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In handling the npplo crop success
fully It la important to hnvo a suffi
cient number of ladders, receptacles,
sorting tables and nil accessories on
hand. Tho early apple must bo gath
ered nnd shipped promptly. Thoy
may bo sont to market In one-third,
one-half, or pno bushel boxes or
baskots; but a llttlo later thoso small
packages aro not wanted and tho
throo bushel barrel Is tho proper
thing.
Prices aro most always good at tho
beginning of tho applo season, oven
for green cookers, and this induced
Bomo to pick and ship half-grown lien
Davis and other winter varieties. Dut
experlonco has proven that this in
folly, as tho markot 1b soon overload
ed with poor, groen applos and tho
returns aro next to nothing.
This glut fo apt to continuo as
long as tho warm weather lasts; bo
causo thero aro so many neglected
orchards neither sprayod or cultivat
ed, in which tho applos begin falling
from tho trcps early; and thoy aro
picked and rushed to markot to avoid
loss from this cause.
In picking applos Bomo prefer tho
uso of baskatB while others prefer
sack3. Ilowovor, thoy both havo their
advantages nnd disadvantages. Tho
advantage of using' a basket lies en
tirely in tho fact, thut tho apples aro
caroiuiiy piacoa in tno snmo
thoy aro not bruised nnd tho blooms
If thero bo any aro not rubbed oft.
Tho objections to tho baskots aro
that thoy aro not so handy nB tho
sacks and that caroloss pickers nro
disposed to toss applos Into them as
thoy hang on n limb or 'stand upon
tho ground Bovoral foot away.
Tho advantage of using a sack is
that it can bo slung ovor tho shoul
dor with a strap and tho mouth kept
open with n part of a barrol hoop
S I rj q I o Rail Ladder, Very Light.
sowed into tho edgo of tho mouth and
partly nrbuud tho opening, allowing
tho picltor to cuslly carry It and uso
both hands.
Tho objections aro that tho blooms
nro llkoly to bo rubbed oft tho fruit
and tho shifting of tho sack puts
many enmll bruises on tho apples
whero thoy rub ngnlnst each other
which, with light colorod or dollcuto
sklunod varieties is quickly noticed.
I profer tho baskots. My baskots
nro tho round hnlf-bushol kind with
drop handles, I had nn iron hook
mado for oach ono, which Is nt
tached to tho bnndlo to suspond tho
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Ladder.
basket from tho limbs, thus enabling
tho picker to ubo both hands.
In picking apples overy spoclmon
should bo handled as carefully as if
it woro an ogg. I usually havo my
apples picked, and piled under tho
trees in tho shndo and tako tho bar
rels to tho orchard and pack as fast
as possible. When tho barrols arc
filled and headod I haul, to tho shed
and stow away In as cool a placo as
possible, until I get onough to fill a
car.
Tho packing should bo dono by an
oxpcrloncod hand as this Is of great
Importanco and Is always tho danger
point. A layer of uniform apples
even In slzo and color should bo
placed on tho lnsldb of tho barrel and
anothor layer of similar fruit put on
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Wolf Apples.
top and tho facers and tho barrel
filled with fruit froo from defects of
any kind. It is very important that
tho barrol bo well shaken oach tlmo
a basketful of fruit Is put In as tho
fruit will bo tight In tho barrol and
roqtjlro less pressing of tho head and
consequently Iobs bruising of tho
fruit,
Tho mnrkotB nro not filled with an
overproduction of good fruit. It is
tho ovor-productlon of poor fruit that
knocks down tho prico of good fruit.
Thoro Is novor n tlmo that n largo
woll-maturod applo will not bring a
fancy prico In nny markot. And when
nothing but this cIubs is put into n
barrel a handsome profit Is realized.
Uotallors buy fruit from its outward
nppoarnnco and whon they purchaBo
a packago of soomlngly nlco fruit and
find on oponlng It that Inferior stuff
Is pneked between, that does tho
growor as far nn that man Is con
cerned. I
Feed Fowl Meat.
