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; {IGF. ' t i n wn _______ i CEMENT CULVERTS. Prove the Cheapest Because They Last Longest. If It is necessary to lay a pipe within two feet of the surface of the roadway, iron water pipe or gas pipe should be used. For larger volumes of water culverts of rubble masonry or Portland-cement concrete may be built. Very often, with a proper de sign, it will be found to be more economical to use the concrete, par ticularly if it is re-enforced with steel. Concrete Culvert End. it Large culverts and bridges should always be designed by competent civil engineers and constructed under their supervision. Indeed, very often the advice of such an engineer in regard to the smaller waterways might be sought with profit Money is too often wasted from a lack of knowledge con cerning the proper sizes of pipes and culverts. In many localities it is the custom to extend to the center of the road ^ivew a y s leading from adjacent lands to the road to meet its center grade. This practice makes it necessary to carry the gutter water under the drive way in a pipe. Nearly always it is possible, by regarding such a drive way, to make it coincide with the gut ter -grade, so that the surface water will flow by without interruption. This should always be done when pos sible. Pipes with open ends laid- at the gutter grade are always unsatis factory, sinqe they fill up quickly with leaves and sand and with sluslT' in winter time, and thus the surface wa ter Is forced out upon the macadam and soon gullies IL 'When a pipe is required, a catch basin should be built on the upper side of the driveway, the pipe should be laid to connect with it, and carried sufficiently far under ground to discharge properly into the gutter below the driveway. . In cuts where the grade is in ex cess of three per c6nL and where the soil is loose or sandy it is sometimes necessary to pave the gutters with cobblestones or with paving bricks or paving stones to prevent the for mation of gullies In the shoulders and in the macadam. Usually a gutter tliree feet In width laid on the same or a little greMer slope than the ma cadam, with an outer row of large stones about one foot high laid ver tically against the bank of the cut, is sufficient. Such a gutter iisually re places the shoulder, and it should not be constructed until the macadam is substantially completed. DRAG THE ROADS. Work If Done While Roads Are Soft Is Most Effective. The spring of the year Is the time when the work of road-dragging must commence if the roads are to be brought into a good condition through this process. Dragging is a work that must be done at the very muddiest time to be most effective. Some com munities have waited till mid-summer or fail before beginning this work, and the results have not been very satis factory. In the spring the frost coming out of the ground leaves the roads muddy to. a great depth. The whole mass Is then plastic and will yield under the passing of the road drag. The glaz ing is then easily done and when the good weather comes the heat of the ' sun dries the surface into a hard mass ttiat remains so for a long time. In states where great advance has been made, in the science of road dragging the major part of the work has been done In the early spring. After the foimdation work is done the work can be later continued after heavy rains, but these rains do not usually wet the road in to a very great depth. The. benefits of dragging have been demonstrated In a thousand localities where the soil has in it enough clay to glaze under the passing of the road drak- 'We believe that every com munity Where tke roads are not sandy In nature can afford to take up this work ahd give the roads treatments that will Ihsure good roads for the ' ^toknee of the year. Trees received in frozen or .dried-up ^ndltlon should be buried for awhile id the ground to Uaw - oUt gad- GREATER CORN CROPS. Conditions Whuch Must Be Secured for Large Yield. Every farmer located in the corn belt is desirous of growing as much corn p.er acre as possible aud it is the fault in many instances of the corn land owner if he does not do so. In .this section our farmers are learning that it is profitable to study the minor details that affect.the pro duction of a good healthy corn crop. Proper soil and good drainage are the first two requisites. 