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Methods o f Increasing Crop Output Will Bs OitcuMsd. The Dry Forming eon great Is nos organised, with some persistency a »! determination to be heard from in tk< matter o f urging Us claims upon the das try. I t is not surprising thst there an the doubtful, the skeptical, the unbe Never in converting the dry land o f tfe arid West to agricultural purposes, th< growing o f crops, the cultivation o) orchards and forests, the establishinj o t bomes and thè building up o f com merciai intercala and induttrice ot theae landa; ws say tbat it ia not sur prising tbat tome beaitate, that thej doubt the availability o f aufBeienl moisture to grow crops; that they fore cast seasons o f drouth, ate. A ll these things bad their period and have exert ed their influence to discourage and prejudice the mind Of the public as the settlement o f the country baa pro gressed westward for the last fifty years, and y et cultivation has been the civilizing influence that has conquered drouth, hot winds and the Harrenneas o f the plains and prairie countries that are now the dependence in production. The Fourth Dry Farming congress win hold its meeting at Billings, Mon tana, October 26, 87 and 88, 1909. This w ill not only be an institute for dry farming farmers and dry farming instructors and teachers, but it w ill be an exposition o f dry fanning products such as this or no other country has tvar witnessed. There are pledged al ready exhibits from thirteen Weetern states that are engaged in dry fanning work. The organisation by states, to show what eadi is doing and oapabie o f doing in the raising o f grain and vegetable crops, without irrigation, ia a feature never before undertaken in this distirct and promises some great surprises for visitors. The ares o f tillable lands ia the United States not y et turned to culti vation ia comparatively email, and un der present conditions o f demand by the homes tender w ill last but a few more years at moat. I t ia only the part o f good business judgment tbat tbe dry farm ing districts be investigated by those who contemplate gettin g a borne under the foes homestead law. Good lands and the best locations w ill be the first taken. Each year w ill re duce the quality o f lands to be disposed Tbe Dry Farming congress w ill be a good place to visit next October, in view a t getting dry farming informa tion and dry farms on which to put it iqto prsetiee. The Dry Farming con gress announces that there are 200,- 000,000 acres o f arable land awaiting A p p r o p r i a t e B re e d . -The aeronaut who is going to try that long flight w ill take his pet dog llcmg.“ "W hat kind o f a dog Is I t r "A skx« terrier, of course.” — Balti more American. T b a H e a l T h in g . 1 must congratulate Jack on his golden wedding.” I “ Golden wedding? Why, he’s only lust married.” ’1 know, but the bride la worth a Boston Transcript. million H ld d e a . Her fatal gift of beauty Never caused the pit-a-pat Of anybody’s heart at all She wore a modem hat. ■Houston Post. eently celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday in Washington. He is Major General Dental H. Rucker, U. 8. A., re tired, born ninety-seven years ago— April 98. 1818. In the whole history of the military seVvice of the United States there is ho record to parallel his, declares O. F. Schuette in the Chicago Inter Ocean. Probably in all the world there !e no soldier who can look back seventy-two years to the date of his first commission. For it was in 1887 that the future general re ceived his first commission as a second lieutenant from President Andrew Jackson. He was then a man of 95— little dreaming that he bad before him threwquartere of a century of life. I f hp lives three years longer, and with his present vigorous vitality there is no reason he should not, be w ill cross the century mark of life and celebrate the end o f three-quar ters of a century of membership on the military lists o f the United States government. Away back in the dawn of our na tional greatness, our school book h is torles tell of the war o f 1818. Tet Daniel Rucker was two months old before the first shot of that war was fired. A year later came the first Creek Indian war. Five years later came the hostilities with the Semln- olee in Florida And then came out break after outbreak of Indian con flicts. It was in this Indian warfare away back in the ’80s that he saw his first service. He won his first pro motion for bravery in the Mexican war. Then again he participated tn Indian warfare. He was 48 years old when Fort Sumter was fired on. When the 8panlsh war broke out he was 88 years of age. But he had retired from active service sixteen years be fore, with forty-five years of service to his credit. It is a far cry from the clumsy, mussle-loadtng flint lock to the