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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1901)
or The Ex-Prcsidcntj; Passed Away Yesterday Afternoon. tit UNCONSCIOUS TO Tile LAST MOMENT End Came P.lnlcnly While Die (Antral Wai Surruundtd by Mtinhcri ol Ills I'amlly, Except llli Son and Daughter. IiKllanijpollH, March 14.- General IKinJnmln Hnrrliions. dlud ut '4-.i6 o'clock yyHtunliiy afternoon without regaining, coiliicloiiHiicliH. IIIh donth wiih (iilot and palnlomi, thbro being a Itdiionti; ulnliliiK until tlio odd cuiiiu, which wuu marked hy n idnglo gaap for lirouth iih II fo departed from tlio l)od y of tlio HtiituHiiinti . Tlio relatives, with u fow uxcuptloiiH, and Hovornl of tlio ox-prcsldent's old mid tried frlumlH woru ut tlio hodNldo whou ho imiiHcd away. Nono of General IlnrrlHon'H dill droit woro present at his donth. Nolthor Uugsoll llurrlHoii nor MrH. Mt'Ki'o had runchou tlio city, although hoth wuro hurryliiK on their way to thu hodnldo of thulr dying father an fiiHt iih Htuam would huar thorn. KHz ahoth, tlio llttlo daughter, had bcun taken from (bo nick room by her ii u rue huforu tlio end tamo. General Harrison's Career. Ilenjnmln IlnrrlHon, 23d president of tlio United States, wan horn nt North Hond, O., August 20. 1833. IIIh father. John Hcott Harrison, wiih third lion of (lenentl William Henry Harrl mm, ninth president of the United HtntoH, who wan the third and young cHt Hon of Ilunjamln Harrison, one of thu Hli;norH of tlio Declaration of In dependence, from Virginia. Ho wuh married October 20, 1853, to Caroline Hcott. daughter of Dr. John W. Hcott, who wiih then president of Oxford female Huinlmiry. Aftor studying law undor Htoror & (Jwynno In Cincinnati ho wiih1 admltlod Till: I.ATK IIK.V;aMIS IIAItltlHON.) to tho bar In 1854 and began tho practice of his profcHslon at Indian upollH, which had hIiico been IiIh homo, boon afterward ho won an. pointed crier of tho federal couit at $2.50 per day. 'This- wna tho first money ho over earned. In I860 Mr. Harrison was choson reporter of (ho supremo court of 1111 iioIh on thu republican ticket by n majority of 0(188. When tlio civil wnr began lie aHslstcd In raining the sovoniielli Indiana regiment of vo un tecra, and became Its second lleuten- nnt nlthough (lovernor Morton ton' derod him Its command. At tho closo of the war ho wont to Washington, I). C, to tnko part In the Grand Army review, at which rio was duly nuiH- tercd out, Juno 8, 18G5; nut, however, until ho had received a commission an brevet brigadier general, Blgnod by Abraham Lincoln and counter nlgncd by 13. M. Htanton, flccrotory of war, dated March Hi, 18CC, stating mat it was given for "ability and mnn Ifest energy and gallantry In com mand of tlio .brigade". In J 868 and 1872 ha took part tin tho presidential campaign In support or uenorai urant, iravoung ovor In diana and speaking to large aud iences. In 18(G ho at first declined a nomination for govornor on tho republican 'ticket, consenting to run only aftor tlio regular nomlnco had withdrawn. Ho received almost 2,000 mora votca than his nRsoclntca on the ticket, but was nevertheless beaten. In 1880, as chairman of tho Indiana dolegntlon In tho republican national convention, ho cast nearly tho ontlro vote of tho stato lor James A, Garfield for president. President Garfield of fered him a placo In his cabinet, but lie declined It, preferring tho United States sonatorship from Indiana, to which ho had Just been chosen, and which ho hold from 1881 to 1887. Ho was dolcgnto-at-Iargo to tho republican national convention In 1884; Juno 10, 1888, nt Chlcngo, III., and on tho eight nud final ballot ho had received 514 votos to 118 for John Shormun, 100 for Ilussoll A. Alger. C9 for W. Q Greshum, G for J. G. Ulalno and 4 for William McKlnloy, ns tho candidate of that party for president. Tho nomina tion wna mado unanimous, and In No vember ho wns eloctod, rocolvlng 233 votes in tho doctoral collogo to 1C8 for Grovor Cleveland, Ho was duly, inaugurated March 4, 1889. Slnco Qonorul Harrison's retirement from tho prosldoncy ho had devoted himself almost entirely to his law practlco, his only public sorvlco being Ills nppoaranco in 1898 ns counBol for Vpnozuola in the South Amorlcnn ro publlo'B dlsputo with Knglnnd ovor hor jioundary lino. Lnst year ho was ap