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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1905)
i 1 I NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Ilusy Readers. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rosumo or llio Lot linportnnt but Nut Los Intorosttug Events of tlm Past Wook. Miinnnchuniittn Republicans liuvn (In elated (or tariff revision. Opponltlou to tho pence trcnty In again springing 11 j In Jnpnn. (hint Itrltitlt) nml Itunnlii hnvo nego tiated 11 trenty nlnxit Central Aula. Now York Republicans hnvo nnml mlitl 1 1 unlit', Inniirniiri) iavcntlKiilor, for mayor. Fifty mini wore rescued from n lnirii I11X nifiiti nl Florence, Colo., nftnr hope bud nlmont been abandoned for tlmlr safety. (lomnz linn appealed for American intervention In Culm, miylng I'lilinn rulcri liy terror nml Hint tlm recent elections wore n fnreo. Russia linn decided to send her prls oneis of war now in Jnpnn to Vladivo stok by transport nml theneo liy tliu Si berian rnllroml to Runnln. Tlm cabinet linn decided not to trnn fcr tlm rontrol of tlm rnunl work from tlm Wnr dopsitiuenl to tlm tftnto do imrtlili'llt for tho present, nt leant. Hill Ik until to Imvtt stolen n iiinrrh In tlm fight for right of wny along tlm Hurt ti linuk of tlm Colttmliln, nml nuy ronit wanting to eoum down tlm river mint buy right of wuy from tlm North ern Pacific. Newton C. Dougherty, superintend tit of tlm IVorla, 111., schools bun brim Indicted for forgery. Ho has mined tlm fnt'u of hundreds of check nml fanned flnii paper. 1 1 In ocratlou cover 11 period of 20 year. Yiillow fever It on tlm wnnu In tlm oulli. Itimnlnu universities tuny clone to slop olltlcal agitation. Missouri will shut out tlm Now York Life Imuran compnuy. Reef puckers will plead not guilty nml enter nnotlior ileinurrer. Tlm municipal ownership pmty in Chicago tblentenn to hang nblerinen. Culm linn made n commercial trenty with (ireat llritnln agnlnnt America's Interests. Tammany linn renominated McCIcI Inn for innyor nnd adopted n inunlclpnl ownership plnnk. Tlm government will purchase instru ment for tlm equipment of n brass bund 011 tho Intlitnuit. Jernimi announce that n special grand jury will lt called In Now York to Invi'itllKotu high grafters. I'nt Crowe says Im bud planned to klilunp John 1). Rockefeller nml hold him for n ransom of 12,000,000. Tlm Homo Telephone romjinny, which linn secured n franchise in Port bind In pushing construction rapidly. Tho president nml Representative Townneud have reached nil agreement on tlm rnto hill to ho presented to con gress Tlm president snys ho will not np jxilnt Orrnr J. Rickott an permanent public printer. Palmer's successor ban not yet U'vii selected. Kx-CongrcHsmnn Jorry Simpson la not expected to live. Ilunnln wnntn to borrow between 200,000,000 and $300,000,000. Tho Now York olcnrinjt lioneo do- notincen tho methods of tho truatn. Tho now regulations 011 Chinese ex clusion hnvo failed to mollify Clilnn. Tho 8011th lumen for front to kill tho pestilent mosquitoes which nro spread ing yellow fuvor. A pnity of four American mining men were murdered by Mexicans 3(1 miles went of Tuscou. Tho effect of the proposed coffee tnx would bo to put tho greater part of tho burden on tlm poor man, an our Inland ponnennlnuH will never produce, enough for our own consumption. A range wnr Is in progress In Ne braska between cattlemen and settlors, Firo on tho 1'ortlnnd waterfront do tttroyod an entire block, valued nt $84 , 4100. The Iorh would hnvo been far greater but for tho clllclent work of tho llreboat. Insurance will amount to f51,r00. Gomez hna coino to the United Btates on a secret mission, bolloved by many to nsk ItooHovolt'e aid. Tho Cuban wirrior dcclarcH liberty Is dead on thu island and sayn the tyranny of Presi dent l'nlina In woruu- than Woylor's worst deoda, Japan will not hnvo to make 11 now loan, Moro cholera has mice in Poland, mado Its appear- Toxna troop