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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
oRcHARD FERTILGzERs.

A formula widely recommended
for the fertilization of fruit trees is
as follows 100 pounds OF raw
ground bone, 100 pounds OF acid
phosphate, 100 pounds of muriate OF
potash. This will give fertilizer
having approximately the following
composition Nitrogen l per cent.
total phosphoric acid 1921 per cent,
available phosphoric acid 7.3 per
cent. potash 1871 per cent. In case
this formula is to be changed, 1t is
arranged so the acid phosphate be
omitted, and the formula becomes
$50 pounds of raw bone. 100 pounds
of muriate of potash. This makes
little richer formula.
The fertilizer recommended by Dr.
Van Slyke for apple trees is as fol-
Lows Cottonseed meal, ground bone.
acid phosphate. muriate of potash.
all in equal parts. This makes fer
tihzer carrying rs per cent. of nitro
gen. 9.S total phosphoric acid, 6.S
available pnosphoric acid and 12.5
per cent of potash.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

Scaly legs will become smooth II
creased with equal parts of sulphur
and lard, well blended before apply.
ing, or one can use for this ailme1t
two-thirds of glycerine to one-third
carbolic acid
An enlarged crop may be rene.
died by compelling the fowl to fast
and giving soda in milk or water to
remove the acidity, and castor oil
as a laxative.
Have a place for everything in
your poultry house and everything in
its place.
Now is when your fowls need
pounded glass, crockery, gravel and
such things for grit.
Give your fowls a warm meal
mornings, which will keep them
warm and make them lay.
1t is a dead surety that no one
man or a class of men can monopo-
lie the poultry business.
One secret of success in the poul-
try business, is at all times to have
the pens and houses clean and dry.
Have straw or chaff on your poul-
try floors to keep the feet of the
birds warm and prevent them from
taking cold.
Cabbage, trlrnips, beans, potatoes,
almost any refuse vegetables boiled
up and mixed with meal make good
food for your fowls.
We love breeding Pekin Ducks.
Have you ever had any? We find
them good layers and soon you will
have a feather bed.
Give your fowls warm meal
cold mornings. A little cut clover
scalded and mixed with meal, makes
them splendid meal.
1t will save you money if you have
a clover cutter to cut few quarts
and scald it mornings and mix it
with the meal, also scalded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
A Study in Value.

In two hundred years (Which Is
the length of time that has now
elapsed since Franklin was born) his
gift of $4,000 on which the Franklin
Union Of Boston is founded, will have
rolled UP to about $40, 100000.
Where will all this have come
from? It is a puzzling old problem
the answer to which may seem sim
pie enough to those who put money
out at interest, but which Is some
thing of a mystery. Money is the
measure of value. Value, in the last
analysis, consists of things to eat.
and wear, and use. Had $4,000 worth
of these things, existing when Frank
lin died in 1870, actually increased
to $1,0O0,0O0 worth of them In 1890
or 1906? Had all the rest of the good
things that were in existence in 1870
fructified in the same proportion?
And if 100000 of Franklins money
in 1906 will be 100000 Of things
to eat and wear in 1905, what will
Mr. Rockefeller's $500, 100000 pile up
to in that year? To 100000. 900,
900 which is what the whole wealth OF
the United States now amounts to.
But at the same rate of increment
the present entire wealth of the
United States will have piled up by
2sO6, to $4,000, 900 .OoO, OOO-an i'm
possible figure.
The world itself would not hold
that amount Of wealth Money earns
money but it cannot earn more than
there is the equivalent of value for
New York Mail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
labor In Old Times.

