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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1898)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Hobson seems to be sharp as a raiser. We still Insist tbat It should be called the "Tankee-Spankec" war. When Rudyard Kipling flred his lat est poem he evidently was 'loaded for bear." It Isn't exactly for Its land Talue that England wants upper Africa. It evi dently has sand enough. The Dowager Duchess of Suther land's diamonds have been stolen, but the name of her play has not yet been announced. Col. Waring was a sacrifice to sci ence, but he died a hero Just as truly as nny man who fell at 1 Caney or San Juan. That New York fellow who Is shown to have fifty wives Is in a position to understand the full force of the mother-in-law joke. Ella Wheeler Wilcox has published an Interesting article on "How to Be Lovable Though Old." What does Ella know about that? Tennessee now comes to the front with a missing cashier who Is graphic ally described as "6 feet 2 Inches tall and about $14,000 short." A Colorado editor who translates the national motto, E plurlbus unum "out of money, one," evidently shoots much L nearer the mark than he Imagines. "Was the war a complete failure?" asks the Boston Advertiser. Consider ing the fact that It Increased the price of beans It must be admitted that It was. The Czar's disarmament proposition might with profit be tried first on Rud yard Kipling. What Is the use of going ahead if Rudyard will not lay down bis gun? American game may be getting less In some sections, but that It's keeping up In other directions Is shown by the announcement that 7,000,000 packs of cards are sold yearly. Speaking of the golf champion, Beat rix Hoyt, the Boston Herald says: "She has a man's arm and a man's clear eye." Well, sho probably will get the rest of him sooner or later. The Austrian authorities would not allow Mark Twain's remarks at the Vienna peace conference to be publish ed. Those suspicious foreigners evi dently are afraid that American humor Is loaded. It seems that several eminent physi cians have come to the conclusion that fatigue Is a disease. That la well. Now If they will discover the bacillus of fa tigue Hnd then perfect a system of Inoc ulation against it what a gay old world It will be. That man Anthony who, when blown up on the Maine, saluted Captain Hlgs bee ami said, "Sir, I have to report that the ship has been blown up and Is sink ing," evidently Is totally devoid of fear In the face of peril. He was married the other day. Street sweepings to the estimated amount of three million tons are col lected every year In the cities of the United Ktates. Most of this material Is either used for "lllllng" or thrown away; but the Department of Agricul ture learns that In some places farm ers secure the sweepings for fertilizing ptiriHiHi's, and that the farmers In such cases, with few exceptions, report ex cellent results. Since the disposition of such refuse is sometimes a serious problem, the fact seems to be worth coiiHlderntloii on the part of town and country alike. One of our worst faults, as a people, Is a persistent disregard of the truth that to prevent waste In all such wars Is to Increase wealth. The civil war camo to an end In April. 1SC, but the national debt In creased more than two hundred million dollars before the end of August, when It reached Its highest point, In spite of the mont extensive and all embracing tax system the world has ever known. The war with Spain has Wen much less 'otly, but It Is a conservative estimate, that lens than one half the total ex petite was Incurred before the terms of peace were offered to Spain. If that be so. the war cost, directly, two hundred millions. Indirectly, the larger army iii-vdcd to occupy new possesion will cause a large permanent charge on the revenue, nnd we limy assume that the war taics have come to stay. The Orleans family In France has al ways been famous for Its small econ omic. King ImxiIs Philippe was sneer ed at In his time as a mail "who counted bis pennies." Ills descendants also have the reputation of being penurious In the use of their ample wealth. The head of the house Is the Due d'Orleans, who would Ih king If the monarchy Were restored. Ills recent manifesto respecting the Dreyfus affair confirms the popular view of the family falling. Instead of sending It to the headquar ter of his party In Paris by a messen ger empowered to have It printed a a HMter and placarded w here every one could see It, he put It III an ordinary en vi lope sod poMcd It by mall at the n pcnc of five cents without warning his agents by telegraph of his Intentions In roticiticiic ,,f , Nd management the manifesto was only placarded In a few places, and was laughed at wber ever It was read. He w as ridiculed by the boulevard w Its as a Pretender, who rni. I not afford to spend mors than a five cent stamp even w hen a throne was In sight. There was the same kind of wit in Units Philippe's lime. The