BM AND
CHERRY GROWING.
W. C. Reed of Vincennes, spoke at
whe Southern Illinois Horticultural So-
riety meeting on “Cherries,” saying
fhat this fruit would ba an absolute
failure on low grouad where water re-
mains near the roots, as cherry trees
“cannot stand stand wet feat.” Sandy
or well drained soil is best for cher
ies.
transplanting; Mahaleb stock
advantage over Mazzard in that it will
some into beariag much younger and
gield larger profits in the market.
About 95 per cent. of the trees planted
in this country are on Mahaleb roots
‘The cherry should be from
the time it to keep the tree
perfectly healihy
growih he
for the app’
‘erry Tough
yey results
sprayed
out
and get a
ig set
vigorous
od
edd
culti
and blu
cherry orchards is
Cultivati
and continue unt
picked. The
mond were named as
most favored in |
The growing of sweet!
wud profitabl
fact that
much be
‘alifornia
ommecial
Po |
ym should
a
Montmorend
been {i
ling 12 "he
=row 1 em so tter
she
fint so
Poses it
Keeping qualities
quality of the ( fruit
good. vet for pur
has the advantage of better
WHEN TI
Ducks
dng and
until
if permitt
will drop
sireams
fhey
feed
fo feed th
ghey will
The
Be hatches
munch bette
pr LWo In
fo have
around the
boards on edge
by them while
Away a
their meal, Foe
«day wher
wand in
from puddling and
water. Remember
one
and
roam
early
he Wp
s00Nn as
they are
water
CARE OF HARNESS
fhiz should yr
ring I
A srder before th work
iigitly §
ai Teast
do bettie Uni kle every st
wash thor aly, using warm,
water and good A stiff brush
deter an off the
gum and dirt apply
some good black oil ith 2 rough
loth, using as much
will absorb Let the oil dry
in a warm room, not too near a
fire or in strong sunshine After the
feather has absorbed all it will
the straps, mountings and bus
with a piece of flannel to remove the
superflsous oll Then wiih a small
spoage apply lightly to all parts a
leather dressing to give a nice glossy
Appearance, Any stitching or repairs
#mhmtld be done before
plied. After the harness has been
is condition if it is sponged over two
or three times a week with a
harness soap, it will always look nice,
te easier for horses and
gaany years loager
v fare -
concera the farm 3
: thas
and should be
hooin
RAN
4
Twice w
rap an
soap
a sponge to take
in well
but
wipe
kles
the il is
tile ON is ap
put
good
the wear
WOOD ASHES,
Unbleached wood ashes are rich in
potash, varying in value according to
the hardness of wood burned
Hickory ashes are more valuable than
basswood. Besides, potash ashes con
tain lime and a litte phosphoric acid
Most clay solls pave sufficient potash
Sandy soils need potash more than
other soils. Do not mix wood ashes
with aay kind of manure b:fore ap-
®lying to the soil,
the
WOODMAN'S MAUL
The easiest way 10 make an
style woodman's maul from a straight
stick to drive wedges with is to cut
the tree high enough to make
anaul out the stump. Shape and hew
dhe handle of maul, leaving a
wiece long enough for the head of the
mani full size. Whaen the handle is
hewn to the size waated, cut the
stump cloge to the ground. It j= less
than half the work than it is to ent a
plece from the tree before shapiag
dhs manl.—The Epitomist,
CARE OF THE ORCHARD.
Sprayiag the trees and vines should
Be made a portion of the routiae
work, whether disease appears or not,
Ms a protection to the neighborhood.
An orchard may become affected and
mot show such diseased conditions un-
#il the next year, when more work
will then be necessary to keep the
frees from attack or injury.
the
HINTS ABOUT FLOWERS.
Sow mignoanette for late flowering.
"Water the tuberous begonias well
‘during drought. Keep the dead flow
are sut out of the herbaceous borders.
@take, tle up and pinch back the
for fall
CORN FOR THE COWS,
F @ every six cows plant four to five
acres in ensilage corn
speaking, three
in feeding value to one
Generally
tons . of silage are
toa ol
can be produced on one acre
TRIMMING THE TREES
First class fruit in first class
ate an
gape
inquiry for
kind, says Delaware
Young trees
trimmed tco
foliage
probably cre
more of the same
Farm and Home, should
liheral'y, -as
much
weakeas
taken from the tres
its feeding power
GETTING FERTILE EGG3
It is imposgible to get th
doring
nring as we
2 Bae
ity of esgs the
winter
ing, good |
A REMARKABI
brown Swiss cow
a remarkab’e re
WINI
OWS
lemande
the number of the
peating
tion
“Yes,” replied the girl
“Well,” continued
are testing the wire. Will you pl
draw a long breath and say,
plainly, ‘I will be good? ”
She obeved I will be
said
A little
disiinctly
ey
qn
the voice ‘we
AA
very
good, she
slower
now,
and a little more
please.”
good,” said
trying her beat
that's right at all”
the voice. “We must fix
wire, I guess, Now, make one
effort and again.”
