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tnat town at least, and seems likely to be ndopt4*d by other towns on the cape. In submitting his plan Captain P at terson, to use his own word a. said, “ The thought that whs Up!*ermoMt In CAPE COO TOWN SOLVES THE GOOD my mind was that o f not raising the tax rate ami also that the burden o f ROADS PROBLEM. liquidating the debt should l>c shared by those who will enjoy and he mate W i l l E x p e n d I 73.IKW o n A l i m , R o n d . I n a T e r m o f T h r e e Y e a r » —D e b t to rially benefited by the adoption o f the modern and progressive policy." He I ' u i d I n S e v e n A n n u a l P a y m e n t * The plan presented l*y Captain Pat- o f 9 7 .54*0 . ! terson and which the town adopted was D REST FOR A matter o f vital Importance to the : that of expenfling $7.5.000 on stone resident« o f Cape Cod and one which is roads In a term o f three years and the at present holding the attention o f the debt to be paid in seven annual pay taxpayers In many towns is good roads. ments o f $7,500, the liquidation begin There is perhaps no section o f the state ning in 1LK)4 ami ending In 1010. O f the total amount to be expended on where the natural conditions for the stone roads $.‘> 1.0 0 0 would la* spent the construction o f roads are as poor as on first year, $22.500 the second and a like the cape, says the Boston Globe. For amount tin* third year. The sum raised years experiments have been conducted by taxation each year would he $13.000. along urn? line or another looking to- | T h e plan whleh Captain Patterson ward the building o f roads and their gave to Barnstable was put In opera maintenance, hut little success was ob tion last year and has worked to the tained until the state came to the res j perfect satisfaction o f all. Stone roads Sleep for Skin T ortu red Babies and cue and began the construction o f the I are fast replacing the old and travel Uest for Tired Mothers, la state highway, so called. worn sandy one*« in the town, and ere W arm Baths w ith The methoil of roadbuilding as em I long the whole town will be covered ployed by those who began tin* con | with a network o f roads the equal of struction o f the state highway on the | which it w ill be difficult to find in the cape was vastly different from that state. ever before tried in this region, and the W ith the state each year building work was view ed with the keenest in sections o f the main highway along the terest by the old roadbuilders a ml high 1 cape and the adoption o f Captain P at way surveyors. W hile the contribu terson’s plnn,'s*which seems probable, tions received from the state each year by the other towns the whole o f Cape helped m aterially to put the roads on Cod would within a few years be able the cape in excellent condition, the to boast of excellent roads and set an And gentle applications o f Cuti- ! process was necessarily slow, and years I example which It w ill behoove other cura Ointment, purest o f emol I would have to elapse before such roads j towns to follow. lients and greatest o f skin cures, could predominate. Most of the towns on the eape did not to be followed in severe cases by A «1 v a n t a w f ’ » o f ( i u m l l i o n « ! * . Good, permanent roads, made so as mild doses o f Cuticura Resolvent | feel that they were able to expend the Pills. T h is is the most speedy, ; vast sums that would be required to to be passable for a full wagon load permanent, and economical treat build stone roads, and they continued every day in the year, would bring to to appropriate the usual amount each the farm that was not more than ten ment for torturing, disfiguring, year as in times past, which barely itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, j kept the old roads in condition. By ! nr tw elve miles from the market town J all the advantages the town offers to crusted, and pimply skin and scalp the old method o f making appropria ! its own inhabitants. This class o f roads humours, with loss o f hair, o f in tions for roads as employed by the built, tilt* drive to town with the excel fants