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A eaekwoods HumorIst.

The eastern tourists decided to have
a little fun with u Billville citizen to
whom they had applied for informa-
ton as to the road they were travel.
ing.
How long have you lived here?'
they asked.
Long enough to know better"
Don't you like the country?"
when 1t goes to suit me-"
Ever been up In an airship?"
mo. When / make up my mind to
fly. I'll know whar to light"
Ever ride on a railroad train?"
NO. highest l ever come to 1t wuz
bein' blowed up by sawmill."
well, tell us what 'moonshine'
liquor means"
The Billville man shifted his
"chaw" of tobacco from one jaw to the
other, spat on the greensward. and AS
he prepared to climb fence. said:
H, and a heap OF it!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
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1urki,h labor Too Cheap.

An American manufacturer Of laun'
dry machinery tried to introduce 1t
into Smyrna. Turkey. but Consul
Ernest L. Harris has reported that 80
long as the price Of labor In that
Turkish city remains so low the prac'
tice will continue Of doing the wash
ing at home. and there will be no op-
portunity for the sale OF laundry ma.
chinery. or late years in Smyrna 1t
has become the practice, he says. to a
certain extent to send the washed
linen to public laundries for ironing
and starching, but even this is ceas.
ing. specifications were drawn up for
the establishment Of q laundry after
the American plan, and careful consid.
Grafton was given to the price Of coal
and labor. 1t was found that the mar.
Gin . was 80 small that the undertaking
Vas bound to be . failure
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GRO RE CONTINUED
AS EXPLAINED BY THE EDITOR.
Drastic Action Evidently Was Neees-
sary, and It Was Taken.

The Buics Creek Is. c. Index to
the Times recently came out with a
double-lcaded editorial as follows:
We wish to make our abject apollo
gies to Hon. Hezckiah +. Kinney
for having said of him In our last Is
sue that he 'fumigates his garments
What we meant to say was Eliminates
mis- arguments We have had our eye
on the printer ever since he twisted a
phrase which appeared in an editorial
OF ours from full OF internal rotten
ness and dead mems bones into In.
ternal rattlcsnakes and dead wren's
tones. And as soon ag our eye lit
upon this gratuitous insult above to
the Hon. HeZekiah E. Kinney we
armed ourselves with our repeating
shotgun. sought out the guilty party
and shot him down in cold blood. not.
withstanding the fact that the now
deceased was the only support OF
widowed mother and possessed large
and floarishing family. We wish to
assure the Hon. Hezekiah E. Kinney
that In the future his person and his
speeches will be handled in these col.
umns with respect. York Press.
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THIS AND THAT.

1t pays to have good fences at all
seasons of the year.
A poor old lantern is bad thing
to go through the winter with.
Throw it away and buy good one.
Fall plowing kills many injurious
insects, which are thus turned up to
the air and the frosts.
1t makes q great difference what
variety of plant is grown on a farm,
as some yield twice as much as
others.
There is a great fight on between
commercial fertilizers and the ma.
nure spreader. The latter, however,
seems to be still spreading.
After finishing the fall plowing
clean UP the pillow. grease the bright
parts and put It away dry, 10 It viii
bs ready to use In the spring.
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CUBS FOOD
They Thrive on orape.Nut,.

Healthy babies don't cry and the
well-nourished baby that is fed ON
Grape.Nuts is never a crying baby.
Many babies who cannot take any
other food relish the perfect food.
Grape-Nuts. and get we'll.
my little baby was given up by
three doctors who said that the con-
densed milk on which fed her had
ruined the child's stomach. One of
the doctors told me that the only
thing to do would be to try Grape
Nuts. so got some and prepared 1t as
follows: l soaked IN tablespoonfuls
in one pint Of cold water for half an
hour, then strained OF the liquid and
mixed - teaspoonfuls of this strained
Grape-Nuts Juice with six teaspoonfuls
Of rich milk, put in a pinch OF salt
and little sugar, warmed It and gave
1t to baby every two hours.
In this simple, easy way I saved
baby's life and have built her up to q
strong healthy child. rosy and laugh
ing. The food must certainly be per-
feet to have such q wonderful effect a.
this. l can truthfully say I think It
is the best food in the world to raise
delicate babies on, and Is also q deli
cious healthful food for grown-ups ~
We have discovered in our family"
Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to
the strong, healthy man or woman. It
stands for the true theory Of health.
There's q Reason. Read THE Roaaa
to Wellville." In pkgA
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The Potato crop.

