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Dcep or Shallow Soils.

Ordinarily it is desirable to have
deep soil, that the roots of plants may
strike deep. The latter is desldcra'
tum for the reason that a deep root
ing plant is less affected by the
thoughts than any others. We see
this in the case Of some trees, when
have tap roots and are seldom affect
ed by the dry weather. The shallow
soils are first to respond to drouth
and sometimes they are the slowest
to dry out, when the weather Is wet.
The deeper the soil and the more IL
is loosened up the greater the zone Oh
earth that will he subject to the op
erations of the bacteria that add nj
trogen to the soil. One way OF deep
ening a soil Is to pillow it as deep as
possible with common PloW ana
then put on crop OF deep rootlhs
legumes. There are some leguhies
that do not send their roots very deep,
such as COW peas, and there are
others that send their rotos to the
greatest possible depth into the soil,
such as the clovers and alfalfa. On
multitudes of farms a soil Will re-
main shallow whatever the crop I'M
less the land is drained. When this
Is done the drains should be as deep
as three feet. Then the frosts viii
work in deeper than they otherwise
will and the air will be present on the
displacement of the water. Subsoil
blowing is sometimes effective and
sometimes not, but it should not be
undertaken unless there is to be a
considerable benefit received from the
operation, as it is an expensive one.
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The Feet of the Cow.

There are few of our farmers that
follow the practice of feeding Stops to
the cows. as is the case in the towns
and cities where COWS have little pas
turage. Nevertheless many a our
COWS have access to weeds and G.:
hcrbage that taints the milk in ont
way or another. Some say the flavor
roes through the COW and others say
that it is blown to the milk on milk
ing But in whatever way it comes j.
is found in the milk at milking tim"
and later in the butter. The COW.
that have to depend on dry pasture
at this time of year are the one.
that are most apt to eat foul-smellns
weeds. If they have fresh co"nstalks
or other cut feed they will not tro"
BILE the weeds. But most of our farp'
cows are given no attention OF this
kind and simply have to make Their
living from the pastures the best the
may. Wild onions have an oil tina:
certainly passes through the COW into
the milk and the same is said To br
the case with wild garlic. If this is 50
regarding these two weeds that cows
eat, may it not be 20 with some of the
other weeds they eat, of which we
know less than of these two. T.
weedy taste in milk is very obnoxious
to some of the consumers Of ;IiIk. If
the farmer has not sheep enough to
keep the weeds out of the pasture 1t
will pay to attack them with sly he
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ColIectinu Old Doors.

Near Ponicfract lives "A banker who
has a museum of old doors. lhey arc
from old houses, castles. or abDcy3
that have some historic interest
ourc lately ne bid $1,000 in Paris for
a door through which, during the
French revolution, Marie Antoinette'
charlotte Corday, Danton and Robe
gui-rrc pas-cd to the guilloiinc. On
of his doors is said to have shut OF
Charles q from his Roundhead pur'
suorg and it bears marks OF a batter
iur--am. a collection Of ancioat
,,,,tl.,rcpcI.e is also one OF this gca-
tlcuan's possessions.
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WERE FRIENDS WITH OFF. -ERo.
Indians Of the Plains Treated 1"em
as Brothers.


The best friend the Indian ever
had was the old.timc regular army Of
deer" said 7. p. Montgomery, cat.
lie raiser of Miles City, Mont, "sna
Incidentally. the best friend the young
nub officer Just of West Point ever had
vas the old-timc Indian. ! have lived
n Montana. Nebraska and Idaho pra".
.ically all my lie. and ] saw and took
mart in many Of the Indian campaiga
Of twenty and thirty years ago. Dur
inc the Indian wars ] saw hundrc -
Of things 70 prove 20 me the bonds o.
friendship existing between the boz
officer and the willy old Indian. even
when the latter Was Oh the warpaih.
In tho summer Of 80. about tho
time Of Custer and the Little Big
Horn. ! was in Montana. The Chor-
rnuo Sioux were giving The sn'-l'l p
trouble. ard rW-0 troops of cavalry D. d
been sent after tlgm and Ho-a a.
CANNED Oh what is nos my OuI --sl.i.
Tho Old Office 81 that fiu. had H
laf-t Of srrrI-- out lieutenant -.'.
rh-,. or -four men on scouting nr-a t.
tons
aDur dlH Indian toll me ail.-u-a- Z
that Dc and a -a-rr nf his srn--- We
f- ffefrg oua afternoon uL-n --a.-
-a-.-r- and fH-t. rrlra-.= r'.r d..
r...rs-- r#- item. and 1.-. -tll --rl
,r sa-l- r-rrn Hf.-s fia -- Fans r'..
Hfr1. TT. -aa Indians 3D.
-.--r r-- Ta- I-aU r r
r------.--. Ia aft-
r.--.- ----. .H. rrag a.I.-a. OIL.
-J pass b s1-a--sd.
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Tho international Exposition

