INSULTED TILE FLAG
COLOMDIAN AUTHOniTIE8 STOP
A QERMAN UTEAMEn.
Searched the Ship Against Ihe Proleit of the
Captain and Arretted an Allejed Rebel
He Wrapped Himself In Ocrman Colon
(tr Proteellon, but They Were Torn from
Htm and Dubbed "Dirty Raj."
Now York, July III. Tho limn.
iJiirg-Attiorlctm lino steamer Alio
gliony, wliloli arrived hero today, re
purled llmt sho was hold In tlio lmr
borof Huvunlllii, Colombia, fur J 2
liourit. Passengers on tho Allegheny
icport tlmt Abel Murrillo was arrested
on tlio lili ut Curtagenlii mid taken
ashore by tlio Colombian authorities,
Murrillo protcntf(l against bin arrest,
alleging that liu was untitled to tlio
protection of tlio (Jorninn fhtg.
When tlio vessel arrived ut Carta
genfu tho wan ordered detained by tlio
authorities there, Tlio captain pro
tented that bo wan suiting under tbu
Ocriiiuii flag;, and no ollleial of Colom
bia bad ii right to stop tlio vessel for
iiny purpoMo whatever. This protest
won unheeded, However, mul ncurcli
was iniido for Murrillo, who wan found
on drok. Ho declared bo would not
be arrested, and riinnivn to one of the
Hliiiri masts, lie seized tlio (lerman
Hug which was lying there and
wrapid it about him. Then ho stood
forward and cried out:
"1 urn under tho protection of tlio
iicrmun Map, mid you have no right
to arrest iiio."
According to tho passengers on tho
Allegheny, tho Colombian ollicers,
notwithstanding tlio protest, seized
tlio man nuu dragged lilm from tho
vessel. According to u signed state
ment miido by tbreo of the Alle
gheny's passenger, Murrillo left tho
United Btates itlKiut four months ago
on a passport signed by tho Colom
bian minister at Washington. On
hi arrival ut Bavnnllla ho was arrest
ed and taken to Ilogotit, whero ho was
released on tho understanding that ho
would sail on tho first vessel for tho
United Btates. This Murrillo did,
hoarding tlio Allegheny at Suvuuillu.
Ho expressed fears that ho would bo
arrested at Ciirtagonia, and when tho
vessel arrived at that port he refused
to go ashoro when word was brought
that tho governor wanted to tea him.
His arrest followed.
Tho stutcincut mndo by tho passen
gers thou says that Captain Lowe, of
tho Allegheny, protested against tho
arrest, saying it was against Interna
tional law. Tho ship's clearance pa
pers wero refused, and tho statement
made that they would not bo furnish
oil until Murrillo was surrendered.
Moro ollicers came on Ixmrd tho ves
sel and wont up to Murrillo, and,
tearing from him tho "dirty rag," as
they called tho flag of Kaiser VYil
helm, took tho prisoner from tlio
ship. Neither tho ollicers of tho Alle
gheny nor ofllclals of tho lino would
make any statement concerning tho
urrcst of Murrillo.
HA8 NO LEGAL COURTHOUSE.
Thuriton County Court Palls to So Desbj.
lute Temporary Quarters.
Olympia, Wash., July 31. Con
, flcquout to tho removal of the county
neat of government from what was
tho courthouse to tho MoKonny
building, a knotty legal question lias
arisen. When tho removal was iuudo
during tho past wcok, tho commis
sioners neglected to liamo tho Mo
Kenny building us tho temporary
courthouse, and now from a legal
standpoint tho county is without a
courthouse Hhrcill Mills, tho other
day, attempted to makousnlo of prop
erty on u judgment, and, in making
the Bale, offered it to tho highest Lid
dor from tho main entrance of tho old
courthouse, now tho capitol. Tho at
tornoy for tho judgment debtor was
present and nt onco objected to tho
sale proceeding, on tho ground that it
was not being mado from tho court
house, ns was announced in tho print
ed notice Jn order to bo on tho safe
eido, tho shorifT not only mado the
salo from tho old courthouse, hut im
mediately afterwards rojieuteil it from
tho main entrance of tho MoKcnny
building. An attornoy who has a
similar salo to bo mado in tho near
future, has gono to tho oxtronio of not
only naming tho MoKcnny building
in tho notico, but ulso describes it by
metes and bounds.
