i « r * r « <« M m L ' ft*«dk»».
Fodder can be made much more
«table by mot «ten trig the aaaaa with And Incidentally Qot Reputation ae
live »teem. ▲ barrel or hogshead with
A fter D.nner Speaker.
a little ateaip pipe run from a amall
feed cooker w ill do for one to h alf
“ I f there la one thing I bate,” re
dozen bead o f cattle, bat fo r feeding marked Mr. Jonea, “ It la after-dinner
epeechea. W ell, once 1 found myaelf
on
large scale the follow ing
w ill allow bow to build a cooker o f at • big banquet, where L knew very
tew o f those present. T o my amuse
sufficient capacity:
T b e shed should be only large enpugb ment and horror, toward tbe end o f
to bouse the steamer. There to a small the festivities, the toastmaater fixed
door In tbe end next to the flre-box bis eyes upon me.
“ 'W e have with .us to-night— ’
1
U > ' i ' * * * * * * ■ • * ■ « * * rswewwss.
beside the bolller.
t
No industry has equaled the proa-
• Th e bins on the sides should be large beard tbe old, hated formula roll out
parity o f agriculture the past decade,
enough to steam an ample supply fo r unctuously from hie lips— and then
be Ian title methods o f farm ing and Im
my ow n ' name— ’ Mr. Jonas, tbe well-
each day’s feeding. Th e bln Is filled
known,' ate.
proved live stock have greatly lncreasod
one day before using and steamed thor
“ T b e toastmaater concluded, bat I
tbe revenue o f th e farina in aU parts
oughly, but not enough to make It sog
made no move to get on my feet. I
o f the country.
T b s land baa been
gy. It should be allowed to cool and
felt paralysed; my tongue was seeking
f^U tvatad to yield Increased crops, and
then fed the next day.
to clim b through the roof o f my month.
priors hare ruled uniform ly high and
T h e 'b ln should be provided with
“ And then the guests, from a ll sides,
stable. W hile other Industries feel tbs
hinged lids. T b e steam pipes are ran began yellin g: ‘Yea, Jones, Jones! —
effects o f tbe financial depression, tha
which la Jones?— where la JonesT*
soil continues to yield bountiful har
" A brilliant idea came to me. Sit
vests and values bold Ann In contrast
ting close beside me was a little man
with depressed' business activities. Tbe
who dearly loved speechifying. Lika
government estimates that tbe value
a flash I jumped to my feet. ‘Jones?
o f the agricultural products o f 1908
Why, here'a • Jones!' I cried/ and
w ill total the enormous sum o f $8£00,-
clapped the little Demosthenes on the
ootMwa
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shoulder. Then 1 yanked him to his
Farmers have Invested approximately
feet, murmuring In an ominous sotto
In agriculture 125,000,000,000, which
voce:
‘Dod't g iv e me aw ay; speak
yields a gross Income o f 30 pee -cent
n o w !’
,oas tbe JUveffaMM, aecordtag to tbe es
“ H e spoke. And, In the guise o f
tim a te a f the, vs lye o f t|ito season’s
myself, he made a most successful
output In some localities where fa rm
little oration. Th ere was load ap
lands are cheap the gross return to up from the steamer to the bottom o f the plause and much shouting e f ‘W hat’s
ward o f 100 per cent on the Investment bins, where they a rt connected with the m atter with Jonea? H a’s all
and farmers are able to pay fo r tbetr more pipes to give an equal distribu rig h t!’
• “ A s fo r me, I sipped wine and gradu
land with a tingle crop.
I t is esti tion o f steam.
mated that there are 6,000,008 farm s In
Tha pipes Inside the bins are ally recovered from tbe nervous shock
tbe United Atstes that are putting on pierced w ith one-eighth-Inch holes six occasioned by my narrow escape from
the market annually an output valued Inches apart to allow tf>e steam to es- being eloquent.”
at $8.500,000,000. I t U the leading In cape.
dustry o f the country, and Its pros
T o preserve tbe bins they should be
perity has had an am eliorating effect lined, bottom, sides, top and lids, with
Aw ful Possibility Th at Loomed Befors
on tbe late financial panic. T b e farm sine.
j
<
Six-Year-Old Jackie.
ers a fe the only representatives o f an
C e lla r t o r R o o t * a a d V e g e t a b l e s .
