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TAm OF THE BUILDE.R3 X 8YNOPS18. The story operts during a trip of the •"Overland Mail" through the Rooky mountains. "Uncle Billy" Dodge, stage -driver, Alfred Vincent, a young man, and Phineas Cadwallader, introduced. They come across the remains of a massacre. Later at Anthony's station they find the Tedskins have carried their destructive •work there also. Stella Anthony, daugh­ ter of Anthony, keeper of station, is in­ troduced. Anthony has been killed. Vincent is assigned his work in unearth­ ing plans of enemies of railroad being built. He returns to Stella, each show­ ing signs of love for the other. Stella heats ^rom her lover, Gideon, and of his phe­ nomenal success. Finds Setter of im­ portance involving plans of opposition •road. Plot to destroy company's ship Flora is unearthed and incriminating evi­ dence against Cadwallader found. Phineas Cadwallader faces prison on •charge of wire tapping. A perfect ehairt -of evidence connects him with plot to T&low up "Flora." Banquet in railroad town is scene of monopolization of Alfred by a Miss Hamilton, with determination •on Stella's part to change her tempera­ ment. Alfred writes passionately to Stella, decrying the attention which he was compelled to give Miss Hamilton. Mrs. "Sally" Bernard announces riches. •Gideon makes threat against Alfred's life. Quickly leaves town on best procurable liorse in search of Vincent. Race to beat -opposition company's stage a success. Stella fails to hear of Gideon. Stella re­ ceives a letter: "Promise to marry Gideon Ingram or Alfred Vincent will -die." After conference Stella decides to flee. Years pass. Stella becomes known as Esther Anthony, becomes a rich woman, •educates herself at Vassar and steps into highest San Francisco society. Kidnap­ ing changes Alfred greatly and when "he and Stella meet in 'Frisco society, she passes him without recognition. Stella's love for Alfred and his for her is revived. However, neither shows recognition of the fact to the other. Stella visits Mrs. Sally Bernard, now in top notch society •and wealthy, being known as Mrs. Lang- Bernard. Anthony romance is unfolded, showing Gideon, who loved Stella, to be her own cousin. He repents deeds and tries to even up score in interview with Stella. suspected his errand, and purposely put him at a disadvantage, plying him with questions, intending to leave him no opportunity for personal topics. But for once she met her equal. She took the one topic that could best .lire him; and in turn he caught her spirit in the flame of his enthusiasm, and consumed her society veil In a single sentence. i "Do tell me something about the railroad. I miss it powerful--ly." ] "I've jast returned from the Front; got back yesterday." , "Oh, go--" She hesitated. He could See her eyes shine, knew she was going to say "gosh!" and his self- possession flew home again. In a breath Sally B. caught herself, and went on. "I'm just that hungry to hear all about things. Where'd they run the line? Across by Battle mountain--I know that; and where else?" . "They run 100 lines, I guess: just kept the surveyors sticking pins into the whole American desert till they'd picked out the best one. They've got the track away by Battle mountain now; past Be-o-wa-we, Argenta--that's "He's conductor on the Humboldt division; malqes a bully one, too!" . "I bet he does. He--" * Alvin squared about In his chair and Interrupted her. "Mrs. Bernard"--it was her turn to wince at her surname ---"I've come for Viola. Will you let me have her peaceably, or must I make a row about it?" He was quite himself; and Sally B. knew very well that no glamour of luxury or shadow of Vanity Fair could frighten him now. Yet she had one bomb left. "She won't have you, Al. I'm sor­ ry, but--" T ,, "No, you ain't sorry; and that isn't the truth, anyway. It's you that won't have me; and Vi'll break her heart to please you." He rose and stood be- for her in quiet dignity. Sally B. flinched at the stinging words. For a moment she was silent, then stood beside him, her hand on his arm, her voice full of pleading. "See here, Al! Vi's done without you a long time. She's taken the edi--edu­ cation we've give her like a thorough­ bred. And she's beautiful--you ain't seen Vi lately; you don't know how handsome she is." "Yes, I do!'