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"Ever loll you how I cleaned up one
of those scientific fishermen?" said
Jud Date.?, as we dried our lines out
over the, grass by hanging tliera from
the branches of the soft maples in the
front yard of the Twin Iakes hotel.
"No," was my answor. "how did you
turn the tables on him? Did you 'out
luck him or put a charge of dynamite
ia the cieek?"
"I just brought my boy-hood knowl
edge into play." says .Intl. '"I turned
the trick Iik I used to at the old
gravel-hole."
"How was it. now that you've sot
started. Jud?" says I
"Well." said .lud. "it was this way.
I was just breaking into the fishing
game. Somehow. I had sot bitten with
the idea, of having my picture taken
holding up one end of a big string
of fish, with an expression on my face
as if I v.ms about half-ashamed of be
ing such i fish hog. and half proud of
gc-tting :.uch a whale of a catch. I
bought, me a lot of tackle, and I had
a regular fish 'bug' go along with me
to help pick it out. Now there's noth
ing cheap about a real fisherman's
outfit, and it swallowed up my savings well dynamite 'em."
Oconomowoc 'fresh and he was say
ing 'Hurry up, Clara.' We got into onr
boats together, and he seemed to hare
his bait all right the same as I did,
and his wife, she was looking sleepy
and kind of disgusted at being hauled
out 'before she got her beauty sleep.
! pulled ont and got a position about
what I judged was right' from the way
Ducky had said was right and as I
only had one to row for, I beat this
guy to it. 1 was trying to get to the
center of a big bar out there, and I
aimed to keep straight with the hotel,
and about a half mile out"
"I sounded the bottom with my big
lole, and found about four feet of
water and I knew I was over the bar,
so I anchored and begun operations.
About fifty feet away from me in the
foggy mist this Mr. Oconomowoc an
chors, and by the time he was fast
and ready I had landed one bass. I
fastened onto him the minute I cast
in, and it took me about five minutes
to get him in. I threw out again, and
another oass had the minnow in a sec
ond. It took at least five minutes to
get him around and get the landing
net under him and about this time
the Oconomowocs landed their first
bass."
"Ducky Jones had said that the mist
sometimes rose over the lake and
cleared up in half an hour, and about
that time the great white light broke
iu on my gray matter about where I
was at. So I took off the tip of my
rod. tied the line tight to the end of
the second joint, bid a hasty farewell
to scientific methods and started to
yank 'em in like I used to snake in
sun-fish out of the old gravel-hole on
my grandfather's farm. Gee. but that
was a swift game. As soon as the min
now hit the water there was a bass
or a wall-eye waiting for it. And
the minute I got a bite it was corne
al! ye. and I jerked "em in by main
strength and slid 'em on my chain
stringer and baited up again."
"Say. but I was doing a land-office
business. And just about then I heard
Clara say lo Mr. Oconomowoc, "He's
catching five fish to your one." And
then Oconomowoc says, "He might as
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Fit the horse's ration to the amount
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One of the prettiest spring gowns
exhibited recently showed a nile green
panne velvet coat trimmed with heavy
cord of the same color at the collar,
cuffs and vest, also with small velvet
buttons. The skirt was of voile sev
eral shades lighter than the jacket
and had a band of velvet around the
bottom the same color as the jacket.
Another pretty costume seen recent
ly consisted of a gray velvet jacket
and a skirt of large gray checked
material. The skirt was full plaited
and had a self-fold around the bottom,
while the coat had a vest and cuffs of
the gray material.
The smartest linen collars are the
colored ones, and those in light blue,
pink, gray and leaf green are partic
ularly novel. Usually they are scal
loped and embroidered along the up
per edge. The embroidery is in cot
ton, usually pure white, and the col
lars are worn with white wool or duck,
linen or French flannel waists. Where
the collar has a full plaited frill down
the front the edges of the frill are
usually in color and the collar and
cuffs match these edges.. Where there
is no frill some bit of color ia the
waist itself or in the tie will give the
note for the collar and jabot color
combination.
The newest color shown in the ad
vanced styles for spring is called mul
berry. This seems to be a cross be
tween crushed strawberry and rasp
berry, and it is just near enough to old
rose to be becoming to almost any
complexion. The most charming linen
suits are made in this color, the white
cuffs and yoke softening the tone
where it comes near the face. Many
of these dresses are trimmed with
white cotton or soutache braid In all
sorts of intricate designs. The new
mirage silk aiso comes in this color
and makes a most fascinating material
for house dresses and dancing frocks
for young girls.
