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M Maine rose an tho Main new to the trim to (on hand! to la- Ippgd mt lower and ,_ -mse- mm #9 mm: m that the start. Ill cry he felt the Lil heart an yacht! for; the thumb and I single night. crab of the no. remarking the word. of later, at that on some [gay ' m a bridge-y. n m but]: than. ISIS he Waugh: I [11an I mm and rum thnt in rue-Ilium. that bridge would Wm that other! like It? up too!” It on. Q's uku.’ lo floated. “shut Wnerl'y'ml Just a mi). II- have: how whether v M!" n W llll' turn-d to DIN". t. in. I! ma not budge. mun-mm In: n sky 1- ” Vaughn-eat- flout: witch sharp in t m the men would 6‘ at! II: M would be was: promo ”Euthan- get! his hilt! out in the night. I. storm ad L mam-um the I‘;Jho unfit-d shock: I! and mural on the flea). of In ten in. the driw-n’ «any that on the train. ~wAs SAVED. H on of the car "Junk the wind 4 nib-r. k the In?" gadmbmmu'd [ale-d. W Moon») I Ind n- F‘.. l Wu m mt! u curve. :0"!!! to new, a final of lubed vividly.1'hero In: vu resignat- They were 0! am. and the crush tron-Beau. "Mammalian.“ If y. rd, slippery n33 and m no but; ad In engine £919!!! of run In 'Mch would water 3“ "out? Variations in soil often his almost as much elect upon trees a variation in clinute. The man with nu orchard needs to watch as we“ as sway. And now come! a tum economist and avers that It costs as much to feed ldozen mtsult doestofeedatwo hundred pound shots. finished or shredded corn» fodder nukes u; admirable coax-so forage ra- tion for horses, whether they be colts of worth: ulmals. The cold Eton-age method for tho vuâ€" rins and maturing of cheese seems to begrowinginm. Butter has responded less to‘ the bull movement in farm products than any otter commodity, only about 2 cents advance being made ove'r hard time it is said that the Indian baiks at citing no flesh meat save that of. the porcupine and the mink. When one has seen one of their dog feasts, he won- ders why they do even this. dairy interests recently wanted a lust-t After a man has got . on some class cheesemaker a call was sent to lllghtnlnx rod deal or o e .- e scheme Wisconsin to furnish the man. and they ' and has endured th ,_, erved re- l°t bun. “roaches or the food )r his lack ,‘ iot shrewdness and bnsl , gacitylt is The beef men clamor for protection ER great comfort to him t more home from shoddy as a subsitute for wool ;som3 evening to find that wife has while they are at the same time eager ,subscrihed for some book t 83 which for tree trad! in aleomargarlne. was would be bought down to 3 or 76 cents. their steers as dairy animals in place of 1mm; all that might be _ upon such old bossy. There is no end of selfisn Ean occasion would not be " to mm, it morality in this WONd- gla always pleasanter tor‘ old man at ‘ ;home aim the book agent made hls Rim-1r n! all kinds will eat corn totl- fvlslt. ft is worth noting that when Italian dairy interests recently wanted a first- clau cheesemaker a call was sent to Wisconsin to furnish the man. and they got him. In one western ratate there are this winter no less than 300 dlfl‘eront lec- ture courses provlded for. theeost of each which will run from $299 to $1 - 000, and it la a fact that these enter- tainments are not by any means solely supported by townspeople, but very largely by the people who live on the farms of the several communities. - Stock of all kinds will eat corn tofi- 51715”. 601' more readily in cold weather than: , when the weather is mud. . They will; A new setfler. an apple I150 eat it up much cleaner. This tact éed up 3 new farm on the suggests that the hay be reserved tor {There was note. native t late winter and springa 33331305!” 