raVE JAPS BACK
W AR LOSS STUNS.
Russia
Finds Japanese Also
Torpedo Boat.
Sunk
a
[LOST w i t h s h ip
COLON RUNS ON REEF.
Pacific Mall Liner Wrecked on Salvador
Coast—Paaacngerg Saved.
St. Petersburg, April 16.— On the Admiral Makaroff and 800 Men
San Francisco, April 14. — The
ccf Is Surprised While Trying
heels of the announcement of the sink­
Merchants’
Exchange has received a
' to Land 12,000 Men.
Go Down at Port Arthur.
E pNEMY
WAS
Los* Inflicted
LYINO
IN WAIT
Admiral Togo Again
srds Port Arthur Without Dam-
to Fort—Several are Killed.
^ton, April IS.— The St. Petera-
eorresporulcnt of the Stem lard
| a rumor to the effect that Vice
>1 Togo’e fleet escorted a Japan-
i l& d in g of troops to the westward
Yalu river. When 12,000 men
landed the Russian troops,
{ were lying concealed, suddenly
>d them, driving them back to
lips, with heavy losses in men
aslan Form ication* Completed.
¡ l ’etersburug, April 18.— A dis-
Jfrora Liao Y’ ang says that the
In fortifications on the Yalu river
en completed. The center of
of fortified positions is Au
The right flank rests on Ta
kau and the left flank on Kiu
Cheng, on the west hank of the
A o llN BOMBARD PORT ARTHUR.
Fire Many Projectiles.
Cause No Damage.
I
April 18.— A tele-
St. ¡Petersburg,
1
am fr om Admiral Alexieff from Port
that I to
• the emperor says that from
15 o'clock this morning to midday
e Jnanesu fleet, in two divisions,
mj^rded the fortress and the town
^ ^ E te ly from the I.iao Tshau proin-
tory, tiring 185 projectiles.
ThBRussian squadron, including the
ttl& hip Pohieda, replied from the
c h »a g e by a plunging tire. The
tter les also participated.
The losses on land were seven Chi*
se killed and five soldieis and three
» wounded.
[Russian warships sustained no
I and there was no loss of life
3.
attack is taken here to show
[d Togo has not given up his
of damaging the rest of the
ships, now that there is little
llity of them again going to sea.
nqntetionably ho is aware of the
rect! of his previous bombardment,
fact that he has repeated it in-
cates to the officers here that he be-
3ves th ere is a good chance for a pro-
:til|f hitting a target. In order to
op a shell into the harbor or city, a
gh angle fire is necessary. This is
son the Japanese squadron took
sition at Liao Tishan. Other
_____ ilments were from the same
>int, which, at tire time, did not
em to b ew ;thin the range of the Rus-
*n batteries.
MAY OIVB UP POSTAL INQUIRY.
;Bate Now Looks W ith Little Favor Up-
| on an Investigation.
Washington, April 18. — Pres dent
oosstrelt had an important confeience
dayrw ith Senators Aldrich, Spooner
trose, the last named being the
of the committee of post-
______ind postroads. The conference
dated!to the proposed investigation by
s e n s » committee of the affairs of the
>stowe department. A ll parties to it
ere reticent as to the details of the in-
irview, but enough is known about it
► indies 1« that an inquiry into the
ratal affairs is not so likley to be au-
loriaed as it was a day or two ago.
he subject is M ing considered confi-
■ntiallv by the senate leaders, and a
“finite decision, one way or the other,
lay be reached soon. Objections to a
ingressional investigation have been
iggeated which may induce the senate
• abandon the proposition altogether.
starching investigation into the
Taira of the Washington and New
orkftrostnfficea is now being con-
ucted. These inquiries were insti-
ltedBby the president himself, and
ley
being made very thorough,
o addition to these inquiries, Messrs.
M t d and Bonaparte, under general
istr*ction8 from the president, are
till pursuing their investigation into
department matters.
ander of Czarovitch Perished.
April 18.— A dispatch to the
from St.
Petersburg
says:
The c auses of the catastrophe at Port
rth a r are lin ited to two hypotheses,
suÖBiorged Russian mine or an explo-
ion or hoard the Petropavlovsk.
All
he viel ims are badly burned and the
atasfcophe was complete within one
lübe? and a half. The fleet remain-
^ ^ ■ P o r t Arthur is reduced to a
trieHv defensive basis.
The com-
H M k r of the Crareovitch perished on
^^H tm p gvlovsk before he had as
^ H c o m m a n il.
Botkin In Police Court.
