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r V SEMI-WEEKLY. UNION Kutab. .July, 1897. GAZKTTK Batab. Dec. 1862. Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1901. VOL. I. NO. 52. CORVALL GAZETTE BOYHOOD'S HAUNTS. Ho! I'm going back to where We were youngsters. Meet me there, Dear old barefoot chum, and we Will be as we used to be Lawless rangers up and down The old creek beyond the town, Little sunburnt gods at play. Just as in that faraway Water nymphs all unafraid, Shall smile at us from the brink Of the old mill race and wade Tow'rd us as we kneeling, drink At the spring our boyhood knew, I'ure and clear as morning dew, , And, as we are rising there. Doubly dow'rd to hear and see, We shall thus be made aware Of eerie piping heard Hhrh above the happy bird lu the hazel, and then we. Just across the creek, shall see ((Hah, the goaty rascal!) Pan Hoof it o'er the sloping green. Mad with his owu melody, Aje, and (bless the lieasty man) rtampin& froui the grassy soil Bruised scent of fleur-de-lis, l'.cneset, miut and I'eunyroj-il. Junes Whiteouib Riley. OB JAMIESON stamped around his room, dropped his favorite pipe, said something unmention able, and picked up his cap. He paused for want of breath, his eyes flashing, his nostrils dilating with culm contempt, it is to be supposed. "No, my dear Dolly. I dare say you will be expeci.a me to come and apol ogize, and implore you to come out on the river with me, , but you'll have to send for me first." With which noble display of inde pendence Robert Jamieson flung out of his room and down to the river, met aphorically patting himself on the way, and all the time dreading the blank in his life which he would feel as soon as his rage should cool down. , Dolly Parsons put on her prettiest white frock and a picturesque sun hat. "If Mr. Jamieson calls, tell him I am out," she said to the maid. "I am going on the river. She told herself this last piece' of in formation was for the benefit of the servant, in case she required to know. "When he comes and finds me gone he will be furious. I will take my canoe and stay out till quite late. I'd love to frighten him thoroughly." Miss Parsons' bright, brown . eyes flashed a little. A faint flush appeared r. on her pretty cheeks It was a flush of anger, but it was eminently becoming. She looked maddeningly pretty as she sat in her- canoe and paddled away up stream. It was a glorious afternoon, - and the river was looking its best; but Dolly Parsons' eyes were not filled with appreciation of the beauty around her. She repeated to herself again and again the horrid things Bob had said. "No, she would not forgive him for a long time; It would not do; the circum stances were too aggravated. He would be coming back expecting her to forgive everything some girls must be so silly, but he would find she was made of dif ferent stuff." And all the time she knew that she dared not let her anger cool, for a hor . rid, absorbing pain would, fill her heart at once, and a wretched feeling of lone '' liness and depression, and she hated to be unhappy. She paddled on and on, until the other boats were all left behind. She was very tired, but she would not stop. Her mind was made up on one point; she - would frighten Bob Jamieson into an appreciation of her worth. It was almost twilight when she t.urned to go home; the river seemed to have suddenly become lonely and de pressing;, the sun had gone-down and a chill wind had sprung up. Dolly pad dled fast and splashed the water over her pretty frock, and grew cross and miserable. She had quite expected Bob would have followed her to "make it up;" she had decided how long she v would keep him in suspense, and how, at last, to forgive him. A clock in the distance struck 7. Dolly paddled faster and faster, though she was so tired she hardly knew how to go on. She looked anxiously along, when - swiftly around the bend she had just cleared shot another boat, close In her wake. It came so swiftly it was almost oh her before the sound of the oars made her glance up; it came so close that her cry to "look ahead!" came too late. .- She screamed with alarm and missed her stroke. The man In the other boat . looked around with annoyance written on every feature, and then before v he could back water, the impetus of his last stroke brought the nose of his boat with a crash Into the stern of her canoe, which filled and sank Instantly. "Bob! Bob! Bob! Help!" But before the cry was past her lips Dolly had gone . under. "Great Scott! It's Dolly!" . In a second Bob had sprung Into the water after her. A stupefied face rose above the surface and two hands strug gling wildly to clutch something; then she sank again. In desperation Bob made a wild plunge down, and this time caught a bit of her sleeve. It was bare- ly'enough to support her by, but having - got a hold he made the most of it and : managed to keep her up until he could grasp her firmly, then by degrees he . .drew her to the bank, and In time man- . -aged to lift her into his boat, which for- tunately had drifted to the bank. She -was conscious again by that time, and he laid her in the boat and wrapped his coat about her. She was not really hurt, only overcome with the