Lincoln County leader., April 03, 1908, Image 2

LINCOLN COIM LEADER
Rr. COLLINS, fetter'
f N MAYDEN, 14a
TOLEDO.
.OREGON
A New York clergyman lands Interna
tional marriages. The fees are large.
One shrewd politician can often fool
an unlimited Dumber of the dear peo
Vie.
Perhaps It would be easier to enu
merate the citizens who have not had
touch of the grip this winter.
They say the champion bigamist of
the world Is "credited" with 600 wives.
We should think they'd be charged
rgalust hlin.
A restaurant man has failed with art
sets of some $2,000 and liabilities of
about $200,000. Probably his creditors
ire In a stew.
.. The rush for marriage licenses con
tinues. New York World. Has It been
demonstrated In New York that two
.aa indeed live more .cheaply than one?
It is said that if each Inhabitant of
the United States will save five cents
a day for one year the total will be
$1,651,250,000. How easy it is to fig
ure. A cablegram from Paris says that
thirty people broke through the Ice In
the Bols, but "only two were drowned."
Only two! Very carder c the other
twenty-eight
The man who married his dead
wife's mother does not go so far as to
bint that in case he Is again left a
widower he will "shine up" to his first
'ove's grandmother.
A Baltimore doctor advises young
people to quit kissing because of the
danger of spreading disease germs.
Nobody has as yet advised the wind to
quit blowing because of the same dan
ger. The discussion as to the propriety of
women smoking In public is growing
warm, but It will be a long time be
fore we find them joining the men on
the rear platforms of the street cars
vith a cigarette between their teeth.
There Is a scarcity of school teach
ers and army recruits, but this fact
does not seem to bring much comfort
to the thousands of actresses and ac
tors who are parading up and down the
Great White Way and eagerly hoping
or something to happen.
In addition to the wireless telegraph,
theaters, bnrhers, elevators, cafes and
newspapers, transatlantic liners are to
be equipped with tailor and dressmak
ing shops. The world Is beginning to
realize that they were truly "wise men"
"vho put to sea In a plain bowl.
Toy dealers declare the teddy bear
craze Is dying out. When the stores
closed late Christmas eve, most of the
toy departments were pretty well
cleared out except for teddy bears. Dur
ing the holiday rush thousands of dogs,
elephants, monkeys and rabbits, made
of furry cloth and stuffed as are the
teddy bears, were sold, but few of the.
great numbers of bears that went Into
the toy shops early In the season left
the shelves.
Dean Wright, of Yale, reports that
the boys who live luxuriously do not
make a good showing In scholarship.
During a period of three years three
times many disciplinary warnings
hlfve been""sent to young men who live
In expensive private dormitories -is to
the students living in the rooms on the
campus. The old tradition that fru
gal habits make good thinking 1ms
never been unsettled by facts. Still,
e rich boy need not be discouraged
from going to college. It Is possible
o study at a $300 mahogany desk.
The Conservative party In England
Is now trying a political novelty which,
In Ingenuity and completeness, may
well delight the heart of an American
campaign manager, Eighteen specially
constructed horse-drawn vans are en
gaged in a political tour of England
and Wales. Each van Is equipped with
stereoptlcon and a gramophone. The
vans are so designed that the rear end
may be used for a screen, upon which
cartoons and party war-cries can be
thrown by the lantern. "British Work
for British Hands," "Socialism Offers
No Reward to Thrift," "The Tollcy of
the Radicals Is to Promise Everything.
The Policy of the Unionists Is to do
Something" these are some of the sen
timents displayed. The gramophones
repeat short speeches and exhortations
delivered Into them by the leaders of
the parry before the tour began, with
each ran Is a driver, a lantern oera
tor and a worklngman speaker, who
stands on a platform which, when not
In use, folds against the side of the
Tan. In cases where the lantern Is not
to be used, the speaker stands on the
tailboard. The whole plan Is Interest
ing because of Its simplicity, directness,
and the large number of persons which
It can reach In an effective way. The
use of a gramophone enables the party
leaders to condense a speech Into a few
sledge-hammer sentences, and deliver
them again and again without the fa
tigue of travel. '
The destructive green pea lous.
alone Is estimated to have caused a loss
of $7,000,000 during the two seasons of
185)9 and 1000 Just along the Atlantic
coast" That statement appears In the
Introduction to a study of the Neetaro
phora solnnlfoHl Ashtnend which Is set
forth In a bulletin of the Maine agri
cultural experiment station. The N.
S. A. is not itself a green pea louse, Its
familiar name being the potato plant
louse, but It helps all Its relatives
among the aphlds to add to the millions
charged against the country every yeai
for their keep. And here we have only
one family. Look at the bugs In the
report of the Secretary of Agriculture,
think of the extent of country they cov
er end then consider how much mors
that green pea experience means than
appears at first sight The contraction
of the 'circulating medium Is nothing tc
the expansion of bugs, and how that
goes on this bulletin explains. The N.