Boxen Are Active Again.
Shanghai, July 31. Tho North
China Daily News announces that
thoro has lieon a rccrudcsconco of tho
outbreaks by tho Boxers in tho pro
vinco of Shan Tung, in consequonco
of tho success of tho allied villagers
in Chi Li province against tho troops
of Li Hung Chang. Tho notorious
Lung Lu, who was imperial treasurer,
nnd later generalissimo of tho north
ern army, has been appointed to tho
luorntivo post of controller gciiorul of
the rovenito board,
Demand Increase and Contract.
Minneapolis, Jury 31. Tho B35
mailers and packers in tho 22 flour
mills ot Minneapolis havo prcsontcd
to thoir omployors iv domand for an
inoreaso of wagos. Thoy also domand
a contraot for flvo years. Tlio em
ployers havo agreed to raise tho wages
but will ontor into no contract. Tho
mon met today and decided upon a
domand for only a ono year contraot.
CHINESE INDEMNITY.
Rockhlll Glvei Some of the Details of the
financial Arrangement,
Washington, July 111. Cable din-
u"
mtohes from Mr. Itockhill, tho
lilted States special commissioner
at I'ekiti, set out some of tho de
tails of tho financial arrangement re
garding tho Indemnity, not hereto
foro disclosed, Ho reports that tho
Interest on tho indemnity began to
run .inly 1 ot tills year, and tlio nay
meiits will become duo semi-annually,
tlio first to ho met January J next.
Ulilna will lie allowed three years he
foro making tho first payment on uc
count of tho principal of tho indent'
nlty. 'X ho moneys, both on account
ot tlio principal and interest, will l.-e
received by a Ilnmricial committee lo
uateil at Shanghai, to Imj known as
the "Committee on Kncnshmont."
This will bo composed of the heads of
foreign hanks at Hliniiehai, selected
by tho governments interested in tho
payments. Tho committee is to (lis
tribute tho funds turned in by tho
(Jliliicso government among the vur
Ions powers in proportion to tho in
terest payments duo them.
llie diplomatic court at I'ckln
favors tho Immediate application of
tho now tnr ff. the effect ol wliicli
will bo to abolish tho freo list except
ns to cereals. Mr. Itockhill has been
instructed by tho state department to
urge tho exemption Iroin tlio new
rates of cargoes now ulloat. Ho is
also to try to secure u postponement
of the application of tho tariff until
imtMirters havo had mi opportunity to
complete contracts.
PORTO niCAN TAX LAW.
Cventi Have Already Proven That It Will
Provide Ample Meant
Han Juan, Porto Itico, July 31.
Kvents havo already proved that the
tax law, drawn up by tlio legislators
of this island, will provido ample
means lor tho island's requirements
This indicates that J'orto ltico is
moro prosperous than it was a couplo
of years ago. Steady improvement
has been mado since the day ucneral
Miles landed in Oumiicu, thrco years
ago. Tho people nre in better pnysi
cul condition, and work with moro
spirit. Plantations that went un
worked for a long tiino are beginning
to show signs of prosperity. There is
moro shipping in tho harbor, and tho
signs generally indicate better condi
tinns. Nevertheless, scarcely an in
stance can Ik) sited whero any consul
erablo amount of American capital
has been invested in l'orto Kican on
torprises. Numerous promoters and
capitalists, who havo visited tho
island, havo declared that tins or that
investment would bring good returns,
and then gone awuy never to be heard
from again.
FOR NEW INAUGURAL DAY.
Systematic Agitation lo Be Begun to Change
It Prom March 4.
