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FOOD TALK
Selection Of Food One of the Most I'm.
portant Acts in Life.

A Mass. doctor says: Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal con-
troll that the proper selection of food
should be, and is one of the most i'm
portant acts in life.
ION this subject, / may say that I
know Of no food equal In digestibility,
and more powerful In point Of nutri.
ment, than the modern Grape-Nuts,
four heaping teaspoons of which Is sui.
icient for the cereal part of a meal.
and experience demonstrates that the
user Is perfectly nourished from one
meal to another.
II am convinced that the extensive
and general use of high class foods Of
this character would increase the term
of human life. add to the sum total Of
happiness and very considerably i'm
prove society In general. am free to
mention the food. for I personally
know of its value"
Grape-Nuts food can be used by
babes in arms, or adults. 1t is ready
cooked, can be served instantly,
either cold with cream, or with hot
water or hot milk poured over. ALI
sorts of buildings and fancy dishes can
be made with Grape-Nuts. The food
is concentrated and very economical,
for four heaping teaspoons are sum-
Client for the cereal part Of a meal.
Read the little book. The Road to
wellville." In pkgs. There's . Res
SON."
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FILING CASE FOR SOCKS.
Swagger Dressers Make Their Wallets
Keep a Record.

Keep a Record.
"The filing case for your, collar
and your cravat is about the latest We
have put out" said a haberdasher.
Eyes, when you get twenty-five OF
thirty cravats OF different species and
four or five dozen collars of different
styles and names you naturally want
to put your hand on them in a second
for nine times out of ten you're in 9
hurry when dressing.
The Wallets OF some men Of fashion
have their file cards giving the name
size and description of collar and era.
vat. These cards have to be attended
to by the mans secretary right along
according to the memoranda given
him by the valet.
The card tells where to get the
particular collar or cravat in it's par
ticular compartment Of the drawer
files. When collars are Numbered OF
new ones purchased these must be
labeled and located Immediately.
Some 'dashers' who run to a great
rainbow variety of socks, also have
them i%nventoried and card and draw,
err fled"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-06-27

when I was over to your house. Now
the idea Of my putin you to all that
trouble. Mis- Dennyman! And / so
seldom mislay anything, either!"
MISUNDERSTANDING" said Mrs.
Dennyman, i~ncredulity struggling
with a certain pathetic eagerness in
her worn face.
Eyes," Miss Selma assented, cheer.
fully. II carry 1t in my pocket, you
know, for the rheumatism. They say
it's good. l do knows there's any.
thing in it, but it don't do any harm,
and l kinder fancy l do feel better"
"You don't think" Mrs. Dennyman
tried to control the almost solemn
agitation of her voice-'it don't seem
to you it's foolish, or wicked, or any.
thing?"
wicked? Well, now!" laughed
Miss Selma, Il should think not! I
guess the Lord made horse-chestnuts
as much as He did folks. AS for its
bein' foolish, l don't know-nor I
don't care. It's more the believin' in
things than It's the things themselves
that does you good half the time;
even the doctors would say as much,
l believe. And If | think my horse
chestnut helps Newell, I amt
ashamed of it, anyway. If 1t don't do
me any good, it won't do anybody
else any harm. And l believe In hui.
NORM your fancies a little once in a
while, don't youG"
The old lady's face had relaxed I'm.
til her lips quivered gently. She
looked hard at Miss Selma, who re.
turned her gaze with the most smiling
good-humor.
You're a good woman, Miss Selma"
she said, at length, with a soft sigh
of spent resolution. 81 guess you
know what's right. And-I'm glad |
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In Need Of Piiot.

