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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1908)
Wluit'a all Hint flies alxiitt In l«>r 'ugni? H miiio old story: Graft. I Parsala ale mid t««ich lltelr boys when <• any "no" amt Ibelr girls wlaui to say “/«»" Nouifa Dakota reports an enormous 'Top Of spelt. May as wall familiarise ymirwlf with that word II baa roms k> stay ~T- A Clavetead <«intiau|x>rary apeak» of th« “moral of tlie llraillvy nass.“ TI» l«aat said of inorala In Oonnectkia with that «was the lutter Gold has l>«*«n discovered In tlreen land We have alwaya thought Green land must have gold. It Is such a die agreeable, out of the way pla«-e • Aunt tiarrie N all on ann<mncee that ala* will klaa Ho mail who uses tobacco. Men who neltber ehew nor aneika atkould govern tlM*marlviw a<vx>ntliigly. A young man of tbe name of IJver neirv la reported to have made >3.300, 000 on stocks and roitun during th« past tew uvHit lia But lie la still Spwc «Bating. will l-«v)relrlan WeaUm'a record a««i»l for a long time, for ths reason that th« men wlm alt sriminl tbe roun try stores and «ay they can beat It will urvsr even try A French setrexxi declare« It to Im 1-tilHMMll.le for a woman with n-flned (Sates to dress on leas than $3tl.lMW a year It may be, however, that she has tbs wrong ileflnltloii of "refluaxl " !>r. Wiley, the guvernnient’a chemi "«• ei|M»rtt ddM’larm that the atraw tirrry jam of ouiunerc« la tunde of glu ocae, bayser«! amt <x»al tar Tbe hay- seed, of ooutW. girisi It ths genuine strawberry jam grit. A New Joraay man ItoanlM till anniey In hla attic, ■qulrrrlt f«mud It. after which they pn mvm I to • rry It away and |»ul II In tteelr nr »La But wn cannot praise (be »»julrrola 1’liejr also Isiantal It. Gen Itixitli of Ills Salvation Army a«yn lie ex|w«-ta a iicw*pi«¡«-r man to be the flrat to gr*-et him when tie arrive« In hueveo. Ami tbe newa|m|i-r iiMtl‘1 flret word». If he lis» lx«*n au Inter vxvwiw, will doubtli«*» lx* "Geueral. •wvw do you like iieavrn?" The head ami founder of one of the aldiwt Pittsburg famlUaw lias forgiven hla erring son for marrying the French maid The Ixiy turns out to be an <x silent football trainer Was the f:i«h- er lisiklng for aasuramvi that bls dnugh ter In law would lie handled In proper Pittsburg style? Jeer poverty, a grain »ack on the fl<mv for a I«-1, without u atltcb of clotbhig firovldivl for tlielr entr»«ire Into the world, to auy nothing of the x I m - ihv of fissi «nd tmvllcal rare." Tbl« I» liurUly more Mildinliig limn her flirt lier state ment : “But w« are hnprovlng on the other aide Our tllhvl women of wealfe, nuatoers of them, are Joining the «i-tlve ealopalgti " Poverty we have In thia iviuiitry to lx* sure, and «wen |iau|»vrlMii to some extent, but neltber tsiverty nor pauperism la, or I» likely soon to be, an institution In tlie United States. The reference of Mias Goallng to (lie titled women of wealth stai tiM gissi reoulta »n»vt««l from the activa Internat which Miry ye taking, or going to taka, In the Inhabitants of the Ixxi- don alums, emphasises (tie dlff«retire between tsiverty In England and pov erty In this rountry. To render It 1rs» apparent, Iras horrible, I» the end of every riviraror In tbe Kant Side of Ism don. Tlie abj«r4 squalor, (lie bopelsaw misery of that district of tbe British metrot«illa, I» so utterly different from anything that our civilisation ha* thrown off a* a bhssl humor that Americana who have not |s-raonally In veellgaUvt It can neither realise nor uniterstand It. I'overt y there la hop»- leas of rising out of Itself, baa little opisirfunlty of rising out of Itself, la loiklng for nothin* and ex|M«-tlng noth ing fnxu year s end to year's end save that auuie new philanthropy, Mane new charity aomethlng new In tbe nature of ai-ttlemeiit work with lucrsaaad fa cilities for the dletrlIsitlon of alm* - may be brought forward to relieve the