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Show 'ARAM 0 LAND FOR THE LIVE STOCK RICH PASTURE ANTA A An Auto Fiend. PRACTICAL MAN understand that Chugaforth will have to give up hla wife or his auto mobile, as he can't afford both "Where will his wife go after .the separation?" "I g halted poet wifi read from own wot la at the town hall to night " hats the hit a The proceeds will go to charity Nejtlv evity woman In town has promised to attend and all the mar rled women have ptomlsed to bring their husbands "Confound the luck' guess hit wife counts on taking me aim ' tm don't a, cm entfiuslastic " I "I'm not 1'gl'v'e at cording is mj ; f. but I dop't believe In using j menus, charity as an excuse to encourage a long haired poet " r . Stocker Feeders In Pasture. Stern Fate. First Soldier Well, your friends (Ry X. T GRAINGER) pehsated or the grain crops will bo have looked after you chaps rII right. When spring la thoroughly In, the light and unprofitable. j and no mistake fur lined tunics, fur It one has rich alluvial meadows, not country will be full of rich grass, and lined puttees. wiUcjproof boots? with will 1 ot stock the all the farm manure nearly Is required, and such land Inch and soles, goutsktn be'dolng well on it. Its efTect is some- worth any reasonable price. In rec- coats Why, what "are you looking so what relaxing for a time, but such re- ognizing the signs of good land there laxation must not be classified with is a tale of a blind farmer helping his glum about? Others We've got our marching or that which In delicate, animals Is son into business and In walking over We sail tomoriow for ludla. -ders. caused by Indigestion. Eor'Tnstance, a a farm the old gentleman inquired for London Opinion calf .is badly weaned, .ill nurtured In a tall thfstle of an old tree type, to Its infancy, during which period the which he might tie bis horse. Suspicion. constitution is made or marred. Then Here is one slx'feet high," said hla "They've elected me a responsible as a yearling or the guide. "Then," replied the blind officer said the of our association, Bteer has become so debilitated that farmer, "I will take the farm. . man. busy he cannot digest the ordinary food, lie well knew that though small, flat That shows you are popular," com and the evacuations are too liquid for breeds of thistles grow on the poorhla wife. mooted robustness, and habitual purging Is the est soils, the tall, large types grow are planning to not. Maybe of such an' unprofit- only on land good enough to grow any raise the dues They unhappy portion Maybe they are look ' able animal, which remains unthrifty crop. for someone who was already so lug for life. Horses are ofte unpopular that he wont mind the criti- The healthy yearling or grass land, because they are supposed cism." L bullock may, just when the grass is to cut It up when galloping, but on j young and flushy, be purged as much, sound soils I do not see that differIn the Sanctum. but he will rapidly gain flesh, and as ence, and men who thoroughly underThe editor, called hla staff about the grass becomes older and harder, stand horses can obtain more profit him the purging will gradually disappear. from them than from any am..ial bred Ive "Mates,' quoth he, "listen. On such pastures where the grass for the table. discovered a poet leal rara avis, which Is exceptionally rich, no on? who thorHorses will not sleep In field hovels, is Irish for ninth wonder, lies writ oughly knows his business will put any perhaps because an ancient instinct or ten a whole poem and never once stock except superior full grown bul- inherited habit still leaves them In used 'dank' In place of dump locks, because the grass is rich enough fear of the largo carnivora, so terWhereupon the sporting editor reto fatten them, making them a third, rible to their early ancestors In the signed in sheer envy. at the least, more valuable; and then world-wid- e forests; and, further, the he has the use of the grass, when the horses like pure air, and the air In HOW CRUEL! d bullocks are grown, for other stock. the hovel Is as musty Of course there are few farmers who as a sepulcher If not as foul as a cesshave pasture that will fatten bullocks pool. If ponds were cleaned at the proper without artificial asslstatice, and thosfe who have such a luxury should not season there ought to be a good storit by mowing, but rather build age ot water, and farmers need not It up by the best of farmyard manures. mind a little muddiness if tbs mouth I cannot say - am an advocate ot ot the pond admits ot convenient apusing light artificial manures for pas- proach. No one need fear a little earthy mattures, but grass can be Indirectly fed by carting green food to the stock and ter with the water, as the stomach fa linseed cake and other purchased not so delicate as to be in the least foods. damaged thereby. 