Corvallis gazette., September 16, 1904, Page 3, Image 3

ARMY IS SAPE
Kuropatkin in Suddenly Fac
ing About Saved the Day.
PLIGHT Of HIS MEN HORRIBLE
Japanese Abandon Idea of Heading
Off Slavs and 5oth Sides are
Taking a Needed Rest.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12. It eeema
to be established definitely that Field
Marshal Oyama'a tired troops on Wed
nesday abandoned the attempt to bead
off General Kuropatkin, whose army
arrived safely at Mukden, after fright
fal experiences, floundering through
mad and mire over the Manchnrian
roads.
Descriptions of the scenes along the
line of tetreat are almost incredible.
They tell how the men lay down in the
mud and slept in a drenching rain. .
It is evident that the last determined
effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro
patkin to bay. was made on Tuesday,
but the Russian commander in chief
faced about and with two corps of ar
tillery beat off the Japanese while the
remainder of the troops continued to
march to Mukden. After that, the
Japanese could only hang on to the
flanks and try to shell the retreating
columns from the hills. The outposts
Are utill in contact, but they are not
even exchanging shots.
A late dispatch sent tonight from
Mukden describes the horrible plight
of the tentless and shelterless soldieis.
The detaialed statement of the Rusisan
losses, which it is promised will be is
sued today, is awaited wnh intense in
terest. The general expectation is that
the losses will approximate as
against 30,000 for the Japanese.
The work of burying the dead was
left to the Japanese, who were forced
to attempt the task as a matter of sell
preservation, but it was an almost m
possible undertaking. The awful rains
have handicapped the woik of crema
tion, on which the Japanese relied, and
only shallow trench burials were possi
ble in many cases. Not only is sucb
burial one of great difficulty, but it is
Almost valueless fiom a sanitary point
of view, the storms undoing it soon
after it is accomplished.
WILL REORGANIZE ARMY.
Russia Will Divide It and Make Ku
ropatkin Chief Commander.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12. Besides
the formation of two fresh army corps
as the first answer to the Japanese suc
cess at Liao Yang, the Russian army at
the front will be reorganized, probably
in the form of two armies, in com
mand of General Linevitch and Gen
eral Baron Kaulbar, respectively, with
General Kuiopatkin as commander in
chief. General Kaulbar will go ont
with the two army corps now organiz
ing in the governments of Kaian,
Odessa, Vilna and Kieff. General
Linevitch has been ordered by tele
graph from Vladivostok to Mukden.
1 his decision is due in part doubt
lees to the growing nnwieldineea of the
big force under General Kuropatkin's
command, and which will be largely
increased by constant i enforcements.
General Kuropatkin heretofore has
handled every detail of the vast organi
sation. The work is too much for one
man. and he is now almost broken
down under the strain. Jt is known
that the emperor is personally one Of
Kuiopattcin's strong supporters, and it
is thought the general will in afl prob
ability retain chief command of the
two armies. Kuropatk:n, however,
has been seriously criticized by some of
the emperoi's cloaa military advisers,
and it is possible he may eventually
be superseded. It is understood the
emperor's inspection of the rial tic fleet
at Cronstadt today is the last he will
make, and that the fleet, when it leaves
Libau, will proceed to the far East.
fortress Is Disheartened.
Tokio, wpt. 12. Unofficial news re
ceived here Jrom points near Port Ar
thur suggests that the garrison at the
fortress is much .disheartened. The
ships of the harbor have ceased seri
ously to oppose the approach of Japan
ese reconnoitering vessels, which have
thus been enabled to ascertain that the
battleship Sveaetopo is in a crippled
condition, while others are mote oi
less damaged. The number of soldiers
who bin render is increasing daily.
Several junks laden with provisions
and ammunition have been captured.
Preparing for Another Assault.
Chetoo, Sept. 12. Apparently well
informed Japanese who leached Che
foo from Port Dalny today report that
the Japanese army before Port Arthur
is preparing to make another assault
upon the fortress. Japanese agents
here are Bending to Port Dalny 70,000
punnysacks and endeavoring to secure
60,000 more. It is reported that these
sacks are to be filled with sand and
need to fill up portions of the moat pro
tecting the Russian right flank.
Japanese Raise Vessels.
Chefoo, Sept. 12 The Russian dry
dock at Port Dalny has been repaired,
and a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
is now undergoing re pans there. The
Japanese raised the vessel which had
been sunk at the entrance of the dry
dock by the Russians when they evacu
ated Port Dalny.
