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How many American women in lonely homes to-day long for this blessing to come into their lives, and to be able to utter these words, but because of some organic derangement this happiness is denied them. Every woman interested in this subject should know that pieparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by the use oi LYDIA E-PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West Union, S. Cwrites to Mrs. Pinkham : 'I was greatly run-down in health from a weakness peculiar to my sex, when Lydia E. Pinkham' s Vegetable Compound was recommended to me. It not only restored me to perfect health, but to my delight I am a mother." Mrs. Josephine IIall,of Bardstown, Ky, writes : J was a very great sufferer from female troubles, and my physician failed to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound not only restored me to perfect health, but I am now a proud mother. FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard Temedy for femde ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. TOILET ANTISEPTIC Keeps the breath, teeth, mouth and body antiseptically clean and free from unhealthy germ-life and disagreeable odors, which water, soap and tooth preparations alone cannot do. A germicidal, disinfecting aud deodorizing toilet requisite of excepional excellence and economy. Invaluable for inflamed eyes, throat and nasal and uterine catarrh. At drug and toilet stores, 50 cents, or by mail postpaid. Largs Trial Sample WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTY' BOOH BENT mtt THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston, Mass. A Ckln ef Deauty Is a Joy Forever. ,R. T. Felix Gourauci'o Oriental Cream or Magical Beautlfler. TVtoots. Tux. Pimp!, Freckles, Moth Patches Baab, and Skin Liee ana every Eieniwa I od beauty, tod de1 De. detection. It hu flood Iba trat et 60 rein, and I. iO barcnleM l tute It to be iu reit 1. properly mad. Accept oo counterfelt of iimllai name. Dr. L. A. Sara laid to lady of tb. b antton (a patient): "At yo-x ladies will DM them. I recommend 'n.arn mA'm rrcam' a. tt. Wat harmful ef All tb. lain p.-rpamioos." For Ml by all druxrou arid Fancy Oooda iaiera In the United fctaiea, Canada and Europa. FXaiT.HCPIiSS, Pro. 37 Grot Jan Sbtd KewTorL Let us do your Printing using Linen for your office stationery. You can get the paper and envelopes to match. It U the reel thing. Take other. Opportunity of a Lifetime. A Home and a Permanent Income. This asportation ha! an option on 500.fV0 acres of land. Two rivers, mo.) acres of valuable timber. Fertile soli, delightful cMniate, Kailroad now bulldlntr. Under our p,an you will bare a home and a farm of your own and an equal iniereat In the entire enterprise. Easy payments Write for literature today. L.m 1--osperldatl Colony Association, Dept. II. 53o Cbamlier of Commerce Hallding, I s Anpeles. Cat. DAISY FLY KILLER Flat ifwtift, attrarN) aad kill all l;nl, ornamental. eocrr.DMnt, cbcan. antaed . If act 1 f. AU e I e r a k. avnt pr.ptd f or 2t Harold raan 14 le Kala ave, Braaklya.. t t i "tv! TO-NIGHT Vantel .u-ks of Merchandise. Invoking from 10 to .mio dollars in exchange for income property and some casli. Address liox ÜC. Variou. Ind. WIDOWS'BMNEW LAW obtained; m?-ar2T-fcfc2 JOHN W. MORRIS. PE3lO?,3 WaUiU-ln. V. O. Invest $5 monthly in Oklahoma Tarn Ian is. Agents wanted. Write for paiticulars. C. W. Deming In v. Co., Tulsa, Okla. Niagara Fall- and Return. 2."th Annual Kxcuraion Aug. 3 Via Nickel Plate Koad Cheap side trips to Toronto, Thousand Islands, Montreal and other points. Write for illustrated booklet. J. C. Melen backer, T. P. A., 1'ort Wayne, Ind. Chipper. ""Will you saw some wood for your dinner?" "Xo'm, I don't eat wood." Houston Post

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Wind-swept and fire-swept and swept with !ittcr rain This was the world I came to when I can.e across the sea Sun-drenched and panting, a pregnant. Availing plain Calling out to humankind, caMus out to nie! Leafy lanes and gentle skies cud little fields all green This was the world I came from when I fared across the sra The mansion and the village and the farmhouse in between, Never any room for more, never room for nie ! I've fought the wind and braved it. I cringe to it no more! I've fou?ht the creeping fire back and cheered to see it die, I've shut the 1 Itter rain outside, and safe within my door. Laughed to think I f oared a thing not as strong as I! I I I mind the long white road that ran between Hie hedgerows neat. In that little, strange old Avorld I left behind me long ago. I mind the air so full of bells at evening, far and sweet All and all for some one else I had leave to go! And this Is what I came to when I came across the ea. Miles and miles of unused sky and miles of unturned loam. And miles of room for some one else and miles of room for me The cry of e:cile changing to the sweeter cry of "Homo!"

