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QatKerea Srrttles
HIS ALTER EGO.
The boarding school miss u al
lowed to walk down the street alt by
herself. In less than an hour aha got
Into trouble. 8bn had smashed a cor
aer loafer In the face. So aha had to
be cross-examined.
"Why did you bit this man?"
"Became be winked at me."
"How did you know he was winking
at youT The aand might have been
blowing tn hie face."
"Becauae he winked at me with one
eye."
"What did you do thenr
"I bit him In hie 'alter ego.' "
"Talk English. What do you mean
by hia alter ego?"
"Hla other I." Cleveland IMaln
Dealer.
Briefly Stated.
"Which would you rather have a
ww of your own or a reliable city
milkman?"
"That depends."
"Dependa on what?"
"A lot of thinga. There are two dif
ferences between a cow and a milk
man, and one difference la tn favor of
the former and one In favor of the lat
ter." "Explain."
"1. A cow glvea pure milk.
"1. A cow doesn't give credit."
Womanly Intuition.
Mm. Flatlelgh The new family up
stair have a lot of money, but they
need to be very poor and ordinary.
Mr. Flatlelgh How do you know?
Have you called on them?
Mre. Flatlelgh No; but there was a
half-eaten broiled lobeter and a whole
Camembert cheese in their garbage
can on the dumb waiter thla morning.
Judge.
CAUGHT.
Ralph Beautiful view, here. Re
minds me so much of Scotland, you
" v.-JK)seOh! then you went to that
lecture, too?
Other Interests.
It used to make a man eolhuu
If ha could keep ths babes In shore,
But modern mankind but aaptres
To keep a motor car tn Urea.
She Couldn't Resist That
"Tom. dear, I wish you wouldn't use
cigarettes. You know what's In
them."
"Yes. For the mere penny a ciga
rette costs you get nicotine, valerian,
possibly a little opium and a whole
lot of carbon."
"You do? Oh, well, of course, if It's
uch a bargain."
Good Example.
Teacher Who can tell the meaning
of "persistence?"
8mall Boy Mother talking for a
ew bat. Judge.
Wanted te Be Safe.
"You are the proprietor and a phas
mac 1st of the Brat ctasa?" J.
"Yes. madam." '
"And you know your business
sell?"
"From the foundation
"That Is well. Civs' me two cents'
worth of gum deeps." Le Rlre.
Perennial Ones.
"What are the decorations of ball
rooms this season?"
"I believe -they are society buds and
wallflowers."
Parallel.
Sunday School Teacher Then you
believe the story about the bears eat
ing ap the children?
Utile IjHUle Broker Sure! Didn't
taey do the same thing to my old nxas
la Wall street last week? Puck.
ShouM Help Seme.
BillI'm afraid that goat will be
sick. He's eaten up a lot of news
papers. Jill I guess bell be aU right The
last thing bs aU was the Literary
ptg.st
Olgnlty.
Bacon I see King Oeorge of Eng
land baa been granted a patent on a
coal stove.
Kgbert Bat can you Imagine see
tag Klag Oeorge taking dew a a sieve
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The New Bribery.
"Ob, ma!" exclaimed the daughter
f the candidate. "I Juat saw papa
kissing? the eooklsdy."
"That's aU right, dear. He la act
lag aa my manager, and I want her
ee for today's elective."
"easwm m si i
KEEN.
"She's wonderfully sharp."
"Yes; whenever she cuts for a prise)
she always wins."
The Amateur Gardener.
On ffr.imi serils I think I'll Mow
A little cash,
I'll buy some, and prored -to grow
Rome sucrutfish.
Essentials.
Cub I suppose the three "R's" are
still the essential foundation for a
good newspaper?
Editor Not on your life. It's the
three "S's" nowadays.
Cub Three "S's?"
Editor Yep. We've got to have a
snappy editorial writer, snoopy re
porter and a snippy society editress.
Puck.
