The Oregon mist., August 28, 1896, Image 4

BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
The Oeaeral Trad Ii Confload to
Staple Linn.
New York. Aug. 14. Bradstrecfs
weakly trade review says:
General trade throughout the United
Bute ii prao.ioa.ly ooufitied to staple
linos. Tbe Tolnme of business li no
larger. Where orders have inoreaaed
id number, they are smaller insise. In
moat instauoes they are baaed on near
by requirement. Tbe feature of tbe
week ia the inoreaaed difflonlty in mak
ing collections and the higher rate (or
mercantile discounts. Credit! are be
ing soanned more closely than hereto
fore, and are granted less freely. Baa- j
iness in South Carolina ia retarded
by drouth, and in Northern Louisiana,
Texas, Southern Arkansas and Missis
sippi prclonged drought baa ao inter
fered with business in some sections
that it amounts to a calamity. Some
Northwestern lumber mills shut down
owing to low price and difflonlty in
obtaining money, while the demand for
woolens for spring delivery is not yet
sufficient to start maoMnery going.
Wheat exports continue well, total
RELICS OF THE PAST,
iDtareatlna Dleooverlea by Pennsyl
vania Mound Excavator.
Pittsburg, Aug. 4. Great interest
Is manifested over the disooTery of im
plements in mound at MoKee rooks,
whioh is beiug excavated for scientific
purposes. The mound is belived to
hare been built by the anoient mound
builder, and tbe implements found
today place tbe mound on a par with
those that havs been explored else
where. The work is being done under
the direction of Thomas Harper, of this
oity, Who believes that the specimens
found here are not less than 1,000 years
old, and proves that they were made
by tbe most anoient people that in
habited this country. The list inoludes
bone implement whioh Mr. Harper
belives waa flaker, the' pieces of
whioh are separated in five or six
parts. Bone needles or awls alio were
found, and Mr. Harper says tbey oan
be partially restored.
A tomahawk, which Mr. Harper re
gards as being not less than 1,000 years
old, was found,
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
FARM AND HOME.
THE
A Good Dairy Cow Will TleM Nearly
0,000 Pound, of Milk Annuallr
Threehina; Damp Grain Uava a
Koom for Harneaa Farm Notee.
Average Milk Yield.
An Agricultural Department bulletin
snys: A very good annual average yield
I of milk Is 5,000 pounds Instead of 3,000.
jnnd 2O0 to 225 pounds of butter per
cow Instead of 125 pounds. Man?
I herds kept In a plain, practical farm
fashion attain still better rwuin.
There are manifestly many cows In
the country, probnbly some millions,
that do not produce the value of their
rnnual cost, however cheap and te
fullv noor thoir keeoins may be. It Is
annarent that If but two cows wore
kept, of the suggested standard of pro-
The same kind of j (Suction, In place of every three of tho
TRUMPET 0ALL8.
IV rESTBRBD DAT AND KIOIIT
Sam's Bora Bounds a Warnlas Nets
to the Uaredremao, ,
HE boat bunluess
for anybody
God's btlrlllU'HH.
It Is trotter to
starve ami be
right than to feint
and be wrong.
We cannot have
(lod's favor and
the pleasures of
sin both.
The rejection of
Christ Is a refus
al to lirar God's
, best witness.
Tbe man who Is on the side of the
Mri.k HAatAttur'i Stomach
Hitter, which liilrort trsnqtlllllses 'J"
nervous ywm. Tha Wliol two. art Is s re-
I term in error, ol dle.tlon. Ths Hl M'riJ
...... ..i h,.m pauiiiinl In the etosMt bond
la of sympathy, to that dy.veptlo smtV l
i (he slriu rosl.m are always eiwnipsiild M
hmtlu n-nxi nemius eomiii. nin r
died by the BUwrs, which alao cures nisletle,
btilotutieM, rheumatism and kidney trouble,
It la estimated that one orow
destroy 700,000 Insects every year.
will
weapons are also found on the British
nuipmenu j rum coin ooasta or tne i isles. It ia made ot gneiss. He con
United States and from Montreal this j aiders this an axtraordinarv disooverv.
week (flour inoluded as wheat) amount
ing to 8. 991,693 bushels, against 8,
636,000 bushels last week, and as com
pared with 3,869,000 bushels in tbe
week a year ago, and with 8,183,000
two years ago.
