The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 30, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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GOOD TROF1T IN TRUCKING.
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The first Important essential in se-
lecting a tarm for market gardening
or for truck: farming la that of lend.
The practical gardener does not
look ao much to fertility as he doe*
to drainage, location and the possi-
bllitiea of Improvement.
Given a soil that la reasonably fer-
tile and plenty of manure, lubor and
intelligence, and he can soon Improve
it and make it an ideal garden spot.
Every time a load is hauled to mar-
p ket the team brings back a load of
manure from the city.
Hors* manure la better adapted for
garden crops than other manures, as
ita mechanical effect upon the soil
Joosena It and makes it better adapt!
ed for small and tender crops.
At ail limes of the year when the
teams are not employed on the farm
they are kept busy hauling manure
from the city to the compost heaps
on the land.
The most skillful gardeners ore
using such plant food a as nitrate of
soda, sulphate of ammonia or some
other chemical food to make the
plants grow faster or mature earllor
Great skill must he exercised in
using these chemical plant foods and
the conditions must be right when
they are applied.
When manure furnishes the fertil-
ity on the garden or truck patch the
care and handling are important
items for the gardner to look after.
The most practical method Is to
haul in heaps convenient to where It
is to be used and pile In flat heaps
and well tramped down, so that it
will be well wet down every time
It rains.
Some gardners haul water and wet
the manure heaps down when there
is danger of tll«
burning.
Market gardeners apply all the way
from 20 to 100 loads of manure to
the acre, according to kinds of crops
that are to be grown and to the condi-
tion of the soil. Many find It profit-
able to keep a few hogs to work over
the coarse manure and get It In con-
dition to spread evenly.
The market gardener should be
dose to the city markets and keep
well posted on the market conditions
from day to day, and be ready ift
take advantage of the favorable mar-
ket conditions.
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The truck farmer should be
some community where a large
amount of truck is grown and where
buyers are attracted by the quality
and quantity produced.
It seldom pays Sman to go into a
country and go Into the truck farm-
ing business unless he has enough
of hla own crops so that he may
ship in carload lots to the city deal-
ers.
The man who has charge of the
produce must be an expert, for in
marketing produce much depends
upon the manner in which it is sput
up and the condition that it is in
when it reaches the buyers.
The most important secret of suc-
cess in marketing produce might be
told la a few words: Cater to the
demands of the market; produce just
suqh vegetables as the demands of
the market call for and offer them at
just the times that the people want
them.
Th more favorable the combination
of these conditions the more certain
you will be of success.
Start in on a small scale and try to
fill a want already existing, rather
than go into the business heavily and
compete with the experts who have
an etablished trade.
Don't try to educate people’s indi-
vidual tastes, but plan your crops
so that they will meet the demands
of the most critical buyers.
. In packing your vegetables strive
to have uniform quality in all pack
ages and bunches. Have all of the
vegetables in one package as near
alike as careful selection can make
them.
Have everything clean and attrac-
tive and well graded. Careful sorting
and packing are Just as necessary as
skillful growing.
Retail dealers like to do business
with men who can be depended upon
to keep their engagements and sup-
ply them with the right kind of vege-
tables regardless of the weather and
other conditions.
It is not the purpose of this article
to explain what some skilled gardener
has accomplished In growing some
special crop, for it would read too
much like fiction.
However, these great yields are not
made by amateurs or city farmers
who have had no experience previous-
ly in the business.
Among the special crops that are
adapted for the truck farmer to grow
may be mentioned cabbages, celery,
onions, melons, asparagus, tomatoes,
early potatoes, cauliflower, turnips,
cucumbers, and so on.
M PT 5 -
Turned the Frog Pond Int* a Small
Money Mint.
There are numberless ways where-
by clever country boys can make
money. Iau me teil you how my
friend, Clyde Rushing, a little tow
headed fellow of 13, made a lot of
money.