'We have the former and cannot afford to do with out the latter. Then disk well both ways of the field before breaking up the soil. This cultivates the soil and pulver izes thoroughly the portion that is to grow and nourish the roots. Before disking the soil it- is proper to get all the manures upon the farm onto this 8911 and thoroughly disk it In by the operation. Then you are ready to break up the soil with a good plow. You will find this last operation greatly lightened by the disking and you can not only plow better furrows, but deeper as well than where you have a rigid and unworked surface be fore you. The tilth of the entire field Is greatly lightened and much easier prepared for planting. This operation pays great returns when done in the proper manner and not only pays in growing corn alone, but as well in growing the potato crop. Then grade your seed, both in qual ity and quantity. In quality first. Do not shell into your basket one single ear that you are doubtful of In ap pearance. Test each ear, urges the EpitomisL by shelling off a few grains and placing them upon a muslin mat marked off In checks and numbered, numbering the ears to correspond. Place this m a t' into a good-sized flat box filled with moist earth or saw dust. In a few days you can discard the worthless grains and the ears to which they belong, for they have failed to germinate or are weakly In sprout ing. Shell off the tips and butts. No use for them. Yet they will grow and produce, but plenty of nice uniform grains will make a more even stand. DURABLE SUPPORT FOR SCALES. Substantial Foundation Should Ba Provided. The American Miller describes a support for scales, the foundation ol which was constructed of bricks with six-by-eight-lnch sills on top. 'Cement piers were built in the cor- Fig. 1.—Showing Cement Piers in Corner. ners as shown in Fig. 1 a t AA. They were made one foot high, on which were placed the saucers that hold the balls. The saucers v.'ero fastened in d / VJ Fig. 2.—Wooden Frame Used in Pit, the cement as it was about hard, with lag screws, and when the qemetit was set the saucers were firm and solid. In Fig. 2 is shown a wooden frame to be placed in a pit as a foundation. Cross-Over for Barbed Wire Fence. Anyone who has ever tried to cross over a barbed wire fence knows how difflcjilt it is to accomplish it without Injury to body or clothing. A safe passage may be arranged by taking two short boards or pieces of plank ing- six Inches -wide and long, enough to reach from the ground to four Inches above the fence. Nail these strips securely to the fence post, slant ing out at the bottom about two, feet from the' post. To these pieces nail three cross pieces on either side of the fence thus forming what is practical ly a ladder on both sides. The fence post should be longer than the others along the line as it enables one to grasp it for support while crossing. Several ladders of this kind arranged at cdnvenlent iatervals will tnake the m atter of crossing wire fencOs easy. HDW TO KNOW PURE PAINT. A Way In'Which It May Bo Identified ' Before . Ueing. After a building has been painted long enough for a weather test, it is easy to tell if the paint used was made of pure 'White Lead or not. P i t such telated knowledge comes like locking the barn after the colt is stolen. 'What one wants is a test that will tell the quality of the paint before it and the labor of putting it on a're paid for. Nature has provided a way in which genuine White Lead may be positive ly distinguished from adulterated or fake White Lead before you spend a cent on your painting. Pure White Lead is made from me tallic lead, and, under Intense heat, such as is produced by a blow-pipe, pure White Lead wlllresolveltself hack Into metallic lead. If, however, it is not genuine White Lead, or if it con tains the slightest trace of adultera tion, the change will not tahe place. Therefore the “blow-pipe” test is an absolute and final one. The National Lead Company are urging everytfne Interested in painting to make this test of paint before using it, and they guarantee that the pure White Lead sold under their “Dutch Boy Painter” trade-mark will always prove absolutely pure under the “ blow pipe” or any other test. To make it easy for you to perform the experi ment they will send you free upon re quest a blow-pipe and everything nec essary for you to make the test, to gether with a valuable booklet on paint. Address, National Lead Com pany, Woodbridge Building, New York City. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. J . The Parson (during a lecture to Tommy on the evils of smoking)— How do you spell \injurious?” Tommy—I don’t spell it at all. The Parson—What did you go to school for? Tommy—Because I had to. “SINNER\ CAN COME AGAIN. Any Kind of Fertiiixer Helps. About one-fourth of the land here is In hay meadows, of which the prin cipal grass is timothy. These -mead ows are occasionally plowed up and reseeded with timothy ahd clover. Not much fertilizer Is used, but thejmead- ows are productive in mdst cakes. These meadows are pastured vrith cab tie after the hay crop is cut. Nearly all of our meadows are well drained, as they must be to get good results. Two of the most Important things Id the cutting of opr hay crops, is to have, the meado-ws ilioroughly drained and to have them w^ll fertilized* Hritb iM tilisei of jmY kind. Thlefs Visit Resulted in Nice Margin of Profit to