i ———— HERGRPAS AGRE RE RP RGR RG FINGERS FOR § PATRIOTISM Seventeen Corean Students sactl- fic:d Them For Thalr Coartey. § Pp — Over in Corea, where the rebellion of a few thousand natives against the harsh rule ‘of the Japanese has brought upon them at the hands of their masters a deliberate war of ex- tinetion, patriotism runs in weirdly Oriental channels. their devotion to country by each cut ting off one finger as.a memorial of- parted freedom recently appeared in Englishman in Seoul It was this translation entered as an exhibit in proceedings against this same man, one BE. T. Bethell, who through a vernacular and an English news- which was all sorts of trouble. The up for trial before the British of council prohibiting an Englishman foreign country. his article about the fingerless stu- dents and others of like nature Beth- ell was imprisoned and fined by the court of his own country. Here is the seditious article in all its wealth of exotic eastern phrase- ology: How great is the finger blood the seventeen students! How bril- liant is the finger blood of the seven- teen students! At this blood we ges ticulate, at this blood we dance for joy All feeling Coreans, men and women, yon should gesticulate ana at this blood. At this blood sing and at this blood we wail. All men and women in Corea who have the power of tears. you should sing and wall at blood What blood is the finger blood of the seventeen students? It is blood of patriotism blood of public spirited indi; blood of fi the blood of madness is the finger students! A few days ago a Hamheung came into our arg streaming from his counting minutely the history of the seventeen students’ This {3 what he said: On the fifteenth of the first moon, spring having returned the northern continent, when the moon was full, over fifty students of the Pochang School of Pungho vii lage, in district of Hamheung. azrembled together, singing a song of patriotism. The subject of speech. making was "The Heart Which Pre serveg the Home Should Be Trans ferred to the Country.” Their feelings, by the -y, and the terrible end to which had come having Increased resentment, they burst forth and consoled and éxhorted other la words of sorrow aad of them of dance we this the the anxiety blood of from traveller eyes, Ire blood to the touched gohs Seventeen oyercome their fervent feelings certainly rivers iv add 4,000 years" they each cut off on« of their fingers with the swords they weve wearing and with the they wrote a covenant How great is the blood these seventeen students! How extraordl nary is the finger blood of these sev. enteen students! We dare to praise this finger blood as a harbinger of freedom and a fore ner of civilization and a flower of world of education Students’ Stedenta! You should take good care yourselves, What heroes have left glorious monuments in history except through Livod? Sinkwang, for instance, cut elbow in the earnestness of his ioccking after truth. Isapun out of his devotion to religion, cut his neck. Oxi cut off his arm in the zeal to 2 ‘ain fame, while his enthusiasm to tervé his country made Akpl dye his kair black Nothing can be done without blood The bowels should therefore be filled with blood, the eye shonld always shed tears of blood; the body should bathe in blood—in river and geas of blood-—and the hearts should be pol jshed by contact with mountain: and rocks of blood. In this way the peo ple will become a people of b'ood “4 this country a country of blood Then there will appear national heroes of greatness and grandeur. The fin. ger blood of the seventeen students will look insignificant for a nation of 20.000.000 Corcans. A AEA FORTUNES ON TREES, and drops of blcod of the of his Orchard in the Northwest Which Yield Profits of $1,000 an Acre, In the Rogue River valley in south ern Oregen F. H. Hopkins In 1007 made a profit of $19,000 oft sixteen acres of winter Nellis pears-«31.187.50 wey acre, says the Technical World, in the game valley G, H. Hover bought ten acres of pear orchard at $560 an acre. Yifteen months later the crop troevght him 89 600, Bight years ag¢ J. L. Dumass set out fifty acres of apples near Dayton in the Walla Walla district of southe eastern Washington. In the s.unmer of 1907 he bought fifty acres of apple Forehard adjoining the property at of investment of $18,000. The apples he picked from these fifty acres that season sold for $16,000 and the total crop from the hundred acres realized $52.000—a return to the owner of $40,000. A climaté and soll that are capable of rearing such monsters as the red wood trees and the sequoias, which render measurements of vegetable growth in. other regions of this coun- try puny and scant, ‘account in part for these bewlldering figures, But there are obscure valloys, nar row and diminutive, mere pockets, be tween huge mountains, where in the past no plant worthy of cultivation has found so much as a foothold. And it is in many just such spoils as ! these that the returns are the hugest. | Irrigation, in such cases, is the | maining factor that explain the mys tery, The same magazine tells a remak {able story of the success of (wo women who tried farming in England | They began with five acres in Berk { shire, but found they had too m ich | land, so they cut down their holding® {| to less than half that amount, The teachers of the women were a French gardener and his family