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Show CARELESSI VEflY noendii H3n CRICKETS HISTORY OF TREE Common Insects, of Light Greenish Color and Do Serious Injury to Berry Plants. The tree crickets are rather common insects, though rarely seen on account of their shy and retiring habits. They are slender, usually greenish-brown- . Insects, sometimes s of an Inch to an about HORTICULTURAL NOTES. Inch long, and with the long, slender antennae and prominent ovipositors A good place for the strawberry bed !s on one Bide of the vegetable garden. The plum curcullo cannot be con trolled without some trouble and out-'.aof money. The setting of scions la only the Side View of Cricket a fruit tree. first step In Early spraying alone will not pre so characteristic of our better-knowvent scab. field crickets. Heretofore it has been Cyclamen plants should bo reBted supposed that the white flower cricket, during the summer months not al- Oecunthus nlveus, was the most comlowed to dry off entirely, but watered mon species and the one responsible sparingly and kept as dormant as pos- in large measure for the numerous sible. scars in raspberry canes and Keep the chrysanthemums In a similar relatively plants, shady place during the summer, water writes Prof. Felt, New York state en regularly, pinch into shape, prune and tomologist. In Country Gentleman. Re train. Keep the plnnt free from in cent Investigations by Prof. Parrott ot sect pests. the New York state experiment sta In planning for the planting of the tlon and Mr. Jensen of the entomolog trees, the aim should be to so plant leal department of Cornell university, that when they grow annoying winds however, show that the white flower will be kept at bny to the greatest cricket usually deposit Its eggs In the hard wood of trees, like apple, cherry, possible extent. To root an Ivy geranium make a peach and plum, only one egg being hole under the leaves of the largo placed In a puncture, and the latter plant, set the flip about three Inches never In the familiar series so fredeep, alluwtrg three joints to be under quently seen In raspberry and blackthe soil, and they are almost sure to berry canes. The studies of Prof. Parroot. to applo trees by rott show that IrJ-irIn time of drought. If water enough the snowy tree cricket Is likely to be to soak the ground Is not to be had followed by blight infection. regularly. It Is better to give none to series of egg punctures so The most plants, as In that rase plnnts commonlong In raspberry and blackberry will adjust themselves to prevailing canes are produced, according to the conditions. observations of Prof. Parrott, by the Give liquid manure only when the ground Is moist; the roots cannot absorb the fertilizer when In want of water: hence, the Riving of fertilizers during drought often results In the death of the plant. iigni-greenis- three-quarter- Mrs. Subbubs Now, look out how you get on and off the cars. You're o awfully careless about the trains, you know. Subbuba That's a fact I lout two yesterday one going: to the city and one coming home. HIS d "I am a man seventy years old. My hands were very sore and cracked open on the lnsldes for over a year with large sores. They would crack open and bleed. Itch, burn and ache so that I could not sleep and could do but little work. They were so bad that I could not dress myself In the morning. They would bleed and the blood dropped on the floor. I called on two doctors, but they did me no I could get nothing to do any good. good till I got the Cutlcura Soap and About a year Cuticura Ointment. ago my daughter got a cake of Cutlcura Soap and one box of Cutlcura Dlntment and In one Teek from the Jme I began to use them my hands Were all healed up and they have not been a mite, sore since. I would not be without the Cutlcura Remedies. "They also cured a bad sore on the band of one of my neighbor's children, and they think very highly of the Cutlcura Remedies. John V. Hasty, So. N. II., Mar. 5 and Apr. 11, '09." HOLDER OF FIRST as They Are, Could Not Claim Infringement There. Wright Brothers, Inventive Illustration Shows How Large Branch, Hanging Over Roof, Was Easily Taken Down. Glenn II. Curtlss. at a dinner, en id ; the Wrights, "They dont own the air, you know. Did you bear about that couveritailon that was overboard between them at the Dayton plant? " 'Orvllle.' cried Wilbur, running out un of doors excitedly, 'look! other aviator using our patent! "'lie certainly is! shouts Orvllle. That's our simultaneous warping and steering movement to a T!" "'Call a cop!" screams Wilbur. 