Industry who are not m aterially a f
Root cellars are usually built h alf
Six-year-old Jackie’s m o th e r' be
fected by tbe current dull times.
below
and h alf A o v e the level p f tha lieved that absolute truthfulness was
LIva Mock husbandry la becoming
more paramount In' agricultural oper ground. Excavate-sixteen Inches below the only rock on which to bn lid that
ations The assessed valuation o f the the desired level o f the floor, and »youthful gentlem an's character, and
horses, mules, cattle, sheep and h og» around tbe sides build a foundation the consistent working out of thl#
In tbe United 8tntes now totals $4,331.- tw elve Inches wide o f one part P ort principle did away, o f course, with be
230,000. D airy products now equal the land cement, three parts clean, coarse lie f in all such things as fairies, Santa
combined value o f wheat and oat a Tha sand and six parts broken stone or Claus, and other Illusions dear to
childish hearts, and they became In
value o f eggs and poultry equals tbe gravel. Remove form and All between
Santa
stead
Claps in particular being a pet “ joke”
between his m other and himself.
Jackie came In from play oae a fter
noon much excited and concerned.
“ Mother, Jimmie
Norton
believes
there Is a really and truly
Santa
Clans. H e says he Is sure that Santa
Claus does come down the chimney.
He wouldn't believe me at all when
I told him It was just a joke?* with
rising anxiety.
Jackie's mother was somewhat non
plused. “ W ell, son,” she temporized,
“ perhaps Jim m ie's mother w ill tell
him the joke some time soon, and
then— ”
“ Oh, I hope she w ill,”
broke ta
Jackie, forgettin g his manners In his
earnestness, “ because, you know. If
she don’t, when Jim m ie has little boys
o f his own they won’t ever get any
Christmas p r e s e n t»”
,
pal*
a
plana
a
safyttM it* W to ’ ‘ Just-M-good.
P rn c rtu .
¿T h in k ,” sirtd the optimist, “ o f how
c id ilu t io n has progressed sines tbe
testers o f tbe Roman arena.*’ ■ \
L -
“ Tee.” answered filras BaM f> “ N ow
adays when we’re looking for thrills
w# go to a little parade ground and
watch some aviator risk his life on
short ta n m ’’— Washington Star.
“ A little lem noise. Miss Clare. If yon
lease,“ said The bookkeeper. “ O n rema-
on isn’t necessary when there Is work
an hand*
’ “That only shews. Mr. Adderaup.”
snapped the typewvlter girl, “ that you’ ve
•ever read the history of the tower s f
Babel.”
,
S
O nly O n « “»R O M O O U im W r “ f *
T h a t % L A X A T IV B B R O M a-Q U IN IN E . Look
lo r tha aUmature o f « . W. G R O V E. Uaad tha
world enrar to C u n a Cold in Ona D ay. toe.
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B u r e a u Meet.
Tha little traveling man looked Admir
ingly at the big traveling man.
“ G ee!” he said. “ Yon sell Corliss en
gines, don't you?"
. - ^
. “ No,” answered the big man. “ I ’m an
agent for a needle factory. What’s your
line? Complexion powders?”
V),
“ Not exactly,” said the little man. “ I
build suapenslon bridges.”
O, C h eeea ft .
There was a fair maiden named Jen,
Who dreamed she'd been changed fb a
b»*u. >•_«--
_____ ___
.a .
It wasn't her habit
T o eat a welsh rabbit.
And she never did eat o6m again.
T h o se D e a r F r le a d a .
Nan— I always know when Jack Is at
the front door. He gives just one little
ring.
Fan— Yea— just like that one on your
fiager.
O U lw w In
O b jr o th iu k lt.
Algy— Myrtle, what are your objections
ta marrying me?
Myrtle— I - have only one objection,
Algy. I ’d have to live with yon.
R eeded
E i» ta la la |.
stocky looking man over then
d s man with one punch.”
is be—a pugilist or s bar-
“ Yea.” said tbe thin party, “ I ’m go
ing to change my boarding place. Those
thrae-course dlnaera are too much fo r
my digestive apparatus.”
“ Three-course din ner!” exclaimed his
friend. “O f what do they consist 7”
“ Napkins, Ice w ater and toothpick»”
was* the reply.
