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ASPARAGUS.

b The tops of asparagus should be cut
down before the seeds fall, as the scat
tering OF the latter over the bed will
produce plants in all directions. The
cut stalks should be cleared away and
good dressing of manure be applied.
This should be well spaded in and a
mulch be spread over the rows. Ma
nure may be used for hotn purposes.
The object is to fertilize the beds, as
it cannot be done in the spring, and
to prevent deep freezing, as the as
paragus is plant that starts growing
very early in the season. Nitrate of
soda is often used to force the aspara.
gus into quicker growth. Asit is very
soluble, it should not be mixed with
the manure, but should be applied
early in the spring. Scatter it along
the rows. Z
There is no reason why every farmer
should not have an asparagus bed.
Rich, mellow and deeply broken soil
is required. After the soil has been
prepared, open burrows three and one
half feet apart and ten inches deep.
In order to bring the bed speedily
into bearing get year.old roots and
put them in the burrows about two
feet apart. Then fl up the furrows
and top dress with salt. This wilfgive
bed that will last for forty or fifty
years with very little care. If tho bed
is old and neglected and is thick with
crowns while the roots are spindling,
it can be restored by cutting out
spaces right through the bed and dig
ging up the roots so as to leave the
plants in broad rows. The trouble is
but trifing, and there is no vegetable
that gives better returns in the way ol
health and enjoyment.-New York
World.
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MaD1Nde
COD REoUIREs FAIraEY PRAYER.

- 6UD hESUlhko ASA>
We do not get half the gca out Of prayer
weak and our love too feeble to lead us to
God with our daily burdens and our fretting.
cares. We forget that prayer is spiritual
telephone between our lips and hearts and
our Fathers ear and heart. We ought to-
know that the slightest whisper OF our OWE
hearts Is heard by our Father in heaven.
We ought to remember that 1t Is possible
for us to IKE direct requests and to re-
ceive immeniate answers. Abraham said
for Thee!" and the immediate answer
was, Gas for Ishmael, have heard thee"
David inquired OF the Lord, "Shall l go and
smite these Philistines?" and the answer OF
the Lord came to David, "Go and smite the
Philistines -. !. Wherever there Is a pray
ing heart there will be found place Of pray
or. Daniel found an oratory In the lions den
Jeremiah one in dungeon; Jonah one In
the depths Of the sea Peter one on the house.
top; and the thief one on the cross. We re-
ceive little because our requests are 30 feW,so
small, and 80 feeble. We have been salts
fed with the crumbs which fall from our
Fathers table, when we might go into the
Kings place and enjoy full meal. We
never go too early in the morning to the
heavenly throne; its gate Of access is always
open. We can never 60 too late at night; its
gate is never closed. We need not ascend
some Moriah or Pisgah; we need not enter
some sacred shrine or go to any holy place;
we shall ind God wherever we seek Him,
and to the seeking soul every place is holy.
ground. To the eye OF faith every bush
Is aHame with God. Prayer can
open the windows Of heaven; prayer can
bring angels down; prayer can open the
heavens and bring plentiful rain: prayer
can put God in harmony with His own
precious promises under holy constraint
for our help. Would to God that We realized
the greatness OF our privileges, and the
blessedness Of constant Communication with
our Father In heaven Robert S.MacArthuv
D. D., in .Quick Truths in Quaint Texts.
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in the middl
spool Of black twiisst |oz g ot insB
Hold the spool that il tcsnnot q
and on each side of 5it mar e lineEs
Feather. stitch this line across. The xibs'
bon, and you have the first Spoakefl
made. Directly above and across thsS
ribbon slip in 8 paper OF needles and
cat-stitch line across for the second
pocket. Next above it is q pocke f1f
scissors. TO keep them from siippines
put a loop ON the inside OF the pocket
and divide il from the space; ;aboS bX
eather-stitching. Tbs endsio al 81
pockets are open ct the sides b
space above the pocket for sciisaoi IS
overcast on each side, as that is TO
the pocket for shoe. e.butt tons TuEn
the ends Of the ribbon in to form q
narrow frill, and through The casing
run: 8 baby ribbon, ending ID 8 fnlI
bow on each side. Fihish with q NIB
bon tackled 20 either end, so that the
case can be hung iiff one chooses,
Mako the bags Of ribbons That VIII
match ths colors Of the r0oms where
they are likely 70 GO lew Fork
Post. 81 e
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The liquor traffic is the enemy OF every
legitimate industry in the country.
The Joy OF the whisky. selling shop is the
friendly patronage Of the whisky-prescribins
doctor.
If the drinking saloons Of London were
placed side by side they would reach from
London to Portsmouth.
The American University. at WASHINGTON,
viii have as one OF its departments college
Of scientific temperance.
The descent from the elabortely furnished
liouor palace to the low class drinking den
Is both natural and rapid. ~
The total abstainer Is safe from the dan
gers OF the knockout drops and the dia-
bolical devices of the fends who use them.
Temperance in advocating cause. sagely
remarks one of our Catholic contemporaries,
is as much virtue as temperance IN drink.
Mrs. Lake, Third Vice-President Of the q.
T. A. o.. has completed arrangements foy
an Eastern lecturing tour in behalf OF the
total abstinence cause.
Chicago brewers have formed compact
to raise the price OF beer. It is reported
that penalty fund of $500, 900 has been sub
Soribed by sixty-thres breweries to immedt-
!, Mely bring this about.
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4 STACKING AND BA1INa3 FODDER.