5IG STRIKE ENDS.
Chicago Butchers Have Acknowl
edged Their Defeat.
Chicago, Sept. 9. The strike of the
butcher workmen, which bae demoral
ized the meat packing industry
thionghout the country , for the last
two months, was officially declared off
tonight by President Michael J. Don
nelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butchers Workmen of Amer.
ha.
Mr. Donnelly this morning tele
graphed the members of the national
executive committee asking their con
sent to an announcement of the end of
the straggle, and tonight, having re
ceived favorable answers from all, he
declared the Btrike of the members of
his organisation would end at mid
night.
The strike of the members of the
affiliated unions at the stockyards, who
quit work in sympathy with the butch
ers, will be officially called off tomor
row morning at a meeting of the con
ference board of the allied trades.
This was decided upon at a meeting of
the central body of the allied trades
held tonight.
The general body was at first in fav
or of continuing the strike, but Mr.
Donnelly, who was present, announced
that the men were defeated, and in or
der to save his union from being totally
disrupted, he would order his men to
return to work in the morning, no mat
ter what course might be taken by oth
er unions.
As the other unions had no griev
ance, but had gone on strike to aid the
butchers, there viae nothing left for
them but to follow the lead of Mr.
Donnelly, and they, too, decided to call
off the strike as far as they were con
cerned.
when the packers were notified to
night that it had been decided to end
the strike, they announced they would
give places as far as possible to the
skilled men, but it was stated at the
same time that many of these men
would be unable to secure their old
places, as in many cases the work was
being performed in a satisfactory man
ner bv men who had been secured since
the commencement of the Btrike.
NOT A SINGLE GUN LOST.
Kuropatkin Reports on His Success
ful Retreat to Mukden.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 10. General
Kuropatkin reports that he did not lose
a gun during the retreat. He also
states that General Kuroki's army is
about 27 miles eastward of the railroad
and that General Oku's army is 20
miles west of the railroad. The gen
eral staff expects a big battle will be
fought.
From the general's report, it seems
evident that ne is tentatively prepar
ing to meet the Japanese again should
Field Marshal Oyama continue to prees
northward. Nothing more important
than rearguard actions marked the
march to Mukden. The region south
of that city is now clear of Russians.
It is evident that Kuropatkin is taking
precautions to prevent the Japanese
from creeping around bis flanks, as he
reports that the Japanese cavalry scout
ing wide on his flanks.
1 he best information of the war office
indicates that General Kuroptakin lost
about 17.000 men during the ten days'
battle at Liao Yang.
A brief Mukden dispatch received
from one of the Associated Press Rus
sian correspondents, dated Sept. 7, is
really the latest word from the front.
It was probably all the censor would
allow to be sent, and offers no solution
of the question vi hether General Kui o-
patkin is continuing his march north
ward; But it seems to indicate that
such a course is contingent upon the
ability of Field Marshal Oyama to try
to repeat at Mukden the enveloping
movement which failed at Liao Yang.
The onlv thing certain seems to be that
for the moment everything is quiet. If
the armies continue to race noithward
to Tieling Pass, 40 miles north of Muk
den, in the opinion of the best military
critics, it will become oi supreme im
portance to General Kuropatkin i the
1oor of his retreat is closed there. In
the event of defeat, he would be forced
westward into Mongolia.
Noted Veteran Is Dead.
Batlimore, Sept. 10. Major Seton,
of New York, a veteran of the United
States army in the Civil and Spanish-
American wars, a noted Indian fighter
with General Crook, a brother oi
Archbishop Seton, of Rome, and a
grandson of Mother Elizabeth Ann
Bailey teton, founder of the bisters of
Charity in the United States, is dead
hire, aged 66 years. About a year ago
he contracted pneumonia while sta
tioned in Arizona, and coming east.
fell a victim to tuberculosis. His last
service was in the Philippines.
Drowned While Swimming.
Independence, Or., Sept. 10. Frank
Rhoner, a Bohemian of Scio, while
swimming in the river at the Churchill
place, five miles south of Independence,
was drowned late yesterday afternoon.
The dead man got in a swift current.
Another Bohemian was nearly diowsed
but was saved by a pole thrown out by
another man. Rhoner was picking
hope for H. Hill. He was a man of
family, about 50 years old, and had a
good reputation.