and children, ever com j towns 4>u the cape little or no progress lent roadsters now common on nearly was made in the construction of new ! every farm In the fairly well settled pounded. roads, and matters were not getting portions of the land need not at the Mu.i. ions ok P e o r L a c s B C m c m A S oap , aBHlstdl by CUTICUUA O intment , for beauti any better, while the demands for good outside require more than an hour's fying the skin, for cle.'tUHlng the sralp, anti roads were increasing each year. the stopping of falling hair, for softening, ; time to make it. whitening, anti soothing red, rough, and gore T o build stone roads required the out hnnda, ami for all the nurposes of the toilet, lay 4'f large sums o f money, which UfWh.and nursorv. Miliionsof women iisuCu- M o n e y V n l n e o f G o o d llou dfi. TirtriiA R oap I u fmtii-i for annoyintf irritation«, most o f the towns felt they could not The difference between good and bad Inflammaliond, anti elm lings, too free or offen afford without Increasing the tax rate roads Is equivalent to the difference sive perspiration, ia washes for ulcerative weak nr. -es.and f inanysunative,antiseptic to such a figure that it would deter per between profit and loss. Good roads purposes whleh readily suggest tlnJhisclvcs. sons who might wish to take up a res have a money value to farmers as well Fold throughout the world. S oap , 2.5 c . OiWTMKN?, BSe . P ills , 25c. BHtieh Depot: 27-JM, Chnrtorhoua* Sq., idence on the eape from coming hit’ er. as a political and social value, and, London French Depot: 5 Hue de Is l'uiz, Paris P ot - uu Duuo an u CUKM. cone., hole Prop«., lio. ton. The residents o f the cape agreed that leaving out convenience, comfort, so- to promote a healthy financial growth l clal and refined Influences which good o f their respective towns good roads | roads always enhance and looking at C H U R C H D IR E C T O R / . must 1)4* built. j them only from the alm ighty dollar Prosperin' follow s good roads, and ride, they are found to pay handsome Preaching hour« at 11 and 7 the Improved financial conditions in all dividends each year. M K CHURCH. towns where good roads prevail can be Preaching Sunti, y morning and ev traced directly to excellent roads. The ening. Sunday school at 9 :45. Ep- residents o f the cape likewise agreed ! T H E CANKERW ORM . worlh league at. (5 Prayer meet that the time had come for a radical A i l A u tn n in P r e v e n t i v e — X e a l W a y o f iug Thursday evening.— 11 N. Ron min, change in the method o f roadbuilding IL iim I I iib a T r e e . p Htt»r, and their maintenance, and plans for T h e ravages o f the cankerworm con the cons (ruction o f stone roads and for the payment o f the debt which would tinue to increase from year to year, H A IT IS '» CHURCH. i Spraying, perhaps because it is in some Preaching SnmUtv morning ami ev be incurred thereby were discussed I detail wrongly managed or is not often ening. Strtday achofl at LO. H N from one end of the cape to the other. W hile the various towns were delib enough repeated, is frequently com P U. mi f>:.?0 Prayer meet in»* Wed plained of as Ineffective. Another meas erating over the methods they won! nesday evei mg.— J K. U. Rum-ell, employ to build si one roads and were ure which is usually efficient is band- p . - • I • r' formulating plans for the payment o f | ing the tree with cotton batting or the debt that would thereby be in | printers’ ink spread on a strip o f paper. PKKHUYTKKIAN t^lDMCM curred Captain Thomas Patterson of The cut shows how the band o f cotton Pte.tcning ■'timi ty morning and t" Barnstable, who for years had been I is applied. A loose band of tlie cotton »ring, Sunday e*t**»«»*»1 at LO. Chris making a study of stone roads, their is first placed around the tree and a i * ■ l v » 1» ivoi* ut H ;fi(). P.' .ytM me- - construction, etc., presented a plan to string tightly tied around the tree near . • red thi ■ •’ !