Practicing before the federal courts
for the southern district of New York
are two classes Of attorneys who busy
themselves respectively with bank
ruptcy and admiralty, two widely
divergent branches Of the law.
A noted admiralty practitioner ap-
peared before Judge Hough to argue
a motion for the discharge of q bank.
rupt.
1T seems strange" said the Judge.
ito Q q maritime lawyer represent
ing a bankrupt"
mot at ALL" replied the witty advo-
cate; III your honor will glance over
the record In this case you will find
that 50 far as his finances are con
cerned my client IL entirely ut sea-
Harper's Weekly.
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found your horse-chestnut! I hope
your rheumatism'll be better soon.
Goodbye"
Miss Selma put the horse-chestnut
back in her pocket when her visitor
had gone
81 may as well get the good out Of
it, il there Is any!" she observed to
herself. And practice up to my
~preachin'. A horse-chestnut amt
much to look at, but it's bein' so small
don't stand in the way Of its bein' a
peacemaker, as far as | can see, and
Blessed are SO 1t had ought to do
me all the more good. l do feel bet.
ter since had 1t, and that's a fact.
So it can stay there now for a SPELL"
At nine o'clock the next morning
Mr.. and Mrs, Dennyman came out on
the porch together. 1t was a mild,
bright day, and they stood looking
out at the sunshine and the yellow
leaves that floated softly down through
the still air. Mrs. Dennyman broke
the spray of honeysuckle that bloomed
Just above her head, and put it in her
husbands coat. her old fingers fumb-
ling uncertainty for the ~buttonhole.
When he turned away and went down
the street she watched him until his
white head was out of sight. Then
she went in and shut the door.
Miss Selma leaned back and took
up her sewing.
you see," she observed, gently but
impressively, 10 Josey, whose inquisi-
tive eyes were fastened upon the win
dow, you see there is nothing wrong
over there, after all. Never, Josey,
never be curious about your neigh
bors' concerns. You mind your own
business, and let them mind theirs
that's the best way, always"
"Yes'm," said Josey.
And the admonition lay no more
lightly in the untroubled shadows OF
her young conscience than did the
horse-chestnut In the peaceful depths
Of Miss Sellna's pocket.
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REALLY WAS MEAN.
But His Test Of Girls Love Was sue
cessfui.
Ito Be c~ontinued.)

But His Test Of Girls Love Was Sue
cessfui.
II couldn't feel sure" said he to his
chum, that she really cared for me, SO
| wrote myself this telegram: VIII
you go as an accountant for the firm In
China at salary Of $50 per week? Start
Thursday. Answer at once I sign.
ed the name Of a fictitious firm, and
showed her the telegram as soon as l
got to her home that night.
What do you think about it?' she
asked. -
az don't know what to think said
I.
"She unused a little while.
do you want 10 go?' she asked
me.
"If 1t wasn't for you I'd want to 60
Then she said in a faint voice:
do whatever you think best
It'd go II 1t wasn't for YOU I re-
piled.
"She sat still. looking at the fire.
Then Of a sudden she began to cry.
20 don't got she walled Don't 90
and leave me all alone. What would
do-what would I do without you?
$50 I told her I wouldn't go. 1t Is a
grand thing to have a girl to r for
you so much as that. I know that
this girl loves me truly"
IF I had been the GIRL" said the
young listener. Il should have said:
Accept the offer and werl be married
at ono and start for China together
The young man grinned. by Jove
I hadn't thought Of that" he admitted
Wouldn't I have been In a hx, though,
II she had said thasf"-London Tit
Dits-
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Guilty Of Something.

Sergt. Day was as regimental as q
buttonstick. "Shun!" he cried to his
squad. Quick march. Left wheel!
Halt! Take Murphy's name for talA
ing in the ranks"
But he wasn't talking" protested
a corporal who was standing near.
Wasn't he?" roared Sergt. Day
Don't matter, then. Cross it out, and
put him in the guard room for de
ceiving mel"
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
VISITING THE SICK.

One afternoon, not many days ago,
I was ushered into sick room that
was crowded with friends and neigh
bors. The patient was lying near a
darkened window through which
shone just enough light to enable me
to see that the strain Of this band Of
visitors was fast wearing out her fee
bic strength
On a nearby table, along with a
number of medicine bottles, were to
be seen almost every kind and va
riety of food which these kind friends
had brought to tempt her impaired
appetite. Even to a person In good
health the sight of so much was re-
pulsive, and to the sick it was any
thing but tempting. These persons
had come on visit, and were spend
ing the day right in the sick chamber
with no thought of the distress and
harm they were causing the patient.
The woman in charge of the house
Eold duties was oyertaxed with the
extra work being crowded upon her
by these sympathetic friends. but no
thought was given her either. or OF
any disturbance they were creating
throughout the entire house.
Al short call without the prevailing
CIRCUS desire to see the sick one
is sufTicient and will be more truly
appreciated by the household and
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Good Sheep Good Property.