'rancisco, April 18.— Mrs. C<
itkin appeared today in Poli
Ionian’ s conrt for her prelimi
imination on the charge of po
~rs. Joshua Deane, of Dovi
Ihe was represented by Attorn
irke, a friend of her fora
The taking of testimony
laware witnesses was at once 1
■Mrs. Lizzie L. Kemp, formerlj
the postoffice at Dover, bei
It witness called.
Nation Pny for Work of Mob.
Wfirtington, April
18.— President
today sent to congiess a mes-
^^^Hfeommedning an appropriation of
B V
to compensate W illiam R.
'e, a British enhjert, for loss of
by mob in Colorado in 1901.
ing of the battleship Petropavlovsa
comes the news that the Japanese sur­
rounded and sunk the torpedo boat des­
troyer Bezstrasbni. Only five of her
crew escaped, although it is probable
some were taken prisoners.
News of the reverse was communi­
cated to the czar by Admiral Oukonu-
sky. He wired today that the destroy­
ers and four consorts were outside
scouting during the night. The Bezs-
trashni lagged behind and became lost
in the mist. When day broke, she
tried to creep in along the coast but
was discovered, cut off, overpowered
and sunk. Admiral Oukomstky's dis­
patch concludes as follows:
“ I have taken command provision­
ally of the fleet since the disaster to
the Petropavlovsk. During some ma­
neuvering of the battleship squadron
the Pohieda struck against a mine
amidships on the starboard side
She
was able to regain port by herself. No
one on l>oard of her was killed or
wounded.’ *
The Russian word in the text of the
official dispatch describing the accident
to the Pohieda means either “ mine” or
“ torpedo,” hut the qualifying adjective
indicates something moving toward the
ship. This dispatch puts an end to
the idea prevailing here that there had
been an engagement following the dis­
aster to the Petropavlovsk. It is con­
sidered remarkable here that the Jap­
anese did not take advantage of this
terrible accident to attack Port Arthur.
PENSION ITEM IS $4,000,000.
House Committee Completes deneral
Deficiency Appropriation Bill.
Washintgon, April lo .— The house
committee on appropriations today com­
pleted the general deficiency appropria­
tion bill, carrying a total of $10,388,-
744. The largest item in the b ill is
$4,000,000 for pensions. Of this sum,
$1,500,000 is an estimated deficiency
which will be caused by the execution
of the recent service pension order.
The minority members of the commit­
tee made a fight against this amend­
ment, and it was ordered reported by
a party vote.
As the item is included, a minority
report accompanies that of the major­
ity to the house. Tha minority views
are signed by Underwood, Brundige.
Benton, Livingston and Pierce. Tay­
lor of Alabama, was absent. The con­
clusion of the minority is that there
was no warrant of law for the appropri­
ation of the m illion and a half dollars
requested by the commissioner of pen­
sions requested for the purpose herein
stated. It quotes the recent order in
full, and says that while there are
members of congress who favor a serv­
ice pension law, it is not wholly the
jurisdiction of the appropriations com­
mittee to consider the question. “ Our
duty,” the report says, “ is confined to
providing the money to pay the obliga­
tions of the United States contracted
under the law. The point we desire to
make is that there is no law on the
statute books of the United States that
allows the $1,500,000 appropriation
asked f o 1 by the commissioner of pen­
sions to pay the deciency cause« 1 by ex­
ecutive order, and we w ill move on the
floor of the house to reduce the appro­
priation asked for pensions to the ex­
tent of $1,500,000 for that reason.”
Ask Smoot to Help Find Them.
Washington, April 16.— Senator Bur­
rows has notified Senator Smoot that
five witnesses subpoenaed in the pend­
ing Smoot investigation have not been
found. Senator Burrows suggested to
Senator Smoot, that in view of the
statement of President Joseph
F.
Smith, that he would endeavor to have
all
witnesses summoned or wanted
to appear, it would be well to inform
Mr. Smith that the witnesses named
were wanted.
8enator Smoot wrote
President Smith to this effect.
SUBMARINE
BOATS
IN
PLAY.
