as-faa- .-ri'irn'--a ra-fS-PaaTfc-Jlf'-rfSi -aarT1 10 DIDN'T LIKE DARK COLORS. 1 Johns I heard you toll that roan to never darken your door again. Try ing to marry your daughter? Thomas No; he's a painler and he painted my front door ebony instead of oak. i ' It Was the Other Way. "Mr. Jones," Raid the senior partner In the .wholesale dry goods house to the drummer who stood before him In the private office, "you have been with us for the past ten years." "Yes, Blr." "And yon ought to know the rules of the house. One of them Is that no man of ours shall take a side line." "But I have none, sir." "But you have lately got married." "Yes; but can you call that a side line, Mr. Jones?" "Technically, it may not he." "You needn't fear that having a wife is going to bring me in off a trip any Booner." "Oh, I don't. It Is the fear that having a wife at home you'll want to stay out on the road altogether!" Only One Cobb. The morning after Judge Andrew Cobb, a one time Justice of the su preme court of Georgia, tendered his resignation, nn Atlanta lawyer and a shoe drummer sat in the same seat in an outgoing train. The lawyer bought a newspaper and looked over the headlines. Then he turned to the drummer and said: "Well, I see Cobb has resigned." "Gee!" said the drummer. "What will Detroit do now?" Philadelphia Saturday Evening Tost. Wonder Why. Said the proprietor of the big drug store with a soda fountain annex, to his white-Jacketed dispenser: "Jimmy, you will have' to cut out that new drink of yours; I notice that every man who comes In and tries It imme diately begins to feel around for the brass rail with his foot." Picturesque Language. "I'm afraid fire has very poor table manners." "Why so." "A young reporter says the 'greedy flames devoured everything in reach and then licked the paint off an ad joining building.' "Birmingham Age Herald. . His Busy Season. "How's business?" "Brisk," answered the druggist. "I've bought tickets for two picnics and four excursions this morning, and donated goods for several Indoor affairs." How would It do to try the experi ment of going to the erring with love, Instead of law? Wouldn't it be a step nearer to paradise? No Trouble A Saucer, A little Cream, and Post Toasties right from the box. ' Breakfast in a minute, and you have a meal as delightful as it is whole some.' Post Toasties are crisp and flavoury golden brown, fluffy bits that ' al most melt in the mouth. "The Memory Linsers" POSTUM CEREAL CO.. LTD.. Battle Creek, Mich. Staple Food. Make a staple food of the grain that is cheapest In your locality, whether corn, oats, wheat, barley, millet or anything else. Then study Its composition, nnd make up Its de ficiencies with something else. All grains have a certain food value, nnd to speak broadly, all are good for the fowls, but none are perfect, and while any would make a good basis for a paying ration, none make a ra tion itself. National Poultry Journal. Brootl Sow Food. Upon the handling and feeding of a brood sow depends a great deal as to the success with which she will raise her plgR. At all times be quiet and kind to the sow. She should be thin in flesh when bred, as flesh will render her more difficult to get with pig, and will also have a tendency to make the number of pigs in the litter fewer. From the time she Is safe In pig she should be kept gaining In flesh until farrowing time. I have them fat, but not corn fat, at farrow ing time. Farmers' Home Journal. Hay For Sheep. Clover hay Is a most excellent feed for sheep, but alfalfa Is Just as good as clover. Alfalfa is not only higher In protein, but Is more relished. In the way of a forage plant there Is nothing better than good alfalfa liny for sheep, as pasture clover Is safer than alfalfa. In the fall of the year, however, sheep may be pastured on alfalfa with little or no loss from bloat. Any one who can grow alfalfa successfully can make sheep raising very profitable. Farmers' Home Journal. Pasture Weeds. The cheapest way to rid the pas ture of weeds, as well as other parts of the fnrrn where sheep can be al lowed to run, is to keep some sheep grazing upon it. We believe it is also the best way to keep down weeds, as the sheep wander over the same land day after day and keep the weeds closely picked down all the time, while if you depend on mowing the weeds It can only be done occasionally and not very often at best. A good sized bunch of sheep will do more weed killing than a man, and do it at a profit to the owner, while the man would be quite an item of expense, besides fertilizer is thus evenly dis tributed and the soil benefited. Farmers' Home Journal. rurebred Sheep. The Shepherds' Journal calls atten tion to the fact that tin purebred sheep industry