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Shredded fodder can be stacked out
OF doors inst the same as hay or straw.
OF course, it is better to have some.
thing underneath it to keep il from
lying on the ground, which, without
protection, would draw. more or less
moisture to either hay, straw or fod-
der. The shredded fodder keeps well
when properly stacked, but you want
to be careful in making the stack, SO
shaping it that. it will shed the water,
covering the top in such q manner. as
TO turn the water from the top; until
the fodder settles. It wants to be left
standing in the stack week ortwo
until it passes through q sweating or
heating process, when it will cure out
nicely and can then be baked very
safely. and shipped anywhere. Our
farmers in the vicinity stack great
deal Of their fodder in this way and
then bale it from the stack.
We are feeding to our own horses
around the factory shredded fodder
that has been stacked and is now being
baled. This feed will soon get to be
nm article of merchantable commodity,
the same as hay or straw. Just as soon
as people realize its great value as q
feed. We have baled and shipped a
carload to Philadelphia, and it makes
q better feed for horses or cattle than
the best timothy hay. In fact very
little grain is fed when using corn
fodder. It has also been shipped to
ST. Louis, and wherever this shredded
corn fodder has been introduced it ia
considered far better than hay for
feeding purposes. Breeders. Gazette.
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TIE ONE WAY OF SALVATION.

The fact that there Is but single way of
salvation needs to be insisted upon as earn
est!y as ever. In our time the temptation
to disbelieve It Is peculiarly strong. More
than ever men live, whatever they say-and
thousands do not hesitate to assert It
las il culture, worldly success, or reason
ably correct outward life were all that is
necessary here to insure the salvation OF the
soul hereafter. There are many, unquestion-
ably, who are true followers Of Christ, but who
for one or another reason, refrain from unit
ing with his people, and we may not judge
one another too confidently. Nevertheless,
this remains true that the only way OF SAL
vatIon Is, and ever will remain, through re-
pentance of sin and faith In Jesus, the Re-
deemer. iisl 5 sty,!. II
G but another truth needs emphasis. The
heavenly city In the inspired vision OF John
was seen to have twelve gates; three alike
In its northern, eastern southern and west.
ern walls. SO from every quarter OF the
moral universe and by wholly different path
ways, men seek and find the common goal.
All must enter the Christian life through &C.
ceptance of Jesus Christ, but no two need
expect to have precisely Identical Sexperi-
ences. To one prosperity reveals the divine
benefactor and gratitude stimulates to sur
render. In another case afdiction conyinces
ofhelplessDess and the sense OF utter need
prompts acceptance Of his saving grace. A
thousand different experiences have worked
the same result under the Holy Spidt's guild
ance, as In many different instances. s'
Do not expect, then, you who are thinking
about your duty TO BIZ Christian, to undergo
the same experience in, details which any
friend has described. Follow your own path
wayto him. Be guided by your own inward
illumination. Do not be uneasy because
you have them for your own and find them
unlike those Of others. Christ does not in
yite you to himself merely as one OF COM
1pany. He has your individual welcome for
YOU: There Is one way Of salvation for all
But also there Is your own way for you.
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A Wild West Carnival

