Cottage Grove leader., June 28, 1910, Image 2

V a lu e ox m e
THIS COUNTRY'S GROWTH.
h ou ii
W H Y FRANCE IS RICH.
AR1S 1» the Mecca of foreigner*. They
come from all parts of the world to enjoy
life in the great metropolis; and the year­
ly Income from this source alone approxi­
mates 1600,000,000. Along with this Item
the earnings of French capitalists on their
investments In the securities and prop­
erties of other countries amount to fully $200,000,000
yearly. On the other side of the account Is an adverse
balance of trade which In 1907 amounted to $120,000,-
«00. Deduct this outgo from her income of $850,000,-
«00, and it leaves France with $730,000,000 to the good.
Instead of getting an income of $600,000,000 from for­
eign tourists, the United States pays out at least $150,-
000,000 for the expenses of American tourists abroad.
Again, Instead of drawing $250,000,000 yearly from
foreign Investments, this country pays out $300,000,000
to foreign Investors In our securities and properties. A
third factor is the army of aliens who flock here from
all parts of the world to hoard up money, which they
take back to their own countries; this drain costs us
$300,000,000 more. Add $100,000,000 more which we pay
for ocean freights In foreign vessels, and the yearly out­
go Is $850,000,000. Deduct our yearly Income of $500,-
000,000 for favorable trade balance, and It leaves n year­
ly deficit of $350,000,000.— Moody’s Magazine.
CRIMINALS MADE BY THE LAW .
T IS entirely possible that human law, since
Its Invention In the dawn of civilization,
has made more criminals than original sin,
heredity or environment. Like all humau
institutions, It is born In imperfectness
and progresses slowly to perfection through
long and weary cycles of advancing civ­
ilization.
Within historic times criminal law has
changed its spirit from brute revenge and sordid com­
pensation to that of deterrence and prevention, with
some dim notion of reform of the criminal. But It Is
still crusted and barnacled, especially in respect of of­
fenses against property, with the gross brutalities and
blind prejudgments of Its barbaric origin. These are
the agencies by which law makes criminals, begetting
progeny only to devour them like the earlier god of a
primitive race.
We dc not realize how many of these savageries sur­
vive In modern law, how many human personalities are
sacrificed to some trivial fetich of property, until a flash
of romantic Interest like that in John Carter reveals
the possibilities of outiage and Injustice under the law
of burglary we bave Inherited from British feudalism.
The whole viewpoint of criminal law Is slowly chang­
ing, though the fossils by whom It Is made in legisla­
tures and administered In the courts are naturally the
last to realize It. Traditional law looked only at the
particular offense charged or proved, measuring out pun­
ishment for It by ancient standards without regard to
the human nature and capacities of the criminal.
The law of the future will look first of all at these.
secluding for life ths habitual and Incurable criminal
whenever caught, for a small offense or none at all,
but giving the perpetrator of whatever offense the full
advantage of whatever latent capacities for reform his
nature may contain. That law will gradually extinguish
old criminals without making new ones.—Minneapolis
Tribune.
PEA RY WON’T PRODUCE THE PROOFS.
EARY’S refusal to submit his proofs to
Congress or to scientific bodies other than
the National Geographic Society ought to
dispose of the bill to retire him with In­
creased rank and pay. The excuse of con­
tracts with publishers Is not sufficient.
Peary might submit his proofs without
their being used to the sletrlment of himself or pub­
lishers, and he might fortify his position by submitting
them to the University of Copenhagen and geographical
societies of Europe. But he evidently doesn’t choose to
do so, and he Is giving rise to doubts of the success of
his expedition.
Peary entirely overlooks his obligations to the United
States government. He has devoted the best of thir­
teen years to polar expeditions, and all the while he
has been drawing a salary as commander in the naval
service. In other words, he has been given almost con­
tinuous leave of absence for thirteen years for prose­
cuting his personal plans and has drawn pay from the
United States for so doing. Though far from the re­
tiring age, he wants to retire with the rank of Rear
Admiral of the first class and draw still higher pay
for life, so that he may proceed to cash In at high rates
the results of his work on Uncle Sam's time.— Houston
(Tex.) Post.