NV GNPSe's'S''
The international Live Stock Expo
sltiOn will be held at the Union Stock
yards from November 20 To December
Sd, The importance OF this eNposl'
tion 10 the live stock interests OF both
the United States and the Dominion
Of Canada can hardly be ovcres;imat'
ed. The writer has been told by Cana
dians that many Of the stock breed
ers on that side Of the line make more
ado Owe this show than do the Amer
leans themselves. This, II so, is so
because the Caaadians appreciate the
value OF education In the matters oil
live stoc.; raising, They realize that
the exposition is an instructor In the
matter OF breeding stock, as well as
OF feeding stock II makes II possible
for live stock raiscrs from all parts
Of the country and of the continent TO
meet each other and compare notes.
Not only this, but II shows The live
stock raised in the different sections
of the country and under different
modes of treatment. Next to the
Canadians, The people Of the North
west show perhaps the greatest inter
est In this event, for they realize that
live stock raising is to be the great
industry of their part of the country,
or, at least, d sort Of cornerstone OF
agriculture there. The cost OF attend
.ng the exposition is not great, and n
,yeek sDent in attendance on the show
is one of the best paying weeks that
a man can record in his summary of
he years work. The pulse of the
whole live stock industry is felt here,
and truths are impressed on the Wis
itor that he gets in no other way.
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nausrat Rread Not Widely Used.

From Rome the art of making lcav
aned bread was slowly introduce
among the northern nations, ana eva'
a: the present time, in upper No.
way and Sweden, in Finland, lcelan'
snd Siberia, fcrmcnted bread is bu,
seldom used except among the higher
classes. In many parts of Sweden rye
cakes as hard as wood are baked
twice a year and form the common
tread of the poorer classes. In Scot
land, up to recent period, barley
bannorks and oaten cakes We're the
ordinary bread of the people.
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Too Much Water,

The turning yellow of wheat is fire.
uuently caused by too much water in
tie soil. This same effect is some
times seen in house plants when the
owner has been too attentive to them
and has watered them too often. IN
the field of wheat or other crop this
condition may exist when the surfa"'
soil appears fairly dry. The presence
uf too much water rctards the r!pen-
Ing of the crop and frequently &c
-reascs its yield. 1t MAJ be that this
IS one of the chief causes why corn
IN low land is caught by the frost
'phCn corn on land only dozen feet
higher is not injured. II has been
assumed that il was a difference In
temperature, the cold air running into
.ho hollows, but it does not sect. like
Y that so few feet would make all the
Inference. But TIE low land fire.
iucntly has in it more water than is
GOOD for the crop and this rctarding
The maturing enables the frost TO find
the corn on the low land more imma-
ture than that on land a little higher.
The result is that the corn is injured
more because IL is immature than be
cause the temperature there is 50
much lower than on the land a little
higher This is a theory, and We do
not know that It can be proved By
facts
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Ieprosy in Africa.

Among the curses inflicted on Afri'
ca leprosy holds a prominent place,
everywhere that you go, whether in
English. French. German or Portu-
pucsc lands. If you enter Nigeria, you
find whole villages infected with it,
and no care or attention is given by
the natives to those afflicted. The
Camcrouns. Ashantce, the Congo. and
all lands adjoining these. have the dis
case.
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Future Sheen Supply.

The feeders of sheep are concerned
in the supply of that animal, especial
ly those that are engaged in the feed
ing of sheep for the final market. At
the present time the great source OF
supply is the western range. But can
that continue to supply the demand for
sheep to feed IN our feed lots in the
corn belt? The answer must be a
negative one. The ranges are now
producing all the sheep they re likely
to produce, but the cOrr belt is not
proGrring all the corn 1t is able to
prodL"e The improvements in corn
culture and in corn seed enormously
increase the volume of this kind oil
food that can be produced yearly and
we shall see greater improvements IL
the years to come. This corn must be
for long time yet used as the finish
ing food for stock including the sheep.
More sheep will he demanded in the
future both by the consumers and by
the finishers. II is evident that we
rust raise more sheep on the farms
east OF the Great Father of Waters.
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Eeviyinu Old Whalebone.

