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she Intercepted, shat they are wear
ing uutmeps over in Europe?

she Intercepted, "that they are wear
ing nutmegs over in Europe?"
"Well, no." returned the girl from
Europe. They're not exactly wearing
them in loads, but they do have them.
They are rather exclusive, as yet. The
fact IS, am reviving an old custom.
/ always did have knack, you know,
of doing odd things. When GO into
strange places / don't go incoming
round in a sleepy kind of way, but
keep my eyes and ears open, and the
consequence is see and hear good
many things in the course of week
that other people wouldn't find out in
lifetime. One of the things dis
covered in England was the old nut
meg custom. There. are number of
them in museums that were used by
fine ladies of past generations. Those
nutmegs were incased in gold, just like
this, but the castings were set with
jewels and were naturally very ex-
pensive. haven't got the jewels, but
I've got the nutmeg and the gold fill
gree for starter, and when 60
around taking refreshing whiffs at this
fragrant little knob, feel as If had
just been resurrected from a seven
teenth century mausoleum and was
tickling my senses with the odor of a
nutmeg of long ago. l always did like
the smell of nutmeg, anyway, even in
custards and apple pie. knew a num-
Der of people in England this summer
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Ashley, North Dakota, June 2nd.--J.
Il. Hanson of this place has found q
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr.. Hanson himself has
suffered with Rheumatism Of the
Heart and Dropsy, and of late has been
so bad that he could not work.
He has tried many remedies but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began treatment Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and to his great
delight he soon found that the Drop
steal Swelling was gradually going
down and that the rheumatism Of the
Heart was also disappearing. He
says:
II have taken seven boxes of Dodd.s
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than / have for five years.
81 am able to work again and If the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever comes
back will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once"
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LADYBUcs ARE SHIELDED.


It has cost the United States govern.
ment several thousand dollars to inn
port the ladybug into this country. A
pair of these insects have been landed
at San Francisco from, which it is
hoped to propagate millions of them,
says a reporter from that city.
Ladybugs at $2.25 a head makes the
importation come high, but Uncle
Sam felt that he had to have them in
his business.
Sickly and peevisb, physically impov-
erished by their long journey from the
interior of China, the Iadybugs seemed
on the point Of death. Theywere only
pulled through after a course of most
improved nursing H.. the government.
Many times word went forth from
the hospital that the end had come
that Mr.. and Mrs. Ladybug had sue
cumbed to the unfavorabie climatic
conditions of the seacoast--the ruyor
only to be officially denied in the next
bulletin from headquarters.
The smallest Of the adopted, invol.
untary wards Of one of the biggest ma
lions of earth, their lives have beer
saved after a desperate struggle with
locobugataxis-a terrible malady pc
culiar to the orienta lad ybug.
These two bugs which Uncle Sam Il
taking such great care of and nursing
with all the skill at the command OF
the agricultural department were
brought to this country from the in.
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the food clean and giving the fowls
exercise.
See that the nest Of the sitting hen
is free from lice. give the young
chicks fair start
Charred corn or wheat win show
its value in brighter combs and .
more healthy appearance.
When you improve the quality Of
the egg you win be able to obtain
a good price for It. just es good butt
ter always brings better price.
No fancier can promise that every
egg will hatch nor that every bird
will be prize-winner.
Now is the time to sell all the male
birds which you do not intend to use
as breeders There is demand for
the same and the price is good.
Save the eggs from your best lay
ers. The fact that they are good
layers proves that they are in good
condition.
If you have good quarters and
early sitters, do not be afraid to raise
early birds, for they will be in the
best condition for the next years
show.
Every year shows advance in breed
ing and judging.-Farm and Ranch.
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Duck raising is profitable when
properly managed, and ducks will
bear as much neglect as any of the
feathered tribes.
An increase of four bushels Of
wheat an acre was secured at the
Tennessee experiment station by tue
use of sleeves, so that only the largest,
plumpest grains were used for seed.
Sheep, like fowls, should b. mar
keted in uniform lots for thus they
always bring better prices. A flock
all nearly alike will sell for better
price than flock really averaging
better quality. but variegated.
There should be no such thing as
''breal<ing in heller when she has
her first cali. She should be so care
fully handled that there win be no
necessity for doing the thing after
that should be done before calving.
If farmers with lot of scrub
cows would buy . fairly good pure
bred bull they would be astonished
at the progressive annual improve
mcnt the herd would show. The third
generation will be almost equal to
the pure-bred cattle.
"A spring brood of pigs. to BE-
marketed when eight months old in
late fall, can not be raised with much
profit in pens unless there supply
of milk or kitchen slops. Some pas
turage is required for good profit.
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The sunflower has not been gener.
ally regarded with high favor by
many people, although its claims as
a producer of an excellent and cheap
form of chicken feed, have received
some attention from poultry jour
mails. ~ -
1t is, to be sure,a somewhat coarse,
tall-growing and hardy annual, SNOWY,
and in suitable place by no means
unattractive- 1t was introduced from
South America as early as 1896, and
has at times been put to q great
variety of uses.
1t was found by experiment that a
busheI of sunfiower seed will. yield
gallon of oil. and that an acre OF
ground planted three feet apart in
rows, will yield forty to fifty bushels
of seed. The oil is as mild as sweet
oil, and equally as agreeable ON sal
ads and as medicine. The seed is
raised with very little trouble, and
makes excellent chicken feed. The
sprouts are eaten with oil and salt,
and bread is also made from the seed
and Cruel for children.
1t fattens fowls, and its leaves are
excellent food for cattle in summer
and increases the quantity of milk
in cows. 1t is also good for sheep.
and the stems are useful to support
climbing plants and serve for fuel.
The seeds, when roasted, have the
flavor of coffee, and the infusion Of
them like tea makes pleasant bever.
age. These important uses ought to
set the people to thinking Pacific
Tree and Vine.
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PALESTINE IS WAKING UP.
" Due to German Enterprise.
Are Multiplying.