noise less, smokeless, rapid-fire rifle of to day. And it la a further cry from the wooden frlgatea that formed the fleet of the United States and won those splendid naval victories on the great lakes, when be was a babe in 1819, to the marvelous squadron of fighting ships that sailed home from a triumphant trip around the world. , When General Rucker first Joined the ranks of Uncle Sam’s defenders there was no such thing as breach- loading muskets, no aixteen inch guns, no torpedoes, no mines, no lyddite shells. No warship was propelled by steam and all the fleets of the world were at the mercy of the wind and of the waves. Then came the Civil War and the first Ironclads. General Rucker had passed th e 'h a lf century mark of his life when the first battle of armored ships was fought and the triumph of the Monitor in beating ofl the Merrlmae and turning the tide of the Confederacy on the eeaa Tot that was but a toy experiment of what was to follow. Progress was slow, and It was thirty years before the armored vessel of to-day really came into be ing. General Rucker was 87 years old when the navy of the United 8tates— worthy successor o f the plucky little fighters of 1819— sent to the bottom In two hemispheres the successors of the proud Spanish armada. It is a long Jump from the clumsy frigate, with Its mussle loading guns, its shaking sails and Its limited range of action, to the Dreadnoughts of to day, with their heavy armor, their speed, their powerful englnee and their wonderful range; and there have been other marvels Just as grsat In the progress of his profession. When he took his first commission, and rode 200 miles on horseback alone to his post, no one had thought of auto mobiles or airships or wireless tele- Tfc* K ind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture o f Clias. H . Fletcher» and has been made under his rxonal supervision for over 3 0 wears* A llo w no one deceive you in this. Counterfeits* Imitations and •* Jyist-as-good** are but Experiments, and'endanger the health o f Children—Experience against Experiment. C What is CASTORIA B ears the Signature o f In Use For Over 3 0 Years. graph, much leas of their revolution ary use in actual warfare. When General Rucker was born Ab raham Lincoln was a 3-year-old babe In the backwoods of Kentucky. Gen eral Rocker was 10 yean old, minus Just one day. When General Grant saw the light of day, April 97, 1822. Only one President of the United States died before General Rucker was born— George Washington. He was 14 years old when John • Adame and Thomas Jefferson died on that same Fourth of July In 1898. When James Monroe, the fourth ex-Presldent to die, succumbed, on July 4, 1891, General Rucker was 19 years old. And out of the nation’s twenty-six ex-Preeldents General Ruckar has survived all save one. Theodore Roosevelt General Rucker Was but a boy whan his parents moved from New Jersey to Michigan. It waa there he got his first taste of army Ufa, at a frontier Michigan army post Hia father was averse to his Joining the army, and his mother even more so; but the fu ture general won ou t and ha applied for a commission as second lieutenant There was plenty of work for Uncle Sam’s soldiers la those days, with the boundless West Just opening its wealth to the onward march ot civil isation. He was assigned to the First dragoons, then on duty at Fort Leav enworth. Lieutenant Rucker made hia way overland by stage coach until he got to the nearest point which the stage coach service o f those ¿lays could bring him to the Kansas outpost He wee then still 200 miles from hia desti nation. He had hardly settled down tb the comparative ease of hia frontier poet before he was ordered lqto the heart of the Cherokee country, and for half a doaen years he was kept busy with hie soldiers driving off marauding In dians, protecting settlers and emi grants’ caravans and holding the hos- Ule rede In check. He was still busy in this hazardous campaigning when the First dragoons were ordered off to Mexico as part of General Zachary Taylor’s expedition. He took pert in the battle of Buena Vista, and dis tinguished himself by an act of per sonal gallantry in the field. It was an act o f bravery under the eye of e commanding officer, who recommended him for a brevet commission as major. When peace waa declared Major Rnck- er’s command was sent across the continent to Los Angeles. The discovery of gold brought the rush o f ‘49. and then there was more than plenty to do. It was a feverish C ra sh ed DAISY F L Y KILLER Aaraia. lira . Denham— Do you think that I ■hall be* a good looking old woman? Denham— I don’t know why yoa should expect any such radical change —New York Press. NMOLS SOMERS. » 0 to ta l* iba. Irseklja, A T. A L it e r a l C o n u a l . -Beat It! Beat I t !” cried the mas terful w ife to her meek and obedient husband. But he did not go a step. She did not mean him to. She waa referring to the carpet hanging on the line.