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nuestetxo AUTHOR fifil/ae/tot Of 7?te fXAJOMGf- JMftVi&nu «• 4 • 7 * • • ' * TTTE StptTIWRir • PI ATWDBAIBTR;' MpHEVRT, lit. v *Kf V!, / CAROL INVOLUNTARILY SPOILS ALL WEDDING PLANS AND THE BIG EVENT OF THE FAMILY, THE CONGRE­ GATION AND THE TOWN IS POSTPONED. Synopsis*---'The story opens in tlie home of the Rev. Mr. Starr where Prudence, his eldest daughter and feminine head of the house, &nsi«tfug of her father, herself, her sister Fairy, the twins--Carol and &rk---dnd- Connie, the youngest, aw awaiting the arrival of their aunt Grate l iveliness of the smaller members of the family results dis­ astrously for their appearance. Cftrol and Lark investigate Christia* < Science. CHAPTER II! ---Conli nued. *'-S S&; "Ham--that's a different matter, said Fairy more thoughtfully. "He has6*t wanted to yet. You see, he's a man and can go by himself without having It look as though nobody want­ ed to he seen with him. And he's a stranger over there, and doesn't need to get chummy with the girls. The boys here all know me, and ask me to go, and--a man, you see, can just be passive and nothing happens. But a girl's got to be downright negative, and it's no joke. One misses so many good times. You see the cases are, dif­ ferent, Prue." "Yes, that's so," Prudence assented absept-mindedly, counting off ten more threads. 'Tthen yon would object If he had d$t«s?" queried Aunt C.race smilingly. "0h, no, not at all--if there was any occasion for it--but there isn't. And I think I would be justified in object- lag if he deliberately made occasions fwr himself, don't you?" "Yes, that would be different," Pru­ dence chimed in, such "miles away" In her voice that Fairy turned ofi her Indignantly. "Prudence Starr, you make me wild," she said. "Can't you drop that ever­ lasting hemstitching, embroidering, tatting, crocheting, for ten minutes to talk to me? What in the world are you going to do with it all, anyhow? Areyou Intending to carpet your floors with it?" "This Is a napkin," Prudence ex­ plained good-naturedly. "The set cost me fifteen dollars." She sighed. "Did the veil come?" The clouds vanished magically from Fairy's face, and she leaned forward with that joy of wedding anticipation that rules in woman-world. "Yes, it's beautiful. Come and see It Wait until I pull four more threads. It's gorgeous." "I still think you're making a great mistake," declared Fairy earnestly. "I don't believe in big, showy church wed­ dings. You'd better change it yet. A little home affair with just the fam­ ily--that's the way to do It. All this satin-gown* orange-blossom elabora­ tion with curious eyes staring up and down--ugh! It's all wrong!" Prudence dropped the precious fif- ten-dollar-a-set napkin in her lap and gazed at Fairy anxiously. "I know you think so, Fairy," she said. "You've told me so several times." Fairy's eyes twinkled, but Prudence had no' Intention of sarcasm. "But I can't help It, can I? We had quite settled on the home wedding, but when the twins discovered that the members felt hart at being left out, fattier thought we'd better change over." •Well, I can't see that the members have any right to run our wedding. Besides, it wouldn't surprise me Jf the twins made It up because they wanted a big fuss." "But some of the members spoke to father. And you must admit. Fairy, that It is lovely of the Ladies' Aid to give that dinner at the hotel for us." "Well, they'll get their money's worth of talk out of It afterward. It's a big mistake.--What on earth are the twins doing out there? Is that Jim Forrest with them? Listen how they are screaming with laughter! Would you ever believe those twins are past fifteen, and nearly through their junior year? They haven't as much sense put together as Connie has all alone." "Come and see the veil," said Pru­ dence, rising. But she dropped back the step^ again as Carol came rush­ ing toward them at full speed, with Lark and a tall young fellow trailing slowly, laughing, behind her. "The mean things!" she gasped. "They cheated !" She dropped a hand­ ful of pennies In her aunt's lap as she lay In the hammogjc. "We'll take 'etn to Sunday school and give 'em to the heathen, that's what we'll do. They cheated!" "Yes. Infant, who cheated, and how. and why? And whence the startling array of pennies? And why this un­ wonted affection for the heathen?" mocked Fairy. "Trying to be a blank verse. Fairy? Keep it up, you haven't far to go!