blind iM ggar, into w bo hat th suialieM Trench coin was thrown by a bystand rr, rtctaimed: "Tbat must bars been n Orleans prince!" All Paris was stir red wtlh merriment w lien th story w as told in print. c - -----rrrr-ra From advance sheets of consular re ports from Franc. Italy and Hyrla as to the tiieut to which nuts art Med as food, some Interesting facts ran be gleaned. In France chestnuts largely! take the place that Indian corn occu pies as a cheap food In this country. Especially Is hls true In the central districts of France, where large planta tions of chestnut trees supply a cheap and nutritious food for the peasantry, who often make two meals a day upon chestnuts. These nuts are eaten boiled, roasted, steamed and In a variety of ways constitute a daily article of food. In Italy the slopes of Aetna are esti mated in nrnilnro annnnlltr rttrhtv in a I hundred tons of rhestnnts. though In- forirtr In niinlltv n tha fino artra nnta I of Calabria. Here, as In France, chest nuts during the fall and winter season furnish a considerable part of the food of the poorer classes and are cooked In a variety of ways. Ground they are made Into a kind of cake by the peas ants of the Apennines, but the result, atleast to American taste, is not encour aging. Walnuts are also grown all over France as an article of food, for the purpose of making oil, and to adulterate butter. The peasants eat them with bread rubbed with garlic and they are considered to be an excellent substitute for meat. Both In France and In Italy almonds are grown largely, though not used for food as extensively as chest nuts and walnuts. In Italy there are extensive almond orchards. Filberts, or hazel nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, etc., are all eaten more or less In all these countries, as they are In the United States, not as aninln food supply, but as relishes and desserts. The common and cheap peanuts of the United States are not available In Europe and prices are so high as to make them a luxury. When we smile at the excessive con servatism of the English In refusing to adopt a decimal system of money, and sticking to their Inconvenient reckon ing In pounds, shillings and pence, are we sure that we are not throwing stones through our own glass house? How many ounces are there In a pound? Twelve of one kind lu one sort of a pound, sixteen of another kind in another sort Three feet to a yard; five and a half yards to a rod. Thirty-two quarts In a bushel. An acre cannot be made Into a perfect square, but Is a piece of ground ten by sixteen rods, making forty-three thousand, five hun dred and sixty square feet. A cubic yard contains nine cubic feet. These Il lustrations show what a waste of time and energy there Is In converting our own weights and measures from one unit to another. It Is all needless waste, as we know from the e!lse with which we deal with our money unit Our readers will perhaps be tired of be ing told that in all the civilized world, England, Russia and the United States are the only countries which do not use the metric system for all purposes. If we are asked why we do not use It we cannot reply that our method Is better. We can give no hotter excuse than that we are too conservative, that the change Is "too much bother," that we are too lazy to conform to a system which Is as far superior to that we em ploy as the dollars and cents of our nw.nnv aia mnra pnnTonlimt tlmn tlo British pounds, sblllings and pence. It I would not be a bnd Idea for the young people of the land to organize them selves Into a metric league, to urge on the change which must come sooner or later. Perhaps tho present generation of statesmen Is too "old-fogylsh" to bring about tho reform. Let the school boys and schoolgirls familiarize them selves with tho metric system, employ It In their games, and make their opin ion of It known by monster petitions to tho powers that bo. BABY'S EDISON'S CRADLE. Kuison's Assistants Presented Hint with This Automatic Tender. When Thomas A. Edison's second daughter was born his technical assist ants In the laboratory at Orange pre sented hlii) with plans for a cradle in tended to save Mrs. Kdlson much of the worry and trouble usunlly experienced by mothers. Several other Ideas were submitted to the committee, but tho thought of the wizard ambling up and down the room In the dead of night, oc casionally stepping oil a semi-submerged tack, was too much for them, so the cradle was decided on. It was called the "automatic electric baby tender." It was an ordinary cradle with Ingeni ous devices for the child's comfort at- I... 1.. It.. ...... .......... .1.- . ... ..... ...... ... ,..,, ,..,,,, ,,, lHM w he e the baby . head would le. was a diaphragm, somewhat like a telephone receiver. If the Infant should start cry lug at the very first wall communlca tlon was established between the (I la ,....., ...... ir,c t n i ... Cnmiierton did not henr. Ha was star same time the cradle was set rocking , hor , ,,, MMWmmt e .....I ... ........ -I.. ,....... it .... .. o. . ...mi. n oior. uie re- ; ,,, t?mn atu,mi,ti to Bptak Wfon monstrance continued beyond a certain tm, wonM oomo time the clock released a lever and an ..M1(lg Klngsley," ho managed to nr arm attached to the side of the cradle tlrulllt0 at limt Ilu uoart ha,, ,,, (operated by what Is called a bell crank ilo,M at tu0 mouu,ut of recognition. n-TiTi, rnrrjniK n imixiou I'ouie, was swung over tho baby's mouth. If hun-1 ger was not the troubl.i and the walls continued another arm on the opposlt I side swung over the child's mouth wltb ' paregoric. At the same time (he elec- trls current was turned Into a set of ART tlHSOM'S Kl KCTaiC CRAHI.K. magnets placed around the cradle, and any pin which might be causing th trouble would to at mice removed. II the yells continued the "thirty third do- give" was applied. Two arms, lying flat lu the cradle under the baby, wert slowly raised aud the child turned over. Then an electric spanker fsMciied to the footlx.ard proceeded to do Its work wltb heaiucss and dispatch. I However. Mr. F.disow persists la re girdlcf lb baty's cradle as Juka I COURAGE; Because I hold it sinful to despond. And will not let the bitterness of life Blind me with burning tears, but look - beyond Its tumult and strife; J 1 pP 1 Because I lift my head above the mist. Where the sun shines and the broad breezes blow. By every ray and every raindrop kissed That God's love doth bestow; Think you I find no bitterness at all; N bDrden to roe, like Christian's pack? Think you there are no ready tears to fall. Because I keep theui back ? Why should I hug life's ills with cold re serve, To curse myself and all who love me? Nay! A thousand times more good than I de serve ' . -God, gives me every day. And in eacboneof these rebellious tears Kept bravely back he makes a rainbow shine; Grateful I take his slightest gift; no fears Nor any doubts are mine. Dark skies must clear, and when the clouds are past One golden day redeems a weary year; Patient I listen, sure that sweet at last Will sound His voice of cheer. IN THE ELEVATOR. AMPERTON stopped at the hotel desk long enough to read the 1 e tte r which was handed to him with his key; then he start ed for bis rooms to dress for his club din ner. But the club dinner was no longer In his mind. The contents of that letter engrossed his thoughts to the ex clusion of everything else. It was from his late traveling com panion, Birch, whom he had left In Par Is a month ago, and who now wrote from London to tell him that the Kings leys had quit the continent and were Intending to sail for America at once. "So the coast Is clear, old man, and you can come back," declared the writ er, persuasively. "You were an Idiot ever to run away as you did. Join me here In a fortnight and we'll be In time for that Mediterranean trip." Camperton'a jawa were set and his brows contracted as be stepped Into the elevator. He knew that the KIngsleys, In re turning to America at this time, were curtailing their original European pro gram by at least six months. And it was easy to guess the reason. They were coming home to prepare for their daughter's marriage to her titled Suitor. The Count himself, no doubt, would follow In a short time to claim his bride. "And I must get away before they ar rive," decided the young man. "I'll go ha to EuurPe n steamer." Through the mist of his mental ab straction he observed that the elevator had . an occupant besides himself a woman who had seated herself in a shadowy corner of tho car; but her presence did not change the current of his thoughts. The elevator came to n sudden stop so sudden, Indeed, tbat Camperton, not being prepnred to check his upward course all at once, Involuntarily rose to bis tiptoes, waving his arms like a huge bird alwut to take Sight, and then pirouetted gracefully toward the other passenger In the corner. "There Is no danger, madame," he be gan, In his most renssurlng tones. "We're fast between two floors and must wait a while " He stopped short as be noted, wltb urprlse and alarm, the attitude of the lady. She was still sitting In her corner and was holding a handkerchief over her face, while little convulsive quivers and shrugs of the shoulders Indicated that she was weeping. In bis contrition and bis desire to soothe her harrowed feelings he was about to sit down beside her, when a sound that W as strangely like a giggle came from behind the handkerchief. Cnmperton started up, flushing hotly. "Do forgive mel" And the laughing Tolce suddenly became coaxing. "I know lt lg rud0 of Mr Canin(.rtoni ,.ou can.t bo funny you looked Just now, when you went hopping and waltzing alwut and kneeling at my feet for all the world like a performing bear!" .,,, u . tu, ,... ... suppose this Is your astral body. It cannot be your real self." "O, but it Isr said the girl with ani mation. "V came over In the Cam pania, which arrived this morning, and we are stopping at this hotel uutil our house Is put In order." , "VI" "Of course; papa