GARDEN, FARM and CROPS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE UP-TO-DATE AGRICULTURIST Removal of Warts. One ounce of acetate of lead dis solved In a quart of water and this applied to the growth will remove warts and other fungous growths in farm animals. Be careful that too touch does not reach the tender skin Around the wart. Weekly Witness. Young Pullets. In every flock there will be found some young pullets that are undesir able to keep for stock birds, and also a number of cockerels that can be spared. To dispose of these while they are yet but a small item of ex pense, is a good business move. Farmers' Home Journal. Medicine for the Piga. Palatablllty in a ration for hogs Is as Important as tor horses and cat tle. Change the hog's feed occasion ally or give him a little dessert occa sionally. Wood ashes, salt and char coal are relished by the pigs and are good medicine. If they have access to a box of these they will take some every day. The ashes are good for worms, and charcoal takes up the acids of the stomach in such a way as to bo beneficial. A little lime in the water, being careful not to get too much, will be beneficial as a bone builder. The ashes and charcoal will be the same. Borne people feed a little bone dust. But it is so much easier to feed what you can manufacture yourself, like charcoal and ashes, and one is much more likely to' do this than to depend on sending off for something. Place salt In the slop, or, if not feeding slop, place in a box or trough where the hog can get at it. Weekly Witness. Fish as a Fertilizer. Among the French-Canadian potato farmers in the vicinity of Quebec, her ring and a species of a small fat fish are UBcd In great quantities as fer tilizer for potatoes. Along the banks of the St. Lawrence river at frequent Intervals fish-weirs are constructed, and in the month of May principally, immense quantities of these fish are caught The farmers come from all directions with their 'wagons, which have a capacity of about 1200 pounds each, and purchase their supply direct from the fishermen at BO cents per load. Preparatory to plowing, the land Is fairly well covered with the Csh and then turned in. The seed potato U cut so as to retain two well formed Hyes and the pieces are dropped into the furrows. The more careful plant er will place a fish between the pieces. The work of planting is mostly done by women and boys, labor-saving ma chinery such as the potato planter and digger, being unknown. Indiana Farmer. The Vine Blight. Several inquiries from New England were recently received at the Depart ment of Agriculture asking for reme dies to prevent or cure tho blight that destroys cucumber, melon and squash vines and referring to the well known disease very prevalent in America of late years and which causes apparent ly vigorous vines to suddenly wither and die within a few days from the beginning of the attack. According to Dr. B. T. Galloway of the bureau of plant industry, the blight Is prevalent all along the Pacific coast. The germs of tho blight are carried by an insect. He recommends that the Tines should make a steady rather than a rapid growth and should be planted on ground containing a large amount of organic matter, ndding also nitrogen iln the form of nitrate of soda. Spray- ng the plants with parls gveen and lordeaux mixture such as is used for potatoes kills the insect which carries the blight and prevents its puncturing the leaves and admitting the fungus of the disease. As a means of preven tion it is recommended that the crops be grown on fresh ground each year. Weekly Witness. The Farm Hen. 1 The easiest money pieked up on the farm is eggs, and of all farm products 'they are the quickest turned into money. On most farms they are very Carelessly handled, but to get the most Jinoney out of them, they must be Sjiandled with enre. Note the range In price on the Eastern city markets and the difference in price is Just the dif ference in handling. To command the highert price the eggs must be spot lessly clean and newly laid. To get a uniform grade of eggs you should weed out of your Sock of hens all old and sickly, undersized and scrubby stock, and change your roosters each year. To harden the she); so the eggs will ship well the fowls should be fed oy ster Bhells occasionally, or feed a bran tnosh two or three times each woek. it matters not how good a range your (flock has, they should be fed grain at least once each day to give the eggs m strong