!THB FARMERS HOME AND ACRE51
Kerosene Emulsion.
m A subscriber asks for the method of
i preparing kerosene emulsion. For lice
It should be strong. It la made as fol
" lows: Two gallons kerosene, one gal
t Ion water, one pound bar of soap, 'one
pint crude carbolic acid. Boll the soap
In water until dissolved; remove from
the fire and while the water Is boiling
hot 4(1 d the kerosene and add, churn
ing with a spray pump for ten minutes,
and then add six gallons of hot water,
stirring well. Apply on walls, floors,
roosts, fences, yards, etc. A second ap
plication should be mado In ten days.
Wallace's Farmer.
Millet and Corn for Hay,
When Mr. Kingsbury of the Indiana
Parmer was at our place in July he
took quite an Interest la a field of mll
.. let and corn that was growing at that
' time, and I promised him that when I
harvested the crop I would report It,
and will say it made as fine a feed as
anybody could wish for and la relished
by horses and cattle. The corn makes
It pretty difficult to cure, but the weath
er being Just riant It cured out all
' right. I inked It the second day after
cutting, then left It In shock three
. flays, and then put It In the mow.
George Dibber in the Indiana Farmer.
A Run Down Field.
I have In my possession, and am
plowing a place of alout 20 acres that
&as been run down for about ten years
In succession, until this year It rest
ed. There are now weeds about waist
high that I am plowing under, and I
jhould like to know whether to sow to
Wheat or rye. Which would be the
tnost paying crop, considering the pros
pect for grass in spring and every-
tuiug: la re n ut'iicr uow iur Clover
than wheat? Please advise me how
lo bring up. as bad a worn out piece
la this? B. R. P.
The fact that the field has grown a
prop of high weeds this summer Bhows
that It has some fertility left. Possi
bly it would grow clover next spring,
With a little fertilizer. We would not
lulvlse trying to grow a crop of wheat
n it next year; rye would do better,
but bow It thin, if you sow clover with
It. Indiana Farmer.
Extravagant Feeding.
It seems to be a modern type of lazi
ness to prefer to buy everything ready
mixed at an enormous financial sacri
fice rather than to insure good and
constant quality by doing the mixing
Bf feeds and fertilizers at home.
This business end of the farming,
ieems to be on a par with the house
Wife's purchase of expensive prepared
Dat meal when the old -fashioned pro
. luct might be cooked a day ahead wlth
cut added expense, thus reducing the
post of living and supplying a pro
fuct of superior quality and taste. In
fact, if consumers of many of the mix
tures of feeds would buy the single in
fredients, thus making sure that they
fro sweet and wholesome, and would
then prepare their own mixtures, no
loubt more spoiled oats and corn than
it present would be lacking a market,
and the farm animals would thrive
better In consequence. Prof. H. J.
Wheeler, Rhode Island Experiment
Station.
S , A MistaU - i Idea.
The color of eggs ' es not determine
any degree of nutritious value, and the
Idea that It did, probably, was derived
1rom the fact of the English demand for
brown-shelled egRS. France shina manv
ggs to England, and to cater to the
Bngllsh fancy dips many eggs In a
Voffee solution in order to make a white
elled egg come up to the fancy. The
""Ailed States Department of Agrlcul
J - hire at Washington issued a bulletin
tvlng information a sfollows.
'There Is no constant relation be-
Ceen the color of the shell and the
tomposition of the egg, although there
"la a popular belief In aome localities
that the dark-shelled eggs are 'richer.'
That there are no differences In the
physical properties and chemical com
position between brown-shelled and
white-shelled eggs was shown by la-
resttgatlon carried on at the Callfor
tia and Michigan experiment stations,
Ibis week having been summarized in
larlier publications of the Depart
ment. Success With Alfalfa.
"Alfalfa is the most valuable asset
; n the farm," says J. E. B., In the In
llana Farmer, and he tells how he
mcceeded In getting a good stand of
It, as follows: Having a piece of
ground that I had sowed to common
red clover last year which made only
ibout half a stand I sowed it in al-
ptlfa, plowed the ground June 1st and
Id and dragged It down again. At in
tervals of ten days I harrowed and
Iragged it until the fifst of July; then
awe sowed the seed and harrowed it in
with a 60 tooth harrow, and rolled it
town. We sowed a bushel of seed (60
pounds) to six acres, and I have as fine
stand as any one could wish. We
dipped it the 20th of August. Of
course this was an exceptionally good
fear, having plenty of rain. If any
ne will adopt the following points
there is no doubt about getting a stand
pfrylfalfa:
r if. Have your (ground thoroughly
tndef drained. ;
2d. Sow on clover sod.