Meat In soma form muBt bo fed to
poultry; thoy must havo animal mat
tor, Fowls running on trco ranges
whoro insects aro plentiful obtain a
RUfilclunt supply of animal matter, but
thpBO kept In closer quarters must bo
given this food In anothor form
Finely chopped fresh moat Is an
excellent bono and musclo bulldor for
tho young stock, but should not bo fed
moro than two or three times a woolc
Oroon bono, cut frcBhly Just boforo
feeding, Is equally na bonoflclal, but
must nlBo bo fed with judgment as
to how much and how often. Mont
foods assist feathor, bono, musclo, and
comb development, consequently too
much is apt lo causo tpo much forcing
along thoso lines.
Dried Corn.
Sweot com may bo dried In tho
snmo way nB beans. Prime uwoot
corn, whon properly drlod, proporly
stored nnd nicely cooked, Is excellent
and 1b proforrod by somo to canned
corn. Select corn that Is just right
for tabic Ho euro It 1b not too old.
Husk it and carefully roniovo all
silks. Plunge tho corn into boiling
water, and allow it to cook four or
llvo minutes. Cut It from tho cob,
and put It on plates or trays to dry.
Winter Radishes.
Wlntor rndlahos uro not as gonorally
produced as thoy should bo, Whun
grown In moist, tortile soil thoy aro
tender, succulent and most doliclouB.
Both whlto nnd colorod varlotlos uro
grown In Amorlcan gnrdans. Tho seed
should bo sown In August In lino, woll
prepared soli.
dffgfrifa
ELI., arranged tlmo Is tlio sur
est mark of a well arranged
mind. rittmm.
It Is a ffood nnd safe rulo to sojourn In
every place as If you meant to spend your
llfo there, never omitting an opportunity
of doing a kindness or Bnoaklnff ft true
word, or making n friend. Rusltln.
A FEW COMPANY DISHES.
Arrango a few whlto grapes (after
carefully making a silt In tho sldo of
each and removing tho seeds) on a
bed of blanched lettuce, put cream
chces through a rlcer and sprlnklo
over them. Servo with French dreslng
well chlllod.
Bako nn angel food in a round tin
and wlion cold, carefully cut out tho
center nnd fill with vanilla Ico croam.
Servo with a chocolato sauco.
Chorry Ico cream Is both protty nnd
taBtos good Uso a cup of rich chorry
Julco and a pint of cream, flavor with
almond nnd Bweotcn, If necessary.
Freeze and garnlsn each Bhorbct cup
of tho cream with a Bpoonful of chop
ped cherries.
A sweet of which children are very
fond is prepared by making an ordi
nary biscuit dough rolled out and
Bprcad with butter, then sprinkled
with maplo sugar grated and a few
chopped nuts. Roll up and cut in
rounds, bnko In a hot oven. For des
sert, ono might uso them hot with
a maplo sirup sauco.
Almond Cake. Cream a third of
a cup of butter, add'n cup of sugar, a
cup of flour, a teaspoon of baking
powder, a bit of salt and a fourth of
a cup of milk, tho yolks of six eggs,
well bcaton, and tho grated rind of
ono lemon. Put tho mixture into a good
(sized pan nnd cover tho dough with
tho whites woll beaten and mixed
with a cup of sugar and a cup of un
blanched almonds chopped. Bako in
a slow oven.
Nut Loaf. To a cupful of nut
meats, add two cups of bread crumbs,
half a cup of hot wator, half a cup of
molted butter, ono egg, well beaten, a
tenspoonful of onion julco and a tea
spoonful of tomato catsup, ono tea
Bpoonful of salt, a fow dashes of pep
per, more salt may bo needed, mix
well and put into a buttered mold,
and bako for, an hour, covering tho
first half hour. During tho cooking,
basto with molted butter threo times.
Turn out on a hot dUh, sprinkle with
chopped nutB and servo with a brown
sauco.
Tho sweetest Uvea nro those to duty wed,
Wlioso deeds, both Rrcnt and small,
Aro close knit strands of unbroken thread,
"Wliero lovo ennobles all.