The potato crop is one Of the best
crops that any farmer can grow. Po.
tatoes exhaust the land little in com.
parison with the money value of the
crop. The tubers are composed very
largely of water and starch, and the
leaves and salks fall on the field and
are plowed in. There are few diseases
that attack the potato, and they can
mostly be controlled by spraying.
Only one insect Of importance has to
be fought. and that is the Colorado
beetle. 1t is 80 big and easily found,
that destroying 1t is merely q ques.
ton of effort. Potato growing there.
fore seems to have less obstacles in
its way than several other kinds OF
effort on the farm.
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"Who Could J r 6e!"

presence of an officer OF the law. And
did they not do well to laugh? Surely
It was u joke. n good one. this idea
OF an officers being where he was
needed in Kemah county.
And my brand was on that spotted
steer" he interrupted. Il know the
creature-know him well. He has u
mean eye. Had the gall to dispute the
right of way with me once. not so
long ago, either. He was in the cor.
raj at the time. but he's been on the
range all summer. He may have the
evil eye all right. but he's mine. bad
eye and all: and what is mine. will
have. And is that the only original
brand you saw"
"The only one" quietly. unless the
the r on that red steer when he
got up was an original one.
- r? Who could J X be-"
81 couldn't say. but the man was
jesse Black"
Jesse Black"
The repeated words were fairly spit
out.
Jesse Black! might have known.
Who else bold enough to loot the
Three Bars? But his day has come.
Not hair. nor a hide. not hoof, not
tallow enough to fry a flapjack shall
be left on the Three Bars before he
repents his insolence."
what will you do?" asked Willis
ton.
"What will you do?" retorted Lang
ford.
"I? What can do?" in the vague.
helpless manner Of the dreamer.
"Everything"-if you will" briefiy.
He snatched up his wide hat.
"Where are you going?" asked VIII.
liston, curiously.
ITO see Dick Gordon before this day
Ia an hour older. VIII you come
along?"
"Ye-es," hesitatingly. Gordon
hasn't made much success OF thihsS
SO far, has he?"
"Because you-and men like YOU
are under the thumb Of men ike
Jesse Black" said Langford, curtly.
afraid to peach for fear OF antag-
onizing the gang. Afraid to vote
against the tools Of the cattle thieves
for fear of antagonizing the gang.
Afraid to call your souls your own
for fear Of antagonising the gang. Your
ON the fence policy didn't work very
we'll this time, did TT You haven't
found your cattle, have you? The
anter must have forgotten. Thought
YOU were tainted Of Egypt, eh!
1T IL easy for you to talk" said WI.
iiston. simply. ut would be dimcult Y
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. small room into which Lanpford MN
ushered. It was also very main =,
Vas more than that. 1t was shabby.
An easy chair or two that has snr.
Wved the wreckage of the house y,
Wiiliston had been shipped to this
land OF PROMISE" together with n
Few other articles such as were ahso.
lutely Indispensable. The table wa.
= Dig shipping box. though Lanrford
did not notice that. for It was neatly
covered with a moth.eaten plum.coi.
ored felt cloth. A rug, crocheted ont
OF parti'colored rags. relic of Marv,s
conservative and thrifty grandmother
served as q carpet for the living room
A peep through the open door into tho
next and only other room disclosod
glimpses OF mating on the aoor
Ihere was holy place even In this
castaway house on the prairie. As the
young mans careless eyes took in
this new Significance. the door closed
softly. The little girl" had shut
herself In.
The two men sat down at the toblo
1t was hot. They were perspIrinp
ireeIy. The flies. swarming through
the screenless doorway. stung disa.
greeably.
Laconically Williston told his story.
He wasted no words In the telling. In
the presence of the man whose bip
success made his own ptiful failures
incongruous. his sensitive scholars
nature had shut up like clam.
Langford's jaw was set. His yo,,nr
face was tense with interest. He had
thrown his hat on the floor as he came
In. as Is the way with men who have
lived much without women. He had n
strong, bronZed face. with daredevil
eyes. blue they were. too. and he had
certain turn Of the head. n mark of
distinction which success always gives
to her sons. He had big shoulders,
clad In blue flannel shirt open at
the throat. In his absorption he had
forgotten the little girl" as complete.
ly as II she had. in very truth. been
the 1O-year-old of his Imagination.
How plainly he could see all the un.
holy situation-the handful of des.
perate men perfectly protected on the
the little island One man sighting
from behind a cottonwood could play
havoc with Il whole sherin's posse
on that open stretch of sand.bar
Nothing but a surprlse-and did these
insolent men fear surprise? They had
laughed at the suggestion OF the near
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A GrIndstone Frame.

