MARKING ROWS. Unique Method Followed by an Ohio Gardener, The old saying, "More crops grow in crooked than in straight rows," may find favor with some growers, but celery growers get best results from straight rows. Straight rows look more workmanlike and in culti vating, blanching, and harvesting straight celery rows are a necessity. To enable one man to mark out straight rows in the quickest possible way, we stretch two strong cotton lines, which costs us about 25 cents apiece, where the first two rows are to be, say three feet apart. From a garden drill we remove all the seeding attachments and run the drill wheels over the first line from a to a. Before running back on sec ond line (b to b) we put the stake of line one from a to c. When we ar- — »B. A . ycaa . . a x wo*. 0 Diagram for Marking Rows. rive at b, stake of line one is moved from a to c, which puts the line in position for marking the third row. Before running the wheel on the third row from c to c, stake of line two at b is moved to d. When ar riving at c, stake at b is moved to d, which puts line two in position for the fourth row, etc. For long rows, continues the writer In Orange Judd Farmer, we use one measuring stick at each end of the rows and one in the middle. The mid dle stick is pushed in the ground against the line to prevent the wind from displacing the line. When we plant day after day we do not take up the lines at night, but simply loosen one end to prevent their breaking from shrinkage. The time to wind up the lines would cost far more than they are worth. We can better afford to buy new lines, say every two years. BLACK LOCUST. It Supplies the Best-Lasting Post Tim ber to Be Found. Black locust is one of the most per sistent deciduous trees that we have to reproduce itself from the roots, and hence it is essential that one study this particular variety so as to know the right time to cut it if it is to be killed at the root. Grubbing out the trees and cutting them down at differ ent seasons of the year has been tried. If you want the timber to last long in the ground locust should be cut in August or September, but if you desire to kill the trees they should be cut in July and then in fti?- tember the stumps should be peeled. The next spring an occasional pprout will show from the roots. These will have to be treated the same as you would weeds to get rid of them. The black locust, says, Farmers' Tribune, is one of the best lasting post timbers we have and should be planted out on the prairie farms more than it is, for this one item of post timber. We do not think it will last equal to the osage orange, but it is equal to red cedar and can be produced on ground at a much lower price than we have to pay for posts at the lumber yard. PRUNE NOW. June Is an Excellent Month to Trim the Trees. It may be all right to advise prun ing whenever your knife is sharp, but really the best time is during May and June, for during these months trees make their quickest and most vigor ous growth, and the wounds made by pruning will heal quicker now than at any other season of the year. The quicker the wound heals the better for the tree. Many old horticulturists say, prune when the leaves are as big as squirrels' ears. If pruning is done before this time the wound is apt to "bleed," and will not heal so readily. If large limbs are taken off paint tho stubs so that they will not dry out and crack open. Here is where many make a blunder, says Indiana Farmer. They leave too much stub in the first place, and it is probably split down one side. Before the wound is healed over this stump is cracked and decay sets in. While you are at it do a good, clean job, and sharp knives and sharp saws will help you do it. Do Good Work. A word about spraying. Be particu lar about it. Do good work. Know what you are going after, and then use the stuff that kills. To do a good job of spraying one must know all about insects and fungus diseases, their habits and then know what remedies to use and when to do the work. Eating More Fruit. Speaking of the future possibilities 1 3f orchard products an old nursery- ' .nan says: "Where a dollars' worth ! }f fru.t was consumed ten years a rr o, en doiJars' worth is wanted now. l'n' i ess al« signs fail, one hundred dollars' j vorlU will be required in ten years I ro/n now." DO YOU SPRAY? It's the Only Protection Against Dis eases and Insects. Plant diseases and Insects are do ing so much damage to the orchards and gardens In Oklahoma that it has become necessary to protect tho plants by some artificial means, saya a communication from the Oklahoma station. The method of destroying the diseased and wormy fruit and foli age is of great value if persistently carried out. This cannot be done in so thorough a manner, however, as to destroy all the diseases and insects present, and a few left over and those that will come from neighboring farms will produce a dangerous num ber next year. The cheapest and most practical method of protecting plants from diseases and insects