Hypochondriasis.
"Good morning, Mrs. McCarthy!"
said Mrs. Ryan, aa the friends met at
the market. "How's all the folks get
ting along?"
"They be all doing well," replied
Mrs. McCarthy, "except my old man.
Lie's been enjoyln' poor health for
some toime, but this mornln' he com
plained of feclln' better." Youth's
Companion.
, Something Wrong.
"What niakea you think th new so
prano won't do? At first you said her
voice was good."
"I know I did, but none of the other
sopranos seem to be Jealous of her."
Outwitted.
"I wouldn't like to buy my dear lit
tle wlfey a pearl necklace. Pearls
aiean tears, you know."
"Do they? Then I'll cry till I get
it"
Fits the Case.
"What is the Biblical Injunction
against bigamy?"
'The passage advising that no man
can serve two masters."
Hard to Find..
"Wombat says It is hard to find a
woman's pocket."
"He ought to know. He married for
money." '
Blonded Debt.
Wimble Isn't Qumble's light-haired
wife pretty extravagant?
Gtmble You bet! He calls her his
blonded indebtedness. Life.
Unconscious Repartee.
What do you think of this plan to
scare the marching suffragettes with
mice?"
"Oh, rats!"
Proper Place for It
He Our club laid that resolution to
give a supper on the table.
She Well, where else would yeu
have la!3 it? i
FOTUNATE.
Count Ze weather is so queer over
here. I must get my overcoat out
Heiress How lucky! i
Count In what way?
Heiress That you haven't lost the
ticket.
What's the Use?
One way to foater
DtacoBlent
Is worrying 'bout
Tbe eula you've spent
Impossible.
"Well, now. really, lilsa Jeervell.
I should like to bear what you would
eonelder tbe ideal mas," said Blldad.
"Define bint for me, won't you?.
"1 couldn't," said Miss Jeerwell. wlta
g pleasant smile. ""The terms are es
sentially contradictory." - Harper's
Weekly.
CULTURE OF POTATOES
Opinions Differ on Proper Depth
to Plant Tubers.
Some Growers Advocate Shallow
Planting, While Others Are Just
as Strong In Favor of Deep
Method One Good Teet
(By R. SANDSTEN.)
The depth at which potatoes should
be planted Is a matter of considerable
importance, and one upon which
much difference of opinion exists.
Some growers advocate shallow plant
ing, and others Just aa strongly fsvor
deep planting. That there must be a
depth at which the highest yield may
be obtained seems reasonable. This
depth will undoubtedly vary with dif
ference In weather conditions, conse
quently sny investigation along this
line should be carried on for several
years In order to obtsln reliable data.
An experiment was made at Iron
River, Wis., on sandy soil of rather
open texture, to get some Information
on this point.
The ground was plowed tn the fall
and given a dressing of manure at the
rate of ten loads per acre In the
spring. This was disked Into the
ground thoroughly before planting.
The land was nicely leveled before
planting by meana of a drag. Twenty
one rows, running north and south,
were planted, each row three feet
apart. The potatoes were planted
with a planter In order, as follows:
At 4 Inches
At 6 Inches
At 8 Inches
At 4 Inches
At 6 Inches
At 8 Inches
deep,
deep,
deep,
deep,
deep,
deep.
rows,
rows,
rows,
rows,
rows,
rows.
In this way any possible lack of
uniformity of soil was to a great ex
tent neutralized. The same general
slope obtained for all the field, mak
ing the conditions similar for all the
.Yields of plots of potstoes plsnted
at different depths. The yields were
140 bushels per sere when plsnted at
a depth of four inches, 124 bushels
when planted alx Inches deep, and
102 buehets when plsnted eight Inches
deep. The shallower planting allowed
the potatoes to corns up and mature
more quickly, thus escaping the ef
fects of dry westher.
