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.' Many Plants "Left-Handed." Habits of plants analogous to tho right-handedness and left-hnndednesa of man have been reported to the Cambridge, England. Philosophical Boclcty by It. 11. Compton. In an examination of eight varieties or two-rowed barley, tho first leaf was found to twist to the loft In 58 por cent, of more than 12.000 seedlings, nnd an excess of left-handed growth was found also In millet and In oats. In corn there seemed to bo no marked tendency either way. No evi dunco of hereditary peculiarity ap pears to have been obtained and no special significance of the results Is pointed out. Carefully Selected. "By the way. Cleverly," asked the publisher, "where did you get these photographs of strong-minded, deter mined looking women with which you illustrato your artlclo on 'Why Men Don't Marry?'" "Oh." replied tho author, -they're wives of tho men I know." Important to Mothers Examino carefully every bottlo of i juia, a saio unci sure remedy lor Infants and children, and seo that It Dears tho ftf& Signaturo In Use For Over an Vonn. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Could Have Saved Her. ' "Why do you hate her so?" "She, used to be engaged to my hus band."1 "And didn't marry him. Oh. I see." Red Crow Ball Blue, nil blue, beet bluing value in the whole world, makes the laun dress smile. Adv. The great thing in the world Is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. Huxley EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD Advice to Expectant Mothers The experience of Motherhood is a try ing one to most women and marks dis tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not ono woman in a hundred is prepared or un derstands how to properly care for her self. Of course nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at such times, but many approach tho experi ence with an organism unfitted for tho trial of strength, and when it i3 over her system has received a shock from which it is hard to recover. Following right upon this comes tho nervous strain of caring for the child, and a distinct change in the mother results. There is nothing more charming than a happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth under the right conditions need be no hazard to health or beauty. Tho unexplainablo thing is that, with all the evidence of shattered nerves and broken health resulting from an unprepared condition, and with am ple time in which to prepare, women will persist in going blindly to the trial. Every woman at this time should rely ujnjii xjuiu rj. i minium a vi'guuiuio Compound, a most valuable tonic and j invigorator of the female organism. In many homes once childless there are now children be cause of tho fact that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound makes women normal, healthy and strong. If yon want special advice write to Ljdla E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. The Army of Constipation Is Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsible i not only give relief they perma- nentlycuret (tipation. Mil lions use. them for Bilioninen, Indijettion, Sick Headache, Sallow Skin. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature DAISY FLY KILLER ff; VTXSSi ail aiti neat, clean or namenlal, convenient, cheap, Laita all iiiiob Mkde of metal, can'tiplltortlp I over, will Dot aoll or Injure aajthlng. Guaranteed affective. 1 All dealer oreient eipreee paid for 11.00. BAK0LS I0MK11, 110 CtStlb Are., BroekljB, M. T TANGO Us new Whits Stnptd Mtdns Ide Silver Cbllar Cm. P. UiICo. Mikiri. lity, N T. AITI.MION, I WtMl:itS! I'or 20t I will hi ml uu u itiijif Mhhh ou l nil Illl at hoini' with J lomniuu InKrctllt-nl Mint Hill kll nil yum k'I'I" Tlila I m TMke. OAN DIM ( .. Iturir, Kan. I.iiillie, huit- )nu tried lluxe Miiiniiu I'nw ilt'r'.' (Irvnliat hair rliHiiati known cjulckl) dune. lru'H'iifli'. m watir. no o.ii Kllla Iniulrurr. I.ILiirHl aainpli tormuli for tnakliiK c I'ltthrr MfK. ' Okliilimim til), (Iklu. I'tirina, Cuxli or I'tirl iimr, no IrHdc. 