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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1906)
V-9 Topics of s the Times s Si Even thenun who hot square may , b coruered. , The glory that was Greece" seem 3 to Have Issued to the 1'nlted States. The Cfcar of Russia la only 88, but he ' has had almost .reverse enough, , to i make him S3. It a man boaata that b hat no eue tnie he seldom baa occasion to boast of hit friend. I view of recent dlacloaure Mr. Rockefeller's Income probably baa been underestimated. Notwithstanding bis advancing years the Sultan of Turkey scenia to be about the same old Sultan. Now that Cuba baa bad $300,000 Bra there la uo more doubt that she la beconilng Amerlcanlied. " ' ' The man who never made a success o( anything la bla Jlfe always wonders "why other men do uot beed his advice. Mr. Rockefeller" taste In art la said to be crudeJ Tout may be because he has used his refinery 'for1 other pur poses. , . . . . .'. Of course, when the pealnilst fixed man's limit of time at three scot and ten he hau never heard of Cncle Joe Cannon. ' .-,: f ' i J " Now that a hospital for the very rich Is projected, the doctors will have to -: think up some more exclusive disease than appendicitis for them to have. "I admire the spirit that never gives up," said John 1. Rockefeller. Jr., to his Bible class. Must be a great ad mirer of dad, who doesu't give up much. Millinery may be taught in some of the Chicago schools next year. This Is encouraging. The time may come when very girl will be able to make her own bats. If we have the right Idea of the peed of Mr. Harrlman'a train across the country, when doing Its best, it passes eight or ten given poluts at the same time. Congress baa voted to have the Uni ted States build the largest battleship In the world. By the time the keel Is laid down England will have made ar rangements to construct t 21,000-ton-ner. " A prophet who predicted the "Mont Pelee disaster, the eruption of Vesuvius and the San Franclso earthquake says New York will be destroyed within two years. This Isn't likely, however, to worry Wall street half as much as the scarcity of lambs, which, according to recent reports. Is becoming more evi dent day by day. , The average man is not accustomed to" regard his health as bis very best asset, yet that Is precisely what It Is. The man who will accord due regard to bis health, from a strictly business standpoint, will go further, last longer and accomplish more In the end than one who makes health an after-consideration. Success which is attained at the excuse of health Is worth abso lutely nothing to the man who attains It There Is no pleasure either In the process or In the final result The aim of the reformers In school and college athletics should be clearly and directly the betterment of condi tions, not the extirpation of the love ' of combat which is Inherent In the na ture of mankind. The notion that hard general work, resulting In full muscu lar development, saps vitality, weakens the organs and la a wearying incubus to the Individual is so Illogical as hard ly to deserve an answer. But some persons believe this. Such should pity the wild animals that guided only by an instinctively physiological need, run, Jump, pursue and wrestle' with one an other, thereby using and developing fully their whole bodies, The growing Importance of the gulf ports for the shipment of western pro duce is gathered from a statement re . cently Issued by the Department of Commerce. For the ten months end ing with April Galveston, New Orleans and Mobile exported $30,000,000 worth " IS' f breadstuff against $33,000,000 worth for all the Chesapeake ports, In cluding Baltimore, and $37,000,000 - - worth for New York. New York' lead Is readily accounted for by the advan- " ,tage. It haj In the cheap water route j through1 the lakes and the Erie canal, which also give ber not a little wheat from the Canadian fields. With a deep waterway from Chicago to the mouth of the Mississippi, New Orleans, which contributes $16,500,000 to the above to tal of $30,000,000 for the three gulf porta, wtajld.ttt'all likelihood excel New York In the shipment T bread stuff and other western produce. 4 A year atfo the trolley car began to displace tlie bore car. It mi became uiuutfest that the displacement would become general. Many were led to an ticipate the downfall of the Horse, or. at least, a grant decline lu tit value of liorse. owing to their banishment from oue Hold of usefulness. A Uttle later came tlie automobile. It has com menced taking the place lu the city of the draft horse aa well a of the. car riage hurxe. That led to predictions that the day of the horse wa over aud that tlie raising of them would become a decaying Industry. The horse refuse to go, and hi value ha advanced. Ou Jan. 1. 