Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 September 1908 — Page 3

e — % By MINNIE S. BAKER E A (Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Co.) She represented that product of the south which, God help us, seems on the increase instead of otherwise. A tall, angular, low-browed woman of middle age, with great mournful eyes, out of whose gloomy depths a phantom seemed to be forever asking: ‘“Who am I? What am I?” and to which the stern chin, hollow jaws ard defiant lips seemed ever answering: “An alien, a creature without a people, a human without & race.” ;

It was a raw, drizzly day in November when Clarissa came to me for work. Cook had been discharged the day previous, and that very morning nurse had had to be sent home with a welldevelgped case of measles—and not a child in the house had had it! “My nurse is ill with measles, which in all probability the children will have, too. I really need her place filled more than I need a cook,” I answered, doubtfully. : “I like children and I am used to general housework, 'm,” was the quiet response delivered without either servility or officiousness. “And I won’t mind the measles; my children have had them.” “Oh, you have a family, then?” “Two girls, one 14, the other five. I have separated from my husband four years.” s A repressed bitterness added a touch of pathos to the simple words. I asked her several other questions and then, partly from necessity and partly because of the woe in her somber eyes, I engaged her. As we came to know her better she proved herself more and more of an oddity- as compared with the pert, wanton generality of her class. Her words were _rare, but whefl uttered were never idle ones.

She had been with us nearly a year when I was called to the telephone by my Rusband’s sister, with whom our little daughter had been spending a day and night. “You mustn’t get alarmed, Sarah” she said, “but Edith doesn’'t seem well, and I think, perhaps, you or John ought to see her. No, no,” as my excited voice began to interrupt her; “honestly, it does not seem to be anything serious yet, but in case it should be, suppose you let me ’phone for John to bring Dr. Brooks, while you get the boys off to your father’s on the first train?”

Then I knew that she feared scarlet fever, for there was more than one yellow flag floating in our little village, but I said nothing either to Clarissa or the boys, as she helped me get_,tfbem ready for what, apparently, was only one of their frequent visits to their grandfather’s. Then telling her that I was going after Edith and cautioning her to roll tBe baby out in the shady back yard, I hurried away. This being Clarissa’s story instead of mine, I need not dwell upon my own felings, or the grave fears of all of us when the doctor ordered us to take Edith home in a closed carriage, saying it might be scarlet fever and it mlghf not; he could not tell till the following day. He added that it would be just as well to keep the baby away from his sister till it should be settled. We got the little one upstairs into :ghnursery and, leaving her with her er, I went to tell Clarissa. ““If it should be scarlet fever I shall want you to take entire charge of Master Bertie in the daytime, while I stay with Miss Edith,” I added. “Mrs. Holby, 'm, I'm one of the few that believes in being square and honest, and I must tell you right now, if Miss Edith has got scarlet fever, I'll have to quit,” she replied, scarcely waiting until I had finished. “Leave me! Right now, in my trouble, too. Why, Clarissa, you cannot mean it?” I cried, in genuine alarm. :

“Indeed, ma'am, I must. T've got children of my own to think of.” “But you will not see Miss Edith at all. You shall not even go upstairs. Don’t you understand that we will not let you-be exposed to it, on account of the baby?”” . “I can’t take any chances, though I'd do it quicker for you than anybody, ms'am;” was the obstinate reply. “And Master Bertie loves you so, Clarissa. What will become of him §n the hands of a stranger when I cannot be with him?” At that her face softened, but she still shook her head. Then I hinted at double wages and was met by such a look of indignant pride that it almost made me think I ought to beg her pardon. “I know it looks low-down to leave you like this, Mrs. Holby, 'm, and it mearly kills me to do it, but I must.” Then she gave me a piercing glance, which seemed to convey the deepest workings of her brain to mine, and eontinued: ;