Mr.. Harris, United States consular
agent at Eibenstock, Palestine, says
that in the last few years there has
been quite a waking up in the matter
of progress. German coionists, mer-
chants and horticulturists," says Mr.,
Harris. according to a Washington re-
port, "are awakening that part Of the
Levant from lethargy of thousand
years. Three years ago German
bank was established in Jerusalem.
with q branch In Yafa, which ex-
changed $4,000, 600 in 1901. The wa
tiers of the Dead sea, where no rudder
has been seen for centuries, are now
being piled by German motor boats.
A direct line Of communication has
thus been opened up between Jerusa-
lem and Kerak., the ancient capital of
the land of Moab, which still COM
mands the caravan routes leading
across the Arabian desert. There is
no doubt that German enterprise will
also exploit the phosphate fields stu
ated on both sides of the Jordan when
transportation facilities shalt have
been sufficiently developed to insure
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ORIGINATING A NEW FAD.


She had just returned from Europe
bedecked with any number of little
trinkets that she wouldn't have
dreaued Of wearing before taking a
trip abroad. In all this wealth OF
strange adornment there was one or
nanent that appealed with especial
force to the curiosity Of the visitor.
This unique decoration was = little
ball. oblong In shape and grayish-
brown in color. 1t was partially In
cased in gold filigree work and was
worn suspended from the, belt. by .
tiny gold chain. There was gold pin
ct one end. Of this chain, and every
little while the girl from Europe
would unharness the trinket and APP
ply 1t to her nostfils with deep whiffs
Of satisfaction. The visitor watched
this pantomime for several minutes
with growing interest. says the New
York Times, and. finally, after an I'M
usually prolonged inhalation, she said :
Il do wish you'd tell me what that
thing is.v
The girl from Europe laughed. II
was looking for you to ask that" she
said. II was trying 10 arouse youI
curiosity. Here. take whi1f yourself
and see IL you recognize the perfume
The visitor raised the little bali tc
the tin of her own nose and drew sew
ersl long breaths. "Why." she said
1T smells for all the world like q nut
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POULTRY SUGGESTIONS
Valuable and Pointed suggestions
to Those who Raise Poultry

The following pointed paragraphs
contain more valuable suggestions
about poultry than can be found in
several volumes of average poultry
or farm journals:
Exercise is like an ounce of pre-
ventive. 1t is worth pound of con.
dition powder. &.
If you are looking for soft snap
stay out of the poultry business.
We never waste the time spent in
thinking. Applied thought is the
great means Of success.
Don not forget to always keep on
hand supply of clean water.
Don't dabble in . many varieties.
You are too liable to be failure in
all. i
II your hen house is near swampy
ground, raise plenty Of sunfowers. =
Examine often for lice. s
1t is easier to hatch chickens in an
Incubator than to raise them in q
brooder.
Neither the poor hen nor the over
fat one will lay many eggs.
Leaves, chaff, grass and hay make
good hitler for the floor.
Dressed poultry should be packed
carefully. Ill-shaped birds do not
sell well.
The beauty of your poultry yard II
the kind of chicken that walks iii It
3 Set fresh eggs.
The poultry business is not vision.
airy, but has come to stay.
Thoroughbred stock is not neces-
sary to profit, but it win pay better
in the long run.
The fact that you have purc-bred
fowls is often an incentive to greater
effort.
Do not sell good mothers just be-
cause they can not win the first prise
You will need them very much in the
spring.
Don't lesson your efforts because
someone tells you that you have gone
to seed in the poultry business You
have the best outlook for success.
A pleased customer is walking i'd
vertiser.
Large capital is not necessary in
the poultry business.
Hang cabbage, turnips or scraps Of
meat on the wall Of the hen house
jpst within reach Of the fowls Thiz
~ -tke double advxhtake ~ keepixu
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
ECONOMY ON THE FARM.