1887, there were 1-4.:H.0U0 borsea lu this country. On tltaj drat day of mod there were 18,718,000. In nine year there ha been an Inrrea of 30 per cent The gain In the number of mule has been great but not so largo. In 18U7 there were 2.215,000. This year, notwithstanding the heavy pur clwsea made by the British Ooveru ment during the Boer war, there are 3,-00,000. The Increase In the valua tion' of these animal I more surpris ing than lu tlielr numliera. The total value of hordes has advanced from f4.'i2,0O0,OOO to $1,510,000,00X and of mule from $te..000 to $:m,HoltX). It Is hard to explain such an advance in values, except ou the theory that the valuation lu 1807 wa too low or that for' WOO little lullated. Eveu after making all allowance. It la man ifest that the value of tlie horse and mule has not been affected by the In troduction of Improved mode of loco motion. Oue may rest assured that the 18.700,000 American horses are not eating their head off. Thorn that are old enough are employed on the farma and In the city. The supposition that horse power might be supplanted by electric power was not well founded. There la so much work to be done Jn the I'nlted States that both kinds of (tower are needed, aud probably always will be. Speakers at a meeting of the Wom an's Trade I'nlon Ieague In Chicago maintained the other day that the wage of women are fur below tiny American standard of decent living, and that It Is high time to disabuse employers of the notion that women workers are willing to receive unequal pay for equal work. Some put the minimum "living wage' at $15 aud some at $211, but all agreed that a rate of $d or $7 means "charitable assist ance" In some form or another. Impar tial and intelligent student of the question of woman In Industry like the two J'nlverlry of Chicago womeu who dealt with It In the Journal of Political Economy only a few months ago recognize that women hardly ever do "tlie same work" as men. "The de mand for the same wage." say the uni versity investigators, "can be based only on the claim that there I the 'same work.' In the face of the facts Just presented. It Is fair to ask, Where Is the same work to be found under present conditions?" "The facts pre sented" In the article Indicate that there Is little direct competition be tween men and women workers. The last census report snys that "If we look at the list of occupations we And women doing the lighter work, the me chanical work, the lesg skilled" in the industries where -they work by the side of men, American and Brltisn labor reports contain plenty of evidence that "women and children perform the light er, while men perform the heavier grades' of work in occupations which employ both sexes. The question of equal pay for equal work Is by no means as simple as it looks. With re gard to the "living wage" generally, 1 It true that the women who receive less than $15 a week in a large city must In the end have recourse to char itable assistance? The girl who lives at home and Is In part supported by tbe bead of the family Is not depend ent on charity. -' Her wages may npt cover all her expenses, but the family does not expect that they should. . All can live In comfort where the wage of the father are supplemented by those of two or more children. Coder these circumstances and they are the rule rather thon the exception say the Chicago Record-Herald, women are cer tainly willing to work for lower wages than they would need were tbey com pelled to support themselves absolutely and to enjoy none of the advantages of family economy and co-operation. In regard to amusements, It Is not to be overlooked that girls seldom pay for such things, their boy friends and ac quaintances being only too anxious to "take them" to the theater, the sum mer garden, the skating rink, and so on. An industrial order based on sup ply and' demand, on competition, auto matically governs Itself by such fact and circumstances. Asktaar Inaoceat (location. First Actress Why, haven't you heard, dear, I'm engaged for one of tbe principal parts In "Beauty and tbe Beast" Second Actress How nice I And who play beauty? London Tatler. mm safes? i An Klnat-Slded Barn. Here la plan for a burn of tbe eight- lded or octagon shape. This octagonal barn la 25 feet ou each side, providing accomomdutlnu for about fifty head of uttle. There 1 a considerable gain In floor aimce when the octagon form is used Instead of the square form, the name amount of wall eucIoHlng great er number of square feet. Tbe main objection to an eight-sided barn la that it la difficult to till with a bay fork or sheaf carrier. Thl may be largely overcome by erecting a gable ou one of the sides of the roof and running a track In from that bright, which may te extended to within 20 feet of the op posite wa.ll. Tbe roof require to be self-supporting and to secure thl tbe plates should be bolted together at the corners and held by a hand of Iron 4 feet long, bent to fit and solidly bolted