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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1915)
1Y OF THE WORLD By VICTOR REDCLIFFE. (Copyright 1914. by W. G. Chapmin.) "It's settled," announced John Ritchie gloomily, as he entered the humble home kitchen and thre- him self Into a chair with an abandon tnat evidenced strong emotion. His patient-faced wife looked up anxiously, their pretty daughter, Ina, with quick eagerness. Both knew what he referred to,, but silently wait ed for him to explain. "The lawyer filed the will In court today," proceeded Mr. Ritchie. "It leaves everything to Blanche Morton." Mrs. Ritchie grew a trifle white about the Hps, the hopeful gleam died out of her faded eyes. Ina's face quiv ered. She was not avaricious, but she had to confess secretly to a severe dis appointment. She left the kitchen, passed out Into the garden, chose a shaded corner and sat down and cried. "Hardly right, Is it, Nancy?" submit ted Mr. Ritchie to his wife. . "It's hard, John, and unjust," re " (ponded his helpmeet with a gulp, bit terly. "My own brother, too! - see It all now. My dead sister's folks have been courting favor with Uncle Ralph for over a year In the Interests of Blanche. Of course, she's my niece, but we know that she Is selfish and scheming. They tell me that she and her father Just bad Brother Ralph un der their thumb for the last year. ' don't doubt they nolsoned Mb mln' against us and Ina. Poor Ina!' arc Mrs. Ritchie wiped -. tear from ht; eye with the. corner of her pron and resumed bei drudgery tasks with hopeless algh of lesolatlon. It wab, Indeed, hard lor 'ho Ritihler. Things . bad gone wrong with John Ritchie for '.he nast year or two, and be was desperately In iebt There was an old mortgage on the little home, held by Uncle Ralph. They had 'toped at the leas' 'hat he" would remit this. It seemed not, however. Everything had gone to Blanche, mort- mantled. Blanche was selling off ev erything. She offered Itiarsome of the old relics of the family. In tears' Ina selected only a framed, faded pic-; ture df her dead uncle, which bung l the room where he had died. A month went by. Blanche was; urging the closing up of the estate as' speedily as possible. 'One day Mr. Ritchie came home with a serious, worried face. , "There are some pretty heartless neople In the world," he remarked, de-J jectedly. "What now?" questioned his wife. "Blanche. What do you think? Her, lawyer notified me today that we must pay up the mortgage on the place here,' now owned by her." A dull blow fell upon all the hearts within the room. It had meant pov erty before. It was sheer destitution now. The selfish avarice of, Blancne; was apparent. The family decided to' move to another town. Then came a vast surprise.- There came by mall one day a week later a package. It contained the mortgage, the notes ana release deed. The dear old home stead was free of debt! "Blanche has relented!" cried Mrs. Ritchie Joyfully. "No." dissented her husband. I1 have learned positively that Blanche had no hand In this blessed deed. It Is some benefactor friend who does not wish his name known," but the next day he fount", out who It was Albert Telford. Whtt did It mean? Should Ina feel humiliated, or glad? She could not analyze the situation, ye she felt It needed an sxplanatlon. Oh went to the Telford home It was to learn that Alber-. had gone to the city to f 11 .. ner -,n better position. "Oh, my lear," said his mother, ''don', you nnderstand? It was love thai, prompted him to give all he bad 'or your sake." Then It was not the rich Blanche, but 'he poor Ina whom he loved! What could Ina do but feel happy! mm mm Plfe y I winter storage of onion's DEVICE GRADES FRUIT Efficient Way It to 8elect Dry, 6ome-l , what Elevated Place and store In 8ultable Box Frame. - (By E. P. BANDSTEN, Colorado Expert mcnt Station.) Where regular storage for onions Is not obtainable or possible, a cheap and To Command Good Prices Apples Must Number of Machines Are Now on the Market. Be Packed Neatly In Attractive Packages Little Extra Time and Skill la Required. (By W. O. BRIERLT.) More- careful grading and packing w HEN the history of the pres ent European war comes to be written, It will probably be found that the forests of the regions Involved have played a much more Important part than Is suspected by the ordinary reader, says Samuel T. Dana in Amer ican Forestry. A bint of this Is con tained In a, German news dispatch which read, "Heavy fighting continues In the Argonnes. Our troops are mov ing through dense underwood In very difficult ground with siege trains for use against the fortifications. The French troops offer obstinate resis tance, firing from trees where machine guns are posted." It is stated that this same forest of Argonne, which has been the scene of such vigorous and continued fighting during the present war, enabled the French to repulse the Prussian attack of 1792, and nearly eighty years later, In 1870, at the time of the Franco Prussian war, concealed the maneu vers of the Germans before their crush ing defeat of the French in the battle of Sedan. To the westward the forest of Orleans is said to have given the French the opportunity of rallying for their final stand In 1871; while to the eastward the forest of Solgnes, by the shelter which It offered to Welling And then a second wonderful thing .