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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1915)
lEA. mm THE WISHING ROCK. ' Benjamin was a cross little boy and lid not play nicely with his sister, Lillian, and one day when they were sitting on a rock under a tree an apple fell right near Lillian and she picked it up. "Give me that apple," said Benja min; "I saw It fall." Lillian told him she would give him half of It, but that did not Batisfy the greedy boy. "I wish It were hung on your mouth," he said. Up jumped the apple and hung on her mouth. This frightened both of them, but Benjamin pretended that It did not frighten him, and said: "I wish you had them all over you." Down came the apples from the tree and fastened themselves on Lillian, who began to cry. "I wish you had them on you," she aid. Off flew the apples and fastened themselves to Benjamin. "I wish they were all on the trees gain," said Benjamin. And away went the apples into the tree again. Benjamin began to think that every thing they wished came to pass and be thought he would try wishing again, so he got up and walked around, wishing to himself that he could Bee a bear, but none came. He sat on the rock and began thinking how strange It was, and still had the wish In his mind to see a bear. He looked up, and coming toward him from the woods was a big black bear. Benjamin's hair stood on end He ran as fast as he could and the bear after him. Lillian sat on the rock, too frightened to move. "Oh, I wish he would go back Into the wood!" she said, and Instantly the bear turned and went Into the woods, When Benjamin came back she told him how she had wished the bear Into the woods. "It is this rock," Benjamin said. "It must be a wishing rock. Let us wish for a lot of nice things to eat, And while he was speaking a table rose up from the ground and on It were candy, nuts, cake and Ice cream. Ben' Jamiu began eating as fast as he could, and ate as long as he could swallow, and then rolled off the rock and went to sleep upon the ground. Lillian was not so greedy. She ate a little of all the nice things, and then, Ilka a good housekeeper, wished to have the table taken away, and it dis appeared. "Now, I wonder what I had better wish for next," said Lillian. "I need a coat for the winter." Right on the tree was a nice, warm coat. "I had better wish for skates for Benjamin," she said, "for he will not wake up for a long time, and it may be too late for him to wish then." She looked in the tree and there were skates beside the coat "I should like some for myself," said Lillian, "but it is really too much to ask." But before she finished wishing there were the skates. "I should have thought of poor fa- ther," said Lillian, "he wants a cow.1 "Moo! Moo!" and turning around Lil- Iian saw a nice, fat cow standing near her. The sun was setting, and she thought that they should go home, so she shook Benjamin by the shoulder. "Get up," she told him, "we must go home." When Benjamin saw all the things he was very angry. . . "You do not wish anything for me, - he said. "You are a selfish girl." And he gave her a push which sat her on the rock again. "I wish I had wished for you to be better boy," she said. Just then the sun went out of sight, and at the same time Benjamin began to thank Lillian for his skates, and he gathered up the things Lillian had wished for, and taking the cow by the horns, led her home. When they reached home they told their father about the wishing rock and said they were going to wish for more the next day. But he told them it would be of no use to wish tomorrow; that the rock was a wishing rock only once in a hundred years, for one day from sun rise to sunset. He told them he had beard of It, but did not know before where It was. Lillian did not say any thing, but she thought to herself that ehe was glad she made the last wish before the sun went out of sight, Not Much. A New England clergyman of abil ity has been In other work for several years, and his son, of five summers, has rarely seen him In the pulpit. Re cently the little fellow heard his fath er preach away from home. In vaca- tlon, and took early occasion to quire: "Aunty, is papa a preacher?" "Yea, dear." "But is he a real preacher?" ' "Certainly, Teddy." In "But, say, aunty, he isn't much of preacher, is he?" The cleryman will not soon hear the last of this criticism. Wise Man Like a Nail. Why is a wise man like a nail? Be cause his head prevents him from go ing too far. URGES COURSE IN SWIMMINQ Every Boy and Girl Should Be Taught the Art Offtett Evil Effect! of Corset Wearing. "Canadians know better bow to swim than Americans, and Hawallans more about swimming than the people of any other country, perhaps," said G. H. Corsan, professor of swimming In the University of Toronto, while In Washington recently. "Swimming la the best exercise that can be had. Relaxation Is one of the secrets of the art of swimming, a fact which explains the smooth round muscles of swimmers and their freedom from old-age wrinkles. A weak or tired heart secures a much-needed