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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
SQUASH.

There are two types of squash-the bush varieties, which may be planted 5 and 6 seeds to the hill in hills or 5 feet apart each way, and the running varieties which require considerable more room for their de- velopment. Squash may properly be grown in the garden, as three or four hills will produce all that is required for the average family. They require rather rich soil, preferably one that is well mixed with routed manure.
 Squash for summer use should be planted as soon as the ground Is thor Oughly warmed up, which will be about one month after the last killing frost. Such varieties as the Hubbard for fall and winter use may be planted at any time during the spring after the ground is thoroughly warmed up, and will grow the entire season. They should be gathered in fall, as soon as hard frosts occur. They may be kept in q storage room In the basement, or In any cool, dry place. It is neces- sary to handle them carefully to avoid bruising, or rot Is liable to occur.-
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
SNAP BEANS.

Bush and pole beans are among the the garden. "When in doubt what to plant-plant beaps."
 Beans thrive best in rather warm sandy loam, but may be grown on all most any kind of soil. For the best results the soil should not be too rich in nitrogenons matter, or the plants will run to foliage and stems at the expense of the crop. Beans will not withstand frost, and the first paintings in the spring should not be made until about two weeks after the average date of the last killing frost. The soil rows should be laid out perfectly straight so az to make cultivation easy One pint of the seed of most varieties of snap beans is sufficient for a 10O- foot row. When the cultivation is to be done by horse, the rows should be from 30 to 36 inches apart When hand cultivation Is to be employed, the rows should be from IS to 24 inches apart. It requires from 40 to 60 days for snap beans to be ready for use If the weather conditions are favor able.
 Successive plantings of string beans should be made at intervals of ten days to two weeks throughout the growing season. By following this scheme a constant supply of tender beans will be assured.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
EGGPLANT.

The seed for eggplant should be sown in the hotbed about six weeks before the time to set the plants in the open. The eggplant is a heat-lov- ing plant and cannot be successfully planted until the ground has become warm and the weather settled.
 The soil best adapted to the egg plant is rich, sandy loam, well drained. The plants should be set in rows feet apart. with the plants feet apart in the rows. Cultivation should be frequent and thorough. Fresh manure should not be used on eggplant, but well-rotted manure may be applied freely. In fact, there Is little danger of getting the ground too rich. Eggplants may be used as soon as large enough and cannot be kept for any length of time.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
SWEET POTATOES.

The sweet potato thrives best in the southern part of the country, as 1t Is tropical plant. It cannot be sue cessfully grown in the extreme north ern sections of the country. The plants are started in hotbeds by bed ding potatoes In sand and allowing them to sprout. The plants are brok- en off the parent potato as soon as they have formed a few leaves and a root system of their own, and as soon as the ground in the open is well warmed up. This will be one month after the date of the last killing frost.
 Sweet potatoes are heat-loving plant, and cannot withstand cool weather. In setting them in the open, the usual method is to throw the soil up in ridges about 4 feet apart. The plants are set in q row on top of these ridges some 12 or II inches apart.
 Sweet potatoes thrive best in a sandy soil that is well fertilized throughout. It is a good plan to open furrows where the row is to be. fill these furl avs with manure and turn the soil ba < on top of the manure. This should be thoroughly mixed with shovel blow or cultivator, as too much manure in one spot under the hole will produce large growth of vines at the expense of the potatoes.
 Sweet potatoes may be dug at any time after they become large enough to use, but improve in quality as they approach maturity. They should be dug as soon as the vines are killed by frost
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
 CONSTIPATED.

Look at the tongue, mothers If coated, it is a sure sign that your lit tie ones stomach, liver and bowels needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
 When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu- rally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache sore throat, diarrh9a, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "Calfornia Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all the foul, conStipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without gripping, and you have well, playful child again.
 You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless fruit laxative ;' they love its delicious taste, and 1t always makes them feel splendid.
 Ask your druggist for bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that 1t is made by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
IN THE SPRING