The Farm Stock Journal says that
the sheep of the past were kept chiefly
for wool, which sharply fiuctuates, but
in recent years there has developed a
worldwide demand for mutton This
demand is increasing 1t will continue
to increase as meat consumers better
understand the excellent qualities of
mutton. This insures for the sheep
keeper, two stable market products
from his fiock-wool and mutton.
Sheep keeping comes nearer being a
safe and surely profitable industry than
ever before. Yet, it must be remem-
bered that the scrub sheep with her
scanty, uneven fleece, and runty lambs,
vies successfully with the scrub COW
in leading her owner to the gates of
bankruptcy. 1t is the full and half
breed sheep and lambs that top the
markets, the full and half-breed f1eeces
that lead the wool market quotations.
They are yielding handsome divi-
dends, and in times of depression, will
enable their owners to keep clear of
the rocks of disaster. 1t pays to
breed the best, whether it be sheep,
swine, cattle or horses.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Farm Notes.

Good stock will find quicker sales at
price.
All profitableness begins and ends in
the excellence or low grade of the
sheep.
Mutton sheep give the best returns,
if fed for that purpose while they are
young.
Sheep should never have more grain
given them at time than they will eat
up clean In a few minutes.
The sheep business will be on the
safest basis when the fleece and car
cass are both well developed and val
liable.
No animal will deteriorate so rapidly
from neglect or show SO marked an
improvement for good keep as we'll
bred sheep
Not all colds develop into roup, but
colds are apt to wind up" with roup
troubles if there is taint of constitu-
tional roup in the flock.
How can one expect good and profit
able results from an industry in which
he spends neither time nor energy?
Poultry keeping is an industry.
For some reason ducks are not very
popular as fowl to raise, although
they are free from disease, and easily
bred and easily raised, if they receive
good attention.
The Babcock test registers the
amount of butter fat, which is not
the same as the amount Of butter, be-
cause butter contains from IL to Is
percent of water besides butter fat.
Add about IL percent to the Babcock
indication in reckoning the product Of
the churn.
Horses seldom suffer from decayed
teeth, but because of the upper teeth
closing on the lower ones a little on
the outside, points sometimes are form
ed which lacerate the cheek or pene-
trate the gums, creating a tenderness
that prevents the proper mastication
of food, annoying the horse SO that he
falls away very rapidly.
To prevent sore shoulders of work
ing horses, II. e. Cook recommends
perfectly fitting collars fitted to the
shoulders by working the horse in
them after thorough soaking of the
collars. He would avoid sweat pads
under all circumstances except where
they become absolutely necessary be-
cause of lack Of properly fitting col
lars.-American Cultivator.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
The March of the Insects.

The struggle against the insect
enemies of cultivated plants seems
interminable, and the continual ex-
pansion of the means Of intercom-
munication between different coun-
tries is taken advantage Of by these
minute and insidious foes to extend
the field for themselves. Thus the
fact has just been communicated to
the Paris Academy of Sciences that a
kind of fly, Ceratitis capitata, has re-
Gently made its appearance in great
numbers in the environs OF the
French capital. where 1t threatens
great damage to apricots and peaches.
With a view to combating 1t success
fully, French entomologists are called
to arms, and the study OF the biology
of this fly amid its new environment
in France is already under way.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Two Hlndrances to Growth.

They seem to come to all hogs and
we should be ready to combat them
They are lice and worms. The man
who never does anything to keep away
lice l believe is losing money
There is no more effective method of
getting rid of lice in mild weather
than by dipping. But whether you
have a dipping plant or not there
should be some provision for applying
"a disinfectant by spraying or sprink-
ling.
We use a cheap quality of kerosene
and apply very lightly but often. 9th
er liquids may be better, but the kero-
sene is useful for many things and
it is always ready. We have a five
gallon can for oil for the stock and
poultry 1t is good to apply a few
drops to the feed which serves a
purpose similar to that of the exter-
nal application. This seems to be an
effective remedy for the coughs COM
mon among hogs.
For worms We give turpentine mixed
with the feed. The proper use of these
liquids requires that they be admins
tered frequently and in small quanti-
ties.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
RESTLESS WOMEN.

We all know such women-know
them, admire them-and tremble for
them! AS they stagger to and fro,
striving vainly to overtake the tasks
which our modern life imposes upon
them, we think with sympathy, first
of all, for them, and then, If they are
wives and mothers, for their hus-
bands and children. We own the
claims of the hospitals and sewing
classes and kindergartens that drag
them hither and thither, but If We
were to speak to them in that West
ern vernacular which cried out to the
parson who took an hour to preach
a twenty-minute sermon, Brother,
don't spread your butter so thin!"
we should entreat them to concen-
trate rather than to scatter their Of
ten wasteful though always we'll
meant MISUNDERSTANDING Potter, in
HaTper's Bazaar.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Indigestion of Fowls.

