Cottage Grove leader., March 29, 1910, Image 2

TOPICS OF THE TIMES
A CHOICE SELECTION OF IN T E R ­
ESTING ITEMS.
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( p u n t h e lln|t|teiilnic« o f t h e l l u t
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New »
N o lo «.
And then we might say that dys­
pepsia is the cost of high living.
Aggressiveness takes men to heights
where modesty would never land them.
I t is possible for a man to reach
the pinnacle of fame and still not be
above suspicion.
The lazy man's philosophy Is never
to do to-day what somebody will do
for him to-morrow.
"Man was once a sponge.” says a
Chicago professor, and a lot of them
haven't gotten over it yet.
Grafting. In order to be truly scien­
tific. should be so managed as not to
attract anybody's attention.
The King of Denmark when speak­
ing of Dr. Cook smilingly said: “ Well,
the best of us are sometimes fooled.”
The new year cannot be a com­
plete success unless some real boosting
la done for the cause of good roads.
To facilitate census taking every
patriot should have his nose ready to
count when the enumerator comes
around.
I f there is anything that annoys
people It is to be told of their faults.
What they like is to be told of other
people's faults.
Dr. Cook's secretary says the doctor
has not yet heard that he did not
reach the pole. The doctor should
read the papers.
In spite of the revelations which
are being made by investigators here
and elsewhere we believe that there
are some honest people.
1 urally
left-handed to use Its rtgnt
hand. The reason some children pre­
fer to use the left hand Is because
their brains are constructed that way.
There are left-hand brains and right-
hand brains. The center that con-
i trois the action may be on either side
of the brain, and it will dictate which
| side of the body will be the most
active." We know that the first thing
the average parent does, upon dlsoov-
| ery that a child is left-handed, is to
try to change the natural order. Why?
Because the left-handed minority seem
awkward to the right-handed major­
ity. They violate our monkey ideas of
conventionality, though we know left-
handed people who excel In the use
of their hands. The majority of men
are a good deal like monkeys. Imitat­
ing each other in all things and show­
ing no spark of originality. They even
pervert natural laws to act or look
like other people. This Is strange be­
cause we all know that the great men
of the world are ones who have de­
fied conventions, have dared to stand
apart from the herd, have been will­
ing to follow nature’s rules, and have
merely smiled at the majority’s sneer:
"You are different from us, and so
you are a fool.” This taunt Is as old
as the world. It Is the price men pay
for being themselves. The compensa­
tion derived from independent living,
however, more than offsets the little
sneers. I f you are left-handed, be left-
handed. for It is nature's will. In all
things be what you are— don't try to
be someone else. You have a right to
live as you were made to live, and
you have the right to your own ex­
periences. Use your intelligence, not
written rule, as your life guide. Thus
you will possess original, free, satis­
fying life action. Don’t be a monkey,
and do not try to make monkeys of
your children. The lesson the great
sciehtlst gives us from his observation
concerning the cause of left-handed
action Is that there are natural causes
of human tendencies. We will do well
If we try to curb only our evil ten­
dencies and develop the good ones,
even If they are left-handed.
A TEST OF COURAGE.
C o rn
STOP FU NE R AL E X TR AVAG AN CE .
YOUNG business man died unexpectedly,
leaving a widow and three small children.
For two years he had worked hard to es­
tablish a business, which was Just begin­
ning to pay well and gave promise of be­
coming highly profitable during the com­
ing spring and summer. But his cash re­
sources were small, his Insurance was almost nothing,
and. with his ability and hard work taken away, the
business he left offered precarious support for the widow
and children. All this his widow knew. Yet, with rent
overdue, the doctor to pay, and her children and herself
to look out for, she burled her husband's body in a
(150 casket, and the undertaker's total bill ran more
than (250.