rest and thereby Is strengthened after an easy swim. Swimming makes women ro bust and the action of the sun and air on the skin while swimming Is un equalled by artificial treatment. It has been demonstrated that swim ming offsets the evil effects of corset wearing and of the cramped position of the sedentary worker, and It re lieves us from the worry of drowning. "I believe that every boy and girl should be taught to swim, and that a regular course In swimming should be part of our public schools. I have not the statistics at hand as to the number of deaths each year from drowning, but they are enormous, and growing every year. This Is because there are fewer young persons who learn to swim than years ago, when almost every boy In town or country could swim before he was seven years old. Most boys on the farm know how to swim, because the creeks and small rivers are at hand, but In the city the boys and girls who swim are comparatively few, for the reason that those who learn are nearly al ways taught In schools or gymna siums. NEW COIN AND CARD TRICK Somewhat Similar to Famous Japa nese Trick Where Bricks Are Bal anced on End of Stick. Place a card on your forefinger, as shown in our illustration. On it place a quarter, half-dollar or dollar. With the right hand give the corner of the card a flip so as to shoot it away hor izontally, hitting It neither up nor down, but fairly in the middle. The card flies off to the other end of the Coin Remains on Finger. room, and the coin remains motionless on the finger tip. Why is this? Why does not the coin follow the card? Other examples of the law of in ertia are: When we strike our clothes with a stick we beat the dust out of them, and when we knock the handle into a hammer or a broom we do it best by striking the far end of the stick while holding the middle loosely in the hand. An even better illustration of this law Is that in which out of a pile of coins the middle ones can be struck away with a knife until the pile is re duced to two. And there Is a famous Japanese trick in which a number of bricks are taken and balanced on stick, and one by one knocked away without disturbing the rest; the pile is thrown upright in the air off the top of the stick, crack! away the stick knocks the bottom brick, the stick is instantly dropped to the upright, and the shortened pile drops in perfect bal ance on the top, to be again thrown up and lose one of its number. NEW ROLLER SKATING CRAZE New York Rink Manager Says Helps In Modern Dancing Aids Confidence and Grace. The roller skating craze has broken out anew here, according to a New York letter to the Pittsburgh Dis patch. With a dozen or more rinks crowded and a twenty-four-hour race on rollers attracting an enthusiastic crowd the old indoor sport bids' fair to win back many of its devotees who have become dancing mad. On the other hand, it has boen discovered that by taking a few whirls around the rooms on rollers you will learn the modern steps. This is according the manager of the largest rink. to "It's a strange thing," he said, "but a great many of my patrons have told me recently that they really never thoroughly understood nor appreciated the modern dances until they had taken up roller skating. Proficiency on the roller skates seems to give them added confidence and grace when dancing, with the result that many who before were but fair dan- cers are now really quite expert." Which probably accounts for the fact that there is almost as much Interest shown In the roller Bkatlng contests now as there Is in the one- step and fox trot competitions. Goat Used Wrong End. Little Elmer had been for a week the owner of a goat. "How do you like your new pet, Elmer?" asked his uncle. "I don't like him at all," Elmer re plied, quickly. "Why not?" "He he does too much kicking with his head." Continent ONIONS RAISED FROM SEED Industry Is Profitable If Proper Meth ods Are Used Difficult to Keep Clean of Weed. Seed onions are of better flavor and keep longer and are more profit able to grow than sets, though some fall to grow them in the home garden because they are more difficult to keep clean of weeds. The best way to raise onions from seed is by sowing the seed in a bed or cold frame early in the season and transplanting later to the row where they are to grow. A small section of the hotbed will grow 1,000 plants until they are the size of quills, or they can be crowded. By that time the ground will be warm and all seed will have germinated so that the plants may be set In clean ground that has been worked over to kill all the young weeds. If one lacks for room in the hot bed the seed may be sown In a shel tered place, an old brush heap, ash bed or some place where the soil Is good. If there is room to sow the seeds In drills six Inches apart they may be worked some to keep them growing before they are transplanted. When you are ready to transplant them, wet the ground and pull the plants and then cut off about half the top and slightly tip the roots. Set the plants from two to three Inches apart In the row and in rows of 15 inches apart. If very dry use water when transplanting and every one will live. If the soil has been well manured with stable manure or poultry drop pings and worked over Beveral times before the onions are transplanted the rows there will be but few weeds to contend with and the plants will not be checked In growth. Onions should be pulled and placed to dry In the shade when the tops be gin to turn yellow and drop over, which Is usually In August. ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF SOW Besides Belonging to Prolific Family, Animal Should Have Weil Developed Nipples. (By J. G. FULLER.) Although she need not be pure bred, the sow as well as the boar, should have marked characteristics of the chosen breed. By carefully select lng young bows from the most typical and largest litters and properly devel oping them, a splendid herd of females can be developed In a few years' time. To avoid any possibility of mistake, the choicest bow pigs from the best sows should be marked while they are still nursing their dams. They should not be penned or yarded with those which are being fattened for market, but, If possible, should be given free dom and exercise1 In the open, where a growing ration of green feeds, etc., A cement hog wallow should be lo cated In a shady spot and contain eight -or ten Inches of water. Crude oil or coal tar dip poured on the water will keep swine free from lice and their skin In good condition. are available. The sow should not be as compactly built as the boar and may be somewhat finer in conforma tion and bone. When in fair flesh at maturity, the most typical sows of the lard type weigh 350 to 450 pounds. A good breeder and mother cannot be picked with certainty until she has been tried out. Besides having the proper conformation and belonging to a prolific family, the Ideal sow should have ten to twelve well-developed nipples. The essential feature of the sow is that she regularly produces large, strong litters of pigs and moth era them well. SELECTION OF POTATO SEED One of Most Important Factors for Succeis In Industry No Waste of Plant Food. One of the essential and most Im portant factors for success in the po tato industry is the selection of per fect seed stock from the hill, in much the same way as seed corn Is selected In the field from the best individual BtalkS. There is no other way to get true breed characteristics in potatoes ex cept by selecting seed from the per fect hill, and seed should be saved only from hills producing a first-class marketable potato In the growing of which there Is no waste of plant food, No manufacturer In this day of economy could stand the loss entailed by methods of manufacture under which he was compelled to cull out and throw In the scrap pile ZO per cent of his product as waste, and no one can expect the highest success in potato culture who adopts methods re sulting In a loss of 20 to 60 per cent of his crop in culls and unmarketable potatoes. But this Is what the potato growers of the United States are, many of them, doing today. Possibilities of Pork. The possibilities of expanding the production of pork are so great that we shall never see a scarcity of this product Waste It Important Factor. The element of waste Is one of the most Important factors in determining profits in hog feeding. SECURE BEST RESULTS Lettuce Ranks High in Commer cial Horticulture. Size of Seed Has Not Been Given Careful 8tudy Until Recently "Heading Up" Capabilities Art of Much Importance, (By M. CUMMINQ8.) Lettuce is a standard vegetable crop, largely grown' In farm gardens aad ranking high In commercial horti culture as a forcing crop; hence Its Inclusion In these seed sorting experi ments. Although a seed-bed crop, It Is often grown In places where space Is expensive, where Intensive culture prevails, and where crop uniformity and even maturity are of prime im portance. On this account growers now carefully consider both seed and varietal choice. In some hothouse districts only certain varieties are deemed suitable for greenhouse cul ture; and a few progressive growers select only the locally-grown seed now recognized as strains of commercial varieties. Although many methods of seed selection have been adopted, the Influence of seed size has not been given careful study until more or less recently. Since lettuce Is seldom Bold by weight, a comparison of the value of different-sized seeds on this baels is of little account. Uniformity of ma turing and relative "headlng-up" capabilities are of more Importance. The formation of good, firm heads, making possible the growth of white, crisp, and highly-edible center leaves, Head Lettuce of Quality. Is characteristic of a good quality of lettuce. That good "heading-up" characteristics are related to the size of the seed has been found by ex tensive and careful experiments car ried on for several seasons. As to the resultB of these experiments, several points are worthy of note In summar izing. Marked differences In favor of large seed appear In the seedling Btage, a point of