The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, January 30, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextVTEEX AMAT.TB OP POBTTTGAI. ' ' IIMIiailllllMTilill .i;-V. .') .- V- vi ,'- "X --V"i - - - ; flf fti V&f j & ; V? il.w ;: : f - In -the present troubles of Carlos' kingdom It Is now openly declared that the presence of his beautiful Queen In England, though ostensibly due to the marriage of her sister, Princess Louise of Orleans, Is really to enlist the sym pathy of King Edwnrd for her hus band's threatened throne. BATH OF BLOOD IN INDIA. Price of an Heir An Oriental Sopr, Xltlnn. At the beginning of June the Punjab chief court passed judgment in an ex traordinary case that had come before It on appeal from the Umbnlla sessions court, says the London Telegraph. A correspondent of the Spectator briefly recalls the facts as stated in the ses sions court. In the town of Jagadrl, about forty miles from Umballa, there lived a merchant of some position. Like all Hindoos, he was keenly anxious to have a son, but all the children that bis wife bore were born dead. Last year It seemed probable that she might again hope to be a mother and the merchant sought advice from a relig ious mendicant in order to secure that the expected child should be born alive. The jogi told the merchant that If his wife bathed In human blood her child would live. This seems to be a very ancient belief, and, revolting as It must have been to a Hindoo woman, the anx iety of husband and wife for a son brought them to assent to the crime for which they were tried. A boy, Arjan by name, about 8 or 9 years of age, was kidnaped, and, after being kept a prisoner for thirty hours, was strangled. His blood was collected In a brass vessel, and after certain charms had been repeated the expectant moth er smeared the blood over her body and so fultilled the rite. The boy was soon missed and the crime came to light through the confession of the man who had kidnaped the child and bad re ceived 3 rupees for doing so. To the Western mind the whole affair Is mark' ed by cruel folly, but the common folk of the Punjab will pass that by, for the merchant's wife gave birth to a liv ing Infant while In Jail. All Jagadrl will believe that the spells and the rite have proven potent. ' Storaare of Corn. The relation of a perfect stand t In rreased crop yields has been so effec tually demonstrated that the best meth od of storing grain becomes a matter of vital Interest to all corn growers. A test was made last year to deter mine what the ef fect of storing corn In a dry room, on racks In the barn, In the warming oven of a stove and In a corncrlb would have on the ger minating powers of the seed the following spring. The per cent of -armlnfltinn WAS dht Iran iinv - lowest with the corn stored Id the crib, at would nat urally h Trwtii aa the seed wa I rri,i , i i -m it. j a I ' ' iiuiuia luo m lu "i"!"" """ exposed to the widely varying tern- Aft-rlcnlturea Araastnff Growth How can any country be hard up whose farms In the last nine years have produced fifty-three thousand mil lions of dollars' worth of crops? No wonder that the report of the Secretary of Agriculture Is full of thanksgiving flavor and that he Is un affected by causes for gloom that work on other men. The value of the farm products for 1007 Is nearly seven and one-hnlf billions of dollars; 10 per cent above that of 1006, When all rec ords of crops were broken j 25 per cent over 1003, and 57 per cent over 1800. More than 8,000,000 acres of land that used to be considered valueless, "the home of the cactus -and the prai rie dog," ae now producing $30,000,- 000 worth of crops every year; and these crops are directly due to Sec retary Wilson, who Imported the Med iterranean durum wheats at a first cost of $10,000 and saw that they were planted there. Irrigation farming, due wholly to the department, will this year sell crops for not less than $250,000,- 000, which Is not contemptible. In view of the fact that the Department of Ag riculture costs only about $16,000,000 a year. Yet the work of the department Is by no means on such a scale as tho nat ural resources of the country warrant and will one day make possible. Sur veyors declare that not one-half the of the country 420,000,000 EARTHQUAKES IK ITALY. A Two-Year-Old Village In Calabria A sal a Destroyed. Calabria, Italy, was