feet in length as seen at A: and four
pieces Of AKA. 3 feet long. as at B. with
the braces made from 1x16 inch stuff.
The frame should be firmly put TO-.
gether.
f is an iron rod one inch thick and
81 inches long. Make a bend In the
rod IN feet from one end to which q
treadle is attached to be worked with
the foot. This treadle is fastened to
the frame with leather hinges.
A grindstone wheel. F. is placed on
the rod at one end just inside the
frame. explains the Prairie Farmer.
while at the further end a wagon
wheel is fastened to the rod outside
the frame. A crank, G, can be added
II desired.
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your bread and butter and you little
n,s ,,. as well depended ON q scrawny
iittle bunch like mine."
Maybe" said Langford, Struggling
nIs shoulders. Doesn't seem to have
exempted you. though, does 1t? But
DUCK Is no respecter OF persons. you
KNOW. However. the time has come
ior LICK Gordon to show of what stun
he Is made 1t was for this that 1
worked for his election, though | con.
Tess little thought at the time that
proofs Tor him would be furnished
from my own herds. Present condi.
tions humiliate me utterly. Am a
weakling that they should exist? Are
we all weaklings?
"A faint. appreciative smile passed
over Williston's face. No. Langford
did not look weakling. neither had
the professed humiliation lowered his
proud head.
Langford strobe to the door. Then
he turned quickly.
Look here. Williston. shall make
you angry. | suppose, but 1t has to go
IN the cattle country. and you little
fellows haven't shown up very white
in these deals: you know that your
self"
"Well?"
Are you going to stand pat with
us?"
III you mean. am I going to tell
what ! know when called upon." an.
swered Williston. with simple dig
nifty that made Langford color with
sudden shame. Il am. There are many
OF us little fellows who would have
been glad to stand up against the
rustling outrages long ago had we re-
ceived any backing. The moral sup
port of men of your class has not been
what you might call sort OF ON the
! spot support. now. has it," relapsing
into gentle sarcasm. AT least, un.
I'll you came to the front, he quail
fled.
You will not be the loser. anG
there's my hand on it," said Lang
ford. frankly and earnestly. Ignoring
the latter part Of the speech. THE
Three Bars never forgets friend.
They may do you before we are
] 'h'o"ch w Dut tt-
member. the Three Bars never for.
gets"
| Mary Wiliston. from her window.
AS Is the way with maid. watched
the two horsemen for many a mile as
they galloped away She followed them
with her eyes while they slowly be-
came faint. moving specks in the level
distance and until they were altogeth-
er blotted out. and there was no sign
! OF living thing on the plain that
stretched between. But Paul Lang
! ford as Is the way with a man. for
got that he had seen beautiful girl.
and had thrilled to her glance. He
looked back not once as he urged his
trusty little mare on to see Dick
| Gordon.
GRO RE COSTINUED)
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Scoop and Tile. the ditch. This
advice, when began. would have been
worth $50 to me. says a writer in
Farm and Home The second course
need not be so wide. II for laterals,
and you need not cut the sides, but
thrust your spade in. cutting lightly on
one side and deeper on the other; then
contrariewise push forward to break
loose. then lift out. Keep your scoop
lying near you. and when you have
gone far enough so you can reach
back, scoop out the crumbs before
they become slushy.
BE very precise with the spade in
the last course. II you strike soft
soil don't even allow a half-inch va
Ration. Then when the crumbs are
removed the floor Is almost ready to
lay perfect drain. True up bottom
with scoop. Take two-inch piece. re-
lnforced at one end. ana nail or bolt
foot piece on this to hold the tile
Tuck them into the trough and you'll
have done one thing that will be u
Joy forevermore.
In meeting distractions. II they do
not throw you out of line too much.
cut back under the bank six or eight
feet on each side and you can get
around nicely without removing them
A manure hook Is very convenient
for drawing In sods In filling. but on
large joys u plow with long while
tree. or n road grader. can be used.
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What Hubby Missed.