Farmer. If there are any more chicken thieves like the one who entered his hennery three weeks ago, Thomas In graham of Park Mills, N. Y., will glad ly furnish a chart of the grounds and guarantee to tie up the dog. A few mornings ago Mr. Ingraham entered the hennery, and to his amazement found a dozen fowls in place of the ones that he had missed after the visit of the thief. He also found hang ing to a nail in the building a scrawl which said: “Mister Farmer, I was wicked when I stole them chicks of you, but wrlnged their necks when I hooked 'em from the roost, so could not put ’em back. Am awful sorry I done it, and will prove what I say by bringing you other chickens which I never stole. Them I took were com mon chicks, these are blooded. Never will I steal any more. Sinner.” 'With such a conscience, the sinner’s resolu tion is evidence of good business judg ment, for Mr. Ingraham eays the fowls he received are wortti at least twice as much as the ones whose necks were “wrlnged\ when they were \ij^oked.” Surely a No-Account Dog. A man in Missouri recently sued a railway company for damages for the death of a hound killed on the track, says the Youth’s Companion. The company defended itself upon the following points: Said dog was chasing a rabbit up defendant's tracks in violation of the game laws. Said rabbit lived On defendant's right of way, and was therefore the property of the defendant Plaintiff’s dog was a trespasser, and was hunting defendant’s property without permission. Said deceased was not much of a dog, anyhow, or i t could easily have kept out of the way of defendant’s trains. And having fully answered, defend ant prays to be discharged. Artful Scheme. Mrs. Knicker—That little Jones boy has such beautiful table manners. Mrs. Becker—Yes, his mother al ways feeds him at home before he Is Invited o u t ' MUSIC STUDENTS Should Have Steady Nerves. The nervous system of the musician is often very sensitive and any habit like coffee drinking, may so upset the nerves as to make regular and n e c D S - . sary dally practise next to. Impossible. “I practise from seven to eight hours a day and study Harmony two hours,” writes a Mich, music student. “Last September I was so nervous I could only practise a few minutes at a time, and mother said I would have td drop my music for a year. “This was ■erribly t dfseouraging as I couldn’t bear the.thought of losing a whole year of study. Becoming con vinced that my nervousness was caused largely by coffee, and seeing Postum so highly spoken of, I de cided I would test it for a while. \Mother followed the directions carefully and I thought I had never tasted such a delicious drink. We drank Postum every morning Instead of .coffee, ahd by November I felt more like myself than for yearSj and was ready to rehume my music. . “I now practise as usual, do my studying and when my day’s work is finished 1 am not any inore nervous than when I began. \I cannot too highly recommend PoStuia to tousldlans who practise half a day. My father Is a ^hyslciah and recommends Postum to his jatients. WoVds cannot ihxpress my appreblation thr this .Most valuable health heverT age, ahd experience .-has provert Its. supe.rioj'lfjr over a ll ethers.” .\There’s 4, ISeagon,”- < . . , Nafae. ilveii hy PbBt\ihL.tJo,, Battle Crepk, Mich., “itho ‘Boitd; to Something New Under the Sun. A lady in Illinois sent us 12c a year ago for our remarkable collection of vegetable and flower seeds and sold $37.76 worth therefrom, or made 314%. 'That’s new. Just send this notice with 12c and re ceive the most original seed and plant catalog published and 1 pkg. ‘‘Quick Quick” Carrot ........... $ .10 1 pkg. Earliest Ripe Cabbage ................ 10 1 pkg. Earliest Emerald Cucumber.. .15 1 pkg. La Crosse Market Lettuce ......... 15 1 pkg. Early Dinner Onion ................... 10 1 pkg. Strawberry Muskmelon ................ 15 1 pkg. 'Thirteen Day Radish ................... 10 1,000 kernels gloriously beautiful flower seed ................................................... 15 Total ................................................. $1.00 Above is sufficient seed to grow 35 bu. of rarest vegetables and thousands of bril liant flowers and all is mailed to you PO S T P A m FOE 12c, or if you send 16c, we will add a package of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, 'Wis. K. & W. Safe Place. “It states here that bulldog shoes are iu fashion again,” remarked Mr'. Stubb as ho perused the “latest stylea for men” column. “That so?” laughed Mrs. Stubb in credulously. “Why—er—where does a buldog carry his shoes?” “Don’t you know, Maria?” “No, John.” “Why, In his grip, of course.” Papa’s Pet. “Fifteen-two and a pair makes four,” said Subbubs, who was playing crlh- bage with Popley. “What have you In your crib?” “Ah!” replied ' Popley, absent-mind edly, “just the sweetest little ootsums- tootsums girl In the world.” BPPW S Headaichesan4 PILES ■\A N A K l'Sf't'S*' ■ '*\-'11 Trlbnin A. N. K.