'Get I recently had occasion to remove one of the main branches of a large elin tree, writes C. O. Ormtbee of Washington county, Vermont, In Farm and Home. The branch In question was 12 Inches In diameter, 33 N-- t long and attached to the tree at a height of 30 feet. It hung oer a slate roofed barn, which made It necessary to keep it off the roof and It was not practicable to remove it In sertlona. The illustration shows the plan that was adopt d. of lb-it'- s snpther Injunction!' bo had looked up "Hut Orvllle. through hl binocular, laid til it hand gently on his brother's arm. " "Come In back to work, Wilbur," he aid. 'It's a duck." The Irish of Shakespeare. An Englishman sn.l an Irishman were having an argument on the sub "I defy you.' ject of Stiukespeare. said the former, 'lo find a single Irish character In the whole of his works. "Well. I ran give you two, at all . "Miss events." replied the lit Ophelia and Corry forgot Hamlet's Intlmaie friend, who stood beside him while he was run lemplatlng his uncle In devotion, and observed: "Now. would I do It, Pat, while he Is praying." Springfield Re Irir-hman- O'l-anni- Ths Literary Fabricator. "How did that story that George Washington couldn't tell a lie get started?" asked the Inquisitive youth "I don't know," replied the Irrever ent person; "unless he bad a ptess agent tbsl rould." d s. oh-- t have them, evidently preferring to Mck to that which did Mm so much good his old friend Grape-Nut-. "fee this letter any way yon wlh, for my wife and f caa tievet praise flrspo-N'ntenough after the bright aess It has brought to mr household " l not made for a baby Orspe-Nifood, but experience with thousand of babies shows It to be among tbe beat If not entirety the bet In a scientific pfepafe'loti of Na'ire'i grains. It Is efwiry effective as a body and) brsn builder for grown-ups- . Read the little bock. The flood fr WellviHe," in pkgs. "There's a e IS twe F.w we ewwr from Um tle. TW9 re wwlie, frwe, mm4 fll f tiwmpt s s it, r4 lt? fw-ln- Hope to Elect Successor to James Breck Perkins In New York Senators Are Against Proposed Treaty with Democrats Ovlposition of Tree Cricket. r on rune; It. ran txjnellielltinl !nw eK In polttin: nit epe! fic much very rnliiruej black-hornetree cricket, Oeranthus n'erlcornls. w hile Mr. Jensen at Ithaca found the four spotted tree crlrket. Oecanthus quadrlpunctatns. depositing FRS In a similar manner. These rgg t urrtures are In regular series, some two or three Inches long, and when abundant are very likely to be fol lowed by the canes splitting or even breaking during the winter. In some of the eanes instances three-fourthIn a berry patch have teen seriously Injured In this manner. The life history of these various tree crirketn, so far as known, is tery similar The ergs are deposited in the fall In herbaceous or woody stems, the youtg tree crbkets ha?h-IrIn ti e spring and feeding on small Inserts such as plant lice. Maturity Is attalneil y midsummer or early fall, and Is followed by the deposition of res as descrUvl above. The tree u I rrtckita. alde from mechanical m. Juries ItiTfited. nvict be rKardd as on olher beneficial, since tlie) S'ib-IlnTtn. though ii?i'nrturiat ty th" rsu!tit g from nv It osltion are flop's and Pulley. Hatching rouf'd a .t Another tote, e, It Is becoming sharp that the president's conservation measures will be beeet by many difficulties, but finally they may see the light of passage. One of the bills as prepared authorizes the president to withdraw from the public do main any lands which he may deem advisable In order to protect the people's Interest. Many of the west ern senators and representatives and a goodly number of those from the east oppose this measure as putting, as they think, too much power Into the hands of the chief executive. It will be recognized at once that the reasons back of the desire to pass this legislation have for their basis the wish to find a way to prevent valuable water sites and mining lands from pnsBing Into the hands of persona who intend eventually to turn them over to the uses of corporations. which on once securing control might make millions out of property which has cost them comparatively little, and would then be In a legal position which