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NEWS OF THE WEEK
MINERS ENIOMBEO.
No Hope foe at Least Twenty-five in
«e
■’’'■y-vi
"sw»
OREGON,
CONORESSCONVENES
P«rn*^lvania Mine.
hl.< T.MHEII
6
NO
Preaident'a Mess«gs Is to Be a Con­
servative Document.
Faystte City, Pa , One. 3 —-Between
Washington, Dec. 2.—It Is said that
Prvvidetit Rox-evelt's annual mee-«g<
25 and 30 miner«, |>waibly more, are
to congiem will <>pen with • bnad and
entombed in the Naomi mine of th«
coutidrnt exprre-lon of Eisliet In the
Unite«! Co«l company, heated three
resource« of Ameriia and an ap|xal to
mil«« we«t of this city, and there la
the citisen» to keep tbler mousy in cir­
culation.
prnctknlly no hope that any of them
It will be patriotic m tons, conaorv-
am alive. The iinprleoument ia due
ativ« without bring reactionary.
to an explosion of black «lamp about 8
Tbe message will be regarded by
o'clock Sunday night, soon after tbe
many as a political work of art. It
The prlm'lpal sour«'« of nitrogen tn
A Résumé of ths Leas Important but night force went to work.
Give Speaker of the House Too Much reachea out to reataure and pi«a*e the .'be soil la organic matter
AA'a must
buslnrea
man,
ths
railrtsu!
man,
the
It
ia
«and
a
miner
entering
an
old
Not Lees Intarsstlng Events
Puwsr—Point is Lost and
labor hav« th« nltrogvn to produ<-e the <-r«ipa
working u.an, the larmer, the
I_
working with an O|»n lamp canoed th«
of the P««t Wssk.
lit Is newwary to promote growth, it
agitator.
Cannon Chosen,
explosion. Had the disaster occurred
probably th*
The preaident la in favor of currency la an eip«n<ili« f -l
on any other night than Banday ths
legislation. He would have provision rnnai expensive of all the food stetnenta
The Oklahoma legislature 1a in ses­ numlier of victims would have been
Washington, Dec. 3— A brilliant mada tor the issuance by the banks of needed by the plants It la ««ttmatsd
sion,
twice a« large. The mine employed acene etiaracterlred ths meeting of th» an emergency currency, «afely secureil that If the nltrogvn had to be pur
■
. ,.« ■« about eno ' Hixtlrtli mii(nw iisurlay
lu tiM by god bonds, which ah >trld be taied chased to products a bushel of corn, tt
F'< rty nine miners lost their Ilves In
enough to make it unprofitable to con­ would c<>at about 24 canta
Howevar.
fourth
of
them
making
entry
at
night,
«enate
ami
h«>u«e
of
repreeentativeo
the Fayette City, Pa., mlns accident.
tinue its use after the e<nergrn«-y lia<! If tbs organic matter la kept sufficteut
but on Sun Jav nights on'y about one there were mdabie gatherings in the
Reforms In lsn«i laws have lieen re half tbe night f«MN* aoea to work
In tlie eoli. It eau Ero supplied without
11-.- »"■ ■ ■
t roprotroteUrto « lha "■ paaaod.
Div prraidrnt is in favor of legisla­ coet.
questol of congrrss by Commraaioner mine is of the «haft type aud the con- Clai e<«iety of the capital.
tion that will give the reilrosula a
Ballinger.
Itti
Generally «peaking (here 1»
<rete «Idea of the entry wore broken
Ths striking acenes of the «lay were
< liancw P> live. He would have the potash tn the averag« A tuertean toll to
A passenger steamer was wrecked off down to as to clooe the pswave back a in the house of representatives, where 'hertnati anti trust law amended. It
produce corn for tbnuaands of year«,
About 100 feel j »he formal selection I Joseph G Can
«at of N oa hcotla, but all live« consld« raid« distance.
should be ritangwi so
to petrnlt cer­ but as a rul« It la not available so that
from the entrance is l <-ate«l the first n- n agsni t«> be speaker ami the drsig-
were saved.
tain very pn>|«er combmations, neces­ plants can u»« It a* food Many of th*
alr shaft ami from Uii« deadly gas la nail .n by the Deiuix-rata of Jobii Sharp
sary to industrial ¡«rogtevs, and also tinaolubl« mineral etemsnta ar« mal»
A receiver baa lieen asked for t<> pouring in great volume.