The total business failures in tbe
United States is 844 this week, six
more than last week, seventy-two more
than in the week a year ago, and thir
teen more than the third week of Au
gust, 1894, the period of extreme de
pression after the panio of 1898.
The bone implement, or flaker is the
j Implement whioh the anoienta used in
i making flint instruments. The speci
j mens will be placed in the Carnegie
I museum.
j Since this mound was opened, a
i month ago, sixteen skeletons have been
j found, many of them of gigantio
, stature.
! CALIFORNIA MINES.
MODIFIED THE ORDER.
Letters
Railroad! Mar Tarry Certain
Without Postage.
Washington, Aug. 34. Aoting Post- j
master-General Neilson today modified j
tbe recent order of the postmaster-general
prohibiting railroads from carry- j
ing, without payment of postage, mail j
relating to railroad business. Tbe '
modified order was issued to meet the j
views expressed in an opinion by At-1
torney-General Harmon, to whom the !
matter had been referred at the request I
of the railway companies. j
The attorney-general held first, that j
a railorad company bai the riant to
Transvaal Operators Looking Toward
a That Stats. j
San Francisco, Aug. 34. If present
indications can be relied upon, the re- j
cent political troubles in the Trans- J
vaal, South Africa, are likely to have ,
a benefioial effeot on the mining in-
dustry in California. Ai ia probably
well known, there has been an exodus J
of mining enigneers from the Transvaal
during the past few months. Ham
mond, Perkins and many other mining I
experts who have had a band in the :
direction of vast mining enterprises in j
tbe Johannesburg district, have retired j
from the soene of the recent disturb- j
anoes for prudential reasons, sod are i
now in London. Many of these gentle- j
men still retain their South African '
existing average quality, the aggregate
products of the dairy Industry of tho
country would be Increased more ttmn
10 per cent, while the aggregate coot
to their owners ought to be less and
probably would be.
Every possible Influence should be ex
erted to Induce dairy farmers to weed
out their herds and keep fewer cow
end better ones. At least the average
quality of cows kept for dairy pur-
j poses should be brought up to a rt
i spectable and profitable standard. For
the present the cow owner may reason-
ably require something over two gal
lons of milk per day for four month.
I then two gallons a day for the next
four, and at least two months more lu
j milk during the year with constantly
i decreasing yield. This provides for an
annual yield of 5.000 pounds of milk.
i nr about 575 imllona. which is a fair
Ideal standard for the dairy cow In the
United States.
I i ...J. V a, i a. j j .
carrv letter, withnn. r,.v , ""utuu"i
" " " Vv"T i their attention to African mining
age, that are written and sent by tbe . .. . . , ,
Jos'. . . ... affairs, they are looking for good in-
officers and scents of the railorad oom-' . , . . " . .
. . . . t I vestments in other mining sections of
concerning its business, and these only. !
fornia is attracting not a small share of
tbe world on behalf of the companies
m . ,.. m i ana oorporauons uey represent, tjail-
Threehlna; Damp Grain.
It ia quite likely that much grain will
be threshed while damp this year, as
wet weather In harvest time caused it
to be got In before fully dry. In most
cases the grain will take less harm in
the bundle than out of It So long as
grain was threshed by hand there was
no danger of the work being done
while either straw or grain were damp.
It made the wort too hard, and the
threshing was always reserved for cold
weather, after frost had thoroughly
dried on' both straw and grain. When
horse-power threshing machines came
into use there was nearly as much care
lines, or to any one else, so long as no i , " , ' ' - i ,u naT,ng lue fram m eooa CODUmou
other carrier intervenes. The ioment ; ""l T "ow for threahing. We have seen the
this occurs, such other carrier is tran' I AltlTZ i I!, "'"'I"1 beD - , T8"'8
sporting letters for a third party, which I ?f f . Transvaal to too fast or too damp. In the large
is contartry to law. Lettebs of a com- Tei h vl1' ta minln8 Properties in i steam threshersthe bundles go through
pany addressed to officers or agents of a j
connecting line on company business i xo
and delivered to an agent of the latter j
at tbe point of connection may be car
ried by the latter to any point on the
SHOW
all rleht but If damn more or less of
the grain goes Into tbe stack. Tbe evil
of threshing damp grain is not confined
line. becauFe, such letters oomes within
tbe principle already expressed. But
any company or officer or employe
thereof carrying letters which are
neither written by that company nor
addressed to it, is liable to the penal
ties imposed by law. This is toe rule,
though the intervening carrier may
have an ultimate interest in the sub
ject of the correspondence.
