| FOR KILLING PLUM CURCULIG |
Jarring Method Can Be Advantage
ously Practiced—All Ladybugs
Should Be Likerated,
JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE
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His Friend Was Trying
to Say?
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JIORTICULTUE,
man ever admired his wife
And when the
If any
that man was Howler.
Fitzboodles asked Mrs Howler to get
up and sing. "There is a Garden in
My Face,” the husband glowed with
pride,
No matter that
a bippopotamus
elephant,
and could not refrain from bending
over to his neighbor and whispering
“Don’t you think my wife's got a fine
voice?”
"What?" said his
was a little deaf.
“Don’t you think my wife has
fine voice?” repeated Howler.
“What 2"
“Don’t you
fine voice?" roared Howler.
“Sorry!T returned the neighbor
shaking his head. “Can't hear a word
you say. That awful woman over
there is making such a frightful row
singing.”
DISFIGURING ECZEMA CURED
like
an
she had a face
and a voice like
neighbor, who
BOL A
think my wife's got =»
“My nephew first showed signs of
eczema on the middle finger, and it
came out like a blister. He must have
rubbed his face with that hand, as it
then broke out on his nose the same
way. When the blisters broke, they
shrivelled up and formed scabs. His
nose was coverea with scabs, and it
was very itchy. He was badly
figured with unsightly scabs. t first,
his nose was sore, and it gradually
became worse so his mother took him
to the doctor. He told her to rub the
scabs off every day, and annoint the
affected part with the medicine he
gave her.
“The man
ag that was
dis
must have been insane,
extreme torture to the
child, who was only two years eld at
the time. Well, we decided that that
treatment would have to end. 1! sug:
gested Cuticura Ointment the
bought it and put it on freely ever
day for two weeks. He had the ec
gema for four weeks altogether, but
was getting gradually until they
used the Cuticura Remedies, and
was cured in two weeks. He
certainly would have been scarred
with the other treatment, but
hasn't a single mark Cuticura
cured him in two weeks,
we always Keep them in the
Miss Ida Slavin, 283
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Although Cuticura Soap
are sold by druggists
everywhere, gample
book, will be mi
io
and
worse
he
most
now he
Rem-
edies and
now
house.”
South Fifth
Jan. 4, 1611.
and Ointment
and
each, with 32-page
free on application
Dept. 12 K. Boston.
(Signed)
St
dealer
0]
Silent Innuendo.
“That woman always speak
plied Miss Cas
does it in such a wa
enne
always
to mpl? that she
rible mental
r
1
is making some
reservations
The Humor of It.
Were vou shi pring
I got some
today?
ex
Stella
Hella—Yes,
change
things tc
A man isn’t
becaure he draws
necessarily an
comparisons
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PLANT STAND FOR A WINDOW
One That Can Be Moved Easily Is Al
ways in Demand—Can Be Con
structed by Handy Person.
A plant stand that can be moved
easily is always in demand by
ever grows flowers The accompany
shouid be
for
with
substantial
It
manner,
one {ool
made
handy
in a
A Homemade Plant Stand.
when weighted down with pots it will
be subject to considerable strain when
moved, and a flimsy Iramework
would soon come apart and the stand
pla and all
course, such a stand
to fit the
Vén Aken
Farmer When
the room
a arty it
aced
collapse, ite
Of can be
window,
in the
one de-
at
be
ol any
tes Sylvanus
Orange-Judd
Bires make
tractive for
ed away an pl
size
made
wr
more
may
{0
wheel
the wall,
the room. It w
of plants and fi
is a
uigh
ing
where
hout cast
in
in s
shelves facing
ill thus
OwWers Its
provide
portability
vantage on coid
the labor of mov
sO a great ad
» iL sAves
by
one, ISCERBATY
abies
wit
out of
the side
. And
wnmer,
may
house
he
design
doors, it
af the
it will
The
feet high
herewith
front
back
il inches
top
iddle two
irom
and three feet | at the
are
The
+
nches deep
the nu
tires
t
eet long
CAUSE OF CHEST NUT BLIGHT
Withering of Teces is Result of Bor.
by Insect Eetween Outer
and Bark,
ing
inrer
Thomas Davy Candy of Langhorne,
that
if the
chestnut
Philadel;
disco
ear
T ares
nas
ver 1UBe
yr
which is tree
the middie and south Atlantic stat
A boring t ne-sixteent
h of an
inch long i
which lays
iter
primary
and the
hie
the
in
ind
Ol
ciween
the
its eggs the «
Cause,
ched from
BOtt
ar
appear
ris were
upon Mr
result of
“iis
foun a single
and, and the total
their predations was so
that the tree he gas . 8 eR
hed by fir
become go
that
tree
Candy's
de extensive
re to have
ight
serious in Pennsyivania
legisiat
$275,000 to a
by the
cause of
been scored The 1 bas
the ure appropriated
commission
governor to Investigate
the d and to
exterminating it
appointed
the
irease devise
ways for
METHOD OF COLORING WOOD
Substantial Change in Color of Tis.
sues Effected by Injection of
Matter into Trees.
