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MUCH CORN DAMAGED BY ROT Until Recently No Positive Cure Discovered for Ear-Rot?Rotation Is Good Remedy. Partners In the great corn belt, and In fact wherever corn Is grown, have suffered much loss through ear-rot and until recently no positive remedy has been discovered. Ear-rot Ib different from corn smut, that, disease which produces a large outgrowth of a black sooty substance on the ear, and which flies Into the air as dust when thoroughly dry. This fungus (diplodta Zeae) lives as a parasite on the ears of corn and on no other portion of the plant. It 1b sometimes found on old stalks that havo been lying 011 the ground for one or two years. Uot does not occur under any con dltlon except as directly brought 1 Effects of Rot?Wilted Husk. about by tho fungus, and the fungus cannot start except by its own reproductive methods. Keep the spores away from the Krcen ears and the corn will remain sound. Keep the field free from the substance on which the spores are produced nnd tho crop will remain free from danger. Practically the new infection comes iruin mn oia stains, Jiot often from the new Infected ears to corn grown the sanie season. Obviously the thing necessary then, is to take out of the field and destroy every rot-infected ear at husking time and th#u to removo from badly infected fields the stnlks by cutting them low and burning them. Of course a better remedy is to rotate crops so thai corn shall not follow corn within a period of two years. If com is planted by the side of an old tnfeot.ed field, especially if the latter ia upon the side from which pnnin thn nrovnlllno v, v ... v, v wvj |/I v I n u (11 Ull'l W I 11 U h , south and west, infection is sure to .follow. If these suggestions are strictly carried out and corn is not allowed to follow corn in the same soil oftener, than once in three years, ear-ret may be effectually banished. PLAN TO PREVENT RUNAWAYS Tongue Arranged to Support Doubletree While Working With Harrow?Good for Young Horses. my f'HAS. K. PKTKUSKN.) Realizing tlw> necessity of a sup port for the doubletree when at work with the harrow I made a tongue with a loop on the one end and a place for a neck yoke on the other. The loop is made of three-quarter iucii nun, uu' ?miu? arc; iiauenod and threo holes drilled in caclt; these holes are half-inch; (lio pin that holds tho neck yoke in throe quarters, also tho one that Iiolds tho doublet roe. Any ordinary timber, ns used for wagon or sled tongues will answer. I used a nice, smooth, seasoned slip pery-olm polo, at the butt four inches and tho tip end three inches in diameter, and 10 foot long. One will find this tongue convenient for working to tho drag or clod-crush To Prevent Runaways. er; It la Junt the thing for the young horaoH, as it holds the singletrees off their heols, thus preventing accidents from runaways and a spoiled team of horses or mules. Buckwheat for Green Manure. Ab a crop for green manuring buck wheat possesses ii number of valuable characteristics. It thrives on poor Boll, It grows rapidly. It smothers out woodB, thus helping to clean the land. It fenqjk hard soils in n remark ably mellow condition, It decays quick i y when plowed under. Buckwheat lt> free from Insect or fungus troubles. It ntarts bo quickly and grows so rapidly that moBt weedB get no chanco tr make headway against it. Buckwheat IB one 01 ino dosi crops tor cleaning land by smothering out weed growths Improving Varieties. Watch tBo neighbors" gardens foi better varieties of fruits and vegota blea. Many improved varieties art much better than tho old. '(vHUSKING OUT THE CORN CROP Easy to Do Part of Work In Barn ] During Inclement Weather If Managed Properly. fRv GEO ROE K. BROWN.) In sections of (he country where the corn crop is quite large it is almost impossible to shuck out the entire j crop in the barn, hence tho most handy and economical method of disposing of the corn and fodder In tho open field during the early fall months Is sought out. This Is tho way wo gather our corn: As soon as the crop is ready to haul into the