is spraying. The ideal method is to spray thoroughly and then destroy all diseased fruit, leaves and trash about the orchard and garden. Either meth od is good when used alone and the value of each is greatly increased when used together. Spraying solutions are divided into two general classes. Those designed to prevent the attacks of fungus dis eases are called fungicides, and those designed to destroy or prevent the at tacks of insects are called Insecti cides. Fungicides protect the plants by preventing the fungus diseases from gaining a foothold on the plants. The solutions are composed of materials that destroy the germinating spores where it comes in contact with them. The copper and sulphur compounds are the most effective materials used in those solutions. Most of the fun gus diseases of plants that can be pre vented by spraying reproduce by means of two kinds of spores. One kind of spore is produced in the spring and summer and germinates soon after maturity. If the spore finds lodgment on tender growing parts of the plant and a favorable amount of heat and moisture are present germin ation and growth immediately follow. If these spores do not soon germinate they lose their vitality. This process of germination, growth and fruiting goes on during the spring and sum mer. Late in the season another kind of spore is produced, which is capable of passing through the winter and ger minating the following spring. The germinating spore sends the roots di rectly into the tissue of the plant un less it is a surface growing fungus, in which case the roots spread over the surface of the plant. If the plants are covered with a good fungicide when the spores germinate the spores will be killed. BLIGHT OF PEAS. The Green Varieties Are Most Strik ingly Affected. In 1904 the damage in Ohio from this blight was apparently greater than in previous years. It was first noticed on French June peas which had been sown with oats as a forage crop on the experiment station farm. A close examination of the diseased plants showed that the stems had been attacked at many points, fre quently as high as one and one-half feet from the ground, though most severely near the ground, when* the disease starts. On the leaves were orbiculftr or oval dead spots one-eighth to one-half inch in diameter. Perhaps the most important thing in connection with the life history of the fur.fiuv Is that the vegetative part. Blight Fungus on Leaves. or mycelium, infecting those spcts of the pods grows through the husk into the seed. Frequently it grows entirely through the pod, forming similar spots on both sides. When the fun gus grows into the seed, brown spots may be formed on the surface. In the worst cases half the surface is fre quently discolored and the seed ad heres to the pod. These areas are much more striking on green colored peas, such as the Market Garden va riety, than on the yellowish varieties, such as the Admiral. Care of Spruce Plantation. The trees require no cultivation after planting. Their great tolerance enables them to survive the shade of brush and weeds and eventually to overtop them. The greatest enemy of 1 the spruce is fire, which should be i carefully excluded from plantations, ! Spruce stands should never be severe- ' ly thinned, as the shallow root system ' renders the trees liable to be thrown ; by the wind. This damage is ('special ly great in exposed situations. In | case such destructive agencies as in sects or fungi appear, specimens, ac companied by an account of the char acter of tho injury, should be sent to tho department of agriculture for identification and recommendations for their control. —U. S. Foie&try bu reau. CAMERGN COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1907 J I" J Health for Women By Elizabeth Jordon C" Present Pace Too Fast for Average Woman's Physique Famous German Authority Ad vises Daily Ten Minute Bath — Two-Mile Walk Every Day Should Keep One In Condition— "Red" Meat Only Twice a Week —Little Nourishment in Bread and Potatoes—Drink Two Quarts of Water a Day. V (Copyright by J. 11. lluwlen. > I (Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, editor of | Harper's Bazar, formerly held a promi | nent position 011 the staff of a New York I newspaper. She is the author of a nur.i --j Lier of popular books Including "Tales of i the Cloister' and "May Iverson, Her j Book." She was born in Milwaukee.) In reading from month to month I the great mass of material on the subject of women which appears in , the various periodicals the writer of this paper has been struck by one ex traordinary fact. The topic of health i —most important to women and of vital interest to them—is rarely touched upon. Women's achieve ments in every line of art and indus try are admiringly set forth. Ex perts advise them along the lines of their professions and ambitions, but rarely does a great doctor lift his voice in the friendly warning so many of them need. Every one knows that the ideal physical life is the life lived out of doors