J---."" HiJWTi f 5.-.-t W-n.: ..'
3d. Plow 30 days before you want to
sow.
4th. Cultivate three or four times to
kill tne weeds.
6th. Have the ground fine and har
row seed in well, and dry roll down,
6th. Sow none but pure guaranteed
seed, as the best Is none too good.
Wo are surprised that Mr. B. got so
good a stand with so small an amount
of seed; he sowed only 10 pounds to
the acre, while 18 to 20 pounds is the
rule. It was his thorough lining and
compacting of the soil that made it
possible to get a good e'nnd with half
the usual quantity of seed.
Cows and Cows.
In Its report on several dairy herds
In which It is shown that owners of
cows which give only 2f0 to 300 pounds
of milk anuually are "keeping their
cows," whereas others with cows that
produce 1000 to 1200 pounds annually
nre "keeping their owners," the Can
adian Dairyman comments In this very
senslblo way. It says:
'.'All men have not the ability to get
the same results that nre achieved by
some of our best dairymen. Yet, if
they will follow the teachings of up-
to-date agricultural journals and suc
cessful men, and have the push and
energy to put those teachings Into ef
fect, they can get results. They may
reach them by a more circuitous route.
There Is a path for every breeder of
farm stock. That path must be con
sistently and Intelligently followed.
Eternal chopping and changing, and
seeking for the short cuts are ruin
oua. In other words, the dairyman
must bid a long farewell to the scrub
sire In his breeding ventures. He must
choose his type and stick to It Never
ending improvement alone will win,
and a definlty of aim will ensure im
provement.
"I didn't know," 1b a phrase that
dairymen can no longer put up as an
excuse, for keeping unprofitable herds.
Opportunities for gaining the best
knowledge on any phase of agriculture
are open to every farmer. In this re
spect they nre Indeed fortunate, as coin
pared with their predecessors of a gen
eration or more ago. Then the hard
and expensive school of experience was
about the only educational facility
within the reach of the agriculturist.
He had to struggle along, fighting and
finding out for himself. Now, with the
knowledge fairly thrust upon us, suc
cess awaits the enterprising man who
chooses his line, defines his aim,
plucks that which Is within easy reach,
and travels determinedly onward."
Indiana Farmer.
Notes of the Farm.
Slaked lime should be sprinkled
over the places most frequented by
the hens.
In mixing whitewash use two table
spoonfuls cf crude carbolic acid to a
bucketful of whitewash.
Salt and wood ashes should be giv
en to hoga frequently in order to keep
them in good healthy condition.
Some successful peach growers nev
er have any other crop in their or
chards, but cultivate tho orchard until
the peaches are half grown.
Any animal is a good one to keep
that will pay full market price for the
grain and forage it consumes, and leave
the manure to its owner for its care.
On a farm in Sully County, South Da
kota comprising several hundred acres,
all the work is done by a 'gasoline mot
or. No animals are used for any pur
pose. Since roosts, platforms and nests are
the principal rendezvous for lice, they
should be easy of access, and so con
structed as to be readily removed for
the purpose of cleaning.
FINEST STABLES ON EARTH.
They Are Those of the "Cottagers' at
Fashionable Newport.
No one feature of Newport extrava
gance more clearly shows the mint of
money lavished on. this playground of
millionaires than the wonderful stables
attached to every establishment.
Take, for Instance, the O. H. Bel
mont villa. It has a stable- for its
ground floor, of suoh dimensions that
a coach and four can drive in, turn
about and drive out nsaln. It contains
the moBt elaborate equipment of car
riages and harness in the world; its
walls are decorated with rare old
prints and blue-ribbon prizes. The
estates of the brothers Vanderbilts, Al
fred and Reginald, at Sand's Point are
veritable villages of stables says the
Broadway Magazine. As you pass, Dr.
Austin Flint whirls by in his motor,
and, you remember that people from
Maine to California- are reading that
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderbllt is confined
to the house with a cold."
The mere incidentals impress you at
first with the extravagance of Newport
The prices of papers, periodicals, can
dy, flowers, etc., are doubled. The mil
lionaire sets the pace even in the sim
ple process of buying a paper of pins.