• n f* * its lower edge. The upper edge is then tog T i ♦ r -• I.tv evnni ' — VV , I’ \V • •I . -t BARNSTABLE’S PLAN. OTHERS W ith a grow ing demand for regls- teredkcattle, inquiries In regard to the process o f registration become more f'vqu eat. In the main the require ments o f all the record asiochilions are tin same. The bretsler is required to pay a small f(*e to the secretary and fill out certain blank forms snowing tin* sire and dam o f the animal and sometimes the grands res and gnmd- daius also, the time o f calving, etc. Borne associations provide a time pen alty for registration, so that neglect to register promptly liH reaac* the amount o f the registration fee. The general r ile for eligibility is that both the sire and dam o f the animal muHt have neen registered. In some instances proof o f i pedigree o f parents that were unregis tered has been allowed. In the original establishment o f the berditooks vari ous minor rules were adopted, but five top crosses have been usually regarded as necessary to produce a full blood, i lit the herdllooks the animals are nmn- i hired as received, and the numlier ns j w ell us the name serves to identify them. By some associations the cows and bulls are numbered 84‘purately, but others make no distinction o f sex. i BABY BEEF. I The names of famil.es are usually giv- | i en by the females which; have shown f t G H n Q u i c k l l c i n r n * n n d B e s t P r o f | special merit, but in the ease o f Flere- it F r o m C o r n uitd A lt'n lfa . fords the sire not Infrequently gives W h at does the production o f baby the fam ily name, and bleedings are | beef mean? According to the Kansas traced to Old Anxiety, Earl o f Shade- experiment station, it represents the land, Lord W ilton and other sires. follow ing: Nothing to the ranchman K eep O u t th e W e t SAWYER’S Ex octal* r Broad C L O T H IN G E V A N G E LIC A L (T IP K C If. P i o -ching Snuda' m arn ili: ami c\ cuin g ut lin* M. K. church, south* Suini.iv school ut 10 Christian Eu ile »vor hi 6:30. PruyiT m eeting Thurs day « veiling.— A A. W inter, pasior. Th* best w aterproof «*rnir>nt» In th* world. Made from th* beat materi'ils *tid warranted waterproof. Made to *Uud tli* rougheit work and weather. Look for the trade mark. If yonrde*J*r do««* not have them, writ* for catalogu* to I. T. lotting and Packing Co., in ti., Nan Francisco. . X. HAW YF.It X SON, Sole Hits. F.aat ('«mbrlilfe, Mail. HOW T H E B AN D IS A P P L IE D . XY iim I i I iiu C olored T :* l»lo L in e n . Colored table linen should be washed In tepid water In which powdered borax has been sprinkled. Wash quickly, using little soap, and rinse in tepid water containing boiled starch D ry In the shade, And when still damp Iron. X ------ Yerington, Nevada Oct, 20. 02. Dr, (' A. Perrin, Hel» im, Mon' uia. j I « hi fir: 1 have pearly finish* d the f.Miper bottle and am practically well. My case was one most physician 16 v.-,«i.l.l h ive pronounced incur tide. M F o r O ver S ixty Y e a r s . jfi))< » tit«1 is good, have gained 10 poun I An old an I well tried remedy. Mrs. 3 ip i t weight and feel like a n- w lens-' t fl W in slo w ’s Soothing Syrup has been ■ life was given me. One of the botti ■ list'd lor over sixty years by m illions of j; 1 spini mi- this tin » « i*> for a f» i« nd a * U mothers for th eir chihlren w hile teeth »th e «»ti i t for inveelf, as 1 *1«» not in- l.t<*n*l to I «• without it. Very tru y | in g, with perfect success. I t soothes urs.- T. R. Harris, the ch ilil, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic ami is the best rem edy for diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Hold by d ru ggist« in every part of th • world 25 cents ft bottle. Its value i ■» incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. W in slow ’s .Soothing S y rup ami Like no other kiml. 4 «»1 • »la nmvtiiff, Oohnnbtu i:nlver»!t> is to take It»:: 1 |i i : i «, i uh , j a ss Stan to: niilfg,- crews 1«..war* think» lie !: is too mudi w with b i!» il» » Var« : cr v und in lb* fu: «•h. ig»* o f Un* anil will givi* (lu fit» pomo graduate oh r? lumi. G* 1 .» I . p- .iiipti « I «;■< «•»■«.»