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Neglect and lice always mean fail
ure in the poultry business.
Good time to weed out the
profitable hens from the floc'.
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If hessian fly is present in the
wheat cut the grain high and burn the
etubble.
.The land that is drained 13 always
ready earlier in the spring for putting
In the crops.
The scales and the Babcosk tester
ere the only infallible proor or me
infallible
good cow
cows?
Are you testing out your
Run-down farms reflect the lack of
Intelligence of those who have by their
methods brought them into that con
dition. The well-fertilized field will stand a
drought better than one not so treat
ed because the plants strike their
roots deeper.
Calves raised on skim milk should
have some feed to provide the fat con
tent taken out of the milk. Linseed
meal has been found to give the best
results.
The plow wheel will often become
loose and wabble a good deal. To
overcome this put In a leather bush
ing. It will last well and will not
eoueak.
The day of the educated farmer Is
upon us. Another generation and the
fellow who believes that all the knowl-
edge of farming needed can be gained
upon the farm itself will be hard to
find.
Don't forget the green stuff for the
poultry. If they cannot get it for
themselves see that it is provided for
them. You cannot have a healthy
flock where such green food is denied
them.
The small horse has little place on
the average farm. It is the heavy
urafter that is able to do the hard
stunts that the farmer needs. Why
will he worry along with a horse that
is unequal to the tasks required of
Iiim?
Temperature is one of the main
points in churning. Cream should
have developed about 30 c. c. acidity,
and have been standing at about
BO degrees for four or five hours to be
In prime condition for bringing ,the
butter.
It used to be thought that the dairy
man was the only one who could
profitably use the silo but it has come
to be recognized after thorough test
ing that silage Is valuable in the feed
ing of all kinds of stock, and obtains
better results from the grain feed
than is otherwise possible.
Bob White is surely the friend of
the farmer. Investigation has shown
that he has been known to destroy
60 different kinds of weed seeds, and it
is safe to say that five per cent, of his
food is made up of seeds harmful to
the farmer. This in addition to the
injurious bugs which he, eats places
liim high in the ranks of the farmer's
friend.
That the high check rein is a species
of cruelty which the humane horse
man will not permit is generally
conceded. Prof. Minkler character
izes the horseman who drives his
horse with his head mounted upward
nnd held in place by a severe check
rein as heartless, and declares that he
should be compelled during warm
weather to wear a cuff around his
neck in the place of a low collar.
The silo is the dairyman's savings
bank into which he can pour the sav
ings of the summer time and make
heavy drafts upon it in the winter
and collect a handsome interest on his
investment. Almost the entire value
of the corn can be saved by canning
in the silo, and it provides a succulent
food for the winter which will keep
up the milk flow almost to the point
where it is when the cows are on pas
ture. Tests made by various state experi
ment stations of commercial feed
stuffs have shown that many of them
contain a very large number of weed
seeds of dangerous character. Germi
nation tests made of such weed seeds
showed that a large per cent, of them
would grow. One feed stuff tested by
the Maine experiment station showed
that from 20 to CO per cent of viable
weed seeds were present, from which
would be produced about 2,000,000
noxious plants for each 100-pound bag
of feed.
The blood circulation of the cow is
intimately associated with the milk
producing organs. That is the reason
that the generous milker always has
enormous veins running to the udder.
It stands 'to reason, therefore, that
anything that Interferes with a healthy
condition of the blood will equally af
fect th"e quality and quantity of the
milk. This is the reason why the
running of cows causes shrinkage of
the milk and injures its quality. See
that the cows are handled in such a
way as not to excite them, for any
disturbance of the circulation has its
reactionary effect upon the milk pro
duction. ' -' - " "
One hoe. in hand is , better than a
dozen hanging in the tool shed.
Mix the varieties of plum trees so
that they will pollenize each other.
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A two-fold point-In favor of alsike
cloyer is that it is fine for bees -and
makes good hay.
Keep the ant hills away from the
orchard trees, as the ants will fill the
trees with plant lice. ..
Try the happy cure for -your troub
les. Don't see the latter and be cheer
ful though you don't feel that way on
the inside.
Small seeds when planted during
warm weather should be shaded, as
the ground is apt to crust over them
and prevent the tender shoot from
growing.
The alfalfa raiser should, be pro
vided with canvas caps to put over the
stacks to protect against rain, for a
wetting Is apt to prove disastrous to
the crop.
