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ORVA SEJVU-WEEICUY. i ? . J rnnnnlMafe! Pah 4SQQ CORVALIilS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1902. GAZETTE atb. lc. 1862. YOIi. III. NO. 12. GAZETTE WAITING. Serene, I fold my bands and wait, Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate. For lo! my own shall come to me. I stay my baste, I make delays. For wbat avails this eager pace? I stand amid the eternal ways, And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, . The friends I seek are seeking me; No wind can drive my bark astray, Nor change the tide of destiny.. What matter if I stand alone? I wait with joy the coming years; My heart shall reap where it has sown, And garner up its fruit of tears. The waters know their own and draw The brook that springs in yonder height; So flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delight. The stars come nightly to the sky; The tidal wave unto the sea; Nor time-, nor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own away from me. John Burroughs. A TRAP FOR THE CZAR. t iIGHT was falling over St. Pe tersburg one of tliose raw. 1 damp, gloomy nights which are worse by far than the hard, dry, crack ing frosts of the Russian winter when a tall man, in the long gray frieze over coat and -military cap of an infantry officer, came slowly across the great square in front of the Winter Palace, On such an evening there were nat urally very few foot-passengers about the streets; but If th.s officer wished to take his walk undisturbed, he had done wisely to slouch bis cap and turn up bis coat-collar so as to hide his face; for any one who had got a good look at him, even forjone moment, would have recognized at a glance the Czar him self. Alexander 1., of Russia. "And to think that there are plenty of people who envy me and think me the happiest man alive!" muttered the Emperor, as be halted for a moment near the south gate of the palace to look about him. "It was just here I remember it well that I was stand ing when I got the news that Napoleon was marching against me with all the soldiers in Western Europe, and that every man in Russia must fight for life and death. When we had driven the Frenchmen out of the country, I thought our troubles were over then; but now It seems as if they were only just beginning. Trade falling off, har vests failing, laborers wanting work, and every one laying all the blame on uie, of course. Hollo!" Too much taken up with bis own thoughts to notice where he was going, the Czar bad stumbled over a small, thin, ragged boy, who was -sitting on a stone in front of the palace, and star ing up at the long Hue of carved tur rets and brilliantly lighted windows. "Don't be angry, jour honor. I couldn't help it, really!" stammered the boy, who evidently expected this big officer to give him a kick or a blow for being In the way. "No harm done, my boy. It was my fault," said the Emperor, kindly. "I hope I haven't hurt you?" "Oh, I'm not so ivadly hurt, master,'" answered the boy, reassured by the friendly tone. "I fell off a horse last week, and It didn't hurt me a bit. It's not often that I'm thrown," he added proudly, "but he was a young beast and very skittish." "You're a good rider, then," said Alexander. "Have you had much to do with horses?" "Yes, I'm in a stable down-town Ivan Shapiroff's stable, in Resurrection street. If you ever want to hire a horse, he can give you a good one." "Well," said the Czar, beginning to be Interested as well as amused by the little fellow's prattle, "when I do want a horse, I'll get one there, and take you with me to show me the way." "Will you?" cried the boy, eagerly. "All right; just ask for 'Vaska Biji,' for they all know me. I'll run beside you as fast as your horse can trot, any day you like; only you mustn't gallop, for I'm not up to that." And then Vaska, deligTited to find a "real live officer" talking to him so kindly and seeming Interested in hear ing about him. told hpw he belonged to a village about fifty miles from the capital; how his father and mother had died of cholera In the previous summer, with many of the other vil lagers; how, finding himself left quite unprovided for, he had begged his way to St. Petersburg, found out the stable keeper Shaplroff, who bad been a friend to his father, and got work, and how he was now earning the very hand some salary for such he evidently thought it of twenty kopecks (.fifteen cents) a day. "And wbat were you doing here