-- There they are! Look at them, Aunt Grace. They cheated. They tried to get all my hard-earned pennies by ne­ farious methods, and--" "And so Carol stole them all, and rac! Sit down, Jim. My, It's hot. Give me bnck my pennies, Carol." "The heathen! The heathen!" in­ sisted Carol. "Not a penny do you get. You see. Aunt Grace, we were matching pennies--you'd better not mention it to father. We've turned over a new leaf now, and quit for good. But we were matching--and they made a bargain that whenever jit was my turn, one of them would throw heads and one tails, and that way I never could win anything. And 1 didn't catch on till I saw Jim wink, and so I thought it was only right to ;;|j§ye the pennies to the heathen." "How is your mother, Jim?" "Just fine, Miss Prudence, thank you. She said to tell you she would tend a basket of red Junes tomorrow, Xbe twbie caa eat them, I know. Carol ate twenty-two when they were out Saturday,*' . "Yes, I did, and Tm glad of It," said Carol sfoutlv. "Such apples you never saw. Prudence. They're about as big as a thimble, and two-thirds core. They're good, they're fine, I'll say that--but there's nothing to them. If I had a ranch as big as yours, Jim, I'll bet you a dollar I'd haye apples* bigger than a dime !" f " 'Bet you a dollar,'" quoted Fairy. "Well, I'll wager my soul. If that sounds more like Shakespeare. Don't go away, Jim; we're not fighting. This is just the way Fairy aud I make love to each other. You're perfectly wel­ come to stay, but be careful of your grammar, for now that Fairy's a sen­ ior--will be next year, if she lives-- she even tries to teach father the ap­ proved method of doing a ministerial sneeze in the pulpit." "Think I'd better go," decided the tall, good-looking youth, laughing as he looked with frank, boyish admira­ tion into Carol's sparkling face. "With Fairy after my grammar, and you to criticize my manner and my morals, I see right now that a parsonage is no safe place for a farmer's son." And laughing again, he thrust his cap Into his pocket and walked quickly out the new cement parsonage walk. But at the gate he "paused to call back, "Don't make a mistake, Carol, and use the heathen's pennies for candy." The girls on the porch laughed, and five pairs of eyes gazed after the tall figure rapidly disappearing. "He's nice." said Prudence. "Yes," assented Carol. "I've got a notion to marry him after a little. That farm of his is worth about ten thousand." "Are you going to wait until he asks you?" "Certainly not! Anybody can marry a man after he asks her. The thing to do, If you want to be really original and interesting, is to marry him be­ fore he asks you, and surprise him." "Yes." agreed Larft, "If you wait un­ til he asks you he's likely to think It over once too often and not ask you at all." "Doesn't that sound exactly like a book, now?" demanded Carol proudly. "Fairy couldn't have said that!" "No," said Fairy, "I couldn't. Thank goodness!--I have what is commonly known as brains. Look it up In the dictionary, twins. It's something you ought to know abottt" v "Oh, Prudence," cried Lark dramat­ ically, "I forgot to tell you. You can't get married after all." For ten seconds Prudence, as well as Fairy and their aunt, stared In speechless amazement. Then. Pru­ dence smiled. "Oh, can't I? What's the joke now?" "Joke! It's no joke. Carol's sick, that's what's the joke. You can't get married without Carol, can you?" A burst of gay laughter greeted this announcement*. - - "Carol sick J She acts sick!"* "She looks sick!" "Where is she sick?" Carol leaned limply back-against the pillar, trying to compose her bright face into a semblance of illness. "In my tummy," she announced weakly. This called forth more laughter. "It's her conscience," said Fairy. "It's matching pennies, Maybe she swallowed one." "It's probably those two pieces of pie she ale for dinner, and the one that vanished from the pantry shortly after." suggested Aunt Grace. Carol sat up quickly. "Welcome home. Aunt Grace!" she cried. "Did you have a pleasant visit?" "Carol!" reproved Prudence. "I didn't mean it for impudence, auntie," said Carol, getting up and bending affectionately over the ham­ mock, gently caressing the lteown hair just beginning to silver about her fore­ head. "But it does amuse me so to hear a lady of your age and dignity it was my head wiiovc 1 uaa.. fick. Don't you remember, saM my head ached?" ' "Yes^ £^»d her eyes go| red" and bleary when she was reading. And-- and there was something else,' too, C a r o l , i p p h i t -- . . . ' * "Your eyes a re' bloodshot,- Carol. They do look bad," Prudence wram- inedthem ekisely, "Now; Carp! Starr, don't you touch another book or maga­ zine until after: the wtdtfing.