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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1907)
EOW WRINKLES ARE REMOVED. Of- OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS BACK TO THE FABM. T last the cry hag boon raised In this eoun- Vtk I try, "Back to the farm." The cities are I over-crowded. Employment Is difficult to necessaries of life. The prices of all food stuffs are high. These conditions must be remedied, and, as the demand for Indus trial products Is limited, recourse must be had to agri culture. The farm can be made more profitable than a city Job. . r A year or so ago when London was disturbed by bread riots, there arose among that city's poor a man who thought he could solve the problem. In a small way he began to lead London's poor Into the country, establish them on (small truck patches, teach them how to raise vegetables and fruit,, and his experiment to-day has proven so great n success that London's poor are crowd-1 lug to the country. The exjierlnient has attracted at tention In this country and now philanthropists of New York, Boston, Chicago and other great cities are ma turing plain to Hend their poor Into the country, place them on land, give them a start in farming, and thus help fhem to become self-supporting citizens. The move ment In this country, although Just bpgun, promises to be the most humanitarian of a generation, because it re lieves actual suffering, both physical and mental, such as most of us know very little about. England Is small ; this country Is hirge. If the experiment should prove successful In England, it certainly ought to here. In raising the cry "Back to the fnrm" there 'Is no dis position on the part of anyone to crowd the poor out of our large cities. The, sole Idea Is to do good In a much more effective way than the methods that have been In vogue. Practical charity Is what Is Intended, and, If assistance Is received In the same spirit as it is offered, there ought to be, before many years, a measurable re lief to the conditions that have obtained In our large cities, and made them the centers of widest contrasts of human' existence. Wllllamsport (Pa.) Grit. THE CHURCHES AND SOCIAL REFORM. IIGNS of the times are growing more and more apparent In the work of churches. In stead of devoting themselves to man's eter nal welfare as used to be the case, they are growing more and more concerned with this life on earth. Once priests and ministers tn Hi ml nxnltixlvelv of heaven mid hell. Now they discuss the manner In which men should live in this world, not bo much with reference to a future ex igence as to Justice and happiness here. One Chicago Baptist clergyman, occupying the pulpit of one of the largest and most influential churches in tho city, has gone so far In this dlrectlou as to convert himself Into a social reformer, without consideration of religion as it was ouce known. Churches, he says, are usually afraid to denounce In justice, because they are supported by men In positions of wealth and power; but no fear affects him. He want the government to take absolute control of all public utilities, to regulate all estates, so that It shall be Im possible to pass an estate on to the thlfd generation ; to make lare landed ownership Impossible, and to pen sion widows, the aged and the helpless. It Is good to see the churches now finding an outlet from the place of indifference in which they are grad ually being left by the masses of the people and plunging Into questions that deeply Interest every thinking man. The religion of the future will, of course, concern Itself with man's destiny hereafter, but It will have much more to say than the religion of the past about man's state on earth. If religious feeling can once be enlisted in the cause of social reform, It will give a tremendous Impetus to the progress of civilization. Chicago Journal. EMIGRATION PROBLEMS. AT Is not often that Americans consider the other side of the Immigration question ; yet the governments of the countries from which the people come here are troubled over emigration almost as much as Immi gration perplexes the officers in Washington. For a number of years from one-half to three-quarters of a million Italians have been leaving home to go to South America or to the United States. Agricultural laborers have become so scarce In many provinces that it Is almost Impossible to till the land. Italian writers on the subject call attention to the fact that only the very young and the old In those districts remain, the best young blood having gone abroad in search of for tune. When these young men return they are too often broken in health from having submitted to hardship and privation to save money to spend at home. Complaint of the depopulation of agricultural districts comes from Spain also, although Spanish emigration is small as compared with that from Italy. Germany is not pleased with the departure of hundreds of thousands of able-bodied young men who are needed at home, not only to serve In the army, but to assist in the Industrial development of the fatherland and Its dependencies. The decrease In poulatlon of Ireland Is