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PRACTICE SHOWS
TARIFF IS LOWER
Imports Gain $114,000,000 In
Eleven Months.
Average Ad Valorem Rates On All
Products 20.06 Per Cent—Rev­
enue Not Impaired.
Washington— Imports exceeding by
more than $114,000,000 those of any
previous similar period came into the
United States during the first 11
months of the operation o f the Payne-
Aldrich tariff law, ended June 30 last.
More than 49 per cent of these im­
ports entered free of duty, being a
larger percentage than in the corres­
ponding period o f any previous year
except 1897, the closing year of the
Wilson tariff law, and 1892, 1893 and
1894, when sugar was admitted free
under the McKinley luw.
Customs
receipts during the 11
months o f the new tariff law were
$302,822,161, exceeded only in 1907,
when the first 11 months brought in
$307,053,381.
These figures were
made public by the bureau of statistics
of the department o f commerce and
labor.
Under the Payne law the average
ad valorem rate of duty on all imports
has been 20.95 per cent, which is less
than in any previous similar period
since 1890 except in 1896, when it
was 20.58 per cent, and in 1894, the
closing year o f the McKinley law,
when it was 19.78 per cent.
On the dutiable imports the average
ad valorem rate under the present law
has been 41.19 per cent, the lowest
o f any previous year since 1890, except
in 1896, when it was 39.33 per cent.
Comparing the entire period [o f the
operation o f the present law with the
entire period of the operation of the
Dingley, Wilson and McKinley laws,
respectively, the average ‘ ad valorem
rate under the Payne law is shown to
be less than any o f the others.
Under the Payne law it has been
20.95. Under the Dingley law it was
25.48 per cent, under the Wilson law
21.92 per cent, and under the McKin­
ley law 22.12 per cent.
In regard to the average ad valorem
rate on dutiable merchandise only, the
same is true. Under the Dingley law
it was 45.76 per cent; under the W il­
son law 42.82 per cent., and under the
McKinley law 47.10 per cent.
The percentage of merchandise en­
tering free of duty under the Payne
law has been 49.14 per cent.
Under
the McKinley law, which admitted
sugar free, it was 35.04 per cent, and
under the Wilson law 48.82 per cent.
The figures of the Payne law include
the first five days o f August, although
the law did not become operative until
August 6. The returns to the bureau
of statistics did not enable it to separ­
ate the business o f those five days from
that o f the rest o f the month.
P O R TL A N D HAS BIG FIRE.
AE R O PLANE DROPS "B O M B S .’’
Curtis Lands Oranges Accurately on
War Ship’s Deck.
Atlantic City, N. J.—-Glenn H. Cur­
tiss tossed oranges as mimic bombs
within three feet o f the decks o f the
yacht John E. Mehrer II, used in place
o f a battleship during the sham battle
arranged to demonstrate the utility of
the aeroplane in coast defense.
The mock "bombs” were dropped
from a neight o f about 300 feet and
Curtiss purposely failed to strike the
deck o f the yacht fur fear o f injuring
the officials and passengers on her
decks.
Experts agreed that the experiments
showed that a fleet of aeroplanes armed
with bombs could wreck any warship
before guns could be trained on them.
Curtiss was flying about 45 miles an
hour when he dropped the “ bombs”
and officials on the deck declared that
he was within accurate distance of
rifle fire less than half a minute. Col­
onel William Allen Jones, retired,
formerly o f the United States Engin­
eer corps, who is an advocate o f aero­
planes for coast defense, stated after
the trials his belief that the air ma­
chine has proved its efficacy.
“ The armored battleship is ap­
proaching its last days as an engine of
attack against a city or country guard­
ed by aeroplanes,” he said.
“ I believe a fleet of a score o f air
machines would absolutely protect any
coast city. A night flight by such a
fleet not only would probably demolish
an entire fleet o f battleships, but would
so demoralize the crew o f the attacked
vessels as to make them useless.”
Curtiss also dropped oranges over a
fortification marked out on the beach,
making practically every shot a “ hit,”
although the trajectory was sometimes
as great as 30 degrees, because o f the
wind and his speed.