A real wild West carnival, In the heart of
what is left of the wild West itself, Is
planned to he held in Arizona next Feb
ruary. 1t is to be in or near Phoenix. Rep
resentaives Of every Indian tribe in All
zona, and Of most tribes in the Southwest,
are to be present, and. because OF the prox-
unity OF the exhibition to their native haunts,
they will be able to show almost the real
thing In Indian life and ways. Then, the
whole country roundabout Ia covered with
cattle ranges, and there are many hundreds
Of cowbows, in every way representative of
their class, who will be able to be present,
not alone as exhibits, but as spectators. The
projectors think that the show will be big
success. z&r sa.:. @ss ~
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ABOLISH THn sA1ooxs..

Why can we not close them2 The London,
Times we'll SAYS: at is impossible to find
anything which stands for 30 much loss to
soul and body and estate as the saloon.
Their whole traffic Is evil, and that con-
5tinually. They foster fdieness, poverty,
crime, disease and death; and these terrible
evils are not confined to their patrons, but.
reach out to their families, their 3neighbors
and the entire State. It has often been
said: ..Let liquor alone and 1t will, not
touch you;" but this Is not BY any means
tsgo--it touches the drunkard's wife and
children In spite of all their efforts to pre-
vent It. It touches the family OF the father
killed in railroad collision In consequences
Of a drunken engineer or conductor. II
turns out to the frost and snow the family
Of the drunken sot who. trying to light
match, set fire to his own house and burned
It; worse still. 1t breaks the hearts OF thou
sands OF noble mothers, because they have
seen their once lovely sons drop into a
drunkard's g grayeto meet the fearful sentence
"No drunkard shall inherit the kingdom
Of God" and all this while their own cry
was: Touch NOT, taste not, handle ut. !"
Let US abolish the saloon; ~.
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STRAW FOR Cows. !.

Cows may be fed and kept alive on
straw, if the winter is not too severe for
them under such sad circumstances,
and, although given some grain food
with the straw, they cannot be expect
ed to afford much milk, and what they
may give will be very poor a COW
needs good digestibie rough food as
well as grain, if she is expected to
give milk, and clover hay is the best
coarse fodder. The ordinary method
offeeding cut straw with pulped roots
will do very well for cattle that are
fattening. if sufficient fattening food
is fed with it. This is so because the
fat only is expected. and no growth of
f,sh, for which the same nitrogenous
elements are needed as for milk. If
there is 8 surplus of straw to be dis
posed Of, it may be sold and clover
hay procured with the money. This
will be better economy than feeding
the straw.-New York Times. y: f:{l.
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s:pAr1Esr WAITING no LOSS. "

Drifting is not waiting. The one is an idle,
passive condition, the other is activity.
Waiting ts not simply negative. state; 1t
often means continual glrding Of the spirit
of Notifications to protect us against the
enemies Of our peace; raising Of dykes
and holding them secure TO prevent the ad-
mission Of vexing rebellious thoughts which
surge about like restless sea, asking an en-
trance. Oh, MOI to wait and be strong. to
wait and endure to walt and grow, mean In
creasiDg activity. 1t is this very activity
which will bring strength for our future
that we may use to great advantage.-Rev
Louise s. Baker. 20" ~ an
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~ Tnusr WHEN THE SHADOWS COME.

siIn, the shadow" We must all go there
sometimes. The glare Of the daylight Is too
brilliant; our eyes become injured and un-
able to discern the delicate shades of color,
or, appreciate neutral tints-the shadowed
chamber OF sickness the shadowed house OF
mourning; the shadowed life from which the
sunlight has gone But fear noti-it is
the shadow OF Gods hand. He is
leading thee, There are lessons that
can only be learned there. The photograph
4 OF His face can only be fixed in the dark
cast thee aside. Thou art still In His CULVER !;
BE has not flung thee away as "a worthless
thing. He is only keeping thee close till the
moment comes when He can send thee most
swiftly and surely on some errand In which
He will be, glorifled. OBJ, shadowed solitary
ones. remember how closely the quiver is
bound to the warrior, within easy reach OF
the hand, and guarded jealousy Rev. F. B.
Meyer. ,. FtsFi
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KEEPING CABBAGE.