The desire of the living to pay final tribute to the
dead frequently outweighs the dictates of common sense
and prudence, even to the point of violating the known
wishes of the dead. Extravagance along this line ls
encouraged by undertakers, who suggest expensive fu­
nerals and offer long-time credit, as many a family
knows to Its sorrow.
In other countries societies, the members of which
agree to keep all funerals under their direction within
a certain cost limit, have done much to check extrava­
gance. There is room for organizations to reduce fu­
neral expenses in this country, and a movement in that
direction should be encouraged.—Chicago Journal.
A
HÜ
EX PE N SIVE E R RA N D BOYS.
HE American farmer in 1909 received $300,-
000,000 for the egg crop. The American
consumer paid (540,000,000 for the same
eggs. Who got the difference of $240,000,-
000? The farmer raised the hens, took
care of them, fed them, housed them, and
paid about 50 cents apiece for the care of
each one. It cost him not less than $75,000,000 to
keep the hens satisfied and prolific. So. all together,
his earnings were reduced to (225,000,000. But some­
body else got $240,000,000-—which Is $15,000,000 more
than the farmer received. From the time the eggs left
the farmer to the time they reached the consumer the
price on them was almost doubled. And the consumer,
of course, paid.
Somewhere there is a leech In the egg market and the
butter market and the meat market and the grocery mar­
ket, and all the other markets, that is sucking away at
the American consumer’s pocketbook. Until this leech
is found and beheaded prices of living will be tremen­
dously high, and will grow higher, just so long as there
remains anything in the pocketbook to be sucked out
It has not yet been shown that the leech is not the rail-
The Secretary of Agriculture esti­ R e f l e x M o t i o n « o f n D e c a p i t a t e « *
mates that a toad will eat (19.40
S n a k e W i l l U n n e r v e M ont M en.
worth of flies and insects in a sea­
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous
son. Treat the toad with kindness writer, is one of the greatest authori­
and respect.
ties on snakes In the world. He used
to keep cages of live snakes In his
A St. Louis ragman, who was laboratory for experimental purposes.
thought to be penniless, died the other In one of his treatises he speaks of
day leaving a fortune of (60.000. He tbe great tenacity of life on the part
had no relatives while living, but no of snakes. It is very remarkable, he
doubt many have been found by this says, in-the rattlesnake, whose reflex
time.
.
motions are admirably retained for
Based upon precedent and practice some hours after decapitation, and oc­
far more ancient than written laws casionally are seen as late as the 36th
is the decision solemnly handed down hour. At this late period they con­
b f a Missouri judge, to the effect that sist in wavelike movements, which run
a wife has a right to scold her hus­ from the tail upward.
Dr. Mitchell’s experiments Bhowed
band.
that Immediately after the head has
A police captain says that the rea­ been cut off the body writhes slowly
son why dogs chase automobiles is along the floor, or, If hung up, returns
that they are intoxicated by the smell. on Itself, twisting the pendant trunk
I f It could be proved that cats, tramps, around the tail. If, while the body is
trains and the neighbor's hens are entirely fresh, some one seizes the tall,
also run by gasoline, we should have the headless trunk frequently returns
a simple explanation of an annoying on itself in an effort to strike the
England’s first Sunday newspaper
offending hand.
Occasionally this ! appeared in 1780.
"anlne phenomenon.
movement Ls so perfectly executed that
It has been found in Nova Scotia
Young men who have asptrations the bleeding and headless trunk strikes that the lobster’s chief enemy is not
toward the diplomatic service have the operator's hand before it can be ! the dogfish but the lobster.
had the cardinal virtues of a diploma­ withdrawn.
One of the tricks in the fur trade
In one or two instances that came
tist— to keep his mouth closed— for­
Is to insert white hairs in foxes and
cibly Impressed upon them by a recent under Dr. Mitchell’s observation, per­
| sables to make “ silver foxes.”
episode. Not that a minister must sons who were Ignorant of Rle possi­
The Industry of making lebkuchen.
not talk at all; the career of the emi­ bility of this movement have been so
nent Mr. Wu shows that harmless con­ terrified at the blow which has greeted or honey cake, is worth to the German
versation Is likely to please and amuse them as to faint on the spot. To hold city of Nuremburg about one million
the people to whom an ambassador thus the headless snake has been made dollars a year.