regarded as a striking commentary upon the result of British rule In the Island. There nre In the United Slates to-day more native-born i Irishmen and children of Irishmen than In all Ireland. Japan has lately co-operated with the United States in an effort to prevent Japanese laborers from coming to America. The Japanese government gladly did this because it prefers that the people not content at borne should go to Korea or some other dependency of the em pire rather than cross the ocean to a country where they can do nothing to Increase the prosperity of their own laud. Even Russia Is striving to Induce the discontented population in the European part of the empire to migrate to the fertile and pleasant lands of southern Siberia. Youth's Companion, LATEST AND BIGGEST THING IN WARSHIPS. "In recent years." said an ordnance officer to a New York Times reporter, "everything on a wnr vessel gives way t(j target practice. Tho one thing n commander is more interested In than .rttrMili... la tltiit Mil till,, iiiiu viou la . "- ...... ..... ....... .....l.n .. . . I . .. tlir JUt-ll Vl" II1HKW 111 U1B Ilium:. imi , , there was a tlhie when the 'man behind ' the guu wag not recognized as the most important element In the cfllcliwy ' of a fighting ship. "To Illustrate: I wag Junior officer on the old Essex many yearg ago. In those "days we had target practice once ii quarter. We were forced by regula tions to expend so many rounds of am munition every three months, and well, that was about all there was to It. It was a perfunctory kind of pro tlcc, and every one was glad when it was over. "One day we went out for the quar terly practice, anchored the target, ond went nt It Tho targets we used In those days were throe planks fastened In a triangle, a spnr Ktepied In tho center to hold tho canvas which formed the target proper. , "Now tho gun captain of the forward pivot rifle was an excellent marksman, and on his first trial he sent a shell through tho spar, which smashed it Into flinders. That, of course, stopped the practice, and out went a boat to tow' tho wrecked target alongside for repairs. "When It hud been patched up, it wns towed back to Its place and firing was resumed. "Again the same gunner had the first shot, and again his shell brought down both tho spar and the canvas; "Tho bout wag again scut out, but when tho repaired target was being towed back to the range, the captain, who was much out of humor by the de lay, spoke his mind. '"Tell Gunner Blank, ho eonnnaml ed, 'that If he hits that target again I will put him In the brig!'" How to Make Hop Poultice. Hop poultices have always been used With splendid effect for all sorts of pain. An old fashioned one Is made as follows; Put a handful of dried hops Into one cup of water and let it boll until the water Is reduced to half a cup, then str In sutllclent Indian meal to thicken. Apply very hot As to Noma, , -wnien is dcsi ror a sick man, a beautiful or an ugly trained nurse?" "Doesn't make much difference j if she la ugly bo will hurry to get well so as to get out from uuder her care, and If she U beautiful be will make a quick recovery In order to marry aer'r-IIouston Tost Too bear people say sometimes they do not car much for compliments. Nothing In It: All of us lots a com- rpwir si r::im '; ' mat lllftSSIllii mtrrisu warship uellekui-uon. biuueu than the dkead- NAUGIIT. ' The latest and biggest thing in the way of seagoing fortresses Is the warship Bellerophon, of the British navy, which was christened by Princess Henry of Bnttenberg, King Edward's youngest sister. Though of the class of the Dreadnnught, the Bellerophon is of 18,000 tons, "00 more than the earlier ship. A third battleship of this giant class, the Temeralre, was re cently launched. ALBINO BROWN TROUT. Extraordtnarr Lot of Little Fellow Now In Gotham Aquarlnm. Extraordinary among fish freaks Is a lot of 133 albino brown trout now at tho aquarium, says the New York Sun. These queer little fishes were hatched out In the aquarium's hatchery In February. Originally there were 150 of them, of which fifteen died In the first two months. In the last four months only two have been lost, one of these by Jumping out of the tank to fall on the floor. Something of the success that has thus far attended the rearing of the fishes hatehed from them must he attributed to the facili ties which this model hatchery af fords for looking after both eggs and fishes; for hero with comparatively small lots of eggs. It Is posslhlo to give them almost Individual care and to Insure that all the little fishes shall be properly fed. Another extraordinary thing about these little albino brown trout Is their number as compared with the total number of the hatch of eggs from which they were hatched. Albtuo fish es are not very common among such varieties as brook trout and lake trout and among brown trout they are very rare, but these 150 albino brown trout were hatched out of a lot of 5,000 eggs; a very remarkable proportion of albinos. The little alblnoa are here to be seen all In one tank, while near them Is an other tank of brown trout of their natural color hatched from the same lot