Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1915 — Page 2

TO INCREASE GAME by BREEDING

by L.M. BENNINGTON

fSE American Game Protective association, the national organization of the country’s sportsmen is bending every effort to a solution of the problem of increasing the game supply. To that end a meeting was recently held in New York to discuss breeding and preserving of game birds. It was agreed that the saving of the remnant of game birds and mammals of America, estimated at ten per cent of the number which existed at the time of greatest abundance, could only be accomplished through the provision of refuges or sanctuaries for wild life and the adoption of means of forced production through the medium of the game J farm.

P e n n sylva n la. under the dire cll o n of an excellent conservation commission. Is probably the leading exponent of the large s a n c t uary idea, and is now establishing refuges on 1.000,000 acres

of public lands distributed among 30 counties and running in area from 120,000 to 516,000 acres. lowa, Washington, Illinois and California are conspicuous among the states that are establishing wild life sanctuaries in practically every community or every county within their confines. The first named state has already set aside refuges totaling more than 300,000 acres in area.

A number of states, by establishing farms for the rearing of game in captivity, have blazed the trail in the direction of breeding game birds in captivity and subsequently liberating them in the country that will afford food and cover and thus increase the supply of game. Among these states are California, Delaware, Connecticut, lowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon. New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Wisconsin. New York has two farms and a third has been provided for by legislative action, but has not yet been actually started. Massachusetts has also several farms, and is carrying on valuable experimental work. Recently the American Game Protective association sent a blank to the various states having game farms asking information as to tbeir activities. The species of game bred on the various farms were shown to include the ringneck pheasant, wild turkey, California valley quail. Hungarian partridge, Mexican quail, our own bobwhite, Canadian geese, mallard, black and wood duck, golden and silver

LITTLE DESIREE

Girl Whom Napoleon Loved and Jilted Afterward Became Mother of Royal Line.

Napoleon, greatest of modern conquerors, made himself an emperor, and made his brothers and two of Ms marshals kings. When his empire fell, these subordinate sovereigns were shaken from their thrones —all except one. The throne of Sweden, and that alone, is still occupied by the dynasty founded in Napoleon’s day and by his aid. Strangely enough—romantically, if you will—this is the royal line •whose first king. Charles John, was Napoleon’s marshal. Bernadotte; and ■whose first queen, Desiree, was Napoleon’s earliest sweetheart. She was. indeed, his betrothed, from whom he sought and obtained his release only when he had fallen under the spell of the fascinating widow, Josephine de Beauharnais, with whose sophisticated charms young Desiree Clary, not yet fifteen, could not compete. A recent French writer, Jean Martelot, in a little study of Queen Desiree, has related the story of her three notable suitors and her marriage. Her father and brother were prosperous silk merchants of Marseilles. There were four daughters, two married; rtwo, both very pretty, unmarried and

Facts About Ferns.

Ferns started in the rockery when the weather is settled will grow well, and no foliage is more delicate and graceful. Get a package of choice mixed ferns and sow them in shallow pans or boxes. The seed grows best in fine sifted sand and peaty loam. It may be sown at any season, but will need care-"' ful attention. The boxes should be covered with pieces of glass, and be placed in a shaded position. The seed |a alow to geetainate, and while it

pheasants, rabbits, elk and deer. California, since the establishment of its game farm, has distributed more than 1,000 wild turkeys, and 884 eggs of this species, and 5,000 ringneck pheasants, among Its citizens for propagation purposes.

The New Jersey game farm at Forked river is one of the most interesting and best equipped in the country. This farm is under the general supervision of Commissioner Ernest papier, and is rapidly proving Itself a model. The product of the first 'year of this farm was 4,400 ringnecks, 400 bobwhite quail, 35 wild turkeys. 5 Canadian geese, 180 mallards and 20 deer.

Game breeding, however, is not confined to state activities. Individuals and associations of sportsmen are doing their share of the good work. Game farming is urged by those interested in increasing the country’s supply because it admits of forced production. A few facts will show how much greater that production can be made per unit than it is in the wild state. Take the quail. In the wild state the hen lays usually from ten to eighteen eggs in a season, while on the New Jersey state game farm last year 46 eggs were laid by a single hen. That was a record, but 25 Is probably a conservative estimate of the production of the average hen quail in captivity. The hen is robbed of her eggs as she lays them and they are placed un-