visited by a se vere earthquake, which seems to have followed the same route as that of two year ago from Cataniaro to Regglo the center of disturbance being the dlBtrlct of Monteleone. By a melan choly coincidence the calamity occurred on the very day of the Inauguration of two new villages built In the district by the charity of Milan and Turin for the sufferers by the earthquake . of 1005. The village of Ferruzzano was com pletely destroyed and 200 people were killed, while 400 were Injured. The village was a little Italian-American settlement, picturesque, and built like an eagle's nest upon high ledges of sandstone. It was an Irregular vil lage, with streets like staircases and lousr built dangerously near the precl pic - Ferrnrrrn was styled "Italian American," because many of the peo ple who lived there had been to for eign lands, generally to America, where they made and hoarded money which they brought back to their native vil lage and bought themselves homes Many members of the families of the village were In the distant land mak ing their fortunes when the earthquake came. The flrst shock which visited the sleeping village was slight. But the . , j exposed to the w Mely varying BprM te k pxact can ha claused aa its sue as heard in the sessions court I peTatures whlcn prev(JleQ durln, th. J Hly or . - r-- , winter season, xne germination 290,000,000 acres. It fruitful. Many practically the same witn me .anipire ... w ,, m around China ! Fiahtiac Opium. a question oi tne validity or tne evi- .tored In a dr room and on racks In ,. . . dence and on a point of procedure a harn, though these methods of stor- w,n cam9 when ,t wj pr0QUclng her naUve opium taxation. It amounts " " " " J , . lng noa DUt lltt,e vanla!e OVBr lUB abundant crops and supporting hun- to 115 Peking taels a picul (about 68 ZZ1'ZZC 7a k V i T;" of t,le warmln oven- n,,1Qera- dred. of millions of human beluga- cents a pound) on crude opium and " Dle aiirerence was witnessed, nowever, journal. double that amount on the prepared , iin tne strengtm ot tne germinauoua article, the grower's tax being abol- BUle- " lu" mary re- from p,,,.,, kept ln aeveral ways in- iaiii. icvcucu uun uuv put me juugm aicated. The grnln from the corn position clearly. As stated, It Indicates ' gored In the crib showed the least a want of familiarity with the thought ! vigor of germination, the best results ot tne country roik that is surprising, belna obtained from the corn stored That the accused committed the crime 0n the racks in the barn, followed 1 1.1. 1. 1 , ' wim wuicu mey were cnargeo quite closely by that stored In a dry may or may not De true, without the room. The corn stored In the warm Ished. Accorlng to reports from Peking the government Is anxious to curtail the use of opium, but Is dependent for revenue to the extent of more than $4,000,000 a year on the duties paid on imported opium. She can not, In the present state of her national flnan Convenient Harraeli. Many basket hay racks are built In such a fashion In the rear that to climb Into them presents an especially Irk some task to a man, more so after having lifted hay or pitched bandies all day. In the sketch presented of the full evidence It Is Impossible to arrive at the truth, especially as the high ruia nrlrnoaa arlfhsMit- tvinnarn tlia A I BO TV. pearance of such an Important branch urtJdge have that the, of revenue. The imports of opium I. amount to 3,000 tons, while the native article Is produced to the extent of 30,000 tons. Moreover, there is a great development In the use of morphia. The Japanese ship to China large quan titles of cheap hypodermic syringes. The better Chinese are reported to have a strong feeling against the enor mous extension of the growth of the poppy throughout the empire. A Peking correspondent of the London Times In dlcates that China will ask India to consent to an annual reduction In the found it quite Impossible to get at the truth of the murder. But It is a wide spread belief that In some mysterious way a human life may purchase or guarantee the favor of the demon pow ers that can do most harm, and will be constantly hostile unless so propi tiated. This belief works In many ways, and such cases as the above and that which occurred In the district of Bcllary, In south India, In which It was shown that a child had been