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About Clackamas County record. (Oregon City, Clackamas County, Or.) 1903-190? | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1903)
mm 1 1 A.. Aa Economical Manrer. As the average manger U built there Is a great loss of food where large lumbers of cattle are kept Tbe man ner Illustrated tbla week la of simple and expensive construction, and will pay for Itself In the food saved during year In the end of an ordinary six foot stall build a deep manger fifteen Inches from the floor and partition off one end of it for grain, as shown In the illustration. At tbe back of tbe man ner attach a wide board.' See letter C In cut, and a rack, D, set on a slant as vhown. This board and rack will pre--rent the animal from tossing the bay oot and the board also catches the grain, which Is1 scattered by tbe animal In the movements of eating. In the ar xangement as shown the space marked B Is for the grain and A for the bay MiyS GOULD MUST REST. er's grain will produce from SO to 100 per cent more pounds of baby beet than It will of beef from tbe mature steer, and for the past three years the baby beef animal has sold for as high prices per hundred as haa tbe average steer. In producing baby beef tbe farmer can market bis belfer calves at tbe same price as bis steers, and will usu ally get more for the twelve-months-old heifer than be would for the same animal If kept until maturity. Kansas Experiment Bulletin. Cain Old Hena. Expert poultrymen claim that after a hen has passed her second year she is no longer fit for laying purposes, and should be sent to the carcass market This may be so In many cases, and no one will question the fact tbat tbe best egg results come from fowls two years old and under. On the other hand one frequently finds individual bens tbat lay better at three and four years old than when younger, and when such la the case It would be folly to kill such a bird. Before deciding to send all of the hens over two years old to the car cass market, , ascertain what each of them Is doing in the way of egg pro duction. Then, too, these old hens, many of them, are extremely useful at batching season, even though the main dependence is placed on an Incubator. Be sure the old hen has lost her useful ness before you sentence her to the block. ihe Has Been Worklna Too Hard cn Many Oenrrana Kntcrprlaea. With a staff of devoted secretaries and cupable usa.s ants, nn 1 with enor mous wealth for the purchase of as much personal help as she desires. Mis Helen Gould, tbe famous philanthropist and friend of the needy, bus been uii- abli to avoid tbe emiUy of the s rtuu oslty of woman extreme n rioasnesi. Her physlciuus have told htr that she must take a complete and immediate rest, and that she needs a rest Is not remarkable, as her lab ts have been anjtlilug but light. In fplte of the as sistance of the seven secretaries which she employs, there are a great many requests and an Infinite number of questions which must receive her per sonal attention ,and decision. LONG AUO. t once knew all tbe birds that fm And nestled in our orchard tree; For every flower I bad a name My friends were' woodebucks, toaca and beet; I knew where thrived in yonder glen hat plant would sootba a stone- bruised toe Oh, I waa very learned then But that waa very long ago. I knew the SDot upon the hill Where the checkerberries could be found; I knew the rushes near the mill. Where pickerel lay that f weighed pound! I knew the wood the very tree Where lived the poaching, aaucy crow. And all the woods and crowa knew me But that was very long ago. And, pining for the Joys of youth, I tread the old familiar spot, IbaiBaughters jnericar -Revoluti Miss Gould's correspondence Is enor mous and is larger than tbat of any Only to learn the solemn truth 1 have forgotten, am forgot A HOME-MADB MAROEB. Yet here's this youngster at my knee Knows all the things I used to know; To think 1 once waa wise as he But that was very long ago. I know it's folly to complain Of whatsoe'er the Fates decree; Yet were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish should he; I'd wish to be a boy again, Rack with the friends I Used to know; For I waa, oh! so happy then But that was very long ago. Eugene Field. AT THE