barn wo nil up our large base- | ment floor, which holds about two \ Rood days' husking, nnd keep it stored there for bad autumn days which are sure to come. When we are driven from the fields by stormB we husk and bundle this stored fodder out, and by the use of a sling attachment fastened upon our hay rope we easily pull the bundles, about fifteen at a load into the mows ! with the use of the farm team. In j this manner the basement fiocv , ready for more shocks from Uv field as soon as the weather permits. Out in the fields on nice days we can keep the husking moving by employ- ' ing the low farm wagon unon which ! is fitted a combination wagon box and rac k. Tho wings of this rack closed np form a tight box and by lotting ono wing dovn and driving alongside the shock row each shock is readily husked out. the corn thrown directly into the bed, the fodder bundled, and shockcd or piled into bunches. Each evening after tho day's husking is store d in tho cribs tho same wagon i i is employed in gathering in the day's ; husking of fodder which is hauled to the barn and securely stored away. In tliis manner each day's work is finished tip clean and no concern is felt by us as to what the weather of the next day or two may he. In one cor- ! ner of the wagon bed is a hox for choice ears of seed, selected as wo go along. If the fodder is to bo shocked up in bunches for stacking later on, we carry a discarded kero- j sene can, fitted with a temporary battorn into which has been placed a ball of twine with one end threaded out through the spout. From this ball we cut out our supply of twine for tying the bunches and have no trouble from the twine entangling among the fodder. We aim to get all the corn into the cribs and the fodder into the stacks and barns as early as possible, for after winter storms set in, fodder rapi idly depreciates even in well shocked I bunches in the open field. GATE CATCH IS VERY SIMPLE Effective Device fs Shown in lllustra tion?Handy on Any Farm and Is Not Expensive. i By .T \V. OOOnniC'M.) The on?? in Uh> cut shows a simple but ff?-ctive device to hold a gate shut. A quarter-inch iron rod llfteen ? ?=j, j jiwez i ? , ? ; j . J s-??? i /Mr i ?- * 1 ?UJ VL<?*?#? ii //,///< / Simplest Gate Catch. inches long, turned down fivo Inches j at one end and 1 inches at the otlier, i and held i:i place hy two staples, with I the short turn next the post to (It | fiver a block nailed on to the fjMtepost. w -| 1 1 JUvT> One of tho essentials of a good pasture Ik a Rood fence. The garden is paying many fold for all tho work you did on it. The best tiino to do a task, espeektlly of repairing, is just before It Is needed. The careful, up to-dato trucker will see to it that none of his land lies bare during the winter. Winter wheat, like any other grain, cannot do well unless the seed bed for it Is properly prepared. To destroy snails or slugs you should spray with one ounce of arsenate of lead in one gallon of water. If you have been doing any building or repairing, look out for stray nails, and so avoid the nossible loss of stock 1 rom lockjaw. "The pastures should be free from weeds." This Is unnecessary advieo this year. They arc free from both grass and weeds. The time to cut corn Is generally given as "when It is glazed; that Is, i when the shucks arc white and tho , leaves are turning." When you go through your potatopatch, you can easily find the big poi tatoes, simply by selecting the vines as big as a man's finger, with a fair lot of healthy stalks. , Top dressing tho soil with a thin coat of manure put on with a spread ; t>r Is tho way to get the value of the ' fertilizer where the plant roots eair use It. Do not think time and money spent on a lawn wanted. It 1r tho best kind " of an Investment If you wish to Bave after trouble. Remember that a well ' made lawn not only needs less weed* in*, but leBB watering. LOOK TO YOUR KIDNEY8. \A/hftn Riiff?rlno From flaclfacti* aches and Urinary Troubles. They aro probably tho true sourco of your misery. To keep well you must keep your kldnoys well. There Is no 11 -?