The world may sound no trumpets, ring
no belli;
Tho book of life the shining 'record tella.
Mrs. Browning.
COOL SUMMER DRINKS.
Tho acids of fruits and tho mineral
matter as woll as food in many of tho
drinks make them particularly good.
Somo drinks aro of thomsolvcs n food.
Reception Coffee. Mnko a quart or
two of strong coffee, according to
tho number served. Strain cool and
add sugar to taBto, servo In tall
gasses with a spoonful of ico cream
on top of each. Keep on ico until
ready to sorvu, then tho croam is add
ed and Borvcd at onco.
Chocolate Sirup. Melt two squnroB
of chocolato with two tablespoonfuls
of boiling wator, and a cupful of
sugar, a speck of salt, and two cups
of boiling wator; cook five minutes.
strain nnd bottlo. Keep In a cool
placo until needed.
Orangeade. To oach glass, add tho
strained Julco of ono orange, two
tablespoonfuls of prepared sirup and
threo-fourths of a cup of plain or
chargod wator.
Pineapple Drink. Add a pint of
grated plneaplo to a pint of prepared
sirup and a quart of wator. Set on
Ico for threo hours, strain and servo.
Proparod sirup is sugar and water
boiled togothor until thick. Lemon
Julco is sometimes added.
Grape Nectar. To a quart of grapo
julco, add a pint of sirup and tho
Julco of four oraugos. Servo with a
quart of charged water.
Ginger Lemonade. Cook a half
pound of Canton ginger, and ono nnd
a half cups of sugar, tho rind and
Julco of threo lemons nnd threo pints
of water for twenty mtnutos. Add tho
Julco of six lemons to tho alrup, strain
and cool. Servo with ico.
MARKETING FOR THE HOME.
In a largo number of homes tho
marketing problom 1b loft to chance,
not much thought or planning given
to It, Most housewives hnvo a cer
tain amount to spond and often It Is
Farm Diplomat.
"Do you want a Job as. a farmhand''"
"No," replied Plodding Poto. "You
havo boon kind to me in the past,
and I think too much of you to make
you an object of jealous hatred among
all your neighbors."
Putting It Clearly.
"IlnsttiB, what's a alibi?" "Dat'H
provln' dat yoh wnB at a prnyermoot
In' whar yoh wasn't, In order to show
dat yoh wasn't at do crapgamo whar
yoh was." Llfo.
cither a feast or famlno in such an
unorganized nrrangoment.
Experlenco Is Indeed a dear teachor,
and sho is wise who Ioarns early how
to uso tho household money wisely.
Haphazard buying Is most oxtrava
gant and a few lessons in useless buy
ing is usually enough. Marketing Is
n household sclcnco and tho buying of
meats is ono of extromo Importance.
Wo aro passing tho tlmo when It Is
considered parsimonious to bo called
economical and to tako prido in being
unpractical. '
One, of tho first things for a woman
to learn In buying 1b to regulato her
wants to fit hor purse. It takes real
self denial to deny ones self tho at
tractive dollcaclcs, and conflno horself
to tho urgent needs of tho family,
oven shopping nnd marketing will de
velop self-control and character.
Tho woman who pays her bills
promptly will get hotter servlco overy
tlmo from her merchant, for If ho
has to wait Indefinitely for bills to
bo paid he Is apt to charge interest
by adding a cent horo or there which
infra month or two swells tho bills
considerably.
Tho ready money to the merchant
means a great deal, for his accounts
must bo settled promptly 'if ho gets
good and prompt returns from tho
big markets.
A prepared list mado out before
going out to markot will help ono to
keop within limit ns some womon
want to buy overy thing they see and
memory falls them of tho necessaries
if a list Is not at hand.
Anothor way market men oven with
a slow paying costumcr, is to send
second rato articles and charge first
prices. So It pays to bo prompt with
tho baying of bills.
When buying meats seo that it is of
good bright color and well marbled
with fat. Thq weight Is a, good test
for fruits like oranges, lemons and
grapo fruit. Perishable foods shquld
never bo bought in largo quantities.
They who wish to sing, always find a
song. Swedish.