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The morning was fine. A freshness I of spring Avas in the air. The thrushes sang in the branches and th sparroAAs twittered on the dusty surface of the road. All nature smiled. But Mr. Henry Cadgitt did noL He had experienced a lamentable chapter of accldects since he had left the workhouse where he had tpent the night. For example, a man had offered him work. And though an elderly lady whom he had approarhel with a request for a meal had given him one, she had protested that he looked 111, and had stool over him while he drank a whole tumbler of cvld camomile tea. It was In vain that he had assured her that the medical faculty had been unanimous In recommending hot whisky and water for his complaint. She favored her own prescription. Small wonder then that nature's 6mile aAvoke no answering emotion in his breast I jdeed, as he hobbled along the path, he got it into his head that she was smiling at him ; and her levity did nothing to improve his temper. Mr. Cadgitt was venerable in years, though not in appearance. Few would have taken him for more than sixty, though he had passed that age by ten long years. Xo, doubt his comparative youthfulness was due to the care Avlth which, during a long life, he had refrained from labor. True, he was always looking for a Job; but then he was equally careful not to find one. Already the sun was high in the heavens, and he began to think about a second meal. A little before him the village of Sunnydale nestled In the valley. 'As he entered it, a cottage uion. his right hand attracted his attention. It was small, but wonderfully neat. The lilac and hawtjiom Avere In bloom about it, and the garden aais bright Avita spring blossoms. Seated iu a chair by the door was an old man of venerable appearance. Ills face, though lined with years, was free from care. His white beard flowed down his breast. Upon his coat a medal Avith four clasps glittered In the sunlight. He sat in dreamy meditation, pulling Idly ota short clay pipe. He was more than venerable; he was even a noble old man. Mr. Cadgitt approached, and leaned over the hedge. "Mate he said, "you am't a bit o baccy as you could spare to a poor bloke wot's down on Ms luck?' The veteran waved him away majestically. "Go away," he said, "I don't give to beggars. Something in the voice touched a dim chord of memory in Mr. Cadgitt's mind. "Well, I'm blowedr he said, too astonished to go more fully into the details of that process. "If it alnt Sam Snider! Wot cheer, Sam? Who'd 'ave thought of meeting you 'ere? You've been getting on in the Avorld, blowed If you 'aven't! ?I'd never 'ave known you If you 'adn't spoke." The veteran looked annoyed. "I dont knoAV you," he said. "Go away, I tell you. Don't come here disturbing an old soldier wat 'as fought for his country." Mr. Oulgltt grinned. "Where?" he asked, concisely. "In the Crimea," replied the other, proudly. "Alma. Inkerman. Balaclava, Sebastopol. He fingered the clasps on his medal with loving care. For a moment Mr. Cadgitt was Impressed. His Jaw dropped, and he looked hard at the occupant of the cottage as though he half thought he had made a mistake. Tlen he grinned again, and raised his finger Impressive"At the time of the Crimean Avar,' he said, slowly, "you Avere selling winkles from a harrer in Seven Dials. Wots the little game, Sam? It ain't no ase trying to get round nie. Don't you round on a p.il. and I won't." He pushed aside the little Avlcket pate and entered the garden. The veteran looked at him with every symptom of annoyance; and then, as the readiest Avay of getting rid of him, owned up. "I don't mind telling you," he said, "if you'll promise not to give it away. I was tramping the