situation The poverty that exists Io the East Hide of I «union la a mental aa well aa a physical condition. It could not exist In tbls rountry. where the minds of men and women, no matter what their rondltlon, are free to seek am! rompefeut to grasp ofqsirtunlty. Nel Hier la tsiverty here, aa over there, a romtltlou Into which tsvqde are born ami mit of which ¡wviple very eelilom rise Poverty here la not Inherited, and liauiierlMii le not bred liy pariah eoup lamer«. ,«*inty poor bourns, or the oc casional phllauthnqiy of flue ladles. The very |>atrouage which tlie |»or of Ismdon lisik for and are-ept aa a privi- lege (>r a right, or aa a means of dellv- erano from starvation, marks the |«ilnt where A uht I csii |«iverty divergi«« from the tsiverty of Great Britain. “GOOD BY. BOB; TAKE KE'EB YOUFSELF* WORLD WATCHES THE BIG PACIFIC FLEET. Naval Ortateat righting Strength Linder f lag for (he Long * ■«>■» Heme swd Cruise. l-*w FLOWER OF AMERICAN NAVY Movement Is Significant, Marking Transfer of Theater of Action from the Atlantic. Not since ftis war with Rpsln has there liaen aurh « ten»« feeling In naval clrctea aa that which nmrked Uia pre parations for the departure of tbe great fl«x*t, u nd re Admiral Evans, for tlw I'aclflc. All ths v«warla which were to tie a part of thia gre.itn«t naval dem onetratlon In our history as«*inbk*d at Hamilton Roads. Ths President's yacht, tbe Mayflower, swung Into historic Hampton Roads tx arlng l*re«ldent Roosevelt and the high officials of ths Navy Department. Promptly sixteen huge hattlewhlpa of Hie Unit««! Rtatea navy dr e se n d ship and began firing tlie President's salute of tw«nt, one guns each. Tbs May flower came to anchor In the roadway. Gigs and cutters put out from each bnttlrehlp bearing tlie flag offi<-er» to the Mayflower, where they were receiv ed on deck by President Roosevelt and hie official party. On their return to their Bhtix ths Mayflower hoisted an chor and pne-eeded down the roada to ward the entrance. Here the little yacht stood out of the rosdway while ths BS|ne sixteen battleahipe pamo-d by her, decks and flghtlng top» d reweed and roaring from their guns another President'» 4ilute Banda aboard ship played the na- tlonal air* Th!» wi> tbe farewell to tbe conunander In-chlef of tbe army and navy to the Anx-rlcan battleship ■luadron* which (lien began their cruise to (he PaelAc ocean. The torpexto flotllU had already atarted aa Ita progress le so much —Chicago Inter Ocean naval powers of the world, but It raises Ita representation In tbe 1‘ariflc ocean to tbe highest place, where tbe United Rtatee Is now a prmr »«mod. Wbetix r “for fun or for frolic.” aa Rear Ad miral Robley Evans has erpremed It. tbe battleships upon arrival In the Pa clflc will do ths Untimi States full honor. The date of arrival it Ilio Janeiro Io Jan. 11, 1008, end the day of de- parture ten days later. Here tbe crews will is* slolwed shore leave. leaving Rio Janeiro on Jan. 21. the fleet will prwved slowly to Punta Arenas or Sand Point, where It Is due to arrivi on Jan. 31. I’unta Arenas Is the lait atop before rottndlng tbe Horn, and flve days will tie passed here In rooting from collier» hired by tbe government. The distance of tills leg Is 2.231) knots. On Feb. 5 B«rr«w fee CaeesSfr. trained wi evolution! In recent years. In all probability a part of the fleet at least will vlalt Puget Sound before returning to tbe Atlantic coast again No plana have been made for the re turn of the fleet beyond tbe expressed determination of tbe President that V shall return at some future data. Bell Alrsbl* t»«a«h*4. The successful launching nt Dr. Alex ander Graham Bell's recently completed alnih.p took place a few days ago al Baddeck. Nova to-otia. The ship is built up of 3.050 unit tetahedrona. which an so disposed as to make tbe ship itself on* great tetahedron. which haa for its bsat tbs top of the machine. 