pointed by President McKlnloy ono of tho Amorlcnn mombors of tho Inter national arbitration tribunal. Blizzard In Northwest. St. Paul, March 15. Although In thiB city but a slight quantity of snow lias fallen, dlspatchOB report a bad blizzard raging throughout tho region of tho Dakotas, Minnesota and Wis consin, Itoynlton, Minn., roports eight InchoB of snow, and still snowing. Itlco Lake, Wis., roports 11 inches of snow. Chlppowa Falls reports the worst storm of tho soason, A foot of snow Iibb fallon thoro. Streot cars aro tlod up and railway trains are delayed. ruin mm NEW COMPANY FORMED, Ultimate Object Is to Operate Donts and Cars Prom Bplane to Portland, NOHTII YAKIMA, WiihIi., March, 13. Tlio Upper Hlvor Transportation Company linn hoou Incorporatod for tlio purpono of controlling a lino of HtuaniurH on the Columbia rlvor. Tlio boats will make regular dally trips ftoui 1'rloHi Itipd8 to Thu Dalles and carry tho great wheal crop of Eastern Wniihlngtoii to market. Tho Incur- poratorH of tho company aro J. M. JtiiHhell, George C. Illakoly and T. A. Iludiion. In addition to operating on hiii. uui mil if ill. lliu mil lull I. IIIIU iji. HtoamorH to LowlHton, Idaho, on tho HIIIlKO. In connection with tho navigation of thu rlvoiH a plan la undor coiihIiI- iirutlon. to. couKtruct an electric rail- ,..., n..A..'..l. .1... I..- .., n I )""... " and connect with Bpokano'.' Tho "road will roach all of thu wheat centera and lie lined for hauling wheat to I'rluHt ItnpldH. There It will ho loaded on steel barges and hauled down tho river to Tho Dalleii. A portage rail way will ho used to haul tho barges nromld thu fallfl and Into tho Colum bia below, when thu boaU will ho towud to Portland and tho Pacific count polntn for Hhtpmont to thu Ori ental market!!. Thu Hteumer Hillings, which linn been lying on n rocky bar 20 foot abovo water a fow miles below Piihco, Ih now being overhauled preparatory to launching for tho upper rlvor traf fic. A lino of HteamarH will bo run from tho uppor Columbia to Priest ItnpldH and open up thu trade from thu great mining districts In tho I to public and surrounding country. MUTINY ON ALBANY. Sailors on American Cruiser Rebelled at Hong Kong. TACOMA, Wanh., Murch 13. Ad vices brought by tho HteaniHlilp Good win Htnto that 75 Hallorn mutinied on Imnp.l M.i. n .-i 1 1 .. . . A ll.nnl. ! I I Tn .w. 1,1,1111. till, t. iiin.j, .1,1,1.1, ,b ..wnp ifniii- Iiihi mnnih Tim .nimn wm lark of monnv nnd llhortv. Tho refractory Bailors wero placed In Irons and taken to Cavltu for trial. Tho Mohammedan rebellion in Kan Hu lniH assumed such ularmlng pro portions that the empress dowager linn commnnded General Kong Tzo Hal to proceed northward from Can ton with hnsto and undertake their subjugation. Tho gunb'ontH Hall and Sugrlh, built at Hong Kong, for Slam, havo boon turned ovor to that government, with tho -object of striking terror to tho rebels at Canton. Fourteen brl gandH woro exocutctil February 14. Four other men aro bolng Btarved to death In cagcH exposed to public view. DEPUTY 8HERIFF KILLED. Fourjht a Pitched Battle With Two Hlgnwaymen, MILTON, Col.. March luiH Just been received 13. News here that Deputy Sheriff Holinaii, of CalavesaH county, wuh shot and killed at Wal lace, u Hinall town near here, In n pitched battle witn two highwaymen. One of tho latter Is reported seriously wounded. Two prominent residents of Wal lace woro held up and robbed by thu bandits. Tho men who wero robbed Immediately reported tho affair to tho county officials, and Deputy Sheriff Holmun, with u small poSso, wont to Wallace trf arrest the robbers with tho result above noted. General Young Returning. Washington, March 13. Tho quar tormiixter general Is Informed that thu transport Logan left Nagasaki Thursday for San Francisco with Major General loung and tho Thirty- third and Thirty-fourth Volunteer reg iments. Genernl Young, on bis ar rival at San Francisco, will relievo Gonerul Shutter of thu command of tho department of California, and tho latter will bo retired as a major general. EIGHT LIVES L08T. Forty-Two Persons Were Injured and Several Are Missing. CHICAGO, Mnrcn 13. Uy tho ex plosion of a boiler In tho Doromus Inundry. 