-rya better kidney remedy H than Doan's Kidney J] They cure slck j kidneys and cure them vrt*r permanently. SITI E. C. Hampshire, W 708 E- Brambleton Tfl 1 St., Norfolk, Va., says: "I Riiffororl frnm UI<1. I I ney colic and tlio pain (luring sonic attacks was bo severe that it required two strong men to hold mo. The only relief I received was from morphine injections. I was completely cured by Doan's Kidney Pills and believe they saved ray life." Remember the name?Doan's. For salo by all dealers. 50 cents a box- Foster-Milburn Co., Huffalo, N. Y. A Question. Vera (eight years old)?What does transatlantic mean, mother? Mother?Across the Atlsintio. of course; but you musn't bother me. Veru?Does "trans" always mean across? Mother?I suppose it does. Now, If you don't stop bothering mo with your j questions I shall send you right to bed. Vera (after a few minutes' silencc) ?Then does transparent mean a cross parent??-Ideas. BABY'S SKIN TORTURE "When our baby was seven weeks old ho broko out with what we thought was heat, but which gradually grew worse. wo cauea m a doctor. Ho said it was eczema and from that time wo doctored six months with three of the best doctors in Atchison but ho only got worse. His face, head and hands were a solid sore. There was no end to the suffering for him. Wo had to tie his little hands to keep him from scratching. He never knew what it was to sleep well from the time he took tho di&easo until he was cured. He kept us awake all hours of the night and his health wasn't what you would call ennd. Wo tried everything but the right thing. "Finally I got a set of the Gutlcura Remedies and I am pleased to say we did not ubo all of them until ho was cured. Wo have waited a year and a half to see if it would return but it never has and to day his skin is clear and fair as it possibly could be. I hope Cuticura may save some one else's little ones suffering and , also their pocket-books. John Leason, 1403 Atchison St., Atchison, Kan., Oct. 19. 1909." I " Flirting With Fashion. That innate tendency on tho part of the fair consumer to flirt with fashion, playing fast and loose with various commodities, is responsible for the uncertainties that have prevailed during tho month. There was such a lack of confidence as to the ultimate j acceptance of the various lines prepared by distributers and consumers that buying was somewhat minimized. Prosperity or adversity has nothing to do with the millinery business. Fash j ion nlone makes or breaks.?Millinery Trade Review. TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY for Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't Smart?Soothes Eye Fain. Druggists Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, f)Oe. $1.00. Murine Eye Salvo in Aseptic Tubes. 2.">e. $1.00. Eye Hooks and Eye Advice Free by Mail. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Latest Mine Horror. Tho Doctor- Of course, if the operators in the anthracite and bituminous Holds form a coalition Tho Professor?Then there will be nothing for the consumers to do but to coalesce. (Slow curtain.) Recipe for Happiness. Happiness would seem to consist of not. longing for the things that would make lis hitiinv - I.if > TO DKIVK OI'T MAI.AHIA AM) in ii.i) i r nil" svs'i r.M TnkA the Old Standard t.ItoVKS TAVI'Kl .?>.** t 111LL '1'ONIC You know what you nn taking. Tlw formula Is plainly printed on ctimjt bottio. shotting It Is slinol? oulnlne and Iron in rx \;\ t?*leai form. Thi* (Jul nine drives out tlm malaria and tn? Iron t>uUa.i ui? tho vMcm. >oM l?y all aiuiors for ?