Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 February 1910 — Page 6

I -' jP)n nn Trimmpn I I l) ull UU u . I

Our niiKlnr With the "World. A summary of statistics compiled by the Department of Commerce and Labor shows that during the calendar year 1909 the United States received for its exports to all other countries in the world the sum of $l,72S,J3.2Tl, while its imports from them had a total value of $l,475,612,."SU. Therefore, the "balance of trade" in lnele Sam's favor is $232.590.ti9l for the year. On its face this seems a gratifying result for us, but our seeming gain is turned into loss by comparison with our international commerce the preceding year. In 190S our exports amounted to $l,7r2,S3".447 and our imports to f 1,116,374,087, the "balance of trade" in our favor that year being JC26.461.360. Our exports in 190S exceeded in vjlue those of 1909 by 524,632,176. Last year our imports amounted to $1,47..t.l2.."S0 and in 190S to $1,116,374,087, the increase in 1909 being $3.9,23S,493. Adding to that sum the decrease of $24.632.176 in the value of our exports last year makes our total loss S2S3.S70.669 in 1909 in comparison v.-ith 1908. I'ncle Sam's best customer last year was John Bull, his purchases from as for the United Kingdom exclusive of British India amounting to $.21.2S1.999 in 1909, against $."54,747,07J in 1908. Our imports from Great Britain amounted to $247,474,104 . in 100. an-5 to 5172,351,413 in 190S. Thi3 comparison shows that our trade with (,'ivat Britain netted us $10S,5S7,76S less last year than it did in 1908. (icrmany iu 1909 bought from us $247.310.084 worth and sold us 5161.9C 1.672 worth last year, the difference in our favor being $85.358,411. In 19 "8, however, our sales to her exceeded her to us by $129,918,912. This year she boycotted our meats and many other products. It is certain that the trade treaty we have just negotiated with her will result in a marked increase in our exports to that country. Our exports to France in 1909 amounteed to $126,361.959, an increase, of $9,506,539 over those or 1908. Our imports from France in 1909 cost us $132.069.748. or $42.919).45S more than we paid the preceding year. Our trade with France, therefore; netted U3 $33.412.799 less in 1909 than it did in liH'S. We are doing better with Canada than any other nation, comparatively. Our exports to her last year brought us $187,730.100, an increase of $35.ior.,342 over the year 1908. We paid In 1903 for her products $87,311,884 or $13,948,278 more than in 1908. our net gain last year over that of 1908 being $19.157,064. Our crude food stuffs and food animals exported last year brought us Sfl4.SS3.247. For foodstuffs partly or wholly manufactured we received $2S5,067,172. We sold abroad materials for manufacturing worth $571.8CS.C68, unfinished manufactures worth $253,199.100. and manufactures ready Tor consumption valued at $4(77,945,050. Miscellaneous export aggregating $7,780,401 brought the total receipts from our domestic exports up to $1,7uO.743.638. Foreign merchandise worth $27,459,633 brought here and exported by us made the grand total of our exports $1.728.203.271 In 1909", as against $1,752.835,447 in 190S. Chicago Inter Ocean. Ueatore the Appointive System. A writer in the Saturday Evening Post shows how we may approximate that ideal and devotedly-to-be-desired state of "politics without politicians." It is to be attained by putting all responsibility upon a very few elected officers and by requiring the citizen at any one election to vote for only a fw candidates, concerning whose antecedents and qualifications he may easily Inform himself. This is to supersede the practice of calling upon every citizen to vote a ticket a yard 'long, filled with a cloud of name3 and for offices ranging from governor to toroner. The reason why the Federal government remains comparatively efficient and Incorrupt Is that Andrew Jackson was unable to get In his debasing work upon the structure of the Federal administration. The Constitution made :he President and Vice President elective and all other officials appointive. If we were now compelled to express our choice not only for President, but for cabinet officers, Federal judges, marshals, customs and revenue collectors, and a hundred other positions, we would be as unintelligent concerning the swarm of nominees as we are concerning the small army of names we vote for in State, county and municipal elections. "Jackson Democracy" is a spurious article." To Jackson this country owes three unmitigated evils of the first order: Debauching of the civil service, demoralizing of the national finance, and the substitution of election for appointment of executive and judicial officers. Washington. Adams, Jefferson. Madison. Monroe and J. Q. Adams believed in the method of appointment. That was the Fathers way. Jackson cried for the election of every administrative puppet from town-crier up. Jackson was the sire of the boss. Our super-abundant elections and complex tickets are responsible for the boss and all his works. And the only manner by which the boss can be put to rout is to limit elections to a halfdozen offices and to hold those elected to the whole responsibility. That is the American, the practicable, the common sense way. Minneapolis Journal. Study In Still Life. This." said the artist, who was showing a visitor through his studio, "is a study in still life." "Still life!" echoed the visitor in astonishment. "Why, it looks like the portrait of a man." "Ves." explained the artist, "it is a portrait of Mrs. Enpeck's husband." Chicago News. Doubling Hin Joy. Her Father Yesterday I won the prize in the lottery, and to-day you come and ask me for my daughter's hand. Suitor Yes, yoa know one bit of good luck always brings another. Tli lusher Crltlcipi. The Clergyman But, my friend, why make use of such abominable oaths? The Motorcyclist Abominable? Do you know any better ones? Harper's Weekly.