In Louisiana the law permits a
Is accredited. But discretion in choos­ a test of firmness In some parts of the
ing the subjects of his utterances is west, and few have been found com­ j widow to marry again only provided
posed enough to retain their hold upon she has waited ten months after the
a first essential.
the tail until the innocent but ghastly death of her husband.
From a papyrus found wrapped stump struck the hand.
Sand is the curse of Portuguese East
about an Egyptian mummy we learn
Africa. It blocks the rivers and har­
T lie I'u s s le
Crane.
"Of an ancient Alexandrian named Dor-
bors and stretches In a vast sea to­
The pretty young woman with a ward the interior, effectually cutting
Ion, who made a fighting machine so
deadly that It was called "the Ender small suit case stepped briskly up the off the coast towns from the high­
of War.” That was two or three cen­ gravel walk and said, "Good morning-” lands. Besides, it makes the problem
turies before the birth of Christ, but to Miss Eliza Long, who was enjoying of transportation the bugbear o f the
the invention of explosives which are life on her south porch. "Would you planter.
to accomplish the same result by their like to look at some puzzle pictures?”
Nearly $1,000,000 worth o f timber
very destructiveness still goes merrily Inquired the young woman.
was imported Into Natal In 1908. The
“ I'd like to," said Miss Long, frank­ country Is practically treeless, so far
on. It la safe to say that by no such
means will warfare be brought to an ly, "hut I've promised
Philander— as there is any commercial value in
end. The human rare will not easily that's my brother— not to touch an­ the timber.
be frightened out of the business; It other one for six weeks. By that time
Up to 1789 the chief water works
must be raised above It.
he thinks the fever'll be broken up.
of New York city was In Chatham
"NO, 'tisn't any use of opening that street, now Park row. The water was
Clergymen who are engaged In the rase; I can't look. 'Twas only last
carted about the city in casks and
complicated task of curing physical night I promised Philander,” and Miss
sold from carts.
Ills as well as spiritual ones tell us Long turned her head resolutely
It was so cold In New York part
that among women self-pity is one of away.
of the winter ol 1779 that residents
the most obstinate of diseases Appar­
" I think he was unkind, to extract
ently there is only one class of women such a promise,” said the young wo­ in the vicinity were compelled to cut
down the tall trees that stood at what
Immune to this Intrusive and danger­ man with a suit case, indignantly.
ls now the head of Wall street to
ous microbe. They are the women so
"No, he's a kind man," said Miss
busy that they have not a minute to Eliza, dispassionately. “ He's borne a make kindling; wood.
Yaddo. the Saratoga home from
■pare for themselves. It takes leisure good deal. He said last night that
to nurse real woes, and imaginary he was willing
to stand irregular which Spencer Trask started on his
ones are still morn exacting.
But meals and silent evenings, and morn­ i falal trip to New York, is one of the
given even twenty minutes a day, one ings of neighbors dropping in to ex­ | show places of the spa town. It de­
may accomplish much 'In the line of change while the work stood still, and rives Its name from the utterance of
a little daughter of the Trasks. When
self-pity. Madam begins by mourning ail such.
that she Is misunderstood by husband
"H e said he and the other men j she crossed for the first time a rustic
or daughter or mother or minister. round had agreed that it had got to bridge over the picturesque sheet of
Once let this regret arise and gain run Its course ,and then 'twould be water which lies near the home, she
recognition, and it is next to useless over and done with; but when It came | pointed and said: "Yaddo.” which was
to suggest the question, "Is there any­ to having me look at him across the as near as her baby tongue could get
thing In me worth understanding?” supper table as If he's a dummy, and to the word “ shadow," and she did not
"It's no U9e for me to try to make when he asked what was the matter, 1 know that the childish utterance had
a pleasant home.” complained Mrs. tell him I'd been thinking what an given a name to the place.
