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Newspaper Page TextTHE CHANGE Conducted by 3. W. DARROW. Chatham. K. Y, Prat Correspondent Sob York Statu Grange CROP REPORTS. GODOWNS OF JAPAN. The Quantity of Grain Remaining. In fy Warehouses Mada Naceaaary by Farmara Hands. I th" Fraquency of Firee. - y The crop reporting board of the bu- Fire is one cf the terrors that reau of statistics finds from reports of , - JaT)anese I VL-Vi. " X NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. Some of the Larger Grange States Are Restive Under Present Rules. An important resolution passed at.the last meeting of the New York state grange was to the effect that the state prance adopt a method of representa tion in the national grange by which each state shall be represented accord ing to membership. It will lie remem bered by those who are familiar with the workings of the national grange that two years ago Mr. Kegley. from Washington state, introduced a resolu tion of similar purport, but it was given a back seat. But it is more than likely that a resolution changing the representation in the national grange will be Introduced at the next annual cession of the national grange. The matter is being urged in Michigan as well as in New York and other states. There is obvious injustice iu the pres ent method of representation in the national grange, considering the paid np membership. New York, with its 77.000 members, has but two votes. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. Indiana and Colorado have ten votes, with a combined paid up membership of 4,300. Several other states could be added to these five before a membership equal to New York state alone, and these five states have ten votes for 4,300 members, while New York, with its 77,000 mrmbers, has only two votes. New York lias three counties, each of which exceeds in membership these five states named. While in some re spects the present system should be rosined, there are others where the representation according to member ship is greatly to be desired, and we anticipate a new discussion of the nnostion when the national grange meets in Washington next November. NOT ORDINARY FARMING. State Master Richardson of Massa chusetts Raises Wild Animals. A rather unusual kind of farming Is .nol hv State Master C. D. Rich ardson of Massachusetts, but he ia cer- toiniv n farmer on a large scale. At HI. ... J " - west Tirookfield he has a preserve with rii. eiir hnffnloes. bears, foxes, wild W-,., v ' , ' PPPSfi. nheasants and nearly every otn er kind of wild animal known to the temperate zone. He has been in this business of breeding animals for about ten years and has sold during that time nearly 800 deer. 40 buffaloes, 200 elk, 50 wild boars, a dozen bears, 100 pheasants and swans and almost in numerable foxes, coons, muskrats and nther small came. There Is a large number of wild animals in every park in the United States supplied from the West Brookfield preserve. He has made shipments to New Zealand and Germany, the shipment to New Zea land including twenty-four bears and twelve elk. His' most extensive for- eicn trade is with Germany and Den mark. Recently he had a rush order from Germany for 100 muskrats, and the order was filled. The preserve is a fascinating spot covering about fif teen acres of his ninety-four acre farm rresnondents-and agents of the bu reau that the quantity of wheat In farmers' hands on March 1 was about 23.5 per cent (equivalent to 148,721,000 bushels) of last year's crop as com pared with 28.1 per cent 206,44,000 bushels) of the 1906 crop on hand March 1. 1907. and 24.6 per cent (155. 2C8.000 bushels, the average for the past ten years) of the quantity of the crop on hand on March 1. It is esti mated that about 58 per cent of the crop will be shipped out of the coun ties where grown as compared with 58.1 per cent of the 1906 crop and 55.9 per cent the average for the past ten years so shipped out. The quantity of corn in farmers hands on March 1 is estimated as 37.1 per cent (equivalent to 962,429.000 bushels) of last year's crop as com pared with 44.3 per cent (1.298.000.000 bushels) of the 1906 crop on hand March 1907. and 39.4 per cent (882.70 i.ouo bushels), the average for the past ten years, or me iuauuijr ui on hand March 1. It is estimaiea iuui about 18 per cent of the crop will he shipped out of counties where grown as compared with 23.2 per cent , of the 1906 crop and ia. per cent iue average for the past ten years so ship ped out. The proportion of the total crop which is merchantable is esti mated as 77.7 per cent of the 1907 crop. 89.1 per cent of the 1906 crop and 84.2 as the average of the past ten years. The nuantitv of oats in farmers hands on March 1 is estimated as 35.5 per cent (equivalent to 26i.470,ooo bushels) of last year's crop as com pared with 39.8 per cent (3S4.461.000 bushels) of the 1906 crop on nanu March 1. 