| Show U e Sam farm has as free Seeds for For the Million ac Ii i iTo To Be Had ad for the Asking and hi 9 t itil tho Iho poor pone 01 old 1 con man Some work what ho he nettle net s td snub him Just because you ou can 1 s ut garden fen gardent seeds t F you ou need any garden seeds or a e ae I caro to receive any that you dont r need write a letter ter to your con COli gre pressman small It ho he wants to bo ro ra 4 elected ho will have th the department of send fend you the Iho package by return mull You need lItell not postage Your congressman hay blUi 1 a arl called n a frank which rl cn curries rles garden rarden f seeds eds and other matter mailer through tho rho rhoman mall Just Intimate to the tho man Dlan who represents you at Washing Washington ton that you rou would Ilku n a of Sams Saina chalce seeds mid ho will willo do o the rest It Iii Ia all Vel very simple Ais AI 8 say I some Bome It II Is nil all very silly nevertheless the Ibo sending of seeds to continuants Is ono one of the Iho or of m bers of at congress It Is a a per ro 0 old that It almost tanks with the 1 pr r of the tho German emperor to 10 If Ir his hta nt at an anglo of s degrees rite fhe Declaration of 11 seems to have overlook overlooked I ed lb Ih matter of free seeds to con and there up i rears b t t be nothing In the tha constitution or of the States that requires free treo a sued ed III dl but both bolh congressmen I and Ind constituents lave hn held this to 10 ho ha Dh of ho he rights of oC man mankInd kInd s1 the tho establishment ot of the tho Any attempt to 10 du do away with the sacred privilege Is considered little k II than treason The country ides fr tree ree I edl and the Congress Congressman man han r n nobly nohly to 10 the tho cry Who hall U a arise to 10 rob ut UL of at tills this lime right For or r e a years callI there has been n a tee Ceo tIe elf erf upon tin part o of n a congress congressman man and hero to yank his neck neele O I fr Iron 1 Under the galling yoke olce of the seed leed se Ie Ing 1111 tyranny but to 10 no avail It s 9 1 it cry bold and tearless to stand up UI and der defy the free se Ie I sentiment of them tare care th I to m kl marl martyrs 19 ot of them metres r reelection is 11 street 1101 to the theman man a at h and ho knowli full tull eU Ii lb e rest way to build up his Pouto o 3 t urns nt at memo homo mill and keep theft thern trope prope eked and amt so that no other Jale inn CIUI lope lopo over oer and pos len 1111 h I 1 J store la 10 to send the tarm en n aUll aad born gardeners nil ail the tho free treo seeds c s ta It 1 k for and then some Fart or t nn 10 we elect a congress I an n s tilt fife who Is loing ng t else Ise turnips In his hack yard is T It II t laws Nn Nay verily be too ninny many laws already Wo We n to Washington Ib that he tT re Y orl a fu a leeds rain s t In II Is b opt t seed ced clerk and tiro ol of lay 4 ih n a year for tor Ls 18 work bu busy otter atter hours hour when he la Is not flot les s ng nl 8 eds he may attend the tho ht I nM If f congress It ho likes and In P mate Ke laws but t YO e to be unto him 1 the e 11 a I use uso of at his going t forth If he ha herran frank reh on his Job and to toh when h a of at turnip seed to 10 us usten ten our soul for turnip aced City he from the great I Is not leed 1 ed exempt front from tills 1 r eno g who he man ff ruts 1 a Nelv York city dis SJ tp Sin Jn saved aher In there Is 18 not enough row r unoccupied by hull to a h but of Lean beans receives frequent t for Ice or Rarden and Add seeds No tro r roof 00 tnt do not nol Intend to nor the tho denizen of Lil the Iho seventh floor noor gat a 0 hanging gar garden garden den of Babylon These Thello people want to 10 tor s a 10 t r m their country cousins with whit whom they spend six weeks In er on the tho dear olt tarm arm Whon hen the late Amos J Cummings represented It a New York district In congress ono one of his hla constituents whom ho know knoll well astonished him lIy by writ writing Ing a supplicating request for tor garden seeds Mr Cummings knew positive positively ly Iy that the tho man had more knowledge of agriculture than a London sweep Ito wrote back What rat Oil earth do you want with garden seeds Dear Amos Amo wrote the friend In to rl ply 1 want to plant those thos seeds In Madison Square Garden Gorden Champ Clark ot of Pike county Mo 1110 who represents one ot of the tho most hIghly tiled c r rn