when I came up?" asked the Emperor. "Looking at the palace," replied the boy, "and thinking what a grand place It must be, and if I could only get a peep at the Inside of it just once I would be quite happy." "Well, if that's all." said the Czar, "it is easily done. Shall I take you in with me?" "You?" echoed Vaska, eyeing him doubtfully. "Will the Emperor let you?" "I think he will," answered Alexan der, with a good-humored laugh, "for I am the Emperor himself." Then the boy laughed in his turn, and looked up In his new friend's face with a knowing grin. "Ah, your honor, why do you want o make a fool of me like that? Do you think I'm going to believe that Mir father the Czar would be strolling about the streets In the rain all alone, with no crown on or anything, instead of sitting on his golden throne with diamond on his head, like the great King Solomon, whom Father Paul used to tell us about?" - "Ah, my child," said Alexander, sad ly, "do you think the Czar has nothing to do but to sit on a throne all day You shall see for yourself what sort of throne he sits on, if you like to come with me into the palace." The boy hesitated; but he thought that, after all, this officer might be on duty at the palace, and might really be able to give him a peep at its wonders or, li not, tue man - must be some merry fellow who liked a joke and would end by giving him a few ko pecks to buy something good for sup per. So without another word, he turned and followed his new friend, who went' straight up to the main en trance of the palace. That his companion really was the Czar, Vaska did not believe for a mo ment; but he began to have some mis givings on this point when he saw with what profound respect the sent! nels at the gate, and the richly dressed servants within it, saluted his guide as they passed. The Czar noticed the boy's confu sion, and, halting suddenly, called out. "Is Droboff there?" "Here I am, at your majesty's ser vice," answered a deep voice. And out from the throng of liveried attendants came, a tail man in a dark- green jacket, trimmed with gold lace, whose scarred face and bold, upright bearing showed himto be an old" sol dier, o At the word "majesty," little Vaska's eyes grew as round as saucers, but the Czar, seeming not to observe-' his amazement, said to Droboff:' "Take this boy with you, give him a good supper and find him some place to sleep. To-morrow you can show him through the palace, and then bring him to me again. Good-nlgUt, Vaska." When Vaska awoke the next morn ing, he thought he must be dreaming, till the kindly voice of the old soldier, who may have had a little fellow of his own somewhere, called to him to get up for breakfast. And even more like a dream was the day that-follow ed, spent as it was amid marble pil lars, and gold-fringed curtains, and all the magnificence of the Winter Palace. It was rather a blow to Vaska to find that, after all, the Czar's throne was nothing more than a big chair. covered with gilding. Instead of being solid gold, as he had expected. "But the sight of the imperial crown and scepter, with enormous emeralds and diamonds, quite consoled him for this disappointment. "No wonder Father Alexander doesn't wear those things when he goes about the street," cried he. "They'd be stolen before he had 'em on five minutes!" But what the boy enjoyed most of all was the sight of the great picture gallery, with the paintings of all the battles which the Russians had fought against Napoleon during the war of 1812; and his delight knew no bounds when old Droboff, who had himself been in all these battles, told him the whole story of the great war, and how bravely the Russian people had periled their lives to free their country from the invader. "And if ever such another war should come in our time, my boy," the veteran added, drawing himself up proudly, "old as I am, I'd turn out and fight for holy Russia and the Czar!" And so would I!" cried Vasta, clenching a fist about the size of an apple. "I'd give my life for him any day, since he has been so good to me." Now it happened that just at the time when Vasta and his guide were ending fhelr tour of . inspection, the Czar, who had been very busy all day, was told by a messenger that a foreign ambassador of high rank had come to the palace to see him, and was then waiting in the Hall of Audience. The nearest way from the Czar's cabinet to this hall' lay along the great corridor which had just been opened again after being closed