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(MAMS AMO AOOMSSS OM APPUOATIOn) You can defy the hardest storm with Tower’s Waterproof Oiled Clothing and Hats V OUR GUARANTEE IS BACK OF THIS SION OF THE FISH A.J. TOWER CO. Boston. U. & A. TOWER CAMADIAM COl Limit td Toronto. Canada we Trick of Photography. If you are an amateur photographer and have a negative of some friend whom you would like to see looked up for a long term, put your printing frame just inside a wire mosquito net ting when you print the next picture from the negative. The result will be a print showing your friend behind the bars. The effect will be almost startling. A GREAT INSTITUTION. It is unusual that a single institution in a city of 8,000 people will overshadow in im portance every ottae.- interest, but such is the case witu the American School ol Osteopathy, and A. T. St.ll Infirmary at Kirksville, Mo. A stranger in Kirksville is immediately impressed with the idea that the town is sustained by this institution, in fact, Kirksville has been made what it is to-day by Dr. Still and his famous School and Infirmary. It is the largest patronized un endowed institution of its Kind in the United States. Dr. Still's school enrolls over "(Wstudents yearly aud each student is required to at tend four terms of live months each before completing thecourseof study. The e art over 2,000 cradu ites and they are prac ticing in every state and territory of the Union. About two-thirds of the states have passed special laws legalizing the science. This school teaches every branch taught in medical c lieges except “drugs” and osteopathy is substituted for that. So thorough is the teaching in anatomy that over one hundred human bodies are dis sected yearly by the students. At the Infirmary, patients from every part of the country and with almost every form of diseas ? are constantly under treat ment. For the past fifteen years almost every train coming to Kirksville has brought some new sufferer hoping to find re lief by the science of Osteopathy. By tho thousands who have left the institution benefited by the treatment, the science has been heralded to the world as a safe and rational method of cure. Several years ago a free clinic was establishe 1 in connection with the practice department of the school and this is still in operation. Hundreds of the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for treatment, are treated every afternoon by the senior students free of charge. And Some Won’t Pay Any. People who own their own house won’t go away because they object to paying rent and those who lease a house won’t because they object to paying two rents.—New York Press. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. No City fop Capital. Wales wants a capital, but, though the search has been going on for years, no city has yet been found pre eminently suited for the honor. Do our Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Improved Milling Facilities. Flour-making and wheat-raising go hand in hand. During the past twenty years the milling industry has been revolutionized. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, It oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. First Street Lighting. In 1697 the New York state council ordered householders to hang out lan terns—the first street lighting la America. Catarrh of tha Bladder aad Kidney Trouble absolutely cured by Dr. Dsrld Kennedy** Fa Tort te Bemedy. World famous for over 30 years. (1 a bottle. The game of chess is still included in the curriculum of Russian schools. Important to Mother*. ■r—»*— carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe sad —re remedy for iafsats aad children, aad see that it Bean the Signature of la Uae For Over SO Years. The Kind Yea Bare Always Bought Canals in United States. The number of canals In operation juamMsussssuss^ FARM ORCHARD GARDEN CONDUCTED J3T ^ m. j: whagg I-*- ^. .. (Hr. Wragrg tnvltea contribution* at any new ideaa that reader* of this de partment may wish to present, and would be pleased to answer correspond ents deslrlnft information on subjects discussed. Address )d. J. Wrajg, Wau kee. Iowa 1 3ITTER ROT OF THE APPLE. “A word now should be said upon the common name. Very commonly the infected flesh of an apple is dis tinctly bitter to the taste, but there is much variation in this. Sometimes the bitterness is very slight, in other cases almost equal to quinine. But such bitterness sometimes results also from other causes. Other fungi produce a similar taste in the affected fruit, though those usually attacking stored apples have no such effect. The musty flavor due to common molds is altogether different. If the word bitter is not always character istic, the word rot is not especially appropriate. The affected tissues are never slushy-soft. There is indeed no extra accumulation or incorpora tion of water. The spot is hard and firm and at length becomes sunken somewhat from the shrinkage of the drying pulp of the fruit. There is no odor. The apple seems to be con verted into a semi-woody substance which resistent of decay. It is in this condition a year or more at tached by its stem to the 'wig or endures for a similar length of time upon the ground. If, however, the affected fruit is neither constantly bit ter nor really rotten, still the name is as appropriate as any that can prob ably be found and is certainly better than that of ‘ripe rot’ which has been proposed.”