160 A Imllillnm, orohmil. v.. ki a. cultivation, eg tun It 1, M0 Oaliorn, Mnika Crrrk, Alu, .eflKSsiB they .4 -r, JsiHrlPADTTD .OD-.aWKaaRaV W" ' Lt MW IIVER w HI ltl"J tzSm&tm MtjywusjMiiwisrL'u-jiiii WBtnirifr-iM3na INTERESTING GOSSIP The Lilacs Are Among Our Most Popular and Ornamental Flowering Shrubs, and Hardly Any Garden or Park Is Found Without Them. (Uy ntssstK r.. putnam i Many times I have been asked how to make tho Crab cactus bloom. If this Is identical with, or closely allied to, the Humming Bird cactiiH, a rich soil composed of loam with, u little sand is good for tho plant. See that tho dralnago Is good. Dur ing tho warm weather treat It like the geraniums, watering almost as much nnd feeding It onco a month with weak liquid manure or other plant food. The buds should form In tho autumn, nnd from Thanksgiving ,to Christmas tho normal plant Ih covered with blossoms. The rest period differs with tho varl ous species, but it can be easily deter mined with a little observation The npiny varieties ulmost uniformly like a sandy soil. Let it rest during tho winter, water ing It Just sufficient to keep It from drying. A cellar is, as a rule, too damp for wintering It. Preferably let It remnln In the living room. Those who like a profusion of bloom will find It hard to clip or pinch back all the lateral branches on the chrys anthemum, yet this Is just what the professional grower does to produce the mammoth show blossoms. Thcro are myths and notions preva lent regarding many plants, amoug them being one that the Knife-blade cactus, one of tho broad-leaved type, will not bloom until It Is seven years old Whatever may bo the magic in tho number (--oven, it has no force In this case; for, while it is true that many of the cacti aro slow to nttain tho blomlng sizo under ordinary cultiva tion, when conditions nre just suited to their growth their flowers are pro duced much sooner. While It is true that there Is a check when potted, still, tho great thrifty foliage is compensation for temporary halt In growth, nnd really, you will havo larger, stronger and more rqjmst plants from the same slips by tho out door method. Now is a good time to stick Some slips into thcground for winter bloom ing. Plants grown in rich garden soil make a more luxurious growth than when started in pots. As a rule, when n cactus shows signs of making a now growth It is safe to water It moderately. During tho peri ods of rest It should havo only enough to keep it from drying up. Phlox and many other annuals grow straggling If allowed to flower nnd form seeds in their own sweet way To keep the bed sightly ono must con SUPERIOR ASPARAGUS ALWAYS IN DEMAND ! 4 W ffil5iffiM&i LcSEiiiiaffab " - 4 k f f JaK Fresh-Cut Asparagus Ready for the Table or for Canning. Asparagus, being a rather rugged plant, will live, and in a measure thrive, on almost any kind of soil, oven under neglect It Is a dellclously succulent vegetable and much enjoyed by discriminating palates. If tho land selected for an aspaiagus patch Is exposed to the south or east, and of warm loam, tho enrllness of the crop Is assured It domnnda tho same attention ns 6ther close-planted vegetables, and If given siitli enre, strong plants will then be the sure outcome In cutting, bo very cart ful not to Injuro later shoots or tho crown of tho plant. Uho an asparagus knifo for cutting. To savo the seed, strip the scnrlet berries off the stalks by hand, put thorn In a barrel and mash them with a wooden pounder, to separate tho hard black seeds from tho pulp. Wash them In plenty of witti r to clean them pouring off tho pulp and skins, dry them and savo for future use. Even with all sorts of vegetables In abundant supply and cheaper th. n usual, thoro Is inner nuy danger of a superior artlclo of nsparanus goii.j; bogr'lng for customers u euro and can somo It keops woll nnd Is u llghtful In tho winter when tho southern markets nro agkltiK fancy prio s for IL FOR FLOWER LOVER tinually pick and prune It Is n part of nature's plan to make us generous with her most beautiful gifts. If you have been so unfortunato as to have a vase or porch box filled with plnntB which clash in color scheme, cut out tho offending membors. Scarcely a day goes by that wo do not sco tho scarlet geranium and tho crim son petunia growing sldo by side. This Is an offense to good taste. Tho petunia can bo easily transplanted or cut out