13 meters Ic length. The several units are covered oe two of their aides with silk. The tota • arfare thus exponed is over 2.<XM) «quart feet. Tb« motor used is of the Curili THE GREAT AMERICAN PACIFIC SQUADRON Japan'» Ktupiwor haa thirty ihmera. each a uxxlel of ivmiforL Gloves were first m «* u In England during th«* reign uf Ed ward 11. foundation for the floor, which should tie of ’hre«*-quarter Inch board*. Tbe legs are mortised Into tbe shaft or han dle pieces, the front ones resting about three Inches from the (round and the rear ones securely braced, a» »bown In tbe cut If desired tbe aide« may be built from the floor solid and straight up. but we And It better to have a per manent tw-«l from Aoor to top of han dies, with removable side boards to slip on for use In handling bulky stuff. Heavy material, such as bags of fer tiliser, large stones, etc., are easily han dled with thia type of barrow, as they may be loaded between tbe handles di rectly from the ground. rrott Tree« «»a Grass, N|ianl»h olives yield from 20 to 24 |x*r rent of their weight In oil. A Pari« lusiiraix-e <«xt>p*ay refu»«» rieks on (urn wiio dya their hair. France la re«|«inalble for tlw gams of billiard* Devlgue Invented It In 1372. No win« uuiy hereafter la* Mild In Spain on Numlaya, and 11» Inna must lie cluaed <>n wrek days at midnight The lm|«>rt* to this rtmqtry of trop I’I m I wa« ini millenni tsvurretxre |*r.alucta will wlwm tbe desten,lauta of tl«»*** wlm ical aisl subtropical fnrgtit st t.'indy's Lane met r«x-«ntly amount thia year to at least >6U0,<MM),- on thè flcld of listile and dedicatisi a OiW. Tourl»t« complain that Japan la rot monument lo tIs-lr am-estera botti Hrit tali and Ans-rlcau Tliat Imiti Gen. ting to lx* tlx* moat ex|x*n«lre of nil Ilrown'a «timi ami Slr G«*orge Druni- reutitri«*! to travel In. Everybody ron- nmnd'a |eft so niany ih-e-en lauta la alders foreigners legltlnuile prey. pienaint pnxif tliat thè lattila wn. no Tlie MlNtlonnrle«' Literature Amvia- Mlkeniiy està affair. llou of England, now In Ita fourtee.ith year, ha* sent ovex 4MMXM) periodicals While the yiwt of the world tins lx*en tn tlx* foreign field In that time. et|icrlmeiitliig with dirigible balloons The Bible haa lx«*n trnnalnted Into *iul|q««I for war purposes thia country 4«x» liinguagc* Two nx*n «tx-nt twenty line lions tut little III that illre<-t1on. ycura learning tlie Tnhltlan langunae. The »ôter that our military autborl- and twenty more translating tlie lllt.lo The vessels prominent in the ties Inaugurate ei|M>rlnieiita and pro Into It. and a Torpedo Boat Destroyer. vide mane form of dirigible military Alfred G. Vanderbilt ha» given hla balloon tlw* better, otherwise ivc will cheek for >10,000 lo St. Mary'» IToti st- slower than that of tbe battl«>«tilps that drop lsqa-lavutly behind other isuintrlea two weeks more will be ronramed than ■ nt Eplsiipal church. In Portraxiu’h, by tlie latter In the Journey toward In thia newest phase of war prepare It. I., near hla Oakdale farm Half la tbelr destination—Ran Francisco. •ion. for the cmlowment fuml nnd the other All the navy yard« of the Atlantic tuiif In to Ito imx «1 for any intrpoae tlie I const have ta-en Ini ay for weeka In fit Ambassadors of tbe I'nltod State« to offiifinla d««vm noeixxiary. ting out the ablpe. At Brooklyn, New Grast Britain are by tacit arrangement Captain Watt, of the Laaltanla. la York. Boston. Norfolk. Philadelphia professional optltulata They are ex not noted for nffnbleneaa. He nuilntaltui nnd Charleston pnliuera. carpenters poetivi to put the country'» tmai foot forward whenever they have « cliam-v. that the captain's place la on the nnd machinist» have pnrtlclpatrel In Illgh up on the Whitelaw Held, the optimistic MMWatMir bridge, not In the anlnon. and he tie- . the great activity. of famous optimista, I» doing hla ahnre. 