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corva: ik ii ic in ii ,m SEMI-WEEKLY. SIXWi'SUTAa.. i Consolidated FeD., 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUXTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1901. VOL. I. NO. 38. fl A rr: THE LITTLE COAT. Here's bis ragged "roundabout," Turn the pockets inside out: See; bis penknife, lost to use. Rusted shut with apple-juice; Here, with marbles, top and string. Is his deadly "devil-sling," With its rubber limp at last As the sparrows of the past! Beeswax buckles leather straps Bullets, and a box of caps Not a thing at all, I guess, But betrays some waywardness E'en these tickets, blue aud red. For the Bible-verses said Such as this his meni'ry kept "Jesus wept." Here's fishing hookand-line, Tangled up with wire and twine, And dead angle-wornrs, and some Slugs of lead and chewing gum. Here's some powder in a quill, Corked up with a liver pill; And a spongy little chunk Of punk. Here's the little coat but O! Where is he we've censured so! Don't you hear us calling, dear? Back! come back, and never fear: You may wander where you will, Over orchard, field and hill; You may kill the girds, or do Anything that pleases you! Ah, this empty coat of bis! Every tatter worth a kiss; Every stain as pure instead As the white stars overhead: And the pockets homes were they Of the little hands that play Now no more but, absent, thus Beckon us. James Whitcomb Rilev. ECO V 8 DICK NORTON'S LUCK HT was a wet, sloppy day In late September. There were only a few people on the car, and they were all intent on their own affairs, except two boys who were chatting together In true school boy fashion. All at once one of the boys sprang to his feet, gave the bell a sharp jerk, and started to leave the car. "Here, where are you going, Dick?" cried his companion, astonished at his friend's sudden desertion. .. .. "I'm going to stop and help that old woman. Just look there!" Dick called back over his shoulder, pointing to the pavement, where a mischievous boy had overset an old, woman's fruit stall, and then ran on, leaving her to gather up her scattered stock as best she could. The poor, bewffdered old crea ture was bobbing distractedly around, beneath her dilapidated umbrella, mak ing frantic grabs at the apples and "I'M GOING TO STOP AND HLLP THAT OJ.D WOMAN." oranges which were rolling about in all directions. "Oh, pshaw! Come back here, Dick, It's past time now, and the boys won't wait Somebody else'll attend to your old woman. Come back, I say." "No, Ned, this Is my business and I can't afford to leave it to somebody else to attend to," Dick answered, with a smile and a wave of his cap. "That's just like Dick Norton, for all the world," grumbled his friend, kalf to himself, half to the keen-eyed man who sat across the aisle, and who had ob served the boys with interest during their short dialogue. "We were going lo have just a jolly, good time this af ternoon. A lot of us boys were all go ing together over to White's to see the trained dogs, you know, and now he's gone and run off to help an old woman that he never even saw before and he'll miss the fun. There won't be much fun anyway, without Dick. He's the jolliest boy In the bunch," he added drearily, with a little kick at an empty paper sack which someone had thrown on the floor. "Too bad he should miss the fun, but I suppose the old woman Is glad to have help in her trouble," said the gen tleman, as he again took up the paper which he had laid down when the boy arose to leave the car. Two weeks later a long row of boys at one of the big down-town stores awaited anxiously the summons to en ter the merchant's private office, each hoping that to him would be given the position which each had come to seek. They all eyed one another askance, and when yet another boy entered the room be was met with looks of decided dis favor. "Hello, Ned! You here?" he cried. In evident surprise, walking over to the boy who stood nearest he door, and giving him a friendly punch in the ribs, "Yes, I saw the 'ad.' in the paper, and thought I'd come " The boy broke off In tie middle of his sentence, for just then the office door swung open and the great man stood Defore them, "Well, boys," he said, with a smiling glance at the line of eager faces, suppose you all want a place and, as there's only one place for the batch; -of you, I'm afraid some of you are bound to be disappointed." Then, as bis keen .eyes glanced over the Irow of faces galn, there flashed Into them a look of recognition, and ae said to the two boys at the head of the line: "Hello, my lads! So you want a job, do you? Step into the office, here," and a moment later they found themselves- In the office alone