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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
ora.. Mulch I'm orchard.

The average results Of the different
methods of orchard culture at the Ohio
station, covering period now OF six
years. are quite markedly in favor Of
planting the tres In sod and mulchlng
the trees The trees on the plat thus
treated have made heavier and more
vigorous growth than under any other
system of culture, and have produced
double as much fruit. Under the cultl-
walton and cover crop method Of cul-
ture the trees made very nearly rs
good growth, and the fertility of the
soil was kept up. The fact, however,
that the general results, as regards
both tree growth and yield of fruit,
are Inferior to the grass mulch method
is the surprising thing.
The poorest results Of all were OBJ
tanned when clean cultivation through
out the season was practiced, since no
humus or fertility was added to the
soil by this method, and the ground
washed and quilted 80 badly that
heavy fills were necessary, and the
practice had to be abandoned at the
end of the fourth year.
The trees set in sod and having a cir
cular area cultivated about them gave
very good results for the first two or
three years, after which much better
results were secured by either the
cover-crop method or the grass mulch
method. This method Of culture WAS
the most expensive and laborious plan
adopted. Its chief usefulness Is on
small, very rough or stony areas, where
material is not available, or
on home grounds where neat and sight
ly grounds are desired.
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me"-nothlng could exceed Madam's
sweetness are somewhat unbe-
comingly clad. ] have a thought. We
are going to open his eyes. Tomorrow
night the Bishop comes. Your husband
adores him. Saint as lie is, he has an
! eye for a pretty woman. ! bid you
both to supper; but you must come an
hour before your husband You will
see what you viii See"
She kissed Mrs. Susans wet cheek
aud was gone, leaving the other woman
oddly comforted, although much mysti-
fed.
Mrs Susan was at the Manor House,
at five of the clock punctually, taking
Off hor pattens and her long cloak.
humbly In the little room off the hall,
where the lackeys troubled her by Of
ferlng her their services. 1t still rained,
the whole country was dripping. Some
thing OF hope and courage had come
to freshen like n flower which has long
been In the drought and dust and has
suddenly had drenching. She began
to revive, her pale cheeks to grow firm,
her eyes bright, though her heart
thumped In her side.
The poor Prince Parson Towne
button-holng the Bishop, who WAS too
profoundly interested In all mankind
to find anyone dull bllnked as his wife
came In with Madame. Her brown eyes
futtered like moths ut twilight. She
trembled excessively. Why, she was
far more beautiful than Madame
What scales had been on his eyes2
The Bishop bowed over Mrs. Susan's
hand. His fine face was allght with |
the admiration he felt. He turned to |
Parson Towne.
"Ah, my friend" he said. $50 you
.hlnk that one country parsonage should
house Learning and the Graces."
That night Parson Towne fell In love
again with with his wife, Who limo
cent soul, desired none but him, else
the fine gentlemen might have turned
her head. That night he discovered
lint Madame was wrlnkled and Of a
somewhat yellow, while the
lngels recorded that Madame went I'M
-ouged and wore u sacque that mis-
became her, 80 that Mrs. Susan should
'eign alone.
Nor did she go back to be Clnder-
lila. Madame saw to that. The gifts
hat came TO the parsonage pretty
voolens, the lowered silks and mus
ms, the ribbons and ,furbelows-it
would take a long time to catalogue
When Madame loved, she loved. And
he had taken Mrs. Susan to her good ,
eart. Wherefore the parsonage was l
mother place from what it had been. /
md presently the parson, becoming 1
amous as a man Of learning, the town {
would have drawn them out of their 1
ountry greedlness But they were {
wiser than to go.-Phlladelphla Tele- {
raDh (
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A Low Poultry run.


A safe and secure poultry run that
requires less material than a high pen
can be made from laths sawed In two,
which would make the sides 2 feet
high, making the frame OF scantlings
and the top of sawed laths, box boards
or similar material. The top OF the run
should consist almost entirely OF trap
doors, using bits OF old harness for
hinges, which will look well II cut neat
ly. The Illustration shows one Of the
doors propped up to show the construc-
tion more plainly. The doors are
feet long, the length Of a lath, and may
be 8 or 10 feet the other way and still
not be clumsy, being constructed of
such light material.
This trap door Is an important fea-
ture, as 1t permits the tender to enter
easily for removing top soil and replac-
ing with fresh earth, or other caring
for the birds The frame material Is
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Soil for Potted Plants.

