New Houston Hotel SUh and Everett Sb.. Portland, Ore. Four blocks from Union Depot Two blocki from New Poatoffiee. Modern and fireproof r Over 100 oroide rooms. Bates 76c to $2.00. CHAS. G. HOPKINS. Manager. 200 100 Near Both Depots Hotel Hoyt 1 yWWSJWrWVWWtMWWIiWiWm I Van Vivier's I ? Scoop TCSI By F. M. OILMBR Comer Siith and Hoyt Si... Portland. Ore. LOU HIMES. Manager. BATES:-7tc to 12. SPECIAL Week lor Month Packing the Soil. It has been estimated by authorities that a man weighing 170 pounds, wear Ing No. 8 shoes, creates a pressure of 14 pounds to the square inch of sur face where he steps. A horse weigh ing 1,400 pounds creates a pressure of approximately 18 to 33 pounds per square Inch under his hoofs while pull ing au average load. A tractor weigh lug In the neighborhood of 1,800 pounds exerts a pressure only about ten pounds to the equate inch. Authentic Bronte Relic. An Interesting relic of Charlotte Bronte, the novelist, has been present ed to the museum at Haworth, Eng land. It Is a traveling trunk used by Charlotte Bronte. Inside is a label giving the maker's name and address In Brussels, and there is little doubt the trunk accompanied Charlotte on her Journeys between Monsieur He ger's Pensionnat in the Rue d'Isabelle In that city, and her home at the Ha worth rectory. To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu late liver, bowels and stomach. V Take That Extra Forty Winks. The sage observation that "It's nice to get up in the morning, but it's nicer to He in bed" is no longer a shameful confession of laziness. The British ministry of munitions investigating the health and efficiency of its work ers found that too early rising is harmful. True and False Freedom. There are two freedoms the false, where a man Is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man Is free to do what he ought. Charles Kings-ley, r1 Had Not Changed Much. A negro, who was so singularly lazy as to be quite a problem, got converted In a revival. His associates in the church were extremely anxious to know whelher he would not beBtir him self and go to work. The negro at tended a meeting and offered a pray er, In which occurred the petition: "Use me, Lord, use me In an advisory capacity." Chinese Study Agriculture. There are 130 colleges In China de voted to the study of scientific agriculture. Methods Enough. The Bank of England is said to have 32 different methods of detecting forged bank notes. Worth While Quotation. "It is not the work, but the worry, that makes the world grow old." Dally Thought. One no longer hoars the old-time talk about, "surplus women." Optimistic Thought. The host revenge is to reform our crimes. Slamming the Lounger. Many a man's standing would bo better It ho didn't spend so much timo sitting Boston Transcript. 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Existence, as Philip Van Vlvler planned It, was to be a very pleasant affair, though It had little enough about It of that strenuous life so ar dently advocated by Mr. Roosevelt. He had youth, and health, and wealth, and he pictured the future a gay kaleido scopic mingling of golf, and polo po nies, and grand opera, and little sup pers after the play. Then, too, to crown it all, there was Madge. Madge, tall and slight, and svelte, with the tawny gold In her hair, and the eyes that changed with every changing thought that were as blue as summer skies when she smiled, and grew black as midnight when she thrilled to any deep emotion. Philip could hardly re member a time when he had not loved her. They had grown up, boy and girl, together, with something singu larly similar In their fate. Both were orphaned children, left to the unten- der care of unwilling relatives, and l'hllip never forgot the moment" of their meeting. His uncle's place ad orned that of Madge's guardian, and he had been wandering about the ground a forlorn and lonely childish figure, when he first came upon the little maid. She gave one long look at his somber face, and mourning clothes, and then with the swift and Intuitive sympathy that God gives to even the youngest child, she went up to him. "Little boy," she lisped, for she wns scarcely more than a baby, "little boy, is 'oo lonesome, and doesn't nobody love 'oo?" No," he answered with a sob from the depths of ids heart. "Don't c'y, little hoy," she comfort ed, slipping her hand In his. "I '111 love 'oo and 'oo won't never he lone some any more," and, Indeed, It seemed hlllp he had never been lonesome gain. There was always Madge. Hut who may count securely on the future? Move the kaleidoscope ever so gently, and Its figures change. One urn of the hand of fate and the bright picture one's dreams painted are shat tered forever. There came a tiny when hlllp had to do, not with visions of a golden future, hut with a hard and merciless present. Suddenly as n unexpected thunderbolt came the failure of the trust company In which his fortune was Invested, and he woke one morning to find himself hut most pitiable of all creatures on earththe man who needs money, and knows no way of earning It. lie bad taken the blow Standing, with a smile on his lips, like the thoroughbred he was, and Just how deep the hurt went none knew. "Pleasant prospects," was his sole Comment, with a shrug of