New hat ribbons show an immense
white polka dot on deep-colored back
grounds, such as dark red, navy blue,
golden brown and green. Three yards
will make a generous bow with a lit
tle to spare for draping the crown.
The net bows, both plain and ring
dotted, can be bought ready for adding
to the hat all wired. These are verv
tractive looking garment for negligee.
but it is far more trouble to keep them
both clean and fresh than it is to care
for only one piece at a time. The rea
son for the innovation was, of course,
the return of the empire gown, but the
princess slip of lace and nainsook Is
a far more becoming gown to the fig;
ure than is the combination.
Golden quills are in great demand
for spring hats, and what could be
easier than to paint over those that
fail to match any hat at present in
use?
Sometimes, too. the, imported hats
are trimmed with artificial quills of
silk, and some of the. new quills are
made of chiffon oni wire frame.
These last two are a great conveni
ence, for in early spring days the wind
plays havoc with the brittle quills,
while happily wire cannot break.
Unless a woman really desires to be
gray long before her time, the con
stant use of tongs to make the hair
curl is not to be thought of, for the
heat from the irons cannot fail to dry
out the natural oil in the tresses, mak
ing them crisp, broken and often gray.
Instead of waving the hair by this in
jurious heat process substitute patent
wavers or liquid curling prepara
tions. One of the loveliest gowns I have
seen for some time is a velvet in a
most exquisite soft shade of saxe blue
with more than a hint of mauve in the
high lights, with introductions of
heavy purple silk net almost hidden
beneath embroideries of blue, mauve
and purple, quite impossible to de
scribe properly in mere words, and a
beautiful jabot of old Flanders point
held by a magnificent buckle of ame
thyst paste.
Bangs are coming back to fashion,
but that does not mean that young
women need cut their front hair short
and do it up in crimps at night, neither
smear it with the sticky quince seed
and dandoline lotions of ancient bang
days. The new bang is a soft, fluffy
row of what are called pincurls rest
ing on the forehead, just below the
pompadour; and they are called pin
curls presumably because a good many
of them are attached to a hairpin ar
rangement and tucked in after the
pretty anl airy looking, and just the pompadour is finished. That is to say,
thing to take the place of the ribbon tne' nave no more connection with the
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SAY, I WAS DOING A LAND OFFI CE BUSINESS.
lif:: -a cup of caffee to get Ihe proper
Witt."
"I had ! split bamboo rod for
deep-water fishing ami a shorter one
4for liait -casting, and two reels that
nI(h1 hio in seventeen dollars for the
ni 4k-alone. Then I Isau a tackle-box,
a minnow-bucket, bass and trout flies,
)haiitnni minnows, sjKwn-hooks. a
landing net. sinkers, bass hooks, buck
tail, spina"! s. rubber waders, chain
Mrinser.s. fishing toggery, iancy corks,
iiad fine lines and small hooks for
$Khing ftv na:i fish, a gaff for big fish,
and say. when 1 got through 1 made
the 'Pug' .v by asking him if he got
his 'nil .mi. of what I blew in."
"Well. ? framed up with the 'bug
afterwards, and he takes me out. and
'ioiicsI. fa.-; first time 1 land a three
iMtund sr:i;ii-moti:h bass, and I says to
him, 'Feiily hi.-? name was Ferdinand
Ferdy. says 1, 'it's worth the price,
just this one ru.i alone. And it was."
When I got h.'ie there was a fellow
!:ore from Oconomowoc. and accord
ing to h'.H say-Ko lie was a scientific
Sherman from somewhere before the
?lod. One or twi of the men around
the hotel said he was able to make
good, although at that he was very
'senerouK with his talk. He had his
wire with him. but she wasn't a fisher
man. "So along alKKit nine o'clock, he and
I gets to talking, and the first thing
he does is to -kid' me about my tackle
aad lines and hooks. He was the
greatest- ever about advice, and to
hear him I wouldn't be able to catch
a bull-head with my outfit if I fished
for a month. He had everything dif
ferent from my works, and on the
level, be must have paid a thousand
dollars for his plant,"
"I ha a little talk with Ducky
Jones; the fellow that used to work
here.arown'J the stables, and he told
ao the fish bit best early in the morn
iag. just before the mist rose up off of
Urc liars. He said that when the "mist
rose, the fish could see the boats, and
taea they tobogganed for deep water,
aad that made the fishing slow. But
fee said that when the mist was over
the water, they bit to beat Ranagher.
