Little Soldiers
in your blood are the millions
or corpuscles that defend you
against disease.
To make and keep these little soldiers
healthy and strong, is simply to make
and keep the blood of the right quality
buu ijunniity.
This is just what Hood's Sarsaparilla
does it helps the little soldiers in your
to B"i uisease ior you.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nnrvnnai
ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole svetein.
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Housewives Welcome a Maple Flavor
That Has the Real Maple Taste
Vermonters have a reputation for
the quality of the maple syrup pro
duced in their state. It is but a few
years since the discovery was made of
a method of imparting this delicious
flavor to dishes without the use of
maple syrup. The new flavoring ex
tract was appropriately named Ma
pleine.
Strange as it may seem, Vermonters
themselves cannot tell the difference
between syrup made with Mapleine
and that which comes from their own
Green Mountain state. This is due to
the purity of the ingredients and the
care used in the manufacture.
Mapleine is perfectly healthful, is
purely vegetable and makes a syrup
that is equal to any and superior to
many brands of maple syrup that are
placed on the market.
Flavoring for cakes, icings, blanc
mange, sauce, etc., that is delicious
and has all the piquancy and delicacy
of maple syrup can be readily made
by the addition of a few drops of
Mapleine to a little water in which
granulated sugar has been dissolved.
Mapleine syrup makes such dishes as
rice, tapioca, stale bread, etc., simply
irresistible to children.
Mapleine Dainties is the title of a
booklet full of wholesome receipts pub
lished by the Crescent Manufacturing
company, who make Mapleine. The
booklet will be sent free to anyone
who asks for it. You can buy Maple
ine of your grocer. Try it, you'll like
it as thousands of others have. Here
is a sauce for puddings that is deli
cious :
Whites of two eggs, one and one-half
cups of granulated sugar, one cup of
milk and one teaspoonful of Mapleine
Mapleine can be used anywhere that
other flavoring extracts are used.
Seemed to Avrnken Memories.
Tommy raw, what is three card
monte?
Mr. Tucker Its the most diabolical
infernal Rwmdle that pvpt anybody or
er ), it's some sort of gambling panic
with ranis, I believe, Tommy. Chica
go Iribune.
THE BLOOD-STAINED
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SEV
King; Peter Finds It No Joke to
Rule the Fiery Little European
Monarchy.
HIS PREDECESSORS BUTCHERED.
The Crown Prince George Retires
and Alexander, a Younger Broth
er. Takes His Place.
Xo monarch in modern times ever
nscended a bloodier throne than that
to which King Peter of Servla wus
called In 101.3. No one nt the time ex
pected that he would escape assassina
tion or bo permitted to reign for any
length of time. In fact It was a long
time before the powers accepted him
with any cordiality, for It was hard to
believe that he was entirely Innocent
of at least a previous knowledge of the
terrible tragedy which was to shock the
civilized world and place a throne at
of sterner stuff, even though sh was
scarcely a more admirable character.
Finally came the tragedy. In the
dead of night traitorous statesmen and
soldiers broke Into the palace and
forced their way to the royal bed cham
ber. Then Alexander demonstrated
that there was still a spark of manhood
left in him. He fought valiantly and
gradually retreated to a closet where
he was hewn down. The wretched
Queen shared his fate. Chopped beyond
semblance to human beings, the bodies
pf the King and Queen were thrown out
of the palace window Into the court
yard.
The Coiiilntf nt Pel it.
m. It.. i .1 .1 . a ..
iiicii reier, a ui'wi'iiuaiu oi a ronm
dynasty, residing In seclusion In Switz
erland, was sent for and was elevate
to the bloodstained throne. There wh
a cieniunu on me parr, or the powers
that he punish the regicides, but lie w;
either unwilling or not strong emm
to do this and the murderers retainc
their places- of prominence, and inflii
ence. ,
nun a uoxen nines n nns ueen ru
mored that Peter would prefer to abun
don his seepler and again seek the safe;
ty and comfort of private life, but th
unpopularity of bis eldest son mad
this ' Impossible unless he cared to see
some member of the old dynasty or
some scion of one of the great power
of Europe elevated to the Servian
throne. The crown prince has been
thorn in the flesh of KInz Peter for
ALFALFA IN WJESTERN OREGON.
