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DISEASES OF POTATO Problems of Increasing Im portance to Agriculture. OYSTER-SHELL BARK LOUSE Insect Found on Over Forty Different Food Plants In United States— An Effective Spray. (By O»'R(1K M LIST. Colorado Experi ment Station ) As the name will Indicate, this Is one of the scale insects, taking its name from the scale covering that Is secreted over the Insect's body, re- sembling somewhat the convex side of an oyster shell. Thia Insect has been reported on <B> N ORTON ) over forty different food plants tn the No plant disease in this generation United States, including most ot our has been the subject of such general fruit trees, also many ornamental and discussion as that known tn Germany shade trees. It has proved especially as the "Blattroll-krankheit." herein bad in some sections of this state on named "leaf-roll." None has aroused lilac and ash. greater difference of opinion as to its If one of these scales be raised tn nature and cause, and no other malady the winter or early spring, there will of plants is today receiving so much In be found beneath It a mass of very vestigation by skilled pathologists as small yellowish or whitish eggs that this Possibly no disease which has uatch about the middle of May Into appeared since the forties presents a small lice that appear as mere specks greater menace to pcXato culture. The to the naked eye. literature on leaf-roll has become so They move about for a few days. voluminous that few will undertake to then Insert their beaks into the bark peruse all the contributions and begin to feed. By the end of the Leaf-roll is a disease characterized season they are fully developed and by an upward rolling of the leaves, by have secreted a scaly covering over the entire body. In the fall, the adult J deposits the mass of small eggs and i dies. Spraying with kerosene emulsion 5 ■ per cent kerosene in May or June ¡ Just after hatching time has proved very effective in controlling this pest No Trouble Has Caused Greater Dlf- ferencs of Opinion as to Nature and Cause Than “Leaf Roll"— Symptoms Vary Greatly. CONVENIENT IN THE APIARY Brush Made of Manila Rope Is Handy for Cleaning Combs of Bees— Tool Box Is Useful. I have several little conveniences that I use in my apiary, one of which Comparison of Healthy and Diseased I is a brush for clearing the combs of bees, writes B. A Manly of Milo, Hills of Same Varieties. Iowa, tn Bee Gleanings and Culture. a decreased yield of tubers, and by Take a round stick. 16 inches long, transmission of the diseased condi and with a ripsaw divtde It for about tion through tubers planted Its symp nine inches, leaving the other end for toms vary so much in detail that they a handle. Take a piece of one-inch can be most clearly outlined by sepa manila rope six inches long, and with rate treatment. | the strands fill the opening in the The rolling of the leaves is the most stick, allowing them to project on constant ar.d conspicuous symptom of j both sides of the stick. At the end this disease. The leaflets curl or roll secure it with bee wire and securely upward on their midrib, often assum ing a nearly tubular shape, and giving a plant a starving appearance. This rolling is sometimes restricted to the apper leaves, w hile in other cases ail or nearly all of the leaves may exhibit It- This type of roll is distinct from the curly-dwarf condition, but a very Bee Brush Made of Rope. similar roll may be induced by other I nail the stick with one-inch brads, causes. The color of the foliage changes This makes the best brush I have with the advent of leaf-roll, but these seen, and is almost indestructible. color symptoms vary greatly, from Another convenience is my covered cases where the leaves assume an un hive seat and tool box. My hive seat healthy. light-green color to those is 14 by 16, with a pocket on each end marked by pronounced yellowish, red j 6 by 14. These pockets come within an inch of the top, and a cover is dish or purplish tints The effect of leaf-roll on the plant made to telescope over the seat and is to check development. There is a rest on the top of the pockets. Un lessening or cessation of growth. The der the seat I have my smoker fuel; shoots remain snort and the leaves in one of the pockets my smoker, and stand more upright There is, how in the other my tools. The framework ever. no such shortening of stems and , of the cover is made of % by l*4-inch The roof is rubberold. leaf ribs as occurs in curly-dwarf, with i white pine. its resultant deformation of the plant. 