TARIFF WAHS.

A tariff war is like a war betwe-n military forces in so far as the costs are extremely high and the capitals of the countries involved are made to suffer distress. Three tariiT wars are now impending with France. (Germany and Canada. Swouls will not be crossed, though, if President Taft can ward off the conflict. Germany has indicated that she desires an immediate understanding as to the probabilities of a tariff war with the United States. The chief point of controversy concerns the discriminations practiced by the Germans against American meats. The ruling party is made up principally of the big land owners in Kastern Prussia who are enabled to keep out competing agricultural products through their influence in the Reichstag. They have seized every opportunity to bar our products. When the "embalmed beef" scandals were being heard before a special commission the German customs house forbid the entrance of all American meat. Lately this action has been renewed upon so slight a pretext as the boycott against high foodstuffs, the Agrarians declaring in their newspaper organs that the agitation is against the quality, not the price, of the meats. There are a number of charges of discrimination against France, but it is thought these can be adjusted. Also the maximum tariff will probably not be invoked against Canada, since this would wound American investors over the line. The maximum clause in the Payne law is mostly threat. The President will nit carry it out. if in any diplomatic way he can avoid doing so. Toledo Blade. (iinatla'M I'ontnl nrplu. It might prove profitable for Congress to ascertain why the United States Postoffice Department operates at a loss, while the Canadian postoffiee shows a surp'us. One would naturally suppose that the transportation of the mails would be more expensive in the Dominion than in the Republic, for the reason that Canada stretches like a long ribbon from East to West and mail must be carried long distances. Canada has a much smaller population in proportion to its area than the United States. Yet the recent report of Rudolphe Lemieux. Postmaster General of Canada, shows that with an increase in the mail-carrying mileage of 1.312.073 miles, with an Increased expenditure of more than half a million dollars, and with notable reductions in the postal rates, the department has a surplus for the year of $309,237. ' In Canada newspapers and magazines are carried at a quarter of the rate chargel here, namely, a quarter of a cent a pound. There is also a ane-cent rate for drop letters in cities having a carrier system. Yet our own postoffiee department shows a steady deficit. Xor Is this deficit the .whole story. The maintenance of the great corps of clerks in Washington is not taken into consideration in making the figures. The cost and maintenance of postoffiee buildings erected by the government in rumerous cities throughout the couttry are not taken into consideration. The government gives , the department costly buildings in which to do business, pays all the expenses of keening them up, and maintains a great clerical force in Washington. Yet with all this advantage the department shows a deficit. It is more than suspected that the principal leak is in the contracts with the railroads, who get nine cents a pound for carrying the mails, while they charge the express companies but one cent a pound. It would be an interesting and significant comparison, no doubt, to put the American and the Canadian contracts with railroads for carrying the malls side by side. Minneapolis Journal.' Same )11 ( rUli. The Chicago Tribune says that thß Republican party "faces a crisis." That Is nothing new. The Republican party was born of a crisis, and carried the burden of a civil war and grew by virtue of its right position in that war. The Republican party has faced one crisis after another during all its history. It has refused to be cajoled, wheedled, frightened or intimidated when once it has deliberately and thoughtfully planted its feet on a solid platform of honest conviction. Those who worry about crises need not fear for the Republican party. There is no dearth of bravery and no shortage of sanity in the Republican party to-day. It was organized to face crises and to solve the problems that grow. out of critical stages of governmental progress. It will solve existing and future questions as wisely as in the past, in full confidence that the people look to Republicans for safety and sincerity. Mt. Vernon Sun. Self Iteatrnlnt. Ellen stopped scrubbing the veranda steps long enough to cast an admiring eye on her employer's garden. "Sure they are fine posies ye have, doctor," she said. "I've a neat little house I bought with the money I'd put by, and an elegant garden it had last year, too, but now there's neither stick nor stalk in it.""What was it. hens or dogs?" asked the doctor, sympathetically mentioning his own aversions. "Sure, me neighbor bad luck to her had a ditch dug in her land, and the water ran down into me garden and washed all me seeds away." "And what did you do about it?" "What could a poor lone bcly like me do?" "Well, didn't you at least say something to the woman, complain or tell her that you wouldn't stand it?" "Now, doctor, dear, hard words just leads to bad feelings among neighbors, and that ye know as well as I do. and it's not me that would be using them. So I only said to her, l hope I'll live to see the floods flowing over your grave a your ditch waters have (lowed ! over me garden. and I let it go at that." Youth's Companion. Dip I'nrlat In the Kitchen. Servant There's no coa.. mum, the fire Is goin' out. Mistress Why, N'orah. you should have told me before. Servant I couldn't tell you there was no coal, .mum, when there was coal. Boston Transcript. Strangle, Indeed. Mis3 Homeleigh Perhaps you won't believe it, but a strange man tried to kiss me once. Miss Cutting Really! Well, he'd have been a strange man if he'd tried to kis3 you twice! Illustrated BlU.