Water Is Getting Scarce.
South Bend, Wash., Sept. 9. The
long spell of dry weather has brought
almost a water famine in the city.
Residents on high ground have been
without water fiom city mains for
weeks and the mills will have to short
en their running hours if rain does not
soon come.
PINE BUILDINGS
1905 Pair Will Have Some
Beautiful Structures.
EXTENSIVE PLANS OP NATION
Architect Will Complete Them Next
Week The Contracts Should Be
Awarded November I.
Washington. Sent. 9. Supervising
Architect Taylor, of the Treasury De
partment, has designed lor the Lewis
and Clark Exposition a group of Gov
ernment buildings which, in many re
spects, surpass in attractiveness any
thing of the kind heretofore undertak
en by the Government. While not as
large as the Government buildings at
St, Louis or Chicago, the Portland
buildings are declared by architects to
be of more pleasing design and are
universally pronounced more impres
sive than any which have graced other
expositions. The Government build
ingB will be grouped on the peninsula
directly facing the main portion of the
Exposition. All will be types of Span
ish renaissance architecture. In the
center will be the main building, 240
by 3b0 feet. It will be surmounted by
an arched Toof 130 feet above the
ground. An immense skylight will
constitute the central portion of the
roof. The remainder will be of tile.
Toward either end of the building and
on a line with the front wall will be
immense towers 260 feet in height,
while the ends of the building will be
finished off with semi-domes, giving a
great alcove effect to the interior.
Fifty 40-foot arches will adorn the
face of the building, each containing a
spacious entrance. Between the arch
es are to be immense Corinthian col
umns 44 feet in height. At the base
of each tower will be fountains con
taining ornamental statuary of heroic
size. The building will be extensively
decorated, provision being made for
numerous flags and banners along the
roof, and opportunities are provided
for ornamental work on the towers.
over the arches and elsewhere.
The floor of the main building will
be six feet above the ground. Toward
the end of the main building will be
the smaller buildings, 80 by 160 feet.
Each will be connected with the main
building by ornamental peristyles in
such a way as to give the effect from
across the lake of one vast building,
spreading out over an immense terri
tory. The building on the left will
contain the Alaska and Oriental ex
hibits, while that on the right will
be devoted to fisheries. From the ex
treme end of the Alaska building to
the extreme end of the fisheries build
ing will be 928 feet, so that the general
effect of the main group of buildings
will be that of one Immense building
of that length. The peristyles will be
lined by two rows of Ionic columns
and sumounted by ornamental cornice.
The smaller buildings will be less or
namental than the main building, but
will carry out the adopted renaissance
style. The peristyles will be open and
used for passageways only.
Behind the fisheries building and to
the right of the main building will be
a separate structure 663 by 198 feet,
which will be given over to the fores
try and irrigation exhibit. This build
ing, while resembling the fisheries
building in appearance, stands alone
and is not shown on the sketch print
ed elsewhere.
To the left of the main building at
the extreme end of the peninsula, on
the shore of Guild's Lake, will be lo
cated the life-saving station, which
will be an exact reproduction of that
at St. Louis. It is considered an ideal
station by men in the service.
Directly in front of the main build
ing will be a large sunken garden,
largely occupied by a pool 170 by 450
feet. The level of the pool will be 12
feet below the floor of the main build
ing.
Arrangements will be made for
lighting all government buildings, and
especial attention will be paid to light
ing the exterior of the main group, in
cluding the two towers. AH buildings
will be of frame construction, covered
with plaster or stall
Supervising - Architect Taylor ex
pects to complete the plans of all the
buildings by September 15 and at once
place them on the market. If no ob
stacles are encountererd, the contracts
will be awarded about November 1.
If the weather permits, it is believed
all the buildings can be completed in
three months. It will be remembered
that $250,000 was appropriated for the
erection of Government buildings at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
Dalles Store Boldly Robbed.
The Dalles, Sept. 9. (Special.)
At about 1 o'clock this morning a rob
bery was committed in the Jewelry
store of Fred. H. Van Norden. About
$300 worth of gold watches were ta
ken. A tray containing the watches
had been left over night in the front
show window covered with a paper.
The thief broke the window with a
stone, making the hole about large
enough to admit a man's arm, and se
cured everything within reach. Van
Norden's store is situated on Second
street, in one of the busiest portions
of town, where such a robber might
be seen at any moment by passers-by.