1 Everything under it keeps dry, though The duration of life of the plant is ' 1 leave it standing in the apiary ail shortened iy leaf-roll, This is a rela summer, and at the same time I take tlve matter, since the leaf-roll cases no chance of Betting anything on Are may die earliet. as would be expected in the honey house. of sick plants. The true leaf-toll is inheritable. The FEEDING MASH IN DRY FORM tubers from diseased plants produce diseased progeny, as a general rule. More Equal Distribution of Food I* Obtained by Use of Hoppers— Feed Some Cut Bone. Some of the most experienced poul try breeders claim that the best re sults can be obtained by feeding mash in dry form in hoppers where fowls have access to it at all times. This allows a more equal distribution of the foeffl. A slight feed of moist mash about three times a week in addition to this dry mash is good. It is essential in preparing this mash that the mixing process not be slighted, as a little longer mixing will result in a much Upper Illustration Shows Yields ol better mash and prevent the using of Healthy and Diseased Hilts Caused an excess of water, which tends to by Curly-Dwarf. make the mixture pasty. Lower Illustration Shows Yields of By mixing green cut bone with the Diseased and Healthy Hills Caused mash in the quantity hereinafter giv- en a food will be obtained that is un by Leaf-Roll. This affords a means of distinguishing from the genuine leaf-roll those tem porary conditions which give riBe to a aimilat appearance ot the plants. All those who are best acquainted with the trouble agree as to the re sults of planting diseased seed stock. This point is one of capital importance in the control of the disease and of great interest in its bearing on the nature of the disease. That leaf-roll is not communicable from diseased to healthy plants is the conclusion to be drawn from all available evidence. Sheep Parasites. Sheep infested with ticks will not fatten no matter bow much feed and care are given The man who gives his sheep over to ticks through the winter may expect little return for the feed. If, during the winter, your sheet show any indication of scab, give them a thorough dipping. If you wait until spring they may be alive, but the chances are against them. Keep sheep dry, quiet and warm dur Ing the winter. equaled for laying hens. Probably the best way to feed thia ration is to give the flock a quantity which they will consume entirely in from eight to ten minutes. This should be given them three times a week and the amount usually runs so that each fowl will receive on an average of one ounce at each feed ing or every two days. In other words, about one-half ounce of green cut bone per fowl per day is consid ered the right amount Alfalfa Versus Timothy. In one ton of alfalfa hay there are 1,044 pounds of digestible nutrients, of which 220 pounds are digestible pro tein. In one ton of timothy hay there are 926 pounds of digestible nutrients, of which 56 pounds are digestible pro tein. The nutrients in the timothy bay are furnished a little cheaper than in the alfalfa, but the protein in the alfalfa is far cheaper than in the tlm- othy. As a dairy feed we would con- aider alfalfa hay cheaper at <26 per ton than timothy at |20. Cracks Bad Ventilator*. Having cracks In the barn is not a Green Feed for Ewes. good system of ventilation. A draft A little green feed in the form o' of cold air causes the cow much dis- roots such as turnips or beets, is goo< comfort Window* hinged at the bo t- for the ewes, but too much of ft Is in tom when partly open will allow the Xirlous, as it makes the lambs sot fresh air to enter and not strike the cow directly. and useless when dropped. | I'd kick him all tho way deown stat nt Cap'n Satu l'B wuth twenty-five o' hltn." "Yow kept the prescription, didn't yer, cap'n?" demanded Angy. "Naow of he should be took ag'in an*—” Samuel turned away and coughed. "Mother, mother," cried Abe. ''shot the door an' come aet doown er all tho sisters'll come a pilin' In. I've had a Invite, I have." Angy dosed the door and came for ward, her wary suspicious eye trailing from the visitor to her husband. "Hy-guy, ain't It splendid!" Aba burst forth. "Mo an' t’ap'n Sam'l here la a-goin* over ter Bleak Hill fer a week." "Bleak Hill In December!" Angy LOUISE FORSS1 UND cried, aghast. "Naow, see here, fa X uihor of ther." resolutely, "medicine er no “ The Story of Ssiruh** medicine— " “ I he Bbto "1 1 '»»-<uua* "He's got ter git hardened up," tec. firmly Interposed lfoctor Darby; “It'll be tho makln* o* him." - Angy turned on Samuel with ruffled Copyright by Pha Csutury Co, * feathers. SYNOPSIS. "He'll freeso to death. Yow shan't—“ Captain