with its owner, who sat down In his swing chair and regarded thein intently through his gold-bowed glasses. We saw the advertisement In ," began Dick, nervously. Yes, I know," broke . In the mer- civ'iit. "But first I want to know about your old apple woman, and if you got to the show In time." "Why what " stammered Dick, confusedly, looking as if he thought the merchant had suddenly taken leave of his senses. "Oh, yes! I know," cried Ned. "He was on the car that day that you tum bled off to help that old woman. Don't you remember, Dick?" ... . "Oh, yes. Well, sir," he said, -turn ing with a pleasant smile to the mer chant. "I missed the show, . but I helped the old woman a little bit, I guess. I picked up her rolling stock and got it on the market again." "You'll do," chuckled the merchant and I think you're the boy for us. You can come down next Monday, and the manager will set you to work; and if you attend to your- duties, as I'm in clined to think you will, I'll do the best I can to advance you, for I believe a boy who will do a kindness, unasked, and at the expense of his own pleasure, and who thinks he can't afford to leave It to someone else to attend to, Is the very boy wr seed in our business." 'Hobbs," he added, as a clerk an swered his tap of the bell, "tell Mr. Jamieson to take this boy's name and set him to work; he'll begin next Mon day morning. And tell those other boys they may go. The place is filled. Good day, my lads," and the busy merchant turned again to his paper-strewn desk. A little later the boys found them selves again in the street. For a few moments they walked along in silence, when Ned burst out: 'Well, I declare, Dick Norton, you're the very luckiest boy in this city. It's perfectly plain to be seen that old Fara- ham has taken a shine to you, and your fortune's made, I haven't any doubt." 'Oh, not quite as good as that, though I am glad to get the place, I'll confess," answered Dick, whose beaming face showed pleanly his gratification at his success. 'Who ever would have thought," re turned Ned, "that your tumbling off the car that day in the rain would have got you that snug berth with the very best house in the city? Yes, sir, Dick, you surely are a. lucky dog." But, between you and me, I think it was luck that Dick well deserved, and I have no fear that Farnham & Co. wSl ever regret taking him into their employ. Detroit Free Press. PLAYED BALL ON THE SNOW. Two Ships' Crews Had an Exciting Cxurae in the Arctic Region ... Baseball was introduced into the Arctic regions by the - crew of the schooner Thallium, which, under com-. mand of Captain Kent, arrived jecylVJ1. i. mereiore iney iw tent nrw,nin.t ,,-ht, !T'ul'tu'ss managed to attain a sufficient of cryolite. ' It is safe to say that the national pastime was never before at tempted in the face of such difficulties. The British bark Silicon was at that lonely Greenland port with the Thal- ium, and was loading for Philadelphia. The temperature while the two ves sels were receiving their cargoes bor dered close on to 30 degrees below zero. The sailors, not being called upon to handle the curious mineral, shivered around the galley fires and rapidly be came imbued with the lassitude which is almost invariably the portion of those called upon to endure extreme cold. Captain Jansen of the Silicon pro posedmore in jest than in earnest that the men play ball. The idea Im pressed them and -they determined to brave the temperature and essay the sport with which all of them were tol erably familiar. ,. A level plain was found near Ivigtut, with a flooring of powdered snow, frozen to the consistency of adamant. Under the midnight sun, and with a wondering audience of fur-clad Es kimo, home runs and three-baggers were knocked out. It was necessary for all the players to bundle themselves up in true arctic fashion. All hands wore gloves, so that wild hrows and errors galore were many, isoaiswain rsrown 01 xne xnai- Hum tied the score in the fourth inning by coming home from second base on a passed ball, with the sensational ac companiment of a slide from third base clear to the plate. The Thallium's crew eventually won by a score of 48 runs to their opponents' 31. The Thallium is the first schooner ta arrive from Greenland in twenty-five years. She is a new vessel, launched at Bucksport, Me., last August, and built with a heavily timbered hull, es pecially for this perilous trade. Phil adelphia North American. Drawn By Nature. A remarkable bit of Nature's handi work was recently found by a Chicago man while ruralizing. Upon the white surface of a large piece of fungus at the root of an old dead tree was drawn an artistic pastoral scene. A close ex amination by the aid of a powerful glass