"Why do wo worry about the nest?
We only stay for a day.
Or a month, or a year, at the Lord'3 be
hest, In this habitat of clay.
Tho best will' come In tho groat "to bo,"
It Is ours to serve and wait;
And tho wonderful future we soon shall
see,
For death Is but tho gato.
Sarah A. Bolton.
NUTS INSTEAD OF MEAT.
Nuts havo such a high placo in tho
food and with many tako tho place of
meats that a fow recipes will be sug
gostlvo in planning menus.
A handful of nutB added to a cup of
chopped cabbago and celery witty a
simple dressing makes a most whole
some salad.
Apples, which may bo peeled, cored
and stowed until nearly tender with
out losing their shapo may then bo
decorated with quartered blanched al
monds, put In like porcupine quills,
sprlnklo with powdered sugar and
bako long onough to brown tho al
monds and finish tho cooking of tho
applo. A llttlo sirup poured around
them while baking will bo an addition
and may bo served with whlppod
cream around tho fruit nfter it is
woll chilled.
Potato balls decorated with almonds
nnd brushed with butter, then baked,
are another most attractivo looking
dish.
Nut Fruit Cheese. Add to a cupful
of chopped hickory nut meats, a cup
of dates, a half dozen figs, put through
a moat chopper, six banannB, mashed,
a cup of blanched and chopped al
monds, salt, turn tho mlxturo into a
buttorod mold, cover with buttered
paper and steam for threo hours. Turn
out and whon cold, cover with a mer
lnguo, brown and garnish tho dish
whon serving, with stuffed dates.
Nut stuffing for baked onions is
doliclouB Chop a cup of pecans, mix
with a tablespoonful of butter and
two of bread crumbs, add salt and
Btuff largo par-bollod onions whoso
centers havo been removed with tho
nuts, and bako until tho onions aio
porfoctly tonder, baBting with butter
and water.
UzeJLJztco.
Beauty.
Whatever Is In any way beautiful
hath its sourco of beauty In Itself, and
In comploto in itself; praiso forms no
part of it. So It Is pono tho worso
nor the better for being praised.
Marcus Antoninus.
Provoking.
"Dear me," said Mrs. Podgorson, "I
do wish you'd quit bothorln' mo whon
I'm wrltln' letters. You'vo gono and
mndo mo leave tho o out of SylvoBtor."
Papa Was to Economize.
Small Hoy (handing druggist a halt
dollar) "Five five-cant cigars, and
give mo tho change." Druggist "But,
Bob, your fathor always smokes ton
cent cigars." Small Boy "Woll, bo
Isn't going to this time." Llfo.
Companionship.
After nil, for companionship and gen
eral utility, It would bo a good deal
hotter to bo cast away- on a dosort
island with nn export burglar than
with n dull nroachcr. Puck.
A Searching Investigation
of the ash box in the Estate Oak Heating Stove fails to reveal a sign of a
joint or crack of any kind, even after years of service. There arc none.
The ash box in this famous stove is a single cored casting not a number
of separate castings stuck together with cement, as you find thein in the
ordinary stove. No joints mean no leaks and no leaks mean perfect con
trol of the fire.
But the Estate Patented Jointless Ash Box Is only one of the many rea
sons for the superiority of
The Ettate Patented Screw Draft Hecklers, the Estate Double Sh-etiRth Slnide Fire
Pot, the Estate Patented Anli-Huclcllntr Rinn. etc., are other exclusive feature of
Estate construction; nnd all these combine to produce such perfect fire control that we
can tuarantee every EUle Oak to keep fire 50 HOURS on one charge of any kind of
soft coal.
Estate Stoves and Ranges have been made
since 1845 by The Estate Stove Company, of
Hamilton, Ohio. They're sold by the boat
dealer in almost overy town.
VJV
Estate Stoves are Double Guaranteed, by the maker and
by us, and bear our Double Guarantee Tag.
DOUBLE GUARANTEED
means Best Factory Brands, time tried and tested. Our
Double Guarantee Tag is placed on none other.
