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growers, although a bad thing for the
general run Of farmers. It is during
such seasons that the expert shows
his superior knowledge OF conditions
nd when his science and skill prove
their worth. Ii is during avcrse sea.
sons when modern intensive culture
makes the highest showing. for while
other crops are producing only half
the average yield. the farmer who un.
derstandS his business well aud prac
ticCs the latest methods is making
his crop yield third of half more
With prices ruling high. this extra
yield means for him all profit. In full
seasons. when prices are depressed 10y
the abundance of yield. he may not
get enough for his crop to pay for the
actual work So it is that during poor
seasons We find the best growers max.
ing less complaint. and sometimes &c.
tually rejoicing.
full crop of potatoes. when prices
are lfiGh. as they have been this year
VIII net higher profits per acre than
any other crop that we can grow, and
even three-quarters crop should yield
"a HANiAA NuAANlAnA ~ pay blE NuHpS.
Therefore we find plenty of growers
not at all discouraged over the past
seasons results. On the contrary they
are more convinced than ever that
there is money in potatoes. but more
especially in intensive, modern culture
One such season in the past is enough
to convince many of this. A high yield
of excellent market potatoes can be
accomplished only through intensive
culture I'm good seasons; but when the
weather. seed and insects are al
against the crop, one is particularly
thankful that nothing has been left un
done to get the best from the soil. In.
telligent culture pays at any time. but
in poor seasons II pays better thar
any time. In fact, it is the only cul
ture that pays at all during such sea.
sons.-C. L. Maganus, in American
Cultivator.
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Visitors to the mausoleum of Leland
Stanford i'm California Will remember
the inscription.
ICELAND STANFORD
Born I'm Mortality
March g. 1924;
Passed to- Immortality
June ~, 1S93.'
"Uncle John is a man who drives
tourists to see the famous Stanford
tomb. One day when he was driving
"a lady ont TO the tomb me CHANGED TO
remark that ne and Leland Stanford
were both born I'm Albany. New York
When the tomb was reached the
tourist glanced mt the Inscription on
the tomb, and I'm q "now-Ivc- caught
you tone said:
why, you said that you and Mr..
Stanford were both born I'm Albany.
and 1T says there as plain as day that
he was born in neutrality-suspicious.
colts Magazine -.----... .-ass.. Ia
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How to Be a Good Fnrmsr.

There are thousands Of farmers all
over the country who if asked why
they are living in the country. will
say that they don't know enough to
do anything else. In my opinion the
farmer TO enjoy his work and be able
to accomplish anything Of importance.
must be as well educated as any other
class of people. He should not only be
familiar with scientific works. but he
must not neglect higher mathematics.
and should be familiar with animals
and insects, know about the growth of
plants. formation OF soils. etc. He will
then be better able to solve the many
complex problems which confront ev-
cry farmer in this day and age
Many think that the farmers life is
an unenviable one, that ne is tied down
at home scarcely having time to eat
his meals, while the truth Of the mat
ter Is, the farmer can be the most in
dependent man on earth If he chooses
True, he must rise early. work late
and continuously for a while i'm the
spring, but after two or three months
the hardest Of his work is done. and
he can take IL comparatively easy dur
ing the remainder of the season.
One Of the greatest essentials to pros.
perity and enjoyment Of life is per
feet health The best opportunities for
this are offered on the farm unless
too much work Is attempted. Exposure
during bad weather must De avoided
as much as possible. While stock
farmers especially must be out in all
Kinds of weather, good food ana proper
clothing viii go a long way towards
counternct'ng any bad effects. The
orchard, garden and poultry yard
makes it possible for the farmer TO
have the very best TO live upon. While
men In other professions may make
money faster very few calIings afford
more pleasure and more substantial
returns. 1t is now possible to have
daily papers periodicals of an kinds.
so that the dwellcr in the country
need not be ignorant-Harry Courtb.
waite. in American Agr'culturist
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YANKEE FRENCH FURNITURE.
Household Goods Bought I'm Paris Turi
Out to BE Made by Michigan Factory.