“] have always wished that my children had never been born, and I've always wished that they would die before 1 did. - And just for this reason I have to take better care of them! Ok, do try to understand it, ma’am. They'd better be dead a thousand times than to fall into their father’s hands, for he would sell them, soul and body, for one drink of liquor.” 1 said no more after that, and so, though John swore and Bertie wailed, Clarissa left us. “standing not upon the order of her going,” for she vanished almost as suddenly as she had first appeared. : " But even after Clarissa left, and we were quarantined and a nurse was not to be had for love or money, -and our melghbors were afraid to unclose their shutters opening in our direction, still the heavens did not fall and we all managed to come througk as sound as ever, and Edith more so. Time passed, and we only heard of Clarissa occasionally after that. The burden of her apparent ingratitude seemed to weigh upon her, for she mever came to the house, though I knew she asked after us whenever

der a cloud, darker even than the first one, for this was diphtheria, and Bertie, still the baby, was mnearer death’s door than Edith had been even at her worst. And once more Clarissa appeared at the back door asking to see me. “Go and tell her that I cannot possibly see her now,” I said to the messenger. “Teill her, too, that there is diphtheria in the house.” Presently the door opened and Clarissa herself stood before me—far more gaunt and somber than of old. “Mrs. Holby,’m, I've come to help nurse Master Bertie, if you will let me,” she said simply; then went on, “I'm one of the few that pays other debts besides the money kind. I've always expected to do it sometime—for leaving, you know.” “But what of your own children?” I asked, remembering her creed.

“They are both dead; onhe a month ago, the other last week. It was the fever. They are better off, though I worked day and night to save them. You believe this, don’t you, ma'ax_n?" she asked earnestly. 1 did believe it and told her so. She had not cried when speaking of her own children, but when she lodked e s : 3 [‘k\ p— —— = ),. ) - 2 o ,';.._\ a £ u}\ /(,71-1 B\ ’i:?;:“ 4" / @ ‘ '() Ty - / 5 y b 7 ‘ \\ B NS iy / A t % AN J | 1\ ] g \ ‘| ‘ K ( ‘\, \ r T 1!/l ATAR | \\ '\!j‘,’\“ ‘ ,"" \ \ 1A RN N | LTS 4 N /| 7 N/ & N 40 Ny ;'r ol Clarissa Herself Stood Before Me. at the flushed face of our boy the tears rushed to her eyes. “My dear little boysie,” she whispered softly, “what a man he is growing to be! And his beautiful curls are gone!” After that we fought for the little life, side by side, and her tact, gentlenessness and powers of endurance I have never seen equaled. No position was®*too trying, no vigil too long, and when we won, and all the doctors agreed that Bertie would live, Clarissa shared equally with me the praise, gratitude and congratulations. But, alas, three days later she herself v@as stricken down, and though we did Rll for her that money and untiring ;levotiorf could do, our. physician told hs from the start it would be useless. | “First of all, she has no constitution,” he said, “and besides that, she was utterly used up from nursing her own children. How she stood by Bertie as she did is simply a miracle. Certainly it could not have been pow-er-of her own.”

“It is all right,” she said, when she knew the truth; “I am glad for it to be just this way, And, Mrs. Holby,’m, you don’t lay it up against me for leaving you that time?” I answered as- well as I could for the sobs that choked me. -

She did not speak again, and after it was all over we had her laid beside her children. John bought a simple stone to mark the spot and upon it was cut in clear letters: “One of the Few.”

- The children themselves volunteered to have the graves kept clean; and every now and then a sturdy little fellow with shining, close-cropped hair may be seen entering the colored cemetery with a bunch of flowers in his hands. That is Bertie. : CAT THAT. EATS ASPARAGUS. And Cantaloupe, Too—A Sign of the Increased Cost of Living. “Now, when I was a boy,” began the Brooklyn man in the approved reminiscent manner, “the family cat worked for its living by rustling for mice, or if mice were scarce got a dole of milk and maybe liver occasionally. There was no pampering to fancy tastes. ¢ “It may be but another example of the increased cost of living, but it shocked me the other night to find my wife feeding our cat asparagus. It was a new thing to me to see a cat eat asparagus.