proved beyond a doubt that the drawing is the workof nature. The picture represents a comfortable farm house and grounds. The barn doors stand open, displaying the well-filled c-rnnaries and hay mow. fat Rtnr-k stana in xne uems, mm larmer, prosperous-looking, is at the gate ready to mount a weii-iaaen rarin wagon, filled with the fruits of Jus industry. The fierce contests over little political jobs makes the women's fights over a cheap prhte et cards less ridiculous. FOE LITTLE FOLKS. COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN TEREST TO THEM. Something; that 1U Interest the Ju venile Members of Evcrj Household Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute and Canning Children. Those fond of playing the game of croquet may keep up their practice and enjoy the game in the bouse by fash ioning a set of mallets and wickets from odds and ends around the house, with which to play on any large table. For instance, no better mallets could be desired for, table croquet than those made simply by boring a hole In the side of a, large spool and inserting therein a shaped stick, as shown herewith. Here is about the simplest way for a boy or girl to quickly complete a set. Collect twenty of the very small spools which come with "buttonhole" twist. Certainly any boy can find around the house a piece of heavily insulated cop per electric-light wire, and pieces of this wire cut six inches in length and bent arch-shaped will make very ser viceable wickets when made to stand up by foi'cing one of the small spools on each end of the little wickets, fit ting tightly Figure 2. The miniature stakes for each end. of the table may be made of two short pencils forced into the small spools, which wil support them Figure 3. The small wooden balls, sold in the toy stores for 1 cent each, serve ad mirably for the game and come in vari ous colors. With the mallets, as described, wick ets and stakes completed, there re mains but one article to be provided a railing to fit the table. Facts A bout Soap, It is hard to realise that so indis pensable an article as soap was un known 500 years ago, yet its origin dates only from the year 1524, when it first appeared in London. The ancient writers, Pliny and Galen, mention it as an invention of the Gauls, but no trace of it has been found in records of Qreek or Roman life. Pompeii's ruins yield many things which seem quite modern, but no soap has ever been dis covered. As a substitute the Romans used il and clay in their baths. Clay containing a percentage of . fuller's earth makes a considerable lather, and degree , of cleanliness, especially as they devoted long hours to the bath. It is supposed that soap originated in Mediterranean Europe, where great quantities of olive' oil were produced. Oil, in fact, combined with either soda or potash, makes a passable quality of crude soap, and it is possible that some Italian or Spaniard accidentally hit upon the art of making it by letting his pot of olive oil boil over and mix with the wood ashes of the fire. Ashes con tain potash enough for the purpose and are still used in country places for the manufacture of home-made soft soap. The fine soap known as castile is still made by as primitive a method and is really one- of the oldest forms of the article in use to-day. Perhaps It is the original, discovered by some careless Castilian olive oil maker who did not watch his boiling kettle. A Gentleman. I knew him for a gentleman By signs that never fail; His coat was rough and rather worn, His cheeks were thin and pale -A lad who bad his way to make, - With little time for play; T knew him for a gentleman By certain signs to-day. He met his mother on the street; Off came his. little cap; My door was shut; he waited there Until I heard his rap; He took the bundle from my hand, - And when I dropped my pen, He sprang to pick it up for me This gentleman of -.ten. He does not pnsh and crowd along; His voice is gently pitched; He does not fling his books aout As if he were bewitched. He stands aside to let you pass; He always shuts the door; He runs on errands willingly To forge and mill and store. He thinks of you before himself; He serves you if be can; For, in whatever company, The manners make the man. At ten or forty, 'tis the same; The manner tells the tale. And I discern the gentleman By signs that never fail. Margaret E. Sangster. . Found the Proof. ' Little 4-year-old Harry was not feel ing well, and his father suggested that he might be taking the chicken pox, then prevalent. Harry went to bed, laughing at the idea, but early next morning he came downstairs looking very serious, and said: "You're right, j papa; ,t is the chicken pox; I found a , feather in the' bed " . i - Comforted Papa. A well-known business man, whose head is bare, yet who wears a luxuriant growth of whiskers, was being railed ftcently for being bald by some of bis FOB IX DOOR USE. Intimate friends In the presence of hli small daughter. Little Mabel didn't understand that It was all In jest, and crawling upon her parent's lap put her arms about his neck and turned de fiantly toward his tormentors: "My papa wu'd ruvver hav' his top hair on his chin, w'udn't you, papa?" Teacher Didn't Know. ' "My teacher doesn't know much!" cried the inevitable little brother, as he burst into the parlor where his grown up sister was entertaining Mr. Blank on a recent evening. "Why, Archie?" was the very natural question his sister asked, and now she wishes she hadn't. "Coz I ast him wot made you an' Mr. Blank set so clost t'gether on hot nites; 'nen he ist laffed and c'udn't tell me." An Awful Prospect, "Pa, let's move In the country. I don't want to live in town." "Why not, Bobby T "Well, pa, ma says If we live here till I'm grown up an' gray-haired she won't Iemme keep a pig." Why Willie Fonght. Willie's Mamma I hear you have been fighting with one of those boys next door, and given him a black ey Willie Yessem. You see, theys twins, an' I wanted some way to tell em apart. Wanted a Heat Brush. A little 4-year-old miss wanted a fan. but she could not remember the nam . of it, so she said: "Mamma, Where's the thing you brush the warm away with?" Heroic Stuff. The pioneers of Kentucky the great Indian battle-ground were, men, wom en and children alike, made of heroic stuff. The annals of the State abound in deeds of heroism. In "Kentucky Sketches" Lewis Collins relates an in stance of boyish fortitude. In the year 1791 Captain Hubbell, with a party of twenty men, women and children started down the Ohio River in a flatboat destined for Lime stone, Kentucky. Twice the little party was attacked by large bodies of Indians from the shore. Several of the men were killed, and the band of pioneers was in danger of extermination. For tunately the current of the river bore the boat into midstream beyond the range of the redskin bullets. When the danger was past, a little son of Mr. Plascut went up to the cap tain, and with great coolness asked him to take a bullet out of his forehead. 'Why, Tommy, what's this?" said Captain Hubbell, as he saw the .boy's bloody face. . . ; Examination showed that a bullet had passed through the side of the boat, penetrated the forehead of the young hero, and remained under the skin. Tommy did jot utter a sound as the captain with the point of his knife cut a hole in the skin and pressed the bul let out. - "You're a - brave one, Tommy," the captain -said. "-- -' ' ' aBfefe!sfl't all," said the boy; and rais ing his arm; he revealed a piece of bone at the point of his elbow, which had been, shot off and hung only by the skin. ... . . "Why, Tommy, why didn't you tell me of this?" cried his mother, at sight of the bleeding arm. ' "Because the captain said we mustn't make any noise during the fight," re plied the lad, "and I was afraid if you knew it you would be scared and speak." " Miscarriage of a Joke. . A Milwaukee wheelman tells a good joke on himself. The other evening h left his bicycle with a friend who is employed In a store on Michigan street The following morning the friend" took the wheel to go on an errand, leaving it in front of a store on West Water street, where he made a call. Just then the owner chanced' to come along. He recognized the "wheel, and seeing an opportunity for a little fun. took out his trousers, guards, put them; on, mounted , the wheer and rode away. When the. borrower, reappeared on the walk he found no bicycle. Turning pale as death, he hurried tiJ the police sta tion and reported the theft. The po lice were given a description of the bi cycle-and now the owner of the wheel is afraid to ride his own bike for feat of being arrested as a thief. English Lace in Russia. Thomas Fletcher, the mayor of Der by, England, is at present at Moscow on a visit to his large lace factory there. It seems a queer thing to make "Not tingham lace" in Russia, but that is ex actly what Mr. Fletcher has been doing for a number of years past and it has proved a very successful venture. That the Moscow work people think the. ar rangement a very good one was proved recently, when a deputation from the factory waited on him at his hotel and offered for uls acceptance a Valuable silver platter, .with an Inscription in Russian and in English, congratulating him on his election to the civic chair of the town of Derby and conveying their good. will. .Mr. Fletcher was greatly surprised and is immensely pleased, as, indeed, he has reason to be. - Wine