his shoul ders to those wlio would have con doled with him on his loss, "a beer Income, and a champagne taste. Do you happen to know the best way to adjust them?" He might meet the situation with laughter anil sculling so far as others were concerned, but when It came to Madge it was another thing. "I can't ask her to marry e beggar," he said to himself, setting bis teeth, and with a face as white as death, "and I'm not poltroon enough to settle down and llvo on her money," and there hnd been a terrible scene In which he had told her this, and released her from her promise to marry him. "Oh, Philip, l'hllip," she cried, clinging to him, "what good Is all my money to me If I can't make things easy for you? Surely there Is more than enough for us both." Then he tried lo explain to her, blunderingly and haltingly, that some thing that Is dearer to man than even love of woman that something which he must have, or die of self-loathing -his own self-respect "I couldn't live without II, darling," he said at last, passionately, "If I gave In to fate without one struggle, and was content to let you support me, 1 should imagine your contempt for such a weakling In every tone of your dear voice. 1 should see It In every glance of your dear eyes. No, no, I must make my light and win my place lu the world of men, or I will die lighting on the battlefield, If 1 succeed I will (nine buck to claim toy own. If fall, a belter man wins. Don't you see how It must be that way?" And In the end Madge "saw." The sympathy that always understood oth ers was part of her charm, and l'hllip went away. At college he had rather distinguish ed himself by some clever skits In the college Journal, and so It seemed natural to him to turn to journalism as the most available way of settling the bread and butter problem. A friend obtained a place for him on the stair of the morning Asterisk, where he began at the bottom of the repor ter!.! ladder, and learned among other bitter pieces of knowledge that the public hungers and thirsts for gory details of murder, and has but a luke warm Interest in the higher criticism, and that on a newspaper staff a unl verslty degree is regarded with far less respect than a nose for news. Still, the glamour stripped from lour nnllsm, l'hllip kept doggedly on. He acquired a reputation for being faith ful and accurate. He was a gour mand for work and the city editor be gan to speak hopefully of him, but advancement comes slowly In a news paper office, and to Philip Madge seemed an Immeasurable distance off, when suddenly he made his great scoop. It was the merest accident successes mostly are, if we knew the trutli of them. One evening he was walking along one of the fashionable residence streets when suddenly he was startled by a scream, and looking up he saw a woman with the wild eyes and cunning of a munlac sitting on the very outer coping of the walls of a tall house, where she waved her arms gleefully, and leaned dizzily for ward to peer Into the street below. In an Instant all the mystery of the drawn blinds, and Jealously guarded doors of the mansion, at which many had marveled, was revealed. Here was one of those family tragedies, at which the world guesses some poor crazed creature. It had taken Philip but an instant to realize the scene, and with n sud den Inspiration be dashed past the servant in the doorwny, and up the stairway. The crazed woman wns still young and pretty. A dainty silken robe, and a -filmy lace scarf blew about her. Evidently she wns a woman of fashion and society, so the thoughts flew through his mind as he dashed up the three flights of steps and through the open door In the roof through which she had evidently climbed. He knew well enough he might be going to bis denth, but he only smiled n little grimly, and moved on towards the pathetic figure sway ing on the ledge of the wall. The woman looked up at the sound of an approaching step. She saw a hand-. some young man n young man such as she vaguely remembered in that world that was not all horrible dreams and padded walls coming toward her. When he reached her he made a courtly bow, and offered her his arm, and without one protest, mechanically, naturally, as if they had been on the ballroom floor, she arose and put her hand within It, and together they start ed toward the house, trending ths narrow ledge, whose outer edge was death. A single push of the crazed woman's feeble blind and mutilation waited for them below, but there was not a tremble in the man's voice as he asked her: "And what did you think of the new tenor this winter at the opera?" In the Street below the crowd stood silent, tense with excitement, until they saw l'hllip hand the woman, still with courtly grace, through the door In the roof, and then It broke Into tu multuous cheering. As for l'hllip, his one thought was to get to the office, Ills port In the adventure appealed to him not at ail. It was what any fellow would nave done, he I bought, and he could leave Hint out, but he realized the value of the story. The secret of the darken ed mansion. The closed blinds. The beautiful woman, with her wild, mad eyes It was full of color, it wns pic turesque. Besides it was a scoop. No other reporter had been there, and a scoop is as dear to the