Abraham Row and Angvllne. Here Abe'« stubborn will, so rarely tl'e wife, have lost thetr little home through Abe's unlucky purchase of Tone get against Angy's gentle persistence, fly Gold mining stock Their household rose up In defiance: S imh I s sold, the I: u auction money, all they have left, will place Abe In the Old "We're a gwlno on a reg'lar A No. 1 ■Man's home, or Angy tn the Old laidy's home B-'th are self sacrificing but Abe spree with the boya, an' no women decides: "My dear, this la the fust time folks ta a goln’ ter atop ua neither." I've had a chance to take the wuet of It." "When?" naked Angy faintly, feel The old couple bld good-by to the little louse Terror of "what folks will say" ing Abo's brow, but to her surprise •ends them along bv paths to the gate of the Old Ladles' home. Miss Abigail, ma finding It cool and healthy. tron of the Old latdles' home, nears -f "Termorrer!" proclaimed Samuel; the ill fortune of the old couple. She tells ’he other old ladies, and Hlossv. who has whereupon Abo looked a little dubious >aid a double fe,. for the only double bed and lifted Up Ills two feet, wrapped as chamber, voices the unanimous verdict they were In the blanket, to deter that Abe must be taken in with hie wife Abe awakens next morning to And that mine the present strength of hla legs. ie Is "Old tally No J|" The ..Id ladles "Don't yer think yer'd better muke fixe him such a warm welcome that ho s made to feel at home at once. "Brother it day after termorrer?" ho ventured. Abe" expands under the warm reception “Or 'lung erbout .May er June?" of the sisters, and a reign of poace begins Angy hastily amended. in the Old lotdles' h.-me Ate- la the Celt ter of the community The semi-annual Samuel gave an exasperated grunt. visit of Bloasy'a aged lover, ('apt, Samuel "See here, whose spree is thia?" Darby Is due Abe advtsea her to marry him. For II..- first time the captain falls Abe demanded of the little old wife. to appear Blossy consults Abe so often She sighed, then resolved on strat regarding Darby, Ids old captain in the life saving se rvice that gossip begins to egy: buss Aunt Nancy tak. - Abe to task for "Naow, Abe. of yew bo bound an' flirting with Bloasy He Is much con cerned when he learns that Angy la jeal possessed ter go ter tho beach, yew ous Iltosay drives away with Darby to be married Abe loses popularity The go; but I'm a goln' visitin' tew, an' change reacts on film and the d.K-tor <>r- I I couldn't gtt the pair o' us ready tn ders him to bed Then he Is at the m-rrv of the old ladles. Darby comes to see him I side a week. I'm a goln' deown ter see Blossy. She ast mo jlst naow, pendin', she says, Cap'n Sam'l horn cures Abo CHAPTER XI—Continued. up eniough ter gtt him off. 1 thought Abraham flushed. Ho did not care she was crazy then." Samuel knocked tho ashes out of to recall Samuel's wedding day. He hastened to ask the other what had his pipe against tho window alii and decided him and Blossy to come to arose to go. "Waal." he said grudgingly, "make day. and was Informed that Miss Abi gail had written to tell llloasy that it it a week from terday then, rain er she ever expected to see her "Brother shine, snow er blow, er a blizzard. Abe” alive again she must come over Ef yer ever a goln' ter git hardened, to Shorevilie at the earliest possible Abe, naow’s the time! I'll drive over long erbout ten o'clo k an* git some moment. "Then 1 says ter Blossy,” concluded body ter sail us from here; er ef the Captain Darby. "I says, says I, 'Jest bay freezes over 'twixt naow an' then, lenime see that air old henpecked ter take us tn a scooter.” A "scooter.’ It may be explained. Is Abe Rose. I'll kill him er cure him!" I says. Here, yer pipe's out Light an iceboat pecullnr to the Great South bay -a sort of modified dinghy on run- up ag’in'" Abe struck the match with a trem . ners. “Yes—yes. a scooter." repeated Sam bling hand, unnerved once more by tho speculation as to what might have uel. turning suddenly on Abe with happened had Samuel’s treatment the sharp inquiry: "Air yew a shiv erin'? Haln’t. eh? Waal then, a week worked the other way. "I left Blossy and Aunt Nancy : from terday, so be It!" he ended. "But a-huggln’ an' a-klssin' down stairs." me an' Blossy Is a-comin’ ter see yew Abe sighed: "Aunt Nancy ailers was off an* on pooty frequent ineanat- while; an', Abe, ef ever I ketch yew more bark than bite." "Humph! Barkin' cats must be a-layln' abed, 1'11 leave yer ter yer tryln’ ter live with. Abe," he tapped own destruction.” the old man's knee again, "dew yew know what yew need? A leetle vaca CHAPTER XII. tion. a change of air. Yew want ter cut