0‘ 9mm; of him. He told 1113-“ when the weather is mild. , They Willi 'A new settler. an apple . nk. open- IIIO eat it up much cleaner. This M ged up 3 1;" {arm on “18 lldrpralfies suggests that. the hay be reserved for {There was not»: native t within ten late winter and spring. dlSDOShlE 0‘ g’mllea ofhlm. He told his- lghbors he corn fodder during the cold weather. iwas going to plant an or? ard. They . , hold him he was a'fool. thaé; ees would It was a most significant tribute'paid mot grow and laughed hln’fp acorn as by Mnmmou to science when the-great’ghe proeeeded ‘with his Wt, .11. He set packing house interests; of Chicago vol~ mat five acres to apples tree] '3 trotecting untarllly placed 1:: the hands at the {the orchard with a belt ofx ‘llows, gave Iowa experlmeut station the large sum :tne tree intelligent care 1nd waited of 810,000 in cash to carry on expel-Kb gfor his rewsrd. Heanndet utatem'ent manta in the breeding and feeding “Recently-flat duringthepi Hen years m f. .9. . ., L _ ' he hadvsoldxrom that arch: d-spplee‘m . . , gaze valued $6,000. and th Jone on the Every field of comstalks whipping g‘bleak. black lands of the :Jrie region wont in winter winds all through the @0f the cenmfl west. where any people middle west represents a dead élose to “Dink trees will not grow all. This the owner this Year of easily 35 per Eorchard lain good, thrifty ndltlon to- ..m nm u "m nmmr tlmn and ahred- 4 day 3‘" 3' “fibied lesson '» r all. ' Every field of constant: whipping ibout in winter winds all through the middle west represent: a dead 510m to the owner this year of easily'sr) per acre. Cut at the proper time and shred- ded or thrashed the mum on each acre yould have readily sold for 38 or $9. and, what is materwil] be hagly needed before grass grows again. We wanted some. two inch strips of black walnut the other day out three~ eighth of an inch thick, with which to lay a floor, and were surprised to find that the sum of eight cents per square foot was the price. The same day we drove by n man’s farm where there was‘ a stretch of old rail fence, every rail in it 01' black walnut, but 40 years ago. It was a most significant tribute‘paid by Hammer: 10 science when the-great) packing house interests; or Chicago vol~ untarmyplaced 1n the hands of the Iowa experiment station the large sum of $10,000 in cash to carry on experi- ments in the breeding and feeding of The men who get the positions of rural mafl‘ route carriers in the north should be paid better wages than their fellow in the south. .Inthe north for five months in the year it costs them mote to dress and more to keep their teams because of the ‘cold weather. Some congressman should introduce a $11 um vinter in congress to remedy s. It Is said that the apple tree borer can he surely annihilated by first io~ eating it and cianing out its bun-ow and then inserting the head of a. com- mon inciter match and plugging the hole with clay. The decomposition of we phosphorus and brimstone by con- tact with the moisture in the tree gen- erates a gas which makes short work of the borer. ' In planting a grove of native timber it in wall to remembar that some vari- ties of trees may be planted much closer together than others The soft maple will bear thick planting, as will the larch, entalpa and many of the con~ item The cottonwood, on the contrary will not stand thick planting, but will nearly all die by the tints they are twenty years old. We ire. asked which is the best of our native plums. Like sewing ma- chines and typewriter“; there is no best... For the general market the Hawkeye ranks high, its Ilatgg size and unitar- mity making It a first-clam seller. The Wyanta tho Rockmfll. the Surpfiaex the De Soto. the Hammer and the