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THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE I
Upon an average twtcea weear,
Whuii ananlHh cjtnii my bnw, ' .
. My Jtootl phrpidnn-frifrad I aoekv
To know "whnt ails mo now." ' ' A
Be tape me on. the back and cheat
And scans my tongue for bile ' '
And lays an ear eeuinet my brcasl .
And listens thoro awhllo. ' . -.
Then la he ready to admit :
- That all he can obsorve
, Is something wrong inside to. wis. i
My pnenmogastrio nervol .
Now, when those Ijilln names withia "
' Dyepeptia hulks like mine - ft ,v 1
-v-lo wrong a fellow should begin 1
To draw what's called the lino. 1
It seems, however, that this soma,
Which in my bulk abounds, .tl
Is not, deapito Its awful name,
Qn ....-I i. 1- i
Yet of all torments known to me
I'll soy without reserve
There is no torment like to thee,
. Thoa pnoumogastrlqjiervol
, This subtle, envious nerve appoara
to oo a patient foe
It waited nearly forty years
Its chanoe to lav me low :
Thon, llho some blithering blast of hell,
. It struck this guileless bard, ,
ana in tnst evil hour I fell
Prodigious far and hard. ' i
. Alas, what things i dearly love
Plea, puddings and preserves
Arc sore to ronae tbo vengeance of.
All pnoumognstrlo nerves!
Oh, that I oouid remodel man I
I'd end these cruel pains
By hitting on a different plan
From that which now obtains.
The stomach, greatly amplified.
Anon should occupy , : .
The all of that domain inside .
i
Whore heart and lung now Ho,
But first of all I should dispose
- That diabolic curve
And author of my thonaand woes,
-.' The pnenmogastrio nerve)
- N - Eugene Field.
t
- AN ELOPEMENT, j
"Yes, sir, there's plenty of romance
bora It ooroes down in tralnfals every
Saturday an bonk holiday an hangs
about an gets so mixed with the spars
an ropes that you oan't walk about
without runniu op ageu it, " said old
Billy Stomps, the best knowa boatman
aug, cleverest wholesale mannfactaVer
ot yarns on Margate sands. . .
"Mind yon," haaddod, in a concilia?
tory tone, "I ain't a-grnmblin abont Do
romance not a bit on ,it Why, sir, if
it hadn't bin for romanoe, I wonldn't
ha' bin the owner an navigatin had
miral of them six boats as lies below
there.
"Story, sir, " he muses, as he loads
bis short, black clay. "Well, I'll tell
yon this story if it's anyways welcome.
an it .won't bnrt them as it's about
'cos the last I beard they was with the
barmy in India, which to all accounts,
though I ain't never wisited the coun
try, ain't safe for boatin 'cos of thecrok
idiles and hallygators.
"WelL sir, it was ten years ago an
nat'rally I was ten years younger, an
the Seabird that's her with the dark
blue hull an the red streak along the
gunnel had just been built to my ex
press designs. I was loungln along here.
just as' I might be today, only it was
the beglnnin of June, when np oomes
one of "the young toffs as was stayin
at the big boteL He know'd me, an I
know'd him, for we'd bin sailing an
flshin together many times." He was a
bice young feller, too, with as purty
ways an as handsome a face an kind a
maun'er of talkin as you ever seed. .
Stumps,' says he he generally
called me Stumps when there was busi
ness abont 'Stumps, ' be Bays. 'I wants
to talk to you. '
" 'Yes, sir,' I ses, respectfullike, 'oo
I could see it wasn't a story he wanted.
'Stumps, ' he says agen makin the
second time he'd said it 'do you know
what it is to be in lover .
WelL sir, ' I ses, carefullike, so as
to bide my surprise, .'I've seen a good
deal on it.'
Never mind what you've seen,' he
says, kinder riled. 'I want to know
whether you've got any sympathy for
thorn as is in love, You an I have been
friends. Stumps, ain't wef
" 'Oorse we have, sir, ' I ses, 'an I'd
do anythink for you, if it waa only for
the Seabird s sake, a you've said was
the smartest craft a bouts.
'An you like Mis Barclay, too? he
ask.