and I. You don't suppose I would come alone?" "I-I didn't know. I was not exactly expecting you to come at all. Your plans, as I understand them, would have kept you abroad the rest of the yeor." Miss Klngsley dropped heV eyea, "It Is always easy to change one's plans, you know," sh said. Iietraylug alight coiifuslon. "Vou did not honor me with an explanation of why you left Europe." "Hut the note!" he e xclatmed, Tho note, Mr. ('ampcrtou?" "And my letter? Do you mean that you did not read my letter throiigh-the one 1 sent to you at Hotel Continental two days In-fore my departure?" "1 received no letter from you." "Hut, Miss Klngaley, you-you an iwered It You told mo not to mention the subject acaln. and sou are an no red because I have Insisted on reminding roti of that letter. Hut I only want to tiptsln why 1 wrote It AU Paris was rounectlng your lism. w ith that of the Count, and there were twrslatent m. liors that you were to become his wife. It was common talk that your father tad set his heart on the match, and no tody seemed to question your willing iess to become countess. The rumors In J the gossip had a most depressing tfftct upon me. I think 'ou know, Mlaa Klngsley, what my own hopes were, l bad loved you for a year, although I had made no confession. I could not believed that you cared for the Count or that you would sacrifice yourself for a title, even to please your father. But the anxiety and suspense became so In tolerable that I resolved to end the un certainty and learn my own fate. Ow ing to your father's espionage I was unable to find an opportunity to speak with you alone. So I wrote tbat letter, confessing my love, begging the right to put an end to the rumors concerning you and the Count telling you how anxiously I should, wlat for an answer, and assuring you that If my offer were rejected I would leave Paris and Eu rope and never annoy you again." "I never received the letter," she said, softly, without looking up. "Never received It! Then how do you explain the answer?" he demanded. "I wrote that note yes; but not In answer , to any communication from you. It. was not Intended for you. I do not know how It came into your pos session. You will see tbat the upper part of the sheet has been carefully cut off. On the detached part waa the name of the person to whom lt was ad dressed." She raised her eyes, and he saw that there were tears In them, but before he could speak she asked: "Did you send your letter to me by post or by messen ger?" "Why, I sent lt by Tomasso, the little Italian, whom I often employed In tbat way." "And he brought you the answer?" "Certainly." "Ah! I think I understand It now," she said, her expression showing the light of a sudden conviction. "Tomasso, as we afterward learned, was In the pay of this Count who employed him to spy on the movements of people whom he desired to keep under surveillance. It was he, I am now sure, who Intercepted your letter and sent back to you this note. Ills object was to get you out of the way. The note was originally ad dressed to him In reply to his third proposal of marriage and he cut off his own name and sent lt to' you." Camperton listened like one In a trance. Then he cried out sharply: "Do you mean to say you are not en gaged to the Count?" "Engaged! Why, I hate him! He Is a wicked, designing man. Papa himself Is convinced of that now. It was on his account to get rid of his persistent attentions that I prevailed upon papa to take me home before we had finished our travels. O, Jack Mr. Camperton! how could you believe such a thing of me?" Ten minutes later, when they were released from their Imprisonment in the elevator, they parted with the un derstanding that they were to meet In the KIngsleys parlor within an hour. And there was a vacant'seat at the club dinner that night Woman's Home Companion. Antidote for a Soldier. They were at the first matinee after the return from the summer In different places. They were exchanging confi dences. "What sort of a looking -man la he?" asked one. "Oh, tall and thin, handsome, smooth face." "Is ho, a swell?" "Indeed, he Is. lie wears evening dress every night, whether he's going to a party or not." "Does he say 'bean' or 'bin?' " "Always says 'bean,' and carries his handkerchief In his sleeve." "How about his 'a's?' " "Why, he uses broad ones, and I heard that he took a cold bath every morning, whether the weather was hot or freezing." "Really, and you know him well? You lucky girl! He must be a regular swell." "And he wears his trousers turned up whatever the weather Is." "You lucky girl! Can't you b.lng h'm around to call on Sunday? I'd like Clara to see him. She's so stuck up alwut that soldier of hers who never got any nearer the fighting than Tampa." Chicago Inter Ocean. What American Simplicity Mean. Baron Pierre de Couliertln writes an article for the Century on "Building Up a World's Fair In France." Baron Cou bertln says: Not long ago I read In a French newspaper that the Emperor William, while studying