Most people bury cabbage for win.
ter use, and IL properly done IL is the
very best way to keep them. They
are, however, not easily got at when
the ground is frozen or covered with
snow. A part Of the crop may be sat-
isfactorily kept as follows Trim the
heads very closely, wrap in newspa-
pers, and pack in barrels. Set in q
cool cellar and use as needed. They
will not dry ont or decay as when
placed in the cellar without protec-
tion. If this process is followed. q
quantity can be taken from the ground
at one time. American Agriculturist.
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xHAr saALI rHE / HARVEST BE.

We are not through with our life as we
live it Every act, every word, every thought
every choice, Is seed which we drop. We
60 on carelessly, never dreaming that we
shall ever again see our deeds. Then some
day we come upon an ugly plant growing
somewhere, and we ask, "What is this p
Comes the answer, ~ am one OF your plants.
You dropped the seed which grew into me-
Our lives are the little garden plats In which
it is our privilege to drop seeds. We shall
have to eat the fruits OF the seeds which we
are planting these days.. R. Miller, D. D.
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ONE uorHra'sl s. DEATH.

Columns OF facts and figures, with all thei
arguments, could not convey "a stronger por-
/ trayal Of the awful effects of Drunkenness
than this story Of real life, taken from one OF
the big daily papers of New York. One
morning last winter. so the story runs, apo
{ Iiceman came into the Jefferson Market
Court, having In charge lad OF twenty. The
boy stared yacantIy about him, and, his face,
which wss honest and good humored. was
bloated with q long and heavy debauch.
Close behind him came little old woman,
decentiy clad Her hair was white and her
countenance pale and anxious. u. VI
.;4.s.Who's this, of1cer2" the Justice said,
when the boys turn came. $ TiisE
SITS John Cleary, your Honor. We've
got his mother to enter complaint against
him for habitual drinking. We think II he
/ had month at the island It would give him
Z chance to pull up" ~ ,,S
You can do nothing with him yourself,
Mrs. Cleary?" said the kindly magistrate,
who. used as he was to scenes OF suffering.
was startled by the dumb agony In the old
woman's face. b I. sSSs III f
"Ican not, sir. It's Ave years since he
took to the drink. It's not Johnny's fault.
There's four saloons near by. BE was as
good boy as ever mother had. He's good
now when he's himself. !" ...ti.
sizes mad when he is drunk !" tho police
man interrupted. "He tried to kill her
"sign the complaint, Mrs. Cleary.r the
magistrate ordered. nodding 90 clerk who
laid a printed form on the table before her,
saying, aWrite your name on that line"
She took up the pen, and then turned to
the Justice again. Her thin face was blood
less. -
..Sir," she said, .he's althe child I've got!
I've been fighting the devil for him for five
years. II sign that paper, III have let him
go. Ho'll never forgive mo. He'll never
come home again"
s'It's the only chance to save him." the
officer said. &e =
She wrote her name. John was told to
standup.
"Now 90 into the witness box" a pulce-
man directed her. '.Yon must swear against
him." ..s ,ss .ag
Her foot was on the step. She suddenly
turned. s'I can't swear against him! 1
can't!" She clutched her breast with both
hands, Sits killing me! Johnny, como
here!" .E' .-r. -, 81
Fer son sprang towards her, but she fell Mt
his feet. She was dead when he lifted her.
"Mother, mother, I'll quit the drink the
startled lad cried. But she did not answer.
The physicians said 1t was heart disease.
An ambulance was summoned, Some one
whispersdto to the justice.
discharged" he said, and the wretched
lad followed his deal mother home to be
haunted all his life by the terrible thought
that he sent her broken-hearted to her
death.
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RrsuIr or Az INou1RY.