would bulwark them against any attempt to force them to pay the original owners, the people, any lease Washington. ly evident money. Only Two Bills Have Chance. It was supposed when congress first pame together that several conservation bills of different kinds would be Introduced and that the president would Insist that all of them be passed. The length of the president's and the lackadaisical way In which congress hua gone at the work of the session make It seem certain now that only two conservation measures have any real chance of pas sage this year. One of them Is the withdrawal bill of which mention has Just been made, and the other Is the measure wblcb looks to the separation Df the surface lands from the mineral lands which may lie underneath In order '.hat different methods of d is poling of each may be found. In the tecoi d conservation measure the Idea Is to secure means by which the government can lease the right to develop mines while disposing of the surface lands for agricultural purposes In any way that may seem best. While the extreme west and northwest have been markedly progressive tlong the lines of the "Roosevelt It Is nevertheless true that . A. 1 ivr I Liberia. IP sVtva t foods, but be II Ml'M- i'- An aduK's food that rsn save baby proves Itself to be nourishing and easily digested and good (or 1.1 arid little folks. A Hrooklyn man y: "When I ahy was about eleven months old be began to grow thin and pale. This was. at first, attributed to the beat and the fact that hi te.rfV ere coming, but. In reality, the poo little thing was starving, hi moth- - re milk Dot being sufficient notirif bmr-n"One day alter he bad cried bitterly fof an hour, ! suggested that my wife Sb" soaked try Dim on Orapo-Xut- . two t fur roomful a In a saucer w;h a tittle sugar and warm milk. This baby ate so ravenously that she filed a sec-onwhich he likewls finished. "It was not many days before be foe-gall about being nursed, and baa on since1 lived almost exclusively Orape-NutToday the boy Is strong and robust, and as cut a mischief maker as a thirteen months old baby la expected to be. pit teforenonebinof will S OPPOSED BY WESTERNERS I It f First, a ladder was placed against the tre then a pair of self locking pulleys, a. were HUM" tided from the limb, b, and attached to the branch about lour feel from the tree. Ntxt, a rope, be. was attached to one of the larger limb of the main branch, and another rope, b d, attached to soother limb. The object of these ropes was to prevent the end of the branch from (ailing upon the roof, and It was necessary to nee two rojes to prevent It from tipping and turning elilewise. One end of the rope, b g. was thrown over the limb at b and down to the ground, where It was snubbed tVtilM MISCHIEF MAKER A Surprise In Brooklyn. bfive President. i i :?1 publican. "We Land Conservation Measure Is Considered Important by H PATENT HOW TO REMOVE LARGE LIM3 freurntlv j n lot tse tr- et - n've, and the jir serT(-t. tlietefiire. not rtlke1 BILL WITHiMl, g OPEN CRACKED HANDS TAFT INSISTS ON Because a home Is In the country be ta ut it w on a farm is only un miuea reubon why it should be more tliot.- who are fortuinj attractive,to for live in the country really nate enounh ipeml more time in their homes than do those who live in cities. And it is ttlxo true that farm homes ana rm life is daily becoming more and more 1 lie inxiue ot our house ih our tttructive. why not make it nice nnil attractive, homely and cheerful, mi modern. ' Oil WOllll In't think of burning tallow wall use paper? Massachusetts district where the Dem- smdles, yet towhy educate a few refined peoocrats won, conditions were abnormal pleIn inorder community to the artist io every and that Fobs who was elected by the beauty of soft velvet v alabimtined walls Democrats was In reality a Republican of solid color, a free otter of beautiful will! and that his opponent was a man not itenciU ofof classic denitfn is made to every this paper. at nil popular, and therefore the Dem- reader any It is aUo possible to securefor without home accountbe to Is ocratic success easily your expense color sumptions use to suitable moat colors, vou the telliiiw ed for. The Democrats reply simply best arrangement, curtains and over that the Republicans are whistling to the mrtains, etc. in fact the services of a keep up their courage, and that the decorative architect are at. your disposal