entirely and started as a slip, making some spot beautiful, while now It detrncts from tho appearance of the collection. Tho llorist may know all about rais ing thrifty plants, but ho not (infre quently errs In their arrangement. SERIOUS MISTAKE IN BUYING SEED Most Sat:sfactory Results Ob tained in Selecting Variety Adapted to Locality. flS It O WHATHHHBTONK) Wo niako a serious mistake when we buy seed corn that has been grown in some distant locality nnd plant It for our general field crop. It is better to grow a now variety for two or threo years In our seed plot and tested out and get it acclimated before we plant it extensively as a field crop. It Is well known that tho corn crop must hnvu certain climatic conditions In order to glvo a profitable yield and we who Hvo outside of the great corn belt must devote more or less study and attention to the selection of va rieties that are best adapted to our climate and soil If we mako tho crop profitable on our farms. I have always obtained more satis factory crops of corn by selecting my seed corn from some variety that has grown in my own locality for years. A variety that has been grown in a locality for a few years is already ac climated and by Intelligent seed selec tion It can be bred into a more pro lific character that will reach maturity in tho climate where it has beon per fected. Changing seed corn is not a good practice. So far as changing Is con cerned it may bo necessary for us to change in order to get better founda tion stock, but when tho stock is onco obtained wo should stay by It and try and Improve It. BRIGHT FUTURE OF WINDMILL Attache of Weather Bureau Takes Most Hopeful View of Value of Wind as Farm vset. A few yenrB ago a collective report w.is mnde by American consuls throughout tho world on tho uso of windmills In their several districts, fti d tho prospects of Increasing the bal s of American windmills In foreign countries At that tlnio tho manufac. turo of windmills In this country had Ii leased fourfold in ten years, Indl citing a rapid growth In tholr uso by our own people. However, tho report was on tho whole, Vivther discourag ing The uso of windmills was found to have greatly decreased In tho Old World This was notnbly true In Hol laed, the country with which tho wind mill Is traditionally associated. Kor the great national task of draining tho polders windmills were being rapidly i (placed by steam pumps. The greater number of Kuropenn windmills woro erected before the das of steam. This fact, together wuh the relative Inefficiency of the old fashioned ' ICuropenn windmill shows that tho decline In the use of tin m devices iihrond Is no Indication of die future in storo for tho Amerl can windmill. The American farmer uses the wind mill ohlelly for pumping water, both for domestic purposes nnd for Irrlga tion To somo extent It has been used for driving tho minor machinery of the farm. Attompts to use It us a means of generating electricity for lighting and power purposes have hnrdl passed the experimental stage. That this will come In time seems In evitable, and herein probably lies the greatest futuro utility of the windmill as tin adjunct In farming, us well hb lu other occupations The futuro developments In this line will bo conditioned by the meteorology of the country, and lu this connection it Is important to havo nccuruto sta tistics of tho average force and con stancy of the winds In all sections. Such Information is presented In'brlef form by Mr. P. C Day of tho weather bureau In an artlclo published In tho Inst Yearbook of the department of agriculture. A number of charts bring out clear the groat diversity lu "wlndi ness" In different parts of the coun try Mr. Day takes a most hopeful view of the value of the wind us an asset In American agriculture. WINDMILL FOR LIGHT POWER One Shown In the Illustration Will Al ways Face the Wind nnd Never Require Adjustment. The windmill shown in tho sketch Is one that will always faco the wind, and never requires adjustment, says a writer in the Popular Mechanics. It consists of a vertical shaft. A, pro vided with a nurnbor of arms. H, on which are hinged square sails, C. These sails are preferably inudo of wood frames covered with canvas. rB 0 1 