No Other Crop Offers So Many At
tractions to the Farmer.
H. D. Scudder, Department of Asrronomy, Oregon
Agricultural Col.eice, Corvallis.
Mother will find Mrs. Winnlow Soothing
Pyrup the b- st remedy to use tor their cbiidre J
uuriug iiiu learning period.
Wi
Where It 1. untied film.
ith a dazed look in his bloodshot
eyes the man who had been on a jag for
a ween or more ana naa wandered over
the country In a half delirious condition
without knowing where he was going
came to himself.
lie was in a strange city.
Everything around liTm looked unfamil
iar.
"Officer," be said, stopping a police
man, "what town is this?"
"Anaconda," answered the policeman
"Then I've got 'em again!" he groan
ed. Chicneo Tribune.
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rebuilt like new. nt ftpconrl hiinil price. Two Htnlth-lirnH.-K
m in m on from tZi to MS. Supplier for nil
m likes. Mnchinm rented. K to 13.80 monthly. The
Typewriter Kit-hunge. iffi .Montgomery. Han Franciw-o
A lleaion for Helping:.
The poor help the poor more than
the rich help them. An official of the
Department of Charities in New York
recently remarked this trait.
"Everything has its cause, Its simple
and striking cause. If we can but find
It," he said. "Once, In a miserable
slum, I heard two little girls talking
about this matter of poverty and
wealth and helpfulness.
"'Why Is It, said the first, 'that the
poor alius Is more willin' to help us
than the rich?
"The second child replied promptly,
and not without some bitterness, 'Them
wot uon t mliul givin is the ones wot
stays poor.' "
KING PETER OF SERVIA.
his disposal. But he has borne himself
well and has held tho hot-tempered
and factional people of his little king
dom well In check. Lately his gr?atest
danger has lain with his eldest son, the
boastful firebrand, Crown Prince
George. That danger now seems to be
past, however, with the renunciation of
his rights on the part of the prince and
his retirement In favor of his more con
servative brother. Alexander.
Newspaper readers will have no dif
ficulty In recalling the traeedv of the
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torer. Send for FREE $3 00 trial Ixittle and treatixe.
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AulhiUK It.
Partender Say, what do you think
of this idea of runnin' cities on the com
mission plan?
Alderman (from Jbe 'Steenth Ward)
I don't know flinch about it, but I'm agin
it. The er commissions are mighty
small and they don't go to the right peo
ple. Fop Any Disease or Injury to
the eye, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE,
absolutely harmless, acts quickly. All
druggists, or Howard Bros., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Artful Urchin.
Little Hoy Mamma, I wish you'd
find out who It was hypnotized me, and
punish Vm severely.
Mamma What?
Little ISoy While you was out I was
pulled right into the pantry and forced
to eat a lot or tuose in luce pies you
said I mustn't touch.
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Ill Specialty.
William Jackson I hear you en
gaged a deaf and dumb man yester
day. Proprietor of Quick Lunchroom
Yes.
"Going to make a waiter of him?"
"No; he's going to make signs."
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palace at Belgrade on the night of June
10, 1903. King Alexander and his wife.
Queen Draga, had exhausted the pa
tience of their subjects. The King, deaf
to all the suggestions of common de
cency, was wont to spend his time in
the most questionable circles of Paris
and to keep himself almost constantly
In a condition of besotted drunkenness.
Over and over again he would have re
signed In compliance with the wishes of
kls subjects, but hi Queen was made
several years. He has had as a following
a large number of the younger and
more erratic of these fiery jioople and
has been given to some very silly boast
ing. When a few months ago Austria-Hungary
gobbled up Bosnia and Herzego
vina Servla went mad with Indignation
and there sprang Into existence a party
who would appeal to arms and declare
war against their giant enemy. Peter
realized the hopelessness of any such
effort, but the crown prince, boastful
and braggart, talked loudly in the cafes
and Jangled his sword as he walked or
rode about the streets of the capital, i
iie maae a visit to Russia and expected
to meet with every encouragement
there, but the Czar advised the young
man to go about his business and do
less talking.
ueorge returned to Servla and sulked
in his tent. His father threatened him
with arrest unless he abandoned his
warlike attitude, but there was still a
large element which drilled and strut
ted and talked of wiping Austria off
the map if George would only lend them
to the fray.