sacri- fled to propitiate a deity thought to guard a hidden treasure, are proof Ing oven germinated fairly well In all except two Instances. In one the germination was remarkably low, due either to a poor ear or to the fact that fibe corn may have been overheated at some time. Exchange. import of opium to China, which would tna In of the 140,000 schools In have the effect of extinguishing the trade in ten years, and as an evidence of good faith will Issue an Imperial edict condemning the use of opium and forbidding the employment in the gov- modern India, the mind of the common people holds to it still. .;:ii:irli:.i:::::-;i:' ;::.i.J:.:- --7; .;::" -:. :: K, . p.. -: :..:::;:!- ; :: :. ., : , : !';:i:;.T - . 'r - ,,,, wi liillM fl!ii mMmiMmvi .fee tipi Patent Office la Flooded. Tli Inventive breed Is not dying out in America. The commissioner of pat ents at Washington calls loudly for larger quarters, more clerks and bigger pay for overworked examiners. There Is such a flood of new devices pouring into the patent office as wi;s never seen before. The examiners . are fairly swamped and are a full year behind In their work. ' Naturally enough, motors ami sub marine and aerial navigating device lead the list. Modern man Insists upon flying, and the Inventor who adds speed to his passing to and fro upon the earth, in the air, or In or under the water Is certain of his reward. The Inventors are no believers In the early coming of ieace among the na tions, for Improvements upon weapons and new explosives are well ulgh as numerous as new motors. Yet w'th all this gunning for gain and racing for fame on the part of the inventors the. chances are that some unconsidered trifle like the wooden ball with a rub ber string or the globe catch for worn en's purses will win the largest rewards In the future as In the past. Suitable Timber. Wood pulp Is ninde-lnto paper, and so trees become books. For problem novels, knotty trees are most appropriate. For soulful works the pine. For country yarns old hickory. For schoolboy stories the birch. For animal tales the dogwood. For necrologies the weeping wil low. For sporting articles the boxwood. For books on style the spruce. For seaside books the beech. For joke books the chestnut. Bos ton Transcript THE SL'FFEREKS AMID THE RUINS. second was not merciful. It shook the houses from their fastenings and burl ed them and their occupants over the cruel precipices. The rocks were split and torn asunder and the abysses swal lowing many victims. To Increase the misery, rain was falling In torrents and the people who survived were so fren cled that they fled from the scene and left the dying to their fate. Experience begotten of matrimony Is a great tesofaer. In the Dare of Hla Yonth. Mrs. Housekeep Go away! You're nothing but a lazy old tramp and you ernment service of any opium eater, were never anything else. Don't tell and order an annual reduction In poppy mo cultivation leading to Its extinction In Razson Tatters Ter mistaken, ladr. ten years. I Ah I dey wus a tlme Her Method. I Mrs. Housekeep None of your lies, Hiss Gettlngon (archly) I hear you I now I are thinking of matrimony, Mr. McCoy 7 1 Ragson Tatters I wus goln' ter say, Mr.. McCoy Me? Say, what do yon ma'am, dey wus a time w'en I wus a take tne for? Misa Gettlngon Oh, Jack I For bet ter or for worse of course, but thl la o sudden 1 Cleveland Leader. lazy young tramp. Philadelphia Press, About the only difference between accepting a position and securing a Job fcj the matter of remuneration. Heavy Hay Tonnage, "By methods that are perfectly prac ticable to you we at the college are get ting fifty-four tons of hay from twelve acres. First we have our land well tilled," said Professor Gilbert, of the Maine atatlon, In addressing a recent farmers' meeting. "Why Is there so much rundown land, Is It low In fer tility? No, It has been lying In grass too long. There are lots of fertility, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash ; what 'It needs is plowing up and rota tion, "Plow poor land In the fall, and by spring there will be air In it, harrow It well in the spring, pulverize It by har rowing It over and over again. Then seed with oats and grass, and the next year you will have a good crop of grass, and clover the next year. A good rotation of potatoes on sod land, using commercial fertilizer; the