* he returned quickly. Tve read every scrap of the lots the papers have said of her. « I've sent to the galleries for her pictures; and that one the Call spoke of, makes her a lit tie princess," "Every bit, an' better!" The moth er's pride shone in her eyes. "Now, Al, we've give Vi culture; an' she's took to culture like a salmon to fresh water in spawnin' time. She's got the style for culture, an' the tin to s^t it off. An' these big bugs round here that's long on culture, too, they see it in Vi, an' take her right into tbeir set. There's Freddy Bryan--you know who he is?" Alvin nodded. "Well, he's stuck on her, bad. An's • CHAPTER XXVi^Continued. "But, Gideon, you won't like that life!" "Like ? Life ?" he repeated gloomily. *7 shall do no harm there. That is mil." Utter hopelessness was in voice and lace. Yet Esther could think of no ade­ quate word, and drove on in silence <111 they stopped at the doorway. "Will you come in?" 1 "No, Stella. I shall not annoy you .further. This is farewell." i She looked into his sad face and "Baw two generations of tragedy there. Resentment, aversion died. "Oh, Gid­ eon, you are of my blood, the only one, my almost brother. Whatever you have dc»3, will do, is mine to bear by right of kinship. Don't think I shall reproach you. Come to see me! I will be good to you." His face lifted for a flashing instant, his eyes softened with glad tears. But the transformation passed almost as it came. "No, no, Stella! Thank you for those dear words. But it-- I have only to atone. It's impossible! Good- Jbye." He started hurriedly down the walk, tout halted, turned back. "I saved Vin­ cent's life ohce, here in the city. -Never speak of it. I've only told you be­ cause--because I want you to know-" I'm trying to even up the game." He wheeled and went swiftly through the gate. CHAPTER XXVII. The Conquest of the Heart of Sally B. Forty years ago, daring surgeons did not so often undertake to better nature's work, make joints where none had been, remake organs that Jbad not fulfilled their functions. Alvin Carter, despite his cheerful­ ness, had ever silently rebelled against his crutch. And when the idea was born to him that he might have his leg broken and made straight, he never baited till he found a surgeon willing to add hiB skill to Alvin's mopey and if pluck. Three years with scarcely a day's vacation had won for him promotion and the confidence of officers as well as of fellow employes. Thus Alvin had the great eye and sympathy of the governor himself behind his brave.^ venture into unfamiliar realms of surgery. When Alvin came through with two straight legs, the trifling shortness of one being corrected by a high heel, he gladly accepted the di­ version of a trip to the Front while be was learning to walk on two feet. Fresh from those exciting scenes, he presented himself at Sally B.'s home. Not for one moment had he faltered in bis determination to win Viola, if she remained true, and he never doubted her. Yet now, sitting in the most beautiful room he had ever seen, per­ turbed by the obsequious butler's ill- concealed disdain when he had to send up his name instead of the requested card--a'll in an Instant Viola grew re­ mote, his aspiration to her preposter­ ous. The modest' cottage he had thought out--the plans were in his pocket waiting her approval--seemed tout a miserable hut beside this mag­ nificent palace. Time for his heart to congeal had been ample when Sally B. swept into the room, paused a chilling instant, And came forward with her most im­ posing society manner. "Why, Mr. Carter! This is elegant to see you! Elegant weather, isn't it? "When did you come to the Bay? Ele­ gant time of year to visit at the Bay, now, ain't It?" With an astonishing swing of her sable draperies she seated herself back to the light, lifcr face dimly outlined, while the late Afternoon sun shone full upon him. "I read of tbe crack operation the .doctors performed on you, Mr. Carter. I congratulate you on it's bein' O. K. It's an elegant improvement. Won't you set--sit?" She did not even look at him, he thought. Blindly he groped for m •chair, his eyes burning as if she had slapped them with a hard hand. Had he but known, Sally B.'s keen vision had instantly noted and approved his erect manliness, his resolute counte­ nance. Her heart wartned to him. He belonged ttf her world, appreciated ?ber. Yet ambition held the rein. She 4 wcrse than Abraham*® jiaertfiee If there had been no lamb! At least, Isaac would have burned quickly! He saw Sally B.'s face drop and gray shadows creep in. At last she found speech, and her words were