A Holiday Suggestion.
The best gift is not always the one
that costs the most money. It’s the
thing that strikes a need, that’s appro
priate And appeals to good taste that
makes the biggest hit. F o r a woman
o f dom estic taste here’ s a happy combined appraisal o f wheat and pota
toes.
The combined value o f dairy
thought: .
A new book of exceptional recipes products, eggs and poultry equals the
bv Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill, of the value o f the corn crop.
Boston cooking school, has just ap
Tbe 0,000.000 farm s produce a gross
peared. under the title “The Cook's output o f $8.500,000,000, or an average
Book.” ’ It is a selection o f ’ 80 of the
o f $L416 annually. This, Is an aver-
choicest creations of this eminent au
age gross Income per farm o f $118 per
thority. The idea is to present in
pact form a number o f delicious month. Even the 190.000 New England
es. cakes and pastries fit for those farm s are credited with an annual out
put o f $200,000,000, or an average o f
special occasions when the housewife
is anxious to make her best impres- $1,062 per farm.
W hile there Is no
sien. ts v e ry recipe is a gem, and the nw gle»l transition from poverty to
book contains in addition a fund o f wealth In agricultura, there are such
valuable household inform ation. “ Th e
liberal returns front the soQ and such
Cook’s Book” is elegantly gotten up,
attractive
profits fo r farm producá that
printed on finest plate’ paper ahd pro
fucely illustrated with beautiful half farm ers as a professional class lead
a ll Industries
In stable prosperity.
tones and colored engravings.
,“ If »you w ould like “The Cook’s Commercial activity or Industrial de-
Bhok” fo r you rself o t a friend, secure preaskm do not m aterially affect tha
a single certificate from a 25-cent can consumption o f farm commodities.—
o f K. C. baking powder. Mail it with
Goodftll’s Fainter.
o a r address and Ibis article to Dept
4(L Jacques M fg . Co.,
F ir m N «t«a .
wul be aent free. Y o u w ill be d eligh t
Sheep should not be fed ensilage ex
ed with K . C. baking powder. It is
guaranteed to please you or money cept In small quantities.
refunded- . Y o u w ill agree that "T h e
It Is said that barley furnishes as
C 6 ok ’s B ook ” would be cheap at /• much nutriment as tbe aaihe weight o f
dollar, and rem em ber you get it free oats.
o f all cost. T a k e advantage o f this
Don’t overcrow d the chickens. W in
special o ffe r at once, w hile it is good,
even if you are not out o f baking p o w ter only aa many aa you can com fort
der. K. C. baking pow der w ill keep ably.
itg strength fo r several years i f neces
Clean d irty eggs with a woolen rag
sary.
’ '__________
* •
slightly moistened In w a te r; never
» « ta n a s.
wash th em ..
“ Did yuo know that if all tbs salt In
A teaspoonful o f chloride o f lime In
the ocean wars gathered into one solid
a pint o f warm w ater la said to relieve
body it would make a cube measuring 000
wind colic In horses.
mties each way?"
The Idea o f perfect com fort should
“ No, but I don't doubt i t
Who has
predominate In every building that la
Ighred It oat?”
“ Nobody. I ites Just trylag to Had on* constructed fo r the hogs.
haw big a lie you would swallow.’
The failures that we make. I f wisely
pondered
and wisely used, may guide
[J
H IS B e o o r d .
Tommy Wrott— You told Dors Hops ua to the success w e long to achieve
that you had refused me at least half a
Farmers are a power In the land, but
dsaen times. Whst a whopper!
It ts only aa they stand together on
jArtta Ouph— It wasn’t s
whopper,,
questions that affect their w elfare that
either.
Don't you rsmember that you
proposed to ms six times last Thursday this holds true.
Fourteen million bushels o f wheat
artning?
were exported through Puget sound
A c ro ss «he B s e k y a r t F e se e .
ports last year and 18,000,000 through
Woman with ths Sun Bonnet— I f any Portland, O re
New York exported
body asks mo what I know about you I
20,000,000, Galveston 8,000,000 and New
shall tall 'em ths exset truth.