who, with an acre of land in Frarco, sold $2500 worth of produce °‘n a year. “In a bare ploughed field stands a square palisade of zinc plates enclos ing about three-quarters of an acre,’ writes a visitor to the farm. “The i ground is all covered with Inverted | bell glasses of the kind known in Burope as clochers. Under each bell at the time this writer visited the | farm were five lettuces. Leltuces were | growing around the bells and ra Every inch of the three anticipating up everywhere at leas! of them soll yar, g#eason prices.” DATS each and the TIPPING IN BOHEMIA. Tips—Pay for Privilege of Serving. the of Prague In city ’ tramway conductor is rigueur. The orthodox but two heligr, penny, yet as lowed for in ing capacity tors should have g ful minimum day's ond Tipping, it Bohemia's 5 § podly pocket of the coin by eact in an towns, is the head for eriained wag as other of so fully waiter at recognized thi a cafe pays a rent past, supplies all coffee room and er walters, and th professor all After ful of his tips - out ialieht supper at one of the of open alr cafes the capital § was found should give a half to the head waiter who took payment walter whe that approximately yrs de kr twopence to the under brought the viands, ta the boy who brought in : Was a The Average Man, is the i= t live? Where is he like? It is a very interesting research You delve into tables of statistics you study the unflinching law of aver gages. you ransack official returns, and #dd to your knowisige your own ob servation—then you have an infallible guide to his cottage. And when you s¢> him you know him right off. He isn’t ihe least handsome, - thie average man. He lives out in a cot tare In a village or a small town and he doesn’t care two ping about hig dress. If he discovered ® crease in his trousers he wouldn't feel un comfortable. His trousers bag at the knees, He smokes half an ounce of tobacco a day, which costs him two pence, and In the course of a year he guenches his thirst on various oc casions with the aggregated ald o! (nearly three barrels of beer (over 100 gallons), and {wo lo thiee gal {lons of spirits. —London Saturday { Journal. does he What A Freak of Nature. A remarkable freak of nature ana ia rade, find from a geologists point lof view came to light on the furm of Johti R. Anderson, located a few miles from Latrobe, while Charles D. Fausala was digging a holdin the ground, The hole, about six feet equare, waa being put down rough a bed cf soft limestone, and e of the rtones encountered, a piece of Hmestone about eight by six inthes in dimenstons, was accidentally stricek upon the vdge with a pick. It spi oven at the blow and Inside wae found a grapevine leaf. It was of an ordinary size, looking exactly as 9 leaf from a moderna grapevine looks and it was as greon and as fronh and tender as though ft had just been pincked from a vine. It withered 2 secon as it was exposed to the alr and sup. The leaf was found In the cen tre of nn fifteenacre flold of corp FPhllade!=hia Record. : FERTILIZER. I have heard farmers make the re mark, “I made a mistake in select ing my fertilizer.” “My fertilizer Is not giving satisfaction for money ex- pended,” ete. One farmer said that he had bought a special preparation for potatces and also a superphos- phate or dissolved bone as it is call ed. That the cheaper goods geemed to give as good result as the high priced goods. Another sald that he had fertilized a part of his corn fleld and left a part not fertilized and that he could not any difference in the growth of his corn. The season evidently has much to do with the crop growth. After we have gone to the expense of buying fertilizer and putting in the crop if the season {8 unfavorable we may fail to get a good crop, but well pre- pared and well a much better to bring good crops than-solls that have been badly managed Usually the few pounds of nitrogen and of potash put in high priced fertilizers do not pay the ex- tra cost over the phosphoric acid which they displace. In most solls there is'a lack of phosphoric acid and there may be a lack of potash and of nitrogen, but the amounts of potash and of nitrogen found in the socalled complete fertilizers often do not make much of a showing over the common dissolved bone. Stable manure carefully saved and 8Ce show away with the purchase of nitrogen and potash. Chemists are able to find large quantities of all the ele ments of fertility in the soll and the question of fertile soils may be solved jargely by methods of rendering inert fortility available rather than de- pending upon purchasing commercial fertilizers year Any vegetable matter decaying In the soll will help to render plant food already the available contained in the the from to year in hosides goil the plant food table matter nure and the legumes and nmus to soil. Stable roots and stubble in fact all + gol! and also pliant farm crops rd } i while commercial Eplitomist fo fertilizer only 3 adds pliant DON'T OVERFEED THE TURKEYS The following very good advice tell ing ill effects overfeeding turkeys we re-publish from the Rural World: How often one hears the complaint from that their young birds the chief of the of ralsers and die, turkey droop in disinc up with when on light watery in head the flock range: droppings often yellow and in which soon af- inflammation of and the bird the of the colored, The caused by overfeeding