for several weeks during the repair of a part of its oaken flooring. Alexander and his attendants were nearly half way along it, When Vaska came suddenly out of a room a little way. beyond them. The boy had been longing all day to get a chance of thanking the Czar for the kindness exhibited, and when he saw the familiar figure coming toward him, he forgot all ceremony, and ran forward to meet his friend. But scarce ly had he stepped upon the newly re paired part of the flooring when the planks cracked and shook under his feet, and then gave way with a tre mendous crash, leaving a black and frightful chasm of unknown depth yawning at the very spot where the Czar was just about to set foot. Vaska. who had had barely time to spring from the falling planks on to the solid flooring beyond, was so star tled that he would have fallen back into the gulf had not the Czar's strong hand upheld him. But Alexander's keen eyes perceived at once that the beams which were left standing out on either side of the gap bore marks of having been cut with a saw'; and. as he marked it. his ruddy, handsome face grew black as night, and his clear, blue eyes flashed like a drawn sword. "Treason!" shouted he, in a note of thunder. "Shut the gates! Let no one leave the palace, and muster all the servants at once!" But it was too late. When the mus ter roll was called, two of the attend ants belonging to the Czar's private household both of whom had borne a perfectly good character up that very day failed to answer to their names; and although the whole palace was searched from one end to the other, . they were nowhere to be found. I The author of the strange plot, of which they had been the instruments, was never discovered. - - f "It Is the hand of God!" said the Emperor, solemnly, when he learned the extent of the treachery to which ne had so nearly fallen a victim. "If I had not befriended this child, whom I met seemingly, by chance in the streets, I should have perished miser ably, and my whole empire would have been thrown into confusion. He has saved my lifeC and so long as that life lasts he shall never want-a friend! And the Czar kept his word. Golden Days. - CIRCUMSTANTIAL-EVIDENCE. How a Yonnjf Woman Lost Her Faith in It Wholly. "Never again will I put faith In cir cumstantial evidence," said one of New York's many independent young worn en the other afternoon, "Never! Nev er!" . "You speak as Would a person who had been wrongly convicted by cir cumstances," remarked the man. "Well, you don't know what a nar row escape I had," she replied. Of course, he insisted on the story. "It was last Sunday in the park, and Jane was with me," she began. "We entered from the Plaza, intending to take a long walk. A brown-eyed Ital ian boy crying 'Pansies,' attracted us, and I purchased a richly colored bunch They were all purple, and deep black, the rich, uncommon kind. "We finally'reached the CasfnT for luncheon, and I offered to divide the flowers with Jane I had noticed her casting a longing glance at the pansy box which stood near our table on the porch. I unwound the tinfoil and was dividing the flowers when up rushed a waiter. " 'it a $o fine for each flower you pull, he said, gruffly. "I simply glared at him. Jane told him I had bought the flowers. " 'I know you people,' he said. 'You pulled them.' He pointed to the bos near our table. The pansies were all black and purple. The common yellow or mixed colored flowers were in boxes out of our reach. The Insolent waiter hurried off for the head waiter. " 'Did you see them pull the flow ers?" this worthy asked. His tone left no question in our minds as to his doubt of our guilt. " 'No.' replied the waiter, 'but they pinched them, all right.' " Too bad you didn't catch them at it,' said the head waiter, 'but it won't do much good to have them arrested unless you did.' " "Rather exciting," remarked the man, when she paused. "It was a case of too much circum stantial evidence," said the young woman. "The only rebuttal evidence we bad was the tinfoil which came around the stems, and the wind blew that away just after I had removed it. New York Tribune. Didn't Like Their Style. 'This is a queer age we live in,' sighed a young housekeeper. "We've just lost a very good cook for a very absurd reason, I think. She came to us about four months ago and was satis factory in every way; neat, industrious, respectful, and last, but foremost, an excellent cook. As she was so very quiet I could not tell whether or not she was as well pleased with us as we were with her; but about six weeks ago the trouble began. She asked me suddenly one day why we entertained so seldom. " 'Ella,' I said, 'we don't care for it? 