next year cover with stable dressing, then oats and grass With no fertilizer; the BAT aACI rear end of a rack we have tried to il lustrate bow the task of climbing Into the rack might be made easier. But little extra work and material will be required and at the same time the con tents of the rack are held very nearly as good as if the end pieces extended clear across. Fertiliser for Onlona. Professor John B. Smith, the Ento mologist of the New Jersey Experiment Station, In a bulletin on the cabbage and onion maggots, Just Issued, refers to the necessity of a quick-acting fer tilizer In conjunction with planting at the right time, and replenishes the fol lowing formula, recommended in ear lier reports: Nitrate of soda, 700 next year,- grass and clover, with top- pounds ; acid phosphate, 1,000 pounds j dressing of fertilizer. Our mixture of muriate of potash, 300 pounds. This, grass seed to the acre is eleven pounds he said, In the case of radishes, can be timothy, six redtop, four red clover and applied as a top dressing along the four alslke. rows, before they are planted, or Just "For the top-dressing 850 pounds to after they are up, at the rate of BOO the acre of a fertilizer carrying 3 per pounds per acre. Similar applications cent nitrogen, 7 per cent phosphoric can be made on turnips or onions. I acid, 6 per cent potasn. The grass should be cut while In bloom." After explaining why it should be done, he continued, "After the first crop Is cut. believe that a fertilizer compounded after this formula, or the application of the three Ingredients separately, at a proportionate rate, would In mort 150 pounds of the same fertilizer to the cases be followed by good results. The acre should be applied." Baally Hade Dag Holder. I describe a handy sack holder, use ful on a farm. It has two upright pieces of 2x2 and a two-Inch plank two feet long which the nprigbt pieces are fastened to. About four or five Inches from the top bore two holes e x actly opposite each other and place through these holes a long bolt. Take a piece of plank or board and cut It to fit between the two uprights and place the bolt through this board so It will work easily. Cut this board In a half circle to fit the lack. Drive nails through this board around this half circle to fasten sack to. This board can be raised or low ered to the height of sack and Is held In place by means of an Iron rod which la fastened on the uprights about two feet from the bottom. combination has about 5 per cent nitro gen In Its most avalluble form, 7 per cent phosphoric acid, and 7V4 per cent potash. A ton of it would cost in the neighborhood of $32 to $35. BAG HOLDER, netting Kid of White Ornba. These suggestions regarding white gruls were made by the Missouri Ex- Krlment Station: It Is very difficult to do much In de stroying white grubs where they have once gotten a good foothold. About the only plan Is to put out a new patch and plow and cultivate thoroughly the ground whore the Infested patch stands. These white grubs are the larvae of a group of beetles known as May beetles or June hugs. Thoy feed for three years ss white grubs before changing to adults, so that you will find various sizes of these grubs at the same time in your patch. Some of these will ma ture one year, some the following year, and so on. Cultivation Is about the only remedy for these grubs. Preventlna- lor Saoalder. Don't let your horses' shoulders get ore. You can prevent It by bathing every night with strong salt water. It toughena them and also prevents galls. Among the most distressing sights Is Jiat of a horse at work with sore shoul ders. Frequent bathing and care In the selection of collars will prevent It Proper Fralt Pack I a ar. A great many farmers and fruit growers seem to Ignore the conditions attending the journey which their wares must take before they reach the bands and eyes of the consumers. The methods of transportation, customs of the trade, the markets' fashions as re gards style, size and form of package, all must be well understood, for they are as Important as the growing of the crop. Ella She Is a decided blonde, Isn't the? Dora Yes, but she only decided recently. Philadelphia Inquirer. She (Indignantly) You bad no bust. ness to kiss me! He But it wasn't business; It was pleasure. Town Top lcs. Ma, way does Sis sing so much when