SOLD THE
WORLD OVER
ONIC
HIS INVOCATION A SUCCESS
Actor Finally , Got the Gas Man Awak
ened and Attending to His
Duties.
"Years ago , " says Guy Bates Post ,
the actor , "I appeared in an amateur
performance of a play that had a dis
tinct religious flavor. The leading play
er had studied for the ministry and
had a deep and sonorous voice. In
one of the scenes the lights were sup
posed to be turned down and a raging
storm simulated. The accompanying
lines were :
" 'Oh , Lord , deliver us from the pow
ers of darkness. '
"The leading man spoke the lines ,
but darkness didn't follow. He spoke
them again , and still the stage was
distressingly light. Finally he roared :
r" 'Oh , Lord , deliver us from the pow
er of darkness , and also give that fool
gas man sense enough to turn down
the lights. '
"The gas lights went down and the
audience roared. " Pittsburg Chronl-
cle-Telegraph.
A Spicy Subject.
John Lane , the well-known publish
er , said at a literary dinner in New
York :
"As an editor I find nobody so per
sistent as tlie amateur contributor. If
the amateur were half as Ingenious in
writing his material as In trying to
land it , he would become a Dickens In
no time.
"An amateur said the other day to
an editor I know :
' "Allow me to submit this bear
story. '
" 'My readers don't care for bear
stories , ' said the editor. 'They want
something spicy. '
' ' 'But this , ' said the amateur , 'is a
story about a cinnamon bear. ' "
Crippled by Tuberculosis.
According to a recent report by Dr.
Conrad BiesalskI of Berlin , there are
76,000 cripples In the German empire
out of a population of 60,500,000. Over
60,000 of the cripples are in need of
proper treatment. Doctor Biesalski
states that in 15 per cent of the crip
ples examined , their deformity was
due to tuberculosis of the bpnes and
Joints , and that there were 10,000
such children in great need of med
ical treatment. He advocates the es
tablishment of seaside sanatoria for
"ids latter class of cripples.
Of Course.
"Why are hotel bellboys called 'But
tons ? ' "
"Because they're always off when
you need 'em most. "
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes a Variety of Ails.
A happy old lady in Wisconsin
tays :
"During the time I was a coffee
drinker I was subject to sick head
aches , sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days ,
totally unfitting me for anything.
To this affliction was added , some
years ago , a trouble with , my heart
that was very painful , accompanied
by a smothering sensation and faint-
ness.
"Dyspepsia , also , came to make life
harder to bear. I took all sorts of pat
ent medicines but none of them helped
me for any length of time.
"The doctors frequently told me
that coffee was not good for me ; but
without coffee I felt as if I had no
breakfast I finally decided about 2
years ago to abandon the use of cof
fee entirely , and as I had read a great
deal about Postum I concfuded to try
that for a breakfast beverage.
"I liked the taste of it and was par
ticularly pleased to notice that it did
not 'come up' as coffee used to. The
bad spells with my heart grew less
and less frequent , and finally ceased
altogether , and I have not had an at
tack of sick headache for more than a
year. My digestion is good , too , and
I am thankful that I am once more a
healthy woman. I know my wonder
ful restoration to health came from
quitting coffee and using Postum. "
Name given by the Postum. Co. , Battle
Creek , Mich.
"There's a reason , " and it is this.
Coffee has a direct action on the liver
with some people , and causes partial
congestion of that organ preventing
the natural outlet of the secretions.
, Then may follow biliousness , sallow
skin , headaches , constipation and final
ly a change of the blood corpuscles
and nervous prostration.
Read the little book , "The Road to
Wellville , " in pkgs. "Theres ] a Rea
son. * '
Ever rend the above letter ? A ncrr
7 one nppcnra from time to time. They
are genuine , true , and fall of human
intercut. f
CORN ON DRY FARM
Conservation of Rainfall is Key
to Success.
Enough Live Stock Should Be Kept to
Pay Most of Farm Expenses in
Semi-Arid Regions Hay and
Pasturage Short.
In all dry farming areas the conservation
vation of the rainfall In the soil where
it becomes available to growing crops
is the keystone of successful agricul
ture , writes W. R. Porter in the Farm ,
Stock and Home.
This is generally done by the culti
vation of the soil during the entire
growing season. If no crop is pro
duced on the land this'operation is
called summer fallow or summer cul
ture. Over most of the dry farming
area nearly if not as good grain
crops can be grown following a culti
vated crop as after the summer fal
lowed land. .