'Your house is just as handsome as anybody's,' she went on; 'other people that I've lived with entertained all the time and their houses weren't near as pretty or as nice as yours; you never have anything but a club meeting once in awhile. Why don't you have teas and receptions, Mrs. Blank?' "I reiterated my two reasons that we couldn't spend the money in that way and that we preferred simple amusements. Ella didn't seem satis fied; but the matter was dropped. "Last Monday," said the young wife, according to the Detroit Free Press, 'she asked to spend a week at home with her sick aunt, and, as I couldn't well refuse, she departed. To-day I received a postal card from her couched in these words: 'Dear Mrs. Blank My aunt is bet ter, but I'm not coming back. I've got a more stylish place.' " The Keporter Scores. Senator Treacle Did you tell that re porter I had nothing to say? Servant Yes, sir. Senator Treacle I suDDOse he was ery much disappointed. Servant I hardly know, sir. He said he was aware of the fact that you never said anything but was under the mpression that you never missed an opportunity to talk. Chuirhouse. A New York institution gets its name, cbairhouse," from the fact that hu man beings so poor they cannot buy a lodging at the cheapest Bowery re sorts, put up 5 cents for a chance to occupy a cnair ror tne nignt. By n clock the night's contingent is fast sleep in the chairs, the usual num ber being twenty-five or thiry. Ignorance. In Russia. Official statistics show that there are 7,000,000 children in Russia between the ages of 6 and 14 receiving abso lutely no education. Many a man with a good scheme lacks the required nerve to push it through. ' One man's fad is another man's fos tune, - For The Rnpert and the Monster. - WHAT IT REALLY WAS. When Rupert to the closet goes, by feeble candle light, He sees a dreadful bogey there, and quickly takes to night. But when once more, by daylight, for the frightful thing he looks, 1 He finds a torn old towel a-hangin' on two 'hooks. 5 - What Rufy .Waa. Afraid. Of. . He said it modestly enough not at all in a boastful way. You see, he was only quoting grandma. "I heard her say it I couldn't help hearing," Rufy said, quietly. And of course he couldn't help the soft little pink color that spread all over his cheeks, either. When a boy is 9 and can't help hearing his grandmother say; "Rufus is a very brave boy! I declare. I don't believe he's afraid of anything!" well, maybe you wouldn't flush with pleasure yourself! Polly-Lou was .9, but she was a girl, and dear, dear! how many things Polly- i-iou was arraia or: iNODoay naa ever heard anybody else not a grandmoth er, even say she was very brave. 'Not anything, Rufy? Aren't you truly afraid of anything?" she breathed in awe. "I guess not unless It's wild things that 'most everybody's afraid of. I shouldn't want to meet a a lion any where, but I don't believe I'd mind a bear just plain bear that wasn't griz zled, or spiced, or anything." 'Spiced? I never heard of a spiced 'Cinnamon, I mean," hastily. "I don't know's I'd care to meet a cinna mon bear." '"Well, then cows?" Polly-Lou said, gravely. Polly-Lou was so afraid "of cows! Cows.?" Well, snakes, then, e-nor-mous dogs, or the dark?" 'No, I'm not afraid of any of those things I guess not!" laughed Rufus. Ask me something hard." "Injuns?" That was the "hardest" thing Polly-Lou could think of. There were some Indians camping near the schoolhouse, and most of the children were rather afraid of them. Polly-Lou was more than rather. She was truly. Huh!" scoffed Rufy. "I honestly like 'em!" Suddenly mamma looked up from her sewing. " Rufy is brave," she said, gently. 