Walter Brookins’ flight here was
sensational, the adept driver gliding
his machine toward the ocean until its
runners were submerged in a breaker.
He arose safely and glided to the
beach.
JAPAN AND RUSSIA
SIGN CLOSE COMPACT
Washington— Evidence that the en­
deavors of Secretary Knox to bring
about a concert of action o f the powers
to obtain the neutralization o f the
Manchurian railroad and to further the
construction o f another railroad in
Manchuria and Mongolia had, in real­
ity, the opposite effect o f cementing
relations between Russia and Japan,
was manifested when the text o f the
Manchurian convention between those
two nations was received in Washing­
ton.
The convention is a brief document
— so short as to be remarkable among
the important treaties of modern times
— but it tells the story o f the com­
plete understanding o f two nations only
recently at war. Diplomatically, it is
a document with which masters o f in­
ternational law can find no fault. The
treaty will be objected to neither by
Great Britain, Germany nor the Uni­
ted States.
ENGLISH A V IA TO R KILLED.
Exposition Building, Multnomath Club Trying to Land on Marked Spot, Ma­
and Many Residences Go.
chine Collapses.
Portland,Or.— Fire broke out in the
Bournemouth, England— In full view
Exposition building at 12:50 Thursday of thousands o f persons, Hon. Charles
morning, and destroyed that building S. Rolls, the daring young aviator,
and the greater part o f seven blocks whose feat o f flying across the English
adjoining it
channel and back recently thrilled Eng­
Though it is impossible to approxi­ land, fell 100 feet to his death when
mate the loss, it is feared it will ex­ the tailpiece o f his W right biplane
ceed $1,000,000. Over 200 head of suddenly snapped off, causing the ma­
horses are said to have died in the chine to plunge with terrific speed to
flames in the Fashion stables in the the ground.
Exposition building.
The tragedy could not have been
Frank R. Pri ee, o f Oregon City, is more dramatic.
The wrecked aero­
dead. He, with three other men, was plane Struck the earth directly in front
sleeping in the Fashions tahies- It is o f the grandstand.
Rolls was dead
not known i f the others escaped.
A before the doctors could reach his side.
young man terribly burned was taken
Wrapped about by the twisted and
from the Exposition building and rush­ tangled wreckage o f the broken air­
ed to St. Vincent’ s hospital. He w ill ship, it was several minutes before his
die. His name is unknown.
mangled body could be extricated from
The Glendora hotel, 45 Nineteenth the mass. The doctors found that he
street north; three apartment houses had sustained a fractured skull.
on Washington street, the Multnomah
I f the falling plane had struck a few
club and several stores on four corners feet more to the side, it would have
covered by Washington, Couch and crashed directly into the grandstand.
Ella streets, are destroyed.
The entire fire apparatus of the city
Explosion is Felt Afar.
was called out, but despite the heroic
Pittsburg— A powder magazine at
work o f the firemen it was impossible Cabot, Pa., exploded here killing one
to check the flames.
person and injuring 20 others. The
magazine was the property o f the
Town Twice Destroyed.
Standard Plate Glass company, and
Reno, N ev.— The town o f Palisade, contained 1,000 pounds o f dynamite
18 miles west o f Carlin, at the inter­ and 5,000 pounds of blasting powder.
section of the Southern Pacific and Eu­ The man killed had gone to the maga­
quarries.
reka & Palisade railroad, has been des­ zine to get powder for
troyed by fire. With the exception of Shortly after he was seen to enter, the
the railroad buildings, which were explosion occurred and he was blown to
saved by heroic work, every business fragments, leaving no clew as to how
The in­
building in the town and seve"al resi­ the powder became ignited.
dences were burned. This is the sec­ jured will all recover.
ond time the town o f Palisade has been
Gunboat Rests on Beach.
demolished this year.
The entire
town, then standing on the south side
Provincetown, Mass.— W ith only a
of the track, was washed away this bent periscope tube and a twisted rail­
spring by a flood.
ing around her conning tower to show
as a result o f her collision, the sub­
Flames Under Control.
marine torpedo-boat Bonita proceeded
Visalia, Cal.— The forest fire which to the Charlestown navy yard, leaving
has been burning on the Sierra slopes the gunboat Castine, which had to be
near General Grant National park, and beached to prevent her from sinking
which entered the forest o f giant trees after the Bonita came upon her off
50 miles east o f here, is thought to be Cape Cod. The plates along the star­
now 'under control.
