As They IxnprcxKod Tier.
Little Kitty , who 'had happened to be
e only one at home when the stran
gers called , was trying to describe
them. "One of 'em was a good deal
younger than the other , " she said , "and
he's the one that did the talking. He
Tvaiited to know when you'd he back. "
"How did he look ? " asked her fath
er. "Did he have any heard ? "
"Xo ; he was barefaced. "
" ! Iov about the older man ? Was he
barefaced , too ? "
"Kind o' , " said Kitty , remembering
is shaggy brown beard ; "only he was
grizzly boar faced. "
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Seeds Are Ilobtast.
The persistent vitality of seeds has
often been noted , and , while there is
some doubt as to the reliability of re
ports of wheat taken from Egyptian
graves of ancient date germinating
Avhen planted , many notable , if less
wonderful , examples of nature's pre
servation of the life of seeds come to
life from time to time. One of the
most noteworthy of these refers to
seeds taken from Fort Conger , about
490 miles from the pole , by the Pearyi
party in 1890 , having been exposed in
this northern climate for a period oi
sixteen years , their presence there be
ing the result of the Greely expedition' '
of 1SS3. Packages of lettuce and rad
ish seeds were brought to the United
States , and , after a further period of
six years , were planted , and , while the" "
lettuce seed had lost its vitality , fully
one-half of the radish seeds germinated'
and grew to maturity and perfection.
Philadelphia Record.
The Howling : Old Blizzard.
How dear to iny heart is the fierce howl
ing blizzard ,
Which coines from the north like a wolf
on the fold ,
Predicted by Foster or some other wizard ,
The charger of snow and the demon of
cold ;
How sweet to be caught in its grasp like
a feather ,
And find yourself wrapped round a tele
graph pole ;
Ob , how we adore , in this wild wintry
weather ,
' This blizzard that comes when you're
clear out of coal
This wild , whirling blizzard , the razor-
cdged blizzard ,
The loud-howling blizzard fresh from
the North Pole.
Lincoln Journal.
Xothlnj ? Doing- .
It was an imposing building , but thfi
nnr. with the square valise did not hesi
tate.
tate."Madam , ' he said to the matron who
appeared , "I should like to show you a
copy of our book , 'The Quiet Life , ' which
is making such a "
"Sir , " she interrupted , "this is an in
stitution for the deaf and dumb. " Chicago
cage Tribune.
CHILDREN SHOWED IT.
of Their Warm Drink In the
Morning.
"A year ago I was a wreck from cof
fee drinking and was on the point of
-giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
"I was telling a friend about it and
she said , 'We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum Food Coffee , and it is
such a comfort to have something vc
can enjoy drinking with the children. '
"I was astonished that she would al
low the children to drink any kind of
coffee , but she said Postum was the
most healthful drink in the world for
children as well as for older ones , and
-that the condition of both the children
and adults showed that to be a fact
"My first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled It four or five minutes and
It tasted so flat that I was in despair
but determined to give it one more
trial. This time we followed the direc
tions and boiled It fifteen minutes af
ter the boiling began. It was a decided
success and I was completely won by
Its rich delicious flavour. In a short
time 1 noticed a decided improvement
In my condition and kept growing bet
ter and better month after month , until
now I am perfectly healthy , and do my
vfork In the school room with ease and
pleasure. I would not return to the
, jj ) rve-destroying regular coffee for any
Jiaoney. "
"There's a Reason. " Read the fa
mous little "Health Classic , " * Th < ?
Jload to Wellville , " in pkgs.
The average farmer could add from
J5 to 25 per cent to his income from
vegetables and fruit if he was not too
proud to deliver them to customers
direct.
A man who tried it , says that the
best device for keeping crows away
from the newly-planted corn is to tie
ears of corn to poles placed at inter
vals around the field. For some rea
son after they came and looked at the
poles , they went away and stayed
away.
Xo plant will long survive if the
leaves are cut off , hence the way to de
stroy Canada thistles or other plants
that persist In growing is to keep them
cut down. As fast as they appear
above the ground cut them , and , as
they will become weaker after each
cutting , there arrives a time when they
can no longer grow.
The government is after the western
thieves who have stolen thousands of
acres of valuable coal and mineral
lands by fraudulent entries , perjury
and bribery. Many of these lands were
sold to the railroad coal companies at
loss than $5 an acre , on which the coal
royalties along would amount to thou-
saids. In most of these cases , the
thieves are the men who ride in pri
vate cars and control great business
enterprises.
