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-
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.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
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