Cottage Grove leader., February 22, 1910, Image 2

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Topics of
the Times ^
Half the kissing done in the worm
a pleasureless duty.
Down with the food trust, and let
appetites be unconflned!
The ratio of one divorce to every
twelve marriages Is the 16 to 1 Issue of
4merlcan morals.
King Bdward has knighted Lieut
fihackelton for getting farthest south—
without a controversy, we presume.
The Ohio desperado who murdered
half a dozen before killing himself
was out of prison under a “suspended
sentence.”
A St. Louis woman Is very angry be­
cause by mistake she married a cook
Instead of a count. Some women never
know when they are In luck.
It looks as It the public might have
to fall back on the theory that the
north pole was not discovered until
•he spring of the year 1909.
Mr. Rockefeller thinks It Is One to
-struggle, and the United States courts
appear to be determined to furnish
him as much struggling as they can.
John Mitchell says he doesn't care
for the liberty to do things that no­
body wants to do. John talks as though
he wanted to climb somebody’s apple
•tree.
The latest In millinery Is the toque.
And we suppose they'll soque the
toque, and poque It and Joque It, and
the old man will go broque paying
for It.
Speaker Cannon doesn’t know of
any law In this country against snor­
ing. Even the Oklahoma constitution
Inadvertently neglected to give the
matter any attention.
Prof. Shaller Mathews says the mod­
ern minister ‘‘Inserts religion surrep­
titiously Into his sermons." Well, did
not the Apostle Paul himself craftily
catch the Corinthians "with guile?"
According to Sir Thomas Llpton, It
Is an excellent thing to be born poor,
-while Andrew Carnegie proclaims the
felicity of dying poor. And people con­
tinue to do both, with no realization
o f the blessedness of their lot.
Education In agricultural methods
seems to be In demand. Within eleven
years the number of students In the
agricultural colleges has Increased
from 4,000 to more than 14,000. The
days when the farmer held “book-learn­
ing" In contempt have evidently passed.
The president of the Phenlx Insur­
ance Company believed In Insurance so
thoroughly that he thought his organi­
zation would run along all right even
If he took $1,000,000 of Its funds for
his own use. He does not claim that
he was giving the company a business
administration.
The race of Amazons has never
wholly died out. In England to-day,
where young men and boys are train­
ing In troops of "scouts” to act as a
defensive militia In case of war, their
sisters have, In some places, formed
brigades of girls. These modern Am­
azons ride bicycles on hospital service
aftd cook their own meals.
How much the annual Increase of na-
'tlonal wealth Is due to saving and how
much to other causes It Is Impossible
to calculate. Equally uncertain Is the
evidence of the amounts expended In
new houses In and about cities and
towns, new buildings for business pur­
poses, new mills and factories and the
construction of railroads and other
works of one kind or another. The
statistics of these expenditures are
very Imperfect, and such as we have
are largely estimates.
The weather man Is the standing
Joke of the paragraphers who fill space
by holding him responsible for the dif­
ferent brands of weather that are
turned loose on an unoffending com­
munity, but the paragraphers know,
and everyone else knows, that the
weft tier man Is the greatest life saver
and property saver In the whole world.
He cannot control the elements, but he
can give warning, and men can seek
safety. We cannot speak with certain­
ty, but we believe there are hundreds
o f men alive to-day who owe their lives
to the weather bureau; and the warn­
ings the bureau sends out save more
Uvea at sea than on land.
The adult man who ventures Into
matrimony always does so with his
eyes open. He has heard the heart­
breaking stories of his married friends,
he has been favored with the solemn
warnings of widowers, sod and grass,
and his bachelor well-wishers have
exhorted him eloquently. When, de­
spite all these efforts to save him.
he yields to hypnotic advances of some
scheming
widow or match-making
mamma and permits himself to be
lured up the Aisle of Highs, to the
cacophonous music of “ Lohengrin"
and with a high collar around his
neck and tight shoes upon hla feet
—la such event all sympathy for the
fellow becomes a hissing and a mock­
ing. As well pity the wlnebtbber who
complains of the morrow's malaise,
o r the soldier who complains of
wounds, or the yokel who raises a
cry of treachery vben the adroit thlm-
ble-rigger rakse In his hoard.