* Saving1 Street Potatoes.
Observations made by the Tuskegee ,
Ala. , station on the methods of storing
sweet potatoes indicate that potatoes
dug and banked after a long dry period
generally kept well , while those dug
and banked after and during a rainy
season almost without exception kept
poorly. It was also observed that if
potatoes were cut or broken and the
milky juice turned to a dark greenish
color when dried In the air they kept
poorly , but if the juice dried white and
the injury showed a tendency to heal
over kept well.
Directions for harvesting and storing
a crop are given. To store sweet pota
toes successfully it is recommended
that the plants be set out as early in
the spring as late frosts permit , to
house or bank the crop only when thor
oughly ripe , and to avoid all injury in
harvesting.
The AETC of Limit. f
Good dairy cows should not be "Os-
lerized" until they are at least 12 years
old , and even after they have reached
that age some continue to produce : >
large quantity of milk. The produc
tion of milk depends largely on the
care that is taken of the animal and
her natural strength. Experiments
have proven that the production of
milk and butter fat constantly In
creases until a cow is G years of age ,
when she should be at her prime as
a milker. Heifers produce a somewhat
better quality of milk than older cows ,
for the reason that as a cow becomes
older she takes on weight , anil the
amount of fat in the milk is corre
spondingly decreased. A considerable
portion of food is used by young ani
mals for the formation of body tissue ,
and heifers , therefore , require more
nutriment for the production of milk
than the older cows , says the Journal
of Agriculture. After cows have reach
ed the age of 7 years the amount of
food required against increases. Un
less the animal's digestive organs have
become impaired by improper feeding ,
she should continue to produce milk
until 12 years old , although natural
ly the supply will be considerably less
than in her younger days.
Potato Scab.
Bulletin Xo. 141 of the Maine Agri
cultural Experiment Station , now be
ing sent out , discusses potato scab , a
subject of extreme Importance to potato
growers.
The real cause of scab is a minute
vegetable parasite which Is introduced
into the soil largely by means of scabby
seed tubers. Once in the soil , the scab
fungus may persist and be able to in
fect a crop even after a considerable
period. Alkaline soil conditions favor ,
while acid soils are unfavorable ' to
scab. Stable manure , chip dirt , lime
and wood ashes may increase scab be
cause they tend to make the soil alka
line.
line.Great
Great care should be taken to avoid
Infecting new land. The use of scabby
seed Is folly rather than economy.
Only smooth tubers should be used for
plan-ting , and these should be disin
fected by formalin or corrosive subli
mate solution , if the quantity to be
treated is small. If a large amount of
seed is to be treated formaldehyde gas
generated by the use of potassium per
manganate is recommended. The chem
icals required are not expensive and
should be obtained of any druggist.
The process is simple and inexpensive.
"Working : Out "Weeds.
Weeds are expensive , because they
not only rob the growing crops of plant
food , but also deprive them of mol * .
ture. The rapid-growing weeds crowd
the other plants and deprive them of
warmth , light and all other essentials
to growth. One advantage in the
usurpation of the land by weeds is that
they provide excellent green manurial'
crops , but the farmer can better afford
to grow something else as green mate
rial than to permit a single weed to
go to seed. The vast amount of labor
bestowed upon weeds every year may
be valued at many millions of dollars ,
and yet much of this labor could l > e
avoided if the weeds were killed when
young. It is the postponement of weed
killing that allows many of them to
produce seeds , as their rapid growth
often gives them occupancy of the land
before the fanner is aware of the fact ,
their eradication then requiring days
instead of hours. A crop of potatoes ,
onions , cabbage , beets or any other that
requires clean cultivation with the cul
tivator , harrow and hoe will greatly
assist in eradicating weeds , while green
manurial crops that are plowed under
destroy them. Hungarian grass is a
crop that makes vigorous growth , and
it may be mowed several times during
the year , thus rendering excellent serv
ice in destroying weeds , but in the gar
den the hoe will be found the most ef
ficient implement that can be employed.
Cnt "VVoraiB.
Many remedies have been suggested
for destroying cut worms , but for a
large field the labor of using prevent
ives or of entrapping the worm is an
important item. They can be caught
by simply making holes about the
plants with a sharp stick , into which
fall many that are unable to extricate
themselves. One part paris green to
fifty parts bran , with a little molasses ,
the whole mixed in water , and a teaspoonful -
spoonful placed near each plant , gives
good results. If the mother moth is
found and destroyed , of course the
source of the whole trouble will be re
moved. TLb farmer should be very
careful to seek and kill this owlet moth.
