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Lath and Plaster? 
NEPonseT Wall Board costs less than lath and plaster and 
does away with the dirt, nuisance and delay of plastering. Just 
nail to studding and cover the joints with battens of same 
material, which we furnish. 
NEPONSET Wall Board is a waterproofed fbre board which 
comes all ready decorated in three beautiful finishes—plain oak, 
cream white, and burnt leather. JVfakes an ideal living room— 
an attractive dining-room—a modern, sanitary, paneled kitchen. 
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Mrs. Foolish: “Good evening, 
Anty Drudge. I’m all tired out 
—and my washing not done, 
because my boiler sprung a leak. 
I’m just looking over this mail 
order catalog to see what kind to 
get for next Monday. This alu¬ 
minum one seems nice, and ought 
to be light to lift.” 
Anty Drudge: “No boiler full of 
water is light to lift. Order a 
box of Fels-Naptha Soap—save 
the money you’d spend for a 
boiler—and you’ll be able to do 
your washing in cool or luke¬ 
warm water, with no hard rub¬ 
bing and in half the time, next 
week and every week.” 
If you use Fels- 
Naptha Soap the 
hard part of your 
work is done for 
you. Fels-Naptha 
works best in cool 
or lukewarm 
water. Cloth es 
washed with Fels- 
Naptha do not 
have to be boiled 
nor rubbed hard 
and your snowy, 
clean wash will be 
on the line in half 
the time it used to 
take. Soap your 
clothes well and 
put them to soak 
in cool water for 
about 30 minutes. 
Fels-Naptha does all 
the other kinds of work 
just as well and just as 
easily. You will find 
directions on the red 
and green wrapper. 
Better buy it by the box or carton. 
Felg & LCo., Philadelphia. 
Ruralisms 
A Red Sunflower. 
“A red sunflower” recently received an 
award of merit from the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society in London. It is not red 
in the sense that a rose or carnation is, 
but has across its yellow segments a 
broad band of chestnut brown, giving it, 
judging from the picture in the Garden¬ 
ers’ Chronicle, an appearance that sug- 
gsets a huge Gaillardia. This plant is 
a cross between the common yellow sun¬ 
flower, Helianthus annuus, and a native 
American variety, II. lenticularis, the 
originator being Prof. Cockerell, of Col¬ 
orado, who put it in the hands of an Eng¬ 
lish firm for further development. It is 
said that Prof. Cockerell is continuing 
his work to get a brighter tone of red in 
the sunflower. 
Strawberries for Southern Growing. 
Of the several varieties of strawberries 
grown on a commercial scale in the east¬ 
ern part of the State during the past few 
years, the Lady Thompson and Klondyke 
have been the most popular. Most grow¬ 
ers in this section seem to consider the 
Thompson the heavier yielder, but it does 
not seem to stand shipping so well as 
the Klondyke. There is not so much 
difference in the average yield of these 
two varieties, and as a result the Klon¬ 
dyke, because of its good shipping quali¬ 
ties and deep red color, is considered the 
most profitable variety by the majority 
of the growers. A newer variety that 
has gained much prominence in the Nor¬ 
folk section, because of its superior ship¬ 
ping quality and productiveness, is the 
Missionary. This variety is being plant¬ 
ed by a number of growers who are ex¬ 
pecting to find in it a berry of even more 
desirable qualities than either the Thomp¬ 
son or the Klondyke. Where growers do 
not plant on a large scale for shipment to 
Northern markets, there are other va¬ 
rieties of excellent qualities that can bo 
profitably grown. The Excelsior and 
Haviland are two such berries that have 
been very successfully produced for local 
or nearby markets, but on account of 
their rather soft texture, they are not 
well suited for shipping long distances. 
Both berries are of high quality, the 
Excelsior being very early and the Havi¬ 
land the mid-season fruit, s. b. shaw. 
Asst. State Horticulturist. 
North Carolina. 
Border Between Lawn and Garden. 
I wish to put a border between lawn 
and garden and do not care for it to be 
over 2% feet in height. Do you know 
of anything that would he more desir¬ 
able than the California privet? If so, 
would you state what and how to plant 
it, also how to plant privet? Can I plant 
this Fall? d. k. s. 
Shippensburg, Pa. 
As a division line between lawn and 
garden we should not care for California 
privet, because we think it very com¬ 
monplace in such a situation. As a 
shrub for such a hedge the Japanese bar¬ 
berry (Berberis Tliunbergii) would be 
our choice; it is low-growing, keeps in 
shape, turns a beautiful red in Autumn, 
and holds its red berries through a good 
part of the Winter. In Northern New 
Jersey we prefer to plant privet or bar¬ 
berry in the early Spring, but we judge 
that Fall planting would he satisfac¬ 
tory in your locality. Neither of these 
shrubs is critical as to soil, though good 
tilth, and enrichment with short old ma¬ 
nure, is desirable. Two-year plants of 
Privet make a good hedge set 15 inches 
apart; they should be planted about four 
inches deeper than they were before. A 
line of fine pmonies is very desirable as a 
boundary between lawn and garden, and 
if in rich ground soon takes the place of 
a low hedge. Another desirable subject 
is the handsome variegated Eulalia, a 
Japanese grass with plumy panicles, 
which dies down during Winter, while a 
desirable effect would be secured all the 
year around by using dwarf-growing 
Rhododendrons. 
“My friends,” fervently exclaimed one 
of the temperance spellbinders in the re¬ 
cent campaign for local option in an up¬ 
state county, “if all the saloons were at 
the bottom of the sea, what would be the 
inevitable result?” And from the rear 
came the loud and emphatic answer: 
Lots of people would get drowned.”— 
Gargoyle. 
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T HE key to 
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thick, heavy 
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matter how cold 
the weather. 
Lambsdo'ivn is 
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seasons’ wear. 
Made for 
Men and Boys 
Union Suits and 
separate gar¬ 
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and up. At your 
dealer’s. 
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~ hauling your perishables. Beware of 
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vl . J*? Invent" sent free. Send 
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CHANDLEE & CHANDLEE, Patent Att’y 
Established 16 Years 
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THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 
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Chicago Office: First National 
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RunningWater 
in House and Barn at even 
temperature Winter or Sum-Alf/* 
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