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One of the most cheerful of modern
medical Iconoclasts Is Dr. Woods
Hutchinson, who combines In hla own
person wide experience, scientific learn­
ing, refreshing common sense and a
gift for writing entertainingly on health
topics. The doctor-author's latest ex­
ploit Is an article defending the hu­
man appetite. In all ages the fav­
orite way of ’ mortifying the flesh"
has been to thwart the appetite. Some-
aOOD a d v i c e f o r SALESMAN
••WHEH I WAS T O raO *
times it has been a matter of rellgton,
scmetlmes a purely health measure.
“ T s l k W i t h Y o u r C u s to m e r , M ot a t
The apostles of a slender regimen Ilka
Tbere Is a land where storm and calm and sun
H i m — « n i l U o e t h e W o r d - W o .»
to assert that "man digs his grave
Follow each other with fast flying feet;
A corporation which runs a chain of
with his teeth." and that most of
A land of hope, whose hours are fair and fleet.
400 retail stores throughout the United
the ills that flesh Is heir to come from
Where life seems long, and always Just begun.
States has put Into practice some won-
over-eating. The doctor lays on right
lerful methods for keeping clerks up
lustily In behalf of the normal human
With eager foet we press along its ways.
to date. For Instance, chiropodists are
appetite. It is. he says, "to be treated
Nor pause to watch the rainbow tinted skies;
always at the call of the foot-weary
with the greatest respect, Ls to be
Another land of hope before us Ilea,
salesman and there ls a medical de­
thwarted only for the best of rea­
And In our dreams It holds still fairer days.
partment which attends to the health
sons and In special emergencies, and
of the various employes. One of the
1s, all things considered, the most re­
Eo slowly fades the brightness from the sky,
C h r o n ic H e a v e s .
most Interesting features of the care
D l v e i -a l f l e d F a r m l u g .
liable, Indeed, almost the only guide
So slowly hope turns backward from our side,
There ls no sure cure for a chronlo
taken by the corporation to make Its
It Is always refreshing and Inspir­
that we have in matters of diet."
We know ndt when we leave those highways wide.
"people" thoroughly efficient is a series ing to see others doing good things caBe of heaves. The best plan Is to
This, he declares, is the overwhelming
Till we have passed the pleasant places by.
of lectures on the fine art of selling and producing superior results, says sell the horse for what he ls worth;
consensus of the laboratory, the hos­
over the counter delivered to the clerk j !he Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean. The or. If that does not agree with your
pital, the family physician, the sana­
Gladly would we that flowery path retrace.
by word of mouth and through the man who ls doing things a little bet- conscience, give him the following
torium and the diet kitchen. Compar­
And breathe that hope-inspiring air again;
medium of a phonograph. Here are | ter than the average man ls a bene- treatment: Five grains of arsenlo
ing the deaths due to diseases follow­
But none among the weary sons of men
some of the subtle lessons given to the factor to the race. If he demonstrates once every 24 hours for two weeks,
ing overeating with deaths due to
Has found, once passed, the portals of that place.
employes:
through his work and results that a then omit a week and go on as
under-feeding, he pushes his point far­
"Customers
often
mispronounce better living can be made from cer­ before. For a small horse give four
ther. Of the forty-two principal causes
Still meipory bears us to that magic strand.
names Salesmen are cautioned against tain conditions he ls doing a work In grains Instead of five; for a very
of death In the United States, but
With every year still dearer, brighter grown,
correcting these mistakes unless asked the world of the highest economic or­ large horse, six. Heaves are caused
three are related In any direct way
And oft we speak Its name with tender tone—
by a weak condition of a nerve, and
to do so, and then they should be sure der.
to over-eating—diseases of the stom­
"When 1 was young,” oh, dear, enchanted land!
anything you can do to relieve this
they are right. Unless you know don't
In
recounting
the
work
and
deeds
ach, diseases of the liver and diabetes. —New York Sun.
will help the horse. Feed well and get
pretend to know.
of
man
we
are
prone
to
select
al­
The list of those due to under-feeding,
"The salesman who familiarizes him­ most Impossible Ideal types, often so him ln good condition, but give very
or In which the mortality ls highest
self with the names of the regular cus­ high that they are little understood, little rough feed, and even that Id
among those who are poorly fed and
tomers and greets them In a friendly almost Impossible to copy by the best cut fine and made moist.—B.,
lowest among those abundantly fed.