- ,-.. contributed to tha defeat came to light unheard of, extraordl- of NalK)ieon at Waterloo. nary. In cleaning the old picture oi ber uncle, Ina noticed a sheet ot paper folded In Its back. She in spected it. There was the latent will of Uncle Ralph. Practically a prisoner of Blanche and her friends, he had seized a favored moment to make this latter will, just before ne died. It bad been witnessed secretly by two old serv ants, whom Blanche had later dla-charged. There was a great commotion In the town when the news came out. In shame and chagrin Blanche Morton disappeared, meanly taking with her what money she had been able al ready to secure from the estate. "Come home," ran a telegram to Albert in the city, and it was signed by Ina. "I have sent for you to return the money you so nobly gave to us," she told him. "Your mother misses you, and and " "You, too, want me to stay?" in' quired Albert softly. And her blubhes, her quivering lips, her ardent grateful eyes answered him lovingly. That the French government Itself recognizes the forests as a means of defense Is Bhown by a provision in the Code Forestler, adopted in 1827, and still the forest law of the land, that private owners can be prevented by the government from clearing away forests at the frontier wherever these are deemed necessary for defensive purposes. There can be no question but that they are in fact a decided advantage to the army having posses sion of them. Forest Cover In War Zone. In the war zone ot northeastern France conditions as regard forest efficient way Is as follows: Select a dry, somewhat elevated place, not necessarily on a ridge or a hill. On this place set a box or frame ot desired dimensions for the amount of onions to be stored The depth of the box should not be over sixteen or eighteen inches. Pieces of 2 by 4 of apples demands that only apples or Should be placed under the box so that one lze be Put m Package. Some the box will not come In direct con- packers become so expert that they of shot and shell will do much damage tact with the moist soil. The floor of can grade an apple with their eye, but to standing trees, much more than the the box should be reasonably tight, a lot of growers used apple grading damage done similar forests in the After the onions have been thoroughly machines this year to size the fruit. rTanco-frusslan war. cured and tonned. thev should be I A number of machines are now on Equally serious wiU be the havoc Placed In the box and the board the market. They have been devel- wrought by forest Ores. These will be placed on top. The cover should be oped by practical men, so that it is set not only by accident, but also pur water tight Before cold weather sets reasonable to suppose that some ot posely in order to harass the enemy. In keep the cover raised to permit Ten- them win in every way ne sausiac- Tbls was the case in the Forest oil Illation. tory. Complegne, which is said to have been No other protection Is given to the The requirements are first that the fired by the British in order to drive onion, but they are permitted to freeze fruit be graded without any bruising, out the Germans. While the fires maj solidly and when in this state the box second that the apples be graded ac- have been effective from this point ol should be covered with dry straw or curately and third that the speed be view. It also doubtless destroyed veri corn stalks or any material that would great enough to permit a large quan- largely the natural beauty ot the fa prevent the onions from thawing out, tlty of fruit to be bandied in a limited mous forest and seriously disarranged or alternate freezing and thawing. In time. the carefully laid plans for its man the spring ot the year, or when ready One of the simplest machines for to be sold, the covering should be re- grading and sorting fruit is made In moved gradually and the onions per the shape of a hopper with a chute mltted 'to thaw out without coming running from It. The chute gradually Into contact with the sunlight. During increases In size, so that the fruit, as the winter or while in the frozen state, it rolls down drops Into the secondary they may be taken out and gradually chute. Another satisfactory machine thawed out in a cool room. Is run by a treadle. The fruit is In the frozen state the onions will keep perfectly and when thawed