11« ven that be b«*»t m*rves hla pnn»*n* amokestneks tlx- paint brush«*» were «In « re-ent oix-aalon lie took our nn gers' Interest by Insuring their safety moving hack and forth nnd tbe sound tlon«l irfliulatlon for n »ubjiv-t of an rnther than by looking after their en . of hammers and saws has tx-en cense- | le«* Nor has there been any chance ad«ln-w> after he had prorwl ronchi tertainment. When In tlx* l«»tt«*ry for «ent* In the ' for Idling by the enlist««! men. Tin* •Ively that the financial panic was not m > much of « panic «fier nil «nd pic H«xine of Representatives at the open powder magnr.lnes h«ve had to lie fllh*d tured ■ time when the rountry would ing aaaBlon, J. Adam Beds of Minns- and the quantities which have h«*«*n I h * «tuffivi full of iwviple ns the Thank» m tn. known aa the wit of tlx* Ibrase, taken aboard have caused some specta giving bln! was full of drawing lie drew No. 23, there waa n storm of ap tor* to wonder what It 1» all about. f-ire the ixul of tho next presidential plause that Indicate«! that tlie memtieea Th«* large supply of ammunition Is n«*c temi, Mr. Reid pnvllet«, we shall have aa well n« tlx* gallerl«*» liked ths Joke. e««nry tv*cnn-«e of the projtv-t to have target practice on the long Journey. forty «lx States nnd Itai.tkai.ixni people. The Gallfly. Then also there will he mnny salute« The forty «lx State« are with tia now, lly the laws of England and of to Are and these will eat up thousands and ths Wtt.tkiG.tlUti people are certain France legal documenta are required of dollars' worth of powder Further ly coming But It I» tihe getting of to I m * written In Ink mail« from galls, more. In case an emergency ahonld tlirai tiy IIH3 that la the teat and trnvif mich Ink having proved to be prac- I «rise while the fleet 1« In distant wat •if optimism Since IST«) our |»qiulatlon tli-nlly Indelible. The mixture la of er« there will lie no lack of ammunl tins lsv*n Im-reaslng at the rate of 12. hrulaed gnll« with «ulphnte of Iron an<1 lion No «nob emergeticy Is exp«*cted. initi.OOO to 14.«»■ •.<>• »» |»*ra<ina per div*- gum arnble. Till« legnl Ink. at once tint tlie fl«*et "will keep Its powder dry" a<le Tin* Incn-ase waa about 12.001),<XM) the txvt nnd old<-«t In existence, entire while trusting In divine Providence. Is-lween 1870 am! I*w>. and the name ly de|w*nda on a disease to which the Greatest FlBhtlwa strewwtb. Iwtwren 1K*I and isiai. Itetw<v-n ism) oak tree la aubjm-t and which la caused The fleet which Admiral Evans take« and 11)00 It wan alami 14,000,000, and by a fly known as the gallfly. The to the l’nctflc Include» all the new the government ntliiMitea for the In gallfly lielonge to tbe aame order as battle«tilp» and the liest armored cruis «regar between inno and liiOT would the I hm -« and w»a|*, and when It la er». It 1» the flower of th«* American work out at the rate of Just alatut that ready to lay Ita egg It cuts away the navy, fnr superior to that which de for the decade we are big an increaae outer bark of an oak tree twig and de stroyed the Spanish fl««*t nine year* now In. We Ind a |«ipulntl<in of 76,- poslta Ita egga In the bole From aotne agix The Iaiulslann c»rrl«*s th«* lnrg«*«t 300,000 In 11)00; we have an eatimated unknown cense the tree Immediately crew l)M) otti<s-ra and men. Tbe Con |Hi|nilxtloii of WI.OOO.tMIO tilla year, and Iw-glna to enlarge aliout the egg. and a neetlcut. which is the flagship. Is the we may exixvt about 80,000,0)10 by gall, or oak apple, aa It la naualy called. flnest ship of tlie navy. coating >4.1)00.- 1010. Hut to pull that tlgun- up to Is formed. It la thia gall which ron ««>0 Among the other Iiattlrohliw aro 100,000,000 by March 4. 