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Show Jp' Weather Report, ytlie week was ono of warm, sunny days, and cool, frosty nights. It was somewhat windy, so as to (rouble in atncklng and threshing. Tlio drought l having a bad effect upon the pastures, mid upon late corn and lucerne. Tlio third cutting of lueoriio w ill therefore lie light. The frosts of tho 21st and 22nd Injured tomatoes, rucumbors and oilier tender vines, and In tho north otatu vines were badly nipped and lalo wheat frosted. frost-ed. Threshing la In progress, nnd will be prnc'.lcully over in another week. Various Var-ious causes have contributed to imiko the. wheat yield small, except in favored localities Tlio oat crop will Iks average. Potatoes nro turning out well, where dug, and nl tho sugar beets. Most fiulta have ilonu exceptionally well (his season. Tho plums mid peaclieti aie very line. Fall plowing is difficult on account ol tho soil being so dry from Iho lack of rain. Things You ShoulJ Remember. All cannot, at will, take a journey over "God'a great I ighwny through tho realms of space," but most of us can speak a kind word now and then and thereby leusen I lie load of some who are heavy laden. Do not cm so ever tiling that is faulty. lUmeinher thnt the God who eiidoned the dov. with life rdso gave the rattle snako its beirrg, and thcivptilu is not to blame for tho institute of IIh nature A respectful 'lhaiil; yon" is invariably productive of good limits, nnd more conducive to friendship than anything wo Know uf. True Christianity doea not consist in the constant maligning of neighbors. Kindnees, benevolence, lo e, charity Give them leign, and they will very soon tiauiplo "all the weeds of bitteinees and hate from out the paths between our lives." "Help for the living" is of moro importance im-portance to us w ho aro on earth, than a f 1,000 casket is to n "departed friend." If you have "fellow-feeling" for those who bay; met mUtorlnneido'-'iiot think Uiwcelte'to eSwKtOu feel.-Lx figf About Dects. Tho I'ayson Globt sa)a: Olo Soverson, of Goshen writes: Would you kindly give mo n few hints through tho columns of your paper on the cultivation of sugar bcete? Answer: You havo naked this question ut just tlic right timo of the ear,01e. Wenro just thiough picking our beets, and can ive you the benefit of tho cntlio reason's experience. Tlio cultivation ct augur beets can bo mado very profitable in 1tah county proJd ing it is carried on i'l n Fcioutitlc manner. man-ner. In thuilut place great caro should bo taken in setting out tho young plants in the spring. Only thrifty growing plants should bo belecied, as dead beats arc woree than useless. Any merchant that does n cicdit business will tell you so, too. In planting the sugar beet, a hole should bo dug, nt least two Ret deep. In the liottora placo n lajer of wooil ashes followed by n lav er of saw dust. Then place the plant in the holo root downward, and pack thodlrl firmly around tho roots to pievent tlio wind from blowing them over. Kacd plant should bo given n bucket of water in which a handful of sugar has been dissolved dissol-ved threo times t day during tho summer sum-mer months nnd if possible, a shade should bo put over them to keep off tho rays of the sun. Old umbrellas nro cry useful far this purpose. I n gathering the ripa fruit, caio should be taken, not to fchnkc them from the vine, us by so doing they nro liable to become bruised and will not keep. After they nio gath-orcd gath-orcd they should Ihi wrapped separately in tlssuo papei and storid 'iwny in a cool dry place. If prepared lit this way they will keep nil winter and tlio sugar can bu taken out as It is wanted. The wives of Slnincko noblemen cut their hair ho that it atlolot btralght up from their hoadn. Tim average length of It is about an inch and n half. Trie Yezidces, n keculnr Turkish Beet, cut off tho head of anyone who Inadvertently Inad-vertently fcpenka tho word "dovll," "Satan," m- anything with n Bimilar meaning Tun belief is prevalent iu the Hast Indira that both tho viper nnd tho asp stop their curt, when tho charmer is uttering his Incantations by turning ono ear tn tho ground and twisting tho point of tho tail into tho other, Asjo.vo tho Arowavk's, Iu Surinam, a fcon-ln-lnw la, at tho peril nf his. life, never permitted to look nt his mother-Inlaw. mother-Inlaw. If they linppun to meet ho Is expected tn turn hl liaelc upon her nnd, if they llvo i i tho uimo hnuso together, to-gether, ho mutt take caru nuvcr to look her in tho face. |