THE FATHER OF

"This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within Paelf a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and support." From President Geo. Washington's address to the people of the United States. Sept. 17, 1796.

FEBRUARY TWENTY-TWO. All year we're talked of I)ewe Of Toddy and the rest We've sloried in the knowledge That they are of the best. We've sung a song of triumph A song that's never done. We've treated and we've toasted "The man behind the gun." Our thoughts must now turn backward To times Ions of the past To-day the modern heroes Must be In shadow cast. For we must sing the eulogy ' (No other song can match it) The modern hero of the past The boy behind the hatchet. HERO AND STATESMAN. Washington tl'rll Earned the l'laee lie Hold In HUtorjr. Our country has among Its statesmen many noble and worthy men whose names and good deeds should not be forgottea and whose memories should live forever In the hearts of a grateful and liberty-loving people. Of all these, Washington stands pre-eminently at the head. Naturally, and very rightly, ho holds the first place in our thoughts and In our patriotic affections. The anniversary of his birth has long been a legal holiday, and if not observed with" the same demonstrations of enthusiasm that mark Independence day, is yel enough of an event to turn our minds towards this great and commanding figure In American history, to keep before us this noble character and to stimulate within us a truer love of our country, together with a broader and higher devotion to those principles of human liberty for which Washington and our fathers fought. Washington well earned the place ho holds In history and In the hearts of bis countrymen; and while he was only human and, therefore, subject to human frailties and weaknesses, he was, at the same time, and despite these facts, a great and a noble character. A study of the man, as shown in Iiis career from a surveyor to president of the United States, discloses, we think, the leading traits of his character. In the first place, he was of a thoughtful, deliberative nature. He was possessed of tremendous will forte, and this faculty, turned as it won In hi3 case into the right channels, enabled him to carry forward lhat work of self-training whicli he began In his early youth and continued, so far as we know, to the close of his long and eventful career. He. v;is studious In his habits, loved truth, honesty and sobrivty; and these virtues, with the constant use of his reflective powers, soon gave to him a judgment ripened by thoughtful observation, far superior to that possessed by most men of twice his age and experience. Ills Innate modesty, too, is well known. In about the only letter to his 'wife that has been preserved he assures her that lie did not seek the high place which the continental concress had given him as commander In ch'ef of the American army. He also te'ls her in the same epistle that he could not shirk the grave responsibilities thu thrust ,moii him and that he cculd not. without bringing reproach and disgrace to his good name, decline the proffered honor. At the same time he expresses his fears, as to his ability to handle the great interests intrusted to him. but adds, with modest confidence that he will do the best he can and leave the rest to that Providence who had all along guided and protected him In every Important undertaking. This, then. Is enough for us to know, that he did succeed in ids new and responsible K.ition, and In the discharge of his duties as commander In chief displayed the heroism, .fortitude and courage that won for him the undying love and veneration of every true American. Why should we. then, bother about the minor blemishes. If there were any, of such a man? We was still the great general, the patient, uncomplaining patriot, sharing the sufferings and hardships of his faithful soldiers, and never, for one instant, swerving in his splendid devotion to his country and the great cause of human liberty. Washington was a hero. . He was also a patriot and a statesman. And let us rather be guiity. in his case, of a little hero worship than forget what he did for his country and humanity. The I'nllh of WaNhingtoii. At this time when the memory of the nation turns to tie u.an who was so J !arg and heroic a figure in Its first era and to whom its debt of gratitude will ever remain so large, it is both pleasant and helpful to rememler that among the sterling qualities for which Washington Is held in honor, not the least is his strong and unswerving Christian faith. Taught by a Christian mother, Washington's religion, deep and unobtrusive, as was the nature of the man, was from boyhood to death part of his dally life. It strengthened and sustained him In every hour of trial anct kept I him brave, sincere and uncorrupted In