Giant Sticks of Timber.
South Bend. Sept. 9. (Special)
A fourth cargo this year of giant sticks
of timber is being; loaded on the Bteam
er Prentiss. The timbers will average
24x24 inches square and 80 feet long.
They came from the mills at Doty and
McCormick, which make a specialty of
huge timbers. These mills used to
ship by way of Tacoma, but facilities
for handling here being good and the
freight rate being almost a dollar per
thousand less, brought the business
this way.
Picking Season Will Be Short.
Independence, Sept. 9. (Special.
Hoppicking is now on in all the larger
yards. The yield Is fairly good and
there are practically no lice or mold.
There are pickers In plenty, and as
many new hopaouses have been built
this season greatly Increasing the dry
ing faculties, the picking season will
be shorter than In former yean.
BRIGANDS VERY CRUEL.
Banker Lived on What He Could
Pick for Days After Escaping. .
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 13. A die
patch to the Record from Boswell, N.
M., says:
Banker iland has returned to his
home at Portales, N. M., and verified
the story that he had been held by bri
gands in the state of Sonora, Mexico
He has lost 50 pounds in flesh. He
is known as a conservative business
man, and the story that he had fallen
into the hands of brigands, who de
manded ransom from his wife at Por
tales, N. M., was not doubted. He was
forced by the bandits to write to his
wife and to sign the name of George
He said:
I was captiued August 6 by four
men, and they robbed me of everything
I had. I think it was in the state of
Sonora, Mexico. - They immediately
carried me to the mountains and I was
made to walk every day and was fed
very little. At night I was tied with
ropes. On pain of instant death the
bandits made me write the letter to my
wife demanding the ransom, compelled
me to sign the name of George Reese
and made me misspell the name. The
letter was mailed from the town of
Oputa. They changed positions every
day and marched me through the
mountains until the night of August
SO, when I made my escape. I secured
a sharp rock and cut the ropes that
bound me and left while they slept.
For four days I wandered through
the mountains in search of a road, liv
ing on berries, rabbits and young
birds, and finally reached a railroad at
a distance of 60 miles from where I
started.
I beat my way on a lumber train to
Douglas, Anz., and then went to 1
Paso, Tex., where I borrowed money
on which to come to Portales."
CONCILIATION BOARD MEETS.
Arguments of Iron and Steel Men
Regarding New Scale Heard
Chicago, Sept. 13. A board of con
ciliation selected by the Republio Iron
& Steel company and 20,000 of its em
ployes has met here to fix a scale of
wages for the coming year. Today ar
guments of employers were heard.
The dispute which the board is to
settle arose over the desire of the com
pany to reduce the wages of its skilled
"merchant ' ironworkers from 5 to 15
per cent. As provided in the working
agreement which has been in force
since 1901, conference committees from
the company and the unions having
fai led to agree on an adjustment of
wages, the matter was left to a board of
conciliation.
The arguments of the company tend
ed to show that reduction in business
combined with large outlays in the
erection of new plants, did not justify
the continuation of last year's wage
scale. Theee claims were met by the
steel workers' representative with the
contention that the number of employ
es has been reduced in several plants,
thus comparatively lightening the ex
penses. YUKON TRAPflC ENDED.
River Steamers Have Made
Last
Trip for the Season.
Seattle, Sept. 13 A special dispafch
to the Post-Intelligencet from Dawson,
Y. T., warns persons at coast points
not to attempt to enter Alaska this tail
expecting to catch steamers at Dawson
for the new Tanana district and Fair
banks. Five hundred people are now
at Dawson anxious to go down the river
to the new camp, with no steamers
available.
The steamer Light left Dawson yes
terday for Fairbanks with a 500 ton
cargo, which yielded $25,000 in freight
charges. The Northern Commercial
company yesterday refused to send the
steamer Sarah with a cargo yielding
$25,000 charges and paesegers down the
river, fearing the ice would close before
she could get back.
Hundreds are going ont in small
boats from Dawson to Circle, intending
to walk 250 miles from there to Fair
banks. Capture Only Question of Hours.
New York, Sept. 13. Three of the
six men bandits who held np the pay
master of the O Rourae Engineering &
Construction company for $5,000 Aug
ust 24 on a lonely highway in New
Jersey, are reported to hae been traced
to the Italian quarter of Patterson, and
their capture is believed to be only a
question of hours. Two hundred men
have searched constantly for the high
waymen, but, although they got so
close to the gang that firearms and
articles of clothing were found, they
managed to reach town.