S. A. and other aphlds winter In the
egg state and from the egg a wingless
form called the stem mother conies In
the spring. This stem mother produces
living young, which begin at once to
feed upon the sap of the plant, and
after eight or ten days the young have
offspring. Then some of these children
or the children's children are endowed
with wings which enable them to take
a trip abroad. Thy now start colon
ies on fresh plants, and the tribe mul
tiplies enormously through many gen
erations. The Insects may now desert
what is called the host plant and take
to another kind, perhaps for variety's
sake. For example, "the plant louse
destructive to hops passes part of Its
life cycle upon the plum tree," and,
says the bulletin, "this alteration of
hosts is a point in the life hlstery of
aphididae of great economic slgnifl
conce, for It sometimes happens that a
species can be controlled on one plant
and thus its attack upon the alternate
host be prevented." After the change,
however, the Insects return to the or
iginal host In the fall, males and egg
benrlng females appear, the eggs are
deposited In the plant and a new cycle
begins. We present this summary as
an Interesting Illustration of the rapid
Increase of pests which continually
threaten our food supply. But fortu
nately there Is a,defeuslve army, not
maintained forsome possible emer
gency, but fighting dangerous foes the
year through. It is marshaled under
the Department of Agriculture and the
State boards, and the more It fights
the better. This certainly Is a kind of
militarism that no one will complain of.
It Is not the severity of a punish
ment, but its fitness, which tells. The
little middy who, by the pen of Mr.
Montague, gives the following Incidents
in his "Recollections," might have suf
fered sterner correction for his misde
meanor which would not have been
one-half as successful In its outcome as
the method adopted by the captain.
That wise ruler of men fitted the pun
ishment to the deed, and the small boy
never forgot It :
It was a bitterly cold day, and the
wretched middy of the watch bad to
walk on the lee side of the deck. I
-was perished with cold, and thrust my
poor little fingers In my pockets to keep
them warm.
The captain, seeing my hands lu my
rockets on the sacred precincts of her
majesty's quarter-deck, "called out in
a stentorian voice:
'Tray, sir, who allowed you to put
your hands In your pockets on the quarter-deck?
Go down immediately to the
tailor and tell him to sew you up!"
I fled, feeling that I was disgraced
for life, "and that my character was
gone forever. ' Th4 tailor was busy, but
lie twigged the situation, dropped every
Ihlng. and sewed up my pockets In no
time.
Then I went back to the desk to re
port with fear and trembling. Instead
of being roared at In angry "ote, I
war accosted by fatherly tones.
"Now, my boy," said the ?aptaln,
"here's a lesson for you. Do not do
It again. Go below to the tailor and
tell hlra to unsew your pockets."
If I had been denied leave for a
month, the lesson would not have been
so effectual.
Depend.
"The man who stands on the verge
of old age and has nothing saved with
which to guard against the future has
truly, lived a wasted life. Don't you
agree with me?"
"That depends. Are yon advancing
this as a moral proposition or are you
selling some sort of new-fangled Insur
ance?" Pittsburg Post.
A wise husband Is one who brags
about his wife's cooking.
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rianulnir the Horaegronnde.
.Because of the permanency of habi
tation on a farm the greatest care
needs to be taken in deciding upon
plans for dwellings, barns, Janes and
tree planting. Unlike the town resident
who Is here to-day and away to-morrow
the owner of a farm becomes at
tached to his home and can look for
ward confidently to leaving It to his
sons and grandsons after him. The
site for the house having been fixed the
other buildings will group themselves
to the side or In the rear. It Is not to
be expected that In the first few years
after taking up a homestead that the
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A SHELTERED HOME.
gardens, driveways, lawns and shrub
bery should be completed In all their
details. Indeed for best results it is
well that most of this work be done
gradually though having all the time
a fixed plan In view. Land is not so
valuable that an acre or two cannot be
devoted to artificial adornment.
It Is the rule of life to provide first
for necessities, then for comforts and
finally for pleasures. Most of our coun
try Is too new to permit of much atten
tion being given to landscape garden
ing. The efforts of the people have
been directed to the acquiring of lands
and buildings. The illustrations given
herewith are intended toioffer sugges
tions for improving the appearance of
the farm home without any consider
able expense. The first shows a farm
home well sheltered ' by surrounding
trees. . The space Immediately around
the house Is clear to allow of circula
tion of the air. The view from the
front of the house Is unobstructed. The
second Is an example of what may be
done In planning the home grounds
WELL PLANNED GROUNDS.
not a model to be followed In detail,
but embodying some general principles
that may be adopted.
