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r old of .th: " Br a M.-Hyskell. IX "MORS war than one has tlm- bar, the greateat aaeet of th Pa cifio northwest. become a aubjeot of aearching .Inquiry, - Legitimate "investments, amounting . to tnany -millions of dollars annually, are being put Into Pacific coast timber. ,'Mucb, of this money come from eastern cap , ltalista ?wh personally know Uttla about a forest tree, but who rely an4 ; risk their million upon ' an examina tion and report made by a "crnleer." In the -last three years, it 1 estimated that no lea than 150,000,000 of east-' ern and southern capital has been trans ferred to Pacific northwest timber. In former years, when It vm com mon to see beautiful fir forests sold at 25 cents per 1,000 feet, on , .th stump, methods of determining the amount of merchantable lumber In a given tract were crude, amounting- prac tically to guess work. In th last few years old methods have bn rapidly changing, , for the reason, that -timber values have been doubling, and in eom instances quadrupling. Th history of th disappearance of Michigan, Wis-, consln and Minnesota forests has been teaching Investor valuable lessons to. ba applied to the vast timber opera tlons in th Pacific northwest, where it has been said by J. J. Hill that "a single crop of timber from an acre of ground furnishes more railroad ton nag than would the aam acreage of wheat la 60 years." - .. j ,t. Tree. Worth More Than Sheep. . , It Is being recognized by Investors that guesswork don't pay. A tre Is worth more than a sheep. ; When It is . realised that a buyer does not purchase a flock of sheep without firat count- ing the .sheep and examining their physical condition, th importance vt an accurate cruise of the foreat be comes paramount with th Investor. The trained timber cruiser may out wardly appear to be an Ignorant back woodsman, yet he ranks with the high est paid artisans in th country. His pay ranges in most cases iroiu a to 17 per day and expenses. The life of the timber "cruiser" is not without Its atmospher of grandeur and Its color, of romance. He works and sleeps under the shadows of the kingly forest. The campflr 1 his evening light; his muslo la th myriad voices of the night; the grim owl's recurrent monologue,' me encaers and perhaps the coyote's distent kl-yl in some far canyon. And theae are blended Into the wind'a strange whisp ering through th tree tops, a sound that often is marvelously Ilk th dirge of the sea. For weeks,' or months, the cruiser tolls up and down th for est, by day counting and measuring Its merchantable values, and by night stretching his tired limbs in slumber under Its protecting boughs. No occu pation lends more health and strength to the human frame, and no life Is simpler or happier. MOTHER LOVE By Wkeeler Wilcox 0 NE of the moat remarkable plays v.r nroduced in New York, or in ever prooucea in rew xors. or m the world, ao lar aa its meas ana symbolic philosophy ar con- earned, is "A Servant in th House." Manv neonle will not agree with Statement I have heard it called Oy D , . " , .nnii.ii every Ignoble name that can be applied to k nleca of dramatic work; and again I have heard it praised Just aa elab- To me it was particularly pleas- e it was particularly pleas- bear the full searchlight of investiga c It Illustrated by Its sym- tlon. I can love you better knowing Ing. sine It Illustrated by its sym- bols and In its dialogue everything " lT.i. it. k.n- i kl wi I 'n imi it vn. Linn k miu miwi, w r , th roit nrinclnlea of life and rclltrion. Never have I sees, any play. or read and religious philosophy, whlcn brought before my Dooerxiction or mint! so vividly my own loeai 01 cue great master and teacher. Christ as thi ni this play. presentation of some tremendous re- fivimi trutttia th nlKv contained other Important ideas. One which ran through the entire drama like a thread of fire, should be a lesson to every wife who sees the play. Th. wlfa nf th drama ia a "devoted wife." ' 8he has her husband's "beat intereats" always In mind; she thinks or nothing but his advancement, his success, his glory: and it is by her devotion and in- fluence that the husband had reached a hleh altitude in the church, and has power, place and opulence. That is a good wife's duty, you will say, Wait Until You Study. But wait until you study this play; wait until you hear presented In force ful and intense language those deeper convictions and those higher ideals of what love should seek for its object Perhaps, then, Jrou will hold a different ideal of what constitutes read devotion, real love in a wife, or a mother. The play Is a plea for the unraercen ary, unworthy and unselfish elements in human love, those elements which make a wife or mother urge her hus band or her son to accept obscurity and f overty if need be, rather than to climb o place and power and opulence over one least sacrifice of principle, one