Said you could catch 'em with both
hands and both feet"
"I slipped Ducky a little piece of
noacy for his 'tip' and says I. I'll
get out !efore this Oconomowoc geez
er gets up and have a dozen bass
by the time he's getting his boat
ready. I got my boat all ready, and
Ducky f-aid he'd have a minnow buck
et 'filled and ia the boat for me. So
1 turned iu and when the old alarm
clock rattled for me, I was Jonathan
hi the spot, and out in a hurry."
"And right ou the stairs I met this
"Well, he's getting 'em just the
same." says Clara.
"Look out there with the net." says
Oconomowoc. as he steers a bass
alongside, "easy now," and then I
heard Clara say. "Oh. he got away."
And then Mr. Oconomowoc begins
to roast her for her awkwardaess and
-,he gets huffy and says she won't
handle the net any more, and he says
"That- fellow'll hear every word we
say." and she says. "I don't care if he
does, you started it."
"And all this time it's just biff,
splash, and snake 'em out with yours
truly. The little ones I throw back,
and the big ones go on the string,
and during this time you know how
clearly voices sound over the water
1 can hear this Mrs. Oconomowoc
shooting it into hubby."
"Why. I'll wager he's got a hundred
fish by this time. says she, as the tail
of a three pound bass comes over the
side of my boat."
"Yes,' says he, 'and he'd be drum
med out of a fishing camp if he
caught fish that way up in the woods.'
"'You don't seem to be out of the
woods yourself.' retorts Clara, 'with
this stingy little four bass and one
pike. she says.
'Well they're all caught in a sports
manlike manner, returns Mr. Ocono
mowoc. "'That must be a great relief to
them. says Clara.
'"Clara. says Mr. Oconomowoc,
'I'm sorry I brought you out this morn
ing. What's the matter with you any
way?' "
" 'Horace, says the lady, 'you ought
never to have leen a fisherman; you
're too passionate. "
" 'There you go. says he, 'and d n
me. if there don't go that bass I'd a
got if you had been there with the
landing net."
"'Mr. Wellington.' says the lady.
'I'll not lie sworn at; row me to the
hotel this instant."
"And so they rowed in. and the mist
lifted in a few minutes, and I followed
after them."
I had fixed my tackle all right be
fore I ups with my anchor, and I
knew that no one at the hotel would
know of my crimes if Horace didn't
blow the gaff. But I reckon his wife
staved that off, for I was IT for that
trip. But when the guests were ask
ing me questions and congratulating
me at the table, Horace was as sulky
as a bear with a sore head. Clara,
nowever, gave me a real friendlv,
beautiful smile."
"He was a real 'mutt' that Horace;
but Clara she was an out-and-out
thoroughbred I"
how on a silk hat.
This is certainly peculiarly twen
tieth century, and so many women
nowadays have learned the art of
making enamel that it especially ap
peals to us. Most of such ornaments
are large, taking the form of brooches
or pendants and are made after the
fashion of old paste, intermingled
with gems. Some of these pendants
and brooches are in the shape of flow
ers or fruit, and faithfully copy the
colors of both, says the Queen. Gold
wire often intersects the euamel. A
bunch of grapes has the tendrils and
leaves in gold, the grains represented
by pearls, while green tints are repre
sented by emeralds.
Combination underclothes are be
coming more and more the rage. Al
most all the corset covers and petti
coats that one sees for sale are fas
tened together around the waistline.
Both bodice and skirt are made on
the circular pattern, so that they are
joined together by beading through
which ribbon is run. It is a very at-
wearer's head than they have with the
braids and puffs and curls that dec
orate the top of it. This little row of
curly mang across the forehead is to
be considered more and more au fait
as the days go by.
If you are in a rut get out
Every farmer ought to be an op
timist. Loose-end farming brings small-end
profits.
Keep the poultry yard tidy. So easy
easy for rubbish to accumulate.
Experiments with salt have proven
that it is of. little value after all oa
asparagus.
A separator of which the farmer and
his good wife make but little use
the divorce court
Better to feed the table scraps to
the poultry in their mash. Then all
get a fair show at them.
You do not know what your cows
are doing for you unless you weigh
and test their milk at least once a
month.
Don't blame the incubator if it does
poor work for you until you are cer
tain that the failure is not due to your
management.
In saving the eggs for hatching
place with the large end up and turn
ever day or two to keep the yolk
from settling to. one side of the egg.
