A SWEET LITTLE BABY BOY Makes a Bright Spot in Every Home. A Comfort in Years to Come Park Rapids, Minnesota.—‘‘1 have taken your medicine — Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound — when I was a girl for pains and before and after my marriage. I now have a sweet little baby boy and will send you his picture if you wish to publish it. My sisters also take your medicine and find it a great help, and I recom- mend it to those who suffer before their babies are born.’’ — Mrs, Wm. JonnsoN, Box 156, Park Rapids, Minn, To marry and arrive at middle age without children is a great disappoint- ment to many women. Think of the joy and comfort other women have in their children as they grow older, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound has helped to bring great happi- ness to many families by restoring wo- men to health. Often the childless home is due to a run down condition of the wife, which may be helped by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It brought health’and happiness into the home of Mrs. Johnson. Why not to youre ? SQUEEZED TO DEATH When the body begins to stiffen and movement becomes painful it is usuaily an indication that the kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking GOLD MEDAL CAPSULES The world’s standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles Famous since 1696. Take regularly and keep in good health. In three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed as represented. Look for the name Gold Medal on every box and accept no imitation remedy of tested and tried in- gredients, safe, de- pendable. 30¢ at all druggists For aching teeth nse Pike s Toothache Drops. Always use the genuine STEARNS’ ELECTRIC RAT & ROACH PASTE water aad fresh alr. Ready for Use — Better Than Traps Directions in ib languages in every box. cand f1L60. “Money back 1 {it falls™ U.8. Government buys it. ROOT CROPS ARE MOST IMPORTANT Beets and Carrots Stand at Head of List From Stand- point of Food Value. RADISHES NEED SMALL SPACE | Rich, Well-Prepared Soil Is Essential and Good Seed Should Be Used— Parsnips and Salsify De. serve Attention, | (Prepared by the Unitsa States Department of Agriculture.) Root crops most commonly grown in | home gardens are radishes, beets, car- rots, parsnips, salsify, and turnips. Of these beets and carrots stand at the head of the list from the standpoint of food value from a glven area of land, but it would be difficult to state most important, say garden specialists of the United Department of | Agriculture. ladishes are among the first garden crops to be planted in spring, and a | very small required to pro duce all that is needed by the average family. The soll should be loose, mel low, and very rich, so the radishes will grow quickly and be erisp and tender. Radish seeds should be planted in a shallow furrow and covered about one half inch deep. Two or three varieties should be planted in order to have n continuous supply. French Breakfast and Scarlet Globe Turnip are among those which mature in shortest period, while Long Scarlet Short-Top and Long White Vienna Lady Finger are good follow extra early varietles, Plant Beets Early. Garden beets can be planted almost as the soll can be worked In | the spring. Rich soll that is well pre- | pared essential. Commercial fer- tilizers and well-rotted manures are | | best to supply plant food, but should be very thoroughly mixed with soil. Egyptian and Detroit Dark Red are | among the leading varieties, Sow the seed In a shallow drill, 1 ounce of seed | to 50 feet of drill, and cover about 1 inch deep. When the plants have be- come well established thin so they do not crowd. A little later thin a second | time, leaving the plants standing 4 to 5 inches apart in the row, Use the thin. The round or tur mature in 60 to 70 | longer require to their States space is the or to the | a8 soOn is the nings nip days, fi8 greens, of heets the days type while to 120 growth, It Is an old | beauty and beets for strength,” and this be taken literally {t has a great amount of truth in it From the of health, car rots are very important the and their culture is so simple that any Rich ones 106) complete saying, “Carrots for while can not standpoint in diet gardener can them well r grow Cuticura Talcum is Fragrant and Very Healthful Seap 25¢, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcam 25e¢. lieved in a few hours; swelling reduced ina few days; regulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and heart; purifies the blood, strengthens the entire system. Write for Free Trial Treatment. COLLUM DROPSY REMEDY CO. Dept. 8. 0., ATLANTA, GA TREATED ONE Short breathing re Easity Figured. Nip—What's the difference betweeo a dance and a dawnce? Tuck--About four bucks. Most men who threaten to bring a lawsnit know all time that they won't. the Trouble sometimes vizits a man who fsn't looking for it, Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION ) 6 BELLANS —' | Hot water Sure Relief DELL-ANS —— Oale the Crops to Be Planted, prepared soil is the first | Good seed is important, and the seed should always be that which | saved the previous year. Oxheart and monly planted. 