'Well, I didn't like to show it, bat I
was completely took bock, lor, Dies
you, there wasn't a prettier nor sweeter
nor nicer lady in Marglt than Colonel
Barclay' darter, as had taken bouse
for the season. - Why, she used to come
down among na every day an bring n
book an flower an fruit on Sunday an
talk an laugh lust as if she waa a com-
mon beln. . Ao-now X oome to reo'laot,
I'd oen this young feller Mr. Egerton
was hi name, and a nice young feller,
too I'd seen him look at her and f oiler
her, an I won't ay a wot b didn't
peak to her aometimes, though that
ain't no bosinca of mine nor roorn.
WelL I tells-him straight what I
think of ber, an be smiles all over bis
face an bold out bis band, an I won't
deny a It struck roe.wben be smiled a
ho was just tbo young feller a nice
sal like that would fall in love with.
Oome fcr a aaiL' bo saya 'I can
tell yon better then.' - -
"So we get the Seabird, a Dad been
painted fresh, with pair of trlang'lar
Tot tin a; flag on ber bows, an beat
abont for awhile before be begina.
'Stamp,' bo say, 'it ain't
man a I'd troat with my private oon
aarna, mocfa lea my love affairs, bet
IV took mob a fancy to you a I can't
let go on. I deasby,' be soys. Mill our-
arise yon a Mia Barclay' a-goin to
many mo some day, bat a tbo old' I
terra what tbo precise word waawDol
as tbo eukaoel ain't agreeable to tbo
match wo air aooin to take tbo tiller in
oar own bands and run for tbo fust op-
aortaaity a offer. Now, Stamp, ho
aa vs. 'you're a Rood sailor an a bravo
man, an tbo Sea bird's tha smartest oraft
oa tbo coast, an it seem to me ao we
cook) do this job better and mora of -
fectooailike by aaa than w eoold by
Yoa need bav oo rear of tbo coo-
bo osya, 'on I've got plenty
of moaey, aa Mia Barclay la old ocmff
to know bar owa mind, aa it' only
tbo colonel' siob a selfish old
a-rain pas a b won't let her aaarry da-
ewnrllka, How, say plan lav' ha says,
to aet aboard Che Seabird toaathe aa
ran a if for tbo const of Praam, an
tbam down with yoor helm an pot into
tbo nrat port a wo oome to along tha)
English coast I'U make all tbo a.
langecseota ho says, 'an I'll eosno
down totwaToV sorala an are aa the
time aa tide's ail right,'
"WelL up he cornea at (bo
j
ttaa beat BKamlag with faoahfrpy
a any I aver aead, aa with arraDgo. I
dmoU a wo woo to start with tho ot
at t o'clock that oreain. - You '
- -
never tru li Cusp In 'sich a - nfaie as Eo
was, but, 'bless 'you, ha was tbo right
sort, an if I hadn't llbed. blm already
I'd ha' sworn to ba' gone anywheres
"with him then: Mo n Tom bad a
busy day on it altbfjetbcr, cleanin an
gettiu tbo Seabird shipsbBpo for the
yttyogo. Tom, be was' just as anxious
for it as I was, 'cos I know he'd alius
admired tho young lady, like tbo rest of
'em, an ho was a strong an bandy young
ennp ooiii a nevvy or my own an
brought up in my own bouse. :
"At 0 o'clock down comes Master
Kgertou with a bundle of wraps,,ju8t as
if he wus a-goin ushin; an sure euuff,
just ns I was about to nth for the lady,
ho goes back an fetches a tall young
Woman in a blue ; yottiug costooin an a
Ijttle straw bat with a heavy white veil.
Down ho comes ages, an helps her in,
an we pushes oil, but I didn't feel sure
as bo bad got tho right un, not till she
lifted her veil an showed the prettiest
an hundsomest lookin face yon ever seed,
as mode my old heart thump in spite of
myself an Bout Tom Into tbo bows with
e face as'tSTas the Seabird's gunnel.
Away We wont at a good rate of speed,
with a steady breeze from the nor'east
as made the evcuin cold an laid the
Seabird over to If like the beauty as she
is. Tom was a-managin the lug, an I
was a-steerin, qn of coarse the two young
peoples was sittin side by side with a
tarp'lin jacket' round 'em, both just as
happy as they ever wanted to be.
"Just as we was congratulatin our
selves on gcttitt away unobsarved an
afore we'd got a couple of mile from
shore, I sees Tom stand up in the bows
with his hand a-shadin his eyes an
lookin, back toward the jetty.
" 'Bill,' he says suddenly, 'It's the
Sylph I' - -
" 'Where?' says the young feller an
me at the same time.
