Fertilizer! And Moisture.
Farmers Bhould lnveHt largely In
oonimerctul fertilizers. They cost
something, but greatly Increase the
yield of crops.- Water Is npcosanry to
dissolve fertilizers, for which reason
they should be applied on the Innd
early, In order that the plentiful rnln.i
of spring niny prepare it for the use of
plants. The failures that have occur
red with fertilizers are usually due to
the lack of moisture, and manure from
the barnyard may be equally as use
less If there Is an Insufficient supply
of moisture In the ground. EpItomlKt.
In a bucket with the cider of each bar
rel. Tho vinegar will be strong enough
to use In two or three months. Ths
first good rain we fill each barrel near
ly full with rain water. When fall
comes we draw It off as before and put
It In the house again. At that time It
must be diluted with water to use. We
sell a great diMil of cider and vinegar
and have customers that have patron
ized us for eighteen years. You will
observe we take a great deal of pains
and time to do as we do in mnklng the
vinegar, but it pays well to bo ilean
and honest in all your transactions.
Reducing Farm Expences.
The fanner who begins the new
year with the Intention of reducing ex
penses will find ninny opportunities
for so doing, and will also be surprise!
at the end of the year at the ninny
avenues for allowing the loss. One
cause of the loss Is the neglec t of farm
wagons and Implements. An account
kept of the cost of repairs will show
that quite a large sum goes In that di
rection, much of which rmild he saved.
The use of more oil on tools, and keep
ing them sharp and In the best condi
tion for use, will save lnbor, which U
an Item that must be paid for. Too
many unprofitable animals, however,
cause more loss than anything c!s
and the farmer should begin the new
year with sufficient courage to thin
out the flocks and herds so as to re
tain only the best and most profitable.
Epltonilst.
A Cheap Cellar.
Our house is built on a hillside. The
ell, or kitchen roof, is but very Utile
higher than the bank where It was
left for walling up.
I dug back In the hill twelve feet,
Just as wide as the kitchen porch, cov
ering the top of dugout or cellar wltli
a porch. The soil was tough, red clay,
and after cementing the Inside, I
used rocks for front wall the fame as
for walling up the balance of th.!
bank.
The top of the cellar was ceiled over
head and filled in with sawdust up to
the roof. A door was supplied with
a window hinged In; also, a screen
door which could be used In the sum
mer. A Berles of shelves holds the
canned fruit. Ixing, narrow bins hold
potatoes, beets, etc., on one Bide; the
other side is lined with broad shelves,
one foot apart for apples. A sprinkle
of sand on the shelves and layers of
sand In the bins, prevent fruit and
vegetables from spoiling. Pumpkins
and squashes are set around on top
of shelves. Nothing ever freezes, and
but few vegetables rot or decay. L.
B. Phillips, In the Epltomlst.
About Merino Sheep.
A theory was prevalent in Spain ear
ly In the last century that, the super
iority of the wool of Merino sheep was
due to their nnnual migration, and
that If they remained stationary for a
few generations it would become na
coarse as that of the Amlalusian sheep,
says the London Live Stock World.
Mr. Jacobs, M. P., F. H. S., who vis
ited Spain In 1809 and 1810, found thli
belief to be general, and says thnt at
that time the Merino flocks Invariably
passed the summer in the northern
mountains, returning to the wanner
climate and richer pastures of the
south of Spain for the winters. In
April they began the journey nortn
ward, and as the time approached they
became restless, and if not closely
watched wouid begin the journev
alone; instances having frequf ntly oc
curred of flocks proceeding severil
leagues northward early in the morn
ing before the attendant shepherd?
were awake. Shearing began the mid
dle of May, the shearing of eight ewes
or live rams being considered a good
day's work. As soon as the flocks ar
rived at their summer quarters they
were allowed as much as they would
eat the quantity allowed for the five
summer months being about two and
one-half pounds for each sheep this
rock salt was laid on flat stones, and
the sheep llsked it as they passed from
fold to pasture. At the end of July
the rams were placed with the ewes in
the proportion of six to 100. Rams
were considered the. more profitable,
as though their wool was not so fine,
the fleece was heavier, and they were
longer lived.