shock and weariness: but she looked a very pit eous and forlorn little creature as she lay shivering In the bow whilte - Bob pulled as quickly as he could to the CHARLES M. SCHWAB, ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GREAT STEEL COMBINE. From salesman In a country store at $5 a week to the presidency of the greatest steel-manufacturing concern in the world, with a salary unparal leled In the business world and about $50,000,000 In stocks and bonds, Is tbe record of Charles M. Schwab, who Is the head of the new $1,000,000,000 steel trust formed by J. Plerpont Morgan, Carnegie and others. And all this came with less than twenty years. In Williamsburg, Blair County, Pa., Mr. Schwab was born Feb. 18, 1862. Ten years later the Schwab family moved to Loretto, on the crest of the Alleghany mountains, where "Char ley" was sent to school to the Francis can monks who have a college there. He fancied engineering and took a scientific course. At the age of 18 he left the Institution to make his living and came to Braddock, where some friends from Loretto had located. He obtained employment in Dinkey's gen eral store, which was not far from the Carnegie "Steel works. Past the store on his way to and from the mills came Capt. William R. Jones, at the time general manager of the works. He stopped in the, store to buy tobacco and noticed young Schwab. The latter seized the opportunity of ac quaintance with Capt. Jones and the latter offered him a position. In 1881 Schwab was made chief engi neer and assistant manager of the Braddock furnaces and steel works, and held the place until 1887, when he was sent over to Homestead as super intendent? He was there when the first Homestead strike occurred In 1889. boathouse. In spite, though or her plight, her spoiled clothes and general discomfort, she did not feel as depress ed as she had been before the plunge, nor did the world seem so utterly de void of happiness. "Bob," she said, after silently watch ing him for some moments. "Bob why were you up the river so late: Why were you?" answered Bob, not without embarrassment. "Will you tell me if I tell you?" "Yes," he said, his color heightening. "Well, ! was angry with you, and 1 wanted to frighten you." You carried your scheme to perfec tion, dear." 'But, Bob, I didn't oh, Bob," In a great state of consternation; "you can't think I fell in on purpose .'" . "No, dear; I am quite convinced of that." Dolly looked at him thoughtfully for a moment. Bob," she said, severely, "what do you mean?" "Well," he answered with conviction, young women don't put on their pret tiest dress when they contemplate a dive." Dolly had the grace to blush. "My poor dress!" she said, dolefully; 'and I was looking so nice when I start ed," she added, regretfully. "I must be a fearful fright now, though," with sud den consciousness. "Am I, Bob? Do I look very dreadful?" . 'I have seen you looking better, dar ling." - Dolly's brow puckered again. "Now tell me why you were up here so late." . Bob did not answer; he seemed deep ly interested in something on the bank. American Queen. Blaine's Wonderful Memory Speaker Henderson told a Washing ton Post reporter a good story of one of his initial experiences among public men in Washington. It was before he had been elected to Congress, probably twenty-five years ago. Blaine was then Speaker. Naturally he was one of the statesmen that Gen eral Henderson much desired to meet, and the opportunity came of a morning, just as the Speaker was passing through the lobby on his way to the marble rostrum. The formal greetings were exchanged in a brief moment, and General Henderson was left to see the swinging doors close on the form of the Republican leader. Six years later General Henderson again came to Washington, this time to get Iowa divided into two judicial dis tricts. He put up at Wormley's, where Blaine also lived, it being In those days a fashionable and flourishing hostelry, MUSKEGON AND MAN WHO Muskegon, Mich., which has Deen brought into notice by the claim of former Judge James B. Bradwell of Chicago to some sixty-eight acres of business and residence property, is a thriving city of 25,000 inhabitants. The main portion of the city borders on the landlocked harbor of Lake Muskegon, and the total length of docks and slips is twenty-five miles. The.port does the largest marine business of any on the I . I CHABLK8 M. SCHWAB. When John G. A. Leishman, at pres ent minister to Turkey, resigned as president of the Carnegie Company in 1897 Mr. Schwab, who had been elected a member of tbe board of managers of the company the preceding year, was chosen president. At that time H. C. Frick was chairman of the board of directors and the active head of the company. When Frick left Mr. Schwab was given the chairman's duties. He filled them so successfully that when the business was reorganized last spring Schwab was elected president of the Carnegie Company, the capital stock of which had been Increased to $100,000,000. A week or so after his arrival from Iowa, as General Henderson was enter ing the dining-room, he met Blaine, after. having passed and repassed him many times. The Maine man grasped him cordially by the hand, called him by name and inquired about Iowa.