; - Farm Telephone!.
In some parts of the country tele-.
phones are becoming very common. It
seems that once a telephone Is estab
lished In the family it is there to stay.
Other sections of the country are very
much behind the times in this respect,
prooaoiy Decause no one - has gone
ahead with the preliminary arrange-
; ments. ,'-. i ... ' ,
A farm telephone is not only a great
luxury, but it is fast becoming an ab
solute necessity. With the addition of
more business to the farm every year
and the scarcity of labor anything that
saves steps Is, worth mpney. When
you get accustomed to doing business
over the telephone you realize its
great value.'"
A short time ago I heard a farmer
order 100 bushels of seed oats by
phone from another farmer about ten
miles away. He had seen a sample
at the fair last fall and made the ne
gotiations accordingly. The business
was transacted in about five minutes
while the farmer was sitting at his
desk after reading his morning mail
left at the box by the rural delivery
man. It would have taken him all
day to get his mail and drive to the
other farmer. and buy his seed oats.
But there is a social side to farm
life that is fostered by the telephone.
It often happens that a woman is left
alone for the day and she can easily
make arrangements to have a neigh
bor call and spend the time pleasant
ly, instead of feeling lonely. Then it
is so easy to make social arrangements
for evenings or to meet friends as oc
casion requires. -
There are always people in a neigh
borhood who are public-spirited
enough to go ahead with the necessary
arrangements to establish a telephone
service. Others should encourage them
promptly, by subscribing to the fund
required. Everybody is benefited, be
cause the arrangement is mutual in
the "neighborhood. Agricultural
Epitomist
A Trap Nest.
The accompanying plan of trap nest
Is quite simple and can be made from
a box of suitable size. It should be
12 or 14 inches square by 20 or 24
OPEN.
CLOSED.
inches long.' The slats should be nailed
to a crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top. A couple of
nails are driven through the box and
iffto the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back, on the Inside, a narrow
piece of board is nailed, back of which
the nest is made.
To set the trap simply raise the
slats inward from the bottom 8 or 9
Inches high and place a small stick
under one of the slats. As the hen
enters the door is raised off the stick,
which falls to the floor. There should
be about five slats for a box 12 or 14
inches in width, slats close against
inch strip at bottom.
Hoi Cholera,
In the way of treatment the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry has
discovered a vaccine which saves
about SO-odd per cent after cholera ap
pears in a herd, and a larger per cent
if vaccinated before the disease is in-
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
practicability of this method. The
bacteriology department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College , is also
working along these lines, but is not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms of cholera appear
in a herd, it 13 wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly, give them a slight change in
feed, and add to this about five drops
of tincture of prickly ash for each
hundred pounds of hog once or twice a
day. The old remedy of wood ashes
and salt is good in many instances. A
little powdered sulphate of copper,
dried sulphate of iron or charcoal
given dally when the animals are not
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all, the old adage, an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, holds good here.
Saves the Fertiliser.
Fertilizer Is expensive. By the old
method of distributing it there was
usually enough wasted to represent a
pretty penny. Then came
along a Virginia man and
invented the hand fer
tilizer dropper. This de
vice consists of an odd
shaped bucket, running
to a point at the bottom
and having a small open
ing there, through which
the contents filters. A
hinged valve, operated by
a rod that leads to the handle of the
bucket, controls the flow. The top of
the rod Is connected to a crossbar,
which runs under the handle of the
bucket. This bar is in close reach
and, when resting on the top of the
bucket the valve is open. To close the
valve the operator merely extends
finger and lifts the bar, thus shutting
off the fertilizer. The valve flares at
the bottom, spreading the fertilizer in
a broad, fine stream. For small farms,
gardens and lawns this device is of
great convenience, and is a money
saver.
Water for the Chicks.
Take an ordinary baking pan and
have the tinsmith rivet on an "ear'
on one side tor nailing to a tree,
Have him also make a hole in the
bottom in one corner, that the water
can be let out every day and the pan
be kept clean. . Nail the pan to a tree
about twelve inches from the ground,
so the chicks can drink without get
ting into it with their feet. The birds
will soon discover that it is a fine
place from which to get a drink on
hot days. Sometimes they find, too,
that it is a convenient place for
bath, and this of course makes the
water dirty. But it Is not much trou
ble to refill the pan with clean water,
and this should be done two or three
times a day. Chickens and birds re
quire a great deal of water, and they
often suffer for lack of it. Don't neg
lect them. Boston Herald.
