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Producing Enrlv Peaches.

Mr.. J. H. Hale, the great American
peach grower, is reported to have said
that he gets peaches two .seeks earlier
by the following method: In the middle
of the growing season put a strong
wire around a large arm of a tree and
twist it fairly tight. This checks the
flow of sap and causes fruit buds to
form early and in great number. The
fruit on the branches of this arm will
ripen two weeks earlier than that on
the untreated branches and will be
much more highly colored. But this
part of the tree will be so weakened
by the treatment that it should be cut
away after fruiting, that new shoots
may come and take its place. Thus one
large arm or limb of tree may be
forced each year.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26

table and chair opposite with writing
materials upon it. When you have
made out your check you can give it tc
the paying teller, fifth window to the
right. He will let you have the
money"
"What money!"
1.-THE money your check calls for"
"But don't want any money.
simply wish to draw check"
20, very well! beg your pardon. Be
seated, madam. The small table op'
posite."
Mrs. Van Ripper sat down and took
out her new book, toying affectionately
with it's pink pages. Then she tried one
of the pens. In the date line she wrote
Thursday afternoon" in sprawling
angular hand. In the space for the
check number she wrote the date. Then
she signed her name with flourish.
SIS this correct?" she inquired of the
young man at the window. He looked
it over with carefully suppressed
smile.
"Er-you've got the date in the wrong
place, but if you just write the amount
and the name of the person you wish
to"
"Dear me; I shall never understand
it," said Mrs. Van desperately.
"Shall fill it out for you?" asked the
young man politely.
IF you will be so kind" said Mrs
Van.
"To whose order?" asked the clerk.
20, it doesn't really matter,' sale
Mrs. Van Ripper.
''To the order of the bearer, shall
write?'
''That will do very nicely"
"Now the amount-what shall it be p
81 don't care" said Mrs. Van. "Yor
see have $40 that my husband gave me
this morning. If you'll just draw the
check I'll be so much obliged. I have
an engagement with the dressmakel
at H."
"Then I'll leave the amount blank p
"Just as you please said Mrs. Van
graciously. 'I'm so much obliged
Good morning." and she turned to go
Here's the check" said the clerk
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HOMEMADE GERM1NATOR.

complicated scientific process to con-
duct it successfully. That this opinion
is inaccurate is shown by the home
made germinator seen in cut, repro
duced from Circular No. IS, issued by
the division of bontany, United States
department of agriculture. A piece of
moist flannel is placed on plate, the
seeds put on the flannel, a second piece
of moist flannel being laid over them
and second plate is then inverted over
the whole. A certain number of seeds
should be carefully counted out, and the
terminating ones removed and counted
as fast as they appear. In testing GRIM
son clover, if the seed is good, so to 30
per cent. should sprout within three
days. The government seed expert, A.
j. Peters, especially advises tests be-
fore sowing crimson clover. Most fail
ures with it are due to old seed, but
even fresh seed may be of poor quality.
This seed should test IS to 95 per cent.
viable.
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Burning Weed, I. Not Safe.

1t is a mistake to let weeds go to
seed in the garden or around the farm,
under the impression that they can be
destroyed if gathered in the fall and
burned. In the first place, the job is
apt to be forgotten until most of the
weed seeds have been scattered. Even
if weed is burned, its seeds may not be
destroyed unless a hot fire of brush
is first made and the weed seeds are
thrown on a mass of burning Goals.
If weeds are piled in heaps they burn
slowly, and as the seed falls to the
ground it is protected from burning
by the strata of carbonic acid gas that
ing fires.
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GOLF AS A TEMPER TEST.
A Luckless Player Demonstrated
How Easy 1t Is to Control
Ones Self.