IRON DEPOSITS IN CANADA.
T IS now known positively that Iron ores
abound In practically every province of
Canada. Only eight iron mines are In op­
eration, and only one of these Is producing
’ as much as 100,000 tons of ore In a year.
It is true; but active preparations are be­
ing made in the eastern provinces for ex­
ploiting the recently proved deposits of ore on a large
scale. At present the chief Canadian blast furnaces
draw most of their ore from Belle Isle. In Conception
bay, near St. Johns, Newfoundland. Newfoundland is
very rich in iron ores, and nearly 1,000,000 tons are
raised annually, most of which is used In Canada. But
enormous and rich reserves of hematite ore have been
found in New Brunswick, within easy distance of large
coal fields. Deposits of huge quantity and high quality
have also been proved Jn Ontario, Quebec and Nova Sco­
tia in the east, and in Vancouver and British Columbia
In the west. Recent investigations conducted by the
department of mines, coupled with private prospecting.
Inspire the hope that Canada Is as rich In Iron and steel-
making materials as the United States.— Cassier's Mag­
azine.
lit t h e I i i m - M f o f M a l l M a t ­
t e r H auU letl A n n u a l l y .
Old Favorites
The growth of our country and the
Increase In the volume of business can
be realized no better than by a com­
parison of the number of pieces of mall
matter handled annually. The total
for 1889 was 3,860.200,000 pieces, in­
cluding letters, postal cards, newspa­
pers, printed matter and packages of
every sort. Twenty years later the
total was four times as great, and
P la n tin g P ota toes.
| The prevailing, and we might say
reached 13,173.340.329.
The advance has been remarkably | foolish, custom of most farmers is%to
regular year after year and at the plant potatoes Just as they come, lit­
Indeed, some use the
rate of about 100 per cent every five tle and big.
years. In 1847, the year when post­ smaller ones for seed and retain the
age stamps were first Issued, the total larger ones for cooking purposes,
number of pieces that passed through sometimes placing them on the mar­
ket.
the malls was 114,175,480.
While such a course will not no­
A considerable part of the increase
during the last ten years has been ticeably affect the potato crop for a
due to rural delivery. Farmers ars single season, its continuation surely
now able to receive newspapers, let­ i but slowly lowers the yield — not so
ters and other mail matter at their | much by an insufficient number of
doorsteps without leaving their plows tubers, but by inferiority in size aud
quality.
We believe this to be the
Dr their harvest fields and driving into
chief blunder made by most potato
town.
raisers and that it accounts for more
There are now nearly 40,000 rural
failures with this crop than any other
delivery carriers who are paid 135,000,- one cause.
000 a year for carrying the letters and
Assuming that you failed to select
newspapers to the country homes, in seed potatoes at the proper time last
the United States, and together they season (as nine out of ten fail to),
traveled last year more than 1,000,000 great care should be exercised in se­
miles a day. The rural delivery serv­ lecting seed this spring.
With »he
ice is now thirteen years old, .and it thought in mind that it was quite like­
has been the greatest success of any ly the healthy, vigorous plant which
new idea that has been Introduced into produced the larger tubers, these
the administration of our government. I should be chosen for seed, since the
The Postoflice Department will renew | smaller potatoes,
which
no doubt
its efforts to secure a law authorising | came from a weak or inferior plant.
a parcels post service so that farmers’ i and, if planted, Vould produce a like
wives can do their shopping by mail, growth. Is this not true of any other
but the opposition from the country I plant or hnimal life? Then
why
merchants, who fear their trade will j should it not be true of potatoes?—
be diverted to the cities, is so determ­ Twentieth Century Farmer.
ined that It is doubtful whether Con-
Fact« A b ou t P a rm i,
grass will act.
