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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1908)
THE GEEAT CONTEST fOE THE ATLANTIC PASSENGER I RASE. i Mi, atr'1'' 'J-- EMIGRANTS DEPAUT1NJ FItOM LIVERPOOL. The ratecuttlug Inaugurated on the western passage across the Atlantic affects ouly the first and to a lesser extent the second-class passenger. This picture deals with the third-class passenger, who Is not affected, and whose fire vpriofl from S27.no to $n:t.75. It shows a typical motley assortment of emigrants from all parts of Northern Europe who make the pussage through the great British pirt. Xliey uie about to board a White Star liner st the great landing stage at Liverpool. THE PARADOX. There grows a weed, so gosalps tell. To wound the hand thnt lightly plucks; I! ut bind it with a proper spell, And poison from the vein it sucks. 'Twas Cupid's self that threw the dart, CJavo me the simple for my smart. When storms are high, so seamen tell, And billows crumple all the main, But dive beneath the angry swell. And thou wilt find it calm again. Since, Love, thou art a troubled sea, My only refuge is in thee. A chapman,, Holy Writ doth tell, Found treasure in the earth concealed ; But all he bad he needs must sell Ere he might have the precious field. Since thou has cost nie all I own O f jove, what riches have I known ! Century. The men la the store, watched the young farmer a.sstst his wife into the respectable-looking buggy outside, ar range the packages, spread the laprobe generously and carefully over the young woman's knees and then, him self uncovered, drive away. "Clayton's goln' to take good care o that there wife o' his," commented the storekeeper. "Foolish of L'm," declared Washing ton Hancock. "He'll get tired o" washln' up thnt buggy o' his'n after a while 'n con elude the ole waggln's good enough to come to town to trade in," said Sol Bnker, sagely. "'Course he will." agreed Hancock. "He'll have her out to the wood pile spllttln.' stove wood, like as not. I've knowed that to happen, too." Baker had thp grace to look embar rassed when the storekeeper snickered. "There's wuss things than spllttln' a leetle mite o' wood now an' then for a women," he said. "Anyway, Clayt's wifc'll take all the care he kin give her an' then need more. If he ain't washln' the dishes for her afore long I miss my guess. She don't like no kind o' work none too well. She didn't hs a gal." "Alnt a great hand to cook, they tell me," said the storekeeper. "Most any one o' the other gals could heat her out when It come to flxln' up a menl. Seems like Clnyt 'ud have took 'Lisheth or Birdie If he wus set an bound to niar rv Into the fam'ly. This tin's mighty Black-mouthed, by nil accounts. I could ha told him suthln' on thet wore If he'd cum to me an' ast me." "Why didn't you tell hlin, anyway?" sked Marvin Parsons. "It's a pity she's slack-mouthed." ob served Hancock. "It's them kind o' wlmmen that gits to talkln' about their neighbors after a while. An' it's a fun ny thing that It's alius the wlmmen that does that. You might set In this tore when Rufe an' Sol here was shoot Jn' off their mouths year In an' year out an' you'd never hear them say a word agin' anybody not If you was stone deef. But when a man sees a feller In danger o' bllghtln' his life by takln' up with a gid that's ornery an' no-account he ain't doln' no more than what's his dooty to give him the right kind o warnln'. If a feller's got good sense he'll erpheshlate a word In sea son o' that sort an' won't git mad about It Anyhody's apt to be a mite keerless an' unthlnkln' In the matter o' choosln' a gal when he's young. I bet there hain't a married man here but what'll say that' so." The Btorekeeiier nodded Involuntarily and Hancock grinned. " 'S fur's takln' a word o' good ad vice klndly's concerned, I reckon there's the many n man would tell yon that If soniebody'd come to him In time an' let him know whnt he had a right to expect from the gal he wus thlnkln' marrying' lie'd never hnve married the gal he did," resumed Hancock. There's some what does git warned In time. I rickerleck right well when a cousin o' mine, Sain Hancock, thought o' hltehln', up with a gal he'd met up with when he wus n