18 inches apart. One ounce of the | seed is sufficient for 100 feet of row. | Cover the seeds one-half Inch deep and | keep the crust slightly broken over the | seeds until they come up. Thin twice, finally leaving the plants three to five | inches apart in the row, those pulled | during the second thinning being used | as “baby” carrots on the table. Parsnips and Salsify, Throughout the northern sections parsnips and salsify are important as | root crops for the garden. Their cul- | ture Is very much the same, and they | require a deep, rich soll, so the long roots will have a chance to develop. | Plant the seed early, so the plants will | get well started before the heat of | summer comes, and keep them grow. | ing the entire season, The rows should | be 15 to 18 inches apart and the plants thinned to stand four inches apart in | the row. Parsnips and salsify may re | main in the ground all winter until ! wanted for use. Hollow Crown is the | leading variety of parsnip, while Mam. { moth Sandwich Island is the best | known variety of salsify. | TO PRODUCE QUALITY FRUIT | Boll Must Have Most Careful Attention Where Trees Are Planted Close Together, Close planted. trees are going to | need every favor possible in the way ! the soll is handled In order to continue | to produce quality fruit. This means, | for the most part, that intercropping ig to be discouraged unless the soll is unusually rich er constant application of the proper fertilizers is made. MANY WAYS IN WHICH PEANUTS ARE USEFUL Durii.g Cold Weather Goobers Are Drug on Market, Increased Consumption and Higher Prices Looked for With Coming of Spring—Fed to Hogs in Southern States. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture ) are a drug on the market That's because they are not Peanuts just now, eaten largely in cold weather, but with the coming of the robin, which Is harbinger of spring, circuses and the opening of summer resorts, shippers look for increased tion, which may In round figures, of peanuts are grown in States every year and consump mean higher prices GO0,000 000 pounds the 100,000,000 About 5,000,000 pounds of roast ed peanuts are consumed annually, say A Good Peanut Plant of States bureau of Department marketing experts the markets, United of Agriculture, Few of the fond papas and mammas who buy Jol or Mary a of peanuts at the circus know that mere than 100 different methods of utilizing peanuts, including the making of faney dyes and stains, peanut milk, coffee, and have de vised, although few these products are sold But oll, p butter peanuts, roasted peanuts, and peanuts in a other forms run up the annual per capi and one-half pounds are of his th innie bag wood ice cream been of commercially candy, peanut peat canut peanut cookies number of Amer three edd consumption t Every consuiner iean ta 0 time cor = tain soaps used the partaking r ’ wounds ree and one-half Fully half of the peanuts grown In the Southern fod to Large quantities « ported wintes hogs are Wf peanuts are ex 1.074.007 pounds having during Of also t hes this nadn out of the of country January alone t went te OC + . _— sinrity the enjoys copopuiar 14 and Ber peanut the clove Cuba took per 0 Jamaica 2 per er cent, cent. cent muda 11 FEEDING VALUE OF GARBAGE Affords Hogs Well-Balanced Ration and Supplementary Feeds Are Not Necessary. is of to balance such variety that its ratio t re the harley, garbage dies a Most it enatl hog so that supplementary feeds quired. In CARs, animals are finighed off on sheat middlings, and similar feed just before they are marketed. The feed ing value of garbage, however, es pecially carefully golected garbage, Is such that it seldom to use any additional grain However, when grain is low in price good results might be obtained hy feed ing garbage alone during the summer months, when ordinarily there a large production, and finishing the hogs on grain. Greater gains per day can be are nf howey er some corn is economical supplement, I% alone. CAUSE OF SORE SHOULDERS It Tender, ls Reason—Trouble is Preventable, horses suffer from sore shoulders Great care should be taken that these do not get a start, Good collars and good care of them are essentinl. See that the collars are thoroughly scraped, and then rubbed clean and dusted with talcum powder or powdered borax. first few days of heavy work, them each evening with cold salt wa tor. Afterwards, bathe once or twice a week. Sore shoulders are first caused by sweat and dirt chafing the akin and making it tender. of prevention is worth several pounds of oure. ———————— BEST ORCHARD CULTIVATION Intercropping Is Practiced Better to Grow Some Crop Like Strawberries. s— if turb the roots, and not too close to the trees, for the same reason, If in. tereropping is to be practiced it is far hetter to grow some crop like straw. berries between the trees, or small bush fruits, and keep the remainder of the ground cultivated, than to per mit grass sod or weeds to get a start, Coiffure Easily Makes or Mars Milady’s Features. Adopt Ideal Mode and Stick to It Al | ways, Is the Advice of a Fash. | ion Authority. Some | | realize | coiffure, { much | of to the | too | women the yet Importance really don't seem great importance of one cannot attach to becoming way “doing the halr,” asserts a leading fashion authority, The hair is nature's own pretty frame for the of course, can easily make or mar any | one's features and for better | or for worse, the entire expression of | the a face und, i hange, face, That Is why I am always surprised, sometimes tendency any shocked, to see women's to lmitate and readily adopt new style launched by a theatrioul Worn by the ind with Hose the very young girl round head, the saucy chin, the bobbed But alas! when her | to small, perky hair is fat, double-chinned sister tries If your head is rather large in pro to L even iar your b why should you by Linx ody, ger