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INTEREST IN POULTRY *V0ID AVOIDINDIGESTION lather and Mother—not Angy and Sam'l tew dew busluoas They picked I Why rather and Mother? A out my clothes between them ylat'day 1 Abe! arternoon deowu ter Injun village, In i year ag» uo one could have foreseen Usually Caused by Moisture Exhaled the Emporium. Ilaow yew like 'em? ! tho fortune, nor have prophesied th« by Fowls and Can Be Got Rid of Splendid, eh? See my yaller silk hand possession of the room by another el It in u nun1 enemy to health, Only by Ventilation. No Visible Sign of Over Supply kerchlaf, taw ? We jest dropped In ter f deriy couple. utrvngth and happincKS. It in Products. git" bur thlnga We thought mebbe > Angy drew near to Abe. and Abe to Often the poultry man finds hit Angy. They locked arms and stood robs you of your apjictite, yaw'd want ter slick up the room an' poultry house covered with frost lo liHiklng at th« pillows He saw, and git ready fer the new—" tide and aa the sun conies up and th« cause* constipation, bilious He was allowed to aay no more The i she saw. the going back to tho old bed Farmers' Wives Study Details of Busi louse warms It melts and makes th« apella and u general rundown ■Istera, who had been kissing and hug room In the old home across the wood» whole building damp, uncomfortablo ness and Are Eager to Learn of ging Atigy one by one, uow swooped and over tho field the going back md unhealthful. In many case« the condition. You can help Better Ways to Car« for upon him. Ho was hugged, too. wtth And In sharp contrast they each re iwner tries to prevent this by mak- Fowls—Conditions Chang«. Nature conquer it by the warm, generous congratulation, hie called the first time that they had ng the house warmer and cutting hands were both shaken until they stepped beneath that roof nearly hall timely aid of lown th« ventilation. In most cases (By J WEI-DER.) ached, and his clothes and Angy's si u century ago—the first homecoiutni The farmer's Ideas of poultry-rale- Ulla is just the opposite of what should lently admired But no one said a . —when her mother-heart and his tug have changed considerably from >e done. By word, for not one of the sisters was father-heart had been filled with ths This dampness Is usually caused by what they were a few years ago. LOUISE FORSSLUND able to speak. Angy, thinking that hope of children—children to bless Everywhere on the farms a mor« In Jie moisture exhaled by the birds and »he divined a touch of jealousy, has- their marriage, children to complets telligent interest la being taken in san be got rid of only by thorough tened to throw off her wrap and dis their home, children to love, children rentllatlon. This means that a certain the subject play the familiar old worn silk gown to feed them with love In return. unount of fresh air must constantly The farmer at last has realized It will help you bring buck beneath. "Ltet's adopt some leetle folks," said that the poultry is a good source ot »nter the house and pass out again. “ 1 told Abe I jest wouldn't Angy, half In a whisper. "I'm afeard Clt a the appetite, aid digestion Income, and Is willing to take some To permit this without causing a new silk until you each had one made the old place'll seem lonesome with Copyrixht by Tba Century Cut, trouble and spend a little money to iraft, an opening in the south side of und promote health in u gen U tew. Bloaay sent tor the samples. out—’’ make It even more so. instead of :he house should be covered with cot CHAPTER XX—Continued. eral way. For over 60 years Bloasy — “ "Might better adopt the sisters;” hr This will not make the leaving the womenfolks to struggle ton cloth "All I need's a shroud," Interrupted spoke almost gruffly. ” 1 allers did temperature of the house much lower, It has enjoyed public confi along with the fowls as best they His face lightened. The weight of think young 'uno would be the moal may. without any help or conven »nd It will make the house more com the shock passed. He threw off the Aunt Nancy grimly. dence. Angy and Abe both stared at her. comfort tow yew after they growed fortable and the hens more profitable. aw» of the glad news. He sullied the iences up." She did look gray this morning Sho Try it Tod<iy. Avoid