steady. "What's the use of money and beauty, an" Vi's aristocratic way, if Bill an' me was ready to tie her down to our kind? To life on the desert; maybe--Bill ain't no flnandsefer--to tough luck an' pore grub. That's what's bound to come If Bill's luck turns. Do you think that's lovin' her? That lord b'longs to folks that's al­ ways had money, an' always looked it. An' if he fails, there's Freddy Bryan; he's a man, the right kind. If he loses his money, he'll make it again--he's buckin' bright--an' she'll live genteel. I s'pose you'd call It lovin' her to drag her away from all that, an' tie her up to a little four-by-six life with you a-trampin' along the railroad!" It was her turn for scorn, and it burned deep. Alvin walked abruptly away to the open window. The beautiful palm gar­ den with its waxen-crested calla hedge and vine-wrapped trellises was full of winter bloom and fragrance; but he saw nothing. His eyes were misty. He was looking into a dun future with­ out Viola, a future never before con­ templated. Sally B., watching, saw her battle! won; and a quick revulsion of feeling set in. She admired his square, manly shoulders. Freddy Bryan was thin, and stooped a little, and the lord was small for an Englishman. Alvin's plain, well-fitting business suit had a wholesome, honest look that appealed to her. She remembered how valiant­ ly he had fought his way on a crutch through half-starved boyhood to man­ hood, honorable manhood. Even his straightness touched a new chord--she was proud of the courage that had pioneered an operation that was the talk of the papers. And he had done it for Vi! Alvin felt her changed attitude, and when he came back to her and spoke, his voice was very gentle. "May I see Viola before I go? It'll be my last chance, you know." "Oh, Al!" she cried out, and stopped. Alvin was astonished at her emo­ tion, yet waited. ] Almost, ambition had lost; not I quite. "Al, boy"! Do you think you'd j better? Won't it be harder for you? An' for her, too?" she added after a j breath. | Alvin's face contracted. Give her ; up without one more look into her dear face? Not see for himself that it was well with.her? That she could love--at least, be content with--the man her motherv^would secure for her? His heart beat clamorously; and he told himself he would see her, would see her! Yet he took up his hat, looked calm­ ly for his gloves and turned steady eyes to where Sally B. stood, her white-knuckled hands grasping a chair- back desperately. "Tell Vi--tell VI--no, don't tell her anything!" he said, with forced calm­ ness. "Good-bye, Sally B." He bowed slightly and walked out of the door. * "Oh, Al Carter, you're the best man I ever-1-" She caught her breath and stopped, staring after him. Neither to the right nor to the left did he turn his eyes as he walked down the winding, rose-lined avenue to the Iron gates. Life seemed at an end! "Al! Al Carter!" screamed a shrill voice behind him. Through the gates Sally B. flew, her hair disordered, her OA? Oft, J# $AFtE OP EARTH ROADfcr WAGON TIRE DRAG. Loop Together Four Old Iron Hoops and Let Them Break Up the Clods. The writer while driving over the northern portion of Arkansas observed the drag shown In the Illustration at work. The tool was so much differ­ ent from anything we had ever seen that we at once stopped and walked one round with the driver, simply to watch the drag grind up the clods. While the cut is self explaining, and it is easily seen that the drag is made with four old wagon tire irons, the driver informed us that the two front tires should be heavier than the two rear tires, and that sometimes he The Drag. wired a log on the front tires, when the ground was very lumpy. The four tires were fastened together with short chains, and the evener fastened with chains to the two front tires, as shown. We were later shown one of these drags, fastened with open rings, which appeared to be preferable to the chains, continues the writer in Wal­ lace's Farmer. The tires simply ground the clods and lumps into a fine powder and left the surface of the field in better shape than any we have ever seen. The drag is inex­ pensive and may possibly be of some help to those who intend to sow wheat Or late cowpeas, etc. FARM SURVEYS. How a Straight-Edge Board and 8pirit Level Can Be Used. A means of surveying for the farmer without investment in any expensive equipment has been offered by a cor respondent. This can be readily prac ticed by any one, and