" I f I had my way," Dr. Macnamara
Thompson. "My family misunderstand elegant picture he'd make, squared
and thwart all my efforts.” The listen­ off with the wall behind and the table ; once confessed to an Interviewer, ” 1
ing friend required courage to say that In front, he saw 'twas time to take should be singing in 'Carmen' instead
Mrs. Thompson's Idea of a pleasant measures— and, thinking It over, I of making speeches from the treasury
bench. But, unfortunately, tbe Brit-
home was a parlor full of bric-a-brac don't know but he's right.”
[ Ish public thinks a great deal more
and tight closed against occupancy,
of a man who ran make a had speech
A .la t le
T u rk e y .
whereas the family preferred a cheer­
ful living room, not too fine for every
Asiatic Turkey had a civilization I than a man who can sing a good
day. Miss Brown pities herself be­ thousands of years ago. The Interior song.”— Westminster Gazette.
cause she has no money for shopping; of that country Is populated to-day by
Curious customs are noted among
Miss Black pities herself because she farmers to whom modern knives and the Mljus. a little known Asiatic rare,
has too much shopping to do. Mrs. forks are unknown. The spoons they by an explorer, who writes: "Though
Green mourns over her mending bas­ use are of wood, and each family living on the borders of Thibet, no
ket full of children's stockings, and makes Its own.
trace of Ruddhism Is found among
Sirs. White, because her home is emp­
i them. Their religion Is animistic and
A a S h e la S p o k e n .
ty of little feet. There Is always a
"English ls a funny language, after consists in the propitiation of the Vari­
chance to be sorry for oneself; by
ous spirits to whom sickness, failure
all,
isn't It?” "W hy so?” “ I heard a
the same token, there Is always a
of crops and such like calamities are
man
talking
of
a
political
candidate
chance to rejoice In one’s fortune. A
attributed. The propitiation takes the
poor Irishwoman, with a dozen chil­ the other day say: ‘ I f he only takes form usually of the sacrifice of a fowl
this
stand
when
he
runs
he'll
have
a
dren. setting forth her condition to a
or a pig. a small portion being set
friendly
visitor, ended with, “ And, walk-over.' ”
aside for the splrlj, the rest going
thank God, we've nlver lacked for a
A man went hunting yesterday. down the throats of the offerer and
bit of salt with our praties!”
“ What did you get?" he was asked on his family.”
his return. "Ham and eggs,” he re­
M r . M n*« Unit*« fo r L u n g p T l f f ,
Dr. Edward Anthony Spltxka. one of plied, “ at the home of a farmer."
The delightful Mr. Wu Ting-fang,
the most noted brain specialists, re­
Belag read out of the party doesn't 1 lately ambassador from China to the
cently made this statement:
"It Is
j United States, Is described In Miss
«rlm ln al to force a child that la aat- seem to hurt much
road and the express companies. In 1909 the traction
companies increased their indebtedness by $1,015,000,000.
The interest that is to be paid on this, of course, comes
out of the public's pocketbook. And the express com­
panies during the year paid dividends that ranked
among the highest on tbe whole list of Industrial In­
stitutions. They're expensive errand boys, the railroads
and the express companies.—Cincinnati Post.
COST OF LIV IN G .
N THE current number of Vogue ls a most
pathetic essay by Maria Scott on the suc­
cessful management of a small income.
Marta admits— though reluctantly— that a
young couple may venture to begin life in
a simple manner on $5,000 a year. Realis­
ing that thla Is a drastic saying and one
that may be received with incredulity by the mass
of the people, she goes on to apologize even for hinting
that really "nice” people could live on so meager a
sum, but ls obliged to admit that by dint of a great effort
It may be done in a way.