Substitutes Not much tn the way of eggs was smile of a happy child. "A baby Is dretful cunnln',” Angy expected of them, and they fully real TREE INSECTS ARE NUMEROUS "Naow, mother, we kin buy back did seem feeble and her cough did ised these expectations. Usually they our old chair, the rocker with the red sound hollow. The other elaters persisted. "Hut." she added sadly, "I U m for Anthologies. glanced also at Aunt Nancy, and Sarah don't suppose a teethin' ralte would Over 30,000 Species on Record of rosea onto IL Seems ter me them The mistake Is In thinking that all roses must 'a' knowed all the time Jane took her hand, while she nudged fiud much In common with us.” Which Over 400 Are Known to "Anyway,” vowed Abo, suddenly poetry is for all readers On th« con that thia was a-goln' ter happen. They Mrs. Homan with her free elbow and Affect the Apple Tree. trary the realm of poetry Is aa wide was jest aa pert an' sassy that last Mrs. Homan nudged Ruby Lee and beginning to unfasten the pillow Ruby Lee glanced at Lasy Daisy shame, "these belong ter us, an’ I'm as the world, for the very mason that day—“ (By E M PATiMl 1 each man may find there just what There are very many different spe- Angy laughed. She laughed softly and Lasy Daisy drawled out mean agoln' ter tak« 'em." The They went down stair« silently, the be nerds and leave the rent. :les of insects ranging in six« from and wtth unutterable pride In her hue lngly: "Miss Abigail!" shams wrapped In a newspaper carried thing is to discover the poetry that less than one-fiftieth of an Inch to band. was meant for us, and porhaps the Then Miss Abigail, twisting the under hla arm. about eight inches In length. From "Why, father, don't yer see yew kin "Waal, naow,"—he tried to speak beat way to do that la to turn over the the United States alone over 30,000 buy back the old chair, an' the old edge of her apron nervously, spoke: “Much obliged to you 1 be In behalf cheerfully aa they rejoined the others, pages of louis well made selection, species have been recorded of which place, too. an’ then have plenty ter o' all the sisters. Brother Abe an' ter and he pushed hie way toward the and ere where our eyes get caught aver 400 are known to affect In greater spare?” and hold,—Richard la« (talllonne. or less degree the apple tree or Its “So we kin, mother, so we kin;" he Angy tew. We know yew'll treat us dining-room—"I'll go an' git my cup fruit. Though there are many that nodded hie head, surprised. He right. We know that yew,” resting an' aaoaer." But Miso Abigail blocked the door, are, it must not be supposed that all plunged his hands Into his pockets, as her eyes on Abe'« face, “will prove ter Constipation cauxes many aerioiM disease». It is thoroughly cured by Insects are injurious, for by far the If expecting to find them filled wtth be the 'angel unawares' that we been again blushing, again confused. larger number are either harmless or gold. "Wonder ef Sam’l wouldn't lend entertainin', but we don't want yew ter "That 'Tew ■ our • lleioved • Brother Doctor Pierce’» Plca»ant Pellets. On* actually beneficial. Ruthless destruc me a dollar or so tn small change. waste yer money on a cartload o' silk cup," «he said gently, her eyes not a laxative, three for cathartic tion of insects by means of trap lan Ef I only had somethin' ter jingle, dresses. All we ask o' yew la jest meeting the wound In hie, "we ‘bout Ths Vast World. terns and the like Is to be deprecated mebbe 1 could git closer to this fac'." enough tew allow us ter advertise fer concluded yew'd better leave here fer A student of Erfurt. d«» I ring to see since these methods are as apt to He drew her to him, and gave hor another brother member ter take yer the one what answers the ad. Yow A Pure-Bred. Nuremberg, departed with a friend on capture the beneficial and the harm- waist a jovial equeexe. got so much naow, an' him—" “Hy-guy. place." a journey thither Before they had did not supply what eggs were need less as the injurious, Poisons, traps, Who could describe the expression She did not finish. She could not ed In the farmer's family, and the and other repressive measures must mother, we're rich! Haln't It splen that flashed across Abe's face?