Clyde lived near a certain city on
the east bank of a small river. The
west side of the bottom Is low, wide
sloughs, and liable to sudden over-
flows. For this reason there are no
houses on the west side until you
get out of the bottom. But there are
a good many truck patches or market
gardens.
There was a great many bullfrogs
along the river and sloughs. Clyde
had a little 22-calibor target rifle, and
could easily kill them, but getting
them afterward was not so easy, for
a bullfrog Bits with Us head always
toward the water, ready to spring in
if frightened. And even if you shot
its head off <t is almost certain to
make one i.priug before it dies.
Clyde had tried to kill some frogs
for the market many times, but it
was so difficult to get them that he
had about stoppi-d wasting ammuni-
tion upon them. But one day in early
spring he heard that frogs’ legs were
bringing fancy prices In the city and
lie determined to inuke another strong
effort to get. some of the frogs.
The next tlsv he look his target
rifle end went Into the bottom after
the frogs. He shot several big ones
but as usual they all jumped into the
water. At last hu found a big one
sitting on the bank about 10 feet
from the edge of the water, with Its
head turned in that direction.
He missed and the bullet went Into
the ground just under Us neck, bulg-
ing up the sticky earth and bouncing
the frog an inch or so off the ground.
Strange to say. It did not Jump, but
lay perfectly still, so the boy ran up
and grabbed It.
Then he saw that he had not hit It-
at all, so he stuck his knife blade
through its bead to kill it. Even then
it did not show much signs of life. It
seemed to have been stunned by the
force of the bullet so near It.
He put U In the basket under his
arm and went on, wondering at this
mystery. Before long he found all-
ot her large frog. He shot Us head
off and it made a spasmodic leap
which carried it fur Into the river.
Hornethlng now suggested that he
shoot into the ground near the next
frog to see If there were really any
virtue in that. Bo when lit* found the
next one he aimed at the ground
right under Us head, and, sure
enough, it acted as though dead and
he ran and got it by the leg and
stuck his knife Made through its head
as before.
After this he always aimed at the
ground Just under the frog’s baed or
body and strange to say he always
got his frog. But when he hit one,
whether he killed it or not, the sting
of the pain seemed to counteract the
stunning effect of the bullet near It
and It always Jumped.
Wlihin two hours from the time he
made this discovery Clyde had se-
cured a dozen large frog, which he
took home, dressed the hind legs
nicely and carried them to town and
easily sold them for $2 to one of the
hotels.
After this Clyde killed a dozen
frogs every day in the week almost
selling them to the restaurants or
hotel; for at least $2 a dozen.
What Clyde did you tan do. my hoy.
If you live on a river near a city or
large town. And even if you live in
the country where frogs are plentiful
there is still a chance for you to
make some money on them, for you
can dress the hti.d legs, pack them
In cracked lee and express them to
large hotel in the nearest city and
sell them at a good price.
Farmers Educational
—AND—
Co-Operative Union
Of America
SELLING AGENCY PLAN.
Suggestions of T. P. Stillwell, Lone
Osk, Texas, in Co-Operator.
I will give my idea of how th® cot-
ton situation ought to be handled.
1. Every town ought to bnve a
warehouse sufficient to store one-half
of its usual crop.
2. Every bale ought to go from the
gin into the warehouse and be in-
sured on entry, a receipt given, the
cotton graded or classed, and record
ed in proper books.
3. Every warehouse ought to re-
port every night by mail to state
headquarters the number or bales re-
ceived that day, number shipped out,
and the number on hand, giving this
data by grades or classes as well as
full details; these in turn to he tab-
ulated and reported to national board
of marketing.
4. The national hoard of marketing
should sell direct to spinners, or
rather, lake orders for cotton at th<
price fixed by the growers, neither
less nor higher.
6. The order should be turned over
to the shipping department aud
shipment made from the moist
desirable warehouse or warehouses,
taking Into consideration freight
rates and the storage conditions,
whether congested or not.