country same as you aro row, when I met the owner of his 'ere medal. Foor chap, "e died by thf roadside, and the parish buried 'I:n. I didn't see what use they had for his medal. s- I look it. Ily-nnd-hyr, I came to this village. There Avere an Did lady here, and she seen me Avearing It She stopped me in the street, and asked me all alout It. She 'ad a husband when she was young that 'ad got killed out there. I told 'er W I 'ad saved the guns at Inkerman and charged at Balaclava ; later it come out that 'er husband ad died in my arms. After that she couldn't do enough for me. Ten shilling a week she gives me, and this cottage to live in. It's a good lay If you're up to It. You take my tip and try It on when you get far enough from 'ere." "I will," said Mr. Cadgitt, with fervent admiration. 'To think of your

'aving the brains to think of it! It's fair astonishing.' "Never you mind my brains," said the warrior, annoyed. "Don't think It's as easy as shelling peas. It ain't. I've ad to look sharp, I tell you. I've ad to read up a bit of history. She lends me books about the Crimea, so I manage all right." "I once 'ad a copy of a life tf General Gordon," said Mr. Cadgitt, with a melancholy shake of his head. "I pinched it off a bookstall when the owner wasn't looking, and pawned It for one and sixpence. I Avlsh I 'adn't now pawned it, I mean. It'd 'ave come in useful." "That's j-our Ignorance,"-, said Mr. Snider, contemptuously. "General Gor

don Avercn t in the Crimea. It were Lord Raglan. And Marshal Canrobert Avas leading the French." "Go on," said Mr. Cadgitt. "We Avasn't fighting the French. We was fighting the Roosians." "Thats your Ignorance again." said Mr. Snider, contemptuously as before. "It ain't no use your trying the game. Ilenery. You'd only make a hash of it." "I'll work 'ard," said Mr. Cadgitt. eagerly. "I tell j-ou Avot it is, Sam. You take me up to the old lady and tell er as I'm a pal of yours that fought through the Avar Avith you. Tell 'er as I Avas In at 'er husband's death like you was. We can share this 'ere cot tage. It 11 hold two comfortable. And you can pitch the yarns until I get the hang of them." Mr. Snider regarded him Avith astonished asperity. "You always had a cheek," he remarked, "but this caps all. I've given you the tip. Go and find an old lady as 'as lost 'er husband in the Crimen for yourself." "There ain't too many of 'em about," pleaded Mr. Cadgitt. "I'd rather 'ave a share, of this one. She could keen the two of us as easy as one." "No," said Mr. Snider, decisively "Xo, It wouldn't do. You see, Ilenery. you don't look the part. Anyone might take me for an old soldier; whereas you you look like like " He paused for an appropriate simile. Mr. Cadgitt danced before him upon the path, black Avith rage. "Weil," he shrieked; "say It! say it! Wot do I look like? Say it If you'n a man, and I'll give you a clip on the Jaw as'll make you Avish you'd been killed In the Crimea yourself." "I ain't saying anything against you except that It wouldn't do," replied the veteran, calmly Judicial. "If you Avas to say as you'd Avorn Her Majesty's uni form, they'd think as there 'ad been broad arrows on it. You'll 'ave to find another way of earning your living." "I'm going to find one now," said Mr, Cadgitt, turning away, vindictively, "And when I 'ave found one, you'll be looking- out for a Job yourself." He marched down the path and on the road. As he turned the corner of the village street, he became aAA-are of an elderly lady adA-anting In bis direc tion. There was something in the dig nlfled krrow In her face that made him pause. Mr. Cadgitt was a man of In stinct Instinct told him that this lady Avas going to the cottage he had left. Instinct told him that she was gam's patroness. And Instinct bade him strike Avhllst the Iron Avas hot. "Beg your pardon, mum," he Avhined, "but could you spare a trille for an old soldier?" The lady looked at him rvith a sudden, quick interest. 