—hurt She felt rather than saw tho blazing walked half a lullo, he asked his com did?” panion whether they should soon get farmer often remarked to his wife: be used with caution, and at the right Their laughter rang out together— astonlshmenL wounded pride, jealous of Abe's old eyes. Thnn the fire be to Nuremberg, and was answe-ed “Your chickens are a perfect nuls time and place In order to be most neath hla brows died out and a mist trembling, near to-tears laughter. The incomprehension. " 'TIs scare« likely, since «« have only ance. I can't set a thing down but effective. “Ter take my place!” he glanced obscured his sight old place, the old chair, the old way, just loft Erfurt." Having repeated the they are into it." < poor things! It wat about the hall defiantly. Who dared "Gals, ” he asked -«bly, "would Before it Is possible to combat an and—plenty! Plenty to mend the question another half mil« farther on. that or go hungry!) "and they don't Insect pest intelligently we must lean: shingles. Aye, plenty to rebuild the to enter there and take his place?—bis yew ruther have u uew ‘beloved and getting the same answer, tie »aid lay an egg ” place! brother' ? ” something of its habits and of its house. If they chose. Plenty with “ttel’a giro up th« journey and go Conditions are changing. The most "This la a old ladles' home," he pro For a apace there was no answer back, since the world's so vast!"— which to win back the smiles of Angy's of the responsibility for the poultry garden. The dreadful dream of need, tested. "What right you got a-takln' Aunt Nancy's head wu» bowed In her Luther's "Table Talk." * on the farms still rests on the worn itexy Imlay was openly sob and lack, and want, of feeding at the in a good-fer-nuthin' old man? Mebbe hands en, but instead of being considered a he'd rob yew er kill yew ! When men blng. Miss Ellie was twisting her fin hand of charity, was gone by. Got Hie Answer. nuisance, the fowls are treated with Plenty! Ah, the goodness and great git ter rampagin', yew can't tell what gers nervously In and out—she un He—"Why are you «onion always respect and consideration, as an im they might dew." wound them to clutch at Angy's arm ness of God! Plenty! Abe wanted to going to bargain »ales In the hop« ol portant part of the business of the Sarah Jane nodded her head know as If to hold her. At last Mies Abigail cry It out from the housetops. He sotting something for nothing?" Hhe farm. They have neat, comfortable spoke with so unaccustomed a sharp —"For the sain« reason you men are wanted all the world to hear. He ingly. ae If to exclaim: houses, and yards, and scratching “I told yer so!” ness that her voice seemed not her always going to your poker clubs."— wished that he might gather hie wealth sheds, where they can be contented But Miss Abigail hurriedly ex own: together and drop it piece by piece Dallas News and happy, and keep industriously at “Sech a foolish question aa that no among the multitude, To give where plained that it was a man and wife work in cold as well as warm weath dome Indication. he had been given, to blossom with that they wanted. She blushed as she body In their sound senses would aek.‘ er. The farmer and his wife both Abe sat down In hla old placo at th« Mary—"I'm positive Fred loves mn abundance where he had withered added that of course they would not now feel It to be a reflection on their take a man without his wife. fireside and smiled a thousand smile» and Intends to make me his wife “ with penury! management if the hens do not lay "No. Indeed! That'd be highly Im- In one. He smiled and rubbed hi» Helm—“Why? Has he proposed yet?" The little wife read hls thoughts, more eggs than the family uses, in hands before the blaze The blase It Mary—“No; but ha dislikes mother "We'll save jest enough ter ourselves proper," smirked Ruby Lee. winter as well as summer. Then Abe went stamping to the self seemed scarcely more blight and morn every time ho area her."