She asks what denials are necessary for those who
contemplate living on $5,000 a year, and then, seeing no­
body rising to answer her, answers it herself by saying
that great self-denial will be necessary to keep the wolf
from the door.
The one consideration that forces itself on the mind
after perusal of Maria's reflections is the tremendous
amount of self-denial that is being practiced all over
the country by persons who are living nobly on this
small amount, not able to have more than one automo­
bile and one short trip to Europe annually.— SL Paul
Dispatch.
ROAD T H A T STANDS W E AR .
EW JERSEY claims to have discovered that
bituminous roads cost less than macadam
and stand the wear of automobile traffic
much better. The State has eighty-five
miles of this road already and announces
that It will lay no more of the old-fash­
ioned kind. The objection to macadam
is that it Is picked up by the wheels of automobiles
and scattered to the four winds of heaven. The wear
on the good roads leading out from automobile centers
like all of the large cities shows conclusively that an
improved material is urgently needed. The bituminous
road seems to serve the purpose because it has sufficient
resiliency to meet the needs of traffic and at the same
time is compact enough to prevent the particles frojn
being picked up by rubber tires.—Nebraska State Jour
nal.
Owt
to»
f t lla g n .
Corn of ahy variety ls at Its best for
feeding or silage as it comes from the
field when about half of the ears are
Just past the age for table use— com­
monly called roasting ear stage and
the lower leaves on the stalk are be­
ginning to dry out, says Hoard's Dairy­
man. For soiling purposes, it is im­
practicable to have the crop at its very
best for any considerable time. Com­
mence to cut a few days before it
reaches its maximum value and con­
T v M e k e P e rm Sm okehonne,
tinue after this stage ls passed. Ex­
What I have found to be a good periments appear to have demonstrat­
imokehouse for curing 75 to 100 hams ed that for fodder the largest amount
should be about 12x14 feet. Build a of nutriment per acre ls obtained by
good, strong frame and fill the space planting in continuous rows and so
between the siding and celling with thick that the tendency to form ears
soft brick, writes A. C. Wharton in will be much lessened. The yield per
American Agriculturist.
This will acre depends so much upon the varie­
make your house cooler in summer ty and the soli and care in planting
and will keep the temperature more and cultivating that no satisfactory
estimate of the average can be given.
even in winter. Cover with shingles.
A good solid clay floor will do very There is almost no limit to the amount
that may be fed, provided one com­
mences with a limited amount and in­
creases gradually up to the limit of
each cow’s appetite, but probably thir­
ty to forty pounds a day is about as
much as It would usually be profitable
to feed.
S tiff
KLOOB
or
SMOKEHOUSE.
well, but a tight plank floor ls better,
but best of all is a good concrete floor.
In the center of the floor there should
be a firebox built of brick; this ls
about 12x18 Inches Inside measure­
ment and 12 Inches deep. When cur­
ing build your fire In this and cover
with a piece of perforated sheet iron.
The house should be eight feet high
at the corners and left open to the
comb, the inside of the rafters pref­
erably celled. Place 2x8 Joists two
feet apart on the plates, and 2V4 feet
above these put in another set of joists
on the rafters; these can be 2x6, and
j
in both sets of joists which will be
used to hang your hams place Iron
meat hooks two feet apart and two
Inches from the lower part of the
Joists. These hooks can be made of
Juliet Bredon's book on her uncle, Sir a penetrating eye. ‘Thenk you!' he
Robert Hart, as having certain theo­ said softly, and I hastened onward.
“ In the shops it was horrible. En­
ries concerning one’s diet and one's
mental attitude toward life which have tering a draper's, the tall man In a
had much currency among Occidentals frock coat who stood by the door I
would pounce on me and thank me
of late years.