'A soldier!" she said.' "And Avhere haA-e you fought, my man?" "Most nnyAvheres, mum,' replied Mr. Cadgitt, cautiously. "I were In the Crimea." The lady's Interest quickened. "Ah," she said, softly. "My husband fought in the Crimea." "Did he now?" Bald Mr. Cadgitt, with a very fair affectation of surprise. "What might his name have been now?" "He was Captain Ahvln," she answered. "Did you knoy him?" "My old oftk-er!" exclaimed Mr. Cadgitt. ecstatically. Suddenly his face dropped. "But he were killed there, muni!" he said. In dulcet tones of sympathy. "Perhaps It ain't the same." "No," replied the lady, sadly. "It Avas the same. He Avas killed by a Russian bullet." She was evidently inved. Her eyes filled with tears. "Ah, well." said Mr. Cadgitt. gently, "lie couldn't Yip it, poor fellow. And perhaps 'e's better off Avhere 'o Is than me, that Avas swindled something cruel Avlien I got back from the Avar." "Swindled!" exclaimed the ladj, surprised. "How swindled, my good ma n ?" "It were this way, your ladyship," said Mr. Cadgitt. "When I got 'orte from the Avar I fell Into bad company. There Avas a low, sneaking fellow of the name of Samuel Snider, who got me Into bad Avays drinking and such. At that time e 'ad a Avlnkle barrer in n Ioav part of London, but 'e lost 'is

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bad shell fish. 'E Avanted me to sell 'im my medal as I'd fought so 'ard to a in. 'B said If 'e 'ad a medal like that e could earn a living for 'isself easier than selling Avinkles. But I said no. I'd sooner part with life itself. When 'e found as 'e couldn't get it IU11 ILIA ani - 1 1 ä V V4 If ) v were a man as'd stick at nothing. C put a drop o' sum mat in my drink one night, and when I woke the medal was gone and Y Avas gone, and I Avas left iennlless and destitute." He dreAv his sleeve across his eyes to wipe away the tears of honest emotion. "This," said Mrs. Alwin, with kindling eyes, Hs a very strange story, my man." Mr. Cadgitt felt himself that it did him cred't; but he only murmured a platitude about truth and fiction. "And Avot drives me mad is this. mum. lie said. "I couui stand nemg penniless. I could stand destitution. But when I think of that man as h somewhere about Avith my medal im posing on the chanty of, kind 'carlec folk. It fair drives me crazy." The old lady drew herself up. "Come with me," she said. "Tbl. must be seen to." "You don't mean to say as j-ou kno' him!" said Mr. Cadgitt, with every evi dence of surprise. "You don't mean t say as it's 'ere as Y's been imposing oi people?" "He is certainly here," said Mrs. Al Avin, firmly. "Well, now, to think of that!" sail Mr. Cadgitt. "I'll go Avith you,' mum and expose 'im. Mind you, though, i don't do to let 'iai 'ave too much of say. 'E were a very persuasive mai when I kneAV 'im and 'ad read tha many books about the Crimea that ' knew more about it than us that wai there. Don't you let 'im say a word, oi 'e'll persuade you of anything." "I shall inquire Into the matter Avitt strict Impartiality," said Mrs. Alwin severely. That's right, mum," said Mr. Cad gitt, cocealing his disappointment as best he might. "No man could ask more than that. You be strictly Impar tial and shut 'im up the moment ' opens 'is mouth." j He turned and followed her to th cottage. The veteran In the chali noted their approach. Ills heart failed him; and. feeling that perhaps hall a loaf Avas better than no bread, he made a rapid change In his plan of campaign. Summoning a smile of pleasure and