The gas AA'Illiama as their loader, were rax-a-
made to pre» ent other combination»
wind up the affairs of the Jarr^etoan
found in moirs lu Uiia territory is SO »m:;a I-.-4 ovation» ( r tl;m» gentlemen.
r- •' soluble and available for the plant'»
exposition.
ptd-ounous thvt no human being can The speaker was given sa warm a recep-
n«e<te by decay of th« organic matter
Mr. Riawevelt thinks the tariff shouhl
Fire in the Pullman rar plant at live In It ftr more than a few nnnutes, »ion from the mm<>rity as from his own
In e»lla tt requtrea humus In tlie sol!
be
revised
at
prop«r
poriols,
but
noth
Hiffalo, N
Y,. deatroyed »400,100 ami f<»r this re*»on it ia believed not a : party. Iht appearance of William J.
in« is to lie «lone In that direction with to make tin«*« unsolubl* clrtusnts avail
worth of property.
single one of the entombe«! men is still Bryan on the fl«x>r of the house also waa his consent untii the next presidential able.
tbe occasion for enthusiastic cheering.
tt la then plain that rolls that hav«
Night soraions of court are being alive.
election. He looks with favor on the
When the a<l< ptlon of the rules for
plenty of humus are not only rich tn
held at Boise to burry the selection of
prop<«al
to
remove
the
tax
tin
print
the g> vernmi-nt of the hour.- during the
nitrogen, but In tha decay of the hu-
tbe Pettibone jury.
SIBERIAN Rr.BELS ACTIVE.
Sixtieth congrera eatue up, tlie rules of paper ami pulp, but only conditione«! inns G m aupply of avallahls mineral
on
the
Uana«hari
government
permitting
No more patent* will be ieaood f >r
the last cotigrraa were opposed by Wil­
nl«men(s la aleo
Im-reased
Soil"
the Oregon A Uwlifontia land grant on- Humors of Battle In Which 280 Are liams »nd he was Joined in the opposi­ its pulp wood to enter the Unite«! States are ready tn farm
much earlier In
free of an export tax
til the U-rms <>( gram ate oli«erve>i.
tion by Ih'inivrata and by a single Re­
Killed—Many Arrest* Made.
Though he wants the condition of spring that ar« rl«-h In humtr* than
publican, Co-per of Wm main.
Tin*
The I m trust at L»ie Angeles lias
Vi< toria, B <'.. I've 3.—Tbe British
th«
women and children who work In th»«« that are dsfirlent In It. This hti
knooked out the California anti-trust eteamet Poll Marla, which arrived at old luh-s were declared to be t«x> auto­ factories improved, he watite more In- mils la what give« rhe roll Its dark col
cratic,
placing
too
much
power
in
the
law on a technicality and promptly Nsga-aki shortly before the Monteagle
vcailgalion if the subject. 8o, too, l Io nr, and It 1« a fact that anything dark
raised the price of ice.
sailed, with fugitives from Vladivostok, tiaiida of the »peaker, but after a some­ preeldent wants ttvhuical training ex- In color ahsorba heat ninr« rapidly than
rejsined severe fighting, In which 2S0 what ai'tlmoaioua di <-as- Ion they were tend«! hr the farmer.
