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10 THE OREGON DAILY ' JOVUNATj. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2s, 1904. SCIENCE OF PRUNING TOLD AND ILLUSTRATED The first point In cleaning up a fruit garden or orchard, is to decide what trees or bushes, if any, should be re . moved entirely. If the tree Is not of . too great age, If the trunk Is sound and & there fs room for It, leave It, no matter '. what the top. You can quickly grow a new top. If tho variety Is not right, graft it to something else at the proper season, which, in this climate. Is in the earlv part of March for nearly all tree ' fruits. Scions should be cut a month ' earlier, drafting wax can be procured readymade at any seed store, and the '- work can be done by anybne, with a lit tle practice. - In pruning, if: the tree is vigorous and healthy and bearing fruit, the nec essary pruning will be merely to thin out the top go that no large limbs will crosi, and so that there is plenty of room for sunlight to get in, and then head back the long, outer limbs so that they will be self-supporting and withm reach. Leave Only Sound Limbs. If - the top Is old and srraggly, dis - eased and scale infested, as so many are, then climb into it prepared to do ,some vigorous work; cut away all dead and diseased wood, even if you must cut three-quarters Of the top. Leave only sound limbs, and those distributed s evenly as the condition of the tre will allow, so -that the new growth may make a shapely top as it comes out. .-This general instruction will apply to all tree fruits except cherries, which should generally not he pruned so se verely. The necessary tools are a small saw and a pair of band shears. Large limbs should be cut as close as pos sible to the parent limb or trunk. All cuts over one inch In diameter should be covered from three to seven day after made, with grafting wax or thick lead- paint to exclude air and facilitate healing. After the tree is pruned, take an old knife or hoe and scrape off all the old, loose bark and bunches of moss; then rake everything up and burn. " Currants and Ooosoberries. Currants and gooseberries should have alt the old wood cut away, leaving four to six of the one and two-year-old "shoots, shortened to the desired length. Then some time during the month of February prepare to give every tree, bush and shrub in your yard, excepting evergreens or such as may be In leaf, a thorough spraying with lime, sulphur - and salt. This Is a universal Insecticide .and fungicide, and In this climate is an absolute necessity to maintain the best health of a fruit tree, whether scale-Infested or not.: - ; , This spray can be used on all decid uous trees and' bushes, while dormant, without any possibility of damage, but Is not to be used diving the growing ' season. Give your trees this spray once . a year even if you never do anything ' else for them. . i Trees Must Be Sprayed. If you wish to hire the spraying done, there are several men about Port land who will do it for from 6 to 25 -cents per tree, according to the sire of tree and ease of access to it. But by all v means insist, that the lime, sulphur and . II i i Cleft grafting a. splitting the stock; b. scion prepared for insertion; ', scion inserted. Successive steps of stock grafting d, splice graft; e, tongue . graft, separate parts; f, tongue graft, parts united; g, wax applied; AJmQTTB B0BHETS 8X0WX. Kiss Emily Dutllh Loans a Collection of Many Tsars. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. Miss Emily Dutilh of 311 South Broad street for many years has been making a collection of bonnets, which, now that it is completed; she has loaned to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of In dustrial Art. These bonnets have now beert placed in Memorial hall, and give an interesting picture of the fashions of a period dating back more than 60 . years ago. They recall the old fashion plates of the early thirties the days of prunella shoes and large hoops, of low cut bodlrfs and silk mlttcno, and the .various uncomfortable-looking garments ; which were worn by the great-grand-, mothers of the present generation. 8om'n of them were- mad by the famous ' French milliners of the period when the . Umpcess Eugenie led the fashions of the world. . Tlw bonnets now in Memorial , liall ar 25 in number, and cover the '. period from 1830 down to 1885. They were all. worn by members of Miss "imtllh's "family, most of-them having been worn by her mother. t In the year 1S2T France possessed for ,th first time a living giraffe. The anl , mal had been sent to Charles X by the Pasha of Egypt, and was placed in the Garden de Plantes. The giraffe soon became exceedingly popular. Never be fore had the Garden des Plantes at tracted so many visitors;, crowds of sightseers rushed to see it eat or walk about, and for several months It en . grossed the Whole attention of the pub lic. 