astonishment, he held out his hand to Mr. Cadgitt. "Why!" he exclaimed, "if It ain't my old pal, Henry Cadgitt, Avot fought alongside of me In the Crimea." Mr. Cadgitt AA'as so taken aback that he resjtonded. "Why!" he exclaimed, Incautiously, charmed at this apparent solution of the difficulty. "If it ain't Sam Snider as Avas wounded by the Frenchles at the battle of Inkerman!" They shook hands win simulated enthusiasm. Into their rejoicings the voice of Mrs. Alwin broke acidly. "He said," she remarked, indicating Mr. Cadgitt, but addressing Snider, "that at the time of the Crimea you wore selling shell-fish in London." "'E lies!" said Sam, Aeneraously, Jerking away his hand as though he had been stung. "It were 'Ini that were selling winkles." "But you said Just noAv," she retorted, "that te fought alongside you." Had Sam been the least bit readier the catastrophe might have leen averted. But for the moment his fluency deserted him; and that moment AA'as a heart-searching one, in which truth appeared so nakedly that both the vet erans blushed and Avere silent. When Mrs. Alwin spoke again there wi.s a noAv note in her voice. ' "I see," she said, sloAvly, "I have been deceived. I have a good mind to prosecute you both." It's very 'ard," said Sam, "Avhen your 'usband died in my arms." "In our arms," said Mr. Cadgitt, still hopeful of half the loaf. She turned upon them wrathfully. "Never soil his name Avlth your li;a again!" she cried. "If either of you is Avlthin ten miles of this place tomorrow, I'll give j-ou in charge for endeavoring to obtain money on false pretenses." She turned and left them. Left together, Mr. Snider told Mr. Cadgitt his opinion of him with what IKilitlcnns would call "no uncertain voice." Mr. Cadgitt, at a loss for verbal retaliation, replied by a blow on the jaw. The ensuing fight was Avatched by one or two urchins truant from school ; and from their reports it was generally conceded in the village that the battle of Inkerman itself could have been nothing to it. A SUICIDE'S HAND. The Queer Superstition that Uae4 to Prevail la England. In former times it Avas a common notion that if a sick person could only touch the hand of a suicide he or she Avould be cured. This superstition was especially common In the west of England. In Cornwall touching a suicide's hand was said to have 01110 cured a young man who had been afflicted Avlth many tumors from his birth. A similar superstition regarding the touch of executed criminals has been widely prevalent and has often Iteen recorded. Robert Hunt. In his "Romances of the West of England," says that he once saw a young woman led on to the scaffold at NeAvjcate in order to haAe a wen touched byrhe hand of a man Avho had just been executed. At Northampton of old the hangman is said to have had a regular fee for according 11 similar "privilege" to But fcrcrs from like .disorders. Even the coflin of a suicide may have curative value. There Is a Ievonshire belief to the effect that if anyone suffering from disease can marage to thrw a white handkerchief on such a coffin at the time of Its Interment the disease will vanish as the handkerchief decays. Much superstitious value has also been attaehed to the knots of the rope used either by a suicide or in the execution of a criminal. A (iooi Benson. Pearl They tlmu-'ht at first they would be married in Holland. Ruby And Avhat changed their minds? IYarl Why, they heard that oU shoes in Holland Aveighed from two to six pounds each. If it pleases you to hear a friend s;iy he would do anything in the Avorld for you, don't prepare a thorn for yourself by mentioning 01:0 or twe things you Avant done. A "oijI rndietlon. Although a woman's age is undeniably her own, she docs not ahvay own it.