When the bare fallow system is
used a whole year elapses without any
returns either on the investment or
for the labor performed. If a culti
vated crop can be grown with as good
crops following it should more than
pay its expense , which will consist of
seed , planting and harvesting ; the cul
tivation would have to be done any
way , so this would not be counted
against the cost of production of a
crop of corn. Corn is pre-eminently
this crop , first , because it produces
an abundance of cheap feed ; second ,
it shades the soil during the exces
sively hot days of July and August ,
thereby preventing loss of soil fertil
ity , and third , a corn field has a cool
ing rather than a heating influence on
the winds that blow across it. This
may have a very beneficial effect on
surrounding crops when the tempera
ture is near the 100 degree mark.
On most farms in the dry farming
area enough live stock should be kept
to pay most of the running expenses of
the farm. Hay and pasturage are very
short in such areas and consequently
too dear for cheap live stock produc
tion. Enough corn should be grown
to supply , first , the work horses with
roughage during the winter if not the
working season ; second , to supple
ment the pastures of the summer and
fall as a soiling crop or in the form
of ensilage and to from the bulk of
their winter ration ; third , to supply
the sheep and hogs a cheap fattening
food for finishing them off hi the fall.
The first essential to corn culture
on the dry farms is live stock , for
without such there is no way of util
izing the corn crop , but if live stock
are kept feed must be had , the corn
crop can be converted into beef , pork ,
mutton , wool , butter and eggs , com
modities that can always be convert
ed into cash or its equivalent. The
by-product of live stock ( manure )
should go back onto the land to re
plenish the diminishing supply of hu
mus and fertilizing elements so essen
tial to large yields.
The second essential to corn culture
is a conviction that it will pay to grow
live stock on the corn crop produced
and a determination to grow corn as
their chief feed in spite of adverse
circumstances. In order to be success
ful in growing corn on a dry farm the
selection of the proper variety is es-
.sential. In western North Dakota
and eastern Montana Squaw , Gehu ,
Mercer , King Phillip and Triumph
will probably prove the best flint va
rieties , while Golden dent and North
western' dent will probably prove the
best dent varieties. Good seed is very
important. It should always germinate
strong and 95 per cent , or better.
The time to seed is from the tenth
to the fifteenth of May in a well pre
pared seed bed which has been
manyred and plowed the fall before
and which has beeg harrowed at inter
vals from the time the soil had thawed
out in the spring until the time of
seeding. Thorough cultivation Is very
important as it warms the soil , de
creases evaporation of soil water , and
forces the corn ahead very rapidly. On
the dry farms the corn should be cul
tivated after every rain as soon as
possible in order to bottle all water
possible in the soil. As soon as the
corn Is cut the land should be disked
lightly but It should not be plowed.
Snould any heavy soaking rains come
after this in the fall the land should
again be harrowed. In the spring
wheat should be sown as early as pos
sible but very rarely should the corn
land be plowed before seeding wheat.
, Two Sets of Nests.
It is a good plan to have two sets
of nest boxes easily moved , not at
tached to the building in any way.
While one set is being used the other ,
having been cleaned and painted with
some insecticide , If necessar , is 'ex
posed to the sun , wind and rain. When
it comes time to change the nests in
the house are brought out and treat
ed in the same fashion.The clean
ones filled with nesting material are
olaced in the house.
White Specks in Butter.
White specks in butter are caused
by particles of casein In over-soured
cream , or by particles of dried cream
in cases where cream is raised by
gravity process and is exposed to cur
rents fof air. They are not often
troublesome except in winter.
Japan Interested.
Much of Formosa must be farmed
according to dry farming methods.
The dry farming congress has been
requested to send literature' and re
ports to Japan for the consideration
of the government.
PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS
Fields Must be Handled Differently
During Very Dry Seasons Than
When Rain Is Plentiful.
