Oil Little Used in Russia Notwithstanding the large produc tion of petroleum in Russia the use ol Illuminating oil in the country Is email It has been limted by a tax on refined oil Recently the Baku re finers have petitioned the government to abolish this tax on refined oil for home consumption and to substitute for it a tax on all crude oil produced About the Wedding Dress A host of superstitions center about the wedding dress Some stitches should be set in it by the bride her self on her wedding day she should sew her own joy in It But the groom should never be allowed to see the bride in her wedding dress until ae meets her at the altar Trap Gun Kills Man A E Chambers was killed at Santa Nora Cal by a load of salt ured from t spring gun the owner of a cabin nad placed at his door for the purpose of liscouraging the visits of burglars Money Versus Experience What do you care if you havent any coney You are rich in experience Good News for All Bradford Tenn Nov 21 Spe iial Scientific research shows Kid ley Trouble to be the father of so aiany diseases that news of a dis tovery of a sure cure for it cannot jail to be welcomed all over the coun try And according to Mr J A Davis f this place just such a cure is found m Dodds Kidney Pills Mr Davis tays Dodds Kidney Pills are all that Is claimed for them They have done me more good than anything I have ever taken I had Kidney Trouble very bad and after taking a few boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills I am com pletely cured I cannot praise them too much Kidney Complaint develops into Brights Disease Dropsy Diabetes Rheumatism and other painful and fatal diseases The safeguard is to cure your kidneys with Dodds Kid ney Pills when they show the first symptom of disease Men With Feminine Tastes Whenever a man is found to tastes commonly considered iemtiJne tie is almost sure to be a distinguished personage For instance Sir Walter Scott Mohammed DrvWolsey Riche- lieu Montaigne rrerre con- ine poet Gray weraj excessively jfond ofl EV Aiati water Starch for laundry use rhey mil r pound while all other Cold Water tarches are put up In -pound pack- ges and the price is tbfesame TfT ents Thei again becauljiejDefiance g tarchs tree irm all lnjunpus chem als 11 ylur gapcer tries Jo tell you ery nouselceeper snotitl TSncB i if they will buy Defiance Cold um nut nuly time because it zlv packager it is becjFisgf he has 4 stocit on nana wnicn ne ivisnes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance tie Knows tnat uenance iacir nasi I I lliJ printed on every paciiage iu iuisb icl lers and figures 16 ozs Demand ijgnmfra aB c Irish egws thaifTrccliE pastr fi foM as thai Jeotf - L ir fiever sticks to the iron but because ach Tm Jue yai are riphe her rjp ah eKe itr urt i of all bjsaier t saw f eh it Mii th m inbi on uemny n Some grocers say they dont keep efiance Starch This Is because they ave ftfStofcnllMukH oHiDKaflfs lontainiriK Milch they won tecause Defiance The incapacity of a mans admiuis tiator to receive the proceeds of a pqlicv on his life which had been as sign to his wife because he willfully took her life is held in Lanier vs Box Tenn 64 L R A 458 not to cause their escheat to thestate but it is held that they will pass to her dis tributees as though the husband haI never been in existence Accidental death of an assured re sulting from taking poison to frighten his wife into giving him money is held in Courtemanche vs Supreme court I O P Mich 64 L R A 668 not to be within the provision of the policy that it does not include assurance against self destruction or suicide Employes of a mining partnership who are charged with the care and management of its property are held in Markley vs Snow Pa 64 L R A 585 not to act within the scope of their employment in causing long after the commission of the crime the arrest for the purpose of vindicating the law of one who is suspected of having set fire to a building belonging to the part nership so as to render the partner ship liable for malicious prosecution in case the arrest proves to have been without jurisdiction A watch is held in Rains vs Max well House Co Tenn 64 L R A 470 to be within the operation of a statute providing that if a guest at a hotel neglects to deposit jewels in the safe or other place provided by the hotel keeper for their custody they shall be at his own risk Mentalj anguish and suffering are held jin Cfowan vs Western Union Tel- egiawi 5mJo MftfciteraM mo vv ija StSnc 2j a iWl or L Ascoli fi the 1 Cpmpany Iowa 64 L R A ba sufficient to sustain an ac- reach of contract