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The Rambling Dog.
" Dogs are, no doubt, excellent things
in their place. “A place for everything
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and everything in its place,” is put
end do to scorn when a community that are
| fn the sheep business allow a lot of
nm useless curs to run about at random.
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Get rid of the curs, for if you don’t
they will get rid of your sheep,
Feeders For Bees.
For leavy feeeding some kind of
feeder should be used. Little wooden
troughs are best, and may be made any
size desired. The best kind is a two-
inch block guttered out by cutter heads
or wabble saws, cutting slots half an
inch wide, and having stationary cen-
tres of an eighth of an inch thick to
give the bees a foothold, which keeps
them from drowning in the syrup.
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j When open troughs are used, some
| floating material should be placed on
the syrup to answer this purpose.
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22 Soil For Seeds,
m pm Sowing seeds in the fall is the sur-
221 est and easiest way for the amateur
m am to have an abundance of early flowers,
EA “ says J. T. Scott in the Garden M:
m pa gine, There are, however, cel
y. 0 simple precautions to be taken. The
geedlings must be sheltered from hot
sunshine and the il must be loose
and moist. Prepare the seedbed well
(not necessarily making it rich) by
forking it over and over to the depth
of at least one foot, Rake off and leve!
thoroughly; add one and one-half
inches of finely sifted soil on top.
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s
uD Light Brahmas,
ort. Paw, ‘A notable breed, which others have
York, displaced in public favor.
—
There certainly is no more beautiful
wl than the Light Brahma, yet they
been gradually relegated to the
ground, until we scarcely ever
them. ;
eo the largest ofall the pure
males of them’ weighing
teen pounds, and the females ten and
velve. Their plumage is beautiful
nd they are) exceedingly hardy. They
re fairly good layers, yet they are
gving legs popular each year.
y 4kis shoulda be is hard to under-
tand, as it is a pity that so meritorious
breed should be neglected or forgot-
en.—Home and Farm.
Co-Operation in Cattle Breeding.
A good many farmers who have but
small herds are using grade bulls be-
cause they say they cannot afford pure
bred ones. Why not do as neighbor-
hoods do in draft horse breeding, where
a good pure bred stallion is bought by
pot, Food several farmers joining in the pur-
oe ny chase. By this kind of co-operation
0 a. my among farmers in purchase of a prime
oe 129 pure bred bull, a neighborhood could
™ soon grade up their common cattle till
aga, Me they are worth nearly double what
and 11:98 they ape now. In r. few/ years by such
neighborly co-operation the cattle could
be put finished on the market more
0 a. m, per head, and grade bref cattle would
12:15, 4:35, be grown and fatted for the market
s 12:18. with a large saving of grain and food-
inal, & stuffs when it is remembered that such
Aion cattle could be put finished on the
market weighing more at two to two
and from and a/ half years old than common cat-
nsportel tle cab be made to weigh at three years
t, foot old. Buch a neighborheod bull would
esidences really {be a money maker for those who
are ndw using a grade sire. Such co-
operation partakes of the farm and
purposes of stock corporations in man-
ufacturing, where several persons join
their ¢apital p ause no one of them
Aavielr for the business. It is not
eature of industry, but can be
to cattle and other live stock
and growing
manufazturing.—India
EKS,
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Sound Clover Hay.
fer to cut in the afternoons, for
son that the =lover has but very
ance to cure before the dew
will not be affected by it as
e party cured.
xt day, after the dew is off,
your clover, giving it a good
ither by hand or by a tedder,
he clover is heavy it will be
to give two turnings or teddings.
this time the clover will begin to
w signs of being partly cured, and
it isn't dry enough to break off the
bs, heads and smaller stems, which
he best parts of the hay, Then
t the rake and rake it into medium
windrows. I prefer to do my
king in the middle of the afterncon
nd avoid raking in the evenings.
ext day, if you are not sure the day is
going to be such as to finish curing tbe
clover in the windrow, take your fork
and slightly tear the windrows apart,
, letting the sun have a better /chance
to shine on the clover and thé breezes
| to pass through, which is algreat aid
in curing hay. After the dey is off,
lift the clover off the ground and invert
it. Then after dinner, if itlis well
cured, begin to draw in and mow away.
A good way to test this mattyr is to
‘ar
as successfully |
take some stalks and twist them to-
gether, and If they show no signs of
molsture generally your clover is all
right, If the day has been a bad bay
day I would prefer to leave it a day
longer by bunching it up.