¡n ««nr opinion free. .... »»volition Is probably pntentaMo. Coninitinica- tlon* sirictiy cuUdential. HANDBOOK on Patents ■cat froo. Oldest agency for ««curing patents. h.»mb. linin'- stoitiHcii und I i v#» r In i»'1 ts al W il-nii’« ih »ig Moie. They are c i y 1 ». lak.> and ni 'tc pIcAsiint in d i ■ • than fills $pecM notice, without chance. In the T * imi » I»« ir «»so is not f.» luW» «i I*V c o n s i l f i imi if* is «»fieu th« fi »• wi th p ’11» A handsomely illustrated weekly. Unrstt clr- ____ ! Terms, $3 a ilaMoit of any si'ieutlBc ^urnal. K girini -!*c. 25 m » > a MU NN Ä Co.3«'8”"'«'Now York Branch Office. «25 F HL, Washington. D. C. M l»ln e r«i Pl-i*i*. Jimmy Mle*. i;el wHl tv til country a ti: *n»li eniih r li ported «m l will In* under i! iticiit o f Floyd McFarland lit* will bring tw o powerful motor | a ring ma tliuirt* with hltn and will I h prepared to m.N*t « I I romers for the »hauiploti ship o f flic world. U I1* ii n a tvaki «. W« It *t !•.» : i , - « ••«! Ill III otto, .«• r|! «»»ite 1«. il M- e r>- , ,. 'i ID • .« »*ire .*• • li T »m b r! «lu ’« d ot!» 4*h e r ta b id 1». O ■e • r • a». li S' 1 lie•y • U » ------- ill. m.ik. ..— — . «In# 4*4 lio . .. i « t i , ;ick headache and consti amUoa, I T rade M a r k s D is io n s C o p y r ig h t s A c . I'atenta taken tnrouuh Muon & C o . receive Scientific American. ...... four months, ♦ L ■ by P all H newsdealers. pulled down or turned over the lower tl(*d part, just as a glove is turned in side out in taking it off. The female moths, having no wings, are obliged to craw l up the trunk of the tree in order to lay their eggs early in the spring time just after the ground thaws out and also late in the fall. The cotton hand acts as an effectual barrier so long as it remains fluffy and soft, ns the Insects get entangled and perish there. S t r a w l » « - r r l t ' » In tin* S m it h . The season fur this work may begin in Mississippi with the first good fall rains and continue until about March 15 or so long as the soil remains cool and moist. Successful plantings are sometimes made during midsummer by taking advantage o f spells o f rainy weather and shifting plants, with dirt adhering to the roots, to nicely pre pared soil near by. W here pcs* fhle to ! secure good stands from midsummer | ami early fall settings quite a nice I yield of fruit may be ex pec teal tin* fol ! lowing spring. There is little if any j risk attending settings made from ; Nov. 10 to Dec. 10 and from I'Yb. 20 to March 10. the fiirmer planting becom ing well estnblishnl before the advent o f severest fnav.es. the latter escaping the cold and becoming well ronteil be fore dry. warm weather Settings made dnring late February on good soil frequently make during the fol lowing April and May more than suffi cient fruit to cover ihe cost of plants and the exjieuses Incident to setting out and cultivation.—A. Li. M cK ay, Mississippi. Sti a y »fa l*. Salmon Qut*ei) is one o f the novelties In dahlias. The tuberose Is ulrea<!y produced in large quantities on a commercial scale In North t'arolina. Goldmine is a chrysanthemum of large sian*. o f rich golden yellow color, outer petals reflexed and those o f the ceuter Incurved in a whorl. The newer cactus dahlias are mag nificent large, perfect In form and fin ish. rich ami brilliant in 4*olor. Dahlias are on the tt»p wave o f favor again. P rlw e p s is a new. huge flowering gladiolus. The dahlia Is said to be a native of the tropics o f America and w ill not Stolid Croat. first clan» stock and awaiting only op portunily to show’ the blood and capac ity that was in them. The greut bull, no matter how great be may be. cannot uiuke the herd un- less the op|s»rtuiilty is furnished by the great breeder, He must prepare the field, so to speak. He must have good judgment In the si*U*etioii of the seed and must follow this up with cultlva tion and core. H e di'servea the re ward, but let not the cureleaa br4*4Nler Imagine that he can b.