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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



filled and a first-class bicycle path made. 

 Columbia Herald. 



Put wide tires on your wagon. You 



can buy wheels of steel or wood to fit 



your wagons with these wide tires at rea- 



onable prices, and the Electric Wheel 



Co., of Quincy, 111., who have kindly 

 loaned the cut shown in this article have 

 a book called ''Preservation of Farm 

 Profit," which they send free to any one 

 iipon application, which is full of informa- 

 tion on this subject. 



THE NEWSPAPER AND ITS FRIENDS. 



Mildred reads the "Marriages," 



Her interest in them ne'er fails 

 Father reads the "Politics," 



And mother reads the "Bargain Sales.'' 

 Arthur reads thg "Sporting News, ' 



His special hobby is base ball 

 Save the man who reads the proofs, 



No one living reads it all. 



Bridget reads the ''Small ad page," 



Looking for a better place; 

 Agnes reads the murders, and tho 



Tales of men in deep disgrace. 

 Ethel reads the lists of guests 



At the big Van Astor ball- 

 Save the man who reads the proofs, 



No one living reads it all. 



Sixteen pages avery week, 



Eight long columns to the page; 

 To read every line would add 



A full twelvemonth to your age, 

 So each reads his special part, 



Then he lets the paper fall. 

 Pity for him who reads the proofs, 



For he has to read it all. 



Somerville Journal. 