Now York, July 30. Official steps,
looking to a systematic agitation for
n cliuugo of tlio dato lor tho holding
of tho presidential inauguration, havo
been taken, says a special trout wash
iucton. Itesolutions adopted at tho
last inaugural committeo meeting
were laid beforo the district commis
sioners with a request for appropriate
action. It is understood tho com
missioners uro in favor of a dato later
than March 4, and will bring tho
matter to tho attention of congress
and tho governors of tho states and
territories, 15 additional citizens of
the country at largo and a represen
tation of foremost residents of Wash
ington.
This committee is to solect the dato
and procure, by congressional enact
niont, the change desired.
Chinese Throne Gives Instructions.
VnHn. .Tnlv 31 LI Tliinc fihanp.
'J " - o J " Ol
Prlnpn nlitni- nml Klin Ynnir. resident
iiw.mlwim nf tlio reionov board, havo
received from tlio throno a long com
munication laying down gcnoral in
junctions as to reform, honesty ot
administration and tho desirability
f imitating all mcritorous features
of
I tho institutions ot - Japan and
I'cstorn nations:
W
American Postal Service In China.
'Washington, July 81. Tho post-
muster general has issued an order
formally placing tlio American postal
servico in China un tho samo basis as
boforo tho outbreak. Tho practical
oporution of tho military postal ser
vico ceased Bomo tiino ago, and tho
postal attaches havo oithcr returned
hero or to other posts.
Heavy Rain and Wind Storm.
Fargo, N. D., July 31. A heavy
rain and wind storm provailcd this
afternoon over a good part of tho
itato. Great damage is reported at
Tcppon, west of Fargo. Wires wero
down for somo hours, and crops in
tho path of tho storm, which was
sovorul miles wido. wero destroyed.
In tho Red rivor valloy, rain foil from
tho national boundary lino all tho
way down tho stoto lino. Around
Fargo and over in Minnesota, crops
won damaged.
Rtar-Admlral John Irwin Dead.
Washington, July 31, Rear Ad-
mi
iral John Irwin, retired, died at
his
residence horo lato last night,
after an illness of eovcral months.
wna CO vears old. Ho entered
tho naval acadomy in 1817, and had a
good war record. Ho loft a widow
and iv daughter and a son, John
Irwin, paymastor on tho Essox, now
stationed at Nowport.
SEAPOItT TIED UI
ALL WATER-FRONT WORKERS IN
8AN FRANCI8C0 QUIT.
It Ii Great Struggle for Union Prlr.c'plts
Between the Employers' Association and
the Unions Over 25,000 Men An Now
Out, and Not i Vessel Can Be Loaded
or Moved.
San Francisco, Aug. 1. Tho labor
trouble in this city reached n crisis
yesterday, and ns a result maritimo
t ralllo nnd labor along shore uro at a
standstill and industry is almost cn
tirely paralyzed.
Tlio order for a general walkout of
tho City Front Federation was mado
effective this morning. Tho fedcr
tf on comprises 14 unions and organ iz
ations, with a full membership of
about lfi.OOO Three thousand of
these men uro employed at sea or in
other cities, and tho strike order does
not apply lo them until they return
to San Francisco. Twolvo thousand
men obeyed tho order today.
Thcso unions which havo just wont
out, with tho others already out, will
make a total of over 2(3,000 union
workingmcn who havo stopped labor
since tlio middle of .May.
Tho following resolution was adopt
ed by the federation.
"Tim full membership of tho City
Front Federation refuses to work at
tho docks of Sao Francisco, Oakland,
Port Coitu and Mission Rook. Tho
steamers Honita and Walla Walla,
with mail mid passengers, now in tho
stream, will Imj allowed to go to ecu."
When tho nows of tho action of tho
federation was sent to tho various
hcadqiiartres of the unions, it was
greeted with cheers.