out will remain solid for a considerable length of time. Care must be taken that the onlone are dry when placed in the storage and that they are kept frozen through out the winter. The quality of the onions Is not impaired by one freez ing. agement Near Complegne, the scene ot Joai ot Arc's capture in 1430, lies the stati forest of Complegne where there hat been severe 'fighting. This forest which is situated at the Junction ol the Alsne and Olse river, only 61 miles northwest ot Paris, compiisei 36,072 acres and is the fourth largest state forest In France. As in most ol the other forests In this part ot the country, the principal trees are oak, beech and hornbeam, with a few other broadleat trees and a small representa tion of conifers. Previous to the war the forest ot Complegne, with its wealth of old oaks and Its network of roads, was regarded as one ot the finest in France, rivaling even the famous forest ot Fontaine bleau. One section of the forest. known as the Beaux Monts and com prising some 1,753 acres, has in fact been set aside for special treatment to preserve its natural beauty. Where Fighting Has Been Flerct. In the extreme north of France, only 65 miles from the North sea and al most touching the Belgian frontier, lie the state forest of Amand and the private forest ot Ralsmes, in which INJURY BY CARPENTER WORM n jm Insect Is Especially Pleased to Locate In Ragged Scars Where Careless Pruner Has Worked. Machine for 8ortlng Fruit. I poured into a broad chute at the back and is allowed to run Into two grooves. On the sides of these grooves, or run- BOON FOR THE SHIPWRECKED She Inspected It. gage and all. Knowing the ways and worth of that self-centered young ludy, Mr. Ritchie doubled If she would show much mercy. He came upon Ina as he strolled about the garden. She was not aware of his near presence, and he softly stole back to the house, his face more saddened than ever. "Nancy," ho said to his wife, "I want you to be more gentle with Ina than ever. She's out in the gar den crying out her heart. Poor child! You know what that means." "Disappointment about the fortune, I suppose," observed Mrs. Ritchie drearily. "She had a right to expert something, and we certainly needed It badly." "I'm afraid It's that young man. Al bert Telford," said Kltrhle, bluntly. "Why, I didn't think .t had gone that far," remarked Mrs. Ritchie, with a start "I knew he was friendly to Ina and to Blanche, too. In fact, to half the girls In the village." "Yes, but lately he has about equal ly divided his attentions between Ina and Blanche," explained her husband "And I think be has favored Ina. Of course, that's all over and done with now." "What do you mean?" questioned Mrs. Ritchie. "It's the way of the world. Ina poor, Blanche rich. He's a likely chap and can take his pick. It will be Blanch and the fortune, naturally." However, twice during the ensuing week young Telford called at the Ritchie home, as was his wont. He was courteous as usual, but Ina fancied there was a new subdued air ntxiut hltn. She learned that he also vllttd her cousin, Blanche. Telford teemed to be studying her. She could tint fathom III in. No word of love had pursed between them. She wondered If, In his generous hearted w ay. he an not making an effort to break off tlielr close friendnhlp gracefully. She heard great news of her for t'inate cousin, the heiress. Blanche had started out to make a great spread. She was arranging to sell all the property which she had Inher Ited. She was talking of building a mansion home. She had entered on a career of reckless extravagance. One day she Invited Ina to come down to the old home. Ina's heart saddened as she entered the place, to Had It dls- Llfe Preserver Invented by a German Enables Person to Remain Afloat For Days. Hundreds of inventions for the pres ervation ot life In cuso of shipwreck have recently been tested, but what norms to be the safest is a suit which tukes the form of a combination ot life-belt and suit made of watertight cantus, which envelops the whole per son. The suit has sleeves ending In gloves, and there is a port-hole In the head, which can be closed when tho weather Is rough. When this port hole is closed, air enters through tube above the head, this tube being so constructed that no water can en ter. Furnished with this device. It Is claimed that a pussengcr might be thrown into mid Atlantic and live In comfort for many days, while waiting to be picked up. for the suit can be Jit- t (By B. B. DOTEN.) The egg of the carpenter moth Is a ways, are long thin cylinders provided smooth little greenish body, oblong with spirals. The runways as they and slightly larger than the bead of a Pass away from the hopper widen, pin. These eggs are laid by the moth which permits the fruit to fall In cracks and crevices of the bark of through when the proper size is trees where they are moist and out of reached. The cylinders provided with slcht r.f ants nnlitprs. and hunerv snirala revolve so as to rarrv the fruit desporate fighting has been reported, birds. The moth likes to lay its eggs forward. On each side and in front Near them is situated the town of M tn8 Bngie between a large limb are compartments for running fruit Valenciennes, formerly best-known as an(j tne trunk. It Is especially pleased of each size. Immediately in front of with ragged scars where a careless the machine Is a bench for holding a pruner has hacked away a branch. It crate into which the fruit is packed by hand. J v .' .