“Asparagus is rather a luxury for humans, and as for cats—well, it must be a foretaste of the cat heaven if there is one. “Now, Pompey—that's the cat’s name—didn't eat asparagus voraciously, as you would expect, but daintily. My wife would hold out a stalk and he would bite off a piece and swallow it, and then another bite and so on until he got to the hard end, when ‘he stopped and looked inquiringly for a fresh stalk to come. ; “He got it, too. In fact, I saw him eat five, all that remained of the family dinner. It was lucky for the cook that she doesn’t: like asparagus. * “My wife thought it was so cute of Pompey. Yes, and she had discovered that he ate cantaloupe, and that was cute of him, too. She gave him a plece as a chaser for the asparagus, and he nibbled out the edible - part with a twinkle in his eye that showed he enjoyed it. I am wondering what taste he will develop next”—N. Y. Sun. = Matrimonial Theory. While no sub‘ect affords greater opportunities for the bestowing of advice, in the matter of the selection of a wife no man will' be guided by the wisdom or experience of others. Still less will he allow himself to be led into matrimony by theory—even when !tﬁuozunentughatcsßcnjam!n Franklin, who said that a than should Nomaas Lile . o S

N M " FARM

" Coal ashes v*ill kill the mites in the chicken house;

Stone jars make the ideal package Yor packing butter.

Cut out and pburn branches on pear tree infested with blight. i SRR

Remember aEh extra cultivation or two in a dry tﬂne is most as good as a rain. i \

Look over t‘ipe stock you budded this year and be sure the ties are not restricting circulation.

Time to drag the roads is right after the rain. Li{ttle is accomplished to do the work when the road is dry.

When sheep| are found on their knees feeding 4t is high time to examine their tecfd to see what is the matter. { -

Put somethirig into the home life which will make you appreciate it and make the othergmembers of the family feel that there i 8 “no place like home.”

Better crops, better stock, better machinery, better land, better times for the wife and family, better everything, should be the ambition of every farmer. | =

Pasturing thrf#E meadows after mowing is a doubtful proceeding, as the vaule of the feed which the stock get is more than é:t to be offset by the lessening of the hay crop next year.

The yearly keep of a brood sow is estimated to coT $lO. If she is a good animal she ought to give you two litters a year of eight pigs each, which easily would net a profit of $2O. Pigs do pay. o

Nothing will pull stock down in flesh so quickly|as the fly plague. Do all you can to make the horses and other stock as cc‘Lmtortable as possible, It may seem like a good deal of trouble, but it willi put dollars in your pocket in the end.

To pen. hogs {so that there is no escape from the hot sun is the most short-sighted of management. Not only will they not thrive, but disease is apt to breed J:nong them. And yet there are farmers who will shiftlessly subject their| hogs to such treatment. e

Ten hours a day on the farm will count for more where the work is well planned, than 15 hours where the hit and miss method is followed. It is the farmer who never plans anything who is out after nightfall with the lantern ﬂnissing up the tail end of the chores. | |

There 'is more than ever need to carefully ' select| and pack the fruit and vegetables sent to market when the flush of the season is on, for while poor stuff will hardly sell at any price that which is [fine in appearance—that is, carefully selected and packed —will command a good price. Keep the small impertect stuff at home for the stock and poultry.

In the early ?tages' of the disease, heaves may be gcured by turning the afflicted animal upon pasture or keeping on (:ornstallrgl or other dustless laxative food. Hay|should not be allowed except at night, and then in small amount and shfken free from dust. The bowels must never be constipated, the stable must be kept well aired, and the use of {water for drink, into which a few drops of oil of pine tar have been put, lis recommended. Do not ‘use too much of the tar, as it will nauseate, e g