'Dramatic authors constantly al luded to the giraffe In their pieces, and 'the street organs continually repeated ' the tunes that Had been composed in its lienor. Then fashion took it up, -and bonnets a la giraffe' became the fashion. : The nrat bonnet In Miss Dutllh's col lection is one of that period made by the famous Tourtetol. of white silk and lace. '- Thers are a number ,of bonnets of the Iouls Philippe reign, when the great Utile f the Faubourg -St. .Germain uvv wV.'- jPi fdmmmam&Mm .... PROPERLY copied the celebrated actress, Rachel, In the minutest detail of her costume, and even In her most characteristic head dress. It was also the period when reveries, suffering, sacrifice and bound less self-devotion were the themes of the day, and fair ladles voluntarily shed tears because to weep was fashionable. Hence came into fashion the long, figured lace veil, heavily embroidered, which fell in graceful folds from the tops of wide-brimmed bonnets. There is in the collection a specially handsome bonnet of salmon-colored velvet of the period and a number of long em broidered veils. Miss Dutilh has been fortunate to have in hr collection many bonnets of the period of the second empire. At the beginning of the reign of Napoleon III beaver bonnets were generally worn. They were given up because they were very expennij. unsuitable for full dress, dnd soul! lout their color. Velvet bon nets succeeded them, trimmed with black lace or feathers, and drawn bon tiets of gatln or silk or crape bonnets. on which were velvet, heartsease, aurl- Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers!!! Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over SIXTY TEAKS by MIL. UONS of MOTHERS for their CHIljjREM wwie TEHTHINO, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the onvft ALLAYS all PJN S CURES WIND COUC. and U the best remedy for DIARRHfKA. Rom t Druggists la every part of the world. Be sure ssa ass i or -Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrap," and take noother kind. Twenty-ire eta, a bottl -V.r:-' " . - vV'Cu ..... -I., n-AftH PRUNED. salt spray is used, and that It" is made according to the formula given below. If you wish to do. your own spray ing, a hand pump can be purchased, complete with hose and nozzle, for from $3 to $4, and also at the seed stores rqadymade sprays can be purchased, needing only to be dissolved in hot water to be ready for use... In buying insist on getting freShfy-made spray, as all sprays are best when fresh, formula for a Spray, The formula for a lime, sulphur and salt spray is: 1 pound llmej) 1 pound sulphur, 1 pound salt to each 3 gallon of spray. First mix the sulphur to a paste with water, then slack the lime slowly with barely water enough to prevent burning. Then mix the two and place in a large kettle and boll briskly one hour, adding water as needed. Then add salt, boil 15 minutes more, add wa ter enough to make 3 gallons and apply while warm. It is best not to attempt making' large quantities of spray at L once, until used to it. Next week I will give illustrations nd descriptions of some of the most common Insect pests and the remedies. WILBUR K. NEWELL. culas or primroses. The great and' typi cal novelty or i860 was the introduc tion of straw bonnets. Ladles who could afford it wore expensive Leghorn bonnets. ' Miss Dutilh has in her col lection one of these large Leghorn bon nets, and also the enormous bandbox In which It was carefully put away. The bonnets of this period are especially handsome, trimmed with real lace and costly artificial flowers. About the year 1847 a new shape for bonnets was favorably received in the highest circles of fashion. It was of black velvet, with a low, round crown and under brim slightly curved, some thing like a miller's hat Miss Dutilh nas a number of bonnets of this period. The last bonnet in the collection is a small one, a mere apology for the stately headpiece of former times, madef of purple and jet. So small Is it and Insignificant in appearance that it seems to foretell the final disappearance of the bonnet, which during the last few years has been - almost totally abolished. Formerly this headpiece, known as a hat. was only worn on Informal occa sions and by the very young. Now the bonnet is a thing of the past, and no woman . is too old or her face too wrinkled to have perched upon her head a hat. the shape of which would often be trying to a young maiden in net teens. There are also In Miss. Dutllh's collection two dresses which were brought out by her grandfather, Mr. Stephen