Japan Believed to Have Two to Plant
Mines at Port Arthur.
cablegram stating that the Pacific Mail
I steamship company’s steamer Colon,
VESSEL STRIKES SUBMERGED MINE
j which left thia city March 22 for Pan­
ama, with a number.of passengers and
W hile Returning to Roadstead, After
a cargo of general merchandise to Mexi­
Stemming Dot to Attack Japaacae,
can and Central American points, lias
the Flagship M eet* Disaster.
been wrecked. The Colon is reported
to have struck on a rock at Punta
Remedios, causing injuries which made
St. Petersburg, April 15.— Striking a
it necessary to beach her at Acajutla.
submerged mine at Port Arthur today,
There was a big list of passengers
the Petropavlovsk, tbe flagship of the when the vessel went out of this har­
Russian fleet, went down and carried bor, but -Honk of them were bound for
with her Adm iral Makaroff and be­ ports north of Acajutla.
The vessel left Acajutla yesterday
tween 800 and 800 men.
Grand Duke afternoon bound south for Panama, and
Cyril escaped, but is wounded.
she had only gone about 15 miles when
The reef where
Admiral Makaroff ordered his entire she hit on tbe rock.
squadron out to engage tile Japanese she struck is considered one of the most
' dangerous along the Central American
fleet of 40 vesnaU which appeared off
I coast, and many vessels have found
the port early in the day and began an graves on it. According to B eafaring
attack which still continues.
| men who know the reef, the steamer
According to the Associated Press in­ I was fortunate in getting afloat after
formant while Admiral Makaroff was striking and getting back to the harbor
returning after going out to attack tha at Acajutla.
Japanese fleet the Petropavlovsk struck
PRESIDENT W AITS ON KNOX.
a mine on her starboard side amidship
and immediately began to keel. Before
tbe crew could flood the port compart­ W ith the Cabinet He Again (loes Over
Chinese Exclusion Matter.
ments of the vessel, she turned turtle
and sank in a few minutes, carrying
Washington, Ap ril 14.— Chinese ex­
down almost the entire crew. Captain clusion and the probable necessity for
Njakovloff, the Grand Duke Cyril and | legislative or executive action, in view
two other officers were saved because of the denunciation by China of the ex­
they were standing on the super-bridge. isting treaty, was again today the prin­
The frightful loes of life among the cipal topic of discussion at the meeting
officers and men was due to the fact j of the cabinet. The president and his
that they were all at their stations advisers considered the subject in all
ready for action.
its phases, but reached no definite con­
clusion, chiefly perhaps because Attor­
BLOWN TO DEATH.
ney General Knox has not been able
yet to prepare his opinion as to the
Twenty-Nine rten Killed In Dleaeter on
legal status of the matter. As soon as
Battleship Missouri.
the attorney general shall have decided
Pensacola, Fla.. April 15.— By the whether, in his opinion, existing leg­
explosion of 2,000 pounds of powder in islation relative to the exclusion of Chi­
the after 12-inch turret and the hand­ nese will be valid on the expiration of
the treaty with China, some decisive
ling room of the battleship Missouri, steps will be taken. I f it should be
Captain W illiam 8. Cowles, command­ determined that the legislation will
ing, this afternoon, 29 men were in­ lapse with the treaty, theo congress
stantly killed and five injured, of whom will provide against a general Chinese
immigration by the insertion in a pend­
two w ill die.
ing appropriation b ill of an amend­
This is the most serious accident that ment covering the subject.
has occurred in the American navy
OREAT FORCE MASSED ON YALU.
since the blowing up of the Maine in
Havana harbor in 1898.
The Missouri was on the target range Russians Strongly Fortify a Town In
Manchuria to Oppose Japanese.
with the Texas and Brooklyn at practice
about noon, when a charge of powder
Seoul, April 14.— Japanese advices
in the 12-inch left-hand gun ignited from Northern Corea state that the
from gases exploded and, dropping be­
Russians have strongly fortified Chiu
low, ignited four charges of powder in
the handling room, antj all exploded. Tien Cheng, a walled town on the
Only one man of the entire turret and Manchurian Bide of the Yalu river,
about ten miles north of Antung. It
handling crew survived.
But for the prompt and efficient is estimated that there are 20,000 Rus­
action of Captain Cowles in flooding sians of all arms at Antung ready to
the handling room and magaizne with oppose the Japanese crossing.
Webb Hayes has returned here from
water, one of the magazines would have
exploded and the ship would have been a journey to Anju, thence to the Amer­
ican mines at Unsan, ami thence north
destroyed.
to the Y'alu river. He reports that he
EXPECTS JAPAN TO STRIKE.
received hospital and medical treat­
ment from the Japanese, and he com­
Novostl Says, However, It Must Not pliments the equipment of the Japanese
Think Russia Lacks Leaders.
field forces, the effectiveness of their
St. Petersburg, April 15.— The No- pontoon bridge at Anju and their trans­
vosti this morning growlingly eulogizes port organization.