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Last year I spoiled what would have’
been choice hay simply by drawing it
in when it was too full of moisture.
The weather was very threatening, and
1 did not care to leave it in the field
over Sunday, so drew it in; but next
time when I have hay under similar
circumstances I shall bunch it together
and take my chances with the rain,
and last year it didn’t rain after all. |
The stock eat it and seem to like it
as a change, but it is not choice hay.— |
C. I. B., in Massachusetts Plonghman,
Laying Away a Corn Supply.
It is a common practice among corn
growers to “lay corn by.” When the
season is an exceptionally good one
and when the soil is free from weeds
seed corn may be laid by with no evil
results, In a dry season or a wet
season or where weeds and vines grow
rapidly and in untold numbers, laying
corn by is entirely out of the question.
To lay corn by too often means to let
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How He Induded hil May to Draw the
Phil May Is on
the weeds alone, or it may mean to let |
the surface crust cake, crack epen and
through the maturing season allow the
much needed moisture to leave through
surface evaporation. If possible get
the cornfield free of woods and vines,
and after the hard rains of June and
early July are over and the suminer
drought sets in run through the corn
once or twice with a shallow working
tool. It leaves the surface level, pre-
vents surface washing and conserves
the moisture. Weeds require moisture,
i where May was s{ayi
t up and down befcre
When they grow in corn they feed vpon |
the same plant food, take the same
moisture that the corn plant feeds
upon. Should there be a shortage of
JER'S CLEVER RUSE
Cover,
e of those names which
may always be considered living, so
here are a couple of new anccdotes
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SOME QUEER
COMPETITIONS.
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Frog Catching Contests, Prizes Given
about him told by Marcus Mayer, \
Phile May was a good-naturad, light. For Singing Larks and Other
hearted, careless Bohemian; but he 0dd Struggles Are Closely
had his thoughtful moods, when he | Fought,
would often regret that he had not de- | ’
voted himself to a more serious branch |
of art. | 03% T Silverton, in Devon, they
He was always making good resolu. | J frequently have cock crow-
tions and planning great things tor | A © ingcompetitions, The own
the future. Calling on him early one | ers of the birds take them
morning, a friend found him, much | Q to the village schoolroom
to his surprise, busy at work on a fresh | and set them crowing one against an-
series of drawings. He had discarded | other. In the last competition there
his old, scrawled over drawing board
for a brand new ons, at the top of
which he had writien: “How much to
do, how little done.” This mood, how-
ever, would pass, and he would have
long spells when it was almost impos.
fib'e to get work from him,
On one occasion he had agreed with
the proprietors of a leading illustrat
weekly to do them a colored des!
for their Christmas number.
The date fixed on for its delivery
passed by, but ro design. Letters and
telegram mained unanswered, and
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a personal vis
ited the facet that he had gone off t¢
Paris without lenving any address,
The publishers were almost at thelr
cek-end visit £ :
ished and over to see May
ing in the sunshine on the front.
Without showing himself he learned
and engazed
men to parade
window with
: “What
“We are
nalf a dozen sandwi
boards bearing vuricus legend
about our Christinas cover?”
waiting for that cover,” ete.
This had the desired effect, and in a
few days they received one of the inost
spontaneous and brilliant designs that
even Phil May had ever turned out.
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either plant food or moisture, the weed |
gets its part and lets the corn plant
go hungry and thirsty.
This is a very critical period in the
life of the corn plant. If it is tended
well, if it is to make its largest yields,
the work must be done at once. Delay
means loss, Be ready for
when the rains cease.—W. B. Anderson,
in the Indianapolis News.
Save Sceds or Buy Them ?
One of the most prominent seedsmen
in this country recently told the writer
that the demand for cheap seeds was
alarming. He said he knew, as every
trained seedsman knew, that cheap
seeds could only bring unsatisfactory
results, but as a merchant, he could
do nothing but supply the demand. Of
course, there are farmers and garden-
ers who still buy the best seeds, but
they are in the minority when the num-
ber of seed buyers is considered. The
unfortunate part of this condition is
that the demand for cheap seeds comes
from farmers. The man with the small
garden wants the best seed and pays
the price; the man whose entire income
depends upon his crop buys the cheap
seed.