AMERICAN GOODS
i to the loss by waste. What Is put in
Southern Republic Do thalticht Thing the granary la much more likely to
bj Manufacturer. j beat an(j musty than It is If the
Washington, Aug. 34. The presi-', grain has been thoroughly dried In the
AN INFANT MONSTROSITY.
Dial
Am Elght-Xontha-Old Mala Child
of Old Ago.
St Louis, Ang 34. Sherman Bobert
Burch died of senile debility at the
age of 8 months. Tbe child was born
last December, and on Monday died of
old age. He bad passed through all j
the intellectual phases that are oom- j
mon to mankind, but so rapidly that
be had not time nor opportunity to
gather tbe knowledge that oomes of ex-1
perienoe and precept or the wisdom j
Dom oi tnougct. ilia brain developed
and then withered with a rapidity
comparable only to the growth and
decay of Jonah's sourd.
The face and head of the ohild made the Pacifio.
a striking feature. The head was
wedge-shaped, broad at tbe top and
tapeiing to a point at tbe chin. It
was surmounted by a crop of dark
brown hair, rather scant, hut atrona
and of full size. It was not such hair
as grows on tbe head of an 8-months I
old baby. It was strong and ooarse as !
that of a man of mature age. On the '
ly outlined, while all over the face
straggling beard was discernible.
"The baby was unusually bright,"
said the father "He began to notioe
almost as soon as he was born, and by
the time he was a week old he seemed
to know as mnob as his older brother,
who was a year old. He did not try to
talk, but would look at yon as though
be knew what yon were thinking
about. He never did look like a ohild,
nor act like one. He was a litlte old
man."
dent of Argentina has issued a decree,
a copy of which has been forwarded to
the state department, remitting all
duties on articles sent from tbe
United States for tbe purpose of show
ing the manufacturing and commercial
industries of this country. The move
ment for these exhibitions originated
in Philadelphia. The Venezuela gov
ernment has granted a concession to an
American to establish permanent exhi
bitions of American goods at Caracas,
Maraoaibo and other large cities of
Venezuela.
A new phase of the long contest be
tween Chile, Bolivia and Peru is
reached by which Bolivia is promised
a coast line on tbe Pacific More than
a year ago the treaty was made by giv
ing Tacna and Arioa to Chile, thus
leaving Bolivia out off from access to
the ocean and one of the few countries
situated like Switzerland, entirely
without a coast lino. Since that time,
the countries have been negotiating
and it is said a treaty by which Bolivia
gets back a strip through Taona and
Arioa sufficient to give her an ontlet to
straw. American Cultivator.
An Ignoble Bod Han.
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 30. Jimmy
Sam, a well-known Indian about
town, some time during last night
stabbed another Indian, named Jack
son, from Lewis county, five times in
different parts of the body. Jimmy
was lodged in jail and Jaokson is still
alive.
Why They Are Fighting.
Madrid, Aug. 24. Senor Sagasta,
ex-prime minister of Spain, in an in-
terview, said it was proposed to send a
dispatch containing a memorandum
upon the Cuban war to tbe United
States government Senor Sagasta
said it was necessary to oontinue the
war in Cuba in order to prove that
Spain ia not afraid of threats of a con
flict with a greater nation.
Tbe grandfather of the Rothschilds
is said to have been a poor man in 1800.
Troops for Cuba.
Madrid, Ang. 20. The first em
barkation of 14,000 troops for Cnba
will oommenoe at Santander on August
88, terminating on August 26. Tbe
seoond will take plaoe from August 80
till September 6, after which date the
cavalry will embark. By September
11 tbe whole expedition of 40,000 will
have left tbe peninsula.
Tbe Atlas-moth, a gigantio furooated
night-flying insect of Central Brazil,
is said to be one of tbe very largest
winged "bug" in the world. H
measures 14 nones from tip to tip.
A Bicycle Combination.
Hew York, Aug. 24. Ihe World
will publish tbe following: The big
manufacturers of bicyles have formed
an association to promote sociability
and good understanding among its
member, it is stated. The associa
tions' members represent $28,000,000
invested in rubber end bicycle plants.
It was formed at a recent meeting held
at the old Manhattan Athletic Club
bouse. It will hold another meeting,
which will take the form of a banquet,
in September. There will be semi
annual meetings, or banquets, after
that The members will, according to
tneir own statements, arrive at tacit
understandings."