Making Cider Vinegar.
This receipt for making cider vine
gar, although necessitating consider
able labor, seems so near practical
common sense that It Is suggested
readers store it in the scrapbook for
reference next season. An Indiana
Writer tells about It in the Rural New
Yorker:
I will give you my way of making.
I have been making cider vinegar for
twenty years. When the apples are
getting ripe, we gather all the fallen
ones and bring them to the shed.
When we have eight or ten bushels,
one of two persons cuts every apple
In two; cuts out all the rotten and
worms, and discards all we think will
not make good cider (worms, rotten or
green apples will not make good vine
gar). We clean our barrels thorough
ly, lay them down on a platform near
the press with a spigot in each; these
are filled full as we make the elder.
In fall, before freezing, ws draw oS
this spigot to each barrel. There will
be from one to two bucketfuls of set
jtlings In each barrel, which we throw
away. When spring comes, about
April 1, we draw off the cider and
put In clean barrels, under an open
shed filling the barrels within four or
,five bucketfuls. Then my wife makes
,tne fresh yeast, of which I put one to
lone and a half pints into each barrel,
also five pounds brown sugar dissolved
Poultry and Farm Life.
Of all the many plai-os I have been
and rend about, both in country and
city life, I know of no better place
or one In which I can take more Bolld
comfort, than I can In a well kept
flock of thoroughbred poultry. I love
to care for them, watch them grow and
develop into prize winners. We find
ninny a young man rushing off for
tho city as soon as he possibly can,
to seek his fortune among such a mob
that, should he be lost, or even work
ing on from dny to day, would be
thought no more of than If he were
on tho opposite side of the world.
There are more places of immediate
amusement, to be sure. In a city, no
matter where It Is, than In the coun
try, but what Is life for? Is It to be
spent In hours of pleasure, or shall we
as citizens of a flourishing nation put
our slioillder to tho wheel and our
brains In action and raise ourselves
above the common level of those who
arc content to drift along from year to
year, satisfied with a few paltry dol
liirs, with which to barely pay for
llielr own keeping, missing the oppor
tunity to broaden out and became ac
quainted with the great works around
about us.
In speaking with our city friends
they ask us what we have at our
country homes to Invite our boys and
girls to remain nt home. This Is some
what of a difficult question for some of
us to answer, for the pure and simple
reason that we have allowed our
farms and building to get rusty and
look unattractive, when with a little
extra work with the bush Bcythe,
stoneboat or a garden rake on our
lawn our homes may be made attrac
tive and homelike. We find our city
friend continually paying out his
money or working late hours, In or
der to have his lawn look better than
his neighbor's. We see him working
overtime, day In and day out, that he
may raise money for something extra.
Now let us go right back upon our
hills and choose Borne good, earnest,
energetic farmer. Here we have a
father Interested In general farming
and In turn bringing up a family of
children who feci a great pride in be
ing sons and daughters of a man who
can make a success of a life that
keeps the universe In existence. As
they grow to manhood and woman
hood they soon become aware of tho
fact that many nnd many a man from
the city, In riding by their homes, will
remark "here lives a happy man."
And It could be said of more, should
each one of us be educated to the fact
that it Is the most noble life of man.
Of this same family, we can follow
them and In nine cases out of ten
every 'one will sooner or later engage
In some kind of farming'. One may
choose the occupation of the father,
another may take up farming, anoth
er poultry raising, etc. The well edu
cated mind travels In a course with
which it is most closely connected,
and when we find our country boys
rushing off to the rank and file of the
city we may give vent to a drawn con
elusion that there Is a neglect some
where.
But to return to my starting point.
Poultry ig the rock of my standing. In
it I find the greatest opportunity to
carry out every thought that I learn lu
every day life and It gives a quick re
ply to whatever problems I put into it.
In studying nature we find laws of
which sometimes we wish to learn
more about and we can turn them to
fit our poultry culture and make a
handsome return for our trouble.