He does n«t ex­ does a light color K.<ll containing hu
Tbe estimate« of the various depart­
adopted by a petty vote.
pect congress will enact any of hl» mne will dry nut snoner and r«c ready
ments of the Federal government for had lieen killed or wounded, was in
Committees
were
appointed
by
loth
progress when she left ami that Decsm-
rscotnmondationa at thia sevsimi, OS- tn cultivar« «oon«r In th« spring than
1909, which have been sent to mi
tier 12, the ciar'a birthday, had been house« to inform tlie president that cent p<-r!i*p*. «-irn-tiey rob-rm etui r»'.! roll that haa no humus
gre-a. a-k for appropriations of I’fifl,
oongreea
had
uirt
and
was
ready
to
re
­
fixed f< r the outbreak which revolu­
r o*i i>- <•'
Ii !. ■ prm-llt | Ino» nr.
Moisture 1« better retained In a roll
609,273, an increase of »77,479,919
tionaries on the Port Maria said would ceive any message he might wish to carried out, he will not have any fights that hna the pro(«*r amount of humus
over tbe 19118 estimates,
Couimunl.-ate.
New
M-natcra
and
all
give Vladivostok a place In Russian
on bls I land* with congrew.
than In nns that la devoid of It. In
the representative« were sworn in and
The mother of Secretary Taft la ne«r history.
other weeds, rolls that contain humus
both
bousce
adjourned
out
of
respect
to
.¡«•at h.
Hearner Mongolia, wliich also reach­
CANNON IS CHOSEN.
are rich In available plant fnod, are
the memory of metnliers who have died
The Panama canal hoods have been ed Nagasaki, brought fugitives who duril g rnvi« of cougreea.
ready to work early In th« spring and
staled that the diaoiveiy of large quan­
greatly over-sui>ecriE»ed.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Clark Me- Republican Caucus Nominate» Him hare motature to keep the cr«>i>a grow
tities of arms and expbsilve» ha l been
Ing and producing; while, on the other
Glasgow I" said to be growing weary ma le, am) pl «ns of the fortress aod rolls Ikraell entered the chatnlier of repre­
tor Speaker of the House.
sentatives
accompanied
by
the
veteran
hand, rolls that ar* without humus dry
of municcipal ownership.
of (evolutionists ha l Iw-en unearthed by
Washington, I'ec. 2.—Hon. Joseph
assistant lergcant-at-arnia. Colonel E.
out and are unfit for cultivation
secret
a«
r-
ice
otbevrs
In
a
Vladivostok
G.
Cannon,
ol
Illinois,
«»»
Saturday
Hill predicts the decline of New York
shlpyati), the finding of the enrollment H. Pierce, bearing the mace, the em­ night nominated by the Re|ubta-ati
as the chief port of tbe United Htates.
Poet rttller.
of the rebels being followed by hun­ blem of order in executive holies
member* of the house of representative«
The hum of conver-atiou suddenly
President Riley, of the Hants Fe, dreds of arrests, quickly amci-eded by
An easy and pra<*tl<-ai method of pull­
f ii hit thiol term aa speaker, ami he
blame« clerks lor the granting of re­ execution«. A girl of 17 was among <«-n»v<l and Nlr. Mcikiwell drclared the
ing fanes ;><>«f« by which all digging
« III be re-elected to tl«at oflles upon the
Exxly dnly in »easion.
bates.
and hand labor are «lltiilnatrd la shown
those shet.
convening of the house at 12 o'clock tc-
Chaplain Couden immediately offered
Two Rua-Ian engineers have arrived
Evidence ha« been secured that J. R.
day. The nomination was made in a In accompanying cut. from tlw Auierl
prayer, aftei which the roll was called.
Walsh stole »2,250,090 from tbe Chi­ • t Vladivostok to c instruct liairackv to
caucus held In the hours of representa­ can Agrli-ulturiet Take a plank four
accommodate twe additional division«, Tbe roll call occupied 2U minuter, ami tive«, which »a« att«nde«l by practical­ feet long aud one tout wide and make
cago National bank.
a A’ aliaiied notch In one eml. iialllu*
and substantial increase« ate to be made showed 305 memlie's pieeent.
ly all of the 22(1 Republican members.