so that the corner can never spread. In the stable part the larger cattle should be assigned to the outer circle, the smaller one to tlie Inner row. One feeding alley serves for the two rows, and a circular track can be arranged for carrying illuge. In order to get sufficient light there require to be an almost continuous window about three feet above the ground Montreu I Star. ftroaarat Rather than Molatare, It Is much easier for one to be Inde pendent of dry weather than of wet un less the soil I naturally wet o that It may be pipe drained aud thus get rid of the excessive moisture and this I an expensive operation, hut uotwltluttand ing, a most desirable one in tlie end. 1'otuto grower are perhaps more Inter ested In the problem of how to buttle with dry weather than grower of any other crop and, under normal condi tions, the secret is simply to see that the soli is pro)erly supplied with hu mus or vegtuble matter. It Is folly, or will be found so after a few years, to attempt to grow potutoes on the same ground year after year or to grow them wholly by the aid of com mercial fertilizers. Here Is where It pays to make every iKmslble effort to grow clover for getting heavy crop of clover under the soil will add the re quired humus,' which, In connection with first-clnsa seed, care and cultiva tion, will enable one to grow' heavy crops of potatoes In normal seasons and better than your neighbor' In dry sea sons. This question of getting humus Into the soli Is one that must be met sooner or later by every farmer and especial ly by those who pin their fnlth very largely to commercial fertilizers. Rr foe Pasture. The early rye always shows Itself soon after the weather begins to moder ate In the spring, and some farmers usually then begin to use it for pastur age. It Is a mistake to use tbe rye too early, as it may cause scours. It Is very laxative In It effects, being watery, and a change from dry feed to young rye very early In the season may result In loss of milk. The Pleaslu) Garden, ' : If you have a garden it carries with It the satisfaction of going out early. In May and gathering radishes, lettuce, young onion and spinach. A few weeks later early peas and beet are there for tbe taking... By tbe Fourth of July early potatoes, sweet and nutty, after a fashion never found In any store, cari be'du,g. In succession fol low snap beans, crisp cucumliers, to matoes, corn that Is sweet In some thing more than name and niuskmelous, fragrant, melting, delicious. 3 S; 12 r""""":;1' I'ruMt la romt TalealneJ. A bulletin entitled improvement Thinning" hn la-en Issued by the Stat foreeter of Massachusetts. Tbe author show that the growth on considerable arena ran be Improved and made more productive by the application of moder ate thinning while the stands are In the process of development. Thin a often aa the material to be removed will pay for Ita removal I the' rule laid down a to now often to thin. A to the de gree to which It I safe to thin, the cover should never t broken to such an extent that It will not close again lu two or three year and cast dense shade. In answer to the objection that I sometime urged that such work I Impracticable under existing conditions of the labor and wood market, the au thor refer to the fuct that thinning ha been done and la going on now In Massachusetts and neighboring States, aud that It hn not ouly paid for Itself. but has In some Instance yielded a net profit of from twenty-five cent to $2 on each cord of wood removed. Prvpara laa Waul Well, A wool grower sending wool to mar ket In a lieavy, dirty condition, leav ing anything In the fleece to make more weight, and expecting to get more money Is greatly mistaken. Buyer es timate tbe value of the clip by the ncl yield of cleau wool. When growers do their best they secure for themselves the best result. The soundness vjf the fiber may be tested by stretching i small staple between the finger. Ktn pie 24 Inches In length up, I clussed combing lielow clothing. tabor ex pended In prepurlng the clip for sale Is well bestowed and bring Ita own re ward. The yolk In wool la the oily substance which glvea color ami lend softness to the fleece. It ulsn promote the growth of the fleece and prevents the wearing of tbe II Int. (iood feeding, shelter aud cure promote thl secre tion. . raatlsaflan the Orchard. The lusect tux Umii Ihls country' agricultural Interest Is something stupendous. Indeed, were It not for the ravage of Insects, greut and small, the life and profits of the horticulturist would be so attractive a to completely change the present attitude toward their occupation. The government ex pert are doing an enormous amount of educative work In determining the ex act organisms that are rewuslhle for each particular form of damage and the best method of combating same. I'll migatlon la ou of the modem farmer' magic science wands by which, In a