Some of the smaller seedsmen have
given up handling anything but the
cheap seeds and our friend was afraid
that after a time all seedsmen would
be forced to a similar situation. Many
of our correspondents complain that
the seeds they buy are poorer each
year, which bears out the statements
of our seedsman friend. IFarmers can
control the seed situation for them-
selves if they will learn how to save
good seed and in view of the impression
that seeds as a commodity are becoins
ing poorer, certainly farmers should bes
in toelook into the question of obtain.
ing the hest and then selecting the
best from each crop until they are in«
dependent of the commercidl ceed sits
uation, at least so far as the seeds for
the main crop are concerned.
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Xconomizing astures.
Farm pastures are never large
enough, and some way of economizing
them is very desirable. One way is to
divide them into plots so that one part
may be used while the other parts are
recovering from the use of them. By
this device it is possible to double the
value of the grass so that more sheep
may be fed on the same space of land,
says American Sheep Breeder. This is
most easily done by the use of portable
fences, which may be easily moved
and set up dgain where they are de-
sired. Such a fence is made in this
way:
The panels may be made ten feet
long and of pickets set upright; at
equal distances apart there are three
posts in each panel which project one
foot below the bottom, and these are
pointed. Each panel is ten feet long.
In the setting up of this fence each
panel is set somewhat out of the
straight line and a worm is made of
three feet out of the straight. Each
panel when set up is put on a slight
worm so as to support the fence
against winds, and the corners so
made are fastened together by short
ropes fastened to the end posts of the
fence panels.
When setting up this fence two men
are to work together. One has a steel
bar or iron rod sharpened at the point.
With this the holes are made in the
row for .each post to be set in. The
posts are set with sufficient worm in it
to support itself for the fence and one
post goes in the middle of each panel,
The posts are well set down in the
ground by means of a mallet and the
corners are well tied together by the
shorv rope and as well by a loop made
of the right size to pass over the top
of the each two end posts.
The Populous Chinese Empire,
United States Consul Anderson, at
Pekin, reports the latest estimate of
the rush |
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Blindness banishes some of our best
blessings.
Fetters of silk may bind as fast as
cotton.
Many blessings are wilted because
we will not wait.
He is only weakened by trial who
runs away from it.
Forgiveness is one of the privileges
of friendship.
It takes seed as well as soil to make
things grow.
A little money makes a big man with
some people.
Many a problem comes as a test of
our prayers.
Great and sacred is obedience. Ie
who is not able, in the highest majesty
of manhood, to obey, with ‘clear and
open brow, a law higher than himself,
is barren of all faith and love.—Jjames
Martineau.
Made to Order.
Frey, head
Chicago, to
The scheme of Josepl
gardener ut Lincoln Pa
breed a national flower by crossing the
chrysanthemum and the Siberian aster
will excite much sympathy and interest
in this country. It is a matter of senti-
ment only, but sentiment is a powerful
factor in our social and national life.
Those who underrate it show their Ig-
norance of hnman nature. Heretofore
suggestions for a national flower have
contemplated only the choice of some
existing variety, but Mr. I'rey pro-
poses to produce a combination of red,
white and blue on one stem. Should
he succeed no doubt the floral emblem
would be popular, though its coarse-
ness and size will prejudice it in the
minds of those who prefer more dainty
and less conspicuous blossoms. Secien-
tifically this project cannot fail to at-
tract attention an illustration of
the progress in hybridization which ex-
perimenters are now making with both
fruits and flowers.—Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle. :
as
As to Blushing.
The habit of blushing is almost in-
variably a cause of great annoyance
to its possessors. Very frequently it
seriously hampers them in the ordin-
ary affairs of life, for blushing is ac-
companied by confusion of mind, ner-
vousness and hesitancy.
The two main points in the treat.
ment of shyness, which is the great
cause of blushing, are, first, open-air
exerci and, second, the society of
others. Open-air exercise is good for
all the morbid disorders, such as an
excessive shyness, while the social life
makes for self control and that savoir
faire we all seek to attain; for the lat-
ter enables us to go through life with-
out betraying awkwardness and timid-
ity.
Abnormally sensitive people may find
the cure a lengthy one, but if they
persevere the very mental effort which
is put forth to accomplish the remedy
will aid them in acquiring contro! over
their tell-tale blushes.—New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
se,
An Absent-Minded Man.
absent
George
“I'm up against the banner
minded man of my life,” said
Moser, the clerk of the Cot tes Hc ise,
this morning. “He went away last
Tuesday, and we found, of all things
in the world, that he had left his even-
ing dresscoat and prayer-hook behind
him. Wednesday we received a wire.