HIS COUNTRY.

the time of depression, of temptation and of power. As a young man but little over 20, when about him to join the ill-fated command of P.raddock. he wrote to his mother, who. motherlike, feared for him to take the risk. "The Cod to whom you commended me, when I set out on a more perilous errand, defended me from all harm, and I trust lit will do so now." And his letters anA journals and actions through life showed that he never lost that unfaltering trust, n trust that nerved him for great undertakings, and gave hini confidence to meet grave dangers. Washington was reverent of everything that was sacred. Christian Advocate. He Is la Doubt. "Do you believe that story about Georgo Washington cutting down the cherry tree with his little hatchet?" was asked of the farmer who had a seat In the smoking car. "Wall. I'll be hanged if I know whether to believe it or not," he replied. "HOjW do you mean?" "Wall, when me'n Martha was married we went to Mount Vernon on a trip, and we saw the family residence and the tomb. asked one of the fellers about that 'cherry tree, and he took me out back of the house and showed me the stump of it." "Did, eh? Then I don't see how you can doubt." "No, mebbe I hadn't orter; but, you see, I brought a sliver of that stump home with me, and when I came to look at it more closely, I found the wood was elm instead of cherry. Mebbe the feller showed me the wrong stump, mebbe he was a liar, and mebSHOWLD ME THE STUMP. be I was so in love with Martha at the time that the elms and cherry trees got all mixed up. I hain't sayln which way it was, but jest contendin' that Washington was a mighty good man and alius heaped up the measure when he sold 'tatcrs." WanhliiKtoii Mill Mve. There are 90 towns in the United States named Washington. There are 33G fire companies named after the great man. There are over 10,000 meat markets named In his honor. There are 84 steamboats called after the great figure in history. There are 5 mountains, 20 lakes, 40 springs, and 7 rivers that might not have been named had Washington never been bornT It is estimated that 4,000 children are named for him every year. There are Washington halls, Washington hotels, Washington clubs, Washington societies, Washington streets, and Washingtonians who sigh for a chance to save the country over again. Think of it! If he hadn't been born everything In the above would have had to be called Smith! George on the 2-Cent Stamp. Cora George Washington never told a lie. Claude In view of that fact, it's rather tough that he has to carry some of the letters that he does. (ieorgp Venu Willie. I wonder if George Washington. When he was nine years old. Turned out his toes and brushed his hair And always shut the door with cara And did as he was told. I wonder If he never said, "Oh, dear!" when he was sent to bed. WILLIE.