will be the great test of life and death struggle on the Western front. In the everyday walks of life, it is the spring time that brings i'll health. One of the chief reasons why the rundown man finds himself in a bad state of health in March or April is because he has spent nearly all his hours for the past four or five months penned up within the walls of house, factory or office. It is the req son for our diminished resstance-that is, lack of outdoor life, coupled with perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer- else, insufficient sleep, and constipation. In other words, we keep feeding the the "clinkers," and our fire does not burn brightly. Always keep the liver active.
 There is nothing better for health than taking an occasional mild laxative, per haps once week; such one as you can get at any drug store, made up of May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-coated, tiny, easily taken ), which has stood the pr. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets. But for the Spring Fever" the general rundown condition, the lack of ambition, the "blues," one should take a course of treatment every spring; such a standard tonic as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, now to be had in tablet form in sixty,,cent vials. Watch the people go plouong along the street. There's no spring no vitality. A vitalizing tonic such as this vegetable extract of Dr. Pierce's gives you the power to force yourself into. action. The brain responds to the new blood in circulation. and thus you're ready to make fight against stagnation which holds you in bondage, Try it now! Don't wait. Today is the day to begin. Gain little pep" and laugh and live. Vim and vitality are the natural out-pouring of healthy body It does not spring up in 8 night. Try this spring tonic, and you gain the courage that comes with good health.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
okRA.

Okra is a delicious vegetable that deserves a better acquaintance with the home garden than it now possesses. Say "Chicken Gumbo, Southern Style" to the initiated; that is all the argu- ment needed in favor of growing this crop.
 It thrives on any good soil, and the seeds should be sown in rows 4 to 5 feet apart after all danger of frost Is past, or about the same time as tomato plants are set in the open. The plants should be thinned until they stand about 2 feet apart in the rows. The edible portion of the okra Is the pods, which must be gathered while young. They are used in soups or as stewed vegetable.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
EARLY CABBAGE.

When set in spring, the cabbage plants should be started in the window box or in hotbeds some six weeks be- fore the average date of the last kill ing frost in the particular locality. They may be set in the gardens as soon as the ground is in condition. For horse cultivation the rows should be from 2la to feet apart and the plants from 12 to 20 inches apart in the rows. Cabbage requires q rich warm soil for early maturity. loam constitut- ing good type of soil for the purpose. It Is an excellent plan to put shovel ful of compost under each plant.
 Early cabbage must be used as soon as it reaches maturity, or the heads are liable to burst and be lost. It Is an excellent plan to grow early cab
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
0s~eeer. or AoeIeugrGEe HOW1oa % B! VM IRISH POTATOES. IU

The culture of the Irish potato Is familiar to almost everyone who has ever had a garden. In brief, the po- tatoes should be planted as soon as the ground can be worked in spring, two weeks before the average date of the last killing frost being none too early. The tubers should be cut so that each piece contains from one to two eyes, and the pieces planted in rows from 24 to 30 inches apart, and from 10 to 15 inches apart in the rows, depending on the variety. Cultivation should be frequent and thorough. It is an excellent idea to work soil up to the plants as they develop, so that there will be plenty of soil to cover the potatoes as they form.
 Early potatoes in the central and southern sections of the country will mature in sufficient time for the gar dener to grow crop of sweet corn, late cabbage or turnips on the same ground It Is often possible to plant the second crop between the potato rows before the potatoes are dug. Early potatoes may be used as soon as  large enough an old rule being to be- gin using them when they are as large as hens egg. The usual method is to dig them as needed, leaving the main part of the crop to develop to maturity.
 In the central portion of the United States the late crop may be planted from June 15 to July l, but in the northern sections the main crop is planted earlier than this, no attempt being made to produce early and late potatoes, as In many sections the growing season Is too short for the production of but one crop. Late potatoes are allowed to grow until they mature or until the frost kills the vines. The cultivation of the late crop is similar to that employed in the case of the early crop.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
GREENS AUGUST FLOWER

has been household remedy all over the civilized world for more than half a century for constipation, intestinal troubles, torpid liver and the generally depressed feeling that accompanies such disorders. It is a most valuable remedy for indigestion or nervous dys- pepsia and liver trouble. bringing on headache, coming up of food, palpita- tion of heart and many other symp- toms. A few doses of August Flower will immediately relieve you. It Is a gentle laxative. Ask your druggist Sold in all civilized countries.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
What She Would Take.