'but there is one thing he is afraid of." Mamma!" Rufy's voice was a little hurt. "What is it, please?" "I'd rather you would find it out your self, dear. Besides, now it Is time to get the kindlings and a pail of water. It is almost supper-time." "Oh, I don't like to get kindlings one single bit!" Rufy grumbled, softly. "Besides, there aren't any chopped, mamma. I didn't chop a kindling yes terday or day before." "No, dear, I know." "And the pump's so far off ! I wish one grew in our dooryard! Oh, dear, and I s'pose you'll say it's feed-the-chickens-time, too!" "Yes. dear." But Rufy did not move. In a min ute more he had forgotten all about chickens and pumps and kindlings. j When he thought of them again he was in bed! "Oh, I'm so sorry!" he cried out, sud denly. "I didn't means to let mamma do it!" For he remembered thtit mam ma must have chopped the kindlings and fed the chickens and got the water. Then he remembered something else, too what mamma had said she would rather he would find out for himself. There in the dark, all alone, Rufy THE BOGEY. , tkmSmm "found tuf He sat up In bed and uttered a little exclamation. "Oh. I know I know! And it's so!" be cried, in shame. "She meant was afraid of work!" Youth's Com panlon. ' ' - . Angels Were a Little Slow. "Mamma,"' called 4-year-old Bobby from the nursery, "please come and sii by my bed until I go to sleep." "Mamma's busy now,"-was the reply. "Just keep quiet and the angels willibe with you." "You said that before, mamma," re joined the little fellow, "and I kept quiet ever so long, but not an angel showed up." ' , Thankful for Doctor's Skill. "Have they any candy, in heaven, mamma?" asked little 4-year-old Mar gie, who was slowly recovering from a serious illness. "I think not. darling," replied her mother. ' "Then." said the little Invalid, "I'm awful glad we've got such a good doc tor." Maggie Couldn't Understand. "Mamma," said little Margie, "the minister says I got my blue eyes from you." - . "Yes, dear, I suppose you did," re plied her mother. "Why, mamma," exclaimed the little miss in surprise, "did you use to have four eyes?" A Necessity in a Needle. "How do you spell needier-Bobby?" asked the teacher. . "N e 1 d 1 e, needle," was the re ply. "Wrong," said the teacher, "there is no "I" in needle." "Well, then, tain't a good needle." Little Chronicle. Tommy's Trick. "How old are you, mamma ?" queried little 5-year-old Tommy. "Well, I'm over 18," replied the mothl er with a smile. "But why do you ask?" "Oh, I Just wanted to see how you would get out of telling a story," said Tommy. SCARCITY OF CORKS. How Excessive Demand Has Developed Several Queer Industries. The fact that the world's supply of cork is much less than the demand has been working a peaceful revolution in many trades. The Increase in the price has rendered It necessary to devise other kinds of stoppers. This has glv en employment to a perfect army of in ventors, many of whom have reaped neat little fortunes from ingenious con trivances. Thus far, however, all the inventions have not been able to re store the former balance, and prices keep up in an alarming manner. As a consequence tnere nas been devel oped a trade in second-hand corks, and under this have come into being queer little . industries such as gathering corks, cleaning corks, and revamping corks. In the big hotels, restaurants and sa loons the cork perquisite is now a mod erately valuable privilege. They are no longer cast contemptuously by, but are thrown into a box or cask, where they accumulate until the cork-pickei arrives, who pays a round sum in cash for all offered to him. The average waiter " and bartender now employs corkscrews which inflict minimum damage upon the cork, and in many places, where a number of bottles are opened in the course of the day a steel cork extractor is used, which will pull out a cork from the interior of a bot tle into which it has been carelessly forced. The peddler who buys them sells them to the second-hand man, who as sorts them Into various classes. Many large corks can be recut with consid erable profit. Others which have been injured can be cut so as to discard the injured portions and utilize that which is sound. Corks which have been dis colored by grease can be cleaned by benzine, ammonia water, or lime and water. Those which have been discol ored or flavored by medicine can be rendered usable by long-continued boil ing with a small amount of chloride of lime, and subsequently drying in a kiln or oven. The finest quality consists of champagne corks. These always com mand a good price. It is possible to re use them, and this is said to be done by many manufacturers both at home and abroad. Others can be recut so as to obliterate the maker's or bottler's name, which is usually branded upon the side or lower surface. A second hand cork when paraffinated can be used for bottles containing oils, pow ders and aqueous solutions. They are popular at present on account of the ease with which they can be taken out and put back.