Ulj u
s. frb
rows, rrbe potatoes planted at rour
Inches came up first, those at alx
Inches second, while the rows planted
at eight Inches came up last. There
was a difference of about two daya be
tween each set. Tbe set planted at
four Inches grew fastest and produced
somewhat stockier vines. The deep
est planting wis not quite as good a
stard. although the difference was not
very great.
Exactly the same treatment aa to
cultivating, spraying, etc., was given
to all tbe rows. No weeds were al
lowed to grow, and the beetles were
killed before they did any material
damage. The crop was dug the latter
part at September, with the following
results:-, Tbe potatoes planted four
Inches deep yielded at the rate of
140 bushels per acre; the six-Inch
depth yielded at the rate of 124 bush
els per acre, and the eight-Inch depth,
102 bushels per acre.
From this It would seem that six
Inches would be tbe maximum depth
at which to plant potatoes.
IMPORTS OF FARM PRODUCTS
?
Immense Amount of Money Paid te
Foreigners That Should Have
Gone to Americen Farmers.
Tbe tremendous acreage planted
to. corn last year developed the ever-
present pessimist who talked about
over-production and a consequent
lowering of prices to the Injury of
tbe farmer's market These people
do not know that last year the United
Spates Imported,, $8,800,000 worth of
otUs.jnore than 12,000,000 worth of
potatoes, , f 1.000,000 worth of peas,
over $2,000,000 worth of beans,
$8,000,000 worth of sugar, $3,500,000
worth of tobacco. This Is money paid
to foreigners which should have gone
Into tbe pockets of the American
farmers If they bad raised enough of
these several products. As long aa
our population Increaaes aa rapidly as
It does now, there Is little danger of
over production of farm products.
Planting of Slips.
Slip your geraniums, coleus kmLear.
natlons for outdoor planting In the
spring. For tbe geraniums use a flow,
er pot having good drainage. Oil to
within aa Inch of the top with well
sifted soil, finish with aa Inch of river
sand. Make tbe slips four Inches long,
electing only stocky ones; stick each
one half beneath tbe soil, leaving 08
only two leaves.
Cheap Seeds.
Tbe lowest priced seeds are often
the most expensive In the long res.
Don't buy seed because It is cheap.
Pay a good fair price for It and teet
before planting la all eases. Vege
table seed ought to test SO per seat,
at least.
GROWING RED CLOVER CROP
Must Net B Looked Upon ae Cu
All fee Farm Troubles Humus
Is Important Factor.
The production of clover Is the
foundation of agriculture In tho east
ern and north central states, writes
J. M. Wnstgsta and F. II. Hillman.
United States department of agricul
ture, aa upon Its successful growth
depends to a large extent the main
tenance of the nitrogen content of the
soils In the prlnctpsl crop-producing
sections.
Clover must not be looked upon as
a cure-all for farm troubles. Its roots
do add large quantities of the very
valuable nitrogen and humus to the
soil, but aside from bringing up a
limited supply of phosphoric scid and
potash from the lower layers of the
soil It does not add tbe other Impor
tant fertiliser elements to the soil up
on which It grows; upon many soils
these elements (particularly phos
phoric scid) must be added the same
as though no clover was being grown
upon them.
So long as tbe soil Is fairly well sun
plied with humus, and it is not too
greatly depleted of the ordinary fer
tilizer elements, there is usually no
difficulty in obtaining successful
standa of clover by the ordinary meth
ods of seeding; but when continued
cropping reduces the humus content
of the soil to a point below that re
quired for successful clover produc
tion,, It becomes necessary necessary
to adopt radical means to restore the
ground to Its proper condition.