There is nothing but what we can in
some way turn into benefit, for some
thing should we desire It Country
life and poultry is a gireat factor of
it. Archie B. Vanderroot In the In
diana Farmer.
Farm Notes,
Never let a prompt horse work with
a lazy driver. Fire the driver or cut
down his feed.
It is a good plan to have a pair of
well bred mares to make up the extra
farm team for the fight work. The
colts dropped after fly time are "clear
gain."
Keeping the cattle interested and
happy, is the condition sought after
by successful stockmen. These condi
tions apply especially to the dairy
herd.
Hogs require less attention than
any other farm animal, yet they yield
the biggest returns from money In
vested in them than any other farm
animal.
' Roots are a valuable succulent feed
for hogs in winter and are greatly
relished. Sugar beets or mangels
should be stored for the brood sows
and fall pigs.
Make up your mind that you will
not let the calves get stunted. Keep
them growing. They will be better
cows, and better cows are what we
are all working for.
As long as a good boar shows vig
or he should be kept with the herd. It
Is never a good plan to discard a good
vigorous animal Just to make room tor
another one that Is younger.
BURDENS LIFTED FROM BENT BACKS
Weary is the back that bears the burden of kidney ills. There's no rest nor peace for the man or
woman who has a bad back. The distress begins in early morning. You feel lame and not refreshed.
It's hard to get out of bed. It hurts to stoop to tie your shoes. AH day the ache keeps up. Any
sudden movement sends a sharp twinge through the tack; It is torture to stoop or straighten. At
night the sufferer retires to toss and twist and groan. Backache is kidney ache a throbbing, dull
aching in the kidneys. To cure backache you must first cure the kidneys. Plasters or liniments won't '
do. You must get at the cause, inside.
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS CURE SICK KIDNEYS
BH'KAt'IllO, DIZINK83, NKItV-
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Completely Helleved by Donn's Kid
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menu Jjoan a rvmney nils, kimmviiik hum,
experience that they Bre a valuable rem
edy. Several veniH ago 1 suffered severely
nt time from pains in the small of my
hack and often felt dirjiy and nervous.
The kidnpy aecretiona were irregular in
manage and caused me much annoyance.
Hearing Donn's Kidney Pills highly rec
ommended 1 procured a supply, and after
taking the content of several boxes I was
ao greatly relieved that 1 considered it
unneceamirv to continue their use. Re
cently 1 felt a alight recurrence of my
trouble, but 1 immediately began using
Dnan Kidney Tills and waa
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A Greely in Music.
Illegible lmndwrltlnjr, which hns
given rise to bo ninny comedies, led to
a tragedy In the cnao of Ilncher, a mu
sical enthusiast of the hint century,
who devoted several yenrs to the com
position of a history of Viennese mu
sic. His task finished, he submit
ted the manuscript to the Austrian Im
perial academy, which ho had been led
to believe would defray the coat of its
publication. After three months his
manuscript was returned; despite their
best efforts the members had been un
oblo to decipher It. , Dacher then en
deavored to liave his work coplod;
but every professional copyist who un
dertook the ask had to confess him
self baffled. He thereupon attempted
dictating the work, only to .find that
even he could not decipher it; and,
heartbroken at the discovery that his
years of toll had proved fruitless, he
attempted suicide, and finished bis
days In a lunatic asylum.
10
Age Limit Lengthening.
With Chief Justice Molvllle W. Pul
ler of the supreme court of the United
States seventy-seven years old Fri
day, and Associate Justice John M.
Harlan seventy-seven next June, and
both vigorous In mind and body, the
age limit of man is surely lengthen
ing. New York Herald.
Japanese Railway Completed,
By the opening of the last section of
the Kyushu railway, the Grand Trunk
line of Japan has been completed
from Sapporo on the north to Kago
shlma on the south, a distance of 1,300
miles. The first part of this line to
be thrown open was the Toklo-Yokohama
section, which began to carry
passengers and goods in 1872.
CHANGE THE VIBRATION
It Makes For Health.
A man tried leaving off meat, po
tatoes, coffee, and etc., and adopted a
breakfast of fruit, Grape-Nuts with
cream, some crisp toast and a cup o
Fostum.