A golf story which should certainly be
added to the already excellent number to
which the game has given birth possesses
an advantage which cannot be claimed for
all of them, that of being absolutely anthem
tic. An enthusiast, who was somewhat of a
tyro at golf, though of great distinction at
other forms Of athletics, had series of mis-
fortunes with which most people can sympa-
thze. He was playing against man whose
opinion he valued, and he consistently topped
his ball, sliced it, pulled it, lifted it into a
tree, played fine cleek stroke into bunker,
and made extraordinary straight long-dis-
lance puts in which the ball hoped genially
across the hole into the long grass which
skirted the green.
At first the players demeanor was omi-
nously sweet; he seemed positively to enjoy
his strokes; then he grew mad; then he grew
apparently careless, though his caddie no.
he was pressing horribly. The worst of golf
is that you can never deceive either your
caddie or your ball. At last, at the seventh
hole, he grew wonderfully calm, and marched
off to the next teeing ground remarking to
his trembling caddie that he would not
trouble to hole out After an easy prelim-
mary swing or two he topped his ball, which
trickled away about 20 yards to the right.
Then the man took all his clubs and broke
them. one by one across his knee, remarking
quietly to his opponent that lit is better to
break your Internal clubs than to lose your
internal temper. "-London Telegraph.
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He Had Something to Say.

slave you anything to say before the
sentence of death is pronounced? %
asked the judge. eyes, your honor"
replied the condemned murderer, II de-
sire to relate an incident which was not
brought out on the trial. On the day
before I killed this man I was called to
my telephone by a violent ring. The in
strument was in a box and the tempera-
ture inside was 113 in the shade.
Wait here a moment said somebody
over the wire, gentleman wishes to
ask you a very important question: I
waited, your honor, while the perspira-
ton rolled off me in gurgling streams,
I waited Is minutes by the watch, and
then this wretch whose life took asked
me from the other end of the line how
I would like to be the ice man." There
was profound silence in the courtroom
''In consideration of extenuating cir
cumstances," said the venerable judge
his voice trembling with emtion, ''the
verdict is hereby set aside and the pris-
oner stands discharged. Call the next
case."-N. o. Times-Democrat.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If there is one thing on which the
housewife prides herself, it is that of
having her laundering done nicely, so
that the wearing apparel may be the adj
miration of all. The washing is small
matter, any one almost can do that, but
to have the linens present that f1ex-
ible and glossy appearance after being
ironed requires fine quality of starch.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages of this new starch-"Red
Cross trade mark brand, also two of
the children's Shakespeare pictures
painted in twelve beautiful colors as
natural as life, or the Twentieth Cen
fury Girl Calendar, all absolutely free.
This is one of the grandest offers ever
made to introduce "Red Cross laundry
starch, j. C. Hubinger's latest invention.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.

"Broad-minded as Wilkins usually is,
he certainly has very narrow views on
one or two subjects" "He doesn't al
ways agree with you. then ?''-Chicago
Post.
An Exception.-"I is better to laugh
than to cry" said the young and inno-
cent girl, brightly. "Not if you are try
ing to manage husband said the
woman.-Indianapolis Journal.
Not a Hand-Me-Down. - Gruhhs-
"Perlins seems to be self-made man"
Stubbs-"Well, if you ever saw him
when his wife was around you would
think he was made to order. Ohio
State Journal.
The Banker-"Bless me, this is the
seventh time this season you've gotten
off to go to your grandmother's flu
neral" The Boy-"Yes, sir. Nc Mud
der's been married seven times. Kan
sas City Independent.
They were engaged. "Life," she said,
as she arose from the piano stool, "will
be one long, sweet song after we are
married" ''That settles it, them" firm
ly responded her lover, as he picked up
his hat and took his departure.--Ohio
State journal.
A Seaman's Precaution.-Mrs. Sharpe
-"That was queer idea Of Commodore
Wise to have his sextant and his chro-
nometer brought to his death-bed." Mr..
Sharpe-"He was evidently afraid to
cross the Styx by dead reckoning"
jewelers. Weekly.
Sauntering sim-"Is it true dat alb
scnt-mindedness is sign of genius ??
Tired Treadwell-"Yes. No man kin
ever be genius till he gifts to fergittin
things" Sauntering Sim-"I guess
dat's what ails me, den. I ketched my.
self takin' a drink of water yistaday."-
Chicago Times-Herald.
A Shrewd Doctor.-"Ah,' said the
man who is sometimes morose and Wis
ionary. IF only had the wings of an
eagle and the heart of lion!" can.
other touch of dyspepsia!" murmured
the family physician, in tones of sym
pathy. "My dear fellow, what you ought
to wish for is the stomach of goat
Washington Star.
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Cucumbers for Pickles.