As the moths will dash into a flame ,
trap lanterns have been devised and
placed in the fields , and reports have
been favorable as to their adoption to
the capturing of different species of the
moths. There is one precaution , how
ever , which is pretty sure to insure a
good crop. Plant enough seed , so as
to allow the grubs in the ground to
satisfy their hunger and yet leave one
or two stalks unmolested , for observa
tion shows that the worm frequently se
lects only one or two plants in each
hill. On the other hand , it frequently
happens that where the cut worms are
numerous two or three "worms will be
found where each plant Is cut down.
Where a plant is found cut off ( which
is usually at the surface of the ground )
it can be depended upon that the dep
redator is just below and can be easi
ly found by digging away the ground
with the finger. It is very annoying
when transplanting cabbage to go out
the next morning and find that nearly
all the plants have been cut off during
the night , and it is extremely exasper
ating to have whole fields of young
corn , beans , peas and other crops in
fested with the worms to such a de
gree as to necessitate planting several
times.
to Treat the Boys.
Too many farmers treat their boy
like their steers give them plenty to
eat and let them go at that
But the boy does not get as good
treatment all around as the steer , be
cause when the steer is fed all of his
wants are filled. But a boy's1 stomach
is not the only part of him , although
it may often appear to be the largest
part.
part.The
The average boy has a. wide imagina
tion. He gets an occasional glimpse of
outside life when he goes to town , or
through the newspaper , if luckily his
father takes one , and his dreams be
gin to come.
He wants to know what lies beyond
his narrow life. The scraps of informa
tion the gleans from the paper and the
glimpses he gets in the city streets only
feed this imagination , and if he is given
no opportunity to travel or read or
learn about the world he becomes un
happy and sour and narrow.
He begins to dislike the farm and
ends by hating it Xo , not the farm
Itsejf , but the life be Is compelled to
lead.
lead.The average blfy IB full of animaj. ,
life , which cannot "be entirely satisfied
with hard work. He is a bounding ,
buoyant , human boy , bubbling over
with the desire to enjoy life , and if thij
desire Is not realized he thteks some
thing Is wrong and he Is right
He begins to look about him for arj
avenue of escape. He learns where
fun is to be had. It may not be whole
some fun , or even decent , but it is the
only kind he can find , and he goes to
it like a duck to water.
If the boy's home is made the best
place he can find ; if he is given books
and magazines ; If he is allowed a
part of every week for his own recre
ation ; if he is encouraged to go in for
a good time ; if he is allowed to enjoy
the company of the boys and girls o
the neighborhood ; if he Is given money
for his -work to spend as he pleases ,
with no strings on It ; on the whole , If
ho is treated as a boy , and not like a
steer , he will not want to leave tng
farm.
Most Costly Wood.
"French walnut is the finest
we have , " said the cabinet maker. "It
comes from Persia , but it is prepared
In France. I have seen French walnut
worth $ S a pound , and it is a common
thing to pay $2 a pound for it. Of
course it is used principally for ve
neering. Only millionaires could have
! , chairs and tables of solid French wal-
' nut.
i "Mahogany , wonderful as it is , rare
ly fetches such good prices. From $2
to $3 is a good price per pound for this
j wood.
| ' "Ebony , If It Is in a particularly
large piece , so that it will cut well ,
will often bring $5 a pound in the wood
market" Philadelphia Bulletin.
A WONDERFUL GAIN.
A Utah Pioneer Telia a Remarkable
Story.
J. W. Browning , 1011 22d street , Og
den , Utah , a pioneer who crossed the
Plains in 184S , says : "Five years ago
the doctors said I
had diabetes. Mj
kidneys were all
out of order , I had
to rise often at
night , looked sal
low , felt dull anil
listless and had
lost 40 pounds. M\
bnck ached and J
had spells of rlieu
matism and dizzi
ness. Dean's Kidney Pills relieved mi-
of these troubles and have kept me well
for a year past Though 73 years old.
I am in good health. "
Sold by all deafers , oO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo. N. Y.
Conclusive Reasoning.
A little elderly German who keeps
a stationer's shop amuses and interests
himself by making up stories about hia
customers and telling them to his fain-
ilj' .
"Dat young lady who has de pink
cheeks , she be married soon , I t'ink , "
he announced one night
"Xow , my Carl , you know nottinga
of.her whateffer , is it not so ? " and his
wife tried to look as if she did not
think him a wonderfully clever man.