f It is announced frbm the Kentucky experiment station that a positive cure, ' has been found for a disease among sheep known as scab, and that this' fatal malady had assumed such large proportions among the sheep of Kentucky that thqﬁ state veterinary has threatened to quarantine the state | against the shipping of any of the animals out of its; borders. The disease attacks the shéep in the nature of a large scab whi?h in a short period of time covers its entire body, not only rendering the wool utterly worthless, but in most cases killing the sheep within a short|time. The disease is contagious angl has been spreading during the past few months, so seriously it is said nearly every flock is infected. The best ‘work can be obtained from horses, and men too, for that matter, when they are generously fed. The old story of the farmer who stingily fed buttermilk;and whey to his hired men and found them dragging through the worke.to the refrain, “We won't get through to-day,” is worth re-tell-.ing. He did (his best to drive the men to faster work, but without avail, and at last lqtt the fieldgin disgust. But before be reached the house he had taken a szcond sober thought and wisely concluged that a more generous diet might affect the spirits of his men and ermble them to put more vim into their|tasks. So he had wife fix up the t kind of ham and ‘egg dinner. Nor was he disappointed with results for n he went to the field in the aftermopn, the work was going off with a and a clip, while the men: sang the : “Hams and eggs, look out for your legs.” The moral 1s plain: Feed well if you would have

Keep the cream of the flock. Sell the culls.

The farmer who robs his stock of comfort robs himgelf.

Clean out the old berry canes as soon as they have fruited.

Never mix ashes or lime with the bhen manure. It releases the ammonia. ’

In turning a horse out to pasture do mot cut off the grain ration too abruptly. Reduce gradually.

The ounce of prevention is specially potent in the summer time and is worth fully two pounds of cure.

Clean the work horses at night, and frequently sponge off the .legs from the knees down. Dry thoroughly.

The growing turkeys have reached a point where they need little at tention now. Keep track of them, however.

‘Where there is much undecomposed veegtable matter on the surface of the ground it is a good plan to disk before plowing.

_Moulting time coming, egg production lessening. Keep flock in thrifty condition so as to get them through the moulting season and have them strong for fall laying.

Never vary the rule te clean the separator thoroughly after the milk is run through. A dirty separator will turn out tainted milk and cream and lead to all manner of troubles.’

Have regular hours for doing the milking. Great temptation to let other work interfere with the thought that the milking can be done most any tjme. Such reasoning is fallacious for irregularity in milking /lessens the milk flow. f

It 1s estimated that it will pay the farmer to own a manure spreader if he has 50 tons of manure to spread & year. Spreading 100 tons will, it is claimed, save in cost of labor 25 to 50 per cent. on the cost of the spreader.

Props under apple trees supporting heavily laden branches tell a story of ignorance or neglect earlier in the season. The fruit should have been thinned. A good rule is that a branch should not ‘be expected to mature more fruit than it can support easily.

Three essential rules should be kept in mind in breeding dairy cattle. First, constitution; second, utility, and third, beauty. The last named quality has a cash value which must always be considered, for the appearance of an animal .s often her best selling quality. :

From all reports an agricultural settlement experiment seems to be working out successfully in Austria-Hun-gary. In order to turn the tide of emigration- the Hungarian minister of agriculture secured an appropriation for the purchase of several thousand acres of good land. This was parceled out into :riiral ‘districts, with land prices and; taxes reduced to a minimum. Model farms and villages are now in operation and apparently succeeding in the purpose for which they were intended.

With plenty of good pasture, even where cows are stabled or yarded at night, it is a question whether any grain is needed, but if it be deemed advisable to feed some grain there could be nothing betler than plain ground corn, if it were not for the fact that ground corn is so concentrated that when fed alone it fails to be digested as completely as it should be. It is therefore expedient to mix the corn with some more bulky material and for this purpose there is nothing quite so good as bran. We therefore recommend a mixture of ground corn and bran in equal parts by measure. Finely ground corn and -cob meal would probably do equally as well.