When the onlcr to walk out went
into effect, all tho big shipping com
panies, with ono exception, wero left
without a union man. Ily a special
agreement entered into somo time
ago between tho Pucific Coast Steam
ship Company und tho Firemen's
union, firemen remained on tho ves
sels of that corporation. Thrco coast
ing steamers, a ship and a schooner
wero the only vessels that went to
sea.
Union Principle at Stake.
It is claimed by tho officers of all
tho organizations involved that tho
striko is not purely an expression of
sympathy with the union teamsters
or any other body of workers who aro
in dispute with their employers, but
is a taking up of(tho gauntlet thrown
down by tho Employers' Association.
In other words, tho City Front Feder
ation is determined to defend tho
priuciplo of unionism which the asso
ciated employers havo ' announced
their intention to crush out.
Hotb sides seem determined to
carry tho fight on, and all efforts on
tlio part of tlio mayor and others to
bring about a conciliatory settlement
havo thus far proved unavailing. It
is reported authoritatively that sovo
rul of tho larger wholesale houses will
closo down until tho striko is settled.
Members of tho Kmployrcs' Associa
tion stated that they havo fully con
sidered tho cost of tho strike and are
prepared to meet it. The steamship
managers win hold a meeting today
to consider their course They aro
not members of tho Employers' Asso
ciation, but will act in harmony with
it. lhcy express tho opinion that
they will lie able to move ocean going
vessels, but will not discuss thoir
plans.
EDICT OF THE EMPEROR.
Chinese Foreign Office Is to Be Reorganized
and Advanced In Rank.
Pckin, Aug. 1. Tho edict of tho
emperor providing for tho reorganiz
ation of tho Chinese forolcn office
has hfiim rwnlvnil linrn. Tt tnnn nml
substunco satisfy tho ministes of tho ,
' . ... . . I
powers. Tho edict coincides with bottom of gen ovcrllc(ul rolle(, wlth
thoir domands in tho matter, formu- nolso ke thunder; whllo tho cease
luted by tho United States special Jess grinding of tho pebbles and tho
commissioner, Mr. Itockhill, as a
condition of pcaco. Tho edict de-
jlarcs that foreign affairs will horo-
after bo tho most important business
of tho government, gives tho foreign
office preccdcnco over tho six old
boards that proviously outranked it,
and provides for tho reception of the
ministers in tho hall wluoh hero-
toforo lias been entered by only near
rolatives ot tho omperor. It also
provides for tho ontortainment of tho
ministers by tho omporor at occasional
banquets.
llio Uormun minister, Dr. Mumm
von Hchwarzonstein, is engaged in
drafting a protocol providing for tho
punishment of Chinamen guilty of
participating in tholloxor movement.
A feature of this is that tho number
of culprits has dwindled from ICO
men originally named to fil. This is
duo to tho fact that in tho majority
of tho cases it has boon found impos
sible to provo tho guilt of thoacoused.
Affairs of Commission Wound Up.
Paris, Aug, 1. Boniamin. D.
Woodward, assistant commissioner
of tho United States at tho Paris ex
position has wound up the affairs of
tlio commission and sails for New
York from Cherbourg Saturday on
tho Amoricun llnor St. Louis Mr.
Woodward was rcooived in farowoll
audionco today by President Loubot,
who roforred feolinlgy to tho splendid
part takon by tho United Statos in
tho Paris exposition,
MINES UNDER THE SEA.
CoslVcfnitlmtllnirellcenKo I .woltln
i or llio Octnil A JUUy lllllMe.
Ill various parts of Great Ilrltaln coal
pits ex (end for n considerable distance
under the sen, The most remarkable
of these submarine mines Is nt Whlto
hrivcii, For no less than four mile
under the Irish 8eu and at a depth of
about one hundred fathoms, n great
tunnel Iiiih been hewn ouL Hundreds
of miners work day and night hi the
pitch black "galleries" with a world of
water high above their heads, ft Is a
re.-nurkuble fact that long before gas
was used iih mi llliimlnant the then
manager of this submarine mine- -which
already In those days stretched
for ii quarter of u mile under the sea
proponed to the authorities at White
haven to fay pipes from the town to
the ilt In order lo light the streets by
means of the natural gas which the
mine produced.