" 'Jnst o-beatin out,' be says. 'An
fhe's a-comiu for us with every scrap
she can. crowd on I' '
"Now, I didn't tell you as the colonel
him as took the bouse for tbe season
was the only man as I ever feared
Bgeri the Seabird. He was n good sailor,
too, and that oraft as ho brought down
the Sylph was the prettiest thing
I'd seen since the Seabird was built
Her lines was iuet as beautiful as a
swan an as graceful as a pfdtur, an tbe
only fear I'd ba had in owning ber
was as.they might be a bit too fine. I'd
never sailed tbo Seabird agon her, for I
alius reckoned as she was the fastest
craft on "the const, an I hadn't got to
recognize no equal.
"Welltbere she come with ber white
sails just as neat an as pretty as a mer
maid beg pardon, sir, ifs a truostory
shall, wa ay as o- young woman?
know d-rthor in a minute, for there
wasn't another craft like her, an when
I gets tbe glasses I could see two per
sons as was workin to get every bit out
of her they could.
" 'Let her have another, Tom,' I says
ns I looks at 'the lug, an tbe Seabird
lifts herself out of the water as easy as
a gull..
'"Master Egerton, he sat therewith
bis arm around the gal a-lookin book at
the Sylph, an I see bim whisper in her
ear sum mat as cheers her up.immedittte.
Then be turn an ask me bow soon it
would be dorki an whether we oouldn'
run on without a light. But I could see
as ti.e Sylph was a-gaiuin on ns fast an
sure, an I never felt so mis'rable in my
life, sir, aa I did then, when I felt tbe
Seabird, as I'd sailed in and sworn by.
was no match for tbe neat little oraft as
was a-oomin up behind. Yes, there she
come, a leapis an dockin just like tbe
beauty tho was. I took out my watch.
It was just past 7 an wanted two full
boors to dark, an afore that time
knew the. Sylph would be alongside.
'Eeggin yoor pardon, sir, .an yours.
mica, ' I soys, 'bot that there craft's too
much for the Seabird, an there ain't a
doubt as we'll be overhauled before we
can get away.
, "In half an hour's time tbe-Sylph
was less than balf a mile astern, an I
oon Id see the colonel a-standin In tbe
bows a-wavin his hands like a mad
thing. The wind bad freshened consid
'rable. but I bold the Seabird to It, an
we was both' a-dancin over tbe waves
like petrels, though I fancied a I seed
tbe Sylph take a deal of water. An
still them two sat there a-comfortin one
another, as I could see, though I never
beard a word of wbat they said. Once
I looked at 'em, an I thought I seed
ber a prayin, an it quite took the starch
oat of me for a time to tblnk aa I'd bin
a-trustin all the time to tbo Seabird an
never thought of the God above. I never
was no Christian, sir, an I never took
no need of them sky pilot a oome
among oa, bat I think I did say soue-
tbin for ber sake then, though
couldn't put my band together proper
liko, soeiu a I'd got bold of tbo tiller
tight and fast
"In another tevminnte tbo Sylph
wa only a quarter of a mile astern an
waa'comin with ber canvas stretched
an splittin tbe water as if it was notb
in. Just as Tom yelled out sometbln
a I couldn't bear I looked roand, an
there wa tbe colonel a-staodiu in tbe
bow with a rifle in bia bands, avtekin
aim for us. I jnst hollered In time,' an
we beard a wbistlln overhead w
looked op au seed a little bole in tbo
lug an tbo old fool wa a staodln then
lakin another aim. I tell yoa. air, tbo
bombardment of that 'or Spanish fleet
wasn't in it . Bang went tbo goo, an
Whittle) come tbo abot over our beads,
bat only ooce did ba hit spytfaiuk bo-
kte too foot time, -ha tfcea tbo -bullet
wont right lata tbo mast an stopped
there. Maata Egerton and too missy,
they sot thoro an Dover said a word, bat
oeagbt sight of tbo TOOM tAileTf
face one wheal ho got ap an looked
astern, aa I reckon he'd ba dooo aom
damage if he'd got Dear that gun oa the
fool a was baodlin It
"When he'd fired about a docea shots.
bo (topped oa I v en tared to look ap, aa
sura eootuzh tho Sylph wa within hail
an omnia along a ahe'd Ma a-dotn all
tbo time.