But these details are not of importance;
what is important is the gigantic abor
tive extravagance that enters into every
detail of existence dreamed of in the
philosophy of the millionaire, and ably
shown by the magnificent homes of the
very horses and motor cars.
Some Philippine cigars are a foot
and a half in length.
Quaint..
and
Murious.
Corn and beans are the staple ar
ticles of diet of the working classes
ot Mexico.
After the (rults, flowers and tegs
tables of Algiers, the first to reach
the French, English and German mar
kets are those from the sheltered
corners of old Provence; they are
sent as fait freight, without refriger
ator cars. This makes care in pack
ing so Important a feature that At a
recent exposition In Marseilles there
was a department devoted entirely
to packing and shipping devices.
Americans prefer the great English
hotels to the mansion either In the
city or the country.
Hannibal was born 217 B. C. and
died 183 B. C, and was therefore
sixty-four years old nt the time of
his death. Hannibal wns never taken
prUoner. He died near the present
city of Constantinople from a self-administered
dose of poison, which he
had for many years carried about
with hi m in a ring.
Coco is Spanish for bogle, and it l
said the cocoanut was thus named
for Its resemblance to a distorted hu
man face.
Ou est la Femme? (Whore Is the
Woman?) Buchmaun considers this
saying to be derived from Juvenal
(Sat. VI., 242): Nulla fere cause
est, in pua non femlna litem mover
it. (There is hardly any litigation
et which a woman is not the cause.)
The Erzberg, Austria's iron moun
tain, will furnish ore for 1000 more
years.
The name of Michael Scott is the
earliest on record among the Scotch
poets, but the oldest fragments of
Scottish poetry now known to exist,
consist ot a few lines ot lamentation
on tho death of Alexander III. of
Scotland, which took place in 1268.
The ancients were of the opinion
that the plants, in their movements
through space, produced severally the
seven notes of the gamut. This mu
sic, it was contended, was Impercepti
ble to human ears on account of the
fact thnt it was too powerful for our
hearing. Others held that men did
not hear it simply because they were
so used to It, Just as we do not notice
the roar of the city from our constant
familiarity with it. The real "MurIc
of the Spheres" is purely intellectual,
lying In the great and splendid fact
of tho universe of law and order.
TYPEWIUTERJTIS.
Neryonsness That Displays Itself in
the Tapping of Eight Busy Fingers.
Nervousness that displays itself in
constantly tapping tho fingers la said
to be exhibited to some extent by
typewriter girls. Etpert typewriting
operators use eight fingers at their
work. .
The steady concentration and ex
treme speed in somn cases, seem to
produce a digital numbness that occa
sionally becomes so pronounced as to
interfere with the ability of the type
writers. In some cases impatient em
ployers falling to comprehend the
cause of their stenographers' trouble,
have discharged them.
If the girl afflicted with this finger
tapping trouble manages to do her
work properly and speedily she pays
for her gelt. The bothersome numb
ness leaves her fingers soon after
the day's grind at the typewriter
is ended, and is succeeded by tho
nervousness that many of the victims
consider far more objectionable.
All that is required by tho type
writer girl suffering from this dis
order is a table, the arm ot a chair,
a book or bag in her lap, or any other
object upon which she may rest her
wrist and begin the ceaseless tap
ping. "Typewrlteritls" might describe
the malady. The eight fingers ot
the victim thrum idly the moment
she sits down to dinner. A stranger
noting the movement watches for it
to cease, but there is not letup.
Any one may feel a desire to drum
with the fingers for a few moments
without considering himself nervous,
but It is the design of the typewriter
girl to continue It indefinitely that
marks her as a victim and generally
makes her friend3 equally fidgety.
Girls with shapely, well-manicured
fingers sometimes simulate tho symp
toms of the disease, but none of the
immunes, however vain, can Imitate
the nervous tapping of a real victim.
Seventeen stenographers in the
Park Row Building were asked if they
ever noticed the nervousness in them
selves. Five said yes. The twelve
others looked scornful or amused, or
incredulous, but said no.
Twelve of the same profession in
the Flatlron Building were put on
the witness stand, and all but five
disclaimed having any symptoms of
the disease. One ot the five treated
the matter frivolously and asked th?
questioner what he wanted her to
say, agreeing to give the right answer
regardless of the facts.