1 have tried to give The land from which any of these pure water, but have never known green crops are taken must be com- - mischief from simply muddy water. hin who live la the cone are a are of fact that there la quite & aectlon of country in tropical America, even at the Equator which 1 a land of aieet and atorm during the greater part of the year, where many of the traila are fre-qucntly closed to men and beasta at-71emptlng to croaa are frozen to death. person many hours of travel up the mounts' from 9,000 to about 12,000 feet, when. a sudden change occurs. The trees become dwarfed, their leaves small' and thick, heavily chitinized or 'cov. ered with thick down, and remind one of the vegetation about our northern j bogs with their Andromeda and Lab rador-te- aHere, too.-thground FEW -- tiEt fegiyjTlir the Affdeahparamoi -- . forest-cappe- d three-quarte- g snow-cappe- n Bo-qul- i'c sphagnum, dotted with dwarf blueber. rles and cranberries and similar plants .which remind one of home. Out Upon the Paramo A cool breeze greets the traveler, sky appears in place of the great dome of green, and suddenly he step out upon the open paramo. He has been traveling through the densest of forests, seeing but a few paces along the trail and only a few rods Into the vegetation on either side; he bas grown nearsighted, and even the smallest contours of the landscape have been concealed by the dense forest cover. ' Suddenly there Is thrown before his vision a whole world of mountains. As far as he can see In all directions, savd behinl him, ridge series piles upon ridge In never-tndinuntil they fuse in one mighty crest which pierces the clouds vjith Its d crown. This is the paramo of Santa Isabel. At this point the party dismounted and led their horses along the narrow ridge. They looked in vain for the Jagged peaks that are so chaicterls-tiof our northern frost-madmountains. Here even the vertical cliffs did not seem entirely without vegetation, and as far as could be seen wltb binoculars the brown sedges and ths gray frallejons covered the rocks even up to the very edge of the snow. All about them the strange mullelnllke frallejons, as the native call them, stood up on their pedestals, ten o( even fifteen feet in height In sheltered spots; down among the sedges were many lesser plants similar to our Allens Interesting account: The paramo of 8anta Isabel lies about two days. journey from Solento, the largest town on the Qulndlo trail, which crosses the central Andes, and sn cleas days,' especially at dusk, can be seen at several points rising above the ridges to an altitude between 16,000 and 17,000 feet Beyond II and a little to the east lies the paramo of Rule, and, most magnificent of all, Nevada del- - Tolima, with Its crown of crystal snow gleam-ithe rays of the setting sun. Many travelers pass over the trail without ever a glimpse, of the a$ows to the north, seeing only the banks of clouds that obscure even the tops of the moss forest and hide all but the near distance. One morning In early September the naturalists slung their packs and started for the paramo of Santa Isabel From Solento the trail to the paramo leads first down into the valley and then follows . the rivers meandering course through groves of splendid palms nearly to Its source, when it turns abruptly and begins a steep ascent of the mountain side The palm trees, in scattered groves, continue to nearly 9,000 feet, where the trail "begins to zigzag through some country, where the trees have been felled and burned over, and where In between c -- Her Incentive. almost ccrtaln that-she'- mar- - ll the Hus auunced?" "Not yet. lint theyll get married. all right." "What makes you think so?" "Her mother and father have both started to knock him." MADE HIM COME ALONG. r I Wlfey Now, dearie, dont you think look nice In this new fall hat? Well, If you did I wouldnt Hubby hesitate a moment In buying 1L I Trus. - However dark the days may be, Of this much rest assured, sir, falls to you and me There's That cunnot be endured, air. tlt-tl- never-cleanse- North American species gentians, composites, & hoary lupine, a butter cup, a yellow sorrel, almost identical with those of the United States. 