newspaper heart us a first-born to a mother. There Is, perhaps, no other Joy In life equal to that of the young writer who rends his own productions lu type, mid Philip's first con scious act the next morning wn9 to reach for the paper. He bad expected his story to be given some prominent place; perhaps to be featured, To his dismay It was not even printed. He looked the paper over twice to have suspicion deepen into certainty. It bad been left out. How long he might have stilled at the paper In bewilder ment be never knew, hut that two let ters caught his eyes, as they lay upon his table, One wns from the city ed itor of the Asterisk, and he pounced upon It for an explanntlon. "Dear Vim Vlvler," lie rend, "sorry, but your scoop was scooped. The dis tressed damsel you rescued Is old La Roux'S daughter, and La Roux, as you appear not to know, Is the heaviest stockholder In the Asterisk. ' Natu rally he wanted your story killed. Vir tue is rewarded, however. He SU1 gests you for night editor 111 place ot Clnrson who has resigned, lteport for duty tonight." The other letter was from Madge. It said : "Dear Philip: I have heard of your rescue of poor Fannie La Roux. How could you he such a hero, and such a goose as to take such a risk? You need n guardian, sir, and I am going to nurry ou to take care of you on this day one month, You can't refuse a lady, you know. Yours, Madge." l'hllip read the letter twice, and then be bowed his bead on the table, and when he raised it his eyes were very dim and tender. ANOTHER WORLD'S RECORD FOR BUTTER PRODUCTION BROKEN BY HOLSTEIN COW am 7? -I aV mm wm - w, i, is UTILITY OF VARIOUS BREEDS FAIRVIEW KORNDYKE MATA. Records for butter production are being broken thick and fast by Hol steln cows these days. Falrview Korn dyke Mata has Just broken the world's record by producing In iiO days the enormous amount of 185.31 pounds of butter from 3,216 pounds of milk an average of 0.17 pounds per day for 30 days. The best previous record was held by the purebred Holsteln cow, Ormsby Jane Segls Aaggle, with 183.11 pounds In 30 days to her credit. Falrview Korndyke Mata recently completed a seven-day test, winning laurels ns the twenty-third Holsteln to Join the list of 40-pound cows with the production of 40.71 pounds of but ter In the week the second highest record for the week. Her test was continued for the month with the re sult that She is now one of the world's record holders. Her sire Is Pontine Korndyke; her dam is Princess Mata dor. She is owned by Oliver Cabana, Jr., of Elma Center, N. Y. Falrview Korndyke Mata Is six years and six months old, so she has many more years of usefulness ahead of her. FARM LABOR IS BIG PROBLEM THIS YEAR War Emergency Calls for Great est Efforts to Produce Food. Both Country and City People Must Sacrifice Comfort to Furnish Pow er to Cultivate and Harvest Necessary Crops. GAVE HIM FOOD FOR THOUGHT Father's Stinging Rebuke Evidently Had Good Effect on Youth, Judging by Its Results. Delicious dock anil dandelion greens, cooked with n hock of hum, brought oil's and all's from the elders about the table. A look of disgust spread all over the face of a lad Just about to enter on his teens as be listened to tlie enthusiastic comment mi the spring time dish, to which his palate had not yet become accustomed. "They're not tit for human' being! to eat," he said, ns he set down a glass of milk from which he had been drink ing. "They're cow feed." "Never mind," suld his father. "You're at the milk stage yet. Vou'll be weaned after a while and take lo grass." The proportions of the precocious lad shrunk visibly when ho heard him self likened to a calf, and not auotlier word on the fare Issued from his mouth the rest of the meal. Win n lie had recovered from the shock lie Intro duced the Euroucnn war us a table topic and made known the fact that ho would like to be "in the fight" Indianapolis News. Great Weapon Is Laughter. In the posthumous story, "The Mys terious Stranger," which Mark Twain did not see lit to publish during his lifetime, Twain expresses Impatience with the degrading use of humor when turned toward trivial things. "Your race In its poverty," he makes Satan say, "has unquestionably one really effective weapon laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, perse cutionthese can lift u colossal hum bugprod It a little, weaken It a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms ut a blow. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." Discount All "Luck." Luck Is a myth a dyed-in-the-wool sham, a counterfeiter through and through and the misguided Individual who banks on "luck" to assist him or her In any enterprise or undertaking Is simply reachlug after the luipussl- Ha. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) In n statement issued by Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agricul ture, attention is culled to the fact that both country and city people must sacrifice something of their comfort to furnish the necessary man power to cultivate and harvest crops necessary this year to carry on the war. That part of the statement which deals di rectly with farm labor and what the department of agriculture is doing to solve the problem, follows: The principal dlfltculty in farming operations for 1018 is the problem of labor. That Is serious, but it is not Insuperable. The department of agri culture lias fnrni-lnbor offices In nearly all of the states working in co-opern-tlon with the agricultural colleges, the county agents and other state ac tivities, and the department of labor has employment offices in nearly ull the centers of population. These two departments together are ennbled to contribute much to the solution of the problem by furnishing information and by shifting labor from neighborhood to neighborhood as the seasonal de mand passes, and generally by bring ing together the laborer and the em ployer. Rut when nil has been done that may he done by these depart ments or by any other governmental agency, much will remain to be done by the states and communities, especial ly by the cities, for there is not enough labor seeking employment to supply the farms for cultivation and harvest ing. For years the cities with their great fortunes and bright lights have been drawing young men from the furms. The war has merely precipi tated a drift that sooner or later would have caused more or loss of a food crisis. In pence times that Is a mnt ter that might well be left to readjust Itself through such reduced produc tion and corlseqiient high prices as would make farming more profitable and attract men to the Industry. But In the war emergency we must have food nt all costs, and since there Is no way of getting It without labor, and since labor Is lacking, t lie cities must sacrifice something and harvest the crops. In many towns and cities last year the business men closed their es tablishments or spared numbers of their employees to help the farmers. In n few places already business men are tnklng surveys unit are making pledges to furnish labor which has fitrm experience, to the adjoining com munities its may be needed. The same methods must be put Into practice In every town and city adjacent to a funning region. The men of the cities must be brought to understand the vital Importance of agriculture. Many of them have sneered at It or have re garded It with Indifference. Now they must lend it much of their thought and their effort. They should understand that the United States is going to furnish food to the armies and the tvll population behind them, and they may depend upon it tiini tne inrmers will feed themselves. It behooves the (ties therefore to take sonic thought nf their own sustenance by readjusting their activities. There Is hardly a bus iness or uii industry In the United Stntes that cannot spare temporarily for the cultivation and harvesting sea sons a considerable part of its man power, or even close, sny, for three to fifteen days during the period as the local need appears. In many cases women can take the places of men for the lighter commercial and Industrial tasks so that the men who have farm experience may be available for farm needs. In ninny cases women can do light work 00 the farm, such as dairy ing, cultivating vegetables and gather ing fruit. The details must be work ed out by each community. It Is not possible to devise a general system, be cause conditions vary on every farm and In each neighborhood. Iu many of the Industrial centers wages are so high that a large num ber of men are content to work only a part of the time. Either by public sentiment or industrial regulations If need be by vagrancy laws there must be n full utilization of man power. It is not possible for the national govern ment to compel or even to direct such readjustments. There is not wisdom enough in this congress or in any con gross that could be assembled to solve all these local and regional problems. States, communities and Individuals of influence must take responsibility. Washington cannot create labor and should not compel employment. Lo cal Initiative and local responsibility must be exercised to the fullest ex tent. The farmers will do their full duty In planting. The governmental agen cies will do nil that they can do and wo may reasonably expect a normal season. If the people of the commu nities, especially of the cities, will assume their part of the burden, there need be no doubt of the result, but If the cities persist in plunging for profit and in enjoying their ease, expecting the government and the farmers to work miracles, then those who are neither fighters nor producers may suffer some privation. WORK GARDENS ALL SUMMER Plan to Have Succession of Crops as Many Plantings May Be Ma tured Before Autumn. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Garden planting should not stop when the seed and plants are set out in the ground, but other crops should be planted during the summer as many plantings ns can be matured be fore the killing frosts In the fall so as to have a succession of vegetables. The gardener who Is content with but one crop does not get the maximum benefit from Ids land and labor. The gardener who Is uncertain as to when Jack Frost is likely to appear in tlie fall, and as to how far In advance of his appearance the last crops should be planted, can find Information on these points in "The Farm Garden in the North," Farmers' Bulletin 937, Is sued for free distribution by the Unit ed States department-of agriculture. This bulletin, which Is offered to city gardeners ns well as to those in the country and which contains informa tion of equal value to both, has a zone map of the United States based on ths average dates of tlie first killlug frost in autumn. By referring to the map, the approximate latest safe date for planting any crop In any of the vari ous zones may be determined. The bulletin also contains a table giving the latest safe dates for planting vege table seeds In the open in the North ern states and telling the period nec essary for maturity of the various crops. Wyandotte Is Early Maturing, and Be ing Well Meated Is Not Diffi cult to Fatten. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment or Agriculture.) The common classification of breeds according to their places In the gen eral scheme of poultry production di vides them Into three principal classes, laying breeds, meat breeds and gener al-purpose breedsthat Is, breeds that are not as ready and persistent egg producers as the laying breeds, and not as meaty and as easy to fatten as the meat breeds, yet combine in one Individual fowl very good laying capacity with very good table quality. The Leghorn, Minorca, Andalusian, Ancona and Camplne are well-known breeds of the laying class ; the Brahma, Dorking nnd Cornish of the meat class ; the Plymouth Kock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Bed and Orpington of the general-purpose class. The breeds mentioned as of the lay ing class, with the exception of the Minorca, are relatively small, very energetic and lively, mature early, and are easily kept In good laying condi tion. The Minorca is of larger size and modified somewhat in the other particulars mentioned, yet hus more the character of the laying class than of any other. In the meat breeds, there Is not the same uniformity of type that is found in the laying breeds. The three men tioned differ decidedly. The Brahma is most popular because it is at the same time the largest and the most rugged In constitution. The Dorking excels In quality of meat, but is gen erally considered somewhat lacking In hardiness. The Cornish Is rather hard-meated, but, being very short feathered, has Its special place as a HUSBAND SAVES WIFE From Suffering by Getting Her Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Pittsburgh, Pa. "For many months I was not able to do my work owing to a weakness which caused backache and headaches. A friend called m y attention to one of your newspaper advertisements and immediately my husband bought three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's V egetable Com pound for me. After taking two bottles I felt fine and my troubles caused by that weak ness are a thing of the past. All women who suffer as I did should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. J as. Rohrberg, 620 Knapp St, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. Women who suffer from any form of weakness, as indicated by displacements, inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or "the blues," should accept riirs. iiohr berg's suggestion and give Lyd i E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a thorough trial. For over forty years it has been correcting such ailments. If you have mysterious complications write for advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass. Deepest Lake In America. A lake known as the Great Sunken lake is reported to be the deepest lake in this country, and perhaps in the whole world. Located In the valley of the Cascade mountains, about 70 miles north of Jacksonville, Or., this lake, which is about 15 miles long and four miles wide, is so deep that its depth cannot be measured. It Is situ ated so far below the crest of the mountains that winds cannot reacb it, and its surface is like a sheet of glass. It is sometimes called the "lake of mystery." HEALTHY CHILDREN come from healthy moth ers. And moth ers will certain ly be healthy if they'll. take D r . Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. Noth ing can email it in Duuamg up a woman's strength, in regulating and assisting all her natural funotions, and in putting in perfect order every part of the female system. It lessens the pains and bur dens, supports and strengthens weak, nursing mothers. It's an invigorating, restorative tonic, a soothing and bracing nervine. Castor oil is good for children or adults, and especially good for aged people. A pleasant form of a vege table laxative that Is to be had at any drug store, was invented by Dr. Pierce, who put together May-apple (podophyl lum, aloes, jalap. Ask at any drug store for "Pleasant Pellets," and they can be had for little money. They contain no calomel and are of vege table constituents, therefore harmless. Adv. eHeireteireieiIre6eVrei(e6erirer CIVILIANS AID HARVEST r If soldiers are willing to serve 9 In the trenches, to dig ditches, 3 build railroads and risk their J lives, many civilians can well af- ford to spare n part of their time to serve In the furrows nud r In the harvest fields. Secretary S of Agriculture. iiji?ij.iij.eiij!i?ijJj ATTENTION TO FRUIT TREES Must Send Out Branches Every Year for Proper Formation and De velopment of Buds. To hnve a fruit crop, trees must grow every year. Old trees, such as the