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BLOOD MUST FLOW Russian Revolutionists Try Provoke Conflict. ST. PETERSBURG IN FULL PAN! Strssts Arc Dstsrtsd Except for th Troop and Lights Ar Out Shops Are Closing. Ht. Petersburg, Oct. 28. That the I resent situation cannot end without bloodshed la th conviction prevailing in the higher government circles, which from moment to moment ars expectin a conflict between the troops and the 'revolutionists in Ht. Petersburg, and news of trouble in the provinces, eepec ially at Kharkoff, which has been de dared in a state of siege. Governors have been inHtructed to take all nece- sary precautions to preserve orJr. One of the most important members of the emperor's council received the Associated Press representative tods 7 and said, with every, evidence of deep emotion: "The situation is a grievous and painful one, and I see no way out of it -except by the employment of armed force. Pleas do not misunderstand me. I look upon the prospect with tears, but it is becoming more and more "evident that the troops will be com pelled to fire. I can see no other pos sible outcome. The revolutionists anc terrorists are absolutely bent on forcing conflict npon us, and nothing we can -do will satisfy them. The extension of the suffrage and the right of assembly will be nothing to them. They are de teruilned to have bloodshed and we -cannot avoid the Issue. It is a fright fill disease from which Russia is suffer ing, and sad and painful as it is, the government mnet act with force." In the city, in spite of the absence of disorders, there is a condition of actna panic. Half of the population is com pelled to rely on candles or kerosene lamps for light, while the street lamps in a large part of the city have been extinguished. The streets are deserted except for the squads of infantry and cavalry which are everywhere. The shops begin to close in the after noon in even the Morskaia, Nevskj and other central streets. Many of the in hab;tanta shut themselves in their 'houses, scarcely venturing out to make necessary purchases of food, which has mounted to famine prices. GREAT INCREASE IN TRADE. Exports and Internal Movements of Grain and Cattle. Washington, Oct. 28. Decided in creases in trade movements are shown during Septemler, as well as in the total for the nine months of this year, compared with periods of last year by summaries issued by the department of Commerce and labor. The grain ex ports lor the nine months this year mount! to 105,210,003 bushels, as compared with 4H, 673, 706 for the same months last year. This yes the corn -exports have been 82,753,212 bushels, as compamd with 34,441,771 bushels for the corresponding months last yesr. The Heptemtier exports of grain this year amounted to more than 10,000, 000 over September of 1004;. The domestic movement of trade dur ing September shows the same in creases. Nearly 2,000,000 head of live stock arrived at five of the largest dis tribnting centers in excess of (Septem ber a year ago, while the increase in the receipts of grain in 12 important interior centers aggregated over 27, 000,000 bushels more than the corres ponding month last year. Invest in Central America. New York, Oct. 2S. Cable advices 1oday from Herlin announce that the Deutsche bank and the Deutsche Ue terseischa bans of Herlin, Lazard- Speyer-Ellieen of Fankfort-on-the-Main and the Schweizerische Credtantalt of Zurich have founded a bank with a capital of 12.600,000, to be called the liank of Central America, which will have its head office in Berlin. The tmsinesa of the bank will be started in Guatemala with the ultimate intention of opening branch offices in the sur rounding Central American countries. Smashed by Runaway Car. New York, Oct. 28. A runaway street car on the new Williamsburg suspension bridge scross the Fast river today caused the injury of 25 persons, two of them being fatally hurt. For 1,000 feet down the incline on the Manhattan approach of the bridge a Christopher street car ran with its brakes out of order nntil it hit and demolished a standing Fourteenth street car. It was 10 minutes before the broken roof, sides and floor of this car could be taken off from the last passenger nnder the wreckage. Warned to Avoid Friction. Washington, Oct. 28. While the most vital points In the Newfoundland fisheries controversy apparently have leen settled, a letter from Secretary Knot to Secretary Shaw, made public today, points out that there is still ground for possible friction and ex presses a wish that in the negotiations now in progress fishermen and local au thorities avoid any precipitate action in the assertion of what they conceive to I their tights. . Sun Spotted on Pucst Sound. ' Tacoma, Oct. 28. From Puget sound point a large spot on the sun was clearly visible today. A heavy fog this morning caused the sun to appear as a red hall aNnt the sis of dinner plate, and the spot was very distinct, bout the lis of a dollar. As the fog lifted, people viewed the Strang sight through smoked gl FEAR PARALYZES CAPITAL. General TrsporT Placsd In Comman of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Oct. 27 