little value In itself were it not for the fact that an early advantage Influences later growth, Large seeds start the plantB off bet ter; and great leaf surface area in early life is of permanent benefit, Moreover, heavier plants, better heads, and greater uniformity at edible ma turity are usually secured. In every Instance and at almost every stage of growth It could be seen that the plants grown from large seed were much more uniform in Btature and in time and manner of heading. Plants grown from small seed were very variable In size and quality some very good a few mediocre, and many very poor, Some headed early, but most of them were tardy In forming the heart and In firming the head. It seems reasonable to conclude that a large sized seeder is a factor in producing head lettuce of good quality and earliness of maturity. In the writer's judgment the lack of plant uniformity commonly observed In commercial lettuce culture Is quite apt to be due to the use of seed which is variable In size and consequently, variable in value. FEEDING ROOTS TO CATTLE English Stockmen Feed Enormous Quantities of Turnips and Beets Best Methodt of Feeding. Turnips and beets are grown and fed In enormous quantities by English stockmen and farmers. They do not have silage because of climatic condi tions unfavorable to corn. American farmers who use roots to some extent can wisely profit by English experience In feeding them. An authority advises that they should always be cut or pulped, and never fed whole to cattle. When fed whole there is greater danger of chok ing, especially with the last piece, and also greater loss or waste by tram pling under foot. The best method of feeding is to cut or pulp the roots and mix them with cut hay, straw or chaff, allowing the pile to heat for a few hours before feeding. This has the merit of warm ing up the roots, which are generally a cold feed, and of making low-grade roughage more palatable. Cattle fed In this manner through the winter come out In much better condition than II given the same amount of feed uncut and not mixed. Eggs Develop Mold. Eggs develop mold if kept In a too damp cellar. The mold penetrates the porous shell and makes the eggs taste stale. They keep better, how ever, In a cool, moist air that prevents a too rapid evaporation within the shell. Rejuvenating Rhubarb. When rhubarb grows rank and spin dling It needs rejuvenating. Dig It up, cut the clumps into smaller parts, plant them in deep trenches and fill In well with well-rotted manure mixed With food loam. ELDERLY MAN "OFFICE BOY" New Yorker Who Hat Tried 8cheme More Than Satisfied With Retulti Achieved. A Broadway business man was talk ing to a friend who was looking for a good office boy. "Cut out the boys," he said with confidence, "and get an old man who is willing to work for less than a man's wages. I began It about a year ago and I never did a better thing. "I got the suggestion from a man not In business, but a physician. He bad ordered some article or other which bad not come promptly and he came in person to see about it. I told him, which was true, that I had been bothered so by changing my of fice boys that I couldn't get it to him. Then he blew out at me and asked me why I didn't get an old man to do office boy work and I wouldn't have any more bother. "It looked bo different at first that I laughed at him, but he insisted bo that it was the only cure that I con cluded I would try it. I knew of an old chap, honest and living with his Bon, doing small jobs and helping all he could for Mb keep, and I asked him how he would like to be office boy for me. He laughed just as I did at first, but I Insisted on his trying it and he agreed to come and do the best he could but wouldn't guarantee that he would be satisfactory. "He came the next day and though he was a bit slow at first he was al ways ready and willing and In a week or so I was so well satisfied with htm that I wouldn't have traded him for all the boys I had been bothered with for five years. He isn't perfect, nor 1b anybody, for that matter, but he Is reliable and honeBt, never soldiers on me, doesn't Bmoke cigarettes or read dime novels, isn't fresh around the store, is always polite and Is always on time. "I pay him $7 a week and he Is glad enough to get It, and he isn't so old but that he is good for at least ten years of duty, which will also be ten years of comfort for me and the entire store. I don't say that any old man will be as satisfactory as this one, but do say that nine-tenths of the old fellows will make better office boys than the average we have to put up with. 