\ using tin* same Seed secure tin* suiih * measure o f suc cess unless iig* lias prepnivtl his herd for its reception and then gives the same cultivation and cun* afterward. Great herds are not devefiqaNl by luck or accident. They a in * cn*at4*d Just as Bir Joshua Reynolds created his great pictures, ‘ with brains, sir." - N\ a I lace’s Farmer. Colorado Cattle. Reports from tin* western Colorado cattle ranges are to tin* etfeel tlm' while a large amount 4)f stuff will be shipped out tins year it will m»t go to market any earlier than usual Fully 100,000 head 4>f 4*attle are to he moved from the couenry lying lietween Grand Junction and WoU*4)tt. Fills js more cattle than have come from that scn * tiou In any season in ten years.- Blooded Stock. S lio r ilio r n C o w R o b e r ta . who has cheap pastures; a complete The center o f attraction at many change In the methods o f crop produc state fairs o f the middle w’est this fa ll > tion and of feeding to the farmer with was this, .handsome Shorthorn cow, I high priced limited pastures. The pro ductlou o f baby beef gives quick re turns on the Investment. The farmer who raises and fattens mature steers has to furnish pasture for his cows, the yearlings, the two-year-olds and often for the three-year-ohl steers. He w aits three years from the time tin* c a lf is born until he realizes on the in vestment, and only one-fourth o f his herd are cows producing calves. I f the farm er w ill produce baby beef, he can fill his pasture to the full limit with cows producing calves, and he w ill I* Hl ZU SHOHTHOHN. realize on the calves tw elve months winning first prizes over all others at from the date o f their birth. Capital is leading exhibits, says American A g ri turned annually instead of once in culturist. Ruberia is now a part of every three years. *The farm er’ s grain the herd ow ned by Colonel G. M. Casey w ill produce from 50 to LOO per cent more pounds o f baby beef than it will o f Missouri. o f beef from a mature steer, and for S iiccm H fn l ilreeilin s:. W e have great faith in the success of the past three years the baby beef ani the method which commences with mal has sold for as high prices per only a few foundation females, which hundred ns has the average steer. In purchases no more o f these and which producing baby beef the farmer can makes improvement III that herd and market his heifer calves at the same maintains the same by introducing prices as his steers and will usually good males from time to time. The get more for the twelve-mouth-old great advantages in favor o f this sys heifer than he would for the same ani tem are that it does not involve very mal if kept until maturity. Deiiianil F o r Baby Reef. much outlay and therefore is not at The packers report that they have tended with the hazard that is alw ays more or less incurred in buying aud never been able to supply the demand selling again. The breeder who pro for batiy beef and that there is no like ceeds on the lines which we now advo lihood o f the market- ever becoming cate is almost certain to succeed. A oversupplied, e w n though stockmen striking illustration o f this method is generally should go to producing it. furnished by W alter Lynch o f West- The best demand and the highest bourne, Man. Some thirty years ago prices are In the months o f April. May Mr. Lynch purchased oue pure bred and June. During these months butch Shorthorn cow o f miscellaneous line ers want light cuts, and they find less age. Since that he has purchased no waste in baby beef than in that from females, but lias introduced from time larger cattle. A fte r July 1 the price to time good bulls, possessed o f fine in for baby beef has a tendency to be dividuality. but not remarkable for come lower, as light grass fed cattle their being possessed o f fashionable compete. The best prices are obtained pedigrees. Kcceutly Mr. Lynch held a for well fattened calves weighing from dispersion saic* and received for sixty GOO to 1,000 pounds. Calves either animals then sold «$10.515. During the above or below these weights do not previous years he had sold many thou- top the market. The age should be sanils o f dollars’ worth of stock, all from tw elve to fourteen months. the progeny * o f this one cow. When Th«* Great Food ('ou iM nntion. herds are thus managed, the danger 1 A lfa lfa hay and corn gave the great from disease is reduced to the mini est gains in a feeding experiment fol mum.