havo boon ordorod out to prevent tho lynching of n negro, Tho Virginia GIty,NovndB, mlnoa nio to bo pumped out and worked again, John Mltcholl, pruldont of tho Unit ed Mino Workers, says ho does not fear n strike,. SANDS ARE rilOH IN OIIE. Black Deposits Near Mouth of Co lumbia Qlvo noiulti. Portlnnd, Oct. !l. Dr. Dnvlil T. Dny, chluf of tho illvlnlon of mining nml mineral ri-fiourcen of Dm United Htaten OeoloKlcnl Niirvuy, nnuoiinriN Hint bin oxpurliueiitN with black riiudn nt tlm 1-owln and Clnrk oxponltlon hnve henn eminently mu.Tvnnful. Dr. Dny mtyn tliu black pauil louml in tho vicinity of tlm mouth of tho Columbia river In of nuII elent valuu to warrant Itn boln concen trated, an it contnliiN valuable mlmiraU that will average not lurN tban $7 imr ton. Tlm oxptirlumntN rnrriixl on In the concenlratliiK pavilion nt tho expo sition proved Hint n ton of tho black pniidn taken from the Columbia river will nvoniKo f In innKuuttto, or iron nml yl in other mlneraln. Ho tinyn tho exact value of tho wild nncl platinum bai not been determined an yot, hut thnt tho Iron alone mnken it valuable oiioukIi to pity tho tout of tranorta tion nml then leave n nplendld prollt. Dr. Dny baH been expurlmentliiK with theno black nnndn for nomo time. He nnyit tlm extent of tho mind bedn I prnctlcnlly iinlltnitiil, nml that in rnnm phiccN tboy bavo been found to m 70 feet In depth. Hnmplen bnvo lcen tnken from tho Miirfnco nnndn nml from tlm bottom of tho ImmIn, nml tho rich mlnornl nlwnyn hIiohh up when tho mild In i-oncontrntvd, Ho rinyn tho deeper tho nnml la obtained tho richer it In In mlneinln. DRIVEN DY CLUDS. Martinique Workmen for Canal Com pelled to Land at Colon. Colon, Uct. 3. Hlx hundred nml fifty UIkimim from Martinique, hroiiKht hero Friday on tho French ntenmer Vor en I lien, under contract to work on tho I'nnnl, icfuned toilincmhark or to nub mil to vaccliintlou, which In luixtrllve uutlur tlm American military renuln tlonn. Thoy clnmoreil to Im tnken back to Mnrtlnlli(e, nnnvrtliiK thnt they liml heun mlnlnformisl an to tho condltlonn here Ix'foru they omhnrkiHl, nml that Inter they learniil theno condltlonn were Intolvinhlo nml dendly. Yontonlny mornitiK, however, 600 of thorn were with dllllcully pornuudeil to land, nml theno wore Kent to K)lnti nlotiK tho lino of tho canal. One hun dred nml fifty remained on l-onrd and deolluel to leave tho iblp under nny connlderntinu. Theno were forcibly ejected from tho vennel thin afternoon by I'annmn and Cnnnl who K)liccmen, hut not until uenrly every 0110 of them had beep clublmd and novvral wore hleeditiK from uly wouudn. All yenterilny and taut night tho Ver nalllee wan Ktiarded by I'anamn ol Ice men. Karly thin morning tho French connut at Colon, M. Huuhvnry, ap pealed to tho men to llntcn to reanon, explninint; that they had left Martin hue under contract with tho Canal xono emlKiatlon agent, KuarantevinK tho payment of their pannago hero, and that whllu Morklnx on tho cnnnl thoy would have, In addition to their waicc, tho Kuarnnteo of freo quartern and free mtilical nttemlauco. ARMY STORES BURN. Temporary Uulldlngs Contained Mil lions of Dollars' Worth of Goods. Toklo, Oct. 3. A file which broke nut in nu nrmy atnrehoune at Hiro shima nt 1 o'clock and continued for over three hours, destroyed 'JO teuivo mry buildings, together with their con tents, consisting principally of provis ions nud clothing. Thu cauae of tho tire is being iuventlgnted. A largo portion of tho clothing had been removed from n now etorobouio before the tiro. Tho extent of the dam age In believed to Ik) comparatively slight. There wns no Ions of life. A Inter telegram from Hiroshlmn said thnt the tiro was still burning nt 1 o'clock thin afternoon. In addition to tho 'JO buildings, several others filled with fodder weto destroyed. Although tho buildings were constructed of light material, they contained an enormous amount of stored goods, nnd the struc tures