‘Send left luggage my hotel, but he
didn’t say where it was and he left
no address when he went away. Yes-
terday I got an indignant letter pro-
testing against our carelessness, but it
was written on plain paper and con-
tained no address. So the dress-coat
and prayer-book are still undelivered,
and we can’t find their owner.”—Kan-
the population of China as 432,000,000. ' sas City Times.
were few of the cokerels requiring en-
couragement; in fact, the difficulty was
to get them to stop at all. The winner
succeeded in crowing fifty-one times in
seventeen minutes,
For some time before the cock crow-
ing competition begins the birds are
fed in a special manner peculiar to
each owner; the secret of the art of
feeding is very closely guarded. For
about three weeks prior to the compe-
tition the food is carefully dosed, and
made as stimulating and exciting as
is possible, When the bird is sent to
the show a timekeeper stands in front
of it during the crow contest; he
{ marks the number of crows and the
! variation of notes in a given time,
which is generally fifteen minutes,
Paris has just had a cock crowing
competition open to the whole world.
The birds in the Paris competition are
brought by their owners in darkened
boxes. As each competitc turn
comes the cock is suddenly taken out
into the light of day and placed on a
platform,
The bird imagines that he is there to
herald a supposed dawn, and begins to
crow vigorously. At the same moment
a special timepiece is started. The ut-
terer of the greatest number of cock-a-
doodle-does in a quarter of an hour is
the one which is proclaimed champion
chanticleer,
At Huddersfield they have an asso-
ciation for the promotion of lark
ing. The association has now been iu
existence for about twenty years, and
last year 313 birds were entered for
the various competitions. At each
“sing” about fifteen birds are entered.
These contests, together with lark
breeding, form a very attractive hobby
to many people in Huddersfield and
the surrounding villages,
The manner in which such competi-
tions are managed is very interesting.
As a rule the birds are kept for a con-
siderable time in the dark, and when
the competitor's “turn” comes he is
brought in his darkened cage before a
mirror. Light is thrown upon the mir-
ror, and when he sees his own reflec-
tion he takes it to be a rival.
After about half a minute in which
to scan the “enemy,” his re is taken
i» front of the window. As soon as
this takes place he bursts into song,
spreading his wings and singing for a
considerable time. Still, he is remark-
ably sensitive while singing; the least
thing, such as taking out a pocket
handkerchief, may put an end to his
lay.
The bird also abhors a noise, so ab-
solute quiet must be maintained in or-
der to give him fair play. Last year
three birds sang for about ten minutes
without cessation, thus gaining the
championship.
Frog catching contests are just about
the newest thing in these competitions.
The greatest struggle in the “fancy'
occurred a short time ago, and resulted
in a victory for James Ahern, who re-
cently won the fishing championship.
The frog catching challenge was
gued by John Leger, who last summer
caught thirty contralto, sixteen
prano, ten tenor and twenty-seven bass
frogs in three hours.
The conditions of the contest stated
that any frogs whose legs were under
two inches should not be counted. Al-
together, about 200 men went down io
the ponds chosen at 2 o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and the contest lasted for two
hours.
The contestants had red flannel for
bait, and were armed with small shot-
guns and clubs. The first frog cap-
tured was a large one of the bass va-
riety, and he was felled with a club.
When “time” was called the winner of
the competition had nineteen fr
In some variations of freg catching
contests the expedient of spearing
frogs in their holes is someti
sorted to, but this is not a very suc-
cessful method. After the competition
sing-
a
is-
S50-
es re-
mentioned a prize medal was given to
the winner at a dinner held in his
honor.
Plowing contests are quite common
in the country. The man who was
best known as the champion plowman
won about $10,000 in prizes. This was
Jin Baker, of Ipswich. x a thrif-
ty
petency as a result of his succ
these competitions.
A novel competition was recently
started by a Newfoundland fleet dur-
ing - fishing. This was a competition
to see who could eat the largest quan-
tity of salted cod. The winner in this
case was seized with a terrible thirst;
he drained off a decanter and fell un-
conscious to the ground. The contest
proved fatal, inflammation of the stom-
ach being produced.