household Goods Bought In Paris Turn
Out to BE Made by n Michigan Factory.
There is one woman i'm Michigan
who will never spend any more money
in Paris" said Il travelling man who
had been :. guest i'm the house of which
the woman is mistress. says the Ban
gor News. "She and her good husband
are entitled to the best earth can pro-
duce. They have labored together and
had variety OF experiences in their
forty years of married life.
Less than a year ago they thought
they had reached the long desired but
usually receding time which men and
women hope to reach when they can sit
down and take their ease. SO they
went journeying beyond the sea.
when they got to Paris the good
wife began lamenting. The splendor
of the shops along the boulevards burst
upon her vision like an unexpected
dream of beauty. Why had they not
visited Paris long ago?
Now her crochet was furniture. and
YOU know that Frencth furniture sim
ply makes a woman stand stiff. This
good woman talked about the furniture
she saw until her fine old husband told
her to go and order what she wanted
and they would have it to enjoy in
the evening of their lives.
when they got home they told their
neighbors. and the town paper printed
pieces about the Partisan purchase and
the whole village was standing tiptoe
awaiting the coming importation. Only
ten years before they had refurnished
Grand Rapids. All this had to be sac
rificed. Some of 1t was sold and some
of it was parcelled out as gifts. Fin
ally the French outfit reached its des-
tination.
Il was in town while it was being
set up. AS an old friend was in
vited to see the imported goods and
eat dinner
"One of the articles was handsome
dresser. My friends were not content
with having me look at the article,
but l must inspect 1t. SO far as my
friends are concerned. l shall always
regret that 1 consented, but the in
spection also caused me to think better
of my mechanical friends in this coun-
try, for l made the discovery by n
trade mark on the bottom of one Of
the drawers that the furniture had
been turned out in Grand Rapids,
shipped to France and there sold as
Partisan handicraft
AS an American 1 laughed from
my cuff buttons up to my shoulder
But as Michigan is pretty big State,
and lots of people go abroad and buy
on the other side, have no hesitation
in telling the story l quite agree with
my host, who said: Between the cute
ness of those chaps in Grand Rapids,
and the glibness of n Paris dealer
the middleman is sure to go up against
IL"
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the scion is the same size of the stock
this may take place on both edges.
but If IL is smaller than the stock. con.
tact can only be made on one side
After pressing as firmly as possible.
the union IS made more complete by
tying the parts together with rafia
fiber soft Irvine or waxed thread. as
at Fig. i. The success of this work
depends upon how carefully the cut
has been made. how much of the
cambium layers come i'm contact. and
how firmly the parts are bound to-
gether.
After the gratis have been madc
they are 10 be packed i'm moist sand
or light soil and kept in one position
until taken out for planting in spring
very good way Of packing is to take
soap box or other box of the right
size ana place it on one end. Fig. O..
Then put In layer of CRAFTS and cover
with SOIL pressing it firmly about the
gratis putting i'm layers Of sand and
gravel, Fig ., b. until all are I'm or the
box Is filled The box should he kept
inn a cool. moist place as nearly frcez.
ing as possible yet not actually frozen,
until spring
AS early as the land viii work up
fine and mellow. the CRAFTS should Doc
planted iu the nursery rows about fv0
inches apart and ln rows four TO five
feet from each other AS the CRAFTS
are taken from the box they should
DE put into "a pail of water that they
may not Doc exposed 90 drying. and
planted with a spade or dibblcr. taking