but unobtrusive way will not go far masses. We often pass by the good Apple Creek, Ohio.
accounts, for 250,000 victims, or near­
wrong. Never ask a customer bluntly man who ls doing valuable things ln a
ly thirty per cent of the whole annual
what his name ls. Play no favorites. Bmall way and which ln the end are
R a U le s
C a ttle .
number. In this list are consumption,
The salesman who drops one customer worth more to the masses than many
The surest money that one can make
pneumonia, typhoid, Inanition (the po­
to take up another because the latter of the so-called great things that have In handling cattle ls to sart with a
lite, scientific term for starvation) and
is one that he calls his own Is not popular airing. Many small good drove of steer calves and grow them
diarrheal diseases.
Other facts he
building a business for the store.
things are worth more to humanity to feed lot age and size, and If mar­
marshals, such as that “ the blameless
“ Look the customer straight ln the than a few large things. The small ket conditions are then right to finish
and frugal poor have the highest
Things really had been very dull ln very kindly toward her, because there eye when you address him. Show him every-day deeds are what feed, clothe, before selling. Whether or not the
death rate, the highest disease rate
that he ls your sole concern for the shelter and educate the world. Every finishing Is done, the gain made ln
and the lowest longevity rate of any the town that winter, so when Addle was always something to talk about
time being. Be most careful about try­ deed counts for something.
growing ls a sure gain, and the maker
class In the community," and that Creamer was Jilted by Alexander Bing now. If one ran Into a neighbor's to
ing to persuade a customer to
Farming ls more becoming a busi­ of It can not lose. He who stands
practically every prolonged famine Is the affair was like a revivifying draft borrow a cup of butter one was apt to
take something ln place of that ness and science of the highest order. to lose or make ls he who buys near*
followed by the outbreak of some epi­ to the jaded and wilting souls among be told:
A customer
“ I saw Addle last night. She's Just for which he Inquires.
demic.” Dr. Hutchinson makes out a *b® gossips,
good case for the appetite. He does I
a big
** '* different. There as thin as ever, poor girl! I don't be­ should never be told ln so many words
TRAP NESTS.
that there ls a substitute 'Just as good.’
not mean, of course, that It ls to be *hen a young man or a young woman lieve she’ll ever get over It!"
Then with the butter in one’s hand Cut out that phrase. Earnestly recom­
Indulged without discretion.
But flnda a broken engagement on his or
when a man ls hungry, It ls fairly ber hands he or she simply looks one could shake one’s head sadly and mend as possibly acceptable whatever
conclusive evidence that the human about and P1«*8 It another person of say, "No, she won't. Once with Addle you think will satisfy, but leave the
engine he ls operating needs fuel. *he opposite sex to cover up the sltua- ls forever. Alexander little knew what Impression always that the customer
Sorne men crave and, therefore, need tlon; but when one lives In a place he was throwing away when he did better knows what he wants than you
"three squares” a day.
Others g e t, llke Three plnea that la DOt so easy, what he did! I'm going to take her 4.O.
"Know your stock as you know your
along better on one hearty meal and1 A1« ander, who was a tall young over some Jell!"
way home.
two lighter ones. Modern medical man wlth romantic eyes, was head
"Try to remember Just what your
In two years Addle was as much of
science ls disposed to approve the prim clef k ln the dru* store- He sltnP^
ctple that every man Intuitively knows ' walked ofr and marrled a girl ln the a landmark as the old church tower customer wants. He will appreciate
the fact that his preferences are kept
his own needs better than anyone can ™ x t l° wn whom he had met but twlce- or the stone bridge. She was always
tell him
1 ^ hen b® sent back to Throe Pines for explained to strangers as a lovely girl, In mind.
“ Do not handle goods with your
j his trunk. He was going into busl- who had bad an unfortunate love af­
Three forms of trap nests used by English poultrymen are shown ln
; ness with the girl's father.
fair, and whose heart was Irremedia­ fingers any more than ls necessary. the Illustration. In No. 1 a bolting wire arrangement ls used; X ls a pivot-
The iiu"!iiiinck.
| **jje ^nows better than to come bly broken. She lent quite a tone to People do not want goods * • • hung board, with stout wire (Y ) supporting Z, the trap-wire, which falls
The Duke de Richelieu married wheh back here!” was the verdict of the ex- the town as she moved down Main pawed over.