lielng of intlnmmnhlo nature, tho Ilames were dllllcult to extinguish, de spite tho desperate efforts of tho troops. Tho firo wns discovered nt 1 o'clock, and spread with groat rapidity. It was probably of Incendiary origin. Tho lona is variously estimated nt from -,-000,000 to $5,000,000,. Ferry To "36 Abandoned. Tncomn, Wnsh, Oct., 3. It is nu ll 011 need hero thnt upon tho completion of that part of tho north bank lino be tween Vancouver nml 1'ortlnnd, tho Northern l'nelflo will prnctlcnlly aban don the forty between Kulama and Goblo, and thu lino from Gnblo into Portland. It Is understood that ar rangements hnvo been inndo with the Astoria & Columbia ltlver road whore by this road will euro for thu business along tho 40 miles of Northern Pnclllo track between Goblo and Portland in tho future, Blown Up by Mine. Chefoo, Oct. 3. Tho coasting steam or Ilsleaho, plying between Shnnghal and Tientsin, utruck and wiib totally destroyed by a iniuu 00 miles south of tho Shantung promontory Saturday morning. Fiiteuu persons on board tho vesuol wero drowned, included among them being Knglneora Mnuchnn nnd Mutr. Tho foreign passengers nud n portion of tho crow of tho Halesho wero rescued by two passing steamers. Sov-euty-ouo wore tnken to Slmiiglinl. Dig Order for Ralt. Montreal, Oct. 3. -It is olllplnlly nn nouncod tbnt tho Grand Trunk Pacific has given nn order for M, 000,000 worth of steel rails to tho Dominion lion k Stool company, of Sidney, 1). C. Tho contract calls for tho delivery of tie ralla within flvo years LAND FRAUD CASES llenoy Working Hard to Secure More Convictions, LAWYERS WANT CASE DISMISSED 8hould Indictment Do Pound Faulty Defendants Will Go Free on Qtatuto of Limitations. 1'ortlnnd, Oct. 3. Wlllard N. Jonen, Tliiiildeua H. 1 'otter nml Ira Wndo will fnco tlm Federal court tbln mornlnK chnrKcd with n connplracy to defraud tho government, provided JiiiIko Hunt OYorruloN tlm demurrer to tho indict ment, which wnn nrguod yenterilny by H. II. Hunton nml M. h. J'lpcH for tho defmino nml Dlntrlct Attornoy lleney for tint government. Hevernl move hnvo been mado by tho ilefenna to prevent tho enno coming X trial, but ao fnr they hnvo been un nuirennful, though their effortn have hindered tho consideration. Tho first Indictment ngalnnt tho defendants wns admitted to be defective by tho district attorney and was dismlaned, whilo tho prenent Indictment was returned just m tho statute of limitations was about to run. A plea in abatement was filed by tho attorneys as thoncconil step, hut this was overruled by tho court, upon which tho demurrer wns presented. Yesterday morning it wna submitted upon n statement of contention by tho different attorneys interested in tho case. Tlie court listened to tho argument on IxHh sides nml then took tho matter of itn declniun under advisement until this morning, when It will make known its opinion. If Judge Hunt should de cide for tho defence, tho defendants would bo eunt)!ed to escape pronecution entirely, as tho statute of limitation hna by this time run nml no new in dictment could Ihi drawn or voted to replace tho present one. STEALING IS EASY. New York Dank Clerk Takes Money to Prove It. Nwe York, Oct. 3. -liy tho confes sion of Henry A. Leonnrd, a young clerk In tho employ of Hallo A Htieg litx, brokers nt 30 Iiroad street, the mystery of the robbery or Wednesday last of $360,000 worth of securities from the National City bank was clear ed up today. Ieonard who lives with his parents at 60(1 Kant 130th street, wns arrested yesterday and kept in clcso confinement whilo the detectives continued their search for the missing securities, every dollar of which was recovered today. Tho prisoner, who is only 24 years old and who has previously borne the reputation 01 nn industrious and thoroughly reliable clerk, mado the as tounding statement in Ida confetalon, that ho had planned and carried out hia scheme of forgery not from n crim inal