Straight lines and square plots so
desirable In the laying out of fields are
not the most desirable for the home
grounds. Curved lines especially for
the driveways take away the stiffness
and add naturalness to the scene. In
the illustration the double driveway In
front makes too complicated a plan for
the ordinary farm. A variety of trees
and shrubs should be URed around the
house without having them too close
to allow free circulation of the air and
a view of the roadway In front Mon
treal Star.
Farmer's . Bath.
All farmers do not feel able to af
ford a bathroom and furnishings. But
what class of people need an evening
bath more than a farmer after a busy
day in the dusty fields? A good both
at night should be a necessity that
ought not to be neglected, and hus
band and hands should have a bath
every night during hot months. But
how? Well, get some empty oil bar
rels, knock out one end and let oil
evaporate, and your bath barrel is
ready. Fill barrels at noon (half or
more) with water, let set In sun; at
night put a gallon of hot water In each
barrel and when darkness has , fallen
then take a bath, and with thin, gauze
undershirt and drawers they are ready
for bed. Their sleep will be sweeter
and the work lighter on the poor wash
erwoman. -
Winter Forage.
The question of winter forage and
pasturage Is one of the greatest Im
portance In the Southern States, and
Carleton R. Ball, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, was sent by the .De
partment of Agriculture early In the
year to make an Investigation In sev
eral of the Gulf States. In his report
Mr. Ball says, amongst other things:
"The production of Southern hay has
been a question long under discussion.
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The amount produced and the yield per
acre have both Increased steadily and
encouragingly during, the last few
years. On every hand it Is admitted
that It Is both possible and necessary
to raise all that Is needed for hoina
consumption. Alfalfa, Bermuda grass,
Johnson grass, crabgrass and cowpeas
furnish an abundance of hay of the
very best quality. This hay can be pro
duced much more cheaply than an
equal quality can be shipped in from
Northern and Western States. With
better transportation facilities and an
Increasing demand, the production will
become more and more profitable. At
the same time, with hay raised on the
Ihome plantations, and hence cheaply
and readily available, larger quantities
are being used In feeding the planta
tion stock.
z Froirn Milk.
Whenever milk is scarce in the cities
somebody comes forward and suggests
that It be shipped from distant points
In a frozen condition.
This Idea has been frequently sug
gested during the past years, but It does
not seem to be coming into practical
use. The latest suggestion Is that the
fresh milk should be frozen by sub
merging the sealed cans in brine chilled
far below the melting point of lee. The
uiiik tvouitl nut oiiiy be fiucu, but
would be cooled still further to a hard,
dry Ice, which, it Is claimed, would re
main in the solid form after removal
for a day or two before the entire
mass would rise to a melting point,
the keeping qualities being much su
perior to that of milk which Is merely
frozen at common temperature.
The operating plan would be to es
tablish a freezing plant at the cream
eries and milk stations, the frozen
product to be shipped in ordinary cans,
thus doing away with the present high
cost of refrigerating cars.
It is claimed that frozen milk kept
over a month In a refrigerator room
showed no change in taste on thawing,
and tlinf the cream remained evenly
mixed throughout the solid mass, not
rising, as it would when milk is merely
kept liquid at low temperature. Milk
for freezing would need to be In fresh,
clean condition when frozen, else Its
keeping period would be very short
after melting. If this plan ever comes
into favor, it would greatly increase
the competition in the business of sup
plying milk In the great cities.
Shipping Coop.
For shipping live poultry to market
the following sizes of coops are most
generally used in the West: Coops
should be 48 Inches long, 30 Inches
wide, 12 Inches high - for chickens
and ducks, and 15 Inches high
for turkeys and geese. Use lumber
as follows : Two by two for cor
ner posts, or 1x2 will answer. If you
cannot get them, get 1x4 and rip them
In two. Cut six pieces ,10- inches "long
and nine pieces 12 or 15 Inches long for
each coop. Nail the short pieces one at
each end and one In the center of the
long ones, using ten-penny wrought
nails. Make three of these frames, one
for each end and center For the bot
tom use half-inch boards or lath, make
the bottom tight, using six-penny nails.
Use x2-Inch strips of lath for sides,
ends and top, put them 1 Inches
apart ; the width of lath is about right
Leave two laths loose on top In center,
or make a door of them to open, In
order to put poultry in and take It out.
Now nail a lath around the coons, onnii
-end and the center, outside, the three
rrames niade first This will keep the
lath from coming off and make the
coops stronger. For broilers the coops
can be made 10 inches high and 24 Inch
es wide. This will make a good, strong,
light coop. P, II. Sprague.
Reg-alar feeding and Variety.