The Kins System of Ventilation
Ventilation for stables and barns is
now regarded as one of the essentials
to be provided for in construction. The
King system as illustrated in the dia-
When Vegetables Mature.
The following list will show the gar
dener how long after planting the va
rious common vegetables will mature
their growth and be ready for use:
Bush beans 40 to 65 days
Pole beans 50 to , 80 days
Beets 60 to' 80 days
Early cabbage 10 to 130 days
Carrots 75 to 100 days
. Cauliflowers v. .100 to 130 days
Celery 120 to 150 days
Sweet corn CO to 100 days
Cucumbers . .... 60 to 80 days
Eggplant 100 to 140 days
Onion seed 130 to 150 days
Onion sets ... 90 to 120 days
Parsley : 30 to 120 days
Parsnips1 . . . , . . . V. . . . . 125 to 100 days
Peas '. 40 to 80 days
Peppers ........100 to 140 days
White potatoes 80 to 140 days
Pumpkins 100 to 140 days
Radishes 20 to 40 days
Spinach 30 to CO day
Bush squashes CO to 80 days
Late squashes 120 to 160 days
Tomatoes 100 to 140 days
Turnips ..110 to 140 days
Study Fertiliser.
A few simple fertilizer maxims are
so important that they should be
fixed in the mind. Per cent is only
another way for saying parts in 100.
Fertilizers may be direct or indirect
in action. The former contains need
ed plant food, the latter enables the
plant to get food from soil or air.
Lime is not plant food under common
conditions; it corrects a bad condition
of soil sourness and unlocks soil
materials. Sulphate of Iron (copper
as), sulphate of copper (blue stone),
sulphate of magnesia (Epsom salts)
and sulphate of lime (gypsum) are
unong these indirect fertilizers.
To Sharpen a Lawn Mower.
First remove the handle, to get it
out of the way. Take a flat file and
file the edges of the revolving blades,
being careful to file each blade alike,
and evenly, so all parts will strike
the horizontal or stationary blade
evenly and alike at its entire length.
File also the horizontal blade, then
adjust the revolving blades so they
will slightly rub on the horizontal
blade.
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SHOWING THE VENTILATING FLUES.
gram consists of two sets of flues, one
set to admit the fresh air, the other to
furnish an escape for the vitiated air.
The inlet or fresh air flues should be
placed not more than ten feet apart
and located in the exterior walls of
the barn. The outlet may include one
or more flues.
.. . . As Usual.
He bought a hoe, a rake, a spade,
Some little seeds to sow,
At last he got the garden made
And saw the green things grow.
He work'd the rows and beds each day;
Each little plant he knew,
And as he smiled and sweat away
Oh, joy ; how fast they grew.
No floods came down to wash things out.
No frosts to kill or blight;
No neighbor's chickens scratched about;
No kine strayed in at night.
Each seed he planted did its best
And not a one did rot
No other garden, East or West,
Such veg'tables begot.
But still this man did not enjoy
These veg'tables so new.
For every night a neighbor's boy
Stole what the garden grew.
Puck.
Spraying to Kill Weeds.
Kill weeds by spraying. To make
the spraying solution, empty a hun
dred pound sack of sulphate of iron
into a fifty-gallon barrel; fill to the
chine with water and stir with a hoe
for a few minutes until dissolved.
Strain through several thicknesses of
cheesecloth tacked over the manhole
of the spraying machine. Apply with
a powerful spraying machine, produc
ing a real mist, free from drops. Use
ahmit fiftv t-all nn a to the arm anil
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spray uu a un&ui, nwm v uu rents, wonted nara, irom eignt to one;
aarn, oamp uay, u. uues uvi matter, men ainner, piain dinner; then an
so long as rain does not come within hour's exercise; and then " "Ex-
eighteen or twenty hours. This spray !cuse me. Bill," interrupted a stranger,
will not harm gram crops and will ( who had up to this refrained from
kill wild mustard and various othei . entering the discussion; "but what
WSJ . iwera you In fort"
It was a runaway match, wasn't
it?" "Yes. but he couldn't run fast
enough. She caught him."
"You ought to save money for your
family." "Yes, but " "But what?'
"My family won't let me." Cleveland
Leader. x
Poetry Is the art of putting words
together In such a way as to give
them their least possible commercial
value. Puck.
Martha Don't you think a cookery
book is fascinating reading? Maud
Yes, Indeed. It contains so many stir
ring Incidents.
