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in tli "till hot 1 w to irnes "a that any is better it Is certainly >lnt—the omit lythlng. Kets the more he ie small boy do all the Fourth of July. tw potatoes in your lurt.h'.' When 1 was bor who didn't, lost JTelegra PH m Office rX O-J rol k 0' Wo, M m if *•. ) #7 V \N inoney gets away by -^says "Number 4 "^1 \ below the Hinck * 1 it in my physiol oet Work In Panama ' iud <et! - Uncle Sain on his hands rvstole Uls landlady's suggests that he ^■L of hearing her I04J gas ^ when com leaded L th» ■ th a 1 Lwa? I ORDER EVILS, Ï - ! here Otto COGENT ARGUMENTS IN VÖR OF HOME TRADING F/èit with Local Dealer Goea Prosperity and Promote /ess of Local Community, with Benefit to All. I« Retailers' Journal, of Chicago, p* the following, pointing out the «ability of citizens of a commu ting all in their power for the >ura *emeot and support of home in ess enterprises : /ro® your «iqe, Mr. .Consumer, o think it to vour advantage to ronizw mail order concerns, may me reasons which would seem to stify yotsr course, you may say of ur local merchant : J 'He doesn't fep; the goods, or l Ufe sticks it on f these objec not you expect kl dealer? Do jehance to put !i? When you JJ dying ice.' n much «I lu give hi! niself right w-Ht" I to him for a smai"-.mount of any 'Si 1 55 Its part 'commodity, and expe< . him to give you the advautage. of Whole-package prices, are you giving him tair treat fluent? Try him on this proposition, Aee how it works: Buy of him in auantity as you do of your mail ordejr house, and see if you don't get the benefit of lot prices Try him on standard articles, on which the mail order house can have no unfair advantage in the test. Do this and you will find that your despised home merchant can hold his own against the seductive allurements of catalogue ah. of a of a a In of on so feouses 1 "And. again. Mr. Consumer, we would ask: What guaranty have you that your mail order purchases are in spection proof, or what assurance have you that errors and shortages will be easily aud speedily rectified? These are Incidents of the mall pur chasing scheme which must be taken into consideration. "Another deplorable phase of the mail order system which occurs to us at this time is the awkward position in which you, Mr. Consumer, may find yourself when once you have al lied yourself with the catalogue con cerns. You fall into the habit of so liciting trade for flhem among your neighbors and friends, thereby consti tuting yourself an unpaid emissary of a power that ts undermining the stability of your local institutions and sapping the life current of your home community. That a resident should thus operate agalna*£.the best inter ests of his own neighborhood is a sad commentary of the loyalty and foresight of our people. "It is of great convenience to have at. hand a list from which to select names and prices of commodities you desire to purchase, and then simply write them down and mail your order, but you pay for the convenience. You also pay for a great many articles you do not really need. That is where the also pay for a great many articles you do not really need. That is where the catalogue gets in its work. "Your iocal dealer Is, as a rule, ever on the alert to please you and anxious to hold your trade. He may not at all times be prepared to sup ply your every need. But if you will be reasonable with him and stand as ready to help him as he is to help you, it is safe to say that he will make amends for any seeming over sight or remissness. "The profits of your home dealer go to swell the prosperity and promote the progress of your section. Tote fair with him: give him the encour agement of your patronage; strength en him with your cash instead of send ing it away to mail order houses, and the results wtll he sure to repay you and redound to your everlasting credit" To Cool Off His Temper. A certain tarmer, navlng got him self disliked on account of his quar relsome habits, the other farmers de cided one night to cool him down a bit. At midnight the farmer was dis turbed by a voice shouting; "Your horse is stolen." The irate farmer hurried on his etolhes, and hastening to the door asked: "Which way has he gone?" "Toward H—replied one of the farmers. Another offered the loan of a horse he bestrode, which offer the sleepy farmer accepted. After riding all night he found himself at daylight .next morning riding his own horse. a Seek Popular Scotch Minister, toe most sought after minister in Britain just no» is Rev Andre« Mto-ott, of Paisley ■thind He ■d to succeed Dr John W*t' k-'erpool, be declined. He | A call to the largest United All In Glas- iw, and l' e * s as sn Rev. 1 Edin 1 I i ! • «»ssor to George'«, 1 at St. iging LeLe* Writers, parried toJ#u fh ex Lssi.insl ibriKfflug let ■ m end, who I Æ\. I ■piece, with PP phllanthro jp numerous Htten in the rish Chron :e.' talking," said «upper table, ■e my moth teplied Mrs. 4 like utf double-bass a monster. ! Extraordinarily large Instrument M%ö« in Germany for Use In Chicago Orchestra. Th« extraordinary large double-baas here illustrated was made by Herr Otto Roth ln Markneukirchen, and Is A \ Skill Intended for use in a Chicago or chestra. It is about 14 feet high, and Its body about seven feet. The top part of the body is about three feet" four Inches across; the lower part about five feet. It weighs 150 pounds SNAKE SET DANGER SIGNAL. Reptile's Choice of Sleeping Place Made Trouble for Employes of the Railroad. Running at the rate of 66 miles an