__________________
Nearly 1,000,000 new farms have
been created in the United States dur
ing the last ten years. In the last ten
years the total nu.mber of farms has
increased 18 per cent. In the older
States, from Ohio eastward, there has
been going on for 20 years a tendency
toward the amalgamation of farms dis­
tant from market into larger holdings.
FASHION HINTS
ten feet long, made of four-inch boards
solidly nailed together. After this
fence is once put up sheep or hogs
are not likely to overturn it. A fence
three and one-half feet high will turn
most flocks.— Denver Post.
D ra lu a g e.
One of the essentials about the poul­
try house and grounds is good drain­
age. For this reason a good hill slope
is the best place for the grounds. The
land should slope enough so that rains
will wash it clean of all impurities.
On flat land the grounds should be fre­
quently changed and planted to some
crops that will take up the noxious ele­
ments The draining andGsurface drain­
ing the grounds will assist in keeping
them dry and pure. Scraping off the
top soil each year and filling with
fresh soil from the field will aid in
HOW TO PLANT SHRUBS. ROSES AND TREES.
Oh, I loved the little beauty.
And my boat was all my pride;
And with Nell close beside me.
What Joy the foam to ride;
She would laugh in tones so merry
To see the waves go by.
As wildly blew the stormy wind.
Or murky was the sky.
Though lightning flashed around us.
And all was dark and drear.
We loved the brave old ocean.
And never dreamed of fear;
•
The hours bounded onward.
The boat dashed through the spray.
With bright-eyed, luughlng little NeJ
Of Narragansett Bay.
But one day from us she wandered.
And was soon within the boat;
The cord was quickly loosened
As out the tide did float;
The little bark flew lightly
And swept before the wind,
Till land and home and friends so deal
Were many miles behind.
Next day her form all lifeless
Was washed upon the beach;
I stood and gazed upon it,
Bereft of sense and speech;
'Tis years since thus we parted.
But still I weep to-day.
f o r bright-eyed, laughing little Nell,
Of Narragansett Bay.
HOW ENGLAND OOT IN DEBT.
W as
Correct way o( making bole.
Incorrect way of making hole. Ob-
tlce how the bottom Is rounded. The serve bow the roots are bent upward,
roots He with a downward turn. They If the shrub lives the roots must bend
are not cramped or crowded or bent downward again— not always success
from their proper course.
fully accomplished.
On the other hand, this section has
witnessed the cutting up into smaller
sizes of many farms nearer to mar­
ket.
There are now almost three
times as many farms as in 1870, and
an unprecedented increase in the
value of farm lands and live stock.—
American Agriculturist.
where there are different telephone
NEW FLORA FOR AN ISLAND.
companies, each having its own list
Our sketch shows one of the lovely
S
t
art o f V e g e ta tio n on a L a v a B e d -
of subscribers, it is impossible to give
chiifon robes veiled in gauze. The robe
D u r a tio n o f L ife o f Seed.
them like service unless each company
is creamy white with a shaded pink, bor­
In 1883 the island of Krakatoa, in
der. while the overdress is a deep pink.
be allowed the right of connection
A black satin hem makes an effective and
with the local exchanges. This being the Sunday strait, was covered to a
practical finish to the skirt.
the case, the contract In question depth of thirty-two yards with lava by
would necessarily prevent local com­ a tremendous volcano outburst. An in­
T o o M u ch f o r H im .
T r e e P la n t i n « D e v ic e .
teresting botanical problem was sug­
The applicant for citizenship in the panies from carrying out to the full
They numbered four. They abso­
To those who will be planting shade
gested, the London Globe says. Here
extent
their
duties
as
public
service
ease of In re Knight, 171 Federal Re­
was an area of new rock absolutely lutely exuded prosperity. The things and fruit trees, the following method
porter, 299, was born upon a schooner corporations. The agreements were
devoid of plant life. How would it be which they ordered were such as to may be of assistance. In preparing
held
invalid
and
injunction
denied.
flying the British flag, in the Yellow
reconquered and repeopled by the vege­ fill with envy the breast of the man for planting stake out the plot hav­
Sea, off the coast of China. His father
table world? So at the suggestion of at the next table, engaged in consum­ ing the stakes in line in several di­
ENGLISH
BANK
NOTES.
was of Englis*h birth and parentage;
Treub the island has been kept under ing the most modest dish disclosed by rections. After the plot is carefully
his mother was half Chinese and half C n r l o u n I m lo r i u i iM - ii $ *— C r» \ o t e a A r e
the bill of fare.
staked the trouble is to get the tree
observation since 1886.