Those sections that have actually
Buffered from a surplus of water , un
less the farms were properly under-
drained , will have an experience du
ring the dry seasons that will lead
them to pay attention to the details
of * what Is called dry farming. Let
no one be unduly fearful because of
the results which will follow from
the dry seasons. As we have noted
above , these seasons are favorable to
the doing of some very Important
things. They are particularly good
in that the grain which we grow will
be free from rust and the straw will
be as bright as can be desired ,
but we must handle our fields dif
ferently during these seasons than
during those where we have abun
dant and sometimes more than abun
dant rains. Briefly we will state that
we will plow with much care , says the
Dakoto Farmer. We will plow as
early as possible after harvest or else
use a packer so as to establish a rea
sonable degree of solidity In the
plowed field. We will not sow broad
cast but use a drill and In some cases
It will be very desirable to use some
form of a press drill. We will drag
the grain as well as the corn. We will
drag the corn longer than we do the
grain fields because the grain will
sooner cover the ground by its growth
And so shading it will prevent the es
cape of moisture. The dryer the sea
son the more thoroughly we will culti
vate this corn with the surface culti
vator and continue that cultivation
later than ordinarily. We can use a
single horse cultivator with surface
blades and while the. dust will rise
and the ground will appear to be like
ash heaps , still beneath that loose
ness of dry earth there will be main
tained a reasonable degree of that
moisture that is absolutely essential
to the growth of the corn plant. Let
us take comfort that under these
dry farming conditions and dry
weather periods , we will not have
rust on our potatoes but some of the
best crops of this kind will be grown
during these seasons. We can have
a reasonable degree of size in the potato
tate , but better than all this we will
have the high quality of potato that
is rarely ever grown when the sea
sons of abundant rains maintain.
GET AFTER MOISTURE EARLY
Every Move Made This Spring Should
Be With Idea That No Rain
Would Fall Till July.
Every move made with the soil this
spring , whether in field or garden ,
should he done with the same care
fulness that would be exercised ifv we
knew there would not he another drop
of rain till July. If this is done ,
whether we have a moist or a very
dry growing season , we shall have a
good garden and fair crops.
By harrowing closely after every
particle of spring plowing or disking ,
by passing a heavy roller over all too
loose soils and following with a fine
harrow , this can be done on a large
and surely paying scale.
In the garden do the same , and in
addition , after any shower and once
or twice a week , shower or no show
er , pass an iron or steel rake over
the slightly hardened surface between
the rows and hills close up to the
plants. Should ample moisture come
and the chances are about even
many springs that it will not all the
extra tillage and firming of the soil
will be well paid for in other ways
than by retaining the moisture , and
should the spring prove , one of the
old time very dry ones , it may mean
a cropor garden.
FARM NOTES.
In trying alfalfa start with an acre.
A good lawn makes a home attrac
tive.
Kentucky blue grass makes avery
pretty lawn.
Alfalfa is cut for hay when it first
begins to bloom.
A good rotation : Clover , wheat ,
corn , flax , wheat.
Celery is best grown from seed
planted in the hotbed.
The best alfalfa or clover seed to
sow is that which is northern grown.
For fall feed mix two pounds per
acre of dwarf essex rape with the
grain.
Start the garden by sowing beans ,
lettuce , peas , radishes , and spinach
in a'hotbed.
-As soon as the soil can be worked
in the garden sow the smooth , early
varieties of peas.
For early rhubarb , put a headless
barrel over a root o ? the plant , and
pile fresh horse manure around it.
Roll the lawn to firm the soil about
the grass roots. The top soil has been
loosened by the heaving of the frost.
Not only for reclaiming worn-out
land , but for bringing that in fair con
dition * into a higher state of fertility ,
green manuring is at once efficient
and cheap.
Head lettuce will grow best in a'
well drained , light clay soil , slightly
mixed with sand. The soil should be
full o humus and heavily manured
with well-rotted stable fertilizer.
Clover and the other 'legumes ,
which come in the ordinary rotation
of crops , not only supply humus but
add nitrogen gathered from the air by
the bacteria resident in their root
nodules.
The raised bed must be tended by
band , and it dries out too fast in dry
weather. Make all beds level with
the surface of the ground to save
moisture and make the work of tend
In ? them easier.
IN OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS
French Boy Caused Merriment by Tak
ing the'Order of the Court Too
Literally.
A droll Incident Is reported as hav
ing taken place in one of the provin
cial appeal courts In France. A boy ,
about fourteen , was summoned to give
evidence , and his appearance was such
as to move the whole court to laugh
ter. He wore a long redlngote , pecu
liar to the Basque country , and Im
mense boots. His trousers , collar and
hat were unquestionably those of a
man. The court was convulsed , and
the president asked the boy how he
dared to treat the court in such a
manner. The boy seemed as surprised
as the president , and taking out the
citation from his pocket , read the
formula inviting him , "Comparaltre
dans les affaires de son pere. " ( To
appear In his father's suit. )
THE ALARMING' PREVALENCE
OF ECZEMA
Finds Victims Among Every Race ,
Age and Condition.
Of all the diseases of the skin and
scalp which torture and disfigure man
kind , three-fourths are eczematous.
Millions are born with eczema , and it
Is the only thing other millions have
left when they die. Neglect in infancy
and childhood , irritating conditions af
fecting the skin , ignorance of its real
nature , improper remedies and many
other causes that might be mentioned
have created an eczema which , with
varying severity , has afflicted count
less numbers during their entire lives.