- "I had heard of Speaker Blaine's won derful faculty for remembering names,' says General Henderson. "When I had seated myself at the table I beckoned to the head waiter. " 'Hasn't Mr. Blaine asked you my name?" I said to him. 'Now think hard and be sure of your answer.' " 'Yes, sah,' replied the waiter. "He done called me ovah las' night an' ask ed yo'.name an' all about yo'. I told him yo' was Mistah Henderson.' " Bring Money on a Barrow. Old George Todd made his regular visit to Syracuse, N. Y., one day last week. He walked into town, pushing a wheelbarrow be fore him. The wheelbarrow was loaded with mon ey, as were also Mr. Todd's coat and trousers. The old man; who is 80 years of age, has visited Syra cuse regularly ev GEO. W. TODD. ery year since 1870. He always comes loaded down with coin which he deposits in the Syracuse banks, having a large ac count with three of them. He claims to live in "Four Corners," Canada, and all the money he deposits is Canadian so that he is apparently telling the truth. He dresses like a tramp, his' ragged overcoat being pinned together at the top with a safety pin and his trousers fastened at the sides with twine. On his feet he wears felt boots surmounted with heavy felt boot legs. He talks to nobody In Syracuse except the bank officials, and after completing his business disappears as mysterious ly as he comes, not to be seen again for another year. Some Standards of Beauty. The Sandwich . Islanders estimate women by their weight. The Chinese require them to have deformed feet and black teeth. A girl must be tattooed sky-blue and wear a nose-ring to satisfy a South Sea Islander. Certain African princes require their brides to have their teeth filed like those of a saw. When a woman goes away on a visit, up to the time she reaches CO her let ters home Indicate that the men are paying a great deal of attention to her, and her husband has cause to be jealous. CLAIMS PART OF IT. west coast of Michigan. At the north entrance to the harbor there is a United States life-saving station and on the south point a lighthouse. Lumber is still the principal industry. although there are other large interests. In summer the place is a resort of tour ists. The city is laid out with asphalt and macadamized streets. The business district is well built up. There are two excellent hotels and many handsome homes. It is in this section that Judge Bradwell believes he has a large-sized claim. Thlrty-nfne years ago the jurist says that he acquired from Stephen A. Cook and wife of New Jersey a deed convey ing the land on which the principal part of Muskegon stands as cotenant with men named Brown and Trowbridge. He says that the deed was forgotten until recently, but that his interest has not lapsed, as the statute of limitations does not run against a cotenant. It is likely that a test case may be tried at an early date. It is estimated that over 200 property-owners and taxpayers of Muskegon are interested in the set tling of the question of title to their holdings. T0UN foLKS A Future King. His Royal Highness, Prince Edward of York, the great-grandson of the late Queen Victoria, will, if he lives, reach the throne of an empire on which the sun never sets. He is 6 years old and a very interesting boy. He has blue eyes and luxuriant hair. It Isn't everybody that gets to kiss this boy, and Mrs. Gladstone, when accord- LITTLE PRINCE EDWARD. ed the privilege, two years ago, consid ered it a rare honor. Prince Edward rides a pony with great skill. He sa lutes those who salute him, in a very dignified manner, and is very indignant if his salute is not returned. The long est journey he has ever undertaken was to his late great-grandmother's castle in the Highlands. .i f Fanny's Birthday. ; , There was once a little girl.'iwhose name was FJannyif 'jfifer.'mothesisaid to her one day, "Fanny, ito-morrow Is your birthday. What do-you want 'for a present?" She said," . "I want a,' big freezer of ice. creain and two.nice.,big cakes, and then I want yous iand papa to go out for dinner; vvhile I fn vite somev one." ' Her mother 'promised. Fa nny started out along the railroad,, and. pretty soon she saw some men. She said, "Are you tramps?" and one of them; said "Yes." Then she said, "Come up to that house on the tiilF- to-morrow at 1 o'clock." '' ' "' They thought she was fooling, but they came. .Fanny - served the . ice cream and cake- to the tramps until they had all they could eat, and then they went away. One of them said, "Fellows, let's raise something for that little angel." That night, when the tramps came to gether at the railroad and built a fire, they put the money they' had begged into a tobacco bag, and the next morn ing they went to a jewelry store and left it there. About 4 o'clock in, the afternoon Fanny's mother heard a knock at the door. When she opened It she was frightened when she saw six rough looking men. One of them said, "Missis, is your little girl in?" Fanny heard them and came to the door, and when they saw her one of them put a pack age in her hand and walked away. When she opened it she found a tiny silver watch, on the back of which was carved six funny names, Jim, Stumpy, Plumber, Jo