Japanese, having been married to ap­
t h e L o w e n t N o t v InNuetl.
The four were conversing— languid,
In that year it was found that those
plicant’s father in Shanghai under
plutocratic
conversation.
After
a
The custom of indorsing English simplest of all plants, the so-called
British colors. Applicant was 43 years hank notes, even when they pass in
blue-green alga?, had formed thin, black while it turned to the question of
old, intelligent, of good character, and
sòme trivial purchase, Is a surprise to films over the surface. In this a num­ money. Evidently they wanted to do
had served since 1882 in the United most Americans who go abroad for the
How much money had
ber of ferns and a few flowering plants something.
States navy, and had won a medal for
first time. It is an old custom and had established themselves. By 1897 they? One of the four took out his
service on the flagship Olympia in the
one which has led to many curious the island was covered with a charac­ pocketbook aud counted up a roll of
battle of Manila bay. The naturaliza­ inscriptions on the notes.
teristic shore vegetation, including a bills.
tion statute applies to aliens, either
A debtor In prison wrote on the species of ipoina*a.
Ferns predomi­
’’Oh, I have a hundred and forty,”
white or of African nativity or de­
back of a £10 note "The first debt I nated and there were very few shrubs he 3aid, carelessly.
scent. A person half white and half
have honestly paid for a year,” while and no trees. The latest expedition
The second and third members of
some other race belongs to neither of
a prodigal sou turned the tables reports 137 species of plants belonging the party went through their pockets. set on the exact place occupied by the
those races, but is literally a half-
against himself when he wrote on a to all the principal groups. Ferns are
“ I have two hundred and fifteen,” ctake. The following plan will over­
breed. This holding would appear to
come this difficulty.
Take a board
£20 note "The last of thousands left no longer dominant and the forests are remarked one.
exclude ipulattoes. The application
about 8 ft. long and 8 Inches diameter,
by my father, who slaved to earn rapidly increasing.
“ And I have three hundred,” said
was refused by the Federal District
at shown in Illustration. Bore a hole
them.”
•
In a recent issue of the “ Proceed­ the other.
Court.
in each end and cut a notch in the
In 1759 the Bank of England began to ings of the Royal Society,” J. White
The
fourth
waved
his
hand—
A woman of culture and refinement
middle.
Place the board with the
Issue £10 notes as well as £20, till then gives the results of some Interesting
grandly.
having contracted anaesthetic leprosy exclusively used. It was not till thirty
notch against the stake and drive
experiments on the ferments and*latent
’’Neved mind, you fellows," he said. wooden or iron pins into the hole3
while engaged in missionary work in
years after that £ 5 notes were brought life of resting seeds. That the sub­
Brazil, was ordered removed by the
‘TH lend you all you want.”
B. B. The board can then be remov­
out, and In 1797 there were £1 and stance of germinating seeds undergoes
city board of health to the city’s pest-
Tenderly, waiters bore the man at ed from the pegs, place the tree in the
£2 notes, but they ceased in 1821, a process of fermentation by which it
house, a structure of four small rooms,
owing to the Immense amount of is rendered suitable for the nourish­ the next table out into the cdld air. notch and pack the soil around the
used theretofore for the isolation of
roots. The tree will thus be in the
forgery they led to, says the Queen. ment of the embryo is well known. He will recover.
negroes with smallpox, and situated
exact spot occupied by the stake, and
Hundreds If not thousands were This is illustrated by the change of the
N o P la c e f o » C e le n tla ln .
within 100 yards of the city garbage
in line with the others.
hanged for counterfeiting notes for starch of the barley seed into sugar
heap. A distinguished specialist had
George Richmond Hayes, the noted
such small sums.
during
the
process
of
maltfng.
