Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 May 1907 — Page 6

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Tie Study of Immigration. Actin? under the authority of Congress, the commission appoin:ed to Investigate every phase of our Immigration system will shortly make a tour of Euroie, visiting the various countries that contribute to our population, In order to roeommeii-d salutary auiendo&ents to our laws. Obviously there can b? no objection to the Influx of desirable aliens, people who seek to establish and maintain homes in this country and who fonio here prepared to obey our laws and uphold our institutions. Cut, unfortunately, a large proportion of this immigration is undesirable, and there is more than a suspicion that their departure from their native countries Is encouraged. If they are paupers or criminals, It is the duty of the nation of their nativity to take proper care of them, and it Is the bounden duty of this government to see that they are not dumped on our people. In this work the government should have the support not only of Americanborn citizens, but of our foreign-born people, who, while they have accepted the new allegiance, still have a pardonable pride in the old. For the criminal or plotter or anarchist who drifts In from acrotss the water to make mischief and continue warfare on society Injures the reputation of his race, and. In a measure, reflects on every one of his countrymen who are here for an honest purpose. There Is plenty of room for the sober and Industrious foreigner. Many sections of the nation are clamoring for help. The planters of the South need his muscle, the manufacturers of the North caa utilize his brawn to convert the raw material into the finished product; the great mines of the West can furnish him employment In the process of transforming their hidden wealth Into practical matter. There is enough work for all, but they must be of the right sort if the nation would remain healthy. Our immigration laws must throw open the doors to desirable foreigners and erect an effectual barrier against those who come here to wage Uady and .'nsidiious warfare on our institutlorji. 1 Why Tamper with. It? The present agitation for tariff revision i all comes from Democratic sources. Many uninformed Republicans bare been caught by the cry, and a tew leaders, mistaking the howl of the IemocratIc coyotes for the voice of the people, have joined the opposition In demanding a change. No one, of course, will question the fact thäfTrany of the schedules have tecome mor or less obsolete In the ten years in jwhich they have been in operation, bpt the justice or injustice iLAntieou. certain articles is not by any means the sole consideration In the question of tariff revision. The effect on business conditions the country over and the Impossibility of securing any schedule that will be just to everybody are matters that must never e lost sight of. As to the first of these. It is a well-known fact to all who have followed the economic history of our country that the opening vp of the tariff question Inevitably gives Dusiness a serious : setback, regardless of whether the revision be good or bad. The other consideration is one of equal Importance. There aie so many Interests at stake and pressure of such & nature is brought to bear on the members of both houses, that It Is impossible to secure a law which does not Involve many Injustices. The country Is to-day prosperous and happy. The protective tariff 13 f uvnLshIng employment to the American workIngman instead of giving the job to the foreigner. Then why tamper with a law that is bringing about good results and take chances of upsetting the business of the country and securing In the end a law no better, jf not actually worse, than the one we now have? Topeka Herald. 'Should Join the Dfmorrr.h. The great trouble with any revision Df the tariff is the long drawn out debates that must follow and the resulting stagnation of business. When It becomes evident that there are gross Inequalities In the tariff that are working a hardship on any considerable number of our people, then wiii the Republican party tike up the schedules that are wrong and correct them. In the meantime it would be well for these great tariff reformers to look up the schedules they think wrong and point them out to the people that they may be thoroughly discussed. If they cannot be satisfied to wait the timely action of the Republican party they had better join the great party of tariff reform, in whose ranks such theories are always In order. Chanute (Iowa) Times. f One Symptom Noticed. ""Do you think there's anything in that theory that strawberries cause insanity:" "I don't know but that there's something in it. When they were selling at 75 cents a bor my wife said she was Just crazy for some. Skeptical. "Trade," remarked the party with the quotation habit, follows the flag." "Not always," rejoined the merchant who doesn't advertise. "I hoisted the biggest flag I could find over my store, but trade didn't increase a nickel's worth." Latest Report. Mrs. Caller I hear your daughter ran away and got married last week. Ia there any truth In the report? 7rs. Homer Yes; and it Is also true that she and her husband walked back this morning. Ills Future Assured. I am going to give up general practice," said the young lawyer. "Why so?" queried his friend. "Because," he explained, "I have been retained to contest a multimillionaire's will." Seema to Be. Ilyker Is Locgleigh what you pould term a high roller? Pyker Well, the indications point fnat way. He is more than six feet tall so his wheels are pretty high up. -Quit Another Matter. : 'Ilarker Cowboy is all right when tt comes to looking ahead. Parker Yes ; but he's all wrong srnen It comes to going ahead.