Greene, Mickey and Reddy. Peculiar Things in Nature. In the British Zoological Gardens Is a lizard With two tails. When the lizard by some accident loses a part of its tall the missitfg portion is replaced by a new growth. This animal's . tail was Injured, but no part of it lost How ever, a new tall proceeded to grow, and now this particular lizard has two tails. The lantern fly, which lives in the Malay peninsula, jumps a distance of five or six feet without spreading Its wings. It does this by drawing Its nose back under its body andstriking it sud denly against the surface upon which it is resting. The insect is thrown for ward somewhat as is the stone from a boy's slingshot. We usually think of California as the home of the big tree, but the States of Oregon" and Washington also boast of forest giants. - The firs of those States often range from twelve to fifteen feet in diameter and grow to the height of 400 feet. A new type of cave salamander has been found that cannot only crawl up the side of a wall, but can travel like' a fly, upside down, along the ceiling. . A Boy Official. . Cornelius J. Simmons is but 13 years of age, but he is Vice President of one of the street railway- companies of the United States, viz., the Collins Park Railway Company of Atlanta, Ga. He' not only attends to the many duties of his office, but is also practical enough to be able to operate a motor car, and has worked on a car both as motorman and conductor. He had served for some time in the shop, and has a thorough knowledge of the complicated machin ery which makes up the plant. He takes a special Interest in mectros and electricity. At the last meetingof the railway company he was regularly elected to -the position of Vice Presi dent. His father is head of the com pany. Rajah, tbe Bad. Rajah, the world-famous elephant, who died but a short time ago with the brain fever, was famous for two things. First, for his size, being a trifle larger than the renowned Jumbo; and second, for his man-killing propensities, nine human lives being the awful record of his thirty-seven years of life. His last victim was his keeper, Fish er. Catching him in his trunk, Rajah dashed him to the ground, and then, kneeling, crushed the unconscious man nearly flat with his broad head. He belonged to Lemon Bros.' circus, and was valued at $25,000. He Incorrected Himself. - "It was funny to hear that man talk at the political meeting," remarked Johnny. "He said 'between you and me,' all right, enough, and then he cor rected himself and said 'between you and I.' " You mean, he incorrected himself," said Tommy severely Youth's Com panion. ' Had All the Marks. Teacher And how do you know, my dear, that you have been christened? - Scholar Please, mum, 'cause I got the marks on me arm now, mum. Les lie's Weekly. Whistling; a Sin in Iceland. Whistling in Iceland is considered as much of a sin as profanity. There are some parts of the world where those who whistle are fined and put in prison ONLY TWO-THIRDS OF A MAN. Hemorrhage Ends the Life of One Who .Displayed the Marvels of Surgery. 'Alfred Taylor, one of the most inter esting patients in. the Pennsylvania hospital, a man to ' whom the house physicians pointed with pride as a liv ing testimony to the efficacy of modern surgery, died recently of hemorrhage, Taylor submitted to one of the most remarkable surgical operations per formed in recent days. For nearly two years he had served as orderly in the hospital, wjth nearly one-third of his body missing. From' the point of the jaw to tlie hip bone the line of his body on the left .side was almost straight. Surgeons removed his arm, shoulder blade, collarbone and portions of his ribs. Once only before had a- similar case been recorded in the annals of sur gery.-. The operation was performed in April, 1899.. Taylor was the victim of a bone disease that made the operation necessary. He came to this, city from England. For nine years he served in the British navy and for eight years in the merchant service. In the summer of 1895, while carrying a box on lis shoulder, he felt a sharb pain. An ex amination revealed a small, bluish lump on the upper edge of the scapula. In; six months it had grown to the size of an egg. Taylor went to the Polyclinic Hospital, where the growth was cut out: - It returned almost immediately find he was admitted to the Pennsyl vania hospital, where it was again re- moved.. . . .- . . Taylor returned to his work and while at sea the growth came back again, With his arm and side terribly en larged,. Taylor worked while suffering intense pain until-a few days before the third operation was performed. Little hope was given him when he again presented himself at the Penn.