It
is
------
pronounced the infection not con­
San Francisco ethnologist, said at a
A curious bank note designed by not, however, known whether germina-
K kk Im p orts.
tagious. and no evidence of contagion
recent dinner:
Hone has prison chains across one ! lion can take place in the absence of a
The fact that eggs are not Included
had appeared, although complainant
“ The yellow races are held in bet­ j In any lists of imports which we have
end, Is signed by Jack Ketch, a row j ferment. Mr. White, however, finds
had mingled freely with other people.
ter
esteem
than
used
to
be
the
case
of malefactors hanging with ropes that the ferments in the seeds may
seen published and from the results
In Kirk v. Wyman, 65 Southeastern
around their necks appears on the face retain their activity long after the in the West. I once visited a very I of the American hen s activities, as re
Reporter, 387, complainant insisted
rough
boom
town
in
Oregon
near
Cot­
and a series of criminals’ heads on power of germination has been lost.
I>orte<l by the census office, leads to
that her condition did not justify her
the other side, together with the words The ferment in a seed may retain its tage Grove. In the leading saloon a the supposition that importing eggs
immediate removal to the pesthouse
man
in
a
red
shirt
said
to
me:
! would be like carrying coal to Newcas­
“ Until the resumption of cash pay­ power for twenty years or more.
until suitable accommodations were
*'*Ye wanter carry yerself almighty tle. In 1900 over 1.293.662,433 dozen
ments or the abolition of the punish­
The seeds specially studied by Mr.
provided for her, and applied for an
straight
in
these
parts,
stranger.
Go
eggs were produced in the United
ment by death." The ’’£” which In White were wheat, barley and other
injunction to restrain the action of the
the corner usually preceded
the cereals. He finds that the duration of wrong the least mite and, by crinus, States. Thi9 number is large enough
board. The South Carolina Supreme
we’ll
lynch
ye
as
quick
as
look
at
y
e
/
to provide each person in the country
amount and value of the note was the power of germination varies much.
Court, believing that the official action
” 1 smiled.
formed of rope.
with seventeen doze^ eggs a year.
In rye it is about five years, bat in
of the board was so arbitrary and that
** ’ Would you lynch me,’ I asked, 'If ; There are almost four times as many
From April 5, 1829. the £5 note has wheat from eleven to sixteen. No seeds
there was no adequate relief in a suit
| chickens In the United States as there
been the lowest procurable from the which had lost their power of germi­ I killed a dog?*
for damages, maintained the injunc­
“ ‘ Would we?* he snorted.
‘ Why, are people.
Bank of England. Of late the desira- nating could be induced to grow by
tion.
adding a ferment. And If this was stranger, we’ve lynched fellers here
The case of United States Telephone has been discussed.
H o w M i l k 1« F o r m e d .
added to one germinating feebly, the for killin’ Chinamen!’ "
Co. v. Central Union Telephone Co.,
Milk is elaborated from the blood.
In 1827 a £1,000 note was the high­ growth was retarded.
171 Federal Reporter, 130, is a valuable est. but £50,000 notes have been Issued,
P r o h a lily f o r t h e T r n i t .
Food Is converted into blood, which
If further proof were wanted that
nnd interesting contribution to the law and there is a story of a certain trades-
**Hello, old chap! I haven’t seen you is forced from the heart and lungs to
the stories of wheat germinating after
governing the rights of telephone com­ man keeping such a one by him as a
the udder; from the udder it returns
lyng for thousands of years in Egyp­ for a year. Where have you been?”
“ Down in South America.”
panies as public service corporations. curiosity, while a gentleman framed
f to the heart through the large veins
tian tombs have no foundation in fact.