6. At stated period*, say weekly, a
percentage of cotton sold during that
period as compared to the entire
amount warehoused up to that date
should be made, Rnd the proceeds of
Gambling ;n Futures.
Congressman Henry of the Waco
district of Texas has presented a bill
in Congress against gambling In fu- j
tures on agricultural products In the ,
exchanges over the country. It aims I
to remedy the evil by making it pun- j
Ishable by fin** and imprisonment to j
deal in futures and by refusing the
; ut!C ra-ail aud interstate commerce
; facilities for carrying on this busi
lass, aud also making it unlawful
to tram ait fictitious prices made on
exchanges on agricultural products.
Cong essman Burleson of Texan
and Congressman Livingston of Geor-
gia have also presented similar bills,
and each of them seems determined
to press the proposition during the
present session of Congress.
Such a law as these bills propose
would undoubtedly result In putting
the cotton exchanges and bucket
shops out of business and thereby
prove beneficial, not only to the farm-
ers, but to every other legitimate
business Interest of the country, and
It is to b« hoped that the press and
people will unite in their support ot
these representatives in their effort
to prefect the people against those
who take tribute from both the pro-
ducer and the consumer without giv-
ing one cent of value In return.
It is fhe little things that count.
The people who have gotten along
best in the world and succeeded in
laying by a competence are those who
have stopped the little leaks and had
regard for the saving of little sums.
Do not sell off your laying hens too
closely. Every farmer's wife should
have at least DO to 100 laying hens
properly provided with shelter and
nests and then, instead of letting the
snakes and dogs make way with the
eggs, they should be marketed often
so as to get them to the consumer In
their fresh state. Borne farmers and
farmers’ wives regard the egg propo-
sition as too insignificant and little
lo be of any consequence and wo
The Trial of
Peter and John
Smoky School huM far Jaa. 31, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Paper
EVERYTHING VIS FAVORABLE
60RRY HE DIDN'T MOVE TO WEST-
ERN CANADA BEFORE.
LESSON TEXT.—Acta 4:6-30. Memory
verie-a 11, 12.
OOLDKK TEXT.—They were all filled
with the Holy Ohoat. and they spake the
word of Ood with boldness.
TIME.—The same afternoon aa the last
leason, and the following morning. A few
weeks or months, possibly a year or more
after Pentecost.
PLACES.-Solomon's porch In the tem-
ple court; a prison; the hall of the san-
hedrim near the temple; a private room
In the city.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The miracle of healing the well
known lame beggar; Peter’s sermon
proclaiming Jesus as the expected
Me«slah, and charging the Jews, espe-
cially their rulers, with the crime of
murdering him, but calling on them
to repent and be saved; and the fact
that thousands became the disciples of
Jesus and Joined the new, enthusiastic
community, all this aroused « ’cart-
ers to put a stop to this o. which
was ’'turning the world c »ue down/'
11 > The Jewish authorities found
♦hat the new religious movement was
the "installation of a new station for
the distribution of currents of Influ
ential opinion,” and they determined
to cut the wires, and stop the flow of
the current; but the only results were
a shock to themselves, and more pow-
er and more lights. (2) "Fools! they
thought If they could but wring the
neck of the crowing cock it would
oever b» day.”-
While these 5,000 were all Jews,
they were something more; a new
stamp was on them (Stifler), a new
perfume, a new atmosphere was
around them, a new light shone in
their characters. They became new
forces in the world. There was some
such change in them as transformed
aales sent to the different warehouses: know some farmers that act as though j Peter and John, the fishermen, into
Troes for Waste Spots.
Many poor soils, now waste spots
on the farm, would become profitable
If planted with the right ktnd of for-
est trees and cared for in right way.
There is money in most of them if
they are set to work producing wood
lots and forests jji But knowledge and
Judgment are necessary and a bad
guess may be costly.