5&Z!0tii 4" WbT I Don't borroAv too much. It Is more satisfaction both to yourself and your neighbors to have tools of your oaati. If your neighbor carries a perpetual grouch all the more reason why you should throw yours away. The animal that has a full, bright eye is apt to be healthy. And a moist nose Is another Indication of health. If the farmer rays too much attention to the glib-tongued agent he Is liable to buy more machinery than will have standing rojni on his farm.' A young lady of New York hs lMught a farm on Long Island and is planning to raise humming birds for the market. She says they make good pots ind are easy to raise. Glva the cows that are rather thin In flesh a little better care than the rest. Don't neglect the other cows; just bear on a little harder with the ones that are not doing well. That's all. A number of prominent farmers li. Douglas County, S. D., have organised a Farmers' Telephone Company and uili build lines In that part of the State. The company is capitalized at $10,000. Always give the hired man a chance to attend the Institute meetings and see that he goes. He will be pretty sure to hear something that will make him a better farmer and that will be to your advantage as well as to his. The average farmer, constituted as most of them are, will have better success if he devotes his energies to the raising of either a strictly beef or dairy breed of cattle rather than to what is generally understood as a dual purpose breed. It Is better to dilute liquid manure with Avater, for the reason that the wa ter partially prevents loss of ammonia and also because urine is too strong for ordinary plants. An excellent mode of treating urine, or liquid manures of any kind, Is to add twice Its bulk of water, then add a pound of kalnit to four gallons of the mixture. If the slugs start to work on the currant and gooseberry bushes, they may be dusted Avith poAAdered Avhlte hellebore, or the same may be applied as a spray, made by mixing one ounce of the chemical In two gallons of wa ter. Tarls green is also effective and may be applied In the form of dust, using one pound of the poison to twen ty pounds of flour. If the dust spray is used, it is best to apply it when the deAv is on the leaves. To prepare onion seed for planting pour It Into a small vessel containing luke-warm water. Do not reA'crse it and pour Avater over the seed. Let stand ten or twelve hours In a warm place. It will do no harm if the seed bursts open. The seed can be dried by sprinkling fine ashes over them, am! will then be ready to soaa If the ground Is properly prepared, the onba Avlll have no trouble In getting aheat of the weeds and grass. While European and Aplatlc eoun tries have forms of animal and bin life to be found nowhere else, tht American continent seems to possess an exclusiAe monopoly of hunimln birds. Of the four hundred odd vari eties nearly alii are to be found in the tropical reglous. Only eighteen cross the borders of the United States from Mexico, and all but one or two varieties ftpend their summers in the southern states. While this tiny bird does secure some honey from floAvers, Its food consists chiefly of small Insects which are found In the vicinity of flower beds, many of Avhich are Injurious to the flowers. Thus In the case of this smallest representative of bird life It seems to have been created not only as a thing of beauty, but for the performance of a helpful mission. Inoculating 'the Soil. Any farmer can try the experiment Df inovulatlng the soil Avith necessary bacteria for promoting the groAvth of a crop. Should the soil be unadapted to clover it will be found of advantage to procure a few bushels of earth from a field upon Avhich grew a 'luxuriant crop of clover, broadcasting the earth over the field and seeding to clover, the probability being that a good utand of clover will thus be obtained. Dlar Carriage Ilorara. As foreign conditions have their effect on the horse industry in this country, the views of a Avrlter in a London paper are of some interest here. This correspondent claims that the AA-ealthy Jobmasters of London are unable to let or hire anything but big carriage horses, and In the absence of home breds they by them In America or od the continent of Europe. The numbof they now require could be expressed in thousands and the checks they send AA'oulfl amount to something more like million. He thinks breeders need have no doubt about future markets for any stylish, full sized carriage horses they may be enabled to put upon the Ixmdon ranrket. In adA-ocatmg the production of such full sized carriage horse as now appear in the parks and fashionable Btreets of London he does not disparage ' the fashionable hackney which adorns the elegant victoria, but wanti the larger type to be bred I equal numbers. Dlak Harrorrft. Tht disk barrow may be considered ns tlu most important tillage tool fevr graia farming. Tht re Is no other tool that will conserve more moisture by using it on stubble, after harvest, and before plowing time than this, says a bulletin by II. M. Rainer, of the Colorado Station. It may be used as a' cultivator for summer fallowing. On ground where small grains are to follow such crops as beets or potatoes, the use of this tool will often make ploAving unnecessary. The lG-Iueli disk is of proper size for ordinary farm vork. This size of disk pulls someAvhat heavier than the larger sizes, but pulverizes enough better to Justify Its use. The 10 iucli disk