'Birds alsov several of which proved half-cleare- d U'a d e a "Not yot, but 1 know (hugaforth. can't live without his car." He 1 places In the Republic of Colombia. Three year ago Dr. Arthur A. Allen explored that elevated land In aearch of bird specimen, and he haa described It in the" American Museum Journal The following paragraphs, aaya the Bulletin of the Pan American Union, embody substantially the more important features of Doctor ou know what he has decided "So to do?" I- n What Are W Coming To? , woman should a call a ragged tramp a 'mercenary wretch?' That's, wh&t 1 want to know." "Its this wsy. Shes a suffratotfsf who wants to hire a man to carry suffrage banner. The tramp says ha wont take the job for less than I1.5B Bn hour because personally hea opposed to votes for women. well-dresse- "Why1 Subtle Flattery, "Young man, did you klsa my daugh- ter the hall last night?" , I did," said the a was who quick thinker, "hot rally you look so young that I caa't always tell you and your daaghter apart. Now If 1 made a mistake " But the Impending lecture was beaded off. Louisville Courier-Journin ! thought young-man- Miss Smith I always think of all Truthful James. the mean things have said during Does your husband ever lie to the day before I fall asleepat night. you? Miss Jones My! That doesnt Never." leave you much time for sleeping. 'How do you know? lie tells me that Ijlo not look a day Outer. older than 1 did when he marrl d me, A man may show fiia wladom and If he doesn't lie about that ' nl In dlffTent. 1 ssbwsk . ti MV , S. . .. ' i a v V. ' .Vi T ..ii Zi 0 u.S - - - - JW "V r Vv- -- && t,w' r Vj. the charred stumps a few handfuls of to be new to science, were numerous, wheat have been planted and now but all were of doll colors and rewave a golden brown against the minded them in their habits of ths birds of northern Unit-eblack. A States goldfinch hovered above Wonderful Cloud Foreet It is the frallejons; a gray flycatcher ran And next the Cloud forest! Into seldom that the travelers anticipation along the ground or mounted natural wonder the air, mnch like the northern horned of any flew p ahead of - It realized when he la brought face larks; an ovenblrd a meadow lark; a - to face with It . Usually he feela a them resembling wren scolded from the rank tings ot disappointment and follows marsh ft by a clots scrutiny of the object sedges: and almost from under their horses hoofs one of the large 'An7 before him la search of the grandeur ' depicted, hut not so into the air with with, the Cloud dean snipes sprang and wept bleat characteristic 1 forest a surAccording to Mr. All?n It away. On n small lake which passes ones dreams of tropical lux-rlance. It la here rather than In the they came to, barren except for a few lowland jungle that nature outdoes her- algae, rode an Andean teal, surprisingself and crowds every available Inch ly Uke ths northern gadwaO. And so with moss and fern and orchid. Here the story goes on. Here almost on above the every twig Is a garden and the moss- ths Equator, but 13,000 feet laden branches so gigantic that they level of the sea, they had left the throw more shade than the leaves of strangeness of the tropica and come the trees themselves. Giant branches upon a land that was strikingly like their own. hang to the ground from the branches of the larger trees He Was a Sufferer. and la tarn are so heavily laden with "Madam," said the tattered and torn mbit and epiphytes' that they form sn almost solid wall and present the ap- supplicant to the benevolent lady who pearance of a hollow tree trunk 15 or answered hla timid rap at the door, SO feet In diameter. One should pass "have you any old clothes you ceof this fewest through daring the rainy spare for aa unfortunate victim season to fora a true conception of the European war?" 1 think I hava. , Its richness, though even during the my poor man; but how does this hapdryest months the variety and abun-- pen? You cannot have been In thin plluit Ufa covering every war, surely." "No, madam." humbly trunk and branch are beyond belief. replied the sufferer; "but my wife has The great forest, occasionally sent all my clothes to the Belgians." by clearings continues for Harrisburg Times.' open-countr- much-heralde- y d d g - bori-sont- al - lnter-npte- d To Bs think he would about less matters Sur. " ,.dI In . Tools Not Toys. Fllmmer Met Unison downtown to politics a bat was good enough for your grandfather Is day. Hed Just bought a tin, born, s good enough for you, but you are not triangle, some blocks, a rattlebox, cepts milk and cream when shipped consistent." y KIND OF DAIRYING some slelghbells and a popgun. I for hundreds of miles, has facilities for not?" Why know be had s baby. didn't using a product that has soured In "Because, on the same principle, you Tlamson He hasn't. He's n vaudeMAN WILL ATTEMPT transit to be willing to wear the same ville trap drummer. Those things are .Of course there may be Isolated ought kind of hat your grandfather