ig noble or petty substitution of false ideal for a true one, one moment's forgetful ness of what constitutes that much talked or and little practiced theory orotnernooa. The wife of the play haa pushed her husband from poverty and obscurity to a place of power In a fashionable church, and she is ready to have him attain still greater eminence, though accepting "tainted money." The husband's broth er, who is a ''common workman1' and a "fallen man" besides. Is religiously kept In the background, because he would reflect upon the head of the church and antagonise a very haughty and proud "Christian" brother of the wife. She believes that she Is the most unselfish and devoted wife on earth! But Is she? The question Is worth a little study on your part It is a ques tion of moment today; a question whose answer Is to help or undermine our American nation. "Other men get along; other men make money; ..why can't you? Is a phrase familiar to many a man's ear before he decides to enter Wall street, or to at tend the races and bei on the horse "after a tip," or to borrow a little money from his employe, sure that he will return it with Interest later. In seven cases out of each ten a woman has been the immediate or remote cause of a man's dishonesty. Ballot Not Needed. It is often eald that woman doea not need the ballot, because shs possesses a more "subtle Influence"; but it would be well if every woman fitted herself to oast an intelligent ballot, and If the country which allows this privilege to allisut idiots and convicts allowed it also" to its' intelligent ' women. The "subtle pbwer" of woman would then be augmented by her larger, wiser, more comprehensive power. It Is because she has never developed her full reason ing faculties that she often Incites the ambitions of husband or son to un worthy aims and still believes she Is the ideal wlf and mother. 1 Over and over In these columns ' a: plea has been made for the education of mothers.- the - education which should make them understand that love is only great and true love when it makes Its . - . wMvoa kujcvi uunniurr im nitnti or an oiner createrT thlna-a whan it nr.fnr. tn. ... . Its object delayed or hindered .In an ambition rather than to see success at- talned through pushing aside a orlnctole . . uta Accidents- are rare, but a timber cruiser disabled and alone confronts a crisis that may spell death in one of its worst forma . The forest Is kindly in the caress of Its ahade and peace-' ful aolitude; but when grim disaster comes it is remorseless., silent, offer-.. Ing no succor for the broken maa wht) lies helpless , In Us fastnesses, 'r ' ,,j "','' ? Save CruiserV life. I recall th haggard face of a young cruiser who was bleeding to death un der the giant sugar nines that -, cover the' foothills of th Cascade rang In Klamath county, ' Oregon. While at tempting to fashion a stake his sheath knife had slipped and severed the arteries of his left . wrist. It was a hot day, and he was deathly sick from loss of blood When, by the merest chance, he was found by two other cruisers. They tied a piece of stout cloth loosely about his arm, just above the elbow, and under the cloth they slipped a stick about 12 inches long. By turning the stick the bandage was tightened around th arm until it stopped th oiroulatlpn of blood to the wrist. Whil the woodsman's pain mul tiplied, loss of the precious red fluid was held In check so lorrg as the stick was held In position and the bandage did not break. In this condition the injured man reached a stage road a few miles dis tant, where It crosses the Cascades between Fort Klamath and Pokegama, th latter a lumber camp on th east, slop of b range, connected by a log ging road with Thrall, a way station in the Siskiyou mountains on th main line of th Southern Pacific railroad in northern California. Alone and with out medical attendance the unfortunate cruiser traveled until the following day at noon,' when he reached Redding, Cal ifornia, where th services of a sura-eon were secured to mend the uvnil arteries. When last I saw htm he sat on the rough board platform of ' the little depot at Thrall, and leaned wear ily back against the shady side of the shack, snd waited for the arrival of the southbound overland train. Reflecting upon some of th scenes of suffering i hav witnessed in far T laces, I am impressed with the qual ty of heroio fortitude exercised by the average city man or woman who screw a up enough courage to got a tooth pulled or a boil lanced. Must Face Danger. Th timber cruiser and the log driv er must be ready and resourceful In the face of disaster, and possess strength to meet tests of physical en durance. The accidental turning of an ankle, th breaking of a leg, and the man alone in the foreat may never leave it. If he Is short of will power. George T. King, riding at the head of a log Jam down the Ocheouo river, in Michigan, suddenly found himself thrown Into the water and struggling among the logs that in an Instant had been keyed in by a submerged "plg- Ell idea is precisely what makes one of the snining tnreaas in tne wonaeriui woor ..gervlnt ,n lhe Houge,.. 