'Try an old man for an office boy and see If you can do any worse than you have been doing. Several of my friends are doing it and so far they are all pleased with the change." Eating Anything. Dr. Lucy Barney Hall, in a letter to the women. of the Boston Business league, said: "You can eat anything you are Inclined to without injurious effects." That 1b not true, unless one is hale, hearty, robustious or has a stomach inherited from a grandfather who fought Indians back in the corn bread and venison days. But most stomachs are not of this kind. We took lunch with a gentleman the other day who seems as rugged and healthy as a big boy, and yet he took only hard rolls, tea and custard pie, and then scraped the custard out of the shell Another gentleman said he ate pie every lunch for four days last week, and on the fifth day he was laid up for repairs, and then had to sober off on crackers and tea. Doctor Hall Is wrong. A person must be careful of his eating. We are all constituted dif ferently, each one as different In his stomach as in his clothes. If there is any rule that applies to all, and which Is of Itself the best guaranty against sickness, It is not to eat so much. Twilight Sleep for Monkey. Bridget is to be given the "twilight sleep" treatment. She is a royal Mar moset monkey, and the best in the land Is none too good for her, accord ing to the Huntington (W. Va.) po lice officials, who have had Bridget for a pet for a year. She has re placed the Inevitable station house cat. She Is about to become a moth er, and everything is In preparation for the operation. Bridget and her royal consort, Joe I, a majestlo ap pearing Simian, were presented to the police last year by a carnival company. Since they have been at the station there has been a great decrease In Intoxication In Hunting ton, as on several occasions occupants of cells "saw monkeys." Burglar Phones for Police, Shot In the shoulder while In the act of robbing the Gleubrock (Conn. station of the New Haven road, Ellas Treadwell, with a long criminal record. .s forced at pistol point to summon the police to arrest himself. Tread- well is in the Stamford hospital. Robert A. Gourley, station agent at Glenbrock, has been sleeping In the ticket office for a long time to pro tect the property against burglars. He was asleep when Treadwell, forcing window, entered the waiting room, The noise awakened Mr. Gourley, who ordered Treadwell to surrender. When he attempted to flee Mr. Gourley fired at him. Treadwell fell. Mr. Gourley then made him arise and call the po lice on the phone. Wheat Extensloni In Australia. Extraordinary interest In wheat cul tivation has beeif aroused In Queens land, Australia, according to a com merce report, especially In some new districts. A Sydney paper says that the Burnett, for instance, will lay down over 8,000 acres, as compared with 1,000 acres last season. In other districts, areas of from 500 to 2,000 acres are promised under the scheme of government assistance for new ground worked for wheat. YOUR APPETITE Your digestion, your gen eral health will all be greatly benefited by the timely use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It is compounded from abso lutely pure ingredients and those best known as real aids to the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. It exerts a general tonic effect and lelps Nature promote lealth and strength in ;he entire digestive sys ;em. Try a bottle today )ut be sure you get HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters Diseases Handed Down. Noah and the other patriarchs didn't have nearly as many different kinds of diseases to face, because they hadn't enough ancestors to hand them down a variety. Consequently their constitutions were not constantly be ing weakened as are ours today. For example, there Is no reference in very ancient literatures to a cold in the bead. The Greeks and Romans seem ' to have been the first peoples to suffer from it Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu late and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, eaBy to take. Do not gripe. Paper Covert a Protection. Undeniably, paper covers are of some aid in preserving the fresh ap pearance of books, but neither the ap pearance nor the feeling of a covered book Is agreeable. Still, for those who have no objection to them, covers are a good thing. Nothing Is better than ordinary brown paper, except in some unusual cases, as, for example, the cook book, which, as every good house keeper knows, should be covered with oilcloth. HOW TO STOP DANDRUFF AND LOSS OF HAIR Here is a simple, inexpensive treat ment that will almost always stop dandruff and scalp Itching, and keep the hair thick, live and lustrous: At night, spread the hair apart and rub a little reslnol ointment into the scalp gently, with the tip of the finger. Re peat this until the whole scalp has been treated. Next morning shampoo thoroughly with reslnol soap and hot water. Work the creamy-resinol lather well into the scalp. Rinse with grad ually cooler water, the last water be ing cold. Resinol ointment and reslnol soap are sold by all druggists. Adv. Depressing. No matter how young a man may be In his sympathies, he can't help feeling more or less depressed, as he gets along to between forty and fifty, when he walks down a fashionable residence street and sees some of the samples of the future fatherhood and motherhood of the race. Columbus (Ohio) Journal. Successful Entertaining. 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