wore. part of his outfit Puck. case where It pays best to manufacMuch Depends Upon Location of ture the milk right on the farm. Into Choice Edibles. AWFUL. either butter or cheese, but this takes Farmer's Land Much Ad"That woman keeps a cat, a canary much work and hardly pays when and a bowl of gold fish." vantage in Freight Rates. there Is a creamery or cheese factory How heartless!" in the neighborhood. do you ssy that? "Why (By WILLIAM A. FREEHOFT.) "Think of the temptation tbs poor The kind of dairying a man will atcat Is ezposed to every hour of its tempt depends largely upon the loca- USE OF DIVIDERS life!" tion of his land. If the farm Is within a mile or two of some large city, IN A DAIRY RATION Rich and Poor, worth several hundred dollars per "You must remember Miss Banks-J- ust will most be the acre, profitable type think a moment." the retail milk farm. Not Generally Understood Among Oh, the rich girl This milk, or sweet cream, even, Feeders Number of Feeds " "Yes; shes engaged to Jack must be of a high data, and must sell for a correspondingly high price in That May Be Employed. Oh, the poor girl!" order to be profitable. The farmer simor to afford butter cannot make ply The nse of dividers in a dairy raRather Spiteful. cbeeea on such expensive land and tion Is not commonly understood by - Mrs. Crawford Has she really dividends. make it pay the generality ot feeders,' hut It is ese 'Ice cream sential. In securing ths best results. good a memory as she claims? , In summer,' during-thMrs. Cffcbshaw Only for certain season, there is a heavy demand on There Is a number of feeds that " some days, and a lighter call on others. may be used for dividers In the feed- things She can remember if one has a made over or s skirt turned. hat had uniform The no Is dairyThere price. ing of concentrated feeds. Judge. man will bars to make quite elaborate Some of these contain but little Mary Be youse golo ter aiarry arrangements with retailers In order to feeding value when fed alone, but are ele? Nearly. Alt. ell aU of bis products to advantage. highly valuable when fed In connecYes, Ive made .up with my wife." George Yes, why? There is another disadvantage, how- tion with the richer concentrates, be"All Is forgiven, eh? Mary Well, I fought it wua oey ever that la, the matter of freight or cause they serve to separate the food 8b made few a all. dat I tell yer she haa got s ter"Nearly right pet .are those express rates. Then there particles and asilst lnpreparing the reservations to Jump on me about rible temper. She Just licked me fer men beyond the easy reach of some food for more perfect digestion. tellln dad I saw youse kiss her. Corn and cob meal have been found whu things get dnTL" city markets. About the best thing or milk Inhaul their Is to do to can in results better many give they All Arranged. His First Case. mam to s cheese factory or creamery, stanced than when corn meal Is fed He (greatly disappointed) Its awThe young attorney had hung alonc The ground cobs serve as a as the esse may be. ful to see n young girl like you marry- out bis shingle but h week before, sn4 They may even arrange to have n divider, and separate the particle of sn old man for bla money.' when friend met him In the corridor call for the cream at stated Inter- corn meal more than the ground cobs. ingShe Never iin Jack. mind. The of the courthouse and friend expalmthe haa When feeding grain and ensilage w vals. This method of dairying ist told me that 1 am to marry twice, claimed: "Ah. ha! Have you or milk skim found betwhey make cowa the the have that that advantage and I am reserving yon for the next a client already ?" remain on the farm, and thus leas ter nse of their grain feeds when they time. "Tee," replied the young attorney are fed with the ensilage than when fertility is carried off. "My tailor Is suing ms." But often there are very isolated fed separate, because the ensilage acts aw It ths Other Day. farms, those which arc too far from as s divider and separates the parti"The silk hat was Invented . 100 and retail trade cles of grain, and prepares It for more the city to cater to the . years ago," remarked the old fogy, Guest 1 t: ' too far from anyBcity to ahlp sweet perfect digestion and assimilation. I n know and man who "Yes, The Juices of the ensilage also act ever made," 7 These men may well tell to a cen- upon the grain feeda and assist In tht wearing tie first ons v " the ac grch." work of digestion. tralized plant. Thin factory, which You Pasture Land in Northern Minnesota. ON . THE PARAMO OT SANTA ISABEL y waya. forty Then act juat like a dadhlamed fool To win (him woman'a pralao. say that In Cad-ley.- t la& :rr.r r V V v hu- m- |