« HI you think I want a bloodshot bridesmaid, you're mistaken." * They all turned to loolt acrosi the yard at Connie, just turning In. Con­ nie always walked, as Carol said, "as If she mostly wasn't there." But she usually "arrived" by the time 's<he got within speaking distance of her sister. "Goodness, Prue, aren't you going to do anything but eat after yo# move to Des Moines? Carol and $..• were counting the napkin^ last night--was It a hundred and seventy-six, Carol, or--some awful number I know. _ Carol piled them up In two piles and we kneeled on them to say our prayers, and--I can't say for sure, but I think Carol pushed "me. Anyhow, I lost my t balance, and usually I'm pretty well balanced. I toppled over right aft<?r 'God save.' and Carol screamed 'the napkins' -- Prue's wedding napkins! It was an awful funny effect; I couldn't finish my prayers." "Carol Starr J Fifteen -years- old and--" -f. 7-. "That's a very much exaggerated story, Prue. Connie blamed it on me as usual. She piled them up herself to see if there were two feet of them-- she put her stockings on the floor first so the dust wouldn't rub them off. It was Lark's turn to sweep and you know how Lark sweeps, and Connie was very careful. Indeed, and--" "Come on, Fairy, and see the veil!" "The veil! Did It come?" With a Joyous, undignified whoop the parsonage girls scrambled to their feet and rushed Indoors in a fine Kil­ kenny jumble. Aunt Grace looked after them, thoughtfully, smiling for a second, arid then with a girlish shrug of her slender shoulders she slipped out and followed them inside. The twins were undeniably lazy, and islept as late of mornings as the par­ sonage law allowed. So It was that when Lark skipped into the dining room, three minutea late for breakfast, she found the whole family, with the exception of Carol, well in the midst of their meal. "She was sick," she began quickly, then, interrupting herself--"Oh, good morning! Beg pardon for forgetting my manners. But Carol was sick, Pru- IKtstcrous vuuliy o«eause of her beauty, It's Lark's vanity for her," he said. Aunt Grace drfcw Carol to her side, and examined the mined complexion closely. Then she: smiled, but there was regret in her eyes. "Well, Carol, you've spoiled your part of the wedding sure enough. You've got the measles." Then came the silence of utter hor- ror. "Not the measles," begged Carol, wounded afresh. "Give me diphtheria, or smallpox,"^or-^-or even leprosy, and I'll bear It bravely and with a smile, but it shall not be said that Carol's measles spoiled the wedding." "Oh, Carol," walled Prudence, "don't have the measles--please don't. I've waited all my life for this wedding-- don't spoil It." "Well, I always said It was a mis­ take." said Fairy. "A big wedding--" "Oh, Fairy, please don't tell me that again. I know It so well. Papa, what­ ever shall we do? Maybe Jerry hasn't had them either." "Wliy, it's easily arranged," said Lark. "We'll just postpone the wed­ ding until Carol's quite well again." "Bad luck," said Connie. "Too much work," said Fairy. "Well, she can't get married with­ out Carol, can she?" ejaculated Lark. "Are you sure it's measles, Aunt Grace?" "Yes, It's measles." "Then," said Fairy, "well get Alice Bird or Katie Free to bridesmaid with Lark. They are the same size and either will do all right. She can wear Carol's dress. You won't mind that, will you, Carol?" - "No," said Carol moodily, "of course I won't. The only real embroidery dress I ever had In my life--and haven't got that yet! But go ahead and get anybody you like. I'm hoo­ dooed, that's what it is. It's a pun­ ishment because you and Jim cheated yesterday, Lark." "What did you do?" asked Connie. "You seem to be ^getting the punish­ ment !" "Shall we have Alice or Katie? Which do you prefer, Lark?" "You'll have to get them both." was the stoic answer. "I won't brides­ maid without Carol." "Don't be silly, Lark. You'll have to." "Then wait for Carol." "Papa, you must make her." LIVE Carol's "uplifting" work among the erring has an amusing end­ ing---a bishop and a minister make strange acquaintances. (TO BE CONTINUED.) JUNGLE FARM OF 50 ACRES Gate He Paused to Call Back. •If mma* Hun, -pr-w'?