-New York Evening Post Sublime Nerve. The most phenomenal case of nerve known on the American continent is reported from Wichita. A rug peddler called several times at a house and found the people away from home. At last he wrote and pinned this note on the door: "Madame Kindly remain at home to-morrow forenoon. I want to sell you a rug." Kansas City Jour nal. Usual Thing. Ping How did you come out on that stock deal last week? Pong Lost $500. Ping But I thought you said a friend had given you a pointer? Pong So I thought but it turned out to be a disappointer. - According to the opinion of the aver age man, there are a great many worse and but few better men in the world than himself. The more a man knows that should be forgotten the better his memory is, Comfortable Resting Place. Where the trees about one's house are small, or where there are none, this arrangement, described in Country Gentleman, will be found pleasant in summer. The floor and framework of this shady resting place are made oi wood, while the covering is either white duck or striped awning cloth, sold at all dry goods stores the only fault to be found with the latter being its liability to fade. The board floor is very desirable, since It permits the use of this when the grass ground would be moist. .The smooth floor also affords a splendid chance for children to play in wet weathtr, or indeed in any weather, since their clothing will become soiled much less easily when playing on such a floor than upon grass SHADY BESTING PLACE. ground or gravel. This place can also be made to shelter a hammock, stretch ing from one corner to an opposite cor ner. The roof frame should, of course, be braced In the same direction as that occupied by the hammock, running a two by three strip of lumber from the top of one corner post to the top of the one opposite; also placing a similar piece between the tops of the other two opposite corners. Selecting Calves. The Practical Farmer gives this method of selecting calves to raise, which is followed by many successful dairymen: Turn the little calf on its back and see that it has four well placed teats that Is, wide apart and two rudimentaries, or extra teats. Next see that it has a large udder cord, which you can eel on the side, rub bing finger back and forth. Such parts are made In proportion, and a large udder indicates that the calf when it becomes a cow will carry a large ud der, because a . large cord is necessary to hold this up. Next look in the calf's mouth, and if there are eight teeth, well through, you can safely raise that calf. If there are only two-teeth put through, reject the calf, because, as a rule, this indicates that the constitu tional vigor of the mother was not sufficient to mature the calf fully be fore it was born. . Such a calf will be likely to have a weak vitality when it grows up as well as during its younger days. Handy Farm Tool. The tool illustrated can be easily fashioned by any blacksmith. It is similar in form to the grubbing hoe fa miliar to most farmers, although not so hard. It - should be made so that the wide blade will be" about four inches wide along the edge and from I one and one-half . to two Inches wide along the edge of the narrow blade. Made of the same material used in the ordinary garden hoe and the edges kept well ' sharpened, one may work very close to the plants in the rows without injury to them. This tool would be especially useful in working among strawberry plants, using the wide edge for cutting off the runners and the narrow one for weeding close to the plants. A few tools of this kind would cost but little and save their cost in one season. Proper Packing of Fruit. The finer varieties of fruit should be packed in boxes. When barrels are used the best fruit is injured by overpress ing. The fruit must be picked at the right time. Last year a lot of the North ern Spys were picked so early that very serious loss is the result, because the warm weather has ruined their keeping qualities. The question of grading is too large a one to deal with here. Great care Is necessary in grading, and the DOUBLE-EDGE HOE. work will be rendered much easier by ,..,- .!. a ety. In facing the barrel pick out fruit that is fairly representative of the eon tents of the barrel.' Place the smaller apples on the outside and the large ones in the center. The picking should be done very carefully, care being taken not to bruise the apples by drop ping. Care mus be exercised in jarring or shaking the barrel in filling, so as to get the contents well shaken and