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, PEACOCKS ROOSTED IN SNOW
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Hereditary Habits' of Bird 'Brought
Them Much Dls.cpm.fort, ' but
Oldn't Disturb 8lumber,' . -
The .hereditary habitat " the pea
cocks of boosting tor the night in trees
sometimes forces' aponKthem, consider
able discomfort- ; After' .selecting ; a
rooBt'lng place,, says .Djimb Animals',
the birds return to It each night, ap
parently the same, ones, without ever
Roosting In the 8now.
deserting the site. Usually two roost
in the same tree. During a recent
heavy snowstorm Dr. Blair directed
my attention to two male peafowl that
had selected a big oak tree near his
office window as a perching place.
The snow bad fallen during the night
to a depth of about ten inches, form
ing a wall on each side of the sleep
ing birds,' which completely arched
over their backs. As the heat of their
bodies melted the snow the water had
gradually saturated their lighter feath
ers and formed a tiny coronet of ice
on their heads. As we- watched them
they stood erect, as if to learn just
what the prospect of moving might
be; The effort ' probablx convinced
them that an attempted flight to the
ground meant a tumble and not fly,
for they promptly settled down again
for another 'nap. .' -
. RIDDLE8. ...
Why is a black woman like a door
way? Because she' is', a negress (an
egress).
. Why do cabmen prefer tall ladles
to short ones?
Because the higher the fare (fair)
the better they like it
Why la a newly married couple like
a pair of sugar tongsT
Because they are two spoons Joined.
Why was Noah the greatest finan
cier on record? ,
Because he kept his company (lim
ited) afloat when the rest of the world
was In liquidation.
What did Adam and Eve do when
tbey were expelled from Eden?
They "raised Cain."
Why are washerwomen foolish?
Because they set tubs to catch soft
water when 1t rains bard.
When does a cbalr resemble a lady's
dress?
When It Is sat In.
Why are laundresses good naviga
tors? Because they are always crossing
the line and going from pole to pole.
Why did nurse object to take baby
Into papa's studio?
Because "them easels" (the meas
les) were about.
Why should doctors be less liable
than others to be upset on the ocean?
Because they are more used to see
sickness.
Why is gout like reciprocated love?
Because It's a Joint affection.
Why should soldiers be rather tired
on the first of April?
Because they have Just had a march
f thirty-one days,
EXCELLENT TYPE OF TRUCK
Designed Especially for Transporta
tion of Barrels and Kegs Chief ,
- Feature Is Chain. ,'-'v f .
Here is a truck that Is dfeslend..
leclally for the transportation of bar.
rels! and kegs, but can be nsed. of
course, for boxes and other freight
The illustration shows ' the thick"
wheels designed for heavy weigtit, and
thej short spikes in the upright sup
ports that engage the barrel sufficient,
ly to keep it from rolling off the; side.
The chief feature, however, 'is the
chain. This chain has one. hook oa
oneend and two on the other. From
the top of the truck handle to a little
! t New Type of Truck. ' ' :
below Its middle is a vertical slot. In
which are a aeries of crossbars. The
dquble booked end of the chain la
thrown over the rim of a barrel and
the' other end Is hooked into one of
the crossbars in the slot at whatever
distance is required to make the chain
-taut The barrel is thus held firmlv
on' the truck. ' . -. -;.'
Selecting Proper Fertilizers,
Thousands of dollars are wasted In
commercial fertilizers every year, not
because the fertilizer is not all right,
but because we do not know whether
the kind we use Is the kind our land
needs. It Is a great study, and one
that we must make for ourselves.
Make some simple experiment this
year. Put in a strip with fertiliser
you have been in the habit of using,
and Just beside it another without It.
This will be worth a great deal more
to you than the opinion of some In
terested agents.
Not many apples selling at a quarter
a bushel now.
The garden and orchard will look
better if it Is cleaned up. . .
Butter should always be put up in
a dainty and attractive package.
Fine corn meal for the skim milk''
calf is a good substitute for the more
expensive oil meal. . .
To "double the amount of milk per
acre and cut the cost of milk produc
tion In two build a silo, ;
' Time and care spent In the orchard
Is almost sure to pay for' Itself and a
good rate of Interest besides.
' 8panlsh experiments 'show that 600
poundB of skim milk equal In. feeding
value 100 pounds of corn meal. '
.. Lighting, ventilation and cleanli
ness must be practiced before best
results can be secured in the dairy.
Young fruit trees that were planted
in the autumn of last year, or In
the spring, should be examined care
fully.' - ' s'
'. No breed of dairy cows can con
tinue as first-class dairy animals It
the calves are allowed to run with
the cows. . ,
Poultry and fruits are closely al
lied. Both do well together, and they
readily thrive on the same land with
out hindering each other.
The heifer bred too early always
remains stunted In growth and her
milk flow la shortened for all time.
At no season of the year should
water stand around the trees and
vines. Their roots will not stand It
There must be proper drainage.
One advantage of succulent feed Is
the fact that it not only provides
the cow with more moisture, but at
the same time is more appetizing.