St. Peters burg was in a panic today, but to large extent without reason. The most sensational rumors were in circulation and the shopkeepers on all sxcept a fe of the principal streets slosed thei stores and boarded up the doors and windows, while peaceful minded inhab itants kept within doors. Anxiety was evidenced in the whole atinosp ere of the citr, but so far nothing has oc curred to Justify these fears. There were no disorders. General Trepoff, who has been placed in command of the St. Petersburg gar rison, and given an additional division of reinforcements, declares that he 1 amply able to maintain order and th police are allowing the strikers to vent their enthusiasm so as to avoid demonstration. General Trepoff in atructed the police not to interfere with the psrades so long as they were or derly, but he gave notice tonight tba he was prepared to cope firmly with any disturbance. He had printed i all the evening papers ; a notification that the troops would tomorrow he or dered to una ball cartridges in case there should be any outbreak. The situation, however, cannot be regarded as much improved. The strikers at their meetiugs today were as determined as ever to continue the strike and the full force of the govern ment railroad battalions is almost help less in the face of the general strike on the railroads. The most encouraging feature of the situation is the absence of any widespread disorder. DEMAND SMOOT BE EXPELLED Petition of Two Million Women Will Go to Congress. Philadelphia, Oct. 27. More than 2,000,000 women, representing tiie leading woinen's organizations of the United Htates, have adopted a memor ial calling for the unseating of United States Senator Keed Smoot. This was announcsil by the executive committee of the National Congress of Mothers which met here today. This memorial will be presented when congress con venes. United action was decided upon at a meeting of the executive commit tee of the National League of Women's Organizations, which was held in New York yesterday. The women declare that Reed Smoot, who is an apostle and In direct line for the Mormon pres idency, has pledged first allegiance to the Mormon hierarchy, which has broken faith with the government Smoot, the women declare, controls the vote of eight other senators, and fear ing that his power will incresse, they ask that action be taken at the conven ing of congress. It was decided to hold the next na tional congress of mothers at Los An geles May 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1906. THINK RUSSELL WILL WIN. Franca Hopes Ha Will Settle Dispute With Venezuela. Paiii, Oct. 27. The officials here are gratified at the action taken by the American government in instructing its minister at Caracas to endeavor to arrange the Franco-Venezuelan diplo matic incident, and are hopeful of the success or Minister Kusse'l's efforts. bich are similar to those of the French minister at Morocco in behalf of Ion Perdicaris. It is said that Mr. Pnssell's re pre sentation will take the form of show- ns President Castro that it is the de- ire of the United States to have the French controversy aiflusted. The que tion which it is necessary to adjust is the withdrawal of the offensive action taken by the government of Venesuela toward M. Taigny, the French charge d affaires Thereafter the question of coin pen sating the French Cable company for its losses, and redress for expulsion from Venezuela, of M. Brun, the man ager of the company, remain to be ad listed. No difficulty is apprehended n arranging the commercial features of the case, if President Castro first cor rects his discourtesy toward the repre sentative of the French government. Municipal Frr In NwYork. New York, Oct. 27. Onefof New York city's most conspicuous ventures in municipal ownership was insngurat ed today when the new ferry line be- ween the Battery and Staten island was pnt into operation. It is owned and operated by the city, and its five splen- id ferry boats are the largest in New York harbor, aggregating nearly 2,- 000,000. They replace an antiquated private ferry line against which there was a great protest. The new serviec wss started with ceremony by Mayor McClellan and 4,000 guests. Albert' Sentence Stands. Washington, Oct. 27. Official infor mation comes to the State department from Nicargaua that the so-called Leon court has confirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of the American citizen, Alhers, and has fixed his sen tence at 32 months imprisonment. Al hers will take an immediate appest to the Supreme court at Msnagua. The State department has instructed Mr. Merry, the American minister to Nica ragua, to send his secretary of legation, U. Bailey, to Managua to observe the progress of the case. Mora Taxes for Poor Germany. Berlin, Oct. 27. Die committee of the bundesrath has accepted the plan of Baron von Stengel, secretary of the im perial treasury, for increase of the im perial revenues. These plans embrace n inheritance tax, which, however, ill not affect the husbands or wives nd descendsnts of decedents, and an extension ol the taxes on tobacco and bee. An increase of the stamp tax