>0 years I'rtco '<0 rents Not Strictly Orthodox. I'olico JliHtico?Young man, what Is your roliglon. if you have any? Chauffeur (arrested for overspecding)?Something like Jim Hludso's, your honor never to be passed on the highway. I'or COLDS mid fiUIP Hicks' ('Ai't'OlKB Is ltic 1 n*ht remedy r?llovt-H the aching ami feverli?hnexB cures th? Colli mid restore* noriniil coiulillonH. Il'? liquid efTeetH luiniedlatly. lue., S.V., an?l Wo. At <lruu storen J I hold it indeed to be a sure sign of a mind not poised as it ought to bo if It be insensible to the pleasures of hsnie.?Lex. None so llttlo enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves as those i who have nothing to do. The active only havo tho true relish of life. And sensiblo men consider It too ; much trouble to look for trouble. Booauao of the AWFUL. flGniO Blanche?Poor Grace! Sho out married herself. Maude?Indeed! lllnnxlm Vno Cl,? ? * .1 ? '.wuvuu A V.O. oik; Iiuti I U'U it uunc, you know, and didn't havo enough money to pay his bills. Now They Sleep Indoors. (Jeorge II. Heattie, jeweler in (he old Arcade, and L. E. Ralston, auditor of the News, have jointly and several ly decided that sleeping out In the open isn't all that it has been declared to be, says the Cleveland leader. They were both in a deep snooze out at tlie Heattlo farm, mar Chagrin Falls, tho other night, when a runaway team from the county fair city turned into the lane leading up to tho Beattie estato and came along at full speed. Sound asleep, but dreaming of impending danger, Ralston rolled out of his cot toward the north, and Iteattle from his cot toward the south. The runaway horses dashed between the sleepers, oversetting everything in the way, but missing Heattlo and Ralston by margins too narrow to ho measured. Since that night Ralston has slept in his town house and Beattie has found shelter under the ample roof of his house on his big planta i tion. His First Lesson In Economy. "When I was a very small boy and a dime looked pretty t?ik to tne, I met ' John 11. Farley who had always been I my good friend?on tlio street one | Juno day," says Frank Harris. " 'Frank,' he said, "the Fourth of July Is coming soon. You'll want some change then, l.et me be your banker until then and you'll have ! some money for firecrackers, torpe ' does, lemonade and peanuts.' "I emptied my pockets into his hand and everv dnv iherenfior until tin. Fourth 1 turned over to liiin my small earnings. When tlio day of days came 1 around I had a fund that enabled me I to celebrate in proper style, while many of my playmates were flat | broke. It was my first lesson in thrift, and it was a good ono. Hundreds of I Cleveland people would be glad today i to testify to the fact that when John j II. Farley was a friend of a man or a I boy lie was a friend indeed."?Clevo: land Reader. oi. uouis Lady cured of Eczema. & )."!!) Vernon St., St. Louis, Mn, | I have liinl Ki kimiki for four yarn, ami liavo tried everything possible to cure It, ) without success, until I trieil Tetterlno. I Your medicine has cured me after six I months' trial. Miss A. H. Klnpr. i Tetterlne cures Eczema, Itching J'iles, RliiK Worm, Dandruff and every form of Scalp nnil Skin I >lscase. TcUcrlno BOc; Tetterlne Soap 25c. At druggists or hy mail direct from Tho Shuptrine Co., Savannah, fJa. With every mall order for Tetterlne wo I clvo ji box of Shuptrine's 10c 1 .Ivor I'ills free. No Help Needed. 1 A little miss of five years who had , been allowed to stay up for an evening party, was told about S:l!0 to go I.. I.Oil V...... ..1. i i 1 ,T, > * i > DIU? IJ ttliu I11UVUU toward the stair. An aunt, seeing her reluctant, asked: *> "Helen, can I do anything to help you?" "No" replied Helen. "I will get there altogether too soon as it is." New Version. "Now, Harry," said tho Sunday school teacher to the brightest boy in i he class, "can you t< 11 mo how ICliJah died ?" "110 didn't die at all," replied the youngster. "He was translated from the original Hebrew." Bermuda Onion Seed. Direct from Teneriffo. Wo are headquarters. W'rito for prices. John A. I Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. Of Course. "What's the matter?" "Cold, or something in my head." "Must be a fold, old man." l.ippln cott'a. When a young man admires a girl's i hair she thinks he Is hitting for a ! bunch of it to wear In his locket. PUTNAM Color mor? goods brighter and latter color* tha You can die any garment without ripping apart. Wrl A friend in need is it friend wo usually try to dodge. i Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for Children ! teething, HofienH the ifumn. it<1iipoh Infliimmn tlon, allay* i>aln, cures wln<1 colic, 2.r>o