-v V'' V " "- V" -' ;v'a - -Ji i-i M i i , :l',vl ' :V-T: ! 9 fijpp ' M V m SB ST r mm. Only a little extra time and skill are required to market apples properly. If they reach the market poorly grad ed, and bruised, or In dirty, broken packages, they cannot command good prices. Every farm paper advertises the clean, neat packages necessary to show fruits advantageously. Pick with care. Apples should be well colored and large, but still firm. Fall apples may be picked when full size Is reached without regard to color, or the color may be allowed to develop If desired, but the fruit must not be allowed to soften or drop If it Is to be handled profitably. Tery commonly leys them around the 8napen 8nd Na j Carpenter Worms In Wood of an In jured Poplar. IN TtiC FORCST or COMPIOjN& ugly holes already made by the car penter worms. Nearly two hundred and fifty eggs have been removed from the body of a single moth. When the eggs hatch, the young worms burrow for a time In the tender sapwood just beneath the bark, caus ing much sap to flow from the wound ed tissues. As they grow larger and stronger, they bore deeper Into the Anwnnrf In nil lllrprtlnna Thnli hup. rows cross and Interlace, producing FALL CLAN I INti Uh UKwnAnUd results so destructive that the death those ot good color, and as No. 2 those Inferior in coloring. Sort ac cording to size so that every package Is uniform throughout In size ot fruit which It contains. Uniformity In color and size of fruit and size of package, combined with neatness and cleanli ness ot package, will add greatly to the market price of the fruit of the tree often follows. cover vary widely. In the roughly rec tangular area to the northeast of the Seine and northwest ot the Olse, the country Is for the most part very flat, and Is almost wholly given up to agrl culture. To the south of the Olse and equipped wtlh sufficient food and drink the Alsne, it becomes more undulat- to keep a shipwrecked passenger alive ng, with low hills, and here the farm tor a week or more. ! land Is Intersporsed with patches A man or woman using this device ot forest and woodland. Btlll farther tands with feet In a sort of bucket to 109 south and east along the Meuse which forms the base, 'nils bucket nver and In the Vosges mountains, the takes In a certain quantity of water, country becomes still more rugged and which acts a ballast and keep the life- the forests more abundant. the birthplace of Froissart and Wat teau and as the original source of th famous lace of the same name, and re ccntly unenvlably prominent in th war dispatches. To the southeast ot Valenclennei and Maubeuge, where the big fortresi was captured by the Germans earl) In the war, lies the region known b saver and Its occupant upright Furthermore, the apparatus Is pro vided with revolver an., signal lights with which the ohipwrecked passenger can ctgnal for help by day or night Attached to the apparatus are ropes by which two or three people can keep The topography and the distribution of the forests throughout this region probably account largely for the deci sion of the Germans to burl their main attack against France through Belgium rather than through the more difficult route to the south. To these factors themselves afloat U they have not the " ' attributed In large measure good fortune tc bavo one of these life- saving suits. The suit Is the Invention of a Ger man named Gustave Ilernrlch, and he declares that It w III deprive shipwreck ot all lis terrors In all circumstances. Canine Sagacity. A remarkable Instance of canine sa gacity Is rclnted st Nuneaton. The owner of the dog some little time since arrived at Nuneaton from Taunton, In Somerset. He came by rail through Birmingham aLd had his dog (a Pom) with him. The day after hi arrived be missed the dog, and diligent Inquiries failed to discover anything about the animal's whereabout. About a fort night or so afterward he received a letter from Taunton, telling hln. the dog bad "landed there all on Its own." Seeing that Taunton Is something like 160 miles sway. It Is a wonderful In stance of canine instinct London wall. the rapid advance ot the right wing of the German army In the early stages of the war, while the loft made little