458 West Madison street. this morning, eight persons, woro In stantly killed, 42 wero Injured, and Bovcrnl aro missing. Tho cnuso of tno explosion has not boon determined with accuracy as yot. and It will probably roqulro an ofllclal Investigation to Bettlo the matter. Reports of tho number of dead In tho riilnB run nil tho way from six to 20. It is known that 3C employes of , tho laundry had ontored tho placo Wred that n tralnload of relief sup boforo tlio' explosion occurred, lie- niina miiriiw pnM.nm,i in.nn cnuso tho automatic timekeeper foundlnoon. In tho rnliiB Bhowod that number of : registered arrivals. Two or three 1. I A 4 1 ... A il.n oxploslon. making the approximate to- bulllmr " u i rnnnrtnii that an offlcor of tho i holler inspection department warnod Piatt, of Connecticut, author of tho Mr. Doromus that tho holler was un-1 much discussed Piatt amendmont relot Bafo to ubo In Its present condition, ing to Cuba, had a brief talk with tho Laundry omployes, howover, declnro that tho holler had not beon Inspect ed, nnd thoroforo not condemned. Tho wrockaco near tho boiler nnd In tho cast part of tho building at onco took flro. nnd through tho blind ing clouds of dust and smoko and escaping steam could bo Boon gllng mon nnd women, some of them half burlod In wrockago, othora feebly endeavoring to climb to some place of onrnv whiin frnm varioim narts or tho ruins camo cries for help. Tho lire department soon oxtln- gulshod tho flames and tho work of rescue hetran at onco. Ono by ono tho wounded nnd bleeding girls woro carried to near-by atores, whoro thoy woro glvon hasty modlcal attontlon nnd then taken to hospitals In am bulances. Northwest Postal Orders. Washington. March 13. Tho post- ofllco nt Jott, Dakor county, Or., will bo discontinued after March 15, whon mail for that point will bo dollvorod at Llnio. Tho namo of tho oluco at victor, Mason county, wash., has ueen changed to Allyn. Power From Niagara. About 12.000 horso nowor Is trans mitted In tho form of oloctrlclty from Niagara to Buffalo, (I To the Limitations of the Man churian Treaty. PUCES HUS3IA IN AllSOLUTfi CONTROL i !pofen Rnvoyi Ajln Conildtr the Qutillon of Imlemnlllci-Carl Ll lluntj Clung lln fully Recovered. I'okln. March 10. China linn strontl uj iki 1 uuhly objucltd lo tho limitation)) of Manchiirlun convention ruspoct- ! " , !, XrTi?"'! V .K oigimlzntlon of thu army and tho practical control by ItusHla ovor Chi ncHu olllclnlH, At today's meeting of thu foreign ministers thu question of Indemnities was further coiiHlucrcd. LI Hung Chang Ih reported oh again In good health. Field Marshal Count von Wnldorseo loft hero thin morning; for Tlon Tsln. (lonoral Gasoteo has left for Wei Hal Wei, and will go thonco to Shanghul. The Russian Agreement Washington, March 16. Our gov ernment has not yut beon ablo to obtain anything llko an official state ment of thu contents of tho alleged agreement between Hussla and China respecting tho protectorate ovor Man churia, The opposition to tho Itusslan move has not crystallized up to this moment, but It Is felt that thoro Is overy prospect of a consummation of the agreement, unions tho other pow ers, which now hang undecided, speed ily corao to a determination to op pone It. In view of this impending crisis, the officials hero would regard as of secondary Importance tho no- . , - - - 1 gotlotlons at I'okln respecting the in dcmnltlos and punishments wero It not for tho boiler that thcro Is great danger ny undue insistence by tho ministers at Pekln upon the collec tion of Impossible indemnities and thu continuance of punltivu measures. Tho United States government will bo obliged In deferonco to public sen timent here to mantaln an attltudo of exast neutrality and withhold any assistance that might otherwise bo reasonably requested, In tho greater purpose of checking tho consumma tion of an agreement which is almost certain to result In the partition of China. So. as already stnted. Special Commissioner itockhlll is acting under the Instructions of tho depart ment, doing his best to keep tho de mands of tho ministers within tho bounds of the nullity of the Chlncso government to meet, theroby follow ing the consistent policy of tho de partment, laid down as far back as lust summer. TOWN WIPED OUT. Cloverport, Ky Burned and 1000 Per sons Rendered Homeless. CLOVKHPOItT. Ky.. Mnrch 1C Vho bursting of a natural gas plpo at midnight started a tiro that destroyed propoity