of eggs. Seen thus the little al binos with their almost colorless bod ies but with dark set eyes become all the more striking. Ths albinos are now growing faster than their little brown brothers, but what will happen to them later nobody can toll, for albino fishes are not so long-lived aa fishes of their natural colort they are mora delicate and' as a rule they die young. If aa albino treat Growing; Alfalfa. E. C. Dameron, of Pike County, Mo., Is credited by an exchange with the following suggestions on' growing al falfa : "After several years' experimenta tion, with both success and failure, I unhesitatingly advise , fall seeding. While I know of no plant that excels alfalfa In vigor of. growth after it Is once established, It is extremely timid about its association-with other plants In its early life. Weeds and foxtail are Its worst foes, and how. to avoid them or to reduce them to the mini mum Is the problem before the alfalfa grower. It Is with this in view that I advise the fall seeding. To my mind the piece selected for seeding down next fall should be upland naturally well drained and fertile. If the piece selected Is land In .wheat I should top dress It during winter with all the stable manure. I could possibly get on It not In great hunks, but well distrib uted. After the wheat comes off, in June I should disk It twice, once each way. After the first shower the weeds will begin to appear, then disk again. Keep this up until Sept. 1. Don't plow under any circumstances, but kill all the weed growth by surface cultiva tion. All this sounds like 'work, and it Is work, but the best remunerated work a fanner ever did. About Sept 1, If there be moisture enough for ger mination, sow twenty pounds of seed per acre. Use a wheelbarrow seeder and sow ten pounds each way. This covers 'skips' and gives a better dis tribution of the seeds. Then slant your harrow teeth and cover by going over the field at least twice." should Burvlve after5 six months and should grow to maturity It could not be expected to live more thnn half the life of a fish of natural color. The aquarium has now four albino lake trout surviving out of a lot of eleven albinos of this species received a year ago from the State fish hatcB ery at Sarannc Lake. The largest of these four albino lake trout, which are how between 3 and 4 years old, is now about ten inches In length. They are all striking albino- speci mens. Ilonaewlfelr I nail net. A ninwacnusetts man tells a story Illustrating tho ruling spirit of a Yan kee housewife. imiv one nigm ner nusband was awakened by mysterious sounds on the lower floor of their house. Jumping out of bed, the husband took his revol ver from a drawer and crept noiseless ly to the head of the stairs. Presently me wire herself was awakened br loud reiwrt, followed by a mad scur rying of feet Much agitated, she In turn sprang from bed and went to the door, where she met her husband re turning from the scene of the disturb ance, and wearing a very disappointed expression. "Hlchard," she asked, "was It waa it r "Yei, It was a burglar." "Did he did he "Yes, he got away." "Oh, I don't care about thai," was me wires rejoinner. -What I want to know Is, did he wipe his feet before he started upstairs?" New Xork Times. Not Purae-prood. -rney accuse us or being purse-. proua r sam air, cunirox. "How very unjust" replied his wife. "Anybody knows that the amount which could be put Into a purse, or even into a suitcase, would cut no fig ure with us whatever." Washington star. Care of Animal'. As man has adapted different ani mals to different uses it does not infer that they are not subject to natural laws. On the contrary, the subjection is more complete than before, and, as man has been the foster agent In changing the charaterlstlcs of most do mestic animals, so must the band of man be ever Teady to render that as sistance so essential to their well being. The pasture, shelter and care must be suitable .for the accomplish ment of the purpose desired,' and no neglect can be allowed. Not only must the utmost care be taken In selecting the animals, that suit the' farm best, but the farm Itself must also conform to the animals. One should not attempt to Improve unless prepared for It, as failure will be the result, but the prep aration is easily made. Better stock means better farming, larger cropg and greener pastures. With each year the crops become better, because the system forces them to be so. But those farm ers who do not possess fav.-1'.ltles for certain breeds of animals need not be discouraged, as 'all can have a privil ege with some kinds that do not come up to the requirements needed. Im provement should be the object with every farmer, for even should the farm er lag behind, tho time will arrive when he will be compelled te camp on the same ground that others long be fore occupied, but who have left It for something better. Keep pace with the time, and keep the flock to the best, by breeding with thoroughbreds and alwaj-8 culling from the bottom. Corn and Sot Beana. I have raised corn and soy beans together with good results, but my ex perience on the whole is to advise farmers not to grow them together. It made the corn exceedingly hard to cut as the mass of vegetation was so heavy that the corn and beans tumbled in every direction from the heavy winds. I believe It Is better, on rich land, to grow each of the crops separately, says an Ohio farmer. When the land Is not so rich and It Is not desired to cut and nhnclr thfl nnrn hpnni can hn crmwn i - , j ' to advantage to turn hogs or cattle on after the corn Is gathered. The most satisfactory soy bean that I have tried is the early yellow variety known as Simple Operation Takes Away Folda and Basra Under the Ere. 