1013, will keefli tains the tannic acid from which ttl<> the Alabama, Georgia, Kansas. VI r the optimista busy. E^jeclally will Ink le made. glnls, Minnesota. Ohio. Rhode Island. they In ve to do hnrd flgurlng nt n mo Kentucky nnd Vermont. In nil there ment when rerent linmlgrnnta nre a<pir Shrink««« of Swiss Glacier.. are 32 battleship« and armored cruisers, rylt« to twwnne emigrants. I'ertiapa Remarkable shrinkages have been tiealdos tlie flotilla of tor|M*do boat d<*- Mr. Reid la flgurlng that the present going on among the Bwlaa glaciers, co- stroyere, repair and supply ships. The lTealdent'a exhortations on the general ixwlally In the last two or three year». progress of the fleet will be watched subject of rare «niel«)« will bear their The great Rhone glacier, one of ths with Interest by the whole world, and fruit during th« term of hla mccsaaor sights of SwKxerlaud - at least It used will be accompanied by the prayer that and send Aha population skyward by to be has lost In the last two years no oreaalon may arlae tor a display of l «tu« an<l bounds. no lea» than RR.2B0 square feet, ami that awful power of destruction which others have been shortened by any Iles within Its guns. Mlaa Annie Hosting, superintendent where from twenty feet to forty feet Tbe elgnlflcance of the transfer of at the District Nurses’ Association of Among »IVy three Instances, Afty-thrse the battleship« «tamtis the event as an IJverpool, England, who is visiting thia recessions were discovered, one glacier •poch tn the history of the United country ami »hslytng American meth remained stationary and nine had States. It transfeds tbe theater of ac The conspicuous tion of tho navy from the Atlantic to ods of caring for the poor, »peeks thus slightly Increased. narsrdlng poverty In America and Eng gsln was made by the Eiger glacier, the PactAc Groan for the Aret time sines land : “There la nothing tn this coun which lengthened Itself 114 feet last ths Ualtsd Stats* became * nation. It try to compare with Ixvndon'» Whits year, but observers say that these In reduces the naval representation of the «hapel. It Is awful. I have seen hun creases are not permanent.—West!*!» country tn tho Atlantis from second pines to tho lowest place aoxH< tbe dreds «C children born In fee most ab- star OaaettQ Uewa The drawing shows a low down tier row In sufflrlent detail to enable any one to make a similar one. We think that next to tbe low down cart it Is the handiest thing around tbe buildings and garden that we have, aeye a writer In Farm and Fireside. Its capacity Is more than double that of the ordinary kind, end tbe loed la moch'more easily put aboard. It baa the advantage of getting Into close quarters where the cart would not go, and for use about tbe feeding alleys, tbe stable, tbe lawn and tbe garden there Is hardly anything that will take Its place. For tbe framework get two pieces of hardwood two by two Inches will project to form bandies on one end and for tbe wheel frame oo tbe other. At front end of box la rear of wheel s piece of the same dimensions la mor Used Into the frame to bold it rigidly and to make tbe front end of box frame. Pieces 1'^X1 Sk Inches are also mortlaeu Into tbe bottom of tbe legs, both front and back. These form the picture are the Battleships Washington, Tennessee and Rhode Island, the fleet will round the Horn, regarded by all naval otti i era as the moat dan- gerou« point In the trip. and Feb. ^8, It In due at Callao. Teru. 2.830 knots from I’unta A retas. Another atop of ten days will be made at this point for coal and shore leave. The last leg of the trip which Is Axed im to date» calls for the departure from Callao on Feb. is for Magdalena bay, Mexico, where the United State« ha» maltitalt»*d a target practice station for several years. Magdalena bay 1» on the ¡xmlnsula of Lower t'allfornia. 3.012 knots from Callao nnd 1.000 knots from San Friitn lseo. Here the fl«x*t will re main at least n month enrogrtl In target practice. Upon the completion of this work It will »all for San Francisco, where It la expected to arrive about the middle of April or the 1st of May. On the Journey around the Horn the battleshl|>a will pass the second torpedo txiat flotilla, which sailed for tbe Pa type, four cylinders. 