The soil to be used for potted plants
should be mixture of leaf mold from
the woods, sand and good loan, little
powdered charcoal being an improve
ment A piece of broken pot should be
put over the drainage hole, then enough
soil put In so that when the ball of
earth is placed in the pot there will be
about an inch of space from the sur
face of the soil to the rim Of the pot
Fill in the soil all around the ball, and
pack it moderately tight Finally give
the pot tap on the bench to settle the
soil. After all the plants are potted
put a spray nozzle on the sprinkler and
give them a good watering, shading
with newspapers for two or three days
during sunshine until re-establlshed.
Never use large size pot for a small
rooted plant. II you do the soil will
sour an6 the plants sicken and die.
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sorting aud Packing Eggs.

Eggs to be placed on the market
should be carefully sorted and packed
as to size, shape and color. 1t Is bet
ter not to put eggs having different col
ored shells In the same package /;
neither should eggs varying much in
size be placed in the same package. Ev-
cry egg should be perfectly clean, and
II slightly soiled II may be wiped clean
with damp cloth. If badly solled the
eggs should be discarded, for the wash
ing required TO clean them Injuries their
appearance. The discarded eggs can be
disposed of at some of the cheaper and
less exacting markets. Eggs may be
placed in large shipping cases or In
small pasteboard boxes, according TO
how they are TO be marketed-G. A.
Bell.
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ST. wnlter seott,. Soldier.

During q walk along country road
the author of Cicero In Maine" fell
in with. a quiet-looking old farmer
who invited the author to ride with
him. BY and by, when they had talked
of number of other things, their con-
versatlon turned to books.
81 amt read any too many" he said,
"but when my mother went to Bangor
one time, when l was bout seventeen
year old. she brought me n copy of
Walter Scott's poetry, and I've thought
a good many times t that book made a
difference in my whole life.
81 set by It in the first place because
| knew what 1t meant to mother to
buy it. Her money came hard, and
books cost more then than they do
now.
I'm pretty sure l picked me out
different kind of wife from what l
should If l hadn't fallen in love With
Ellen Douglas for my first sweetheart.
[ didn't choose my wife just because
she was pretty or smart, or could make
good butter and cheese. And when l
got her, mother liked her, and they
lived happy together.
"Then pretty soon the war broke out
We lived way off here where we didn't
hear much, and we didn't get the pa
pers very often. and father thought
the main thing was to stay here on
the farm and raise a good crop o.
potatoes and apples; but l was uneasy.
| didn't think war was going to be all
romance and troubadours, but | kept
saying to myself that here was my
chance to show what kind OF a man
| was
zone day l had to go part way up
Cedar Mountain, to hunt after a steer
I had strayed; and when 1 looked
away of and saw the mountains all
round the sky, and the sun shining on
the fields and ponds, and the trees
their tops as If they were ban
ners, broke right out and hollered:
i Where's the coward that would not
dare
To fight for such landT
"That settled It. enlisted, and
stayed in the army till the war was
over
"'Twa'n't all poetry, but there amt |
my part of my life I feel any better
satisfied with"
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been in cultivation for more than a
hundred years, but the original tree is
still alive at its place of origin in
Southern France, says American Guilt
vator. Although a French pear, it
seems to be as hardy as any and sue
ceeds as far north as Ontario and in
parts of Northern New England where
any pear will thrive
Ie is s good pear to grow on ounce
roots producing large specimens and
annual crops 1t also does well on pear
roots. 1t is a rather large pear, choice
specimens averaging about three and
one-half inches long. The skin is yell
lowish green, with reddish brown
checks and dots. The flesh Is white,
fine grained and buttery and the flavor
pleasant and spicy. 1t rlpens about
with the Sheldon in early October. Its
shipping quail ties are excellent, and 1t
ranks among the first of the general
purpose pears.
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EnstIaEe.