Picked cucumbers are sold by count,
and the small ones are generally pre-
ferred. Hence close picking and fire.
quent picking, so as to prevent any
from growing too large, is necessary to
secure large crops. Sometimes, how
ever, a stray cucumber will hide under
the leaves until it has almost ripened its
seeds. 1t is astonishing how this les
sens the yield of the vine. Yet it is not
to be wondered at, for the perfection of
seed in almost all plants exhausts their
vitality very rapidly. The cucumber
vines should be handled carefully so as
not to loosen the roots which some OF
them send into the soil from the joints
These are great helps to the vine. II
the vine is turned up to see what is un-
der it some of these rootlets will be de.
"A,
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A TpxaS .JudKe.

In one of the remote counties of the Pan.
handle of Texas two lawyers were trying a
case before a justice of the peace. T. 1t was
so miles as the crow flies to the nearest law
book, and the attorneys differed, of course
as to the law upon the main issue in the case
They were trying the case without the inter.
vention of jury, and his honor, who con.
Quoted a gambling house in connection with
his hotel, saloon and livery stable, was in
doubt as to what his decision ought to be-
Finally Miller, the plaintiffs counsel offered
to bet Hoover, the defendants attorney
$40 that he was right. Hoover did not hap
pen to have that much of the circulating me
dunn concealed about his person, and was
argument. The court waited few mo
ments on Hoover, and finally said: "Well
Mr.. Hoover, the court has waited Ions
enough. Miller's proposition seems to be
fair one, and, since you don't put up, I vii
decide this case in favor of the plaintiff. -
Law Notes
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COMMERCIAL WIT.
A Parcel of Puns That Were Worked
OF All Right But They
Didn't Take.

Four travelling men sat on the sidewalk
in front of the Windsor the other night tell
ing stories The man who smoked stogies
had just finished somnambulist tale. -.
Reminds me of what the pickpocket said
to his fellow prisoner" commented the man
with the nasal blossom.
"What was that
II am here, gentlemen" he said, Gas the
result of moment of abstraction
The pun fell with dull, sickening thud.
But the man who smoked stogies came to
the front again.
Like the incendiary, Ell? There is some
similarity He was there because OF his
habit of making light of things"
The blossomy man refused to be silent.
"But did you hear about the forger?'
mo Why?"
"He was there on account of simple de-
sire to make a name for himself
The man with the stogie meditated.
"That reminds me Of the burglar" he
casually remarked. There was three.min-
ute stage wait and the man who liked apple
jack gave way to curiosity.
"Why?"
Gas he said, through nothing but taking
advantage of an opening which offered in a
large mercantile establishment"
The blossomy man had departed, leaving
Z wide, far-reaching void.-St. Paul Globe.
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A USEFUL SUGGESTION.

months, then took it off, and in about
three months she resumed the habit.
To Keep Cows from Fouling Platform,
Where Gutter Is Used.-Place a scant-
ling or pole across just above the point
OF shoulder just high enough so as not
to touch when standing at the manger.
Cows will soon learn to step back and
make their deposits in gutter. Since
using above do not find it necessary to
wash udder as formerly, as they keep
clean.-D. NJ. Neikirk, in Ohio Farmer.
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CARE FOR SOLDIERS WIVES.
Concessions Have Been Granted by
the Government to Many Who
Are Alone.