care not To- start the union of Tho
scion and root During the first year
i'm the nursery little care is needed but
TO keep the land well cultivated. and
allowing only ono shoot TO- grow Pro.
fessor S r. Maynard in American
Agriculturist ....t..
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amiable girls who loved to give pleas
ure without being coaXed. She didn't
require any notes, and as she played
wye wandered about the big room or
sat still to enjoy the effect l noticed
that some of the girls couldn't resist
picking up the ring. They were all en-
vious of it, and If I'm not mistaken
Humphreys stood for quite n while
near the piano. AT any rate IT was
during the music that l got my only
chance to whisper TO COrinne Forgeron.
That's what makes me think Hum
phreys must have been by the piano.
When Edith got through playing
and looked for hen ring it was gone!
She laughed at fist and called on us
to quit joking hut when we had
lighted all the lights and crawled all
over the floor and lifted everything
movable, poor Edith began to pout
and, well. you can imagine how we felt
No servant had entered the room. The
top of the piano was closed, il was an
upright one, and we moved the instru.
ment four times in the vain search
The men looked sheepishly at one an.
other. The girls looked mystided and
scared. Only Humphreys Kept ND his
front Nobody wanted to go first. and
everybody knew it was time to 20. l..
for one. was convinced that there was
a thief in the company, ana naturally
/ suspected it was Edith's fancc. whom
l hated cordially. Finally, I'm a burst
Of long suppressed anger. ] suggested
81 80, a..
and search one another That made
the girls angry and Edith began TO
cry. AT last we all retired. feeling like
lot Of whipped ours. all but Hum.
phreys. He had the impudence TO keen
reassuring us, said that no doubt the
ring would turn up. and so forth. till
felt like choking him. Then he said
something 10 poor Edith about her
'carelessness,' and, upon my word. If
Fannie Ziegler wasn't hanging to my
arm Ia have smashed him one then
and there
But we all went home then. and. 20
tell the truth, / thought perhaps Hum.
phreys was sufficiently punished when
] heard about a week later that he and
Edith had quarreled and that the
match was broken on. Oh. YES. /
tried tentatively 20 sec her. but she
never saw any one after that. Corinno
Forgeron went home to New Orleans
and / went back to West Point. Poor
Edith's wedding never came off. but
I'm sure she's happier than ~ she had
married Humphreys Any way She
wasted away and I-but that's another
story
" hadn't been down here at Fort
Bliss two months when / got am invita-.
ton To- tho wedding Of Corlnnc Forgcr
on t0 Herbert Humphreys i couldn't
/ goo to it and wouldn't If 7 could but ]
was summoned just then To- Washing
ton. and Just for mcanness-for
hated them hoth-I dropped on at New
Orleans and called at the Forgcror
mansion to- SOC the tawuy creole.
/ didn't stay five minutes.
"She put ont her big white hand to-
/ ward mine but before ] touched it
saw the ring n may DE case OF
'IIoni SOFT qui NAL y pcnse. but. fcI
/ lows. if DO WASH poor Edith's ring I'm
% liar or am imboc.lc."- John "a Raj
! terry, in Che Chicago Record Herald.
I
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Don't consider yourself the axle or
The world. You are only n spoke.
Don't waste emotion Excessive
feeling disturbs the brain. weakens the
heart and ages the body.
Don't confuse faulthndiug with crit
icism. One has It's root fla captiousucss
the other jim Kindness.
Don't be supcrstitious. Rc9son ont
causes rather than dwell upon effects.
Don't be pharisaical BE honest. vir.
tuous. obliging and wise. but don't
preach.
Don't Doc ashamed of your parents
Ihey may be illiteratc and dun. but
they gave you chance to- become
what you Philadelphia Record.
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Our BUDcE4
OF HUMoR.
Embarrnssinc emit.