Ditch construction is a business in
itself, the same as carpentry and ma
sonry work. Keep this in mind when
letting work of this character and be
sure and get a man who is onto
his job.
The heavy hen is a poor one to put
on eggs, as she is more than apt to
break many of them, and will make a
clumsy mother and kill many of the
chickens she may be fortunate enough
to hatch.
The poor cow is apt to remain poor
under the best of care, but the good
cow can be easily ruined under care
less treatment. Good animals need
good feed and care if they are to
prove profitable.
A butter tub painted green and set'
upon a post in the front yard makes a
fine receptacle for such flowers as
petunias, vincas, coleus. etc., with nas
turtiums and other climbers around
the other edge to trail downwards
over the sides.
One of the most fruitful causes of
tuberculosis in cows is the lack of
proper ventilation of the stables. It
has been found, that very few animals
that run loose outdoors have the dis
ease. The matter of stable ventilation
must be considered by every dairy
man. Oats make a valuable feed for grow
ing chicks as they provide the 'bone
making ingredients. The best form in
which to feed them is In the ground
state. The oat has a hard covering,
and the young chicks find it hard to
grind them up. Do their grinding for
them.
The infertile spots on the farm
should be so treated that they will
average up with the rest of the farm
and pay their share of profit. If it is
tile drainage which is needed, put the
tiles' in. If it is fertilizing which is
needed, study to learn just what is
necessary and then apply it.
Six pounds of timothy seed, five
pounds of white clover, three pounds
of Kentucky blue" grass and one pound
of red top per acre has been found
to be an excellent mixture for sowing
in northern sections. If the ground
is inclined to be wet, the red top will
soon take the place of the timothy.
You are raising boys and girls as
well as crops. See that you are as
careful to provide for the wholesome
growth of the former as you are of
the latter. Many a successful farmer
who keeps his farm free from weeds
lets the weeds grow up in the lives of
his children which prove a curse to
them all their lives.
Chickens suffer from crooked breast
bones sometimes. This defect is gen
erally caused by the heavy birds roost
ing on poles or fences. The bones of
the young birds are soft and are turned
to one side by pressing on the roost.
If you have heavy fowls, let them
roost on the floor covered thickly with
straw, and you will have no crooked
breast-bones.
The trouble with a good many or
chards is that the farmer labors un
der the impression that, as the fruit
trees are a sort of side issue they
need no special attention. What a
mistake. There might just as well be
a good profit turned from the orchard
as from the field, if the same cultiva
tion and care were given which are to
the ordinary grain or corn crop.
The first principle in the breaking
of a balky horse is in bringing the
animal to understand that you will not
knowingly ask an unreasonable thing
of him. Of course the old and chronic
balker may be amenable to treatment,
for probably abuse and fool handling
have confirmed him in the habit be
yond the hope of curing, but with the
young horse of Intelligence that has
manifested a disposition to balk it is
possible to overcome the bad habit.
By careful handling bring the animal
to understand that you are his friend,
and not his enemy. Physical suffer
ing never yet cured, but rather con
firmed, balkiness.
George Aitkin, successful manager
of a big dairy farm in Vermont, out
lines the system he has practiced as
follows: When he began on the farm
22 years ago he laid down the rule
that no cow should be kept unless she
could produce two pounds of butter
per day after dropping her second calf.
During the first few years he disposed
of several cows which did not come up
to the mark, but during recent years,
as t. result of careful breeding, he
has not been obliged to sell a cow.
His calves are taken from the cow at
birth, fed on whole milk for two
weeks, then gradually given skim
milk. A little meal which has been
thoroughly cooked is stirred into the
skim milk, together with a small
amount of flaxseed meal. A little later
dry bran and choice hay are given
them. In early spring they are turned
to grass and in winter they' run in
open yards every day. When, weaned
they are given all the coarse fodder
they will eat, with plenty of turnips
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A great French designer has sent
over a new coat. It is being rapidly
copied by the tailors here. The idea
will soon be popular.
This coat has a pocket in each sleeve.
The model came out In a rough brown
checked coat for traveling, but the idea
involved can be copied in any kind of
coat
The sleeve is small, and just below
the elbow is a deep V-shaped pocket,
with a pointed flap fastened with a
brown leather button.
Into this can go the purse, the
handkerchief, car tickets and all man
ner of tiny things that a woman wishes
to stow away.
The idea is an excellent one for
traveling coats, as a woman has every
thing where she can get at it in the
quickest time.