"It is like dis , " said the stationer ,
solemnly. "I observe , and I know. At
first she buy paper and envelopes de
same ; later she buy twice as more
paper , and den five toies as more
paper as envelopes. So I know she is
become betrothed.
"And to-day , " he said , beaming with
pleasure , "to-day she buy only one
half-dozen envelopes and five times as
more paper ; and when I tell her she
get dem cheaper If she buy many , she
say to me , 'I have no need of more ,
t'ank you , ' so I know de friend he
comes soon , and so comes de marriage
on quickly. "
Mixed.
When ministers exchange they usual
ly preach old sermons , but , however ,
they generally look over the MMS.
carefully to see if the local points need
alteration.
A Sornerville preacher many years
ago went to Andover. to preach snd
neglected this simple precaution. In
his discourse was an allusion to the
Insane asylum at Somerville , and , for
getting for the moment tfiat he was in
Andover , he said :
"Sooner thana , child of mine should
be subjected to such influences , I would
be willing to have him confined in yon
der institution. "
And the good man pointed direct'y
at the Andover Theological Seminary.
Boston Herald.
'
The first requisite of a good
mother is good health , and the ex
perience of maternity should not be
approached without careful physical
preparation , as a woman who-is in
good physical condition transmits to
her children the blessings of a good
constitution.
Preparation for healthy mater
nity is accomplished by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ,
which is made from native roots and
herbs , more successfully than by any
other medicine because it gives tone
and strength to the entire feminine
organism , curing displacements , ulceration - MRS.JAMES
CHESTER
theMRS.JAMES
ceration and inflammation , and the
result is less suffering and more children healthy at birth. For more
than thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound
has been the standby of American mothers in preparing for childbirth.
NotewhatMrs. JamesChesterof427 W. 35th St. , New York says in this
letter : Dear Mrs. Pinkham- " ! wish every expectant mother knew about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A neighbor who had learned
of its great value at this trying period of a woman's life urged me to try
it and I did so , and I cannot say enough 5n regard to the good it did me.
I recovered quickly and am in the best of health now. "
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is certainly a successful
remedy for the peculiar weaknesses and ailments of women.
It has cured almost every form of Female Complaints , Dragging Sensa
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Childbirth and during the Change of Life.
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham , at Lynn , Mass. Her advice is free.
Why take sickening salts or repulsive
castor oil ? "Goes through you like a
dose of salts" means violence , grips , gripes , gases ,
soreness , irritation , and leaves your stomach and bowels
weak and burnt out. Might just as well take concen
trated lye. Then there's castor oil , disgusting , nauseat
ing truck that your stomach refuses unless you disguise
tthe taste. Fool your own stomach , eh ? Don't ever
| believe that anything offensive to your taste or smell is
'going to do you real good. Nature makes certain.
things repulsive , so you will not take them. Force
yourself to nauseous doses , and you ruin your digestion ,
weaken your bowels , destroy your health.
On the other hand see what a delightful ,
palatable , perfect modern laxative , liver
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Sterling Remedy Co. , Chicago or New York.
Consideration of a Motorist.
We hold no brief for the motorist
the Bystander says , but "honor where
honor is due. " On a country road the
other day we saw a motorist deliber
ately avoid running over an animal on
the highway ! To be exact , it was a
circus elephant. St. James Gazette.
Uncle Allen.
"Let me see , " mused Uncle Allen
Sparks , "in the old days , when we
couldn't charge it up to 'grip , ' what was
it we used to call this rocky sort of feel
ing we all have just after the Christmas
festivities ? "
For Infants and Children ,
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
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Farms
That
Grow
No. 1 Hard Wheat
(63 ( Pounds io ( he Bushel ) ]
Are situated in the Canadian West wherfr
Homesteads of i o acres can be obtained !
free by every settler willing and able to-
comply with the Homestead Regulations.
During the present year a largo portion otr
New Wheat Crowing Territory
has been made accessible to markets by
the railway construction that has been
pushed forward so vigorously by the three
great railway companies.
For literature and particulars address th
Superintendent of Immigration , Ottawa , Canada ,
sr the authorized Canadian Government rtzent ,
W. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration ,
Ottawa. Canada , or E. T. Holmes , 315 Jackson
St. , St. Paul , Minn , and J. M. MacLachlan , Boz
116 , Watertown , So. Dakota. Authorized Govern-
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