—Holstein-Friesian Register. | lowed by a lfa lfa hay and Katllr corn T h e Hull. grain. At all times through the seven In the true sense the bull does not months’ feeding the calves fed alfalfa make the breeder. The man is greater hay appeared to be in the best condi than the animal. It is the brains of the tion. and they finished the l>ost. The man uiul not tlie loins o f the bull that corn and K affir corn were fed whole for put quality in the herd. It is quite true the first eighty-three days. A fte r that that there are phenomenal sires ap both were ground. W ith all lots dur parently the result o f accident, but ing the whole time o f the experiment only apparently so. I f their history the roughage was fed whole, and the could be traced back, it would be si*en grain was fed mixed with it. that generations have been preparing for the production o f this world beater. A H ealth y T on e In the Sheep M arket. In the same way there are phenomenal A healthy tone In the sheep market, men, men who tow er fa r above their with prices holding pp well, is report fellow s as Pike’s peak, towers above ed by Country Gentleman. Market the neighboring mountains, but if the conditions tend to make holders very fam ily pedigrees o f these men were Independent. In butchers* stock also traced out we would find that the same the best cows and heifers sell well and qualities that have made them success also the grade o f cutters and cannera. ful wore characteristic o f the father Texans are steady. and mother, grandfather and grand mother, perhaps not I'onspicuou*. but nevertheless Detent. They came of j T H E P R IM E S T E E R j W hat ^he Butcher W an t* In Fora« and Fittnh D evelopm ent. j The butcher deumnds not ao much that pnrullelogranimic form popularly : spoken of by ao many author 111 *'« a* be does a high state o f development to j loin, cropa. back, thighs, tw ist and rump. H e demands development In > these regions because they are the parts from which are secured the high j priced cuts. The animal should show j plenty o f depth aud breadth, furnishing | a large surface for flesh without that tendency to be paunchy wfllch Is ot>- Jectionuble to tlie butcher. H e seeks also smooth, w'4*ll rounded general out lines, which indicate both thickimss and evenness of flesh find an absence o f a tendency to be rough and coarse, which would uu*an loss to him. siqpe the waste lu the dressing of a rough, coarse beast would be out o f propor tion with the weight of marketable beef. Then, too, the butcher is not uu- : mindful o f the fact that having se- I cured satisfactory development o f the parts from which are taken the high Br g h t ’ s D is e a s e . j priced cuts there Is an added value in The 1 *rgi‘st sum ever paid for a pre 1 securing thick, even flesh throughout ycrir,iinu, cbiHiged bands in Sat; Frap- on the cheaper as wcfil ns on the more c > co A ' gn-t fi0i.ii, 1901 Tin* tran*- valuable parts o f the carcass. Id e a l Shape an d B e e f Valu e. i r in v<*1 v«*t?iii coin and stock $112,500 T o the untrained eye an unusual de nil w ii^p aiil by a purl} ol bUHtiess in«* n for a sptcifie f<*r Bright's liiseuse velopment o f loin, crops and thighs uni diabetes. hitlii*rto incurable dis- would detract from the beauty, style uri-s. T h e y com m em -ed the serious and gracefulness o f the beast. T o the • iv« sii»j.ition «■ f the <*pecifio Novem butcher such development would in ber 15ih, 1900 They interviewed crease rather than lessen its value. It •«•ores of .the « ureil and tried it out on should be clearly borne In mRid, there fore, that no beauty o f outlrae, style tx merits by putting over three doz ■M cases (iii the treiftmeni and watch- or-gracefulness o f carriage w ill ever g them . 