-' "W*" _ . v , indulge In such JavUli conversational exercises." Ltirk swallowed with a forced effort. "Did it hurt. Carol? How did you get It all out in one breath?" "Lark. I do wish you wouldn't gulp that way when folks use big words," said Fairy. "It looks--awful." "Well, I won't when I get to be as old and crabbed as--father." said Lark. "Sit down. Carol, and remember you're sick." t™ Carol obediently sat down, and looked sicker than ever. "You can laugh If'yon like." she said, "I am sick--at least, I wns this after­ noon. I've been feeling very queer for three or four days. 1 don't think I'm quite oyer it yet." "Pie! You were right. Aunt Grace! That's the way pie works." "It's not pie at all." declared Carol heatedly. "And I didn't take that piece out of the pantry, at least, not ex­ actly. I caught Connie sneaking It, and I gave her a good culling down, and she hung her head and slunk away In disgrace- But she had taken such hig bites that it looked sort of un­ sanitary, so I thought I'd better finish it before it gathered any germs. lint it's not pie. Now that 1 think of It, dence, and I hope you and Fairy are ashamed of yourselves--and auntie, too--for making fun of her. She couldn't sleep all night, and rolled and tossed, and her head hurt and she talked In her sleep, and--" "I thought she didn't sleep." "Well, she didn't sleep much, but when she did she mumbled and said things and--" Then the dining-room door opened again, and Carol--her hair about hef shoulders, her feet bare, enveloped in a soft, clinging kimono of faded blue-- stalked majestically into the room. There was woe in her eyes, and her voice was tragic. • "It is gone," she said. "It Is gone!" Her appearance was uncanny, to say the least, and the family gazed at her with some concern, despite the fact that Carol's vagaries were so common as usually to elicit small respect. "Gone!" she cried, striking her palms together. "Gone!" "If you do anything to spoil that wedding, papa'll whip you, if you are fifteen years old," said Fairy. Lark sprang to her sister's side. "What's gone, Carrie?" she pleaded with tears. "What's gone? Are you out ofcyour head?" "No! Out of my complexion," was the dramatic answer. Even Lark fell back, for the moment, stunned. "Y-your complexion," she faltered. Look! Look at me. Lark. Don't you see? My complexion Is gone-- my beautiful complexion that I loved. Look at me! Oh. I would gladly have sacrificed a leg, or an arm, a--rib or nn eye, but not my dear complexion!" Sure enough, now that they looked carefully, they could Indeed perceive that the usual soft creaminess of Car­ ol's skin was prickled and sparred with ugly red splotches. Iler eyes were watery, shot with blood. - For a time they gazed in silence, then they burst into laughter. "Pie!" cried Fairy. "It's raspberry pie, coming out, Carol!" The corners of Carol's lips twitched slightly, and it was with difficulty that she maintained her wounded regal bearing. But Lark,, always quick to resent an indignity to this twin of her heart, turned upon them angrily. "Fairy Starr! You are a wicked, un­ feeling thing! You sit there and laugh and talk about pie when Carol is sick and suffering--her lovely com­ plexion all ruined, and it was the.*joy of my life, that complexion was, Papa--why don't you do something?' Btjt he only laughed harder tnan ever, "if there's anything mors prs- Only Ranch in World Where Crops Are Produced for Exclusive Use of Wild Animals. On a large tract of ground on the outskirts of New York city there is the only farm In the world where crops are raised for the exclusive use of wild animals. Little is known even in the metrop­ olis, about this curious jungle farm, yet It covers about fifty acres, and has been In existence for some time. It has gradually become a veritable clearing house for foodstuffs for more than 5,000 captive beasts, birds, and reptiles hailing from all parts of the world, who now live as one happy family in the fine New York Zoologi­ cal park. Until the establishment of the farm, the provision of a bountiful and varied menu which would satisfy the resi­ dents of the zoo and keep them in good health the year round, was a most difficult matter, particularly in winter; but the products of the farm have solved this problem perfectly. Not only do these Include corn, carrots, beets, cabbages, turnips, potatoes, and other good things that delight the ap­ petite of vegetarians among the jungle folks, but the needs of the carnivorous beasts are also looked after. For this purpose, the farm contains several big breeding houses In which are raised large quantities of chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats,, white