is rapidly moving to Western States. It says that from present movements it is apparent that within the next few years the sheep Industry of this country will be to us what the sheep Industry "of Great Britain is to the British flockmaster. We are going to see a remarkable evolution in our purebred sheep in dustry Insidq of another decade, and It Is safe to say that the West will in future produce just as good material as the East hag produced in the past. But this should not alarm Eastern breeders or English breeders, for it will mean more business and bigger prices for their best stock as compe tition will always be keen for good stud stock. We are fast waking up to the Importance of good sires, care ful selection, mating, breeding and feeding, and the time has come when the emasculating knife should be used vigorously, as by its use the quality of our flocks will be enhanced and prices will, naturally, increase In pro portion to the improvement in qual ity. i Plan in Breeding. If one is breeding with a special object in view, say to produce a strain of phenomenal layers, It is rot a good plan to introduce strange blood every yar, as, by doing so, the advantage gained one year may be lost the next, unless a cockerel oNa be obtained from a known flock being bred with the same purpose as your own. If this cannot be done, it is best to In breed. And there is a right way and a wrong way to do that. The right way requires several breeding pens. First year, begin with one-year-old cockerel and two-year hens; second year, breed best pullets to same male, and mate best cockerel of previous year with the hens of the first year. If you know the hen that laid the egg from which he was hatched, put her out of the pen. Third year, discard the first-year pen entirely, both male and females, and mate best cockerel in pen produced by breeding the orig inal mothers to cockerel offspring of first year, to hens which were hatched from first year's pen and were mated as pullets with their father (they are now two years old) and the cockerel, now grown to be a two-year-old roos ter, to the pullets produced by the firBt year's pullets bred back to the father. Now you have two pens, and may have more if you like of fowls of the same strain, but little or no relation. Keep breeding one-year-old cockerels from one pen to two-year-old iens from the others. This Is better than constantly introducing new and strange blood. Colman's Rural World. . , The Coiony System For Hogs. Each succeeding year the colony system of hog raising is coming mors anymore Into favor. ,Tbls plan is to have two or three small hog houses scattered over the farm in small pas tures, varying from one to five acres each, with from fifteen to twenty-five logs to the pasture.' Hogs raised in this way are more healthy and thrifty and are loss sub ject to disease. In case of an out break of cholera In one pen, the oth ers can be kept away from the sick ones or sold, thus preventing the spread of the disease through the en tire herd. These hog houses are made Just large enough for one sow to farrow in, seven by six feet and five and one half feet high Is a good size; such a house will cost between four and flvo dollars. They should be built on run ners, so that they can be moved about when desired. Last spring we had sows to farrow about the middle of March In some of these colony houses. Tho weather was cold, but by using plenty of good bedding and hanging a lantern from the peak we were able to save a high er percentage of our pigs than we usually do. In the early spring as soon as the rye or other forage crops have start ed, fasten a rope or chain to the front sill (throwing the door open), hitch a horse to this chain or rope and move the hog house to green pasture. Later, when clover is ready to be turned Into, it can be moved again. In this way the pigs can have the best of pasture all through the summer, with a good shelter at hand In lad weath er. As fall approaches, after the corn has been husked, they can bo moved to the corn field, and It cowpcas or soy beans have been planted In the corn, they will fatten rapidly and pick up all the down corn and clean up the field. A Reader, in tho In diana Farmer. How to Set a Hen. This subject looks very simple, as most everybody thinks they know how to set a hen, and perhaps they do, but I have tried tho following way and have found It to be all right. I take a cracker box, that can be pur chased at your grocer's for five cents, or If he Is one of the generous kind he will give it to you; The dimensions of a cracker box are, twenty-four inches long and eighteen wide and the same high. First I remove the bot tom of the box, then take out one 'end, and saw a strip