My darling" he said, then she dropped
her eyes
And blushed with her eyes on the car
pet
He picked them up with an air of surprise
If lost you would surely remark it.
She quickly looked up, then her brigh face
Tell
With a sickening thud on the floor
She mended it neatly and no one could tell
1t had ever been broken before
Judge.
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Europe Was Fortunate

The countries OF Europe were for
tunate in having system of roads es-
tablished long before the invention of
the steam railway. In the United
states the rapid extension of RAILWAYS
mas caused the roads to be neglected.
GOOD roads are essential to the pros.
perity of rural districts. as they nro.
mote local commerce ana tend to make
'he people better acquainted with one
another.-Thomas w. Knox, New YorI;
City.
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The high prices of potatoes this
year have caused importers to bring
stock from Europe in the largest quau.
titles ever known Every owner of
potatoes has had a chance to sell his
products for good prices and nothing
but the small yield last year cast "a
shadow upon the industry. But even
with the losscuiug OF the general crop
there was considerable profit for the
average grower and some more for.
tunate than others i'm their yield real.
lied greater returns per acre than
ina ordinary seasons. Small crops often
prove q blessing to the few expert
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Moan New nnnnrtnni,iO.

"ood roads mean new opportunities
winch VIII broaden ana sweeten life.
Ihey mean education, and Just as ig-
norance is the root of falsity and disor.
DER SO education means knowledge ana
love OF law and order the nations
Only hope for ;he adjustment of crime.
Clara Louise Burnham.
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Edith ia have gone after that cousin.
Her name was Coriuuc Torger1u. %
blonde creole with purple oycs and %
fOrml Oh. say! I've seen hcr only once
since then. but 60 was too late. I'm al-
ways too late on the wOoiue business.
hut wait That comes in the story.
too. We were ut The theatre. weren't
we2 Wei. J noticed This squirt Hum.
phreys Ediths nluco. seemed to make
better Roadway With Che creole god
dcss than any of us. ] was dying to-
'whclm my woe that's 600 @ poem j
was dead anxious to get next to her.
but so help me- that internal puppy
had way with him that distauced u.s.
nll and I began TO wonder what Edith
Thought of the sudden Irritation that
made an us men SO weary. Maybe the
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A Good Suggestion

The Legislature Of each state should
pass law for the establishment and
maintenance of good roads. Let the
Dicyclist of town or city unite with the
farmer in agitatlng the matter ana n
millennium Of good roads will speedily
Tesult.-Mrs. r. II. Woodward. Fort
Wadsworth n. y
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a SLIM ut Trndiiinn

DorOthy-"What did you and your
mother-in-law fall out about, Kitty?"
Kitty-"Oh. she never liked me after
she heard me say that no husband of
mine should wear homemade shirts"
Detroit Free Press.
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cord, with a loop in each end, is fas-
tened above the COW at a. and the other
end slipped around her tail as shown.
When she lies down this will keep her
tail out Of the gutter and filth. When
about to milk, hang the cord over a
beam or a hook at b, which will pull
the tail above harms way.-Orange
Judd Farmer. ..-...-
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USES.

All, from the niggard tree OF time
How quickly fall the hoursl
IL needs no touch of wind or rime
To loose such facile flowers.
Drift of the dead years harvesting.
They clog to-morrow's way.
Het serve to shelter growths OF spring
Beneath their warm decay.
UT, blent by pious hands with rare
Sweet savors of content.
Surprise the souls December air
With June's forgotten scent
Edith Wharton, in Scribner's Magazine
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On the Ties.

Willy-"Pa, is acting a trade or n
professionT'
Papa-"Sometimes. my son. it's pro-
fesslon, but usually it's a walk in life.'S
Catholic Standard and Times.
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Too AIncll For Tim .

Miss Castique-"Whats the matter.
Mr.. Strutter? You look agitated'
Strutter-"Yes. / really am. This
book says that insanity and genius are
the same thing"
Miss C.-"Why, I should think you
would find that rather gratifying
"own and Country.
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.em-"So? Mhnt is II ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Mr.. Perfume-'I thought when you
sold me this automobile you guaran-
teed it to be first-claSs hill-climber?"
Dcaler-"U
Mr.. Perfume-"Well the only thing
it has shown any tendency to climb
has been telegraph po!es"-Puck.
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Van Jay-"The bridegroom was to
meet the bride at the church"
Hortense-"But what did the bride
do when the bridegroom did not put in
an appearance"
Van Jay-"She left the church with
out any ceremony. Town and Coun-
Try.
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PhiIosophic.

you seem very cheerful in the face
of defeat said one citizen Of a South
American republic.
"Oh. yes" replied the other 1.-THE
governing power is sure to be deposed
sooner or later, and my turn is sure to
come. So am enjoying myself on the
theory that anticipation is better than
realization. Washington Star
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How 1t Was Done.