Old WhalebOne, which has become
bent and useless. should be soaked
in hot water, and then laid on table
70 dry. In this way it is straigtcned
ont and has a new life of usefulness
before II.
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Thr shrrn Psstnce.

The sheep pasture must 10 SOM
times given rest from sheep IN A.
count n the deposit ~ the or-7 r. i0
tas-thsl worms n FHrop. lu Some 1i1
PASTURES these eggs ere z1il ~
be spread By THE millions ibis is
particularly dau-e-0u- Errrul On Do
fed over lv young lambs. Tic ma'
Nat has more iran ole pasture WI.
End himself in an as~ar+aErr-E pI-.-
tfln On casr OF trouble VIII l-'H-'--.a
worms arising Hr ran flru riur.s
-farre Dis sheep rrn iruu orc T--
f---r o. TIE other. zuch q change "a
~ -arn--ar~ urrr-s fhs-s are sir-s
= tl.e urasancs g F1eh vlfr1s srlr-=
ne sheen
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Value Of lsUqhter.

~ We realized the power ~ good
-heer and the habit 81 laughter to 70
ard the progress nf age and 10 STAY
he hand which writes the wrinkles ~
care and anxiety on the face. We
should have discovered the iamea
fountain Of youth-fhe elixir d LIE.
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We In eraremg,hsr,s pres.

,iiss Muriei Arthur. who marri'l
Vi. lar Finlay - Tire scots Grry5.
sore q wedding dress. rOrnposed en-
fl-elv % priceless "a Brussels lacs.
which vas worn - ne Bridegroom I
r-e1t Ernndrofbar e. her OEn N---
cling sgs years ago.
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Must Have Been Frightful.

A missionary who had lived a long
time among the Kallirs tells how one
of them who was valiant warrior
and rich could not be called man
because he had never been able to Sc
cure n wife, being too ugly.
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n.n.au tor Mu,eulsr Fa,lau..

IN fyruic acid nr. Clement % ne
.,-nrh Academy Of Medicine claims
"a have frr,oycrcd a wonderful rem
o7v for murc1lar fatigue. lie con-
binps it with birarbOnate OF soda 10
cas-, 'te stomach from distress.
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Elrs, Bomb Outrage.

The first bomb outrage was COM
miitcd on Christmas eve. lsoo' ny
gaInt-Nej,nt. Who wished TO reno 9
Napoleon. then first consul In the IN
terest OF the Royalists. Napoleon %
caped. but among his escort and The
bysianders there were about 100 casu-
alties.
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U-r..naFIrg give rmIl1ynef.t 70
,t.r+ fru.frie ~ fLe population -
w.ra E ie ffs chief material uf.1.
a.. q ..rr sears cotton ha- been rn1ei
i. r,-.arr Tho arf is handed down
IRON farur O. family.
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cood In Fashions Changes.

Constant change Of fashion In dress
IS held by some medical authorities =
he advantageous to health, as 1t en-
surcs that one particular kind of gar
ment shall not be worn for any great
length of time.
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Industry is not the only thing re-
uuircd on the farm. II il were a
great many men that fail would sue
rrbd. Keeping eiernally ~ thing
does not ALWAYS bring success. On spite
u the tritc aging that il docs. In.
feIIirrut management &C. also required
and this kind 81 management often r..
luires a cord deal Of Information Co.
=rypral directions
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The fan ~ the year Be- The time g.
zrlect the rrrd corn. and uis hwia
~ stored iu place that viii lHsF
I-v and yet not eyapurafs ifH I1Dir.
-ure too nurh.
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Good seed 0nly can r-1Sr'.a r111
crops. no matter hou rieh 'iIr l-u-15
mas Do ~ lrE much rOgI rrl'-sa-lll
ma bs FlTnr.
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war~ r-s--s -rrn Duf hrra-ss tif
-rrE lar HHr- -arair lg rl'Hr'r. from
var fr seer
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NATHAN ssuusrT FOR 1855.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-19