requires only a board with a straight edge and a spirit level. The way to go about it Is this First determine the only two points the levels of which you desire to de­ termine, and drive stakes in the ground Then take a board with an even edge and tack it to a tree, ifc one happens to be ayailable within the line of the two stakes. Otherwise drive a third stake in the ground between them. Put the board at such a height that you can readily sight over it, and carefully Treatment of a Clay Roadbed from One Composed of Sand. On clay roads a thin layer of sand, gravel or ashegrwill prevent the stick­ ing of clay to the roller or to the wheels of vehicles. Clay soils as a rule absorb water quite freely and soften when saturated, but water does not pass through them readily. When used alone clay is the least desirable of all road materials, but roads com­ posed of clay may be created with sand or small gravel from which a compara­ tively hard and compact mass is formed, which is nearly impervious t<4 water. Material of this character found In the natural state commonly known as "hardpan" makes, when properly applied, a very solid and durable road. In soils composed of a mixture of sand, gravel and clay all that is necessary to make a good road is to crown the surface and keep the ruts and holes filled, and the ditches open and free. While clay alone never makes a good road, except in dry weather, sand alone never makes a good road except in wet. The more the drainage of a sand road is improved the more deplorable becomes its condition. Noth­ ing will ruin one quicker than to dig a5 ditch on each side and drain all the water away. The best way, therefore, to make such a road firm la to keep It constantly damp. This can be done by planting shade trees along its sides to prevent tfee evaporation of water, or by growing upon the surface of such sand roads a thick turf, preferably Bermuda grass. Roads running through loose sand may be Improved by mix­ ing clay with the sand and slightly crowning the surface. For the temporary improvement of earth or sand roads, any strong fibrous substance, especially If It holds mois­ ture, such as refuse of sugar cane or sorghum, and even common straw, flax, swamp grass or pine needles will be useful. Spent tan bark is some­ times beneficial and wood fiber in any form is excellent. Enough sand or earth should be thrown over such roads to keep them damp and pro­ tect them from catching fire. Earth is composed of small, irregu­ lar fragments which touch each other at points, leaving voids between. When the earth is "broken up and pul­ verized these voids are almost equal in volume to the solid particles, and as result the earth will absorb almost an equal volume of water. In the building or maintaining of earth roads it is, therefore, very desirable that these small, Irregular particles be pressed and packed into as small a space as possible, in order that sur­ plus water may not pass in and de­ stroy the stability of the road. To this end rolling is very beneficial. The work of maintaining dirt roads will be much Increased by lack of care in properly rolling the surface.--Depart­ ment of Agriculture Report. V DRAQ8 YOU DOWN. Backache and Kidney TrwiMf 8tewl| A Weir One OA ' '*/> U Mrs. R. Crouse, Fayette St., Man­ chester, la., says: "For two years my back was weak and rheumatic. Pains ran through my back, hips and limbs. I could hardly get about and lost much sleep. The action of the kidneys was much disordered. 1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills and the re y; was remarkable. The kidney action became normal, the backache ceased, and my health is now un­ usually good." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Ftoster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. iM AT ATLANTIC CITY. full draperies' bellying to the wind like ! level this board by means ofthe spirit pirate sails, her crape ruffles dragging *«veI- yh®n over 11 towar^ » _ ... . a# a atn 1/ao ttnvfmar a/^ma nviA of thai "Come Back and 9-- VI! Ooeh durn It, Al!" WmM ..sr. ̂ •••!.. the Junction for Austin and Reese river--oh, they were way by Toano when I left." "I knew them places; como acrost there In '64. Paw emigrated from Ore­ gon to Salt Lake, didn't like it there, an' come over to Callforny--Cali­ fornia." She had almost forgotten her elegance. Alvin breathed freely. "My! But's It's cold over there!" "I bet it is," she indorsed, emphatic­ ally. "How's Charley Crocker, an' Gregory, an' all