1907. and 37.3 per cent (311,- 625.000 bushels), the average or tne past ten years, of the quantity of thh crop on hand March 1. It is estimated that about 28 per cent of the crop will be shipped out of the counties where erown as compared with 27.6 per cent of the 1906 crop and 27.4 per cent the ovora.-o for the Dast ten years so shipped out. Woman'sWorld THE BLACK vSHADOW. Illinois State Grange. The Illinois state grange has elected rmver Wilson master. John Miller overseer. L. B. Eidmann lecturer, .Teannette E. Yates of Dunlap secre tary and adopted resolutions condemn Jng ship subsidy, favoring the estab lishment of a deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf, favoring the election of United States senators by direct vote, favoring the parcels post system, urging each township to comply -with the provisions of the local option law. Indorsing the movement for the estab lishment of postal savings banks, favor ing the amending of the game laws, inakirg it unlawful to kill quail, tree squirrels, prairie chickens or pheasants for five years; that hunting on private premises without permission of the owner shall be a misdemeanor, that all game killed should be carried in open view and that hunting on Sunday shall void the license of the hunter. Too Early Testing. As a consequence of the last poor corn year thousands of farmers wno have never tested their seed corn are orobablv doing so for the next crop. And there is a very natural result to be feared namely, that of testing too early in the season. This very early testing is by no means sure to prove satisfactory, for, as an exchange sug gests, it frequently happens that corn will give a high percentage germina tion in the-middle of winter, while the same seed if kept two months longer may have its vitality greatly impaired. Where corn is placed so that it cannot be frozen there is less danger of this happening, but even then better results will be obtained if seed testing is left until some time during the early spring days. We have in mind an instance where" good dry oats gave 10 per cent better germination in the middle or January than they did on the 1st of April. All seedsmen will tell you that they find it necessary to retest seeds in the spring that have been tested during the win ter in order to make sure' of their vital ity. Wrinkles In Lettuce Growing. A combination method of indoor and outdoor lettuce culture that sometimes works nicely is starting head lettuce In the greenhouse, hotbed or cold frame and transplanting to the open as soon as the weather is favorable. Not only do we thus get earlier lettuce, but the development of head lettuce seems to be very fine under these .conditions. Deacon, Big Boston, May King, Biacn Seeded Tennisball, Market Gardener's Private Stock, Iceberg and Improved Hanson are varieties suitable for this An Interesting Record. A grange at Carroll, N. H., has re cently celebrated its fifteenth anniver sary. Five of the twenty-two charter members were present. Mrs. Flora J. Miles, now Pomona of the state grange, has been lecturer of this grange since its organization with the exception of one year. The first master served sev en years, and the first woman to hold he office of Pomona did not miss a meeting for ten years. Fifty-five mem bers of this grange have married in the fifteen years, and only three have died. Educational Railroad Trains.' It Is proposed to run agricultural ed ucational trains in West Virginia next fall. There will be two of these rtrains. and stops will be made at all- impor tant stations. Professor T. C. Atkeson. overseer of the national grange, is In charge of the matter. Columbus Hayford. a member of the Teontive committee of the Maine state srrange. is something of a farmer. He harvested 9,000 bushels of pota toes, 2.000 bushels of grain. 