OLD FARM j; .r.r.H"H--H'M''H"H'' MISS HKLKN GOULD. other woman in the United States. The minority of tbe letters she receives are PRETTY rosy-cheeked girl, with round bare arms, was seat- edon thetop stepof the farmhouse or It may be kept for corn fed on the ear, or for any root crops that may be jgiven. This manger as constructed in tbe most economical arrangement pos sible, and would be particularly desir able for use in the stall of a horse in clined to be restless and wasteful In its manner of feeding. Indianapolis Hews. Doing the Faring Plowing With the vision of acres of soil to plow before him, the farmer begins to see the advantages of fall plowing under certain conditions. If a portion of the soil was plowed In the fall, all necessary this spring is to harrow it And prepare the seed bed. If the bulk of the plowing la to be done this spring the first to be plowed should be the sod land. This is contrary to the operations of most farmers, who pre fer to get all the growth possible In Itlre early spring1 to turn under, but there are advantages In early plowing of sod land to offBet any that may come from ebtalning the grass growth to turn under. If the sod land Is plow ed early it will resist drought much "better for in its preparation for a cfop 'the sun will have no chance to dry It out rapidly, as it will later If the plow ing is left until then. Then, too, there Is the advantage of being able to get out to sod land before It would be pos sible to put a plow into soil that has Tseen under cultivation. Try the plan this year atid compare the crop with that In former years when the sod land was the last to be plowed. St Paul Dispatch. " . - . ... 1 I begging letters. In one week she re- v " "' h " It"! r ... , ki. lot. nc sentences occasionally with a stal- tw writ r8 for sums amounting to wart young fellow who was ostensibly i Arwn ..,.... .. HutmH tn Rnpnd shingling the barn near by. T.r, : make The air was heavy with perfume or n.,,nCnnn(ionPP wistaria and clunamon roses, f -i,h n,! ,prnR woman Is but from the hedge came the soft notes of V. it O 1 j xi i. a I- r-f tn. hlim- n,ll Item In the demands on a woou mrusu. a. yuu w. The Man Who Knowe How. -Is It not strange that in every county and in almost every precinct that you may visit there Is at leats one farmer known as a corn grower? He rarely or never falls. The dry and the wet seasons come and go, but he "makes ! 1 1 n CA In mrar corn ttiiu sens turn.. " w a vcij . vi.. -1.1 - l ih. Qiinllo-ht ... i- ' A .v.- m. inV.n i .. i-i. . i., 1 n h.. A.r'i wnrlr rank U11UK uhuo nuimureiius " COUniT lucre IS lUUUU luq Uiau LIt-l nucunuu. n uii ubj " " " . . . , i grows his own meat" and regardless also the calls to attend charitable and darted to and fro, of cholera and bad crops keeps hi. philanthropic meetings, to address bills Into the blossoms of the vine that smokehouse on his own farm. This 8Cools, church soclet es, nstituticn, ' . UCUUUUL 111 IV 11 ID DU lil LH1"ID u " " I 11 111 " - U ' I I n.-i l.Mn.A m. ffiilt ralnai Ha lni n.ima and fnniQ tn nn7.nrfl nno I v-w". . . i - k .. ..i-- Kf wm-irB tn The young man had given up may assume one ui alvo iui " , oo . . , ,a .tM,tl.hed out we may safely call him "Mr. Know pour tea at settlements una asylums on " - ... tv. frm ftn , 0,, ,i fn rnni7.P nnhlle in the sun on the sloping roof with nun. A uo "'""S" 6uio .1.u..v...u " o" I . , . , . . . . ,J f noufa n.nnots o.,nlrIut irrnnmi UHUUB uuncu uuu,im " r .v.cslo ...B- 1 t,lmolf ri n.,l,l l .!, no Itnorlnnn Wliu luc nuiiu. ouu uimot.i. mms vn' mi in i 'it w.it ' i i ; , , , . . i. . i i ... "i aav. jan. i wisu i ""u WUlllHU uu uuo ever iivuii mwuj iu i - the United States Government for mill-m; irs a jouy oiq piuee. tnrv Dumoses. On May 11. 