Think of the comfort of these pock
ets on a rainy day, when a woman
must hold an umbrella, catch up her
skirt and hold to a strap on trolley
cars! She has need of her hands in a
hundred ways, and even the neatest
pocketbook or handbag is a nuisance.
. Now she can carry everything in her
coat sleeves. She feels perfectly se
cure in carrying even money there,
because the flap fastens over aqd
looks too much like a piece of trim
ming to invite thieving.
Pockets Everywhere.
It is interesting that the wide popu
larity of pockets has not called forth
more talk than it hae. Woman and her
pockets and the way she carries her
purse have been a jest among men.
Handbags have always been the
lure of thieves. They were easy to
snatch and run.
True, there were the purses carried
in the hand part of the time and left
on counter or seat or table the rest of
the time for anyone to lift.
The last two years, however, have
done much for pockets. They have
been put in skirts, in shirtwaists and
in coats. The woman who keeps up
with the styles very often has from
four to six pockets about her, all of
which she uses for various things.
If anyone took statistics of so un
important a thing, it is probable that
the number of women who go around
with their hands full of trifles have
decreased by half.
Handbags Carried by Many.
The majority of them do carry a
handbag, but the convenience and the
comfort of putting your things in
pockets are being understood by even
the women who catches on last
A woman traveling for short dis
tances, such as going to another city
for the day, has her hands entirely
free. Flat purses and all such things
are stowed away in her coat pockets.
The absurd old-fashioned pocket put
in the placket of a woman's skirt is
obsolete. We have learned too much
to go back to anything so inconveni
ent It ruined the woman's figure,
kept her from sitting comfortably and
could never be found when wanted.
Now she puts two pockets on the
front of her skirt, smartly cut, heavily
stitched and buttoned up with a flap.
She can run her hands in them as
easily as a man slips his fingers in his
vest pocket
The new duck and linen skirts,
worn without coats, have two of these
patched pockets on each side, above
the knees, fastened over with carved
pearl buttons.
LACE AT THE THROAT.
The tailor costumes of the present
reason are all built on more or less
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that can be made to fit almost any kind of cage. It is cut out in the shape
shown on the right-hand side, and the four flaps fall over each side of the
cage. There is a slit cut in the center for the handle, and it also serves the
purpose of ventilation. The square indicated by the dotted lines in the dia
gram should be the size of the top of the cage, and the flaps of cloth bend
over each side from the dotted lines. It can be made from any odd remnant
of material that we happen to have by us, and should be bound at the edges
with ribbon. For those people who have the time to spare, it is a pretty idea
to work the name of the bird in colored silks in ornamental letters on one
side of the cover.
Adieu to the Black Shoe Button.
There are unmistakable assurances
that the lowly black shoe button is
going to be exalted in rank until it
rivals the splendor of the modern hat
pin. Along with the newly inaugurat
ed practice of mingling tinted leather
with black has come a yearning for
something more decorative than the
lormer dingy fastener, and already
boots clasped with large pearl but
tons are deemed decidedly orthodox.
Next year we shall probably witness
sartorial schemes in which the shoe
buttons match the buttons on the coat
and the coat buttons consult the stone
adorning the hatpins.
And when this time comes the lan
guid great lady of the stage, instead
of drawling the conventional "Felice,
get my hat with the blue feathers,"
will substitute, "Felice, won't you get
my shoes with the turquoise buttons?"
Bands of Net
interesting occupation for hot sum
mer days is the embroidering of net
bands, which will come 'into play for
f trimming the new autumn clothes. An
effective trimming is made by running
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severe lines, and to relieve this sim
plicity of effect unusually full and long
ties and jabots are worn at the throat.
In exceptionally warm weather,
which necessitates leaving a jacket un
fastened in front, and when no vest is
worn, the jabot may fall the entire
length of the bodice, but with the coat
closed the tie is very full and long
enough to reach from a third to half
way to the belt, according to the line
which is most becoming.
The jabot or frill is generally of
finest batiste, and bordered either with
scalloped edge in white or a light
color or with a narrow baby Irish and
valenciennes lace.
The majority, of the frill3 are fluted,
so as to stand but stiffly. '
While many of- the jabots have a
small bow knot or rosette of lace or
hand embroidery at the top, this fin-,
ish is not considered necessary, and
the end of the material may simply bej
tucked under the stiff collar, where it
is held in place by a pretty brooch or
jewel bar pin.
Brussels Net for Ties.