motivo, but solely to ahow by what a simplo device the elaborate safe guards of New York banks could be set nt nnught. Thnt this statement is in a measure correct is shown by tho facts in the case. TRAIN HELD UP. Great Northern Express Car mlted and Safe Looted. Dyna Seattle, Wash., Oct. 3. Tho Gieat Northern overland train, leaving Seat tle nt 8:20 lnnt night, wns held up and the baggage and express car dynamited half n mile east of milo ioat ten, about five miles from liullurd, at 8:46. It wns 11 o'clock before tho train pulled into Edmonds and tho most meager re ports wero sent to the local office. Three men aro known to have done the work. Two boys, who got on tho blind bnggnge here, ns soon as the hold up lieirnn entered tho passenger roaches and began holding up tho passengers. They wero raptured. They any two of the men wore on tho blind baggage when thoy got on and tho third got on nt llallard. All wero dressed with raincoats nnd slouch hats. Agitating for a Republic. London, Oct. 3. Tho Chrlstianla correspondent of the Iindon Post says tho agitation against tho terms of the Karlstad agreement continues to grow. Critics declare thu terms havo placed tho government In a humiliating osi Hon, but tho delegates shrunk from rejecting them or taking tl-o conse quences. 1 no ouject ot tiioso wno nre behind tho agitation is to weaken government in order to preparo way for n demand which is being vanccd for tho establishment of a public. Ule tho Blame for Wreck Fixed. Now York, Out. 3 Responsibility for tho accident on tho New York Ele vated railroad recently, in which 12 persona lost their lives, was fixed today by a coroner's Jury upon two men. Cornel in a A, Jackson, tho towermnn who set the wrong switch, nud Kolley, tho motormnn, who drovo his train around tho curve with a spceJ which caused one ci.r to jump tho track Into tho street, wero both charged with criminal negligence. Fire Destroys Army Stores. Toklo, Oct. 3. It is officially ie ported that tho damngo caused by the firo in tho army storehouse nt Hiro shima amounted to 1,840,107 yen, equivalent to about $1)24,633, Including tho bulldlnga, provisions and clothes which woro destroyed, 8TORM WAS FURIOUS. Typhoon In Philippines Much Worse Than First fleportod. Manila, Oct. 2. News of tho mag nitude of last week's typhoon continues slowly to flltor from the interior, but specific details are as yet hard to ob tain, owing to tho fact thnt telegraphic service has been paralyzed and it will he many days before, tho wires' aro re stored to their former state of useful nepn. It is certain, however, that tho earlier reports of tho Ions of lifo hnvo been underestimated, and when tho facts nro known tho .full list of dead will run well into tho thousands. Hut it Is not tho (lend that nro the chief sufferers, Inasmuch as the de struction of thousands upon thousands of native huts has been followed by a period of what approaches actual star vation of the survivors, and it will re guiro prompt action on tho part of thd authorities to relieve thoeo in distress. Tho damage to crops cannot bo esti mated, hut will run well into the hun dreds of thousands of dollars. This is a most serious blow, inasmuch as the last season has been the first when the agricultural workers hnvo been in a po sition to do their utmost with their land, and they had bult great hopes on (ho outcome. WHIQHT WILL RESIGN. Taft Reports Unfavorably on Hit Gov ernment of Philippines. Han Francisco, Oct. 2. -The opinion ban been expressed by prominent mem lx)rs of the Taft party whilo In San Francisco tho other day that General James F. Hmith, who is on the Supreme bench of the Philippines, will likely be soon the governor of the Philippine islands. Tho good reason for their belief is that I.uko K. Wright, of Mem phis, Tenn., the present governor, will be asked by President Roosevelt to re sign on tho recommendation of Secre tary of War Taft. Governor Wright Is