election of the Democrat in western without charge to you. In cities there are many and mow New York in a few days, or the cutof interior decoration, but ting down greatly of the Republican it takes designers money and time to carry out tlieir will that same prove service is at llie uisposai Jin majority, theountry leas. f everv reader if he asks for it, and let is ripe for a change in the party conter than all, it tells you how you can trol of the lower house of congress. either do the work yourself or direct some sue eUe. It gives vou exact shades and ' Will Congress Pay Tariff Board? and the stencils to do the work It Is still a question whether Pres- colors, without charge. ident Taft Is to be given the $250,000 llcan. Having elected a successor to David A. DeArmond In a Missouri district by a largely increased majority, and being successful In the Fourteenth Massachusetts district in the election of Eugene N. Fosa on the Democratic ticket In a Republican section of the state, the present minority party naturally hopes to make a further gain In western New York. The Republicans say that In the 'n conservation matters the former president did not have the entire sympathy and support of men who stood jy him upon all other matters of pub- ' lic policy to which be gave bis adherence. President Taft Is most Insist-ro-t that a law which will give him and succeeding presidents the power to withdraw public lands when It teems necessary shall be passed at this session. He Is constantly referring to the subjert when the senate and bouse lesders visit him In the White House and he Is telling them that this bill must go through In vlr Awmmrn If fliatlV tti form In He is trying hard to win the northwest to bis views. Involves Balllngcr Trouble. It Is perfectly easy to understand why Mr. Taft Is so anxious that this particular piece of legislation shslt go on the statute books In the form In which It has been sanctioned by him and by the attorney general and the secretary of the Interior. One of the first sets of Secretary Ilalllnger tin to restore some of the lands which bad been withdrawn by his predeces- which he has asked from congress to pay the expenses of the tariff board for the next fiscal year. The president has urged congress hard to sanction the appropriation. Early in the season Senator Hale of Maine, who is a protectionist of the old school, gave sharp Intimation that if the president intended to employ the tariff board for any purpose except to consider the questions of maximum and minimum tariff rates and their relation to our foreign trade and to customs discriminations, congress ought not to give him money to carry out his wishes. The downward revision Republicans, and the Democrats with them, say that the fear of the high protection element is that the tariff board will conduct investigations for the purpose of getting material which can be used in future tariff legislation and that the high protectionists fear also that some of the facts which are adduced will lead the people to believe that low rates are a necessity. Treaty with Liberia Opposed If the administration is to secure. what it so heartily desires, a treaty with Liberia, the boon will be given only after troubles that may take on the form of a congressional fight. In reality It seems wholly Improbable that the senate will consent to negotiating any treaty with the African republic at this session. There is a good deal of sentiment In America In connection with Liberia because Its government was modeled in the be ginning, after that of the L'nlted States, and because In the old slavery days It was considered a sort of haven for negroes, and It was the hopeful belief of many of the old time abolitionists that in Liberia the black race would prove that it was thorough ly capable of In hla annual message to congress. President Taft gave constdersble space to the troubles In Liberia. He called attention to the fact that there Is a provision in an early treaty with the African republic under which the L'nlted States may be called upon for advice or assistance. "Pursuant to this provision and In the spirit of the moral relationship of the United States to Liberia, that republic last year asked this government to lend assistance In the solution of certain of their national problem Not long ago tbe report of the commission which the United States sent to Liberia was made public, and the president