0n)v the wlfe inBtoaa ot tne mother, stands as th type needing education. . woiua db interesting to Know just how many excellent Christian women in any of our large cities today, or in self lust how your expression of devo thls our lesser towns, for that matter, serl- tlon is manifesting Itself. "u"y, "jeoi io naving meir niiSDanns gamble when they are successful. How jany ftre ready & say ..j would pref(,r a cheaper rent last year's garments. and no yjvJ" bear the full searchlight of lnvestiga- J,on- I can love you oetter knowing "'"'t oeyona reproacn m everv business transaction, and T can . - . . . . . oe happier m this knowledge, even If ' etan tc tea way or living, ' . "y. ?. even question how you obtained your --f.-. . ,w . . v,.. . roomer or a. wiie reeis mis Kina or love ror ner son or nusoano, she . . . . . . . he an do for her worldly pride and comzort . , Loves the Beautiful. . , Tn mother or wife who lovea the beautiful tm hrrterlatlra whlnh make real manhood will Inanlr. . snn ma"a ai mannooo, will inspire a son ""u . uc, miner mmi 10 bci-hj. She will strengthen him to find hapnl- ... nnn.oln.,-.. t w. .K.,,lt. "1 T T.k ' 7i absolute Integrity-and truth, and large- . . - - ww...... r " vi . - hi u i i vj 1 1 i.M v i i n i uui. in o uiit.li ni ii n in 1 1 1 1 1 - i rii in inn nurses or ine west innies ionur Jlf.S!; ffiuJ,UJ ro7j?!' . and for long weeks inniany parts'of lncom nih... .WriV. .i C im"ii.ra xv , v Y , " "'""vlii, i"-"l" i'" 'I a ot ..anaoa winaian apples iorm tne horse s ale, Dut oh2m nn .".5 wi,.Pf" blr "P?1" of lfl"S steeplechase great difficulty to write backward if only food. In Tasmania peaches and In make a schemes, and frauds, and brutality. which requires considerable stamina as they concentrate their attention and will Arahta. riat. ti th r.i f h. w AH . .1 . rfll (M M.lr. kt II 1 1 .1.111 " .w, limn, uiui t .ail,, WC11 US B&lll. ROGUE RIVER FRUIT PROSPECTS Largest Crops Promised Orchards Tkrougk Blooming and Fruit Appears 17 3 ? Ai;fl. ; 'n-' . -. w ijsw o Ti X I v i . "v .ArV , lV sV;.,v J 54' r. t.' I ONE Of the largest prOps on record is in prospect in the Rogue river valley this year. The croo Of HOT w.. .n 1 . 4 waa an immense one tnn -f uric v was an immense one and -fancy prices were realised, but th pros- pacts ar mat in pass that of the . .. ... . - a nroharAa im VrcnaraS ar tna young fruit exeentlnn of a orchards nlanted vouci tuHuuwi. no uaiuag nas Dcen 19 vs cron will rai aur- v. . ; . , - - . ...... v. w.u wwiun , uu, .c.w, ,ioih .uv hvbi . yuu, uu wr- u bo neavy inac xn orancaes pienxy 01 i"ru" I1" lnc" b5'v! (2undwtnat per" 4 Vt r a'mply-laden with young fruit, tograph shows one of the largest and -touch the grdund. "V, T y -Nu one ever interferes with m. t previous year. , , - ter on tne hillsides than on the bottom PerhaD nowhere in the world do th oldest eherrv trees in Jackson county In Thla v. a nnn ...... liaht a fira. anJ I never t t through blooming and lands and hence the great bulk of pear fruit tree bloom more, heavily than in full, bloom. The brees caught the tree, orchard apples and rears have been sot 'noney. is well set With the C u ,mra mr? on,""' niusiaes ana nav tne KOgue river .valley. Every brancn the same time that the photographer out in the Rogue river valley in the dis- -When !arxn"e corrics nn r j. it few of tha Blrtat. na untoucbd oy frosta None ot the and twig on which there Is room for a-snapped his camera. The othej: photo- trlci of Medford. making a total acre- my big umbi-i -, i.k my bo.., o- . In the lowlanria nf th in Tv, i i, 7 t' , . . ,. p;"'n asvrrar siuca on ana is. Krupn snows a youna- commercial or- age exceeding Jo. 000 . acres in Chocs put niy ' K ' iron" Norway pin. The next moment he was. crushed against a stump pro jecting from the bank,- - and rolled around th stump out of further harm's way. but with th bones Of bis right leg broken near th thigh.. It happened at sunrise," :';,- - At noon, he had crawled along a forest trail and reached a remote stag station, still IS miles from Sheboygan, th nearest town where a surgeon was to be found,,, H lay in torture until afternoon of th following day, wait ing for v th Stage, and then traveled in it . to Sheboygan, with his swollen limb bursting: by degrees through the earns of his overall a But he . was young, and strong, and six weeks later h put off again to th forest; where his Ufa ' has thus far .been spent - He is now a resident and timber . operator at Eureka, Cail- xorma, . - , - "My experience in th woods of the Pacific slop has been that we never are bothered much with any wild thing excepting skunks and porcupines," h said. "Th skunks will leave your camp or cabin, peaceably If you wilt gently shoo them out as you would an ordinary cat Th porcupines will sneak into camp and " eat .