Womaa with the Gingham Apron— I f Orleans 5,000,000 bushels.
n
Ia Holland healthy paupers are eet
you do, Mag Parkins, as sura as I ’m
etandtn’ hsrs I ’ll sns yon for slander I— to work at farming. F o r this purpoae
Chicago Tribune.
tha government baa six model fa rm s
and on these a man who fa lls to sup
A a te c e d e a ts .
Convict 411 (ia ths penitentiary far port himself at another calling to
stealing)— I ’m from Truro. Where are taught tha principles o f farming. He
la then allowed to rent a small piece
you from?
•
Convict 44 (serving a term for per o f land at a very low figure and 1a
ju r y )— I'm
from— er— False Row, 1 compelled to till It and support hlm-
M lf.
the foundations to a depth o f twelve
Incbea with porous material, tamping
well.
On the foundation and at equal dis
tance from either edge erect a solid
wall eight Inches thick, w ittf one part
Portland cement, tw o and
one-half
parts clean, coarse sand and five parts
cinders, broken stone o r gravel, leaving
an opening at one end fo r tbe steps.
Build up the end walls, so as to form
a point in the middle, and high enough
to .give tbe roof a sufficient pitch to
shed the rain.
Near the top at each end openings
for windows should be le f t and the
sash fitted and plastered In a fter the
concrete baa set and forms have been
removed.
I f a concrete roof la desired, forma
should be erected and a roof two and
one-half Inches thick laid on. On the
top o f this, and before the concrete
ia dry, a layer one-fourth Inch thick
o f one part Portlaad cement and one
part sand should be placed, troweled
when partially set and smoothed with
a wooden flo a t Form s should not be
removed from roof fo r at least three
weeks.
Roof and steps should be reinforced
w ith a w ovin w ire fabric or with steel
rods. Tha cut shows a small cellar
suitable for storing all kinds o f roots,
fruit and vegetables.— Farm and Hom e
C n n n ln a t I
w n
I P e lB to n .
Tbe Llndale canning factory baa been
running regularly fo r several weeks,
canning sweet potatoes. This Is a new
thing and furnishes a market not only
for all the sweet potatoes raised In
tha vicinity o f Llndala, but carload lots
are being shipped In to supply tha can
nery.— W ill» Point (T e x .) Chronicle.
A Is« »
P lo w .
Taka tw o places o f plank ona foot
wide and fou r feet long and bolt them
together In the shape ar a letter V.
T o this arrangement attack a h on e
and by standing oo It to hold It down
one can make a path four or five Met
w ide w ith very little trouble.
About Happiness.
Th ere Is na more beneficial tonic
than good, hearty laughter.
It In
flates tbe lungs and has a magic e f
fe c t upon the system. H igg lin g Is not
laughing, and It Is a habit that brings
wrinkles and soon spoils even a pret
ty face. W h y not laugh? It Im proves
the appearance and makes one popu
lar. T h ere la nothing to be glum over,
and. If there is, being glum w ill not
help it.
Be happy- and bright and
everyone w ill wish to help you. Th e
ike cough.
held the
A
T h e in i doas will
« of peuple ev<
B o a t»«
T saek .
J« h a
Once upon a time D eW olf Hopper
meg a
Boston person In that town
whom be bad not seen for a long period
o f duration.
“ H e llo ! IIo w are yoi\? W here have
yob been?” said Hopper in his hearty
way, goving the New York pronnneta-
tloa to tbe word “ been.”
"P lea se don’t say ’ bln.’ but ‘been,’ ”
pleaded the Boston person, plaintively.
•Sorry, but I can’t,” pleaded the big
fellow.
“ I never had a bean In mv
mopth in my life, not even In Bostou.”
-The Bohemian.
A e c * « « tlB S
to » tfcs S l s e .
“ Do you remember that flat you sold
me yesterday afternoon?“ said the man
entering the bat sto re
' “ Very well, sir,” replied the clerk.
“ W ell, when J got home 1 found it
too small for me.”
“ I suppose yon didn't a K home until
morn lug."— Yonkers, Statesman.
W « w ld a ’ < H a
T h era.
“ I canna’ leave ye thus, Nancy,” a
good old Scotchman wailed. “ Ye're too
suit? to work an' ye eoulitna’ live In tha
almshouse. Gin I dir, ye mnun marry
anlther intui. wba'll keep ye iuacomfort
In yer said age.”