'Folds and wrinkles about the eyes may be easily removed," says a writer in the Medical Brief. "Results have In variably been good In my hands, and I see no reason to fear untoward conse quences from the operations I practice. "Preparations for ' these operations are simple. Any physician may equip bis office so that be can do the work satisfactorily and the technic calls for only ordinary surgical dexterity. "vA hypodermic syringe, a keen scal pel, small, sharp scissors; fine cambric needles and fine sterile silk represent the Instruments absolutely necessary for the operation. "Cleanliness Is essential to prompt and satisfactory healing. The face of, the patient and the bands of the oper ator should be scrubbed. Antiseptics may be used, though they are not essen tial. "These operations are painlessly per formed after the tissues have beep In filtrated with a weak cocaine solution. A great deal of nonsense has been wrlt- Hollybrook ; they are some three weeks jten about sterile water. I do not deny that sterile water will produce an ab solute Insensibility to pain. "We bave all known this for a good many years, but the Injection of sterile BUCKEYE . BED. For Loading; Parm Wacom. Use a handy short stepladder with bent irons securely screwed to the end of the ladder, and that fit to the wagon earlier than the mammoth yellow, grow a fine quality of vine and an excellent yield of seed. It grows off more promptly than the mammoth and gets out of the way of weeds and grass sooner, and for the same reason It Is not so much In the way In cultivating a corn crop, if It la desired to plant them In A cornfield. And one decided advantage they have over the mam moth, they do not shell so badly after getting ripe. w One of tbe Ifew Breeda of Fowl. Thinking to Improve the Barrel Rocks, we crossed them with Buff Cochins, then used what we supposed were pure Black Breasted Red Games, with them. As part of these games had yellow legs and? pea combs, we now feel sure that they Tiad been mixed with the Cornish Indian Game before we got them, and here . where we got tbe pea comb. This mlxup produced a bird or two red as foxes, with yellow legs, and I con ceived the Idea of raising a whole flock like them. As layers the Buckeye Reds are sim ply peerless. Heat or cold has no ter rors for them, as their small combs do not suffer from frost They have a long body from tbe wishbone back upon which to carry plenty of meat They are not coarse or bony, yet males weigh from nine to ten pounds and females from five to seven. They have the rich yellow skin and legs so dear to the American epicure, and the skin Is not thick and tough as in some yellow-skinned fowls. They are vigorous from the shell, alert and gamy, thaugh not Inclined to fight among themselves, stfys Mrs. F. Met calf of Ohio in American Agriculturist in which a Buckeye Red of ideal shape is Illustrated. The surface color of the male Is a dark rich velvety red. approaching cardinal or garnet, never buff or bricky, head, neck, hackle, back, saddle and wlngbows richly glossed with metallic luster, under color a lighter shade. Food Valne of the Peanut. Prof. N. E. Jaffa, the nutrition ex pert of the State University at Berke ley, Cal., has Issued a bulletin saying 10 cents' worth of peanuts contain more protein than a meal of roast beef, and six times the amount of energy In volved In a big fat porterhouse steak. Prof. Jaffa punctures the old Idea that salt eaten with nuts makes them more easily digested, says a Berkeley dispatch to the New York World. He also explains why nuts seem to upset the digestive organs. With the exception, perhaps, of dried beans and cheese no food ma terial has such a reputation for lndl- gestlblllty," he says. "Discomfort from nuts Is largely due to Insufficient mastication, and from eating them when not needed, as after a hearty meal or late at night" lO LOAU VtAUOfiS. end board. By using a ladder of this kind the loading Is made much easier, and very often farm produce can be handled with far less danger of bruis ing. Very bandy for many other kinds of work. . Place for Lantera. ' A place should be provided In every farm building where lanterns are used or likely to be used. Stretch a wire along behind tbe cows and borses with sliding wire books on to - which tbe lantern can be booked and moved as wanted. A hook of cheap, smooth fence wire can be fixed np without ex pense almost anywhere, and It Is much safer than a nail, aa It will generally allow tbe lantern to bang straight Be careful that no hay, straw or other Inflammable