- your shoes, for the salty flavor, and go away with out doing further damage unless they : happen to get hold of your piece of bacon." : - . ., - . .-. ""' - :' ' ' " ; v- . '' ' ' Commodity of Trade. The subject of estimating standing timber occupied the attention of land owners, lumbermen and foresters slnoe trees : became a. commodity of trade. Different ( rules have been applied, vary ing from the precise methods of the German forestmelster to those of . the Amerloan slat) run cruise; but a uni form system has never been adopted. In German forests where the prac tice of forestry baa attained its high est degree of perfection, and where the branches and even roots of trees are utilised, contents are calculated in cubic measure. But in America the unit of measure Is - feet . M. (board measure). In this country the for ests are on a much .larger scale, anJ the product Is less, valuable, hence most foresters have adopted a system of measuration based upon the German standards but less technical in their application. J The method followed by the United States forest service is that known as the "strip method." Strips one chain In width are made the basis of estimat ing a tract, and all the trees on these strips are callpered to get their exact contents In board measure. These strips are bo run through the forest 'that the results of the callpering will give, as nearly as may be, average re- . suits for the entire tract. Two caliper men and a tally man com prise a crew of cruisers, The tally man runs the compass and notes in his tally book the 'diameter of each tree as it Is called by the calipers. Sample trees representing different diameter classes are then selected, and the volume of the stand of timber is determined by multi plying the contents of the sample trees the truth in that old platitude, honesty is the best policy, for in the long run a man who stands by the very best that n in his own soul, and who "knows that his soul is a part of the whole glorious universe, that man will succeed; he will have everything In life worth having, and he will enjoy what he has tenfold anil a hundredfold more than his hrnther who has pushed on to what he and the woria call a greater success by walking over the Tghta of n)s fonows 4nd .acr: flctn his own nrlncioles. Are you a wife or a mother? Do you ever nope to oer Tnen go to see the "Servant in the House" and ask vmir- wam-ua ti V nnr vr-na WAGfcKS BY GOLFERS Some Difficult Feats Accomplished bjr Scottish Players From the Westminster Gaxetta The Scottish golfer who we read about . ... - . nas unaertanen ror a wager to drive a ball a mile in a dozen consecutive shots has Drobablv set himself an easier task " " eaB,"va8. IZZ "" " the Tweed. . v, . Among the most interesting wagers of this kind was one taken In the Rur gess Golfing society as Ions- ag-o as 1798. that no two members could drive a hall over the spire of St. Giles' steeple. The feat was attempted by a Mr. Scealea of Lclth and Mr. Smellle, a printer, each Doing anowea six Dans, and both com- petltors succeeded In sending their balls wel over tne WPathercock, a height or more man iow ieet irnm tne grouna. Some years later Donald McLean, a .wrltr t0. the Signet, won a substantial bet Dy a.Mym5. . b monument in St. An ball over Melville's ndrew square, while done by frost this year, although there were several heavy frosts late in-the season These near orchards were .v . P, . orchards were imnnf th first n hntt dKar it m o among the first planted, when it. was "PR0"0 " neavy piacic sou or ilea ihi l Liirri lis n i wis rti at t inr nau rm - , 1 r worm going miles to see. v.From a din. .. -' v - . . .... J n.umD"r of trees In each class on before the cruisers go on the tract tne tract , A our surveyor is sent ahead to commence , running the lines of the government .Uiaracter Of Forest survey. He runa out all section lines . - carefully, sets new corners where the in accuracy of these methods de- old ones have been destroyed, and also penis largely upon th character of the eubdivtdes each section, running a line forest, it tv. ,i.k.. i. a - - . either from north to south or from east -IJ?Z- I . Wmb'r ' to west across the center of the sec V a?ltr. th results to b ob- tlon, th direction depending upon which ISSt. t, trls. way J11" reasonably ac- way he may think if easiest to run the SUJ v! BA u the tonmtr be spotted or cruise. For th section lines and the defective the results may not approach center lines he sets a stake every 2H TTirS per c,nt of tne -ount of paces. Lines are measured and dla- mS?p J?v J17 on th around. In th tan res ascertained with a steel tape." ot the forest service where cut- The number of men employed on a ting Has Immediately followed the valu- tract depends upon the number avail s tlon surveys, errors equal to 60 per . able, personnel and length