“ South America? What have you from the under side of the belly, run­
The complainant company made con­ one, which his executors 'prom ptly
It is supplied by Mr. White’s deter­ been doing there?”
tracts with several local companies, by
ning from the udder nearly to the
cashed at his death. There Is a fam­ mination that the life of a wheat seed
•*0— er—just rubbering around."—
which It was agreed that they should
front legs, where they enter the body
ily tradition about the visit of a cer­ is only from eleven to sixteen years.
Chicago
Tribune.
give long-distance connections to com­
and connect with the heart. These
tain church functionary at a house
U n cle A lle n .
plainants and permit no connection
veins are commonly called m ilk v»ins,
T o th e C ritic fllK h cr I p ,
when some disputed point had to be
"An
optimist,”
said
Uncle
Allen
with any other company for a period
i but they are not, however, as no milk
settled by reference to the Bible, and
There may be small excuse for It
Sparks, is (slap) a man who believes
r>f 99 years. Complainants alleged that
ever passes through them. The orifices
You may have little use for it.
the one belonging to the deceased
the
mosquito
(slap)
was
created
for
breach of these agreements was in­
mother was brought down from a And curl your super-story Up in su­ some lofty and (slap) beneficent pur­ in the body where such veins enter
duced by the unlawful acts o f defend­
percilious way;
ara called milk wells.— Rural World.
pose.”
shelf, dusty and unused, hut within
ant, and prayed an injunction restrain­
You may regard It hnnefully.
was found a note for £40.000.
A ll In t h e l a w i l l j r .
And pass it up disdainfully.
ing further Interference with their
The Bank of England note of to-day But when it gets the money wotine* ! Portly Dan „ — yo u r fa c e la striking-
T h e F g g -E .t t n g Hen.
contract rights. The United States
has taken some time and many Inven­
have
you
to
say?
i
y
familiar,
llave you ever done any
Some one want* to know how to keep
Circuit Court draws a distinction be­
tions to bring It to Its present condi­ —Chicago Tribune.
work for me before?
hens from eating their eggs. Having
tween the telephone business and the
tion. The numbering machine was
Chlropodisl No, ma’am. You are had some experience along that line.
sleeping car business, in which it was
T
o
p
a
y
-
T
n
r
v
y
.
probably thi: iking o f my twin brother, I offer a few suggest ions: A deep nest
first employed in 1809, steel-plate en­
held in Chicago. St. L. * N. O. R. Co.
"It’s a funny thing.”
who runs th* shoe atore on the ground
graving teas supplanted by the sldero-
v. Pullman Co., 139 U. S. 79, 11 Sup
floor. He n list have sold you these box, in which there is only room for
•‘What is.”
graphlc machine, and that by electro­
Ct. 490, 35 L. Ed. 97, that a contract
“ I live on the ninth floor and the shoes. A gr< at many of his customer* the hen’s body, so that she cannot get
type surface printing. Th* great aln>
st the eggs when on the nest, and too
fo r exclusive rights for the term of
come here, ma'am.
Is to pccvent forgery, the paper em­ janitor lives In the basement, yet he
deep for her to reach the eggs when
fifteen years to furnish sleeping cars
above
me.” ~ B lr-
H a it i. O n.
ployed being unique nnd the water­ Is Immeasurably
standing on the edge of It, Is a good
to a railroad company was not invalid.
"W hat's cii islng all that racket In
mark and prlvatj marks are all In fa­ mlngham Age-Herald.
It is possible for all travelers to ob­
there?” asked th. business caller, paus­ thing. The best nest box I have used
vor o f the Itanker.
Is 14 Inches square and 18 inches deep,
In buying a gentle horse, always re­ ing at the door of th . office.
tain like accommodations on sleeping
“Couple o' agents tryln' to aell ths covered with a 6-Inch door or opening
rars, notwithstanding they may all be
A man Is never quite fo phllosophl member that a gentle horse Is a laxy
boss two different kinds o' ’cyclope­ •t ths top of one sld-
furnished by a single company; but cal aa when he Is being pinched.