the rest? Lord! I can smell the sage-brush now!" "Working like blazes! Laying track by moonlight and stars! Just think of that! And big sage-brush bonfires to help out. It was the strangest sight; the men looked like goblins, and the hammer blows sounded far away, aud made you creep." "Gosh! They must be runnln' them U. P. folks hard." "Not so hard as I'd like to see. The U. P.'s are coming like lightning, Just a-whoopln' 'em up! They have a man for every rod for 100 miles. They've got good fuel and. plenty of stufT. Glory! I wish our folks could hurry up some of those 35 iron ships out on the ocean, aftd scare up more men. That lot of foils the Washoe took up won't last any time." "Say! That was a snifty trick, the way they"' snooped them 500 Chinamen straight from the ship to the train an' got 'em to the Front before they knew where they was goin'. I read about It in the paper." She moved her chair a little and the light reached her face; Alvin saw the old spirit looking out of it. "It's awful, what our folks have to buck against. They can't build shops for lack of men and stuff stuff that s coming in those ironships. And there's freeze-ups, slides, and wrecks--nothing settled and finished--and the Im­ mense cost of repairs, when they ve nothing fixed right to make 'em. Why, a waterspout over on the desert sliced out a mile and a half of track as clean as a piece of cheese! And then --the papers, and San Francisco!" "The Lord plzen them Clarion men! I wiflh't he would! There!" • "So do I!" Alvin assented heartily. Sally B.'s answering smile held a world of craft. She drew a deep breath of satisfaction. "By jinks! It's plumb good to talk railroad once more. Bill don't keer for it, but I do. Fd ruther live--" She changed the topic abruptly. "Is Billy Dodge over there anywhere?" there's that English lord, Lawrence; I don't know but he's her fyansee by npw; he was here this afternoon. May­ be he ain't gone yet." Alvin looked down at the floor and said nothing, though Bhe waited for him to speak. "Think of havln' an English lord for a son-in-law! Or at any rate, Freddy Bryan!" "But what sort of a figure would you and Bill Bernard cut with that kind of people?" he asked, in sudden scorn. "We ain't that pattern of fool. We'd keep away," she returned intrepidly. "And VI? I suppose she'd never want to see her father and mother. She'd be quite happy without them." He turned contemptuous eyes upon Sally B.'s quivering face. "Lord! She ought to be happy without you! Its out behind her. "Al, come back!" she cried breathlessly, catching him by the arm, hurrying him through the iron gates again, through the rose-lined f avenue to the house. "Come back an ; see Vi! Gosh durn it, Al! I throw up the game! What does a shamming old Greaser like me want of a big bug for a son-in-law? You're good enough, right smart better'n I deserve; an' good enough for VI, too. Go 'long In the music room there, an" find VI. Tell her if she's said Yes' to Reg Lawrence or to Freddy Bryan, or to any other feller, I'll say 'No' to him! Go!" She dragged him into the hall, pushed him toward the music room; and, sobbing wildly, ran up the sound­ less stairs. Alvin stood still, dazed, half con­ scious of ripping, tearing ruffles on the stair, when a little figure sprang for­ ward to meet him. "Oh, Alvin!" she cried in quick rapture, then halted questloningiy. "Viola, your mother has accepted me for you," he said softly, and took her in his arms. And long years of misery were cut from the lovers' cal­ endar. (TO BE CONTINUED.) of the stakes, having some one at that stake who will by means of a small piece of paper locate the point at which your line of vision cuts it--In other words, where a line projected from your sighting board would strike the stake. Make some sort of a mark at this point, and then sight to the oth er stake in the same way, and mark the point where the line would strike it. By measuring distances that these two polntB are above the ground you can get the difference in levels with reasonable accuracy, says the Journal of Agriculture. For instance, if your line of vision has cut one stake eight feet from the ground, and the other one five feet from the ground, then ob­ viously the difference in level is three feet, or, in other words, the vicinity of the stake on which the mark is five feet from the ground is three feet higher than the other stake, and you will have a three foot'fall from drain­ ing from this point to the