n Work e 1 1 sj nr r G j 41 1 r If Ift I t v I I v I l j 1 I H 1 II t I l I c I w wIra 1 tt i Ira I r ri l t n I fr I r II i I rt Ile I developed n In the ll Males with n a coa coast 1 line the tho Mississippi river to ro n a letter leller from n a constituent In ono one of limo Iho river towns rho fhe man want wanted ell ed some water m Illy reeds Mr Ir Clark replied that the of culture Ind node malle no provision to tur ur nish water lily Illy seeds feeds 1 nut alii very ory sorry wrote the hI con constituent t You tau know the theIs MissIssippi Is a part of ef m my front yard and as 1111 It Its gels s mud sometimes I wanted to plant It water waler Mlles to Improve the ot of the Iho apo It Is l a related d of nt Victor Vietor Murdock of oC Kansas that a 11 constituent wrote him to tl this effect I near send land me by return mall 1 a bushel or r two ot of wheat seed My uncle has hns a mill and n my wife I a cook stove t 3 want to 10 see It If I cant get then them to with mo me and raise ralso n a few fel loaves of bread The free seed Industry w which Ich began In a way has grown to 10 hugo huge P P In to tho h early days the Iho congressmen carried packages of seeds aroun around In their coat coal tall lall pockets pocket mull mall mulling ing them out or on fl demand The Tho gentle gentleman man from or Arkansas was not nol Into to 10 his trust the seed trust unless he was able to 10 r rattle pumpkins parsnips and pens rens In embryo embro when he lifted d his COlt coat tolls tall I to take tako his Is Slat seat In Inhouse the tho hou house e of Now that thai t many have adopted the th sack Inck coal co aL minus tit tali It pockets this BYE system Ie of t cold Is not feasible Consequently Con six years all ago the seed reed section of the public service was put pUI under the tho control of Gt tho rho bureau ot of Plant industry In the department t If d agriculture and the seada ore aro now nol kept hept In the tho drawers A large force Corce ot of bill 1111 clerks Is n a congressman desires to male good with 1 n constituent b by complying with n 0 pe reed d ho sends his frank trank over to 10 the bureau and the clerk malls the package Tho bureau ot of plant industry has hashe ht he en Ing to reduce too aced r sending to 10 toa 1 a science The Tho original intent nt ot of the tho law was to provida new and valuable where they would do the most moat the cause causo of at agriculture anti t career of oC the tho congressman The Tho secretary ot of agriculture at various times time has hns protested against the pro and desultory distribution of seeds lIe deplores the sending ot of hayseed to New York elt Inasmuch the tho goat prefers cauliflower and ho feels teds that the cause couso or of science Is badly served seret when the from Nebraska sends mends prairie grass grau seed to 10 n a region where prairie grass grau already chokes out the corn crop what the fanner really needs Is n a lice hoc applied tho Iho seed Iced send sendIng Ing Industry is III highly beneficial to 10 our Interests lor Ins Instance lance there thero Is the macaroni wheat Introduced Intro by the ho deportment ot of agriculture from Europe Sonic Some ot of the semiarid sections of the tho west are ara not suitable far Cor crowing r Ing the th a ont In ay r wheat Maca Macaroni 1 Inc 1 roni r thrives there Ihen and coos enol mou have been planted and grown crown wheat wheal it II should be pointed out Is hi not intend intended ed cd exclusively or particularly for italIan Ital Inn Ian citizens It makes biscuits dell clous clou enough to sot before the royal family or an any goo good Democrat or nc Ito n the Iho prefer It to 10 corn COIll dodger bread Splendid results have been Ien obtained nl also o to In the Iho Introduction of oC new types or of cotton collon In the tho southern states new nell tobaccos In Connecticut anti Florida orilla and In the tho ot of sugar beet growing It Is slated that more than halt a 0 million n dollars Is sent abroad every year ear for good sugar beet beetel seed el Secretary of at the tho agri agriculture culture department Is making Inquiries into Inlo the tho sugar beet lI seed to prevent this drain In 11 loin Missouri 1 and California the tho I department line haa mental menial home for tor this purpose Seed SeN distribution co costs money but butu I uder u der the tho present scientific methods It I I Is conceded that tho results Ire are worth the Iho