Many tree* do well in these soils—
cone tteitrtejt in mrficalar. The
farmer is fortunate whose iand has
no poor spots. Few land owners ore
so well off
Early Winter Work.
Put a half pint of carbolic add In
the whitewash for the poultry house
and apply It before the cold weather
sets in.
Don’t fall to put In a barrel or two
of road dust for the hens' winter
dust bath.
Sell off all the old ewes.
If the shed for the sheep leaks at-
tend to it at once. A wet sheep be-
comes a sickly one.
It Is a temptation to stuff new corn
Into any antmal on the farm. Too
much Is worse than too little.
How the manure pile does grow—
unless It Is distributed on the fields
at least once a week.
One day's work will clean up the
yard and garden. How untidy a neg-
lected place looks when the sonw
goes off In the spring.
Pack sweet potatoes In dry sand
and keep in a warm and perfectly
dry place.
Now the rats begin to leave the
farm for more comfortable quarters
in the cellar. Stop every place where
they can enter.
Hare the children been supplied
with rubber shoes? Rubber boot»
are bad if worn for longer than an
hour or two at a time.
on basis of their receipts always con-
sidering grades or classes.
7. On stated days these warehouses
Khould estimate the pound prorata
price and pay out to holders of its
certificates or receipts, their prorata
of the sales during each period, mark-
ing it on the receipt and ordering it
on Hie books.
This plan would insure to every
member of the union (1), the price
set by the union for his cotton. (21,
It would destroy any chance for a
break to be made in market by some
getting scared aud rushing the cotton
on the market. (3), It would make
like prices and treatment lo every
man whether he had one bale or one
hundred. (4), It would put the cotton
farmer in position to get money for
his cotton every week in the year, and
it would enable the man who has to
have money to pay obligations to get
the money without sacrificing the
price of the labor of his wlfa^tnd
children to the cotton specutaflmrs.
(5), It would in the end unite every
cotton miser with the union; for fhe
non-union raiser would get less for hi*
cotton, and when convinced he w*as
getting less would hasten to join In
with the others.
Now some may doubt whether it
would insure getting the price set by
the union. I reply that the only thing
needed to insure it is for the majority
of the cotton raisers to agree and
carry out their plans. Say two-thirds
of the cotton raisers go into this plan
and set the price at 12 or 15 cents,
•hen say the crop is a 13-niil!ion crop.
How will we get 15 cents, after last
year's crop of less than twelve mil-
lion has carried the price less than
9 cents?
Well, suppose the one-third who are
not in the plan rush their cotton on
and the crop outlook is so fine they
only get 8 cents or less, then four mil-
lion bales will soon be gone and the
spinner will have to go to the only
place where the staple can be had.
No warehouse has any cotton to sell
for It has already been placed. No
manipulator can get a bale from any
one for any price except from the
national marketing headquarters, and
there only at the set price, but what
if the crop is more than the world
can use? We will keep it in our ware-
house until needed. We had better
sell six million bales at 15 cents and
keep three million bales over, than to
sell nine million bales fot- 8 or 9 or
10 cents, for we would get as much
money for six million bales at 15 cents
as for nine million at 10 cents and
have three million bales to sell next
year.
Should my plan meet with favor
enough to get Into print and should
It be worth considering by our leaders,
1 would be pleased to have its merits
and demerits discussed, and will glad-
ly enter into a more minute discus-
sion of the details and working and
feasibility of the plan.
If any attempt Is made to carry out
my plan it should be started at once.
they would be ashamed to be caught
on the street with eggs for sale. They
don’t understand the first principle
of economy.—Troupe Banner.
Lesson In Diversification.
Charles Herndon, of Tyler, Texas,
has compiled and is circulating
through the Tyler Commercial Club
a very interesting booklet of facts
entitled. "Smith County, the Land of
Diversified Farming and the Heart of
lhe Great Fruit and Truck Beit.’