loose from this all-fired old ladles' I "A Passel of Meddlers.” shebang an' go skylarkin'." Abe hung Angy's secret hope that Abe would on Samuel's word«, his eyes a-twinkle change his mind and abandon the with anticipation. "Yes,—yes, go sky projected trip to the beach remained larkin'! Won't we make things hum?" unfulfilled. In spite of the fact that "Thar's hummln' an' hummln’,*' ob cold weather suddenly descended on jected Abe, with a sudden show of the South side, and the bay bwame caution. "Miss Abigail thinks more o* first "scummed” over with Ice, and washday than some folks does o' then frozen so solid that all Its usual heaven. Wharabouts dew' yew cak'late craft disappeared, and the "scooters” on a-goln'?" took possession of the field. "Tew Bleak Hill!” Abe and Samuel held stubbornly to Abraham's face lost Its cautious their reckless intentions; and the sis look, his eyes sparkled once more. Go ters, sharing Angy's anxiety, grew so back to the life-saving station where licitous almost to the point of active he had worked in bis lusty youth— Interference. They withheld nothing back to the sound of the surf upon the in the way of counsel, criticism, or shore, back to the pines and cedars admonition which could be offered. of the beach, out of the bondage of "Naow,” said Mrs. Homan in her dry old lavender to tho goodly fra most commanding tones at the end of grance of balsam and sea salt! Back a final discussion In the big hall, on to active life among men! the evening before the date set for de "Men, men, nawthln' but men!" parture, "ef yew're bound, bent an' Samuel exploded as If he had read the determined, Brother Abe, to run In the other's thought. "Nawthln' but men face of Providence, yew want tew fer a hull week, that's my prescrip mind one thing, an' wear yer best tion fer yew I Haow dew yew feel set of flannel* termorrer." naow, mate?" "Sho, thar haln’t no danger of me For answer Abe made a quick spring ketchin' cold,” decried Abe. out of his chair, and in his bare feet "I didn’t say yer thickest set of commenced to dance a gentle, rheu- flannels; I Bald yer best. When a man matlc-toe-connlderlng breakdown, cry gits throwed out onto the Ice ker ing, "Hy-guy, Cap'n Sam'l, you've flump, the thickness of hi* clo'es ain't raved my life!” While Darby clapped goln’ to help him much. The fust his hands together, proud beyond thing I alius taught my husbands was measure at his success as tho eman to have everything clean an' whole on, cipator of his woman-ridden friend. when thar was any likelihood of a sud Neither heard the door open nor saw den death.” Angy standing on the threshold, half "Yew ’Bpect me tew go an’ prink up paralyzed with fear and amazement, fer a sudden death?” thundered Abra thinking that sho was witnessing the ham. “I haln’t never heard tell on a mad delirium of a dying man. until she scooter a klllln’ nobody ylt; It’s them called out her husband's name. At plagued Iceboat* up state what—" the sound of her frightened voice, Abe "That’s all very well," persisted Mr*. stopped short and reached for the Homan, not to be diverted from her blanket with which to cover himself. subject; "but when old Doctor Billings "Naow don't git skeered, mother, got run over by the train at Mastic don't git skeered," he adjured her. Crosstn' on Fourth o’ July eight year 'Tm all right in my head. Cap'n ago, his wife told me with her own Sam’l here, he brung me some won- lips that *he never would git over It. lerful medicine. He—” cux he had his hull big toe stickin’ "Blossy said you did!’ interrupted out o’ the end of his stockin'. I tell Angy, a light of intense gratitude yew. these days we’ve got tew prepare flashing across her face as she turned fer a violent end.” eagerly to Darby. “Lemme see the The patient Angy somewhat tartly bottle.” retorted, that during the last week she ‘1 chucked it out o’ the winder," af- had spent even more time upon fa flnncd Samuel without winking, and ther’s wardrobe than she had upon Abo hastened to draw Angy's atten her own; while Abe Inwardly rejoiced tion back to himself. to think that for seven days to come— ''See, mother, I kin stand as good seven whole days—he and Angy would aa anybody; haln’t got no fever; I kin be free from the surveillance of the walk alone. Yew seen me dancin' jest staters. naow, tow. An’ ef I had that peaky Mrs. Homan, In no way nonplussed, 'aatle banty rooster of a doctor her«, boomed on: Old Lady Number =31= NEW ARMOR PLATE "Thar, I most fergot^bout hl* neck- 1 tie. 'Course, they don't dress up much at the station; but Jest the same that air tie o' yourn. Brother Abe, Is a dis Th® New Proc®»», it in grace. 