Two things are essential to the thrift
of animals a variety in their food and
regularity In its receipt . One article
of food cannot supply all the necessary
sustenance, because It may lack some
of the essential, elements, and Is almost
sure to have some Insufficient quanti
ties. Animals do not tlirlvn oa
when fed Irregularly as When they get
their food at 'certain seasons. The
ing irgumr uie loon is supplied the
better the results. .
Repairing Leaky Roofs.
Take coal tar and sift coal ashes In
until the thickness of stiff mortar. Plas
ter It around leaks. If used on slate
roofs the snow and rain cannot blow
In. This cement will harden like a
stone and Is apparently as Indestructi
ble. It answers admirably for paper
rooms and If properly put on It seems
to be there forever.
Vaccinating Cattle.
In Germany the vaccination oi cattlo
against black leg, a fatal disease, la
becoming general and very effective! no
only three losses In five years are re
ported
XNDIAJf CHIEFS Ht LOJTDOM.
Overjoyed to Be Greeted la Owu
Lu(oag on Street.
Stalking solemnly In pairs, with the
peculiar gaJt of the far Western In
dian, along Victoria street yesterday
afternoon Capllano Joe of the Squam
Ish tribe, a well-known figure lu Van
couver City, and. his tilllkums, whose
mission has been referred to In the
Dally Mall, came to an amazed halt
when they heard In the familiar Chi
nook dialect the welcome, says the
London Mall.
"Kla-how-yah, tyhee tilllkums, spose
nlka tumtuin chee-chahkos ; Maree
slyah!"
Broad smiles broke over their stolen)
visages, they laughed deeply ajid gut
turally in their Joy, and with one voice
exclaimed :
"Na-wlt-ka 1 Na-wlt-ka, tllllkum !"
What the Dally Mall representative
said was merely, "How are you, chiefs?
I guess you are tenderfeet (ctee-chah-kos),
too; the homeland Is far away."
And what they replied : "Yes, yes, com
rade!" .
They complained that Itfthe long
Journey from Vancouver to Montreal
they had Buffered terribly from the con.,
flnement but In the "hylu caneem"
(steamboat) on the "skookum chuck"
(ocean) their misery was complete.
They are waiting the pleasure of the
"hyas tyhee" (king), and to fell his ma
jesty that the Indian must have free
dom to fish and hunt the game In his
native woodsrand streams or perish.
The white man has come with his "hy-ack-gun"
(qulckflrers), and has driven
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frttuU iui iyuttt "t.J tuU lliUUiilailih.
They have called upon the Hon. J.
P. Turner, agent general In London for
British Columbia, and he has spoken
cheering words to them.
They are eager to return to the dis
tant "illables" (camps), and every sun
set brings a keener twinge of the helm
web of the exile. To them the city Is
inexpressibly vast and bewildering and
Impressive but "Kla-ta-wah! Kla-ta-wah!"
("Let us go!") is the chief of
their thoughts.
Their Interpreter said to the Dally
Mall representative yesterday afternoon
that ttey have the utmost confidence In
the success of their mission, upon which
they are to report to great gatherings
of the Squamlsh, Cowichan and the
Kamloops Indians on their return
home.
The Desert Sanda.
"I shall winter In the Sahara," said
a traveling man. "With a caravan I
shall traverse under a blinding sun and
an endless plain of snow white sand,
but none of my Mohammedan attend
ants will wear any kind of Bbnde over
his eyes.
"Against that dazzling glare the
backs of their necks will be swathed In
white linen, and even their ears will
be protected. Nothing, though, will
keep the sun out of their faces.
"Wondering about this, I said one
day to the kald of an Algerian village:
"'Why don't you Arabs wear a cap
of some sort? You llv in the world's
worst sun glare, but neither fez nor
turban under any circumstances has a
peak.' - . '
"The Koran.' the kald answered,
'forbids all true believers to shade their
eyes. Obeying the Koran Implicitly,
we dwellers In the desert avoid like
poison brims to our headgear. Incon
sequence there Is more blindness among
us than among any other people In tlio
world."' Los Angeles Times. "
Didn't Miss Anything.
Mr. Churchielgh You miss so much
; oy'not'attendlng church more regularly.
Mrs. Wise Oh, no ; I have subscrib
BU I0' w additional fashion maga
sines.
Making the Condition.
"Well, papa, I'll marry the old Croe
sus on one condition." -
"What's that, my dear?"
"He must give me a wedding Jour
ney abroad."
"Oh, I'm sure he'll do that."
"And I Insist upon going alone !"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Venal War.
"Say, pop, what's a raffle?"
"A raffle, my son. Is where I buy
nineteen chances on ft filnmntid rlnir-
and the fellow with one chance wins
It" Kansas City Star.
The secret of success Is to aim high,
ind stick to it-