of time in cent have been found, and In ordinary which the work must be completed. - A limDer cruising such differences are not' competent head oruiser whose Judgment uncommon. They may be attributed to in timber has been proven la placed In tne judgment of the oruiser, to the charge of the crews. He is required to VHP, "viBK. b?n run through other lay out the work, check the estimates portions of the land subdivided, or to a of each cruiser at frequent Intervals difference in pacing as between the to guard against carelessness or lncom pompassmen. During the last two or petenoy. examine the field books as tnree years timber values have in- they are brought In to prevent errors creased so rapidly that the Investor re- In the reports and exercise general su quires to know more positively- what he pervision over the work. Under ordl ..wjftung forhls money, nary conditions a head cruiser can check Ihese conditions have led to develop- the work of- six estimators successful) v tnent in the Pacifio northwest of what unless some, of them are new men who has become known as the "Lacey require much coachings cruise." J. D. Lacey. an old-time tim ber operator originally from Michigan,' Camn Established. "-" cruised by this method many thousand P .-"uen.ea. of seres of timber in that region, and Each crow consists of a cruiser and sWTenta!,Vw A t. estab- bulk of the valuable standing yellow Hshed at a central point as convenient pine. A few years ago he came to the to the work as possible and moved by tree count, and 1,225,000 by prelim- ceeds.' A cook is employed "and at times inary examination In Oregon. Washing- paekere are necessary. A clerk is also ton, California and British Columbia. ,de.tai'edit0 the camp to prepare reports, H. D. LanglUe. formerly in the United attend to correspondence and keep ac States forestry service, who now repre- counts and time. sents the Lacey company In Oregon. Before beginning to cruise any given said: section the cruisers are given the decli nation of the magnetic needle, or "va- Prtliminarv Fvaminkrtnns rlation," on which the exterior boundary rreiimmary txanunations.. to whlrh the work ,s tled haia been , "When a tract of timber Is offered to Proceeding to a standard corner a com- . ... t . passman sets off the required decllna- ua for cruise or sale, if the tract ap- ion ot Ma compass needle, paces along pears desirable at the price asked we the section line one fourth or 31 paces, make a preliminary examination to as- and then sets up hjs compass at right rrtai, v,,.n, i ,, angles to the base line and parallel to certali. how nearly the representations tn r,Knt anrle exterlor boundary. Fix made by the owner or his agent are cor- Ing upon a sight object as far in a1 rect as to the amount of stumpage, vance as possible be paces In that dl qu&llty, logging conditions and access!- rectlon counting his steps and calling bglty. These examinations are made by "tally at every 125 paces. He carries our most competent head cruisers, and an aneroid barometer carefully adjusted frequently entail the same amount of at the bench mark established at camp work that Is performed in making the end a celluloid pad upon which to re ordinary f.lngle run cruise. A prelim- cord his topography. The elevation Is Inary report is prepared, setting forth noted at the initial point and at each the probable amount of timber of dif- feature of the topography, such as ferent species on the tract, its character streams, tops of ridges, etc., the aneroid and VHlue. lOffglnar conditions, nnrvev. rpArilnir ! rocnrilAH At th unm tiM, and probible cost of cruising. After considering this report If the facts war- rant us in undertaking a detailed cruise we secure an option on the Dronertv running for a sufficient time to enable us to do the work and present the re Buits to tne pronpectlve Investor." Technical as is the process of the ac 4 1 1 B 1 .Fill.. a nlAAM Ing of Its details was secured from Mr. Langille and J. H. Tucker, the Lacey company s head tlmberman. Hilda Reads Ag In a Looking Glass T HERE was recently brought to the attention of The London Ohro.-i- icle the case of a 14-year-old girl who ever since she began to form her letters habitually writes , , , ,-. ,,,. from rght to left, reversing tne letters In the process so that they can only be read when held up to a mirror. The ,,, Tin,.. iih girl s name Is given as Hilda Goldsmith, ana consiaerapie space was devoted to .v.