mice, pigeons, squabs and pigs. Advice for Husbands. Most words of wisdom that fall from the pens of experts on the subject of love are written for women. Appar­ ently these little sermons are written with.,the idea that only man's love Is worth keeping and that woman's can­ not possibly last. We are told that man must never be bored by trifling domesticities, but In­ stead be encouraged to talk about his business, and so on. Why should it be addressed to one sex only? Why not say to husbands: Remem­ ber that women are women and that their great need is for love. Love Is their vocation, the thing they do best, their greatest need In life. Why should the wife be expected to listen admir­ ingly to the husband's tale of routing of a commercial rival when he does not show an equal courtesy when she describes her experiences of the day? San Francisco Chronicle. FARMING AS A MEANS OF MAINTAINING SOIL FERTILITY (Prepared by the Unft^l Stales Depart­ ment'of Agriculture.), No farming people have ever been able economically to maintain the fer­ tility of their soils without the use of live stock. Farming without the use of manures Is a waste of energy and results in the exhaustion of soils. The neglect In preserving and increasing the quantity of farm manures has been a great drain on the natural re­ sources of the American farm, espe­ cially In the southern portion of the United States. The lack of Intelligent care of the waste products and the convenient form of commercial fertil­ izers have jointly been responsible for the almost general neglect of farm manures. Value of Fertilizers. Commercial fertilizers have plrved and will continue to play a great part In the farm economy of the country. Their full value, however, cannot be obtained by their exclusive use. A much greater value can be had from them when used wisely In connection with manure and green crops. One of the principal reasons for the small value sometimes realized from manure of any kind Is that It has not been properly handled and through expo­ sure and neglect has lost a large per­ centage of Its plant food. The chief difference between barnyard manure and ether vegetable matter is that the process of passing through the animal has rendered the fertilizing' elements of the former more available for ab- soptlon In plant growth. The best authorities tell us that from 75 to 90 per cent of the fertilizing value of a The Pilot'# Heart. 'The romance of the air." writes an aviator of some experience, "is a dif­ ferent thing from mastots and super­ stitions. It Is not bound up In th* machines. It is something deep dowb in its own grim and callous self. Thoso who know It best acknowledge It least. And the pilots themselves--do tney speak of a "lucky" or an "unlucky" pilot? Never. They speak only of a "good" pilot or a "bad" one. The only time a man is told he is lucky Is when he has failed to break his neck despite bad piloting. Flying Is a cruel mis­ tress. Only a pilot knows what she does to a pilot's heart. Where are the young pilots? At the airdromes learn­ ing to fly. They are nowhere else. But bound up in the romance there is a pride that only a pilot can know. It Is the pride of the self-dependent.' Enjoyed the Call. Nan--"I enjoyed Mr. Borem's last call ever so much." Ann--"I thought that you weren't homeT" Nan--' wasn't." United States' Wealth. Ona-third of the wealth of the Whols world is in the United Stats* Right Way to Care for Manure Produced on the Farm--Conserve the Plant Food Which It Contains to Increase the Fertility of the So|i. crop Is left after passing through the animal. This being true and the ele­ ments being In a soluble form, we have some idea of why it is of the utmost Importance to protect the manure sup­ ply from leaching by rains or from other sources of loss. Loss by Leaching. The Cornell University experiment station found that as much as 50 per cent of the plantfood constituents In manure was lost by leaching and un­ necessary fermentation. The problem Is how best and most economically to prevent this loss. The best plan where it is practicable Is to haul out the ma­ nure regularly, spread It upon the land, and plow It under. The best results are usually obtained by turning under shallow. The next best plan Is to keep the stock under sheds or In stables with sufficient litter to absorb all liq­ uids. This treatment will not only take up moisture but tl\e continual trampling of the animal will exclude all air, so that the accumulation