two inches wide and nail this across the end at the top, then nail one the same size just in side of this one and leave a half inch space between them. Then saw an other two iuch strip and nail It across the bottom so that it will be edge ways, and put this one eighteen inches from the back, thus making a square that will be eighteen inches. This will be for the nest. As I said .IS INCHIS before, take the bottom out, and make a hollow in the ground, then fill the nest part with cood fresh straw and give biddie a good dusting with lice powder, and when it get dark put her in her new nest. Slip a board in between the two pieces in the end and she will be all by her self and so that no other hens can lay with her. I always set my hens in a room by themselves, so that the lay ing hens can't get in with them. After old biddie has stayed on this new nest all day and you think she will be a good, steady setter, then select fifteen nice, uniform eggs and set her.' I never take my hens off the first day, but wait till the second, then wait till late in the evening, so that they won't want' to get out so bad, hut are easier to get back on the nest. Fix a box of dust near so that she can dust herself when she comes off, and give her plenty of good, fresh water and whole corn to eat, and she will do the rest. I have used these nests for two seasons now, and I think them the best I have ever tried. Judge E. G. Teaney. , Eye as Disease Indicator. , In an address before the Interna tional Electro -Homoeopathy Con gress, Dr. W. Anderschon, of Norway, described how the new system of dis ease diagnosis by the eye was dis covered by Professor Peozely, oi Poland. In capturing an owl as a boy Professor Peozely broke its right leg and he noticed that a black line at once appeared in its right eye, which faded away as the fracture healed. .. Many years later he became a pro fessor of medicine, and by studying the ayes of hundred, of patient! formed the theory of diagnosis ot dis eases by Unas on the Iris. Londoc Dally Mail. (I wOOD IWOADS Concerning French Roads. . An interesting example of improved rapid road construction has Just been carried out in France with a view of uniting the three industrial cities of the department of the Nord.. This takes the form of a great boulevard and has been constructed In three years. It has a length of 14.5 kilo meters and has two branches, one starting from Roubalx and the other from Tourcolng. The two branches unite in a common thoroughfare which ends in the centre of LUlo. The boulevard is fifty meters wide. On each side, bordered by footways three and one-half meters wide, there is provldedi a roadway five and one- 1 half meters wide reserved for heavy traffic. In the centre Is a roadway of nine meters allocated to light ve hicles and motor cars. Between this central roadway and the other road ways are two raUed roads eleven and one-half meters wide for foot passen gers, cyclists, horse riders and an electric tramway. On the lines of the boulevard the neeesslty for great speed has led to the adoption for this of tho overhead trolley system, a double catenary suspension keeping the line perfectly horizontal. The permanent way consists of Vlg noles rails screwed to the sleepers, on which they are supported by metallic chairs. The ballast consists of Blag. Joints are placed on specially largo sleepers and are made with fish plates with six bolts. The cars have been built to puss round curves of fifteen meters radius and to attain a speed of fifty-eight kilometers an hour. The maintenance of the French na tional roads in view of the rapid In crease in nutomoblle traffic of recent years, is giving rise to serious con cern, as appenrs clearly In the report made by M. J. Chailley on the public works budget for 1910. ' M. Chailley relates the efforts made by the engineers of the roads and bridges department to diminish the wear of the roads. At first there were attempts, of an hygienic character, to suppress the dust by means of tar. But tarring gives only temporary re sults; it does not constitute a facing sufficiently solid to protect the sur faco of the road effectively, and after a short time it has to be done over again, without having really sup pressed the dust. M. Chailley describes the method which consists In constituting the road ot small materials enveloped preferably in a bituminous medium so as to ensure the elasticity of the whole. He mentions a number of compositions based on this principle, nnd patented as quarrlte, tarvla, etc,, which have been tried with some suc cess, it appears, In Germany; and he disapproves of the plan which was suggested at one time by the engi neers, and which consists of forming the roads with Bmall paving