1 hey also got physicians take precedence o f proper development • » name chm nie, incurable cases ami in the most important and valuable «imp ist* re«t it with the physicians for parts o f tlie bullock. W e should not jfidges. I ’ p to Au gu st 25th, e ig h t} assume, however, that the highest de ev» n per rent of th • test cases were velopment in these most valuable parts iih er we l .or piogressing favorably, Is incompatible with ideal beef form. i here bei g but thirteen per cent ol The truth o f the matter is w e seldom uiinres, the parties w eic satisfied and get high development in the parts from which are taken the high priced cuts dosed tile transact ion. T h e proceed mgs »if ilie in veen g a iip g com m ittee except in animals which are symmet md the clin ical reports of the test rically developed. It is entirely con •: ishs were published and w.ll bo mail- sistent and desirable, therefore, that ‘ I tn e on appii'-ution. Address John w e hold up ns our ideal standard o f F' lton C o m p an y, 420 M on tgom ery the prime steer a combination o f well developed parts from which are taken meet S.m Francis«*#. C a l i f o r n i a . the. high priced cuts and a uniformly high development in all parts capable Wb(*n to I'rnne, o f taking on flesh which gives to the An annual pruning should be given animal symmetry and smoothness, of all grapevines at some time during the outline, that style and that beauty oth period o f rest between the late fall erwise impossible. Correct conforma frosts and the early movement of sap tion and prime condition must accom the follow in g spring, but never prune pany each other in order to secure a when the wood is actually frozen. high percentage o f dressed beef.—H. Good authorities agree upon this, W. Mumford, Illinois. though they may differ as to the exact time that is best to prune. The writer, F IN E T A B L E F O W L . in the latitude o f central Illinois, has found it best, for several good reasons, T h e O l d H t i K l l M h G u i n e a C o m i n g t » to practice fa ll pruning. I f done then, the F ron t. it is out o f the way o f the rush of For some years the old English ga m i spring w ork: also, the weather is usual fow l o f England has been coming t i ly pleasant, and the work may be done the front. W e see much In print abom with less personal exposure to the the revival o f the old English game. operator. I f pruned in the fall, there can be no danger from “ bleeding," a term used to designate the waste of sap from the new ly made wounds which follow s late spring pruning. If pruned in the fall and the primings are immediately burned, many disease germs and insects w ill he destroyed that -would otherwise survive the win ter and that would prey upon the vim s the follow in g season. Furthermore, fall pruned vir.es can he more easily pro tected from the severity o f the ensuing winter.— VV. II. Ragan. SOUTHERN PACIFIC O L D E N G LIS H GAM ES (S P A N G L E D ). **Th is fow l occupies a foremost place T IM E T A B L E ns table poultry. They are most deli cate and fine flavored fowls, a well CORVALLIS MAIL—DAILY 7:30 ¡i m Lv............ Portland................Ar r.;'0 p m known fact to those who have feasted 1 • 3 i in T,v ............. Derrv.... ... . !.v 2:14 p in !l:f»r> v in Ar...... Cmvniiiu...... Lv 1:20 pm on what w e call pit game. In fact, it is At Atbanv «nd Corvallis connect with trains of said that they outrank the pheasants Oregon Central and Eastern railroad. In delicacy when served on the table. DALLAS PASSENGER—DAILY, EX. SUNDAY They grow very fast and are alw ays LOO p in Lv.............Portland.............. Ar 7:0») a m plump and ready for the spit any time «:-0pm.\r............ Dal la«............. Lvj(.::o after they are six weeks old. YAMHILL DIVISION: The colors bred are black breasted Passenger »1» pot foot •»« ff< r*on street * reds, brown breasted reds, duck wings, AIHI.IK Mil IGIIT-TKI WEEKLY ..enve S: »;> a m..... Portland..... Arrive 3:01- p m blue reds, piles, black, w hite and spau- Leave 3;50 pin.......... D.ii’as.............Ariive 8:50 a n) gles, the latter the most popular. As vrriw A:i0)un....... Airlle........... Loave 7:30 a n shown by the illustration, these fow ls are beautifully built and free from the long shanks o f our standard gam s. They have full, plump breasts and lou nger bodies than our exhibition games. T l M E L A R D 1.0 2. In fact, they are the same as our pit Vi* 2 far Y a q u in a : I aììivcs A llm iiy 12 p ni games, only they are bred to exhibition Leaves C orvallis ............ 