Backfiring has board side o f the Castine were opened
been resorted to in order to save the for a distance as great as the length of
big trees and it is planned to corral the Bonita. The gunboat lies easy o
the fire between two creeks. The fire a soft bottom.
had eaten into the reserve but none of
France May Change Time.
the trees were burned, although the
Paris— The cabinet has decided to
escape was narrow. A large force of
soldiers, civilians and rangers has been submit a bill for the adoption o f West­
ern European time in France. During
fighting the flames for three days.
the old days of enmity toward England
Phenomenal Score Made.
the French steadily refused to accept
Wakefield, Mass. — A phenomenal standard time, maintaining the solar
score was shown in the annual New time o f Paris, which is nine minutes
England State Rifle competition when slower. The confusion resulting, es­
Corporal Percy B. Scofield, of Company pecially in telephone communications
E, F ifth Massachusetts, nearly doubled with England, as well as the change in
the world’s record for 500 yards at Franco-English relations, is responsi­
the Bay State rifle range.
He scored ble for the decision.
116 consecutive bullseyes. The world’s
Parents o f 13 Honored.
record, held by Captain Stephen W.
Wise, inspector o f small arms practice
Pensacola, Florida— Mr. and Mrs.
of the Sixth Massachusetts, was 60 | Barberi, o f this city, received from
consecutive bullseyes.
Governor Gilchrist 'a handsome spoon
bearing the seal o f the state o f F lori­
da. The w ife ia now only 37 y ea n old,
Lightning Strikes 13.
Belt, Mont. — Thirteen harvesters but Mr. and Mrs. Barberi are the par­
Governor Gil­
who took refuge under a tree during a ents o f 13 children.
storm were rendered unconscious by christ suggested ( that the legislature
lightning and one o f them instantly pass an act allowing the parents a pen-
I sion.
killed.
RECOGNITION FOR
NICARAGUANS
Kaiser Wilhelm Expresses In­
terest and Esteem.
Practically Takes Opposite
Stand
From United States—Some­
thing Back o f Movement.
Washington— Germany has formally
put the stamp o f her approval on the
Madriz government in Nicaragua.
This information reached Washing­
ton through confidential channels out­
side the State department on the heels
of the announcement of a recent en­
gagement at Pearl lagoon, in which the
Estrada forces, aided by a force of
American planters, inflicted a serious
defeat on the Madriz navy and disabled
the gunboat San Jacinto.
Germany’s
action was taken in
April, before the recent series of. Es­
trada victories.
No other European government, so
far as available information shows, has
adopted a similar attitude. With the
exception o f Germany, they have con­
tented themselves with retaining, with
the Madriz government, the relations
which had existed with that of Zelaya,
the predecessor o f Madriz, and have
taken no particular notice o f the strug­
gle which has been devastating N ic­
aragua.
Germany, however, has made a defi­
nite though confidential announcement
o f her sympathy with the Madriz fac­
tion. This declaration was contained
in a letter from Emperor William of
Germany to Madriz, written on April
26 from Strasburg.
Following is a
translation o f the document:
"W ilhelm , by the grace o f God, em­
peror o f Germany and king o f Prussia,
to the president o f Nicaragua:
“ Great and Good Friend : I am in­
formed by your letter o f the 27th of
December o f the year past, that your
excellency was elected president o f the
republic by the merited confidence o f
your fellow citizens and that your ex­
cellency entered upon your most honor­
able duties on the 21st o f said month.
“ I beg you to accept, Mr. Presi­
dent, my congratultaions on this event
and be assured also chat my govern­
ment w ill endeavor to maintain and cul­
tivate the best relations which happily
already exist between the German Em­
pire and the Republic o f Nicaragua.
"E xtending to you thanks for your
benevolent desires, I assure you o f my
best wishes for your personal welcome
and,'for that o f the Republic o f Nica­
ragua, and for both my greatest re­
spect.