across the hen's entry, and ls usually held there by an Iron rod, which drops
17 years of age .Mile, de Roehechouart, cited sewing circle. "He knows what street looking pathetic. People glowed
"Talk with your customer, not at or after It Into a slot. The hen's weight on the nest side of the board (X ) tilts
a little girl of 12. As was the custom a reception he'd get after treating Ad- upon her and sighed sympathetically, to him. The pleasanter you look the the wire (Y ) and releases the trap-wire (Z ). which falls Into the dotted po­
In the eighteenth century, the young die so! And Addle with six table- for she was the romance of Three pleasanter you will be. Treat him as sition. . Illustration 2 shows another method, whilst 3 shows a shallow tray
bridegroom set out on his travels after cloths and napkins to match, all ini- Pines personified. It was almost as you would like to be treated and keep hung on pivots or hooks at the side for the nest. At one front corner an
the ceremony, and the child wife re- tlaled! Poor Addle!”
good as going to a lovely sad matinee thinking what he will say when he upright wire (E) rises through a hole in one of the curved bearers which
malned with his relations ln Paris.
gets out of the store. Use the word carry the curved shutter, consisting of two wood rails, carrying fine wire net-
and crying one’s eyes out.
Three years passed, and the duke (then
This being so. It can readily be seen we' ln talking about the business, bo- ing (D ). The hen, entering, steps on front of the nest, which, dropping,
Addle was small and ash blonde.
Count de Chinon), who had received lhe SOrt that looks precisely the same what grounds for indignation Three cause you are we.”
carries the wire down and releases the trap: the latter, sliding down the
many charming letters and a charm- at 40 „ at 20 There waa nothlng Pines had when Addle, going away on
cut*ved bearers, Imprisons the hen, who can, however, see out.
lng miniature from his wife during startling ln her composition. Given a a visit, captured an admirer and mar­
THE WORLD'S TELEPHONES.
his absence, determined to return cermln situation, one was perfectly ried him!
b°me-
! sure what Addle would say or do.
Everybody groped about for a defin­
Land ls becoming scarce or rather ly matured steers and feeds them—
On his arrival he was met on the While this produces a soothing atmos- ite cause for complaint and. not find- O f O,.1 0 0 , 0 0 0 I n s t r n i n e n t s 7 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 | the population ls Increasing to such he either makes, comes out even or
A r e In
A m e rica .
grand staircase of the Hotel de Riche­
Of 9.500.000 telephones in the world an extent that there are more people loses. The grower of steer calves to
lieu by his family, and, to his horror,
7.000.
000 are ln America, 2,000,000 In to occupy the land, resulting ln each a feed lot age uses little grain, hence
Instead of the pretty girl of 15 that he
Europe
and the other 500,000 scattered land holder having less average. This has nothing but his time Invested ln
expected to see, the count saw a little
over the remainder of the earth's sur­ | be'ig the case, and since present-day the growth made— his time ln putting
hunchback who was none other than
face. Commenting on these recent es­ living demands more than ln days up roughness and feeding It. His pas­
his wife. The unhappy young man,
timates and their probable correctness, 1 gone by, It remains for those who hold ture bill ls apt to be the greatest.—
who was horror stricken, left Paris
the National Telephone Journal of and cultivate land to make more out Farmers' Mall and Breeze.
that night and for fifteen years re­
j of It than did the farmers of a gen-
London says:
mained away.
H o w to P u m p W a te r .
"The reason why Europe cuts so ' eration ago. Each farm ui\lj must be­
The poor little wife possessed a beau­
A correspondent asks how he can
come
the
scene
of
greater
activity
and
poor a figure In comparison with
tiful and generous disposition, and, so
pump water from a well 20 feet deep
America is that four or five of the 1 greater production. Not only must two which ls 12 feet
far from being embittered by her hus­
bushels
of
corn
grow
where
only
one
most civilized and populous countries
band's behavior, she did her best to
bushel grew before, but the farmer away from the
are extraordinarily backward ln tele­
prevent any family dissensions arising
windmill.
The
phonic development. France. Austria, must keep enough live stock of the cut shows Just
through It and went to live on her es­
highest order to profitably consume
Hungary, Belgium, Holland and Italy
tate of Courteilles, near Paris. It Is
how to do It. Set
—In the first four of which the tele­ not only the two bushels of corn, but the pump direct­
said that she was deeply ln love with
the entire corn, plants, ears, blades,
phone
ls
entirely
ln
the
hands
of
the
the duke, and In time the accounts of
stalks, and all, returning a profit ln ly beneath the
government—may be Instanced.