promptly smit and deliver a telegram The fact that a municipality takes its water suptly from a lake is hell in PraivsJmifirtlJifch 64 L E A 65 not to justify the denial hrWigueS3leWof the right of an upper riparian owner to bathe tithfe fafieTl The right of the probate court in it HscTmiUll W Ullinv all admluistrator a reasonable amount to compensate mi- riin srnr i in hsijitf BURIAL CUSTOMS OF OLf 5 Ibrh EaTd to R 1 nBiiir t nay a cauioi i r teifv bioi ongobards h etithS roker lAll STheir T R 3 1 fc - lfiing bo ai gagricon as been tounci near money1 and the annoyance of tue iruii 7i6rswerelaTalwith their iacestothe comb made of horn or bone and a babb gltfshoul the Tronto at a pass across ines in Italy The site of ort is the top of an island of rock now occupied by a little hamlet roundishie iftpflarinflinrtnon nt BHpyAff IfhrWifw ironj bossr TPt the Jpaastrar jnei i in isjvora r Uihide kA iif the ss laid alp l yfoden h ipfra mrn m v mym1 oiUMmuuwQ mrgnWirucwiatea with gold as well as a bow and arrows In q rmiTror iGStfilnfieiQatr th beaWetairtH eftea deco conaTns Iff tzli rated annliaue for belt and Scabbard ne samq rnonay v KwsAori J nl3 clluAr1 or lirsmfii DobJi4iVfl jiTffitiioti2ioiziirzr2nsyVj inaiyiiTiairi jr same money Then tarch Requires no buy Defianoe Smailgom piaies seem iv nave ue cooliSy HO H Secant m9dS iS5tQlldiape of rtT rtco Hno rrnvD nnntnlTiPfl fl rlPnv dQi4fi siiisteto wn eirti iFsav fKVttriMtair sKV4il trJS il ireemusi JH5 Ojialls n3 ttoaarh With two movable cji ztiiiii ot7 iv f urx jij6cu J i niin handles orten nirs saaaies ana nai You never hear any one complain TJ f ibout Defiance Starch There Is none nSJKWMayjiHasiaauiaiaeia eauai it in quality ana quantity ju ia ior n00 in ovrivWRA iAtllnw Hv HRJiieuRHVcVVrfali r r wi t - wits Great Bend for FREE 8800 trial bottle ana troatifo iVL U KX1KE Ltat 931 ATCQ oirees ruuuuoiiuus ra asMisrr TA FA aairannw WcltJry dogs not de- kd on the glory of hTiii23fi8rc33Y r f0irttd nh fton TtVrtTbebcfeiiain had bij iav uiy euw luecuciw uw wu searsJor cfinninc manes and a large earrings of different shapes nngei Small men do not eain great truths rings and gold plates One ring has PcBBa iapBBwwi ihhm wi miwowwihihj m fnd great men do not retain them 1 the nanleS GeTUlillus and lingular ei Sj ttllt rspi M m ftJrl Brk mmM LriK JrHivpft chUdvAMtlilWJWViaTrasaprofieB t V WW W1i MJf Wm M Z itutiiMiKieiiw 9jMttim mtsMltsaKtmyWmsjBkim vmSas ol rltn MnRINE ETE KEMEDY Co CWcaeo If r itci r nnrp ir Intlaincd and tret oculists Ice ud free Faui pie MUUlNE cUcnfflBnjyaS1Tin1lTe be rriv7uTn5 Temphfton Men who are always on iver make much of anything r efiancb St est anffl bes jncex S c He has made no great gains who is never lost anything LDr sndout - jvifin W2SWHf HWS lePfefe string fly and is s wnicii nunisnies j uotuci tux cjm Dy the neck and one front Ij ound Chance is one of the most pfbfdW icf temporarily oisarrangei -Sc J lnnmi xrn UUW ICUICUL OOVllfa l iv- UlUiJ IU VUl Ullitj t 1 It 1 nnn ln11 sj caugnt ruiuiii lb w 3 mAc Fn n ncoiAnnpp hiif tno linvs line careiuuy every oowe oi jaiukia - I and rare remedy for infants and cbllUrp ed to understand the message d 6co that It The bear got nearer and fins 7 iMMCAlMWnliMin nnnv Infllnflnnr n n 111 Tion h i i wV4 Naaiw r Ar v cLJu h j b wJlm S iT i T TTli o i1 o1o nnt Slrrnofnrn nf f JtTV AC JJS WOUI1U IU II1U Ullfen txnyx uou tci a K V - uh- m i I- Tugs overalls 1115 nus sent in TTrfa vAT abafe of llnlmeUJKlnqMf II J 11 J 111 rvr jrti fi 1 i open denial of God may be bet- He Lassoed a Bear Tug Wilson is a Colorado cowbc The MSa8ftWlelfiift8 133 Mffly M aVively experience wh he had on a ranch near that to the other day While the round ad of James creek started up a large ntfrnon bear but drew off stroked II beard and said Let him go boys llaTC no ItinYeVo fdbiTwitT mmv TOflsonKsoonXspi 2d tlie lfear ajid ofice tool dpvn 1 is rape alidv bejan A make a loop intending to have be steak for supper Rustysot to the top of 01 Overalls uuu win iiu tuiiuuc iij self to roping cattle and horses durl t - wrmnanmumttom S5 who succeeded in securing for the property belonging to the estate a ma terially greater amount than was bid for it at the attempted auction sale is sustained in Re Willards estate Cal 64 L R A 554 The other authorities on liability of estate for commissions of broker or agent who sells property are collated in a note to this case A statute providing that insurance policies shall not be avoided for the falsity of representations or warran ties unless made with intent to de ceive or increasing the risk of loss is