W IL H E L M I I . ”
The significance of the personal let­
ter from the emperor o f Germany to
Madriz, in the opinion o f those who
are acquiainted with its existence, is
considerably increased by informa­
tion, which was permitted to emanate
from the State department.
This was to the effect that the de­
partment has received a communica­
tion which stated that the Madriz fac­
tion had offered a Nicaraguan island as
a coaling station to a European power
in return for intervention in behalf of
the Madriz government.
“VISION” SPRINGS NEW ONE!
Fair Agent Puts Clerks to Rout by
Introducing Book In Unique
Up-to-Date Manner.
It was a quiet springtime morning
and the clerkB in the big importing of­
fice were languidly pushing their pens
over the ledgers and dreaming of
baseball and fishing.
Suddenly the
screen door opened and a vision drift­
ed In like a June zephyr.
“ Gentlemen,” exclaimed the vision,
as she lifted her automobile veil, "it
Is coming! Be prepared! It Is com­
in g !"
There was a flutter among the pen
pushers
"What's comingT" demanded one.
"A cyclone T"
"Earthquake?" asked another.
"Halley's comet turned
back?"
chimed a third.
With a silvery ripple of laughter
the vision opened her suitcase.
"No, gentlemen, the ’big stick' is
coming, and with it is coming Theo­
dore the Great. Before he arrives you
should buy a copy of the greatest
book of the day, entitled: 'Teddy the
Terrific; or, 'Big Sticking in Africa
and llig Sticking In Europe.' ”
But the clerks fled.
Anything But Religious.
During his vacation every Bummer
Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist church of New j
York, travels about the country deliv­
ering lectures before the big Chautau-
quas. One of his popular themes is
"The Russian Bear," which tells of his
own observations after an extensive
exploration of Russia. It was during
one of his engagements in an Iowa
town, where he had been widely ad­
vertised to speak, that two country­
men driving along the highway
stopped and held this conversatlou:
"Coin’ shertalkwa?"
"Nope."
"Been?"
"Yep.
Herd* them ther Jubellee
singers day before ylsterday. Regu
lar troupe o' clowns, them ther."
"Who's up ternlght?"
“ Ah, sum Nu York preacher."
"Goln' talk relig’un?"
“ Nope.
Understan' he's got sum
trained animals."
Royal Compliment.
George Is the breezy elevator boy in
one of the big office buildings.
"George," said the tall bookkeeper the
other morning, "let me off at the
third."
"George, the fourth I" added the old
broker.
"George, the fifth !" chirped the pret­
ty blonde typist
George expanded until there was
danger of his brass buttons leaving
his blue uniform.
"Aw , whatcher getting a swell head
about?" piped a messenger. "Some­
body would t’lnk yer was a page in de
senate.”
"Page in de senate? Why, didn't
yer hear dat peach of a typewriter say
'George de flft'? Makes one feel like
de new king of England."
Lack of Self-Esteem.
Ashley— Dingler's bump of self-es­
teem must be a cavity.
Seymour— What makes you think
that?
Ashley— The1 way he went after a
job last week. He asked the boss
what the wages were; boss told him:
M O N O PLA N E S ARE BEST.
“ Dollar a day for a good man," then
Win Nearly All Prizes and Make Best Dingier said he was sorry, but he
didn't like to work for less than that,
Records at Rheims Meet.
and came away.
Bethany Plains, Rheims, France—
The international meeting, at which
Getting Honest.
new records for height, distance, speed
"This is your birthday, isn’t
it,
and time were set, closed July 10. The Bess?"
meeting was a triumph for monoplanes,
"Yes, Dick.”
which made all the records and carried
“ How old are you?"
off the majority of the prizes.
“ Twenty-two."
The experts declare that the most
"W ell, I’m going to give you a klBs
important achievement was the record for every year of your life."
made by Leon Morane, who attained a
"Why, Dick!
Dick— I— I may as
speed o f 106 kilometers— 65.93 miles well confess to you that I am really
— an hour. They believe that this will twenty-six.”
be followed soon by a speed of 180 to
200 kilometers.
The Company’s Gratitude.