bas said that he hopes as a result of tbe commission's report, some helpful measures might result and so through the department of state be has called the attention of the sor, flerretary flarfeld Mr. Ilalllnger d'd not be'ieve and does not believe today thst Mr. Garfield had the legal n nunc in me , nt authority to withdraw the lands. As soon ss the new secretary of the rn,.s as In a sling Rr r.'Kifg n th t , i,. . far , H,,ible. will M . e, the Rn.b was turn-- 4 around Interior had restored a part of the in red.i,tt, ,nat!.rtt,ie roj. a rrl swi'Mg of the larr I'y j thefr nn'oliers and preventing i!t, public domain which Mr. Oorfield had S)s king the iniHev r.iie snd the snubwithdrawn, harsh criticism of the act ithiry was made by the principal advocates bing rotte alt etna'' It the limb which t. ,!!. was low of the Roosevelt policies of conservaWeighed nbcmt I Teois for Gfafting. .e k round wltbmit r y damtion. OilTord I'lnchot and others made ere) t Th to'iii lcjiild traf'lrie ate representations to President Taft, and Ige , turn- wlh fine teeth for ciitslng off as a result Mr. flalllnger was com knlle for pelled to withdraw some of the lands ,i"p arp P.rfjtigtr f.r the Berries. a thin Maded. which he had restored to their former well known. gardener recommends tfrir.g the top smooth, for . the scion ' a status, ft Is needless to say that the . , . , he following in the culture of straw- Uhsrp knife , , cutting IO FM1I lum f !llf'l "I'll "IIHH secretary of the Interior did this with fgrSTlldg twrrles. for the no very good grace, for by the act he and hold. open. the cleft . Tankage or petntlao guano, noo iock K7 nil Ilia was compelled to go la the face of his i,i i irvr ' fii, nifia oonnds er acre: ffe bone, iriwiiiftii 1or own belief of the rights In the matter. !Hi yni'ids. low grade sulphate of rom all cuts made This difficulty over withdrawals and ict.b. t,n pound; nltrat c,f soda. restorations of the public domain add 100 pounds ed coals to the already hot fre of All these materlst may e mled, Bfovt Fruit "Mummies." between Mr. ftal'lnger. controversy after plowing and tfore set Much old 1te up fruit will b Mf. Tinchot of the forestry service .ti.g plfils and thoroughly lnccifer (mind hariging cn the trees st thlit and some of the officials of the land V'd fa scll !y harrow Irg. sesson of the year. This Is especial fBce and reelemstlon service In nearly all ly true of peach trees. Hope to Gain Another Seat. orchards nearly every tree contain Waterlri Plaets. There ban been great activity In a a or to dozen hundred more from a f not water plants " They are iJemocratle congressional committee cold srl! of wtber, aor at of these fruit "mummies for the last few days. The members of of the fruit dUea full to MsM In order from chililrg jres are taking particularly sharp Interest will and fruit net rrrrs siill year's Is fenreii them, tf wrap IT t in th outcome of the special election removed nt and draw from the in In the Thirty second congressional dis- window trk-- In New York s'ate. where a rep When to Plaet Vegetables. resentative In cor.gress Is to be elect-- j t. ed to fiil the vacsncy raiej by the Wha the trees sre 10 full Evergreen teedllegs. -. ftrroer The shjH ot plant tender v sefM-- com, beane, 1eat?i of a Republteen member, Jamete time se'trt otiI weeiling ever-rr- snd the melon family. feg;n cultiva- p.reck Perkins The Democrats hope to carry thl Pay a little more and get tion between the rows almost ss soon which In tre't fen to IS Inches ss the seeds are planted, anl try to western New York district, otd narlly bas been Repub .he pacultivate before the weed ar reir. Vgh arid 'hen set ent lota of them. to the to the griund sawe.i cm at i etla'i e limb at d and eitetjd d Th n lh liiob was j I i In-- j Tl are feet etxinilat.t smorig rtistse hi1 arid s?'iiilt! growths t'im an fi-- d l t sii,g ,. iftk. clr - ( - j fr l" - I J I j8 , l-- te se-rel-y k-- fre-rir- rerper oTfj-nar- l a -t senate to the subject Position of United States. Recently Secretary Knox Invited the member of tbe foreign relations com n.lttee of tbe senate to a dinner at his residence, and there he laid before them the reasons as be saw them for the negotiating of a treaty with IJ tcrla It seems to be the feeling In the state department that the African country Is likely to be made the scene of exploitation of EnglUb. French or Herman Interests, end that It may be eventually that one or the other of thee countries may actually thrrateo the territorial Integrity of country vhleh In a sense Is considered a wsrd of the l'nlted Klate Tbe members of the senate commit lee made It plain to Secretary .'