- ..t .. ..n-u- . v, .u . iiw u,.uit imjiri biu, sense of the phrase. If she Is offered is not left-handed In the ordinary anything she takes it with ner right nana, nut as soon as she is asked to write anything she takes the pencil In her left hand, and, starting from the right-hand side of the paper, she, goes laboriously across It. writing each letter rong way aDout. publication of Hilda's queer habit The of forming letters brought from an authority on ci chlrogr has set a large nu Kngiana xperimeni of the Jabberwock wonderland, and a largi others explaining the facility of splegel schrlft. The chlrography expert testifies that a friend of his, a well-educated man of good Intelligence, possesses this power. as a enno ne round it much easier to write backward with his left hand than forward with his right and when at a dame s school had his ears boxed by his scandaliied Instructress for indulging his fancy. At the present day he finds it con- venient to circumvent unauthorized on the task and try to picture the foun- tance trees look as If they were heavily covered with snow, and the bloom ftands-eut against the dark orcnard land, making a contrast that is noticed .ii.. - miles away. The season has been backward, on ac- nmin Ar enntix 1 a ew - TKa r.harda manv tlm.a tn thin th. ru(t nut aony a letter wnicn "."",'"""' They cowardly pose before the publlo his efforta mber f PeoP,e.ln noTrmaJ.,.Ptrs,1I2?' . . for sympathy, laying bare the most sa- woman who ting arter the rasnion "-- " was poiniea out rrea relations of man and wife. They secure p rhyme in "Alice In that mirror-writ ing was a common form forget that habliual dnfnkaiSSs. Z at leasf e number ot 1,1 unuacnieni a years ago. notes are tnsde showing the number of paces from the initial point to streams, ridges, canons, roads, trails", near and far slrles of hnrtm. Rwnmnx clnarinira etc., thus supplying the necessary data from which to prepare a topographic map of the tract. The more experienced compnssmen sketch the topography upon the ground as they proceed. ' e;acn cruiser is equipped with a cel- luloid pad upon which to record his fls- ures. a cruiser's hatchet' to be used In datlon of the letters and so on. That is not how the writer of splegelschrlft has acquired his accomplishment. Ho has learned to write with the right hand In the normal fashion, and his brain spontaneously translates what he has learned Into backhand writing. If we want to learn how to write, splegelschrlft we must give our sub- , earn hand an(1 wne the rlghthand Is writing a sentence, leave the left Jynd free tn Imitate the movements of 'ts fellow. If the writer can acquire the reaullslte rtcgrcs of . self-detachment he will find that the left hand, of Its own accord, will reproduce In mirror writing whatever the right hand has written, Science Is not yet prepared with a run explanation of these things. Rut thpw is n nhvtnna u,t in r. ,v.iv. .. ... '.'.. iiiiii... uui y,: . -"" ""- ", springs rrom rne racts. uur orain is composed or two symmetrical ',alY"i B"!!"" orftn of speech as we f,"" lr,,m w"t iiappens wnen mat par- tleular part of the Grain Is Injuretf by accident or disease Is Rltuated In one P"l'cu'a.!' V '" tne left hemisphere, vi nes nerve rorco to tne right ,,nl ',' ' ""n.7..an" JjBnJ"' ...lne noay gen- right brain would appear to be Id'e. or ,i -im.ij '.".' ... , i ne rnrrpsnnnn n nsrr nr rn. Sugar and Fruit for Horses. From the New Orleans Tlmes-Democrst. , i . ... , . . 1. . Grain Is not the only food on which the horse thrives. In Egypt the khe- dive's best mares are fed largely on Currants, and these fruit f .il l, n 1 m a 1 are noted for their endurance and speed, Figs, during the fig harvest, form the food .of the horses of Smyrna. They turn to It from oats or hay. The green tons of the suirar cane are oats, corn and bran. so that a sufficient quantity will obtain .the right else. L - . , The phototgraphs show an apple or- chard In bloom as it looks between the i. 1 1. 11 j .. rows. The bloom is well advanced and the foliage heavy enough to afford pro- avninn nntm . fha fMata AKthAaa w . a. fnllaca la huvv kul th Mi lu.n I heavy but tha bloom nm Iwn tlia hurt nf tha Tintrxi lv ,.v rlair tills JJidi-ilJHVSU. - sounding trees for the deteotton ef decay and determining the thickness of bark, in some Instances a height finder witn wmcn to determine the height or trees, a steel tap for determining di ameters, a tally register used to record the number of trees, a field book and log scale. . , Guided by his compassman the crui ser notes each tree within 0 paces of the compass line, estimates the contents of each tree within easy rang of his vision ahead and records the number of trees of each species and their contents on his cellulol pad. If. a question ariaea in his mind as to the contents of a particular tree he de termines its diameter by measuring with a tape, ascertaining the number of logs with the aid of a heigh th finder and flxingv the contents by reference to his volume table. Fallen trees are measured frequently aa a check on th taper and volume of that particular form of growth. Board Measure. Proceeding along the half tally atrip in this way th cruiser determines as nearly as possible the actual number of trees of each species, their contents in board feet; the percentage of flooring, merchantable and common lumber, the number of piling, poles and such other product as may