—Liver ter keep us in comfort the rest of our It is a common thing to see a beau stairway, saying sullenly: warm than the light from within which pool Mercury lives an' bury us decent.” tlful flock of pure-bred poultry on a "All right. I’ll give yew all the transfigured his aged face. They were quiet a long while, both farm and when farmers or farmers All ths Difference. sitting with bowed heads aa if in money yew want fer advertisin', an' "Gala," he chuckled In his old fa wives meet, it is seldom they pari 'in India a lac of rupees la a foi- prayer; but presently Angy raised her yew kin »ay he'll bo clothed an' miliar way. ”1 dunno how Sami without asking: “How are your hen« dressed proper, tew, an' supplied with Darby II take It; but If mother's will tun«." "And In America a lack of dol- face with an exclamation of dismay: doing? Are they laying well?" and "Don’t It beat all, that It happened terbaccer an' readin' matter besides; In', I guess I won't buy back no mor* lars Is a misfortune.” Boston Tran unless it Is already known, they are jest tew late ter git in this week’s but jest wait till the directors read of tho old place, 'cept'n' Jost my script. sure to ask each other: "What breed that advertisement! They had me rockln'-chalr with tho red roses ontt 'Shorevllle Herald!”' of hens do you keep?" Dally Thought "Tew late?" exclaimed the new- here sorter portendin' ter be unbe- It; an' all the rest o' this here plagued They are studying the poultry busl The gods will give a lint tn most fledged capitalist. “Thar haln't nothin' knownst. Come on, Angy, Let's go money I'll hand over ter the directors ness In all its details, and are eager tew lata fer a man with money. Well upstairs an’ git our things. Let's—’’ an' «lay right here an' take my com aultablo rather than what Is moat to learn of better ways of caring for pleasing; man Is dearer to them than Aunt Nancy half arose from her hire the editor tew git out another pa fort.” their fowls and of conveniences tc Winter Stages of Insects:—1, Eggs per, fust thing termorrer!" he la to himself luvennl chair, resting her two shaking hands Angy bent down and whispered In use about the work. From Which Tent Caterpillars Hatch. on the arms of It. his ear: "I'd ruther dew It. tew. fa In some neighborhoods the women —2, Cocoon of Cecropia Moth—3, Win Another Ono. "Brother Abe," she called quaver- ther. Anythin' else would seem Ilk* CHAPTF.R XXI. of the farm meet on certain after ter Nest of Brown Tall Moth—4, Eggs "What are the two sexes, Alec?" Ingly after the couple, "I guess yew goln' a visitin'. But yew don't want noons, to talk over their experiences of the Antique Tussock Moth on Co asked the teacher. "Masculine and kin afford ter fix up any objections o' ter go an' blame me,” she added anx “Our Beloved Brother." with their poultry: to discuss ths coon. feline," answered Alec.—Woman's the directors." The services of the "Shorevllle Her lously, "of yew git all riled up au* sick Home Companion. questions of feeding and caring foi Angy pressed her husband's arm aa abed agin.” them, and to read together the poultry vulnerable points When these are ald,” however, were not required to ■T "Pshaw, mother,” he protested ; helps to be found in the agricultural known proper remedial measures may spread the news. The happiest and she joined him In the upper hall. "Don't you see, Abe. They don ’ t "yew fergit I was adopted then, naow sections of the newspapers then be taken for its extermination proudest couple on Long Island saw their names with the story of their realize that that poor old gentleman, I b<- adoptin'. Thar's a big difference.' This interest Is not confined to th« or repression sudden accession to wealth In a great whoever he may be. won’t be yew. farms, but is also felt in the smal; Hhe lifted her face, relieved, and New York dally the very next morn They jest know that yew was yew; an' smiled Into tho relieved and radiant towns and villages At the meeting« Protect Fruit Trees. they want ter git another jest as near faces Of Abo's "children," and her of the aid societies you will hear dis The following method of poisoning Ing. cussions on how to care for tile hen« was used successfully in an orchard A tall, old gentleman with a real like yew as they kin.” own. to make them lay, and many a woman near Fort Collins, Colo., last winter, "barber's hair cut," a shining, new Abe grunted, yet nevertheless went (THE END.) living In a small town helps out hei 50 jackrabbits being killed in one high hat, a suit of "store clothes" half-way down stairs again to call Though Sick and Suffering; At which fitted ae If