Black- hawk are all 3004};th the boys will )9; them alpne unul the last Stoddqrd plum is gode. V'Avtnan who. married a. fine looking my m accorded a divorce soon after (Copyright, 190;. b? J. S. T1138.) Rockford, awa. Comondeqce’ Solicited. when he proved to the co that Vahe‘ was in): what she-seemed , m wmm‘ she removed her false 1131‘ her tulle teeth. her false but and flashed the paint tram her (ace she #5»; another lady altogether. Glenna "grim. like this lady, masks under {93%; pretenses ---13 not what it pretends “pg-wand so uLA should be dlvt dairy interests. We mentioned lately that sheep might be allowed to run fur a short period each day in the onlmrd with- out‘ injury to the trees. {We believe thls statement. in- correct, ,2}: wish to emphasize the fact that thiwr must not be left there, for they will firm learn to peel the bark from the hand will “and up on their hind l e a goat. to do it. f V peel the bark frdm'the "* hand will stand up on their hind l-w e a goat to do It. . V A reliable remedy is gi'. to us by an old nurserym’nn and o “iardist for the rabbits which are sue 'd'n destruc- tive peat among the youn. ‘rult trees. It is to go work as snow falls and place near runway: at the~rabblts shoes of appl . . . - which has been sprinkled just a le arsenic. The rabbits will quickly an ad devour Lhe apple, when it is all - 2 ~; ith them. This plan will rid a brueh1§n of every rabbits inside of three da 3’ 3 Lessons from nature . ithe greatest value when tmany respects better . : i. ~ led from the textbooks. " Ean‘object lesson which .?‘-" one may istudy who will. in any ; ing. bluffy iregion, such as may be to bordering gall our larger rivers, it V ‘be noticed stint the native timber : -ays grows :more tall,.heal_thy and th _ tily on the fporth-sldpes of the bluffs; an it does innywhere else. The reas is not that :the‘soii is richer on the ’ orth slope, lbut that it is kept cooler “v d moisten n planting 44%" ‘01 our apple orchards in =‘.- that ten-l- 1 t EW‘hy not apply this 19550 : itory where 'hot winds an»! idsummer idroughts’ prevail.. ," < We are asked an tovthe -: the northwester greening 1‘ orchard of 250 of these -};‘ 15 years ago in Waupucca $1 in about the latitude of St. "3: in patient and intact todag being injured by the cl! ;; tions, and is producing tr ‘3, bushels per tree of these ne apples. The lowest recorded tem- 4 ‘ture In the locality where this orchar is growing is 48 degrees below zero, WWW}: extreme temperature did not injur Jhem trees.- The knowledge or scient' we and tech- nical subjects is being 2‘ vastly in- creased byschools, c lie: *5. training s,chools books and ”if? '5 that the wages of persons in an ticuiar line are being unfavorabiy a Vet] thereby. We know of a case “he seven years ago a mommy salary of $65 was paid to a young man to run an aiectric light plant. while the same pl 1 is now as weii run by another youn. an who is moment to work for 3 ml; or $35 per month. .Stenogmp‘hers- an ’3 ypewriters who used on command h a; salriel I. few years ago are now pa but apnea- ger comoenuflon for thei . kmed abilâ€" ity. in this connection - 9”,:- 511-; men- tion that Pat with his sho g and wheel- barrow has secured an times in wages during the some .. of time. A hollow brick made a n A: , four times as large as the common b . k ls coming into quite general use a a ‘ building V in lts favor f' and cheapâ€" :- about. one- ‘ick for ’the ly put into the, wall, cos- hnlf as much as the solid same space. makes an ln a way it is a. step to“ change in our building ,9 ‘ methods, a change which is forced by the whole sale destruction ‘ -' our forests and the greatly increased q t of timber and lumber. The time 1st 0t so very far away when the brick,‘ stye, cement and tile type of building vébmh prevails in European countries wing“; compelled here, when we will have sills durable. warmer ,and substantial 4E and barns and fire'lnsursnce cc}? 