FARM m
Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
of Oregon and Washington, Specially
DECORATION OF THE FARM
HOUSE.
By Miss Esther V. Leech, Instructor
in Department of Domestic Art,
at the Oregon Agricultural
College.
"Country life is a book whose
pages are yet uncut," and one of
these pages treats of the decoration
and furnishings of the country house.
The country house should, above
everything else, be In keeping with
"God's Out-of-Doors;" a place that
will not be contrary to nature but
in harmony with It; a place that is
a part of the country, not a blot on
the country. It is folly to attempt
to introduce any new beauty there,
for it already abounds everywhere,
in shaded woodlands, in corn rows,
in field corners, on rocky ledges, in
quiet pools as lilies and in quiet
skies as stars. You cannot make an
inventory of its beauties, they baffle
you. .At the same time the country
is laden with ideas and therefore one
is never bankrupt for opportunities
if one only takes the prruer attitude
towards them. This is wny so many
farmers fail to keep their sons and
daughters on the farm. They take
a wrong and narrow view of the sit
nation. They do not realize that
beauty is wealth."
On many a farm we find stock and
crops, machinery and equipment
wealth showing everywhere except in
the .house and yard. Indoors there
are cither few or unattractive car
pets, chairs and pictures, no books
nor magazines, not a tree In the yard
nor a shrub nor a flower, nothing to
call forth an honest pride In the
home. This house, instead of being
the most attractive and dearest spot
on me tarm, is the most neglected.
moet repulsive and consequently the
most; unupopuiar.
Although the beauty of the house
should compare favorably with its
surroundings, one should not forget
Its purpose. For the country house
must be as useful as beautiful. Use
and beauty are not enemies and can
well be yoked together to supply this
need. With this in mind why not
make the keynote of the furnishings
durability? For instance, a good dark
oak finished woodwork lasts for years
and is always good. Tinting in browns
and tans or even some green last
and are never offensive, no matter
what other colors may be introduced
Into the rooms. These, in various
combinations, are good for living
rooms, halls, dining rooms and dens.
The kitchen seems to call for a
more simple painted Interior of some
clean cool color and the bed rooms
for lighter woodwork and more deli
cately tinted or papered walls.
It is a matter of economy to pos
sess every possible -labor saving de
vice which makes it possible for the
inUenigent woman to keep house
without over exertion. The chief of
these are lightweight utensils, non
rusting dishes, dull finished and sim
ply constructed furniture with ball
bearing castors, good floors, few and
-simple hangings, no useless bric-a-trac,
kitchen fittings, which are san
. Itary, and bedroom fittings which
may be cleaned by draught of fresh
air and a glow of sunshine.
One cannot lay down rules as to
how every woman should furnish her
hotisa for, to some extent, the deco
ration of the home must be repre
sentative of the originality of the
decorator.
There are, however, some sugges
tions that we should keep in mind.
First, remember that "simplicity is
the fundamental note of good taste."
Then It is use that gives anything
a permanent place. William Morris
expresses this well in this statement:
"Have nothing in your house that you
do not know to be useful or believe
to be beautiful." Furnishings now-a-days
may be procured which are
both good and inexpensive. Try to
maks the furnishings ' harmonize in
quality as well as in style and color.
If some rooms appear either too
8innll or too large, cover the defect
with the style of decoration. Bo a
friend to the straight line and let it
guide you in your furnishing.
The temperament of the household
will depend much upon the prevail
ing . color scheme. Brightest colors
should be used on the side of the
bouse where the least sunshine en
ters. Natural colors, which grow
. with us as we live with them, are
most useful.
Do not buy a chair only because
it Is pretty. Chairs are made to sit
on and not to look at. Consider the
comfort of such furniture. Arrange
furniture so as to give refinement,
dignity and balance to the room. Be
adroit, almost to the point of genius,
' in choosing your window draperies.
Heavy draperies do well to shut out
a view of an alley, but commit an
-unpardonable offense when they hide
the view of a beautiful sunset, a
snow capped peak or a ripening field
or grain.
Pictures detract or add to the an
pearance of a room. Do not mix
oils, watercolors, etchings and en
gravings. Good pictures that mean
something are pleasing to all of us,
"liefore buying one consider your wall
-space, color scheme and light of
room. A picture will usually suggest
'its own frame. Pictures are hung
:at the present time fiat against the
wall on a level with the eye, varying
according to whether the picture is
ORCHARD
Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions
to be viewed standing or sitting. Bet
ter no pictures at all, however, than
cheap pictures. Cheap in taste, not
price, for. very ' good prints of the
masterpieces may be obtained now
for only a few cents.