The New York bank reserve la grow­
Tlie senate convene.! promptly at
on several crosspiece« to prevent slip
te the Baikal force« to cope with the
The
caocue
was
called
to
order
nt
H
ing steadily, allowing an improvement revolutionists. Arrival» from Habwo noon. After Vhr I’ri-ilent Fairtwnks
This plank 1« use<! to change
o'chrk by Repteeentatlv* Hepburn, of p'ng
in financlsl condition«.
rovak say large fortg and Iwrrack» are sounded the gavel the pro-ceding« were lows, who preaided, and within an ths hortxontal draft to tira vertical,
The annual report of Post master Gen­ also being built at the mouth of thè opened with prayer by the Rev. Ed­ hour's time the nomination not only of
Place one end of chain around the
ward Everett Hale, chaplain.
eral Meyei deals largely with theeatab- Amur.
the sfaaker, but of all the officer« cl poet close to ground, Indine the plank
I ji FollelUi waa liie first senator rec­
liebme t of poatal savings banks.
the house waa complete«i and an ad­ against the j»wt ro the lower end of
ognised, ami presentel the ciedent lais
journment taken.
The other office!« the plank will tie ■bout one an>1 a half
The American Tolwceo company Is
PAPER MONEY HARMFUL.
of Isaac Stevenson, of Wiw-onain.
ch<«en were:
said to s««cretly control a Urge number
or two fret from the base of the ¡-at.
The v ice president ordered that tlie
Alexander M« t*owell, Pennsylvania, Place th« chain In the notch of the
of the siipp«*e«lly Indejiendent concern«. Financiers Fear Evil Results From
roll <>t senators elect lie called alpha­
clerk; Frank B. Lyon, New Ycrk.door-
Currency Tinkering.
The Jamestown fair has cloaed. The
betically, and they wire sworn in and
k«-e|ier; Henry Caaeon, Ma«a*cliuseli«
management ia in debt |2,5uO,OUO snd
New York, I>ec. 3.—ft ia significant escorted to their deaka. All of tlie sen­ «•■rgeatit at arm«, «ml Samuel W. l-an-
mismanagement and «arelrsaneaa ia giv­ of the change in financial opinion that ator- elect were present except Bank-
guui, .Minnesota, poetmastor.
en as the reM-n.
moat of the disenvsion among financial head, of Alai »ma, who ia ill.
Under the form observed by the sen­
Tbe railway tunnel under the Hudson men last week dealt with the dreadd
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
ate Milbag Bankhead nor Johnson will
oonneclli'g New York and Jersey City effect of a state of inflation of the cur­
lie
sworn
In
until
the
deaths
of
Morgan
will lie opened soon.
The work w»r rency, into which it was fears») the
John Sharp Williams Chosen Minority
country might merge with the [sisaage and Pettufl have been ack now ledge.I
eommencod in 1974.
Roliert L. Owen ami Diomas P. Gore,
Leader of the House.
of the effrcta of tbe irrational distrust
Canada haa made a reclprueity treaty
The bringing forward of thia subject of Oklahoma, not having been elected
Washington, Dec. 2. — By agreeing to
with France.
Into debate while the premium on cur to tbe senate by their legislature, were place in nomination for speaker John
B<Miton has a municipal Indebtedness rency was still being [»aidant measures not received by the aenate am! their Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, the
••"«Il*'
8.^
of »111,849,736.
were taring taken to stop the famine waa credential will not tie accepted until Demricratic members of the h<m»e Sat-
,.«»».. 'St
'
. r. wo--- •'
«lire to plain leasooa at experience In after their election Ihcenilier 10.
urlay
iu
vflict
decided
to
continue
him
ft is reported lliat Senator Smoot
The roll call showed Hft senator« in the p<«ition of minority leader for
part crises of a similar condition.