Twelve hours in winter and four
teen in summer was a fair average
days work. But in Lyons in 1871
the printers worked from 2 o'clock
in the morning till 8 or 8 in the
evening. In other trades the work
ing hours were often from in the
morning till 9 at night or from 5
to 10. Workers in the same meter
generally lived together in the same
street. BIT the maitre-artisan had
his own maison. The ground floor
was his shop or workshop; above
was his bedroom. which was also the
sitting and eating room; small room
adjoining accommodated his children,
and above was a garnet where vari-
GUS commodities were stored.-From
Brisson's Work and Workers"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
ADVANTAGES OF THE wEEDER

For four years we have used a
two horse weeder on or farm with
good results. We find it Of very little
benefit in wet weather as the narrow
teeth scarcely make any impression
on very damp ground, but as soon
as the surface of the soil dries and
forms crust, the weeder gets in
it's most valuable work by breaking
this crust and pulverizing the soil
to the depth of one or two inches
forming a mulch to prevent evapora-
ton, at the same time killing all the
small weeds that invariably start
UP after each rain. We have never
found the weeder to be OF any Dene-
fit on a field where the weeds have
obtained a good foothold but since
two rows or more may be covered
by the implement at a time there is
no. necessity for weeds to get sucn
start unless the ground is kept too
wet to use the weeder, in which case
the cultivator should be used to put
the field in shape for using the weed
er. During the dry season OF 1871,
we had a good average yield of corn
and kaffir corn as the result OF using
the weeder until these crops were
too tall to be cultivated in this man
ner. AS there was no rain to disturb
the dust mulch after the crops were
laid by, the moisture below the sur
face was conserved to sucn degree
that fair yield of both grain and
fodder was obtained. The weeder IS
eminently a dry weather implement
and so far as my observation goes
there is no use trying to make any
thing else out of it, but during
droughty season it's advantages are
greatly underestimate in the prai-
RE sections. One may cultivate three
times the surface with the weeder
that can be done with a cultivator
but the ground should be gone over
more frequently il order to kill the
weeds as fast as they appear. II
this is not neglected too long the
weeder will be found one of the most
useful implements on the farm
G. B. Barrett in the Epitomist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

siderable force; she shavered, and
felt that she could not keep her hold
many minutes.
Yet she thought of the calf, and
looked back to see what had become
of it. The little thing was still
swimming strongly in the wake OF
the COW. Polly envied these wild
creatures their strength and endur-
ance and their lack of encumbering
dress.
Minute after minuta passed. Pol
ly's teeth chartered, and she felt
the deadly grip of cold creeping
through her body. Slowly the shore
line drew nearer. Polly made men,
tai calculation-the moose was swim
ming perhaps at the rate of three
miles an hour, and she knew the
lake and it's distances. She reckoned
that she had yet twenty-five or thirty
minutes to endure. And she felt
she could not do it-that her hands
must soon lose their hold.
She looked back, to see the sailboat
Just pulling out from the island. She
saw the wind catch it's single sail,
and then the boat disappeared, run
ming swiftly behind the timber-line.
Now Polly shut her eyes and chung,
exerting all her will-power to over
come the cold. For minute after
minute she chung with closed eyes,
feeling the numbing cold creep to her
very heart.
She was indeed beginning to grow
lethargic, and must very soon have
lost her hold, when she was brought
to open her eyes upon life by a sud
den lifting of the moose's body out
of the water.
Then she was shaken from her
perch, as hen shakes dust from it's
feathers, and snorting defiance, the
old moose, with the calf at her heels,
dashed away, taking the line of a
sunken reef, of which Polly had often
heard, but had never located in her
boating excursions.
Shaking like leaf and chilled to
the bone, Polly found herself stand,
ing knee-deep upon a gravel bar and
with the light waves rolling waist
high about her. She had just enough
strength and presence of mind left
to know that she must exert herself
Ito the utmost to keep off the cold.
$50 she stood threshing her arms
about her waist, with eyes and month
tightly closed, for many minutes
longer.
Then she was awakened by joyous
shout, and again looked upon the
world, this time to see the sailboat
scudding down toward her.
Five minutes later Polly was hauled
aboard the dory, and bundled into all
the wraps which the girls had taken
the precaution to fetch along. Ly'
ing on the bottom Of the boat, in
the warm sunshine, life came back
to her, and when at last the dory
cast anchor at Morrell's landing, she
was quite herself again.
It is needless to add that during
the exercises of that afternoon the
trees which the school board had pro-
vided were impressively planted by
the first graduating class of Chebaug-
waun.-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
Fumisatins Books.