Manitoba School Question Settled.
Ottawa, Aug. . 21. It has been as
certained on good authority that tbe
Manitoba school question is as good as
settled, and there will not be any ne
cessity for remedial legislation. This
decision has been arrived at after num
erous interviews between members of
tbe provincial government of Manitoba
and the Dominion government
Franklin was widely known as a
writer on economy and political sub
jects before he bad reached 25.
Concerted Action Not Jostlfled.
New York, Ang. 24. A conference
of bankers, beaded by J. Edward Sim
mons and . Frederick D. Tappen, to fa
cilitate gold importations, was con
cluded today. The statement was
made that the finanoial situation did
not justify concerted action by tbe
'banks at present
A Special Room for Harneaa.
A great many farmers continue the
practice of hanging np tbe harness on
the pegs behind the horses, where It Is
exposed to tbe odors which come from
their excrement, and It Is quite often
knocked down and trampled In it This
wears out a good harness much faster
than will use. It will par eood Inter
est on the cost to "hare a separate room
In which to keep the harness. Nothing
destroys leather more quickly than dirt
and tbe ammonia which is always
found In stables. Tbe harness should
be frequently spunged to remove the
dirt, and then be oiled, allowing the
oil to soak In, and then lightly rubbed
with a dry cloth. Kept thus. Instead of
becoming rotten after one or two years.
a harness may be kept in good condi
tion for from ten to twenty years. We
know farmers who have kept harness
for this longer time, while other farm
ers, who did no more work with their
horses, had to buy a new harness every
two or three years. Ontario Family
Herald.
Guinea Bena.
The reason so many people fall in
rearing guinea fowls la because they
insist on keeping tbe hen under coop.
Guinea chickens are peculiarly depend
ent on natural food, and they cannot get
enough of this unless tbe old bird runs
with them. The first week tbey should
not be let ont longer than an hour at .1
time, and then shut them up In a ehed
for an hour and a half; then out again,
and ro on. reed every two hours In
addition; and as they get older Increane
the time they are out until they need
only to be put In if any of Vient look
at all tired. Give a little meat chopped
very cue ana mixea wiui meal or
mashed potatoes twice a day, and oat
meal made Into a dry paate for the
other meals until they can pick. But
they ore very difficult to rear if the hen
is not lett free, for plenty of Insects ia
the great thing.
From that record the following facta
are given;
For the first nine years the cost per
head ranged from $14 to (32.30, but In
1S03 he began foedlug IhhHs and corn,
which had been cut and cured In tho
shock and then ruu throuKh a shred
ding machine, ear, stalk, and liltule, all
of which Is by the uiuohliio reduced to
the condition of coarse hay. The cost
of harvesting, shocking, shredding niul
feeding Is three cents per husliol of
grain and $1.87 per ton of fodder.
The 1,000 acres averaged 40iy hiisnela ;
of corn and a ton and a half of fodder
per acre. The beets (Rugar beets) yield
ed 30 to 50 tons per acre, counting tops
and all, and were fed whole. Both ont.
tie and hoirs are fond of them, and It
n... t...... .v... i-t.. .. ...I... i. An .l.t. t iKtntttultnnal PUT
" " """" "- ' iin-iu iuh x utr uinu " " , I,,,..,,. II. I. Irom in .Iron. In a tauimou
flret few days cattle learu to bite them 1 saloon Is not on the Lord's side. tui. u aeu iiira. nr ou the bln.i an.1 mniwut
offasa boy bites an apple. Since adopt-j A ot our full!r0 ., d(,pPnd upon ' ftflM JSOTTt hMsTJTaM
Ing this ration the cost of fattening cat-! tbe stand we take to-dny for Cbrlnt. olroaian and ''!"ii'. v .f:lr"i
tie hfin nnvor exceeded StO tier luui.t .. . . . J .... - r. J niKNV A t)0., Toledo, 0.
- n othni ninn enn ifot mo mm!! imr .ir noifl ov lirnrautii. 7mi.
country than all oihe
thta lentlon of the
Thert In more catarrh In
ar n
Im iirabi. Kr a rnat many i art iliwtora pro-
liiwu.'i rot tnntihar,
and mull IholMt lew year waatiipoil lo be
nounerd II a loral dlrae, and nrnwrtbrd .M-al
reineilliu.amlhyaoiiKtanliylallliis tomirewllh
local tie! mailt, pnmouiiiwd II InrnrHh'a.