stones well joined. Good Roada Magazine. Must Ho Kept Dry. A country road should be thorough ly drained in order that it may be kopt dry; the best available material should bo used; great care should be taken to keep the surface smooth and free from ruts and depressions, and efforts should be made to reduce steep grades by cutting off the top of each hill and filling in at the bottom. Those who drive over a road can easily discover whether it is a good one, and whether proper care and at tention have been given in carrying out the suggestions for the guidance of town superintendents. A good road must bo kept dry, and In order to keep it dry, after proper attention has been given to drainage, the crown must be preserved and all depressions filled, so that It will not become watersoaked; and at no tinfe should any part be allowed to remain in nuch a condition that it will retain water on its surface. Frank D. Lyon, New York Highway Department. Oik-d Roads a Success. A report from Binghamton, N. Y., states that the recent floods in that region, which occasioned great .dam age to country roads, did scarcely any injury to tho roads which had been oiled. While roads not oiled were almost completely destroyed,' the oiled roads were only damaged in the shoulders, and that not seriously. - Slaughter on Railways. . The State Railroad Commission makes the following report of the slaughter and maiming for the month of May on steam roads and street rail ways in Pennsylvania: ' Jfnv, ' Mny, 1910. 1909. Killed (stenm rental v... 09 - 73 Injured (steam romU) 074 , 017 Killed (street railways) 17 : 14 Injured (street railways) 359 '379 These figures show a progressive rate of manslaughter. Of the killed ,on the steam roads (May,1910) twenty-eight were employes, four passen gers, fifty-six trespassers and eleven others. On the street railways (May, 1910) only one of the killed was a passenger; of the injured nineteen were passengers. This destruction of life is appalling. The statistics show, however, a large measure of contribu tory negligence on the part of the public. Philadelphia Record. An Embarrassing Word. . , "Then," said the reporter, "I'll say several pretty songs . were rendered by Miss Packer." . "Ob, gracious, no!" replied the hostess, "you mustn't say 'rendered.' You see, her father made all his money in lard." Catholic Standard and Time. ' Woman9 s Power Over Women's most floriotii endowment is the power to awaken and hold the pure and honest 'love of a worthy man. When the loses it and atill loves on, no one in the wide world can know the heart agony he endures. The woman who suffers from weak ness and derangement oi her special womanly or ganism soon loses the power to sway the heart of a man. Her general health suffers and she loses tier good looks, her attractiveness, her amiability and her power and prestfge as a woman. Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.Y.,wllJi the assistance of his staff of able physicians, has prescribed for and cured many, thousands of women. He has devised successful remedy lor woman's ail ments. It is known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is a positive i apeeifie for the weaknesses and disorders peculiar to women. It purifies, regu- ' lates, strengthens and heals. Medicine dealers sell it. No honest dealer will advise you to accept substitute in order to make a little larger proSt. IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG, SICK WOMEN WELL. Da Plenx'i Ptenaat Pellet ngulMta mad Mlrengthta Stomach, Liver mod Bow. eine A BLUFFER ALWAYS. Ella A man is as old as he feels. Stella How about woman? Ella She is as young as she can bluff people into thinking she is. RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS "I had eczema on my hands for ten years. I had three good doctors but none of them did any good. I then used one box of iCutlcura Ointment and three bottles of Cutlcura Resolvent and was completely cured. My hands were raw all over, inside and out, and the eczema was spreading all over my body and limbs. Before I had used one bottle, together with the Cutlcura Ointment, my sores were nearly healed over, and by the time I had used tho third bottle, I was entirely well. To nny one who' has any skin or blood disease I would honestly ad vise them to fool with nothfug else, but get Cutlcura and get well. My hands have never given me the least bit of trouble up to now. ' "My daughter's hands this summer became perfectly raw with eczema. She could get nothing that would do them any good until she tried Cutl cura, She used Cutlcura Resolvent and Cutlcura Ointment and In two weeks they wero entirely cured. I have used Cutlcura for other members of my family and it always proved suc cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falln, Speers Ferry, Va., Oct, 19, 1909." It Wouldn't Stretch. The assessor was doing the very best he could, but the farmer was shrewd and wary. "How many acres of farming land have you?" be Inquired warily. " 'Bout 20, I guess," said Reuben. "Twenty! Why, it looks to mo like nearer 120. Come, now, can't you In crease that a little? There are surely more than 20 acres In that tract. Sup pose you stretch that a little." "Say, feller," said the farmer, "this ain't no rubber plantation." Harper's Monthly. An Unnecessary System.. 