Wu Ting-fang prided himself upon before I could possibly ask for what
m o NT VIEW.
his alert manner, which made him ap­ I wanted to buy. I don't know what
pear much younger than ne really was, I was being thanked for much of the one-quarter inch rod iron and should
and his favorite boast was that he time, but those two words were thrown be long enough to let the meat hang
meant to live to be two hundred. Fur­ at me so often that it finally got on clear of the Joists.
thermore, he would explain how the my nerves, and I felt like shouting,
A window should be made in one
'Don't— don’t say i t ! ’
feat was to be accomplished.
end of the house to give light when
"The salesgirl 'thenked' me before needed, and this fitted with a tight
The first thing, naturally, was diet.
The man who would cheat time should I made my purchase, and ‘thenked’ shutter, as we do not want much air
live on nuts, like the squirrels. Under me afterward; the cash boy ‘thenked' and sunshine to strike meat before or
no conditions should he touch sa't, I me as he passed me by; and if, as after curing.
and he should begin and end eacn I hurried out, I collided with any one
:
C u ltu re
of
the
Orchard.
I
meal with a teaspoonful of olive oil. I walking down the narrow aisle,
Cultivation of the orchard Is mainly
" I have hung scrolls in my bed­ might beg their pardon in the clearest
for conserving soil moisture. I f culti­
room,” Wu Ting went on to explain, tones, yet ever the answer given to
vation ls begun early in the season
“ with these sentences written upon me was, ‘Thenk you!’
midsummer,
“ It was beyond analysis or explana­ and continued until
them in English and in Chinese: ‘ I
growth of wood will be stimulated and
am young, I am healthy, I am cheer tion. and questioning was utterly of
no avail. Once or twice I ventured to fruit developed. Less moisture In late
ful.'
summer and early fall ls desired, so
"Immediately I enter the room my inquire as to the wherefore of the
that wood will properly develop and
eye falls upon these precepts. I say thing, but the answer made me shud­
harden to be able to stand the cold
to myself, ‘Why, of course I am, and der, and caused me to forbear. ‘ It j
has always been the custom, thenk \ of the folowlng winter. Arrange to
therefore I am.’ ”
cultivate the orchard early In the
Was ever simpler or saner method you!’ And coming back across the
summer and have the soil In good fix
Bea
I
found
relief
at
home,
but
some-1
discovered for warding off old age?
for sowing to rye or other cover crop
times even yet I tos3 feverishly In j
toward tbe last of summer. The cover
my sleep, and waking with a start, I j
crop will afford some good winter pas­
think I hear, as If from some dim
ture and will keep hilly land from
|
WHAT HABIT WILL DO.
| eebo, ’Thenk you!’ "
ashing away.
(HraSToflB
ONCE DUMB, SPEAKS AG AIN .
Jadartnir W o r t h
o f Farm .
The best time of the year to look
“ It was a cold, misty morning in K n ix lt « h W o m « n A w n k e n n In M o r n *
over a farm for the purpose of buying
Liverpool, and urgent business re­
In g w it h S p eech R e s to re d ,
is in the summer, just before tbe
quired my presence in Sheffield at
A remarkable case of a dumb worn |
once, so I was in a hurry,” says a an recovering her speech is reported binders get to work. The good and
young American girl who lately re­ from Leeds, according to a London j poor places will show up then as at
no other time, and. if the season prior
turned from England. '
newspaper.
•
to that time has been an average one,
For eleven years Mrs. Ida Colllng-
“ I expected the unavoidable delay of
the crop will be a fair Index of the
the custom house, nnd sighed resign­ wood. aged 33, the wife of a carpenter, |
value of the land. The common prac­
edly. An official opened my suit case, had not been able to utter a single
tice of going farm hunting Just after
ran his hand hurriedly about, closed word. A fortnight after her marriage I
the spring's work is over has little to
it with a snap, and returning it to she had a paralytic seizure, which left
commend it, save the inconsiderable
me, said politely. 'Thenk you!’ All her speechless. Doctors and special
matter of time saved. The poorest time
in about two minutes! Joyfully I ists were consulted, but from none of I
In the whole year to pick out a farm
hailed a cab, and was driven to the them did she derive any benefit..