3 Light Power Windmill. They are provided with hinges, D, at tached to tho ends of the arms lu such a way that they offer resistance to tho wind on one side or tho wheel, while thoy move edgowiso against tho wind on tho other side, as shown. Tho shaft of the mill can either bo run lu bear ings set on nn upright post, the lower end of tho shaft turning on a conical hearing, or collurs may bo used on the bearings to keep It In position. Tho power can bo transmitted with gears or by a flat belt over a pulley. A wheel of this kind Is not uduptod Tor high speed, but direct connected to a pump or other slow-moving nut clilnery will prove very efficient I Stirring Alfalfa Field. J The thorough stirring up of tho es tabllslied alfalfa field with the spring , tooth hurrow will not only destroy hordes of small weeds Just getting a start but will miiko the surface soil inoro mellow and thus conserve tho niolstuie. The Held may look sort of sick when the Job Is done, but it takes something stirrer than a spring tooth hurrow to kill an alfalfa root Unit is all the way from a quarter or an Inch to an Inch and a hair in dia meter. Seed for Potato Planting. If ono Is short of seed potatoes It will bo nil right to uso tho small tu bors, but It is not a good plan to fol low this practice year after year. Tho best seed, If one can choose, is me dium sized and preferably selected from a patch lu which the average yield was large. Ducks for Breeding. Whnro ducks aro grown for breed ers a simple maintenance ration may bo given after the eighth week, as thoy will become too fat for breeding purposes if kept on heavy rations, i'lu) main thing is to keep the duck lings growing from tho first. 7? I 6.CTION or I I wiko For That Picnic V -1 -to ensure complete success take along a case of The satisfying beverage in field or forest; at home or in town. As pure and whole some as it is temptingly good. Delicious Refreshing Thirst - Send (or Free Ufmitvl tbc Ge nolne Ktluic S jbitULtt i. llouklct. THE COCA-COLA FUTILE HINT TO THE BORE Social Caller Could Not Understand Gentle Intimation Conveyed by His Host. President NVUboh, thanks lu part to ills splendid training at Princeton, but 'thanks In greater part to his tact, Is said to receive and dismiss visitors more adroitly than any former occu pant of the Whjto House. Soniotlmes, however, n stupid visitor turns up. and then Piesldent Wilson's tact Is unnppi eclated, and tho visitor overstays Ids time. ApropoB of such visitors the president at a luncheon lu Washington told n story. "Thoro was an old fellow," he snld. "who was praising tho rising young lawyer of his town. " 'Cleorge, for a busy man,' said the old fellow, 'is ouo of the pleusantest chaps I over met. Why, I dropped In on him for a social call this morning and 1 hadn't been chnttin' with him more than llfteeu minutes before he'd told me threo times to come anil beo him again." Reason Why. j She was a dear, old fashioned, modest, simple maiden lady. So thai when she announced the fact that she thought of paying a ehlropodlBt a visit her great friend was duly astonished. "1 didn't know you suffered from corns," remarked tho latter, when tho news was llrbt broken to her. "I don't," replied tho old lady mild ly, albeit firmly; "neither am 1 af flicted with bunions, chilblains, nor any other pains lu the feet." Her friend gazed at her with grow ing consternation. "Then, my dear," she romunst rated gently, "what on earth do you want to visit a chiropodist for?" Tho little old lady's eliccks blushed a delit-iitu pink as she leaned forward, lnld ono initiated hand on her Interro gator's arm and whispered: "It's this way, my dear. I do so want to be nble to boast that at least once In my life I had a man at my reel!" Talking Shop. Enthusiastic Interest lu ono's occu pation Is always an advantage, but on the other hand, It Ib not well for a woman In business to tnlk of her work at all timeB nnd plnces. Naturally, the thing that we do constantly Is our most absorbing Interest, but we must romeinber that other people have other things to lull; about. Tho wholo of human vlrtuo may be reduced to speaking tho truth always and doing gopd to others, Arllan. Wild oats have a few lares mixed with them In