may go on without injury to Its quality un­ til a convenient tifhe to remove and spread it on the Land. The litter or waste matter used for bedding not only serves its purpose in helping to preserve the manure, but adds consid­ erably to It. When neither of these plans can be advantageously used, a cheap shed conveniently located may be subsitut- ed and all manure carried to it as re­ moved. Care must be taken to prevent heating, which is especially liable to happen when horse manure predomi­ nates. This can be remedied by add­ ing water when needed. CAREFULLY LOOK OVER SEED I GROWTH OF CHEESE MAKING Corn Should Be Graded Before It Is 8heUed to Secure Uniformity in Size and Shape. (Prepared by the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Shelled corn is not easily graded and all seed corn should therefore be looked over carefully before the ears are shelled. The grading Is, done to secure uniformity of size and shape In each lot of kernels, so that they will be dropped evenly from the corn-plant­ er when It Is set for special lots of seed. If the seed ears vary as to size of kernel they should be separated into two or three grades, according to the type of grain they bear. These grades should be shelled separately--always by hand and not by a mechanical shell- er--and then tested in the corn plant­ er. After finding the numbers on the planter plates which drop the kernels most uniformly, each lot should be numbered with corresponding figures. All this should be done when work Is slack In the winter and before the spring rush begins. Be sure there Is enough for two years' planting. You may need it your­ self If the first planting Is drowned out; and there never was a time when there was not a demand for seed corn known to be good. Twelve New Factories Established In West--Big Improvement 8een in Milk 8upply. ^Prepared by the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) Work to develop cheese manufac­ ture In the Western states, * begun in July, 1916, has resulted in 12 new cheese factories, says the annual re­ port of the Bureau of Animal Indus­ try, United States department of agri­ culture. Improvement of the milk sup­ ply produced a better quality of cheese and greater yields. One factory re­ ported*" that the improvement of the milk supply alone Increased the net Income of cheese at least $3,000 a year. Possibilities for expansion of cheese work In the West are said to be al­ most limitless, but no effort Is being made to encourage the establishment of factories where there are not cows enough or where other circumstances prevent successful operations. DON'T DISTURB LAYING HENS WHEAT HARVESTS OF THE WORLD Undue Excitegient in Poultry House Is. Bound to Reduce Egg Yield of ^ Yopng Fowls. It pays to be quiet and careful In the houses containing laying hens, es­ pecially If they are pullets from the range which have just commenced to lay. Strangers that visit poultry plants should realize that undue excitement is bound to reduce the egg yield and make every effort not to frighten the I birds by sudden movements. A strange ! child running through a poultry house j will frighten the hens and seriously reduce the laying for that day. CORN IS CONCENTRATED FEED GOOD FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS Those Who Can Obtain Fish Meal 8hould Give It Consideration In Arranging Rations. (Prepared by the United States Depart- meat of Agriculture.) Should Be Fed in Limited Amounts in Connection With Clover or Alfalfa to Horses. Corn Is a good feed for horses, if fed In limited amounts and In connec­ tion with clover or alfalfa hay. It Is a heavy, highly-concentrated feed but lacking in protein and mineral ele­ ments and for that reason should be used with feeds containing these ele­ ments. At the Kansas station recent experiments show that corn is a sat­ isfactory substitute for oats when fed with alfalfa hay but oats is the better when fed with prairie or timothy hay. KEEP SMALL CHILDREN AWAY Pugnacious Roosters Known to De­ stroy EyesiQht of Infants and Oth* erwise Harm. Them. If there is a pugnacious rooster In the flock, do not let the small children go Into the pen or yard alone because such roosters have been known to de­ stroy the eyesight of small children and otherwise disfigure them. WASH THE KIDNEYS! kl°°d in the body passes thru the kidneys every few minutes. This la why the kidneys play such an important role In health or disease. By some mys» terlous process the kidney selects what ought to come