hour near Harrisburg, Pa., a train of the Philadelphia & Reading rail way, filled with passengers, came to a sudden stop, halted by the red light of a block signal. After waiting the minute In which a train is supposed to clear the short blocks, the engineer proceeded with caution, expecting a wreck or at least a broken rail. When he came to the next signal post the white light was shining bright and clear. He did not stop to investigate and In spite of his fears of a medical ex amination to determine If he could distinguish between white and red light, he reported the occurrence. An Inspector was sept at once to the pole and found the red still showing. A thorough investigation overhead cud above ground showed no defect The Inspector finally removed the top of the underground case which con tains the electric connections with the rails. A garter snake 22 Inches long lay comfortably colled, Its head cushioned on the delicate spring, depressing it so that, it made the contact neces sary to set the signal at danger. A second after the snake was dis covered the semaphore dropped from the danger to the clear position and a white light gleamed from the poïfe. a as go FRIENDSHIP A STRANGE ONE Cat and Duck Are Chums, According to a Story That Comes from England. We have had the usual crop of curi osities as to nesting places and strang6 families adopted by birds and animals, but nothing more diverting than a fel lowship which exists between a cer tain ample "mouser" and a duck of gooselike proportions. Puss waits by the side of the pond in which the duck takes its bath, then the two retire in company to the shade of the trees and lie down in amity. How the cat tolerates the wet feath ers of its comrade is a mystery; but there they lie, the duck with one of its wings spread as a shield over the cat, the tail of the latter curled like a very smart boa about the neck of Its feathered friend. So long as the worm keeps beneath the turf and songsters do not stoop too low in the air the idyl lasts, and all local life wonders. de a OLD-TIME EDUCATION. his the all 1, t V., - , V ■ y t&r V m r\ ■ in He 0 A Grecian bowl of the fifth century B. C., showing the method of teaching | the young boys by illustration. s Book 2,000 Years Old. 1 A descendant of the ancient Baby lonians, Mrs. Annie Naparian, of 1 Nashua, N. H., has in her possession a book written In the language of the I race and supposed by her to be dated i many years before the Christian era. ! The book Is 13 inches long, 8 inches I wide and 5 inches thick. The covers I are made of black walnut covered with leather. The leaves of the book are not of paper, but are made of some kind of skin. A Fence of Doors. Near Ridgewood, in Brooklyn, there is perhaps the oddest fence in Great er New York. It is composed entirely of doors—scores of them, all of a height and joined together. The fence has stood for years on the Myrtle avenue line of the Brooklyn Heights railroad. What strange freak induced its owner to erect it is a myMery, but it furnishes a constant sourc« of com ment to persons passing that way utf HORTICULTURE or LOW FRUIT LADDERS. by a Can Be Built on the Farm and Will Prove Their Value When Given Trial. Two sketches of low ladders for picking small fruits, such as peaches, cherries and apples, where the trees are low appeared in a recent issue of the Prairie Farmer and which wg re produce here. These ladders are so easily made that they should interest our readers. j Fig. 1 shows a plan that is mqpe by taking two six-inch boards six 9>et to n w* 7! tM i/'/i A CHEAPLY MADE STEP LADDER, long and cutting grooves every ten inches where the steps are to be. The steps are set into the grooves and then securely nailed from the outside. The width at the bottom is about three feet, but each step is shortened two Inches, so that the top step, which is nailed across the ends cut parallel with the grooves, Is two feet long. The support Is made by taking two three-inch pieces and connecting them with two or three supports. At tha m another form of picking lad der. top the two sets are connected with the rod that passes through both. This ladder is secure and if carefully placed will be hard to tip over. Fig. 2 shows another form that is made by taking four six-foot legs made of sound 3x1 strips and connect ing at the top with a bolt. The steps are made by nailing two-inch strips on either side of the legs as illus trated. The board at the top Is nailed to the main legs and is supported on either side by the cleats which corre sponded with the steps below, same dimensions are followed as in Fig. 1. The REAL VALUE OF SPRAYING. In Fighting Disease and Insects One Should Not Depend Too Much ou It. So rapid has been the advancement of spraying as a means of controll ing insects and diseases, that there is a tendency to greatly overestimate its value. It was only 26 years ago that Paris green was first used for the codling moth of apples. Not un til about 1885 was the Bordeaux mix ture used to any extent. When we remember that practically all of our modern spraying—its tools, mixtures and methods, has been developed or made of practical utility within the past 16 or 20 years, until it has come to be an almost universal practice among the most successful fruit growers, we can readily understand why greater Importance^ is some times ascribed to it than it really merits. Spraying is a new idea, says Farming, and like most new ideas, it has been over-emphasized. There are some old and a few new ways of solv ing the