Important Witness Missing.
Chicago, Sept.. 13. William F. Mc-
Mnllin, who was operator of the "spot
light" at the Iroquois theater at the
time of the disaster December SO, has
disappeared. Assistant State's Attor
ney Barnes at the opening of the Sep
tember, teim of court began the
preliminary arrangements to put Will
Davis, manager of the theater;
Thomas J. Noon assistant manager,
and Edward Cummings, the stage car
penter, on trial.
Battleship Ohio Transferred.
San Francisco, Sept. 13. The bat
tleship Ohio was finally transferred
from her builders to the United States
navy, tso government being represent
ed in the ceremony by Captain Leaitt
Logan, who is hei corrmanding offi
cer. The unio win do ior a time on
the Pacific station, but her ultimate
destination is thought to be China.
TJtiUxing; a Few Acres.
There are many people in farmings
districts possessed of a few acres of
land In fairly good tilth who do not
know how to utilize them to advan
tage. Surrounded as they are by large
farms, they have an Idea that there
is not land enough to make anything
out of it While It Is true that local
conditions have much to do with what
this small area can best be used for,
in a general way it is safe to say that
if the owner will do some Intelligent
studying he can find a way of making
even a few acres profitable. Of course,
much depends upon the man and his
resources. If one is naturally Inclined
to fruit-growing, knows something
about the business, and is near a fair
ly good market, he ought to make the
few acres bring him golden returns.
The same with poultry raising. In
other sections it might be the best
plan to turn the small area Into
meadow, particularly if it was suited
to grass and labor was high and hay
brought a good price. AH things must
be considered in atempting to make a
small area profitable with crops, but
it can be done if one will work out
the problem with intelligence.
Rotating; Wheat and Potatoes.
There have been all sorts of results
with wheat following potatoes, and
such results have largely followed
closely In accordance with the fertil
izers used. Naturally, as wheat does
best on a soil which has been well
worked and prepared, following the
potato crop with wheat offers every
chance for a good crop of the cereaL
but always provided the proper fer
tilizers are applied and in considerable
quantity, for it must be remembered
that the potato, crop has not left much
of the applied fertilizer for any fol
lowing crop, and second, that the ac
tion of the fertilizer will necessarily
be slower during the season In which
the wheat gets its start. In following
potatoes with wheat try this plan.
Rake off the potato tops, and with the
harrow level the soil and loosen it to
the depth of two or three Inches; then
roll the ground and drill In the seed
with 200 pounds to the acre of some
commercial fertilizer rich in phos
phoric acid. The potato tops may be
spread over the seed bed as a mulch,
and will materially help the wheat.
Rather a radical way of doing this
work, perhaps, but it has paid well
with many farmers, hence Is worth a
trial
Trough, for Tonus; Stock.
One of the troubles In feeding stock
Is the waste of food, and there should
be some plan on every farm where
there Is a number of heads of sheep or
calves so that the feeding could , be
done at the smallest possible expense
and at the greatest possible saving.
A trough built In the following man
ner will be found a saver of feed.
While it may be made any length de
sired, ten feet is a good length, and It
should be fifteen inches wide and, the
trough proper, ten inches deep.
Strong end pieces are placed in po
sition so that the trough may be raised
from the ground to the desired height.
the trough proper being placed about
foot from the top of the side pieces.
and on the very top of the side pieces
strip of wood is placed, thus prevent-
FEEDING TROUGH FOB STOCK.
ing the animal from getting its feet
into the trough or jumping over it. A
strong board is placed at the end of
each upright side, close to the ground,
and these boards are held in place by
stakes driven on either side. This plan
holds the entire structure firm, so that
the frisky youngsters cannot tip it
over.
Getting; Stead of Clover.
Many failures, to secure a catch of
clover are wholly due to the attempt
being made on soil that contains too
much acid, sour soil, as we call it
The remedy Is, of course, lime, and
this may be applied after testing the
soil with litmus paper, as advised in
this department many times. That
there ought to be more clover grown
on farms than there is no one will
deny, and if this Is admitted why not
get the soil in the necessary condition
to make the crop. ' It is true that the
soil acidity may not be the only rea
son for falling to make a catch of clo
ver, but It can do no harm to lime the
soil If it needs it and then look for
the other reasons why clover will not
grow on it
To Prerent Sore Neckm.