In
ra ix roarriorr.
will not seek re-election.
all of tliese the return of coiifi len«’e and present. Allison and Teller were des­ the Sixtieth congress. The nomination
ignated
a
committee
to
Inform
the
pre«-
plank
and
atart
the
tram, and the [«>at
iNmocrats In tbe honas will revolt the re establishment of credit have
of Mr. AVilliama was agreed on in «
against Williama* le*ierahip.
brought a oondit ion of actual rdund- ideot tiiat congrves hail assembled and caucus of tha Itetnocratic tnembera lurid will start upward with surprising
Is ready to receive any communications.
■peed ami tn a few scremila will be
Archbold, of the Htamiard OH, de ancy of the money market, a heavy ac­ Teller offered resolutions of respe.1 to in the Lail of the bouse of representa­
clear of ttie ground.
cumulation
of
banking
reserves
snd
a
tive«
loginning
at
2
o'clock.
Re
pre
niee that his money ia tainted.
the memory of Morgan ami Pettus, of ■eniative Hmry I>. Clayton, of Ala­
In moving fences the chain should
free eip->rt movement of gold.
The German chancellor drclare« the
While the enormoua ma»a of g»l<) Alalwma, and they were adopted and bama, preanle«!, ami Repnwentatlve be attached to the rear axle of the
policy of the kaiser is <ine of |W*.
that lias fi< wed into the United States the senate adjourned at 12 39 p. m Ryan, of tbe Buffalo, N. Y„ district, wngon. ro the ¡«»«ts may at once tie
was chosen ac-retary.
loaded and hauled to the new location
It ia reported that an attempt was in response to tia urgent requirements
No Right to Buy Car Lina,
Immeiliately after the organisation of the fence.
made to blow up Taft's train in Russia devel«>pe«l by the crisis la admittedly In
Kan Francisco, fhc. 3.— Judge Sturte­ of the caucus had been completed, Rep­
eneaa of the normal requirements of
Foraker haa announced his candidacy the period, tbe return flow of gold is vant. of the HupeHor court, yesterday resentative Thomas, of North Carolina,
t llllsln* Sonree« nt ProSI.
for president and denounces the rat* bouml to hav* an unfavorable effect on dec idol that tbe Exani of supervisors was rec>ign‘xe<l, and he proceeded at
There 1« u<> period on a well regu
law.
financial sentiment and in the event of b«d no right to appropriate 1750,000 once to place Mr. William« in nomina­ fated farm during which idleness
from the tax fund for the purcliase of tion. There wns no opposition, an«) should exist. Stock raising combine«
Mount Vesuvius Is slightly active, ita undue stimulation by any Inflation
the Geary street railway.
Tbe board Mr. Williams was elected by acclama­ many occupations The dairyman who
by
paper
note
issue«,
which
would
tend
but the vil ages surrounding It are not
of supervisors instituted suit to hav« tion.
has a large herd must rise early and
to
force
out
gold,
the
danger
of
a
check
suffering.
The
work until darkness returns.
being administered to the recovery in the ordinance declare«! invalid on the
Ccngresamen who have just returned commercial activity la taken anxious ac­ ground that the city's charter provides
Barred from California.
many little details will kcvt> him busy.
from Panama say the canal may be count of.
for municipal operation of public utili­
fían Francisco, Dec. 2.—The Examln an<1 there la always »»methlng to be
ties only by «fired vote of the people, er «aya today that three of the largest dona, yet there are hundreds <>f farmers
finished In six years.
or when the city’s unexpended revenue« Insurance coni|mniec doing busi tie«« on who have lint anlmnla tiecause they oh
Train Leaps Into Bay.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson save
Han Francisco, l<ec. 3.—While round­ will oermit <>f such investments, and the coast have been denied certificates Ject to the work that tie.vsearlly fol­
the present year has lieen the best for
neither provision prevails
of antliority hi do any further basine*« lows the keeping of th« stock, but auch
erope in all parte of tbe country in He ing a sharp curve near Marshall, a train
in thia state by Insurance Comtninsioc- fanners lone much time during the
of the Northwestern Pacific railroad
history.