at home —little Desiree, accompanying a sister-in-law —whose husband, in the confusion of those troublous times, had been arrested —to the office of the representative. M. Albitte, to ask his intercession, was by accident left forgotten in an anteroom, where she fell asleep. After she was queen she told her chamberlain the story. Wakened by the sudden closing of a door, she found herself alone in the dusk, and a strange man looking at her in surprise. Much frightened, she explained her situation, and her anxiety about her brother, whom she thought in immediate danger of the guillotine. He reassured her, and offered to escort her to het home. They became good friends on the way and she invited him to call, that her mother might thank him for his kindness. adding that she should like to be able to tell her friends the name of the gentleman who had protected her. “Very well; you may tell them that my name is Joseph Bonaparte,” said he. That is the way the Clarys and the Bonapartes became acquainted. Joseph called and soon became, an Intimate friend of the family; at the end of a few weeks he had proposed to Desiree that he should marry her as soon as she was sixteen, and she had consented. Soon he brought his

should not be allowed to dry up, excessive watering must be avoided. When the plants are well started and the weather is warm and settled, they may be transplanted in. the rockery. In planning garden shrubbery or rockery, however small, keep in mind the effect you desire to create, and map it out on paper before you plant the seed. You can plan a succession of bloom that will last from early spring until the autumn, or an effective color combination. If you have little time to devote to your flowers, select the hardi-

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the protection from vermin that is afforded when the chicks are hand raised. Emphasis is placed on the fact that every game farm refuge, club and private preserve forms a valuable refuge for song and insectivorous birds as well as the game species. When it is considered that the country’s crops are damaged yearly to the extent of $1,200,000,000 (United States department of agriculture figures) by insects, of which our birds are the most efficient destroyers, the more game movement assumes an important economic aspect.

Wants Salary Reduced.

Here is a man appointed to a perfectly good SB,OOO-a-year job, and now he wants the salary reduced to $7,000. Did you ever hear of such a thing? His wish probably will be gratified. The request comes from a newly appointed magistrate w r ho takes the place of a chief magistrate who recently died. The office of chief magistrate was abolished, but not the salary, which is a thousand more than the other magistrates. The new magistrate states his belief that the failure to reduce the remuneration of the office was due to an accident, and he does not wish to take advantage of such a misunderstanding to obtain extra compensation for doing the same work as his colleagues. Therefore the city must knock off the thousand from his pay envelope.

A Jealous Nature.

“Jagsby says he signed the pledge because he couldn’t resist the pleas of the fair sex. A delegation of temperance workers called on him at his office and he surrendered.” “Just so. I presume Mrs. Jagsby is delighted.” “Not at all. She wanted him to quit drinking, but she was not a member of the delegation, and the thought that he quit at the request of other women makes her mad all over.”

brother Napoleon to call and he, too, became a frequent visitor. “His arrival," Queen Desiree related. “made a change in our plans for the future. We had not known him long when he said to us, Tn all wellmanaged households either the husband or the wife must be the one to yield. You, Joseph, have no decision of character, and neither has Desiree, while Julie and I know very well what we want. You will do much better, then, to marry Julie. As for Desiree, she shall be my wife.’ And that was the way I came to be betrothed to Napoleon.” Joseph did marry Julie Clary; but after Napoleon’s defection, Desiree, from among many suitors, chose, not unwisely, the rising young soldier, Bernadotte. “I wish Desiree happiness if she marries Bernadotte,” wrote Napoleon from Egypt. “She deserves it.” She was playing an overture from the opera when the news came that she was queen. “I never touched my harpsichord afterward,” she confessed, “for I thought that a queen should not play badly.” She lived to a good old age and saw the third generation of Bernadottes upon the throne of Sweden. — Youth’s Companion.

Chile is irrigating more than 2,300,000 acres of land, and has nearly as many more available for irrigation.

est varieties—those that require little attention and grow well in any soil.

Forest Fires Preventable.

More than half of the forest fires in the United States are preventable, declares the forest service, sending out its annual warning with the opening of the season of fire danger on most of the national forests. The" statement is based on an analysis of 7,000 cases of fire on national forests last season and 10,000 fires on state and private holdings

der domestic hens for incubation. Robbed of the eggs, the captive birds keep on laying in an endeavor to secure enough for incubation. The pheasant and other game birds can be treated the same way, and the percentage of the brood brought to maturity is much greater owing to

A TWO-FOOT GAUGE ENGINE

Illustration From “The Engineering News.*' IT LOOKS LIKE A TOY, BUT IT WEIGHS FIVE TONS.

MIDGETS OF THE RAIL

BABY LOCOMOTIVES DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL SERVICE. Especially Useful for Underground Construction Work—Fuel Employed May Be Crude Oil, Distillate or Gasoline.