Summer When the body needs but little food, that little should be appetizing and nourishing. Then about the best and most convenient thing one can have handy is a package of Post 1 This food is fully cook ed crisp, delicious and ready to serve direct from the package. Post Toastics with fresh strawberries and cream arc hard to beat. "The Memory Lingers" Sold by flrocers. I'ohtmn Crrml Compiiny. Mini Kyi, llault' Crrn-k, Miv-li , U. b A V. oashes i-'&$? Quenching At Soda Fountains or Carbon 51 A ated in bottles. COMPANY, Atlanta, G. Visited the Sult.in. The Empress Eugene, on her wny to the opening of tho Suoz canal In ISfiO, had been tho first Christian sov ereign or woman to lodgo In one of tho Hultnn's palaces, but after that tho PrlnccBa of Wnlos was entortnlned at Dolnm Hagtcho on tho occasion of her trip to tho oast with her husband, whllo In 1880 Abdul Hamld seated himself In tho snino carriage with tho Oerinnn empress, nnd thus conducted her to Ylldlz Kiosk. More than that, the .empress upont an ovonlng with tho Indies of tho harem. Pall Mall Oazette. Solving a Problem In Arithmetic. Little .Marlon was busy with her "homo work." After a great many perplexed frowns nnd much nibbling at hur pencil sho looked up and snld: "Tho only nnswor that I enn get to this exnmplo Is live nnd three-fourths horses. Ho you 'spose that Is right, niammn?" "Well, I don't know," uniiwored her mother, cautiously. "It sounds rather queor." A long pause; then the small arith metician's fnco lit up with a smile. "Oh, I know," sho cried. "I'll redtico the throe-fourths horses to colts." Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning 1b quickly relieved by bnthlng tho af fected parts In a solution of two tea upoonfuls of Tyroo's Antiseptic Pow dor to a pint of water. 25e. at. all drugglBtH or sample sent froo by J. 8. Tyroo, Washington, D, C. Adv. His Trade. "That man yonder loads u double life." "You don't say so!" "Yes. Ho sells duplicating ma chines." CWd-FaBhloned Birds. "I like to wander In the park." "The bit ds tlo Blng sweetly." "Yes; and they nover sing rngtlmo." lied Cro Hull Unit will wash double ni ninny rhitlicn n liny other blue. Don't put your money into any other. Adr. Tho girl who has two or threo brothers at home finds no chance to develop conceit. If oii c-minot nfTord 10c oimtrs, nmok LEWIS' Sinale Hinder slrnldht 5c ni.id of extra quality' tobacco Adv. Many a man's IntoroBt In it woman Is confined to wondnrlng what' fool thing she will do next. Mr. Wlrmlowu Boothlnp Hjnip for Chllilrot, trrtlilnir, twiflrun tile KIUIib, rrUticra liidauiuia' Uon.nllaya palu.curoa wind eollo.l&c n bottlejlfc Why does a woman Imnglne sho can reform a man by singing to him? L BERT A THE PRICE OF ih mr.ir ano ho IH IT UK 1'IUUK OF uatti.i:. h'tir Vaiirn Ihn Pmvlnrxt of Allxirlu (WniiHrn I anuilit) nu tlio Illtf !tlllir!ilrt.rf ntntrv Un.i (itlllesn rilllctlCN illiltljr iiniluimmiiiKruliirirlilii Hint Ihn n.iflu ,,.. Klren plncn to tlm cultlmtionof ,,,. ua, wui-i vuiii'7 aim iiiiai ifiH tlianvn liuaniailuiuunr tliouuind of Auierlrnrit at-itlnd on tlu-to iiiniiia. i-mtiir, int it ima in- t'riuaxl tli irli'nr llvntlorK, Thoro la njilpiidld opportunity now to ma a Free Homestead of inoarrpa (nnil another nn a pro riniitliinl In th mmrr dlalrlou uii'l tirixlucorlthsrcattleor grain Thovrnpanre alnaya guuS, thn rjlmiilxla ricnllrnt, ac-boola ami cliurrlir nrouinrt-nlrnt, market aplnndld, In clilirr ilunluiba.Bm-autrhf-wan or A1Iimh ricnil for llu-riitiir, tho latest Intortnatlon, rallna rato,eic,u W. V. BENNETT, Bee Culldlnc, Omohn, Nub. or addrcaa Stmorlntomloiit of liinnle-nitldii, Uttntrn.fuWi. ) 22iN.,l!,L!LE0L".CM,IDY' N.1.N. nj. THERAPION K5!&a Kirat turrrci, clke chronic WKAaMri. Losr viqor It VIM, MONET, nLADDHK, UIMASLS, BLuOO fOIVJN. HLr. llriina No. nauooistkor mail ll r tr 4 cts roblCRCO. W. WKKKUAN T NEWT' RKor L WAX akoS t 'oNto. i.-mrr. ro p-RCE hook toI Li cum Mf.d. C . lUvxasToCKKD, llAuriTrtu, Lndos. Kxa. iYtwntimrHiitn)roUiir easv 10 takx THERAPSON K?.itsDo. (EC THAT TRADE UAH km wottp 'THERMION' II OH rslT.UOVT.EIAU ArrUKDlQALLUEavlNErACJUtl. Hiin.iarcKjKw. Wisk wte& k-r'7rfvflS Wmm n PATENTSS ncn I.('otriiutu.Wiun- lOjitoo. Ill Uuokalrw. llwtt- Ul tU.VOCS4 livat KUUlUL