Stop That Backache!
Those izing twinges, that dull,
OE To may be warnin
of serious kidney weakness—serious i
neglected, for it might easily lead to
gravel, dropsy or fatal Bright's disease.
f you are suffering with a bad back
look for other proof of kidney trouble.
If there are dizzy spells, headaches,
tired feeling and disordered kidney
action, get r the cause. Use Doan’s
Kidney Pills, the remedy that has
helped thousands. Satisfied users rec
ommend Doan's. Ask your neighbor!
A Virginia Case
Frank E. Roat
blacksmith, 107 8.
Payne St, Alexan-
dria, Va., says:
“My back was
weak and lame and
I could hardly bend
over or straighten
up. I also had bad
Sheadaches. Nights
wl had to get up
often, and when
morning came 1
was all tired out.
ney Pills and my
kidneys acted reg-
ularly again and 1 got wonderful re-
lief from the pains in my back.”
SRE er
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FOSTER -MILBURN CO,, BUFFALO, N. Y.
“He Knew,
The professor was trying to demon-
strate a simple experiment in the gen-
eration of steam.
“What have I in
asked,
“A tin ean.” came the
“Is the can an
mate object?”
“Inanimate.”
“Exactly. Now,
tell me how, with
possible to
ambunt of speed and power almost be
long control”
One little boy raised his hand,
“You may answer, Carter,”
“Tie it to a dog's tail!”
my hand?’ he
answer,
animate or an nani
Can any
this tin can, it is
generate =a
Difficult Task.
A soul about to start
earth,
“Just a minute”
angel. “One word go.
When you get down among the human
race you
no man has ever done
bave the
“What
“It doesn’t
but it is. Be the
lions who has
the weather.”
Was for
before you
can accomplish
before if
will.”
is that?’
sound ifke much
One mar
never
itnong mil
funny as he can.
Cuticura Soap
The Velvet Touch
For the Skin
Seap 25¢, Ointment 25 and 50¢c, Talcum 25¢.
For Winter and Spring Grazing
==To Put Humus in the Soil
A crop of crimson clover plowed
under is worth 820 to 820 In increased
productivity. It adds humus without
which the soil is like a little barrel and
a leaky one at that. A fleld in which
crimson clover is sown, absorbs moisture
like & sponge, gives rains from below
when there are none from above. It is
an excellent winter and spring grasing
crop~~makes the best of early green
feed and good hay. Get your supply
aow of
WOODS
SEEDS
Plant some of Wood's Halry Vetohe
8 wonderful nitrogen gatherer and sofl
improver——thrives even upon poor lands
~gives prodigious yields of best forage
and hay-—reseeds Iteelf-—stands cold
winters—saves on the fertilizer Bille
prevents leaching.
Grain Pasture Mixture
Grows quick and provides winter and
spring grazing--composed of best gras
Ing varieties of wheat, winter rye,
winter barley, turf oats, veteh, rape and
Aretie grass. Nothing better for a
quick-growing one season pasture,
Write for fall catalog and Wood's
Crop Bpeciel giving new prices on fleld
oeod,
. T.W, WOOD & SONS,
“ BEBEDSMEN,
RICHMOND, VIROIN a
IMPROVED CRATE
IS URGENT NEED
Manufacturers Should Make a
More Rigid Inspection of Ma-
terals Put Into Boxes.
NAILING IS BIGGEST FACTOR
Consideration Should Be Given to
Methods of Construction Which
Will Lessen Possibility of
Loss in Shipping.
(Prepared by the United States
ment of Agriculture.)
Important factors affecting the suc
cessful use of erates in marketing
fruits and vegetables were carefully
studied by a specialist of the bureau
of markets, United States Department
of Agriculture, during a recent trip.
The first of these is the need of manu-
Depart-
tion of
While
effort to
and to use only
materials used,
most manufacturers make
have their
good material,
an
stock inspected
in some
cases this attempt is frustrated by the
Many crate-mill
that because the crate is a gift pack
possible, using any sort of material so
together, thus reducing the
The Grower's Responsibility.