expected to ar rive here in November on his journey to Memphis and Washington. It is given out that ho la making tho trip for a change of climate and scene and to be present in Washington at the opening of bids for tho construction of tho projected system of railways through the islands. The true reason for his visit, however, is said by tho senators and representatives of the Taft party to bo bis retirement from tho governorship of the islands. AN IMMENSE THRONG. Eighty-five Thousand Admissions to Fair on Portland Day. Portland, Oct. 2. Portland day, with its 86,133 attendance, brought with it tho city's hour of greatest tri umph. It was the crowning day In the success of the Lewis and Clark exposi tion. Portland has cause to feel proud of September 30. On no other occasion In tho past his tory of Portland has there been such a patriotic outpouring of humanity. The city was depopulated; the exposition was thronged. The populace appeared to move as one man to the exposition grounds to make the day such a day as never before was seen at the exposition. And at that tho weather was not what one would call pleasant, there being a lowered temperature with intermittent showers. Had the weather been more propitious, for tho past three days, it is confidently believed tho 100,000 mark would have been reached. The attendance proved n surprise to even tho most sanguine. It is true that the sum of 100,000 admissions was set as the tide mark. Hut not even the most sanguine expected the actual re turns to ho above 05,000 or 70,000. Hence tho outcome is a surprlso. John A. Dowle Paralyzed. Chicago, Oct. 2. John Alexander Dowle, founder of the Christian Cath olic church in Zion, and of .ion City, III., has announced that he was strick en with paralysis on one aldo before his recent departure for Mexico. He passed through Dallas, Tex., today, on his way to that country. Dowle has chosen his successor, but keeps his identity secrot. Dowio attributes his illness to the "sin of overwork" and has bidden his tlock farewell, not ex pecting to recover. Dowle was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847. The Way Britain Does It. Constantinople, Oct. 2. Tho arrival at Hodeida Yemen, province of Turk ish Arabia, of tho llritiah cruiser Fox promises to lead to a speedy settlement 01 urn nriiisu claims in connection with tho piratic attacks of Arabs on llritiah dhows in tho Red sen. The commander of tho Fox has been in structed to see that tho local authori ties arrest nnd punish the culprits, de stroy tho pirato dhows and pay com pensation to the owners of tho British dhows. Snow Storm In Nevada. Tonopah, Nov. Oct. 2, A heavy biiow storm, which swept over South ern Nevada yesterday nnd Inst night and which did not cease until this morning, did great damngo in Tonopah, Goldfioid, Silver Row and Columbia. In tho Gold mountain district south of hero and at nil exposed places on the desert tho storm attained tho propor tions of a blixzard nnd it is feared some prospectors may havo perished during tho storm. Boycott Still Active. Washington, Oct, 2,--UnIted States Consul General Lay, at Canton, China, has sent a telegram to the Stato depart ment regarding tho Chinese boycott against American goods. Ho Bays the situation is bad, and that tho feeling against foreigners continues. IIo ox presses tho opinion that tho boycott ought to die a natural death, but says it Booms to bo lingering, ml V'lr T, l'ota for Wire fence. There In probably n greater mileage of wire fence in Texas than nny other three Htntes, nnd Tcxn pcoplo ought, therefore, to be tho best Judges of how to mnko them permanent. About "strain post" n Texns stockmnn In I-nnn nnd ICnnch nnys: Numerous plnns hnvo been given for making securo corner posts for wire fences. I hnvo tried ninny plans, nnd havo found every plan to mnko a corner post benr tho strain of a long fence to bo n failure. Tho strain con tinues without Intermission, nnd