Il was telephoning the other night"
said the girl. 'and voice crossed
mine. a whispering voice. couldn't
help wondering what the game was.
What are you whispering for?' l
asked.
Hush she said. still In the whis-
per. I'm trying to talk under my
breath. l don't want my huSband to
hear. Please get OF the wire. Won't
your
Il got OF the wire. but I couldn't
sleep very well that night for wonder
ing what 1t was she didn't want her
husband to hear"
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WINTER BARN THOUGHTS.
Have the Comfort Of Live Stock In
Mind and Provide Good Conditions.


Winter is a hard time for the stock
Of the farm. the best way we can fix
1t. When you stop to think that natur-
ally stock are out.of.door creatures.
roaming In the fields, breathing the
pure. fresh air. and then think how
changed are the conditions when they
come to be shut up In tight barns for
such long portion OF the year, 1t be-
comes evident that the tendency must
be toward weakness and disease. So
1t stands us in hand to make the con.
ditions Just as nearly like those of
summer as we can. That Is, we should
do our best to give the stock good
feed. feed that shall be nourishing.
and at the same time plenty OF air
that is free from disease germs.
1t must be that a great deal OF the
sickness, such as tuberculosis, comes
from breathing the same air over and
over again in the close stables OF our
country.
BY running board shaft from the
stable, very near to the floor clear up
to the roof, we may take a good deal
OF the impure air out You know
that air that has been breathed once
becomes heavier than 1t is at first.
There are loads of impurity In simply
air that has been used In the lungs
of man or beast. This settles toward
the floors. The shaft | have spoken
OF will take that air. and there being
more or less of draft through such
shaft, the foul air will be lifted out,
while pure air will come In from be-
low.
This pure air ought not to come in
so that the cattle must stand all the
time In n draft. The windows should
be arranged SO that they may furnish
air without bringing a draft. Again,
these windows ought to be windows.
and not simply board slides. Good
sash windows that are fitted with
hinges to turn up out OF the way are
by far the best. They let in light.
which is the greatest germ destroy
er on the face OF the earth.
And then. cattle should be groomed
every day. ! know. writes Edgar L..
Vincent, in Farmers Voice. some
folks think this is a waste OF time.
You will hear some men argue that
1t actually harms cattle to be
scratched with Il currycomb. 1t
seems to me that these men do not
take very reasonable view OF the
matter. Just look at cattle that are
not thus cared for. The minute they
are out In the yard they begin to rub.
and lick and dig themselves against
every fence post or anything else they
can get to. as II their hides were in
perfect misery. as l have no doubt
they are. We ought to save our stock
from this trouble by giving them a
good currying every day.
With good feed and water. with
well-ventilated barns and good groom
ing. any man can keep his stock In q
healthy condition. even In winter.
And such things pay. for the work the
cows do next year will largely depend
on the way they come out in the
spring. There never should be such
a thing as spring poor" Spring fat
Is a far better term to use.
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Secondhand Goods,

81 don't think 1t is SO nice to have a
truthful child" said she. Not SO
truthful child as my neighbor has
across the hall. The other morning
missed my paper that is left at my
door. l knocked and asked her II she
had seen it. She said no. but her
small son, aged five. ran to the table
and got Il and brought 1t to me.
Here he said. mamma took 1t to
read 1t. but you can have it. She is
through with 1t now"
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wild grass turf,
keep a file near
to occasionally
touch up the edge.
Watch for inequal-
tiles In surface as
you proceed. Cut
no wider than will
accommodate your
feet. then care
fully grade bottom
OF the first course
as 1t Is much cas-
Ter to take out the
inequalities now
in the bottom of
tho ditch ThiS
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from one floor to
another or from a
wagon. to the sec.
ond floor OF q
building. n tackle
made and arranged
after the method
shown in the ac-
companying illus.
tration will be
found to be a
thing Of great con-
venience.
l think. says the
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-..,,,.bt by A. c. NccIurx a Co.. iso1.,
SYNOPSIS.