Abnormal size always appeals to the “man in the street.” The construction of a locomotive that breaks the record for bulk and strength is always considered noteworthy; yet some of the most interesting and valuable of the locomotive tribe are not abnormally large. They may be as small as the engines that puff their way about most amusement parks with a trainload of children and nurses on behind, and yet be by no means insignificant. Among these are such as are used for the operation of narrow-gauge construction railroads and industrial-railroad systems. Two interesting types are described in an article contributed to Engineering News (New York, May 20). One is really, to all appearance, a locomotive in miniature, the other, of which probably more general use is made in all sorts of underground-con-struction work, bears more of a resemblance to a small automobile than to the traditional iron steed of the railroad. The .technical description of the latter is of a “geared locomotive having a high-pressure vertical tubular boiler and using liquid fuel.” It is especially adapted for the roughest work, and is fitted with long elliptical springs that absorb almost any jar to which it can be subjected. Of its other features the writer says, in substance:

“The engine can use crude oil, distillate, or gasoline, the last being employed in tunnel work on account of the heavy fumes from the oil. The boiler is the feature of the machine. It is designed for 600-pound pressure, the shell and lower head being made of one piece of pressed steel, and the upper head welded to the shell, which in turn is re-enforced by a ring welded around each end and by a wrapping of three layers of piano-wire. These boilers have been tested to 2,200 pounds by hydraulic pressure, without failure. “These locomotives have been used during the past three years in some of the tunnels for the Catskill aqueduct (New York water-supply), on the Lexington avenue subway in New York, and on sugar-plantation work.” As to the use and manufacture of the real baby locomotives —those that bear the look of midget copies of the big fellows—we are informed as follows: “In the construction of the new plant of the Baldwin Locomotive works at Eddystone, Pa., an interesting feature was the use of a very small steam-locomotive, and this engine has since been employed in operating the industrial-railway system at that plant. It was built by the company for its own use, but similar engines have been' built for other work. It is a four-wheel, saddle-tank engine and weighs o~ly 11,700 pounds. The railroad is of two-fold gauge, with curves of 16-foot radius. “The engine is of ordinary design, in miniature, but the cylinders have a rather long stroke in proportion to their diameter. The Baldwin steambrake is applied to all the wheels, and at each end is a radial draw-bar with automatic coupler.” —Literary Digest.

Long Tunnel Being Built.

One of the longest railroad tunnels on the American continent is now under construction by the Canadian Pacific railroad in the Selkirk range of British Columbia. The tunnel, to be known as the Rogers Pass tunnel, will be five miles long, and will cost $lO,000,000. The famous Hoosac tunnel is four and three-quarters miles in length. The new tunnel, which is 29 feet wide and 23 feet high, will shorten the route four miles.

Woman Railway Office Head.

The Oregon. Washington Railway and Navigation company, opened its city ticket office at Portland with Miss Estelle Macauley installed as fullfledged passenger agent—the first woman in the United States to hold such a position, according to officials ct the company. It was announced that Miss Edna Flynn will be established soon as passenger agent at Seattle, and women, as yet unnamed, at Spokane and Tacoma.

NEW WAY ACROSS CANADA

Few People Know Much About the Construction of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.

Most people on the American continent know more or less about Canada’s pioneer transcontinental railroad, the Canadian Pacific, but probably not many, outside railroad men, in the United States know very much about her latest creation in that line, which has just culminated in the completion of what has been called, during construction, the Transcontinental railroad on the eastern half and the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad on the western half, Scribner’s says. Joined together these halves constitute the new National Transcontinental railroad, to be operated by and called the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad.

It might be considered that the building of a trunk line railroad between 3,000 and 4,000 miles long is no great feat in these days of high explosives and gigantic steam shovels, but when it is understood that a large part of this line runs through rugged and comparatively unknown northern latitudes, where the summers are short and the winters long and cold; that scores of mighty rivers had to be spanned, the Rocky mountains crossed, and the whole line constructed on lower gradients and easier curves than had hitherto been thought practical, the accomplished fact becomes more interesting.

The government of the day, therefore, decided to construct the eastern division, from Moncton, N. 8., to Winnipeg, Manitoba, themselves, by means of a commission, and afterward to lease it to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad company, which had entered into an agreement with them to construct the line from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast, and to operate the whole line from the Atlantic to the Pacific, when it was completed. Accordingly, an act respecting the construction of the National Transcontinental railroad was assented to by the Dominion parliament on the 24th of October, 1903, which provided for the construction of a line to be operated as a common railroad highway across the Dominion, from ocean to ocean, and wholly within Canadian territory.

COUPLER EASY TO OPERATE

Does Away With Necessity of Brakeman Going Between the Cars in His Line of Duty.