I horse.
dia*,’’ said th* otile* boy.
' LEGAL INFORMATION '
silo.
The Missouri Experiment StaMon
summarizes the value of the silo as
follows:
Silage keeps young stock
thrifty and growing all winter.
It
produces fat beef more cheaply than
does dry feed. It enables cows to pro­
L i l l i * N e ll o f N a r r a ir a a s e lt l i a r .
duce m’ lk and butter more econom­
ically. It Is more conveniently han­ Oh. well do I remember
My boyhood's happy hours,
dled than flry fodder. The silo pre­
vents waste of cornstalks in the ma­ The cottage and the garden
nure when silage Is fed. The silo will Where bloomed the fairest flowers—
make palatable food of stuff that The bright and sparkling waters
O'er which we used to sail.
would not otherwise be ejiten. It en­ With hearts so gay. for miles away,
ables the farmer to preserve food,
Before the gentle gala.
which matures at a rainy time of the
year, when dry would be next to lm
Chorus—
possible.
It 14 the most economical Toll, toll ths bell.
At early dawn of day,
method of supplying food for the stock
f
during the hot, dry periods In sum For lovely little Nell.
So quickly passed away;
mer, when the pasture is short.
Toll, toll the bell,
So aad and mournfully,
T e n t p o r n r y S h u t-p F e n c e .
For bright-eyed, laughing little N*U
A movable fence of this kind fot
Of Narragansett Bay.
soiling sheep is made in panels as
seen in the picture. The panels are Oh, I had a dear companion,
But she is not with me now;
The lily of the valley
la waving o’er her brow.
And 1 am sad and lonely,
c ______
Weeplhg
all the day.
rCv._____
For bright-eyed, laughing little Nell.
Of Narragansett Bay.
purifying the grounds. The soil froir
the yards may be used as a fertilizei
for the field from which fresh soil is
obtained.—Journal of Agriculture.
A
G ood
F o r a ir e
C rop.
Canada peas and oats Is a favorite
forage crop with many New York state
fanners. The crop may be sown from
early spring to the middle of May. By
making sowings at intervals of two
weeks, a succession of crops may be
j had. The common rate of sowing is
one and one-half bushels of each per
acre. The peas are usually scattered
broadcast on disked or harrowed
ground, and then turned under about
thre or four inches deep. The ground
j is then harrowed and the oats drilled
a few days later. The land may first
be prepared and each crop drilled sep­
arately, blit this is not usually as sat­
isfactory as the other method. Peas
and oats are good for hay or to cut
and feed- green.
When the oats are
heading and the peas blossoming one
may begin to cut for green feed. For
hay the oats should be in the milk
stage, and the peas should have well-
formed pods. Peas and oats can also
be pastured to advantage with hogs.
This crop will give a yield of five to
seven tons per acre of green weight.
The
V a riou s
“ Rocks.*»
A breeder of Buff Rocks wants sor
one to explain why it is claimed th
Baryed Plymouth Rocks are so mu
better market fowls than all other v
rleties, especially the Buffs and Whl
Plymouth Rocks. All three have t
same general conformity, all thr
have yellow legs and yellow skins, ai
the buffs and whites have no bla<
pin feathers, as have the barred t
riety.— Exchange.
F arm
N o t e ..
Cut alfalfa when it is dry.
A good milk cow never becomes
••oiling fat.
Milk sellers find the Holstein hard
to beat.
Milk the cows quietly, quickly and
on time.
Never buy pigeons unless the mat­
ing is guaranteed.
m One bad butter cow will eat up the
profit of several good ones.
Too much corn causes the bones of
heavy hogs to break easily.
But the manure spreader first and
the piano will come easier.
Clean the dairy stable in summer
Just as regularly as in winter.
Treat the cows kindly and they will
repay you in dollars and cents.