material la near lantern books or other holders. Don't set lantern down. Brood Hena. If broody hens are properly treated nine out of ten will begin to lay again within two weeks after being removed from the nest But If they are half- drowned, starved a week, or bruised and abused. It Is more than likely they will get even with their owners by de dining to lay a single egg until they have fully recovered from their 111 treatment and acquired their custom ary tranquillity. - i Care of the PlaT Pen. The bog Is not able to endure se verely cold weather, yet It Is kept In the most uncomfortable situation -of any other animal. The pig pen should be well littered and dry, and tbe she! ter should contain no cracks or openings for droughts of air. water under ordinary circumstances Is ' not a painless procedure. As a rule the Injection of sterile water produces considerable discomfort To obviate this a trace of cocaine Is added to the sterile water, and then the Injection is painless after the needle has been coaxed Into the skin. "Wrinkles, folds and bags beneath the eyes are eradicated by the rempTal; of a crescent of akin beneath the eye. The convexity of the crescent should be downward, and the concavity of the crescent should He close to the' lashes along tbe lower ltd. The width! of the crescent varies according to the depth of the wrinkles or the size of folds or bags. "The first Incision should be made with a sharp scalpel along the lid. The skin Should be divided entirely, andi loosening somewhat It should then be. drawn upward, the operator observing carefully Just how much must be re-. moved to overcome entirely the condl-i tlon demanding the operation ; then with the scissors the skin is cut away, so that the crescent is made complete. Just sufficient skin is left along the, margin of the lid to permit the stitches being passed in closing. The line of union Is brought In this way under the shadow of the lashes and Is entirely In visible." COYOTE'S HOME LIFE. Often Rave Several Dena Father Devotion, to the Yonnar The favorite denning place of the coyote pair Is dug by themselves In some sunny bank; -but they may use an abandoned badger hole, says Ernest Thompson Seton in Success. . The en trance Is about 10 by 20 Inches and Is commonly concealed In the bushes. The ' actual nest Is sometimes lined with a little grass and fur, and sometimes quite bare. Mr. Barton sends the plan of one which he examined. Apparently It had been dug by the! present owners, and was much the same as the dozen or so others be bad In vestigated. The air bole, located after clpse search, was, as usual, an old. gopher hole, enlarged from below and directly over the nest; he supposes iti is made to admit fresh air to the cubs. ' . I have not seen this ventilator, but may have overlooked It as I had not heard of such a contrivance when last- I examined a coyote s den. It is wein known that a family will have several dens, some of which are, as Mr. Bar-1 ton says, "sleeping places for use dur ing tbe heat of the day, which Is ona reason why so many attempts to dig out coyotes' dens often fall of results." Usually the young are born during; the first half of April ; April 0 in the New York Zoological Park and April 20 at Washington Zoo represent the ex treme dates on band. They numben from three to ten, but are usually from five to seven. They ate blind ana helpless, but covered with close, dark ash-colored fur. It Is generally believed that tbe fath er Is not permitted to enter tbe home) for some days after their birth, but C bave hot been able to confirm this be lief, nowever, he is never far away, and his devotion Is vouched for by all who know him. Dr. W. T. Hornadoy Informs me that the father of the brood. born April 9 took a keen Interest In the young, and, became very officious, even vicious, In, their defense. Their eyes opened on, the eighth and ninth days variously. When about three weeks old the moth er would carry them out Into the sun. or about the yard and back again. At five weeks they were old enough to, walk alone. They were not fed by re-i gurgitation at any time, so far aa known. . Ponltrr Note. For rapid growth feed the chickens often. . Lice brood, breed and hide under the roosts. . .Gravel should always be supplied to fowls that are fattened In confinement Of two things, the breed and feed ing, tbe latter la the more Important Dry salt la as good as any material that can be used tor preserving eggs. . Ducks may be picked when four months old and every tlx weeks after wards. Select tbe stock of pallets yon In tend to keep as soon as they are w& davaloped. laeveavaed Reaponalbllltr. "So you want more salary r aald the, museum manager. "Yes, air," answered tbe employe In a determined voice. "Bat all yon have to do Is to deliver a five-minute lecture on the various freaks." ! "That's true. But took at ths risk) I run of being called down any mlnnta, aa a nature faker." Washington Star., KatareJ Prejadlea, ' - Gertie Why do you object to tbe word "obey" In the marriage cere-. monyT , Clara I was reared In the country! and have acquired a prejudice against male orders. Kansas city Times.