The distance and duration records
High— Church was paid $1,000 for
established by M. Labouchere, 340 saving the life of Miser Klutchims.
kilometers — 211.14 miles — in four
York— Gracious! I had no idea that
hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds were Klutchims would ever have paid an
broken by Olieslagers, who made a amount as large as that!
magnificent flight of 393 kilometers—
High— Oh. he didn't pay it;
the
244.44 miles— in five hours, three min­ money was paid by the company that
utes and five seconds.
has
Klutchims'
life
insured for
$500,000.
500 Americans Will Fight.
Two Desiderata.
Montgomery, A la.— An officer o f the
Robinson— Why do you call youi
Alabama National Guard will pick 500 friend an "Animal Burbank?"
men at the encampmnet at Chicka-
Rollins— Because he is trying to
mauga next week, who will volunteer evolve a frog that will be all legs
for duty in Nicaragua, according to a and an orphanage turkey.
report here.
It is declared that this
Robinson— An orphanage turkey?
officer and his men will sail for Nica­
RolllnB— Yes, a turkey that will have
ragua soon after the encampment enough drumsticks to go around In an
closes and will be used to bring to an
orphan asylum.
end the hostilitiies between Madriz
and Estrada. It is not stated on which
The Ambiguous Cook.
side the Americans will fight. Neither
Mrs. DeAysker— Did your cook leave
can it be learned from what point the on account of the extra 15 cents a
expedition will sail nor the date.
week that the Razer woman offered
her?
Rich Man Jailed; Bathed.
Mrs. Von Holmer— I can’t tell; she
Red Bluff, Cal.— Charles Wood, con­ said she was going to leave because
sidered to be wealthy, having $10,000 she wanted the change, and I don’t
in the bank and owning valuable farm­ know whether she meant the money
ing property, was obliged to take a or the new place.
bath, pay a fine of $10 and serve five
days in ja il for using profanity in pub­
, Matter of Years.
lic. The order for the ja il sentence
Knox— Poplelgh doesn't brag about
and bath came after Wood declared in that bright boy of his any more.
court that he would pay the fine, but
Blox— Has he ceased to be bright?
no court could send him to jail, make
Knox— Not exactly. He says about
him take a bath or quit profanity. the same sort of things as formerly,
Wood was forced into the tub and but he’s got to the age where they are
thoroughly scrubbed. It was his first saucy.
bath in 10 years, so he said.
Coach Drops Over Cliff.
"Yoeemite, Cal.— A four-horse stage­
coach, carrying 11 passengers, for El
Portal, the gateway o f the Yosemite
national park, went over a cliff into
the Merced river, a fall o f 100 feet.
One man and three women were carried
down with the stage and injured se­
verely. The other passengers and dri­
ver jumped in time. Two horses were
killed. The identity o f the victims o f
the accident or extent o f their injuries
could not be learned.
A H.caliu. o f R r a a o e f ,
It is natural for every man to want
to get the best possible when he goes
In to bring out some new farm ma­
chine. This often brings a fellow to
grief, however, since the desire to
spend as little money as possible
sometimes causes the purchaser to
take the cheap machine. I f confront­
ed with a proposition to take a sulky
plow, for Instance, that will last five
years for $25, or another that will
last ten years for $35, which one
would you take? Which one would it
H a n d y P e a - S h e ll e r .
pay you to take? This is about the
A little machine that will be highly sum and substance of buying a cheap
appreciated in the kitchen is the pea- farm Implement. It may not seem
■heller invented by a Utah man. This that way In the warehouse — when
handy little de­ each tool looks gaudy with paint, the
vice will shell a cheaper one looking even the more
peck of peas in gaudy—but in actual work, in the
the time it would rough and tumble of the ranch, this
take the cook to Is about the way it always turns out.
shell a dozen by — Denver Field and Farm.
hand.
It con­
sists of a hop­
D « e p S e t t in g o f M i l k .
per-like arrange­
ment clamped to
the table by an
iron
upright.
Above the hopper a pair of roller bear­
ings studded with blunt, pyramldlal
teeth are in close relation, A handle
turns these rollers, while the mouth
of the hopper opens over the table,
where a dish can be placed beneath It.