His health began to Improve at
once for the reason that a meat eater
will reach a place once In a while
where his system seems to become
clogged and the machinery doesn't
work smoothly.
A change of this kind puts aside
food of low nutritive value and takes
up food and drink of the highest
value, already quickly digested and
capable of being quickly changed Into
good, rich blood and strong tissue.
A most valuable feature of Grape
Nuts is the natural phosphate of pot
ash grown In the grains from which
It IS made. This is the element which
transforms albumen In the body Into
soft gray substance which fills brain
and nerve centres.
A few days' use of Grape-Nuts will
give one a degree of nervous strength
well worth the trial.
Look In pkgs. for the little book,
"The Road to Wellvllle." "There's I
Reason."
1 Iftheftlnlslto
(Faealmile of the genuine package slightly reduced.)
HOW TO TELL
WHEN THE KIDNEYS
ARE DISORDERED.
heartily rorom-
PAINFUL SYMPTOMS Hackache,
siileaehe, pains when atooping or lifting,
sudden sharp twinges, rheumatic paina,
neuralgia, painful, S'-anly or too frequent
uriiialiun, dizzy apeila, dropsy.
URINARY SYMPTOMS-Diseolored or
cloudy urine. Urine that contains sedi
ment. Urine that ataina the linen. Pain
ful paaanges. Illond or shreda in the urine,
let a botllcfiil of the morning urine atand
for 24 hours, if it ahowa a cloudy or
fleecy settling, or a layer of fine grains,
like briuk-diiHt, the kidneya are disordered.
reurven."
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package of Doan'a Kidney Pilla will be
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all dealers. Price 5o cents.. To ster
Considerate Wife.
The Doctor Mrs. Murphy, you must
be at your husband's side constantly,
as you will need to hand him some
thing every llttlo while.
Mrs. Murphy Nlver, doctor. Fur
bo it from mo to hit a man whin he's
down. Puck.
Ifovf a Doctor Cured Bmlp Disease.
"Whon I was ton or twelve years
old I had a scalp disease, something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
I suffored for several months, and
most of my hair came out. Finally
they bad a doctor to see me and he
recommondod the Cutlcura Remedies.
They cured mo In a few weeks. I have
used the Cutlcura Remedies, also, for
a breaking out on my bands and was
benefited a great deal. I haven't had
any more trouble with the scalp dis
ease. Miss Jessie F. Duchanan, R. F.
D. 8, Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 7, 1909."
Kept With Itanium's Circus.
P. T. Barnum, the famous circus
man, once wrote: "I have had the
Cutlcura Remedies among the con
tents of my medicine chest with my
shows for the last three seasons, and
I can cheerfully certify that they were
very effective In every case which
called for their use."
American Capital In Canada.
It Is estimated that there are now
between 150 and 200 American facto
ries or branches of American factories
In Canada, 50 of these In Toronto and
20 in Hamilton, and -between $150,000,
000 and $200,000,000 of American cap
ital Invested in industrial enterprises
in the Dominion. This transfer of in
dustries and df capital Is bound to
continue, assisted by the Canadian
tariff and the opportunities for invest
ment, which the Dominion now af
fords. Retalltory measures, approach
ing commercial non-Intercourse, may
check the movement, but only for a
time, and only partially. London
Times.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it faila to cure.
E. W. Urove'i signature is on each box. 25c.
Training Ballet Girls.
BaKet girls In European cities are
taken at a tender age and held like
apprentices for several years, under
the severest discipline. They are
housed and fed by the master and
mistress, their teachers.
In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease.
The antiaeptie powder. Your feet feel un
comfortable, net-rone and often cold and
damp. If yon have sweating, eon feet or
tight ahoea, try Allen'e Foot-Ease. Sold by
all dnrggiata and shoe stores, 25 cent.
Sample cent free. Address Allen 8. Oim
ited, La Roy. N. Y.
The British Government has decided
to open a roads department, which
will administer a fund on projected
highway improvements of about $3,
000,000 during the first year of Its existence.
TWO VK.MtH ClIKKD.