a IxMtle. Snmn peoplo are happy only when (hey aro onvled. Good Advice, but A traveler entered a railway carriage at a wayside station. The eolo occupants or uio compartment consisted of an old lady and her son, about twelve years old. Nothing of note occurred until tho train steamed Into tho station at which tickets were collected. The woman, not having a ticket for the boy, requested him to "corrlo doon." The traveler intervened and suggested putting him under the seat. "Man," said the excited woman, "it's as snair as daith; but there's twa under tho Kait a'ready!" III! I Weak and delicate ladiei into their pale cheeks and ei Read this letter from iMrs. A giving an account of her ex "I was hardly ever withe a misery in my back and sic in bed half the time, and su ralgia of the stomach. Sinc< I tonic, I have gained 10 pout my own house-work, and w ook like a different person." H The Worn; No harmful cffects can \ ' H from the use of Cardui, the | women have written, like I benefit they obtained from it: Cardui is a reliable toi I medicinal herbs, acting mainl I and building up both nervou Pure, strictly vegetable, s I ideal remedy, for delicate, ai Try it. At all druggists. jPemfm REPEAL TW new RF.MINCTC text look L> incrr?n::x WINTER Clilest and B tM If! 1ST A tplpn<J fJIilt T m m m a m FADELE n any other dye. One 10c package colors all Tiber te lor free booklet? How to D?e. Bleach and M: i Color i. wme *t? mmmmammmmmmaummsBmmtKtm A CREO/ S" HAIR RESTORER. PR|< ??Mttnyon's ? Wlich Hazel ggip^soap Vp is more soothing i' an Cold Cream : more liealing than 'dm any lotion, liniment or salve; more beautifying than any cosmetic. Cur?s dandruff and slops hair from . falling out. r ?wnmmxmmm m mi 11 >erience 1 ; need Cardui, to bring roses I lergy into their weary frames. I albert Root, of Amanda, Ohio, | perience, and how she found E|jj >ut a lieadr.clie, and otten had I les," she writes. "1 was sick I ffered a great deal from neu- I 2 taking Cardui, the woman's | ids, and now I can do all of H ashing, and my friends say I gH afiU ^arilfr laWt? H? C C 56 art's Tonic 11 possibly conieto young or old g woman's tonic. Thousands of Kgl >\rs. Root, to tell of the great |p lie. its ingredients are mild, j?| y on the womanly constitution, I s and vital energy. safe and reliable?Cardi i is an I i Gun* and Remington Autoloading H lent the highest development in HB manufacture. This claim is proven W over 50^ of the Interstate Handi- I it thrse years have been won by KR [una. More winnings than all other ?.'> naico-rs comoinca. UMP GUN?Hammerlets, Solid Rreeeh, B m Ejection recognizee] ?? unrivaled in thi* fjjjj JTOLOADING SHOTGUN-Harr.mer- R combines the adva itagej ol all other shotguns Bp] ng without the lets thereby of on ounce ol EjC a m'nitnum recoil?absolutely sale. ")N Catalogue it morr llian a raul yuc~ it is alio a hooting proficiency, mailed ) tec la ifjertsmen. wfej I1NGTON ARMS COMPANY 9 Uroadwity, New York City fit est Tonic; for Malaria and Debility. lid general tonic; 40 yenrs% sut fr-5. Cont.i rv rc or other poison*. Unl Ue cjinn ne, itlenvo* no bad effect*. lake no sutiftt lute. F R E t" hoo'< of ou7zles sent to any address. AflTNl K PK1 Kit A CO,, m M. .?. V, K \J> I AXLE GREASE Hk Keeps the spindle bright i.nd raft Iron from t;rit. Try a box# Sold by dealer* everywhere-. ^STANDARD OiL CO. " 11 ncoriNirntc-t) > SS DYES I. They d v ft In rftlil w*Al?r h/.lt?r tS.n .n. ?lh.. A.. MONROE DRUG 06V, QuInoy, II lino im. )LT DISTEMPER lenrilM rorr eA*lly. The nick era cured, and nil other? Im kble, no matter how "einofled," kept from huTlng the <!! UiliiK HI-OIIN-8 I.igrlu DlHTKMrF.lt CUItK. Giro oa pie. or In feed. Ar(? on th? blood and c i pel* frorm? ox h or dlilompor. lie st remedy ever known for marc* in fo*L He iruarantecd to cure one c**e. f?Oc an*' II a bottle, if. *104 i or and burner rtoulorfi. or eont einroee paid by ?turcrw. Cut wbowrt how to pf tilt Ice throate. Our frt? (flTcf ever? tiling. local wanted. ] Ararat eolllixg medjr In 01 lutenoe?twelve years. ,, (bcMiitsaodBAfUrioi*ci*t* Ooshon* lnd?9 U? 3* A? TfKTWM CE, SI.OO. retail.