expenditure For 1906 the tho for Cor securing and distributing seeds eels and plants amounted to 10 O Postmaster General Cortelyou estl esti estimated mated that thaI about packages ot of seeds III arp distributed 1 annually under con congressional frank This I Is pounds lh package aggregate gate gat from thirty to car carloads loads u a year ear That hal would up u a pretty long freight train If shipped by freight Uncle Sam am cheN cheerfully fully tarries It by however n a ost or about Ii G cents a 11 pound or n a cor r al 11 altogether together Most IOb of oC the Iho congressmen have built up UI machines at home hom to Insure their reelection Th The department of culture Is also In ht tho Ike machine business It lies hns seventeen machines for tor making up treo rCa lack FarI o mil chine puts puis up about packages n a na aday day a when running full Cull working hours There I Is no allon agon that seed end In wm wilt he h eliminated trot our nn 0 The fhe congressmen have no 0 other concrete menns or of m make ak akIng Ing popular with their con by service A con grossman who refuses to 10 send seed will soon loon run tl te seed himself 1 I Since the Iho reel Is pow 1101 done dono scientifically with n a view Iel to 10 the best results to agriculture why should one complain Time Iho national treasury has II 1 surplus sometimes so much mooch per lIer capita belongs to you ou but yoU cant canti i get Iel It It Is not nol distributed nut Hut you can get gel your share ot of garden or 1101 er seeds Dont bo be tho thoI I government Share in Its LU bounties to your congressman A Jo postal lal card telli tin lie Ho may not be overjoyed to 10 hear from you hut but he will work man m full In 10 hide his yance and he ma may send the Iho seeds LOVE LOE HANDS AND GLOVES One ot of womans greatest Is In the beauty of oC her bands members which are ure truly adorable when their smallness Is combined willi other In ot of breeding hut but oven en If e are large they may bo be beat t tuI uI It If they are aro shapely she poly finely toads au t ti white with a blue veins taper laper Pr r gets gers anti ros rosy tails nalls slightly arched The women of North American arc Aro claimed to have the Iho smallest hands In Inthe the world and next to them como come the Iho Austrian Spanish Italian and English r ii II J 1 i ladies Those of oC the fair however are often e polled b lingers rounded nt at tho tip III Russians have long but Lul beautifully formed I hands The hands of of oC are arl II shaped hll ped but they are long and too dr dry The French grande demo takes the best carp care of her hands All the world over Germans are generally endowed with lArge and fiat ones with enor enormous fingers Most liest I wear six Ix an l 1 a halfor half lIaH or six anti three Those ThOle are nut not the tho smallest alses for n pretty hand but bul are arc those worn warms b many of the fairest of the sex nevertheless tar for tara forn n a tight glove gloo Is a perfect abomination It nukes makes the tho hand look larger instead of smaller I When Whon putting gloves on always be t I gin by buttoning the tho second button 1 tr then Ihen when buttoned to the tap lop you 4 k I easily fasten the It first button hullon with without 1 out tearing tho Iho kid sever the tho 1 r q r R lots by b pulling the fingers hut but by M drawing the part eting the wrist over ever the hand aid leave them firm thus wrong silo ou out t for tor eaten time lime before S then them to their shape l r M Always lay iso ei ncr ner r roll them Light colored a lo s i aho old w ho I to placed between eon two decos 1 ot of white Ito M There Thero is nothing better beliN to perfume 1111 a 0 tin tiny tablet of t Concentrated seen Ir u a small 1 n the Ihl hand o thus scanted s Y never loses It Its II par Iel ua And b the way hill In I on he t subh Ih jeet of oC gloves It mAY lICIt ant cone CUlM H to know that If you want tu to mal make I Ineat r neat Job of at mending your our glove fin 4 ser gets turn theta them inside out and putting 11 1 the edges carefully together overcast Y p them with cotton thread line but firm Irm a Silk thread cuts cull lute kid It If the glove 1100 r t an Inclination to br break In this Iho t PAlm or about the lingers and you I Ino no old gloves to mend them 1 with take El n a bit of ribbon the color of the glove 1 a and put It over the break on the under l and darn the glove gloo down on it If |