held in Continental Fire Insurance Company vs Whitaker Tenn 64 L R A 451 to be within the police power and it is held to be immaterial that it applies only to policies issued by old line companies and not to those issued on the assessment plan The death of a husband who with his wife had occupied a tract of land belonging to him as a homestead is held in Cross vs Benson Kas 64 L R A 560 not to deprive the wife of the right to maintain the home stead and to continue to occupy it free from forced sale under process of law for the payment of the husbands debts The power of courts at common law to order an examination of the person of one alleged to have been in jured by the negligence of another for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the injuries is denied in Austin N W R R Co vs Cluck Tex 64 L R A 494 The use of land for the erection ana maintenance by railway companies of hotels and eating stations along their roads for the accommodation of their employes and passengers is held in Abraham vs Oregon C R Company Ore 64 L R A 391 to be a legiti mate railroad purpose only when they are reasonably necessary for the con venience of such persons The act of the officers of a munici pal corporation who in attempting to guard the public health remove a smallpox patient to a pesthouse so overcrowded and illy adapted to its purpose that he dies from the conse quent exposure is held in Twyman vs Frankfort Ky 64 L R A 572 not to render the municipality liable MERE MATTER OF REASONING No Question Day Must Have Been Windy in the Extreme Hon John E Roche of Scranton was a member of the Pennsylvania legis lature during the first Pattison admin stration He used to tell a good story about how a pretentious orator was squelched Two young lawyers from adjoining districts had been trying dvring an entire session to make rep utations as orators When the appor tionment bill was taken up one of them spoke for five hours against the bill and when he had concluded his harrangue the other man took the floor for another lengthy ebullition in favor of the measure In his peroration he said that he was sorry to find his brother on the wrong side for there was every reason why they should agree We were raised together we stud- ied together we played together we were born in the same year yes even on the same day 4 Did 1 understand you to say that you were born on the same day in terrogated a member from Philadel phia Yes came the prompt reply On the very same day Yes sir Then it must have been a very windy day said the Philadelphian The orator sat down squelched by roars of laughter -Shoemaking in the Black Forest The Black Forest of Germany a re gion famous for centuries is nun dreddf1yeaFS behind the present age in methods dt living i and conducting simple indusrtg raTJhjisact is strik waysThe natiyes follow inwialang tosOTrtltajimctf TKbpnWiiktkeeprit fofiffsvo Then -some the- ehoomalicr kit jLi3Us541 2fSWns 1S one M4M f aMv ffKffrthfa and every johusXnfss GftSSuefore him taisdfcranwiafiudri aranisbsU20tkkaarSldbpirTLStO atftMte ti dtnrfJrfaqa5j fe r Stterro8oilfillii0ver yni3q3 ifoEWnBniisW teas k2Sipfeyh slaiasz o bnra a fj anl 1 tnT tlz3lb UwHn o tszlul aril lmpofdnWiaHsb3rirpO oatko 9HJaBiSfi9lq2yOlllcfcoX eJpursedrDtlto oodHflmrrcrintlinzstetisi hoMfft tfftj5 raHiffiffg firMifiJa frr mf2 UaZi HZTltitbAt 1 axc Jieing enerimphtfell iffvftiM 001 til keepara iWvesifrf rrr breiA SKfia - IfctUvom the tonRRMfaVfrUe ipjApicaq idy4fifninTanti aBgflBSg The Smyrna Fig in America In past issues we have discussed the Smyrna fig in the southern end of the semi arid belt It may be inter esting to note the growth of tho fig growing Industry In the United States Until a few years ago all fine figs used here were imported from across the water The growing of the com mon fig of commerce White Adriatic began some time ago but the inability of this fig to compete with the Smyr na fig led to a Californian George C Roeding who lives in the Joaquin Valley attempting to grow the Smyr na fig But for him we might still be without trees of this variety He began the enterprise in 1882 Eight years before a California paper had distributed cuttings of the Smyr na fig tree to its readers and many thrifty trees were the result But when the trees came of bearing age they persistently refused to produce the fruit for which they had been planted The figs on these trees set but never matured They dropped from the tree before getting half of their growth It was evident to any investigating horticulturist that the figs were not pollenized An investigation of