final ly tho corner post gives wny. With short fences tho difficulty Is not so great I hnvo built some hundreds of miles of wire fencing-. My plan now Is to use what I call a strain post. Instead of putting tho strain on cofieR Tovr STRAIN P031 U "ft rosTa rou wine rexczs the comer post I put down a good corner post; and nt lennt twenty feet from this put down another good post, large nnd deep Into tho ground. At tho ground, I run wires to tho top of tho strnln post, nnd stretch these wires tight This puts most of tho strnln on tho strain post, nnd all the strnln placed on tbo corner post co men nt Its bottom. Again, tbo strain post Is not put Into the ground straight, but leans to the corner. The effect of this Is that tho strain tends to force It deeper into tho ground. In stend of drawing It out It will be found easier to put In n good corner post nnd two strnln posts than to put In one comer post In the wny often directed. 1 show tho plan In sketch sent herewith. It will be best first to stretch tho wires around the strain H9t, making them securo to It nnd then to complete tho fence by building a short, fenco nt tho corner. Of course, such en re Is not needed for short Ijnes of fencing. Mnklnir the Plir Orow. Give the young pigs n good start It will be to your Interest to do so. A young pig that has once been stunted will never wholly outgrow It, no mat ter how good tho subsequent enro may be. Any animal being grown for meat should have feed enough to mnko n good gnln every tiny from birth to slaughter. If there is ever n time In that animal's life when no gnln Is being made In weight all feed con sumed during that time Is prnctlcnlly lost, for tho profit nil comes from tho feed thnt mnken tho gnln above tho nmount required to maintain tbo nnl null's needs. In other words, n cer tnln nmount of feed necessary to keep the nnlmnl nllvo nnd tho profit must nil come from tho little extra feed thnt makes the gnln In fiesh. A young nnlmnl will gnln more on a given quan tity of feed than nn older nnlmnl on the same feed. I think wo might safe ly say the younger the animal the greater tho gnln for the feed consumed. Thnt Is why It pnys better to feed young stock. Swino Advocate, Wocon for Krnlt IlarreU. Professor Wnugh, of Massachu setts, says in n report: In handling tho fruit In the orchard, between the trees nnd th storage-room, or later between the storage and tho shipping WAQON rou 1IAN11L1NQ KllUIT. station, some suitable wagon ought to bo provided. A stouo boat Is some times used and Is not tho worst thing that could bo found, especially for short hauls and small loads. It Is better, however, to hnvo ono of :ho low-down wagons mado especially for handling fruit In tho Illustration ono Is shown ns It wns actually mndo up nt homo. Somo sills were 1111113 by strap irons from tho front and rear axles of 11 common wagon frame, mid on theoo somo boards wero laid, mak ing n Hour for carrying tho barrels. Hnudling barrels of apples In and out of tho common high wagon Is hard nnd oxponslvo labor, and it Is npt to damage tho fruit A O00U UiUfTestcr, Tnko this paper, says n writer in American Poultry Journal, nnd roll It up so ns to lenvo tho open spaco a trifle less In diameter than tho length of an egg. Ho n string around tho contor, so tho papor cannot unroll, and your egg tester is ready for uso, and equal to any that can bo bought fnko each egg separately, plnco it ngnlnst ono end of tho "tester" nnd plnco tho other end of tho "tester" close to your eye, nnd look through toward tho light, or, better still nllow tho rays of tho sun to fall directly on the egg. IIo careful not to let tho fingers Intercept tho light Tho fertllo eggs which hnvo begun to lncubnto will show n dark spot, with veins ra diating from It This dark spot be comes larger nnd darker ns tho devel opment of tho chick progresses, Tho nppenronco of tho Infertllo Is perfectly clenr (same as fresh eggs) until they