Vice Admiral Makaroff, recalling the
vigilance and persistency w ith which
he patrolled the sea in endeavoting to
induce the Japanese to engage in com­
bat. The paper says:
“ In Russia
the news of the untimely end of the
brave commander calls forth deep grief.
The death * f the experienced, warlike
and gifted admiral, whose authority
was recognized everywhere, especially
in that land of sailors, England, is in
the highest degree regrettable.
The
bitterness is lightened only by the
knowledge that the admiral died at the
post of duty and the fleet has other
gifted officers who w ill prolong the
grand activity. In any case we have
got to reckon immediately with the
consequences
of
the
catastrophe.
Above all it is the expected, that the
Japanese w ill hasten to take advantage
of the catastrophe and renew their at­
tacks on Port Arthur.
“ The Japanese are greatly mistaken if
they think this fatal accident can in
the slightest measure shake the strong
and steady determination of Russia to
carry on the war to a glorious end.”
Paris, April 16.— The St. Petersburg
correspondent to the Echo de Paris,
Russians Driven Back.
under this morning’s date, sends the
Tokio, April 15.— An official telegram
following:
“ I learn that a firm opinion prevails from W ijn says that a company of Rus­
in naval circles, based on telegrams sian troops attempted to cross the first
from the surviving officers, that the stream of the Yalu river west of Wijn
loss of the Petroplavlovsk and the in­ this morning, and that a company of
juries to the Pohieda were caused by Japanese attacked and drove the Rus­
torpedoes launched by the Japanese, sians back. The bodies of 20 dead
ami by submarine vessels. Hitherto it | Russians, the telegram adds, were found
has not been believed that the Japanese ] a'ter the fight. The dispatch adds that
had any submarine boats, but it is now small parties of Russians, without uni­
admitted that such boats might hare forms, attempted to cross the Yalu
lieen received with the cruisers bought river at diffreent point; between Wijn
from Argentine and brought out from and Y'ongampho and that they were all
Genoa by English crews.
It is diffi­ driven back.
cult to verify this, hut the admiralty is
of the opinion that the cruiser brought
China Displeases Japan.
out two submarine vessels.”
Tokio, April 15— The leading Japan­
ese newspapers express great discontent
Alexieff Ordered t# Take Charge.
that China has failed utterly to enforce
Paris, April 16.— The St. Petersburg or attempt to enforce neutrality alqng
correspondent of the Echo de Paris tel- the Liao river, where the whole district
ergaphs the following:
A t 3 o ’clock has been drawn upon by Russia for all
today the emperor telegraphed Viceroy kinds of supplies. The newspapers de­
Alexieff ordering him to go to Port clare that Japan seeks no favor, bnt
Arthur immediately and assume com­ asks fair play, and that China's con­
mand of the squadron pending the ap­ duct is craven and ungrateful, consider­
pointment of Vice Admiral Makaroff’s ing that Japan is defending her integ­
snccessor. The viceroy leaves tonight.' rity.
___________________
Rumors that Rear Admiral Prince
Explosion
Causes $200.000 Fire.
Ouktomsky was in action against 18
Detroit, April 15.— A gasoline explo­
Japanese vessels is unconfirmed.
sion at the Cadillac Automobile works
Snow Falla In Maryland.
today caused a 1200,000 Are.
Four
Cumberland, Md., A p ril 16.— Snow employee were injured. A number of
fell here and throughout Western Mary­ the 500 men employed at the plant
land today. A t Frr>stburg and other were compelled to slide down . polee
points it covered the ground to the alongside of the building and to jump
from tbe windows.
depth of two inchee.
PROTECTS
CANNERYMEN.
Fulton to Father a Bill of Retaliation
Agalnat British Columbia.
Washington, April 14.— 8enator Ful­
ton is dinfting, and w ill soon intro­
duce, a joint resolution authorising the
president to prohibit the exportation of
fresh salmon from Puget sound and
tributaries during the canning season.
This is in the nature of a retaliation to
the action of British Columbia in re­
fusing American canneries the right to
purchase fresh British Columbian salm­
on.
The canning interests of the North
Pacific coast have protested to Senator
Fulton that, under the existing condi­
tions, Canadian canners are buying
large quantities of Puget sound salmon,
canning them and reshipping them to
the United States, while Puget sound
canners are denied the right to pur­
chase British Columbia salmon for can­
ning purposes.
New Immigration Law Needed.