She How was your speech at the
club received- the other night? He
When I sat down they said it was the
best thing I ever did.
Ashley Do you have much variety
in your boarding-house? Seymour-
Well, we have three different names
for the meals. London World.
"Nobody realizes the immensity of
space.' Except the man who has to
fill a daily half column with alleged
aumor." Louisville Courier-Journal
"Tell me frankly, sir, what do you
think of my daughter's voice?" "Well,
madam, I think she may have a bril
liant future in water color painting.'
Figaro.
Poll Clerk Mary Gladys Jarley
votes ballot number two hundred and
. M. G. J. Oh, wait a moment,
please! Give me that back! I want
to add a postscript. Puck.
"You shouldn't treat your boy so
harshly; you'll break his spirit."
"Well, he'll probably get married some
time, and - he might as well have It
broken now!" Stray Stories.
"Ye3," said the young wife, proudly,
"father always gives something expen
sive when he makes presents." "So I
discovered when he gave you away,"
rejoined the young husband. Chicago
Dally News.
Irate Diner (to waiter who persist
ently hovers about the table) What
on earth are you waiting for, man? I
don't want you. Walter Excuse me,
sir, but I am responsible for 'the sil
ver. Tit-Bits. . .
Biggs, '11 Why are the tugs on the
Wisconsin river like the co-eds who
walk up and down State street?
Muggs, '12 And the answer is? Biggs,
'11 Some toe out, and some toe in.
Wisconsin Sphinx.
"What is your principal object, any
how," asked the visiting foreigner, "in
building that Panama canal?" "Well,"
answered the native, "we have an idea
it will limit the size of future battle
ships," Chicago Tribune.
"Foreign travel is very Improving,1
saia me biuqious gin. "yes, an
swered Miss Cayenne; "although you
can't always tell where a person has
been by the pictures on the post cards
he sends home." Washington Star,
Tommy went fishing the other day
without his mother's permission. The
next morning one of his chums met
him and asked: "Did you catch any
thing yesterday, Tommy?" "Not till
I got home," was the rather sad re
sponse.
What!" exclaimed Mrs. Flatleigh,
"You don't mean to tell me you pay a
girl $10 a week for cooking?" "Oh,
no," replied Mrs. Urbanville. "We
only pay her $2 a week for cooking,
The other $8 is for staying." Chicago
Daily News.
Professor of Sociology If this
alarming Increase In the divorce rate
continues, twenty years from now the
Institution of the home will no longer
exist In America. Practical Student-
How is that, professor? They all
marry again, don't they? Puck.
A high financier should be some
thing of an economist, should he not?"
"I don't think so," answered Mr. Dus
tin Stax. "The object of the econ
omist is to see what he can get along
with; that of the high financier is to
see wnat he can get away with.
Washington Star.
A boy once inquired why leaves of
tables were so called, since they did
not resemble leaves in the least. Not
having received a satisfactory answer,
he thought for some time and then
said: "I think I know now; they're
called leaves because you can leave
them up or leave them down."
Be sure and keep inside the libel
laws," said the city editor to the cub
reporter "The cub's first obituary no
tice read as follows: "The alleged
corpse of Mr. John Smith, asserted by
friends to have lived at No. 113 West
Jones street, was said to have been
buried at Greenhiil Cemetery yester
day." Cleveland Leader.
Look at me!" exclaimed tbt stout.
florid man. "Never a day's sickness
my life! And all due to simple
food. Why, gents, from the time I
was twenty to when I reached forty
years I lived a regular life. None of
these effeminate delicacies for me!
No late hours! Every day, summer
What is' Castoria.
QASTOEIA. is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and
o j - u uu,uw j.u uuubauia umbutu up. LULL, JyiOrpnuie IlOr
nWAAI "a rlVnlAM An Tl J 1 . ' a
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uuuoi j.-tdiuutiu Buusutuut;. j.ls age is its guarantee, it destroys Worms and allays
PeTerishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles.
cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach
and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho children's Panacea Tho
Mother's Friend.
The End You Have Always Sought, and which has been in use for over
30 years, has borne tho signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under
his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with
and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment.
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to Chas. II, Fletcher.
Dr. F. Gerald Blattner, of Buffalo, N. T., says: "Your Castoria la good
for children and I frequently, prescribe It, always obtaining the desired
results." -
Dr. Gustavo A. Eisengraeber, of St Paul, Minn., says: "I have used
your Castoria repeatodly in my practice with, good results, and can recom
mend It as an excellent, mild and harmless remedy for children."