appear, for each strip. At the end of each tally the totals are determined and noted. The bark of a big tree wili vary In thickness, being perhaps three to six inches at toe butt and tapering, to an inch thick at the top. He uses a clinometer to get the exact heighth of each tree. The bark Is deducted. At the end of each tally on this run the totals are again determined and summed up with the totals obtained for th correspond ing prevloua run. The results show the number of treea and amount of timber of each kind on each -acre tract, and these results are entered in the field book. After traversing each 40 in this way eight times each of the 1 2-acre tracts comprising a 40-acre subdivision will have been cruised twice and every tree seen and estimated ac cording to its contents and quality. Al lowance is made on the ground for breakage that is likely to result from felling each particular tree, and if any defect Is discovered it is deducted from the contents of the tree, or the tree is counted out as cull If it contains no merchantable timber. The record of each day's work Is car ried on the celluloid pad. These pads are turned over to the clerk at the erW of a day and the results are carefully compiled. After they have been ap- ? roved by the cruiser from whose notes hey were made, the head cruiser takes them and runs over one or more tallies on that particular 40 to assure himself that the work Is correct If errors are found the cruiser Is required to go over the ground again and rectify his mis takes. Whan all of the subdivisions to be cruised in any section have been re ported and approved the results are placed upon report forma designed for each mixture of species and' forwarded UM CHIVALROUS ME.N By Mrs. Jolm A. Logan (Copyright 100T, br W. R. Hearst) T HE world has recently been treat ed to the most astonishing lack of chivalry on the part of men occupying prominent positions In society. "Following their selfisti Indulgences and having too little to do. some of them have become enamored ... . . . . . wiin women oiner man tneir wives, and. . . .. . . wanting excuses ror deserting their wlvrn t hv hiii fn c ,... ... -- iu-t.uu of their own abominable conduct Their wives mar ba lilts Cnr-m 1f shove suspicion or wrong, whereat these recreant "mollycoddles " nose n helnir neglected and not sufficiently netted o : i i. r i . , "ivo aLTu."ra mo momer 01 tneir mandlzlng and unfaithfulness to' their wives begets disgust and aversion in the minds and hearts of the devoted Lv.e?- -T.he.JwIf.8 m.av 9rne leouy an tne nuniuiation ana agony of soul over her husband's debauchery to find In the end that he has been playing martyr and appealing to every- I n rt ulnl will I latun tn Ylm frti- .vmn.,Kw because his wife "does not love him any more." That respectable persons and newspapers will repeat and rjubllsb. such revolting attacks of men uDon In- nncent women who hv h1 th ml,. le to nave married sucn men is prehensible. A woman's love may it requires a great deal to woman who la a mother forget ana mere are very lew wno forget their husband's love ennuren as wanting tn w r v rintv sponsioiM on Record arc to be Well Set light on account of the are of the The orchard Is looked m i,., ',8 ;c"ara ,a0o"'w upon, howei n of the most promising la the 1 . . . . . . traea. however, as Another photoeranh shows a Kawtnwn pippin tree laden with fruit. The vield m w 11 ... . . tohe Office for final verification.. In , the company's western office these reports are used as a basis lnc the preparation of topograph !c map upon which are shown the altltudtt c all parts of th tract practicable gra.i- for logging road, location of buru and all features of interest Final Kum marlea of the estimates are made show ing in condensed form the amount of each species and kind of timber on eai'li section and on the entire tract Close Estimates. Mr. Tncker said: "It is customary . for most timber men and lumbermen to claim that it la Impossible to get the number of trees on a heavily timbered '40 accurate!--, but we have proved again and again that it is possible, and furthermore, that It 1 possible for three or four men to go over a given '40 and get the same number of trees, and come within 1 per cent of each other in esti mating the actual amount of timber on the '45 . , ' . ' - '. "Another reason why we Insist on our men going across a MO eight times im that by doing ao they see every tree and have opportunity to see all aides of s tree. If there are any visible defect they are bound to be seen and the, proper allowance made. Then again, . the density of the atmospher has a good deal of Influence on a man's vicion. Looking at a tree half tally distant he 'Is apt to get It too large or too small. Only dose examination of very tree) makes it possible to get correct cruise. "There has been a great deal of crit icism about the different methods of : cruising. All we claim for our system is