In
her unselfishness and devotion to his
animal growth and production and an mill, and if pos­
the whole of France there are less
family so touched her husband that
equivalent profit ln manure as a by­ sible ln a pit ln
than 200,000 stations, and In Austria
he went to visit her.
product for Increasing and maintain­ the ground, and
and Hungary combined there are ac­
The first visit led to .many, and this
ing the fertility of the land he culti­ protect It with a
WEPT
HERSELF
RED-EYED.
tually fewer telephones than in the
strange couple became firm friends,
vates. Unless some unknown future small house. Run
city of Chicago.
and Just before he died the duke con­
•leans of fertilizer supply ls discov­ the pipe below
templated residing permanently at phere, It ls not exactly the sort to lng any, took It out on the bride. She
“ Ancient cities of universal renown,
frost line to the
Courteilles with his wife, from whom ! lure on an admirer forever. Alexander had disappointed everybody by daring counting 400,000 and 500,000 Inhabi­ ered or developed It will become an well, as Illustrat­
absolute necessity for every farmer to
he had fled In disgust many years be- | had fallen victim to a girl who al- to cheer up and be like other human tants. and moreover of greater com­
practice diversified farming ln order ed. An ordinary
fore.—Chicago Dally Newa
ways treated things lfi the opposite beings.
mercial importance, such as Lyons,
to secure needed supplies for fertiliz­ pump will do the
way from what he expected, so he had
Naples,
Antwerp and
“ Send Addle Creamer a wedding Marseilles.
work. The lower
V e r d i a n d Illa n ia r c k on T i t l e « .
hastened to marry her as a relief from present?” cried the sewing circle as Prague, are far behind American ers.
On the average farm we hold that the pump ls set,
The composer Verdi was offered a the monotony of Addle.
towns
with
50,000
to
100,000
Inhabi­
one woman. “Never! Not after her
that Is, the closer
title of nobility by King Victor Em­
"Addle never looked at another man acting as she has! These girls who tants, such as Peoria, St. Joseph, Day- diversified farming ls by far the best
manuel. It was Ifltended that he should except him," the sewing circle protest- are off with one and on with another ton and Norfolk, Va., which few Eu­ method of securing the greatest per­ to the level of
the
water, the
be created Marquis or Comte de Bus- ! ed.
That’s all a girl gets for being are too frivolous for us! We thought ropeans have ever heard of; while manent returns from the land. The
seto, after the estate upon which he ^ faithful and devoted, Men always lose Addle was a nice girl, but evidently Vienna, with a population of nearly growing of the plant crops and the better It will do
lived. The composer refused the offer their heads over the giddy, no-account she didn’t care much for Alexander 2.000. 000, has not so many stations as breeding and keeping of live stock of tbe work. A good
some kind, or several kinds, are means
energetically. He considered that Verdi kind. And Addle takes It so hard.”
after all. No doubt that’s what made San Francisco, with 350,000 s o u I b . If
The sewing circle added the last sen­ him do as he did. Poor Alexander!" the countries of central and western of producing highly marketable goods
was somebody and that the Marquis
and at the same time of manufactur­
tence with a delightful relish.
de Busseto would be nobody.
—Chicago Dally News.
Europe were as well developed tele-
ing high grade fertilizers at home,
Certainly Addle was affording the
Even Bismarck was unable to parry
phonlcally as even Great Britain and
saving the cost of double transporta­
a blow of this character. When the gossips the full measure of enjoyment
WORRY AND DIGESTION.
Germany, to say nothing of Scandina­
tion and making more efficient use of
young emperor broke with him he to be expected from the situation. The
via, the comparison with America commercial fertilizers that may be
conferred upon him the title of Duke last time a girl had been Jilted ln !> r . F l e t c h e r S a r a d o n ’ t K a t W h e n would be vastly more flattering."
purchased. Live stock and their prod­
of Lauenbourg. Bismarck received the Three Pines, twenty-five years before,
W o r r ie d o r A n a r y .
ucts now command very high prices,
she had merely tossed her head higher
parchment with this exclamation:
"In five years from now it will not
Mo P a p e r M o n ey la P e ra .
and all Indications point to the fact
“ A pretty name! It will be handy and utterly refused to mention the be considered respectable to be sick."