Whitehaven's thriving nelghlior,
Workington, also possessed mi under
sea mine, but one day the enormous
pressure of water broke In tlio roof.
Thirty-six miners were drowned, and
the colliery was destroyed.
The const of Hutiderluml Is burrowed
with mines so huge that tliey aro like
IT.MIBK TUB HUSH SKA.
veritable cities under the ocean. The
most famous of them Is the Monk
Weuruiouth Collery, the principal seam
of which lies at the enormous depth of
1,710 feet below the German Ocean.
One hundred thousand pounds were
spent In finding that seam. At a depth
of 330 feet water poured Into the work
ings nt tho rate of 3,000 gallons per
minute, and a 200-horse power pump
ing engine hud to be fixed up. The
ocean Is also undermined on uynopc
ami Scuhain.
Tho Karl of Kincardine owned a won
derful coal pit at BorrowBtones. It Is
about this mine that a famous geolo
gist, nfter a first visit, writes as fol
lows: "While the pitmen, by the dismal
shine of their lamps, make the deep
enverns resound with the blows of
their pickaxes, ships driven by a fair
wind sail over their heads, and the sail
ors, rejoicing at the beautiful weather,
express their Joy In song.
noTAi.LACK corricn mine.
"Hut at another time a storm arises;
tho horizon Is In flames, the thunder
roars, the sea rages, the boldest trem
hie; then the pitmen, unconscious of
the terrible scene, calmly pursue their
labors and think with pleasure of their
homes, while tho ship above Is shatter
ed to pieces and sinks."
A well-known geologist told a repre
sentative of the Dally Mall the follow
ing amusing story: "I was one of u
little party who spent a most Interest
ing, If rather thrilling, day In the cop
per mine off promontory of Botallack,
near Cape Cornwall. The workings go
uown to a depth of 1,500 feet below tho
sea level, and extend 2,243 feet under
the Atlantic Ocean.
"During our submarine peregrina
tions I noticed what looked like a plug
In the low roof, and was Investigating
Its character, when a mine official
rushed up and excitedly exclaimed,
'Don't pull out that peg; you'll let in
the Atlantic!' Need I add that I left
I the plug carefully alone?"
Only a crust of the sea'floor was be
tween the miners of Botallack and tho
raging waves above. The water oozed
through the celling. When a storm pre-
valIcd. tuf, guilds that tilled tho pit
wiirn tni-rlfvltii. Tho bouldprn In tlio
crash of tho waves brought homo to
tho miners In a way that no ono else
over experienced me run terrors or a
storm at sea. "Moro than once." says
an official who worked In the mine,
"wo retreated In affright, doubting the
protection of our working shield."
Botallack Is now closed, though tho
inino exists for those caring enougu to
explore It.
Let OfT Cheaply.
It Is said that Gladstone one day said
to tho witty Father Henley: "When I
was lu Italy tho other day I saw a no
tico In one of your churches to the ef
fect that a plenary Indulgence could he
had for a sum of about 30 shillings.
How do you explain that?"
"If," answered tho father, "my
church were prepared to glvo you a
plenary Indulgence for all tho sins you
have been guilty of for 80 shillings I
think you would bo let off uncommonly
cheap."
l'ubllo .Expenditures In Mexico.
Tho Mexican army of moro than
25,000 men Is supported upon a trlflo
moro than 1,000,000 Mexican dollars a
month. The Mexican congress does
not cost ?1,000,000 a year.
What has become of tho old-fashioned
child that cried so hard that It held
Its breath?
Fow peoplo havo a bettor excuse for
getting married In hasto tliau a widow
er with little children.
Hnrne-Mo'te Milk Cooler.