or no progress. In the north the com parative level, unwooded country In terposed practically no obstacle to the free movement ot the armies, and as a result tho early advance of the Germans here was almost Incredibly swift During the same period, farther to the south In the region of Verdun and Nancy, tbo rugged, heavily woodod country, in conjunction with fortifica tions and strongly eutrcnehed troops, held both armies practically station ary. Serious Damage Is Ctrtaln. To what extent tho forests In the war tone will be Injured during the prog ress of the war la problematical. That they will suffer more or less, however, cannot be doubted Murh wood will be cut for fuel and construction work trees will be felled to block roads; whole stands may be leveled to clear KING IS SUPERIOR VARIETY Experience Shows Many Advantages and Practice Is Becoming General Roots Heal Quickly. Apples Are of Good 8lze and Color and Fruit From Mature Trees Will Keep Fairly Well. There are many good reasons for the fall planting ot orchards. Those who wish to have an orchard or to enlarge the one they already One of the erand old annlea ! hn "M get busy. King. It has size and color. On An orchard pays flve times as much the general name of Ardennes. Lon young trees it Is Inferior In flavor, " trraln per acre and fall planting Is ago in the days ot the Roman occupa but this defect decreases with see' becoming more popular each season tlon this region occupied a raatlj The fruit from mature trees' keeps experience shows Its advantages greater area tban at present, and ex fairly well, too. Some trees bear well, tnd 1,10 Practice Is becoming general. lenoea eastward as lar as ine nuino while others are quite Inclined to aaa " lreB or snruo oecomes Caesar In his Commentaries describe sterility. The worst objection urged dormant It can be moved from one It under the Latin name of "Arduennl against the King Is tbe liability of D,ace t0 "ther and the change of sllva" as the largest forest In Gaul the tree to collar-rot This bas led location will affect It but little. With the advance ot civilization, how to top-working the variety on some When t out In the fall the bruised ever, the forest was gradually cleared hardy stock, by wblch means the evil root DeEn immediately to heal and away until now the region Is restricted u avoided and aood trees in.nr.it callus Is formed, the trees recover to an area some juo miles long oy eui ny cutting scions from trees having a .u'Ckly from the moving, soon become miles wide, divided about equally be good record for bearing, the fault of Irmly established and with tbe first tween France and Belgium. sterility may be In part corrected. As toucn ' Prlng are ready to go into South of tbe Ardennes Is the forest I the fruit la In aood demand, tha Kin business for themselves In a vigorous oi Argonne, concerning wuicu so mucu mi an apple Tor the Consideration of has been heard In the present war at the commercial arower. thouirh in Again, the ground Is generally In tne scene oi many vigorous encoun- plant largely of It would hardly be ter condition for planting In the tors. The region to which the name U advisable. fall than In the spring for much spring commonly applied comprises a rocky, . '. plnntlng Is done when the ground Is forest clad plnteau some 63 miles long Repair the Chicken Fenca. t for results. by 19 miles wldo, extending from the See to It that the posts of the chick- Mutt Keep Good Blrts. If we ever get this stock raising plateau of the Ardennes on the north en fence are not rotted off so that to the plateau of Haute Marne on the they will fall over In the winter atorms nn irlll anil I la hniinAAfl he flHAl a I . l n . m . 1 . ,uvu. , lu .n. .v buu iwisi me pounry tence an out ot business on a firm basis where we can ? Tr erf,!ni?.n "l! iZ.Sl ,hBpo' te lch particular strain our ,.,.... - . ; animals belong, every farmer must " UB,:u "UB""' n Aooreviatea Blessing. keep good sires for his own hords ary engagement oi m war. ium Another abbreviated blessing adopt- and not depend on the servlcos of bit pwiemii u .u ...B ea oy inrmers, aiong witn the horse neighbor's males at breeding time, about 1,160 feet and, like the Ar loss wagon and plow, Is the barblest dennes, is much dissected by many wire fence. Trap for Beetles. precipitous gorge. , unuoi u Cucumbers and squash have the u,u,.,.... . ... nvoiQ dbksq son, same enemies, but the beetle will inereginn nmiinm; .u.iu wu,u, i oe grouna snouia never b allowed leave the cucumber for the squash a natural barrier to any hostile lnya I to beconv baked, as In this condition which Induces some growers to plant sion Because oi me met a great deal or moisture Is tost un- a few squash vines near cucumbers ana our riTer. .i uul. necessarily. ta order t0 trnp ths beetles. the way for crdllcry Are; and the rain pmuui v uia ricutu vui ywi i j