- Besides being a good general farm
er, It pays to be known as a good
dairy man, a good sheep man or a
good poultry man something In par
ticular. Corn meal, wheat bran and ground
oats, equal parts, and a few handfuls
of beet scrap, moistened with skim
milk, make a fine morning feed for
laying hens.
Get a large bottle of vaseline and
put in a few extra drops of carbollo
add. Thl is one of the very best of
poultry remedies for colds, sorehead
and kindred diseases.
Do not undertake to dry pick geese
and ducks before killing for the pur
pose of saving the feathers, as It
causes the Bkln to become very much
Inflamed, and is a great Injury to the
ale.
f RAISES the DOUGH
Better than other powders-
producing tight, dainty, whole
some, calces and pastries
CRESCENT
' BAKING
POWDER
--Mffh grade and
moderate in -Dries
2Jt Ik :
mss ass, iiwvri K '
Cmeant MT(. CaSMttl.tV'
mm
;" Domestic Economist.
', An excellent ' Manchester lady fre
quently Invites her friends to tea, but
she does pot furnish her table lavish
ly .'"When her guests have eaten all
the bread and butter and cookies, and
realize thai the meal is over, she looks
brightly at the empty dishes. "Well,
now," -she- says. In triumphant tones,
"haven't I Judged your appetites ex
ctlyrrrllauchestfir Ouardlan. .
75 YEARS
OF PUBLIC APPROVAL
. FOR CONSTIPATION
- and all forms of
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
Stevenson's Criticism.
Robert Louis . Stevenson once went
toihear' Charles 'Halle, play the plane
at the Queen's hall. After the per
formance Stevenson, in his -blacl
shirt, walked . in silence out Regeni
street to Oxford circus. He stoppec
at Oxford ,' circus ' and, In a - slow
meditative. , voice, pronounced thl.
excellent criticism on the. fcnglisL
musician he had heard: " "The man
ner of the elderly statesman at the
piano was somewhat austere anc
chilling."
ONLY ONB "BROMO QU$,TNE"
That la LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for tha signature of E. W. GKOVB. Cures aColci
Id One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days, gfc.
, Pepper-turn Kent, '
Mr. Staveley Hill, M. P., was at
Bushbury paid a, peppercorn as rent
fhe berry was placed in an envelope
nd handed to Mr. Staveley. Hill dur
ing a visit he paid to the old village
school. In handing over the receipt,
he . remarked that he was probably
the only man in England who received
such a payment in kind. London Telegram.
CUTTING DOWN THE FLESH
Heroic Struggles of a Fat Man Who
Thought the Scales Were
Deceiving Him. ' ,
I have about come to the conclusion
that the good Lord Intended some of
his creatures to be fat and some thin,
regardless of medicines and so-called
infallible, cures, writes a western
man. For a long while I tried all the
alleged obesity cures and none of
them did me any good. Then I deter
mined to starve myself and take lota
of exercise. ."..'..
All my life I had been a lover of
good eating, and coudted 'that ' day
lost on which I did not consume tor
my dinner the better 'part of a sirloin
steak as thick as a darky's foot, with
ill the trimmings. For breakfast I
usually destroyed a platter of cakes,
three eggs and no -end Of thin-sliced
bacon, besides 'fruits and two cups of
coffee. "
This lifelong system I abandoned
tor an entire month, cutting out all
the-meat and about all the vegetables,
a piece of toast and glass of milk tak
ing the place of my morning meals
and a little rice being the chief item
on the meager dinner bill of fare..
Lunch I omitted wholly. In addition
I walked at least si miles every day
and did all sorts of stunts In my room
with ; gymnasium outfit-' Prior to
going to bed I perpetrated all sorts
of muscular contortions and rolled
on the floor till my body was bruised.
At the end-of thirty days I felt fit
to run a three-mile foot-race or' go In
the ring with the champion. About
this time It occurred .to. me that I
ought to get weighed and I made a
bee line for .the scales. My grocer as
sured, me that they were correct to
an ounce,' but they " showed I had
gained 14 v In' tho ppriod of my
Mothers win una tin, wnislow's Snotnlng
tyru t.' e best reiuedr to use for lhaU- auUUiea
-ring "-.e toothing period.
Buzzing Sounds Made by Insects.
The different humming or buzzing
lound in insects is caused by the vi
bration of the wings, and' the more
rapid the vibrations the sharper the
lound. Scientists haye estimated that
he common house fly vibrates its
vlngs about 335 times a second and
he honeybee 400 times, though a
-lred bee moves Its wings more slow
ly and makes a different sound from
a fresh one. The butterfly Is content
to move more Blowly and makes no
noise. , -
Push Cart Fortune,
The proprietor of the finest cafe In
Los Angeles formerly sold "hot ta
males'! from a push cart, and al
though he Is now wealthy, he still
preserves this old vehicle. In erect-1
lng a business block to house'his mod-'
em restaurant he built a cupola Just
large enough to contain the old tamale
cart, and it may be plainly seen from
the street.
W 0 M EN
Wm not made to do Machine Work, bat
there ! machine mode to do Women's
Work, end It doea it quicker and better
than it's erer been done before,
THE MEADOWS
POWER WASHER
.TAKES THE WOKK OUT
OF WASH DAY.