'ipsnle's will do a smaller business.- As to Cats.‘ Cats are all rlght, we at :pose. but a mouse was seen in‘the WE ter's house, and a cat must be procura: to catch it The cat was obtained anél Installed as a member of the familyi easy chakr, new milk. get up in the In; it to let her outfit in and all that aQ before she caught that mouse we 21$; a batch of _. --r ~~~~~~~ divorced by 13% tram the u 'f’ or :35 per ’3 ypewrlters salrleu I. 5"“ one may 5 lug. bluffy ‘ bordering ya grows 3$1in on the 1=f-that tel-fi- .m 1‘ idsummer . p four times k is coming z". a ‘bundtng- V in its favor . ,f' and cheap- -: about. one- ‘ at so very ye, cement ch prevafls - éompelled .» durable. 1 § and six kitten which nobodx‘vm the nerve to suck-pp and drown. and 30-1. Ind cats galore, conned! at night and rag- time till one could not rent. We then went Into the: Carnegie business and save cutaway. nime we deportâ€" ed. only to have every. little beast re- ‘tum sooner or later. So ‘ b: u we ‘know tne poor little moua'e Whleh was mm cause 01 all this calamity never {was caught and may be alive 9nd well ltoday for all we know. It ls best m \goalowoncataz) is now in poor health. dilcourued and burdened with A debt of $1.000. writes us and wishes ho know whether he had better sell'now It 840 per ecre or try to carry‘ e.load for {while longer in the hope getting a better price for his land. We do not like to give advice in such cases. become it might be acted on and it might be From, but we will say this much:” If we were Iiiulted as he in. We would sell. pay up, get; quere with the world, buy a email phce and get a much comfort as possible out at the few years left A yam men full of health and vigor mightcarry thit load. but a man at 53 is fool to m. There is lots of misery in thii world caused by men tryin‘ to cerry 3 load too heavy for them. Should 8011 ”Id 811qu Up. A‘reude‘r In Nebmka owning o good farm of 380 new. “Wu which he bu lived for nearly twggxyem. but_ who 'l‘ruhing v1. Shredding. We have lately been noting the rele- tlve merits of threlhed end shredded corn fodder. By removing every other tooth from the cylinder end concave the corn eon be rapidly shelled end the fodder well shredded without injury to the machine, the everue mchlne eul- ly dlsposlng of twenty eerie of corn in a day. The sole oblectlon to this plan ls thet the shelled corn in never dry enough to keep without walling unless spread out thinly ovor n large surface. The fodder ls put In excellent shape for feedingâ€"just no good an though Ihred- ed. There is perhaps another objection -â€"-the cube, which have n nlue in fuel. are by thla method wanted. The shred- ders are dolng fine Work now. husklnz the corn in meet perfect shape and put- tlng the fodder In the best of oondltlon for use. Either method offers e com- p‘lote solutlon of the corn fodder quee- t on. , lf there really were any definite changes in theiralnlnli. the preveillng winds. the temperature and seems, as some are wont to claim there is. the whole economy of the‘ universe would be thrown out of joint. it is to only a very limited extent thlt men in any manner changes the existing order of things. He may by removing the for- ests promote floods and possibly front. and he may to some‘extent modify the ill-effects of drouthjy surface cultiva- tion end inflation] [the ban of the simeom by the- of was, but he cannot slid n to the ever“! rainfall or temper my extreme of heat or cold. lengthen or shorten reason or abate in the smallest degree the