young buck. lie seen the gal an tuck her buggy rldln' once or twice an' he flggered to him self that she wus Jest about the finest young woman that ever set a foot on this green alrth. He couldn't make out that she'd got a fault or a blemish. She'd alius acted that away whilst he wus around, so how wus he to know any dlffrunt? "There wus one thing, though, an thnt wus that Sam had a mighty level hnld on him for as young as he wus. He'd slip up on a trade wunst In a while, but he never slipped up twlcet the same way an' he'd made a-many trades by the time he wus 20 years old, No. Sam wasn't nobudd.v's fool. "Well, there wus a feller lived neigh bor to the gal's folks, name o' Ben Crittenden, an' he knowed Sam an' he knowed the gal. He flggered that Sam wus a likely boy an' that It wusn't right for him to stand back an' keep his mouth shet when he c'd do good by openin' It. So he goes to Sam one day varieties of burr clover and meltilotns have been found growing la alfalfa fields In various parts of the State, and they have been introduced solely through Impure alfalfa seed. Another extremely noxious weed has made Its appearance In alfalfa fields la widely separated parts of the State. Thte hi ffjes charlock or wild mustard. Cultivation of Potoe. Grnftluic Method. r-nlHvotlnn shnnld commence lust afl Apple trees are usually propagated fae ,antg begIn t0 ap In the nursery either by budding or flbove tb(j ground Xne fied may root grafting two-year-old seedlings. be gme ovef w,th a ght h(,rlw or larger stealings may oe u.ncu uj, bettef gtn,( w,th a weeder. Tuis 8 a the roots cut Into a great number of c n)ethod of cuItlvatlon 8nce a sections five or six Inches long.- Upon ig n l8 also effec. these the scions of the desired varle- !, i . prnt that mnv IU uitiioiiio "J - " have formed. In destroying small weeds ties should be grafted by means of the whip and tougue method f grafting,, 1 ,evelIn( rldgc8 Ieft , plantIng. Ho SUUWU 1U IUB UCCUlUlJUlljr l"6 "l'es, slree, an' her temper hain't none o the best I seen her belt her young brother one day an' knock him endways. If you take my advice, Sam, you'll dror off. "Snm studied a moment an' then be got up an shucked his coat Ben look ed down his nose. 'You ain't mad, are you?" he says. "'No,' says Sam, n-spittln' on his hands. 'I hain't mad a mite, but I'm Jest goln to waller you around a spell to teach you to mind your own affairs an' to quit tattlln' on gals.' An with that he lit In an' done It" "Did lie marry the gal afterward?" Inquired Baker. "Co'se he did," replied Hancock. "Why wouldn't he?" "You said he had a heap o' sense," urged the storekeeper. "Not regardln' them matters," said Hancock. "No man has. But there wasn't no more wrong about that gal than there Is about any gal, an I reck on they got erlong about as well as most, her an' Sam mebbe better." Chicago Dally News. tratlons. This grafting does not re quire any wax, the parts being simply held together by binding with twine or ralHa. Boot grafting of this kind is usually done during the winter time, aud the grafts stored In moist sand or soil until the ground Is fit for plant ing them outside in the spring. They should then be planted In nursery rows, and In two or three years should make trees large enough to transplant to per manent positions. Top grafting Is usually done by the cleft method, as shown In the illus trations. In this method the scions are cut wedge-shaped and fitted firmly Into the cleft made in the stock, which Is usually cut off squarely where the branches are from one to two Inches in diameter, two scions being placed In each stock. In this, as In nil methods of grafting, great care must be taken to cet the cambium layer, or inner As soon as the rows can be seen th cultivator should be used. If the ground has become packed the first cultivation may be deep and close to the plants. Subsequent cultivation should be frequent The conservation of moisture by frequent tillage cannot be too strongly enforced. The old no tion that tillage must cease as soon as the blossom appears Is wrong. It should be continued as late In the sea son as the vines will permit. ' As the tops begin to spread ont and cover the space between the rows they partially shade