Education and Farming:. Under the heading, "Plain Talk by a Plain Farmer," a writer in the Agricultural Epitomist says: "It Becms to me that we are fast coming to that place whire it is going to mean something to ovn a farm and mean much more to know how to handle It. We are beginning to look upon the farm as something that requires the brightest mind to manage. In my travels about the country I have found places where at one side of the road we saw fine land and fine stock, everything looking prosperous, and on the other side exactly the reverse, everything going to pieces, poor crops and poor stock, and the owner head over heels in debt. I am sorry for the man who is unfortunate, who has sickness or anything of that kind to contend with, but what i3 the reason in the same neighborhood for so great a difference? It Is not always an accident or sickness, but because one man is the farmer and the other Is not a farmer. I think we can do no better work than help speed the day when we may educate our farmers in our public schools so that they can read "the agricultural papers and bulletins Intelligently. The trouble is not that farmers do not read the agricultural books, papers and bulletins, but that their early education has been neglected and they are unfamiliar with the terms that we - are compelled to use In writing upon agricultural top-" Ics. There is no greater need fn our education to-day than something that will assist in connecting our experiment station workers, our agricultural press and our agricultural writers with their readers." Slopplnic r.arjre Herd of Hort. I have been using a device with which to slop pigs for a number of years and find that I can slop 150 pigs with it easier than any way I know of, writes an Iowa farmer. "The illustration explains Itself, but I will add a few pointers. Each of the four troughs is 16 feet apart. A 22-foot trough Is attached to the fence a couple of feet above the floor of these troughs, and slop poured Into this trough runs Into each one of the four troughs by pipes. By thl3 plan all troughs are filled with equal rapidity, and if the outlet of each pipe Is bent it will shoot the slop half the length of the trough berOR 6L0rPI.N0 HOGS. fore the pig. stop it. The trough is set on a ce-nent floor, which keeps mud holes fron, forming and makes it a very nice place to feed the pigs at all times. Covering Cement Floor In Winter. An excellent suggestion is made by a practical swine breeder to those having cement floors In their pens. He advises a movable wooden floor for the winter. He makes his own floors of one Inch boards, and lays them flat on the cement, in section small enough to be easily removed at any time. In this way he combines the advantages of both the cement and the wood. He can remove the board floor, scrub out tfie pen and also thoroughly clean and disinfect the false floor outside. Cement is the cheapest material in the end for the floor of the hog pen. The floor of the outer apartmeilt should be a few Inches lower than the house floor, so as to insure drainage and dry sleeping quarters. The I.arfcwt Incubator. There are a great many things thar? we can claim to lead the world in. but Australia has the largest Incubator in the world. It has a capacity of 11,440 duck's eggs or 14.0S0 hen's eggs. This monster hatching machine consists of an ordinary shed, with a corrugated iron roof; the egg trays hold 120 duck's eggs or 160 hen'3 eggs. There are four of these trays end to end, one above the other, on each side of the room, making eight in all. Heat comes from steam pipes supplied from a large boiler and moisture from pans under the lower tier of trays. The Incubator 13 claimed to be working very well and to be quite a success. InvetltfHtlnK l'oor Kara; Yield. There may be several causes why your hens are not laying. Maybe they are Infested with lice. This is a very frequent cause of non-laying. Maybe they don't get sufficient green food or animal food; either cause may prevent them from laying. Maybe they don't gt enough exercise. Keep Investigating until you find out the cause of the non-supply of eggs, and if you find that and apply the remedy your trouble will be over. Gettlnir the Crop In. It pays to get oats in early, and often one or two weeks' time can be saved by plowing In the fall. Where corn Is put in with a lister it is not necessary to harrow the ground in the spring, as the lister will make the soil fine around the seed, and as soon as the corn Is planted the cultivator can be put to work and the ground put In fine condition. Ventilating Stables. Horses and cows are In the stable at night for rest. When the weather is warm the atmosphere in close confinement becomes very warm and oppressive, so much so that the animals beconr.a very uncomfortable and hence fall to get proper rest. The horse that does not pot proper rest is not In a good condition for heavy work the following day, and the cow that does not sleep In a cool, restful place in hot weather will not give a full flow of

milk. The temperature of the wortlng or producing animal must be kept normal to give the best results. If there are no windows in your stables cut out a number now and let light and fresh air come for the health and comfort of the animals.