—Prof. T. J. Burrill. One of the best crops to grow for late fall or early spring pasturage is rye. When sown for this purpose, so far as conditions will admit the seed snould be sown early in the fail in order that the plants may secure a good start to grow’ before using for pasture. Few plants will stand more tramping or closer grazing than rye and yet come out and make a good growth in the spring. The soil should be prepared in a good tilth, and the seed sown under as favorable condi tions as possible. WIND BAD FOR FRUIT TREES. Experienced investigators have ^>und that the wind does more dam age in the winter than the mere cold. Bhrubs and plants that ordinarily withstand much chill ma. become winter-killed when suffering only a moderate degree of cold accompanied by wind. “Many horticulturists wrap hay and burlap around plants, but this does not always keep out the wind, A modern invention consists of a wide board sharpened and driven down beside the plant on the side toward the prevailing winds. The branches are gathered and tied to the board. “Hay and burlap may then be used in the usual way, the board serving to strengthen the whole and to pro tect from the wind. It is well to let the hay come well out upon the ground around the base, since this gives protection to the roots of the plants.” One thing must result from the scarcity of farm help. We must use more machinery. If we cannot get men, machines must take their places. Either this or we must give up a por tion of our farming. EVILS OF CROSS-BREEDING. Replying to an inquiry as to the ‘best breed of hogs to cross-breed in order to get the best results,” the In diana Farmer says: “In our reply our advice is, that un less you have money and years of time to throw away, you had better not. try cross-breeding at all. It has required years of breeding, toil and patience to obtain the existing splen did types and families, and the better thing for a young or old breeder to do m to stick to them. Select the one fou prefer and get dams and sires not too near akin, and stand by that, if you want certain success. Life is too short to take the chances of one success against the record of scores of failures. Especially is this the wis est course to take, since it is true that, while once in fifty or a hundred vears a new breed has been produced, the new was no better than the old ones crossed to produce it. Continue to improve the present improved breeds, instead of trying to get a new fangled one that will not be better.” Be gentle with the hogs so that they become docile and quiet. The keeper’s disposition is often reflected (n the herd. STORING ONIONS. My plan of keeping onions through the winter is this: Be sure they are perfectly dry when cribbing them, as that is one of the main points to be considered. If they are to be dis posed of before cold weather comes, they can be kept in any dry place where they have plenty of air. The best place is a crib built in the same manner as a corn crib, so the air can circulate freely through them. Onions to be kept for the winter market, must be kept at a low temperature from the time they are first put in storage, keeping them at thirty-five to thirty two degrees;there is no danger of the temperature being too low, just so they are kept from actually freezing, and are nice and dry. When setting out pear trees select weep, heavy soil if you have any ■**“-**-*< I. h. ■ BROAD TIRES FOR WAGONS. The great value of broad tires for both farm wagons and carts and those used for carrying heavy loads has long been beyond question. In a re cent bulletin issued by the experi ment station of the University of the Stfte of Missouri, the director says: Numerous tests of the draft of wide and narrow tired wagons have been made at this station during the last two years on macadam, gravel and dirt roads, in all conditions, and on meadows, pastures and ploughed fields, both wet and dry. The draft has been determined by means of a self-recording dyranometer. The net load in every trial was the same, viz., two thousand pounds. Contrary to public expectation, in a large major ity of cases the draft was consider ably less when tires six inches in width were used than when the tests were made with tires of standard width—one and one-half inches. There is a brisk demand for our ap- ! pies in Europe, the crop being short j there. The quality of American Trult j is excellent, and prices are good, and ; are likely to be maintained, ’.•e ' price will compensate in part for the i limited quantity. A HALLOWE’EN INVITATION Come all ye men and maidens gay— The kettle sings a cheerful lay; Close tight the casement, latch the door, j Snuff candle wicks ,and sand the floor! The witch-hags ride about to-night To cast their spells of plague and blight On all who do their wrath awake— So bring forth posset-ale and cake. 