For mild attacks of indigestion oc-
curing when there is no reason to sup
pose the trouble is due to the quality
of food, there is nothing better-noth-
ing SO good, in fact-as fasting, letting
the fowls go without food, excepting
green food, for one or two days. then
feeding them sparingly. In highly fed
hens the digestive system is often over
worked. A system of feeding and
quality of food that one hen or one
flock stands all right may be too much
for another. The poultry keeper has
ito judge of what and how to feed, not
by someone else's results, but by re-
suits in his own yards. To get good
growth and heavy egg production we
must feed heavily, and in feeding heav-
lily we are always running risks of
breaking down the digestive systems by
overwork So the poultryman should
watch closely for signs of indigestion,
especially lack of appetite Or loose
ness of the bowels, and when such
symptoms appear let the hens go with
out grain for feed or several feeds, as
the case may seem to require. Care
tul attention to this point is the best
preventive of digestive disorders. /
have found it good plan to omit one
feed week as regular thing, and
for many years have made it practice
to give the fowls one less feed on Sun
day-Farm Poultry
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27

compared with a rotation, a set Of fields
were set apart for this purpose at the
Minnesota Experiment Station. One
field was grown to wheat for five years.
another field to wheat, clover, wheat,
oats and corn manured. A third plot
to corn for five years. and a fourth field
to oats for 5 years. These fields had
grown the same crops and had the same
treatment before being brought Into the
experiment.
At the beginning the soils were ana
lyzed as to their nitrogen and humus
content Nitrogen is the most import
ant plant food, and also gets away the
easiest; it is also the most expensive
to replace.
At the end of the FIVE years there had
been loss of S55 pounds of nitrogen
per acre, of which SO pounds were re-
moved in the crops, the remaining 757
pounds being lost, at 15c per pound.
S113.55, which makes 1t quite clear why
the one cropping system is hard on the
land. 1t was also found that the loss in
humus had been 1900 pounds per acre
in the years. which explains in part
why the nitrogen had escaped, as the
organic matter or humus holds the nit
rogen in way that it cannot waste.
On the field where there had been
rotation of crops, including clover and
corn manured, the gain In the years
was 343 pounds, of which 225 pounds
were removed In the crop, leaving net
gain of 118 pounds, which at 15c per
pound amounts to $1710 There had
also been gain of 1880 pounds of
humus per acre. The difference in the
results of the two fields are very mark
e5; the one containing at the end OF
the years, $130.65 worth of nitrogen
more than the other and q, ,130 pounds
more of humus, besides having raised
by far the larger crop. This one was
fertile field, in fine tilth, while the
other was lacking in both fertility and
tilth. At the beginning of the expert
ment the soils weighed rs pounds per
cubic foot; at the end of the five years
the soil of the field grown to wheat
weighed n pounds, while the soil of the
rotation plot weighed only 72 pounds.
There was loss of 425 pounds of nj.
trogen per acre in the soil of the plot
grown to corn. Of this $50 pounds
were removed in the crop, leaving net
loss of 145 pounds, which, at 15c, would
amount to $2175 The loss OF humus
was 5532 pounds per acre.
The field grown to oats for years
suffered loss of $50 pounds of nitro
gen per acre, of which 230 pounds were
removed in the crop, leaving a net loss
of $50 pounds, which, at 15c, amounts
to $112.50. The loss of humus was
6085 pounds.
These figures help explain why stock
raising and dairying are profitable. 1t
is not only in the returns but also In
the improvement that comes to the soil
through the crop rotations practiced
which keep an abundant supply of hui
mus in the soil, to retain the nitrogen
and to make the soil mellow-Address
before Marion County Farmers In
Stitute, by Prof. w. c. Palmer, Win
ona Agricultural Institute.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