the soil and thus lessen the loss of moisture by evaporation. The cultivator should be set as nar row as the space between and keep It covered with a loose mulch. Experi ence and experiments favor nearly lev el cultivation. Excessive hilling In tensifies the Injurious effects of dry weather. The best cultivator Is one bark, of the stock and scion in contact having a number of small teeth, so that 1 will leave uie sou uuo aim wmyaia- In at least one side, for it is at this point that union takes place, and any tlvely level. "YOU llAI.Vl MAI! ARE YOU?" an' he takes him out behind the barn for a conf'denshal talk. " 'Sain,' he says, 'I allow you know that I'm a friend o' yours an' that I hain't a troublemaker or a stlr-strlfe. I've got suthln' to say to you nn' If I say It I don't want for you to git mad an' prance around on your ear.' "'Certainly not,' says Sam. 'If you've got anythln' on your mini you say It.' "'It's about Berthy,' says Ben. ,"'I hain't goln' to git mnd,' says Sum. 'What about Berth ?' '"It's this away.' says Ben. I wouldn't say nothln' at all If I thought you'd had the chance to know for your self Jest what kind of a gal she wus. But you hain't, an' I hnve. I hired out to her paw nil through one harvest an' I know whnt I'm talkln' about. That gal's mighty shif-less, Sam Jest shifless.' "'Is thnt so?" says Sam. " 'I wouldn't tell you If it wusn't so.' savs Ben. 'An I wouldn't say nothln' against her neither If you wusn't a friend o' mine. She'll shirk off nn' leave her maminy to do the work If she kin, an' If she can't she'll Jest nbout ba'f do It. " 'That's too bad,' Rnys Sam, lookln' thoughtful. " The men In she cooks 'ud sicken you,' snys Ben. 'Hnrvest time a feller hain't partlckler, but they sickened me. An' when she's around the house she ain't slicked up the way she Is when she goes to a church soshubble, I tell you that.' "'Shot' says Sam. OLD COINS NEW TO HER. C&ihler Refold to Take 2 -Cent Pleca and Three "Eagle" Centa. How little is known by the general public of the United Stntes coins which nre not now current was shown the other day In an uptown restaurant, says the New York Times, when a coin collector In a spirit of fun handed to the cashier in place of a nickel one old fashioned bronze two-cent piece and three small copper-nickel "flying eagle" cents. The cashier, a young woman ot about 20, looked disdainfully at the un familiar coins, and then refused to ac cept them, saying she had never seen any such money as that before; that she didn't believe they were "good," and didn't propose to accept them. The patron protested that the coins were genuine, and pointed to the In scription "United States of America," as a verification. But the young wom an remained unconvinced, and summon ed the manager. " He, too, was dubious about the authenticity of the pieces, looked thein over carefully, and said he had never seen anything like them before. , He finally , told the cashier to take them anyhow, nnd he would re lieve, her of all responsibility In case they turned out to be spurious. The last two-cent piece was Usued by the United States mint in 1873, while the flying eagle cents were struck only in 1850, 1857 and 185a Nearly 25,000,000 engle cents and more than 44,000,000 two-cent pieces were coined. To collectors It Is odd that In a pe riod of fifty years this vast number of coins should have disappeared to such an extent that the present genera tion never heard of them. 1 BAiiPLEti or top OBArnno. failure to connect the cambium layers of stock and scion is sure to result In failure of the scions. In top graft ing, the wounded surfaces should be covered with grafting wax. A good formula for this Is: Four parts of res in, two of beeswax and one of tallow, by weight, melted together. Top graft ing should be done early in the spring, before growth commences. In nil this propagation work great care should be taken to select scions from trees bearlns the very best type of the varieties intended for propa gation. Nurserymen, as a rule, are not careful enough in this respect and take scions from any trees so long as it is of the desired variety. H. L. II. Pitch Pork Attachmeata. In gathering up freshly cut grass ot hay, etc., with a pitchfork