I'll match YOU" said the sporty girl,
ito see whether I'll accept you or not"
Alas" replied the foxy sutton,
you're more than n match for me-"
Thus, by his compliment, he won
her.-Chicago Post.
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Correction.

II hope that l will soon know the
ropes in this game of politics" said the
young man.
you don't mean ropes" said Sena-
tor Sorghum gently; you mean wires"
Washington Star.
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BY all means let us have good roo1s
TOT the farmer. for the merchant. for
the wheelmen, for the pedestrians. for
everybody. Ellen +. Pratt. Editor
Health and Dress. Iowa CITY. Iowa
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Markets exist i'm the small towns. as
well us in large cities. Farmers ship
their produce to cities when their near
est towns may be buying from the
cities in order to supply the home de
mand.
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Not Very Encouraging

Cholly-"Flora told me last =.
reminded her of Napoleon What do
you suppose she meant?'
Jack-"That you are n dead one,
probably. chelsea (Mass.) Gazette.
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Not UsuaIiy Tbat wav.

a very small girl out ON the East
Side was given her first plate of raw
oysters at supper the other night. She
swallowed one and then pushed the
plate away from her with an express
sion of disgust
What's the matter. Katy2o asked
her mother Don't you like your oys-
terst'
no. me don't answered Katy with
q grimacc Him was too fresh w.
Memphis Scimitar.
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Sincerity.

Clerk-'I would like to get off carly,
sir, as my wife wants mo to do some
odd jobs around the house while it is
light enough"
Manager-"Can't possibly do it,"
Clerii-"Thanl you, sir. You are very
kind. Puck
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A Clonn Cow Tall.

The simple device here Illustrated
can be used in nearly every COW sta
bic to keep the tails clean. and pre-
vent the cows from switching during
milking in fly time. 4 piece of heavy
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A Agricultural
The siio.

The round silo is preferable to the
square one. And two smaller ones
are better than one large one when the
ensilagc is needed for summer feed
inS. \ less quantity is exposed.
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WANTED r Fair Understanding

He-"Do you like solitaire?"
Shells this Il proposition referring
to cards or rings "'-Yonkers States
man.
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AMonr.Eeit 1rnnt.

Written" Brainem has Just patented
nm invention that is destined to make
a fortune"
Pastem-"So? What is it?"
Writcm-"An ink bottle that sounds
an alarm at the approach of mucilage
brush. Chicago News.
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Booksellers who supply English
schools report that there has been in
recent years a very great increase I'm
the demand for German school books.
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The Greek Island of Zante has oil
fields which were known 20 Herodotus
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It isn't always the clock with the
loudest tick that keeps the best time.
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4 Temperance Lesson.

There. children. is an example of
what the cheese habit will bring you
tor'-New York World
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-02-01
BORROWED CHURCH CHoTRs.
Requests for Loans OF Boy singers
Frequent in the Holiday
season.

81 suppose you don't know" said
a choir master, according to the New
ork Sun, "how glad ] am, In one
way, that Christmas IS past. ] don't
know why IL should be so. but every
year we are called upon by people
TO lend them few OF our vested
choir TO sing in halls whore there arc
Christmas trees, or In houses where
there are elaborate Christmas exer-
cises.
"Of course. IL would be very sico
IL we could respond But the music
in our churches for Christmas is
usually quite elaborate and tho work
Is harder than usual.
"In my choir. for example, we be-
gin, the rehearsal Of this music TWO
or three weeks ia advance of the
Christmas service, and then there are
extra services My own vested choir
Is worked 10 its utmost. and some
OF my boys are tired out long before
the season Is half over.
'And yet people come from yari-
Gus quarters asking me Co lend them
a few boys TO sing for special occa-
sions. / know they don't stop TO
think or they wouldn't do IT,"