"There Is not a piece of paper money that they will be at very good prices
afTair. This conduct caused her to be
for traveling Incognito."
Many more such cheerful promises as
Some days after a parcel arrived at disliked. Addle, however, wept her­ this one was made by Dr. Horace In Peru," said Hon. Samuel M. Taylor, from now on Indefinitely. The diversi­
Varxln, bearing the address. Mm. els self red-eyed and pathetic and yearned Fletcher, the famous exponent of ra­ former Secretary of State of Ohio, but fied farmer is able to make a living
for the last three years United States with the failure of a crop, or even suction pump will have no difficulty
for sympathy.
Duchesse de Lauenbourg."
tional eating, who has made the term consul general in Peru, "but all finan­ with the failure of several crops. If In drawing water to a height of 20
The six tablecloths and the attend­
Bismarck, to whom It was delivered,
"Fletcherlsm"
familiar
on
both
aides
being then at table, arose and, offering ant napkins grew mussy and soiled of the Atlantic, Just before he sailed cial transactions are ln actual coin. he does not raise enough grain to feed feet, but If you can gain four feet by
the letter to his wife, remarked Iron­ from frequent exhibitions and hand­ from New York with his wife and Their system Is a sort of decimalized his animals he can buy grain to feed setting the pump ln a pit, so much thf
adaptation of the English method.
them and at least not lose money on better.—Farm and Home.
lings. for somehow she extracted a
ically:
companion on the steamship Saxonla
"They divide the gold pound into them; If the animal crop falls he can
"Duchess, enchanted to make your mournful pleasure from showing them for a cruise to Gibraltar, Genoa and
sols, ten sols to the pound, so that ths sell his grain. There Is seldom an
D a ir y N o te «.
to her friends. It was as though Alex­
acquaintance!”
Naples.
| sol equals 50 cents ln our money. all-around failure of both plant and
ander's wickedness thereby was made
When cows are allowed a reasonable
"The greatest source of unhappiness Smaller denominations are represented animal crops. Also, making the breed­ amount of exercise healthier and
more absolute.
S to le n
P i n o « > 'n m e * .
Alexander having been snatched In the world at present,'* said Dr. 1 by silver coins of 10 cents and 20 ing and growing of high bred live stronger calves are usually obtained
There are many stolen place names
Fletcher, "Is the mouth. You should
Success ln dairying demands that
outside Lancashire, the most “ flagrant from the immediate prospect, she was eat when you feel like It. eat what cents, and the copper penny of the stock on the farm a strong side line
instance of theft being afforded by rudderless, aimless, so she let the you may crave fos at the time, and 1 value of 2 cents. For a while the gov- allows the farmer to turn to good ac­ a man breed and develop his own cows-
j
ernment
coined
a
$2
gold
piece,
but
the
count much roughage and waste feeds as far as possible, and buy, If he
Etruria, ln Staffordshire, which an­ town distract her. Above all. the sew­ above all you should chew your food.
nexed this name because Wedgwood's ing circle said, poor Addle must be You may feel like ridiculing the Idea women were so crazy about them for that could ” ot be sold on the market must, wisely.
copies of Etruscan pottery were manu­ distracted. She must be given an In­ that It ls well to chew your soup. I ornaments that none could be kept ln or utilized to advantage in any other
No man can develop a cow Into a
circulation.”
way.
factured there. Then ln Wales we find terest ln life.
high producer unless that cow had an
will, however, ask you to try It. It
So
every
one
bent
herself
with
rap-
W
e
H
a
r
e
M
a
c
h
t
o
L
e
a
r
n
.
Bethesda and Hebron, and In Scotland
Inherited quality of development te
will Improve the soup and help you.
W h ic h
W ill Y e a R et
Joppa, Alexandria and Portobello. Val­ 'u re to the task.
In Europe, where land values co.n- start with.
"Never eat when worried, nervous
The pessimist kills a wasp right ofi. pel Intensive farming. 300 bushels of
entis, off the Irish coast. Is named after
There Is a certain class of dairy
Tale» of girls who had pined away or angry It Is making and absorbing ! The optimist waits until It stings him. 'potatoes to the acre is the average,
the Spanish town, but this is hardly a
farmers who refuse to sit down and
poison
to
do
It.