1898. her "Well, It will all be yours some aay, all looks upon him as somewhat of a con jurer, but at bottom we find his suc cess due to Intelligent effort. Intelli gence can insure crops In the face of disease, chinch bug, boll weevil, boll- BAUGHTERS of the Revolution who are such in fact as well as name are dwindling in numbers as the years Increase. . but Wisconsin contains two, both retaining excellent memories of the continental sol diers who were their fathers. One is Mrs. Belsey Robinson Meade, of Waldo. Sheboygan County, and the other Mrs. Jane Powers Walker, of Waupun. Mrs. Meade's father was Peter Robinson, a soldier under Benedict Arnold. She was born In 1811 and Is now an enthusiastic "daughter" in the society registers as well as In fact. Her recollections of her father are Interesting side lights on a great struggle. They are not parts of history. They belong to the story of the life of the private soldier In tbe long struggle. Her father was with Arnold when the treachery which was to have delivered West Point to the English was discovered. He was with that American general during the period of starvation which his soldiers under went "I have often heard my father tell," said Mrs. Meade, "of how Arnold's soldiers were nearly starved to death. He himself became so weak that he could hardly stand, and he saw hardy men lie prone on the ground only to be aroused when hunger drove them frantic." Of this period Mrs. Meade's son, C. R. Meade, of Plymouth, Wis., said: "I was with my grandfather a great deal during the last two years of ' bis life and be told me of an Incident during the time he and the other soldiers so nearly died of starvation. One day matters came to such a pass that the men could hardly stand for lack of food. About half a mile from the camp was a farmhouse, where he knew that the housewife kept a cow. , He determined to reach that farmhouse at about tbe time tbe woman would be through milking and beg for a drink of milk. With great difficulty he reached It He was so weak that be could not walk. He had to crawl. The woman had Just finished and had the milk in a bucket He asked ber for a drink and she said she had nothing for Tories. - "At this added Insult he fairly broke down and cried. It was the reflection of the suspicions that people round about were already casting on Arnold, and, by Indirection, on his troops. The woman remained firm In her refusal and he dragged himself back to camp, weaker than he was wben , he started the trip." At the close of the war Peter Robinson applied for and secured his pension. One of the signatures on tbe pension papers Is an Interesting one. It Is the name of Enoch Crosby, the original .of "Harvey Birch" In Cooper's novel "The Spy," who was a personal friend of Mrs. Meade's father. She Is the sole survivor of a family of ten. . . Mrs. Walker was liorn hi Ferrlsburg, Vt, in 1810. She is the daughter of John Powers, one of the minute men who fought the battles of Lexing- worm, drought-yes', and floods, too.- check for $100,000 to be used for war Tom, and then 1 suppose you will send ton and Bunker' Hm He wa 27 years old when he enlisted In the Con-.-. . ti . I . t ...i Pim (r..(1tjo rnnr nnnr VmiRln tiv marrlace fl.vlu . I 1 1 .1 . 1 . 1 . . . ...... . Farm and Ranch. mirnnsps was forwarded to Congress. your poor 'cousin by marriage' fly In', She Is Intensely patriotic and was eager said Nan, with a mirthful twinkle In a Prntniaincr Potato. to show her lovaltv to the government her eyes, The Earlv Norwood DOtato. shown in Und her Interest In American arms. Al- "I would shake you for that speecn, the Illustration, is one of the new va- ways have the soldiers, sailors, the fire- my girl, If It wasn t too much trouble, rletlea sold as vet In limited auanti- men ai d the railway men he d a warm said lorn, lortuy, ties. Although it has been grown near pnce In her regard. Men who live ac- justnen tnere was a sounu 01 uyuu- tho nlnce of Its orisrln for several tive fearless lives have always nnnenl- terlng wood, six feet of brawn ana ed to her and she has worked for them muscle shot rapiaiy aownwaru, uu with ereat pleasure and a peculiar with a "plunk" disappeared in xne nvninnthv. : . water butt Miss Gould's work for crippled chil- Nan gave a shriek of laughter, and dren is among her best known chari- ran to help the Immersed Adonis, but ties. Another charity in which she was there was no answering laugu, msieau, dtpjiMv encased during tbe last year a quiet that rrigutenea ner. the new Home of the Friendless. Tom was not a practical joner, uu for the erection of which she gave $20,- it did not seem possible that he could oon be seriously mjurea. w uai buuuiu em In amwnrance Miss Goull Is small, do? The men were all down in the dainty and excessively feminine. She tlnental