On every dairy frtrm, large or small,
there should ho some arrangement
made for cooling the milk. The Illus
tration shows a home-made milk cool
er which has been In operation on a
InrKe dairy farm for several years. Tho
size can be varied according to circum
stances. A shows the little box In
which the Ice Is placed. This Is hinged
at tho end so that the cover can ho
thrown entirely hock and not Interfere
In any way with the person who Is
putting In the Ice. R shows tho height
In the box to which the water can go
before It reaches the overflow pipe
which goes out of the box Into a
trough, shown at C, and thence Is car
ried to any point desired. This over
flow pipe Is a piece of rubber hose.
The larger box In which the cans of
milk are set has a cover on cither side
(lOOD MILK COOLKH.
of the lee chest, these covers being
raised and thrown back, against the ice
chest when open. The cans of milk are
placed in this large box In the water.
Indianapolis News.
For Dcatrorlne GraMbonpers.
By all odds the best method for de
stroying grasshoppers after they be
come half crown Is the use of tho
"hopper dozer," or kerosene pan. which
Is shown herewith. This Is made of
V ffl
4
stovepipe Iron by turning up tho sides eaten up nnd no slugs killed. The Hmo
and ends about four Inches so as to or piaster would, like the lime In Bor
mako a long, flat pan about four Inches jeaux mixture, prevent Injury to. tho
In depth. This Is then mounted on
runners varying In height according to
requirements. 'On tbe frame back of
the pan Is stretched a piece of cloth to
prevent tbe Insects from Jumping over
the pan. When ready to begin work,
the pan Is partially filled with water,
and some coal oil Is added. If the
ground Is level, no crosspleces are nec -
essary, out u ine pan is to no useo. on
IaiiIhi. nmiiml If o Vi rv tt I .t hn mnH. no In.'
dlcated In the Illustration to prevent
the oil and water from running to one
end. The height of tho runners will
necessarily vary from two to eight or
ten Inches, according to tho crop to be
protected nnd tbe age of the Insects to
bo captured. The machine may be of
nnrrca dozer.
any length desired up to sixteen or
eighteen feet. If small. It can be
drawn by hand, but when larger a
horse or two Is desirable. When full,
the Insects can be removed, a little
moro oil added and the machine start
ed afresh. In this way a number of
bushels of hoppers can be captured and
destroyed In a single day. Tho cost or
running this machlno Is trifling and tbe
remedy very effectual. Nebraska
Farmer.
Alfalfa for Iforae.
Concerning tbe action of alfalfa hay
on horses, a farmer says tn Breeder's
Gazette: For moro than fifteen years
I have had experience tn raising horses
from birth to sale, from youth to age,
on alfalfa pasture and bay, except may.
bo giving them some variety In winter,
consisting of corn foddor and Btraw.
All animals and man like a variety In
diet. I feed no grain except to horses
In harness, and my horses are noted for
their size, strength and beauty. I sold
two Pcrcheron colts In March, 3 nnd 4
years old, weighing 1,700 and 1,800
pounds, that did not know the tasto of
grain.' I have wintered horses from
tho city, as many as twenty-Uvo at
times, exclusively on alfalfa to tho per
fect satisfaction of the owners. I have
never noticed nor known any Injurious
effect from well-cured, good hay cut
at first bloom.
Feeding Ilnlf-Grown Clilcka.
Tho usual custom of turning young
chicks on to tho range to shift for them
selves as soon as they aro largo enough
to leave their mother Is not couduclvo
to tho best results. For chicks that
aro to form the layers In tho lato fall
and winter this plan will do very well
If they aro grain-fed once a day. Chicks
JL
that aro to go to market as soon at
they are large enough will need a lib
eral quantity of cracked corn and
wheat placed In a trough whero they
can get at It easily; do this every other
day. The chicks will not over-eat for
they will get enough cscrclso on tho
range to counterbalance any heavy
feeding. The grains named, togethor
with what tho chicks will pick up on
the range, will constitute nearly a per
fect balanced ration.
Fllllnst the Bllo.