BY the use Of ensilage the ration
can be greatly cheapened, but ensilage
is not a balanced food, and must not.
therefore, be used exclusively. A ra-
ton of 45 pounds of ensilage, pounds
of clover hay, / pound of bran and 1 of
linseed meal will est about 10 cents a
day and be as nearly balanced as can
be desired. This ration will be better
digested than one composed mostly of
dry food, and the ensllage can he
grown from silage corn ut a cost be-
low that OF any other food that can
be produced on the farm.
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Ferti1i.ers for strawberrie..

Nitrate Of soda Is valuable fertil-
izer for strawberries and, raspberries,
and should be applied with powdered
phosphate Of lime.
This application to Strawberries will
sometimes treble the yield The ber-
ries are larger In size, handsomer In
color, more solid and finer in flavor
Ordinary manure will not produce such
results, as 1t Is not converted into plant
food until after the demand Of the
fruit.
Nitrate of soda and powdered phos-
plate of lime are assimiIated by the
plant at once, and appropriated at a
cost of less than $40 per acre, using
400 pounds of the mixture, which con-.
tains the three ingredients considered
necessary to use for feeding plants, nit
rogen, phosphoric acid and an alkali.
II. Ward in Meehan's
Monthly.
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such luster on the Church of England

such luster on the Church Of England
In those days.
Now Madam Cholmondeley was de
voted to the Bishop, and he, being the
| great-minded man he was, had given
her his friendship, although stage
players and the church stood far apart
| She adored the Bishop, and she was a
little afraid OF him. How was she
going 90 tell him that just for little
cruel sport she had been making havoc
with innocent lives and those lives
which he might be supposed to have
under his speciap rejection? And she
would have to tell him. She always
told him when she had been In mis-
chief.
She was considering the problem one
day when she had stolen away from
her guests, with whose gayety she was
out OF tune, and was walking In the
dripping woods She had never meant
the thing to 20 so far. She had good
heart. had Madam Cholmondeley, and
she had never thought the elderly par
son, with the pretty dowdy wife, could
have taken her play so desperately In
earnest.
Suddenly, as a turn Of the pathway,
she came face TO face with Mrs Susan.
She. poor soul. had also fed to the
woods from her trouble; and her face
was so twisted and stained by weeping
that IL was downright pltiful
"Why do you weep, chlld?" faltered
Madam, knowing only too well the
cause of the weeping.
The two women stood facing each
other; about them the smell OF the wet
earth and leaves and the drip, drip
from the melancholy branches. Madam
was very pale Her rouge was streaked
by the rain or her tears
"Alas, Madam, you know only too
we'll" cried Mrs. Susan, shaking and
sobbing. "why did you, whose beauty
men cannot resist. stoop to take my
husband from me. Now he sees ME as
/ am by the light OF your beauty, With
cred before my time, worn with hard
work, while you You have
the world OF men at you feet Why
could you not leave me my husband2'
Suddenly Madam began 10 laugh,
even while the tears made little rivers
through the rouge She laughed with
the fresh irresistible gayety which had
had set the playhouse In a roar, some
thing as fresh as primrose and as limo
cent, which had made the wits call
Madam in her play-acting days the
Country come TO Town.
Poor Mrs Susan choked as she
stared at her. To add mockery TO the |
injury she had already inflicted Had |
Madam no mercy7
Dear SOUL" cried Madam, sudden
ly catching at Mrs. Susan's hands and |
holding them to her breast. you are
a thousand times handsomer than /. |
withered indeed Why, you are fresh,
you are sweet, II only the man had the
wit TO see 1t, far beyond a women who
has known such things rs l have |
known But my dear, you win forgive
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PIo,v,nr and Droughts.