army with six brothers, one of whom was killed during the war. Mrs. Walker's grandfather also was with the American troops in the war. She Is the only survivor of a family of sixteen children. Both Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Meade are members of the Fort Atkinson chapter, D. A. R. wife? No, no, my dear!" as Nan in- and was talking hoarsely to a corner dlgnantly tried to get away, "I know grocer, who sat on a keg of mackerel you love me now, and you can't put me off any longer." "Well perhaps I do," said Nan, as she raised her April face to receive his first kiss. Indianapolis Sun. STEAMER SULTANA WAS A DEATH TRAP FOR UNION SOLDIERS. More United States soldiers lost their lives in the burning of the Sultana hay field, and Tom might drown while tnan were jogt aurng the entire Span- THB EARLY KOBWO0D. has a placid, sweet face wl.hout wrinkle or a line of care and her ex pression Is extremely culm. Making a Garden. Tbe home garden Is for the affec tions. It is for quality. Its size is wholly Immaterial if enly It have the , bght or rot Dest 1 00 not mean me rureni ui i" costliest but the beet the best gera nium or the best lilac. Even the fruit .garden and tbe vegetable garden are lso for the affections; one can buy ordinary fruits and vegetables it nev r pays to grow them In the home, gar den. When you want something supe rior you must grow It or else buy It At an advanced price directly from someone who grows the very choicest jtnd the most personal products almost necessarily you must grow them; the value of these things cannot be meas ured In money. The commercial gar dener may grow what the market wants, and the market wants chiefly what is cheap and good-looking. The lioine gardener should grow what the market cannot supply, else tbe borne garden Is not worth the while. Coun try Life in America. years, it has not yet been generally tested. Its good points are such, how ever, as to warrant giving the variety B'iselnss Fears. Many intelligent persons are deterred at least a fair test It Is described as ' swallowing the seeds of berries, being of good size and form, extra grapes ana orner rruits lest tne ioug MH and prowlnff free from scab, ment of these small bits of indigestl- blight or rot The vines are of me- Weness may induce that dreadful acci im .rmwth nnmnaot flnri himhv. The dent appendicitis. This fear Is utterly tubers are oval, white, with a pinkish baseless since the healthy appendix is tinge around the eyes, which are not Protected ny a vaivuiar arrni.geu.em large. The tubers grow of uniform which prevents even the smallest seeds l,o .nA In nnnlltv ar drv and floury. "0111 emering ju it m uuijr au m - v y - - j JiJ in .Mil1ir flno cnoklnif variety, namatiou mis uirenujr uetiuujreu These are all good points, and, as its normal protection that any foreign stated, warrant a test of the variety suimiau 1 11 V t as soon as possible In any locality to,,,i,e"eu l" BBt"?w where potatoes are grown for the mar ketSt Paul Dispatch. Farm Notaa. Tarn rmnnila onph nf mm mpfll pot. ton-seed meal and gluton meal, ten this dangerous disease rles and fruits is to seriously curtail one's dietary, and It is entirely unnec essary. In fact the free and constant use of ripe berries and fruits of all kinds Is one of the best preventives of Uncoverlna Bee Hlvee. . If the bees are wintering in a cellar they should be left there for a long time, yet, except in sections where the warm weather Is on and there is HKeiy to be no cold storms. If the bees are wintering In protected hives out of doors or under a shed. It Is only neces sary to make provision for an opening so that the bees may come out for a fly on some warm day. The covering of the hives should not be removed until the weather Is warm enough to nable the bees to stay out for good; that Is, until there is no possibility of celd, raw days Intervening between bright sunny ones. It is Important to retain this protection of the hives for a long time yet, for It gives additional warmth to tbe hive which is desirable during the season of brood rearing. Indianapolis News. Baby Beef. " If the farmer will produce baby beef he can fill bis pasture to the full limit with cows producing calves, and he will realise on the calves twelve months from the