming out of the ground very
thickly on tho warm days.
This proves that tho Incocts wcro
not killed. Moat of them are In tho
ground and tho boat of tho flro pass
ing over thom does not harm thorn
and tho trash burned from above thom
makes it all the easier for the Insects
to come forth.
Whtlo no doubt a fow of thom aro
killed tho majority of them aro unin
jured. Tho right tlmo to burn thoso road
sldos to do offectlvo work Is In tho
lato fall of tho year, after tho cold
wcathor has already set In and all the
tendor vcgetatlpn Is dry.
Then, If tho roadsides aro burnod,
tho insects in such places will be kill
ed by heavy freezing, as they usually
do not go very deeply Into the ground
but seem to depend on tho covering
of trash to protect thom from the cold.
This Is a great bit more effective
in tho killing of tho insects than tho
spring burning.
Not only doe3 tho fall burning of
tho rradsldes do good by tho killing
of tho Insects that winter thero, but It
also helps to keep tho road In better
shape by allowing less snow to collect
In tho drifts as It usually does In
places whero thero Is much grass and
weeds.
STICK TO THE FANNING MILL
By Grading Our Own Seed We Can
Materially Increase Yield of Our.
Small Grain Crops.
No farmer can get any ono to take
tho samo plans in grading his seed
that ho would himself. Some farmers
claim that It does not pay to clean
grain.
It is a fact that it does not pay very
largo returns to clean and grado
grain before selling It, but by grading
our own seed wo can materially in
crease tho yield of our small grain
crops.
Tho corn crop of this country has
been Increased millions of bushels by
Fanning Mill,
intelligent seed selection. All other
grain crops can be Improved byc grad
ing tho seed, so that only good, plump,
healthy grains, free from all foul
weed-seeds may be grown.
Tho fonnlng-mlll, Judiciously used,
will do much to Increase the yield of
overy small graln-rop and assist In
keeping our fields free from noxious
weeds.
It will take cocklo out of wheat,
buckthorn, plantain out of clover, in
fact it can bo adjusted so as to handle
all kinds of grain and weed-seeds.
It you decide that It pays to sow
good seed and to keep your fields free
from noxious weeds, then do not hes
itate to Invest a fow dollars In a fan
ning mill.
Build the Ice House Now.
Now is the time to build tho ice
house. It may seem like a thankless
Job this cold weather, but next July
you and your wife will feel amply re
paid for all trouble and expense ten
times over. Any northern farmer can
have, during tho hottest dflyt of tho
summer, cool milk, firm butter, cold
lemonade and sherbets and Ices
things which aro commonly associated
with tho luxuries of the city, but that
somo day will bo regarded as a neces
sity of the country.
Killing Quack Grass.
Thero aro several mothods of kill
ing quack grass. If tho field Is Infect
ed In email patches, perhaps the quick
est and most effective way to destroy
this grass is to uso a potato fork, dig
ging up tho roots by hand and burn
ing them. If tho wholo field is cover
ed with this grass, of courso this pro
cess becomes Impractical.
UrOOD WOADS
a Farm Notes
File tho crosscut saw yourself; you
will thus soon save enough to buy a
now saw.
Good seed, good cultivation, good
common sonso are a pretty good com
bination If good crops aro desired.
Thero aro many methods of storing
seed corn, but in all casos the place of
storing must bo dry and well venti
lated. Tho germinating power of tho mid
dle kernels of an car of corn is much
stronger than that of tho tip and butt
kernels.
Exports of tho department of agri
culture advocato tho uso of lime In a
limited and experimental way In ev
ery locality.
No matter whether the corn Is
bought or saved from your own farm
it should be stored In a dry, well-von-Minted
placo.
After growing a crop of corn, tho
soil. Is always in excellent form to
absorb and retain tho autumn rains
and winter snows.
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un
til tbo third or fourth year; therefore,
do not sow it expecUng to got tbe
best rc3ult3 in less time.
Corn treated with a dressing of
plastor and ashes will soon show by
tho strong growth and tho dark color
of tho leaf tho effect of tho dressing.
Keep wide paths shoveled to every
Outbuilding. Help to open the roads
when heavy snows drift them, wheth
er you aro called out by tho path
master or nr
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Eph What ware de mattah wif Sal
an' dat drug clerk?
Hufus Why, Bho wanted somo com
plexion powder an' ho dono gib her
powdered charcoal.
Turkish Medicines.
Old-fashioned physicians have plen
ty of rollablo remedies for cholera.
An agate In tho pocket and a hyacinth
on tho neck are much esteemed, but
tho bone of a dead child carried 'in
tho pockot is nearly as efllcacloua.
Cholera, we learn, is caused by tho
moon. Therefore drink decoctions of
laurel while Mars or Mercury is In the
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friendly to tho moon". Wo aro glad to
know this, as we have always had
our doubts about tho moon.
During the Spat.
Wife (complalnlngly) You're not
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ried 20 years, and Mrs. Knagg says
her husband is so tender.
Hub Tenderl Well, ho ought to
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long.
The Exception.
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fighting other pcoplo's battles."
"I don't know. How about a law
yer?" In after yepr n womRn nny ho sor
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but she's always glad that "that other
woman" didn't get him.
When a girl tries to act as if sho
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