20 horse-power. It weigh» 120 pounds, wbk-h brings tbe tota. weight of the ship up to* 2U0 pounds Owing to a snowstorm in progress at th« time of launching, no attempt was mad« to fly.the machine. While Dr. Bell hai great faith in the suecewa of his Invention he does not assume to have entirely solver the problem of aerial flight. Chrtatlfenlty and National Life In a contribution to the Contemporary Review of London. Sir W. M. R aodmj make« the contention that a nation can no live without worn«* real and profound hole on tbe supernatural, illustrating bin ar gument by reference to the "auline the ology and the Roman Empire. He reaaon- that, while the Christianity of Paul wa* cruehed for the time being by the de creea of the Roman emperors, thia policj of repression and massacre proved th* destruction of the empire, while the re ligious pr.nciplea which had been so bit terly antagoniied became important fao tors in the political life aa soon as free dom of thought and action began tf spread over Europe. Are loll«« Machine« l.egatV The Supreme Judicial Court of Ma»«* chusetts has recently decided that thv use of voting machines is not pertnisslblv un der ihe constitution of the commonwealth This decision has aroused no little com ment. and has led to the assertion tbai if the machines are unconstitutional in Massachusetts they must be also in Ne v York, «nd perhap« other State«. It 1« pointed out. on the other hand, however, that this doe* not neressarily follow, »• tbe fundamental law of Massachusetts II peculiar in its refereuee to the method ■I which the vote» shall be cast. Jewi to Protect Their Rlgltti. Representative Hebrew« from all parti of the country met st New York to or ganisi a committee or central bureau tc which applications tor relief or interven tion may be sent by any members of tbelt race whose civil or religious rights may cl Ac on lx*c. 2. and at San Francloco. have been interfered with in any country If not at Magdalena bay. It will be throughout the world. I*elegates to tht Joln«*d by the armored cruiser squad bureau will bl tn proportion to tbe popo rons under Rear Admiral Stockton and latlon. Sebree, consisting of the cruiser« Penn White Slaves la Paaaaaa. sylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Roes Johnson, a missionary, who ha« t Yilorado ami the California. South spent several years at Colon, «fated tc Dakota, Tenneseee and Washington, the National INirity Oongress, In ssaalc» the later two ships now neartng their at Battle Creek. Mich., that girls are h* destination after a trip around the Ing aystaxnatlrally stolen from American Horn. In addition the battleship N'e- homes and sent to Panama as recrn.t« break a. which has Just bean commis tor the whhs aiavs marks! there main sioned. will Join the A«*et aa well aa the mined with official collusioii. protected cruiser» Charleston, Chicago. Milwaukee, St Louis and the gunboat Yorktown. Battle drill will occupy tbe time of the fleet for arena daya no «’renpleta float of tbe American navy having has* Extended experiment» recently con- 5acted In England have shown clearly that fruit tr«x*s suffer very materially, and 4re often killed outright, when grasa la allowed to grow under the tree •nd close up to the trunk. Various probable reason» for tbl» eff«x?t. »uch u the removal of plant food and of water by tbe grass, also the supposed Iberatlon of carbonic acid, which might prove Injurious to tbe roots of tbe tnrea, were respectively demonstrated to be outside the primary cause of In- Jury, and. Anally, after seven years' work. It was concluded that the lnjurt- pus effect could only be due to some poisonous substance formed In the soil by the roots of the grass. On the other hand. It Is a well-known fact that In many Instances conslder- •ble difficulty is expressed In obtaining • growth of