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penetra tes the soil deeper than the arger one because It has less bearingup surrace; it revones raster, tnus pulverising the soil better. For hardiness and ease of operation, each gang of the disk should be con trolled by an Individual lever. All bearings should be Avell protected from dust and dirt and so constructed as to be easily oiled. Each disk should be provided with a satisfactory foot lever cleaner. Experiments haAe proved the fact that the disk harroAv is an excellent J tool for thickening a thin stand or alfalfa. The disk is set almost straight, In which condition It is run over the field about twice, Just as the alfa'fa is beginning to groAV in the spring, the second disking being done at right angles to the first. The disk suts or splits the crown of the alfalfa plant and thus causes it to throAV out more shoots, thus thickening the stand. Mow to Secure and Iletaln Mointure. The impedance of getting moistnre into the soil and keeping a sufliclent amount In store there for all demand of crops is conceded by all farmers, and yet there are Avide differences of opin ion among them as to the best methods to reach that result. Grass, red clover and alfalfa roots are frequently mentioned as channels to conduct moistuie down Into the soil. It Is tfue they may have the force to push themselves down into the subsoil to a greater distance than most other vegetation, but in order to determine their utility in this respect their conductive ability raust.be ascertained. It Is evident that the roots must be very small Avhlle forcing their way into the hard soil, but notwithstanding their threadlike size, they do not easily penetrate it, and if they suc ceed In their search for moisture they increase In size in spite of their com pressed surroundings. It is evident that In the course cf groAvth through very compact material the roots will have made no channel for water nor for anything but themselves, and when the surface soil is ploAAed they die, and when decay has reduced their size they leave a channel for Avater, but the holes they leave are very small and are quickly closed by a dashing rain and the sediment thus created, and thus the channels produced by the decayed roots are stopped and sealed before much water has found its Avay Into the hard undersoil. Still it Is true a little water has thereby gone deeper into the ground than before and a little is better than none; but It is evident that the above method is not effective and a better way must be found. Starting w0h the self-evident proposition that Avater easily finds Its way doAvn In loose soil, It folloAvs that a way of making the soil loose further doAvn than it Is "commonly plowed, so that a large supply of water can be taken In as fast as a heavy dOAvnpour can furnish it Is the proper method and can be done Avith the right kind of subsoil ploAv. It has 11 great advantage over grasses, alfalfa or clover, is a better rooter than all of them combined, and furnishes Immensely better channels than they do for water storage. It has been shown by experience, however, that It requires good Judgment to properly use the subsoil plow, and another most important point Is to get the right kind of a p1oaa But when this is done and the work accomplished you may properly feel a degree of Independence never before enjoyed. The Foreign 3Inrket for Grain. The influence of European agriculture on the Avelfaee of American farmers la strikingly Illustrated in a bulletin recently issued by the Department of Agilculture on the cereal production of Europe, by a special European agent of the bureau of statistics, giving complete official statistics, as far as they have been published, of the acreage, production and average yield of the A-arious grains in each country of Europe for the last tAventy-five years. It appears that wheat and corn aw th two grains that Europe Imports largely from abroad. European production of rye. barley and oats Is practically sufficient for national requirements. The growing dependence of foreign countries for much of Its grain supply is Illustrated by the fact that during the last twenty years Europe has Increased its average purchase of wheat more than 100,000,000 bushels, or about SO per cent, and has doubled its annual purchases of corn. It 19 only in Northwestern Europe that the dependence on foreign agriculture Is increasing. The Avheat production of those countries has remained practically unchanged during the last tAventy years, while their requirements have been steadily Increasing, so that they now require from foreign sources IVO,000,000 bushels a year more than they did tAventy years ago. It appears that the average yield per acre Is the highest In those countries Avhere Avheat culture is least generally practiced, and where the acreage under that graiu shoAvs the smallest Increase. The extension of the Avheat area, on the contrary, Is the most marked Avhere the yield Is loAvest. A high average yield, such as Is obtained in Northwestern Europe about twice as high as the best average yield recorded In this country presupiosea the use of valuable land, justifying a large outlay in labor and fertilizers, as well as 11 n abundant supply of roo1 but cheap, labor. These conditions ol IntensiA-e culture, boweA-or, are mub more favorable to the growth of corpa other than grain, which give the greatest profit when raised on a large scale on new and comparatively chenp land It appears that the average erdp I: Germany is AA-orth about $10, and from an acre of sugar beets $."5, Avhile wheat yields only and rve $21 per acre. In France the value of hops reaches $103. tobacco $!).t and sugar beets $17. against only $21 per acre for wheat. In the Netherlands the gross return per acre of a heat, $20. is far overshadowed by returns from tobam, $21.,; potatoes, $74; sugar beets, ..".2. Wheat bread Is Incrrr.sing in ue much faster than rye bread. Tor all Europe the annual percapita consumption of rye twtnty years ago Avas a trine under .'J'i bushels, and it is now only a trille more than that amount. During the same tA-enty years the wheat consumption increased from 4 to more than 4Vi bushels a year for each inhabitant. Only Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and Seandanavla rovr use rye more largely than wheat.