H.'tniif has timvall lutarrh Ln h a finnttltntlnil'
al l I !, and therefor reqiilieownillMitlnnal
treatment. Ilall't catarrh ( lire, rnanulaptan-il
by w. J. meney ?. Toledo, unio, is in oniy
on tn marae. it ie taeen
?o cnoiera nas ever occurred among
hogs following the cattle while feoillug
beets. It Is estimated that heet-tops
from beets used In sugnr-uiaklug are
worth on an average fS per acre for
cattle food. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
j No other man can get so much out of
this life as tho cue tiie Lord Is lending,
i The man who hates his enemy tliuU
. no Joy In thinking that Cot loves hliu. , it is said.
j The top f the tower of Itnliel wits
1 no nearer heaven than the top of a pig
j The existence of the devil Is never
doubted hy those who are ou the Lord's
side.
Bell a Family I'illa ar ths beat.
Chicago Is to have a fat man's olub,
FITS. All ' iloriKHl fret by Dr. RiBu.
Clreat Nerve Keetorer. bo flllilWr th..!!!
day's use. Marvelm auras. Treatise and ij2
trial buttle tree to l oaiH, Seud to Dt 2lu.?
Ml Arab St., r-uUadelnhU. fa. "'' llu.
In soma of ths farming districts of
China pigs are harnessed to small
wagons aud mads to draw tbsm,
I bailers mv prompt use oi Plao's our
prevented quick r.ommniptlon.Mrt. Lune
Wallaoa. Marqustta, Kan., Deo. la, i5, '
MAILED FREE?. ...Special frlee Ll'si ,f
HOUatOLp OOOD, KTO.
1 nil fiirnuivr i .p-sucm nr in ovnoru o nr
Mis tttvv riialnmrtl Whfl rHMIUftt at Vat. II trtt.t.t...i
of onr t'ft.ly HitUl iUIh, nd in yntit a
dr -. You will And Mih tttMitiiRnil rri. .r1t
ft.ft "0 Mirks! ilrwUiO FriMUoo,' 01
rt.
rllhl
MRS. WINSLOWS nwVNa
'0 CHILD! TltUHINQ .
reralWalllraewlM. SS Veele a !.
SURE CURE FORPILE8
li.biaa ..4 llnaa. Hiiim rrvlii flu. fM4al mm,
n. ao-SAN-KO's) LI ItlMIOT, -m iw
. Hi Maui, m aalb till UoaAMka, flue- r.
Ilnrnlna Potato Vine.
Wherever rot or blight has prevailed
In potatoes no time should be lost after
the potatoes are dug ln biirulnir the
tops. This will prevent the spread of i There Is no greater career possible
the fungus, with which the tops will ,nnn ,0 d0 whatever Hod gives us
always lie found 11 lied where disease
prevails. It la a good plun to burn the;
potato tops any way. About all the '
uuiunrliil value they contain Is their :
potash, and this Is all saved lu their i
ash. The old-time plan of using the
vines to plow under as immure, or, '
worse still, taking them to the barn-1
yard and composting with immure, ia
known now to be often a uit'tiua of
keeping the germs nllve. In tho manure ,
heap especially the potato rot fluus a !
good field for propngatlng. For this
reason the feeding of diseased potatoes ;
to stock In winter should never be ,
practiced. The worst parts of the po
tato will be rejected, and these will go
Into the manure pile to make trouble 1
next year. j
to do.
Without tho shedding of blood the
name of love could never have been
written.
So fur as this world Is concerned
little child Is the blggeat thing God
ever put In it.
The ninn who would be a leader must
be ready to star before the proeeaalou
Is formed.
Commanding an army Is sometimes
small business compared with holding
tho hand of a child.
Drive the tlevll out of the church at
one door ana to will cover up his clovuu
boor nul walk In at another.
If we have on the whole armor of
God we can count upon the Ixml for
: vii-torv evorv tlma wo t.. liit,, Until..
Pmall Terane I.nnrc Celery. i
It Is quality lu celery ' rather than lf Preaching were only done when
onantitv that counts. There wim for a lne Plai ner fell UKe snouting. rliiin'D
time a desire to get the largest vnrle
ties, but It was soon found tlutt these
were generally course and larking the
fine nutty flavor of the meilliim-slsscd
sorts. Much depends on how the celery
Is grown. A quick growth means bet
ter quality than where the growth Is
made slowly. Hence the necesnlty for
heavy manuring with finely rotted ma
nure. This, however. Is very drying
to the soil, and many market gnrtlen
ere rely largely on commercial nitrates
to make the rapid growth of vegetables
that they desire.
doors would stay shut most of the time.