Brussels net is used a great deal for
all ties, frills and jabots, and, as be
ing somewhat newer than the other
materials, is steadily increasing in
favor for this purpose.
For the long fluted frills this net
bordered only with a narrow lace
edging is most attractive, while one
exceedingly pretty accessory for the
collar was composed only of a huge
bow knot of net, the ends finished with
a narrow Cluny edging.
High stocks of uhlined net, tucked
or embroidered batiste, and chiffon
finished with stiff bow knots of lingerie
or ribbon or with long full jabots, are
now worn quite as much as the stiff j
laundered collars vof embroidered linen.
New Style a Boon.
The introduction of this style of
neckwear, before the arrival of the hot
months Is a boon which can only be
fully appreciated by those who suf
fered through last summer in collars
as high and stiff as the fashion laws
then demanded.
If the very stiff bows are more be
coming than those of softer net, it is
an excellent plan to purchase a yard
of bride illusion, which, while ex
pensive, is so very wide that from one
yard can be made innumerable bows
and ties.
The Illusion loses its stiffness when
cleaned, but when reckoned by the
amount for each bow is not extor
tionately high priced, and one bow can
be worn surprisingly often.
Galloon in faded tints, worked with
gold, is used for crown bands.
Entire hats are trimmed with rose
petals in a succession of sizes and
tones.
Broad, satiny gauze quills of iri
descent colors are smart on Sumatra
hats.
Jet pins, cabochons and agraffes
register the present millinery craze
for jet.
Small tomatoes on late millinery
models encourage almost a hope for
mayonnaise dressing.
Sashes are everywhere on a frock
and arranged in every conceivable
fashion.
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different shades of colored silk. Blue,
for instance, in three or four shades,
with possibly a touch of black or
white, will make a charming trimming
for either a blue or black frock. The
net is completely filled in with the
darning, and some modification of the
wall-of-troy design is usually employed.
Nothing could be prettier with which
to trim an evening cloak than a baud
of embroidered net.
A Novelty Belt.
A novelty in accessories is the "pay-as-you-enter"
belt.
It Is made of leather in all colors, is
quite narrow and has a small, square
pocket a little to the right of the
buckle just sufficiently large to con
tain a small metal case that holds
four nickels. These can be abstract
ed with the greatest ease and very
quickly, too, so that the required fare
is always ready without the inconveni
ence of opening one's bag.
As the belts are only 49 cents, they
will do doubt become very popular, for
they are neat looking.
Of the new colors one favored by
the milliners is "blue after rain," a
tint of pale blue.
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It is well that Agra is deep in the
heart of India, and thaf the traveler
from either East or West, bent on
really seeing something of the land,
must perforce tarry at many places
ere he reaches the old Mogul capital.
The country's wonders are thus seen
in their proper order the lesser ones
first The architectural glories of the
city are many, but it is the Taj Mahal
that makes of Agra an Indian Mecca.
One enters among the charming for
malities of its old Persian garden in
pensive mood, for it seems of another
world than ours the garden. of a land
of dreams. Here all sounds are si
lenced; the air is heavy with the fra
grance of the shrubs, the flower-beds
and the cypress trees. Even the gen
tle plash of the fountains does not of
ten disturb the soft peace encompass
ing this shrine sanctuary of the fair
est romance of Hindustan. Perfect in
its proportions, almost unearthly in its
beauty, it is no monument raised for
arrogant self-aggrandizement, but is
the mirror of a king's heart.
It is the reflection of a husband's de
votion to a dead wife's memory; it is
the enduring record; enriching both
art and romance, of the love story of
one who held the best the world had
to offer as scarcely good enough to
consecrate the lifeless clay of her who
bore him seven children, and had been
his wife for fourteen happy years.
The Taj enclosure Is therefore hal
lowed ground, and the story of the
shrine runs as follows: The Mogul
emperor, Shah Jehan. stricken with
grief at the death of his beautiful Per
sian queen, Mumtaz-Mahal, the Cho
sen of the Palace, vowed he would
erect over her body a mausoleum
which should be pure and beautiful as
his dead queen's heart; the fairest
building that ever adorned the earth,
just as she had been the fairest wom
an that ever trod it. This exquisite
creation in marble is witness to the
sacredness of his word.
It was Bishop Heber who said "the
Moguls designed like Titans and fin
ished like jewellers." They were the
greatest of all Mahomedan builders,
and in this respect at least Shah Jehan
was the greatest of the Moguls. The
Emperor Akbar was a Titan indeed.