Il should welcome my proaigaf
/ dearly, Of course And the sweet
mouth had grown wistful, but her EYED
seemed as il they had visions CT some
thing far away. -:
Would you kiss him, l wonder?'
ScSoolma'am blushed and laughed
like a young girl.
Yes. think should kiss him." sh@
said gently.
well, let's pretend I'm the prodigy
and you be the man who owned tho
fatted calves"
Seaton chuckled to himself feeling
q boy again.
Then he went for walk, returning
an hour later, to find school dismissed.
Margaret Radford. felt strangely
lonely when her little flock had run
off shouting down the 1ill, and the
sad little look came again into her
face.
AND then shadow fell across the
floor and she looked up. For a mo.
ment she did not speak; her eyes
grew round, and her breath came and
went in deep gasps between her part.
ed lips.
"The prodigal son has returned.
Margaret. Lord knows I have eaten
husks enough down under!"
you are thousand, thousand times
| welcome, Herbert Seaton!" And sho
began to sob.
He had not yet even touched her
hand, but had drawn nearer.
What did you tell little, bob Carey
! you would do when the prodigal re.
turEed?"
He spoke in tone of banter to 4iue
the deep feeling that moved him, but
J he held out his arms and his love flew
into them. and he rained kisses upon
| lip, cheek and brow.
MY love-my Lowell" was all he
could stammer ont, after a silence Of
twenty years.
And she, too. lay silent in his
strong arms, thinking many thoughts
THAT shaped themselves into a prayer
Of thankfu]ness.
Why did you ever leave me, dear
one?" she asked.
Your father told NE that you were
engaged to Haygarth, and he was
| richer than /. He even showed me
the house you were to live in when
you married"
And you believed him-you, Her.
| bert. my lost love? How could yo,l--
how could you? To go away without
| g word!''
! Her eyes had filled with tears again
and he took her once more te his
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-19

an laughed, for at first the man spoke
with the twang of foreigner.
WELL she said, the laugh still up
on her lips, there's Margaret who's
gone clean away, Margaret who bides
to Sa1combe, and the schule mistress
her what bides rew Peak schulz
So he made his way, to M-rgare.
RadfOrd who bided near the church
and finding the announcement that
apartments were to let, engaged a bed
room, and there was no grum bling
about her terms. for the Australian
had generosity all over him!
Then Herbert Seaton made lis way
up the steep path he had been told
led to the ''schu]ehouse'
In his day he remembered the loca
cobbler kept school and turned out
perhaps poor scholars, but good fisher
men, and he emphasized his remarks
with strap. Seaton felt it now. Be.
tween hedges twenty feet high, up the
steep red path he made his way, and
at the end stood the schoolhOuse, fac
ing the sea. He stood outside for
some, minutes, brushing perspiration
from his forehead.
Then he peered between the serried
ranks of fuchsia and myrtle that stoc /
on the broad window sill, and he saw
beautiful woman. of nearly his own
age, who had blue, gentle eyes, and a
gentle face, and an aureole of fair
hair, that in beams of sunlight looked
to him like halo.
Small man and woman kind. were
around her knees, from tiny tots 10
girls of 13, and she was talking and
teaching as only an angel upon earth
Or good woman, which is the
same thing-can talk and teach from
the Book of Books that lay upon her
lap.
And the Australian wanted to go in,
too, and kiss a pair Of lips that erst-
while were his to kiss, but he stopped
and listened, and the lump in his
throat choked him, for he was listen.
ing to the old:new story of the prodi-
gal son, and the narration seemed to
move the sweet saint, and the chill
dren. who had heard it. hundreds OF
times before, always found some
fresh questions to ask. 20.
Sweet" was the informal address
of one dark-eyed boy, who seemed "a
favorite, what would you do if your
son came back to you like this prodigy
son who ate husks?' =. 49,:
Sweet never had a son.. Sweet
has never been married." came from
an elder girl.
And: the heart Of the man bounded
within him. .::ff*.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-19
EZZNGZHC. ~ZzE ME|oO"

Tony was putting things to rights
in the fO'castle. while Frank, the ale
stuoent, and myself were on deck.
alert, he scanning the port and / the
starboard for any game which might
escape the eagle eye OF the gannett. >
"Steady!" shouts Arnie from alott.
''Steady!" repeats Capt. Tai. at the
wheel, and there a hundred yards
directly in front of us were two black
triangular fins, five feet apart. show
ing six inches above the water and
slowly moving in direction at right
angles to our course. For the next
two minutes, .'Starboard!' Port!
'Steady!" Keep off," etc., came in
rapid succession from aloft. as Arnie
gave Capt. Tai the necessary steering
Instructions to. follow the zig'ZaS
course of the swordfish and bring the
pulpit right over his back.
Will Hooper steadied himself; lean
ed forward over the pulpit, gripped
the pole with his brawny hands, pOis-
ed the harpoon two feet from the
water for an instant and then ''chug'
we HSdIu. anu Inc DIODZe udTL udu
gone clear through the swordfish, car
rying the rope with it and hung at
right angles six inches below its belly
The fish darted toward the ocean
depths like a flash of light. "Over-
board with the keg!" shouts Capt.
Tai, ard overheard we threw it. to-
gether with 800 feet of coiled rope,
and the Earl and Nettie sailed ON.
The fish Strengthened out the coiled
rope in few seconds and began tow
ing the keg.
Away it went over the surface of
the ocean, sometimes half submerged,
again disappearing entirely in wave
70 rob up on the other side suddenly
stopping and starting and changing
direction as the infuriated fish strug-
gled in the depths to free itself from
the dart.
After a time Tie keg became more
quiet and the Earl and Nettie, which
had been circling in the neighborhootl
sailed near to the keg, and Tony went
out tc it in rowboat to tend the
fish" He put the leg IN t*e boat, and
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-19