140 tons nf linv and one ton of' honey. He can pretty surely qualify as a farmer. Since its organization in lSn the Bradford County (Pa.) Grange Mu trial Fire Insurance company has pr.ld $100,299.74 for losses. Its membership has been increased to 1,800. and the Insurance in force Dec. 31 was 53,06,- householder all the time, and be cause he lives in a matchwood dwell ing Sakure-san has to take a curious precaution against the sudden loss cf all. his household goods. This precaution is the godown. The stranger in Tokyo or Yoko hama who sees from his rickshaw a strange iron plated building with doorslike turret shutters and point ed roof heavily incrusted with tiles is led to believe that here perhaps is some feudal fort of the od time, ready to house fighting men against the attacks of a street mob. But when the tourist finds one of these black sheeted buildings on every other block he learns from the rountry' dweller that these things are godowns, or. storehouses for household goods. When a fire gets well started in the crowded blocks of dolls' houses in a Japanese citV, it is rarely stop ped until from ten to fifty houses have been consumed and a black scar has been drawn across the whole face of the district. Because the houses are so flimsy and crowd ed so closely together that the Jap anese firemen even at their lst can do little with a well developed blaze certain astute citizens erect these i -i i iij. "i j iron sheatnea ana snutterea two storied storehouses, wherein the householders of the neighborhood and the storekeepers of the district can store away their valuables. The eodowns are so heavily sheathed with iron plate and so weighted with mud tiles that they rarely burn. All day long their windows are kept almost hermetic ally sealed by heavy swinging shut ters that look like the doors of a safe. When a fire comes to a cer tain district the first thing is to close district the first godown and put it in shape to weather the flames. To these public fireproof safes the householders take their best furniture, their porcelain and their delicate prints. 'Ihe wives keep locked up there their best kimonos and their odds and ends of jewelry. Merchants have their excess stock stowed away within them. Whenever there is a lete in any GRAND OPERA HER GOAL Miss Flora Wilson, Who Has Chosen a . Musical Career. " Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of the American secretary of agriculture, has been in "Paris for the. last three years preparing f6r grand opera under Jean de Reszke. At her first public appearance she rendered a number of difficult operatic selections in such a way that her friends were enthusias tic. Practically every prominent mem ber of the American colony was pres ent. Miss Wilson 'received an ovation and was also the recipient of about 100 pounds of orchids and roses. Miss Wilson will probably make her debut in grand opera next year. Since the death' of her mother Miss Wilson has presided in her father's home, supervising his domestic inter ests and welfare and that of her broth ers and filling the role of hostess on social occasions. In addition to these exacting du ties. Miss Wilson held the position of I A Vary of the Curious Superstition Tupi Indiana. We had been listening to the 1 stories of an officer recently re- turned from service in the Philip- j pines about the curious supersti- J tions among the brown races, when one of the party, who had been sev eral years a resident of .Brazil, re lated an experience he had had among the native Indians along the Amazon river at the time of a lu nar eclipse. He said: 'T noticed Fruit and Fi owers DWARF APPLE TREES. An Interesting Account of Two Type Used For Stocks. Unlike- the dwarf pear, which la hmhlerl or -.";! fto-l on ouince stock, the that for several days every Indian jappie when grown as a dwarf is work employed in my hosts' sawmill, ten 'ed on dwarf forms of the same species, or twelve in number, spent their j Dwarf and many other curious forms entire noon hour in making ar- jfcf any plant may appear where many a i,m k oKfm seedlinis are grown. The dwarf or O - . I, i. 1 1 ... v..,,. m,n them at a large tree, not less than 100 yards distant, which stood m the clearing around the mill. with the use of firearms and use sruns in hunting. But for some rea- bush lima bean may be mentioned as an example. The bloouiless or seed less apple, of which so much has been cM nf Into hna anneared at many Of course these men are familiar piaces both in the United States and in Europe, as is shown by tne litera ture of horticulture. Paradise and the Doucin. There are two types of these dwarf son, probably