Had he built nothing but the town of
Fatehpur-Sikri, that long-deserted pile
of temples, palaces and towers, his
name would live for ever; but many
other are the marvels that bear trib
ute to his fearlessness and vigor.
When this Mogul jeweller conceived
the idea of the Taj Mahal, the whole
world was searched for materials and
the finest talent of Europe was enlist
ed to beautify the work. In 1CC0, the
year following the death of his queen,
the foundation stones were laid.
Many thousands of laborers and. arti
sans were employed, and seventeen
years later this love story in marble
and precious stones received the final
tonches from the artists who had
created it. We met at Delhi a Floren
tine artist who, with a staff of lapi
daries, was engaged in the restoration
of the mosaics of the Diwan-i-Khas in
the palace. He it was who told us of
the stones to be found inlet in the
Jeypore nwrble of the Taj Mahal.
There are agates of every conceiv
able hue from many lands of Europe,
chalcedon from as many more, green
and white and variegated jade from
China, columbino from Italy, rare-eol-ored
pebbles from Africa, lapis-lazuli
from Russia and Persia, turquoise
from Thibet, jasper from Northern
India, gabri, a lovely green and red
stone, from Florence, cornelian from
Persia and Arabia, topaz and ame-
thysts from the Alps, coral from Cey-
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How a Blind Student Works.
Columbia university has some blind
men students in which the public has
taken great interest, but it is not gen
erally known that Barnard has a
blind student, too. Her name Is Mar
garet Hogan, and she attends lectures
regularly in the company of her read
er, Miss Ruth Carroll, a fellow-student.
iliss Carroll takes the notes, and aft
erwards reads them to Miss Hogan,
who transcribes them on the typewrit
er In the embossed type used by the
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tiger stones. Rubies, sapphires and
emeralds, if ever they were really
used, have long since disappeared, for
the Taj has been ransacked more than
once, the Jats denuding it of most of
its riches, including the massive silver
doors which originally barred the en
trance. Shah Jehan was deposed by his son.
Aurungzeb that mischievous vandal
who wantonly destroyed so many of
Indfa's architectural beauties, and
left but one indifferent building, the
mosque at Benares, to bear his name
to succeeding generations in the year
1G58, and imprisoned in Agra Fort un
til his death eight years later. It is
said that it was Shah Jehan's inten
tion to have erected a companion mon
ument of black marble, but of less
magnificence, on the opposite shore of
the Jumna river to receive his own re
mains. If this be true, by the usurpa
tion of the throne a grqat work of art
was lost to India; thus, also, was Aur
ungzeb's evil influence felt, not only
in the destruction of works his father
had actually accomplished, but of
those he might have accomplished. As
we drew nearer to the shrine, the
riches that lay embedded in its walls,
arches and spandrels revealed them
selves to view. They emblazoned its
facade with floral designs and scrolls
and with precepts from the Koran,
and each opening admitting light and
air was of delicate fretted marble. We
went through a gateway pierced In a
traceried marble screen. thence
through another beyond into the in
most recesses of the Taj the Cham
ber of the Tombs. It was long before
the eyes, blinded by the reflected
glare of the setting sun. became ac
customed to the gloom; but as vision
slowly penetrated it, there emerged
from the shades an octagonal filigreed
screen of exquisite workmanship, a
filmy floral web of marble, which, as
the darkness melted, became opales
cent with inlaid stones of the richest
and liveliest of colors. Silently we
passed through the clasp of this em
broidered girdle most precious
of
such forms of ornament in India and
stood before the cenotaphs, embedded
with inlavs in floral wreaths .-mil plus-
ters, of Queen Mumtaz and the faith-
ful consort for whom she had waited I
here so long. These, however, were
but the show tombs, for there are
somewhat similar, but plainer, cask- ,
ets in a vault below, level with the
ground, where these royal lovers, unit-
ed in death, rest side by side in the
deep sleep of All Eternity. And now j
the chamber was flooded with a soft j
and mellow light, in which every de- j
tail of its embellishment was distinct- j
ly to be seen. j
What skill and art! that could tem
per the fierce glare of the Indian sun,
by filtering it through double screens
of delicately pierced marble, placed
far apart, to this dim, religious twi
light. There are four such openings,
one on each side of the building, fac
ing the cardinal points; and t.;ere are I
four smaller ones above them. This
central chamber, SO ft. or so in height, I
is thus illumined with an indescribable
softness and beauty. Its repose and 1
tranquility are overwhelming. One j
scarcely dares to move; to speak
would seem a sacrilege. Every move
ment made, every sound breathed,
awakes the quavering echoes the
echoes of the Taj Mahal, most won
derful in all the world. K-en as one
whispers the slightest sound one's lips
can frame, that whisper is repeated I
a myriad times, ascending higher and j
higher from wall to wall until it treni-
hies away through the trellised open- '
ings of the marble grilles above. And
when the watchman, who had been
standing motionless as a statue in the
shadows, chanted a few notes In a rich
tenor, what countless other voices
sprang to life. It was as if the very
walls were singing. For long the
voices quavered in the vault, till at
length, like the last trembling dimin
uendo of a beautiful song, they fol
lowed the whispers through the mar
ble traceries to the heavens above.