Statements of the main features ot
the couniy are given in tabloid form,
alphabetically arranged, and the
growth of the fruit and truck indus-
tries is Htrikingly shown In percent-
ages. Some of the statements are:
apostles who changed the face of the
world.
The Comfort of the Imprisoned
Apostles.—"The speakers went to pris-
on; their words took wings, and flew
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Here Is a beautiful marvel. What vi-
tality Is in a spoken word! No won-
der that men like Joubert and Emer-
son toll like slaves to put a thought
Dito perfect language! Who would
not be content to go to prison, or to
death, if he could leave something like
the Twenty-third Psalm or the Beati-
tudes, or the thirteenth chapter of 1
Corinthians, as his legacy to the
world? Betynd those prison bars the
apostles comforted themselves by re-
membering that they had uttered
words which would not return to Jesus
Tyler’s strawberry shipments have Christ void, but would accomplish the
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increased In the last nine years 12,-
400 per cent, or an average of 1.877
per cent per annum; and her peach
shipments 3.950 per cent, or an aver-
age of 493 per cent per annum; her
tomato shipments, 310 per cent per
annum, and her total shipments of
all fruits, berries and vegetables 184
per cent per annum.
Smith’s county’s strawberry ship-
ments increased from 1898 to 1907,
inclusive, 1,400 per cent per annum;
peach shipments, 939 per cent per an-
num; tomato shipments, 443 per cent
per annum, und cantaloupe shipment
233 per cent per annum.
There are 246 counties in Texas.
Smith county ships more car loads of
strawberries each year than the other
245 counties combined.
Smith and Cherokee counties ship
more car k ads of peaches each year
than the oiher 244 counties of Texas
combined.
Flint's tomato shipments increased
from lo98 to 1906, inclusive, 9,700 per
cent, or an average of 1,212 per cent
per annum; and her total shipments
of all fruits, berries and vegetables
increased 3,466 per cent, or an aver-
age of 433 per cent per annum.
Bullard's total shipments of all
fruits, berries and vegetables have
increased from 1898 to 1907, inclu-
sive, 7,400 per cent, or an Increase
of 822 per cent per annum.
A good feed for ducklings is made
by mixiug corn meal anu Lran. equal
parts, into a mush with milk.
Fence Rail Philosophy.
A little brain work this winter will
save leg work next summer.
When the mule's shoe gets loose
we hustle him off to the blacksmith
in a hurry. But when mother's shoes
wear out are we iu such a hurry to
get to the store?
Much wise’ farm gospel has been
spread abroad for years, but some j
That the farmers may see that
there Is something in the talk about
seed selection and special cultivation
the examples of Messrs. Will Cooke
aud J. A. Clendenning are cited. Mr.
Cooke got nearly 244 bushels on three
acres of land—or over 80 bushels to
the acre. Mr. Clendenning got a lit-
tle ov3r 780 bushels on 133 acres—or
over 60 bushels to the acre—and Mr.
W. T. Riding aveiagtd 52 to 55 ousb-
Who w!’>
If there is one thing above all oth-
ers that the farmer needs to learn, It
is absolute loyalty to his farmer
leaders. There is ho other way by
which he may win his industrial in-
dependence. The great leaders in
manufacturing and commerce learn-
ed this years ago, and they are now
powerful enough to defy even the
government. The labor organizations
learned loyalty before their power
ever amounted to anything, and the
farmers must learn it before they can
assert their rights to the fruits of
their labor. Under the present con-
stitution of the Farmers' Union there
Is no reason for disloyalty. If a mem-
ber or official is Ineligible or unfit
for membership or leadership, he may
be ousted, l-«t the grafter, the poli-
tician and the trouble-maker be kick-
ed out the back door and let the
Farmers’ Union go forward under ono
s—:ner and its success cannot be pre-
vented.—Co-operator.
work whereanto be had sent them.”