Dr. E. J. Dennis, of St, Louis, Mo., says: "I have used and prescribed
your Castoria In my sanitarium and outside practice for a number of years
ana una a to De an excellent remedy for children."
Dr. S. A. Buchanan, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Cas
toria in the case of my own baby and find it pleasant to take, and have
obtained excellent results from its use."
Dr. J. E. Simpson, of Chicago, 111., Bays: "I have used your Castoria in
cases of colic ia children and have found It the best medicine of its kind
on the market."
Dr. R. E. Eslwildson, of Omaha, Neb., says: "I find your Castoria to be a
standard family remedy. It is the best thing for infants and children I
have ever known and I recommend it"
Dr. L. R. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., says: 'Tour Castoria certainly
has merit. Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these
years, and the many attempts to imitate it, sufficient recommendation?
What can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers."
Dr. Edwin F. Pardee, of New York City, says: "For several years I have
recommended your Castoria and shall always continue to do so, as It haa
Invariably produced beneficial results."
Dr. N. B. Sizer, cf Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I object to what are called
ratent medicines, where maker alone knows what ingredients are put la
them, but I know the formula of your Castoria and advise its use "
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Diplomacy.
"Isn't there some talk that Gringo is
going to enter the ministry?"
"The ministry? Why O, I see. That'i
what he really wants, but he intends to
try for a consulship first." Chicago
Tribune.
His Speedometer.
Inquistive Person How do you tell
how fast you are going?
Chauffeur I watch the expression of
the faces of the policemen as I whiz past
them.
AveriiBes All Right.
Tenant (of flat) One of the radiator
In that large room of mine is alwayi
cold, winter and summer.
Janitor (with a scowl) Well, I'vi
heard you say that the other one is al
ways hot, winter and summer. Ain't il
a standoff?
Ills Usual Wa-.
The new waitress sidled up to a
dapper young man at the breakfast
table, who, after glancing at the bill,
opened his mouth, and a noise issued
forth that sounded like the ripping off
of all of the cogs on one of the wheels
In the power house. The new waitress
made her escape to the kitchen. "Fel
low out there Insulted me," she said,
The head waiter looked at him. "I'll
get it," he said. "That's just the train
caller ordering his breakfast." Argo
paut
A i,iie 'Iran,
"Jones says that he always gets to
the bottom of anything he under
takes."
'Don't doubt It. At school he was
always at the foot of the class."
Baltimore American.
There Are Others.
"Dings is afraid that he may be pros
ecuted for polygamy."
"Why, he is married to only one
person, aln t he?"
"That is what he thought for
while, but now it appears that he mar
ried her whole family, and there are
seven of them." California Weekly.
Mother, will find Mrs. Window's Boothlnr
Byrup tHe bust remedy to use lor ttielr cliildrej
Merely Friendly.
Elderly Relative Mortimer, what are
your intentions in regard to Miss iiul
lion?
Scapegrace Nephew Strictly houora
ble and praiseworthy, uncle.
Elderly Helative I am glad to heat
that, Mortimer. I was afraid you wer
going to try to persuade her to marry
you. Chicago Tribune.
A I'arlst at Large.
'Let me see tht census gives your
town about 6,000 doesn't it?"
"No, sir; our town gives the c.nsui
8,000."
"who
Inaoeent.
"Clifford," asked the teach.r.
rrote tbt Junius letters?"
"I I don't know, ma'am," tniwmd
the terrified little boy. "I didn't !"
Whera They Don't Uoiilt 'Ea.
Suburbanite You are half an hour
late this morning.
Letter Carrier Yes, ma'am; the sec
tions of stovepips I have to wear Inside
By trousers legs on account of the dogi
roo kep along this street hamper my
novements, ma'am. Chicago Tribune.
Bad BLOOD
"Before I began using Cascarets I had
a bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and my food was not digested as it should
have been. Now I am entirely well, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
lace, i can iriunmuy say tuat Cascarets
are just as advertised; I have taken only
iwo uoxes 01 inem."
Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind.
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Escaping by a Technicality.
Teacher Tommy, what is an improper
fraction?
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Ci years a Leader in Painless Dental
Work in Portland.
Out-of-Town People
Should remember that our f rre la no arranged
that WK CAN DO THKIK ENTIRE CKOWN.
UKIDGE AND PI.ATK WOKK IN A DAY It
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President and Manager
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(INC.) Third and WMhlnton Sts.
PORTLAND, OREGON