Again that awful silence, the silence
of the tomb. But who shah tell with
justice of the Taj Mahal?
blind and studies tbem at her leisure.
Miss Carroll also reads to Miss Hogan
such other things as are not to be
obtained in the blind prints, and Miss
Hogan writes them on the typewriter.
Her themes and essays she prepares
on an ordinary typewriter such as
sighted people use.
Turkey imported and used last year
5.356,760 pounds of ordinary soap and
51.130 pounds of toilet soap.
Proof is inexhaustible that
JLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. E. Ilansoii,
304 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham :
" I was passing' through the Change
of Life, and suffered from nervous-'
ness, headaches, and other annoying'
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, and since tak
ing it I feel so much better, and I can
again do my own work. I never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound did lor ma
during this trying period."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, idee ra
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
(Periodic pains, backache, that bear-
iner-down feelinsr. flatulency, indiges-
: tion,dizzmessornervousprostration.
Why don't you try it i
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, L.ynn, 3Iass.
SOMEWHAT SUSPICIOUS.
Of course, it may be all right still,
you don't feel inclined to eat sau
sages when you find your butcher has
removed to a shop next door to the
Home for Lost Dogs, do you?
The Tangled Web.
Charley is the white-haired negro
man employed by a southern family on
Charlotte street. And Charley is cau
tious about lending anything. The'
other day a man new to the neighbor
hood appeared at the door and asked
if he could borrow a spade.
"No, sir," said Charley. "Ain't go!
no spade."
"Haven't you any sort of a shovel
I could use to dig fishwonns with?"
"No, sir, ain't got no shovel."
The stranger hesitated a moment
and then asked:
"Do you suppose the folks next dooi
have a spade they'd lend me?"
"No, sir," replied Charley, promptly,
"they's all the time a-borrowin' our'n."
Kansas City Times.
Hurt a Convict's Pride.
A church missionary had a letter
recently from a convict begging him
to reform the writer's wife, who was
j also in prison.
I The convict who is serving a long
1 term was very anxious about the
1 matter, because, as he said: "It was
no credit to him to receive letters
from such a place as prison."
Another convict, in the course of a
letter to his brother, a pauper, re
marked: "Well, Jack, thank goodness
I have never sunk so low as the work
house yet" London Daily News.
WIFE WON
Husband Finally Convinced.
Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then gen
erous enough to give others the bene
fit of their experience.
A very "conservative" Ills, man,
however, let his good wife find out for
herself what a blessing Postum is to
those who are distressed in many
ways, by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
"No slave in chains, it seemed to
me, was more helpless than I, a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
warnings waking from a troubled
sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, at
tacks of palpitation of the heart that
frightened me.
"Common sense, reason, and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble. At last my
nervo"s system was so disarranged
that m Physician- ordered 'no more
coffeo-'
"iIe kn.ew he 'was riSQt and he knew
1 Knew it, 100. 1 capitulated. Prior
to this our family had tried Postum,
but disliked it, because, as we learned
later, it was not made right.
' "Determined this time to give Post
um a fair trial, I prepared it accord
ing to directions on the pkg. tliat Is,
boiled it 15 minutes after boiling com
menced, obtaining a dark brown liquid
with a rich snappy flavor similar to
coffee. When cream and sugar were
added, it was not only good but de
licious. "Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it all
except my husband, who would not ad
mit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which I drank
Postum two or three times a day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: T have decided to drink Postum.
Your Improvement is so apparent you
have such fine color that I propose
to give credit where credit is due.' And
now we re coffee-slaves o longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of humai
interest.
Ly7y none
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