trice, be clears bis crops of Insect life that If not held eradicated would prob ably destroy hi entire crop. In Cull rornia immense buiiooullke arrunge menta of canvas are used In fumigating fruit tree, and now a Texas Inventor proimses to modify the plan, with the idea of making it available for smaller crops, such as cotton and corn. The appliance consist of n supporting truck for movement over the ground,' general ly by the use of horses, a combustion chamber for the formation of the fumes, or gases employed as fumlguiit and a framework, adjustable us to heights, and a hood covering the whole. At the rear a deflector curtain Is pro vided, with n depending shield extend ing across tlie combustion chamber to deflect the fuiu,e and force them Into contact with the plants. With an nppn rntus of this general type It Is possible to effectively and rapidly treat lurgt numbers of plants, the deflector or hood extending over two full rows of plants Sacramento Bee. . Awake la Mexico. Mexican farming Interest are wak ing up under the example of their neighbor of the North, mid a 'new school of agriculture 1 to be estab lished under the charge of oue of Lu thef Burbunk' co-worker. This school is the first of the kind to be establish ed lu Mexico, and Is located near thv boundary line. The conditions there ure similar to those In Texus and south California, and a high grade of ugt-lcul ture mny be expected under Intelligent methods. ORACH II MARKUP AGAIN. Tfcls Make II Tint far Mllllea Ira Saell' llaaaaler. Orsce floell I married again, Thl would be nothing remarkable except for tl fact that she ha been married flv time before thl. With such good start at her g h promise to eclipse all record, She I daugh ter of Aino J. Btutll, th Chicago mil lionaire, who wa murdered In hi home In 1SS8 and whose murderer wa never captured. Her I (lrcle' record: 1HH At 10 year of g ran away with and we married to Krnuk Mxou ttttrin., formerly coachman and dancing master. Korglven by her father, alio lived with her husband for ten years. Thro children burn. IfttX Divorced ou ground of tueotii-. patablllty. 1 HUH Reunited lo former hualHiml by plea of eldcat boy, who waa III. Mar ried at bedside of dying child. I WW Obtained second divorce from Colli n on ground of Intoxication. 1800 Married lo Jame C. Walker, theu clerk lu Virginia Hotel, (lav mm. mure snkll corriM, rrc. him $.V.00 with which he purchased an Interest In tlie Kountalu Hotel Waukesha, Wis. 1001 Obtained divorc from bus baud In September on charges of cruel ty. Asserted that he burned manu script representing her literary labor. 11HM Married for third time to Frank Nixon Cofllu, Oct. 17. Honey moon In Metroolo Hotel lasted four hour. Divorced Coffin Nor. 11 of th same year. W03 Married to I'erkln A. I,y man, clerk lu Vnnuy Hotel, Califor nia, -.. lixirt Murrled to Hugh M. Love. young California newsiHtper man who I a graduate of the 1'iilrerslty of Cali fornia, Ksoaeratlaat Veaablaa, Once when W. Ilolman Hunt, th English painter, was dining with Thack eray, ne noticed a marhlo bust of th novelist aa boy, Tho bust wa well modeled, says Hunt lu his roeeiitly pub lished volume of reminiscence of "Pre ltapliacllHiu and tho 1're Raphnellte Brotherhood," and admirable for Its open expression. It registered the form of the now, the finking of the bridge which distinguished his handsome, dig nified face. As Iluut gazed he recalled th report ed remark of the housekicer at Char terhouse, after Thackeruva iiunlllstlc encounter with Vcmible. and on see ing the bruise which Thackeray' face hud received : "You have destroyed the look of the hambiouieat hoy In the school" When Hunt had silently decided this, rhuckeray noticed him, and exclaimed : "I know what you are wondering at You want to know whether the bust was done 'before or after.' Well, It wa done before," Hla Wlaalasi War. "I don't ee," beguu an argumenta tive citizen, "why, If that member of Congres la a unpopulur and generally ' obnoxlou to everybody a the newpa liers say he la, he get so many thing from the House." Then, says tbe New Vork Tribune, a man who knw . gained. "Suppose," ho said, "you were a busi ness man having Imperative business to attend to, and a man came In and at down next to you aud began to file it saw wouldn't you give hhu what he wanted?" No llaek Action. Mr. Gladstone knew how to admit tliat ho wa In the wrong. On one oc casion he did o. candldlv and hnrt. jtmnly, as become a gentleman. But he preferred to keep clear of the noceaslty for apologies, and had cant belief In their efficacy. , "You can't unpull a man' nose," he once ald to hi private secretary,' Sir Algernon West Obeettr a N.erToas Dlaorder. Dr. Gabriel Leven. a Pari 'physi cian, says obesity 1 a nervous dl.nr.w caused by a form of dyspepsia. After all, flowery eloauence navn attained a compliment a pleasing a cm one or uiree word: "You suit roe." k - s i