'Seabird, ahoy,' yell tbo eoiooal.
m Totoo a I coakj
with raga. Stop, or I'll amk yoaf
" 'Sylph, ahoy,' I snooted
What' tho aoaUerT Yoa ain't all mad.
ahryoor
" 'Brine that boat to that ioataot,'
ha yells, 'or I'U riddlo yea, aa let yoa
go down without belpf
'Oo an. than,' I yalla, "oaly yoaT
got lo da better or yoa'll hev do shots
toft'
"With tha I ftnro down agesi ia th
term, last aa another abot coma flyia
through th lag. Tbca another an awry
evarbeaat, aa too oast borW itaeif ta tha
tiller bead aa nearly knock it out o"
y hand. Thro yoong Egerton, I we
him kia th gal a bo gt op oo hia
- - -
feet ' ' '
" 'Stop firin I' bo yells. 'Your darter
is in tbis boat, an for ber sake I beg
you to cease I' -
"I just popped my bead over tbe
gunnel to see wbat effect this had on
tbe old man, an there be was a-takin
aim as cold blooded as ever, an before I
could shout or do anythink to stop it
the poor young fullor bad fallen back
' in tbe bottom of tbo boat, an tbe blood
was a-pourin from his left arm.
" .'It's all right ' bo ceils out. 'It's
only tbe shock. ' Bnt tbe gul was by bis
sido in a minute, without a whimper on
her face, a-biudin up bis arm as if it
was tho work she did evory day. .
" 'Hurry, ' she says, 'are you In pain,
dearest!" ' ,
" 'No, dnrlin, ' he answers. 'It's only
a scratch.' " '
"An them's the only -lovin words I
ever heard 'em speak. .
"Well, tbo colonel must ba' thought
he'd killed him, for tbe firin ceased al
together, au when I looks astern agen
bu lu mull was a-glttlii In the bows
a-waitin patiently for tha 8ylph to run
alongside us. I could seo tbe hid at tbe
tiller M'aona-f -the boat boys from
Margit, au he'd got all he could do to
keep tbo Sylph's head to it, an I some
how thought as how tho gent could be
better employed lookin after tbe sail
than sittin there like a dummy. Tbe
breeze was a-freshenin all the time, an
the sea was a-gettin np, so I took in
bit of sail nod eased the Seabird. It was
lucky I did, for just at that moment,
when the Sylph was within three boat
lengths, a gnst of wind oonie down on
us as made the Seabird heel an shoot
away iu it. I looked round, an, sure
enough, them fools on tbo Sylph badn
taken in a bit of sail, an as the wind
struck her over she went like a ninepln,
an tbe old man an tbe lad shot ont into
tho foamin water.
"For a moment 1 was undecided how
to act, but young Egertou, ho sprung to
his feet in an instant -
" 'Lower the sail,' he yells. 'Down
With your helm. '
"An down comes the sail an down
goes tbe helm, on tbe Seabird - tnrns on
ber heel in a manner as makes my hair
stand on end to think on. But the way
on her was stopped as tbe colonel was
a-drownin, for I knowed be couldn't
swim more nor a few strokes, an I could
see the lad had got enough to do to hang
on to an oar.
"The old man never uttered a cry
nor looked for help, but tbe gal, bis
only darter, sber rose to ber knees an
oried, 'Harry, save him, for my soke!'
An Harry bloss bim, be was tbe finest
young feller I over seed be sprang over
tbo side" an swarms Irne'a never bin
shot at all. Just a dozen long strokes
an he was alongside au grabbed tbe
colonel by tbo neck just af he was a-goln
down. We were with 'em iu a minit,
Tom an me an the gal, an we had 'em
all aboafdjthe Seabird, with the lad an
all safe.
" 'Where for, now, sir?' I asks. But
tbe oolouel waa a-faintin, an Master
Harry was too weak to apeak, an that
poor, bravo gal wus a-nussin 'om both,
so I just takes tbo management to my'
self an makes sail again for Margit, an
leaves tbe poor Sylph a-lyin there bot
tom up, tbe only craft as could ever sail
alougsido the Seabird."
'
"Did I do right in headin for Margit?
Yes, sir; 't least to it appear. Wben
I wout round to tbe colonel's house next
mornin, tbeie was tbe old gent an Mas
ter Egerton a-propped up in armchairs,
an tbe young fudy, all dressed in white,
a-slttin between 'em.
" 'Stumps,' ses the colonel, 'what
do you mean by rnnnin off with my
darter?'