on th listing of and tale of stocks it also contemplated. Mail Sarvlc It Stopped. Washington, Oct. 27. Th Stat de partment received a cablegram from Mr. Edly, the American charge d' affair at St. Petersburg, stating that owing to th railroad strike mail com munication wat cut off from 8t. Petersburg. MUST HAVE LIBERTY Wltte Will Take the Helm and Seek to Role Storm. CZAR MAY LEAVE THE EMPIRE Social Revolt Shakat Russia From End to End St. Petsrsburg Cut Off by Strlksrs. St. Petersburg, Oct. 26. Confronted by a situation more serious than any sine the beginning of the political and social upheaval of Russia, which at the time this dispatch is filed, show no signs of amelioration, the emperor s minister, nnder th leadership of Count Witte, spent almost all of yes terday in conferences in th hope of finding some way out of the crisis into which ihe revolutionists have cast the country. The general strike on the railroads is complete except in a few border provinces, and St. Petersburg, Moscow and other large cities are al most as closely Iwleaguered as if they were invested by besieging armies. At the same time the industrial strike has assumed large dimensions and the tur bulent elements in several localities are forming oen resistance to the troops. The ministers who had been in session during the day resumed their meeting after a short intervsl for din net and continued deliberations nntil long after midnight. The result of these deliberations is not known. After a night of inexpressible terror, Russia today is plunged into the deep est gloom. Following the declatation by the workingmen yesterday afternoon of a general strike to reinforce the rail way strike which has psralyzed the in dustry of the country, rioting and street fighting kept the city in a state of terrible unrest all last night. What makes the situation seem hopeless is that the crisis, apparently, is not yet reached. So serious are the conditions that it is said the czar will soon leave Russia, paying a two months' visit to Den mark. The czar'a visit will be osten sibly to recuperate from the strain of the lsst two years. In reality, it Ib 3a id, those behind the government de sire him out of the way and in a place of safety should an uprising evolve itself out of the present labor difficul ties. Count Witte, according to in formation f'om Peterhof, will hold an office equivalent to that of regent dur ing the absence of the emperor, and will hold full power a head of the government. REFORM PUBLIC LAND LAWS. Tim I Opportune for Congret to Act at Coming Session. Washington, Oct. 20. There is some doubt in the minds of member of the Public Lands commission as to their abiltiy to make a final report to the president before congress convenes on December 4, but there Is little doubt that the president, in hit annual mes sage, will forcibly remind congress that it has a duty to perform in redrafting some of the public .land lawt which are now so drawn as to foster and encour age fraud. If the Public Lands com mission makes its last report during the coming session, the president will send that report to congress with a pedal message, and will renew and re- n force what he has to say on that sub- ect at the opening of the session. The president is more determined than ever before to have the land laws e vised, especially the laws that permit the disposal of timber lands at a nom- nal price, and which, furthermore, offer so many opportunities to specula tors and thieves. In light of the con victions at Portland and of other con victions soon likely to follow, both in Washington and in Portland, it woald seem that the coming session is the proper time for land law reform. With several notable examples of land tMeves learly fixed in the public mind, there will be more incentive to remodel the laws now than a year or two hence. Witl Approve Separation Bill. Paris, Oct. 2ti. The senate commit tee on the separation of church and state has considered the program for the discussion of the bill at the opening of the senate on October 30. The chairman has submitted a draft of the report, setting forth the necessity for the abolition of the concordat and the resumption of the state' complete po lice power over all civil and religions organizations. The report approves the bill, which has already passed the chamber of deputies, as ensuring liber ty of conscience. At Mslch Head and Died. Butte, Mont., Oct. 2H. An autopsy on the remains of James F. Barnes, th lleged murderer of Patrick Hanley, howed that he had committed suicide by eating off the heads of phosphorus matches, much phosphorus being found in his stomach. Barnes hailed from Chico, Cal., where a wife and two chil- ren reside. Bsrnes apparently had been eating the matches for a number of dsys, which accounted for his eating nothing for several-ways, leading to the belief that the prisoner was starving imself to death. Shont III From Overwork. Washington, Oct. 26. Chairman Shonts, of the Isthmisn Canal com mission, has been confined to his resi lience in this city for several days, al though yesterday he had been transact- ng the more important bnsiness con cerning the