The season for the broody hen is almost past, and yet readers of Meadowbrook Farm Notes will be interested and amused at what we are pleased to call the “red-ribbon” treatment for breaking up the desire to set. Its discovery came about in this- way: Mrs. Farmer- was in despair because; nearly all her hens wanted to set, and | that after she had hatched nearly all ! chickens she cared to raise. A city | cousin happened to be paying a visit | to the farm at the time and more in I a spirit of fun than of real knowledge of how to discourage Mrs. Hen in her ' worthy -but untimely aspirations, he volunteered to handle the case and set the poultry affairs to rights. Taking sundry scraps of red ribbon, red | flannel, red anything which the wondering woman could supply, this city cousin disappeared in the hen house, while she and the other members of the family awaited developments. But tbey were not long kept in suspense, for forth from the door of the hen House there presently came sundry ° animated bunches of feathers interspersed with wild cackles, while streaming out behind there fluttered the red streamers which had been fastened most effectively to the tail appendages of the hapless birds. Such a commotion as they did stir up, in that barnyard. Each decorated hen went through all the gyrations | of a circus acrobat and °n°l succeeded - after sundry attempts in flying completely over a tall fanning mill standing in the yard. Never was there such an appreciative audience, and never perhaps before or since were there such a surprised and indignant bunch of hens as those bedecked birds, but be it said to the credit of the city cousin, his remedy worked, and not one of the hens had a relapse that season into the broody state. In fact it was several days ‘before the last of the hens crept dejecedly from beneath the barn and resumed her accustomed place in the, flock. Undoubtedly the “red-ribbon” treatment is effective, and amusing to . the onlooker, but 1t has a tinge of fnit from becomiog popular. |

4 : [0 \ BIVE e, % » e UM K 2 e - 4 g ) : ‘v '- 4 '%‘% ! | SHEEP-FEEDING RACK. Also a Few Words About Evidence of ~ Scab in Flock. Regarding the loss of wool, if sheep are pulling and biting, or if tufts of wool are found protruding from the fleece, the indications are that the cause is scab. The disease may be widespread in a flock before much wool is lost. When sheep lose their wool from this cause the disease is far advanced. An inspector should be consulted. Overfeeding causes wool to slip. Sometimes a bunch of sheep, as a whole, may be fed very light, when two or three greedy bosses in the flock may get too much, especially - ‘O---..-. "s’--- - ---’—--. -‘ 5: 0‘..-... .... e y;\\, . ,3.3:.4'_.. o Y : , N ’ l‘.. Po @ ."- § ....a’.'...";“u'....:-:....:b \\ / -~ iYe W n X [} § ety .8 TR ]\ \-ibgeesn il [ 8 iz ," "‘"“."4:\... . . 7 -‘ BB : .‘ Ze6a7lon6 [[ | T = 1= Feeding Rack. lf there has been an uneven distribution of grain in fegd troughs. If the loss of wool is limited to three or four and the rest are co?ented, there need be no alarm, but il there are indications of general uneasiness among the sheep, an inspector should be consulted.

Brushy pasture should not be feared for sheep. Nearly all range sheep are in brush constantly, without showing any ill effects of it. In Colorado, self-feeders are very popular in feeding hay to sheep. A self-feeder saves time and feed. Although the representation given here may involve a little more outlay for material than some hay racks, it is counted very economical, because it prevents much waste accompanying the use of most devices while sheep are eating. When panels are used usually one linear foot per sheep is allowed. With this feeder four inches per sheep is ample space.

" THE HALTER PULLER. Suggestions for Breaking Animal of the Bad Habit. r Here is a simple arrangement to break a horse from halter pulling. To -the halter "rope : tie about ten feet of strong hemp rope just in front . @‘" of the shoulders. oA - Pass the rope "‘/- ==u | back, crossing it ; ? over his back and " y g(, placing it wunder 4 7 | his tail. When he A ,¢ pulls back from == ~= the manger, says Farm and Home, the halter rope will tighten and pull him back into position. After a few exercises with this rig he will give up halter pulling as a bad job. : : He MUST BE HUMANE. The Man That Takes Care of the Livestock. - The owner of livestock should make sure that the méan that is taking care of his stock is humane in his methods. Many a young horse is about ruined by being cared for by a manm that is explosive in his temperament. Such a man can sometimes be made to control himself, if he is talked to enough by his employer.