-.M-4 BEgglnyour pardlnrTilrj trem;
'but if I runs off with ber, what can
yon wonder at a nice young goht like
that for doln tbo same?'
"An they all laughs, so tbat they al
most forgot to ask me to tbe weddin.
Stumps, ses tbe colonel, '1 11 pay
far tho damage I did to tbo Seabird, an
I'm goin to boy yon a new boat be
sides I'
" 'An I shall do tbe same,' said Mas
ter Egertou.
An I waa so knocked back that I
forgot to thrash tbe lad as split on us.
But tbat't tbe beglnnin of tbe present
fleet o' six fliio craft as lays below, with
Mr. Bill Stumps aa owner an our Tom
a deppity badmiral" London Tit-
Bit. '
,PaUQtg Thorns la Bis Owa rath,
Euperk If I could be bom again and
oouid bav my own oboios about it 1
think I'd! bo a woman.
Mra. .Knporb Wby?
En peck Well, then I couldn't posai
bly repeat tbo mistake I made Wben
yoa and I
Bot biS' last words were lost a ba
jumped through tho window. Cleve
land Leader. - -- -- --- - -
Oatarla Wheat Teat.
The (even variotie of winter wheal
which have given tbo highest average
yield per acre among 70 varieties
grown for five years on tbe experimental
plot at tbe Ontario Agricultural col
lege are as iullows :
Pounds per Daahet par
- bushel. acre,
five rsars. five reara.
rtawaoci' Oolden Chaff, is 7 U
Early Oemee Olaal.... id I 7
Karpitaa . '
Imperial Amber..- foi L4
Early lleo Clawsoa . .
ReilabU i --
OeMea Drop fi t Ml
Tbo first two nf these are white and
th ret are red varietiea, and dodo of
Jbonjro veryjiard wbU
Men who bav had long experieno
with lino aiv them vary bad cnar-
r. Thoro I said to be do art in so
oalled lioD taming bat tbo art of terror.
DRD, and Do rale bot kaenina the Hour
sfcanach full sad their miods oowed.
Thno Barer ha bean, aad then Barer
ill be, eay ona, aa appeal oaado to
the lion's mtoUiayjOea, beoaose tho lim
ited amount of that quality which ho
ease i entirely dominated by hi
ferocity.
Ta rare A CM ta Owe May. -
Tske lAxatire Iiroino Quinine
ai'M. Ail irug2isu mil ml inc
money if it fail to cure. 25c.
Wawraot Traatwortaiy aa artrr -
tferosraana ladles to travel for a itaauasWile
la Dorth Ustuliaa. Moata-
esruaais. rwuoai tsaOy
IUf.wn.ia. Sneanae ef-a4Mae- aao
avaiope. Tae IjealaSoaCeannir ttU
On Minote Cough Car, care.
Taws Is M M waa MaOs tar.
6IMPLE COOPS BEST.
Bow Old Barrels aad Oatmeal Boa af ajr.
- Bo Utilised. - .
' The cheapest coops are, as a rule, the
best. And ail we need ask of a coop .is
tbat it shall be sufficiently roomy, tbat
It shall be rainproof but airy, and that
It shall have a board floor, at least in
part Tbe despised old barrel, with a
little lath run in front of it, mokes a
really excellent coop if raised a littlo at
tbe rear so that the ohicks shall crowd
forward instead of backward, and. oov-
COOP MADS Or OATMKAt BOXES.
ered with felt paper, or any other ma
terial that shall render it rainproof.
Shooboxes, battened and . furnished with
a screen' or. slatted front, make thor
oughly effective coops at small expense.
To use a coop With less than 48 square
feet of floor space is cruelty Itself, un
less tbe ben ha access to a run.
If ouo wants to do a little more work
for the sake of having a sloping roof,
oatmeal boxes may be so. managed as to
form a rather neat though not roomy
coop. With a covered ran In front, to
which hen as well as chicks have ac
cess, these will do very good work.
Three boxes will ruako two coops. The
odd box is sawed diagonally into halves.