Eczema Is a skin disease. It Is not re
garded as hereditary , nor contagious ,
and Is impartially distributed among
the rich and poor , the high and low.
The agonizing itching and burning of
the skin , causing loss of sleep , is usual
ly the most distressing symptom and is ,
caused by the bursting of little vesicles
filled with an acrid fluid , which burns
as with fire the denuded skin. New
vesicles form , fill and burst , scales
form upon scales , and crusts upon
crusts until disfigurement is added to
torture.
One of the most successful treat
ments for eczema , whether applied to
the youngest infant or the oldest per
son , is hot baths with Cuticura Soap
and gentle anointings of Cuticura oint
ment. For more than a generation ,
these pure , sweet and gentle emolli
ents have proved the most efficient
agents in the speedy and permanent
relief of all forms of eczemas , rashes ,
itchings and irritations of the skin and
scalp. Although Cuticura soap and
ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere , in order that
those who have suffered long and
hopelessly and who have lost faith in
everything may make trial of them
without charge , a liberal sample of
each will be mailed free to any ad
dress , together with a 32-page pamph
let , giving a description and treatment
of the various forms of eczema , as
well as other affections of the skin ,
scalp , hair and hands send to "Cuti
cura , " Dept W , Boston.
Need of the Agriculturfst.
"Here I am , " said the returned wan
derer , "back with the fortune I said I
would make and ready to pay the
mortgage off the farm ! "
"Ef that ain't hard luck ! " exclaim
ed the father. "As times are goin'
now that mortgage ain't botherin' no
body. I'd a heap ruther have seen
you broke an' ready to do regular
work for wages. "
Why ? Just Because.
"Papa , " said the little boy , "why do
they say a woman is 'setting her cap
for a man' when she wants to marry
him ? "
"Because , my son , " explains the
father , softly , "if she sets her bonnet
for him she knows blamed well the
price of it will scare him to death. "
Opposite Methods.
"Why has Miss Writem such a far
away look ? "
"Because she poses as a near-
genius. "
Sore Throat is no trifling ailment. It
may carry disease germs to any part of
the body through the food you eat. When
v6u feel sore throat coming on , use Ham-
\ins \ Wizard Oil.
Man without patience Is the lamp
without oil ; pride in a rage Is a bad
lounsellor. A. de Musset.
Garfield Tea contains no harmful drugs.
Composed of Herbs , it is an ideal laxative.
Ignorance of one's misfortune is
clear gain. Euripides.
WISE , ALL RIGHT.
Mr. Wise Where's the man that
struck my wife where Is he ?
Bystander What'll you do if you
find him ?
Mr. Wise Introduce him to my
mother-in-law.
- - .
Aroused Suspicion.
Old Rocksey Why did you quarrel
with the count , my dear ?
Miss Rocksey He called me his
treasure and it sounded altogether too
suggestive. Smart Set.
ASK FOJt ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
the Antiseptic ponder to shako Into your shoes. Be
lieves Corns , Bunions , Ingrowing Kails , Swollen and
Sweating feet , Blisters and Callous spots. Bold
eTeryThere,25c. Don't accept any lubttitutc. Sam
ple FUEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted , LoRoj , N.Y.
It is not the quality of the meat but
the cheerfulness of the guests which
makes the feast. Lard. Clarendon.
Simple remedies are best ! Garfield Tea
ia simple , pure , gentle in action , and al
ways potent. Composed of Herbs.not drugs !
To do two things at once is to do
neither. Publlus Syrus.
RETIIRU on J100 ° invested. Investment
III. I Unil bears thorough Investigation.
Bani references. Address HAM P. BEX , Sukogee , Okla.
Loss of Appetite
Which ia BO common in the spring or
upon the return of warm weather , is IOM
of vitality , vigor or tone , and ia often
forerunner of prostrating disease.
It ia serious and especially BO to people
that must keep up and doing or get be
hindhand.
The best medicine to take for it Is tin
great constitutional remedy
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Which purifies and enriches the bloo4
and builds up the whole system.
Get it today in usual liquid form f
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
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Than His Stomach
A strong man is strong all over. No man can be
strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its
consequent indigestion , or from some other disease
of the stomach and its associated organs , which im
pairs digestion and nutrition. For when the stomach
is weak or diseased there is a loss of the nutrition
contained in food , which is the source of all physical
strength. When a man "doesn't feel just right , " ,
when he doesn't sleep well , has an uncomfortable
feeling in the stomach after eating , is languid , nervous , irritable and despond *
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