canal. Secretary Taft called on Mr. Shont this morning, but id not undertake to disenss canal affairs. Mr. Shont has been working hard and hi indisposition is due to th close attention to business. Not Seeking Pridncy. Washington, Oct. t. The' Post to morrow will say: Secretary Taft ha announced: "I hav no intention of resigning from th cabinet to make a campaign for th presidency, and, fur thermore, I bava no Intention whatever of making a campaign for th office of th nation's chief executive." TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OP INTER ESTINQ ITEMS. Cosasseataeaa CrttlcUass Bu.4 Upon the Happening ef the Day-tlietar cal end New Net. It take a woman will to convince a man against his will. Silence make believer of doubt er and doubter of believer. Many a fellow own a watchdog who doesn't own anything worth watching. Figure may not lie, but they are caught frequently In om frightful mistakes, Th Jsps, tbey tell us, bathed be fore every battle. The Russian bath after every war. Writer who telle us of th thing that worry kings, singularly enough. omit to mention aces. There Isn't a depnrtment stor on earth large enough to supply ovary- thing a woman wants. reoplp of the United States con sumed about flv pounds of tobacco and a lot of cigarettes per capita last year. European writers are busy discuss lng "The Future of Russia." Might be as well not to neglect keeping an eye on th preseut Every man who travels In a Pull man car and doesn't dodge the porter know something about the menace of "The Black Hand." A Brooklyn woman committed sui cide because she bad no friends. Some people would regard that a the finest kind of encouragement for living on, War now 1 only a question of cash; that la, a nation buys from the other nations, through their banker, the privilege of sacrificing her own cltl ten. Granting, for the sake of th argu ment, that the north pol belongs to our Canadian neighbors, do they claim sli th territory lying directly south of It? It Is claimed thst a man who had been dead for several hour wat brought back to life by the vole of his wife. Another demonstration of the fore of habit, probably. The beautiful daughter of a Berlin millionaire ha eloped with her fath r' chauffeur. If the Germans Insist on adopting American Ideas they must expect such little episodes as this. Andrew Carnegl says a university training unfits a man for business. Mr. Carnegie continues to believe that the best education Is to be gained In libraries over the entrance whereof hi nam 1 carved In large letter. Th ax of that poor demented wo man who allied her seven children, the eldest of whom wss 8, also gave glancing blow to the anti-race sul clde fanatics. It was a terrible pro test, and it Is significant that It came from the woman. The faculty of the University of Pennsylvania has decided not to per mit a star football player to take a post-graduate course simply for the purpose of being able to continue as a member of the team. This undoubt edly Is the severest blow thst has yet been dealt to higher education. "Monopolies" do not always monopo lize. When the United States Steel Corporation was organized, It was popularly supposed to control nearly the whole of the steel output of the United States. It really did produce forty-five per cent of the pig Iron and sixty-five per cent of the steel. Since then, however, outside concerns have gained ground Instead of losing It The latest figures show the "trust" to be producing now only thirty-eight per cent of the pig Iron and sixty-one per cent of the steel. Within very recent years the Amer ican people In general have been learning as they never did before the wonder of their own country. They went abroad for scenery and to view places of historical Interest, unmind ful thst their own land contained spectacles unrivaled elsewhe're and relics of a civilization that Is prehis toric. Place that only a few year ago had hardly a visitor now attract many thousands annually. The Yel lowstone park ha become well known, o also the stupendous canyon of the Colorado, the ter.lflc domes of the Yosemlte, the Imposing Sierra rising abruptly almost from the sea level to heights of nearly three mile. Amer ica abounds with miracles of nature, grandly Impressive or marvelously beautiful. Th world It better than it wat better and wiser. There It more charity, more rational religion, more money spent for moral, educational, charitable, and humanly helpful pur poses than ever before. The people as a whole, high and low, lire better, hav more comfort and convenience and luxuries are better boused, bet ter clothed, better fed. better educated thsn their ancestors were. While this Is an era of great development of wealth, the accumulation of great for tunes, the exploitation of many schemes of grsft and greed, the peo ple are not mere money worshipers. Dishonest men and worshipers of the golden calf have always existed. Tbey sre mor quickly and ruthlessly ex posed snd condemned thsn ever be fore. Th world Is not growing worse. It Is growing better. Senator Hoar was sane In his belief that "to-day la bettr thsn yesterday and that to-morrow will be better