Barrels. It is generally stipulated in France when wine Is sold that the purchaser shall return the barrel at his own ex pense, and the cry, "Send back my barrel," is going out from every wine dealer's house. It is calculated that one barrel will serve seven years, if properly cared for. There are two reasons why the aver age woman does not trust the average man; one Is because she doesn't know him and the other is because she does. Probably you never saw ghosts Walk, but you may have heard the dead march. . TRUMPET CALLS Ram's Horn Sounds a Warning Note to the Unredeemed. ORRY wears. Haste makes waste. Wishing is not willing. Faith frames fate. It Is best to kill serpents in the egg. Courtesy Is never, costly, yet never cheap. When heaven is in the heart here sies are kept out of the bead. Patriotism Is based on principles. God's work must have God's power. Restraining prayer is retaining care. That only is done which the heart does. No furnace can ever burn" out the gold. To take up a cross is to lay down a care. Only they who have known the great change now know no changes. No man was ever healed of a disease by reading a medical book alone. Good things are always beautiful, but beautiful things are not always good. The Indiscriminate lash will drive ten devils into the boy for one it drives out The prescription for salvation must have an application as well as an un derstanding before healing is found. The difficulty that the Bible presents to many skeptics Is not that it will not stand deep and rational examination. but that ir will not stand superficial examination. PRAWNS ARE GOOD EATING. Those Dried by the fun in Mexico Highly Esteemed by Gourmets. In many delicatessen stores the bon vivant can now purchase sun-dried prawns, which form an admirable ac cessory to the daily bill- of fare. Steep ed over night in warm water, they swell to twice and thrice their original dimensions, and in the morning are ready rto lie made the basis of a score of toothsome dishes. Nearly all of these come from the Gulf of Mexico and their story is an Interesting comment ary upon the thrift and enterprise of our Chinese citizens. 'Some fifteen or twenty years ago, saiu a uninese merchant to-day, "some Chinese sailors In New Orleans noticed that the gulf prawns were like those of south China, only larger and better flavored. They carried the news to their countrymen, who Immediately conceived the project of drying them in the same way as In Kwang-Tung. They organized several settlements nlong the gulf. There is one not far from Mobile, a second near Pensaeola and a third in the Tampa district. The prawns are gathered at low tide, wash ed, boiled, shelled, salted and then dried in the sunlight. In bad weather they often use ovens, but the flavor of a prawn treated this way Is not as good as when dried in the open air. The drying must be very thorough, and usually takes a week or a fort night, according to the amount of hu midity in the air. When thoroughly desiccated the soft meat Is almost as hard as wood, and in that condition it will keep In a warm climate for many months, and in a cold climate for sev eral years. They are boxed and bar reled and shipped all over the United States. Formerly the dried shrimps and prawns of this market were brought from China and Japan, but the Import trade has been well-nigh ruined by these establishments upon the gulf." New York Evening Post Taking the Time at Noon. Just before 12 o'clock" each day all business must be taken off the wlres , controlled, by the Western Union Com pany; and that means absolute cessa tion of business along the main lines of electric communication in the prin- cipal cities of America. Three minutes before noon wire chiefs In each of the principal cities and" the town and cities leading to and from their largo sisters cease sendirig or receiving messages, no matter how important thef "lay-be, and devote themselves to switching on wires In such a way as to make ar. un broken circuit of communication from Washington around , the uttermost boundaries of-the United States. This is called an "unbroken national cir cuit." Thus a smooth track Is made along which the electric message may flash encompassing the Union and an nouncing the time of day. Ten seconds before the time bell strikes comes an other silence, "and then a mighty throb, a titanic heartbeat from the foremost factor In modern commerce, and an electric current pulsates from the At lantic to the Pacific, from Gotham to the Golden Gate, announcing the fact that the sun has passed over the seventy-fifth meridian and It is noon at Washington. Pearson's Magazine. . Let Vb Hope Not. Johnny was spelling his way through i marriage notice in the morning paper. " 