worth $500,000. The greater pait of this llttlo town was com pletely wiped out, and over 1000 per Bonti, about one-half tho population, are homeless, and wero In great dis tress until a special relief train from Louisville reached hero. Tho heaviest loser 1c tho American Tobacco Com- puny, which lost two large stcmmcrles and 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Tho company's loss has not been cstl- mated. Ducket brigades wore formed nnd men and women aliko fought tho i names valiantly, but to no purpose Exhausted women and children hud- ,uc,i jn mti0 groups, wherever sholtoriand make application for tho ground could bo found, from tho biting cold of tho night and early morning. Neighboring towns wero asked for assistance In lighting tho Are, but before It could bo rendered, tho high wind nad swept tho flames through tho place, making tho devastation complete. As soon "as the management of the Loulsvlllo, Henderson & St. Louis railroad learned that hundreds of pco plo woro homoless, they ordered avail able coaches between Louisville and Honderson hurried to Cloverport, and thero tho unfortunates will, for tho time bolnc. mako their homes. The management also sont 5,000 loaves of broad and other food. Not a BtorA was 0ft n tho town whom a mouthful of food could bo obtained. Adjutant Genoral Murray tolegraphcd that 500 tonts nad neon snipped from Frank- fort nd tho authorities at Inlsvllla IN INTERE8TS OF BOTH. p,att 8ay( H, Amendment ,8 Not , One-Sided Affair. WASHINGTON. March 15. Senator president today regarding Cuba, and lator saw Secretary Root. Mr. Piatt, when asked concerning tho published criticism from Havana concerning tho amendment bearing his name, declined to enter Into any discussion as to a particular criticism mado by n cortain 8trug-llIlBtlnBJlshod Cuban loador, but on tho I Bei'oral subjoct sa d: I The Cubans will bco In tho end that th amendments nro as much in their lntorests nB thoy aro In tho Interests of United Stntos. Thoro may bo- io 01 eiuieu uigimy growing out of misapprehension of pur poses nnd alms, but I havo no doubt that tho Cubans will uittmntoly seo tho sincerity of purposo which has actuat ed us in framing tho amondmont, alike In tholr intorest and In tho interest of this country," After Title to Wonderful Cave. Chohalls, Wash., March 1G. Tho man who mado tho roputod dlscovory of a cave somowhoro In the vicinity of Mount Itninlor has a firm of local attornoyB looking up tho matter of se curing him n tltlo to tho land. It lias boon established that ho bought horBoa In Wlniock, and wns registered at ono of tho hotels thoro nt tho time ho said last summer. Fuithor than that no ono knows ns to tho truth fulness of his Btory, IN SOUTHERN LUZON. Provincial Government Established In Tayabai. LUCIiNA. Tnyatms nrnvlnri. nmiih. crn Luzon, Murch 14. Tho United Hates army transport, with tho Amor-1 lean Philippine commission and their i party on board, nrrlved off Lucena lust evening. This morning the com wilMHloiierH' party, consisting of CO per hoiih, croHsed thu shallow bar In tho Hhlp'H boats and wero driven ono mllo i mis town. The commission then proceeded with the first organization of a provincial government In South ern Luzon. Tho Province of Tayabas has long been noted for tho pacific conditions existing there, In contrast to tho neighboring provinces which still pur sue a rebellious course. Colonel Gard ner, Into of tho Thirtieth volunteer In-' raniry, was today uppointed civil gov ernor of this province. Colonel Gard ner favors tho malntonancu of friend ly relations with the natives, and Is opposed to pillage, seizures, destruc tion of property and Imprisonments, oxcept under necessity. Colonel Gardner, when in command of the Thirtieth Infantry, was in control of this district ,and as a result of his policy, a population of actlvo Insur gents has been transformed Into friendly natives, whoso patriotism to the United States was considered to bo moro firmly established than that of tho natives of any othor provlnco in i.uzon. The first organization of tho federal party outsldo of Manila was effected In Tayabas province, and all tho na tives Joined. Tho arrival of the com mission with Colonel Gardner, whose regiment was recently given a pub lie farewell here, returning as civil governor, was enthusiastically