Subsolling and drainage are systems
that should be practlced In connection
with each other. Subsoillng without
drainage is more damaging than bene-
fetal, as 1t allows the water to accumu-
late and there remain. If the system
of drainage is made complete there Is
nothing better than deep cultivation, as
sisted by the subsoil pillow. The great
fear of those who are opposed to sub
soiling Is that they are compelled to
turn up soil from below, which is not
desirable, as it requires time for the
cold undersoil to become proper plant
food; but the subsoil pillow does not,
as many suppose, turn up the soil. 1t
simply pulverlzes 1t. The plan usually
pursued is to pillow the soil In the ordi-
nary manner, following in the same fur
rows behind the first pillow, with a sub
soiler, TO which should be harnessed
three horses, In order that the work
may be thoroughly done. AS the first
pillow moves on, leaving the upper soil
broken, the subsoil pillow, coming after
1t, should go in to a depth of at least
7 inches below the plowed furrow "a
foot, If possible), thus rendering the
actual depth quite deep, though not
mixing the upper and lower strata.
The advantage is that moisture Is re-
tanned when rains are not frequent, ow-
Ing to the greater capacity and depth
Of absorption at the time of rain, and
also greater moisture from capillary |
attraction by virtue Of the poroslty of
The subsoi
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

The Russian thistle, which was con-
sidered dangerous pest In the West
has not spread ms rapidly as was ex-
pected. 1t seems to thrive best on aka
II soils, and is not partial to all kinds
OF land. Since Its appearance It has
subdued the Canada thistle, and has
been very beneficial In several States.
Though 1t Is not desirable plant 10
have on the farm, the farmers who
have learned to keep 1t in subsection
no longer fear 1t
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Field Mice.

Field mice do not attack old trees, If
they can get the bark of young trees,
bur they sometimes do much damage to
orchards. Wrap the trees with tar pa
per, extending the paper several inches
into the ground. This method not only
prevents the depredations of mice, but
also serves to protect against the bor-
ers The paper need not extend over
one foot above the ground.
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type of pear and is
highly recommend.
ed for the New En-
gland and Middle
States by the Off
cial list of the de-
partment of agri-
culture. The name
Is being more and
more shortened to
Louise, which is
enough to distin-
guish it from other
varieties.
This pear has
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
why He Changed His Mind.

Hanks-"Do you believe in total de-
pravity, Mr.. Grumpy?"
Grumpy Ca confirmed old bachelor)-
al didn't use to, but 1 do now. I've
been boarding for the past three
months in a family where they have
half dozen children. Judge.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
The Corn Cultixator.

II the corn cultIvator undergoes as
much improvement In the next few
years as 1t has In the past, 1t will al
most be a white shirt Job to pillow corn.
The dustless feature should be next
given attention by makers.-FarIuer
In Iowa Homestead
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
Hardly.

Miss D.-Angelina, why don't you
marry Lieutenant Y?
Miss Artist, because he has no
brains, and he can't ride, dance or play
tennis. What could we do with him?
"But he swlms beautifully
ooh, yes. But one can't keep ones
husband In an aquarium, you know.
London Tid-Blts.
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| IC
of this age is desire to be new and
striking.
The essence of immortality is to make
an exception of ones self.
The most costly vacation Is the one
/ In which we let the soul lie fallow.
The sermon that is nothing but hot
air generally produces cold wave.
Every time you silence the voice of
the right you give vice right to live.
He cannot serve the world without
who does not strive against 1t within.
Jesus never stood so high above a
man but He could not get below him.
The fortune that seems least to the.
assessors may seem largest to the an
gels.
The best teaching of the life Of
Christ Is the living of the teachings of
Christ.
The man whose only asset is taking
way finds himself in Jail before he
knows it.
There's good deal or dlHerence De
tween right thoughts and thinking you
are right
The practice of morality is worth
more than the most perfect philosophy
of morals.
Some seem to think that the King
dom of Heaven Is the land Of corns
and whine.
If we despise the cannibal, what
shall we do with those who live on the
souls of men?
Folks who are lecturlng on uplifting
the race are often sitting squarely on
somebody's sorrow.
The church needs only so much ma
chlnery as will connect her with the
power from on high.
Given an appetite, it does not take
much brain power to think up good
reason for anything.
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Dogs don't like music"
"How do you known"
"My dog howls whenever my wife
sings"
80 do l. but l like music. Houston
Post
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

A good printer Is man OF the high
est type. He attends to his own case
and makes 1t rule never to be out of
sorts
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A Good Market Pear.