mid- summer heat or the midwinter gold. A. it was and in, so it will nlwaye be. and his success in living will lie wholly elong the line _of adjusting himself and his work to natural laws which are u unchangenble es the lnwa or the Medan and Persians. The hard winters. the drouthe. the floods. the untimely front. which made put yen: memorable will all return again when the cycle of their rotation is complete. From central liiinois comes n must for a little ndvice. The writer. s young man of 20 mrs. has been working on a farm on ihehasgotthesnm «$550 saved up. . e wishes to know whether t he had be spend pm or oil of this money in securing s. course of tnining at the state. agricultural college. wheth- er he had better so west and invest it in a piece or chesp lend or dig uny for awhile longer and get enough together to rent a. good farm. it would be easier to advise did we only know the young man personslly. for so much depends upon the mnn himself. In I, general way we would advise him to take a part of his money and this winter take a three months’ course at the college as a starter. If it should prove that his introduction to the scientific side of ag- riculture awakened new. ambitions and inspirations, as it in very likely to do. he will not need any advice as to what to do next. .It is always well that as a man is introduced to a larger held his power of seeing the ever widening horizon of his being iaalao enlarged, and for many a young-man all that is necessary is to place himself where he may see. He then can go it alone. Men trained in §agricultural science are in great dema â€"the man who can Judge stock. manage his farms, dairies and creameries. run stock rancher and mange men in subordinate capacity. Their show for advancement and emol- ument is vastly better than with the railways, ‘in the laW. medicinerpeda- gogy, the pulpit. The .world must be fed. The feed must come t m .the farm. The man who know. ow to raise thamoet and the best food at the smallest castle going to be a much- wanted man in the coming yearn. “ lecturer and one 'time humorist. mum- ed his connection with the Atluitl Constitution on- the first or the year. Twenty years ago his writing: in that paper attracted wide attention. Since the wnr with Spain he has been edltlu tue Hgvnna Postâ€"the first American , 1.. n... fiéksiaxper in Cuts. Rev. “Sam" SML_ the’j‘nmllot. Fi'xlty of Nmnl Ian’s. What Should he W King.“ uld Uncl. Bill to O'Fal- Ion a they can.“ Into the editor's once. whee the «Meet at King deud Vll'n coronation wn being discussed. “IT‘S aunt thlnxtcbe born 3 ‘7 - - -, _- ALI N... u-u-m‘" - "The gunmen 3v It Mind: on th' oounthry m be'a born In." odd O'Fsl- Ion. “Sun 0| be a dadndont IV m av 01' king: n 0mm ud phwat th’ div“ b": there z-r-o-Q-t than: me? mm It Ot'd bin 3 clndat :1 van av th' Hm av 3 ad 0| night av bin Able t’ .av untried In _Ll|oߢll! helr- “v‘ v ,_. ___,,, en. lo I-H-fi-t ind OI IV bln, but n It I: now nduindont u 1 flu uv Otre- land have hmud work t' (it 1 Job at fiction hand on u: Aqgflqtngylggyff â€"Iv'-- _â€"__ -_ _, “I sue-I.” romrkod Uncle Bill, "am It doe. cut some figure as to whnt country you cc 3 mm descendm uv; but Kin; Mmd In your tar have a blow out that '11 be IMM by Roy- alty more, 5nd If yer my“ blood It thick enough, O'Fallon: nebby yer kl- UNCLE BILL my thine!!! vie}! he? “1" w 41va wld rm blood. a: 0!; 01!! con belt blood that 01 Ian now- has In no velns he’s good enough fer O‘P‘allon If ye: mound? only Ol wud lolke t' not on m .1 thin rnl robes. Just as n manhol- u mold t’ no fun- lly traditions," said O'Mon. who was actually beclnlnx to thlnk an be m mg; Joule Ancient ton] queen" of re . "All-inc trouble with you, 01mm." remarked tho editor. "in that with I. robe on, people would think am you had mood tron some ‘frlbo.’ while. n It is. you would read“! pus mm Imam-I. “,9‘119b9’”__ u oounthry that make- OIrelnnd put av a {not doom-yard far In toltlod pan- pen 2' plly In. nn' they’ve bln phytn' th' dlvll vld th' Olrllh Iver line. they jumped on t' thlm wld both feet Sure O'd lolke t' dum- up In th' hnbm av me noted ucisthry sud atund King Edward'- coronation wld s 'bluck thorn' in me hull and give his lxcellency a crack on the noggin wid the stick. do ye: may}!!! ‘ “Oh. Kin: Edvard it I.“ right. He don' t care much tbout you or yer black thorn suck. Ireland 1- (salt good gov- "Yea," Ind Uncle Bill. “Undue O'Fshon [topping Into Kin; Edwu-d'n court with 3 1’0le robe on n' tryln' tor make I ton! bow at his Kla- “Oi wudn‘t do that half had. beam phwy. 0!"! so over 101k. 01 was goin' 1' pick up a. rustle wld both lands: blt whln Ol'd.do um t' th’ King IV Eng- lmd. 0! hope that 01'“ break me two mum (at mkln' u how tjAth' ruler u Gunmmnuqmuonmm smnmpeammmmuwr Elk/ii“: .éHfie I? at. “am no Noted Alleluia. FIND PUZZLE PICTURE. emment throuh MI! 8“ “SM-"P“ Unclé Bill _ _ .. . ._m_ van-v v--â€" "80 be m' poor aims in ”1' m- t a. 1 getting 300:] seventh-t: 8 re phwat Show have gh' 01am, that warm! bike 0:“ firm tn orda- M Count Cam I out! Tull, may km 3' 50!: mp at th' king's comm, *w Duke me His mm. my cum Ih‘ rm penny phwmle. Bah: say our thin I." «mu. who have anal-3f do but (luv the“ breath. In on??? f llve: all must their _ , «n thralmu t' their oounthry. mall. duve- 'llleeOlul-ndhdrcuumn [11' m and the III: 1401'}: tail on“ a - n, A‘, do but (luv the“ breath. In on??? f llve: all must their _ , «n thralmu t' their oounthry. mall. duve- 'llleeOlul-ndhdrcuumn 111' m and the III' Lion's tail on“ that'll nah his gun that 111’!” was my picking. ' r. “The tale pug at a king." rm? "The pic tut‘uv a king." rm“ Uncle Bill. “I: how much 1:18 MW‘ edm mm in: when 1:: nus-Gd ed the throne. 'cnse tat-v roan vuluo their executive abtlity ta (h. Ibflky any amuse! ,8 H“ rowel-I. tn' the: as tu- dbl”. dldn t max mm display In: In: an; ability whue hem Prueâ€" wm-r' _ _ . A- “-1.1 _ . “You mph noun to forget an at Prince of Wales no 3 human Ind even more lluble to I. (01 vice- tun a an of more hunt,“ birth." wanted the gdlmr. “Yea. I know that u hull lot uv tend. like you be, all all uv his snub“ tracks ‘lmle peculhrftles uv his.‘ hit let sum poor devil uv the common p.- pio sit in debt on account playil' ‘ slot machine m‘ yer mar MN I spun: 'bout it. Now I’d iiiâ€"1 (er (rm. up In my plus but an' 17 .1‘ mm out 111' so ter the coronation 311' show (to kill. jest whu kind uv people It‘ll Whit keeps him in mi, bread 'III' M. tor. by tho Grace uv God alg' the Elk» dish people. I‘dllkehofl ”M.” ' in 0* “Phwnt th' divil they mu t" crown on th' bend- or th' kin to:- more than Oi kin tell. unla- R to me their hand- from meant they be'n I0 swelled up over-man: nn' thunk: be t' goodness. nun" son av Erin. kin handle a ovation widout th’ non nv n crown. “'- nll he'- said and done Oi'd rn to n. ‘Counthy Clue hir' tin nv their coronntlonn. for that: won he's hit on king for at last van wake. nor comedian-history toll- p~ kinu nre willing t’ throne o! M kingdom tor a home. and alumna nt tint." aid O'Fnllon, no he nut Ugo cle Blll nun-ted for sure in. when mmmnMeonommn-to run for school m the nut t.- nnd .- they pulled out the door O'hl- lon um. "Did yu' heu um Chap 119'. smoking “in :3 l5 i lg 33 O i. Count von Dal-abut. and our! mar-mu o! Pruni- un! comm at the First Division of mantra-h. ro- suned from thoumy. u I with h understood. of the Bhskovlu-mflu- brand duel. On Sun TelemNI m «104 nu “Q .332 .2 a 3.36.. .. un gard “an.“ i O :5 u.-