One very good way to prevent some
of the sore necks on horses in hot
weather is to not . check their beads
up so high. With some freedom of the
head the collar can be shifted from Its
position. A short collar Is sure to
make a sore neck, and one that Is too
long will cause sore . shoulders. . The
collar should always fit not when It
was first bought but always. Hames
which are too wide at the top will
admit of worktop back and forth and
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win cross a ore neck.' The collar
should fit the horse and the hames
should fit the collar; then there will be
little danger of sores of am kind.
Decoying- the Hernias Fly.
Wheat growers of long experience
are familiar with the plan of sowing
a decoy strip of wheat early In the
season to entice the hessian fly. It Is
a good plan to do this, even If there
Is no certainty that the enemy may
be waiting for you.' A narrow strip
is sown entirely around the field In
tended for wheat and this Is turned
under at the time the main crop Is to
be sown. This turning the decoy strip
of wheat under is a better plan than
plowing a number of dead furrows be
tween this strip and the main field.
The main crop should be sown as late
as it can be with safety, whether the
decoy strip Is used or not for the later
the sowing the less danger from the
hessian fly. Bear In mind also that
aside from the battle with the hessian
fly, success in wheat-growing comes
from the thorough preparation of the
seed bed. The man who works on the
plan that the seed bed for wheat can
not be made too good is the one who
gets the profitable crop. At least this
is the result on farms that have been
tilled for a number of years.
Buff Ply-month Rocks
This picture represents a beautiful
type of the Buff Plymouth Rock fe
male, a breed of buffs that has come
rapidly to the front since their intro
duction only a few years ago. In gen
eral conformation and size they are
identical with the Barred Rocks, and
as useful fowls they have few equals
and doubtless no superiors. Almost
everyone is familiar with the Barred
Plymouth Rocks, and as this branch
possesses all the merit of their an
cestors, we hardly think a detailed de
scription necessary. Suffice it to say
that we think the buff branch of this
BUFF FXTMOT7TH ROCKS.
family Is destined to rank among the
favorits breeds for those who combine
beauty and the profitable side of poultry-keeping.
St Louis Republic.
Poaltry Picking.
Clean out the nests and whitewash,
thoroughly.
Better cut two meadows a little too
early than too late.
It Is better to darken the place se
lected for the nests.
As a rule, hens learn to eat eggs by.
having them broken In the nest
Stale bread soaked In milk makes a
good feed for newly hatched chickens.
Fowls t will eat a large amount of
clover, whether fed green or dried as
hay.
Fowls that fatten easily should hare
plenty of exercise, unless being fed for
market
Onee chickens are stunted they nev
er regain their vigor, even with the
most careful feeding.
- A mixture of two parts lard and one
part kerosene oil will remove the
scabby formation on the legs.
Charred corn on cobs Is a good way
to feed charcoal to fowls, and noth
ing Is better for bowel troubles.
Make the hens scratch for a living,
but put grain where scratching will
get it or the hens will not thrive.
On a farm good facilities, good man
agement and good markets are more
valuable than the breed of fowls.
If the most prolific hens are re
tained and the worthless ones market
ed, a great improvement would soon
result
Agricultural Atoms.
Good feeding is the forerunner of
prosperity.
Failure Is the usual result of think
ing a business can run itself.
The farmer's team should be one
well adapted to his requirements.
Liver is a good food for milk pro
duction because it is rich In fats.
Even in summer sufficient bedding
should be provided to keep the stock
clean.
Desirable qualities are fixed in a
herd by a long line of careful selec
tions and breeding.
The dwarfing of a tree occurs by the
slight disagreement between the scion
and the stock.
Thrift in sheep is generally secured
when the farmer thinks enough of
them to care for them.
Moss-covered trees will be much
benefited by scraping and then white
washing with lime and wood ashes.
No one business has any assurance
of always proving a profitable one, be
cause changes so frequently occur to
disturb all branches of farming.
When a man puts out his shingle on
the roof the Lord is likely to let him
sit down in the basement awhile and
think.
Ifs mighty foolish to get so
anxious saving the whole world that
you haven't time to do a thing for your
own ward.
Collection of Farmer's Trouble.
A weed patch ts exhibited by the
government at the World's Fair. Here
every species of weed which troubles
the farmer of. any section of the coun
try Is shown.'