The pods are Inserted between the
rollers end foremost. As the rollers
are turned the teeth engage the differ­
ent shells of the pods and rip them
open, allowing the peas to. roll down
into the bowl. The shells are then
tossed
out the other side of the
"wringer." Of course, the two rollers
are not close enough together to crush
The best results In keeping milk
the peas, but just close enough to en­ sweet and maintaining the highest
gage the pods.
quality of cream are obtained by set­
ting the cans In cold water. The box
A d j u s t a b l e S te p f o r L a d d e r .
as shown should be near to the pump
House painting is very easily done and ice house.
by painters having their own scaffolds,
but a person desiring to do his own
T h e A v r r n s e F a rm e r.
work will have only a ladder to take
Farms in the United States pro­
place of a scaffold. To paint and stand
duced $8,760,000,000 In 1909. But did
on the rungs of a ladder all day will
the farmer get bis share of it? We
tire one's feet. As the writer had to
read a whole lot about the American
do some painting and a ladder was
farmer being king and we are told
the only thing obtainable to climb up­
of the farmers sporting automobiles
on, a fiat detachable step was made to
and sending their children to college
put upon the rungs of the ladder to
or to Europe if they have been given
stand on the same as a scaffold. The
the college course, but it Is the one
step can be adjusted to any part of
best bet that the average farmer is
the ladder for the painter to stand no plutocrat. The farmer is consid­
upon and paint a surface within easy
ered lucky if he can keep the Interest
reach. Two Irons are bent V-shaped, paid up on the mortgage, and if final­
as illustrated, each end having a half
circle to fit over the rungs of the lad­
der. Two holes are drilled in the
top angle in which to put bolts for
fastening the step. The step can be
quickly changed from one position to
another. A person will feel as safe
on the step as If he were on a stag-
'ng.— Popular Mechanics.
M ilo
Good
fo r
D a ir y .
T illa g e
of
th e
P each.
Forest Fires Disastrous.
Eau Clair, Wis.— A survey o f the
districts in Northern Wisconsin which
Ruggles— Have you a tireless cttfker
W t . l a H o n e W i l l It a t .
have suffered through
forest fires In your kitchen?
brings the estimate of the total dam­
A healthy horse eats nine times Its
Raggles— Yes. but It’s tireless be­
age of the past three weeks to about cause I can’t afford to buy fuel for It weight In food during a year.
$4,000,000.
any more.
ANIM ALS MAKE GOOD USE
TH EIR LEISURE TIME.
OP
Authenticated Cases Which P rov. the
Bruts Spades Are Aware of the
Value of Relaxation— Merry
Antics of Monkeys.
All animals, from ants up to whales
and elephants, play together in youth,
and some are fond of taking such di­
versions at Intervals through
life.
One might search the world over and
not find more playful creatures than
puppies and kittens, but there are oth­
er dumb animals which not only frisk
about, but actually descend to prac­
tical jokes.
A Brazilian parrot once succeeded
In making a railway party bellev that
they had run over a child. Sudden
cries, followed by a low moaning,
rang out from beneath the wheels.
The train was stopped, and the em­
ployees nervously searched the track,
but no child was to be seen. No clue
to the situation was to be found until
a large green parrot, swinging In his
cage, uttered a mocking laugh.
A monkey on shipboard used to
amuse hlmselt In the cook's absence
by turning the water-cocks In order to
enjoy that worthy's surprise when he
returned and found the water running
over the floor; and there are scores
of authenticated instances of actual
deception practised by animals
to
gain some desired end.
A certain Skye terrier nsed to at­
tempt deceiving Its master by going
through the action of killing a fly, and
then assuming an air of succeas. One
day, however, when proof waa given
him that his hypocrisy was detected,
he slunk under the furniture, evident­
ly quite ashamed.
The merry antics of monkeys ar*
many and diverting. Humboldt was
acquainted with a monkey In India
which took delight in riding a pig.
Every morning the creature caught
one, leaped astride his back, and
clinging there with great firmness,
took his fill of riding.
Another monkey, domesticated by
a missionary, used to put the family
cat, a strong, good-natured animal, to
the same use.