the then follows ones the are trouble fects that done To Turkeys on a feeding, liver; Organ ia for prevent this allment feed less range at p " them £ rpg peed but night Oo come excerpt - just then to tempt to roost. and supply what they rould up durin the das and they jong. and sv furkevs made turk sndoers feeding Reserve the thelr maturity and yon wish to fatten them for market In the raising all kinds poultry must learn not to confilet with nature's arrangement, or we will be unsucceasful submit to heavy while bone to growing and mus p when they have reached of of we supply them with plenty of fresh water and sharp grit, leaving heavy feeding until later in the fall Intelligent rearing of turkeys de mands the use of brains, and they cannot be raised withouut intelligent management any more than a herd of cattle or flock of sheep. Years ago there was much prejudice against the rearing of turkeys on the ground raise. Much by shows, fairs and methods in general, grown by nearly every farmer. Yet with all this vast supply from year to year, the demand far exceeds the supply. Turkey growing has become more of a pleasure than a burden. DANGEROUS INSECT ENEMY. The peach borer or white grub, which bores holes through and under the bark of .the roots of peach trees, weakens and often kills trees and may be considered one of the greatest enemies the peach has to contend with. This insect changes from a worm to a fiy in August or Septem: ber. At that time the Worm comes to the surface of the grousd, con structing a cocoon an inch in Jength, which is attached to the base of the tree or perched on the ground, enl upward. In a few weeks it appears as a moth and begins to deposit its gmhll eggs on the body of the ree near the ground. Each body lays 200 or more eggs and dies wiihin two weeks, In October or November the eggs hatch, and the little borers, gearcely large enough to be seen, make (thelr way down to the ground at the base of the tree. When warm weather comes in spring they begin active work and, Increase rapidly in size, working fivet in the bark of the roots nearest the base of the ree und thea extending dows four or gly A inches Into the Jower roots, eating their way as they go. The worst work is done in May, June and July, and these are the months when the peach frees should have mosi care ful attention. Young peach trees re quire more attention than older trees. The roots of older trees are often go large, coarse and fough as not to be young trees may be destroyed by one grub.—Weekly Witness. CARE OF APPLE TREES. Apple trees do best in a fertile clayey loam or “white oak” soll and on a southeastern slope. Varieties should be chosen which are known to be hardy in the locality. Information may be obtained from the State ex periment stationg in nearly State, The trees should not be planted closer than twenty-four feet each way every roots and cultivation several years, Between the toeg or small practiced of pota grown, trees crops fruits may be infection by insects and fungous dis eases. The trees should be carefully for borers, which eat in the trunk. These can be dug out the aperture. The treeg give best when headed low, so careful pruning It Is well to that {is essential. se sun scald. When the tree is coming into bear | Ing spraying with paris green or bor deaus mixture is recommended. This | should be done after the blossoms { fall and again three weeks later This treatment kills broods of the i moth and keeps fungi in | Weekly Witness chock. — FARM NOTES If a cow has to exercise too muck, her milk yield will be Letting cream get it Is churned is 28 common poor butter | Those who consider : some should remember work no profit” One who does dairy work largely by accident will complain that constant advising of tains much bosh, makes better dairy larger net profils A good dairy cow will do profitable dairy work, no matter what her breed; but such a cow is much more likely to be found in one of the dairy breeds {than in any other Do not walt for cows to begin te fall off in thelr milk flow before feed ing Is commenced, since it is so much | easier fo maintain a good flow thaw it is to get it back after it has been 3 * Os. reduced % ’ too old before CRUEL of dairying irk the rule, “No cleanliness but « products cons canliness and i So many butter-makers alize tha! some cows give rf than others, and i milking cows that give something than skim milk Large globules of butter fat i the more Uniformity globules is de sirable. since globules of the same gize will rise to the surface at abou? the same time From “Drops of Dalry Cream.” in the Progressive Farmer THE LAYING HEN In a laying hen the following poin. Health, vigor, wasie 1 fire itt ie better wi rise to rapidly ¢ “ $1 sma top, as Cream, completely in 3 and globules size of the the lare to be considered: | Hines. { her third year. | breeders hens over two years old ~- | Farmers’ Home Journal, a PLOW FOWL YARDS The fowl yards should be plowed | poses to eat the worms and get rid of the trampled, unclean soil. Be sure that | dufing the summer if you expect them ! scarce Farmers’ Home Journal, The Meanest Man. A letter written by a woman de cided a contest for the office of presi | dent of men's club In New York | ¢ity. There were two candidates for the place; one a clerk In a New York financial institution, whose young wife had been a working girl, {he other