Ten days to two weeks is as old as
the eggs should be for hatching. If
the eggs are older the chicks are not
apt to be as strong as chicks hatched'
from fresher eggs.
It is not the very large turkeys
which find the readiest sale. Twelve to
14 pounds find buyers quicker than
the 18 or 20 pound birds. Remember
this when raising this season's flock.
Mere wetting of the clover or alfalfa
does not prepare it properly for the
chickens. It should be scalded. This
treatment seems to bring out strength
of the feed and increase its feeding
value.
patient cow.
Diseased wood can never be made
sound and the quicker the tree is re
moved the better.
If you will soak the oats a short
time before feeding it will make them
more digestible for the hens.
The only kind of preservative which
the farmer has any business putting
in his milk is that of cleanliness.
A sick chicken is generally a reflec
tion upon the owner. Proper care and
feed will keep them from getting sick.
A vigorous but non-productive tree
may be oftentimes made profitable by
grafting good fruit-bearing stock
into it
Handle the farm right. Think out
the problems that confront you. and
then work them out with vigor and
determination.
Why be content with half a crop
when forethought, attention to the
small details and faithful work will
give the full crop?
The head milker still holds his own
against the numerous mechanical de
vices for drawing the lacteal fluid
from the patient bossy.
Even the farmer needs to play fair
to his land, to his live stock, to his
neighbor and to the man with whom
he markets his products.
Keep the good cow as long as sho
yields a good profit. Some cows out
last others by many years. Do not
arbitrarily fix the year of retirement.
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What's a WWewerT
la a widower a married or a slagto
This question continually crops up
tad It is continually being answered
both ways. Certainly a widower is
married he is not a bachelor. That
!s one answer. Certainly, oa the other
aand. ao matter what the man once
was. he is single now. That is the
Jther answer. Thus in all match
games of single against married men
games of hockey, football, baseball,
cricket the poor widower is tossed
from one side to the other like a shut
'.Ieclock. The solution depends solely
upon his skill.
EYESIGHT WAS IN DANGER
.rom Terrible Eczema ahy's Head
a Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
Disease Cured by Cuticura.
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Shoes continue long and narrow.
Shoes with velvet tops are the
latest.
The wasp waist is threatened, but is
not imminent.
The short waistline may be length
eed for spring.
Paris is experimenting with a fash
ion in sleeves almost skin tight.
All tunics of the day are long and
flowing in character, without draping.
A new fancy of the season is the
use of black ermine tails as a trimming
There is no doubt but that the ma
nure spreader is the thing for the
farm, but whether the extravagant
claim that it will pay for itself the
first season would be borne out by fact
only practical test would demonstrate.
The expense of gathering and plant
ing seed trees, such as those of the
ash, elm, hackberry. boxelder. maple,
poplar, etc.. is small and it will pay
you. Plant them in rows so the corn
plows may be used in cultivating them
and in a few years you will have fine
trees ready for planting in various
parts of the farm where their pres
ence would prove an advantage.
It is trying to the thrifty farmer to
Competition is not the life of crop
growing, for where the crop must fight
for a place on the land with the weeds
it cannot produce a profitable harvest
Light is necessary to the health of
the cows, but do not have the stalls
so placed that the glare of the sunlight
will be directly in the eyes of the pa
tient animals.
With the growing difficulty in secur
ing competent farm help the farmer
is comirtg more and more to depend
upon labor-saving machinery to do his
work, and it is bringing about a new
era upon the farm.
Quails and partridges are good
friends or the farmer, eating a host
of injurious insects. Do not let thej
marauding hunter shoot your friends.
Post signs about your farm that no
trespassing is allowed.
"Our little girl was two months old
when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, aad would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old.
hea I had her under our family doc
tor's care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old I started
o use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see a sign of a
sore and she was as fair as a new
born baby. She has not had a sign of
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke.
LeSueur, Minn., Apr. 15 and May 2. '07."
"SINNER" CAN COME AGAIN.
BOLSTER PILLOW
He sure all the plows and harrows
and seeders are in good condition.
There is no sort of excuse for the
farmer who discovers the needed re
pairs only wheu the implement is
needed for immediate use.
These fellows who claim they can
pick the good cow by just looking at
her. wouldn't do for cattle buyers for
us. The Babcock tester and plenty
of time to try the animal are the only
methods we are willing to trust.