Charles Frederic Goss
The ball of the sanhedrim, accord
ing to both the latest great cyclope-
dias, was within the temple court. The
sanhedrim sat in a semi-circle, with
the president in the center, while op-
posite were three benches for the
scholars of the sanhedrists, who thus
practically learned law.
V. 8. “Then Peter, filled with the
Holy Ghost." In fulfillment of
Christ's promise (Matt. 10:19, 20)
Thus Peter was given courage to
apeak the truth, and guided to the
choice of the right things to say, and
the best way of saying them. This
was his first experience in speaking
before this august assembly, and he,
an unlearned fisherman, way well have
quailed before such a tribunal with
such power over his fortunes, even
while he rejoiced at the opportunity
to preach the Gospel to them. "Peter,
‘filled with the Holy Ghost,' is a thou-
sand Peters: Peter multiplied by the
very Deity. Peter—a straw blown
away by the mocking wind, by himself.
But Peter 'filled with fhe Holy Ghost'
was a man of war, a mighty captain, a
soldier not to be put down; clothed
with heavenly panoply, eloquent with
heaven s thunder, gracious with heav-
en’s love.” "Ye rulers . . . and
elders.” Peter is respectful, but these
very titles imply that they should be
leaders In every good work, and favor
all that would help the people.
V. 11. "This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders.”
Peter applies to the sanhedrim the
Psalm (118:22), which he had heard
the Master use to a deputation from
this same sanhedrim. This symbolic
imagery seems to have been drawn
from one of the stones, quarried, beWn,
and marked, away from the site of the
temple, which the builders, ignorant of
the head architect’s plans, or finding
on it no mark, had put on one side as
having no place In the building, but
which was found afterward to be that
on which the completeness of the
structure depended, "the head of the
corner”—on which, as the chief cor-
ner stone, the two walls met and were
bonded together.”—Plumptre.
V. 23. On their return "to their own
company,” they all joined in a hvmn
of praise, quoting Psa. 146:6 and Psa.
2:1. 2, perhaps singing the whole of
these paaims. Past deliverances of
God's people gave assurance of tri-
umph now.
Friendly Enemies —In a sermon by
Rev. W. C. Piggott in the London Sun-
day School Chronicle, cn "Friendly
Enemies," I find these words: "Sor-
row. pain, trial, are real enemies of
man. and the perfect life which he
Mr. Austin was a man who had
never bad any previous experience in
farming, but Western Canada had al-
lurements, and he profited. He got a
low-rate certificate from a Canadian
Government agent, and then moved.
What he says is interesting:
"Raufurly, Alberta, May 10-’08.
”J. N. Grieve, Esqr., Spokane, Wash-
ington.—Dear Sir: After a dozen or
more years of unsuccessful effort In
the mercantile business in Western
Washington, in August, 1903, decided
to come to Alberta with a gentleman
who was shipping two cars live stock
co Edmonton. I assisted this man
with the stock over one hundred
miles out in the Birch Lake Country,
East of Edmonton. Indeed, how sur-
prised, bow favorably everything com-
pared with my dream of what 1 want-
ed to see In a new country.
"Had never had any experience in
farming, but 1 was immediately con-
verted into a farmer. And from that
moment I have prospered. Selecting
a homestead near Birch Lake, I re-
turned for wife and three small chil-
dren and freighted out from Edmonton
in March following year we shoveled
a spot clear of snow and pitched our
tent and commenced operations, at
that time we had no neighbors. Four
years have passed, the locality Is well
settled, two miles from railway sta-
tion, with churches and schools, tele-
phone and good road accommodations.
“We are enjoying the privileges
granted to any rural district In
Washington. The Birch Lake Coun-
try is no exception, this great trans-
formation is rapidly going on In every
district In Western Canada.