Staining
sawed, planed
woodwork or
dinary procedure, but the staining of
the wood while the tree it
is alive and growing Is a
from old methods The illustration
shows a device by which coloring
NE 2
Me Te,
Lom
Ta
5
wood after it
and
furniture
been
into
has
converted
is a most or
composes
%
Coloring Growing Wood.
matter is injected into the tissues of
the tree in such manver that it will
be distributed by the natural ciren.
lation of the sap, thus effecting a sub
stantial change in the color of the tis
Sues with which it comes In contact.
——
Distance for Apples.
Apple trees do best at a distance of
two rods each way, unless it iam va
‘lety that tends to grow upward rath
er than outward. Such trees may be
set 26 feet apart.
“The plum curculio in
adult stage, emerging
‘st as the fruit buds be gin to
says Prof, J. G Sanders, head
economic entomology department of
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin “Immediately,
{It begins to feed on the young foliage
treated
| with a strong spray of lead Arsenate
|as this is the only stage at which an
| argenical poison is effective in controll
ing he pest
| “The curculio is distinguished from
the plum gouger in that it never pene
trates the fruit stone The female
j curculio deposits her eggs in crescent
winters
in the
swell
of
Seven to ten days
emerge and about
weeks after this they leave the
crawl into the ground. where
they spin a cocoon and pupate
| this stage of the life cycle the
can be killed by Intensive cultivation
of the orchard.
"Where labor is cheap the jarring
method of advantageously
| practiced.” Prof. Sanders
| “This system involves the use of 8
| canvas, held about waist high under
tree, while the tree is jarred wit!
a padded pole, the curcullios falling ofl
upon the canvas where they can be
sorted out and destroyed Any lady
bugs which are snared by this method
should be liberated. bene
ficial parasites, which
ous fruit insects.”
later,
| two
the larvae
in
insect!
control is
continued
the
4s they are
destroy
'TO PROTECT AGAINST MICE
Paper Cylinder as Shown in Illustra
tion Wil! Prove Effective—Should
Be Removed in Spring,
Vario
t ¥i
18 methods are
marked by
ECreens are exper
Ww Ood
good prote
sive
most effective
round is a
Protection Against Mice.
be readily prox The ifllust
shows a paper cylinder heid tig
cord It should be removed in
ured
An orchard neglected for one year
virtually puts it back three years
The size of an apple can influ
enced to quite a large degree by pick
ing
Keep the orch
brush,
insects.
The cellar used for storing
must be kept onoler than
table cellar
he
ard clear of all dead
it being a harbor for Injurious
frun
the vege
| a matter that must
large degree by the Individual
the insects
safest method of killing them.
picked a little green. Some pears rot
ripen on the tree
1a that It induces the grower to get
Lis nursery stock earlier
planting In the spring.
planted in ground that is all the time
saturated with water. The tile diteh
ls a necessity in such places.
Trees set out in the fall do better
when the winter is moderate, as the
ground is drier and the trees make »
greater growth the next season
If your trees have been affected
with leaf blight during the summer.
spray them with bordeaux mixture
after the crop has been gathered
Fall pruning is better than no prun
ing. I you have some hardy varie
ties of fruit trees that need pruning
there is no danger In doing It n the
fall
Keep It How
Cnuses and (
SPOHN MEDICAL CO,
Uren
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ITs APPROVAL |
American Federation Cordi-
ally Joins in Fight Against
Spread of Tuberculosis.
approval of the campaign for
of Red Cross seals hag been
by the American Federation
according to an announcement
the N Association for
and Prevention of Tuberculo-
At the last annual convention of
American Federation of Labor a
wis adopted calling all
of the Federation
file ag much as possibile
as follows:
“Whereas, The American Federa
l.abor has in every possible
the movement for the
prevent tuberculosis
the United States and
and,
“Whereas,
Direct
of
ational
on
members to
the
résolution reads
of
alded
and fon of
American Nationa!