It used to bo thought that rapid Oil
ing of the silo was all Important It
must be filled so fast that no layer of
fodder could wilt before It was covered
with another, and thus the fermenta
tion beginning at the bottom must
gradually work up through the mass
until it reached the surface, where oil-
dlzatlon or rotting began, which again
worked downward until the decayed
matter on the surface prevented any
more air from going down. Naturally
we accepted this Idea, as It was sent
out by learned chemists and scientific
men, but opinions have changed slnco
those days In the light of positive facts.
The farmers who have not been ablo
to fill their silos as rapidly as they
wished to, or have been obliged to
wait for help, for weather or for somo
later field to attain maturity, or thoso
who from lack of facilities for rapid
handling have been obliged to All slow
ly, have found that their ensilage wai
In no way Inrerlor to that which was
all put In practically f.t ono time, or
without pause excepting for the night's
rest And some bare learned that It
does not Injure It If a part of the water
In It dries out before It Is cut The
moisture Is enough unless the fodder
has become dry before cutting by rea
son of being overripe, suffering from
drought or being frost-bitten. Either
of these causes may make fodder so'
dry that It will be benefited by a wet
ting before It Is pressed Into the silo.
New England Homestead.
Tbe Colorado Beette
If those who desire to kill the beetles
and slugs on their potato and tomato
vines would mix their parts green
with an equal amount of slaked lime,
or one pound ot It to two pounds of
land plaster, and dust the vines with
tbe mixture wuen they are a Httlo
damp from dew or rain, they would de
stroy the Insects better than they do by
spraying with the parls green In water.
The poison would not wash oft as eas
ily In a shower, and It would be easy to
tell when It washed off, without wait
ing to learn It by seeing the vines half
foliage, and they are also supposed to
have some effect In preventing blight
In the days before the Colorado beetle
came around almost every farmer used
to put plaster on his pototo and squash
vines, first to keep off tbe little striped
squash or cucumber bug, next to pre
vent blight, and not least because It
1 wa8 supposed to attract moisture to the-
hill. Probably the fact was that It ab
sorbed some of the ammonia that was
escaping from the "shovelful of ma
nure tn tbe bill," which most of them
used for growing potatoes, and they
used to talk about growing "a peck la
a hill" then, but we never saw such a.
bill.
Rrolntlon of the Apple.
Apples are new In tho economy of th
world's use and taste. At the begin
ning of the last century few varieties
were known, and wo can go back In
history to a time when all apples wera
little, sour and puckery crab apples
and nothing else. The crnb apple was
and Is In Its wlldness nothing but rt
rosebush. Awny back In time tbe wild
rose, with Its pretty blossoms that turn
to little red balls, apple flavored, and
tbe thorny crab had tbe same grand
mother. General Farm Notrm.
Dig out the peach tree borers and Jar
tho curcullo.
Bone Is tho thing to use on peach
trees every time, suys one grpwer.
In orchards badly Infested with can
kerworm late spraying with some form
of arsenic, which is most safely used In
bordeaux mixture, may do good if tho
worm Is still feeding.
Cultivate tho sweet potato ridges af
ter rains to break the crust and keep
the soil mellow. Making the ridges
narrow tbe last cultivation will cause
them to mature early.
For field culture for the canneries
good strong tomato plants should bo
ready for tho field from the mlddlo to
tho latter part of June, tho tlmo which
they aro usually set In New Jersey and
Maryland.
A great deal depends upon how wat
er Is put on. If you begin your Irriga
tion before It Is very dry, you don't
need so much water, but If you let your
ground get very dry and then put on
your water you need n great deal moro
of It.
Often on tho farm, harvest or thrash
ing hands fiud It Impossible to bo at
bomo for dinner, aud It Is a voxjng
problem how to haul dinner on tho
wagon without Jolting It Into a mush.
If the dinner bucket Is placed In a
grain sack, and each end of the sack Is
hooked or fastened In somo way under
tho hay rigging, so that tho sack will
hang loosely,' swing back and forth.
tho dinner will Jar very little, though
carried on tho wagon all tho forenoon.