this Smyrna fig showed that it was only the female of the Capri fig and that pollen from that fig must be introduced into the flower of the Smyrna fig to enable its fruit to reach full development and maturity In the country where these figs are produced there is a little wasp called the fig wasp that does the work of introducing the Ca pri pollen into the Smyrna fig This insect is dignified by the scientists by the name of Blastophaga grossorum It is a small insect in spite of its big name This fig wasp is born in the Capri fig but leaves it while the fig is still in blossom It crawls out through the blossom and covers itself with pollen as it does so It takes refuge in the Smyrna fig blossom crawling down into it and leaving its pollen for the use of that fig This pollen enables the Smyrna fig to mature and ripen Mr Roeding tried growing both the Capri and the Smyrna fig trees but they did not help each other He tried hand pollenizing and succeeded thereby in getting some fruit Then he tried importing the fig wasp but in all cases for several years the fig wasp was dead on arriving in this country It took eleven years to get the wasp introduced alive and then suc cess came In 1S99 the first fig wasps began work in this country and quick ly pollenized the Smyrna fig The next year the experimenter went to Asia Minor and spent some months in studying the practices of the fig raisers there For three years the industry has been growing greatly in Central Cali fornia new orchards being planted as fast as trees can be obtained Farmers Review Cold Storage for Apples The experiments to determine the best processes for the cold storage of apples are being carried on with great promise of success In fact they have already resulted in much benefit in the way of pointing out methods that are not best In Illinois for a time it was thought that some of the cellars under dwellings could be fit ted up to take the place of cold storage plants Many cellars were altered at considerable expense and plans of them were circulated for it was be lieved they were a success But the experiment station comparative tests phowed that most of these were ineffi cient and that the percentage of loss in rotten fruit was too great to war rant the labor and expense of so keep ing apples or other fruit The University of Illinois has ex tended its scope so far as experiments of this kind are concerned The Farm ers Review some time ago gave an illustrated description of the cold stor age plant at Neoga where about 2500 barrels of apples were kept from fall till the next summer by the use of about 100 tons of ice That was by the use of natural ice alone Experi ments are now being carried on to determine the relative value of ice and mechanical refrigeration rnWhat perhaps more important is tliedetrniining of the best tempera turi at- which to keep each of the varieties of fruit common to Illinois JkSqscertained that the same degree pjgoid is not best for a Ben Davis gJoaadSrftnes Golden this having been demonstrated both in the experiments madjeitt Illinois and by those made in other fetfrtes hatjkind of a wrapper is best for rrniinhea the latter is to be placed iiuifaoid storage This is a problem wbfti isofving and the station named nlifylhg to solve it Some people jy 1pfclT others say sawdust while vjeAJthers would leave the fruit un co vereS but shut up in a tight recep tacle All of the opinions are based IjrfgfUP5 oiF guesswork The station JcyfflK iire trying to get away from tHaaWfare endeavoring to reduce 1Mi1pl t0 oue of exact knowledge tax marii 9ilfedsfpaat advisable to keep the ground of vegetable matter rJ6vetfw4th stable manure or with acJver crop that will die with the mrndfrost 3rnwfaon3grnpe vines are being set out JheHbles should be dug deep enough tffia ISrgl enough to permit of the oWeflfg placed and covered with- ww mmt 5itsm tfsma f ft7rr i vkv 1 T AhnV VjfCHn cr -- tfr Cattle Breeding Cattle breeding is not the easy science that it seems to be It is fraught with problems that the strong est minds have studied and have not entirely settled Among them are the great questions of in breeding and atavism In breeding is one of the obstacles we place in the way of atavism that is the tendency of ani mals to revert to the primeval type This matter of in breeding is one that must be handled in the most careful manner though it is not as necessary now as it was in the early days of the breeds Then it was used as a means of securing continuance of type and the quality known as prepo tency It is an encouraging thing that our agricultural