It has been repeatedly shown that
the failure of the clover in a aectton
Is but a prophecy of the early failure
of other leading cropa In that particu
lar section. The substitution of alslke
for ordinary red clover to be contin
ued In the rotation on some soils
which no longer grow the ordinary red
clover. Tho lack of humus in the soil
Is the most potent factor In tbe fail
ure of red clover In the sections, but
other factors, such as too acid a soil
and the-presence of funguous diseases
or insect enemies, must also be over
come. Liming and proper drainage will
overcome the soil acidity. The Insect
and fungous diseases may be held in
check by clipping or cutting at the
proper time, and by furnishing the
proper soil conditions to produce a
crop so vigorous that it will succeed
in spite of the enemies which prove
troublesome to less vigorous stands.
CARE FOR THE HOUSE PLANT
Should Have Plenty of Water by
Soaking in Tub or Plunge In Bath
' Tub to Refresh Them.
iBy KltANCIS U IIIKL.EY. Rockvllle.
Conn.)
Plants that have been In the bouse
all winter in a dry atmosphere will
dry out quickly. Give plenty of water
by soaking in a tub or a plunge in the
bath tub and spray the leaves often.
This will refresh them, and also de
stroy the red apis which multiply con
tinually. If there are any scales on
Colyxes Closed; Too Late to Spray for
Codling-Moth. ,
your ferns use a small tooth brush
and mild soap suds. Use some soot
on your plant solL A handful to two
gallons is enough.'' Let In fresh air
two or three times a day; moderately,
to as to accustom them to it Use
only rain wtaer on calla-lilies. Blow
some tobacco smoke on the plants al
most every day.
Horticultural
s-. Nores
Fruit trees, as a general rule, do not
appreciate light, sandy soils .
Make sure that the site for tbe
new orchard can be easily drained. '
Calliopsls Is a desirable quick
growing annual for tbe cut-flower gar
den. Many failures from spraying result
from working when the temperature
Is below 40 degrees.
Sow a few asters, panales, cobea,
and hardy carnations In the bouse tbe
last of the month for earliest flowers
outside. .
When setting any of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to corre
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets la transplanting.
Keep on tbe constant lookout to do
st roi insect eggs snd "cocoons fre
quently seen near rubbish heaps and
on tbe bark of. trees.
The sweet cherry Is the only tree
fruit that can be universally set out
In tbe fall successfully and be better
than for spring setting.
Some fruit growers say that It Is
not a good plan to plow aa orchard
when the trees are In blossom bet
ter do It before or after.
Do not plant many varieties of trees
la tbe new apple orchard. Tbe apple
buyers like to And as many of one
variety as they can together.
Any kind of fruit tree wlU die whea
plsnted In ground that is all tbe time
saturated with water. Tbe tile ditch
is a necessity Is some places.
IN SIMPLE PRAYER
Quotations From Mathias Clau-
dius "A Letter to My .
Friend Andrew."
Do you see, when I am going to
pray, I think first of my late father,
how he was so good and loved so well
to give to me. And then I picture to
myself the whole world aa my father's
house, and all tho people of Europe,
Asia, Africa and America are then, In
my thoughts, my brothers and sisters;
and God is sitting in heaven on a
golden chair, and has bis right band
stretched out over the sea to the end
of the world, and his left full of bless
ings and good; -and all around the
mountain tops smoke and then I be
gin: "Our Father who are In heaven, hal
lowed be thy name."
Here I am already at fault. Tbe
Jews are said to have known special
mysteries respecting the name of
Ood. But I let all that be, and only
wish that the thought of God, and
every trace by which we can recog
nise him, may be great and holy
above all things, to me and all men.
"Thy kingdom come."
Here I think of myself, how it
drives hither and thither within me.
and now this governs and now that;
and that all Is sorrow of hesrt and
I can light on no green branch. And
then I think how good it would be for
me if God would' put an end to all
discord snd govern me himself.
"Thy will be done In heaven so on
earth."
Here I picture to myself heaven and
the holy angels who do his will with
Joy, and no sorrow touches them, and
they know not what to do for love and
blessedness, and frolic night and day;
and then I think: If it were only so
here on earth!
"Give us this day our daily bread."