celo brated. Tho people of Sorosgan, a seaport on the extreme southern end of Lu zon, havo petitioned for a provincial government. The commission will stop thero later. A REAR-END COLLISION. Freight and Stock Trains Crashed With Fatal Results. CHICAGO, March 14. Two men were killed .and eight others Injured in a rear-end collision early today be tween a time freight and a stock train, on the Chicago & Northwestern rail road, at Arlington Heights, a suburb of this city. Tho caboose of tho stock train con tained 14 stockmen, and most of them were asleep when the train stopped at Arlington Heights to take on two care of stock. Suddenly the time freight from St. Paul crashed Into tho stock train cabooso and plowed through Into the next car ahead. Instantly tho wreck took tire. Tho crash aroused tho village, and the volun teer fire department responded to tho rescue and extinguished tho flames and assisted In taking out the dead and Injured. Tho canoose and three cars wero burned, and a number of head of stock killed. Tho doors to the other cars containing stock were In tho meantime opened and the frightened animals allowed to run at large. A relief was started from Chi cago ns soon as tho wreck was reported. GREATEST STAMPEDE SINCE 1898. Effect of Throwing Open Crown Min ing Claims In Alaska. VANCOUVEIt. B. C, March 14. A special dispatch from Dawson, dated March 1, says the stampedo conse- ciuent upon the throwing open of the government claims February 25 was tho greatest since the palmy days of 1898. Tho order made available hundreds of lapsed claims, unsold ones, fractions, etc. Under tno new regulations the first man to arrlvo gets it, until fraud has been shown Ho may really be tho tenth man who staked the claim by actual time, but he must swear that he saw no other stakes on tho ground when he staked. Some of the unfortunate fel lows who went out misread the of ficial notlco and staked claims that wero resorved by notlco In the proc lamation. Their four days' vigil In a temperature 40 degrees below zero wns a frightful experience for many of the stampeders. TO CONTROL FISH INDUSTRY. Gigantic Canners Trust Being Formed to Operate In Alaska. SEATTLE, March 14. From Ju neau comes tho roport that there Is a gigantic truBt being formed with many millions of capital, which will aosolutoly control overy fish cannery and tho fish industry of the entire Alaska territory. I Tho report Is to tho effect tnat Mr. poratlon which practically controls tho fish Industry of the Northwest coast. Is now in Now York City mak ing final arrangements for tho Incor poration of tho company, which will hold in Its grasp the Immense fish Industry of Alaska. Tho fish Indus try ranks next to mining in Alaska, Sovon canneries woro In operation last year. Tho output was 11,029,968 pounds, tho market value of which was $11,000,000. In addition to tho above, which was canned, 13,000 bar rels wero salted, th emarket value of which was $130,000. Washington Sugar Beet Contracts, Spokane, March 14. Tho Washing ton state sugar factory, owner of tho beet sugar establishment at Fairfield, Wash., has mado contracts for 3,000 acres of beets, and expects to con tract for 1,000 acres to bo grown this season. Tho company contracts to pay $4 por ton for boets showing 12 per cent sugar, and 25 cents for each additional per cent. On tho basis of last year, this would aggrogato $5 25 per ton. Builders' Trial of Illinois. Nowport Nowb, Va., March 14. On nor builders' trial trip today, tho bat tleship Illinois moro than measured up to expectations. Tho ship was not takon out to doop aea, but wai glvon a run down tho coast, the maU object being to test hor bollors. Steaming out of tho Virginia enpos, tho battleship proceeded about 25 miles down tho coast. On hor roturn undor n moderate forced draught, the ship's Indicator showed her speed for two hours' run to avorago 1G.2 knots an hour, with 107 revolutions. i iio roport is to ino eueci mm. r, - c(lu ,, slieltcr am, f00(, dur, 2;San0nF?BKf c"L ?P M"?' -1-t screen- mm 8! When and How to 1'lntit Apple. Iteallzlng that the apple orchard is a more or less permanent Investment we must take cautious steps In laying Its foundation, says Ohio Farmer. First, we want suitable land on the bills, with any exposure except to the cast Land free from stumps and