than to day." Long ago Herbert Spencer, In laying stress on th need of moral and emn tlonal education, and In deprecating th tendency to worship mer Intellect, declared that "you cannot get golden conduct from leaden Instincts." Right fllng la mor essential to society than knowledge, sine tbr ta bo in saary connection between knowladg and action, and It I vn mor th business of educational igencte to cultivate character than to Impart In formation. These truths hav been so strikingly Illustrated afresh in recent development that It I not unreason able to expect a healthy reaction In favor of genuine moral culture. Pres ident Butler, of Columbia, following Harvard, University of Chicago and other educators, ha Just spoken with much directness and fore of th evils consequent upon neglect of character building. Whatever new legislation In surance and graft scandal hav proved to b necessary, w must re member, Dr. littler told th student body b was addressing, that "stat ute will not put moral principle where they do not exist." Statute do not enforce themselves, and th para mount need Is a sound public opinion, a high standard of rectitude and con duct. There Is no greater, graver symptom of decsdence than the substi tution of the criminal code for th moral law a the national standard. It ta against such substitution by any ele ment of our, population that all educa tional and elevating agencies must ceaselessly work. President Roosevelt hss referred to able lawyers who put their skill and learning at the com mand of unscrupulous violators of the law. President Butler raises his voice against "the casuistry of the counting room and the law office," and makes a plea for higher Ideals of conduct. Noth ing can be more demoralizing than the Impression that all a man has to do to earn respect and standing Is to keep within the letter of the law and escape indictment and conviction. The Ideal to be held up to the admiration of the rising generation Is that of social serv ice, of devotion to the highest prlncl pie of Individual and social ethics. If, In Dr. Butler' words, we fall to cultivate and form those traits and habits, those Instincts which together constitute high character, a good and moral will, all our learning may be come an Instrument of greed, evil and Injustice. KIND TO IDLE IN GERMANY. Unemployed Men Aided by a Lodging- Hons Association. Germany shows us a good example In its treatment of the unemployed, whether they are honest workmen tern porarily In misfortune or belong to the class of "tramps" properly so-called. ssys a German letter In the Country Gentleman All we offer Is the cold hospitality of the "casual ward," with the meagerest of food and the max! mum of stone-breaking allowance, be fore they get out In the morning. Could anything be more dispiriting to an av erage workman? Now, there Is In Germany a lodging- house aasoclatlon, having ramification throughout the empire. The working I follow: It I a principle of the association to regard as "without means," and therefor proper subjects for help, any workman who ha no mor than S cents In his pocket and la unable to find employment In the place where he happens to be located. Such man Is received to the full benefits of the association without formality or fee, though If by reasons of age, sickness or physical Infirmity of any kind he should be unfit for the rond or for work, the services of the poor law authorities are enlisted 011 bis be half. A work less artisan or laborer, de slrous of going la search of employ ment, can at once obtain a passport on proof given of his bona fides, and, so equipped, he Is able to walk any nec essary distance without cost to him self. An official of the local hcrberge and every town of Importance pos sesses one, at least helps him to draw up his plan of route, which Is so ar ranged that after five or six hours of moderate walking each day he uuiy land at the door of a hospitable shelter. where food, lodging and due care for his spiritual welfare await him. The rule followed Is: "Work In the fore noon, wslk In the afternoon;" for. though the entertainment offered Is without money. It Is not without price, the price being several hours of light mployment, suited to the msn's cbar cter and capsclty, before the day's march begins; neverthe'ess, the task Is omitted where circumstances Justi fy It. The wanderer msy present himself at the shelter as soon In the after noon as he likes, but he must not turn up later than 7 o'clock. On Sunday no work Is required, but a religious service takes Its place, though in the fternoon the men are sent on their wsy as on any other day. Had Husbands to Bars. A, good sort of trolley conductor, who hss esrs for other things besides the bell of bis fare register and whose run In Brooklyn bring him psssengers to and from a certain cemeterr. vouches for this story: A woman boarded bis csr at the cemetery the other day shaking with sobs. She hsd not been In the csr long when two women took seats opposite her. One of them seemed to recognize the woman from the cemetery, heal tsted for a moment, then crossed flie Isle and spoke to her. The sobbing one looked up