in the sunshine and fresh air. But women who work need a compro mise between this ideal system and the dull routine into which they so readily fall. Every woman needs to know, not "What is the best hygienic system for me to follow?" but, "What is the best system to which I can adapt my daily life, with its exactions in the way of indoor confinement and sedentary occupations? How can I get myself and keep myself in such condition that nerves and body are more than equal to the strain I must put upon them?" For women should have more than the power to endure grimly. They should have the robust health, the cool and steady nerves that give zest to mere physical ex istence. To begin, then, with the morning bath —the function with which every woman should begin her day as reg ularly as she leaves her bod. More nonsense has been written about the bath than about any other hygienic topic. Women have been advised to take ice-cold baths, cold sprays, hot plunges and cold packs. Again, some doctors have protested against the bath habit, urging women to confine themselves to one lath a week and thus avoid the drain on the vitality which a daily bath entails. In an swer to all this hear the words of one of the greatest physicians in Ger many when a distinguished American woman consulted him: "Madam," said he, after the history of her .nervous breakdown had been modestly related, "you do not bathe enough. Do not be inuignant; the fail ing is a national one. The Americans talk a great deal about their baths, but they do not take them daily. Ev ery human being who is up and about should get into a bathtub once a day and stay there ten minutes. Take your bath in the morning, immediate ly after rising. Have the temperature of the water 98 degrees exactly— neither more nor less. This is the normal temperature of the blood. See that the temperature of the room is the same. Never get Into a cold bath on rising. Cold baths have killed thousands. Lie in your bath | of OS degrees; get down into the tub; | immerse the body thoroughly; the j warm water on the surface of the i bWy has an excellent effect 011 the ! mucous membrane throughout. Then, | little by little, lower tha temperature j and finish your bath v.-ith i cold rub bing down, if you wish. The blood called to the surface of the body by the warm water is then ready for the shock. It is not ready for that when you first awake." "That advice," said the American woman to the writer, "cost me over $1.5 00, and it was worth it. Pass it onto others for what it will be to them. I was under that physician's charge six weeks. I went to him a wreck and came away cured. He gave me no medicine. His remedy was that daily bath, followed by a gentle massage. I now take both as regularly as I eat my breakfast and I attribute my perfect health to them." The question of esercise Is of the utmost importance. A walk of two miles a day in the fresh air should keep one in good condition, with the additional moving about that is done in the usual routine. If, for any rea son, this walk is not practicable, the windows should be thrown wide open and one should practice faithfully for at least ten minutes night and morn ing the ordinary calisthenic exer cises with which every one is more or less familiar. Special attention should be given to breathing exer cises—drawing fn ten or 20 long, deep breaths and exhaling them again slowly. Every one realizes the value of this as an aid to health. We all know that to flush the lungs with pure air Is as necessary as to bathe the body. Yet not one woman in 20,000 makes a daily practice of the exercise. One need not make elaborate preparations for it. It should be done immediately after arising, before putting on cor sets, and in a room which has been freshly aired. But it can also be done at any time during the day and In any place where the air is pure and tha seeker after health is free from curi ous and interested observation. With baths, proper clothing, fresh air and exercise comes the problem of food —a most vital one and bearing more than any other on the general health of the individual. Here again eminent authorities fiercely disagree. But out of the smoke of battle one big truth is rising—the general ac knowledgment by the best physicians that we all eat too much meat. In recent years one of England's great est specialists has expressed the theory that the alarming increase of cancer in that country is due in large part to the increased consumption of meat. In cases of gout, rheumatism and kindred diseases arising from the presence of uric acid in the sys tem, meat is stricken from the pa tient's uietary as a recognized factor in the cause. According to the new theories, no one should eat meat more than once a day. "Red" meat — roa*st beef, steak, chops, etcetera, should not be indulged in more than twice a week. All kinds of* fish and game may be eaten, especially the white meat of chicken and turkey. The dark meat is rich and not es pecially wholesome. The whole matter can perhaps be summed