colleges are making the exhaustive study they are of the sci ence of breeding It is more encour aging to know that the experiment stations are backing up the agricul tural colleges by carrying on experi ments to set at rest some of the great controversies of the past The world has benefited greatly through the work of the men that founded the leading cattle breeds That benefit is to be increased by the work of the stations in fixing the lessons that are to be taught The whole tendency is to stop the methods of bad breeding that have done so much to deteriorate the stock of the country A minister recently said that many men know what is right but that few men do what is right We may say the same of cattle breeding More men know how to breed right than do breed right Preservation of Hen Manure It has been a fact of common knowl edge for a long time that as ordinar ily stored hen dung loses a large part of its nitrogen Because of the small number of hens kept by most farmers little attention has been given to means of preventing these losses The Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta tion has made a careful study of the effects of chemicals upon the loss of nitrogen and reached the following conclusions By itself hen dung is a one sided nitrogenous fertilizer As usually man aged one half or more of its nitrogen is lost so that as ordinarily used it does not carry so great an excess of nitrogen Because of its excess ol nitrogen it will be much more econom ically used in connection with manures carrying phosphoric acid and potash As both acid phosphate and kainil prevent the loss of nitrogen it is pos sible to use them in connection with sawdust or some other dry material as an absorbent so as to make a well balanced fertilizer For example a mixture of oO pounds of hen manure 10 pounds of sawdust or dry loam 16 pounds of acid phosphate and eight pounds of kainit woujd carry about 125 per cent nitrogen 45 per cent phosphoric acid and 2 per cent pot ash which used at the rate of 2 tons per acre would furnish 50 pounds ni trogen 185 phosphoric acid and 80 pounds potash Field Mice in France For some reason or other field mice have enormously increased in France during the past few years They have become not only a nuisance but a menace In some parts of rural France the number of field mice per acre is estimated at over 500 These consume more than five tons of vege table matter annually and destroy much in addition When we consider that even five tons of vegetable mat ter is a good yield of some crops such as timothy hay it is seen that the pest is no small one Reports in some sections of France some years have shown that there were more than 4000 mice per acre The farm ers are alarmed for they say that if the mice increase as they may be expected to increase they will next season eat up every particle of vege table matter that can be grown on the areas infested The French gov ernment has appropriated over 56 000 for the work of exterminating the mice The Pasteur institute some years ago took up the work of devel oping a culture of a disease fatal to rats and mice This culture is diluted in water and in the water oats are soaked These oats are scattered in the fields infested by the mice and in a few weeks about 95 per cent of all the mice there are found dead The fight is however a hard one due to the fact that the mice breed rapidly and travel in colonies from locality to locality often appearing in locali ties that had never before been in fested Two Ways of Competing There are two ways by which the man that is entering butter in a con test can make his butter One way is to select the cream and make sure that all conditions are perfect This way of making his butter is not the ordinary one and the only good that can come from the competition is that he may make a few dollars or get a medal The real object of butter con tests is to improve the conditions under which butter is made To get any real good the buttermaker must make his butter as he makes it every day and out of the cream that is an average of that he every day handles Then he will find out what the butter judges think of his work In this way he can make real progress and bring up his business The information he gets from the butter judges is of far more consequence to him than would be any amount of prize money and medals Traits of Future Typical American Patriotic religious devoted poeti cal Industrious artistic literary hon est enduring From the Irish pa triotism from the Scotch religious family devo fervor from the Jew tion from tho Scandinavian