Everybody knows what dally bread
meana, and that one munt eat as 'long
as one Is In the world, and also that it
tastes good. I think of that Perhaps,
too, piy children occur to me, how
they love to eat, and are so lively and
Joyful at table. And then I pray that
the dear God would only give us
something to eat.
"Forgive us our debts as we forgive
our debtors."
It hurts when one receives an af
front; and revengo Is sweet to man.
It seems to me, too, and my Inclina
tion leads that way. But then the
wicked servant In tbe Gospel passes
before my eyes and my heart fails,
and I resolve that 1 will forgive my
fellow servant and not say a word to
him about the hundred pence.
"And lead ua not Into temptation."
Here 1 think' of various Instances
where people. In such and such cir
cumstances, have strayed from the
good and have fallen; and that It
would be no better with me.
"nut deliver ua from evil."
Here I still tblnk of temptations
and that man is so easily seduced and
may stray, from the straight path.
But at the same time I tblnk of all
tbe (roubles of life, and tbe thousand
fold misery and heart sorrow that Is
In the world to plaugue and torture
poor mortals, and there la none to
help. And you will And, Andrew, If
tears have not come before, they will
be sure to come here; and one cau
feel such a hearty yearning to be
away ' and can be so sad and cast
down In oneself, as If there were
really no help at all. But then one
must pluck up courage again, lay the
hand upon the mouth and continue,
as it were, in triumph: , ,
"For thine Is tbe kingdom and the
power and glory forever. Amen."
Everything Turned Into Blessing.
Nothing that la not God'a will con
como Into the life of one who trusts
and obeys God. This fact Is enough
to make our life one of ceaseless
thanksgiving and Joy. For It la the
most glorious thing In the world; and
It la working In omnipotence for us all
the time, with nothnig to prevent It It
we are surrendered and believing. One
who was passing through deep waters
of affliction wrote to a friend: "Is it
not a glorious thing to know that, no
difference how unjust a thing may be,
or how absolutely it seems to be from
Satan, by the time It reaches us it Is
God's will for us, and will work to
gether for good to us? For all things
work together for good to us who love
God. And even of the betrayal Christ
said, "The cup which my. Father batb
given me. shall 1 not drink Itr We
live charmed lives If we are living in
tbe center of God's will. All the at
tacks that Satan through others' sla
can hurl against us not only are pow
erless to harm us, but are turned Into
blessings on the way. So let us praise
God for every new testing, knowing
that It is only going to reveal hia love
the more. And let us give God full op
portunity tqt return through ua good
for evil, under every attack, an lov
ingly that the blessing shall not be
limited to ourselves but sbal be
passed oa in fullness to many about
us. Suuday School Times.'
Boy's Prayer.
Give me clean bands, clean, words
and clean thoughts; help, me to etaud
tor the bard light against the easy
wrong; save we from habits that
harm; teach me to work as hard and
plsy ss fair in thy sight alone as It
all tbe world saw; forgive me when
I am unkind, and help me to forgive
those who are unkind to me; keep me
ready to help others at some cost to
myself; send me chances to do a lit
tle good every day, and so grow
more like Christ. W. D. Hyde, Free
sr l!uduid College,
II." i 111 I Iff rrf
The Holy
Spirit
REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. O.
Dm si 4m Mm BUs Uwi
Oiis si
i I
i ii 1 i iii ii
TEXT "Have received the Holy
Ghost since ye believed T" Acta XIX. 1
Pan! met cer
tain disciples in
Epheaus whom at
first be supposed
to be Christian
disciples, but In
whose testimony
there ' was that
which led to the
Inquiry, "Have ye
received the Holy
Ghost slnoe ye
bellevedr It la
evident, therefore,
from these word
and from the se
quel that It is one
thing to be a dis
ciple, and anotner
thing to "receive the Holy Ghost."
This brings up tbe whole question as
to the relation of the Holy Spirit, to
the disciple, or the believer in
Christ
1. The personality of the Holy
Spirit. We should keep in mind that
the Holy Spirit Is a divine person.