'At high noon,' " he read, " the cler gyman took his stand beneath the floral bell, and to the music of the wedding march the contradicting parties moved down the ' " "Not 'contradicting.' Johnny," inter rupted his elder sister. " 'Contracting.' " "Welt" stoutly contended Johnny, "they'll be contradicting parties after a while!" Plausibly Explained. Dick By the way, old man, jio you recall why Jacob had to work seven years for Rachel? Harry I suppose he was saving up for a Christmas present to her. Smart Set Corn Hn iking Device. Unless the work of husking is done by machinery and steam power it is at best a slow and tedious task, and every fa cility that will shorten . its duration needs to be made use of. The cut shows a convenient way of going at It when husking. The husker has stretched two long poles from the hind axle of his wagon to a support of some kind, and after piling several shocks of corn on the poles seats himself on a board across poles and throws the corn up Into the wagon box. This plan may be made use of when husking in the barn. Ohio Farmer. Evaporating Eggs. A carload of evaporated eggs shipped by express and valued at $14,000 left Springfield, Mo., recently for San Fran cisco, says an exchange, where it will be placed on a steamer bound for Cape Nome. The eggs were put in one pound screw top tin cans, sixty cans in a case, and will answer any purpose in the1 culinary line except boiling. The moisture being taken out of them when they are prepared leaves nothing to boil. The largest egg evaporating" es tablishment in the world is located at Springfield. The process of evaporat ing is done with hot air, and it takes eight hours to thoroughly evaporate an egg. About four dozen are equal to a pound of the preparation. The Spring field factory employs seventy-five peo ple, and its capacity is about 400 cases a day. The goods are shipped to all foreign countries and in Europe espe cially is there a big demand, as the En glish government has placed the prep aration on the hospital supply list. The Klondike country is a heavy . user of this brand of evaporated eggs, as no matter what the price of fresh hen fruit be or how scarce It is, the evap orated egg -retains its old price, and is always on hand and ready for busi- Prize Jersey Cow. The Jersey cow Golden Lad's Jean- Tiette 149153 is owned by Mr. W. W. Harrison. Glenside, Montgomery Coun y, Pa. She took first prize at St. Mary's in 1897 and '98, second in "99. She was got by Golden Lad P. 1242 H. C. out of Melvina F. 1805. She is a long, rangy cow with lovely head, prominent eyes, OOLDKN LAD'S JIASNET. y, long, tuin neck; straight in back, good hips, slim, long tail with splendid switch; neat in bone; sharp withers; splendid body of great depth and wiuJi; skin rich, soft and mellow; mag nificent udder, running away out front with good-sized and beautifully placed teats; and she has given, since last calv ing, as high as twenty-two quarts of milk daily. Farm Cattle. It Is not true' that the cattle business to be profitable must be conducted on the broad ranges of the Western plains, That is one profitable System of cattle raising, but there is another ' which yields fully as great profits for the cap ital invested. Raising cattle on the farm has in all countries and all ages been found profitable, and more so now than ever. By raising cattle on the farm the farmer has a good mar ket for all the feed he can raise, saves labor and expense of transportation and avoids much loss from waste and the hocus pocus of commerce. And one of the main feature's of stock farming Is that It can be made to continually improve the:; fertility and value of the farm. Texas Farm and Ranch. Digging Sweet Potatoes. Sweet potatoes should not be dug be fore the middle of October. Before frost the vines should be cut off and the tops of the ridges covered with earth. After digging keep them in a dry, airy room for a month in order to dry them out thoroughly. Then sort them, rejecting every bruised, broken or rotten tnBer. Wrap the perfect ones separately in paper, put in boxes and keep in dry rooms as for squashes. Remember they must not chill or get damp. -. - ' Value of Sign Boards. The Kansas City Journal tells of what seems a good device for farmers who have stock or other merchandise for local sale. A prosperous farmer of the neighborhood, named James Jack- HU8KINU DEVICE. son, has standing at his gate a sign board on which is painted in neat let ters his name, the name of his farm. 