—C (1908—12) 2222- What’s a Widower? Is a widower a married or a single man? This question continually crops up and it is continually being answered both ways. Certainly a widower Is married—he is not a bachelor. That Is one answer. Certainly, on the other hand, no matter what the man once was, he is single now. That Is the other answer. Thus in all match games of single against married men —games of hockey, football, baseball, cricket—the poor widower is tossed from one side to the other like a shut- tleclock. The solution depends solely upon his skill. $100 R e w a rd, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to leara th a t there Is a t least one dreaded disease t h a t eetence I stages, and that Is Is the onlf positive fratetnUx. Catarrh being a constitutional dlseano, reqnlres a constltu- tiunal treiument. Hall’s Catarrh Care is taken In* mi iDi pi 'Strength by building op the constltocion and assist in g n ature In doing Its work. The proprietors have ■o much faith la its curative powers that they offer -Ojifi”m indrod'J)oniirs for any case th a t It fails to care. 8eQdforUi%.of teatlmoniali. ' * CO., Toledo. 0 . Bold by-aU Druggists, 75c> Tlike J w rs'FfbnO y Fills for eonstlphtlon. Absence of Mind. Exhausted by the labor of carrying the furniture out of the building, the man ■whose dwelling was ablaze from cellar to garret mechanically rolled a cigaroot and turned to one of the fire men. “Have you got a match?” he panted. “A match?” growled the fireman. “If you* want to light that thing go and touch it to your house!” ONLY ONE “ B R O M O QUININE** T h a t i s LAXATIVB BROMO QtUNINB. Look foi th e slgnaturo of B. W. GROV^. Used th e World o r e r to Cure a Cold In Ono D or. 25c. Grapes are squeezed six times In making champagne, yielding wine of different qualities. LL’S ^ t S ‘‘Guara«w Die in open air seekmg w a ter Rat Bis=kit “GeU them eU” Has cleaned oul the worst Infected *‘rat‘holes.” Rats and m ice leav e choicest food and train for it. Dry. clean.'tiever leaves amark.Packed In boxes ready for use. AtlhiB||Isls*—15c(s. abox* Ifyours hasn'tit. send us 25c.for one boxof bOc.for three Mxes. express prepaid. V/fite us for package of We’ve lost our A A J& Jw iob'^ Souvenir Post Cards, In five colors. W t.U X T B iscuit COMPANY aprlrxfleld, O. m ALCOHOL-3 PER CENTr' A\^etabie Preparation For As similating liieFoodandllegula- tingtheStomachs atidBowels of lN F .\N TM r ( HIL D K 1. N Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium.Morphtne nor Mineral. N o t N a h c o t i c : /ftcwr trouBrSAfmiiyrasfti 'dlxSmna * •AaMbSm/li -j ■dmAtSui . i Ifiikfywjk/ZgyarA Apeifecl Remedy forConstt^- tion. S our Stornach.Dian^ioea, Worms (Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP-’^-, facsimile Signature T he C bntaur CoMPAint N E W Y O R K ; \ cismiii F o r In f a n ts a n d Children... The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of r n o i 'i t i c <iU 35 D o s i i . aranteed gndcr thp Poodiij Exact copy of 'Wnpper. In Use For Over Thirty Years cisniiitt VMi MUTAva aMtaluiT. n n ram i WTT. •'I NO M O R E M USTARD PLASTERS T O BLISTER • THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT. Capsicom-VaseUne. EXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT TAKEN DIRECTLY IN VASEUNE DON’T WAIT TILL THE PAIN COMES—KEEP A TUBJE HANDY A QUICK, SURE. SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN.—PRICE 15c. —IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES MADE OF PURE TIN—AT ALL DRUOCISTS AND DEALERS. OR BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF I Sc. IN POSTAGE STAMPS. A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative qualities of the article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve Head ache and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter- irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable In the household and for children. Once used no family wjjl be without it. Many people say \ it Is the best of all your preparations.” Accept no preparation of vaseline unless th® same carries our label, as otherwise it Is not genuine. 8 s n d y o u r a d d r e s s a n d w a w ill m a ll o u r V a s e lin e B o o k l a t d c a o r lb lng o u r p r e p s r a t l o n s w h i c h w ill In t e r e s t y o u . 17 statist. C H E S E B R O U G H MFG. CO. NewYorkClt? -■'il Tonsilitis 1 $ swelling ond infiammaHonof th&gkinds q \ Fhe side of Hie ’SloaiVs Liiviiaeivt used as a gargle and applied to Hie oulside of Ihe ihrdaf reduce. Hiesweiiing and gives insfanfreUef/ for Croup, Quincy SoreThroaK Brpnchjiis, Asfhma, Pain in Chesf ov Lungs Ihis linimenl is unsurpas^ 6ioan's Linimenf is indispensoUe when fravening because if is penefraHnq, warming, soolhing, healing and aniisIpKc. Price 254^,50i 6 «IX)0 Dr. Eorl S. 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