Insurance Company Falls.
er E. M. Wolf. The comj*nire affect• whole year, and alao depriva (betti
was derailed, and after rnnning over
Anarchy reigns supreme in Armenia. the tiee for a distance «f 200 feet, dash-
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3.—Attorney ad are the l'alatine, of Ixmdon, the
selves of that pori fon of th» profila
el down an em>>ankment into Tomales General Thompson yesterday prepared Commercial Union, of Dindon, and the
which are ina<la by utllliln» (ha l>imr
Seven men were killed by a gna ex­
bay. where nothing bnt the ehallowneee a petition asking f ir a receiver for the Wllliainxburgh, of New York.
The
plosion in wansaa City.
grown produrla that aro not aalahla In
of the water raved the crew and passen­ National Mutual Fire Insurance com­ three companies Inaiateli on taking guita
The government run increased ita gers irorn being drowned like rates in a pany, of Omaha. The attorney general for k<asea «matalDed In the great fire in­ any form unless consumed by stock
deposits in Portland banks.
trap. Owing to tlie fact that the train alleges that tlie llabilltie« of the erm- to the United HU lee courts. Thia ia in They overlook the fact that every
pound of material grown on tbe farm
p«ny ere »253,853 ami the Meets »119,- relation of a sUte law.
No more treasury certificates will be plunged into the muddy bottom of tbe
that can be used for the production of
T.
M.
Coffin
is
president
of
the
779.
ami tailed to overturn, no one was
sold by H«cret*ry Cortelyou.
anme higher priced product Increases
seriously Injured in the accident. Sev­ company and J. L. Abbie secretary.
Graveyard Sinks Into 8ea.
Secretary Garfield says Irrigation eral were painfully braised.
Ixmdon, Dee. 2.—Owing to ths ero- the profits by cheapening the coat, as
haa now passed the experimental stage.
Japan Recalls Her Envoy.
elon of the sea at Lyme Regi» a grave­ welt as the saving of labor In hauling
Excavation of dirt on the Panama
thousand Mon Out of Work.
Washington, I>ec. 3.—It era« repott­ yard atta«h«<l to th« church ia dlaap- and shipping bulky pr«»!u'’ts to mar­
One operation on the farm leads
canal showed a big IncreaM for Octo­
Pittsburg, Dee. 3.—Tbe Isabella fur­ ed here early this morning that Via- [leering, and II waa report*! at a meet­ ket.
ber.
nace of tha Amer koan Steel A Wire oonnt Aoki. the Jspaneee ambassador, ing at tha county council that coffins to another In regular rotation, and just
CongriWS will !• sake«! to authorise company at Etna, a rruEmrb, haa bran called on the pmidenl and Secretary could ho ae*n projecting from tha «idee the name as spring seeding lead« to
a snit to recover Southern Pacific ¡ami cloved indefinitely, throwing over 1,000 of State Rod yesterday and presented of the cliff, while many coffinshave harveet, go does (tie storing of the prod
I disappear*! In the eoa.
i>-ta on the farm lend to the employ
his letters of recall.
men out of employment.
grants.
»
in a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
Brilliant Scene Marks Opening ol
Sixtieth Session.
BAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE RULES
4
A
ment of (he !>ret V .-(’i . 1« ,,f dl«[«'S!n|
of thoasproducts at a graeon of the year
when the fir er la n -t - ailed to tM
field to give hl. .-nt re attention te
work away from the barnyard. Tbe
••are of the manure heap after th« fall
Is gons la alone worth the time and
labor ef the farmer, while the machin­
ery and liuple nruta may be overhauled.
Farm work liaa no ending, and tbe la­
bor that can tw bestowed after bar-
vest will returu a aallefoctory product.
< »res Harne« at Kirkins.