stones and not too steep Is best. New land Is not best as there will be too many stumps and roots and the borers that work on forest trees are liable to work on the apple trees. Some hoed crop should be grown on the land the year before planting so that It will be in fine mellow condition. I like to have the rows as straight as a line If It can be done, but If not, follow the curves of the bill. Dig boles largo enough to plant tho trees without cramping the roots. Where the land Is level or nearly so, some take the turn ing plow and plow out three or four fur rows, set the trees In line, pull dirt over roots nnd fill up furrow with plow. Plant two or three-year-old trees. I like a good, thrifty, medium-sized two-year-old tree, branched two and one-half or three feet from the ground. All bruised or broken roots should be pruned off and the top cut back about one-half. Gon) Hpruylncr Apparatus. The barrel pump Is considered by the Vermont station the most generally use ful spraying apparatus yet devised and representing the least possible outlay. Such a pump Is suited to spraying all otMcr "I" ' aDd frult, tre,es- as w? as potatoes. l or work In the potato Held there are two chief ways of using the SPIIAVIN'O A POTATO FIELD. barrel pump. The simplest consists in carrying the barrel through the Held In a wagon, while ono or two persons walk and direct the spray nozzles. A more elaborate and expeditious method Is shown in the figure. Hero the same barrel pump Is mounted on a two wheeled cart. The wheels are set six feet opart so as to straddle two rows, while the horse walks between them. From two to four rows are sprayed at once by this npparatus, aud live to ten acres a day are covered by two men and one horse. In order to protect the vines a guard rod Is placed In front of each wheel. Spare the Qual a. During the first three months of Its life the qunll feeds almost entirely on Insects, and It Is estimated that each bird will eat Its weight In Insects every day until nearly full grown, nnd even longer than that If the fall grass hoppers are plenty. When there aro no more Insects to be found tbey begin on the gleanings of grain nud weed seeds, the latter being tho ration most of the winter. Fnrmers should not only forbid the shooting of quail upon their lauds, but should further protect them lu winter by providing little beans of brush or evergreen boughs, where Ings, tho seeds from the barn floor, or other food that the farmer could give them without cost, would save many, and another season they would pay for it In huutlng bugs. Celery Culture In Itrlef. A well-kuown gardener, nt a recent agricultural meeting, In speaking of cel ery culture, said: "I grow White Plume, Golden Self-blanching and Golden Heart varieties, and In rows Ave feet apart, banking only enough to keep It upright lu position. Celery desired for late uso I put In three rows together, cover It well, and place loose boards over It. What I wnnt to get at during the winter I put In a trench four feet wide nud eighteen Inches deep. 1 set a row of two by four studs four feet high along each side of the trench and set rafters over It, cover tho sides nnd top with boards, and then throw thu earth up over nil, and put on straw or coarso manure, when sovero cold weather comes, to keep It from freez ing. You must keep all dirt from tho heart of your celery elso It will speck and spoil. Savin ir Fodder. One of tho Items of greatest waste ou tho farm hns been the reckless way in which corn fodder has been handled. Tho silo has solved tho problem of mak ing the most out of this valuable food, but not ono farm In 100 or perhaps 500 has a silo. Left to ripen to a degree that would mako it worthless and then possibly rot In tho shock, tho cornstalks on most farms havo fallen Into dlsre- pute, nnd very few regard Its feeding value ns they should. With Improved machinery for preparing It for feeding; there should be more thought given to utilizing fodder, which can be made a good substitute for bay, National Stockman. IfoMltiir Hack 1'cncll Iltidn. The old theory 6f mulching In winter with snow and Ico to delay blooming In spring has been thoroughly exploded, says Farm nnd Field. Inside of lumber camps built In winter of certain kinds of logs sprouts of considerable length aro stimulated Into growth