out of the blood and takes It out. If the kidneys are not ' good-workmen and become congested poisons accumulate and we suffer frota backache, headache, lumbago, rheu­ matism or gout. The urine Is often cloudy, full of sediment; channels often get sore and sleep Is disturbed at night. So it is that Dr. Pierce, of the Invalid*' Hotel and Surgical Institute In Buffalo. N. Y„ advises "Washing the Kidneys* by drinking six to eight glasses of water between meals and then if you want to take a harmless medicine that will clear the channels and cure the annoy­ ing symptoms, go to your druggist and get Anuric (double strength), for 00c. This "Anuric," which is so many times more potent than llthia--will drive out * the uric acid poisons and bathe the kid­ neys and channels in a soothing liquid. If you desire, write for free medical advice and send sample of water for free examination. Experience has taught Doctor Pierce that "Anuric" is a most powerful agent in dissolving uric acid, as hot water melts sugar. Send Dr. Pierce 10c for trial package. Conservation of space Is a good Idea'--but a man doesn't have to locate a brewlng-vat in his stomach. For Constipation, Biliousness, Liver and Kidney troubles, take Garfield Tea. Adv. The only politics Involved Is our general determination to make Europe go democratic. To Cure i Cold In One Day Take LAX ATI VK BliOMu Quinine 'i'ablela. It stops the CoUKh und Headache and works off the OouL B. W. (JKOVH'B signature on each box. 30a. Too La*ev "Did you draft that star pitcher for our team?" "No, I didn't draft him. Uncle Sam beat me to him." Fiery Red Pimples. A hot bath with Cuticiira Soap followed by an application of Cutlcura Oint­ ment to distressing eczemas, etc., proves their wonderful properties. For free samples address "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.--Adv. TRIFLE "ABOVE THEIR HEADS" Mystic Letters on Invitation to Dinner Had Been Misunderstood by the invited. He had just been made vice presi­ dent in charge of production of a big manufacturing plant. "Ed, now that you're vice president In charge of the producing end you should get all your foremen together and talk things over," the president suggested. "Invite them downtown to dinner and have an evening with them. Issue invitations. Do the thing up In style." The new vice president thought It a bully idea. So he got out the invita­ tions and arranged for a big feed. At the bottom of the invitations he placed the usual "please respond" siuff--R. S. V. P. Days passed and there were no re­ sponses. Vice President Ed decided to find out why his foremen were not coming to his party. "What's the matter with you fel­ lows?" he asked one of his foremen. "I've Invited you to dinner, and not a man among you has sent a word about it. Didn't you see that R. S. V. P. at the bottom of the Invita­ tion?" "Yes,, I saw that," one foreman re­ plied. "Of course we're all coming, but us fellows thought that R, S. V. P. stood for Recently Selected Vies President." Explaining It. "Money Is so tight just now." "I suppose that is why It Is hard to get loose change." I . Disappointment Is the saucer beloo# lng to the cup of sorrow^ _____ Dairymen who can obtain flsh meal, a by-product of the flsh cannery, should give It consideration in making up the rations for their dairy cows. When used in a ration for milk pro­ duction flsh meal proved to be worth from 20 to 25 per cent more than cot­ tonseed meal and had no 111 effect upon the flavor of the milk, says the annual report of the bureau of animal Industry, United States department of agriculture. Potato silage was found to be as palatable as corn sil­ age and of equal feeding value; pea­ nut meal from unhulled nuts was In- Keep the hens warm and Comfort* ferlor to cottonseed meal, and 128r btef yet provide enough ventilation to • • ^ » •. j*. _ • ^ _ a V j-\m 4V n • miiai pounds of potato meal equaled 100 of cornnieal as a feed for dairy cows, according to experiments conducted ty the bureau. WINTER CARE FOR CHICKENS Where H$ns Are Compelled to Uss En­ ergy in Fighting Cold They WAJI Not Produce Eggs. keep the air pure, for a hen that must use her energy in fighting the cold can­ not put the same energy Into egg pro ducttoa, wur comfortable; healthy well-to-do Qeigjtibor uses INSTANT POSTUM instead of coffee ̂ Ever ask him the reason? Might be •worth whlle-especially if you are one of those with whom coffee doesritagjree "there's a Reason* ik 4'*., 4"^^"Jfr-a*-.ftm : * «. Vj*«c8p ' ' ia &H. V 'it* 1J