Peter tried In every way to induce
the powers to Inter Corn ami i)i..il tm.
trla either to restore the two provinces
to their former state or to remunerate
Servla for the loss of Serb nrostiire.
But, while the nations grumbled at the
high-handed act of Austria-Hungary,
the dual kingdom was adamant Fran
cis Joseph knew he had his people sol-
laiy behind him. He was prepared for
an appeal to arms. IT rptii7i timt-
! Germanv stood ronriv tn eMo n-ith hin,
and to frustrate any effort Great Brit
ain might make in favor of the Serbs.
Russia, to the surprise and Indignation
of the Servians, Instead of proving
their champion, consented to the pol
icy of Austria with scarcely a murmur.
King Peter realized that war would
mean the effacing of his little kingdom
and has used his influence to keep his
angry subjects in check. By the col
lective action of the powers nt Belgrade
the annexation of Bosnia and Herze
govina became a closed Incident.
Recently the Servian atmosphere was
somewhat clarified by the act of Prince
George in renouncing his claim to the
throne. The Servian Parliament hesi
tated o act, but King Peter readily
accepted the boy's retirement and
named his second son. Prince Alexan
der, as the heir to the throne. Alex
ander Is a more conservative youth than
George and the welfare of Servla would
oe sarer uniier lilm than it would be
under the former crown prince, though
he Is by no means an ideal prospective
ruier.
Of all the crops produced upon the
farm perhaps no other offers so many
attractions and advantages to the
farmer as does alfalfa. As an im
prover of the soil it has few equals and
no superiors As forage for all classes
of live Btock, whether used as hay,
green feed, or pasture, it is unexcelled
in yield, feed value, palatability, and
permanency of growth. To the farmer
keeping cows, hogs, or poultry, it is of
paramount value in that it is practi
cally the only forage crop that will
supply green feed continuously through
the dry summer months of this region
In addition to these advantages it is
superior to all other crops in quickly
improving and maintaining the appear
ance and selling value of farm lands.
Lack of understanding of the peculiar
ities of the plant and its requirements,
has caused many failures of first at
tempts at growing the crop in We3tern
Oregon. This has led farmers to be
lieve that alfalfa is not naturally
adapted to this region While this to
a certain extent is true, yet the diffi
culties in the way may and have been
largely overcome. The splendid re
sults obtained by the state experi
ment station and other growers in dif
ferent parts of Western Oregon should
convince the most skeptical of the
great future of the crop in this state.
As authentic and accurately measured
yields to illustrate the possibilities of
the crop here, those recorded at the
experiment station may be cited. The
average of all the yields of the station
field for the last eight years has been
b.i tons of cured hay per acre yearly.
or where cut as a soiling crop, 26 3
tons of green feed per acre. This field
has the ordinary heavy clay loam soil
typical of the Willamette valley, and
has received no irrigation, fertilization
or special treatment whatever. Any
where in Western Oreeon where cer
tain primary requirements of the crop
are satisfied, the same or better re
sults should be obtained. It only be
hooves the beginner to secure the best
advice obtainable as to methods of
growing; start with a small piece; ex
periment with it until its requirements
are learned; gather experience from
his failures and persist until success
ful. The reward of such Dersistence
is ample.
The primary requirements of alfalfa
are a deep, well drained, sweet and
fertile soil, free from weeds. The
lands most nearly meeting these re
quirements are on the slopes of the
rolling lands of the valley bottoms ;
the slopes and tops of the hills sur
rounding these valleys, or the deep
sandy loam river bottoms well above
the water level. The ordinary valley
low flat lands are not suitable.
mi j p i .
ine aeep ieeaing tap roots upon
whose length these plants depend for
securing plant food and moisture, make
soil eight to ten feet in depth imper
ative. Although alfalfa prefers
sandy loam, yet it has proved equally
prosperous on the heavy clay loam
soils, a heavy clay subsoil or hardpan
delaying but not stopping the root
growth.
Owing to the need of its roots for
air, alfalfa, especially when young and
during the growing season, is easily
injured by standing water either above
or Deiow ground. Root growth stops
ac once on striking water-saturated
soil, hence the water table should not
be less than eight to ten feet below
the surface of the ground during the
growing season. Overflow from streams
in winter when the plant is dormant
does not cause much iniurv. even if
continued for several weeks.