a tradition supersti tion or nroohecv. still preserved, it ia a nnrt of nearlv everv Indian 1 apples which are used, for stocks, boy's education to make and use known as the Paradise and the Doucin. bows and arrows, en though re- ' The exact origin ,of 'the .apple- siding in the cities. I was aston ished at the skill these men dis played. They rarely missed the tar get or struck it so high that they , , . , -, . , i -i could not reacn ana wunaraw me arrows. When asked what so many is not known, as several ancient writ ers describe different apples under this name or the apple of Adam. One writ er describes a variety as the true Paradise, in which the bite of Adam and Eve can be seen. This notion probably comes from a peculiar blush arrows were made for, their only ;on one side of the fruit. It is evident tnat tne name una ucru many different forms, all of which make a tree of about the same height, ranging from six to eight feet The origin of the Doucin is more certain. It appears to have originated in Italy and was first brought to no tice probably in the sixteenth century. m l i 11 1. 1 1 answer was to snoot ine macs: shadow,' which to me was no expla nation at all. "Now, making these arrows is both difficult and delicate work. Both shaft and feathers must be chosen, while fashioning the points, which are made of a ! This makes a larger tree than the separate piece of harder wood and Paradise, being about midway between MISS FLOBA WILSON. librarian and taught literature In the Iowa State college, whence she was graduated in 1892. She is deeply interested in the de velopment and progress of women, a believer in their higher education and Japanese home or preparations are an advocate of their rights and is her being made for the entertainment self a living demonstration of the fact nf cottia enema Priests tne servants tnat tne currents ui a uuui. -.c are sent to the nearby godown to and a private life may run side by side hrino- home all the valuables. PlC- penec uaiuiuu, tures are again hung on the wall, the heavy bronze vase is restored for the day to its special taboret, and the wardrobe of madame is re plenished. Then with the passing of the spe cial occasion passes also the house hold grandeur. All the fleeting The women of her state have already enjoyed the privilege of casting their ballot on some local questions, and Miss Wilson thinks it is only a mat ter of a very short time before they will be voting in state elections. The first time they were permitted to exercise this prerogative Miss Wilson was the only woman in her ward wno prettiness of print and flowered ki- availed herself of the coveted privi- mono is swallowed up in the black lese- " . . "NT Vrt Miss Wilson is of medium height Sun. slenderly built, with a delicate, intel lectual face, gray eyes, an abundance of dark hair and a broad, well de veloped brow. She is a woman whose strength is none the less felt because she is gentle and persuasive. A Practical Rotation. "I suppose you follow a system of rotation in your agricultural op erations," casually observed the .... . -, . i high browed graduate 01 ine moa- Gentle Art of Making Enemies, ern agricultural college. I Whistler, the great American painter, "Follow what kind oi a system r may be better known for his pampniet inquired honest, hard handed Uncle entitled "The Gentle Art of Making j2ra I xinemies uiau iui ma f - tures. And it is an an pracuceu. uj not a few people, though it is only cvniclsm that would ever call it gen tle. Some are always getting hurt and offended. They seem ever on the look out for slights and rudeness, and so turn and twist many an unintentional thine into a deadly insult. And its GRANS RAPIDS LETTUCE PLANT. Grown In pot for transplanting to bench or dox.j combination culture. The last two are curly leaved varieties, but under prop er cultural conditions form good heads. The plants are started in the green house, transplanted into flats ana nara ened off in the cold frames. They are then set in the open ground In rows fifteen inches apart and about ten Inches apart in the row. Another wrinkle in the growing or early lettuce is to grow the plants in pots until about the size of that shown in the figure and then transplanted to flats, in which the plants are grown to maturity or at least salable size. "A scheme of rotation. , That is, take that large field there. You put that to one purpose one year, an other purpose the next year and Btill