Ilnrkiiclie, Kidney and IIlmMcr Trou
ble IHHiippenrcrt For Good.
J. A. Wirt, Pusaell St., Canisteo, N. Y.,
says: I had kidney and blaililer trouble
for more than a year. My back waa lame
und 1 had an ache across my kidneya day
noil night. For dnya nt a time I eould not
stoop or lift, and if 1 attempted to do ao
sharp shooting paina radiated through my
i i.. 'i i. I.:' i - . : ..,
iwiii j lie imi,-jr blxi .Timlin -i n iiiiimi.-
iii ill and there waa iiiinh aediment in
them. The paaaagea were nlao too fre
mient and eauaed me much annoyanre.
flnving I loan's
my attention I
brought relief
tenta of four
At that time I told of my experience in a
puhlio atatcment, and can now aay that
ihirinn the yearn which have ainee elapsed
I have found
whenever I have
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Careful Queen of Diamonds.
Alexandra of Great Britain is the
one ueen in Europe who has not lost
or broken the family jewels. The
Uritish royal ornaments have been
preserved with the greatest tare, and
the only change she has ever made Is
to have certain of tho Jewels in the
lilg collection reset to bring them up
to the more recent fashionable re
quirements. Alexandra has been de
voted to Jewelry, Its caro and collec
tion ever since her marriage. She has
each sot embedded In a specially de
signed tray of white velvet, and be
fore she retires each night, attends
personally to locking tho Jewels In
burglar proof vaults. The only other
person who has a key to those vaults
is the Honorable Charlotte Knollys.
New York Press.
Ants.
It was proved long ago that ants
have the power of seeing the (to hu
man beings) Invisible rays of the ultra
violet portion of the spectrum. They
fear the light for their larvae, and
when allowed choice between differ
ent degrees of light always carry them
to the darkest place accessible. When
given the choice between a compart
ment lighted with yellow light and
one dark to human eyes, but under the
actinic ray, the ants unhesitatingly
choose the yellow light, showing that
to their eyes It Is darker than the
other, to man invisible.
Free to Our Readers.
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they will advise aa to the Propor Applica
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that Murine Relieve Bore Eyes, Strength
ens Wenk Eyes, Doesn't Smart Soothes
Eye Pain, and sella for 50c. Try It in Your
Eyes and in Baby's Eyes, for Scaly Eyelids
and Granulation.
Wise and Unwise Charity.
How often it is difficult to be wise
ly charitable to do good without mul
tiplying the sources of evil. To give
alms is nothing unless you give
thought also. It is written, not "Bless
Is he that feedeth the poor." but
"blessed is he that colsidereth the
poor." A little thought and a little
kindness are often worth more than
a great deal of money. Ruskln.
H. H. GrtFEs Soxs.of Atlanta, Ga., are
the only aucceasful Dropsy Specialiati in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise
ment in another column of this paper.
Great Guns Wear Out.
After about eighty shots the rifling
of the present 12-inch gun of 2,500
foot-seconds velocity become so badly
worn as to destroy the accuracy. In
the case of the new 14-inch gun the
erosion is much less and the gun will
be serviceable for about three hundred
discharges.
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Itch cured m 30 minutes by WooIford"s
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
Mrs. Sophie Mayer of New York Is
the first woman lawyer to appear In
the courts of Austria.
Kidney Pills brought to
obtnined a box. Their iwe
in a few bourn, and the con
boxea completely cured me.
Doan'a Kidney Pilla effective
taken them.
ItisYwK
It Is probable that the poulatlon oW
the earth hns doubled since 1800.
METALLIC
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Mei Who Do RooB Work
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Worms
"Caarareta are certainly flne. I a friea4
one when the doctor was treating him for cance
ot the stomach. The next moraine; he passed
four pieces of s tape worm. He then ro s bos
end in three dsys he paMed s tape-worm 45 fas
lone. It was Mr. Matt Freeh, of MUlersbarc
Lwuphin Co.. Pa. I sm quite a worker for Cases
rets. I use them myself end 6nd them beneficial
for most any disease csused by impure blood.
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