1 "You ought to have a burglar alarm system in your house," said the elec trical supply agent, "so that you will be awakened If a burglar raises one of tho windows' or opens a door at night." ' ..... "No burglar can get in here while we are peacefully sleeping," replied Mr. Newpop. "We are weaning our baby." DR. M ARTEL'S FEMALE PILLS. . Seventeen Years the Standard. Prescribed and recommended for Women's Ailments. A scientifically pre pared remedy of proven worth. Tho result from their use is quick and per manent For sale at all Drug Stores. Cleaned .Out. . "I can't pay this taxicab bill." , "Then I'll take you to a police sta tion." "I'll pay it. But take me to the poorhouse and leave me there." Louisville Courier-Journal. For Red, Itchlnar Byellda, Crate, Styes Falling; Eyelasnes and All Eyes That Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve. Asep tic Tubes Trial 8ie25c. Ask Your Druif clet or Wrlla Muiuw Eye Remedy Co Chicago. Not Really Famous. "Did he ever attain real eminence?" 1 dont think so. He was never looked on as the tope of the white rtcs.' "-Detroit rtse Prvos. Man M jj AXLE GREASE Keeps the spindle bright and free from grit. Try a box. Sold by dealers everywhere. ' Atlantic Refining Co. (Incorporated) A FLAVUit tnBL in iiMa ens iuttm as lai or vanilla. Jiy dissolving grimnluted hdkbtui water and otlulDR MaTilfiija.adolicioua wyrnp ta marie and a syrup tatter than maple. Maplela Is sold by fffof'ers. Swid 2o stamp fur earn pie and recli book. Cioacent Mis. Co.. Soatua. Hie Soft Answer. "And this is tho sort of excuse yoit put up for coming home 'two hours late for dinner and in such a condi tion that you and that disreputable Augustus Jones were out hunting mushrooms, you wretch? And where,' pray, are the mushrooms?" "Eere zay are, m' dear, In m' ves pocket; and w'lle zay aln' so many of 'em, m' dear, we had lots of tun ' Gus an' I huntin' 'em." 119 Years Old When He Died. Paddy IJlake, who was born at Bat lygireen, parish of Kilnasoolagh, coun ty Clare, Ireland, 119 years ago, has died in the Corofin TJnlon hospital. Paddy had a clear memory of event that happened a hundred years aga and was one of those who went to sea Daniel O'Connqll passing through Dun ratty Pike on his way to Ennis fop the great election ot 1828. What's become of the bookworm fake? Gone out of Stiles? When will they get into Stiles again? Eh, Don tor Stiles? I have been to feasts of argument where the only result was a constipa tion of real original Ideas. For Miners, Quarrymcn, Farmers and' ' All Men Who Do Rough Work ' . . 4 iney save you snoe money, will omH Inst the shoe. They are easy to attach.'! Your shoe deiiler has shoes already fitted with them if not, any cobbler can put I them on. T Send for booklet that tells all about them. ; UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO. Boston, mass. 1 1 sf1 r 1 1 m "a 4-1", ai bowels with harsh; cathartics, and you'll need physic always. Help them gently, with candy Cascarets, and you'll need them rarely. Onee learn the difference! and you'll never take a harsher laxative than these. m Vest-pocket box, 10 cents at draff-stores. Each tablet ol the genuine la mailed C C C. ' $10 Down, $10 Per Month, $350 VALUE Stripped anrwbere on 10 dors' FREB TRIAL. Wbr par nlff profits to dealpra and arentaV' Wrlta TO-DAX for DIRKCT 8ALE PLAN. F. J. HAGGERTY CO., WARREN, PA. - . Win rednr Inflamed, trnlnM. swollen Tend on a, I.ljcament. Munrlea or Brulnea, C a re the Lameueda and nop pain from a ISiilint. bide I lone or Itone Sparls No blistfr. no hair gone Hurt ran mteO. $2,130 a bottle. Ifefor Uier Borae Book 9 E free. ABSORBTME, ,1B., for mankind. It aM Rnlucpi strained torn lljomfma. rnlanred glands Veins or muscles heals Urra allays pain. Your druKlfUt can supply and tve references. Will tcX J outwit- If yon write. Book Frr. Wfd.ontrbr . r. loijiti, r. o. r. tsi tbu sc. Skim-wU. W LMOPSY NEW DISCOVEST wi mka. Kok .ftr.iiMa.ui. u4 lo Dan' M .- I. 1m. Dr. H. H. tUtU-S BOSS. In aaifeau, t. patents:' InaWD.U.C. Book f ma. Ilifb. HEELSamd I PIAN0S,$1B8 W. N. U, PITTSBURG, NO. J3-1910."
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