snd the Identification wss complete. "Why, Msry," said the woman who had crossed the aisle, "where have you been for so long and what Is th mat ter " I have been married," csme the sob-broken answer, "and I'm Just after cremating my husband." Condolences were offered and the Idow soon sfterwsrd left tut car, ap parently cheered, while her friend re turned to th sest beside uer compan ion and told all that Mary bad un bosomed to her. "And she's got husbsnds to burn," remarked the companion enviously, whll I'm tlll lngle." New York Sun. If a fortune teller tell a girl that sb will msrry a rich man, th girl I convinced that th fortune teller told her all about ber past Another objection if there Is any thing In physical culture: Holding a girl' band doesn't develop a ting! muscle. New Apron for Milking. The average man on the farm does all sorts of work, hence his clothing is generally full of odors which, a they would be absorbed by the milk. makes It desirable that be b dressed especially for the work while milking. A new Idea for a milking apron Is here given with exact dimensions for th man of average build. This apron Is fifty-two Inches down th ceuter of the front; one-half of top In front, seven AfHON roB M1LKI.1Q. inches; oiie-hulf of hip measure, twen ty-tive Inches; length of extension at back, thirteen Inches; suspender, thirty inches. I-cg at lower edge 14 Inches wide. To make the apron cut It from blue deulm or heavy unbleached 111 us 1 1 11, with center of front ou fold of goods aud piece out the extra width on sides. Slit the center of front to within twelve Inches of the wulstllne, being careful not to get this slit too high or it will not protect the front of the trousers. Bind the edges neat ly all around with cottou braid or a bias strip of the goods. Make two straps to hold the apron snugly around the trousers leg, making the straps of ample size to slip over the foot and leg or else arrange so that It can he buttoned at one aide. Button the back edges to bold apron around hips and fasten suspenders at front and back For a large man two full lengths of goods, each one and one half yards long by thirty-six Inches wide will be required. In the Illustration the side view shows exactly one-half of the apron and from the Illustration any housewife can cut and make tbl apron. Indianapolis News. Feeding Hogs. A bog fed at fair profit until It reaches 200 pounds will give less profit with each additional pound, and a point can be reached at which further feeding can be done only at a loss. A reliable authority says that a certain amount of food being required to make a gain on a hog of 85 pounds. It will require 4 per cent more food with a hog of TO pounds to make the same gain, 14 per cent more with one of 125 pounds, 22 per cent more on hogs of 225 pounds, and 70 per cent more on those weighing 825 pounds. The tests upon which tbeso figures are based were not official, but It Is a well known fact that with In crease of ago more feed is required to effect a gain than at earlier age. But the light weights, those under 2(K) pounds, cannot be so well handled at paekerles, and hence those who are feeding for market should bring them to thut weight smooth and well finish ed. At less weight or In bad condi tion. It will be found that the discrim ination against then? Is strong, so thst It will always be best economy to bring them to the most rigid require ments of the market. Agricultural Kpltomlst. Serviceable Horse Kvener. Here Is a sketch of a three-horse evener wnlcn I use on wagon ami disk bsrrow. A hole Is made In the tongue 0 Inches buck of the regular one and a hammer strap with two holes In It (to match the two boles In the tongue) Is put on. Strap Iron Is used to connect the 2 foot and 3-foot evenera. Will say that If a man has THRKE HORSE EVE5ER. four horses it Is best to use them on th disk harrow. F. Ames. Farm Progress. Fitting the Collar. Th horse collar la made over t form while wet and suits the taste of the msker. Then why not make the collar fit the form of the neck that Is to wear It? To do this, select a col lar that will fit as nearly a posslbl th horse It I Intended for. On an evening thoroughly wet cloths enough to wrap It up, leaving th collar In that condition all night It need not be a new one, an old on may be treated the same way. In the morn ing, and while wet and soft, put th collar on the horse, adjust It proper ly; also the hames and bam tug, and work the horse moderately dur ing the day, when the collar will dry and adjust exactly to the form of the neck of the horse whos collar It must be right along. If by getting fatter Start Work on Canal. Twisp The people of Twisp and sur rounding country are elated over the arrival of M. G. Garrett, chief engineer of th Spokane Canal company, who will bav charge of the construction of the Methow valley high line irrigation canal, which is to water over 3,000 acre of land lying along th Twisp and Methow rivers. Mr. Garrett it ac conpanied by engineer!, and wat oined her by Deputy United State Mineral Surveyor Fred F. Ventike, of Winthrop. Th remainder of th crew will b mad up in Twisp. or leaner th shsp