body. The nests should be Kept clean and the eggs gathered each flay. Do not keep them in damp spring jhOuses or musty cellars or hot kitch ens. Keep fhem in a cool room and cover them so that they will not get ,lly-specked or dust on them. The soil .ei eggs should be cleaned with a dry cloth. Do not wash them. A washed egg quickly spoils and breaks in ship ping. Do not put pin holes In them or grease them to keep from hatching. Do not carry your eggs to market in bran, oats, sawdust or fine hay or they will look old. But get egg carriers from your buyer or the mail-ordor houses. At the prevailing prices for fresh eggs it is not profitable to fool with holding them in pickle, salt or is inglass or the like fakes. But market them at least twice each week. If the egg buyer in your section is slow and out of date, do not sacrifice your eggs by selling to him; but combine with your neighbors and ship to deal ers familiar with the modern meth ods used in handling eggs, and who will pay for your eggs according to their quality. Indianapolis News. Silage for Milch Cows. Perhaps there Is more benefit de rived from silage by feeding it to milch cows than by feeding it to any other kind of stock. At any rate, it is used more and thought more ol by dairy men than by any other class of farm ers. You all know that green succulent grass, or other forage plants, stimulate the production of milk much more than the same forage would If fed to cows after being dried. It is the some way with silage, for silage contains all the natural Juices of the plant and it stim ulates the production of milk Just the same as though the plants were cut fresh and green in the field and fed to the cows. Cows should never be fed exclusive ly on silage. They need some dry for age to go with it, they need a variety. Besides this, corn silage is a carbon aceous food and needs some more nit rogenous food to go with it to make a well-balanced ration. About thir ty, or at most, forty pounds a day of silage is as much as should be fed from the top of the silo, taking off about two inches in depth from the entire surface each day, for, If It is long exposed to the air, it will be damaged. If the feeding commences Immediately after filling the silo . and this is a good way to do it there will be no damaged silage at all. Care should be taken, at each time of feed ing to leave the surface' smooth and even and not pick and stir it up with the fork, for that will let in the aid and cause damage. My way is to feed the silage ration in tyo feeds, both night and morn ing, and it is better to feed after milk ing, because the peculiar odor of the silage might affect the flavor of the milk. Cows, as well as other stock, have a wonderful liking for silage, and I believe much of the success in feeding It can be attributed, to its palatabll lty. They even prefer It, to a certain extent at least, to fresh cut forage or good grass in the pasture. I have seen cows in June when on good pas tin, which had been fed silage every day, come to the gate at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and bellow and ask to come to the barn to get silage, which they would eat greedily and apparent ly with great relish. I have seen the experiment tried of offering the cows at the same time corn cut fresh from the fields and silage that was put up the year before. Every cow chose tho silage and ate that first. It is true these cows had been fed silpge every day all summer, and it may be the lu.bit of eating silage had something to do with their preferring it, but they surely would not have done it if sil age had not been pretty good feed. There Is no belter and cheaper feed to supplement short pastures, which we ere almost sure to have every summer on account of drought, or other causes, than good silage. I know some of the most successful dairymen in the coun try who feed silage every day In the yeai" winter as well as summer. M. A. Goodrich, in the American Culti vator. Farm Notes. The essentials for the dairy cow are a dry floor, a good bedding, and warm Etable, plenty of wholesome feed and pure water. Neglect to milk the cows clean each milking is a simple cause of trouble in many dairies. Hired help should be carefully watched. The fowls that are allowed to range get all the green food they need, but those that are confined must be sup plied with it In some form. Better not raise calves at all unless they are kept growing all the time. Stunted calves are hardly worth the trouble of