«
"X ay, nay, Andy,” answered the good
spouse, “ I could na’ wed anlther man.
for what wad I do w i' two husbands la
heaven T’ Andy pandered long over
this; but suddenly his face brightened.
‘‘ I bae It. N ancy!” he cried.
“Ye
ken auld John Clemens? He's s kind
man, bat ha I# na' a member o’ tha
kirk. He likes ye, N’ nm-y, an’ gin ye'll
marry biin. ’tw ill be all tbe same In
heaven— John’s na Christian.”
P I L E S C U R E D I N • T O 14 D A Y S
P A « V on cT M E W T t r ‘
fmm at n-hi»»
BM
Piles in C to 14 days or money refunded.
1«
th e
A rt
Me.
G a lle r y .
Old Lady— Haven’t you got any
more figures In marble?
Attendant— No, madam; these ara
all. Is there soaie particular one you
are looking for?
Old I^ady— Yea. I want tbe status
o f limitations I ’ve heard aqr husband
talk so much about.
The fiery orator was predicting that
the hank guaranty scheme-weald win yet,
In spite o f everything.
“ Bat can you guarantee that tbe »let
machine wtf! deliver the stick of chewing
gum!” demanded his bearers.“
*;~
Completely nonplused, he changed ths
subject.— Chicsrn Tribune.
A sd
Thee
S o m « .
“ The air in her* is something awful,” -
said tbe stranger. sk a had never been ia
the Chicago postoflke building before.
"W hat's the reason it amelia so had?”
“ According to some of our bacteriolog
ical experts," answered the stamp d a rk
“ there are 927.3*4.725,681.309.007 reasons
for the odor. I're never counted them
“ Oh, M e, I ’ m C la d I ’ m F r ^ e !”
myself, but I bejieve the experts ara ap
proximately correct.” — Chicago Tribuns.
“ Funny thing about a woman,”
“ W h a tr
9
* ■ «
y „ w
■Is Werkiag Capital.
“ She’ll scream at a mouse, yet not
“ What a striking looking man yon have
turti a hair over a dressmaker’s bill
that makes her husband’s-teeth chat for a driver o f one of your coal wagons,”
observed ’lie customer.
ter,"— Boston Tran script
V>. “ Yes,” said the dealer; “ he used to be a
F lo a re S .
cowboy.”
“ How came ha to drift into this kind o f
Elderly Relative—Reginald, why do yea-
work?”
wear such s mop of hair on your head?
“ Well, he said he wanted some job to
Reginald— I belong to a scrub football
teas», auntie.
’’ ’ f**.'-:
which ha eouM use his vocabulary.” '
A Flavoring. It makes a
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J*
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look and wear like solid silver?
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Poetical Epitaph.
The epitaph collector displayed en
thusiastically tbe photograph oil a se
vere and stately m arble tomb. “ A new
epitaph,” he said, “ and one o f the best
in my collection.
It is the epitaph o f
a body o f Indians sl&in In battle near
Cooperstown.
It was composed by a
clergyman. W. W . Lord, and I consider
It most poetical."
Tbe epitaph upon the tomb was as
follow s: ,
“ W h ite Man. G reeting!
W e, near
whose bones you stand, w ere Iroquois.
“ Th e w ide land which Is now yours
was ours.
"F rien d ly bands have given back to
ua enough for a tomb.”
Legal Amanitlss.
Several decades ago there lived In
Charleston. W . Va., a Judge noted for
hit boorish manners.
A very fin leal
lawyer whom he especially disliked
was once trying a case before him, and
all the w hile the barrister spoke the
judge aat with hla feet elevated on
the railing In front o f him hiding his
face.
Exasperated by this the law yer
queried:
May I aak which end o f your honor
1 am to address?"
"W h ich ever you choose," drawled
the judge.
“ W ell,” was the retort, “ I suppose
there is aa much law in one end aa
the other.”
Indisputable.
Tw o tourists on a personally con
ducted tour w ere overheard talking
together In the window o f a Florence
hotel overlooking the Arno.
“ This does not look to me like Ven
ice,” said the fir s t “ I do not see a
single gondola.” *
“ No,” admitted her companion, "but
It must be Venice. You know we were
to be In Venice on W ednesday.“ —
Harper's Monthly.
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lor o rainy day.- wi
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