Your Dealer Will Replace
any article bearing Uia Double Guarantee Tag if for any
reason it proves unsatisfactory. '
Wright &Wfflieimy Co., Omaha, Neb.
PREATTY NAMES FOR BOOKS
Real Old-Time Titles Sound Decidedly
Strange to the Eye of the
Reader Today.
. Tho following aro Bomo of tho curi
ous titles of old English books:
"A Most .Delectablo Sweet Perfumed
Nosegay for God's Saints to Smol)
a.t,"
"Biscuit Baked in tho Oven of Char
ity. Carefully Conserved for tho
Chickens of tho Church; tho Sparrows
of tho Spirit, and tho Sweet Swal
Iowb of Salvation." v
"A Sigh of Sorrow for tho Sinners
of Zlon Breathed Out of a Holo in
tho "Wall of an Earthly Vessel Known
Among Men by tho Namo of Samuel
Fish" (a Quakor who had been Im
prisoned). "Eggs of Charity Layed for tho
Chickens of tho Covenant nnd Boiled
With tho Water of Dlvino Love. Take
Yo Out and Eat."
"Tho Spiritual Mustard Pot to
Make tho Soul Sneeze With Devo
tion." Most of these woro published In tho
tlmo of Cromwell. London Strand.
Pithy Postscript ,
A striking illustration of tho say
ing that tho pith of a lady's letter is
in tho postscript occurred In tho case
of a young lady who, having gone
out to India, and writing homo to her
friends, concluded wlUi tho following
words: "P. S. You will seo by my
slgnaturo that I am married."
Bulky.
"That fat man over there used
to
bo a page in tho Senate."
"A pago, eh! Well, no's grown,
into a volumo now."
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Llkoly to Follow Proper Eating.
As old ago advances wo require less
food to roplaco waste, and food that
will not overtax tho digestive organs,
whllo Bupplylng truo nourishment.
Such an Ideal food is found In Grape
Nuts, mado of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action of dlastaso
in tho barley which changes tho starch
into a most dlgcstlblo sugar.
The phosphates also, placed up un
der tho outer-coat of tho wheat, aro
included in Grape-Nuts, but aro lack
lug In whlto flour becauso tho outer
coat of tho wheat darkens tho flour
and Is left out by tho miller. These
natural phosphates aro necessary to
tho well-balanced building of musclo,
brain and nervo colls.
"I havo UBed Grape-Nuts," writes an
Iowa man, "for 8 years and feel as
good and am stronger than I was ten
years ago.
"Among my customers I meet a man
ovory day who is woll along In years
and attributes his good health to
Grnpe-Nuts and Postum which ho has
usod for tho last 5 years. Ho mixes
Grapo-Nuta with Postum and says
they go lino togothor.
"For many years boforo 1 began to
oat Grape-Nuts, I could not say that 1
enjoyed llfo-or know what it wan lo be
nblo to say 'I am woll.' I Buffered
greatly with constipation, hut now my
habits aro as regular as over In my
llfo.
"Whonovor I mnko extra effort 1
depend on GrnperNuls food and It Just
fills tho bill. I can think and wrlto a
great deal easior."
"There's a Roason." Namo given by
Postum Co., Battle Crook, Mich. Itoad
"Tho Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs.
Kter reail (tin nbme letter f A nnr
one iippenra from tfme to time. The;
nre icenulue, true, und full of liuiuau
Interest.
Somo peoplo carry economy crazo
to excess. A dispatch records at
tempts of a man to fit now bristles to
an old toothbrush.
Mra.Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens tho gums, reduces lnflninma
tlon.allnya pain, cures wind college a. bottlcJUv
Duty Is tho
ought to do.
thing everybody elso
Uric Acid Is Slow Poison
Excess uric acid left in the blood by
weak kidneys, causes more diseases
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Among its effects arc backache, head
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drowsiness, "blues," rheumatic attacks
and urinary disorders. Later effects
are dropsy, gravel or heart disease.
If you would avoid uric acid troubles,
keep your kidneys healthy. To stimu
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A Missouri Case
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awn.'
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