Typewriters, who operate the keys
slowly need have no tear ct tha
trouble. New York Sun.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
China Is said to be on the verge ot
a revolution.
President Fallleres will visit the
Emperor of Russia next year.
Maine leads in various phases ot
grange progress and development.
Emperor William declared in Lon
don that world peace is his steadfast
aim.
Admiral Sir John Fisher said that
the British Navy had never been so
strong as it Is now.
The first subway train ran under
the East River, half way through the
tunnel to Brooklyn.
France will lend $30,000,000 to
Morocco in consideration of changes
in the Algerian frontier.
There is a marked falling oft In In
dustrial orders in Paris from the Uni
ted States and Germany.
The Japanese Foreign Office Is con
sidering a plan to stop all movements
to the United States and Canada.
Leading railway and industrial cor
porations of America report a racord
breaklng number of new sharehold
ers. The dpstroyer Mohawk, of the
British Navy, In an official trial de
veloped a speed of forty land miles
an hour.
D. C. Imboden suggested a system
of Slate clearing houses to create a
new currency to aid farmers to move
the crops.
Excavation on the Panama Cannl
tor October amounted to 1,868,729
cubic yards, surpassing till previous
monthly records.
A committee of 100 of the Ameri
can Health League mot In New Ha
ven to urge the Government to estab
lish a national health bureau.
To copy Gettysburg Ideas Into a
proposed military park on tho Plnlns
of Abraham, Quebec, Sir Frederick
Borden and General Lake will visit
the Pennsylvania battlefield.
HIS CHOICS.
"Why don't you try to get some
thing to do?"
"Mister," answsred Meandering
Mike, "I can't find nothln' suited to
me."
"What's your cholc of occupation T'
"I want to be a wlae agent"
Washington Star.
PAIRS IN PEARS.
"Pop!"
"Yes, my son."
"It was natural that there should bo
two worms In the Ark."
"Why, my boy?"
"Because worms nearly always come
In pears." Yonkers Statesman.
1 Coughed
Continually
0
a won TF.ftTi.novT
fflrnn lir Mm. Mnnr O.
Alnmhnl I In tha Huimrlur
Uourtof Cincinnati. .
" I coughed continu
ally for six months
lungs very sore-rhad
constant pain in my
chest and was much
emaciated could
find no relief. After
two-thirds of my first
bottle of
PISO'S
CURE
my health began to
improve and I soon
grew strong and fat."
Such sworn testimony,
from many witnesses,
convinced tne Court and
secured for us a perma
nent injunction against a
worthless imitation. For
nearly half a century
I'iso's Cure has been re
lieving the most obstinate
coughs and colds of both
DToncniai ana puimon-
I -3trV.iR:
W ary nature.
I 1 It It a fair trial E I
I I and It will cure 70a I I
SOME STATEMENTS
REGARDING NEW THEORY
Followers of Cooper and His Novel Ideas Give
Reason for Their Belief in Him.
With a theory that human health Is
dependent on the stomach and with a
medicine which he says proves this
theory, L. T. Cooper, a comparatively
young man, has built up an Immense
following during the past year.
Cooper has visited most of the lead
ing cities of the country, and in each
city has aroused a storm ot discussion
about his beliefs and his medicines.
Wherever he has gone, people have
called upon him by tens of thousands,
and his preparation has sold in Im
mense quantities.
The sale ot this medicine has now
epread ever tho entire country, and is"
growing enormously each day. .In view
of this, the following statements from
two ot the great number of followers
which he now has, aro ot general in
terest Mm. Agnes Viggenhouser, of 042 St.
Louis Avenue, Chicago, hns the follow
ing to say on the subject of the Cooper
preparations: "For more than ten
years I was broken down in health. I
could not sleep and I was very ner
vous. Gradually I began to lose my
memory, until I could not remember
things from one day to another. I had
severe pains and cramps in my body,
and I would at times see dark spots
before my eyes. I was unable io do
any work whatever, aa my strength
-was falling. I had no appetite, nor
could I take any medicine.
"I had about given up hope of ever
being well again when I read ot Mr.
: The Fidgety Girl :
By Winifred Black.
SPENT the afternoon yesterdny with a fldgQty girl.
j I went homo with a sick headache nnd preferred to go
X without my dinner, all on account of tho fidgety girl.