Dutilh, In 1831. A Serlons Question. From the Balem Journal. A Portland man is accused of tearing out and carrying 'off, with Intentions of reading. . the Oregonian editorial page. If convicted, of course, he will be con mltted to the asylum, and properly be longs there. MRS. L. HART Drugless . , : , Doctor Treats successfully every ailment of the human body. Sexual dis orders and excesses of , youth quickly and effectually remedied. No drugs are lven and no knife employed. Scores of testimonials may be seen. ' ' '; SUITE, 205 AUSKY BUILDING ' Telephone Slack 808S. -' ' GOSSIP ABOUT SOME CURRENT BOOKS "The New American Navy.' John D. Long, ex-secretary of- the navy, With the navies of the world massing their strength, tried and untried; fitting themselves for active combat; waiting with strained cars and nerves for the first gun which, .If sounded, will plunge them Into the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, no more apropos time could have been selected to give the public a work whose significance and value is enhanced a hundredfold by the political conditions of the nations of the world, and the part the navies will play In their readjustment. The work comes from the press -of the Outlook company In two volumes of uniform else of about 400 pages each. Ia,.neatly and elegantly bound In genuine navv blue cloth with red inarkings and gilt lettering, the only ornament being the seal of the U. 8. navy. The first volume begins with the birth of the new navy in 1882-1883, when con gress authorized the construction of three steel cruisers and one steel dis patch boat,- which, however, were never built, but a year after resulted in the construction of the Boston, Chicago, At lanta and Dolphin. In retrospective, the author devotes a portion of a chapter to naval conditions from the time of the Revolution to the breaking out of the Rebellion, proving very conclusively that that gigantic struggle between North and South might have been cur tailed by several years had the govern ment owned sufficient vessels to- patrol the entire southern coast line. The ne cessities born cf that struggle with the gradual evolution from the "wooden tubs' of ante-bellum days, until the Merrlmac sailed out of the James river and sunk '.the Congress and . Cumber land, and the element of metal entered into the construction of naval vessels, Is ona of the most interesting parts of the book. Perhaps because we see It from a longer range and the prejudices and opinions with which we vested our particular heroes have given place to ad miration for the deeds and not the doers. Unfortunately this cannot be said for all parts of this book. Undoubtedly the tx-aecretary wrote from official records, but we are too near to them to forget that even they were disputed by contending factions, and as a history of war events, which occurred during Mr. Long's Incumbency, a generation at least must pass away ere many things are accepted without a question - mark in the minds of the readers. The first volume closes with the marshaling of the navy forces'Mn the harbor of San tiago. A new navy in whose construc tion and launching many congresses and many secretaries lent a hand. A navy that was new to the world; an untried navy whose strength remained to be tested, for the battle of Manila bay, with its causes and effects so clearly stated in the book, was considered .scarcely a test of the new construction and armuraent ol our modern war ves sel. The second volume begins with the siege of Santiago and goes Into the minute details of the battle, as seen from Washington and judged by official record.!. The Sampson-Schley contro versy Is gone over with no new light shed upon a deplorable affair and which should rather be left to sink into ob livion than be perpetuated In history. However, wttn aamiraoie jubucb ana truth the writer says: "Neither of them was essential to the immediate battle, or gave an order that day that affected the fleet's action." The troubles In Samoa and later the Boxer troubles in China and the part the navy took in them is graphically told. Throughout the book is clear, concise and to the point, and written . by one who had every opportunity to observe and appreciate the ktrength and weak ness of our new navy, as its secretary for five years, the book should be of Inestimable value both to the con structors of war vessels and the depart ment that directs their movements. The closing chapter of the book is taken up mostly with personal remin iscences of Secretary Long's associates in the McKlnley cabinet, and In his de partment, social customs, ludicrous and amusing. In Washington society; with his respects to the newspapers. A very full appendix gives many oi the official dispatches and orders with much of the Sampson-Schley matter and the finding of the court of inquiry, with the review of the case by President Roosevelt on the appeal of Schley. 