to avoid slackness, and at the same time not bruise the fruit. This is best ac complished by giving a trembling mo tion to the barrel. In hauling to the sta tion a spring wagon should be used, otherwise the fruit may be bruised in that way. The more the producer can pack his own. fruit the better it will be for the trade. After picking the fruit should be put inside, where it Is dry. The barrel or box-should, as a means of avoiding mistakes, be stenciled with the name and address of the packer, t-ViA -rri i-T a a n I nnpiAttr Va ! American Cultivator. Insoluble Phosphates. me use oi iiisoiuuie pnospnates. X- Tl i it Jl 11 1. Ill fhrt f Ill-Ill .1 f l.lxl.iiilin ti PTM. J J i 1 . . " V- 1 11 V 1 .11 IU1 111 ut luuouaiiu or of the so-called Thomas slag," has long been a bone of contention or de batable matter, not only among the sci entific men, but the practical farmers. The former have questioned whether the insoluble phosphate could be of any value as plant food, and some of the farmers have claimed that their crops were very much benefited by it. . Al though we have not tested it, our opin ion leads us to believe that the farmers, are right, and those who rely only on scientific principles may be wrong. We do not place sufficient confidence in the power of the soil and the action of frosts, rain and summer heat upon what are sometimes called Insoluble fertilizers. We know little of the power that these elements exert, and when to the natural elements of the soil there may be added the effect of decomposing vegetable matter, either as stable manure or as green manure plowed un der, we can only say that we think they have much effect In making soluble not only phosphatic but other mineral ele ments in the soil. Those who have used the finely ground rock or Thomas slag upon fields which had received a liberal dressing of stable manure, or had been treated with a green crop plowed under, are so unanimously in its favor that we cannot doubt but that the so-called in soluble phosphates do become soluble In the soil under certain conditionsVde pending upon the soil or the treatment it has received. Massachusetts Plough man. M II I d I 1,111 I i-l II I t - A bad vice sometimes crops out In the herd when a cow or two begins to draw its own milk by sucking. I'o pre vent this vietv i ii s it: li it i L it IHL' da portrayed. Four SOSK sticks of hard wood, 10 or 12 inches long and IV2 inches square, are held together ti iTr.iinn r i W by eight round pointed sticks of tough hard wood two feet long and one inch in diameter, passing through the hard wood sticks. These dimensions may be too large for a small neck. Fasten the round sticks in the desired place with screews inch long. The yoke may then be removed or adjusted to tit a large or small neck. Farm and Home. Wind-Suckine Horse. The habit of wind sucking, or stump sucking, as many call it, is practically incurable, except by a difficult opera tion which can only be performed by an expert surgeon familiar with the anatomy of the parts. Buckling a strap tightly around the neck back of the ears helps to prevent the performance of the habit. In the barn the horse should be kept in a box stall from which everything has been removed upon which he could fix his teeth or balance his chin to perform the objec tionable act. Feel him from a box to be removed when feed has beeu eaten. Farm Notes. - If one has been so unwise as to have gotten in more area of crops than he can cultivate properly it may pay him even now to abandon some of it and cultivate thoroughly the remaining portion. Some of the weeds that cover the fields will be eaten off by sheep if the animals are given an opportunity to destroy them. Put the sheep at work at this season and they will destroy many weed pests. There is no need of disorderly back yards in summer time. It is always possible to pick up an., make the place clean and if ther; are unsightly objects or outlooks they may be concealed by quick-growing vines or plants. Morn ing glories, ricinus or castor bean, and the newer golden glow are all valuable as screens. There is always something new in weeds. Just when the farmer has con quered the advance crop he encounters at this season of the year one of the most persistent of all pests crab grass. It grows very rapidly and on all kinds of soil. It is very easily destroyed when young, but if it gets a start and covers ..the-ground it sometimes bap pens that the field must be abandoned until next year. ' ' rL-