In detail tha conduct of the Spanish-American war, had In-en particularly Impressed by the excellence of the citizen soldiery of tho United States and by the efficient aid which they rendered the regular troops. This, however, was no surprise to me, for I have long been of the opinion that, even In the art of war, the thousand and one complications with which the old world Is saddled are In no wise In dispensable, and that, although It may not be possible to Improvise soldiers, there should be little difficulty In mak ing good soldiers out of free cltlxens. In short we see that though Europe, through all phases of national exist ence, has remained complicated, Amer ica has retained Its original simplicity, which, Indeed, Is the chief characteris tic of transatlantic civilization, and gives It Just that plasticity, that possi bility of progress, that rapidity of real isation, which makes It a civilisation superior lu many points to ours. Marble Ponds of Persia. That beautiful transparent stone rail ed Tabrla marble, much used In the burial places of Persia and In their grandest edifices, consists of petrified water of ponds lo certain parts of tha country. This petrifaction may b traced from Its commencement to Its termination; In one part the water Is clear, In a second It appears thicker and stagnant la a third quit black, and In Its last Hag It Is white like front. When tha operation Is complete a stone thrown on Its surface makes no Impression, aud one may walk over It w Ithout wetting one's shoes. The sub stance thus produced Is brittle and transparent and sometimes richly striped with red, green aud copper cvl or. Ho much la this marble, which may b cut Into large slabs, looked upon as a luxury that Don but tha king, his son and persons specially privileged ara permitted to take It Sunday la Hit day whan a man spends tha morning In dodging bla wife's sweeping and dusting, and tba afurtKX'B la wishing be hadn't ta aa sancfa. TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS Every Farmer Ehonld Pat Up Hit Own Ice Supply-Fall Flowing aa a Remedy for Grasshoppers The Hedge aa a Vermin Breeder. Ice during the heated season of the year Is a luxury few farmers enjoy be cause of the expense attached to keep ing refrigerator and dairy supplied. True, lt Is only a few cents' worth per day, yet In a season the ice bill wpuld far exceed the amount the average farmer could afford to expend. He Is kept from putting up his own Ice by the notion that seems to be prevalent that an Ice house Is an expensive af fair, and the success of packing a doubtful sequence. This Is a mistaken Idea. Below we give a description of a fifty-ton Ice house and the method of packing the Ice which has stood the test and proven both practical and cheap. The bouse can be of any size desired, this being larger than most farmers require. A good plan is to get several neighbors to put p the build ing and pack together, sharing the first expense and after labor. , . The building should be situated on ground that Is high enough to drain the surface water away from lt, as lt has no floor. It Is 10x10x10 feet, the walls made double, with an 8-inch space be tween the outside and Inside sheeting. This space Is packed with straw and chaff pounded In as closely as possible. A good roof ihat will not leak is re quired; In this house boards with bat tened cracks will prove all right and much cheaper than shingle. But one opening Is necessary, the door through which to put In and take out the Ice. This Is about 2V&X4 feet square and 8 inches In thickness, to correspond with the walls of the building. It Is made like a box 2Mx4 feet and 8 inches deep, filled like the wall with chaff or straw. . Before packing, fill the bottom of the room with about 8 inches, of cinders or some such substance that will readily take In the water. Pack the Ice on this, leaving a space of from 8 Inches to a foot between the Ice and walls to be filled In with sawddst, chaff or straw. This should be cramped In as tightly as possible. All the cracks and crevices between the Ice cakes should be filled In with pounded Ice, making the mass as compact as can be. Ice put up In this way will not melt down a foot In the whole season. It will not melt If the sun, rain and air are excluded, and a reasonable chance given It to drain off the little water which comes from It Epitomlst Plowing to Kill Grasshoppers. In presenting helpful and timely notes on a few of the many Insects against which farmers may have cause to use preventive measures the Michi gan station advises as follows: The best known remedy for grasshop pers is fall plowing for the destruction of the eggs. Where this practice can be reg ularly carried on over large areas the grasshoppers are not likely to become trouublesome, but there is always some stump or neglected lane which would be difficult or Impossible to plow, or else there is some farmer who will refuse to plow his land, and these lanes and uu plowed lots will furnish places for the