bringing to maturity. No wonder the poultry business is growing each year. There are more than 60O0 poultry shows held annually in the United States and Canada. The cow that remains fat during1 the full milking period should be viewed with suspicion. It is likely that too much of her food goes to flesh instead of milk. One quart of milk is equal in feed ing value to 20 cents, which costs five sixths pounds of sirloin steak and people are kicking at 7 cents per quart It 1b not the right ratio. The price is not enough. The ways of the cow should be stud ied. Some will give more milk on one kind of food than on another. Some are easily injured with concen trated grain. Others do not like cer tain kinds of feed and will waste it Tea is a germicide, according to a Boston physician, who claims it is an especially rank enemy of the typhoid bacillus. The human heart weighs from eight to twelve ounces and through it pass es 22 1-2 pounds of blood every min ute or 11,080,000 pounds in one year. The latest substitute for Jute is pa per. This, however, cannot stand water, so it is a failure so far, though the German manufacturers are con fident this difficulty can be overcome. Europe Is growing colder, says M. Camille Flammarlon, the French as tronomer. Ho declares that from ac tual figures recently obtained he has become certain that the temperature of Europe has been falling. The new telescope reflector of Pro fessor Wood, of Johns Hopkins Uni versity, is a basin of mercury rotat ed by an electric motor, the concav ity and therefore the focus varying with the speed. Vibration is the chief difficulty foreseen. Machine embroidery la three or more color? without a change of need les is a possibility for which a consu lar report from Germany vouches. The achievement surpasses the work of "the auger which bored two holes at once." Besides, It Is better auth enticated. In the courso of a paper before the French Academy of Medicine Profes sor Grlmbert recently stated that the Central Pharmacy, which dispenses supplies to the public Institutions in Paris and the department of tho Seine, annually furnished 12,000 leech es for use in the hospitals. In view of the large number of deaths caused annually in Burma by snakebites it bas been decided to dis tribute as widely as possible through the province the lancets designed by Sir Lauder Brunton for the treatment of snakebite with permanganate of potash, the efficacy of which, if the treatment is at once applied, is now established. GOLD GUNS MELTED. Costly Weapons of an Indian Prince Converted Into Bullion. I learn with profound regret (writes a correspondent) that H. H., the Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda has melted down and converted into bul lion the celebrated gold and sliver cannon of Baroda. 1 say. "with pro found regret" for sentimental rea sons. Of these costly but useful toys, the silver guns were the inspirations of a former Gaekwar. In order to "go one better" than his predecessor, the late Gaekwar (he who was charged in 1875 with the attempted murder of Col. Phayre), had the gold guns cast and mounted at a cost, It is said, of 100,000. They reposed in the state armory and were the wonder and ad miration of all visitors to the capital. On State occasions, however such as coronations, marriages, etc. the gold and silver guns were always brought out to take part In the procession. They were "horsed" by teams of magnificent white oxen, which were fittingly caparisoned, i. e., in cloth of gold for the gold guns and cloth of silver for the silver guns. The native gunners and drivers re garded their charges as sacred and the writer has seen offerings of rice, fruit, fowls, etc., deposited upon the muzzles of these weapons (?) in the Baroda barracks. Such offerings have now "had their day and ceased to be." For the present Maharajah Gaekwar happens to be a man of both practical politics and practised econ omy, and he would not maintain the "guns" for a merely sentimental rea son. Westminster Gazette. The New Watch. The young graduate drew forth a fine gold watch. "Please regulate this," he said. "A graduation present, eh?" said the watchmaker. "Now listen, and I'll give you some pointers about how to keep this watch in fine condition: "Wind. It in the morning instead of at night. "At least once a year have it oiled. Remember that its balance swings 13, 000 times a year all on one little drop of oil. A wheelbarrow wouldn't stand such treatment; It would shriek for lubrication; but