You
should
chew
| The pessimist raps the cow over the ln the United States the average ls
rase of theft, as the Spaniards them­ and died or lost their minds because
figure, through fear that It will upsel
your food thirty times with every
selves bestowed the name on . the Isl of faithless lovers were whispered
back with the milk stool the first time less than 90. Our farmers have much
a few of their pet theories.
and. Aapatrla. In Cumberland, looks , about warningly. Addle was so help- mouthful. If you do this you will live she kicks. The optimist waits until , to learn. The trouble with us ls that
tfl a great age."
Common sense Is better than ths
like a name filched from Italy, but is less and little that everybody said no­
I she spills the milk.
our farms are too big. As many dol- best dairy Instruction of the day, but
Dr. Fletcher while In Europe will
In reality a corruption of Gospatrlck. body could tell what might happen to
I The pessimist condemns the booh
I lars can be taken from 20 acres prop­ It clearly shows a lack of common
stop off at Naples and there have a
her unless her friends rallied.
— London Chronicle.
agent the moment he enters his home.
They got up tea parties and card chance to have some Italian spaghetti. ! The optimist waits until he has sold erly cultivated as from 100 poorly sense when a dairyman discards all
cropped.
r t i l n f » « * !\ft« n r a l l s i i f l o n I . n w .
recent Investigations.
clubs and even a literature class, to He was informed that in eating him the book.
By China's law on nationality any all of which Addis allowed them to spaghetti It Is necessary to hold the
A recent exchange of farm special­
A
number
of
experiments
havs
been
person who has lived In China over drag her, solemn-eyed and frequently head back and let the food slip down.
ties was the Introduction of American
tried
recently
abroad,
with
the
object
G
e
t
t
i
n
g
n
t
t
h
e
F
a
r
t
«
.
"Well—er—ah—" smiled and hesi­
ten years and ls above 21 years of age, sighing. She always sighed Immedi­
sweet corn in Roumanla. Field corn
Directory Convasser—What ls your ! of discovering some means of protect-
of good moral standing, being helpful ately If by any chance she so far for­ tated Dr. Fletcher. ’ I will chew It
ls a successful crop there, but sweet
|
lng
sown
crops
from
the
ravages
of
1
husband's
occupation?
to China, may be allowed to assume got herself as to cheer up and smile Just the same.”
corn has been unknown. On tbe other
;
;rowi
and
other
graminivorous
birds,
I
•
Mrs.
O'Hoollhan—Sure,
an’
It's
a
Chinese nationality. If asked for.
at anything, for she had the vague
band, the Introducer of sweet corn
shovel engineer on a railroad he do j The best results were obtained by the
V ery Q n eer.
discovered a new watermelon in Rou­
Any man who goes quail bunting on feeling that she had transgressed con­
j use of a solution of pulverized aloes, manla which ls abont twice the size
ventionality under the circumstances
"My husband's been out late every be.
a rainy or sleety day. Is looking for
Directory Canvasser—You mean a which had not only the effect of giving of an ordinary orange, or about the
If she found any pleasure In extst- evening this week attending Important
pot shots. We are mean, and we know
civil engineer, don't jrou?
I the seeds an objectionable flavor, but size of an average grape fruit, and la
enee. She was the owner of a blasted 1 club meetings
meanness when we see It.
Mra O'Hoollhan—Faith, an' yea may also Imparted a color which serves ln
"Yea. so has mine. They belong to
[ ftfe and outraged affections and usu-
very sweet and delicious. It Is thought
be rolght, sor. He's civil enough. Ol'm s measure to keep the birds off Seeds, the novelty will prove acceptable to
the same club, you know.”
If the present rush for benefiting *J'r «he could remember It.
afther
thlnkln',
but
anny
way
be
shov­
colored with blue seemed to be par­ American gardeners, and testa are be­
"Why, how queer! My husband says
people by legislation keeps up, we I The best of everything was given to
look for a law prohibiting the planting 1 Addle
She always got white meet he hasn’t seen your husband la six els the coal Into the engine.—The ticularly repugnant to ths birds, al­ ing made at the Department of Agrk
w
—
s,
though not treated ln any other wajr. culture. In Washington
of potatoes In the dark of the rneoa.
I without asking for It. The town felt months : ” —Cleveland Leader.
I