they had been made more graciously to the sister« that he husband s Income by nearly, or quite night: Last Found Help in Lydia YEAR'S SUPPLY OF BABIES paying the grocery bills with eggt Cut a slit In an apple and Insert for him, a pair of fur gloves, and brand- would give them a reference any time and poultry from a small flock ol strychnine alkaloid,powdered,the right new ten-dollar boots; and a remark for knowing how to treat a man just E. Pinkham's Vegeta pure-bred fowls kept in the yard. Facte Complied by Statistician Will amount being what the tip of a knife ably pretty, old lady In a violet bonnet, right. ble Compound. "That feller '11 be lucky, gals,” he Como to Many as Something of blade will hold, close the slit and a long black velvet cape, with new ■* a Surprise. wipe the apple to remove the bitter shoes as well as new kid gloves, and a added In tremulous tones. "I hope Richmond, Pa. — “ When I started drug on the outside. Scatter the big allver-fox muff—thia was the hell appreciate yew as I allers done." taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Then Abe went to join Angy In the poisoned bait through the orchard at couple that found the paper spread out It has been computed that about 3fi,- Compound 1 was in a on the hall table at the Old Ladles' room which the sisters had given to 000,000 babies are born Into the world the base of the trees. dreadfully rundown Home, with the sisters gathered him that bitter day when the cry of each year. The rate of production state of health, S—____ around it, peering at it, weeping over his heart had been very like unto: Canada Thistles. Is therefore about 70 per minute, or had internal trou A good cow is the best milk ma, "Elol, Eloi, lama sabachthani!” If you have any Canada thistles ot It, laughing, both sorrowing and re more than one for every beat of the bles, and wax so ex chine. joicing. After all, what was there of his and clock. quack grass on your farm, start earlj tremely nervous and • • • "Thia '11 be good-by ter Brother Angy's here? Their garments they did to prevent them from growing above With the ono-a second calculation prostrated that if I One ot the farm teams should be the ground. Plants cannot gather food Abe," Aunt Nancy had sniffed when not need now. They would leave them every reader la familiar, but It la not had given in to my brood mares. without the tops to change the plant the news came over the telephone the behind for the other old couple that every one who stops to calculate what feelings I would food to plant tissue, and by keeping day before; and though Mies Abigail was to come. There was nothing else thia means when It comes to a year's ( have been In bed. It Is best for the average farmer to the tops cut off you can gradually had assured her that she knew Abe but some simple gifts. He took up a supply. It will, therefore, probably Aa it wna I had handle the draft breeds would come to see them real often, the pair Of red wristlets that Mrs. Homan startle a good many persons to find, starve them out hardly etrength at J • • « matriarch still failed to be consoled. had knit, and tucked them In his new on the authority' of a well known ata- times to be on my 8trong, vigorous cows are more re “Haln't you noticed, gals," she per overcoat pocket. He also took Abi tfatlcician, that, could the Infanta of feet and whnt I did do was by a great A Good Windbreak. sistant to disease than their weaker A windbreak In the form of trees, sisted, “that thar haln't been a death gail's bottle of "Jockey Club" which a year be ranged In a line In cradles, effort I could not sleep at night and Bisters. such as cypress, willow or maple, is in the house eence we took him In? he had despised so a few days ago, and the cradles would extend around the of course felt very bad In the morning, • • • and had a steady headache. a very good thing to have around an An' 1 missed my reg’lar spell o’ bron tucked that In his watch pocket. When globe. Protein may now be bought cheaper orchard, especially in the winter, be chitis last winter an' this one tew—so he bought himself a watch, he would “After taking the second bottle 1 no The same writer looks at the matter In cottonseed meal than In any other cause this will keep the cold winds fur," she