grass under trees. There Is distinct evidence that plants produce toxic conditions In tbe substance In which they grow; as a rule the ex cretions given off by the root» of a cer tain plant are more toxic to the same pr a nearly related plant than to plants loot no clooely related. The effect of tre«*-Beedllngs on the growth of wheat waa tested, and after eliminating, aa • cause of Injury, such factors as re moval of plant of food or water by the tree roots. It seemed that the root» of the latter had some direct effect on the growth of the wheat, which suffered In «11 the experiment* The seedlings were placed In plant pot* hence the root» of the tree and those of the wheat plants were In close contact. Tree» of various kinds were need In the experiments, and the retarding In- fluence, although noted In every tn- stance, differed In decree; cherry waa least active In checking growth, pine most so. The conclusion arrived at was that the effect of trees on wheat appears to be due to tbe excretion of substance by the trees toxic to wheat The Pew«*h Cr<*» of ISOS. The fruit crop the past year was tight, but It brought a very go««! price, and the pro»ix*cta now are that Okla homa may have an excellent crop In 190«, say» a bulletin Iwmed by the State. The drought during the rammer prevented excessive growth, and the early fall rains caused the tree« to set a good chk > of fruit buds. The orchards that were well cultivated have now passed Into winter quarters In gooil rondltlon. There 1« a great variation In the number of fruit buds «et on tbe different varieties of peaches, and In different orchards, but the plums seem to be uniformly full of fruit buds. Trwi that have not been pruned well each season have a relatively poor set ting of fruit buds. Plum and cherry trees do not require a* much pruning aa do the peach trees. Peach tre«*s may be pruned any time from the fl rat of December to the middle of March The branches alwrald be cut back to about one-half of the length of last season'« growth. This form of trimming will thin the fruit and keep th« tree from growing tall. This 1« a distinct advan tage tn gathering the fruit and In «praying the trees. Fsxre 1,000 Mlles U>(. In West Australia, after flve years' work, the great transcontinental rab bit-proof fence has been completed. Its length Is 2A36 miles and the cost of Its erection haa been nearly >1,215.000. It Is furnished at Intervals of flve mile* with systems of traps. In which hundreda of rabbits are captured and destroyed dally. On the eastern aids of the fence the animals are teeming and vegetation la almost completely absent Inalde the barrier there appears as yet no trace of their presence. Aa soon as poralble after the mast I* cold all through, tbe hams and ehoul* dera should be cured They should be place«l on a table la the cellar, skin able down. Then for every 1<X> poumie of meat make a mixture of four pounds of tbe beet fine salt, two ounces of pow- rtered saltpeter, and fonr ounces of brown sugar. This mixture should be well rubbed Into tbe haute all over, and aome pushed Into hock end around the bone. Keep on rubbing unttl tbe meet will take no more; then let them re main on the table for a week, when the remainder of tbe mixture can be rubb«*d Im Allow them to lie for about two weeks altogetb«*r. and then hang up by a string placed through tbe hock, la a cool, dark smokehouse. For two or three days keep up a gorxt smoke from hickory chips, smothered with rawduat, during the day. Keep In a rool place, «nd b««fore spring exam ine to »ee that no Insects have deposit««! «irzs. Dust a little cayenne p*-T«p«-r, then rover with rosrue muslin to At the bam exactly and stitch tightly. Give a coat of whitewash or chrome yellow, and bang in a rool, dark, dry place. For curing tn pickle, to one gallon of water take one and a half pounds of salt, half a pound of sugar, half an onnee each of