The foreign service of the army of
the United States has opened again the
question of caring for women who, as
wives of soldiers, have been left be-
hind by the regiments that have gone
to Manila and an order has been is
sued by the war department permit
ting families of such regulars or vol
unteers to buy fuel and subsistence
stores from the government at cost
prices for family use. This has been
found necessary, although the admin
istration of the new army has been
particular to keep married men out of
the service.
''The administration of the army rec
ognizes no woman in its employ, save
the hospital matron," said an army Off
GER the other day, land yet, though
since 1910 married men have been re-
fused by enlisting officers, there are
still married men in the ranks to-day,
with families dependent upon them for
support"
''This is explained in several ways"
said the veteran army clerk. ''In many
cases the women left behind are wives
of old enlisted men, who were in the
service when, at forts and garrisons,
married women were allowed to live
in the employ of the government as
laundresses. These women, who stayed
with their husbands in the army, have
found employment in officers families.
Others are wives of men who, when en-
listing, swore falsely they were I'M
married. Then there are the irrespon-
sible young fellows, who go into the
service unmarried, but get tied up in
matrimony soon after they are enlist
ed. These cases are frequent. Al
though we can refuse to enlist man
if he is married, there is no power to
stop man from marrying after he is
enlisted if he so desires. I think the
powers that be wish there were.
"The order granted by the war de-
partment," the clerk continued, sis
merely a continuation of the order af-
fecting officers, which allows them the
same privilege. You see, the COM
missary stores for the entire army are
really bought by one head and dis
tributed to the different departments
and posts. An officer in the field, for
instance, if he choose, could buy his
fuel and subsistence stores at Manila
for the same price as an officer on duty
in Washington, although the depart
ment loses money in transportation. All
of these stores, you must understand,
must be bought at the nearest army
post. No one but the government is
selling groceries and supplies at cost
prices. Really, the new order is mere
ly an extension of privileges long en-
joyed among officers to enlisted men,"
Buffalo Express.
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LICE HERDED BY ANTS.
Parasites Pastured ON the Roots OF
Peach Trees for the Honey Dew
They Furnish.

Many Ohio peach orchards have been
suffering from the attacks of the wood
louise or aphis, as it is more correctly
known, and complaints were sent in
from all over the state to the agriculture
al experiment station at Wooster asl<in &
what should be done to get rid of the
pest. The lice were found on the roots
of the trees, where they had stripped
off the bark in order to get at the sap
more readily. The authorities tried a
number of insecticides, but without
success, for whenever the insecticide
was strong enough to kill the lice it also
killed the tree. And, after long series
of experiments, the conclusion has been
reached that the only way of getting
rid of the lice is to exterminate the ants
which carry them about, for without
the aid of the ants the aphis will be ut
terly unable to get to the roots of peach
or any other trees.
The aphis occupies queer place in
the insect world, for the ants, Lasius
Americans, use them for mich COWS,
herding and caring for them very much
as man tends his cattle. In the fall the
ants collect the eggs of the aphides,
carry them to their homes and care
for them through the winter. AS soon
as spring opens and the eggs hatch out,
the ants start out to find suitable peac].
tree pastures. The younger and more
tender the tree the better. The ants
burrow down into the ground close to
the bark of the tree and then run a
series of galleries out along the roots.
After the galleries have been completed
the ants carry the young aphides to the
pasture ground, and, gnawing away the
bark on parts of the roots, place the
aphides around the edge in order that
they may suck the sap freely. Here the
the lice are kept prisoners for the terms
of their natural lives, the ants taking
turns at herding them and keeping
plenty of fresh roots exposed.
OF course, the ants do not go to all
this trouble without reward. From the
back part of the abdomen of the louise
project two glands which produce
sugar or honey dew, as it is called. This
is greedily devoured by the ants, and
the lice are carefully tended in order
that they may produce as much of it as
possible.
The depredations of the lice are not
confined to the orchards. The corn
fields also suffer. The ants burrow
down to the roots of the corn stalks and
place the lice there just as they do on
peach trees, and the crops suffer in con
sequence.-N. Y. Sun.
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A RARE INSTANCE.
An Unusual Experience Which the
Bicycle Dealer Would Like
to Have Repeated.

A heavy man with square jaw walked
into a bicycle exchange the other after
noon. The proprietor advanced to wait
on him.
Gimme a bike" said the square awed
man.
ITO buy?"
"Yep."
'What make?"
amy old make"
Heres our specialty-good machine"
call right, is it?'
Good as any made"
"How much!'
Fifty"
Dab little graphite on the chain and
pump her up"
The proprietor dabbed alittle graphite on
the chain and pumped her up. The square
jawed man pulled out wad of the size of
his wrist, skinned off fifty and handed it to
the proprietor. Then he ran the machine
out to the curb, got on it and rode off.
When the proprietor got over being
stunned he went to three or four friends on
the block to get their opinion as to whether
the $50 was counterfeit or the real thing.
The bill was genuine, and the proprietor has
been more or less dazed ever since.
Il can't understand such swift action as
that in the bike business" he says, with a
puzzled air.-Washington Post.
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Saving of Lettuce Seed.