In the big cities, the market for
squab is good for every month in the
year.
Red clover in bloom Is not good for
hogs, but when young it makes a fine
pasture.
Do not fill the churn over one-third
to one-half full. Give the cream room
for agitation.
The woven wire fence makes hog
pasturing easy compared with the old-
fashioned rail fence.
Good butter must be properly pre­
sented to the market. It must not
only be good, but look good.
The type of sheep that combines a
large body wlh a good fleece is the
one for the small flock owner.
Keep the pigeons' flying lofts clear
of bolts as the birds are apt to injur*
themselves by flying against then».
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O u tru n *«
of
IZ
Y ea r*’
S tr a n g le W llh F ra n ce .
Toe Lloyd-George program of pub­
lic-finance, whose promulgation a year
ago precipitated the most remarkable
fiscal controversy in the history of
modern England, was the logical out­
come of a situation which has long
been in process of development. Speak­
ing broadly, says Frederic Austin Ogg
in the American Review of Reviews,
it was during England's twenty-two-
fear contest with republican France
and with Napoleon that the nation was
started upon the career of indebted­
ness, public expenditure and augment­
ed taxation which has led straight to
the fiscal complications of the present
day.
The struggle with the French was
easily the costliest of all modern wars.
I
Upon it Great Britain expended the
sum of £831,500,000 ($4.157,000,000) —
j
very much more than the aggregate
!
outlay of the nation upon all other
j
wars in which it has hpd a part since
I
the times of Oliver Cromwell The
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consequence was threefold.
In the
!
first place the national debt, which in
j
1792 stood at £237,000.000, was aug­
mented by upward of £622.000.000. In
the second place there was a great
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leap upward on the part of the ordi­
nary recurring expenditures. After
1815 the army and navy called for an
outlay of from three to four times the
amounts allocated to these services in
Pitt's frugal budget prior to the war;
while the annual intereet charge upon
the debt had come to be no less than
£32,000,000, or upward of twice the
total public expenditure for all pur­
poses in 1792. A third consequence of
the war outlay was the piling up of
taxation beyond all precedent, so that
a yield of £19,260,000 in 1792 had been
raised by 1815 tof £74,500,000. And al­
though after the restoration o f peac*
there was some remission of taxation,
so that by 1818 the yield had been re­
duced to £59,500,000, far the larger
part of the burden imposed by the
costs of the French wars has been car­
ried by the taxpayer of the realm
from that day to this. But for Interest
charges imposed by Camperdown and
Trafalgar and Waterloo, Mr. Lloyd-
George would have had ample means
a year ago for the paying of pensions
to the aged and the building of new
Dreadnoughts without the necessity of
additional taxation at all.
O ld
M an
H are.
John Hare, the eminent English
actor-manager, said that the most de­
lightful compliment he ever received
was from Mr. Gladstone. It was a
double-ended compliment. Whichever
way you took it i t ’was satisfactory.
Mr. Hare earned fame playing old
men’s parts, his character as Mr. Gold-
by in “ A Pair of Spectacles” being a
good example. Added to this was a
horror of having his picture taken.
Mr. Gladstone had never seen a pic­
ture of the actor, but he knew him
well behind the scenes as well as be­
fore the footlights. The premier's fa­
vorite play was “ A Pair of Spectacles,"
and he always went behind the scenes
to chat a while with the actor. The
really old man and the made-up old
man would sit there and talk in the
most delightful way for an hour after
the show.
One day the Earl of Rosebery had
Mr. Gladstone to dinner, and he also
invited his friend John Hare. The
actor came In smooth-shaved, looking
about thirty-five. He was presented to
Mr. Gladstone, and the prime minister
shook his hand most cordially and
said;
’’My dear sir, I am very, very glad
to meet you. I know your father very,
very well. Splendid actor! Fine old
man! ”
It took the whole evening for th*
earl and Mr. Hare to convince him
that the son was really the father.
II th* weather is bad for the crops,
be an optimist and go to a baseball
gam*