'Jackson Farm," and the direction and distance to his posfoffice. Below this he has a blackboard on which he may write what he has for sale. Mr. Jack son states that be has sold one horse and two cows and calves since the erection of his signboard and he thinks the quick sales were the results of this advertising. Everyone knows the value of signboards in towns; why are they not oT equal use to farmers? Bees and Clover. The amount of honey in the blossoms of the red clover, probably is equal to, if it does not exceed, that in nearly all our other honey-producing plants, but the bees do not seem to find it that Is, the honey bees, for the bumblebees are able to reach it. There are two ways that will make this honey avail able to our beekeepers, one being the producing of a strain of bees with longer tongues which will reach down Into the cups of the clover blossoms, and the other to grow a strain of clover that will have shorter tubes or corollas which the bees can reach down into to gather the nectar at their base. Par ties are working on each of these lines. and whichever succeeds first should reap a rich reward, for they will double the honey crop of the country. Amer ican Cultivator. Cruelty of Dock'ng. Time and time again has the ques-" tion of docking the tails of horses been discussed, and always the question of humanity comes out on top. All the driving horses in Russia have long tails and the coachman of an ordinary Russian carriage takes no trouble to prevent the reins from dropping about his horse's hind quarters. In spite of this, however, the reins rarely become entangled with the tail, and even if they should do so the horses never kick. This striking fact is an eloquent answer to those who uphold the cruel practice of docking, on the grounds that otherwise the horse, is liable to flajl his tail over the reins.' Easily Made Poultry Rouse. The little poultry house shown in the accompanying illustration can be built for about one dollar per running foot It is 14 feet wide at bottom and the length is determined by the number of hens one may wish to house. If sawed timber is used, take one piece 2 inches thick by 6 inches wide and 14 feet long with another of like size, but only 12 feet long. Place them together at the EASILY HADE POULTRY HOUSE. top and 14 feet apart at the bottom on a foundation of coarse gravel or cobble stones with a flat one for the end of the timber to rest upon. Have a set of these rafters every six feet On the south side build out the windows by nailing on 2 by 4 strips perpendicular to the surface of the ground. Hang the windows on hinges at the bottom, open toward the inside and let them rest on the main timbers while open. Cover with boards, paper and shingles. American Agriculturist The General Purpose Farmer. The general purpose farmer who is a good gardener gets a better living for himself and family than the special crop farmer. He raises his own dairy products, beef, pork and mutton, eggs and fowls, fruit and vegetables, and if he wants to eat them he is not obliged to stop and count the cost He has no fear of starvation through stoppage of railroads or strikes. He is not as bad ly affected by a poor season, for he has several crops to depend upon, and, as he usually sells more than be buys, it is an easy matter to keep out of debt Fcarcity of Range Horses. Some two or three years ago the Ne vada Legislature passed a bill making it lawful to shoot wild horses on the ranges. As a result some 6,000 horses were killed. Now there is a demand for range horses, which the supply is not sufficient to allow them to furnish, and It Is said that 6,000 of them would be worth at least $250,000 now. They are bewailing their short-sighted policy of destruction. . Pheep Thr've on Beets. Tuscola County farmers, says the Grand Rapids Herald, have been ex perimenting with feeding their' sheep through the winter exclusively on su gar beet pulp and pronounce it a suc cess. Live Stock Notes. Do not make the slops from the kitchen answer for water. It will help maintain health if the hogs have pure, fresh water every day. It is the steady, quiet horse that can usually be depended upon to do the big gest day's work. The farmer ought to be a good judge Kof live stock and know how to buy and sell to the best advantage. When the sheep are sheared is one of the best times to determine what sheep should be kept and what sold. In the end nothing pays so well as thoroughness in all of the details of farm management and in the care of the stock. According to the official report of the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain the past year shows an increase of 396, 538 head of cattle, and decreases of 680,833 sheep and 391,777 bogs. Added to these figures are others showing a considerable decrease in the number of cows, ewes, and brood sows, retained for breeding purposes. Foreign com petition and an unfavorable season may be credited with the losses re ported. - Tj