Of even more importance to the al
falfa plant than a deep and well-
drained soil, are the bacteria which
produce the nodules on the roots.
through which the plant is enabled to
draw upon the free atmospheric nitro
gen, enriching the plant and the soil
with this most valuable of all the plant
food elements. Conditions unfavorable
to the activities of these bacteria
cause a corresponding lack of prosper
ity in the growth of the alfalfa. Like
the plant roots, these bacteria require
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auuiiunnce oi air in tne soil, upon
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vriucu mj ieea, ana aiso a neutral or
slightly alkaline medium such as is
supplied in limestone soils, in which to
work.
Unfortunately the lack of lime in
Western Oregon soils, in addition to
the prolonged wet season and the pre
vailing heaviness of the soil, causes
long exclusion of the air from the soil
and a tendency towards acidity or sour
ness which is very favorable to the al
falfa bacteria. Hence it is, perhaps,
that in a majority of W'estern Oreeon
soils these bacteria are not present,
and must be supplied by artificial inoc
ulation after the harmful acidity has
been corrected. This correction is ac
complished in naturally well drained
soils by application of different forms
of lime. Water slaked lime most
quickly and directly corrects soil acid
ly ground unburned lime more slow
ly but less expensively while licht
annual dressings with land Dlaster
T im F II IT3 11 IT R P3 fl""""? osl "e. ume as Irmon or vanitl.
r 'm I I O III I I ill rl y disaolvin. Kranuluted uf?ar in watrr and
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G III ltj l W 1 a ml a nyrup belter than maple. Mapleine ia sold by
ItfCl f a1 1 13 L. 4 I VI II "'" If not aend 35r for 2 oz. bottle ard
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by making the heavy soils more open
and friable. The land plaster also as
sists in making potash compounds for
which alfalfa has great need, more
available, but to avoid loss through
leaching should be used only in small
amounts.
The need of a fertile soil for alfalfa
growing, while not generally recogniz
ed, is highly important. Though the
plant draws its most important food,
nitrogen, from the air, yet it is a heavy
feeder upon the other plant foods 'of
the soil. On naturally unfertile soils.
or those ran down by continued wheat
or othr improvident farming, it is
necessary to supply immediately avail
able plant food such as well rotted barn
yard manure, to carry the young
plants through the first two years until
their deep feeding roots are establish
ed. Such fertilization as barnvard
manure or green manure (like rye or
vetch plowed under) is best applied to
the crop preceding the alfalfa or by
preceding it with clover or vetch.
Aside from its plant food and moisture
retentive value the humus from such
fertilization is of great assistance to
the alfalfa bacterial activities.
Preparing for alfalfa in the preced
ing crop is also important in enabling
the prospective grower to clean up the
weeds. Weeds, because of their more
rapid growth, heavy draughts on
available plant food and moisture, and
their shading, are higlhly injurious to
the young alfalfa. Hence by preced
ing alfalfa with a thoroughly cultivat
ed crop such as kale, corn, potatoes,
or roots, all of which do best heavily
manured, the ground is made clean and
fertile for the alfalfa.
The causes of failure to secure a
stand of alfalfa are generally a poorly
prepared seed bed, poor seed, or the
wrong t me or method of seeding. The
causes of the failure of the crop to
grow after a good stand has been se
cured, are either lack of alfalfa bac
teria, the need of lime, pasturing when
too young, an impoverished soil, over
crowding with weeds, a shallow soil,
poor drainage, lack of cultivation, or
improper after treatment. A crop
properly started and cared for should
produce steadily without reseeding for
fifty years or more.
Owing to the excessive rainfall of
winter and the heavy weed growth of
early spring, fall sowing of alfalfa has
not proved as successful as sprirg sow
ing. The ground should be plowed
deeply in the fall if possible, manured
and replowed early in the spring.
Where plowed rather late in the sp'ring,
the land should be disced and harrowed
before plowing. If the soil is in the
least sour, from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds
of unburned lime erround or in the
lump should be applied very early in
the spring, or in place of this, from
500 to 1,000 pounds of water slaked
lime may be sown about April first.