a small quantity adheres to the prongs of the fork each time a pile Is lifted. In a short while the fork becomes clogged and useless, It being necessary to remove each par ticle by hand- ' In order that this cleaning may be done almost auto matically, a Wis consin man has de- cleans or hat. signed the attachment for pitchforks shown here. A transverse clearer bar is arranged below the tines of the fork. guides on each end of the bar partly encircling the end prongs, permitting the bar to slide freely on the prongs. Tlvoted on the handle of the fork Is a bar which connects with other bars ex tending to the cleaning bar and to a sleeve which slides on the handle. By moving the sleeve on the handle the cleaning bar slides over the prongs of the fork, removing anything adhering to them. An Electrical Plant. A plant hag been discovered In Nlca rugua wulch appears to e cnargea with electricity. If one of Its branches Is touched with the naked hand a dis tinct shock similar to that produced by a battery Is felt Its Influence upon a magnetic needle Is noticeable at a dis tance of half n dozen yards, and as one gets nearer the plnnt this Influ ence Increases. If the Instrument is placed In the center of the bush It will assume a circular movement. The in tensity of the Influence manifested seems to depend upon the time of day, Kansas City Journal. There Is nothing a woman enjoys get ting so much ns a letter from some married woman that Is stained with I tears. About Con Tentinn 1'rof. Fraser of the Illinois Expert meat Station says that a complete knowledge and mastery of the dairy business cannot be secured without testing each cow. Many farmers and dairymen think this testing of the cows is too much trouble, and do not want to "fuss" around with it but if they considered the profits to be realized from a herd of really good cows as compared with one of poor cow or even a mixed herd, they would soon nee that it really pays to "fuss" around with the scales and Babcock test Where one cow will give good returns for her feed and care there may be another in the stall next to her that Is not paying her board, but la eating up the profits from the paying cow. But Poultry Ttpa. Eggs need to be turned In the Incu bator. Don't neglect it Don't expect prize stock from cheap eggs. Make the nests handy not only to clean out but to gather the eggs from. The wet grass Is no place for the joung chicks, to run unless they are ex pected to die of cramps. A bushel of grain a year for each laying hen is said to be the proper amount to count on In estimating the cost of keeping poultry. Fowls like green food as well as any other class of stock. They need it la their business, so It Is good policy to keep them supplied. Ia, the Sheep Fold. There is that sheep with hair In place of wool. Get her out of the flock- Wool Is what we are after, not hair. As soon as the ewes have all been served get the ram out. He will only be a nuisance from that time on. It Is a good plan to have a little yard how is the owner to know this if he wltn a trou8h made on purpose for the does not test them? A pnir of scales lamljs 38t outside the lot where the and a tester do not cost much, but they 81leeP are kept pay big profits on the investment It Isn't much trouble to count thk Tr" ; sneeP every day- Better do It and be The need of rigid lnsnectlon of flrri. rl" lu"t u" "l mem are r,tuu cultural seeds such as clover and alfni. iue no naB tne credit of being the fa has been again brought Bharply to larm mortSng6 raiser. But sheep will the attention of the authorities of th do 11 3ust a" surely if they c.-e given a Texns Agricultural nnd Mivhnioi cnance. College. Dr. O. M. Ball of the depart ment of botany has repeatedly warned farmers and planters against the dan- Recog-nlse Orchard Peata. If you have an orchard or vineyard you cannot learn ton snnn ta rocnimlza gers of introducing highly pernicious the San Jose scale, coddling worm, cur weeds Into alfalfa and other fields culio, mildew and black rot Do no through impure agricultural seeds. It procrastinate this knowiert t,hi tha has been pointed out that Russian this- orchard and vineyard are injured, of tie, dodder, Johnson grass and several It will be too late.