- sylvania hospital. "One chance in a hundred," was the verdict of the sur geons. Taylor did not flinch. . He was ready for the operation, which(was performed by Dr. Robert G. Le Conte. For hours the patient was under the influence of ether. Next morning he surprised the surgeons and attendants by eating a good breakfast. Within a week from the day he was cut almost to pieces he surprised them by getting out of bed and going down into the yard, where he was found complacently smoking a pipe. Since then his case . had been the subject of many lectures and he had been examined by nearly 500 med ical "men. Philadelphia Noth Ameri can. A Pathetic Story of Carlyle, . John Calvert Carlyle, of Milnholm Farm, son of the late James Carlyle, of Scotsbrig, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and nephew of Thomas Carlyle, could retail many interesting reminiscences at the famous uncle. " A pathetic incident occurred on the occasion of Carlyle's last visit in his old age. . His nephew was driving him about as usual, and they came to a hill which Carlyle liked to ascend for the sake of the view. It was not a high one, and they fastened the horse near the foot, and went up together. After gazing at the familiar eene, Carlyle quietly descended, but when they reached the bottom he said, "John, let us go up again; it will be the last time." Quietly the venerable author plodded his way up again to take one more look, and it proved to be indeed the last time! " , . Ancient Jerusalem Aqueduct. Recent discovery in Jerusalem proves that the ancient aqueduct which brought water from Bethlehem through the Hinnah valley, thought to be the work of Herod, was built by the Em peror Severus. 195 A. D. Inscriptions to that effect have been found. : Days of Rain. It rains on an average of 208 days in the year in Ireland, about 150 in En gland,; at Kezan abont 90 days and in Siberia only 60 days. Experimental philosophy . is repre sented by an attempt to borrow money of an acquaintance; natural philosophy is represented by his refusal to give up. Fruit Tree Sprayer. The Illustration shows an improved spraying apparatus for discharging liquids on the foliage of fruit trees, the machine being designed especially for large orchards, where time is more alviable. With the apparatus provided It is possible, to drive a team between the rows at a fairly rapid pace, and as two streams are provided tbe adja cent sides of two rows of trees may be sprayed at the same time. There is iilso a storage tank for the accumula tion of pressure, in order that if a tree is discovered to be unusually infested with insects the wagon may be stopped long enough to treat them to an extra large dose of the destroyer. The pipes are arranged in such a manner that a number of barrels of the liquid may be carried at once, emptying themselves automatically in rotation, without the opening or closing of any valves when the sprayer is once in motion. Thus a large quantity of the liquid may be carried and discharged with the least attention to detail, allowing the oper ator to devote his entire thought to FORCE PUMP AKD C A BRIER. the condition of the trees. The pump is operated by gearing It directly to the hub of one of the wheels. The pat ent has been granted to Ferdinand L. Capps, of Atlanta, Ga. , . Mixingc Fertilizers at Home. There is one advantage in mixing fertilizers at home, that if one has a definite idea of the elements most needed in bis soil, or by those crops he Intends to grow, he can Use them in such proportions as he wishes, without buying such as are not needed. He caa also usually" buy the raw material at such prices as may save him the usual commission paid to the agents, and the cost of bagging, and put into his pocket also the price charged for the mixing. A part of the two first items is more imaginary than real, however, as the dealer wants profits on the material, as he would have on the manuafctured goods. But if the fanner decides to do this we advise him against the buy ing of raw phosphatic rock or bone, and mixing it with sulphuric acid. The carboys of acid are unpleasant things to handle, as the acid burns clothing or flesh wherever it touches them, and railroads charge high rates of freight on them, because of the danger of breaking in transportation. It Is better to buy the acid phosphate fourteen to sixteen per cent strong. American Cul tivator. Laree Hay Crop and Hay Stack. A farmer near Corvallis, Ore., is re ported in the Oregonian as having 26 acres of what is called "beaver dam" land, a part of which lias been in tim othy for over seven years, last year be ing the seventh year of cutting, and one of the best they ever had. The yield was over four tons to the acre. and they put over one hundred tons in one stack, which they sold to a Govern ment contractor at $9 per ton, or near ly $1,000 for tbe stack. We doubt if so much was put in one stack anywhere else in the United States. Near the edge of the meadow stood two large fir trees, and a wire was stretched be tween them fifty feet from the ground, then by ropes, pulleys and hay fork the hay was carried to the top of the stack. It is not often that timothy will endure so many years in one field, but on strong land, not pastured or cut too closely we can believe that it might have done so. Exchange. 