the small voice of the watch cannot be heard. "After mending or cleaning, exam ine your watch's screw-heads and frames. If they are scratched, the workman has been careless. He is a man to be avoided. Patronize him no more. "Don't grumble If your mainspring breaks. This accident is due to some unknown condition of the weath er. There are mainspring epidemics, like influenza ones. Just now such an epidemic is afoot, I have taken out sixty fractured mainsprings this week." Los Angeles Times. Lost Charm of the Wayslds inn. The inns of England, celebrated by Harrison and famous far and wide at Ibe beginning of the last century, have degenerated into sad places which we visit only . of necessity. Little did Stephenson think, when he proposed the line from MancEester to Liverpool that he would ruin the wayside inns of England and kill the art of cookery. Blackwood's Magazine. GUNNER 13 67 YEARS OLD. Royal Horse Artilleryman Says He Will Die In Army. Probably the oldest private soldier still serving with the colors in any regular army is Gunner William Hur ley of the Royal Horse artillery of England. Hurley who is 67 years old, enlist ed in the distinguished corps in 1872, and has thus seen 30 years' service. In ordinary circumstances tho veter an would have been discharged on a pension many years ago, but in 18SS he obtained special permission from Queen Victoria nnd the war office to extend his service indefinitely. Hurley holds an unblemished rec ord, and wears no fewer than eight good conduct stripes on his slevees. He declares that he will die in the army. Mix For Rheumatism.. The following is a never falling remedy for rheumatism, and it fol lowed up It will effect a complete cure of the very worst cases: "Mix half pint of good whiskey with one ounce of Torls Compound and add one ounce syrup of Sarsaparllla Compound. Take in tablespoonful doses before each meal and at bedtime." The in gredients can be procured at any drug store and easily mixed at home. Fuel Wasted. It has been shown by a royal com mission that the present insufficient consumption of coal in Great Britain leads to a waste of from 40,000,000 to G0,OOO,O00 tons per annum. Thirty per cent of the total British consump tion of coal might be saved by em puoying the best-known means for each purpose. Beware of Ointments For Catarrh Tbnt Contain Mercury, . as mercury will surely destroy the aense oi mell and completely derange the whole sys tera when entering it through &e raucous surfaces. Such article should never.be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and ia taken internally, acting directly upon the blood a-nd mucous surfaces of thesystem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in ternally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by J) J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's I'atnily Tills for coustipation. Canal Boat Lift. Following in some ways the general lines of the car dumpers in use on the Great Lakes an apparatus is to be built in Philadelphia for the Le high Navigation Company which will take hold of a canal boat, elevate it 60 feet in the air, and empty its con tents either on the wharf for convey ance to a storage pile or into the hold of another vessel. Only Oio "Itromo Quinine" That is Laxative Ilromo Quinine. Look for the signature of K. V. Grove. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 23c. Horse and Auto. G. K. Holmes, chief of the division of foreign markets of the Department of Agriculture, has found that the au tomobile has replaced about 00,000 horses in this country up to the pres ent time, and farm horses have never been in Buch great demand as at the present moment. In fact, the demanl for horses for farm and other busi ness uses has become stronger and stronger during the laBt two or three years, the farm horses alone in use on January 1, 1908, numbering no less than 19,992,000 in round numbers. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup forClnldren teething, Boftens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 20c a bottle. After 25 years of operation of the Postal Savings Bank of India (he de positors number 1,190,220 nnd the de posits amount to $19,223,283. - Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolforrt's Sanitary Lotion Never fails. At druggists. Inventors are now confining their attention almost entirely to three branches airships, automobile and Improvements in electrical appliances. PUTNAM Color more KonAt brighter and fmier colon thin any can dye any garment without ripping apart. Write Thoroughness In Education, We ought to train our boys to be more methodical and more thorough going In everything they have to do. Constantly we hear complaint from business men that boys from the grammar schools, and even from tho higher schools, are very hazy about arithmetic. Now, It there is any sub ject requiring precision It is that which deals with figures. It boots litte that a boy has gone 'through a high school course if he cannot make out the extensions of an ordinary bill of lading. Yet the latter dlffipulty presents itself to business men con tinually. Philadelphia Inquirer. 8elf-Examlnation. It is my custom every night to run over all the words and notions of the past day; for why should I fear the sight of my errors when I can ad monish and forgive myself? I was a little too hot in such a dispute, my opinion might have been as well spared, for it gave offense, and did no good at all. The thing was true; but all truths are not to be spoken at all times. Seneca. Stop Coughing! Nothing breaks down (he health so QtscUr and positively ai a penitent cough. If jroo have a cough s it alter boa now. Yon can relief k quickly with PISO'3 CURE. Famous for half a century to dn enable naady f couch, cokk, hoaneoea. bronchitis, asthma aarj kindred ailment. Fine for chilcWa, ,4 At nil druggist, 25 eta. The 8oul and What It Is. That tho soul of man Is an aggrega tion of psychomeres Inhabiting tho cells of the human body and probably weighing about one-thousandths part of the body's weight is the conspicu ous proposition in a theory enunciat ed in a lecture in London by Fournler d'Albo, secretary of the Dublin So ciety of Psychical Research. He held out the hope that it would be possi ble some day to see psychomeres, be cause, he said, they are probably opaque to ultra-violet light and there fore mny be made visible by more powerful optical means than the world yet possesses. Then they will be weighed nnd measured. After death, Mr. d'Albe said, the psychomeres unite and form the soul body suited to ithe environment of the earth's atmosphere, in which it floats. These bodies have conscious ness and power of locomotion, the lat ter being probabaly derived from the ultra-violet rays of the sun. The soul body lives cheaply, subsisting on the sun's rays, and as these are easily assimilable no' digestive apparatus is required. So the soul body Is stom achless and knows nothing of the struggle for existence. To balance this, however, It retains, according to d'Albe, the higher qual ity of competition in mutual service, and spends the time in cultivating the higher virtues. The soul body Is anywhere between the surface of the earth" and some circumscribing limit, vaguely specified as 200 miles above it This space Is the soul realm. Wolf as a Watch Dog. "A friend of mine down In Oklaho ma has a superb watchdog that isn't really a dog at all, but a half-tamed Lobe wolf," said Captain E. B. An drews, a Guthrie (Okla.) , business man at the Raleigh. . The wolf will not allow any human being to touch him save his master, who got him when he was but a month old and who can do anything with him. The beast is not kept at his owner's resi dence, but is utilized In guarding his place -of business at night. In which he is as good as a detachment of sol diers, for there is no thief or hobo living who would want to come in con tact with this savage creature that could rend a man into pieces in the twinkling of an eye." Baltimore American. The Ingenuity of Inventors. The ingenuity of inventors and manufacturers Is ever at work In the endeavor to reduce the eipense of production, and at the same time to Improve the quality of articles having a large sale. This is not only benefi cial to the purchasing public, but It inures to the benefit of the producer In increasing sales and preventing competition. This has been so in the case of farm machinery, clothing, shoes, bicycles, etc., and now It Is ap parent in the safety razor field. Thou oands of this style of razor have been sold at from $1.60 to $5 each and giv en satisfaction. Recently manufac turers have applied more scientific principles nnd improved methods in their manufacture, and the result is seen in the "Shrp Shavr" razor, which is sent postpaid for twenty-five cents In stamps by the Book Publishing House, 134 Leonard street, New York. It Is superior to any razor sold, being bought largely by those already owning the highest