The crate manufacturer
part in
his providing
the crate Is
made up in
packing house or field,
per should see to it that
spoiled in being his
that the
crate
together of
nailing
Is one of the biggest factors In
determining whether the container Is
ment not less than
penny In size, should always le
and care should be taken to see
are properly spaced and
Greater care Is perhaps
coated nails,
ised,
placed
NEeCOSSAry
car-lot
the
must
than for
due to
they
ments freight ship
more frequent
undergo,
should be given to methods of
Showing Results of
Lettuce,
An Instance of
the use of the “web” or cleated
celery crates, The
the cleats in
slats
the
are
factory,
the field
insures even
three,
the
for
ting
to split and
instead of
spacing of
the nails, thus
holding counter
Some celery growers
are
re-enforced with wire around the
use the end wires were twist.
ed together to close the package, it be.
ing found impracticable, owing to the
height of the celery, to twist the cen
ter wires together. There 18 no doubt
of the strength of this type of crate.
Need of Co.operation,
Whatever the type of crate used, it
Is the duty of the manufacturer to sup-
ply good material, accurately cut and
properly put together, This much
the purchaser of crates should de-
mand and should expect to pay for.
Having secured It, he should do his
part by seeing that the crates are made
up in a workmanlike manner, and,
after packing, that they are properly
closed and fastened for shipment. By
such co-operation manufacturers and
growers can feel better assured that
the crate wili measure up to the ideal
of n fruit and vegetable package; that
it shall earry the commodity Intact
from the grower through the whole-
sale market to the retaller,
BANTAMS INTEREST CHILDREN
Few of Small Fowls Keep Young Pee.
ple Out of Mischief and Teach
Them to Like Poultry,
lantams are very interesting to chil.
dren, and even If It does not pay In
dollars and cents to keep an small flock
of bantams yet many families have
found a few of these small fowls use
ful to interest the children, keep them
out of mischief and teach them to lke
poultry.
—
USING GUINEA FOWLS
AS GAME SUBSTITUTE
Birds Need Large Range for Most
Profitable Results.
Pearl Is Most Popular of Three Do.
mesticated Varieties—They Will
Weigh From 1 to 15 Pounds
When About 2 Months Old.
(Prepared by the United States Departs
ment of Agriculture.)
Guinea fowl are growing in favor as
a substitute for game birds, with the
result that guinea raising is becoming
profitable, Guinea fowls
rialsed, usually, in small flocks on gen-
more are
eral farms, and need a large range for
best results,
Domesticated gulnea fowl are of
three varieties, Pearl, White and Lav-
ender. The Pearl is by far the most
popular, say specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
fowl
pairs,
Guinea have a
mute in but one male may be
ay
Pearl Guinea Fowl,
femnles, The hens begin to lay, usual
before becoming
’
not allowed
to lay thyoughout the summer,
Eggs mas
the
HOTe egRN.
nest when
guinea hen is not seiting,
more eggs should be left In the nest
Ordinary hens are used eommonds
and rear
guinea chicks,
and turd
fs}
ti
—
1 Dens
oO manage. fare mat
the
ane
keted late ir thes
weigh fron to one and half
pounds, at
months ol
vier birds
when the demar
fore May 1 and Pastures Are Dry
by September.
shire t he
the
custom
Fe WW of 114
grass really Is
Mason Dixon line, It is
ary te consider it as six months, But
this Is stretching it pretty far. It Is
seldom If ever profitable to turn stock
May 1, and
are about
So, actually
realize how
SEARO north of
and
on pasture much before
almost always
dried
pastures
up in September,
can be depended upon. This
keeping In mind when plan
pastures
is worth
months of feeding
through
at doesn’t
figure on eight
The
the winter
man whose stock goes
best Is the one th
thin before
allow become
frost.