Washington, April 14.— There were
landed at Tacoma, Wash., recently, 50
Filipinos, who were brought to the
United States under contract to take
part in the Philippine islands exhibit
at the St. Luois expoeition. Thirty-
nine of the number were afflicted with
trachoma, a disease of the eye. Un­
der a ruling by the atf . rney general,
natives of the Philippines and Porto
Rico are not aliens in the meaning of
the immigration art, and they had to
be admitted. Cogrese w ill be asked
for legislation to meet such cases.
Makaroff Again Putt Out.
St. Petersburg, April 14.— The Cos­
sack scouts on the banks of the Yalu
river have not reported the appearance
ol the Japanese there. The emperor
received a telegram that reported that
all is quiet at Port Arthur: that the
naval squadron is again putting oat to
sea, and that Vice Admiral Makaroff
has sent a few torpedo bout destryoers
to explore the coast where some of the
enemy’s torpedo boats are believed to
be lurking.
America "lust Pay for Loaa of Ship.
New York, April 14.— After long lit­
igation it was decided here today by
Judge Adams, in the United States dis­
trict court that the United States must
pay 1203,293 to the owners of the Brit­
ish ship Foscolia, which was sunk on
the night of May 18, .1898, by the
United States cruiser Columbia, which
was doing scout duty off the North
American coast on the outlook for the
Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera.
j
wages bill to keep the place In good
order, wbat was expected to he a
pleasure becomes an annoyance and
I a bore. A small place, well cared for,
and everything kept up uloe and or­
derly gives far more satisfaction
than an overgrown place that Is a drag
on the means of Its owner. In all our
operations we are too apt to think we
can do more than we really can. In
gardening matters It Is especially so.
R e p a ir in g H a rn ess.
B o x fo r C a r r y in g E k k n .
Most poultrymen are familiar with
the egg carriers used on the market
and those who have a considerable
quantity o f eggs to handle use these
carriers; the farmer, however, Is in
the habit of carrying eggs in a basket
and often many of them become bro­
ken resultlug lu considerable loss. The
illustration shows one of tbe boxes
which may be made from cheap mate­
rial and which will answer as weli ns
the boxes gold for tbe purpose. Any
grocer who handles quantities of
shipped eggs will give a customer
some o f the cardboard filler such as
are up In the crates: then buy some
cracker boxes and fashion a neat box
like the one shown, cutting the paste­
board fillers with a sharp knife so
that they will flt the wooden box.
Boxes made to hold one dozen eggs
and others to hold two dozen will be
large enough. These boxes ought to
have covers with a hasp coming down
over a staple so that tbe box may be
locked If need be. These boxes will
cost but little If made at home as sug­
gested, and If one has strictly fresh
eggs o f good size as well as uniform in
size they can be marketed In these
boxea at a higher price than If market­
ed In a basket; try It and see If it Is
not so. As an extra Inducement to tbo
consumer wrap each egg In white
tissue paper and twist the ends of the
Most premises have old leather
traces about, and a number o f parts
of harness, such as breast, pole und
holdback straps, can be made o f these,
by one bandy at such work. Select a
piece long enough for a breast strap,
fasten a snap at one end; 18 or 20
Inches from this snap cut away all but
the best outside ply, rivet a buckle,
punch a number of holes, and there
you are.
The pole and holdbacks
may M made from old light traces.
A belly-band for chain harness would
have a large loop at one eud Instead
of a buckle.
A back band for plow harness may
be made from old leather or rubber
belting. The leather belting, If pretty
fair, will make good tiaoes.
These hints are not for repairing
valuable new harness. One should he
very careful about riveting on these.
The Illustration shows how I made a
clamp for sewing harness from two
kerosene barrel staves fitted In block
so the bolts w ill draw at least % Inch.
This makes It clamp the work at top.
Use two %-inch bolts. This clamp. If
properly made, w ill hold any part of
the harness while being sewed.—W.
A. Clearwnters, In Iowa Homestead.
T o M o v e W i r e F ences.
C O N V E N IE N T
EGO
BOX.
paper as they are twisted around
oranges and lemons. Have the eggs
strictly fresh o f good size and clean,
and you’ll find that the tissue paper
conceit will sell them readily and at
good prices.— Indianapolis News.
D iseusea o f S h eep .
The diseases which huve been found
most troublesome and stubborn are
those occasioned by parasites.
Of
these there are several different spe-
cls.
Scab Is caused by a parasite, but It
Is external rather than the moat dan­
gerous, which are Internal. The latter
are: Stomach worms, lung worms,
Intestinal worms, tape worms and
nodular worms.