Patrons of the Louisville, Ky,
Free library frequently get a touch
of fumigation free along with the
books. The librarian is instructed to
keep up with the contagious diseases
reported in the city. and wherever a
book is in a family where such dis
ease appears 1t must be fumigated
and aired well before being placed
on shelves. The germs are having a
hard time finding a hiding place
from the wide-awake doctors Of this
day and time.-Selma Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
snEr ANSWERS. ETC.

Johnny, you have been fighting
What did 1 tell you the last time
talked to you about it,"
"You said to remember that SOFT
answer turneth away wrath"
"Why didn't you remember that at
the right time?"
81 did, ma. 1 dropped the brick
I had and hit i'm with a bowl OF
mush. He got over it quick. You're
all right, ma."-Los Angeles Express.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
low THE TROUBLE BEGAN

Mrs. Lakefrunt-What's the cause
Of the estrangement between Mrs
Porkpack and Mrs. Beeftrust?
Mrs. Southsyde-Mrs- Beeftrust
said her husband gave a great deal
of money anonymously and Mrs.
Porkpack suggested that that might
account for the present prosperous
condition of the Treasury's conscience
fund.-Philadelphi Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
LIFE ELS LITTLE
SAMTRIE S
xac&A
SAA9

When first called on Bessie Gray
l took a seat
Three feet away
But soon I saw things growing clearer,
A little nearer.
Now Pm engaged to marry Bess,
How close we sit
I'll let you guess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
HIS TIME TO GUFFAW.

''Well, old 81 Perkins, the Teller
who wunst bought gold brick, mas
been the laughin stock of this coun-
try fer twenty years, but his turn mas
come at last"
"How's that?"
"He's about the only man In the
township that haint got a Hfe-ins1-
rance olicy."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
ONE ON HIM.

Redd-I understand it takes more
to keep that automobile of yours than
1t originally cost.
Green-That's right.
"Weu, 1 don't want anything that
takes more money to keep than II
does to get"
"Why? You've got wife, haven't
vou ?''-Yonkers Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
HE SOLD THE HAMMOCK.

Miss Peechie-I want hammock
that will not break down.
Polite Clerk-Can't guarantee any
of 'em, miss.
Miss Peechie-Why, that's strange.
Polite Clerk-Not at all. Wed do
it If you were a homely girl. but
Cleveland Leader.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
cInsE RMAS ONING.

did you notice that the dead mans
physician was riding in the first car
riage after the hearse?
Eyes; it's the first time ever saw
the cause follow the effect. Trans
lated for Tales from LIE Rive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
HE KNOWS IT ALE.

"Do you believe that one mind cs.n
absorb the sum total of human intel
iigence?"
"well, 1 dunno, I've got boy who
is senior in college, YOU know
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
THE EAyORITE DISH.

Ascum. Some of DIR everyday ex-
pressions puzzle me greatly. For IN
stance, what does "apple-pie order
mean, anyway?
Newitt-H'm! Sounds like bos'
tonian's breakfast. = Ph1iadelpnla
Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
A .DOTrRTING THOMAS.

She-Did you let father know you
owned a lot of house property!
He-I limited at it.
She-What did he say?
He-He said, Deeds speak louo-
er than words. "-Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
ANSWERED.

Mistress (severely)-How did It
happen that 1 saw a policeman with
you in the kitchen last night?
Maid suppose, madam, you mist
have looked through the keyhole.-
Translated for Tales from Strekoza.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

An ultimatum to the aeas of Iowa
is contained in a bill just passed by
the Assembly Of that State, ordering
that hereafter q dozen eggs must
weigh a pound and half. observes
the Hartford Couran..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
QUALITY.

"You have a fine piano." said the
musician.
eyes," answered Mr.. Cumrox. 1T
must be pretty we'll built or it couldn't
stand what is done to it. Washing
ton Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
IT'S REDEEMfNG QUALITY.

Mrs Simkins-How do you ike
your new boarding house?
Mr.. Jobkins-Oh, the rooms are
fair, the table is only tolerable-Dat
the gossip is xcellent.-Hotel Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
DEFINED.