The favorite game of others seems
ly, after years of hard labor, he owns to be that of sliding down hill. They
his place clear of all lndebtedners he climb to the top of a high snow-ridge,
is considered well off. The American
lie flat upon the stomach, with the
farmer Is a long way from being the
fore-feet bent backward, and giving
real ruler of the country.— Field and
themselves an Impulse with the hind­
Farm.
legs, glide down the hill head fore­
most. In summer they select a slo­
W h a t S e c o m n o f th e C orn ,
People often wonder, particularly ping river bank, which haa clayey soil,
those who have traveled for hundreds and where the water at Its base Is of
of miles through the corn belt, what considerable depth. Climbing this
becomes of corn which is grown every bank, they start from the top. slip
year. In the year 1908, when the to­ Bwlftly over the sloping ground, and
tal crop was 2,666,000,000 bushels, plunge into the water.
241.000. 000 bushelB were consumed in The gamboling of whales is often
flour and grist mill products, 8,000,000 witnessed by sailors, and Paley says
bushels in the manufacture of starch, that any observer of fish must ac­
knowledge that “ they are so happy
9.000.
000 bushelB for malt liquors. 17,-
000,000 bushels in the production of they know not what to do with them­
distilled liquors, 40,000,000 bushels for selves. Their attitudes and frolics
glucose, 190,000,000 bushels for export aro simply die effect of an excess of
and 13,000,000 bushels for seed, mak­ spirits.”
ing a total of 518,000,000 bushels, or
19.3 per cent of the entire crop. The
Trlcka of the Compass.
"I
remaining 80.7 per cent, or 2,118,-
Experts say that the steel hull o f a
000,000 bushels, seems to have been vessel is rendered magnetic during
used almost entirely for feeding.
construction by the hammering of the
metal and that every steel vessel has
D e a t h A m o n g C h ic k s .
to have Its compass corrected to coun­
The trouble which causes the death teract its own magnetic lines of force.
of many young chicks is commonly The magnetic influence Is further com­
known as white diarrhea. Different plicated by the load carried by the
breeders have different theories as to vessel, If this load Is magnetic or
the cause of this trouble, among them capable of being magnetized. The ore-
being a lack of vitality of breeding carrying vessels of the great lakes ex­
stock, improper feeding and poor ven­ perience great difficulty on this ac­
tilation. Lack of sunlight and imper­ count and the United States hydro-
fect sanitation cause the death of graphic bureau Is endeavoring to
many chicks. The diet should contain teach pilots and captains of vessels
a sufficient quantity of animal food plying In this trade how to check
and the chicks fed often and not al­ their course by means of the pe!orus.
lowed to get so hungry that they will
The pelorns is an Instrument simi­
devour large quantities at times and lar to the sun dial, being provided
then fast for long intervals.— South with a gnomon and a graduated arc
Dakota Farmer.
on which a shadow of the gnomon Is
cast. The instrument is Bet In a north
S t a b le V e n t i la t o r .
and south direction, as indicated by
the compass.
By noting the shadow on the gradu
ated arc It Is possible to tell by com­
parison with table« furnished by the
government Just how far from the
north and south position the gnomon
really lies, thus showing the compass
error.
Milo can take the place of corn in
feeding dairy cows, and will yield an
average of twice as much grain an
acre as corn in dry regions. In seasons
so dry that corn will be a total failure
mllo will usually yield fifteen bushels
of grain or more an acre.
The heads of milo may be snapped
from the stalks and fed to cows giv­
ing milk. This is an economical way
to feed this grain, as a cow has to
chew a head a considerable time be­
fore she Is satisfied to swallow It, and
the more she chews It the better it
will digest.
The whole heads may be ground
without threshing, and the small
stems that hold the seeds form, when
ground, a good material for diluting
the meal and making it more easily
digested.
The threshed grain may be ground
This ventilator Is always In work­
before feeding. It does not pay to
feed unground threshed grain, as the ing order as the hinged doors are kept
closed on the windward side and at
cow chews the whole grain but little
the same time the connecting board
before swallowing it, and a large pro­
presses open the door on the opposite
portion passes into the roauure undi­
side. The cord and pulley enable tha
gested.