Doctor Norman Kerr says: "a few years
ago Instituted an inquiry to expose the
faisity of the statement that SO, 900 drunkards
died every year In the United Kingdom. !
had not long pursued my inquiry before 1t
was made clear to me that there was little
exaggeration In the statement, and at the
Social Science Congress was compelled to
admit that at least 120, 900 annually lost their
lives through alcoholic excess.
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Sometimes fog will settle over vessel's
deck, yet leave the topmast clear. Then the
sailor goes up alost and gets lookout which
the helmsman on deck cannot get. So prayer
sends the soul alott: lifts it above the clouds
In which our sel1shness and egotism befog
US. and gives chance to see which way to
steer.-Spprgeou. ."..t
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an incentiye lt6 Hax growing, however
which has resulted In q much larger
acreage Of this crop than ever before.
Many farms thatR abandoned IN
New England, Of in former days raised
flax for spinning, were planted with
this crop, and the general output last
year was enormous. The real extent
to which fbrelia is used in the man
ufacture OF goods can be gathered
partly from the fact that in 1890 over
Il, ,OO0, 600 of fax straw were burned
in the fields after the seed had been
gathered, while to-day little, il any,
such straw is thus destroyed.
In the West the faxseed is sown
broadcast for the fiber at the rate 5of
two bushels to the acre, and all the
cultivation given to it is that required
to keep down the weeds until the
leaves shade the ground. The plants
are allowed to ripen their seeds, and
then the straw is pulled and put up IN
small bundles for drying The seeds
are thrashed out q good deal as an
ordinary farmer would thrash his oats
or wheat, that is, with Q fail or with.
q machine ithrasher, the latter being
the more desirable, as it does not in.@
iure the straw so much. Some still
resort to the t'rotting process, so
common in early New England days.
The bundles are taken to the shallow
pond or brook, and stood in it with
the butts downward. After standing
there for five or ten days the core will
come out OF the fiber when the stalks
are broken. When rotted sufficiently
the bundles are taken out with a
pitchfork and stood up to; drain and
dry. S ss
The next process is that called
sserassing. The stalks are spread out
upon the grass and turned over once
or twice q day for a week. This inn
proves the color Of the fber. The.
Eisibreaking" eprocsss which follows is'
done BY q set Of fiuted rollers, snd the
.thatchelling" by o mschipa that aepa-s
rates the fine and coarse fbers. New
and improved machinery has been in-S
vented for all Of these proc cesses, and
some factories take the fax direct
from the farmers before the rotting
and bleaching processes hare taken
place. A good crop OF fsx vail pro.
duce 900 pounds Of fibsr to the;acre.S
Sold in the open rnarket this means
about $40 per acre. ~ ss
{ But fax eeed is exhausting to the
soil, and, after it has been grown two
or three years on one field, a period
OF from five Nto eight years should
elapse before another crop is planted
Tie soil has to be heavily manfred
from 400 stos 600 pounds OF mineral
fertilizers being required each year to-
the acre, besides barnyard and other
manures. Potash and phosphorIc acid
are the chief ingredients that the soil
requires to produce good fsx. New
York Tribune. 81 y {
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One Of the 1919 Pensioners Dies.

Mrs. Ephraim Herrick, whese husband
was soldier in the War Of 1872, died at her
home, In the town Of Milan Dutchess County.
N. Y. She was ninety years Of age, and was
one Of the first pensioners Of the War OF 1912.
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THE CHRIST OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOR.
= -. s,- feGfE RyRR srg 10

Jesus Of Nazareth is something more than
the Christ of history-a blessed memory; or
the Christ ofprophec sublime hope; ne
is the Christ Of today, and Of every day, a
living reality in our lives, a very present help
in time Of need. Faith lays hold upon him
as One who is ever with US In. the
church, In the household and in the
world. He Is the close companion OF
our daily lives. We walk the hard hill-roads
Of life with burning hearts because be bears
us company We pass through valleys or
death shade with fearless step, led by his In
visible hand In the glory OF his presence
toll and pain are trans1Rured. There Is no
break In our trustful intimacy. No shadow
of possible chanpe mars our joyful fellow
ship James NJ. Campbell.
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ror,r .nsrrrryor IN THE FAMILY

Total a. stinence Of parents bring into the
family cheerfulness, thrift. cleanliness, Inc
dustry, and all the natural virtues; but es-
pecially 1t helps the Christian virtues. Happy
the home in which both parents are total abb
stainers. Sacred Heart Review. e, Z
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ABOUT FLAX GROWING.

It is now several years since 1t was
fully demonstrated in this country
that the textile fiber known rs tibrelia
could be manufactured successfully
from fax straw, and, alt sh ths
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Tagging Children.

Many Of the children Of New York City
wear tin tags when they go out OF the house
Tho tags give the child's address, and are
worry useful, II he gets lost. i,