The primary object in this invention is to provide a car-coupling strictly in keeping with the present type or style known as the Janney type or Master Car Builders’ coupler, but possessing

Automatic Car Coupling.

new and improved characteristics, such as will eliminate the necessity of persons going between the cars for the purpose of opening the knuckle, or placing any part of their body between the cars in order to adjust the knuckle or coupler head. —Scientific American.

Lunch Counter Railroad Car.

The Chicago and Northwestern on June 5 put in service a lunch counter car in connection with its “Golf Special” train, which leaves the Chicago passenger terminal daily, except Sunday, at 12: 26 p. m., and reaches nearly a score of golf clubs located along its line on the north shore between Chicago and Waukegan. Returning the train reaches Chicago at 7p. m. The car will be ready to serve a high-grade lunch at popular prices at 12 noon, 20 minutes before leaving time of the train, and thus will be a great convenience to the patrons of this train. The car contains a lunch counter running lengthwise of the train and occupying the entire length of the car, except for a short kitchen at one end. Seats are provided for 27 persona—Railway Age Gazette.

SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED

Story of a Man Who Was Making Good, but Roving Fever Got the Best of Him.

On May 4th, 1915, the SL Paul Farmer’s Dispatch contained a very interesting account of the experiences of a man from Staples, Minn. Realizing that he was not making much headway, he decided to look up a homestead in Canada. With $250 he and his wife took up a homestead near Outlook, Saskatchewan. After recounting his experiences of a few years, in which they had undergone hardships which were likely to be unavoidable, with a small amount of capital, he continues the story by stating that In the fall after a fair summer’s work on his 100 acres cropped, he cleaned up nearly all his debts, having now four good horses, a complete set of farm machinery including two wagons and a “Swell” top buggy and eleven head of cattle. He continues, “However, I was not satisfied. I had been reading of the splendid homesteads that were to be had in Montana. Wheat was cheap and I thought it would get cheaper, so I began to think that homesteading as a moneymaking proposition was better than farming. I did not stop to consider that wheat was not the only thing; as a matter of fact I had sold pork for 14 cents a pound. Eggs and butter had kept us in groceries and more, we had now four milch cows, two heifers coming in and more growing up. We had a cream separator, and some hogs. We had a quarter section of land that could raise an abundance of small grain, roots and grass for feed, but I could not see all that; I had the 'moving* fever, and decided to sell. I set the price on the land at $3,000 cash. . I could not find anyone with that much money, however, so I came down until I finally sold for $1,400. We had an auction and sold the personal property. On the sale we got just about enough cash to pay the auctioneer; the rest was all notes. The horses brought about two-thirds what they were worth. The implements sold for hardly one-third of what they had cost. The cattle brought a good price.

Must Make Another Start. We now have a Homestead in Montana, but we find that after moving here and getting settled, what money we had did not go far. We have three horses, about all the implements we need, and a little better buildings than we had on our former place. We have no cattle, though we had to build much fence to keep ranch stock out of" our fields. We have abqut SSOO worth of honest debts. True, we have a half section in place of a quarter, but that is no good to us, as long as we have not the capital with which to work it. In summarizing it all up I see where I made my mistake. It will take fully five years to get into as good circumstances as we were before we made the change. It is five years lost. My advice to anyone contemplating a change of location is to think twice before you act, and if your present circumstances are not too bad, ‘stay by your bush till you pick it clean.’ ” —Advertisement

HIS WIFE’S NAME OMITTED

Considerably Depreciated the Value of the Book Containing Speeches of Greatest Talkers.

“Sir,” said the sleek-looklng agent, approaching the desk of the meeklooking man and opening one of those folding thingamajigs showing styles of binding, “I believe I can interest you in this massive set of books containing the speeches of the world’s greatest orators. Seventy volumes, one dollar down and one dollar a month until the price, S6BO, has been paid. This set of books gives you the most celebrated speeches of the greatest talkers the world has ever known, 'and—” “Let me see the index,” said the meek man. The agent handed it to him, and he looked through it carefully and methodically, running his finger along the list of names. Reaching the end he handed the index back to the agent and said: “It isn’t what you claim it is. I happen to know the greatest talker in the world, and you haven’t her in the index.*

Not Guilty.

“Hey, you big busher!” yelleld an excited fan as the pitcher of the home team issued his fourth successive base on balls, forcing a runner across the plate. “Where did you learn to pitch? In a correspondence school?” If the pitcher heard,’ he made no sign, but another spectator sitting near the excited one administered a stinging rebuke. “You talk like a fish,” he said scornfully. “What makes you think that dub ever learned to pitch anywhere?"

The Great Trouble.

Apropos of a seashore divorce, Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City said: “The great trouble is that so many husbands, when they meet an old flame down here on the wind-swept beach, insist on being moths.”

If the man who gives advice freely knew it was good he would probably use it himself.