f— . ORY TARDY and Pr tie E SSA J house oO rf Duch come under 11% lse pull more profitabl Rural New Yorker SPRAYING THE TOMATO The general health and the acter of fruits from the was noticeable at each these fruits were firmly the vines, while those from sprayed vines were loosely or had fallen before ready Thig was still more noticea firm char- sprayed vines picking; for the to plek. well as the ripe were picked. of the green fruits of the unsprayed rows had fallen from the vines were loosely attached and more or less soft, while those from the spray. ed rows were go firmly attached that they were pleked with All equally difficy varieties subiect varioti loge tri while seven metal quite indestru of Inequer {8 pre againat known hol, bolling most all The iarge It is fort to dry ites denolition lacquer sap The Japanese to let foreigners mequering —8t erat ne lacquer tree of Japan is always cut down at VORTSH, thereafter it be Each about six very the - ” o age of as gins tree on ot up violas barrels careful goecreta ! not into the of Times Demo are very Louis Fifteen or twenty lions suddenly raided the town of Chorumo, in Brit. fah Central Africa, the other evening at ‘dusk and killed and ate eleven per- sons, The other Inhabitants fled fn their canoes, and the lions prowlod through deserted streets. of a By J. BECENTLY, In a reply with Russ} was any lack 5. The: the navy ’ he | { Napole (M01 host By KE ene V Ll &F Prove tie Superiority Piet & ‘Boss’ & =alee BY Post a greatest France, noted note for ti per that the cit those of France status or other deve hold a better position. It more frequently ure, conciuded Englishman will a Frenchman will Harper r's Week! ranks lopme n does not those of the the Postmaste write (0 a friend fifts walk that far and co han How to Propose. A Hindu father recently the following letter asking for the hand of his daughter: “Dear Sir--It is with a flattering penmanship that I write to have communication you about the prospective ¢ of your damsel offspring. For renote time to past, a secret passion has firing my bosom internally loving your daughter. 1 have navigat ed every channel in the magnitude of my extensive jurisdiction to cruelly smother the growing love-knot that is being constructed in my within side, y cinmercial ! ind Belgium would saxon blood correspond ut a ilat also fig the Continent om his un what he has Ang Femper sald or Ame that but (0 say verbally. i away It my Hoping that corroborate in love-sickened you will espousing heart concordantly your female to ny tender bosom and acquire me into your family Your dutiful Sondn-law.” —————— a" thereby circle It's so hard for money when some single men to that they save don’t marry, —-—— in - Unless a man’s sense of humor ia on a vacation, he never takes a wo man seriously. ) ii earning econom: thats in ' hindered by care take to themselves 5 f wife's savings, and thr upon her he blame of thelr own Few of men like to a ids, who the loose methods these we themselves baldls financial ald 1¢ go fe of even him in his joyful career of eplon—and when In despera driven to take the own hands, it hurts them worse than it does the husbands Harper's Bazar tion they are into (heir QUITE was RIGHT first married” one day, “if my went out without kissing me. git down and ery for an hour, now.” she added with a knowing smile, “if 1 see he's going to forget fl, 1 Just give him a kiss instead. 1 find that the plan works better where he's concerned, and I'm a lot happier myself. So don’t you, my dear, ever be so foolish as to cry for a kiss your reach’ My friend's words, 1 thought, might be applied to the attitude we assume toward things in general. A great of us (and it is a regrettable fact that the number include some of the best and most deserving of us) rely too entirely on our merits, We “When 1 a fxiend to me hus I'd assume passively expectant ! Hitude ¢“ ted urselves tha then we fold our walt for it to come, wiiers this are il with the vexation we contin Haven ing Register EDUCATION The of one o ‘ashington’s high schools relates an Incident in connection with commence: ment day of the ins tion mentioned A clever of the pring lose of the exercises about principal girl one priz her fr her to offer “Weren't awfully afraid n't get Hattie when there wore sO tants? “Oh, tie came ‘em all Weekly pal crowded ralations iende congra you you isked One, many contes- wou no!” cheerily exclaimed Hat. Because 1 knew that when It English composition 1 had skinned alive!"-—Harper's tO BRIDESMAIDS SUPPLIED. A Parisian woman has established an agency for the supply of brides maids to prospective brides who are in need of such attendants. As tha same girls In the same dresses take part in many different bridals, a fee of a sovereign for each girl is con sidered sufficient to meet the matter, Wise men never borrow trouble as long as they can borrow money.