date of their birth. Capital Is turned annually Instead of once ja every taree yers. The rarm pounds of corn ensilage, and as much timothy hay as they want, is recom mended by the Maine station as a sat isfactory ration for milch cows, to be fed twice a day. Many farmers would doubtless prefer to substitute bran for cotton-seed meal. The farmer who can sell an article from bis farm without taking from tbe land any of its fertilizing elements Is sure to make a profit If the cost of tbe labor Is not too heavy. When fat is stored .on an animal, or butter Is a Chance for "Uxtrya." Two newspaper boys witnessed a performance of "Hamlet" In tbe last scene, after Hamlet had killed Laertes and the king and the queen had died of poison and Hamlet of a poisoned wound, one of the boys exclaimed: "I say, Jim, what a fine old time that must have been for extra specials." Tit-Bits. she went for help. Her eye lighted on the chopping block. It was a huge affair, but she managed to drag it to the side of the butt, and, climbing up, discovered poor Tom, doubled up like a Jackknlfe. As her cries reached his stunned ears, be collected his wits, but did not move. Nan was leaning over the side, with the tears streaming down her pretty face. "Oh, Tom, please get up. Dear Tom O. what shall I do ? He will drown before any one comes." And she reached frantically for bis collar. Tom's head was Just above the water, luckily, and with returning breath he said: "Don't cry, Nan. I'm not dead by a long shot, but my ankle ts twisted and you'll have to get some one to help ' me out of this." "I am afraid you wMl faint again," said Nan, as he, turned white with a spasm of pain. Tom pulled himself together with an effort. lsh-Amerlcan war. The Ill-fated Mis sissippi river packet, toward the close of the Civil War, was making regular trips between St. Louis and New Or leans. She left the latter port on April 21, 1865, and at Vlcksburg took on board 2,000 union soldiers that bad Just been released from the rebel pri sons at Cahawba, Andersonvllle and sampling Llmberger cheese. I offered a picture for fifteen cents, but the re duction In price did not Interest, blm. "I vant not a picture at any price!" he declared. ; "I lack fifteen cents of the amount of my hotel bill," 1 urged. "I am In dire straits." His reply was weak, but the cheese was strong enough to help hlin out. My mental magazine had but a single charge left and I fired that "Isn't It worth fifteen cents to know a fool when you see one?" "Ye-e-es, I dink It ees," answered the man, "and eef you vlll write it on the picture, I buy him." , STEAMEB SULTANA. Macon. Other passengers and the crew made a total of 2,200 people on board. '' At three o'clock' In .the morning of This was altogether too good April 27, when most of these soldiers Their Own Lookout. There was an Irishman who after reaching America was full of homesick brag, in which nothing in America even approached things of a 'similar variety in Ireland. In speaking of the bees of tho ould sod he grew especially roseate and said Why, the baze In that countbtry Is twice as big as In this, bedade. In dade, they're bigger than that they're as big as the sheep ye have In this coun- thry!" Bees as big as sheep!" said bis In credulous listener. "Why, what kind of hives do they have to keep them in?" "No bigger than the ones in this coun- thry," was the reply. "Then how do the bees get Into the hives?" he was nBked. "Well," replied the Irishman, "that's their own lookout!" Miss His One Hobby. Passay That wealthy Mr. "Perhaps so, some day," was ber only niiict. the soil loses none of lt fer. Hunter was pleased to say that I in. reply to his earnest "Will you marry tlllfr nn all of the starch, suenr and rerested him. I me. Nan?" fat on the farm comes from the air. Miss Sharpe The idea! How rude of , Now was his opportunity, a chance to lose. Nan had teased him and passengers were sleeping, ana for the last year, driving him wild when' about seven miles above Mem- bv accepting Invitations from all the phis, Tenn., one of her boilers exploded, ruirot-otit swains who worshipped at nottintr the steamer on fire, and In her shrine, but with rare wisdom be twenty minutes 1,700 lives were lost. had concealed his Jenlousy. At the time very little was