At an Irish assize a deaf old lady, who had brought an action for dam- ages against her neighber, was being examined, when the judge suggested a compromise, and instructed counsel to ask what she would take to settle the matter.
 His lordship wants to know what you will take?" asked the learned coun- sel, bawling as loud as he could in the old lady's ear.
 T thank his lordship kindly" an- swered the dame "and if it's no incon- venience to him, I'll take little whis- ky and water"
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Really Quick Work.

An Irishman, who was q bricklayer and who was evicted, went to America to find work. When he was passing through New York he saw some brick layers at work, and stood looking at them. While he was standing the fore man came over and said to him:
 Well, Pat, are you able to build houses as quick as this in Dublin? We start house in the morning and the tenant is living in it in the evening""
 Well, begorra !" said Pat, that's nothing. In Dublin we start house in the morning, and the landlord is evict- ing the tenant from it in the evening""
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Simple Test for Soil,

A simple test to determine when garden soil Is ready for blowing or working is to take q handful of earth from the surface and close the fingers tightly on it. If the earth competed In this way is dry enough for cultiva- tion It will fall apart when the hand Is opened. This test Is applicable only to comparatively heavy soils, but 1t is these which receive the most injury if they are worked when wet.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

 of settling up eyneism like that know too well Ii hobby and be hubfy2 Not much My income isn't in doesn't liking friends
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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

WOIHHH, WItH IIlt ITttUUIH UT hILuIy association, started the talkfest:
 What have you been doing with yourself all this time? I hope you are going to tell me that you have found the best wife ever"
 No, still sticking to my hobby everybody ought to have hobby. prefer dogs. myself because they are honest and loyal, but l also have gone in for
 Dogs are all right, but you are too fine a chap not to marry and settle
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

bage for summer Kraut making. as 1t has been found that kraut may be made at the time that early cabbage natures and will keep successfully. It is much easier to produce early cab bage than the later varieties for this purpose.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
A Captain of Industry.

Do you want the leaves raked off your grass?' asked the boy, as he rang the doorbell of house.
 "Why, we haven't got any" replied the woman. "We haven't single shade tree in front"
 "Oh, but you've got four big baskets of leaves out here" protested the boy. Me an mother boy dumped em here early this morning. and I'll carry 'em away for a nickel i"-Fresno Repub- lican.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Means of Redueinu Pests.

Collect and burn all dried, rotten fruit that remain on the trees or that has fallen. This is q means of re ducing disease and insect pests next summer.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

spring, so II you reel the call oA tHe wild soon, remember these lines. and beware.
 Look well to your eyeglasses, spectacled readers. You should worry if eyeglasses and spectaeles are not exactly the same-it's the same family.
 The birds were singing last spring i; the sun was warm; all nature was in- dulglng in harmony. The government employee rounded up party of friends. one of whom owned launch. and the crowd went down the river for an out
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Don't Let Roots Waste.

Don't let any cabbage or other roots go to waste. Tie stout string around the roots of several cabbages, and hang them in the henhouse so that the hens can just reach them nicely.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

he never got chance 10 crow over the latter until lately.
 Bob was out in Kentucky, and while there was made an elder in his hometown church. "At last" he thought. I've got something on Rody. He's not an elder in any church"
 When Bob met Rodeheaver next time he told him about his becoming an elder.
 He looked at "Rody" to see how impressed he was. and found he wasn't impressed il bit. You don't seem
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

crowded with mon and Womeh, meh- bers of the patriotic societies. Sudden ly. when within sight of the Taber- nacle the car stopped.
 There's a coal wagon on the track" said someone, in a disgusted tone.
 The coal wagon on the track was drawn by two horses, which were un- able to budge the wagon. it having be- come stuck in some way on the slip pery tracks. Just then along came lii. three.tnn cnnl truck. with its fnll
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

nv health so can do all my work and am so grateful that am recommena- ing it to my friends. - Mrs. U. M. ALTERS, R. R. 4, Oregon, Ill.
 Onlywomen who have suffered the LOT, lures of such troubles and have draggeo along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and nero remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
 Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters condition should profit by her recom- mendation, and if there are any com plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass, for advice. The result of their 40 years experience is at your service.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Daily Thouoht.