insect and disease problems Sometimes these other ways may be better even than spraying, sometimes they may supplement It very advan tageonsly. We should not forget them in our enthusiasm over a new and valuable remedy. FRUNINGS. Currants are among the most profit able of fruits and can he grown in cold «.limâtes Prune trees properly when young and after they commence to bear lit tie trimming is needed. Its a big mis take to neglect young fruit trees. For marketing the fruit should be matured full grown when gathered, but should not have time to become mellow. Keep grass and weeds away front, trunks of trees—at least two feet to 1 prevent ravages by mice, and the bet ter to examine the trees. If fruit trees are overloaded, they's should be thinned, not only for the( benefit of this year's crop, but of the; crop which is to follow another year, It U a long wait between the plann ing of mi orchard and the appearauée of fruit on the trees and a great dièal of time will be lost if the wrong sJtts are chosen. a SEED RAISING TREES lly— How It Dan B« Don« Budding and •took. # Improve matter for a «s-in to ralso his o. : It Is a very easy or or fruit grower tUe seed and to propagate Seeds of stone trees from choice varieties, truite Including peaches, plums and cherries, many be planted in the fall thinly in rows three feet and covering one to two inches If there is danger of squirrels by so wing apart deep. digging up the pits, store in wooden boxes covered with wire and bury in the ground until spring. iVpple seedlings make good roots in a ll localities. The most satisfactory wav is to purchase apple seedling» and bud or graft them. Practically all pear stocks used in this country are imported from France, pears are grafted on quince roots, but all varieties do not thrive on this Dwarf stock. Several species of plums are avail able for stocks, but the best is a con fused subject and should be selected according to the variety and locality. For most European varieties the Mjr robalan stock Is used. This Is also adapted to Japanese sorts. These are frequently propagated on stocks, as they make more growth and thriftier trees for first year or two. On any stock they are a short lived tree. Seedlings of whatever kind will sel dom come true and the common ways to propagate varieties are by budding and grafting. Both methods are em ployed with apples, the seedling roots are cut Into pieces five to six inches long and united with the scion by a whip graft. This is then wrapped with waxed cloth and the grafted stocks packed away In moist sand ol moss until spring, when they are carefully set In nursery rows. Bud ding is commonly done in July or August; in the south June budding is practiced to some extent peaches. After one full year's growth in the nursery row, says Farm and Home, peach trees are ready to set in the orchard, but most other trees require two or three years before reaching sufficient size. In fact, apples may he transplanted after growing two years and again transplanted two years later before setting in the orchard. Rich, deep and mellow soil should be selected for growing all kinds of It should be heavily peach rapid the w : ; h nursery stock, fertilized the year previous to plant» ing and a hoed crop grown. It is un safe to use rank nursery stock, be thorough and frequent, weeds kept down and growth forced and stimu lated as much as possible, the leader when It has reached propel mapuro around The cultivation must Cut oQ height to form a head. CARE OF CRAFTS. Those Set Last Spring Should Recehvs Attention at This Time— Prune Carefully. Grafts which were set last spring should receive immediate attention, urges Country Gentleman. There are likely to be suckers starting from th» T 7 ■ ■ .$• ' ggg or it be AN APPLE GRAFT THAT NEEDS PRUNING. old branches below the scions, and these should be removed, or they will rob the new growth. The scions also are likely to make a branchy or ir regular growth, and this can be pre vented to a very large extent by suit able pruning or pinching. The illus tration shows a graft after two years' growing which now requires consid erable pruning to bring it into proper condition. « Flavor of Fruit. The flavor of fruit is a matter tha* has engaged the attention of our deep est thinkers on horticultural subjects. Prof. Goff used to contend that there was just so much flavor distributed to each apple. The larger the apple, the less would be the percentage of flavor found In it. He certainly was a close student of fruits and must have had some very good reasons for his opin ions. We do not believe that very many people will hold to his opinion It is certainly true that the more water In fruit the less there will be of flavor > because the less will be the amoun t of dry matter. It is claimed in that fruit grown by Irrigation has much less flavor than that grown upon hillsides where the lit- moisture supply is limited, be to 1 the( the; Climbin'? Cut Worms. Look out for- climbing cutworms which may, in the night time, de stroy the buds on n ewly set trees. The best remedy is a WÊf set In the soil arountwt each tree trunk. Th:« < Farm Journal, must nf: be than two inches to t extend an inch or so hi the ground, and need not be m- fl inches high above gre ß Idea for cutworms w: bage or tomato plant: paper-fence thé base of fence," says closer tree, should than three Use same f h attack cab Cultivate the orchlrd thoroughly, particularly the firstltwo years after setting to present si ing and drying out. face from bak I