'Tis All Saints’ feast and Hallowmass— ! A mystic time for lad and lass. When white and black witch work a charm. The first for good, the last fcr harm! So rise up. sluggard, cease thy scowl, Lest at thy back the beldames prowl. Pile high the logs upon the flie; ’Twill help to ease thy jealous ire. And saucy jade in kirtle red. The time draws near to melt the lead. For hearts of men and maids I ween Are toys for Fate on Halloween! —Exchange. When the pasture dries and grows scant and the cow has to work hard to merely fill herself, to say nothing about the inferior quality of what she eats, why not cut some corn and give her? You will give it to her next winter anyhow. It will go further now and do her more good and you will save husking. OUR GARDEN. We not only believe in gardens but we have a garden, and we think that every farmer who enjoys a disn of lucious, ripe strawberries, a mealy baked potato, or a piece of cherry pie should have a good graden, an abund ance of small fruit and an orchard. If a man is not a farmer, and is not the fortunate possessor of broad acres, if he only controls a square roa of ground; if he ever knew’ the pleas ure of picking and eating a fully ripe bunch of grapes, or a juicy, fine flav ored apple he should plant that square rod of ground to something. Or, if he has not even that much ground, if he loves a beautiful flower he may plant a rose or a vine at the wail of his house, that he may have a personal interest in some growing thing. It helps to make life worth living. It is a wonderful inspiration to better living. If we maintain good fences the flock will not become unruly. We should spend the time that we too often waste chasing an unruly flock In bnilding substantial fences. HOW TO PLOW. In starting to plow a piece of ground it is best to spend a little time at the start and map out the course that is to be pursued. By laying the field out in ‘lands,” it is possible to make the turning all come at the ends so that the plowed ground will not be compacted, and the field will be left in gradual swells that are highest at the back furrow and gradually slope to the dead furrow, so that the land will be drained in this way. The com mon way of starting at the outside and going round and round, throwing the earth all to the outside of the field should in most cases be aban doned, for by that method the drain age is all toward a depression in the center of the field. This is worth thinking about, and it will not be a bad plan to lay out the fields in lands this winter when there is not so much to do as there will be next spring in the “rush” of the season's work. In a majority of cases, where a va riety of fruit which once flourished in a given soil has ceased to flourish and perfect fine fruit there, the change will be found due to the fact that the soil has become destitute of the neces sary mineral. STORING CABBAGE. The usual mode of storing cabbages for winter is to bury them—heads down and roots up. A better method is to place them together in a furrow, roots down, then throwing the dirt to them and adding another layer of dirt until a compact bed of cabbages is made. Now cover with straw or hay and place cornstalks on the hay. When wanted for use remove a por tion of the hay, cut off the heads de sired and leave the stalks. In the spring remove the hay and the cab bage stalks will produce early sprouts, or "greens.” All that is necessary Is to keep the cabbage from thawing too suddenly. If buried heads down they soon begin to rot after the frost is gone and the rains come in the spring. WINTER PROTECTION TO RASP. BERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES In one of our exchanges Mr. Kel logg says: “The hardiness of all va rieties of blackberries and raspberrie? is largely a question of manipulatioi during the growing season. If th« ' foliage is kept free from fungi by spraying as well as giving then* plenty of sunshine by having them se far enough apart so each leaf shal have full exposure to the sun's rays so no fungi will form and each leaf kept green until ripened by the coo fall weather so the wood cells com plete their formation, any of our va rieties recognized as hardy will pass through 25 or even 30 degrees below zero without harm. "This is a question of tillage to a great extent. If the ground is allow ed to remain with a hard crust on the surface the water draws to the sur face very fast and if this is aided by a good crop of weeds, the winter rains will soon get away and during the early summer the plants will make a leeble growth and during the protract ed drouth the new buds for next sea son will form prematurely and when early fall rains come these buds de velop and keep on growing so late they do not fully mature before winter sets in. We must bear in mind the ripening process must stop as soon as the leaves are killed by the frost. “There is a wonderful work going on during the cool weeks of Septem ber and October. When we see the frost hold off late and the leaves gradually taking on the beautiful red and yellow color, we should know they are completing the work of as similatirg and storing food in the wood to start the leaf growth next spring. If nature had not taken this precaution every tree which drops its leaves in the tall would die because it could not digest any food to start new leaves. “I have always been especia'ly