that it is accurate. W know, as nearly as it is possible to know, the 1 amount of each species of lumber a, 40 f will mill. W also know its quality and defects. We know th nature of th ground, whether it would be hard to log, and if there would be s large amount' of breakage. Ther Is no guess work anywhere in this system, and therefore very little room for mis takes." The converting of an ordinary wsMt man into a competent cruiser is a dlfft cult and often Impossible task. Thai company provides for this contravened by selecting a heavily timbered "40 In the tract it is about to era lse, ant the "green" men are tried oat. Ono cruised by a regular crew the company of course knows exactly the stumpage condttlona on this "40 and When the "green" one turns in his estimate the report determines his futnre relations with the conoern. This trial "40 1 th4 : graveyard of many hope. American HefreaseaV ':' QUOTATIONS FOR TUB VT1 mrtn Avenue jjio, counts nrlnc. Newport Common Bid. lordj asked, duke. Chicago First Preferred Bid, eoroaetl asked, crown. Cincinnati Common BU, . debts asked, assets. It Is inconceivable what any woman could do that would in the least Jus tify a husband in appealing to the fiubllo by discussing the sacred rela lons of husband and wife, especially If children have bean horn tn . thorn fj" chmei? ostracism as unwor- the most execrable creatures on the face of the earth are cowards, and if iriAn urrtrt attanlr mnm.n ...Vistm , V. . u.,. v., men wno attacx women wnorn thev nav maae tneir wives, and to whom thev have elven their nam t.a 7r tn fnv. Br h.H.h .n. , every sense of the word, it would be h . t .. . t0 ho .Would b called a coward snouia DO callea There are manv wivi tn cum nnmHn infelicity or auletlv sever matrimonial ties without inviting th nubile into the confidence of efther nartt of an . - t . . - uuimpuv- uaiun, unu mm maa wno is re- for newspaper notoriety in to blight the life of the has once been his wife, to ubllo favor for himself, should be made to feel the contemnt of all manly men. Hiding behind the disposition to shield men and condemn women, these cowards make all kinds of assertiohs against helpless wives mat may Know coma noi oe proven. and that no woman with 'proper self- reapect would for a moment allow to be discussed in her defense. As a man whn nn m V.1. Awn MstriMM. n nl.i.. such a role would know no bounds to his perverted Imagination and depraved natura and would be ready to do or sav anything that would come into his vltl- atn mlnA nr tht mlht iiamMtaA by unscrupulous attorneys. Deunawhom they generally hide. until those in authority establish! some punishment for these miscreant, mere is little protection io D antici- pated for defenseless woman against mlsoreant husbands. all ambid: ions. Why Maa Gtves Preference to-XUgbf Hand Over tha 1A. From the Chicago Tribune. Right-handedness an4 rtghb-cyedneas came with genus homo. Dr. Oeorge M. Gould has watched for them ha scrulr rals that use their front pawa to hold nuts, cats that strike at tnseets) tn the air or play with wounded znloev aad In many other animals, tint he Is certain no preference is 'given to th right side over the left' But in the lowest human savages all over the world choice in greater erpert ness of one hand ' 1 clearly present, One cause for its development is In primitive military custom. In ail tribes and countries since man used im plements of offense and defense the left side, where the heart lies, haa been Srotected by the shield, and the left and was called the shield liand, wlill the right - hand was called the spear hand. -: Next - to fighting cam commerce. The fundamental condition of bartering was counting with the low numbers, one 1 to ten. T The fingers of th fre or right hand were naturally- first used, and all fingers today are called digits, as are the figures themselves, while the basis of our numbering is the decimal or teniflngered system. Every drill and action , pf the soldier from ancient .Greece to modern America is right "tJf "v every detail. Firing from the right shoulder and sighting with the right; eye brings the right eye into prominence. - v--. . y ... It is slgntfioant that With the de cline of militarism comes the suggest tlou of sohools for ambidexterity aril tn establishment of a niovemfnt for promulgating the gospel of two-handad-ness and its obvious advantages. V The Simplest Ufa. Fromr the London Daily Mail In a wood about 10 miles from Lon don lives an old man- who for ZD years haa known no other roof than an um brella. ; fi ,. -.. ' "Twenty years a?o I took to th Woods," h said. v.. "During the get snowstorm a few weeks ago I ft soundly, and when I wok in the nom ine I was covered with snow man inches ' deep. But I sm fier ill. I have not had a day's nines la my I T hava HvmI a alintile. Ellitla I'll'.,. ni has. I have ne rate and'tase t. p, I hav no w1f to butliar me aa l I i . .at t ji m "v:. , - r .. -