published He had proposed to her, but she, of this disaster owing to inadequate with a voung maid's distaste for the news gathering and telegraph facilities, final surrender, had refused to answer, and the excitement of events In and about Washington. The picture here reproduced Is In DOBsesslon of Sergt. Edwin F. Force, of the Duluth police department, and Plants absorb carbonic acid gas and him! eive off oxygen through the agency of Miss Passay Rude? their leaves, and it Is this carbon In Miss Sharpe Yes. he's a collector of fully as tbe plants which finally becomes con- antiques. Philadelphia Press. verted Into butter, lard, suet etc. "Nan," In a purposely weak voice, was presented to blm by a former com- A large number of German farmers will come to the United States to study our farming methods, making a three months' tour through the States to the Pacific coast and investigating general farming, live-stock breeding, tobacco raising, sugar-beet culture. Irrigation, the stock yards, ex periment station work and the work of the United States Department of "don't leave me,, dear. I feal drend- lf I were slipping away- awayyou ao love me a little, don't you, dear7" "Y es, Tom. , But for goodness sake Here, I'll help you. An Expert Opinion. Cohen (to fellow traveler) Vot line try to get out of goots do you represent, meln Can't you stand on the other foot at frlendt? all?" Dr. Dippem (stiffly) Well, sir, I am Tom made frantic efforts to attain I 1 . i! .. 4-,. .anil tn miM t ..r. l . nnaitlnn llllMlllO rn Mm raising, norse . .. , 1- , h,n hnnil thrhtiv lliinn11111 . v -. , u 1 in 111111- - - n - - - - Cohen You've got the best end of , It was serious work getting out but tbat Job. New York Times. rade in the Eighteenth Michigan volun teer Infantry, who photographed the Sultana at Helena Ark., only a few hours before the disaster. An Autograph Copy, The man who undertook to cross the continent "on the hurricane deck of a donkey," and earn his expenses as he went, was sure to have experiences worth something to himself, If not to Men of strong character make many Agriculture, which will furnish a guide enemies, but that doesn't necessarily for tbe trip. It will be under the aus pices of tbe German Agricultural So ciety, which has Just completed a building at Berlin, In which will be In stalled a bureau modeled after tbat at Washington, Imply that men who have many ene mies possess strong characters. Molasses no doubt . will become . a popular health food for mankind When horses get tired of it. any one else. He had photographs he finally managed It and sank ex- made of himself and the donkey. These hnusted on the block, leaning mean- be sold for tweiny-uve ue.ua muu. while helplessly on Nan's shoulder. Suddenly he clasped the amazed girl, In a strong embrace. "Tbe ankle Is bad 'enough, my girl, but It's worth it all to see those tears for me on your dear face. Now, how soon are you going to be my little At Yonkers bis purse was light, and hli bills were heavy, I resolved to rise at dawn and sell enough pictures to pay my bills, if I bad to sell them at cost. I set to work. By one o'clock I had visited every shop, store and Chinese laundry, Easily Explained. So many quick retorts are ascribed to the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" that It sometimes seems as if the witty poet could scurcely hove taken time to eat or sleep. Tbe last reply Is quoted by a man to whom It was made only a few mouths before the death of Doctor Holmes. The talk between the two men had fallen on the subject of age. "You're five years my Junior," said Doctor Holmes, "but I believe I don't envy you." "I can't see why you should," said his friend. "You curry your years much more lightly than I do mine." "That's natural," said the autocrat "I've bad five years' more practice." ' The Real Condition. The teacher of grammar and rhetoric wrote a sentence on the blackboard, and then called upon William. , "John can' ride the horse If he wants to," read the teacher. "Rewrite the sentence In another form." William surveyed it dubiously for a moment; then a flash of inspiration showed him bis path. "John can ride the horse If the horse wants him to," be wrote. Heaven hasn't time to help tbe man who Is a victim of that tired fellng. 1