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Show Bive Your Wife. 1 think mj wife has th.. snretcst and moet honest blui lies, the mom biiilitl-ful biiilitl-ful face and Ihe moat oxqulslts form In all the no-lit, oiilrln t It'bo h belter world ir all Jim otlir lillown nil Hie mmu waj? Ho sou ncr ir tn sue jour wiro? or course. nu hue jour liuslni.s lo intend in. n lid alt of tlnl, but nhin ou nmi home at nlghl, If she Is lining tin hoiiHi uoilt, do jou ncr help lur set tho table? iir mrry In tho coil? Or hcl.i wnVh ihe UlshesT Or wash tin bo) or gtrl7 Or In u thouH-iail and ono was help Do jou ecr tell her she's pretty an mo c? -Mllibe tin's not, inn be shea faded out. with lining hid sour children ant larlns for them Hut this onithl to in ikn her In iiiilful In lour oik to see In birs looking st ou the ssnu loie-llglil which Is In jour clrl s or bo) s (es Huppom- she Is rot as si 1 111 ami neat as she was when ou rsu around after her and beggid hei to mam ou Uho Ions lou Jim the saim, and more than she did then, becuuso the Is the mother of luur children that an uomnn's way. Don t Ithlnk that beruuse sou come homo eWy night and rind htr there that It will last nlas Women wear out, she may die. Buve her nil mu cuu, borne diy joa ma hale tn go Intn tho darkened parlor out alt down besl le her and look at tlio white set face mil when lou do all Dm swiilt Maes of her girlhood girl-hood will stand out and thin she s be )our sweetheart ngnta You ma look ut tho still inld haads, roughta'd hi her labor, of loio for jou und jour chit, dnn. nnd realize that thej cant wnrk any more, but can only lie tlnre clasped until thej truniblo into dust nwr her tlri'l heart Then jou will wish that jou had ' sal nl her ' All tho regi f 111 tho world won't bring her back, so be good to her now, while jou haie hrr Don I let that one white rose vho hnlM la her poor dead hand lie ttie tmlv one she enr has llrlng lur one now and Hull and she will lolc jou for It Sio jour wife. Mhos the beet frltnd jou'se gut. A Wonderful Tree. Tho Farmer's lleilew of Springfield. Ill , tells of a most wonderful pear lice of tho Hudduth arleii. Lait wiek a rtpresentatlie nf the 1 armer's lln lew hid the pleasure of lalilng the Suddiilh pear trees situated In Wllllanrnllle 111 Tor scleral jears wo ham heard or till so tues and halo had considerable turloslti lo actuall) be hold them, or whh.li so miny remarkable things hao been salil It Is a tousiria-tho tousiria-tho ituUmeiit lor us to saj tint these are the most remirkihlo luur treis wo have filer sem 'Ihe inrnit trie is sclent scl-ent J -eight j ears or ago and Is located en the farm of Titus Hiidluih It rlsis to a height of more 111 in lirtj-llio fnt, and its tlrtumri rente li more thun ten feet nt Ihe smalle.t pint of tho trunk. Two niembers ot tho partj stood against the tteo nnd extended tlelr arms. Iliey were liuiblo to make their himls touch around tho tree. Higher up. whire tlio limbs begin lo put out. the treo Is tour nr IHo feet greater In circumference One peculiar thing in the old trie appeirs In nil of its proeenj Where the Hint; shoots out from Ihe tree there Is n lints that supports the limb and makes It Impossible Im-possible for the limbs to split down On tho old trro a rood nuinj llnls hje bien bieken off b) weight of fruit, but none of thi nl have split down Hie limbs linio slmplj broken off somo distance from the trie 'Ihls la of griat laluo In a liee. for It makes It i ossllile to keep tho tree from bunking at all, ellnir thinning the frull or liy propping the limbs, as there cnul I bo no d inter nt the llmli being torn down by lilt.li winds or wUislil or snow The orlsln or this treo wns ns follows 111 li llr. Thonna Constant einltrated from Xeiiln. O. nnd setlled In Wlllluma. Mile. This waa two jears after Illinois was admitted as a Stale Mr I'misl ml broiiBht with lilm, some near sicda and llanlcl Ihnii on his new farm Onli oiw si(d tnw Inln a trie nnd that was the treo In question In u few jears It begun to bear null, and from, the lime It lagan bearing to the pnsent limn It lias nlwnlB boino a cron or penrs so fur ns inn be icarnid .Mr Hudduth saia tint ho Is sure that for thirl J enrs; It has neier fal'e.1 to bear a crop and