other. SERVICEABLE CLOTHES HANGER. Something the Wife Will Find Handy for the Kitchen, Two pieces of pine one Inch in di­ ameter and 40 Inches in length are re­ quired to make the simple device shown in the accompanying illustra- r ^10 IN -- Sllas--I Jes' tell yer, Mandy, this , ride makes me feel 50 years younger. Mandy--Yer don't say! Silas--Yep; it's jes' about thet fer back when I wuz handled the same way. RHEUMATISM PRESCRIPTION The Increased use of whiskey for rheumatism is causing considerable discussion among the medical frater­ nity. It Is an almost Infallible cure when mixed with certain ether ingre­ dients and taken properly. The fol­ lowing formula is effective: "To one- half pint of good whiskey add one ounce of Toris Compound and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in tablespoonful doses before •. each meal and before retiring." Toris compound is a product of the jiTT- laboratories of the Globe Pharma- "yJ' ceutical Co., Chicago, but It as well as ••&%>*• the other Ingredients can be had from »;jg any good druggist " ;"*$? , & Why He Went Back to His Old Trick* % "You ingfate!" exclaimed the irate judge, addressing the cu!prit; "thl® gentleman took a fatherly interest 14 you after you had promised to stop * stealing, and he gave you a Job in hi* store, did he not?" 7?:^ "Yes, sir!" -j "And when he left you alone in th# - place one day you repaid his gratitude • by sneaking behind the desk and rifling the cash drawer, didn't "Yes, sir." "Now, why did you do this?" "I got remorse of Judge!" " A C°mrnon Regard. "Just bacl from your vacation!* "Yes." "How was H?" "Fine. I haven't bat one "What's that?" "I wish I had waited' «atO month to take it." "Why?" "So I would have it to taka." T-'M RAISING ONION SETS. Suggestion to Women Folks Making a Little Pin Money. for Gentle Voice a Great Charm One cf the Most Powerful Attractions in a Woman. Very few women realize what an effect a sweet voice has on a man. A woman may be very pretty to look upon, may be faultlessly and bewitch- ingly attired and attractive in every way, and yet directly she opens her mouth and speaks the spell is broken, the charm Is gone. And this need never be. Very few voices are so naturally bad that they will not succumb to training, and the voice can be trained to be just as sweet and gentle as one pleases to make It. A woman should speak in a low voice. She should not allow her voice to raise itself to a high pitch. A shrill-voiced woman is terrible. She should not shout her orders to the servants down the stairs, nor call to any one who may be in another part of the house. This shouting and raising of the voice spoils the tone and quality of the voice and tends to make It harsh. A pretty voice is a powerful attraction in a woman and , she who would add to her charms a wondrous fascination should cultivate a voice "ever soft, gentle and low. Driving a Good Bargain. The barber's small son was In the habit of playing around his father's shop, and he was always keenly In­ terested in the patrons. Many a stray penny found its way into the little chubby hand, and sticks of gum were dropped in quite as though by accident. Judge Williams drifted into the shop the otner afternoon for a hair cut. The lad recognized the fact that the judge was a new patron, and so was more than ordinarily Inter­ ested in him. He hung at the fool of the chair and looked musingly at the judge s bald head. Then he walked slowly to the back ot the chair and surveyed the scanty fringe of hair from that point of vantage He could contain himself no longe> and burst out incredulously: "Father do--you--get a quarter for cuttlvt that?"--Lippincott's. An easy way for a woman to make a little money for herself is by raising onion sets from seed. To get the best results the seed should be planted late, using ground where an early crop, such as peas or string beans, has grown. The seedbed should be made firm and solid, and the seed- planted thickly in wide rows, lightly covered and pressed down with a board. All weeds should be kept out, says the Farm find Home, but no thinning 1b done, as the object is to crowd them so that the onions will not grow too large for sets. If the earth peems to cover the bulbs entirely it should be swept away from them with a broom. When sufficient growth has been made it is usually late enough in the season so that the tops die down nat­ urally, but if they do not they should be broken down by running a roller over them. Soon