2 :00 p in form and color and not for the pit.— A f f iv i s Y a qu iu a ............ 0.25 p in Country Gentleman. Vo I r d r r n i n g D em an d Fop A m e r ic a n A p p le«. Leaves Y «quitta .......... (i :45 a ni The demund for American apples in L e ives C o rv a llis ............. 11 :!Ì0 h m Ship A rrive s A lb a n y ................ 12 :15 p ni Europe continues to increase. ments are now going out from Mont S for D etro it: 7 :00 p ni real, Boston and N ew York.—Garden Leaves A lb a n y .............. A ir iv c s D etroit................ 12 :05 p tn ing. ìorvaliis & Eastern Railroad. ....... : . t. fi No. 4 Ìrom Detroit : Lc.Tves D e tro it............... 12 :45 a ni A i riv e» A li>au v................ 5 :35 a in T ra i iis 1 and 4 arri ve in A Halli V in o»in‘* io connect svilii t h è P . »ou tii »ouml train, as well as g iv in g two or hree hours in A lb an y b. fore depurt- irv o f S. P north bound train. Train No. 2 connects with the S. I* "ains at Corvallis aud Alb an y givin g lircct service to N ew p ort and adja.:- nt beaches. T rain fi for D etroit, Breitenbnsb nd o ilie r mountain resor s leaves Al- • m y . t 7 :00 p m after the arrival of ■*. P. ronth I m m ih I train fro m ^ ’ortlam l re ehin g Detroit at 12. OOJjp n). For further inform ation apply to E D VVIN ¡STONE, manager. J. T U R N E R , acent. Alban y. l i . II. C R O N IS E , agent, Corvallis. One Thins: an d Another. Sugar beets harvested Oct. 12, 19 and 2fi In Montana were richer than those harvested Sept. 28 and Oet. 5. Surface applications o f lime are re ported as effective in checking the rhizoctonia rot and r o t a t e d spraying with bordeoux mixture as preventing leaf spot in sugar beets. Flax w ilt or “ flax sickness" is re ported by Professor Bolley o f North Dakota to be due not to soil exhaus tion, but to a fungus in the soil. In Montana formalin lias proved more efficient and more easily appl ed than any other fungicide tested for grain smuts. Cod liver oil. with skimmilk. is sug gested as “ a cheap substitute for cream In calf raising." R. 8. Shaw estimates that waste products o f western farms eaten by live stork yielded a “ profit o f $1.44 per Citation. acre over and above the value o f the food secured by the animals and re In thè entra ty court nf thè «tate of Oregon , quired for maintenance.” f«tr th • county of Folk. In iie ii itter of thè guardian^hip «»f Alice 1 Packin g? F l o w e r s F o r S h ip p in g . !«aVerne Harritt, B'niice Irene Hairitt, and j tólnier Warren HarrHt, milioni — Order. Use wooden boxes for carnations and It appearing frani the petitwn of An^ic W. 1 roses, light boxes 30 b y 15 by 0 inches. Drritt. guardian of thè |*erson and estate of \liee Ls\er^e Harritt, Pernice Irene H:»r- For chrysanthemums boxes should t*e o f heavier material. 8 by 15 inches itt, un i Kluier Warren Harritt, minor», tLa notti« 1 he beneficiai that thè intei wide and 4 to 0 feet*long, according to id minora in thè wboie of tiie realeefVe • the length o f the stock. Before pack • id m inor» «botil i hewdd; i r I.STH KKKF‘ »hK «iRU RU ED T H \T ing all flowers should lie placed in water for from sU to tw elve hours. «••iiext «>f km o f «aid minora, t«*—v ii: Julia Itoses should n lw n js he sorted Into tw o . Harr>tt, Ih r >n W H a rritt, C o n i-Ila ! ! « . - :t, J. W . H a rritt, II. r . H a ri*t, A oyie W . or three crudes, packing the longest in ! ir*itf . u ri Alice C. Fmm*it, ami all j»er- bottom o f the l>oi sod at least one •n» interrateti iu said »»tate, appvar ticfore Inch from eud o f box to avoid bruising. i» c«**irt **n t!)« For short distance shipments sprinkle 3 th D sy o f J .tn u a ry , IS-03, \t thè hour of 10 o’cloek, a ti» «how the foliage ami plsce wet paper over ni*«, if anv they cali, wby «neh «ale «h«*uld the ends o f the stems and cleat firmly. » »t Le orderad. On long distance shipments each box Datevi thi« 2nd day of L>e<»*nil»er. 1002. ; should be Iced. J E. 8 IB L K Y , J of ih , FrOttete Cdurt. > ?■L