The girl caught her breath.
be good!” she shouted.
You will, will you?" laughed
voice, "Well I'm glad to hear you
You were decidely unpleasant
time I called.”
And just then the man at the other
end of the wire "rang off
Now the young woman is trying to
discover just which of hb admirers
played such a detestable joke on her
~Pailade!phia Press
the young
woman
“No
rected
not cor
that
extra
say it
th
Lie
Say 80.
last
the
Music for Russian Workmen.
“The laboring man in Russia
though in rougher surroundings than
found in other countries for the same
could be imagined under such
says a writer in Social
Service. “One is love of music. eul
dering of the anthems and chants of
the services of the churches. The
choral singing of men and boys in
some of the smaller hamlets is in
deed so rich and finished in style as
to be a constant source of wonder to
al! travelers. Boothing and delightfui
also Is the delicious melody of the
church bells which render hourly
their music; and musical as well as
cheering even the tinkling of the bells
on the harness of the horses, No
whip is needed by the drivers who
urge their beautiful ponies omly by
the exhilarating sound of natiopal or
popular airs sung in their rich ¢hant
ing tones.”
Dainty cut fringe that costa But five
cents a yard is much used as edge
fuikhes oa curtailing and hadipraada,
The Interfering
Husband Nuisance.
By a Long-Suffering Wife.
A WOULD like to
beyond his
the hushand who
women
about BOCs
but
the oni
ay a word or two
sphere; many married will know him
"
ba called “1 Interfering Husband,”
bousehold and domestic
too well; he
who will
may
poke his nose (nto matters
which in no way concern him
Ha is a kiad of general
connected with housework:
wile as 10 how she should perform
length of lecturing the “general” on the most
true wife cares for a _ husband going about the
for a man; yet, the kitchen is a kind of happy
fering husband
He drops In of an afternoon—why « ¢arth is
He demands an explanation, and is told that {ie “AMissus
scrubbed that day
This won't do for the interfering
and faforms her that the kitchen jooks au 0d clothes shop; can she not
keep his house in a cleanly state? 1s he to pay for a servant standing about
doing nothing when she might be well amployved scrubbing flcors, and so he
EOvs on
Such
opedia on all matters
ie thinks nothing of instructing his
alas, he frequently yes the
fal points of housewifery. N«¢
Kitchen; Ia fact, it is no place
hunting ground far the lute:
eneye
duties
the floor not serubbed yet
" sald It wasn't to be
out his wife
man, however: he hunts
HIKE
y
aa infliction, and the household
annot t waen
is more than a nu
he pre {3 1
a man
bver which
on like this
But he
will also di
tolerate
Suppose tie
sance; he is
sides {3 rarely a the man goes
Nappy ong
vidual won't only meddle with ho'd
erning the i a4 rue
affairs;
mother
Hous
game indi
tate con
month of have the chil
wearing their or flannels Nao? ‘ell i ! io so at
te mother
judg § 1 1 the dre sh id pu r or
dren st ppd
rders the interfer
the best
oth } nl
Natural
Fuch a man giv
vale at
it isn't pr
wor.an of spirit wil! aot ma
aimost fol'ows as a matter of
of the 3 iat he is known
pens t
ton
on free
the str
be of t
neighborhood
bandied about
WW 3
The Match-Making
Instiact in
y question
Becaus wom
hich, after all
But on
We
VOOR
up our mind
Re,
A Mother’s Responsibility.
By Beatrice Fairfax.