— Baltimore American. Better than gold— Like i t Hamlins Wizard Oil— tbe remedies for rheumatism) and all pain, soreness and tion. COFFEEt TEA SPICES BAKING POWDER • EXTRACTS in odor— beet o f all neuralgia, inflamma JUST RIGHT T b e C a se* o f It. A CURE FOR FITS "The writer you Introduced me to the other day waa not at all imposing In his appearance. In fact, I thought he had a very pohr carriage.’* T he Treatm ent Is to Accom pKsl "That may be because he Is nothing W h at Science H u Been Strug but a hack.” — Baltimore American. gling to A ttain for Centurion M a n *, P e r l d r . Lawyer— Too want to sue your hus band for breach of promise? Why, mad am, pardon me, but that's absurd. Fair Client— Not at all, sir; he prom ised me a divorce, and ha’s gone back os C Gee Wo »<- Drugs U,«d. L P aste* ts«» to cure Cetmrrh. A it k a , Lane. Stotneeh and K idaey troublra. «a d sB Private Diaaaseso/M naadW om e». A 8U V C CAM CER CU RE Joat reeeivad fr o a Pekin. C k o a -ta fa ta te aad rviiabl*. U . falHns in ita worka. I f you rannot ealL. w rite fe e ay niptca» ldank and circolar, la d ie s 4 centi In stampa. CONSVLTATION O tte Rucker was never wounded. What is mors remarkable, in all the years of service and hardship he waa never 111 for a single day. TTTH1 Wm t l o D t i l s W The C. Gee Wo Medicine Co. 1 I U U rirst SU, car. M srib sa . Patti— d. Or. O ld R e tie o f R a w Y o r k ’s B o w e r ? Ia M a r k e d f a r D e s t r a e t la a . dite.) ThtH and W-hlnekm The Atlantic garden, one of tbe few remaining buildings binding the Bow ery o f to-day to the old Bowery— the Bowery which saw the wealth and fashion of tbe town go nightly to the Thalia theater and allp Ibto the gar den'next door for a bite and a sip be tween the acts— celebrated its fifty- first birthday Friday evening under a shadow. Tbe shadow was cast by the Manhattan bridge, already looming large to the east and projecting itself nearer and nearer to the spot that still has the savor o f the old days. A rumor to the effect that The city, deslrovs o f making a fitting approach to the great bridge, had already mark ed the garden for destruction, brought the old timers there 1 » droves fTtday night, the NOw York Sun says They told stories of the old days, the days when If you wanted to hear German opera you had to Journey to the Tha lia. whore Courted worked as a sops and {»here Mme. Geisttnger drew her Crowds The old passageway between the theater and the garden is still there. The garden was opened on May 8, 1858, by the father of the present Kra mers, and part of It is the original Bull’ s Head tavern of the Revolution, ene of Washington's many headquar ters. It was the center o f the German life of the town, aad there Kramer first showed the great orchestra, the won der of Its time, which he bought from the grand duke of Baden. There, too, tbs German regiments ef the C ivil W4r made their headquarters and re cruiting station, gad there played all A FULL POUND 25c. Improve Your Baking Mother (nervously)— You know what I told yon. Johnnie. Johnnie (who has boon told not to make personal remarks)— I saying anything. ' I was only looking a t it.— London Weekly Telegraph. tbe famous bands of half a Century age. All thls thOM at the long table recalled Frtday night as they dralned thelr schooners of Rhtne wlne and 11t the candles one by one. ■ R e e s e f C e la re aw A s l a s k . The effect of color upon mind is most easily noticeable in dumb ani mala because they make no effort to curb or control their emotions. Wave a rad flag at a bull and he becomes violently angry. Shake a rad skawl tn front of g turkey gobbler and ke will storm around fearfully. I made an experiment In the country one sum mer to ese if this same fact held true o f ether animals. On my farm I had an enormously tat, lady pig that dis Ne Operaltaae or C a tti« liked nothing so much as to move. Ail day long It used to lie asleep la the sunshine, and sometimes even the attraction of food oould not budge It* I took a number o f pieces o f silk of the same quality, but ef different shades, and. after waking the pig. waved each strip of silk in front of I t For the blue and green it navar moved, but when I waved the rad and orange stripes it Jumped to Its fe e t stamped about aad appeared to be thoroughly angry. Tim e and again I repeated this experiment and always with the same result— Frank Alvah Parsons fta Good Housekeeping. W K C Baking P ow d er w iL do it t Get a can. T r y it for your favorite cake. I f { it doesn’t raise better, m ore evenly, higher, — if k isn’t daintier, m ore delicate in flavor, M m —we return your money. Everybody agrees K C has no equ al S i | f C BAKING g g f V V POWDER J Pure, W holesom e, LPfJwX Econom ical