Degrees infinite of luster there must always be, but the weakest among Hs has gift. however seemingly trivial which is peculiar to him and which worthily used. will be gift also to his race forever-RuSkin.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

representatives in congress. past and present, of cabinet ministers and oth- CTS in high official station. were pres ent at q trench breakfast. The feast" was served with the same utensils and in precisely the same manner as "chow" is dished up in army camps and cantonments or in the trenches
 The menu, too, was identical with that Uncle sam provides for the men in khnki The ottieial women of Washing.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Ask the State College.

When problems arise concerning live stock. poultry. field crops, farm build ings. machinery-anything pertaining to the farm, In fact. remember that the state college is conducted to help solve your problems.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

When the garden is large enough to admit cultivation with horse and cul- tivator the rows should be made to ex- tend clear across it.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Convert Waste Into Food.

Poultry is the only class of domes- tic animal which is suitable for con- verting the kitchen waste, right where it is produced in the city, into whole some and nutritious food.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Thin Out Growing Trees.

Young growing trees that are over- thick need to be thinned out so that those left will grow faster. In this case they are like vegetable crops, which do better when thinned.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Apple Tree.

There is little doubt that where ap- ple trees are fertilized highly the fruit tends to be green and not "color ,up" well. This seems quite reason-
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
eesd Terminates Slowly,

Carrot seed germinates slowest of any garden seed. It sometimes re- quires twelve or even eighteen days.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Rather Took the Wind Out of Matthews Sails

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
w. N. U., LITTLE ROCK, NO. 1s--1e1s.
Forced to EaIsehood

'I like truthful man"
 And yet" commented Miss Cayenne. you wouldn't have any esteem for a dentist who owned up at the outset that he was going to hurt you terri bly,"
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

E liihS M AONoAS AAA~AA pulled me down un- til l could not put my foot to the floor and could scarcely do my work, and as 1 live on a small farm and rais @ six hundred chickens every year it made it very hard for me.
 "I saw the Con- pound advertised in our paper, and tried ,f r. hoe roafOraH
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
chins Ely for Freedom.

Farmers who chop wood to save coal will be making the chips fly for free dom
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

clare dividends if people didn't have money to burn.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Prominent Capital Women Enjoy "Camp Breakfast

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Level Garden Soils.
Cultivation of Garden.

Perfectly level gardens please the eyes but are not always well drained.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

A good tongue will speak no Ill and good brain will think none
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
One Answer to the Question That Is Universal

LIE stopped short in his
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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
Dusy Chauffeur Proved to Be Angel in Disguise

"TIE-UP' Wangon big celebration held by patriotic societies The
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

Some men are like knives; in getting sharp they lose more or less of their best mettle.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
NOW RAISES
 500 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or. aanic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Oregon. Ill.-"I took Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

The only perfect woman Is your sweetheart.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
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His Last Pair Went the Way of Al! Eyeglasses

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29

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The Monticellonian., 1918-03-29
MR Today Keeps the Doctor Awoy

genuine. lasting benefit to improve your dlgestion and assimilation, give you a gooa hearty appetite. regulate your HVer and bowels. tone up kidney &C., tion and give your poison-elogged body good cleaning out.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-05
BRITONS WELCOME YANKEES
U. S. Soldiers Warmly Greeted in England,
Writes Jack Coombe

Old Britain is giving our boys in khaki
notable receptions and extending a welcome
that is not bit less enthusiastic than that
accorded to them when they passed in re-
viVy before loving friends and relatives in
their home cities.
This much, which ought to please the folks
at home, is emphasized in a letter from
Jack Coombe, an EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
reporter, now serving as Y. NJ. g. A. secre-
tary in one of the American camps in Eng
land
Describing trip which he made to a sea-
port resort with 700 of our boys in olive
drab, Jack is warm in his praise for the
Britishers.
Never did I walk or march through
streets SO we'll decorated" writes Jack. II
say that recalling many beautiful decora
tons In Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania
towns and cities. The Mayor of the city that
played host was apparently determined to
prove that the city intended to give US the
best time possible. He made good, too.
AT the City Hall the Americans were
greeted by the Mayor and his assistants.
No such patriotic speech and one filled with
brotherly love did ! ever hear. The American
soldiers stationed in England are very happy
and anxious to get across the channel The
men l am with have played baseball in a
score of towns, and it takes all my time
booking up games"