1 told yew yaw'd spile it »• Claimed, Will Make woartu’ It tew bed. Naow, I got a Large Gun* Useless. red an* groeu plaid what belonged to my aeeoud stepson, Henry O. He never would 'a' died o' pneumony, either, ef Another of th* series of experiment* to he'd a-took my advice an* made him . ...... rtnlne th* resisting power of a c*r- self a newspaper night cap last time tuln ( loss of armor was recently conduct- •d with extremely nallsfaclory results. he substituted with the 'saver*. An' Fortifications built of this metal might yew kin have that necktie Jest aa well oe made Indestructible and II would l>* as not. Naow, don't say a word; I'm uaelrea to bombard Iheut. It Is also useless Io Irr to make a suc better able to part with It 'n yew bo cess In Ilf* If handicapped by poor health not to take It." Vou lack the strength and stamina necas- No one ever attempted the frulth** aury to win task of stopping Mr*. Homan once h( the majority of cases of poor health, trouble Is the teal cause, toil fully launched; but when at last sho stomach tlilM <¡»11 I'«* <'<il’M’«'t r»<l l»y i utrfiil dirt nil<l permitted her back to rest agplnst her the assistance of llostetlei s Hluniach It tom-s. strengthens and helps chair, folding her anna with the man lllllers the dlsestlvr fun. tl((XS and whan the tood nor of one who makes a sacrifice In a is pioperly digested, strength and re vigor Is sent coursing through th* worthy cause, Abe broku Into an ex newed entire system. , , The proper time for action I* when you plosive protest. noth a Bia first symptoms of weakness, If any one fretted him In lit* some such as loss of appetite. headacbS. Id<mt- what fretful convalescence, It was thia Ing 1« art-burn. sour slornoa h. Indiges or constipation and by resorting to grenadier member of tho household, tion Hostetter's Htomach Hitters you can help who since lllossy's marriage had en Nttfure conquer thrm I’rlny only »¡iti'H mnttrra Mini |»rol<»t»«« your nurfvr- deavored to fill tho vacant post of '"i'ake a bottle home with you today but "guardeen angel." see that the stamp over th* m ek I* Uli- "Mis' Holman," he sputtered, ris broken ing to hts feet, "I wouldn't wear a red an' green plaid tie to u eel's funeral!" Then with a somewhat ungracious! "good night” to the company in gen • oral, ho trudged across the hall and up the stairs, inuttering something to himself about a "passel ot meddlers." Well meaning Mis* Abigail, who It alwaj* gives mo pleasure to rec had been nodding half asleep, roused ommend anything that Is right and so heraolf to call after him, and he I fool It my duty to horald tho praises of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Hoot. paused unwillingly to heed. For years I was troubled with kid "Naow, don't yew lose no sleep ter night," sho admonished, "a worry in' ney dho-usc and It wan so Intenao that I was bedridden for day* nt n Um». erbout the change In yer vlttles. I I gave up all hope mid dor-tors for told Cap'n Sam'l that hardtack an' miles around gave mo no help, inci sech like wouldn't never do fer yer dentally I tried several patent reme weak stummlck, an' he promised me dies and at last tried Hwamp Hoot. faithful he'd send somebody tow the From the first It gave me relief and It was Ito time before I was able to be mainland every day fer tnlik.” "Dew yew think I bo a baby?" up and around and now I am perfectly well and able to work ar I used to be shouted Abraham, turning on his heel. fore my terrible sickness "I know now what makes my teeth so Bo now let me thank you for your sore lately,” mumbling to himself; wonderful discovery ami take this op "It's from this here arrer-root an' all portunity to recommetcl it to all who those puddln'y messes. They need suffer from kidney troubles. Your* very truly, hardenin', lew." WALTER SHIVER. Hope. Ari: CHAPTER XIII. Subscribe l nml sworn to ‘.eforc me, this 25th day of March, 1912. The Prodigal's Departure. A V w ahi :. \ ' ■ Public. Abraham was up betimes In the Welch. Ark. morning to greet a day crisp and cold,! Leder _o quiet, yet with suthelent breeze stir Dr. Kilmer A Cer, Binghamton, N.Y. ring the evergreens in tho yard out side to mako him predict a speedy Frove VA hot Swamp-Hoot Will Do for ) OU voyage. Send ten cents to Dr Kilmer A Co., Tho old man was nervous and ex Binghamton. N Y., for a sample size cited, and, in spite of hi* buoyant bottle It will convince anyone You anticipations, somewhat oppressed, will also receive u booklet of valuable now that tho day had actually come, Information, telling about the kidney* with a sense of timidity and fear. Htill, and bladder. When writing, bo sure