hatching of enough locusts to infest an entire neighborhood. The eggs are laid In pods containing about twenty-five or thirty eggs. These pods ore mode of mucus, which is given out with the eggs during the process of laying and dries down bari, becoming brittle and impervious to moisture. ' The eggs are thus provided with waterproof covering about three-fourths of an inch long and smaller in diameter than a lead pencil. - The pods are concealed in holes In the sod in which they were formed. These fragile little pods of egss sre open it the upper end, providing a place for the escape of the young locusts. Now if the sod be plowed under most of the egg pods are turned wrong side up, besides being buried so deep that the young locust will never be able to escape. Then, too, many are broken, and moisture thus gains m trance and leads to the destruction of :he eggs. It is likely also that the plowing sill expose many to their natural eueuiles, inch as birds, shrews, mice, etc. A good rolling after the plowing and dragging will pack the dirt so tight that very few will escape. To be of the most value the plowing must lie general. No strips along fences, no lanes of any size, lid no clearings containing bruHh and itunips should be allowed to seed the rest of the farm. When it is absolutely lmposiiible to turn the sod under In these places, recourse may be hud to another remedy vis., pol- uiiicd baits, ltrsn mixed with pnrli green, using IVj to 2 pounds of the poison to 25 pounds of bran, should be stirred up with water to the consistency of dough. Some times cheap molsHses is added to make It stick together better. This is made up into small balls snd placed about the field. The greatest care must l observed for a long time after using these balls that no live stock or poultry lie allowed to gain access, and If It la Impossible to complete ly exclude them it Is best nut to uae the baits. Herfares aa Vermis; Ifrerdera. Nobody now talks about the hedge as a cheap fence, though Its other recom mendation of being permanent unfor tunately still holds good. Except for a -border around some suburban resi dence the hedge Is a nuisance, and la now little planted. In the country It Is especially objectionable, as It keeps on growing unless cut lack every year or two, and Its roots extend on either side, robbing the cultivated land of moisture and plant food that the crops require Most commonly the hedge Is built around the orchard, possibly with tb Idea that It will protect the fruit from thieves. Instead of this, the hedge Is apt to stir the ambition of all tha boys In the nelghb irliool to try whether they cannot get through It, and we never saw the hedge that coul I keep an active boy out of where he wanted to go. Hut the worst of all the evils of the hedge , around an orchard la that It Is sure to 1 1 surrounded by ta'l grass, making the best possible bart-or for rabbits, which will go through and strip tb bark from apple trwa. In moat cases, too, tha rabbit will atrip the bark from the hedgerow trwa, thus killing them and destroying tha hedge. American Culti vator. Tha llabll af Wheat Grewth. It Is llllpoaalbl to grow good crops of winter wheat wbera fall droughts are prevalent It la only where there art enough fall rains to beat down tba tender blades Into the oU, ami Uitu check their growth, that the wheat w!ll tiller or spread to either side, getting a firm hold of the soil, and also at the same time sending up side shoots that will make a spreading habit of growth. This protection will not prevent the frost from going into the ground, but lt will shield it from the sudden changis from freezing to thawing, and the re verse, that are far more Injurious than steady cold weather wou'.d be. In fact, the wheat grower is never better satis fled than when he finds fall sown w eat frozen In the ground with a light fall of snow over lt. If wheat cau be kept covered with snow through the cold weather that will prevent cold weather from browning the leaves, and It will come out In spring In good condition to grow, home wheat g owers hairow the wheat In fall, but this bruises the leaves, and coming befo e cold weather, when the wheat plant Is dormant It Is too great a check to Its growth. Har rowing In spring, If possible before a rain and followed by warm weather, Is a touch better practice. Prices of Sngar Beets. Western beet sugar makers are will ing generally to pay ft per ton for bests that show 12 per cent, of saccharine matter. The pulp after the sweet has been pressed out of lt has some feed ing value, as have also the leaves. But it Is difficult to keep them long In good condition, as they sour and rot when exposed to air. The rate of 12 per cent, of sweet has been much exceeded in the East. In a favorable season, which Is one rather dry and with much sun shine, beets have been grown that showed 14 and even 16 per cent, of sugar. In such cases, however, the yield Is lessened. Twenty tons of beets have been grown on an acre, but lt must be In a