See that the food of the live stock
is palatable, for the better the animal
have a shiftless neighbor, but do not Hkes the food the greater is the
let your impatience with his slovenly I amount of saliva produced to assist
Thief's Visit Resulted in Nice Margin
of Profit to Farmer.
methods blind you to the responsibil
ity you bear towards him and make
you forger that perhaps you can help
him to better things. Try and show
him better methods. Perhaps, arte
all, his shiftlessness is due more to
lack of knowledge or how to do things
than it is to lack of desire to do things
right.
Sheep like variety. American farm
ers have not yet begun to cater to the
appetite of the sheep, as io some
of the shepherds in Great Britain,
where it is claimed that the most de
licious mutton is produced. There
roots are largely fed and in addition
a great variety or other foods. This
assuredly gives flavor, whieh in that
case is a combination of many liavors,
part of them coming from the flavors
of the food.
A lwlster fixed on the back of a chair as a head rest is a great comfort,
especially to an invalid, but they are apt to get rather quickly soiled by con
stant use; nd an adjustable cover that can be washed is a great advantage.
The cushion we show is a simple bolster, covered with pale green sateen,
the cover of white lawn, ornamented with two designs in open-work embroid
ery; the cover is cut five inches longer than bolster, and is made to button
over at the back. The ends are finished with lace, and runners are put in
close up to the bolster, so that the lawn may be drawn up tightly, a bow
being sewn on by" way of ornament. As this cover can be quickly removed
and replaced it may be washed as often as required. Soft embroidery cotton
is used for working over the open holes, also for the stalks, which are in
satin-stitch.
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Blues Are Depressing.
No matter how independent the
young housekeeper is. she simply
can't get away from the persons who
would make the color schemes of her
rooms deeply significant.
Xerve specialists are having their
say. Blue, it appears, is depressing.
Certainly the new shade that looks as
if it might have dripped from the fam
ily bluing bag does not tend to uplift
the spirits. So the bluey blues must
go, if the modern woman wants to
keep her spirits. Instead, roseate
hues for sitting-rooms and neutral
tints for sleeping rooms have the high
est scientific indorsement Green is to
be avoided, under pain of treatment in
a nerve hospital. Pronounced reds
are not encouraged, but they are bet
ter than blues or greens. Purples do
not generally form a prominent part
in the color scheme, though certain
new millionaire homes have violet
rooms, but their owners usually have
no nerves.
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Liquid Soap for Tender Skin.
One of the most convenient things
to have in every medicine chest is a
jar of soft castile soap. To make this
scrape a cake of pure soft soap and
add it to about a pint and a half of
water. Pour into a saucepan and
stand it over a brisk heat, but not
one that will make it boil. When the
soap Js all dissolved, ijour it into a
wide-mouthed jar. When the mixture
cools it will be a jelly. This jelly is
excellent to have to rub on the hands
when washing them. It is also an ex
cellent shampoo and may be used on
the hair with good results. The head
and scalp should be" rinsed carefully
and thoroughly after washing them
with this solution.
iu the utilization of that food. It may
be that a correspondingly increased se
cretion occurs of the other juices pro
duced in the stomach.
A bill known as the Davis bill has
been introduced in congress. It pro
vides for government aid to establish
an agricultural high school in every
ten counties of the state that tak?
advantage of the law if it is passed.
It also provides help for the city high
schools that teach domestic science
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In making cement blocks it is neces
sary to keep concrete blocks protected
from wind and sun for a few days and
to wet them frequently while drying.
The hot sun shining on jyeen blocks
will check and crack them, but in
early spring the sun is not hot enough
to injure them and they can be set
Large stock raisers will watch with I "H of doors in a day or two after
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govern- motion:;, uenient itiochs can oe wa
terproofed by painting the face with
a liquid glass paint or even with ao
ordinary oil paint.
a good deal of interest the
meni's scientific reseeding experi
ments on several of the national for
est ranges next spring and summer,
to determine under what conditions
and in what maimer thoe (tort ions ot
the range which have been serioush
Silage is merely roughage in its
most succulent form and needs the
damaged by overgrazing may be re- grain ration to produce the milk. The
Lucky Stones on Shoe Buckles.
If the stone representing the month
of a girl's birth does not look good in
a ring she may wear the emblem on
her slipper buckles. Certain jewelers
are selling dainty little buckles of
bloodstones, agate or sardonyx. The
stones are set in oxidized or dull gold
buckles. Birthstones now are set ia
umbrella handles and even in garter
buckles, so it must be a highly par
ticular girl who defies the fates by not
wearing her emblem.
stored to their former productiveness.