standing in the stern began hauling in
on the rope. coiling it in a tub, as it is
dangerous to have the coil in the bot
tom of the boat, Where the feet may
get tangled in it. The fish submittcl j
to be hauled up for time, but when
about 100 feet of rope had been coil.
ed it suddenly parted. The rope was
jerked from Tony's hands and the
coil went out with rush.
The Portuguese laid down on the
keg to keep it in the boat, and away
went boat. keg and Portuguese, the
square stern of the boat throwing ur
a spray which at times nearly hid II
from view. The fish was so exhaust
ed and the tow was so heavy that this
performance did not last long, so with
some minor struggles Tony finally
hauled the fish UP to the neighbor
! hood of the boat. When the fish saw
the boat it summoned it's remaining
strength and charged it. This slack.
ened the rope and Tony soon had him
alongside. Holding the rope with one
hand he drove a gaff just behind the
gilis; the water about the boat was
red with blood and the battle was
over. He passed a moose over the
two flukes of its tail, hauled it ur
to the stern of the boat, made the
moose fast to a thwart and was ready
for the Earl and Nettie.
We sailed by, caught the painter
Of Tony's boat, and with block-and'
tackle hoisted the fish on deck. We
caught altogether fourteen swordfish
that day. And as the sun sank down
| into the bosom of the ocean we sail
! ed homeward. The crew dressed the
fish on deck with knife axe and saw
When their heads, tails and fins We're
cut off, and they were all. ready fol
the MARKET the fourteen weighed
three thousand four hundred pounds
DR.. John H. Cirdner, NJ. D., in New
York Sunday World.
The Cook County herald., 1904-11-19
or
"@ "@%&22<GAz

A tall, thin man, deeply bronzed,
! tiny crOwsfeet showing athwart the
tan at the corners of his eyes, his fore
mead white when he pushed back his
soft felt hat, leaned over the rail of
small pleasure" steamer that made
short trips between Bar Harbor and
Jonesport twice and thrice week.
| His hand was brown and sinewy,
like himself, and the cigar he held he
dropped overheard as the tiny craft
came in sight of Sidbridge.
Good God"-and there seemed no
SAVIOR of irreverence as the man spoke
the words, and his keen gray eyes
We're moist-"not a speck of change
not a speck! No railway apparently,
no pier, no anything, after twenty
years! And I've come 10000 miles
to see you and | find you just as
left you!
"Eh-eh? It's my body that has
grown old, not my heart"
!, DO you get off here, sir?"
/ Eyes, purser, and look out for me
on your way back. What a quaint
. old place this seems to bel"
i s.. The purser laughed.
= They say of Sidbridge" ;nat; ~no one
ever dies there and no change has
taken place for fifty years or more"
"Ah, it's different on my side! 1'--l
from the other side of the world
Herbert Seaton walked the plank
the only passenger to alight, leaving
buns and babies behind him, and, car
rying his grip, he went up the main
street, looking keenly from hand to
hand.
The name on the few stores were
familiar to him. He nodded and gave
Good day." to an old lady summing her
self upon the doorstep, who returned
his greeting with no sign of recogni-
| ton.
Behind the coast guards cottage is
a small square. You enter it from the
main street by a narrow passage that
looks like a cul de sac, but it opens
out into tiny quadrangle, where tie
sound of the sea scarcely penetrates.
The hOuses-all of one pattern
are lime washed and tiled, with green
shutters, and the rust from the hinges
has stained them almost red in
patches.
And the man made his way toward
one with feet that Jagged. The green
shutters, the hall mark of respectcbiIl-
ty, hung awry. and their hinges we're
rusted. He turned to the next house
and knocked at the door.
At the house of his quest the front
door swung to and fro.
| "Can you tell me where Mrs. Hay
garth has moved to-"
II have never heard the name, sir"
"Did not Mrs. Haygarth-her, name
was Radford before her marriage
come here to live on her wedding
day."
"RadfOrd is a common name here