different the third year, and so on. "Oh. ves. I see your meanin'. Well. sir. last vear we used the pro- funny, if we are on bad terms with ceeds of that field to give Elizabeth some folks, whether by their fault or her musical education; this year the ours, now we are aiwBJ iUUu1U6 proceeds went to pay boot m a hoss 1. T VJ U X, He that hath a thousand friends irauu luai j. uou uui j- i Hath not one friend to spare. eineerm , and next year 1 intend that field shall give me a trip down to the city and build a new concrete smokehouse. After that I'm. count- in' on lettin' the youngest boy, Henry Absalom, farm the field on shares to kinder get his nanus into the work." Puck. Favorite Figs. Black Ischia is known as Blue Is chia. This and White Ischia are prime favorites. Fruit is onsidered as good is the best for Georgia and the south. Skin violet black, pulp rosy red. meat white, soft atid melting. Dries on tree. Ripens in August. White Ischia has the same qualities except color. It is greenish yellow. Farm and Ranch. And he that hath an enemy "Will meet him everywhere. Though true, this is decidedly an un pleasant circumstance, and so, for your own sake, it is best to be as little pug nacious as possible. Having enemies is a luxury none of us can afford if we want to make the best of life and have our friends and relatives make the best of it, too, and, in addition to this, there is the higher side of the question, for we are enjoined in the we must not be too hard on one another nor too critical. If we were weighed in the balance we use for others I am sure we would often be found wanting. But we have a private, a very differ- charred and shaped in the fire, re quires both skill and patience. Only the wing feathers of a bird possess the spiral twist necessary to give the arrow a rotary motion in flight. "The night of the eclipse I went to my hammock, as usual, not re membering that one was due. It occurred about midnight. I was sleeping soundly when I was awak ened by some one gently shaking my hammock!. Housing myself, I found the oldest man employed in the mill bending over me. The eclipse was on and the room was so dark that I could not distinguish his features, but his voice was very grave as he said in Portuguese, 'Pardon, senhor, but do you not want the moon . to shine again ? 'Moon what's the matter with it?' I asked, only half awake. 'It has gone out and will not shine again until we shoot the black shadow, j Will the senhoi' let me take his gun to begin driving it away?' "I gave him my double barrel gun and half a dozen cartridges, and he went out. Greatly mystified, I followed him a moment later. All the Indians were assembled in the open space before the house, and every one had his bow and arrows, watching the moon, which was now entirely obscured, l ma noi join them, fearing, to disconcert them, but watched the strange perform ance from the door. "First, the old man, after finding a good rest for his gun, took a long, careful aim at the moon and fired, repeating the shots as fast as he could reload. When the cartridges were all used, the bowmen drew up in line, and, taking an equally care ful aim, shot scores of arrows at the offending black shadow. 1 hen they all sat down on the ground, lighted their cigarettes and waited results. I left them watching and went in and was again asleep when the old man awakened me by entering with the gun. He was jubilant at the success of their assault on the black demon and thanked me for my as sistance in the ponderously polite phrases characteristic of his race." Dewey Austin l-odd in uos An geles Times. the latter and a standard tree, states an authority in Country Gentleman. For this reason the Doucin has nor been much used as a stock. Nearly all the dwarf apple trees in this coun try are propagated on the Paradis stock. Most of the stock is grown in France, where our nurserymen procure their supplies. THE GOOSEBERRY. Conditions Under Which a Plantation Lasts Many Years. The gooseberry is a moisture lovlnff plant; hence a soil should be chosen where there will be a constant supply of water during the growing season. In dry soils gooseberries suffer very much in a dry time, the foliage often falling prematurely and the fruit be ing scalded by the sun. The soil, should be a cool one. Moist soils are usually best but the surface of a sandy loam soil gets very hot in the sum- Spraying Peach Trees. One spraying with bordeaux mixture m the