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Japan's Klkado Is More Than as Ori ental rigurehead. From the Kansas City Star. Comparatively few foreigners have seen the mikado of Japan closely. In spite of Its wonderful advance In Oc cidental ldess In' recent years, Japan re tains enough of Orientalism to Insist upon a certain seclusion for its ruler. Mutsuhlto breaks away from his purely Oriental environment occasionally. He goes among his people incognito. While strolling through the streets of Toklo as a young man attired as a common Japanese sailor, Mutsuhlto encountered the first American he had ever seen. Walking boldly up to this son of Uncle Sam, the boy emperor Introduced himself as a young sailor, and, finding the Amer ican could speak a little Japanese, he poured forth- a flood of eager questiori. The traveler from the United States told the supposed sailor a wonderful tale of the results of American civilisation. The Imperial ambition received new stim ulus, and that interview with an Ameri can accomplished much for Japan. Mutsuhlto-tenwo, emperor of Japan. Is the present representative of the oldest royal dynasty extant. He Is the. one hundred and twenty-first emperor of his dynasty, which dates back In an un broke line-8,555 years. He Is the 'direct descendant of Glnmu, the "Divine Con queror," who, according to Japanese mvthology. "descended from heaven on thf white bird of the ctouds." Oinmu's first task In his mythological role of di vine conqueror war the subjugation of the Alnos, a savage, warlike race, whose descendants are still found in the north em extremity of Japan, Having sub dued these fierce Alnos, Glnmu pro claimed himself to be "Tenshl," "the Son of Heaven," and established the still existing dynasty In 660 B. C. It is no exaggeration, therefore. to say . that through the veins of Mutsuhlto-tenwo flows the very bluest of "blue blood." , Personally, J;he emperor has a pleasant appearance. He is very tan for a Japa nese, almost six feet. He Is muscular and well proportioned. He has a broad, high forehead, and, Judged by the most exacting standard of manly beauty, he Is a handsome sovereign.,, ' The mikado takes more Interest In the government than any of his predeces sors. He reads the papers end attends cabinet councils. He takes all the im portant American and English tnaga slnes. He has astonished the upper classes of Japanese by knowing some thing about the government of his peo 'ple. i...- ' The mikado lives In a palace built In the American way, with steel framework made in Pittsburg, Pa. This was done to avoid accidents vby earthquakes, n common in Japan. , 1 '' ; ' 1 Haruko, empress of, "Japan, was a daughter of a Japanese noble. 8he Is 64 years old, two years older than her hus band. Her name, Haruko, means "spring time." t ' ' ' ' M In the mikado's reign he band of ill r 5 ROOTS, HERBS, BARKS AND BERRIES 1 Have been the subject of our study for years. ' We understand their action upon the human system, and are prepared to successfully treat 1 Kidney, Liver and Stomach trouble. Female Complaints and Chronic Diseases which' American doctors cannot handle. Nothing but pure vegetables used. Consultation free. .' ',. , - DR. WING LEE ' , . OHZJTXSB rXYSXCXAB, 880 Burnslde St Portland, Orefon. ' . . 1 feudalism that bound Japan to the mid dle ages were broken; a constitution was granted by him voluntarily; the old so cial order of caste limitations gave way. to a more liberal order of equality; mod ern education,' literature, arts, science and industry were welcomed; the army and the navy were changed from the bow and arrow stage to modern organi sations. It was only, this remarkable advancement In the reign of Mutsuhlto that made It possible for Oriental Japan to be equal to the task of a possible suc cessful war with-Russia, . , 8EX.MOHT WAS PHASED. From ths New York World. William ' Jennings Bryan greeted Perry Belmont yesterday In the Shore ham hotel. ; Mr. Belmont had not met Mr. Bryan since they wero In congress together before Miv Bryan was nomi nated for president the first time.? , . "Ah! Mr. Uolmont,'f said Mr. Bryan, 1 am glad to sea you again. I have been up before tha committee today ad vocating .better accommodations for ths ministers and ambassadors," . ; Mr. Belmont was tickled ' . "He is a clever man." he said. "I was on the foreign relations committee when I was in congress, and Mr. Bryan re membered it, and instead' of naming tha committee he said the' committee, know, lna he had snneared hpfnr m i. mlttee. Clever, wasn't it?" ' --;.