adepting = “new wrinkle” in dressing? | tay be called old-fashioned, but bear in mind, bobbed hair should be severe taboo to the married even she be In A real-for-true troduce as his wife a little, girl, with hair cut Woltial, the eurly twentles like to in flufly, silly man doesu’t S80 AS Lo give her au i of irresponsibility. If you have a round face, wear your bair quite smooth on the it 'way up on top is sure dona gerate her sides and plle ad. This na of your he to give you height, The 5 isl 11 111 sir with soulful should CVes lovely type by adopting the the this middle, pretty nose hap- long, try to pufl I know you will straight, simple parting in if show It: “bandeau.” a forehead, pens to be a your hair at the | be pleased at the result. Press your halr as fully ms possible, but You DOSSOsS if little too your MOCK neat in don't leek tepped oul | blishment. auqg led Xt = other pitfall fo be avoile as though you had from the halrdresser's esta In Paris the ! dressing which 1 think is exe re Is a new style in hale ellently | SCARF MODEL SWEATER | me HEAVY BLACK CANTON CREPE vidual touch would experience intense satisfaction in the possession of thic gown of heavy black cantoms crepe, confined at the waistline by a most unusual belt of dull black leather, studded with steel nail heads. Fur fin. ishes the lower edge of the coatlike back. suited to the present fashion in dress, with the distended hip line and other days. The hair is widdie or aud the head, to the nape of remainders of bygone parted either at the waved lightly © the side, ack then caught then falis 0 Of ¥ Hh Curis the charming The short girl with the too neck would be wise style. It is fashion i most i ¢ t indeed to this as a rule becoming feminine, i Very even grave hair dif Adopt what coiffure for your I think it is a great, a 1 to dress ry Wer. ake the ferently you decide is the ideal type and then stick to it for hax irties i 1 108, for eves always, Of balls and the ¢ kind may added with successful result Spanish Yogue be This 18 an unusuaiy attractive | scarf model of sport sweater, It is of tan wool with cross-bar stitching of | silk in orange and black. glways liked for 2 1 hair pleased, msidered § ana just now this garniture is o quite the ; Mi len bandeau form a pretty and COnrse, 3 Ves grapes festive bandeau shouly is Knitted Garments, rrect wi iy they water nor $ just a lit. Avold rub- » garments. Make mast lukewarm. suds not be rarments a good-sized towel 1 hat tossed about * Tema ins New Sweater, A brushed wool sweater has a wide, turnback collar of the tuxedo sort, made of heavy silk tricot. The sweat. er is in beige and the collar in a shade of the same color. It looks lighter, at all events, though it may be simply the difference of tex ture of the two materials that sac for this appearance. ‘8 Narrow-Brimmed Millinery Well to Fore—New Models in Roll find Straight Brims The spring millinery season in Paris opens with the high-crowned, narrow- | brimmed shape well to the fore. In many of the shapes the brim Is { slightly wider at the back than at the front. Not infrequently, in fact, models are entirely brimless, or have the merest suggestion of a narrow visor at the front with a wide, straight brim of graduated width across the sides and the back. Generally speaking, | medium-sized hats with precedence over turbans or toques, says Dry Goods Economist. This fol lows the nsual rule for spring hats, in which, with the first rays of sun- shine, a brim of some sort Is supposed to be required. Especially is the brim | hat the herald of spring in France, for | the first models are created for wear | on the Riviera where the merciless, | even blinding sun makes a brim of some Importance a first necessity fof | all styles of hats, With regard to styles, thus far all | shapes are in the running, and new models are shown in roll-brim, | straight-brim and cloche styles, A marked tendency toward very | thick brim treatments is noted, rolls | of velvet or of straw frequently ap- pearing as finish to medium-sized roll brim sailors, The heavy penciledge brim Is again making its appearance, Straws are both shiny and dull, fabrics also, and the two are exten. this season trims take wively used in combination—or, as the opposition—a for Instance, up with a coarse, while a brilliant finished ecire or vegetable satin will be used conjunction with fine, dull straw. French inished say, In crepe, dull- a picot Printed Leather for Collars, Neckwear is capable of doing un- usual things, too. Leather sets in all colors, most of them plain, some with metal eyelets, are being featured. Paisley prints on Florentine silk are used for allover sets, and for vestees with matching cuffs. Ginghams in small checks appear in the regulation colors, All heavy materials, includ ing pique, ratine and linens, will be much used, Linens are finished with filet lace edge, and a new treatment which is particularly good, is the use of brilliantly colored wool embroidery Dainty “Flower Pockets.” Appliqued flowers are used as pockets on sheer blouses and dresses, These tiny pockets, in which mad- emoiselle carries her pocket handker. chief, open at one side of the applique flower, the loose edge being finished with buttonhole stitching. The tiny handkerchief has a hemstitched bor der in the dominant color of the gar ment. — Girdles of Metal, Metal girdles are not only shown with light crepe dresses for Palm Beach wear, but are being worn ox- tensively on frocks and coats. 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