mention this paper Regular he put on n bold face while Angelina and fifty <vnt und one dollar size bottle* fastened hl* refractory collar and tied fur sale at all drug etore*. hl* cravat. Thl* was neither Mrs Homan'* of Cheaper. fering nor Abe'* own old, frayed tin. "A waist for a salesgirl" Is describ but a now black one which bad my*- ed by a fashion writer. But in what terioualy been thrust through ths respect does a aaleagirl's waist differ crack under tho door during the night from that of a duchess — ixmlsvllle So, the last finishing touche* having Courier Journal boon put upon hl* toilet, and Angy is long and time la fleeting, and having mad» ready by lamplight for we Art are reminded that the bizarre val her own trip, even before tho old man entine will stum l>v in our midst again. wa* awake, there seemed nothing left to be done until tho breakfast boll Why Good Men Are Buey. should ring "Marry a busy man.” advises Helen Abe sat down, and looking bard at Rowland It can't be done legally All htet open carpetbag wondered audibly the busy men are married. 1 t.at'l If they had "everythin' In.” Tho lust what makes them busy. time they two had packed Ati*> s ward robe for a visit to Bleak Hill had been Th«» pork bnrrel seems to be the many year* ago. when Samuel Darby, center ot Interest "over to” the legi» though »omewhnt Abe'a junior, wa* lature. keeper of the life saving station, and Abe was to be gone for a whole sm - Optimistic Thought. son'* duty, Then all of hl* ponses- Resolution* taken without thought slons had been stowed In a long, bol- bring disaster* without remedy. eter like canvas bag for the short voyage. Both Angy and her husband recalled that time now the occasion of their first, and almost of their last, real separation. "A week’H pass In no time," rnur mured Angy very quickly, with a catch In her voice. "lookin' ahead, though, I seven days seems awful long when yer old; but— Oh, law, yes; a week’ll The Price She Paid for Lydia pass In no time," she repeated. "Only E.Pinkham’aVegetableCom- dew be keerful, Abe, an' don't taka pound Which Brought cold." TAKE THIS MANS ADVICE TRY THE CREAT KIDNEY REMEDY WHAT $10 DID FOR THIS WOMAN (TO BE CONTINUED) FISH HOOK RECOVERS BODY Passenger* From Passing Train Drag River After Boy Is Knocked Off Bridge. Good Health. Danville, Va. — " I have only spent ten dollars on your medicine and 1 f««el so much better than 1 did when the doctor was treating me. I don't suffer any bearing down pain* nt all now and I sleep well. I cannot say enough for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta ble Compound and Liver Pills a* they have done so much for me. I am enjoy ing good health now and owe it all to your remedies. 1 take pleasure in tell ing my friends and neighbors about them.’*—Mrs. M attie H aley , 601 Col- quhono Street, Dar.ville, Va. No woman suffering from any form of female troubles should lose hope un til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial. This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are dcrivi'd from native roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to bo a most v a!ua- ble tonic and invigorator of the fe male organism. Women everywhere bear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta ble Compound. Using the boy’s own fishing rod In grappling for his body, passengers on a Susquehanna and Western train that had knocked l’aul Colombo from n' bridgn near Babbitt, N. J., Into ths river, succeeded In hooking hla coat and dragging the body to the surface. The lad, who lived at Twenty-third and Palisade avenue, West New York, wa* fishing on the edge of the railroad bridge with John Elchlar, when the train due at Hackensack at 12:56 cams along. The Elchlar-boy just managed to es cape Injury, the pilot of the engine grazing his heel. The Colombo boy wa* struck on the aide of the head a* he tried to swing away from th* rail. Engineer Vrooman saw the boy fall Into the river, stopped tho train, and the passengers hurried to th* scene. Several boys who were swim ming near by dived time and again, but without success. Then the passengers took turns with young Colombo's fishing rod. and flnaL ly the hook caught tn the lad’s coat If you Imve tlie slightest doubt The body was dragged to the bank and Ihut Lytlin I’, l’inklinin’* Vcgetn* taken on the train to Hackensack. A Question. "Dobbs ta a mild mannered man.“ "Yes, he la I wonder If he’s natural ly so, or married T" hleOotnponnd will help you,write to Lydia I'.PInkhnm MedlcInrCo. (confidential) Lynn. Maas., for ad vice. Your letter will be opened, read amt answered by a woman, and beld In strict ooofldence*