that h" lias known It to bear elfcht huh'ls i In sea-son sea-son Tho fullil on which this tree stands was sunsenueniiv ihiuhiiv """v. '"- of Sprlngilell, law piiriner or Ahralnm Lincoln Ho u"d in let Ihe Mini nut in shares, and one jeor lie reeelud as his Inir rl the crop frmn this pear tree elxti two bushils 111 the present season the iron on tho nil trie s rominra lely Uhl. b'ut'll la ei.lmiil.d fit tmitv iiush-el. iiush-el. wblth most of us will agiee is all The pesra one ireo should heir nt any lime. Incllentnlli, It mai be said that th s tree Is standing In a blue-grass sod and his neier pci ie.1 nny culture, nr ,S Itlng So fur as (null be learnt .1 W 'could Wsli'lint think " ' I 'V,"'; Imniaiitic prniKirtlnnn what wr ,l,n5 .tin iimlt r If proper h InkrTi ciri nf Ino in InilfnulK pxlctrnri' i ho full .n In tl loeul i . .. A ,enl Ihe ron of rXu'S.""",'' I1"1! nwlderVr.. the ndi'rse fruit con.ll none that did not hale a ?' " ' " rieiirs el en fcomo of Ihe ioun(.er tries Imllntl thirty or forty bushels each on "'?he"iounger tree- naie some of tlum rals'ilto" They wVr'..0cofe en" w.l'li'VVu",'' ''""S'S'Fv'rV'ic'rr.: was bent downtill it f .rm rt hilf nn oinl On Ihe farm of J e, oiuni arc Hie trees tint wen grnftid nrr lltli jears JK" "ad are like the olhi a nn ntloncel, Mil of mill and h, ,lthi In leaf We tiarnrit that oih, r i ar trees had be. a rniwi and grown In this Melnlty, out th it thej hid lm trial lj died out atter prodaelng a re crops Most or them went h the blight The Sudluth pear trees stem to he the onl ones that limo lum able lo atani the odierse con-dlllons con-dlllons nf a series of (ears One other point in raior of th-sc tries la the fact that they are trulj ornamental, their snrtadlng nature glilng them a gond ehape and snm fin, lines of beauts. The tlie and see n-tni-nM trees on the rami nf Mr udiiith were In the front jard ns du dc trees, and nre tetarded as things or b uuli I At the time nf i tailing the trees the fruit not vet rb.e bit some that had alien on tin gmind were melliw enough to give a goo I .. a of their tHvor which was round to li, excell. nt 'Ihe skin was a llltle touhr thm lint with some I ears hut this Ir errminlj In lis fvvor ns a shipping l enr. ind we'belleve It enn lie senl I leg distances without being In- I filled We enr ope i a goo I minj of the pe-its and r, und neither seeds nor enres with the exivitlnn nf one near ill which we fnun I one potrlv developed seed We are lotfi that st.ls are exlremelj- rare l.verj thing nlioul the peat can be eaten tx.cpl th. stem il Is our candid belief that the Hudduth pear to lie one or th. leading pears or Ih" West nnil win become as much a rtand-hj nmnns us is the Hen Dills np-lie np-lie Is among Western apples, with the n.t.leil a.lvantnre thst the Sndduth pear Is nr BUh good uualltl tint It Is a i-nod .C"1" ... The problem of getting a pear tint wl I stand Ihe bliiht seems tn hue been solved Ihe toll on which Ihe pears ere now growing Is I lick prnlrl" soil nni as this soil la common In the prairie States It would seem that It Is a sale tree to grow anvwheie In the West, Perhaps Per-haps It will grow erptallj well In the lln-t but It will reriuhc actual demonstration demon-stration to tell lint Sheep in the West. correspondent or Ihe American Sheep Hr e lr has tonslderalle to say that Is of Interest to the lntermounlnln people In the following letter The life of the nvernge rnnsc sheepmnn Is strenuous enough Just wvv tn cult a fnllovvcr of leddj. the terror Itetween drouth nnd lad markets III- Mock mnster Is k pt verv b isy guessing what to do lo gi out from In under the woolj nva-Iinthe nva-Iinthe Hut reonis to threaten While really the-e la nothing In ihe tltuitlnn to w irront nni great ali-m ITemarkcd once before In these letters how prone sheep owners are tn partake tn a certain extent of the nature nf the sheep thoj herd and grow frnnllc and pinlcslrhkn whenever there Is the sllghtet-t excuse All the present sltuitl.m requires Is n little coolness cool-ness ard some good rains In the West nnd there should be a prompt rrcnverj hlnrt my last letter the mtrket has been getting no bettor very rapidly Trices have sunk lower and lower und there has stwnnl to tie no strength to the market