SuKKrsllon tor notation. Try this rotation for lands that are falling down in their grain yields: Corn or potatoes, manured; wheat; clover; wheat or flax. Oats or barley may substitute for the wheat. This gives a five-year rotation, three crops of which have a cash value to the grower. The tillage of the corn has a better effect than summer fallow, the manuring of the land , returns to the soil much of the fertility and gives to the land a friable texture that retains water well, while the clover crop aids In the same manner and at the same time restores to the soil the nitrogen of which the crops rapidly deplete it. It Is estimated by Dean ShepperJ, of the North Dakota Experimental Station, that this rotation, followed consistently, will in a period of years return to the owner of the land a larger cash value, year by year, than will continuous cropping ' to small grains. Grabbing Implement. It is, of course, generally known that the lever principle gives the greatest power for the smallest physical exer tion. It Is not so generally known that the work of grubbing is a veritable labor of Hercules and that the uprooting of a few sturdy bushes and young trees is all the exercise some men want. A Virginia man. however, was cognizant of both these truths and he set GRUBBING DEVICE. about Inventing an implement on the lever principle to be used in grubbing. The result was the article shown In the cut, which Is guaranteed to uproot anything but the village chestnut tree and the Constitution. ..First there is a base with an arm rigidly attached. There 13 a jaw at the end of the arm and a brace to which a lever U pivoted. On the end of the lever la another Jaw, co-operating with the first-mentioned. The implement U thrust close to the root of a bush, the stem of which is seized between tha two Jaws and a pull on the lever tears the bush up. A Few Hone Don't. Don't ask me to "back" with blinds on; I'm afraid to. Don't let some blockhead drive me that has less sense than I have. Don't run me down a steep hill, for if anything should give way I might break your neck. Don't whip me when I get frightened, or I will expect It next time and may make you trouble. Don't trot me up hill, for I have you, the buggy and myself to carry. Try running uphill with a load yourself. Don't drive me with an "overcheck" on; the sun hurts my eyes and I can't see where to step. It's Inhuman and cruel. Teach me to stop when you eay "whoa' and this you can do without jerking my head off or tearing ray mouth. It may check me if the lines should drop or break and save a runaway and smash-up. California Voice. Developing Strong Constitution. Part of the stamina, durability and spirit of the horse -Is inherited, and part is produced through proper feeding. The growing colt should have a variety of nourishing feeds that contain a fair proportion o' mineral matter for the building of a strong frame. It should be allowed the freedom of pasture for almost all of the year, and a hilly pasture Is preferable for de eloping strong muscular, lung and heart power. Feed for the Larabt, Accustom- the lambs gradually to full feed. Corn and early cut clover are the best combination for finishing Iambs. It Is a balanced ration and Is grown on almost every farm. Succulent food, as roots or silage, should be available, and should be fed once a day. Food like this keeps the skin in good condition and gives the wool a better luster. llltch-rrleed I'kk. To produce eggs when they are highest in price requires good management, reguarity In feeding and kindness on the part of the caretaker. It may not be generally known, but it is a fact, that want of kindness in the poultry yard affects 'the egg production fully as much as rough and brutal treatment of the cow affects her milk production. I'eW Growing: for Soil Improvement. . Pea growing for soil improvement Is quite profitable on sandy lands that are especially lacking humus. Pears are a good crop to sow on clover or timothy sods the first year after breaking, as they greatly aid in subduing the soil. The peas should then be followed by a crop of grain and the land seeded down to clover. Health r Ration for Colt. When the colt begins to eat, give it a variety of feeds for the building of the various tissues of its body. Clover hay and wheat bran contain necessary mineral matter for the building of bone. Flax seed meal In small quantities is good for keeping the colt's bowel3 in good condition and for making its coat sleek. Stability mt Hock Phosphate. Rock phosphate does not leach out of the soil; it might wash off from a hillside. As to the quantity, it is best to keep applying rock phosphate until the soil content of phosphorus has been brought up to 1,500 or 1.800 pounds per acre In the surface seven inches. The Dual lurioe Cow. The dual purpose cow may be all tight for some farmers, but she doe not give as much milk as the dairy cow and eats considerably more, nor does she produce as much beef as tho beef cow, and eats just about as much. Spreading Raspberry might. Bees and other insects are often responsible for the spreading of raspberry cane blight. They crawl over stems already blighted, cet covered with the spores and carry them into blossoms and other young fruits. Ha Farming with Chemical. Hay farming with chemicals as commonly practiced no doubt removes more fertility than It restores, but the process is very slow and no doubt highly profitable under conditions.