J I'd rather sit In the room with a screaming parrot or a
chattering monkey than to be the unfortunate vis-a-vis vic
I
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tim of 9 fidgety girl. This unfortunate woman is not 111 or
nervous or bashful enough to bo self-conscious; she's Just
fidgety because she thinks about herself nil the time.
First, It was too hot in the room, then there was a
draught, then her chair was too soft, then tho chair that sho took wa3 too
hard; next her feet annoyed her, they were too far from the ground. After
that her hairpins pullrfl. and she didn't like the set of her pompadour when
sho had fussed her hair into shape agnin; then phe began to fidget about the
set of lu'r blouse. Slic pulled it down, she pulled it out, sho patted tho front
of her dress and pulled In her belt.
The sho dusted her fuce off with her handkerchief. After thnt she looked
at her nails, and then something about the weight of a locket and chain sho
wore nnnoyed her. After that her bracelets didn't sot rli:ht. Then sho
sneezed, then bIio coughed, then she sighed, then she yawned, until I thought
I should have to leavo the room where she sat or go Into mysteries.
Now, If that girl were nervous or III there would be sonic excuse for It;
but she Isn't; she Is simply self-centered nnd ill bred." Her mother nevnr
taught her that the greatest charm a woman can possess Is repose of manner,
and nobody ever educated her up to the fact that it's a Rood deal more fun to
be interested in other people than In yourself. This fidgety girl Is never in
terested in anything but herself, her own comfort, her own motions, licr own
clothes, her own appearance and her own fidgetiness.
Kind fortune save me from a fidgety girl. New York An-trlcan.
Make the Children Happy 1
4
Ey Orison Swett Mar den f
E have all seen children who have had no chlld.iood. The
fun-loving element has-been crushed out of them. They have
been repressed and forbidden to do this and that so long
that thoy have lost tho faculty of having a good time. We
see these little old men nnd women everywhere.
Children should be kept children Just as long as possi
ble. What has responsibility, seriousness or sadness to do
with children? We always feel indignant,, as well as sad,
w 1
when we see evidences of maturity, over-seriousness, care,
or anxiety, In a child's face, for we kuow some one has sinned somewhere.
Tho little ones should be kept strangers to anxious care, reflective
thoughts and subjective moods. Their lives should be kept light, bright, buoy
ant, cheerful, full of sunshine,' Joy and gladness. They should be encouraged
to laugh and to play nnd to romp to their heart's content The serious side ot
lifo will come only too quickly, do what we may to prolong childhood.
One of the most unfortunate thing I know of Is the home that is not il
luminated by at least one cheerful, bright, sunny young face, that does not ring
with the persistent laughter and merry voice of a child.
No man or woman is perfectly normal who is distressed or vexed by the
playing of children. There was something wrong in your bringing up if it
annoys you to see children romping, playing, and having a good time. From
Success Magazine.
Made in New York
WE have just received from New York
several new Benjamin models.
Tailors in other
these Stylish Garments, but their
iTl TA AKTPC I tions will
long after the Style
has rhnnrprJ ,in
New York.-
There's just one way to be sure about
Style, insist on the Benjamin Label
Correct Clothes for Men
Cooper's remedies. I decided to giro
them a trial, and I began to feel better
at once. After taking the medicine for
two weeks I can say that I am a new
woman. I can eat with enjoyment, tha
pains In my body have left me, and I
am stronger than I have been too
years.
"I cannot say enough tor Mr.
Cooper's remedies. They are wonder
ful, for they have done everything
claimed for them in my case."
Another statement by Mr W. B.
Stewart, 109 W. Madison St, Chicago,
is as follows: "I have had stomach
trouble for years, and anyone who Is
afflicted this way knows what an awful
distressed feeling it causes. Many a
time I have felt that I would give most
any price to he cured. It was by ac
cident that I heard of this man
Cooper's remedies. I immediately
made up my mind to buy a treatment
of him. I used It for about two weeks,
and It is Impossible to tell how much
good It has done me, I feel altogether
different. I have more life and energy
than I have had for years. This med
icine certainly does stimulate and
strengthen the whole system. Tired
feeling and weak condition of the
stomach has entirely passed away. I
feel well again."
We sell Cooper's celebrated medi
cines which have mado this wonderful
record In all parts of the country,
Stoke Felcht Drug Co.
imita-
come
Exclusive Agent Here.
Milliren Bros.
Reynoidsville, Pa.