Personality consists In self-consciousness
and free willy-and that the Holy
Spirit possesses personality In this
sense is evident from three things:
(a) He haa the attributes of person
ality; (b) He does the works of a per
sonality; (c) He has the names of
a personality. Speaking of his at
tributes, there is one which,- .more
than any other, helps to a realisation
of hla personality. His attribute ot
love, which Is referred to only . in
Romans 15:30. Do you know that tbe
Holy Spirit loves you, as a believer In
Christ, with a love in some sense dis
tinct from that either of the Father
or the Son? How marvelously near
that brings bim to our hearts! The
Father's love manifested Itself in tbe
giving of his Son; the Son's love in
tbe offering of himself upon the cross,
and the Holy Spirit's love In taking up
his abode in us.
2. The Indwelling of tbe Holy Spirit.
This brings os to the second thought,
viz., the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
That indwelling waa promised In Johu,
14:16-17. He had dwelt "with" tho dis
ciples therefore, but he was to dwell
"in them". by and by. He bad been
as a power acting on them from with
out, but thereafter he wua to influ
ence them from within. The prom
ise was renewed again la Acts
1:1-3, where the Indwelling ww
spoken of as the "baptism" of the
Holy Spirit. The realization came on
the day ot Pentecost, when the dis
ciples were Indwelt;-baptized and. In
filled with tbe Holy Spirit at one ami
the same time.
This transaction, however, as far
as the first two terms are concern
ed, waa not limited to the church as
sembled ou that day, but applies to
the whole church since. Such won id
seem to be suggested by I. Corlu
thlans, 12:12-14, where 20 years after
Pentecost we are taught that as be
lievers "we were all baptized by out
Spirit into one body." What "body"
is means If not the body of Christ, the
church? Aud what "baptism" if not
that "one baptism" on the day ot Peu
tecoat? 3. The filing of tbe 'Holy Spirit.
But while tbe first two terms ot thai
transaction on the day of Pentecost,
the. Indwelling and the baptism (which
are one) were for tbe whole church
potentially, and for all time, yet tht
same does uot apply to tbe third, thi
nning of the Holy Spirit- There is
but one indwelling, but many filling.
We gather thla from Acts 6:31, where
the same persons who were "filled"
on the day of Pentecost were re
filled on a subsequent occasion. . And
Again, in Acts 6, when men are to
be chosen to the office of deacon ii
must be by those who are "full of
the Holy Spirit," as if some were thus
spiritually equipped while others were
not It is something corresponding
to this, therefore, which Paul has in
mind in our text, when be said: "Have
ye received the Holy Ghost since -yt-believed?"
The reception of the Holy
UbosL oa. their part resulted la an en
duemcnt of power, but in other place
of the Acts, notably the fourth chap
ter. It la seen to have resulted sot
only In the spirit ot power, but of
unity and love. It Is .his that we min
isters, evangelists and Christian work
ers need and that the whole church
needs In order to accomplish her mis
sion for Jesus Christ en earth.
How may the fillings of the Holy
Spirit be received by the believer on
tbe Lord Jesus Christ? , Prayer, obe
dience and faith seem to be tbe only
coudltlous, if they may be called con
ditions. Speaking of faith, there Is a
sense la hk-b the gift of tbe Holy
Bplrit, L e., the filling of the Holy
(spirit, should be) received by as defi
nite aa act' en our part as that
by which we said bold of salvation
through Jesus Christ; . but this faith
la not likely to be experienced where
Obedience is not present "God glveth
the Holy Ghost to them that obey
bim," Pter says (Act V.). and this
agrees perfectly with tbe teaching of
the Old Testament la Proverbs I:
"Turn ye at my reproof, behold. I will
pour out my spirit aato you." Nor la
this obedience merely occasional with
some great thing, but It Is te be usual
and common to tbe little jalng. ,
fifes