nnj where, and all have been doing what Ihm omlH In n, ,lra It w itram t thl. time nf the jear on the range trade has lisuallj been good, but this ytar the buyers buy-ers have seen tho lirse number of sheep lo come nnd have been silling qalcllj 1 aclt walling for the bottom tn drop out so they could go to the rescue on their own terms It is true there Is an unuu-ii unuu-ii illy large number of sheep to lie mir-keter, mir-keter, but the same may lie sail of cattle, as tho cattlemen will be compelled to do two eensin's business this jenr, lerj fern marketing list jcar after the corn crop failure As has been pointed out In these letters frrqueutlj, this time was sure lo conn nnd lloe Monsters sho tie have been expecting low prlies this summer und fall In fnct It takes low prices to mnie the slice. i. The hbtepmen hnve not been all In bllme though W hlle tho Uisl h is been tlnallng In water the West is having a hard struggle lo lln.l moisture enough to give the Hocks to drink, and In some sections sec-tions Ihe feed lins Ik en pra. tlcnllv ruined 'this Is Hue In certain sections nf Win. tiling, whcio there htvo stvcral Units teen almost a panic nnd It Ins taken the greatest exertions of the cool headed ones to head otf a gene rnl stnmpede. lo market Up around Casper about 50 rm head of sheep v ere rounded up a few weeks ago to lie shipped direct to market to brlnz what thej would, saerltlcn shipments Borne actually did go. but cooler counsel prevailed and bv shifting Iho fiovks nnd taking a few lo I em r country lids dinger din-ger was averted So much was Slid about ir however, tint Imjtra wiro frlghtenid awav Tor a time mil tride has been stag-nam stag-nam and a feeling of unrest and unjasl-ness unjasl-ness continues A few lltllc rains luivo helped out some, but 111" rains have been vcr disappointing su far and In many scctlors tho situation Is reallv serious It Is notice ible. however, th it some of tho big outfits nre showing conildenee In the situation Thej are looking at Ihe great corn crop almost ussuri.l In the corn Slates and the mllllona of tons of liny nnd forage that will lie hariested on account of Ihe excessive ruins In the great middle Millejs and thej ure buj lug right. and left where the little fellows ure frightened and aro preparing In move these sheep to points where they nn he fed It Is the inminnn rtrge sheep Ihe nonnille llocl s. lint aro miking all tho trouble Just now Ihev nro mostlv owned bj irresponsible men of small cnrllnl who havo their all M stake and nre e ..111 frightened The well-bred shiep ns a rule, are doing well and few of these kind will show up at market until the proper time nnd when l?iW5lnn orih'. best Posted sheepmen In this srcll in thit the worst of the market will be had during tho next six weeks 'Ihls will take n inaiorlti ot the wnk holders and short grass she; p out ot the vvnj. and after that there should bo it graduil Improvement In the sltuntlnn Shir" no need ot nnjone losing anj mono ..fit Is b-'rr ,t,,?.Sa,rHun Plus can be moved at fair iirli a later on It Is Vlmplj a question of holllng on and i.m "ng he sheepln good shape WlTTIe no In. i.rle a are possible the big men aro nnktnii' for n good average niarket ami expect lo realize prices tint will let thin, mil wll h n profit and will cna le them lo t "an , tin their imcks prettj c i.sels Wti!r.t''"Th,Miiln,!J5 Sinn ten nc. rell ;ev Ihe slluilllon. , t in the m"nnllm the trade Is looking for low ililces until the weak holdings nro Cvl,hll!lTln0st7.wl.lS Ihcre, have i. , i ne scatter' 1 showers In tho ii'inii and stockmen are all reeling better i. tliere nre now Indl. lllona line lite us-ii us-ii il iiiminer rainy seison Is about in m- "m u'E RTiiSS Shmsh".n;.e,;,"nnr .ome jM''hl.,0.?,l0n but na drj weather fere" .Wr to.r, - " "ul "" "..?,' Bouihl lit I lahcoiidltlniis are some. '".Btwr an elsewhere over lhat nVi'ie rcof'..' n".nV much Wlltr There wa'nld?! bulfflMIt" whole tho sheep tiro '"inBroiorndo with the exrtptloii of n s'olninilt) "is '( urh ru.a R'rJ KKl 'S)n f3 ''Vne-onp!' tuV!" '",.? t?M loo eVowd.d ill" neav, ship-m.m.'"w.ll ship-m.m.'"w.ll be ,.n ...rtcr -hwhide sea-seTtion sea-seTtion nil suui r rnllfei mom than was "uouklng over Ihe wl'".."Vrioml,!g "ami |