When the mountains are carried Into
the mlditt of the sea the safe thing to
do Is to trust God for ground to step on.
If only those obeyed God who were
caught up Into the third heaven, right
eous men would still lie as scarce as
tbey were ln Sodom.
PRESIDENTIAL BILLS.
Franca Par.a Much Mora than We for
Her Chief Maslatrala.
j Compared with those of the Prcaldont
' lt It'pilll. tltA ...ulllUlittnl. n tt.u II.. .
Canada Thlatle Wlthont Ftod. j Ww of the Vulted States) are CODSId
It Is often the fact that thistles ; erably less. Every one knows that the
When man who makes $70 a
month quits spending $80 the financial
quesion will solve itself.
Children Iterall a Train.
Canton, O., Aug. 24. A thorough
investigation was made this afternoon
into the derailing of engine 49, which
was hauling a work train last night,
near Carrollton, the locomotive rolling
down an embankment aud killing En
gineer Joseph Kirk and Fireman John
Hardesty, of this city. The investiga
tion shows the accident to have been
caused by children having placed three
spikes on the outside rail of the curve,
where the derailment ooourred. Twen
ty men in the caboose escaped death
because the oaboosc caught ia ths
branor.es of s big tree.
The Difference.
There are hundreds of farmers who
are skeptical of the merits of pure-bred
swine. With them a bog Is a hog, and
they insist that with plenty of food
and under like conditions one will gain
as much weight as the other and make
as much profit A careful trial will
prove the, contrary. Any one breeding
a scrub sow to a thoroughbred male
will readily see that pigs from such
sows are far more attractive and will
fatten more readily, and even the first
cross will mature earlier than do
scrubs. A well-bred bog will make
more meat ln less time, and therefore
with less feed. However, the farmer
who breeds the Improved hog with the
expectation that he will make a large
hog without attention will be disap
pointed, for good care and attention are
essential to success. With good feed
and treatment the thoroughbred can be
made fit for market In from eight to ten
months, while tbe sorub will require
from fifteen to eighteen months to
make tbe same weight
We quote the above from the South
ern Stock Farm and believe that a fair
test will satisfactorily demonstrate tbf
truthfulness of tbe assertions made.
which grow very rank on rirh ground
are destitute of seed. Nature finds so
little obstacle to the spread of the weetl
by Its underground roots that she ne
glects to nrovlde the female fiowera
which furnish tbe seed. These ore
known by their white color, while tho
blossoms that will bear seed are a llglit
red. The Infertile plants also grow
much more luxuriantly than tbotte
which bear seed. On the rich prarlo
soil of the West, the Canada thixtie Is
often destitute of seed, and some Weut-
ern writers have therefore said that
the plant never bears seed.
chle; executive of this country receives
a salary of $50,000 a year, but the otbor
expenditure) for which the nation al
lows htm people are. In general, less
cognizant of. His private secretaries,
clerli.t, doorkeepers and sen ante cost
f 35,lfJ) annually; $13,000 U at tho Tres- j
!rtint' disposal for buying furuituro
for the White House aud for keeping I
It ln repair; $3,000 la allowed for fuel, j
and $4,000 for maintaining the greeu-
bouse up to the mark. Tho total coat
is, therefore, about $107,000 per yr. !
The bare salary of the President of
the Fiench republic Is $120,000, or $13,-1
:000 more than this country's total ex-i
The Hand of Milkmen. : nnmlltnro fr a ht .....i. t . j I
It requires goof muscles In the band, dltlou , UlIgi h0 rwMh rre-(lunl
allowed the services of two military
and three civil secretaries, a small army
of men servants (whose wages aud
board ore paid by the Stale), hoiute
j linen, fuel and light. Ills supply of
' game not only costs him nothing, but Is
: so plentiful that ho can sell nearly $10,-
oou worth a year after bis own wants
jnre satisfied, valuable preserves lu the
forests of Marly aud lUmboullet bo-
log set apart for the President's usa.
i Even his musical and theatrical tastes
'are paid for by the public, for he has
The Orchard i at e 0pera "D1 tne Tne''
Apples and oranges must have water I F"lnoa',, " docs not care to use
and plenty of it the8e boxc' however, the President
. nuu i-iB in-Muiy cuii eujoy me perrorm-
ance at home by telephonic communl.
cation.
to milk eight or ten or more cows In
succession. As a result a milkman will
endure a good deal of handshaking
without having the muscles of bis
hands made sore by the operation, as
are the hands of the lawyers and pro
fessional men who secure Presidential
nominations. We had a friend once
who said be could select the milkmen
In any crowd of men by the firmness
of their grip. It la as distinct, be said,
as that of any secret society, though
of course ln a very different way.