peach, apple, pear, cherry and plum, must send out branches every year, so fruit buds may be formed and properly developed. Unless the tree Is In n growing condition, has sufficient soil fertility to supply plant food and moisture to dissolve It. It cannot grow, nor can It bear regularly. SAVE THE GOOD DAIRY CALF Increase of 390,000 Cows In America Noted Last Year Keep All Young Animals. Save the dairy calf If she Is of good ancestry. Dairy cows In America last year numbered 23,284,000 compared with 22.KlH.00fi the year before, an In crease of 390.000. but we need all the good dairy cows we can get and save. Splendid White Wyandotte. large ment-produclng fowl In Souther ly sections where the more heavily feathered Brahma does not stand the summer well. Among the popular breeds of the general-purpose class there are also differences In type, adapting breeds to different uses. The Plymouth Rock is generally regarded as the type meet ing the widest range of requirements in the general-purpose class. The Wyandotte is n little smaller and earlier maturing, but still very well meated and easy to fatten. The Rhode Island Red has nearly the same standards of weight as the Wyandotte, but Is a more active bird, not putting on fut so readily. Conse quently it approaches the laying type and Is popular with those who want eggs and meat but want eggs most. The Orpington is nt the other ex treme in the general-purpose class be ing a heavier, meatier fowl than the Plymouth Rock. Such a list of breeds affords so wide a range of choice that poultry keep ers con tilwoys select a standard breed better adapted to their locality and their purpose than any nonstandard stock they can procure and having the further advantage of producing true to type. Best Persian Camels. The best Persian camels are the powerful one-humped kind, which are bred in the province of Khorassan. This animal can carry a burden of 600 pounds at the rate of 20 miles a day. The ordinary Persian camel, however, will carry 400 pounds at the rate of 15 miles a day. Labor Disputes In China. Labor disputes are often settled in China by a chamber of commerce, and after the award has been made all the parties take part in a feast paid for by the side which won the decision. Telegraphing. In overhead telegraph systems, un der practical conditions, it is found that about 400 miles is the greatest length of aerial wire that can be op erated by means of double current Rey-Mo(se apparatus. The highest permissible voltage In use is 120. DRY LITTER FOR SCRATCHING Damp Material Is Practically Use lessClean It Out and Renew It at Frequent Intervals. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Straw and similar material gathers moisture and when the litter becomes damp enough to be limp it Is prac tically useless for fowls to scratch In for their grnln feed. Scratching litter in the poultry house Is essential, but It should be cleaned out and renewed frequently. SODIUM FLUORIDE KILLS LICE Treat Each Fowl by Placing Small Pinch of Material Among Feath ers Next to the Skin. To rid the hens of lice each one can be treated by placing small pinches of sodium fluoride, which can be obtained at most large drug stores, among the feathers next to the skin one pinch on the head, one on the neck, two on the back, one below the vent, one at the base of the tail, one on either thigh nnd one scattered on the underside of each wing when spread. Best Pullets to Keep. Keep the pullets which mature quickly and start laying first. Those which start laying when less than 200 days old, or nearest that age, are the best layers If they have had the best care. How to Get Rich. "The methods of practicing economy are very simple," wrote Dr. Samuel Smiles, an authority on the subject. "Spend less, than you earn. That Is the first rule. A portion should al ways be set aside for the future." Both Were Satisfied. A Missouri livery stable keeper put his hand in a mule's mouth to see how many teeth the mule had. The mule closed his mouth to see how many fingers the man had, and the curiosity of both man and mule was satisfied. Cuticura Is So Soothing To itching, burning skins. It not only soothes but heals. Bathe with Cuti cura Soap and hot water, dry gently and apply Cuticura Ointment. For free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. Produce Artificial Silk. An original method of producing ar tificial silk Is claimed by a Japanese inventor. The chief ingredients are vegetable essence and mulberry tree bark. LISTEN TO THIS! SAYS CORNS LIFT RIGHT OUT NOW Tou corn-pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drops of freeione applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callous stops sorenesa at once and soon the corn or hardened callous loosens so it can be lifted out, root and all, with out pain. A small bottle of freeione coats very little at any drag store, but will positively take off every hard or soft corn or callous. This should be tried as it is inexpensive and la said not to Irritate the surrounding akin. Breeder ta Avnirt " your druggist hasn't any freeione nwr fr.,, ho., ... i tell him to get a small bottle for von that have been forced for egg produc-! SJMS.'JS. 2 ,. K fine atuff and acta like a charm even time. Adv. two in winter.