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connecting board to be lifted to the
dotted line when both doors will re­
G re e n P o o d f o r C h ic k ««
Growing chicks demand green food, main closed.
and by all means give them plenty of
N u m b e r o f P l f i P e r Sow .
grass range if you have it; If not,
The number of pigs a sow raises is
Buppiy them with an equivalent, such something worth taking into account
as lettuce, cabbage, weeds, clover, al­
if she is to be kept over for another
falfa; they relish it and will thrive breeding season; it is equally impor­
on It. Provide chicks with shade and tant to know something about her
where a cool breeze can fan them in
motherly Instincts when young sows
warm weather. This should be sup­ are to be selected from her litter for
plied, even if a temporary board roof
the breeding herd. For this reason
is the only thing that can be fur­
every man should keep some record
nished.
of the size of the litters his sows
No tree is more sensitive to tillage
than is the peach. Probably more
failures In peach growing are due to
neglect in tillage than to any other
one cause. The most diverse views
are held by different growers.
One
good grower will declare that the or­
An Illustration.
Little W illie— Say. pa, what is a par­ chard should be tilled early in the
season, and his neighbor will maintain
adox?
Pa— Wen. my son, a coal stove is that early tillage will endanger the
one kind of paradox. It won’t burn crop.
until It is put up, then it won't burn
until it is shaken down.
P otato«? « a a P e e d .
Potatoes fed raw are not so vain-
able a feed, but cooked, boiled— by no
Better Than Usual.
Snodgrass— Did you hare good luck means a difficult or expensive process
—they make a good feed for either
->n your last hunting trip?
Nymrodd— Better than usual; I was growing or fattening hogs. I f the po­
shot at only tour times and hit only tatoes be mashed after boiling, and
mixed with chopped corn or crushed
twloe.
grain of any sort, an exoellent feed U
provided.
Same Old Kind.
IN HOURS OF PLAY
raise.— Farmers' Tribune.
New
lfu r v e «t liiflr
M a c h in e .
A new harvesting machine has been
Introduced In Nebraska The harvester
Is propelled by its own power and Is
followed by a truck-carrying gasoline
engine, which operates the harvesting
mechanism of the machine. This is
used mainly in wet fields, where the
power of the harvester is not sufficient
to make headway.
E lw tr lr ltr O B F a r m * .
Electric power companies a r« being
formed in Pennsylvania and other
Eastern States which are thickly set­
tled to supply light and power to
farms. One Philadelphia company is
now making contracts over six coun­
ties.
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T h e I lr w o d ln t C o u p .
I f the ground Is low where the
brood coops are placed, it would bs
well to set them on platforms a few
inches from the ground, and then
when a heavy rainstorm comes they
will not be liable to get drowned.
Were Glad to End Seaaon.
A New Yorker who has Just re­
turned from l-ondon gives one expla­
nation of the promptness with which
Englishmen closed their town houses
after the death of the king and so
readily consented to give up all enter­
tainments for the rest of the present
season.
"Londoners were In many instance*
very much relieved to shirk a season
of expenditure,” he said, "because this
has not been a good year financially
for them. They were not anxious to
spend any more money than neces­
sary, and when court mourning gave
them a dignified opportunity to close
up their bouses and skip a season
they were very well satisfied that they
could do this without having to have
undertaken anything so unconven­
tional on their own responsibility. So
nobody need
think that
English
houses In I-ondon will be opened later
In the season or that there will be
anything like the usual entertaining
there."
Typewritten Signatures.
"I had a letter from a friend today."
said a literary man, "giving me a wig­
ging for signing my typewritten let­
ter to him with the typewriter, and I
notified him at once that he didn't
know what he waa talking about I
told him I had written the letter with
ray own hand on the machine and It
was proper to sign It in type. I f I
had written the letter with a pen. I
told him, the signature with the pen
would have been all righ t and a pen
was just as much an Implement of
writing as a typewriter waa There­
fore my signature In type waa quite
proper, though I admitted It would
not pass as a legal signature. How­
ever, I was not writing a legal docu­
ment and a signature la the text of
the letter was perfectly good form.
That Is my contention now and if
anybody can prove that I am wrong
I’d like to hear his argument*