Chopping Knife. Xo this i3 not a bird cage in thi illustration. It is a chopping knif designed by a Colorado man and strong and effective inn plement it 's. Thi blades, as will ba obi served, are circular ani are . attached to thf handle by heavy curved arms. When this tool is brought down on a piece of meat or a head of cabbage it speedily converts the objects into shreds. In most cases chopping knives are rade with single. CHOPP1NQ KNIFE or at best, double blades, it will be readily seen that a circular blade will do much more work than one or two straight ones. Another use for th'u ciitter is in cutting the dough fot doughnuts, .cookies or other circular cakes, though in ordinary round cakes the inside ring will form the cake, while the hoop of dough that is left can either be baked Into a hoop of cake or the leftover dough can be rolled again and the cutting continued till al.' Is used up, as is usually done. Fruit inlad. Peel two large oranges and cu.t each lobe into three pieces. . Remove the seeds from a cup of Malaga grapes; shell and break Into bits a dozen English walnut meats. Mix these Ingredients and set on the ice until very cold. Line a chilled bowl with, crisp lettuce leaves, put the fruit in the center of the bowl and cover well with mayonnaise or French dressing. Plain Fruit Cake. Two cup3 dark-brown sugar, one cup sour milk, teaspoon of baking soda In milk, scant cup of melted shortening, teaspoon .of ginger, teaspoon of cloves, teaspoon of cinnamon; mix smoothly. Add three cups sifted flour, two teaspoons (level) baking powder, cup raisins, cup currants. Mix again and bake in a loaf for one hour in moderate oven. Southern Batter Bread. One quart of white cornmeal, half teaspoonful of soda, enough buttermilk or clabber milk to make a pliable batter, one-half teaspoonful of salt md two tab'tcpoonfuia or flour. Stir well and bake thorough in cem pan or heavy Iron or pour thin layer in iron skillet. Serve pippin apple sauce and Kentucky bacon with thl3 fx breakfast. Devlletl Beef. Melt two tablespoonful3 of butter In a saucepan or chafing dish; add two tablespoonfuls of green pepper and one tablespoon ful of onion, both finely minced; one teaspoonful each of salt and lemon juice, one tablespoonful of flour. All one-half cup of tomato sauce. Heat beef in thla until smoking hot, ,and serve at once oa hot plates. Cora Bread. Beat together one-quarter cup of ahlte augar and a piece of butter the .Ize of an egg, and stir in two beatei rggs. Add one-half pint of sweet mill; Ivo cups of white flour, one-half cu: cf yellow cornmeal, two heaping tes spoonfuls of baking powder and a l:t tie salt. Beat hard and bake in long, narrow bread tin in a moder.'. oven. Apple-Sauce Cake. One and one-half cup3 apple sauce, warm and sweetened; one cup sugar, one-half cup butter, cream together; add one cup raisins, two teaspoon? cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves two cups of flour or a bit more, one 1 teaspoon baking soda, stirred into ap pie sauce; bake in loaf forty minutes. Hnra Pattle. Mix one pint cold boiled ham, chop ped fine, with two parts bread crumbs wet with milk. Put the batter in gem pans, hollow out center, break one egg In each, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cover with cracker or bread crumbs and bake until browned over. Chicken Broth. Put on whole nicely-drawn chlckec, well covered with cold water. Bring to a boll and allow to simmer for one hour. Lift the chicken after It has noled in the broth and fill for bakg. Skim and strain broth, reheat ,.nd serve with croutons. Gingerbread (Fine). Two cups molasses, cup shortening, cup buttermilk, teaspoon cloves, tea spoonful ginger, half cup raisins, flour for soft dough; drop with teaspoon oa greased tins or bake In shallow pans. Frot!nic for Sauce. Three tablespoons boiling water, on teaspoon vanilla; mix nice and smooihly with powered sugar and spread on cake while a bit warm. Add cocoanu If you like. Hints Abont the House. Enameled ware which has bocomt discolored cam be cleaned with a paste made of coarse salt and vinegar. Discolored cups and dishes used for baking can be made as new by rubbing the brown stains with, a flannel dipped into whiting. Many families will really suffer from a squeaking hinge for weeks, when one application of raschln oil or a little heated lard will result In per fect silence. 1 Valuable lace should be kept wrapped in blue paper. White paper la often bleached with chloride of lime, which injuriously affecta any delicate fabric that lies against it any length j of time. j To clean stained flower vases put a little vinegar In a glass and then some soap powder. Shake the glas till the stains are removed, then wash In warm water. The vinegar and soap powder can be used for several glasses. To make bread crumbs quickly cut the soft part from a stale loaf, put it into a clean muslin bag, tie the bag at the top and gently run it with the hands for a few minutes. The crumbs will then be fine enough for anything. Porcelain lined bathtub3 and wash towels are quickly and effectually cleaned with a soft cloth dipped in gasoline. Have a bottle tightly corked in the bathroom closet, where it 13 alj ways at hand, but avoid accidents by I keeping this dangerous fluid away front ) lights and fir.

tTRlALS of the NEEDEMS?