saltpeter and potash. In this ratio the pickle can be Increase«! to enough to cover any amount of pork. Boll together until all dirt rliws to the top and la skimmed off. Wbea cold pour It over the bams or pork, which may be plrfcled In thia way. Tbe meat must be well covered by It. and ibnul«! not be put down for at least two days after killing, during which time it feould be slightly sprinkled with salt peter. which removes all the surfaiw blood, leaving the meat freah and clean. A good way to keep hams Is to pack In dry salt In a dry place, not having any part exposed or touching each other. Bar far Dryla* Clothe«. If your wife wants a clothes bar «* she can dry her clothes In the bouse, then borrow a %-fnch auger, a piano nnd a «aw If you have none. Get aorn« light pine lumber 2 Inches wide and 1 inch tbXok. cut 8 bars; 4 bars 3 feet 11 Inches long, these are for tbe lower ones. The 4 bars for tbe top are 1 foot 11 inches long. You can make It as wide as you wish and 8 roils are needed to go cromwlse for bolding th« bare together nnd to bang the riott»*-« on. Dress the rods to about 1 Inclx sqnare and make them smooth so a* to not tear the clothe*. Foe bare tbe «lx« as given above the rods need to be of the following lengths: Fonr rods 4 fret long: 2 rod* 4 feet 2 Inches long; 3 r«da 3 feet 10 Inches long. 1 rod 4 feet 3 Incbee long, this Is tbe center rod and must project 3 inches at one end; cut another rod 4 feet 4 Inches long, use It for the top and have it to pro ject 2 inches so as to receive the plrew shown In tbe engraving to regulate rhe height You can shut or open It to any width you want It—Exchange. Wlater Shelter for Stock. With tbe approach of tbe cold months, aa tbe farmer Is making prei*- arations for hla comfort, he should not forget to similarly provide for the auk- male on the farm. Especially young stock demand gn<«L warm shelter, and this should be pro vided for them before the real cold weather sets In. Warmth to a young animal Is equal to a moderate amount of food. Animals exposed to the fronts and storms of winter are almost rare to catch cold, If not contract some other disease that will either enfeeble them or prove fatal. * Farmer» that do not take this matter Into consideration often have animals take sick and mope. and. perhaps, die, without tbe fact for a moment being taken Into account that their sickness is due to the cruel exposure to which they have been subjected. Truly it has been said that the merci ful man Is merciful to hla beast, and the man who Is not Is not only unfit to have tbe care of animals, but deserviat to lose them. Study of Msahraoa«». A singular and very Interesting and useful Institution has been established in tbe little city of Tarare, near Lyons. France. It Is a mycologtcal bureau where expert Judgment Is furnished concerning mushnxtms. many of which are poisonous Since the establishment of the bureau nobody buys mushroom* which do not carry Its ticket of identl- fleatIon and guarantee, and all tbe country people from miles around bring their mushrooms for examination. One surprising result has been the discovery of scores of edible mushrooms, wbick before nobody dared to touch. Quarters for Fowls. When comfortable quarters are pro vlded for fowls, says Prof Watson, the nutritive ration of the food should be about one-flfth; that Is, one |mrt protein or muscle-producing compounds to four parts of carbohydrates or heat and fat producing compounds. Roof 9hfn*leo. Shingles are usually 1« Inches long, and a bundle of them Is 20 Inches will* and contains 24 courses In the thlck- ncsa at each end. A bundle of shingle will lay one course SO feet long. When shingles «re exposed 4 Inches to ths weather 1.000 will cover 107 square feet; B inches, 182 square feet; 6 Inch* ea. 160 square feet The German Emperor, who recently has added a Spanish uniform to hi* stuck of clothes, has the biggest wartU. I I