Each half, boing placed upon one of the
othor boxes, forms a sloping roof there
to. Tbe front of each main box may be
entirely replaced with a slatted front,
or may have merely a slatted door in
the center. In order to be convenient
tbis door must be so arranged as to
slide np and down, and it should be of
good ' size in order to admit a fair
amount of air. Perhaps to the wido
reaching masculine mind all this, work
to provide cheap coops may seem like
small and fusry business, but unless
time, is particularly valuable the small
savings which the use of time can make
aro'uo small part of tho profit Besides,
few men know what it 1 to be abso
lutely lacking In pockot money and
cannot, tberef oro, appreciate these small
savings at their true worth. To a wom
an tbe time worn saying, "A penny
saved is twopence earned, " comes with
tenfold more foroe than it can possibly
have to any man. Feather.
j..;; . -v. '
How to 1
Fjom au
Distinguish Old linns.
article by Mr. Edward
Brown, F. L. S., a renowned author
and authority on poultry mutters in
Great Britain, I condense the follow
ing : Fowls should be killed off after
they have completed their second" year.
Birds may be marked so as to be easily
distinguished by putting a ring on one
leg when tbey are pullets. The best
time is wben pallets are from 8 to 6
months old. A round India rubber, such
as those used for umbrellas, or a ring
of copper or any soft flexible metal, is
suitable. Tho ring should be put on to
fit fairly close, but not tight enough to
injure the log. An examination should
be made of evory fowl a fortnight after
the ring ha been put on. In order to
distinguish between the fovtls 1 and
year old it is a good plan to put tbe
ring on tbe left legs only ha one year
and tbe ring on tbe right log only
next year, and so on in tbe alternate
years. If tbe rings are put on tho right
legs In 1808, thon all ben in tbo flock
with rings oh the rigbt legs will be
ready for killing In 1000. If the rings
are pufon tho left legs in the autumn
of 1890, then tboso hens will be ready
for killing in tbe autumn of 1901. It i
desirable tbat written record should be
made of tho facts, as the memory I apt
to bo faulty. Tbe advantage to the
poultry keeper from marking tbe fowl
far more than compensates for tbo troa-
bio which is involved. Canadian Com
missioner of Agriculture
KnTeete off Tbaader aa Kg.
Not long ago a lady told tbo writer
that she bad bad very bad luck with
ber eggs, because the heavy thunder
while tbey were in process of incuba
tion killed so many of them. Tber Is a
good deal of rank nonsense in tbis
theory tbat thunder kills egg daring
the batching process. Wo do not believe
in it at alL For a good many years wo
bare been batching chickens and other
poultry and have watched tho process
pretty closely. During that time wo
have never bad any reason to tblnk tbe
heaviest thunder ever killed a single
embryo chick. Last summer a neighbor
complained tbat all bor cbicks were
killed in the egg because at a stone
quarry half a mile away heavy charge
of dynamite were exploded in blasting
tbo rock. This blasting wa of tbe kind
tbat make the windows rattle and was
kept np day after day for month. Tbe
earth fairly shook at ,ttaies, so gnat
waa tbo eoucuaaion, and we might bav
believed tbo blasting bad something to
do with the neighbor's bad lock bad It
not been tbat oar chick, just tbo samo
distance from tbe quarry, kept rigbt on
batching a if thunder and dynamite
war thing anknown. If a thunderbolt
should trik building In which ben
war sluing. It la likely that tbo oon-
enaaioo might kill the cbick. but not
lightning stroke In a thousand ta
heavy anougn to produce any distinct
jar, evea if tbo ogg were oa a oolld
foundation, and cushioned, a tber al
ways are ia a nest, they are not affected
n way or another Farmer's Vole.
BaO Oak Barb For Chslara.
A strong aolutioa of red oak bark I
said to be a SxcpllcDI cttro for cholera. ;
It can ba mixed with tha food or put ia
tha drinkioaT water. '
Lie will always attack ill condition-,
d, sickly fowls. A flock neglected and
poorly fed will brood lice
anything alaa
For I roken surface, sores, insect
bites, burns, skin diseases'. ant en
pertAlt flics, there is one reliable
remedy, PeWitl Witch Hazel
Salve. When too call firr PeWiU't
lon't accent counterfeit or fraud.
Von will not be disappointed with
IWiU' Witch Haul Halve. J. C.
8iuimona.
DoWitt'D Witch Hazel Salve
tares Hiss. Sol. Dera.
f "SStS - Jumfl - IPS
Royal asakej tbe load pare.
1
F0Y7DER
Abolutciy Pure
MOVAl RAKIM POWMR OO., NfWVONK.
BOX IRRIGATION,
A Cheap stetuod Practiced la Mssr
leetloa af the Arid We.t.