AS usually managed, lettuce always
tends to deterioration, the seed being
saved mostly from the plants that pro-
suit is that after few years lettuce is
grown that produces very few leaves
before it sends up seed stalk. This
lettuce is not worth anything. The
best lettuce seeds is from plants that
grow a large head of leaves and send
up a seed stalk from that. Such SEED
must always be dear as compared with
that where the growing of a large seed
crop appears to be the object aimed at.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
TESTING THE SEEDS.
Department Of Agriculture Tells
Farmers How to Make . GERM
inatOP Mt Home.

Most seed dealers now make germina-
ton tests before putting their seeds on
the market, and extensive work of this
class is done by the department of ag-
riculture. Consumers will also find it
much to their advantage to test the via
bility of seeds, but as rule they have
the impression that seed-testing re-
qnires elaborate apparatus and some
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
TWO USEFUL HINTS.
How to ..cep Cows from Sucking
Themselves and FOulinE Plat
forms Where Gutter Is Used.

10 Prevent Cow from Sucking Her
sclf.-I had fine Jersey heifer that got
into the habit of sucking herself. Iput
a web halter on her and strap around
her in front of the udder, then took
jockey stick such as used when team
is driven with a single line, just long
enough to reach from halter to strap, in
front of and just near enough to udder
not to touch, passing between front
legs. I kept it on her for about two
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
II AM A MEMBER HERE"
waving it through the window.

waving it through the window.
20, do 1 take it with me?" inquired
Mrs. Van Ripper. II thought I left il
here"
''Not unless you wish to draw some
money"
"Oh, thank you so much. Good morn
ing"
That evening Mrs. Van Ripper had a
lesson in drawing checks from her hus
band, when she had shown him the
fruit of her mornings interview in the
Rattlethem bank, which document he
carefully destroyed. For the first time
he made his wife understand that she
personally had some money at her dis
posal in the bank.
Next morning she visited her dress
maker and then proceeded to do some
shopping. She explained at the depart.
ment store where she had always pur-
chased goods that she wished to pay
her bill with a check, and the superin.
| tendent filled it out for her and had her
affix her signature.
snow, you'll send these things home
just as though they were paid for?" she
said to the superintendent, who had
dealt with ladies who had bank &C.
counts before.
"Precisely the same, madam" he said
smilingly. The bill was for $50, and he
knew that Van Ripper was good for it..
Mrs. Van felt so elated over her success
that she went to her milliner's and
bought two hats for $44, and then found
that she had no money for luncheon.
She had given the milliner check for
the hats, and she told her of her predica-
ment.
Il will cash check for you with
pleasure" said the milliner.
"Can you make it out for me Just as
you did for yourself just now?" asked
Mrs. Van Ripper.
Certainly" said the milliner; "how
much does madam want?"
Madam thought that ten dollars
would be sufficient, and when she re-
ceived the crisp bills she felt effusively
grateful.
II shall surely pay you this to-mor-
row." she exclaimed as she went out of
the shop, putting the money in her
purse.
Two days later Mrs. Van Ripper had
visit from one of the bank clerks. He
told her that she had overdrawn her
account, but she indignantly denied it,
and showed him that her book still ex-
listed as a proof of her financial sound
ness.
'You can see for yourself that it is
quite full of checks!" she said indig-
nantly. Il never heard of such thing!
Certainly, have money in the bank!'
ION the contrary, you owe us money,
Mrs. Van Ripper. You have overdrawn.
Can't you underestimate"
Il shall certainly tell my husband
about this!" exclaimed Mrs. Van Rip
per.
''He may be able to explain it to you
and please make the amount of the
overdraft good as soon as possible.''
When Van Ripper came home there
was stormy half hour, tears and much
explaining. AS a result of it all Mrs
Van Ripper never renewed her bank &C.
count. She says that money is GOOD
enough for her, and that when she paid
people with checks it always seemed as
though she still owed them the cash.
Besides that" she said to her hus
band. Il never had any pocket money
and as for that birthday present,
never saw it! And 1 had nothing but
trouble all the time. But those pink
checks do make the loveliest curl pa
pers you ever saw!"-N. Y. Sun.