Apple trees that have not been spray
ed may produce large crops, but are
not likely to do so.
Those who have never fertilized thutr
orchards or gardens should try It this
year and note tbe results.
Seaweed Is a good fertilizer for most
all fruit trees, and It may be obtained
by the ton for the mere cost of hauling,
In several of the southern counties.
The Ben Davis apple, one of the uni
versal favorites, originated In Tennes
see, and were Introduced by Captain
Ben Davis of Logan (now Butler) Coun
ty ln 1759. The grafts, however, came
rrom Virginia, and the apples were at
first called the Virginia Pippin.
Apple trees need to be fed. They will
often exist lf utterly neglected, but
they respond quickly to a proper sys
tem of fertilization. A liberal topdress
lng of farmyard manure Is good. In
the absence of this a liberal dressing of
wood ashes will help. Seaweed Is also
a good fertilizer for apple trees.
Feeding Corn and Peeta.
An extensive cattle-feeder of Ne
braska, who feeds 1,900 acres of corn
of his own raising and 100 tons of
beets a year, has kept careful accounts
of bis operations for ths last ten years.
Notea from the Garden.
Whether you think It's bugs or not.
give your potatoes a dose of bordeaux.
There are 338 distinct varieties of
raupberrles growing In the United
States, besides a number of new varie
ties now on trial which have not been
named.
i'he Wisconsin station recommends
the following named varieties of straw
berries: Warfleld No. 2, Enhance, Be-
der Wood, Parker Earle, Boynton, Valo,
Park Beauty, Haverlund, Lovett's Ear
ly and Barton's Eclipse.
Tbe Rhode Island station finds that
equal parts of quicklime and sulphate
of copper, with four to eight gallon of
water for each pound of the sulphate
of copper, make a good bordeaux mix
ture for use ln the potato patch.
Tho Importation Into the fnlte.l
States of plants from China and Japin
is forbidden on account of the preva
lence of cholera lu tbe Asiatic coun
tries. Nothing holds the germs of dis
ease so well as the soil In which thu
plantrj are shipped.
Tho Connecticut Experimental Sta
tion, calling tbe yield of potatoes on a
plat that was not fertilized 100. found
that the relative vli-lil when limn .J
used was 137; nitrate and add phos
phate, 192; nitrate, acid and sulphate of
potaib, 268, while a "boms mixture"
gave 821.
Origin of Straw Ball.
Tbe origin of the familiar phrases,
"straw ball" and a "mau of straw," is
a most curious one. It dates back 200
yeare, when the practice of entering
wonniesa oan was common. The ex
act methods have not been transmitted
to posterity, but In several old English
worts is to be found reference to them.
in one or these Fielding s "Life of
Jonathan Wild," tho thief catcher-we
read that Jonathan's aunt married a
man "who was famous for so friend) r
i a disposition that he was ball for above
a hundred persons In one year. He
naa also the remarkable honor of walk
ing in Westminster hall with a straw
In his shoe." It seems that at one
time when English lawyers wished to
procure witnesses with elastic con
sciences or men who would go ball for
their clients, they went Into Wostmln
eter hall, Into which the principal
courts or law opened, and there would
quickly recognize the men they wanted
oy glancing at their shoes, from which
promuiea a straw or two, thus Indi
cating their calling. Because of this
xraai mark, so to speak, these nrofea.
slonal witnesses or Imll-gocrs became
known as "men of straw," or ones who
were willing, for a eonslilerotlou, to
enter -straw ball." Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger.
A Mean Man,
"He Is the meanest man living," nald
Mrs. Newlywed to a lady friend.
"Ia what sense Is he mean?"
"When Jack and I were on our bridal
tour be was sitting right opposite to us
In tbe car, and whenever we came to
a long tunnel he lit a cigar." Texas
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