The box irrigation practiced in some
part of the west is desoribed by a writ
er in Farm and Fireside as a cheap
method of saving fruit trees and vines
from drought and one wbioh might be
adopted with profit by the fruit growers
and market gardeners of the eastern and
middle states. Ho says: It is easily
managed from any source of supply,
saoh a wells, ponds, creeks or springs,
aud iu dry seasons will return many
times tbe cost In increased yield of
fruits, melons and general vine, prod
ucts. The boxes are made of rough
planks, usually about 6 inches square
and 16 inches In length, and inserted
in holes a foot or more iu depth a fow
inches from tbe trees to be irrigated.
Water is filled in tbe boxes and left
to find its way to tbo tree roots and
down a the main taproot conduct it
BOX 1HHIOATI01I.
until the moisture is takon
many branches and rootlets.
up by tho
For vines
the boxes are smaller and may be made
from old tin cans, buckets, pieces of
tiling or any discarded vRsel.
A favorite and bandy device for con
veying water from tbo sourco to the
boxes Is found In Texas and Arizona and
consists of a barrel fastened to a two
wheeled cart or truck. Tho barrel Is
filled and then wheeled about by baud
to the several boxes, where' the irriga
tion water is turned in by means of a
short hose attached to tho barrel. This
places tbe water where needed, pre
cludes all possibility uf wastu and over
comes tbo objections to surface Irriga
tion. '
-The tree grow more thriftily aud are
therefore less attacked by insect and
blight Boots pouotrste to a greater
depth, giving tbe treo a firmer bold ai
preventing sprouts from coming np, as
tboy frequently do all about a surface
irrigated tree, Tbo ground can bo cultl
rated at any time, and tbe surfaco anil
is free from water, grass and noxious
weeds brought on by rurfsoe Irrigation.
An orobard, vineyard or melon patch
treated in this manner will yield better,
more uniform and salable fruit and
tbe fear of drought be banished,
Hlata off Shertaoe la Clover Seat.
The low ptic which has prevailed in
tbo olover aead market for a long time
is bavins iu effect tbis fall in tbe out
put Accord lug to advice received by
Orange Judd Farmer from the ftato of
principal production, tbo amount e
cured promise to prove materially less
than an average yield. In some in
stances wet weather late In tha season,
while helpful to autumn pastuiago, has
to an extant Interfered with tbraablng.
Occasional oouutins report' about a
much clover seed a I secured In an aver
age year, this being notable in portion
of Michigan, New York and Ohio, al
though by no mean universal. Betnrn
from Indiana point" to lea than tbe
usual amount saved, on correspondent
reporting tbo crop Very -poor oa account
of wot weather. A correspondent in
Jefferson county, Ia. , say the second
erop of clover out for aned was damaged
by grass hoppers. The machine are just
getting into tbo crop, however, and It U
too early to determine definitely tn
volume.
tllaefcawal far Heavy Daar.
A very heavy door at tbo root collar,
aggasted to an low Homestead writer
tbe need of aomo help in -lifting It A
pulley block need In baling fodder Dot
boing in as at tbe tiro waa drafted in
to Bsrvtot by placing it at A convenient
posit loo, aa Indicated hi tho Illustra-
' DuOT CSIAAB DOOO.
tion, and with a small trip attached te
th door wa found to be a great help
ia opening Ik The pulley may be at
tBobonV top post, q tree or tho si da of
tbo building aad should bold th door
open, which will prevent It being
blown down wben yoa or coming out.
On October 10 the Lafayette nie-
morilcoo)muion propose to take
. . . . 1, i
up a collection in tne ecnooi ana
college in the L'aitod Slate to build
monument toLaiayette in Pari.
. High Art Clothiers,
OPPOSITE McADOO HOTEL,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Sole Agents
For this line of
Pants
And
Overalls.
Fishblate-Katz Company,
GKEEXSBORO, N. C.
sSnlcsmcft -i Dolph Moore,
T. B. Ogburn, L. C. Jlowlctt.
INSURANCE !
1 wih to cull the attention
to tho fact that tho Burlington
lXf3 ly tho Into firm of Tate &
There is no insurance agency
facilities for placing large lines
er rate or better indemnity. Only fint-cUs companies, tn erery
branch of tho businesM, find a lodgement in my oflice. With
a practical experience of more than ten yeare, . I feel warranted
in soliciting a slmre of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction iu every instance. Correttpondcnco solicited upon
nil matters pertaining to insurance. . " ' ,
I am making a jccinHy of Life Insurance and will mako
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their fcmilies
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profity
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