season so cloudy and moist that the sugar percentage could not exceed 12 per cent., If it Indeed came up to that. Over four tons of beet sugar per acre has been made In Germany. There land suitable for sugar beet growing brings high prices. But In Germany sugar beet growing is made profitable by a government boun ty on all beet sugar that Is exported. Fow Grass feeds After Grain. It is a common mistake of farmers In sowing grass or clover seeds with drill ed grain to try to sow lt as quickly after the grain is deposited as possible. Many grain drills have been made with grass seed sowers attached, so as to drop tho grass seed Immediately after the grain drills had deposited the grain and while the loosened soil was still falling on the seed. The plea of course is that the grass seed is thus "better covered." It Is, In fact, nsua'lv covered much too deeply, sometimes not coming up until several weeks later. The truth Is that grass seed on cultivated soil needs no covering save what rains, frost and melting snows will trlva It. Nor is it best with winter grain to sow the grass seed until two to four weeks after the grain-Is put on the cronnd. In that way It will grow large enough, ana yet will not injure the grain crop the following season. Sheep Breeding In the Arid Region. The extensive cultivation of alfalfa In some of the States where iwha water falls Is leading to the introduc tion or smeep breeding and wool grow ing as a leading Industry. The alfalfa will grow and keep green In the dryest time, as lt sends Its roots down deep for moisture. The sheep also will Uve with less water than any other farm animal. In all our Eastern States sheep may be kept In summer on pas ture with no water except what they get by earing grass at night or In early morning, while It Is covered with dew. This does not prove, however, that sheep can be kept on pasture In regions where dew seldom If ever falls. Even with dew In the morning, If the weather be warm the sheep will drink some before night If they get the chance to do so. Economy of the 811o Good silage that has been well and closely packed In the silo Is estimated to weigh about forty pounds per cubic foot and forty pounds la also about the ration allowed each cow for one day. A silo ton feet deep and ten feet square will consequently hold 1,000 pounds of ensilage, which will supply two cowa over four months. Such a silo Is a small one, but the estimate shows what a large proportion of food can be stored away for winter In a small space by the use of en: Variety of Feeding:. A quart of bran mixed with a peck of cooked turtdps will give better results than when the same proportions of bran or turnips are fed separately, for the reason that the turnips are com posed mostly of water and the mixture Is more complete as a food, while tha bran Is better digested when fed with the bulky food. Variety In feeding conduces to health, and the less valua ble foods become more valuable by mixing them with substances that are more concentrated and nutritious. What to Do with Soft Corn. If there la room under shelter, soft corn should be spread thinly on the floor, so aa to keep It from heating. When frvenlng cold weather comes, It will freeie dry, and may then be ground In the cob with greater advantage than to use In any other way. But there w 1) be a considerable part of the poorest corn that has little corn on It, and which Is mainly cob. This can be better given while aoft to cattle than fed In any other way. In drying com cls, most of their nutriment la lost and only when there is considerable corn on them will It pay to grind them for feed. The Lady A pple. It la probably the small site of this variety, aa well as Its bright color and s-ood flavor, that make It such a rsvnrit 1 on the parlor table. A plateful will give a taste of apple to a great many people, each taking specimen. It has a small core, and Is easily peeled, though many like the aromatic flavor of apple skin, 'and prefer to eat It without peeling. I Though a small variety. It la a very productive apple, and always brings a t i i i , i . fc , . vu I'.iiw (u iui uisrsrv. Ilea la Aatossn. The ton that are moulting will not lay, and at this s.son nearly all flocks re going through ti e Moulting proceaa. To feed largely on grain will be a mis take, Give the fowls chopped Uveal and corn meal, ami three tlmrs a wk give ration of bran, ground oats and ' llDSr) mrni mixed, which will -bo' found etcelU-nt In protuotiog the' frowth of feathers. J SPANIARDS AND THE " MAINE," Capt. f larsbee Tells of the Demonatra . tions Against the Vessel. Six bulls were killed at the Sunday bull-fight Our party arrived as the first one was being hauled away dead. After the fifth bull bad been dispatched lt was decided, as a considerate meas ure In favor of General Parrado, that we should leave the building and return to Havana early, so as to avoid tha crowd. We therefore left very quietly, just before the sixth bull entered the ling. We tried to reach the ferry