A great deal or the mnge land in the
west is overgrazed and does not carry
as much stock as formerly. The
method of handling stock, particular
ly sheep, is perhaps more responsible
for this condition than any other
cause. But all cases ot deterioration
and all means for improving the forage
crop need to be studied, that the range
may be brought into the best condi
tion to meet the imperative demand of
the live stock industry.
Some farmers who are bt-comiug
handy in the use of cement are build
ing concrete hot bed frames. A four
inch wall is sufficient and should be
placed below the frost line. One
inch boards can be used in building
the forms. The rear wall of the bed
should be six inches higher than the
front wall to give the necessary slope
to the sash. After the forms are all
erected fill them with a mixture of
one part Portland cement, four parts
clean, coarse sand and eight parts
broken stone or gravel level with the
ground. Above the ground use con
crete made of one part Portland ce
ment, three parts sand and six parts
broken stone or gravel. The wall
above the ground need only be three
inches thick. The forms can be re
moved after two or three days. After
they are taken down keep the walls
damp for a couple of weeks, by sprink
ling daily.
silo pays and it is simply impossible
to find a farmer who has given one a
fair test who would want to keep cows
without its help. Plan to put one ia
on your farm this next season. Plant
a field of fodder corn this spring and
provide the silo when the time comes.
Get three or four of your neighbors
to club with you if possible to buy the
necessary machinery. The cost of the
silo itself is not as great as the cost
of other buildings on the farm used
for storing feed. When you have once
used the silo you will never be with
out one.
The following advantages are
claimed for the grain drill: It saves
seed; it plants evenly and it gets the
seed in good depth or soil where ger
mination is most certain. Experiments
at the Illinois station show that five to
If there are any more chicken
thieves like the one who entered his
hennery three weeks ago, Thomas In
graham of Park Mills. X. Y.. will glad
ly furnish a chart of the grouads and
guarantee to tie up the dog. A few
mornings ago Mr. Ingrahaat entered
the hennery, and to his amazement
found a dozen fowls in place of the
ones that he had missed after the
visit of the thief. He also found hang
ing to a nail in the building a scrawl
which said: ".Mister Farmer. I was
wicked when I stole them chicks of
you, but wringed their necks when I
hooked 'em from the roost, so could
not put 'em back. Am awful sorry I
done it. and will prove what I say by
bringing you other chickens which I
never stole. Them I took were com
mon chicks, these are blooded. Never
will I steal any more. Sinner." With
such a conscience, the sinner's resolu
tion is evidence of good business judg
ment, for Mr. Ingraham cays the
fowls he received are worth at least
twice as much as the ones whose
necks were "wringed" when they
were "hooked."
Toole's Practical Joke.
John Lawrence Toole, the most poi
ular low comedian of his day. once
gave a supper to 80 or his friends, and
wrote a note to each of them privately
beforehand. asking him whether he
would be so good as to say grace, as
no clergyman would be present It'is
said that the faces of those 80 meu
as they rose in a body when Toole
tapped on the table, as a signal for
grace, was a sight which will never
be forgotten.
MUSIC STUDENTS
Should Have Steady Nerves.
The nervous system of the musician
Is often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the
nerves as to make regular and neces
sary daily practise next to impossible.
"I practise from seven to eight hours
a day and study Harmony two hours,"
writes a Mich, music student "Last
September I was so nervous I could
only practise a few minutes at a time,
and mother said I would have to drop
my music for a year.
"This was terribly discouraging as
I couldn't bear the thought of losing
a whole year of study. Becoming con
vinced that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, aad seeing
Postum so highly spoken of, I de
cided I would test it for a while.
"Mother followed the directions
carefully and I thought I had never
tasted such a delicious drink. w
j drank Postum every morning instead
of coffee, and by November I felt more
like myself than for years, and was
seven more bushels of oats per acre ready to resume my music.
can be grown with the drill than
broadcasted. We speak of this be
cause our readers grow more oats
than any other small grain crop. Ia
the sowing of winter wheat experi
enced growers have long considered
that broadcast sowing is an invitation
to failure. There are some exceeding
ly favcuable years when good crops
are grown in this way; but it is safe
to say that in these same years better
crops would have been grown by the
use of the drill; while in poor years
the drill makes all the difference be
tween success and failure.
. "I now practise as usual, do my
studying and when my day's work is
finished I am not any more nervous
than when I began.
"I cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
a day. My father is a physician and
recommends Postum to his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
for this most valuable health bever
age, and experience has proven its
superiority over all others." "There's
a Reason."
Xame given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "Tha Rnnri t
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