havo been set nbout two weeks, after which time they begin to decay. Increasing the Corn Crop. P. O. Iloldcn, Professor of Agrlcut turo nt tho Illinois Agricultural Col lege at Champlaln, Is n man whoso nnrao nnd memory should bo much ro spected, not only by farmers, but by all who nre consumers of American grown corn. When a collego student he was teaching school In Michigan. He naked his students to encb bring him nn enr of corn from tho crib nt home. They did so, nnd ho showed them the different grade, from very good to very poor. Then ho asked each ono to plant three seeds from tho best car in a box, nnd water It Tho result wns nn excellent crop of Inrge, well-filled cars. Tho parents beenmo Interested, nnd soon began to plant only tho best corn for seed, much to tho ndvnntngo of their crop. After he went to Illinois, be began to talk tho benefits of selected corn for seed to the farmers, and soon not only wero most of them converted to bis ideas, but tho farmers of Iowa nnd Missouri wero looking for better seed. Lntcr on he becamo director of n fnrm near nioomlngton, where they usually planted twenty thousand acres of corn, with nn average yield up to that time of forty to fifty bushels per acre. Tho first year ho Increased the yield by ten thousand bushels nbovo tbo best previous sesson. On some acres ho brought the products np to seventy bushels per acre. This yenr he had a special train from which to talk nbout corn to tho farmers of Iowa, nnd If wo have this year tho Inrgest crop of corn ever grown In the United Stntes, Professor Iloldcn Is entitled to tho credit of having add ed millions of those bushels to tho crop by his advocacy of tho doctrluo of uilng only tho best seed. Uome-Mode Corn Cutter. This Idea of a corn cutter comes from Australia where tho machine Is used In harvesting sugar enno and sorghum, as well as corn. Tho Imple ment has been tried by a number of farmers In this country nnd pro nounced a success. It Is made by Itoltlng tho blade of a strong bcary scythe to a sletlgo or sled, as shown In the illustration. A rod of wrought Iron about ono Inch In diameter Is HOME-MADE COIt.f CCTTER. bent to former follower, ns shown. Ono of theso machines Is expected to cut about 216 acres per day. After cutting, tho crop Is less easily handled than when cut by hand, but tho total saving In labor Is considerable. Wire Chicken-Catcher. A chicken-catcher Is needed on many farms which can bo mado from No. 8 wlro. Flvo feet of wlro will bo long enough. Rend a loop nt ono end for a bundle, with n shepherd's crook at tho other end, bending tho crook small enough, of course, to hook around tbo leg of a clilckeu whilo It Is eating. If tho book Is made the least bit flaring, but closed up about a half Inch, It will hold tho chicken securely by tho foot. This Is tho best wny to cntch a chicken when wanted on short notice. Many farmers train a dog to catch chickens, but this causes n com motion among the fowls and is ono way to mnko them wild. Uneasy, frightened fowls nro trot thrifty, like quiet, contented birds. I'ulverUliiK the Bolt. Considering tho pulverizing of tho clods that turn up In tho most heavy laud after plowing, prevention Is tho best method. If thu field Is woll drained uud not plowed whon wot, thero may bo no clods. It will, how ever, take two or, threo seasons to thor oughly fluo tho soil that bus been In jured by previous mismanagement. Fall or winter plowing, turning tho land In ridges and leaving It as rough ns posslblo, bo ns to exposo tho moist surfaco to tho frost will do tho work, but unless thero aro undurdralna to carry off tho water tho plowlug may do as much barm as good. The Dulry Darn. Tho dairy barn, us built In tho near future, may not havo so much loft room, but Instead a number of struc tures In tho form of silos, but not air tight or so solid. Into these several mouths' or tho entlro winter's supply of roughago may be' cutInland .Farmer.