The old market favorite pear, Louise
Bonnie de Jersey, Is still one of the best
known and most popular of the French
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

of 2x2-rkch scantling at the corners,
while the side strips are made Of inch
boards sawed inches wide. The earth
under this run should be slightly
mounded for the sake Of dryness.--
Farm and Home
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A man isn't necessarily two-faced be-
canss he has double chin
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RAMS HORN BLASTS
Warming Notes Calling the Wfekea
fo HeDenfance.

The darkest lives
are those which
have no windows
opening on Heaven.
There never yet
was success apart
from sincerity.
The Word Of God
Is not a treatise,
but a revelation.
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THAT settled It. l enlisted, and
stayed in the army till the war was
over
"'Twa'n't all poetry, but there amt
any part of my life I feel any better
satisfied with"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-28
NEW TYPE OF WAR VESSEL.
Scout Cruiser Chester Marks De-
parture in American Navy.

washington, June 2S.-The scout
cruiser, Chester, which is to be
launched at the Bath, Maine, iron
works today, is one of class of three
vessels to be known as scout cruisers,
authorized by congress April II,
1904. The cost of this vessel will
be $E6SS.00O. It's construction is
entirely of new type, as far as the
United States navy is concerned, and
1t will be the first in which English
turbines will be used. The contract
speed is twenty-four nots, and is ex-
ceeded only by that of the torpedo
boats and destroyers. While the
speed is slightly less than that OF
the English scouts, the difference is
more than compensated for by the
ability to maintain the high speed in
all conditions of the weather. and,
having twice the coal capacity of the
English scouts, the radius of action is
consequently very much greater. The
length of the vessel over all is 423
feet and inch. Its breadth measure
As feet 6 inches, draft, fully loaded,
10 feet Y inches and displacement,
fully loaded, 4,640 tons. The max
imum indicated horsepower of the
main engines is estimated to be 16,-
loco.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-28
MAN is A MACHINE
AND SHOULD BE KEPT
PROPERLY ADJUSTED.

1.-THE human body is machine run
by unseen forces called life, and that
it may run tremendously, it is neces-
Isary that there be liberty of blood
NERVES and arteries from the gener-
Iating point to destination. DIR. A.
IT. Still.
We often ask"What is Osteopathy?
How does it cure?
Osteopathy is a drugless system of
medicine which seeks to secure in
the human body structural normality
of its parts, upon which their vitality
and proper functioning depend. MAN
| is a machine" as we have said, and
depends, for health, upon the proper
adjustment of all parts of the ma
chine
The Osteopath examines your body
as skilled mechanic does a machine
that is out of order. With detailed
knowledge of anatomy. a sense of
touch developed to high degree, he
locates the misadjustments and re-
moves 1t by scientific manipulation.
Could anything be more reasonable
|or natural?
The great success attending the
IOsteopathic treatment is sufficient
evidence of its worth. It is a new
force in science and grows in popu-
larity every day with the layman.
If you suffer of any of the diseases
local to Paducah, you will find
Osteopathy the quickest and surest
cure. Malaria. chronic headaches,
liver and stomach and bowel trou
bles, nervousness, rheumatism, asth-
ma. neuralgia, lumbago-any of
these ailments yield readily to the
treatment. Phone me, 1907, or call
at my Office any time from . to noon
or 80 to and I shall be pleased to
tel you what you can expect in your
particular case.
DR.. G. B. Froage, SIG. upstairs
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-28

London, June 2S.-A gathering of
great doctors under the presidency
of the lord mayor today urged upon
fashionably dressed audience at
the Mansion house the ACCESSIBILITY
of simple diet for the rich and poor.
So far as the rich are concerned,
the existing PA different kinds of
soup and $50 ways of dressing a
chicken were referred to scornfully,
while in the case of the poor, their
Internationally extravagant choice
of improper food was illustrated by
showing that they sometimes spent Z
pence for food, the equivalent of
which could be bought for pence.
Sir James Crichton-Browne, whose
auth GRITTY is great in almost very
branch of pathology and hygiene,
maintained that wage earners spent
far too much for food
Near Starving by Own Fault.
or the millions who verge on starv
alton, many are so because they do
not make the best of use of their re-
sources.
1t is necessary, he said, to educate
the poor to regard really cheap food,
and to teach them how to make 1t pal