added dismally, and began to buy a new clock for the dining-room In a more picturesque light. He lmag ticed that the headache was not so bad, purchased feed. off and very often protects the buds cough and lay her hands against her down stairs, too—a clock with no such In-» the babies being carried past a I rested better, and my nerves were • • • chest. "That was alius the way when asthmatic strike as the present one given point In their mother's arms, stronger. I continued Ita use until it from freezing in spring. Spasmodic salting, a handful In the I was a young’un,” she continued after possessed. All his personal belongings one by one, and (he procession being mado a new woman of me, and now I manger when you happen to think a while; "I never had a pet dog or cat —every one of them gifts- he found kept up night and day until the laat can hardly realize that 1 am able to do Keep Things In Order. of it, is not the best way. Put the borne and farm in order and or even a tame chicken that It didn't room for In his pockets. Angy bad hour In the twelfth month had passed so much ax I do. Whenever I know any • • • see bow it pays. There Is a vast dif up an' run erway sooner or later. This even >ess than he. Yet they had come by. A sufficiently liberal rate Is al- woman In need of a good m<-dicino I Much depends upon the early train ference In the way farms are kept. Do here loss, gals, '11 be the death o’ me! practically with nothing -and com- lowed, but even in golng past at the highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- Ing ot the colt, Teach a rapid walk you ever notice this when you drive Naow, mark my words!" * pared with that nothing, what they rate of 20 a minute, 1,200 an hour, etabl<* Com pound. ’’ — Mrs. F rank the first thing when the colt is put along the road7 Then followed a consultation among carried now seemed much. Angy hesl- during the entire year, the reviewer C lark , 3146 N. Tulip SL, Richmond,Pa. tn harness the younger sisters, the result of which tated over the pillow-shams. Did they at his post would have seen only the Women Have Been Telling Women • • • was that they met Abe in the morning belong to them or to the new couple to sixth part of the infantile host. Value of Milk. for forty years how Lydia E. Pinkham’s In the cold parts of the country, One hundred pounds of separator- with a unanimous petition. They could come? Abe gazed at the shams too. In other words, the babe that had Vegetable Comjiound has restored th.dr every window should have a tight skimmed milk Is worth about as much neither ask nor expect him to remain; They had been given to him and Angy to be carried when the tramp began health when suffering with female ills. board shutter to close over the win as a haff-bushel of corn for feeding that was Impossible, but— last Christmas by all the sisters. They would be able to walk when but a This accounts for the enorm.otgi J^igiand dow on cold nights "Hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!” were white muslin with white cambric mere fraction of Its comrades had for it from coast to coast. If you are Pig« • • • cried Abe, waving an Imaginary flag frills, and In their centers was embroi reached the reviewer's post, and when troubled with any ailment peculiar to as he entered. "Sam'l dropped us at dered in turkey-red cotton, "Mother." the year's supply of babies was draw women why don’t you try Lydia E. Prof A A McDowell of Wisconsin Bad Practice. says it 18 easily possible for farmers Breeding from immature stock ha* the gate. Him an' Bloasy went on ter on one pillow, "Father," on the oth«r. Ing to a eclose there would be a Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? It to double or even treble their crops a tendency to weaken the race, no see Holmes tew dicker erbout buyin’ Every sister In the Home had takes at rear guard, not of Infanta, but of will pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink BV better milHr***— back the old place. Takes BI omv an’ least one stitch tn the name«. diversifying. matter what It may be. barn Medicine Co., Lynn, Maaa romping ala-year-old boys and glrla dampness in houses Old Lady Number ■31‘ HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters WOMAN WOULD NOT GIVE UP ^GENERAL M^MNOTES