Avoid a best room, have every
room in the house mean something
and be suited to the thing for which
it is used. However, if the home is
a normal one there will be some
where in it a center of interest
Sometimes it is a beautiful conserva
tory, again a library, a music room,
a fireplace, a favorite porch, a door
step from which one may view the
setting sun, in some cottages it has
been a humble reed organ, in otners
the room of an invalid member of the
family, or it has been hundreds of
other things according to the tastes
and whims of the inhabitants.
When we learn to combine beauty
and utility, to avoid buying what we
do not need and buy what we need,
but feel we cannot afford, to simplify
housework in every way possible,
then country life will take on new
charm and the country house will
become what it ' should be, a place
to live in, to work in and to sit and
dream in after a day with the herds,
the growing things and Mother Earth.
Cause of Explosions In Flour Mills.
An English firm of millers, troubled
with dust explosions, set about dis
covering the cause of ignition of the
dust. The mills use the steel roller
process 6T patent flour, and iron or
steel particles in the grain were sus
pected of coming In' contact with the
steel rolls eand emitting the spark,
causing the explosions.
Accordingly, an apparatus was de
signed by which all the grain subject
to the rolls first was passed over high
ly magnetized steel arresters. The
result was strikingly in proof of the
theory. These electro magnets col
lected steel and iron particles ranging
from the microscopic up to box nails
several inches long. With a standard
equipment of arresters capable of pass
ing 1,000 bushels of grain an hour, so
much metal collects that several timea
a day the magnets must be swung
aside and brushed clean of their ac
cumulation. Chicago Tribune.
Loses Life for 50 Cents.
In trying to win a bet of 50 cents.
and to prove to friends that he was a
daring climber and not afraid to look
down from great heights, Foster An
derson started up a 40-foot flagpole at
Bergenline avenue and Eleventh
street.
Anderson, who was married, and the
father of three Bmall children, laughed
when he called to a party of friends:
"This is the easiest money I ever
mon."
He reached the top of the pole with
out apparent exertion, . and then to
make sure of winning his bet he
stood on top of it. He lost his balance
and dived to the street. His death
followed a few minutes later. New
York World. '
FASHION HINTS
This smart little bliuk velvet suit is
very connervative in style, but built on
lints that are ulways good. The panel
front is universally becoming.
Hat and muff are of seal skin.
HELD AS GRIP THIEF
SCHOOL TEACHER IS THEN CON
VICTED OF LAND FRAUDS.
Suit Case Gives Better Evidence Than
Stolen Property Man Is Given
Term In the Leavenworth
Prison.
Sioux Falls, S. D. J. E. Darling,
school teacher and alleged profession
al wholesale grip thief, has been ta
ken to the federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan., to serve a sen
tence by the United States court of
one and a half years for perjury in a
iana case.
Darling combined his alleged grip
stealing with teaching and making en
tries of homesteads. For a time he
taught in a little country school in a
remote region in Brule county, a Mis
souri river county in the central part
of the state, and, later, in a country
school' at Crandall, Brown county, in
the north central part of the state. .
It was at Crandall that Sheriff
Parmley of Brule county found him
with a warrant and arrested him on
the charge of the larceny of some
grips. The sheriff was then unaware
of the importance of his capture.
Thirty-five .grips, it was alleged, were
found in Darling's possession, and his
arrest on a federal charge followed In
spection of the contents of his own
grip, in which, It was charged, were
found papers showing be had made
entry to several homesteads under dif
ferent names. The federal authorities
charged film "with perjury and he was
indicted on this charge.
For two and a half years grips
were stolen at stations In several
states. Some of the best railroad de
tectives in the country were put on
the trail of the grip thief, but were
unable to catch him because he flit
ted about the country from place to
place and frequent changes In name
also helped to baffle the detectives.
It was decided that the same grip
thief was operating in the states from
Ohio to Montana.' Aoout two hundred
grips were stolen at railroad stations.
The grip thief would pheck stolen
grips to himself at soiriif other point,
go- there, steal the grips again, hide
them, and then complain to the de
pot agent of his loss. Then a claim
would be put In against the railroad
company, and in many Instances he
was paid for the grips declared to-be
lost
It was while traveling about the
country engaged In stealing grips,
it was alleged, that he made the va
rious entries of homesteads charged
to him. One entry was In the name
of William P. Darling, one in the
name of Alton! J. Darling, another in
the name of Earl Darling, and he is
said to have asumed the names of
Andrew J. Brown and Abraham C
Darling. It was said that he made
two homestetad entries In the Rapid
City (S. D.) land district, and one
each In the Belle Fourche and Lem
mon land districts In western and
northwestern South Dakota.