The members of the Hoxton Consti-
tutional Club have taken part in 2
novel prolonged smoking competition,
Seventy of the members were each
supplied with an eighth of an ounce of
shag tobacco. The object of the com-
1
| petition was to decide which could
i keep his pipe going the longest, no sec-
{ ond lighting being allowed,
The winner, a gentleman named Mr.
Sanderson, succeeded in keeping his
pipe going for one hour and ten min-
utes, so he was proclaimed the victor
amid loud cheers,
In a similar competition held at the
Shorediteh Constitutional Club this
performance was eclipsed. The wine
ner of the first prize succeeded in
keeping his pipe alight for one hour
and twenty-nine minutes, during the
whole of which timg he was smoking
continuously,
A cigar smoking competition has
taken place at a club in Thallfingen,
In this case the object of the competi-
tion was to decide who could smoke a
cigar for the longest possible period
without letting it go out, The priza
winner succeeded in smoking his elgar
for seventy-four and one-half minutes,
Not one of his competitors had a rec
ord of over ene hour.
Coaling contests often take place be.
tween British warships. The world's
coaling record belongs to the battleship
Mars, however, She took aboard some-
where about 1570 tons at an average
rate of a fraction above 241 tons an
hour, This is a great advance upon
the record of 212 tons an hour estab-
lished by His Majesty's ship Majestic
a short time ago.
Quite the biggest competition is a
battleship building competition which
has been entered into in the United
States of America. The Government
naval yard at Brooklyn is competing
with the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company as to which can build a bat-
tleship the best and most cheaply. The
time limit is forty-five months, and
President Roosevelt will be the judge.
In this case the stake amounts to the
cigantic sum of $500,000.—Pearson’s
Weekly,
CHANGING PLANT LIFE.
How Luther Burbank, the Famous Hore
ticulturist, Accomplishes His En
s.
The processes by which he (Luther
Jurbank, the famous horticulturist)
works are not new or peculiar. They
are in accord with well-known and
unalterable laws of nature. The prin
cipal methods used are selection and
crossing.
Nature is using these same processes
every «day. The bees and the wind
carry the pollen of one flower to fer-
tilize another, thus bringing about the
crossing of species. The struggle for
existence, and a thousand -circum-
stances of growth and development,
tend to weed out the unfit among the
plants, leaving the best to survive.
This is selection. But where nature's
operations are largely left to chance
and accident, Mr. Burbank gives them
intelligent direction and his results
are sure and immediate.
He takes two plants whose life
habits, structure and environment may
Olive Oil for Nerve Disorders.
Sufferers from nerve disordel
should certainly try the olive oll ¢
The best and purest olive oil must be
obtained, and one teaspoonful
times a day is the dose if the
of neuralgia, anaemia or disordered
netves is in a hurry to be cured
Otherwise it is recommended that
the ofl taste should be cultivated by
the addition of a very little to the
salad taken once or twice a day, with
a dash of vinegar added, says the
Searchlight, A
The patient should gradually lessen
the vinegar and increase the oil, until
it 1s so well liked that it can be taks
en raw, It is claimed for olive oll
just as it is for apples, that it keeps
the liver in good working orden
thus preventing rheumatism, render
ing the complexion healthy and clear
and the hair glossy and abundant
The value of this treatment is most
highly commended.
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have been wholly different. He brings
them together, implanting the pollen
of one upon the stigma of the other.
As a result the species are thrown in
a state of perturbation—set to “wab-
bling,” as it were. The life tendencies
are broken up by the shock.
The plants resulting from the cross-
ing may resemble one or the other
of the parent plants. These are not
important. Some of the plants will
combine the best qualities of the par-
from these improved varieties
of fruits and flowers are produced.
Some of the plants will be different
from either parent—perhaps unlike any
other plant in existence; from these
unusual variants new plants may be
developed.
He selects his original subjects from
far and near. He brings a raspberry
from Siberia to it with a
blackberry from California. He brings
a plum from China or Japan to com-
bine it with a native apricot.
An experiment is built up on the foun-
dation of a common wild flower, as the
, for example. In other ex-
ent a flower from Australia may
He br 1 cactus from Cen-
with a species
ur
ents;
combine
da a
peri
be used.
tral
{rom
A
Patcgonia.
» said J. M.
‘I was i
part of South
America known as Patagonia, a region
I do not care to visit a second time.