by tho warmth of tho camp lire, while tho out er sides of the logs aro still frozen. Florists force lilacs Into growth In win ter by drawing branches of dormant lilacs Into forcing houses through tho wall. All parts of the twigs that re ceive warmth begin growth, while tbr rest of tho plant Is frozen. Twigs of early flowering plants like tho peach may be forced Into bloom in winter by cutting them and putting them In a. vase of water In a warm, sunny room. These facts corroborated by other in vestigations Indicate that the starting of dormant buds Into growth Is due to the warmth they receive and Is prac tically Independent of root action. The? twigs contain sufficient stored-up food material to promote considerable growth before the roots and developing? leaves are called Into nsc. Poultry and I'otntoe. Last spring, as nn experiment, 1 planted my poultry yard, containing one-fourth of an acre, to potatoes, i have just dug fifty bushels of fine pota toes from this quarter acre. I did noth ing but plant and dig the potatoes; the hens did tho rest kept off the bugs, kept the ground free from weeds, fertil ized the crop and kept the ground la fine condition, so that I didn't need to cultivate. The yield Is double that on land adjoining, and the potatoes aro entirely free from scab. Seventy-five hens occupied the quarter acre. When the potatoes were planted, a few whole potatoes were thrown Into the yard for the fowls, so that they bad no need to dig out the seed potatoes. 1 think 10U hens could care for an acre of potatoes to their mutual benefit. F. N. Clark, la Farm Poultry. Lice on Yonne Animal. Years ago we beard a farmer ask an other what be should use to kill the lice on his calves. "Well," said the old. man. "a little grease will drive tbera off." "How shall -I use it?" -was the next query. "If you can put It under the skin it will be the best way," was the answer, and as the calves were very lean the reply was as good as could have been made. It Is a fact that fat calves or other young animals arc sel dom lousy, and If tbey get so the ver min do not seem to be very long lived. We have not seen lice ou anything bnt poultry for many years, and hope the time may come when they will be ban ished from the poultry yard. But re member that good feed, good care nnd cleanliness are the things that those pests will not thrive upon. American Cultivator. Wormi In Horaea. Give two ounces of turpentine Jn one half pint of raw Unseed oil at a dose three times a day before feeding for two days, then give one quart of raw Unseed oil at a dose as a physic. Feed four quarts of oats at a feed three times a day and fifteen pounds of good hay la twenty-four hours. Put on a muzzle to keep blm from eating his bedding. The rtroadcnlne Corn Belt. Probably the production of corn has been Increased In North America bj the development of early maturing va rieties during the past twcnty-rlvo years more than it has Increased In all tho rest of tho world from all other Influ ences. The corn belt has broadened hundreds of miles by this means, and tho end Is not yet. I'acklnir ISutter for Family Uae. In packing butter for family use work. Into rolls, lay In largo stone Jar, cover with brine strong enough to float an egg, put a level teaspoonful of saltpeter and a pound of white sugar to each two gallons of brlue; then put a weight on butter to keep It under brine. Milk Vessel. Milk vessels should, ns far as possi ble, be mado without seams, and alt soldered joints be made as smooth as possible. Poultry Notes. Don't let your drinking fountains freeze up. Keep plenty of fresh water where your fowls can get It. Shut up your hen bouses on these cold nights. Now Is tho time to buy your cockerels for spring. Feed plenty of meat scraps If yon want to get lots of eggs. It Is a good plan to whltowash your hen house early In the spring. Keep tho llco off your fowls nnd they will keep healthy. Don't lot tho roup got the start of you. Whenever your fowls begin to sneczo you should give them somo ollre oil ani kerosene oil, or burn plno tar iu your houses. Roup Is often caused by tho birds taking cold. When your fowls have frosted combs you should tako ono pint sweet oil, ono pint crudo oil nnd ono pint camphor ana rub' this on night and morning for two or three mornings and tbey will be well.