after this they should be dug and dried carefully, out­ doors if possible, then stored in a cool, dry place till spring. All 'gro­ cers handle them and it is not difficult to find a market for all one has to sell. Making the Clothes Hanger. tion. Small screws are fastened in the ends of the sticks to which pieces of wire, 19 inches long, are attached. Two other pieces nine inches long are added with loops bent in the ends. From hook eyes in the ceiling sus­ pend two wires 32 inches long and loop them into the ends of the nine-inch wires, allowing the lower piece of wood to hang even with the stove. Such a device, says Prairie Farmer* will also be found useful in a closet of cellarway. MOWING BRUSH. An Inopportune Query. "For whom do you intend to at the next election?" "I dunno," answered Farmer Com* tossel. "I've got too much work o( my own just at present to mix into this rivalry for holding gover'meal Jobs."--Washington Star. Lewis' Single Binder costs more ths* other 5c cigars. Smokers know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill A woman says that all men may ttt equal, but none are superior. Feet Ache--P»e_Allen'» Fi Qrer 30.000 testimoi free trial pack**# erSofcimoni^Wu^r^^ A successful man isn't necessarily * contented man. Peculiar Check. A check for ten dollars wrltter o; a strip of leather has been presents and cashed at a Pittsbi";* bank- Time to Cut Corn. The time to cut corn is generally given as "when it is glazed; that is, when the shucks are white and the leaves are turning." Some, however, think it best to let their corn stand longer until the grain is hardened, thinking that the increased value of the grain more than pays for the loss of fodder, says an exchange. We can hardly advise such methods. When the corn is glazed and the leaves be­ gin to turn in color, the work of the stalk is over. Clean the Pastures and Seed Them to Tame Grass. There is much time and strength wasted where brush is mowed in the early part of the growing season because the roots will at once sprout and produce another crop. This is not true where the brushing is done during the fall months. There are many pastures so occu­ pied with brush that the grass can­ not gain a place in the soil. Get after these Idle fields with a brush scythe and clear th£m as soon as possible. Burn the waste material and seed the land to tame grass, which will make the idle acres a* profitable as the clearings, declares the Northwestern Agriculturist. Where land is selling for *50 to $100 per acre it should be productive of grain or grass. Don't allow weeds or brush to occupy the same. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. The Babcock tester should be on every farm where milch cows are kept v It is useless to use sprays unless the hen houses or bog pens are kept clean. Currants and gooseberry bushes may be set in the fall, if desired, and well mulched. For planting cowpeas and soy beans the common wheat drill Is the best implement to use. The second growth clover, if mown while still short, makes a good hay to be fed to the fowls in wluter. Ewes should not be permitted to run with the flock, because when twins are born the first born wanders away and is later disowned by the mother. After suffering for seven this woman was restor ed tobealitt by Lvdia V- Pinkl.am s \ eeetable Compound. Bead tier letter. Mrs. Sallie French, of Paueaurtls, Ind. Ter., writes to Mrs. Pmkham: " I had female troubles for seven years--was all run-down, and so ner­ vous I could not do anything. Tbm doctors treated me for different trouble® but did me no good. While in this eon- dition I wrote to Mrs. Pmkham for ad­ vice and took Lydia E. PinkhamaVege- table Compound, and I am now strong and well." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN* For thirty years Lydia E. 1*"^- ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been tha standard remedy for female lltoj and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled witn displacements, inflammation, ulcera­ tion, iibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear­ ing-down feeling, flatulency,indiges­ tion,dizziness^or nervous prostratwo. Why don't you try it? I>on*t hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkiiam if there is »uvtliinar about your sickness you do jaw understand. She «lll,uTvi JvSI l«Hter ineontidt lue aiuiad^ > ©J free. No woman ever rt^ivtWNl writing her, and luvau^ ol hj* vast experience she thousands* Addrooa* w»» Mmfc. '»Sv=