"I estimate that every quarter sec-
tion in every direction Is capable of
producing ? comfortable living for a
family o> forever. After paying
for two horses and a cow, had just
$10.00 to go on. Did my first plough-
ing in my life. I was very awkward in
my work, but nature was glad ahd I waa
abui .itly paid for my efforts. Our
cattle has increased to about fifty
head, which was very profitable on ac-
count of the abundance of forage. To
farm was compelled to buy about four
hundred dollars’ worth of farm ma-
chinery on time, and the payments fell
due last fall, and you may wonder how*
i expected to pay for them when we
had such a bad year. ’Twas a little
bad for Western Canada or for a Mis-
sourian. But is not 35 or 40 bushels
oats a pretty good yield per acre In
many States? Then the price of
grain went out of sight, so when I had
sold my crop I found I was able to
make my payments nicely, besides we
had lots of feed. No one has any busi-
ness raising cattle without growing
grain, or vice versa. As to the winters,
did not feed my cattle, excepting the
calves, a fork of hay until in March.
Have found the winters much more
pleasant than we did In Western Wash-
ington. This Is strange and hard to
explain, but ’tis true, nevertheless, at
40 degrees below zero we have more
comfort than you would at 20 degrees
above, so still and dry—with bright,
sunny days. My wife says that the
only regret she has Is that we did not
come here ten years ago, as we would
now certainly have been in a position
to retire from hard work. Most wom-
en soon become satisfied as neigh-
bors begin to come round them.
Have 98 acres in crop this year,
besides two acres potatoes, which
have always brought me a fair
price. We find a ready market for
everything we produce. To the Poor
Man—Here is a chance to establish
yourself. To the Rich Man—Here Is a
chance to buy land for $10.00 to $15.00
per acre which will produce more crops
than a half dozen acres of your $50.00
to $75.00 per acre land. And if not
very much mistaken, this year will
prove an eye opener to those who are
a little sceptical. The trouble with
me is that I have so much to say so
favorable to Alberta ’tis hard to be
brief. Respectfully,
(Signed) "P. S. AUSTIN."
Limited Understanding.
"It does seem strange,” rcmtrkeS
the party who seemed to be thinking
aloud.
“What seems strange?” queried the
innocent bystander.
"That after getting a man in hot
water a woman can’t understand why
he should boll over,” explained the
noisy thinker.—Chicago Dally Nows.
This is No Joke.
Hunt s Cure has saved more people
from the “Old Scratch” than any other
known agent, simply because it makes
scratching entirely unnecessary. One
application relieves any form of itch-
ing skin disease that ever afflicted man-
kind. One box guaranteed to cure any
one case.
people never hfnrd of it until James to ,hp ’,rre of 17 a<*rpi*
J. Hill gave out something new.
An overtired body makes a dull
mind. No doubt about It. Go slow.
How He Did it.
One orchardist is said to hav^ in-
creased the yield of his orchard from
15 to 250 bushels In the folowing man-
ner: He reduced the tops of the trees |__
one-fourth, then in the fall he plowed hopes for cannot come till these are
between the trees. After manuring banished; but often those things in
well he planted corn, beans and pump **7e which seem most evidently hostile
kins, and harvested a ntce crop ui *° our P**ce may be our protection
each. The next spring he repeated the ' *K*!nst *reater evils ”
same form of cultivation, and that* learn not only obedience, we
learn joy itself through
Silly Question.
Him—Am 1 the first man you were
ever engaged to?
Her—Don't Insult me. You know
perfectly well that I am 25 years old.
Do I look like a lemon':
Wouldn’t Take Him Seriously.
He—But I need you In order to be
happy.
She—I couldn't think of marrying m
needy person.
seed don't pay ?—Williamson Co. Sun. j 70 bushels ot good apples.
er has said, the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of pleasure.
Man gives every reason for his con-
duct save one; every excuse for his
crime save one; every plea for his
safety save one, and that Is cowardice..
„ . t,IK YOF r*E
ml, BaJI B:“e- ^ Bail
ome, .Large 2 <n. package only $ cent#*
Many a man lives a regular cat and-
dog life. He purrs in the parlor end
harks in the kitchen.
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