indus try from the Italian art from tho German honesty from the French quickness from tho Indian endur ance Chicago Journal Meanest Man Again A man of Wexham England was given 5 wherewith to buy a wreath for the funeral of a friond of the per son who had given the 5 Instead of buying a wreath the fellow went out to a cemetery stole a wreath there left it with the mourners and pocketed the 5 But his act was discovered later Decides Bridal Question The important question When does a bride cease to be a bride is decided Dy the London Queen which says she oecomes a wife at the expiration of six weeks after the wedding Indian Never Forgives The Indian never makes up after ailing out with any one He may fpeak to an enemy as he passes but dies with the hatred In his heart Of the 467 savings banks in Japan only one is foreign Of the 1799 or dinary banks only four are foreign One hundred million bushels of grain are sent every year to the mills of Duluth and Minneapolis WHACKS And What They Mean When Old Mother Nature gives yoU a whack remember theres a son so try and say thank you then set about finding what you have ione to demand the rebuke and try and get back into line for thats tho happy place after all Curious how many highly organized people fail to appreciate and heed the first little gentle whacks of the good old Dame but go right along with the habit whatever it may be that causes her disapproval Whiskey Tobacco Coffee Tea or other unnat ural treatment of the body until seri ous illness sets in or some chronic disease Some people seem to get on very well with those things for a while and Mother Nature apparently cares but little what they do Perhaps she has no particular plans for them and thinks it little use to waste time In their training There are people however who seem to be selected by Nature to do things The old Mother expects them to carry out some department of her great work A portion of these select ed ones oft and again seek to stimu late and then deaden the tool the body by some one or more of the drugs Whiskey Tobacco Coffee Tea Morphine etc You know all of these throw down the same class of alkaloids in Chemi cal analysis They stimulate and then depress They take from man or wom an the power to do his or her best work After these people have drugged for a time they get a hint or mild whack to remind them that they have work to do a mission to perform and should be about the business but are loafing along the wayside and be come unfitted for the fame and for tune that waits for them if they but stick to the course and keep the body clear of obstructions so it can carry out the behests of the mind Sickness is a call to come up high er These hints come in various forms It may be stomach trouble or bowels heart eyes kidneys or general nervous prostration You may depend upon it when a whack comes its a warning to quit some abuse and do the right and fair thing with the body Perhaps it is coffee drinking that offends That is one of the greatest causes of human disorder among Americans Now then if Mother Nature is gen tle with you and only gives light littla whacks at first to attract attention dont abuse her consideration or she will soon hit you harder sure And you may be sure she will hit you very very hard if you insist on following the way you have been go ing It seems hard work to give up a habit and we try all sorts of plans to charge our ill feelings to some other cause than the real one Coffee drinkers when ill will attri bute the trouble to bad food malaria overwork and what not but they keep on being sick and gradually getting worse until they are finally forced to quit entirely even the only one cup a day Then they begin to get bet ter and unless they have gone long enough to set up some fixed organic disease they generally get entirely well It is easy to quit coffee at once and for all by having well made Postum with its rich deep seal brown coloi which comes to the beautiful golden brown when good cream is added and the crisp snap of good mild Java is there if the Postum has been boiled long enough to iring it ouL It pays to be well and happy for good old Mother Nature then sends us her blessings of many and various kinds and helps us to gain fame and fortuno Strip off the handicaps leave out tho deadening habits heed Mother Natures hints quit being a loser and become a winner Sho will help you sure if you cut out the things that keep you back Theres a reason arid a profound one Look in each package for a copy o the famous little book The Road to Wellvllle i rr Jt f I f t r i h i