up in the words of a woman who is in great demand as a physical trainer for eastern society women. "As to diet," she says, "no meat, no bread, no potatoes, no coffee, tea, al cohol or sweets. "Two quarts of hot water every day. "Five miles of walking; two miles at least. "Eight hours of sleep for every one; more in certain cases where the indi vidual must decide. "A tub bath every day. "Fresh air in the living and sleep ing rooms." And sho should add, an optimistic spirit and a contented mind. But pernaps sho made (he omission wise ly. For what more natural than a sound mind in a sound body? And what more easy than to be optimistic when mind and soul are well and the strings in one's harp of life are in tune with nature's orchestra? Marital Happiness. I-ovc, sense and patience. Those ; are the three important elements nec- j e.'jsary to happiness in marriage, says i Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 63, BUT PERFECTLY WELL.. The Happy Experience of a New Cas tle, Pa., Woman. Mrs. John Mansell, 614 So. Jefferson St., New Castle, Pa., says:"For years 1 was running down iSi^t. with kidney trou gp*' ble without know -3f rn Ing what it was, W "-** r V and finally got so \ Jr bad I was given up. \ ■# The urinary pas sages were painful, 'ss&. sometimes scanty V —. JS_ *am.-£ an(l aga j n very pro fuse. • My limbs, feet and ankles bloat ed dreadfully, and sometimes my whole body. My heart palpitated and I had smothering spells. A week's treatment with Doan's Kidney Pills helped ine and a few boxes cured me. At 68 I am strong and well." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. CHOICE OF TWO EVILS. Request That Was by No a Compliment for Papa. A New York scientist, the father of a large and growing family, has his troubles. One evening his youngest was holding forth in her best style. The mother could do nothing with the cMld, so the man of science went to the rescue. "I think I can quiet little Flora," he raid. "There's no use humming to her in that silly way. What she wants is real music. The fact that I used to sing in the Glee club at Yale and sang well, too, may make a difference." Accordingly, the professor took the child and, striding up and down the room, sang in his best manner. He had not finished the second verse of his song, when a ring was heard. The door was opened, and there stood a girl of 14, who said: "I'm one of the family that's jifst moved into the flat next to yours. There's a sick person with us, and he says, if it's all the same to you, would you mind letting the baby cry instead j of singing to it?" —Success. ECZEMA COVERED BABY. Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw—Suf fered Untold Misery—Perfect Cure by Cuticura Remedies. "My son, who is now twenty-two years of age, when four months old began to have eczema on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. The eczema was some thing terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body and face were covered, all but his feet. 1 used many kinds of patent medicines, to no avail. A friend teased me to try Cuticura. At last I decided to try Cuticura when my boy was three years and four months old, having had eczema all that time and suffering untold misery. I began to use all three of the Cuticura Remedies. He was better in two months; in six months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H., Oct. 24, 1905." Wonderful Engineering Work. The admirable accuracy of the work of civil engineers of the best class* is shown in the wonderfully slight devi ation of the great Simplon tunnel from the calculations of the men who planned it and executed the work. The tunnel is 12% miles long. It proved 31 inches longer than it was expected to be. When the two head ings came together in the depths of the mountain their levels were less than 3% inches apart. Amendment Not Accepted. Mrs. Jagaway—' wish I knew where my husband WP';. Mrs. Kawlet —You mean, I presume, that you wish you knew where your husband is? * Mrs. Jagaway—No, I don't. I know where he is. He's up in his room, sleeping off a headache. FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $2.0(1 .rial bottle and treatise. Dr. K. H. Kline Ld., 931 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pa. A wise woman never quarrels with her husband till after pay day. LYDIAE. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND )(%^-mw Is acknowledged to bo the most sue- If' 1 J-v xM& I cessful remedy in the country for 1 I 1 t *-y I those painful ailments peculiar to \ I \ jjjfr / I For more than 30 years it has I ifefWi 1 J /Tf been curing Female Complaints, \\\\ . '"//)/ such as Inflammation, and Ulcera- \\ \ (if tion, Falling and Displacements, J] [\V ''/ ft II ( and consequent Spinal Weakness, (~LJ\ I \. vjK SI 11 Backache, and is peculiarly adapted U Y to rhe Change of Life. Records show that it har. cured I»YDIA E. PINKHAIVf more cases of Female Ills than any other one remedy known. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound dissolves and expels I Tumors at an early stage of development. Dragging Sensations causing I pain, weight, and headache are relieved and permanently cured by its use. I It corrects Irregularities or Painful Functions, Weakness of the [1 , *5 a F .'. '""Pft'stlon, Bloating, Nervous Prostration. Headache, CJene- I ral Debility; also. Dizziness, Faintness Extreme Lassitude. "Don't care I and want to be left alone" feeling. Irritability. Nervousness, Sleeplessness, K I'latuleney, Melancholia or the "Blues." These are sure indications of B female weakness or some organic <leriin foment. I For Kidney Complaints of either sex Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable I Compound is a most excellent remedy. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women | Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to B write Mrs I'inkham, Lynn. Mass. for advice. She is the Mrs. Plnkham ® " as been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty B years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia K. I'inkham B m advisincr. Thus she is well qualified to guide sick women back to B nealtn. Her advice is free and always helpful. PAT SET ONLY ONE LIMIT. Would Quit When He Wat Done With All Thing# Earthly. A rich man oat in the suburbs who owns a large place has among th« many people employed to keep It in shape an Irishman of whom he is par- Ocularly fond on account of hia un conscious wit, says Harper's Weekly. This Irishman is something of a hard drinker, and, as his income is limited, he is more particular as regards the quantity than the quality of his/ liquids. The other day the employer, who had been awaiting a good oppor tunity, remarked In a kind tone, *a the closing sentence of a friendly lec ture: "Now, Pat, how long do you thinti you can keep oil drinking this cheap whiskey?" To which Pat instantly replied: "All my life, If it doesn't kill ma." It Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching feet. Sold by .ill Druggists. Price 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Glass mirrors were known in A. I>. 23, but the art of making them was lost and not recovered until 1300 in Venice. Mn. Wlnslow's Sootblnir Symp, Jrorcblldreu teething, softens the Rums, reduce* to flamirntlou. allays pain, cures wind col'.u. 2&cabolU« Many a fellow sows hi 3 wild oata and reaps a grass widow. AFRAID OF PARALYSIS A NERVOUS SUFFERER CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. The Medicine That Makes Rich, Retf Blood and Performs Wonders as a Tonic for the Nerves. Why are nervous people invariably pale people? The answer to that question explains ■why a remedy that acts on the blood can cure nervous troubles. It explains why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are also for nervous people. It is because of the intimate relation between the red corpuscles in the blood, and the health of the nerves. Tito nervous system receives its nourishment through the blood. Let the blood be come thin, weak and colorless and tl»o nerves are starved—the victim is started on the road that leads to nervous wreck. Nervous people are pale people—but the pallor comes first. Enrich the blood: and the nerves are stimulated and toned up to do their part of the work of the body. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla make red blood and transform nervous, irrit able, ailing people into strong, energetic, forceful men and women. Mrs. Harriet E. Porter, of 20 Liberty avenue, South Medford, Mass., says: "I had never been well from. * child hood and a few years ago I began to have dizzy spells. At sucli times I could not walk straight. I was afraid of paralysis and was on the verge of nervous prostration. Then neuralgia set in and affected the side of my face. The pains in my forehead were excru ciating aud my heart pained me so that my doctor feared neuralgia of the heart. I tried several different kinds of treat ment but they did me no good. " One day my son brought me some of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills and I found that they strengthened my nerves. 1 took several boxes and felt better in. every way. There were no more dizzy attacks, the neuralgia left me and I have been a well woman ever since." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are invaluable • in aniemia, rheumatism, after-effects of' the grip and fevers and in sick head aches, nervousness, neuralgia, and even partial paralysis and locomotor ataxia. Our booklet "Nervous Disorders, a Method of Home Treatment" will be sent free on request to anyone interested. Write for it today. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will bo sent, postpaid,, on receipt of price, CO cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. IXICK'S CAPUDINE I Q " removes the cause, & ■» 1 fl It f* soothes the nerves ami relieves the ache- and GOLDS AND GRIPPE STS headaches and Neuralgia also. No bad effects. 10c. 25c and 50c bottles. (LIQUID.) A. N. K.—C (1907—24) 2182. 7
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