ls when l?<s covered with drift* j)f
railway station. As I paid my fare
A few mornings ago. however. Mrs. \
snow.
the cabman said distinctly, ‘Thenk Colllngwood, after a fortnight's illness j
C u rra n t* a n d G o o seb erries.
you!’ with emphasis on the 'you.' in bed, startled her father-in-law by
and
currants
are
When I bought my ticket, the man at I suddenly
uttering the word "the." { Gooseberries
the window said emphatically, 'Thenk , Mr. Colllngwood, Sr., Informed his son | planted about three feet apart. They
you!'
of what had occurred and when the ! should be cultivated and must be
weeds.
Currant
"This time I noted the oddly rising husband put questions to his wife he kept free from
worms, if they make their appear­
inflection and long drawn lingering | found that she was able to reply.
Slowly but surely the woman, de­ ance, can be kept down by spraying
on the last word. The guard who
examined my ticket closed the com­ lighted as much as her husband at be­ or sprinkling a solution of one ounce
partment window with a bang, but I ing able once again to give articulv j of white hellebore to three gallons of
caught a faint 'Thenk you!’ as the tion to her thoughts, increased her j water. The plants should be sprinkled
vocabulary, until at last In simple lan- | two or three times in the spring.
train started.
"Arrived in Sheffield. I registered guage she was able to carry on a con­
T k ln
to d In P a n ta r «.
at the station hotel, and the young versation. Mrs. Colllngwood was en- I Never let the sod get thin on the
man at the desk said 'Thenk you!' gaged nearly the whole of next day in pasture land, for this always means
as I signed my name. I took a tram- taking lessons In conversation from the decrease of the root systems of the
car up-town, and gasped in amaze as her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Colling- plant* and a decrease in their ability
the conductor collected my fare. wood have one child, a little 10 year- to penetrate the soil in search of plant
'Thenk you!’ he said, earnestly, as he old girl named Doris, who until a few food. When sod becomes so thin that
punched a little ticket receipt for the days ago had never heard her mother's the hoof of the animal will break
voice.
half penny which I gave him. ‘Let
through it in wet weather, it ha*
me off at High street, please.' ‘Thenk
A « I t S tr n e k P u t.
reached a state of exhaustion that re­
you, I will,’ he replied. Presently I
Father Flvnn— Your daughter seems ! quires attention.
thought he nodded as he looked at far from robust, I notice. Patrick. She |
me. and as I started to my feet, I looks rather fan-faced.
P r e p a r i n g C o r a S eed lied .
asked, ‘High street?* ‘No, thenk you,’
O'Brien— Begorra. yer rivirence, an’
It is a good rule in plowing never
he answered, ‘not yet.'
ls it two-faced ye'd want her to be to leave the corn field either at noon
“ I Inquired the way of a passer-by. lookin’ ?— Boston Herald.
or at night without first harrowing
and as he directed me he said, 'Thenk
the ground that has been plowed.
I l l » r » f o f | ,o c « ,
you. good afternoon.’ This was really
Spring plowing ls often abused by
"L
e
t
us
confess
our
love,"
murmured
i
making me dizzy, and my mind re­
turning the clods up to the sun and
verted to an entertaining habit o f my the heroine, "and live for love here­ dry wind to bake and dry. and depend­
after.”
childhood, when I would repeat the
ing upon a shower to mellow the
"Suits me,’ responded the hero. "I'm
same word over and over until It lost
ground before planting. No ground la
about
out
of
epigrams."—
Washington
all meaning to my brain.
really properly prepared as a seed bed
Herald.
for corn without the uae of the disc.