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of the coupon below or postal mentioning
this paper.
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Send me yonr
free Meadows
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chine catalog.
0P
Nam
Hddress.....
Crossing the Bridge.
The trouble about crossing the
bridge before you come to It is that
you will have to croBS it Just the
Bame when you get there.
HOW MRS, BROWN
" SUFFERED
During Change of Life How
. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
' table Compound Made "
, ' Her a Well Woman.
, Iola, Kansas. V During, the Change
of Life I was sick for two years. Be
fore I took your med
icine I could not
bear the Weight of
my clothes and was
bloated, very badly.
I doctored with three
doctors but they did
me no good. They
said nature , m u s t
have its way. My
sister advised me to
take Lydia E. Pink-
hftTTl'H Veaf alila
Compound and I purchased a bottle.
Before it was gone the bloating left me
and I was not so sore. I continued tak
ing it until I had taken twelve bottles.
Now I am stronger tlinn I hnvo Vioon tnr
years and can do all my work, even the
wanning, i our meaicine is worth Its
weicrht In cold. I cannot nrn!nn It
enough. If more women would take
your medicine there would be more
healthy women. You may use this let
ter for the good of others." Mrs. D.
H. Brown, 809 N. Walnut St., Iola,Kan.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of a woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
so successfully carry women through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. '
If vnn want annMnl nrlrlnA wtta tn
. .. . ' IU
Lvdia E. Plnkhnm Medicine Cn. fonnfl.
dentin!) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will
ue opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
"Can you
beat it?"
fURELY NOT, especially when it
comes to a case of Poor Appetite,
Sick Headache, Indigestion, Costive
ness, Billiousness, Colds or Malarial
Disorders. It is then that
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
proves its merit. You really should
try a bottle without delay. It will
aid you wonderfully.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
GET HOSTETTER'S
QUICK RELIEF
SORE EYES
More Caution Needed.
An exchange tells the story of a lit
tle boy whose mother decided that he
was old enough to do wlthout her
sitting by him when he' was put to
bed until he fell asleep. So when one
night she kissed the five-year-old and
told him he was a big boy and brave
enough , to go to Bleep without bis
mamma and in the dark, too, he pon
dered the situatl-m' a moment and then
Bald: "Well, wait a minute. I've got
to say my prayers again carefulLr."
Suburban Life.
Rod Cross Ball Blue, all blue, bent bhrlnir value
In tho whole world, makes the .laundress smile. :.
trror oi intellect.
Through the ordinary course oi
mortal failure and misfortune, in the
career of nations no less 'than of nien,
the error of their intellect and the
hardening of their hearts may be ac
curately measured by- their denial of
Bplrltual power. PiVln.
Bachelor's 8avage Comment, '
A wealthy gentleman, who owns a
country seat, on one occasion nearly
lost his mother-in-law, who fell Into a
river which flows through bis estate.
He announced the narrow escape to
his friends, expecting their congratu
lations. One of them an old bachelor
wrote as follows: "I always told
you that river was too shallow."
PILES CURED IN I TO 14 DATS
Tour dniffsist will refund money If PAZO OINT
MENT falls to cure any case of Itchinir, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days. Cue.
To Clean a Gas Range.
The loose parts of a gas range fro
quently become so greasy and dirt)
that they can scarcely be cleaned
Place these parts on the coals in the
furnace when the Are Is low and II
will quickly burn them quite clean
Without injury.
Hen Holds World's Record.
A. Barred Plymouth Rock hen at the
Kansas station holds the first place
In the world's records In egg produc
tion, with 823 eggs to her credit.
"DIDN'T HURT A BIT
is what they
all say
of our
Painless
Methods of
Extracting:
Teeth.
1 Out-of-town pn
pie cat) have their
plate and bridge
work finished Inona
day if necessary.
An absolute gu ar
an tee, backed by 2fl'
your in Port'nnd..
adafcualls.
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Wise Dental Co!
orncr hours:
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OUT OP TOWN
PEOPLE
oan twHt proTTipt tri.
niKOtR of Non-Potioiioaa,
C. GEE WO
the Chinese doctor,
Try onoe mora ir you nsre lMia tiootoHnir with
thlH one and tUut ono Htid have not nhlnlnerl miw
tnanent relluf. ImI thin irrt nRturt. htiulnr diuii
none your riuw anil iirt'Horil) sotnu remedy who
action is (inlck, Miini and tmfe. Ilia pnwcrlptlons
are coniimundixl from Hoota. Jlt-rlm, Hilda and
Harks tlmt have Iwvn nthnrl from every quar
terof the (t 1 aire. Tim seiri of t .itwajnHtllrlnea
are not known to the ouuiili worl.t. l.irT Iihvh hewn
hand, k1 down frrnu iulber U tou iu ihe bhjfiiolana'
UniUiea In China.
CONSULTATION FREE.
If yon live oat of town and oan not rail, write for
symptom blank and cironiar, vnclueUui 4 cents La
stamps.
THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
162 first St., Cor. Morrison
Portland, Oregon,
P. N. U.
No. 8-13.
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unit in is paper.
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