The man that takes care of cows should be impressed with the fact that excitability affects the milk flow. Great injury is often done young cows by the man in charge of them losing his temper and trying to pound them into what he regards as proper habits. .The man that is not rightly balanced for this kind of work will soon be

made manifest by the action of the animals themselves. They will show their fear of him and will avoid him as much as possible. The man that has the confidence of the farm animals ig the man that feels a liking for them. They will show no fear of him, and often they will come to him in the pasture. One may be sure that in such a case the man is the proper one to have charge of the stock.

Animals quickly recognize a friend, says the Farmers’ Review, and as quickly understand the man that dislikes them. The employer of farm help should always be most favorable to the employment of a man that feels an attachment to animals. The animals will be more comfortable and more profitable. 3 A Glossy Coat. The beauty of the horse is increased by a glossy, coat. This is especially desirable, if the horse is to be offered for sale. There are two things that go to produce the glossy coat, and they are, good feeding and good currying. The latter brings out the gloss that is in the oil that is supplied by the glands to the hair to keep it in a normal condition. Good food consists in giving enough of a grain ration,; so that the animal may have an abundance of material out of which to make muscle and fatty tissue. Not till the animal is able to supply the needs of the muscular tissue does he begin to lav up a coat of fat under the skin. This makes the skin and hair of better character than when the material for the tttfom:%‘;!‘u is lacking., :

PROPER TREATMENT OF LAND. It Consists in Leaving the Soil as Good or Better Than Before. There is a proper as well as an improper way to treat land. The proper treatment can be told in a word, which is to so treat it that it will from year to year lose neither in aggregate content of plant food nor in physical qualities nor in humus content, Its acid content should also be kept at & point where the effects on growing plants will be right. For this there is as yet no fixed standard, for some plants can thrive in the presence of more acid than can other plants. - The improper treatment of land results in its continual running down. The plant food is depleted year after year till it reaches a lowness of supply in which it cannot under any condition give a geod crop of the usual stapies. The humus supply is at the same time depleted, and this is about as hard to again bring up as the plant food. !

In the proper treatment of land, says Farmers’ Review, we in the first place must be close mathematicians and figure out each year just: how much plant food has been taken out of the soil. If we return this we will be approximately giving the land proper treatment. Here comes in an unknown quantity in the amount of plant food that is lost in the drainage and also the amount that may go off into the air in chemical combinations. :

A proper treatment of the land will alsc result in the. plowing under of clover sod now and then or the addition of barnyard manure to the soil or the adding of humus-making material in some other form. It is not always necessary to plow under either a sod or a crop, for frequently the supply of humus material obtained from rotting roots is considerable, if the.roots be large ones and have penetrated the soil to considerable depths. ‘The proper treatment of land includes its drainage, without which crops aré often greatly reduced. The drainage ‘of land both improves its mechanical condition and increases its content of available plant food. It does the latter because it increases the depth at which nitrifying organisms can work in the soil in the prep aration of plant food. - CARE AND CLEANLINESS. Are Important Elements in the Grow~ing of Hogs. Use disinfectants freely in the way of lime, etc. Keep feeding floors, troughs and sleeping pens clean. Tolerate no vermin, by the use of coal oil emulsion. Keep the hogs at all times supplied with fresh water. Before farrowing the sow should have a good feed of bran or short slops and after farrowing should be left quiet for some time and then watered with warm water if the weather is cold. Do not give her much feed for 24 hours, then give some bran with some shorts or ground oats mixed with a little wa ter. A quart of this is enough. Continue to feed lightly for several days, increasing the amount until the pigs are two weeks old, by which time liberal use can be made of shorts and bran and roots. Grass is the best feed if it is available. r

The critical period with a’ brood sow is the first two weeks after farrowing, says the Northwestern Agriculturist. Many pigs are lost in this time by feeding chilled drinks, which produce indigestion and fever. Keep the sows well bedded with clean, dry straw and gﬁe them all the sunlight possible. amp . nests are fatal to young litters. Exercise is absolutely necessary for young pigs in preventing thumps and kindred diseases.