a wealthy manufacturer with a reputation among hia neigh bore for “closeness” The day be fore the little elub received a typewritten knew, which began with these words: “If what | write you is not true, it Is fibel” Then she said that the elud should not hunor its “meanest man” and related some ‘amusing incldents to demonstrate that she wae not mis taken In her estimate of the man. In closing she wrote, “What do yom think of a man who has his barn your birthday present’ If you ean afford to elect that kind of man for your jresident, go ahead!” The sl | leged “meancst man” was defeated. I WORTH QUOTING : EL va pts vis As a nation we probably earry more continued stories In our heads than any people in history, asserts Puck. ——— The race riots out west prove, to the Atlanta Constitution, that this old country is pretty much the same everywhere, The Baltimore Sun politician as being “in Satan:"” but Satan Is 1 trust himself with of a with to gpeaks league wise them. 00 some of of Agriculture de an annual damm The Department clares that rats cause age of $160,000,000 to the crops of country the Omaba Bee. are almost ag expensive as auto mobiles tats, comments Britisd ail consul } there are republic 150 night who didn’t literacy The Montevideo now open schools to school reports in the grown-ups when they were for children figuring have While you much money by buying warns the Indianapolis News, call that that you telling collector that have to comfort you are You 1 4 might gtocks at the low fils about time the er come around lat The div jaw is comin prophesies the Phila It very great divorce uniform ree 3 jeiphia Inqul means a great reforms move question wil in many a day, but tha settled admits urna *hicago J per cent 1s remain in through tho ndustrial con jucation js it ditions antagonize ei : that the work not saddening to reflect of the world is being largely by little men and women, who rushed Into the maelstrom at earliest possible moment. tha ia tover of the woods” said Hughes at Tupper “f feel no greater joy than “y am a Governce Junction top of a mountain. 1 have been In Switzerland, that land of mighty peaks and beantiful valleys; but with all their grandeur and the awe which the sight of these mighty peaks in gpires 1 feel that right here in our state in the Adirondacks we have one of the most beautiful spots nature has ever provided” A rifieman in Africa writes to the London Spectator about strange mus fe heard by him in the desolate swamps west and south of Lake No 1 so beautiful In such a sot, and 1 have no idea what produced what 1 heard for 1 have met this music no where else. There were no trees, there was apparently no dry land: enly river and pools and swamp and tangled grasses for some miles, The songsters™ commenced shortly after dark spd continued with an everiacreasing valume unto dawn 1 am indebted to Me Edwards, en. eno” of the Nile gunboats, gincer cf : this free musipal for warning me of festival” a——— Exact Perition of Luna. After fifteen vears of labor, Pro fezsor Drown, of Yale University, has completed a series of many thousandg of minute observations by meang of which he hopes to determine the ex pet position of the moon. He is about tq retire to his honse in Maine to begin the work of ecalenlation. which bo esiimatos will cecapy at least ten Years, f[ios Senna Hen E ef f= 5 an ad yu Elixir Clganses the ., ually, spels ach ts naturally, acls truly as hi a Laxative. Best for Men Women nd Child- ren - Young and Old To det its Beneficial Ef vols Always buy the Genuine which has the ll name of the Come "CALIFORNIA Fic Srrup Co. by whom fia fr ujodtured, printed an fi SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS, one size only, regular price 50¢ pe bottle. THE DUTCH | BOY PAINTER STANDS FOR PAINT QUALITY IT 1S FOUND ONLY ON Pa. PUREWHITE LEAD MADE BY THE PROCESS 1 One Reason. “Carpets fashion in favor of rugs Well, there's no den carpets are a bi seem to be going City Times Hicks' Capudine Cures Women's fonthly Pains, s Knens, Headache, It's d ec 3 1 Is Prescribed by Ph) wid best and b0c., slores, LE rug His Father Was Doing Well. ’ temorse Kills A Cow. hitherto committed Brown an orchard, th covered wit Are ghe ral ples ture scandalizir Qccasionall staggered presur pangs the steeg and New brink The Hero To The Rescue. eye bh f } i You the stage ‘he heroine hies Just then the hero, disguis cart chaflfeur down the pike with his mac That settled it There Winns 1:0 was bite “Saved!” cried the heroine AFRAID TO EAT Girl Starving on lllSelected Food. “Several years ago I was actually starving,” writes a Me. girl, “yet quences. “1 bad suffered from indigestion food, until at last my “Many kinds of food were tried, all with the same discouraging ef- fects. 1 steadily lost boalth and strength until 1 was but a wreck of my former self. “Having heard of Grape-Nuts and its great merits, 1 purchased a pack- “1 found it not only appetizing but out causing distress, and If 1 may sss “for months Grape-Nuls was my principal article of diet. 1 feit from “With its continued nse 1 regained my usual health and strength. To. part of my bill of fare.” Reason.” Name given Creek, Mich, “There's a Postum Co., Pattie “The Road to Ever read the above letfer? A new one appears from time te thine, They are genuine, true, and fall of human interest,
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