priced razors. Not every one knows that the best results are obtained by hav ing two or three razors and alternat ing them In use. This practice of al ternating possibly accounts for the very large sale of this low priced Im plement. Age of Family Totals 330. Five members of one family, all living In one house near Gurteen, County Sligo, Ireland, have been pass ed for the full sum of five shillings a week under the old age pensions act. Thnt rainy winds have a marked ef fect in consumption has been proved by 20 years observation in Dartmoor and North Devon, , England. The death rate from this disease is much less in the sheltered placed than in exposed localities. FADELESS DYES other dye. One Mo. pockago colon all flborn. Thejr d je In eold water better than any other dye. Too lor free booklet Uuw to uye, Uleaoli and Mil Colon. MOKUOK UHUU CO., Qulncy, lllinelet POSITIVELY BEST h EXTRA. BLADES 25f 4 3" .1: il; ! i ' send Blades or by mail In m. - -v "v 'wn. x v BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, 134 T Wagner's Song to Be Published. That Richard Wagner wrote and composed a comic song will hardly be believed by devout Wagnerites in America. Tet a humorous ditty by the author of "Siegfried" and the "Gotterdammerung" will shortly come on the market In Berlin. The song which runs to a dozen verses, Is dedi cated to Ludwlg Kraft, proprietor of the Hotel de Prusse at Leipzig, where Wagner used to stay when he vlBited his native city. It is dated April 22, 1871, apd' the worthy landlord' praises are the subject INVALID'S SAD PLIGHT. After Inflammatory Rheumatism, Hair Cnmo Out, Skin Peeled, and , Bed Sores Developed Only i Cuticura Proved Successful. "About four years ago I had a very se vere attack of inflammatory rheumatism. My akin peeled, and the high fever played havoo with my hair, which cams out ia bunches. I also had three large bed sores on my back. I did not gain very rapidly, and my appetite was very poor. I tried many 'sure cures' but they were of little help, and until I tried Cuticura Resolvent I had had no real relief. Then my com flexion cleared and soon I felt better,' The bed sores went very soon after a few appli cations of Cuticura Ointment, and when I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for my hair, it began to regain its former glossy, appearance Mrs. Lavlna J. Henderson, 138 Broad St., Stamford, Conn., Much end 12, 1007." Our leading physician recommends Cutt euro for eczema. Mrs. Algy Cockburn, Bhiloh, 0., June 11, 1007." 300 Shades of Cloth. Possibly no one fact speaks as much for the infinite variety of dyed cloths this year as the announcement that the shops can sell 300 colors in one cloth alone. Piles Cured In U to 14 Dnrs. 1'ar.o Ointment is guarnnteed to cure any caneof Itching, Blind, Dleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. Ob. The Rabbit Was Stuffed. Paul Badorf of Lititz, is a practical Joker as well as a hunter of local re nown. He shot a rabbit last Satur day, and after carefully skinning the animal he set up the skin in a life like position In a field near the War wick house. Several gunning enthu siasts were acquainted with the fact that a rabbit was there, and one of those so informed took gun and dog and went after it. The gunner watch ed and finaliy saw the pseudo animal. He blazed away and for awhile the nir was filled with rabbit skin, cotton batting and bad language. Philadel phia Record. W. Tj. Donftrlnp mnltri rind ipIIa more men'i 3.0O nnd 93.50 alines than any oilier innnufnctnrcr In the world, ne cnune they hold their flhnpe, fit better, ana wear longer man any other makes Shoes it All Prices, for Every Member of tho family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses & Children W.L.DoaglaiSVOOand $0.00 OlltEdm Shoes cannot M quaUd at any price). W. L. Douglas $2.00 and $2.00 show are the twit In the world Yart Color Eyelet lvi KxelittivtlV-7-1'iike No Niilxilltiite. W. L. DouulnS nntne fcnd price U tiunlMd on bottom. Sold everywhere. Shoes malted from factory to ny part of tli world. CatrUoirnn free. W. L. DOUOUS, 157 Spark Sr., Brockton, Maes. uptp Insist on Having: "or Dr. MA KILLS Preparation IAf mi s? Kl The Hlnndnrd Komedr. WwlwldH AT DRUU01ST8. fiend lor bonk, "Kellel lor Women." FRENCH DRUG CO., 30 W. 3 2d St., N. Y. City. P. N. U. 51, 1008. nPnPQV DISCO VEST ( 1 J I J I rl,M .,k r,l.r ail r4 ont uaet. Btfk r t.rtlmonl.1. uti flo l)a.i' trr,t1 Vrmm. Dr. II. II. 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