For tape worm oil o f male fern
seems to he the favorite remedy, a
teaspoonful being a doae. Tw o tea­
spoonfuls o f powdered areca nut is
also a good remedy. One teaspoonful
o f turpentine given In milk Is said to
be effectual. Most o f these should be
given after fasting and followed with
a laxative.
The latest remedy for stomach
worms and nodular worms la what ta
known as the Iron remedy. Give In
grain sulphate o f Iron (copperas,
sometimes called green vitriol and
must not be confounded with blue vit­
riol), a dose being ten ounces of the
drug to thirty-five lambs. Give dally
two weeks, then stop one week and
give again. Mix In water and apply
the water to the grain.
Gasoline Is also considered a good
remedy for stomach worms.
Some
danger accompanies this remedy, as
lambs often die after having been
given doses o f gasoline. A dose con­
sists o f one tablespoonful In four
ounces o f milk.
A solution o f 1 per cent coal tar Is
also a good worm remedy given In
doses o f two to four ounces.
It often becomes necessary to mova
a fence from one part of the farm to
another. I t Is u simple matter to move
posts, but the wire presents a more
difficult problem. The most common
method Is to slowly and laboriously
roll It up on a barrel, haul It to tbe
place where It la wanted and ns slowly
unroll It again. A much better and
quicker way la to take a couple of ohl
wheels, the larger the better, and fas­
ten them together try nailing pieces o f
board to the spokes next the axle.
The wheels when fastened together
should M about two feet apart. Now
take two planks and fasten firmly to
the sides of tbe wagon box so they
will extend backward atroirt four feet.
Mount the wheels on these planks so
FOB MOVING WIRE FENCES.
they will turn easily. Fasten one end
of the wire to one o f the boards that
connect the wheels and drive nstrld.r
of the wire. One man turns the wheel
while the other drives, and the wire
can M rolled jip as fast as the team
can walk. To unroll fasten wire to
one of tbe corner posts, drive ahead
and the wire will urn :'l Itself.—C. V.
Gregory, tn St. Louis Republic.
W o o d A sh e s f o r H ou se P la n ts .
It Is not generally known that wood
ashes, mixed with compost, are very
beneficial for most pot plants. Palms
are wonderfully benefited, and so are
crotons, dracaenas, marantas. In fact,
all foliage plants. In many Instances,
when the plant has nearly exhausted
tbe soil, If tbe top M scraped off to a
little depth, and a sprinkling of wood
ashes and fresh soil -M milled, the
plant will M all right until time to re­
p o t T o many a lover o f flowers this
hin t to add a little wood ashes to com­
R a p id S h eep H h e a rin s ,
post. will bring many a hr listened
Some o f the wandering sheep shear­ flower and much Improved follnge.
ers of the Western sheep-ralslng States The mixture should lie worked Into
have acquired wonderful speed. There the earth Immediately or some o f tbo
Is a record of one man who sheared ammonia tn the manure will esenpe
250 abeep In a »Ingle day. The aver­ Into the air and be wasted.
age for each man ta about one hun­
T h e P r o l i f i c H cale.
dred. The men never tie a she"p.
The total number of descendants
They seize tt by the legs with the left
hand, throw It so that they can squeeze from one Individual of the San Jose
It firmly between their legs, and al­ scale during the time between the mid­
most before tbe sheep has begun to dle of Juue and tbe last o f November
bledt the fleece la falling In great has been calculated at 3.21)1,090.100.
fluffy masses. As soon as the last As all these millions obtain their food
clip of the shears has Men made the by sucking the sap from the plant they
shearer kicks the fleece ont o f bis are on. It Is not to tie wondered at that
way. the struggling sheep ta released a tree which In tbe spring was appar­
and races off, and another one la bun­ ently In good condition may M nearly
or entirely dead by fall.
dled In.
O v e r d o n e G a r d e n in g .
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One o f the misfortunes o f garden
lovers Is that they frequently plan to
do more work than can M carried rn
successfully. Almost every one who
builds a bouse thinks be wonld like
to have a nice garden, and the nice
garden la consequently arranged. But
when It la found, as It too often la
found, that It requires an expensive
A p p le Trees 70 Years Old.
On the farm o f John Carson, near
Russellville, Howard county, Missouri,
la an apple orchard which was planted
seventy years ago. The land was pre­
empted at that time, and the original
"sheepskin" deed was signed by An­
drew Jackson. Tbe orchard tmr# a
good crop this year. Mnny o f Its trees
ara three feet In dlameicr.