spring before the opening of the blossoms continues to prove effective in the prevention of leaf curl. Where fungous diseases only are to he fom bated the bordeaux mixture is pre ferred. Where scales are present the How the Oak Will Grow. There are trees which would seem to substantiate the theory of book to love one another. some scientists that there is no rea son why a tree should ever die un less destroyed by unfavorable con ditions or accident. The oak, for example, will live as a sapling for . fnr hom 'use as a rule. ages until given opportunity for j' ns ponaer on what Oliver Wendell growth. There is an old saying to Holmes once said, "Surely while the the effect that if a pine forest is Lord can tolerate me I can tolerate Mit. down an oak forest will stow, my fellow creatures." It is not love, and this is said to be literally true, but an excess of self love, that is at the vr TTi intA the root of all evil. We fancy that we are pin woods by birds and squirrels ?t5Z3S' are left to sprout m the ground. As on a dea, better If we put Beif me wny bapuugs S'"" w"i6 fa the background and tried to maKe tives OI tne lorest snaaes niDDie on otners happy and enjoy themselves. their tender leaves. A.eam ana tf wouldn't eet offended then, let again new leaves are put forth, only I QS try it to serve as food lor hungry deer or The Gallery Answered Martha. Of the Dublin gallery boys a fa mous baritone in his reminiscences tells some good stories one of "Faust," in which he played Val entine. After the duel Martha," who rush ed in at the head of the crowd, raised Valentine's head and held him in her arms during the first part of the scene and cried out in evident alarm: "Oh, what shall I do?" There was a deathlike stillness in the house, which was interrupted by a voice from the gallery calling out : "Unbutton his weskit!" PEARL GOOSEBKBEY. mer; hence it is not the best for this fruit Well drained, heavy clay loams are the most suitable for gooseberries, as these usually are both cool and, moist The soil should have abundant! plant food, easily available. A good application of well rotted manure thoroughly worked into the soil will ' do mnch to bring about these favora ble conditions. The Pearl gooseberry is an American variety. The bush is a moderately up right grower and very productive. moose or other marauding crea tures. And so, hidden from sun light, deprived, as it would appear, of every essential of life, the little plants live on, and when ai. last tne thnt homelike atmosphere. pines are felled and the sunlight The flrst thing to do Is to choose a ' - ' ilium fKnyr VtAmn Mioit- ta ' rwl a t-!ct tr rtARitm. for there rnlnhur sprays may be relied upon ror -"" a. ; ' - . 2f wriTOtloi-A.D.8eC of growth. j are some figures shown that would not Cretonnes In Bedroom. Of the various materials shown In the shops nothing is daintier than cre tonne for a bedroom. There are a fresh ness and a crispness about the material a Brown Rot of the Lemon. Brown rot is a certain form of decay of the lemon of an appearance and na ture very characteristic to one familiar with it The orange, pomelo and otn- er citrus fruits are also affected, but uot to the extent of the lemon, on ac count of the methods of handling the latter fruit Brown rot in the pack ing house Is distinguished most clear ly by two features its rapid spread In the fruit by contact and its charac teristic odor. The odor of brown rot In citrus fruit Is most characteristic,' . . . tit.... 4-V. ft aawH i AIT nark-turn linu lO one uuimioi " KnocK-turn. . -mn Bmonnt of When J A. MacNeill WMstler; fr-Raiph lived in Chelsea, England, his pe- E gmitn CallfornIa. , CUlianues SUUIl maue mm a a.iiiLiiai. figure even among the bargemen, who got to know him as the artist of their beloved Thames. ernoon, while sauntering along the embankment, Whistler was con fronted by a man who had one eye most effectively blackened. The artist stopped and inquired, "What's the matter, my good fellow?" The man touched his hat. "Oh, noth- Care of Cailas. Callas reauire plenty of water, with One aft- good drainage. The pot may be set in a dish or saucer of lukewarm water nd allowed to soak up into the earth t the bottom of the pot, thus reach-: tag the ball of the root Shrubs and Climbers. Shrubs and climbers together, Judl .tmieiv nlntvxl. will often transform a m", sir mereiv a snocn-ium bare ana areary uuuse nuu blue and green." into a scene of harmony and beauty. 712.50. .