Ilur*-« and other animals
w-«iaed
of the bad habit of kicking »'flu t»e eas­
ily cure«! by ttm employment of an ap-
rcviitly
paratila
patented
by
an
Ohio man. The ap­
paratua ri as de-
signed with the ob­
ject of automati-
ally chastising
th« animal Imme­
diately cunaequeut
to tbe act of kick­
ing The chastise­
ment la administer­
m Mir aiaiKva iiu «» k ed by menus of a
whip dropping and striking th« animal
when he ettowa a tendency to erercla*
hla leg« too freely
Tlie nc.-eaaary
parts of th« apparatus «re a kicking
(Hiard, an adjustable holder and a
ship Assuming that the parts ar« In
.qvratlve |»«iltli>n. the boras kicks
■ gainst the kicking taiard and force« It
agalnat the »all of the «tall T'lie whip
holder la thus forced against the wall,
tbe upper p- rtlon causing (lie whip to
d,-*-«nd am! strike tlie animal a sharp
blow. When the whip has reache«! Its
limit of movement it returua to It« nor­
mal ¡»wit Ion
t„r
Hatter.
An experiment on the effect of wide
ami narrow rations for milk cows has
been made at the I'eniurylvanls station.
Nine (Jiicmaey or grade Guernsey cows
about a xty days from Hiving were
nerd Corti, Stover and claippeil wheat
«era fed with different amount« of
Buffalo gluten meal, cotton srs-d meal
anti lln»«-<-1 meal, at» as to give rations
with certain nutritive ratios.
Keren of tE>« nine cows used In ths
trial required lews dlg>-atlble food for a
|»oun<l of butter In the (wrlods when
tha ration« rb-iw-r In protein were fed.
There was a snail apparent Increase In
tbe eflMrncy of the futal In tin- |>erl<da
when the narrower rations were fed
(I e, rations rich In protein). After
deducting tbe <x«t of the food there
was aliai a srunvwtiat larger net profit
from feeling the rations richer In pro­
tein The iierrentage of fat waa better
maintained and. In fac<. Increased
slightly In the |>erloda when tbe richer
rations were fed.
Our markets are treated to entirely
too much ¡«»<r butter Tlie oonarrvatlvn
dealer« will n<»t da-a| In twitter grease,
and they romplaln that reallv first < laaa
butter must of ms-realty remain high la
price, because ro little if»«rt butter Is te
1» found In the markets
Uncle Kain haa a worthy movement
>>n foot and la making a great efiort to
save to the |.... pie wtiat almuld In- one
of tha cheapest |*>««lble kinds of foo»L
Already tie has given the «object much
attention, and a Itepartment of Flvh
Hatcherlea haa planted In waters all
over the country millions of spam aud
fingerling«
nest
No weed» can thrive If kept down.
Some are annual«, coming frum «reda,
and every se.d that germlnntiw ends
that particular plant If the farmers will
but atlr the soil when such rod« are
In tl»elr first «tag«-« of growth. Kven
the Canadian thistle, conaldcrwd one of
the moat persistent [«esta known to
farmers, titoligli growing front ExXh
*-eda and roots, can lie destroyed If the
attempt to do so la made wlrti effort
and determination. Known as tbe (lan­
ada thistle, the wwd la really a nativo
of Europe, living early Introduced Into
t'auada and spreading Into every por­
tion of the United States KkperlmeaU
mails at the Idaho station show that It
Is n<>v as dlffi-mlt to g«-t rid of It as I ms
t>rvn supposed, although lawa paaavd
for Its d»-«tructlon by rov.-ra) Slats*
have liven of no avail It aprenda slowly
compared with »une weeds, due princi­
pally to lack of fertility In the «reda,
most of the seeds tiring light, only
tbe heavy on*-« gennlnatlng, snd they
are not carried far
Hut Its progresa
by means of long, white root stocks la
rapid, a large field bring covered la
that manner In a few years, and It thaw
■ asume« a strong hold on the soil. It
fa a perennial, with slender stems, ths
leaves being prickly, tlie brada congre­
gated on the top of tbe stem, while ths
flowers are row purple. ft may be
carried from one point to another ia
hay, on the tope of freight cars or I*
vari otta other imrfre.
Football was a crime In England dur­
ing the time of Henry Alli.
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