"As I Stepped out of the creeping
thing which they call a 'lift' over
Even a truth-loving detective gets a ▲ poorly prepared teed bed means a
poor stand and an uneven growU.
there, the elevator boy fixed me with shadowy reputation
T o n e ««
fo r
S le d .
This is a very great improvement
over the old way of having the tongue
mortised into a roller which would
turn and when the team would try to
hold back going down hill the tongue
would fly up, sometimes clear over
their heads, and prove to be of very
little account. Many people, says a
writer, do not know of any better way
yet, so I will try to show you a better
way, a way that takes the weight off
the horses' necks and at the same time
holds the tongue rigid when going
down hill. First get a nice straight
locust sapling for a tongue, one having
a natural fork at’ the end for the neck
yoke, as shown.
Have your black­
smith make two loops from an old
wagon tire as seen at A, with half inch
holes and bolts to attach them to the
two forward cross-pieces of sled, holes
being bored in the cross-pieces to
match holes In Irons. The tongue ls
then notched a little to receive the
cross-pieces.
Flllln ar W a s h y
P la ce*.
I f there is no other trash on the
farm for filling washy places in the
fields straw manure from the stables
is excellent. The straw' will fill the
places and catch and hold all of the
soil that washes Into them. The ma­
nure In the straw will help to make
the ground more productive when It
ls again cultivated. Never plow in
a gully with fresh dirt without some
trashy and brushy filling to hold it
and catch more.
C on trol
of
San
Jose
S cale.
Although the San Jose scale ls a
thing to be avoided, It ls not dreaded
so much as It used to be. The lime
sulphur wash will prevent the disease
from spreading. It ls a cheap wash
for small trees, but quite expensive
for large' trees, but It pays. Spraying,
cultivation, pruning and care of any
crop. If properly done, are to a cer­
tain extent expensive and troublesome,
but they p ay In the end In the quan­
tity and perfectness of the fruit.
K ccp ln ic
C ellars
In
O rder.
Very frequently the cellar ls lack­
ing in conveniences. This should not
be so; there ought
to be a cement floor,
bins for
potatoes
and a rack for milk
pans and such arti­
cles. Here ls a good
rack. Take a post
6 Inches square; on
this nail cleats, I
Inch thick and 1V4
Inches wide, in pairs,
that ls, one on the
north side, one on
ECONOMIZES SPACE the south side exact­
ly even, and Just
above these one on east and one on
west, leaving 4 Inches between each
two pairs, and have them long enough
to bold milk pans at each end. To use
for plates, cans, etc.,
fasten some
boards on for shelves.— Cor. Farm and
Home.
T ile -D ra in e d
B oll«.
Tile-drained soil is more profitable,
being more quickly gotten Into condi­
tion for crops and Insuring a better
condition all through the growing sea­
son. It Is also true that crops In
drained soli do not suffer as much
from drought as do crops In undrained
soil.
P o in ters
In
Farm
M an agem en t.
Acidity may be overcome by apply­
ing from 500 to 1,000 pounds of lime
per acre, or by the use of floats or
grounds shells.
There is much of value written these
days about work on the farm which
w ill never benefit some farmers, be­
cause they have the notion that they
are too busy to read.
No other people set so high a value
on good soil at the Hollanders, and
we are learning that not many acres,
but rich ones, make the profitable
farm.
The roots of the cowpea penetrate
rather deeply Into the subsoil and en­
able the plant to feed upon the min­
eral food that Is not readily extracted
by other crops.
Do not tow alfalfa on a foul field;
money Is lost, time and patience worn
out and the crop of alfalfa w ill be dis­
appointing. Alfalfa should be sown
on land thoroughly prepared for It
and In a clean seed bed.
It Is the wise farmer who feeds all
he raises and then buya some from
his neighbors to feed. The farmer
who carries such an amount of Uva
stork will be constantly Improving hla
land and making It more productiva.
The wise farmer wants sssurancs o *
the soil of any land that be may cam-
template buying,