Darling, It was charged, checked a
grip to a small station, where a youth
was agent, baggage-master and opera
tor, stole the grip, bid it, and when
the boy agent could not honor bis
check, declared the grip contained
$1,500 worth of Jewelry, for which he
must be reimbursed or he would have
the boy discharged.
The 'frightened agent, it Is said, paid
$50 to Darling and promised to pay
the remainder in $10 monthly pay
ments, several of which were paid, it
is alleged, before Darling was arrest
ed and convicted in the land case.
HORSE DIES WITH HIS OWNER
Massachusetts Innkeeper's Will Di
rects Death by Chloroform for His
Faithful Friend.
Boston, Mass. John Drewsen, for
years proprietor of the Hotel High
land, Washington stret, Roxbury, who
died the other day, directed his execu
tors to chloroform and kill his chest
nut horse on the day of his own death.
Pursuant to the provisions of the will
the executor of the' will promptly had
the animal chloroformed.
The horse hadbeen in the posses
sion of Mr. Drewsen for many years
and there was' a strong attachment be
tween the two.
Of recent years the animal was too
old and infirm to be taken out of the
stable, but Mr. Drewsen visited It fre
quently day and night
His Tapeworm Gets Drunk.
Danville, 111. Lafe McKenzle of
Breathitt county, Kentucky, says he
has a tapeworm that craves whisky.
He gave this as an excuse In police
court in explaining why he was intoxi
cated. McKenzle said he acquired the
tapeworm while young and that the
tapeworm In turn soon became fond of
whisky. He said he had a fierce time
of it The Judge was not greatly Im
pressed and said the tapeworm's latest
"Jag" would cost Lafe $4.10.
KILL THE POULTRY INSECTS
Several Remedies, If Properly Applied,
Will Eradicate Mites Few Ef
fective Formulas.
(By C M. WELLS.)
Several remedies, if properly ap
plied, will kill the mites. The eggs
remain, however, in every part of the
house in the roof, the cracks, the
nest boxes and roosting places. So
you must paint every part of the
house, not forgetting the inside roof,
and there are many effective formulas
for this. I reproduce some, and which
one Is the most convenient for you to
use eccept it:
Take one gallon of coal tar (a by
product from any gas plant), four
ounces of carbolic acid or four ounces
of creolin and one quart of kerosene.
Mix well and apply with a paint brush.
One most easily made and obtained
Is one gallon of ordinary whitewash
made of lime, one-half pound of sul
phur and four ounces of either creolin
or carbolic acid, to be mixed and ap
plied with paint brush.
Either "of these formulas will kill
the eggs and you should not have fur
ther trouble in six months.
The insects that Infest the grass
and weeds are troublesome for the
fowls. There are ticks and gnats
which may cause sores on the head,
but an ordinary salve rubbed on the
afflicted part will cure it
The chicken lice remain on the
fowls at all times and must be suffo
cated with dust of some kind or by
dipping the fowl in a disinfectant
which is not poisonous to the fowl
Many people dust their fowls month
ly with a powder, and the formulas
following are probably as good as any:
Of one pound of flowers of sulphur
and four ounces of coal tar camphor
(naphthaline flakes) use tour pounds
of very fine plaster of parts. Mix
thoroughly and keep dry in a closed
vessel. Use by dusting among the
feathers."
Another mixture Is made of one
pound of air slacked lime, one pound
of snuff and five pounds of road dust.
Mix thoroughly and use as above di
rected. -
One of the most effective ways of
giving the fowls comfort is keeping a
dust bath box about four feet square
and six Inches deep filled to within
two Inches of the top with wood ashes
(to which Is sometimes added a pound
of sulphur). The fowls will dust them
selves and practically rid themselves
of lice. The old methods are some
times entirely effective, and they are
certainly simple. The fowls enjoy
them, and you are saved much extra
work.
METHOD OF RAISING SHEEP
Economical and Profitable Manner Is
Described That Seems About as
Practical as Any Other.
A neighbor of mine has a way ot
handling sheep which seems to me to
be about as Inexpensive and as profit
able as any, though some of your
sheep experts may criticise It, says a
writer in the National Stockman.
Each year he breeds 60 good fleeced
Merino ewes to a Sou'.hdown ram.