* Colds and scours caused by overfeeding the sows are causes of great losses in litters. Avoid this by .not overfeeding the mothers for the first ten days after farrowing. During the first four weeks of the: pig’s life we must feed for bone and muscle, not for fat. Therefore do not feed too much corn. i The secret in producing cheap pork is to maintain a steady gain and a high degree of health and vigor from start to finish. To this end have a variety of feed and make all changes from feeding for growth to feeding for flesh ‘gradually. The sleeping places for hogs should in all cases be clean and dry, well ventilated and well provided with bedding, frequently changed.

A STOCK GATE. It Can Be Made to Raise to Let Small Stock Under. _ This gate is made the same as an ordinary gate except a three by three »ost at the hinged end. This post is v UGBTI m‘:"‘ir s 1] Lot i _ | Pt b one . 1] ML o S e e L TS | :;z ﬁ?cu Pt ~3=“ . -’ | Details of Gate. { made as high as the hinge post. The iron loops fasten the gate to the three by three in such a way that it will slide up as far as wanted." The weight of the gate will hold it at any height. The three:. by. three is hinged with] three hinges of the hook and eye pat-. tern and swings with the gate. It im a very convenient arrangement ‘when you want to let small stock through and keep larger animals in the field. It is also very convenient in the win*ar time when the snow is deep. . POINTS TO REMEMBER, ‘ There is no "danger of overdoing fruit growing if the marketing facilities are righi Sy . Always, before feeding, give horses some water. After feeding they should again be freely watered. The condition of the highway in' front of a farm has very much to do, with the appearance of the farm, | Sunscald does not come in summer, but comes in winter. Therefore, foliage does not protect from sunscald. ‘ The man that tries to grow pears ' should study pear blight in all it phases; because that is the great obstacle to pear growing in this ‘cous w

OPEN DEALING IN PAINT.

Buying paint used to be like the proverbial buying of a “pig in a poke.”. Mixtures in which chalk, ground rock, etc., predominated were marked: and sold as “Pure White Lead,” the deception not being apparent until the paint and the painting were paid for. This deception is still practiced, but we have learned to expose it easily. National Lead Company, the largest makers of genuine Pure White Lead, realizing the injustice that was being done to both property owners and honest paint manufacturers, set about to make paint buying safe. They first adopted a trade mark, the now famous “Dutch-Boy Painter,” and put this trademark, as a %guaranty of purity, on every package of ‘' their White Lead. They ‘then set about familiarizing the public with the blow-pipe test by which the purity and genuineness of White Lead may be determined, and furnished a blowpipe free to every one who would write them for it. This action was in itself a guaranty of the purity of National Lead Company’s White Lead. As the result of this open dealing the paint buyer to-day has only himself to blame if he is defrauded. For test outfit and wvaluable booklet on painting, address National Lead Company, Woodbridge Bldg., New York.

Got What They Wanted. . A good old Georgia brother, who had decided to leave an unremunerative charge, finding it impossible to , collect his salary, said in his fare- _ well sermon: i | “I have little more to. add, dear brethren, save this: You were all in favor of free salvation, and the manner in which you have treated me - proves that you have got it!”—Atlanta Constitution. e ‘ " Your Druggist Will Tell You That Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes, . Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn’t Smart. Soothes Eye Pain and Se%ls for 50c. ‘ The more cause one has for loss of patience the more reason there is for ! holding it.—Sinclair. - ‘ l FITS, St. Vitus’ Dance anda Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE £.OO trial bottle and_treatiss. Dr, R. H. Kline, Ld.. 831 Arch Street. Philadelplia. Pa © A wise man is apt to know when he has enough before he gets it. : Lewis’ Single Binder straight sc. You pay 10c¢ for cigars not so good. Your deal er or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 1l . The best workman is he who loves his work.—T. T. Lynch. :

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