Mr. Spoonamore is here?" "I think, dear, she Is trying to test hlf love." Chicago Record-Herald. The Mother If he proposes to-day. tell him he must speak to me. If he doesn't propose, tell him I want to speak to him. Fllegende Blaetter. Mrs. Flynn An' phat's yer son Molke doln' now, Mrs. Casey? Mrs. Casey Shure, Molke ain't doln' any thing, Mrs. Flynn. He's got a govern ment Job I Life. Hicks Say I Do you see that? That man Is letting his wife read the morn ing paper before he does. Wicks 0 well, the home team Isn't winning now. Somervllle Journal. Theater Official (to students) Yot. are not allowed to Join In the chorus. gentlemen. Students Don't you wor ry. We are singing something quite different Fllegende Blaetter. "Of course," said the earl, "every body will say that you married me for my title." "Well." replied the beautiful heiress, "what do we care? 1 get it don't I?" Chicago Record-Herald. Mrs. Wigwag How Is your husband; Aunt Mandy? Aunt Mandy Porely, ma'am. He was glttln' along all right, but now de doctah done say he got de convalescence. Philadelphia uecora. - Mother (to future son-in-law) X may tell you that, though my daughter is well educated, she cannot cook, iro ture Son-ln-Law That doesn't matter much, so long as she doesn't try. Flle gende Blaetter. "Gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Schon pen, "I've lost my pocketbook." "Never mind, dear," replied her husband, "I'll get you another pocketbook, and you can easily collect more dress goods sam pies." Philadelphia Press. Mother If you marry Robert, i swear that I'll never set foot In your house! Daughter Please put that down In writing. I'd like to give your promise to Robert for a wedding pres ent! Meggendorfer Blaetter. "Does your wife assist you In your work?" queried the horse reporter. "I tee her at your desk often." "Yes," re plied the self -confessed humorist "She destroys oil my wife and mother-in-law lokes." Chicago Dally News. She (to her husband) The poor chil dren I When you get up In the morn ing they have gone to school, and when you return at night they have gone to bed. At least, write them a souvenir post card. Fllegende Blaetter. The Bachelor I wonder why a worn, an always lowers her voice when she has occasion to ask a favor? The Ben edictOh, It gives her an opportunity to raise it higher in cose the favor Isn't granted. Chicago News. Green I told my wife last week that It would be necessary for us to econo mize. Brown Whnt did she sayt Green She didn't sny anything at the time, but the next day she bought me a box of bargain counter cigars. Chi- 'ago News. Mrs. Smith Yes, my little five-year, old girl Is a groat help to my house keeping. Mrs. Randall Why, what can such a child do to help? Mrs. Smith She goes down and tolls the cook for iim whenever we're going to have company. Mexican Herald. "This Is a sad case," said the asy lum attendant, pausing before a padded cell. "There Is no hope for the patient, whatever." "What's tho trouble with him?" asked the visitor. "He thinks ho understands a rullroad time table."- Milwaukee Sentinel. "You said the house was only flv minutes' wulk from the station," com plained tho victim; "to say the least, I'm disappointed In you." "And I'm disappointed In you," replied the tigotiU "I thought you were a very rapid wulk er." Philadelphia Press. "Is It true, doctor," asked the sun, mcr girl, "that eating cucumbers will remove freckles?" "Of course," replied Dr. Kidder, "under certain clrciim stances." "Really! What circum stances?" "Well, provided the f reek leu are on the cucumbers." 1'iilladclphU tedgor. "So you don't share the general lndlg nation toward the railways?" ''No,' answered Fanner ComtoKsel ; "I havej always felt that a locomotive was en titled to a great dual of credit for Btlek tng to the track Instead of snorting; up and down the country roads like in automobile." Washington Star. Bmlth Excuse me, Jones," but may I ask how you manage to have such de licious things to eat? Jones It's quite simple. I always kiss the cook be fore dinner, and hold her on my knee after dinner. Smith But what does your wlfo soy? Jones Oh, she doesn't object Sho's the cook. Brooklyn Life. Convenient. "The automobile has shortened every road marvelously." "Yes, eseelally the road to the nere. tfter!" Translated for TrtvsaMantl. fk'ajes from Moggeudorftir Ba-ttet.