promptly, so that we might return to Havana on a steamer having, but few passengers. Three members of our par ty were successful In this attempt but General Lee, Lieutenant Holman and I failed. On our arrival a steamer had Just left the landing. We then hailed a small passenger boat, and were" pull ed to the Maine. While General Lee and I were conversing on the quarter deck of the Maine a ferry-boat cams across the bay, carrying back to Ha vana a large number of people from the audience. There was no demonstration of any kind. The passengers were doubtless those who had left early, hop ing, like ourselves, to avoid the crowd. ' The next ferry-boat was densely crowded. Among the passengers were a number of officers of the Spanish army and of the volunteers. . As the ferry-boat passed the Maine there were derisive calls and whistles. Apparently not more than fifty people participated In that demonstration. It was not gen eral, and might have occurred anyJ where. I have never believed that the Spanish officers or. soldiers took part It Is but fair to say that this wad the only demonstration of any kind made against the Maine or her officers, either collectively or Individually, so far as was made known to me, during our vis It. Adverse feeling toward us was shown by the apathetic beiarlng of sol diers when they saluted, or of trades men when they supplied our needs. After the Maine had been sunk, and when the Montgomery and the Fern were In Havana, Spanish passenger boatmen exhibited bad temper by with holding or delaying answers to our hails at night. The failure of the Span ish authorities, to compel the boatmen to answer our halls Impressed me as be Ipg very closely akin to active unfriend liness. It was at the time when the Vizcaya and the Oquendo were In Ha vana, using picket-boats and occasion ally search-lights at night ' apparently to safeguard themselves. Halls were made sharpjy and answered promptly between the Spanish men-of-war and the boats constantly plying about the harbor at night. It must have been plain on board the Spanish men-of-war that the boatman were trifling with us, This was after the Vizcaya had visited New Ynrlr I7nnt Riirnluui i tu tury. Du Maurler's "Trilby" has at last been translated Into Italian and Is run ning as a feullleton In a Milan dally pa- Boston books of the season are: James Itussell Lowell and His Friends, by Rev. E. E. Hale, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's Remlnlnlscences. Marlon Crawford's new book Is Ave Roma Immortalis, a selection of studies from the chronicles of Rome, and will be Issued In two volumes. Florence K. Upton's Juvenile book for this year Is called The Gollywogg at the Seaside. Her first success was Tho Dutch Doll, followed by The Golly wogg's Bicycle Club and The Vego man'i Revenge. Hczeklah Butterworth will publish shortly through the Doubleday & Mc Clure Company "South America," a his tory of the struggle for liberty In the Andean republics, Cuba and Porto Rico. It la said to be the first connected history ever written of this tropical and subtropical America, and Mr. But terworth prepared himself for the task by two extended Journeys through South America. "The War as a Suggestion of Mani fest Destiny" Is the subject of a critical study by Professor H. H. Powers which should attract widespread atten tion. It has Just been Issued by the American Academy of Political and Roclal 8clence. Professor Powers shows the development of the policy of lm perlailsm from the time of Jefferson, and the lucvltahlenesa of the war. He then sets forth the results which must follow from our appearance at a world power, and why the final struggle for world domination must be between the Anglo-Saxon and Slav races. Knives Made by I'ressnre. It Is announced that an entirely new method for the manufacture of tabli cutlery Is being Introduced Into Shef field, England, and Is exciting much Interest A round bar of steel Is placed In a machine, and by means of hydrau lic pressure a perfect knife Is formed blade, bolster and handle. Tin "fash" Is taken off, and It Is subse quently ground and polished by ma chinery. One such machine Is capa ble. It Is stated, of producing 6,0J0 of these all steel knives per day, at comparatively small cost In lalwr. Ths machines are capable of dealing wltb any kind of cutlery or tools. A Worldly Habit. Fellows You seem to forget tbat tba world owes every man a living. IMIowt-No, I don't but I've dlscor. ered that It has ImbUwd the human habit of not paying lu debts.-IUcn-moud Dispatch. Whore Lines. The Vnlted Ptatee shore lines of tba great Ukes are as follows: Ontario, 200 mllea: Erie, 370 ml Irs; Huron, 610 miles; Superior, KA miles; Michigan, 1,320 miles. Tire from Meteor. A meteoric stone weighing fonr tow fell on a warehouse In Flume, Austria, and set It on Are. The stone crashes through the bouse and was found burled In the cellar. Tba surprising thing about Hoavm la that M remains a. heaven wltb so many different women living nodr tba saui roof.