Teacher-W What is the difference pc
tween lightning and electricity?
Bright P1pil-Lightning is free and
electricity costs money
from Tales from Monos.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
AFTER THE HONEYMOON

Young Wife-How do you like my
cooking? Don't you think I've begun
well?"
Husband-Um-yes. I've often
heard that well begun is half done.
Punch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
DIDN'T PAY.

Mary-They issued hundred and
fifty wedding invitations.
Jane-Did they get many valuable
presents.
Motley barely made expenses"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

Indiana's center of population IS
in Decatur county
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04
POULTRY NOTES.

A good preventative of gapes is a
small bit of asafoetida in the drink
ing water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

Indiana has 2s1. 400 acres covered
with lakes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-04

happen that 1 saw a policeman Win
you in the kitchen last night?
Maid suppose, madam, you mist
have looked through the keyhole.-
Translated for Tales from Strekoza.
IT'S REDEEM1NG QUALITY.
Mrs. Simkins-How do you like
your new boarding house?
Mr.. Jobldns the rooms are
fair, the table is only tolerable-bat
the gossip is excellent.-Hotel Life.
HE KNOWS IT ALE.
"Do you believe that one mind en-
absorb the sum total of human intel
iigence?"
"Well, 1 dunno, I've got a boy who
is senior in college, YOU know
cleveland Plain Dealer.
QUALITY.
"You have a fine piano." said the
musician.
eyes," answered Mr.. Cumrox. 1T
must be pretty we'll built or it couldn't
stand what is done to it. Washing
ton Star.
DEFINED.
Teacher-W What is the difference be-
tween lightning and electricity?
Bright Pupil-Lightning is free and
electricity costs money.-Translated
From, T,aIac from MOnOS
AFTER THE HONEYMOON.
Young Wife-How do you like my
cooking? Don't you think I've begun
well?"
Observation-Disclosures. I've often
heard that well begun is half done.
Punch.
A DOUBTING THOMAS.
She-Did you let father know you
owned a lot of house property?
He-I limited at it.
She-What did he say?
He-He said, Deeds speak LOUD
er than words. It'll
THE FAVOHIIE DlOl.
Ascum. Some of DIR everyday ex-
pressions puzzle me greatly. For IN
stance. what does "apple-pie order
mean, anyway?
Newitt-H'm! Sounds like a BIOS
tonian's breakfast. - Philadelphia
Press.
CLOSE REASONING.
did you notice that the dead mans
physician was riding in the nrst car
rage after the hearse?"
Eyes; it's the first time ever saw
the cause follow the effect. Trans
lated for Tales from LIE Rive.
HIS TIME TO GUFFAW.
"Wel, old 81 Perkins, the Teller
who wunst bought a gold brick, mas
been the laughin' stock of this coun-
try fer twenty years, but his turn has
come at last"
"How's that?"
"He's about the only man in the
township that haint got Hfe-ins1-
rance policy. Courier
Journal.
ONE ON HIM.
Redd-I understand it takes more
to keep that automobile of yours than
1t originally cost.
Green-That's right.
"Wel, don't want anything that
takes more money to keep than II
does to get"
"Why? You've got a wife, haven't
you ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
Mrs. What's the cause
of the estrangement between Mrs
Porkpack and Mrs. Beeftrust?
Mrs. Southsyde-Mrs- Beeftrust
said her husband gave great deal
of money anonymously and Mrs
Porkpack suggested that that might
account for the present prosperous
condition of the Treaslry's conscience
fund.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
HE SOLD THE HAMMOCK.
MISS GOCCuAC W~SAS -
that will not break down.
Polite Clerk-Can't guarantee any
of em. miss.
Miss Peechie-Why. that's strange.
Polite Clerk-Not at all. Wed do
it If you were homely girl. but
Cleveland Leader.
SOFT ANSWERS, ETC.
Johnny, you have been hghtrAg
What did I tell you the last time l
talked to you about it,"
''You said to remember that a SOFT
answer turneth away wrath"
"Why didn't you remember that at
the right time?"
II did, ma. I dropped the brick
had and hit i'm with a bowl OF
mush. He got over it quick. You're
all right, ma."-Los Angeles Express.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-02-23
N @. s