“Among its curious phenomena I dis-
tinctly remember the clouds of dragon
flies which are to be seen on the barren
plains. These insects fly before the
strong winds that blow from the inter-
ior, and rush through the air as though
in terror of the gale which they pre-
cede. Nearly all blue, but now and
then one is seen of a brilliant scarlet
color. You encounter a storm of these
flies without any warning cf their ap-
proach, the air a few feet above the
ground being darkened by them, and
men and horses in their path become
psolutely covered with them. They
ger, somewhat, than the ordi-
gon fly, being about three
Clouds of Dragon Flies in
“A number of ¥
Southard, of Califoy
ing in that
ra
nia,
desolate
inches in length.— Washington Post.
Would You?
If you were the hired girl—
Would you like to serve five break-
fasts between 7 and 8 o'clock and be
rebuked if they were not all hot and
crisp?
Would you like to warm up dinner,
after your dishes were all washed, to
oblige a careless member of the family
who had not been working, but had
merely stopped for a little longer chat
with a friend?
Would vou like to hear your mistress
your shortcomings with every
stranger within her gates
Would you feel inclined to handle sil-
verware, cut glass and dainty china
with loving care when the room in
which you rested and slept looked
either like a poorhouse dormitory or an
incipient rummage sale?—Buffalo Cou-
rier,
disc
Chimney Stacks Left Standing.
Some curious beliefs still linger in
country parts. For instance, in Hert-
fordshire when ancient houses are de-
stroyed, the chimney stacks are left in-
tact, the popular theory being that the
houses are still in existence, while
these remain standing. This may be a
survival of some ancient but now al-
most forgotten legal right.—London
Chronicle,
vel- |
Sold by all druggists, 50c. per box, of
sent by mail.
LCs 1 ArT OF SPELLING.
Little Time Left For Teaching It tm.
the Maze of Fads.
In this commercial age, when the an-
cient classic languages are being elime
inated from the courses of study im
colleges and universities, and poetry
is being banished from a place among
the fine arts of which it was once the
head and soul, and every energy and
faculty of the human being are being
devoted to the acquisition of material
wealth, it is not strange that the art
of spelling correctly is being shame
fully neglected in the schools.
It is a fact that great numbers, ff
not the greatest numbers, of graduates
that are sent out of the highest educa
tional institutions in the country are
grossly deficient in ability to spell or
dinary words in the every day use of
our language. yr or
To-day in the primary and grammar :
schools so many new-fangled subjects
are taught that the children have no
time for spelling, and that is ore reas-
on why there is so little good reading
except by professionals. Persons who
spell poorly skim over what they read
without giving to each letter in each
word its proper value, and they do not
understand what is so read with suf-
ficient clearness or accuracy to be able
to recite it intelligibly aloud. To be
able to read well is a fine accomplish
ment, and is absolutely necessary if
one would be an orator or an effective
public spe r
It is greatly to be regretted that so
few university graduates are able to
spell correctly, or to read properly,
but unless they are proposing to be-
come actors or orators, probably they
will not feel the need of such accoms=
plishments. What is wanted in educa~
tion is knowledge that can be sold for
cash. Every other sort is of comparas
tively little use in the estimation of
the official educators.—New Orleans
Picayune.
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COFFEE NEURALGIA
Leaves When You Quit and Use Pestum,
A lady who unconsciously drifted
into nervous prostration brought on by
coffee, says:
“I have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and used it regularly, three times
a day.
“A year or two ago I became subject
to nervous neuralgia, attacks of ner-
vous headache and general nervous
prostration which not only incapacitat-
ed me for doing my housework, but.
frequently made it necessary for me to {
remain in a dark room for two or three
days at a time.
“I employed several good doctors, one
after the other, but none of them was *
able to give me permanent relief.
“Eight months ago a friend suggest-
ed that perhaps coffee was the cause of
my troubles and that I try Postum
Food Coffee and give up the old kind.
I am glad I took her advice, for my
health has been entirely restored. I
have no more neuralgia, nor have I had
one solitary headache in all these eight
months. No more of my days are.
wasted in solitary confinement in a
dark room. I do all my own work with
ease. The flesh that I lost during the
years of my nervous prostration has
come back to me during these months,
and I am once more a happy, healthy
woman. I enclose a list of names of
friends who can vouch for the truth
of the statement.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. {
There's a reason.
Ten days’ trial leaving off coffee and
using Postum is sufficient. All grocers.
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