(no that they were not In favor of a treaty with Liberia thst In any way would bind this country to a course which might run counter to the wishes of the three great Ktiropean countries Mr Knox' which have been named g'tesu told hlin that while the I'rU ted Fifties was extremely Cordial In It good wishes to Liberia end hsd don much for that country. It had done no more than Great Itrlfaln. and thst It would seem like a slur at the Kngllsb people If this country were even In directly to Intimate that It feared the f!tltth government was to be aa sg gressor Meeting of te D. A. ft The advance of the Dstigh ters of the American Revolution, who wilt meet In Washington April already has entered the city. WPhla the next week there will be hundreds of representatives of the society In the capital and a!rsdy preparation are being made for the meeting, which l. will laft Just one week. Treatment for Lump Jaw. Lump jaw la due to a fungua which is usually taken Into the animal's system in feed consumed. Lump jaw Is liable to affect the glands of the throat or the bones of the head, wrltee Doctor David Roberts In American Cultivator. It Is not advisable to keep an animal thus afflicted lingering In a herd. On tho other hand It ia ad visable to either treat such an animal or kill It, as such animals invite diseases into the herd, owing to the fact that they are so reduced In vitality that they have no resisting power. A remarkably large per cent, of such cases can be successfully treated if taken In time by opening up the enlargement and washing it out with a strong antiseptic solution, like five ot carbolic acid in water, and putting the animals on a tonic. In this way the afflicted animal Is not only saved, but the entire herd Is protected against disease. Something Stronger Than Wind. Senator Depew. apropos of March winds. Bald, at a dinner In Washing ton: "An old fashioned fellow, one year when Faster came in March, paid too many Easter culls and drank too many cups of cegnog, and, alas, was quite overcome. fellow lurched. 'As the In the late afternoon, toward home. little girl watched him from her window, curloualy. " 'Oh, mamma,' she said, "come and look at Mr. Stuyvcsnnt. Isn't the wind blowing him about!'" Jmoortantto Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA. a safe and aure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bear, the Signature ot In Use For Over .fe Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought Front the first to last, and In the face of smarting disillusion, we con tinue to expect good fortune, better health, and better conduct; and that so confidently, that we Judge It needless to deserve them. R. L. Steven son. Guar1 W. L. DOUGLAS S3.OO.S3.50.S4.O0&S5.0O e. e - S"V Ska Ptl t XV. I- 4- f-- - loiiUw r wrn thse any ntlier tuakr. kIiim-- s by more turn bcoausci W l.ttMllMtlM it .. W atiee an Vl CI pr I- - f eafre4. awalHv Si V. W.IINl.laa M eajanl.laMtte.ai ,. anafca I ,K v , Ml, m . jf iV'V w .' : ling M.MMIUS). vtaMla-- m era; ta aa a . nf ff ..i Ian H 1 m a.l rtnaa an mh araa,n. W a,..- - a4 a--" lull I, l.-- . a - !rt l l fa a Jk . W. A a al--l- aa. fff.a--a t l 0 ' f a ma C aj. M4 1, i tuna; Haak Si-a1 a . I Biliousness '! have yrwf valuable Cetrarete firvl them end Couldn't ck Without tbm. f hare Wei tHetn for some time fof Indirection and bilimnee cured. Reeom-men-d sni em now cornt-leieltheat to err crone. Once tried, ym will herer be wit hoot thent in the lamay." Edward A. Mar. Albany, K.Y. rIai fe.n. I o ..1 Kevat , The I)ai;eher of the American Revolution, curiously enough, have the kind of trouble on their band that reeerjtiy heaet congress Th I efcter g are dlvld-- d Into two faclions which have named regulars The Insurgents In the j' nd Insurgents. , ,t,a, rue main, are tj,s presiding officer, w h". like Speaker j Cannon, coo es from IUWI GEORGE CLINTON. yjSTZT LZCJUV. . . 1 altw OPIUM a, a a. ewrrasu. s Si- - fill let ftai i m, tytm W PARALYSIS? a - Lt. T CM a.--., 11 hart ! r taVJI C W. - y 3 MaCet Trfa4. . r w-- -I 1M ! - -"- -- St.. onr-ose- ft 1 - OWT Haa! wuHi eI Taer Crriax fmaiit. 0. Nmf I g C. tliH Ittffiaal Ckaife. wrs ot row Z-. ' aaar Ikafat 1 faa. )i v is . |