“YE mother of a son owes a
july to some uaknowa woman. That
ing of the son
woman is the son's future wife, and ies in the upbring
If he
sisters and
woman unfortu
But if he is
mother and others he is sure
No wife can train husband
other woman's wisdom or foolishness
Tae real responsibility of a boy's upbringiag rests with the mother
father can teach him to be maniy and honorab.e the mother, if she
the right way aboul it, can reach bis vary soul
She can teach him to it
treat ail women, whether good or bad
by hia love for her
When a mother
is foolishiy iuniged and allowed to {yrannize over his
amal.er life miserable for the
ate 10Ugh 10 marry im
ht manly. gentile and
: and
ia reap the benefit of some
ne w i ina wo
considerate of hi
her
The
ROes
other women, and to
yusideration, inspired
Fe false f
and sisters conapire to sp a boy they do not atop to
consider what troubles tre) it up for his wife, who, mmnless
she wishes to live in an everlasting whi f bickering and quarreling, will
have to wait on him aad kow-tow to his whims and fancies just as his foolishly
fond mother and sisters done. They have pampered and spolied bim to
guch an extent that he has grown (0 feel that his slightest wish is law
Now, it is ona thing for a mother or sister to occupy this poshiion toward
a man and quite another thing for a wife. The former are the sponsors for
the existing state of affairs. The latter is the victim
If she does aot follow In their foo'stens and how down to the Wictates of
her tyrannical lord and master, the mother and sisters will think her seifisb
and unappreciative of the greal blessing that has fallen to her lot. If she does
zive In to him, she sinks into a poor nonentity, without will or volitioa of ber
own. the mere echo of his domiaeering will
Tris is the lot of the wife of the man who has
ht: own way in everything
His loving, If weak-minded, mother, may take pleasure in granting het
darling’'s every wish, bul surely she owes something to the wife who will one
day suffer for the mother's foolishness — New York Journal
Couldn't Lend Horse, tell you what I'll do. I'll walk home
Representative Adamson, of Geor | with you."-~Washington Post,
gla, recently told a story which illus | ————
trates true good fellowship. He had Mourning in Korea.
bean campaigning in Georgia on foot Koreans wear full mourning for
and was twenty-five miles from home. | their fathers. The dress is of hemp
It became necessary for him to go ! cloth, with a hempen girdie. A face
home, and he tried to secure a con: | shield is used to show that the wear
veyance, but all the teams wore busy | er is a sinner and must not “peak to
on the farms. Finally he went to a any one unless addressed. The eos.
man whom he knew very well and tume (8s rotained for three vears, the
said: shie'd for three months, This is worn
“Bill, for a father only. Secondary mourn.
want a rig to take me, Ing’s warn for a mother, and no
to get me one.” , mourning at all for a wife, The hat
“Adamson,” he replied, “we are five is of wicker. During the China-Japan.
months behind with our work here, ' ese war the United States minister
and it Is next to impossible to got a ordered every American eitizen to
korsa that can be spared; but thera have this outfit for disguise ia case
lsat anything | won't do or you. [I'll of dight
endless
have
been brought up to have
I have to get home, and |
You've got
Prescott Was a "Mother's Boy.
Camille Pelletan, the French born
‘er of marine, Is noted as a tyoice] bo
hemian. He has spent a good part of | nicely fitted to
bia lite in the Latin quarter, and ever From his
now, compelled to live in the | thought
magnificent marine » fre | epirits
quently
minis Prescott was not
but happily
only well
born. His heredity was
his problem of life.
Governor Woleott
he derived his “anfailing
* In Plerce's Life of Sumner
entertain tl onemian | there ig a record of a conversation
friends. Another no emian io | at inner, where Webster, Ticknor,
French government {8 Tissler Prescott were pros
president of the ihr
The talk turned on the
and Tiss chnms at
most shaped
and are close friends now and Boome
mother
though
piace of
he Sumner and ent
i aadisy »
elisiar | among others
ar Worms oallege | question. what vitally
men's eharacter
one thing
went deg
activities
some another "Xr
that a
most potent He
witness All
Ticknor plously
from Salem
Just re } (vat th
| sald
X-Rcoys Remove Smallpox Scars I Py
It is alleged that appli
he X-rays will remove the
mn the skin hy X {
ire we told that
successful fl
dared mothers
ations of ¥ Anessa as the
mars the ar
oun
experiments have set
gather
contemporaries
had his
mother. — Rollo
Atlantic
AEree
bright
Og
Vrgngw patient : TY
HET patien boy William
vivielty from bis
den, in the March
over ng, but thes 8 2.80
that pitting of
reason to
Many years
removed The old
tubarculosls ar
wlieve
itanding may he
sears of burn
1ieo removed Ly the
Not Circulated Fast Enough,
“She's not to be trasted ald the
' EOREID
Gotham’'s # “Why not?
New York has won surviving a t
(iroy
trl all =
old her al about the scandal
’ *
promised n
101 to mention ik
AiAn's :
Mayors
Vyeck,
and she
and she
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