CHEAP NESTS FOR CHICKENS
Take an Orange Box, Removing Top
and Fasten to Wall—Keep
Straw Fresh and Clean.
them to
makes a good nest
lemove top, put the box on
side, and nall a strip about three
inches wide along the boltom in front,
An orange hox
the
takes too much room
floor Each box, the middie
being left intact, makes
There ought to be one nest for
poultry
the wall, as it
on
plece
nests,
the
five hens,
of the United
of Agriculture,
LE 5
specialists
partment Straw or
be kept clean and fresh,
keep enough straw In the box to pre
vent eggs striking the floor.
If More Farmers Would Produce
What They Need for Home Use
Markets Would Be Better.
More farming for a living should be
done and there will be less risk of
poor markets, If most farmers would
produce what they could for home use
the markets would be required to take
less and as a result there would be
legs strain on them. The way to have
markets is to save and conserve what
you have. Use your markets only
when it 1s necessary to sell the sur
plus you eannot eat or feed.
weil ————————
Use of Preservatives for Coating Not
as Much in Favor as Formerly
They Do No Good.
When wood silos were first being
introduced great pains were taken In
coating them with tar paint, or some.
thing of that sort to preserve the
wood, but this practically has gone out
of use, Experiments show that these
paints do but little good, and again,
they are somewhat injurious to the
silage, says the Michigan Farmer
Without paint a wood silo will last for
f Rrest many rears,
g to
TY Ba
{
Dy)
FA helpful Remedy Bf
4 Gonstipation anc Dia
n shnes
and Feve OF SLEEP
Exact Copy of Wrappes.
IF IT HADN'T BEEN SUNDAY
Cook Certainly Would Not
Overlooked the Use of That
Insulting Pronoun.
The ritual of
fn women
very exacting the world
society, ns
make it. Is
over, even in aimshouse, and iu this re
1
lation there i
is told a story showing the
serious difficulty that arose among a
set of workhouse officials in a western
town.
I'he three in num
ber, had demanded a separate sitting
room and the delight of Sunday din-
ner therein, and the matron had sought
infirmary nurses,
to enjoy her Sunday dinner in thelr
company. The brawny cook described
what occurred as follows:
“Well, Nurse Jones, she comes down
and gets inside the door. ‘Four plates?
‘Four? Who's the fourth?
says I. ‘You! she says, and with
she and
she
‘Me,’
SAVE,
tosses her head walks
away.”
Here the long breath,
and then “If it hadn't
been Sunday, gentlemen, I should have
let her have it for calling me you!” "
Exchange,
drew a
Cook
continned :
Resist Thought of liness,
lefuse to be lll. Never tell people
man should resist on principle at the
onset. Lytton,
One Good Result From War,
The war aided in stopping the prog
ress and diffusion of yellow fever by
preventing travelers from entering epi-
demic areas and carrying out the dis-
en se,
Si chin
Children
Cry For
to you for help.
thirty years.
for babies’ use.
Soon you will learn to depend
o
IT WORKED THE OTHER WAY
One to Get the Benefit (7) of
Those Cigars,
general storekeeper |
whose Synonymous
the
name was
that is popular in
received a
from an enthu
checkers,
Rips
chant's last battle with an ex-champion
from Missouri,
“With
“you can beat
“Well,” sald the storekeeper, quiet
Iy and significantly, “I bave to play
Jones this afternoon.”
“Never mind, old
cigars you will play all right.
Later in the day they met again,
and the storekeeper informed the
drummer that had won a game
from Jones that afternoon,
“Fine! Those cigars were a help?”
“TI hardly think 0,” said the store
Leeper,
“Didn't you smoke them?’
“Me smoke them?” cried the store
“No! [I don't smoke, But
to Jones"—FPhiladelphia
those cigars.” sald the donor,
the world.”
with
those
man;
he
keeper.
i gave one
Ledger.
Handicapped.
“A belihop has retired with $40,000.”
“Only L40.0007
“He stated to interviewers that his
health was poor; and that for weeks
at a thne he was unable to hop.”
Optimisim is also trying to persuade
don’t feel yourself.
Money talks, but unlike men, it
itself away.
and vigor—
g
% po
i
all grocers
What this world needs ¥ an add
talk less and say more.
There is less In a name the
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