care fill o hold winter rains tor the use of bushes by frequent cultivation am »y thus exposing the soil grains to the air so the elements were reverted to a soluble form, the plants would tak< it up and thus by the latter part 01 summer the interrupted growth desired and then check growth by th« cover crop, and we are sure of perfeci buds and fully matured buds. “I have never given ground protec tion for any of the bush fruits except the Early Harvest and Wilson black berries and by following this prac tice. never lost a bountiful crop 01 nice berries.” The man that puts his corn into a silo increases the value of that crop for feeding purposes. Especially is this true if he has more corn than he needs to feed out each year. By the silo a man is enabled to so store a big corn crop, that it can be carried -Nver to the small crop years. This is something tnat is appealing more and more to the progressive dairy man. During the last few years dif ferent parts of the country have been seriously affected by great drouths, which have shortened the feed supply to such an extent that the production of milk and butter has been almost "without profit, as selling prices do not correspond with cost of produo tion under such circumstances. A NATURAL LAW. In the study of plant and animal life it w ill be found that every species almost without exception has som< parasite which preys upon it, always with the result that it limits the de velopment of such species. This is in accord with the great natural law which always provides agencies to pre serve the proper balance of the spe cies. This explains why when any one crop is grown to the exclusion of others on a large scale sooner or later some parasitic enemy is sure to develop. Thus the hop louse riddles the hop yards, the “yellows” blight the peach orchards, the cholera cleans out the hog yards, the rust smites the wheat field. Nature wants everything to have a fair show, and when any form of life becomes monopolistic in its growth or development she makes very short work in providing a remedy. Possibly there may be a hint here for some of statesmen who are to-day wrestling with social, political and economic problems. It has taken many years and many generations of cows to produce the special dairy cow. One cross on an other breed may undo ail the work and care of years. Don’t work back ward. Is locations where it has not frozen up, it is a good plan to plow and culti vate the garden so that the weed seeds will start to germinate and the young seedlings will be killed later by freezing. THE NEW ALLEGHENY HOLLY HOCKS. Prof. Meehan says that there is more in the Allegheny strain of holly hocks than has yet developed. The most notable departure from the ordi nary type is in the grade of the petals. The regular, solid, rosette-like shape of the old flower is in a measure pret ty and near and very desirable, but it becomes monotonous. Allegheny petals are more loosely arranged, not very double, as a rule, and gracefully fringed. Another prominent feature is the size of the flowers. They range in various sizes, from four to seven inches. They are also remarkable for a free blooming character, tall spikes being produced that frequently give bloom until frost. The colors are vari ouB, from very light pink—“shell Japanese Belief In Dreams. A fanciful race, the Japanese people set great store by dreams. The native astrologer is usually very busy in the early part of the year delineating the meaning of the many visions brought to him for solution, and foretelling events to come. If you dream that you are struck by lightning, it means you will grow suddenly rich; but to dream of frost means a feast; of wind, it denotes that sickness is coming. Living on Flirtation. While there is no doubt that men understand the art of flirtation a great deal better than women, it is doubtful whether they get quite as much enjoyment out of it as the lat ter do. A man may, and generally does, get excellent sport for his pains, but he cannot live, as so many women do, on flirtation. A man flirts when he has no more exciting occupation.— Ladies’ Field. Insects and Snakes as Food. In Arizona Indian children may be seen catching ants and eating them and in Mexico the honey ant is eager ly sought after by the natives, who eat the well-rounded, currant-like ab domen. In South America the large lizard, the iguano, is a delicacy, not to speak of the larger snakes, which in taste are like chicken. The ordi nary rattlesnake, it is said, is very good eating if one can overcome the inborn prejudice. There 1* more Catarrh In this section of the country ; than all other dbes.-eii put together. au PISTOL CARTRIDGES. “ It’s ttie shots that hit that count. ” Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, pene trating blow. This is the kind of Cartridges you will get, if you insist on having the time-trieA Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OP CARTRIDQML W. L Douglam makmm than any _aalla_r._ manufacturer In tha '• 93.BO a world. The reanon W. L. Douglas $1.50 Mine* are the greatest Keller* In the world I* ^ranee of i _ ___ lent style, easy fitting mid *ui>erii>r werring qualities. 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