of th neck I changed, a reshaping of the collar la advisable, which can b dou a la th first place. Treating Winter W heat for e4 In each of six years, experiment bav been conducted at the Outarla Experiment farms lu treating winter wheat In different ways to kill tba stfukhig smut, aud th result bava been very satisfactory. Untreated seed produced an average of 3 tt per ct-nt of amut In the crop of last year snd 03 per cent of smut In th crop of this season. Keed wheat which was Immersed for twenty uiluutes lu a solution made by adding 'one pint of formaldedyde (formalin) to forty two gallons of wster produced an average yield of grain per acre of fifty bushels In 11X4 aud 50.S bushels la 1005, and that w hich waa untreat ed produced only 40.0 bushels, and fcrty -three bushels per acre for tbw corresponding two years, thus making an average saving of nearly six bushels per acre. The treatment her mentioned was easily performed, com paratively cheap, effectual lu killing the smut spores, aud Instrumental In furnishing the largest average yield of wheat per acre of all the treat ment used. Cleaning Vp fur Winter. Gather the crops clean. Such a ar gathered for sale can be proper ly stored away and theu go over the field again, gathering up the odds ami ends which ofteu make more than cne wagou loud and representing sev eial good feeds for some of the stock. If one can turn swine or sheep into the field to clean up It can generally be done with profit. Any plants with tops like asparagus may be mowed and thousands of weeds thus destroy ed If the tops are burned. Then tha fields are lu better condition for tha manure when It Is time to supply It. The weakening meadow may be braced up by the top dressing of manure put oil late, the corners can be cleaned out; the tools be taken under cover and cleaned, preparatory to being painted Inter 011. Breaks lu fences snd leaks In roofs can be re paired. There are plenty of things to look after and the doing of them means money saved or earned In every case. Try it. Trough for Fowls. Almost r -ryoue who bus tried feed ing corn meal to chickens has bad difficulty In doing It satlfm torlly. Tha latest idea seems to be to feed It dry. The trough shown herewith Is de signed for feeding dry meals, either FOR FKKDINU DRV MEAL. Indoors or out, and for chickens ss well as bens. The flat edge pieces. suown clearly In the cross-section prevent the meal from being thrown out of the trough, while the roof pre vents rain wetting the meal or fowl getting Into the trough. Pruning Raspberries. After th fruiting season Is over Is a good time to cut out the old wood end leave nothing but this year' growth of canes. The canes that bear fruit this year will not bear fruit another year, consequently they should be removed, mid the sooner this I done after the fruit has been picked the better. If they are cut out at that time, the plant food taken up by the roots, all goes Into the young wood, thereby Inducing more vigorous growth. This method Is not to bo recommended, however, for section where there Is much danger of win ter-killing. Straining the Milk. Milk should always be strained and cooled by dipping, stirring and sur rounding by cold water Immediately after milking. It should always bn aired where the ulr Is pure, at least fifty feet (or more If possible) from any swill luirrci, nopen, nog yard. feed trough, barnyard, milking yard or dusty road. Two or three thick nesses of cheesecloth 111 like a good strainer. Cloth strainers should al ways be thoroughly washed, then boil ed and bung In a pur? atmosphere to dry. Home-Orown Hatlon. In a test made at the New Jersey station a home-grown ration made tip of thirty-six pounds of cowpea allag and ten pounds of crimson clover hay. with six pounds of corn and colt meal, costing 10.67 cents per cow per day, produced as much milk snd but ter a a ration 111 wiiicii two-thirds of the protein waa supplied by dried brewer' grains and cottonseed niesl costing 17.15 cents. Poultry Pickings. Disinfectants are cheaper than dis ease. Keep pure, fresh wster alwaya within reach. To avoid disease, it Is better to breed away from It Fowls In confinement, to do well. need a variety of food. When chickens have bred disease. look out for large lice. The falling off of the rooster comb how him to be In bsd health. In selecting a location for a poul try yard, choose a light, sandy solU Manure piles are good for th pro duction of gape In chicken. Do not condemn a breed simply be cause a few fowl do not com up ta your expectation. The guinea-fowl I a greater forager nd destroy many Insect that other fowl will not touch. Wheat Movement at Krupp. Krupp A hevy movement of wheat i still in progress at this point, most of which it being stored on account of scarcity of ;art. Little wheat bat been damaged in thit section on account of th recent rains, threshing being welt nnder way before It occurred. Much wheat is arriving bera from point close to tba Washington Central rail way on account of tha difference in price. The price it invariably 3 cents higher st points along th Great Northern than on corresponding point along th Central Washington.