( Iwant to say in the first place that
the Bible says: "Thou shalt work
xix days and rest ON the seventh"
How many farmers are there that are
keeping this command? We have
plenty OF men who call themselves
farmers that lose from one-third to
one-hah OF their time during the
year. About all they do in the win
ter is getting up wood and keeping
fires, and they don't seem TO think
there is anything to be done on the
farm until spring opens up, and then
they will begin to butcher and
scratch the ground with their plows
and half prepare and plant and the
result is sorry crops. Then they be-
gin to cry out hard times and say
there is no money in farming. They
don't seem to realize the fact that
they did but little work to make the
crop and that big part of their
time was lost. And then they pull
put to some cotton mill and when
they get there they are under boss
that sees that they put in full time.
Then they say they can make liv-
ing at the factory and couldn't make
one on the farm; still they don't
think about the time they lost on
the farm. 7S%
Iwant to say for the benefit of my
brother farmers that there is money
on the farm; if not, who is feeding
all the people in the great cities and
all the people who are not farming?
When the farmer prospers all other
business prospers. / say farming is
the foundation of most all business.
When we make big crops the rail-
roads have heavy freights, merchants
have big sales, and all business -four
ishes.
We farmers are always looking for
prosperity; that is all right, but too
many of us look in the wrong direc-
ton. Too many look to legislation
to bring it about. The man who loses
his time and depends upon certain
laws will die in poverty.
I have been farming rs years and
l have never seen the time that had
nothing to do; never can do all l.
want to do. can almost always find
jobs for wet days, sharpening plows,
mending harness. putting handles in
hoes and plenty of other jobs that
can be done on wet days. The man
who puts in six days week is bound
to have plenty and something to
spare. 1t is eat, eat all the time,
and it must be work, work all the
time. The idle mans head is the
devils workshop. Idleness leads to
crime, robbery and murder and other
crimes. We can go to the peniten-
tiary and take the murder cases and
trace their characters and see il the
majority of the cases were hard
working men. Trace the thief and
other crimes and see il they were
hafd-worhing men. s'Thou shalt earn
thy bread by the sweat of thy brow"
Whom did our Saviour choose to be
His followers when He was on earth?
Did He choose tramp or an idle
head? No, He choose hardworking
men who had some occupation.
Some people seem to think that il
they make q scanty living they are
doing well. That is low standard.
We should make something to givs to
good causes. If we do our duty we
will work as if we expected to live
always ard live as If we expected ~
die tomorrow.
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Proud American Father-I want you q
meet my family, sir This u Ella Wheeler,
aged six, who writes the poems Of passion
for the Rubadub Magaxine. Thia Il Kip.
ling, aged nine, who now has four playa run
ning simultaneously in New York, and thil
Il Hortense, aged IA, whose recent historical
novel, The Cheeseparers," isn it, 49,
OO0th.
Guest-AnA this little fellow?
"Oh, he's only II months old Hes learn
ing to use the typewriter. Detroit Free
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Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for hot,
sweating, caIlous, and swollen, aching feet.
Sold BY all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't &C
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Fits Permanently Cured No fts after
hrst days use Of DIR. Klinc's Great Nerve
Restorer. Free <2 90 trial bottle DIR. n. H.
Kline, Ltd, 9Si Arch St.. Phiiadciphia, Pa.
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We never saw q man-eating shark, but
we have. seen more than one man eating
shad.-Philadelpnia Bulletin.
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To Cure Cold IN One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money lift falls to cure. $50.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
Bile medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
Samuel. Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
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She seems to be quite up to date"
"She il. She refers to her marriage q
Z merger.-N. Y. Sun.
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There are soft moments, even to desper-
Adoes. God does not, all at once, abandon
even them.-Cecil.
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Sometimes mans bad lnck il due to hi
reputation.-Chicago Daily News.
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Mrs. Annie Mckay, Chaplain Sons Of
Temperance, $40 Spadina Ave, Toronto.
Cured of Severe Female Troubles by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. !