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, affirms American Agricul turist. He raises his own dairy prod ucts, beef, pork and mutton, eggs and fowls, fruit and vegetables, and if be 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 badly affected by a poor season, for be has several crops to depend upon, and, as he usually sells more than he buys, it is an easy matter to keep out of debt Water in Butter. Tbe Iowa experiment station has been making a series of interesting experiments concerning tbe absorption of water in butter which are reported In bulletin 52. The greatest amount of water was found In the butter when the. churning temperature was low (52 degrees) and the wash water warm (70 degrees). The least amount of water was found where the tempera ture was 71 degrees at churning and the wash water was 40 degrees, the granules In both cases being the size of bird shot. The principle shown by these experiments have proved effec tive In practice, as shown by the re sults of anallzing butter made by the college creamery for the English mar ket, when it was desired to make but ter rather free from water. Getting Ready for Potato Planting. Go at the early potato field "hammer and tongs." Put on the disk, spring tooth, acme, smoothing harrow and plank drag or anything else that you have that will chop it up and help to make it as fine as an ash heap. Then do it again. Set the disk to cut deep and fairly plow it up. crossing the piece once or twice, allowing the disk to lap one-half. Do not stop at pulverizing tbe surface for this or any other crop, but cut and mellow and make your soil fine right down to the bottom of the furrow if possible, which will give the millions of tiny, hair-like rootlets, that will later penetrate to this depth every opportunity to reach and feed on all of the available plant food contained in every small particle of the soil. When satisfied that your soil cannot be better prepared, you are then ready to make the first application of fertilizers, in which you can afford to be very liberal, since any surplus left from the rank feeding potato plant will be available for the following or "second" crop, so that no part of it will be lost Ohio Farmer. Farm Cattle. It Is not true that the cattle business to be profitable must be conducted on the. broad ranges of the western plains, says Texas Farm and Ranch. That is one profitable system of cattle raising, but there is another which yields fully as great profits for the capital invested. Raising cattle on the farm has in all countries and all ages been found prof itable, and more so now than ever. By raising cattle on the farm the farmer has a good market for all the jeed'."he can raise, saves labor and expensej.'of transportation and avoids much loss from waste and the hocus pocus of commerce. And one of the main fea tures of stock farming Is that it can be made to continually improve the. fertil ity and value of the farm. ; . Growth of Our Farm Prodrict9. Nothing could more surely and clear ly indicate that the prevailing prosperity- of the country is founded on a sound basis, than the figures showing the large increase in the value of American farm products in recent years. According to a statement: just issued by the Department of Agricul ture, the farmers of the United States received . $185,290,172 more, for their products in 1900 than they did in 1899. The greatest advances were observed in corn and hay,' the advance in the price of the latter giving the farmers over $33,000,000 more In 1900, for a crop of 50,000,000 tons than was receiv ed in 1899 for a crop of 50,655,756 tons. Color of Draft Horses. , Don't worry about the color if you are buying a draft horse. Don't pick an inferior one because he is Jour col or. Get a good horse, and his color will suit the market: Of course if you have a set of breeders who insist on biack or gray or chestnut they must "be pleased, but can they not be better suit ed with a good horse than a good col ored one? Gray is the favorite color among the buyers of draft horses in market. It is not, however, the favor ite among breeders. At least it does not seem to be, when importers are forced to bring over more blacks than grays to please their customers. Scabby Potatoes. Some one expresses an opinion that the scab on potatoes is worse where the ground is packed solid or is allow ed to crust over. If this Is true It is true it should be less abundant where a strawy manure is used than where commercial fertilizers are used, which is not often the case. A soil made loose and porous by having green rye or a heavy grass sward plowed under just before the seed is planted will grow potatoes free from scab almost invaria bly, but we think that the decaying vegetation kills the fungus that causes the scab. Exchange. .. When to Plant Suaar Beeth The Michigan station decides that it is safe and wise to plant beets as early in the spring as we do any farm crop; that prolonging the date of planting gives a longer period for thinning and in ordinary years should lengthen the season of ripening and harvesting, ami finally that the date of planting seems to have but little influence on the per centage of sugar. Dr. Wiley says. "Beets should be planted as early. i'u the spring as possible." . Profit in Sheep. Many experienced and successful sheep owners declare that the wool alone will pay for the keep of the sheep and that, money, derived from the sale of lambs and mutton should be clear gain.. Upon such a basis there would seem to be little 'doubt that the profit from them must be greater than from any other class of stock.