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15) Jll For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of For Over Thirty Years 0) Uli TMC CKKTAWa COBMKT, MW VOM eiTY. A Well-Earned Fsntskmeat. It Is . refreshing, sometimes, to knoT f swift retribution following a practical Joke. The mischief-maker wbos fxploit is related by Jenny M. Parker In her "Story of Rochester" got no more Uan he deserved, and fot It at Dnce. Tbe time and place were at tbe celebration of th completion f th grand embankment 03 the Erie canal, or as it was familiarly called, "Clinton's Big Ditch." The commissioners were to pass over this part of the canal in a rpecial boat, ind there was a great turnout to see them. Up and down the bank rode mounted officers, plumed and buttoned, in spotless uniform. I Tbe famous embankment was fifteen hundred feet long and eighty feet high. and was one of the remarkable features f the canal. At each end of tbe embankment were stop-gates, in rase of a break. If they were called into use they could be lifted instantly by some ane Jumping into the water and starting them by the weight Otherwise Jl took several minutes to set the mechaaIsra in action. This fact offered an opportunity for heroism ; a chance to win glorious fame by saving the country from inundation. , As the time grew near for the commissioners to put In an appearance, the crowd grew denser. While they wero waiting, and getting a little Impatient a A. 1 ai me aeiay, a sunn cry rose irom uju embankment: "It's going! It's going! It's breaking away! Instantly there was a panic, and the crowd scampered in all directions, in smartly arrayed officers did not forget their duty as servants of the public. 1 1. to the canal they leaped, and In a trice the gates sprang up. Tbe new uniforms were, soaked and the plumes spoiled. It did not take long to discover that the alarm was false. Then the crowd turned and pursued tbe perpetrator. They found him hiding and trembling In terror, and carried him to the mill flume, where the; threw bim In, to let him struggle out as best he could. After that righteous Judgment they returned in good season to see the com mlssloners pass. Good Honaekeeper Uae Beat. That's why they use Hed Crosa Ball Blue. At leading grocers. 5 cents. In the Literary Workshop. "Itrooks." 6id nivers. who had been struggling desperately with an idea for more than half an hour, "give roe a rhyme for perfunctory. " "Sorry, old man," answered Brooks; 'but there isn't any." , "Dah it!" exclaimed Itive. Thereupon he proceeded To do It is blarkety blank verse. Still D earls a. "Spijelia," said the ardent jounj man. 'what do you suppose your father will (ay when I speak to him about it?" "He'll probably say 'Shucks ! But yon mustn't mind that, Alfred, dear. I! was en the wrong side of that corn deal, and it still crops out in everything Le says. Blaklaar Trouble Pay. "What does you do when de wolf howl at de do'?" "Well, suh," replied Brother Williams, "I mos' lnpenrully sets a trap fer de wolf an sells him ter a circus. Atlanta Constitution. Farelr m Matter of Choice. "Do I have to pay this bill for gas that I never used?" "Not unless you choose. There is no compulsion about it. We merely shot ofl your gas if you don't pay it" Chicago Tribune, A typhoid fever survey to determine tha means, aside from domestic water supplies, by which this disease it transmitted, is to be conducted in Fittsburg at the expense of the rtuFseil Sage fund. One Comfort for Johnny. "Yes," said Mrs. Lapsling, "Johnny tries ray patience sometimes but I nevel spank him. I don't believe in corpulent punishment." The painting of the Eiffel tower, which Is an oreration performed every six years. generally entails the loss of five Jives. F. W. N. U. - - No. 291903 When vrritlng; to Advertisers pleaaa say you mit the Adv. la tula payer.

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