lit MMR WANT TO (ZTj MSVQRC Ml -l I CAN T LlVt WITn lnw wurLW T KEY RAVE OON WOftUOy F03 rY CULMTZL IS JTHAT M0r.TblVCCE5 ARE CAUSED1 I CAN BE CURED BY MUNYONS PAW PAW MLL5 I IP PIUS 1Q Mnnyon'a Paw Paw puis coax ths liver into activity by gentle methods. They do not scour, sripe or weaken. They are a tonic to the ttomach, liver and nerves; invigorate Instead f weaken. They enrich the blood and enable the tomach to get all the nourishment from food th it Is put into It. These pills contain no calomel ; they are soothing, healing and Etimulatinp. For sale by all drjffRlsta in 10c and 25c sizes. If you need medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors. They will advise to the best of their ability absolutely free of Cliarge mi'. " OX'S, caa and Jefferon St.. Philadelphia, Pa. Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold In one day. Price I5c. Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy relieves in a few hours and cures la a few days. Price 23c v Mixed. A sergeant wa: once drilling a squad of recruits. Thy were incredibly ignorant. One of them could not tell hij right hand from his left. The so i geant proceeded to teach them and at last attained some degree of success. Sergeant Now, yer blessed Idiot, hold yer hands in front of yer and twist them round one over the other. Stop! Now, which Is your left hand and which is your right? Recruit (looking at his hands for a moment) I'm blowed If I know. I'tri gone and mixed 'em! London Answers. TRAINED NURSE SPEAKS. lias Foaad Dosm's Kldacy Pills I n Tal nable. Mrs. Emellne Green, nurse, Osage, V)wa, says: "I have nursed many cases of terrible kidney disorders and have found Doan's Kidney Pills the best remedy for 'such troubles. In confinement when it is so necessary to have ths kidneys in good condition, Doan's Kidney 1111s are in a class alone. Theyare splenbackache, dizziness. lid also for bloating, retention and other kidney and bladder troubles." Remember the name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. GO cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo. X. T. Broke. They were drinking soda in the Gentlewoman's Club. "I wish," said the fat one with gray hair, "that you could break my daughter Nell cf bridge." The young one in pink smiled faintly. "I did break: her last nlht," she said. Brooklyp Citizen. Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite family laxative. l?xeeptloa. Teacher As1 1 have been telling you, there are two general classes of workers. Tommy, does your father make his living by using his brains or by using his muscles? Tommy Neither one, ma'am. lie's a policeman. Chicago Tribune. piles crnED ix e to i4 days. 1 AZO OINTMENT is ruaranteed to cure aar t .se of Itching. liUnC Bleeding or ITotrudmf i'ilea in to 14 das or moner relunded. Sue Dolly' netort. "I won't wash my face:" said Dolly defiantly "Xaugh.y. naughty," reproved grandmother. "When I was a little girl I always washed my face." "Yes, and now look at it:" Everybody's. All Up-to-Dai Hoaaekeeer Use Ced Cross Ball Blue. It makes tt clothes clean and swett as when nw. Alt Urocars. Bond of Sjrmpalhr. Mistress Verena, I am astonished to see you upholding that heartless prima donna who refused to admit her own brother and sister when they called to visit her! Domestic Us hired reis, mum, has got to stand together. EXrOSCKE TO COI.L sb4 wet It th ti rt sun to Pnratitoiii-. Tu Pemr ' Itavit" Pain Wir r and the danir-r la aTerted. L'neqaaiea lor coias.aoriDii.quinsr.ZicxcaDauc. Dlootl Money r "One day." said Mrs. Lapslint, "I saw a man thrash a big, brutal teamster for beating his horses. If I had my way about it he should hav a share of the Carnage hero fund." lira. Wlnsiow's Sootala; 9 7 ray fur Children tevthing; aottens the julc. reduces inflammation, allays pain, cure wind colic 25 cents a bottle. Trying: to Encoctraate Hint. "O, Guy, you mustn't allow yourself t be scared by papa's piercing eye." "I'm not so much afraid of that. EU fleda, as I am of his cutting 'nos! " vilely directed, will cause her to giwc to her little ones only the most wholesome and beneficial rcmedic anl only when actually needed, and tin? well-informed mother uses only thr pleasant and pentle laxative remedy Syrup of Fig3 and Eliiir of Senna when a laxative is required, as it is wholly free from all objeo tionahle substances. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. VETERINARY COURSE AT HOIII ftionn T " Parda b aad taktaf aar Vatwlaary Coon t Worn auric wrmi tin: toitltnlat Enfllsh: Diploma (rutad p. itionaoDwiDoaiorw.uinnivirniaTa: ot wttbl 01 mi; aatucacuos tnarTM: partial lar Iras, TitartaifT Cim Sek I, wtL IS, lialis.

J$ 500 e Jr f rf

K U I