"DEAR MRS. PMKRAM Being mother Of FIVE children
have had experience with general troubles my
laceated when my children born and from hour
date all my affections found that within few months my health
impaired had female weakness and inflammation and
frequent flooding. became weak dizzy but kept my fest
dragging through my work without life pleasure "A neghbor
who had been helped by taking Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound insisted that take at least bottle did and
felt much better that kept For months
used the Compound faithfully and gladly do say it, health and
strength mine know how value when Il
nearly lost and appreciate how great debt you
The few dollars spent for the medicine begin pay what
was worth to Yours very truly MRs ANNA McAY Chaplain
Sons Of Temperance"
$4,000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER 1s NOT GENUINE
No other female medicine I'm
widespread and unqualified endorsement Refuse an subt
Mrs Pinkhan invites All
~ has guided thousands to health AddreGb Lynn Ma
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-07
MI. Felch on the Valley Fair,

|. X. Felch. the veteran poultry
Judge. writes as follows regarding the
Valley Fair in the Reliable Poultr!
journal for November The Valley
Fair has closed with its y, 900 atten-
dance. with its l. squashes as usual
with their unusual weight of }, 40&
pounds. with its Loo chicks and
fowls. fine exhibition of dogs to say
nothing of one of the grandest shows
in cattle and grand sheep exhibits.
But it is of the fowls | would espec-
tally write and of the town, which was
the most beautifully decorated that |
have ever before seen. All these points
of interest brought together. as stated,
p. 600 people The poultry breeders
have long come to a knowledge of the
vast importance of making an exhibit
and deriving benefit equal to that de
rived from our winter exhibitions in
the way of advertising their interests,
for the competition has become so
keen that it takes the very best to win
and the sales of stock at the Valley
Fair rank with those made at our win
ter exhibits. 1t is conceded by all
that the poultry exhibits at this fair in
quality excelled that of any other fair
in New England and as for number it
ranks with Rochester and Brockton.
Whoever can show prizes won at the
fair proves that he is in it with stock
among the best of its kind.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-07
The Doctor Found Pittsfield Plate.

A local physician. who is Incidental
" very much interested in collecting
old china. was the victim of an ex-
ceedingly good joke the other day
through his efforts to secure an addi-
tion TO his collection. He was one of
an examining board which committed
a Pittsfield, Mass. woman to the Re
treat, and knowing Pittsfield to be
the home of very valuable platter he
decided to make inquiries about it.
Accosting the woman in what was snip
posed to be one of her more lucid mo-
ments he said. Madam. do you hap
pen to know anything about the ia
nous Pittsfield plate'''
80 yes" the woman replied.
do you know any person who owns
one:" the doctor continued.
Yes said the woman. Il have
one myself. =
Thinking he would come gradually
to the subject of purchasing the doc
tor said DO you suppose | could see
it:';
Eyes, indeed, said the woman tax
ing out her false teeth, There's a
Pittsfeld plate.
Aud the cigars were on the physi-
clan.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-11-07
THE wINDHAM COUNTY REFoRNER, FRIDAY .

Don't forget Rose Coghlan at tn
: Auditorium Wednesday evening
j. e. Hall will lead the Sunda
!, afternoon meeting in the \. NJ, c. \
rooms.
Mrs. Sydney Miner will entertain
the Brattleboro Book club at their an
nual meeting Monday evening,
The Knights of Birmingham de
gree was conferred upon Is eligibl,
candidates at Masonic hall last even
ing.
Plans are being made for a series OF
assemblies, similar to those of last year,
to be held in the Brooks House during
the coming months. If sufficient
first of the series will be held Thanks
! giving time.
Several United States court hear
/ ings are in progress today before Judge
! Wheeler in the offices of Waterman ~
Martin. Among the out of town at
/ torneys are Charles NJ. Bruce and Ar
thur II. Wellman of Boston, and W.
b. c. Stickney of Bethel.
The Ladies association of the Uni
versalist church held its first supper
of the season last evening in the Uni
versalist chapel. 1t was largely at
tended and the repast was exceedingly
good. In the afternoon the associa
ton held business meeting.
There was hearing in the Super
Tor court of Springfield Mass, yester-
day in the case of Durham Brothers
VS.. j. W, Dowd, a Springfield shoe
dealer. The case is brought to recover
the amount of an account for shoes.
Several of the employees of Durham
Brothers were in Springfield to testify
IN the case.
Considerable excitement was arous-
ed on Main street last evening over
the antics of pair of horses and an
intoxicated driver. The animals were
at length taken to Browns stable and
ed signs of fight when his team was
taken away from him and a large
crowd collected about the stable in
the hope of seeing something inter-
eSting.
r. II. Coombs of Hartford. Conn.
shot a buck on Stratton mountain last
week but someone else got the animal.
After being hit by "A ball from Mr..
Coombs' gun, the buck dashed into the
woods evidently mortally wounded.
Mr.. Coombs and a companion followed
the animals trail for three hours by
the blood on the ground but when they
came to the spot where the deer lay
three other men had taken possession
of it.
Local people who subscribed mon
ey to pay for the survey of the Con
necticut river with the idea Of deter
mining the feasibility of a dam are be-
to wonder when the bill for a
charter is to be introduced in the legis
lature. The time for introducing bills +
has passed but it is possible still to
get them in through the different com
mittees The local committee who
have the dam project in charge are +
for the report Of the surveyors .
before they draw the charter II is ey-
pected that this report will he received
the first of next week and the bill will
then be framed Immediately.