He saves ft bluegrass pasture all fall
for these ewes and they run In It all
winter, with hay either in rack or
stack for them to run ro at will. He
feeds a little grain In the latter part
of the winter, corn and oats mixed,
and he estimates the quantity at
about a half bushel of the mixture for
each ewe. The ewes lamb with early
grass and the lambs ara sold in July
without any feed. He averages one
lamb per ewe and, of course, the
price depends on the market The
ewes have been shearing about $2
worth of wool In recent years and the
lambs selling for $3 to $4 apiece.
These figures he regards as satisfac
tory considering the small amount of
labor and grain Involved. I have
thought that his Iambs might be made
to bring more money with some feed
ing, but he says It would require more
time and attention during the busy
part of the year and be prefers his
present plan. It would not work well
everywhere, but it is all right where
the winters are not too severe and
good bluegrass pastures can be had.
The fine-wool ewe Is an excellent
mother for one lamb, and the South
down Merino ewe Is easy to keep,
hardy and produces a good fleece, but
sometimes it is hard to buy the right
kind for this work.
Care of Sheep.
-Sheep are nervous animals and ot
rather delicate constitution and suffer
more from bad ventilation and over
crowding than any other animal on
the farm; It Is a mistake, therefore,
to confine sheep during the winter In
close quarters. If kept dry their
fleeces will keep them warm. Who
ever heard of sheep freezing to
death?
The rams should never be fed fat
tening food, but should be given the
kind of food that will add strength
and stamina. They must never be
allowed to run with the ewes at will,
but should be separated from them.
ARE YOU FREE
-FROM
Headaches, Colds, Indigestion,
Pains, Constipation, Sour Stomach,
Dizziness? If you are not, the most
effective, prompt and pleasant
method of getting rid of them is to
take, now and then, a desertspoon-
ful of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy Syrup
of Fist and Elixir of Senna. It is
well Known throughout the world
as the best of family laxative reme
dies, because it acts so gently and
strengthens naturally without irri
tating the system in any way.
1 o get its beneficial effects it u
always necessary to buy the genu
ine, manufactured by the California
rig byrup Co., bearing the name
of the Company, plainly printed orj
the front of every package.
Plant breeding and selecting
has been our business for years.
We market tin results In the
shapeof thoroughbred vegetable
and tlower seeds. They grow
Eood crops.
ISIS SCtO ANNUAL
ME( ON RIQUIST
HM.Ferrjl Co., Detroit, Mloh.
If you ' use Eye Salve use the best
Pettit's Eye Salve is the standard,
is reliable and costs no more than infer
ior goods that are unknown. Used by
Physicians and Oculists, helps where all
others fail. It is not the Tube or Box
that cures, it is the Salve that does the
work. Guaranteed by Howard Bros,
under the Government Food and Drugs
Act Don't be deceived or misled. The
only really antiseptic Eye Salve that has
been in the market for years. Sold by
Druggists throughout the known world.
Fine Art of Giving.
"If one waits to find perfection In
his friend he will probably wait long,
and live and die unfriended at last
The fine art of living, indeed, Is to
draw from each person his best"
Lilian Whiting.
Reverses Don't Feaze Him.
There are many poets who think
themselves unappreciated. But we
have noticed that this doesn't keep
them from writing more poetry.
Savannah Press.
PILES CURED IN g TO 14 DATS
Tour drag-gist will refund money if PAZO OTWT
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching-, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding; Piles in 6 to It days. 50c
Small Sins Only the Beginning.
It is astonishing how soon the whole
conscienoe begins to unravel, if a sin
gle stitch drops; one little Bin -indulged
in makes a hole you could put
your head through. Charles Buxton,
Use of the Horse.
Owing to the advancement of sci
ence it would be possible to get
along without horBes now, if it were
not for the necessity of having a few
of them at the nnmml horse shows.
100
Years Old
Enshrined Within the Heart.
It Is significant of the spark of di
vinity within us, that no matter how
depraved one may be, one seldom
fails to recognize and hold a certain
respect for truth and justice.
Fabulous Price for Tulips.
Though orchids frequently bring
prices that make the poor man stag
ger, the highest price for a single
flower was given for a tulip In Am
sterdam by an enthusiast who paid
$250,000 for it.
Crowded Manhattan.
In one small portion of Manhattan,
N. y., is a population greater than
that of Arizona, or of Delaware, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Ore
gon, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
Rhode ' Island, Utah, Vermont w
Wyoming.
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