invalid members of the Shutln So
ciety are eligible for membership
in the Exchange maintained by the
Branch for the sale of their work.
Regular monthly meetings of the
Branch are held in Philadelphia on
the second Friday of each month,
from October to May inclusive,
when reports Of the different de-
partments of the work are received.
The Branch desires to know OF
any inyalids in Pennsylvania, Nir-
ginia and West Virginia, to whom
the Society can bring good cheer;
also any who wish to become As
sociate or Subscribing members OF
the Society. Copies IT the Open
Window and further information
in regard to the General Society.
may be obtained By writing to the
Chairman Of the Branch, Miss
Mary Parker Nicholson, 36lO
Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-02-23
The Pennsylvania Branch OF the
Shut-ln Society
stipatioh.

The Shut. In Society was organ
lied in New York City in 1878, for
the purpose Of bringing spiritual
comfort and good cheer, by the ex-
change of letters, by visits and 9TH
err tokens of remem brance, to those
"shut-in" by chronic illness from
the outside world.
The Society consists of Shut-la
members. Associate members and
Annual Subscribers. Annual fees
Shut-ins, fifty cents. Associates and
Subscribers, one dollar. The Open
Window, the Magazine of the So
ciety, is sent to all members on
payment of their fees.
The Pennsylvania Branch, or
eanized in 1902, has charge of the
work of the Society In PenhSViFal'
10. Virginia and West Virginia.
Membership, February tn 1906
PENNSYLVANIA, Shut ms, 300, AS
sociates, 2O6, Subscribers. S5,-5Sl
Virginia, Shut-lns, 80, Assoc'
ates, 2. Subscribers, l,-S3.
West Virginia, Shut ms, AZ. As
sociates. 0, Subscribers, l,-4S.
Total, 7l2.
Wonder bags, hot water bags
reading matter. birthday cards. etc
ere among the gifts of the Brancl
to it's Shut. In members. Whee
chairs, bed tables, bed rests, rock
ing chairs, etc, are loaned to chen
without cost. except freight. Al
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-02-23
HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure, + Cheney & Co,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have know
Fl Cheney for IS years, and believe
him perfe city honest in all business
transactions, and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by
his firm. Walding, Kinnan, Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall S Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price. 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatioh.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-02-23

that tree roots attain giant SIZE
when but partially buried in the
ground, and this fact is more clear
ly demonstrated at Panama rocks
than any other place. Standing IN
the dim depths Of one OF the fern
and moss-decked caves, one may
see winding and twisting down, 10
feet of rock, gnarled and twisted
roots of trees. resembling as they
do gigantic serpents. These I'M
mense roots. some coming from
trees only 20 or so feet in height,
draw their nourishment from va
grant levels Of earth found in the
crevices Of tile rock, yet in such UNI
sati, factory growing places attain
to lengths of 200 and sometimes 300
feet.
Some of the formation Of these
giant tree feelers are astounding.
the most attractive and unique of
all being that known rs he Eae. les
Claw. On the ,dgr uf II elf, ii
huge tree has grown, and from it
five roots, each the size of II man ;
thigh. have made their way down
the edge IF he cliff, keeping rel
alivr distance apart 1T about three
feet. Near the bottom vi The cllit
these roots found further progress
barred by boulder of oblong
shape and the size of IL small cot
tage. About that huge rock the
roots have slowly grown until to-
day the five great wooden taI"ns
grasp and ~serr6und it as doe. The
! eagle grasp and hold its prey.
Not far away still larger tree
has shot forth two talOns in a SINH
lar manner, these roots have not
only clasped and twined about but
have actually picked up a rock the
size Of IN ordinary hogshead, and
there the tree stands and fourishes
with great boulder, weighing
many tons, caught up and Rugged
in it's branches
Among the other special attract
ions amid The rocks are those
known as the Indian Fireplace and
Paradise Alley. The Ice cave,
where one finds snow and ice in
midsummer, attracts all visitors. A
huge rock known as the Tower Of
Babel looms mp as one 'nears the
rocks. One formation Of peculiar
interest to Pennsylvanians is that
rock known as the Keystone.
Lawrence T Berliner.