Automobiles are not yet so COM
mon in Japan as they will be. but the
sporting spirit is high, and they will
get there in time. An enterprising
automobilist, who is not afraid to let
her out occasionally, is the best man
to meet the aspirations of a Japanese
maiden, who has initiated the white
girls practice and advertised for a
husband. AS translated by a corre-
spondent of the Dundee Advertiser,
her appeal reads:
II am a very pretty girl. My hair
IS as wayy as a cloud. My complex
ion has the brilliancy and softness Of
q flower. My expression is as mobile
as the leaf Of the weeping willow.
My brown eyes are like two crescents
of the moon. 1 have enough worldly
goods to pass happily through life
with my husband, hand in hand, gaz-
ing at the flowers by day and the
moon by night. If this should meet
the eye of a man who is intelligent,
amiable and of good address, will
be his for life, and repose with him
later in tomb of red marble"
Think of how girl of these at
fractions and enterprise would grace
fast gliding automobile. All the
livelong day she would be encourag-
ing her escort to drive faster and go
farther afield under the cheerful sun
shine, taking a hearty share of the
joys that never weary. Imagine her
at the steering wheel with her cloud
of wavy hair streaming behind and
her mobile expression of face stirring
the envy of all beholders.-Selah. in
Automobile Magazine.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27


r Every now and then foolish Leg
fslature thinks it may initiate the
ostrich, but sooner or later things re-
sumo their wonted way, philosophers
the Evening Post. No newspaper is
ever terrified, or even deprived OF
news, by the expulsion of it's corre-
spondent; indeed. many would well
come it as most useful bit of free
advertising. 1t reacts, however, upon
the legislators who resort to such
tricks. Public opinion in a free coun-
try demands absolute publicity for its
Legislatures; when that is denied,
people suspect those who refuse 1t Of
having something to conceal, or hav-
ing been hurt, not by the injustice,
but by the justice of an accusation.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Mrs. Roarer's Household Hintr.

Never allow the cook to wear her
diamond ring while kneading bread.
The stone will spoil the flavor of the
most carefully prepared bread.
A little Portland cement added to
oatmeal while it is boiling will give
1t body.
Cut glass should always be pol
ished with sandpaper.
Do not fail to clean the inside of
the incandescent lamp bulb.
The odor of cabbage, onions and
many other vegetables, while being
cooked, is offensive to most persons,
but it can be destroyed by coating
the stove with rubber.-New Eng.
land Grocer.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
DR.. Ralph w. Parsons in the cur.

DR.. Ralph w. Parsons in the cur
rent issue of the New York Medical
Journal discusses the subject OF
health, and presents reasonable argu-
ments for his position. He contends
that parents, as rule, are setting up
wrong ideals for their daughters. In
stead of developing the girl into a
swomanly woman they strive to make
her an intellectual prodigy at the ex-
pense of proper physical development
and thus unfit her in every way for
her honored and legitimate sphere of
wifehood and her sacred duty of
home maker. The girl at best is a
tender and sensitive plant and re-
quires most careful physical and men,
tai culture. Especially is this the
case during her growing period, con-
tends the New York Herald, when
her susceptibilities are the keenest
and her ambitions the most insistent.
If care is not taken she is sure to
break down physically and mentally.
What is a strain for her is mere exer-
else for the sturdy boy. All this be-
cause she is out of her sphere in i'm
petuously striving beyond her
strength. Everything with her must
bend to pure intellectual develop
ment. and the higher the studies the
lower the standard OF health. We
have advance on one side and decay
an the othe-
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27

= One good reason why New York is
entitled to be called the Empire
State is found in the report of the
Commissioner of Education, asserts
the New York World, to the Legisla-
ture. 1t shows that $45, 100000 was
expended on elementary schools, $685.
100000 in teachers salaries, $780,
900 in school libraries. There are
1,S12,411 children In attendance at
ahe public schools, and it costs on an
average $500 a year to educate
them.
The sea coast echo., 1907-04-27
Desert Fruit.

In no part of the world do figs
attain greater perfection OF size and
flavor than at the oasis OF Palm
Springs in the Colorado Desert OF
Southern California. They ripen
earlier than elsewhere, and the hun
dreds of boxes of this fruit sent out
annually by whites and Indians are
eagerly sought at fancy prices.
Persian and Egyptian dates are
grown here, where the climate is al
most a duplicate of that In their nat
ural habitat. Oranges, lemons.
peaches, plums, grapes, melons, veg
etables and profusions OF beauti1ui
flowers grow luxuriantly. A graceIul
desert willow circles velvet meadows
where scores Of cattle browse. TRAY
Ell Magazine.