90. wIliiston. a poor ranchman.
,nt,dcd and cultured. searches for
missing from his ranch-the Lazy
wooded spot In the rivers bed
,ouId have been an island had the
I,,,i been at high water. he discovers
Nj OF horse thieves engaged In work
k'.r brands on cattle. He crceps
.rouch 10 note the changing OF the
~ bars" brand on one steer to the
brand
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correspondent of Prairie Farmer. that
the general idea is quite clearly
brought out in the sketch. All that is
necessary are two hooks to catch onto
the chime Of a barrel. These hooks
connected with short rope. which is
in turn connected with the tackle
rope.
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Scared Into IL.

It was announced on the ice.
But how on earth," said the girl in
che white skating suit. did you get
him to propose. dear?"
The girl in sables smiled slightly.
''Oh. easily enough" she retorted.
II told him that you were crazy about
him and reminded him that 1t was
leap year."
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"I have called" said the captious
critic. Ito find out what reason you
can give for representing the New
Year as nude small boy"
THAT is done." responded the art
editor. because the year does not get
its close until the 31st of December"
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EAsY.RUNNING GRINosToNE.
One Which the Farmer Can Rig Up
for Himself.

The grindstone shown in the accom-.
panying illustration may be made by
using four pieces OF AKA lumber, az
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TACKLE FOR LIFTING BARRELS.
Try This Method Of Handling the
Heavy Barrels and Putting in Barn.

Where n man has occasion to lift a
heavy barrel, either filed or empty,
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Sh8sWRsv 0ss4Sssfe- Sa oAoNo WtiA ~
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
q cure is obtained quickest by q proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have q
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address. DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake. but remember the name Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root. and the
address, Binghamton, n. Y, on every
bottle.
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kssp Cellar Cool.

The higher the temperature in the
cellar the more will the potatoes,
roots and vegetables shrink throunlv
evaporation.
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LAYING A TILE DRAIN.
How the Work Can Be Done the Most
Satisfactorily.

Secure a tile scoop and narrow
pointed spade, and II you are cutting
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The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths.

pfevell1ng IN this
70 because % decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble Is
allowed toadvance
thekidney-poison-
ed blood will at
Evening journal., 1908-07-31
KIDNAPPED And
HELD In A HUT

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
PlTTSBURG, Pa, July Skid
mapped Monday afternoon and held
captive for "a hours in a lonely hut,
where she was horribly maltreateo,
beautiful Clara Konter, aged is, was
mysteriously returned in a dying con-
dition TO her home at Shousetown, near
here. The girl was found in her bed
unconscious Tuesday. after an all night
search had been made for her. Des-
pite the efforts of several physicians
she has failed to rally.
Miss Konter is the daughter of Mich
ael Konter, a prosperous farmer. Mon
day afternoon the girl left the farm
house to make some purchases at
Shousetown. When she failed to re-
turn to supper her parents made fruit
less inquiries at various farm houses.
The neighborhood has been invested
with tramps recently and fearing that
they might have attacked her, one hun
dred farmers secured the woods Mon
day night for some traces of the girl.
Early Tuesday morning they came upou
a vacant hut, where her handkerchief
and several pieces of ribbon were found.
Tuesday morning Mrs. Konter found
her daughter lying on the bed in
her own room apparently dead Since
Tuesday, physicians have been vainly
trying to restore her to consciousness.
Physicians say the girl was drugged
and assaulted.
Today a large force of county detec-
tives and a posse of five hundred angry
farmers are securing the woods for
some trace of her assailants.