has been in the past and
making an especial effort,
of Red Cross Christ
funds to carry
tuberculosis, and
in this
to do much et
direction,
the
Croes
now
tale
{0 gec
against
the fund raised
been able
in this
seals, ure
the war
meang of
work there
“Resolved, That
Labor
movement of
Hes
“rs
the American Fed
give its endorse
the Amer
1
0
the
National
ni
nt
Way
aprelal Jal ent,
‘ad The
Fioe Bookist
Chemists snd
Tree Destroyers,
Porcupines are good climbers
unable
to get enough
the ground, i
down the finest
ly and neatly
sever the trunk of a
Hesides that, when
they nibble the
to warm
and cut beard
as
can ve
is scarce
and can
wly planted orchard in a
They also are a great enemy
spruce, but why
iI8 8&8 mystery, as
they
even eat
Explanations.
Miss Fullosoul (of a poetical
opinion
professor: “Summer flies’
fleen?
Absent-Minded
The
Professor
ino Species,
are entirely
the
wondered
common ho
why she suddenly oj
with the
London Sphere
conversation ¥r
A Question of Art,
“Was that i 8}
tic and asked the
pPOEes
play eak of
poetical 7”
I don't it could ha
who
joyed every
believe
replied the girl in
I understood and er wo
Wasted Blessings,
just arrived
heart!
You
eet
a
METe
each other
EYE
Easy.
Represgentatjve nes T
Misgour! was discussing
#8 belief that the
Came
dent exira
‘would not try to
whole
“He
gaid
tariff law
had about
Lloyd, “zs
ched A
lend him
five hun
proa banker
money
dred
an you
» banker
“ Sure.’
rower,
ge
name
has he got
of it answered
poker The 8B
‘But any
Lots the
‘He
Magazine
wing it at
Did Not
primary
Since Teacher
it was in the
in a
the
who can tell me
the
timidly
graded school wes
the day was 22d of
Now whose
aay ig?” asked teacher
A il ' i
“Well
the teas Her
this
Arcee
said
“ng
Evervb
ihe
Then
hee
the
ne Post and works
fine frenzy, we have
lished facts regarding the effect
coffee on
article proceeds ft«
1m
because
ato
pub
some people
barrowing tale goes on.
“Where a few
body drank
day, now we
life people who imagine they
not drink it £ is
ours.) Burly blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, laborers and athletes have dis-
continued or cut down the use of"
coffee; am there is not a person
who reads this and will not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle of acquaint.
ances, is it not well for the Brazil
lang to sit up and take notice?”
Isn't it curious these “bur
ly” strong men should pick out cof-
fee to “imagine” about? Why not
Years ago every
several cups a
in every walk in
can-
coffee,
find
{The underscori
“Imagine” that regular doses of
whiskey are harmful, or daily slugs
of morphine?
If “imagination” makes the caf-
feine in coffee clog the liver, de.
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system, bringing
on one or more of the dozens of
types of diseases which follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don’t know It,
But it remained for the man who
has coffee, morphine or whiskey
to sell, to have the supreme nerve
to say: “You only imagine your
disorders. eep on buying from
Let us continue to quote from his
“Notwithstanding the
increase in population during
past three years, coffee shows an
enormous
i
- * * - -
Then follows a tiresome lot
statistics which wind up by show-
ing a decrease of consumption in
iwo years of,
hundred million pounds.
————————
tacks on us and the Brazilian
sneers at Americans who prefer to
use a healthful, home-made break.
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money in America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
the foods,
Will the reader please remem-
ber, we never announce that coffee
“hurts all people.”
———————————
Some persons seem to have ex.
cess vitality enough to use coffee,
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when
sensible man or woman finds an ar.
ticle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree of intelligence by
dropping it.
We quote again from the article:
“These figures are paralysing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistion, recognized as
the most reliable.”
* * + *
me.”
—
Brazilian
Coffee
Grower
This is one of the highest com-
the level-head.
of Americans
off about two hundred mil
of coffee
found by actual experiment (in the
that the subtle
in coffee, worked dis
varying forms of dis-
ed, common sense
who cut
pounds when they
of cases)
rug caffeine,
and
Case
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop a habit when they know
it is killing them, but it is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for.
when made according to directions,
it comes to table a cup of beverage,
seal brown color, which. turns to
rich golden brown when cream is
added, and the taste Is very like
the milder grades of Old Gov't Java.
Postum is a veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which is added about ten
per cent of New Orleans molasses,
and that is absolutely all that
Postum is made of.
Thousands of visitors to the pure
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit.
or to carefully inspect. Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy it.
“There's a Reason”
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Michigan