After the spring plowing the ground
should be frequently harrowed to get
rid of the weeds, conserve the moist
ure and bring the seed bed into a uni
formly fine state of tolth.
The seed should be sown from April
20th to May 1st. Just preceding the
sowing the land should be inoculated
wit'a the alfalfa bacteria by scattering
over the seed bed about 200 pounds per
acre of soil taken from the surface foot
of an old alfalfa field. This alfalfa
soil should be mixed with about 400
pounds of the surface soil of the new
field to facilitate its even sowing. To
avoid exposing the inoculated soil to
the sunshine, which injures it. it
should be sown on a cloudy day or
towards evening, and immediately har
rowed in.
If an acre be once successfully inoc
ulated, the next year it will furnish a
soil supply for inoculating other land,
No faith should be placed in inoculat
ng the soil through the purchase of
inoculated seed, as under ordinary con
anions mis metnoa is seldom success
ful.
Immediately following the inocula
tion the seed should be sown at the
rate of twenty pounds per acre, care
being taken to secure pure seed of good
germinating qualities. Germination
may readily be tested by placing an
average 200 of the seed between moist
blotting paper, laid between the faces
of two dinner plates and pouring a
little water in the lower plate from
time to time.
The seed may be broadcasted and
harrowed in, but a more even and vig
orous stand is secured, especially if
the surface soil is a little dry, by drill
ing one half of the seed at a time,
crosswise. The ordinary grain drill
may be used with the grass seeder at
tachment so connected as to deliver
the seed into the grain tubes. Follow
ing the seeding the ground should be
rolled well and then very lightly har
rowed. The seed should always be
sown alone, without a nurse crop of
any kind.
The field should be mowed whenever
the weeds begin to shade the alfalfa,
or whenever the growth comes to a
standstill or begins to turn yellow; or
when the new shoots of the second
growth begin to appear; or when the
plants show one-tenth in bloom. The
cutter bar should be set about 5 inches
above the ground the first year, and
the first cutting, if light, be left upon
the ground. It is imperative that the
crop should not be pastured the first
two years.
Every year about April first a dress
ing of 100 pounds of land plaster
should be applied, and while the
ground is still soft, thorough cultiva
tion should be given, with the disc
harrow set straight and weighted and
run crosswise, followed by the common
harrow. This cultivation keeps out
grass and weeds, splits the alfalfa
crowns and thickens the stand; keeps
the surface soil mellow and helps con
serve the moisture to carry the crop
through the dry months. If the soil is
poor a top dr. ssing of well rotted ma
nure applied in the fall will prove ben
eficial. It is well to let the alfalfa go
into the winter with a six or eight-inch
growth.
In Western Oregon the comYndn va
riety of alfalfa shculd be used, prefer
ably Montana grown.
In pasturing alfalfa, to avoid bloat
ing, cattle and sheep should not be al
lowed to go on the field with an empty
stomach or when the plant is wet, and
to prevent rooting, hogs should be
ringed. Where cut and fed green to
cows, there is no danger of bloating.
An acre of alfalfa will furnish pas
ture for about ten grod sized hogs, or
summer green feed for ten cows.
I'll re Fiction.
Singleton Have you seen the maga
zines this month? They're just full
of illustrated fiction.
Marryat Yes, and the greatest piece
of illustrated fiction in them is the
"ad" showing how stylish you'd look
in "So and So's $7 suit." Philadel
phia Tress.
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Signature of
Applying a Sore Teat.
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Young 'Wife I knew it! I to!d that
milliner I didn't believe it would suit me,
and I'm going to take it right back !
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without reason, iremblini? of the hands and limbs,
wiih the slightest exertion, heart palpitation, con
stipation, kidney trouble and a general inability
to act rationally at all times as others with health
in their bodies do.
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sarsaparilla compound and add to this one ounce
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then get one ounce compound essence cardiol. and
one ounce tincture cadomene compound (not car
damom); mix all together, shake well and take a
teaspoonful after each meal and one at retiring.
Offering an Inducement.
"To make it an object, brethren,"
Said shrewd old Pastor Leach,
"The higher you raise my salary.
The shorter sermons I'll preach."
Chicago Tribune.
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