The President and the Hallraad. The attitude of President Roosevelt to the railroads has been stated so often that it should not be necessary to repeat it, and yet it suits the purpose of a certain class of ieopIe to be continually misrepresenting him and to create the Impression that he is hostile to a degree threatening the very prosperity of the country. The object of these attacks is manifest. The men making them have been reaping Illegitimate profits by metboJs to which the President is opjo.s.d and which he aims to correct. Now finding their game exposed, and the hope of immunity in the enjoyment of ill-gotten gains almost destro3ed. they would discredit the man who Is chiefly responsible for th reform. But fortunately there are few of these frenzied financiers who would now become ooQsiprutors. Many railroad men who have profited by conditions have allied themselves with the President and in the main approved his puriwse. They see In his efforts no hostility to railroads as such, but opposition to a system which, if left unchecked, will one of these days result ia a revolution of serious Iniport. They realize that he woukl restore the equilibrium, so that railroads will receive their Just reward and no more, so that shippers will be placed on an equal footing ; so that stockholders of the railroads as well as stockholders of the big corporations doing business with the railroads, will receive every-

f one his fair proportion of the dividends. J As every one knows, through the me dium of rebates and discriminations, the few have been able to take much, while the many have been given little. The stockholder of a railroad who also enjoys the privileges which the big shipper has been able to demand, gets his dividends through these privileges and at the expense of those stockholders who do not chance to Im? shippers. The President is convinced that our Industrial prosperity cannot submit to such buccaneering tactics and endure, and he has received a popular support such as was never before accorded a President in any administrative work. At first there was a general protest from railroad circles. But gradually the honest and progressive managers, taking careful account of the President's purpose, have been won over, and while there may be differences of a minor character, the principle Is endorsed. Toledo Blade. Xo Trouble In Sljfht. The efforts which have been In progress through recent months, proceeding from sources not friendly to protection as a policy, and from those who are clamoring for tariff revision, to have it believed that Germany would attack the trade of this country through retaliatory tariffs, will come to an end for the present. The now existing tariff agreement with Germany has been extended to July 1, 1908. There therefore now exists no reason apart from its relation to home affairs and Its results here why! any tariff changes would be contemplated, and results here at home are all eloquent In an opposite direction. No spring season of any past year has equaled the present In value and Increase of foreign trade, and In the markets of our own country every Indication is promising and pleasing to the highest limits of expectation. Hancock (Mich.) Jour nal. Telllnir Facts. No city or community more than Louisville profits by the Republican policy of protection. We invite the at-. tentlon of all Kentucklans to these telling facts. To-day the United States treasury holds 173,000,000 pounds of gold, the German banks and treasury about 40,000,000 pounds, while England has a reserve of 23,000,000 poöids only, in spite of a G per cent bank rate, a rate altogether abnormal and unhealthful. British Investors are for this very reason seeking investments at home rather than abroad. No easy task now to obtain money from any British Industrial undertaking, because of the Insecurity of British Investments and manufactories under free-trade theories and policies. Louisville Herald. Absolutely Secondary. Unless business conditions change there will' be no general demand for a change In economic and fiscal legislation. As to the tariff, Mr. Cleveland cherishes a memory and an academic hobby. The great mass of worklngmen and business men are unresponsive to the mil for a disturbance of an existing favorable industrial situation. There Is likely to be tariff legislation of me kind in 1900-10, but It will not Involve radical changes In schedules, and certainly not In the protective principle. So that, while Mr. Cleveland regards the reform of the tariff as "absolutely fundamental," the country will hold as absolutely secondary In Importance. Burlington Hawkeye. SHE WAS THOUGHTFUL. Wouldn't Deprive Youns Man of Ilia Seat Till Car Stopped. The side seats in the 9 o'clock downtown express were occupied by a long row of dapper young men, each intent on his morning newspaper, and the long row of straps above was occupied by a line of young women each Intent uvon keeping her equilibrium that she might not disturb the Intentness of the young men around whom she cavorted with the swirl of the train, says the New York Globe. Thus It was from 79th street until just before Fulton was reached, the car slowed up, the conductor called "Fulton" and one of the roost dapper of the young men (the first to reach his destination, reluctantly rose to his feet, lifted his hat and the young woman who had had the good fortune to be his vis-a-vis slunk Into the seat But,sad to relate, Just then tie train stopped for something or other to pass and the tables were turned the young man was left hanging to the strap. It was very still after the rumble and then the young woman, who, apropos of nothing, was remarkably pretty, touched the young man lightly on the coat sleeve and said quite gently but painfully distinct: "Won't you have your seat again, sir, till the train starts?" It Wasn't Much. Diggs You evidently don't smoke much. Biggs Why do you think I don't? Diggs I Inferred as much from the cigar you gave me yesterday If that U the brasi you smoke. The Nature of the Case. "They tell me that In his last article Writeup goes very deeply into his subject' "IIS has to. It Is all about wellboring." Baltimore American

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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

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tunes that were made without working, lou knew a man who Iwuglit stock for almost nothing and became a millionaire in a day. You read the glittering advertisements that made you feel that only fools remain poor and live by day's work. And then you took

the pitiful few hundred dollars that you had saved, almost a penny at a time, and were ready to Invest In stocks, or bonds, or shares, or something that you really knew as much about as a last year's rotin. Listen a minute. There was a igelet, a Vanderbilt and an Astor. They were bom with millions. They knew more about the making of money without working for it than you ever can know. They inhaled'tbe atmosphere )f Wall street almost from birth. They knew, or thought they did, the ins and outs. They never earned a dollar by the sweat of their brows. Their millions were all taken from somebody by the process that you were about to investigate with your savings. They were keen and clever and had resources of Information that even the best of outside investors never will have. Along came that notorious manipulator of "securities," E. II. Harrlinan. He, It is alleged, gave the trio mentioned Information that should lead to the garnering of more unearned millions. Yes, sir, they had a "tip," just as you think yon have one, only their chance of securing a real "tip" was much better than yours could ever be. As near as can be figured out without being allowed to look at the books, the losses of these pets' of society will aggregate over $7,000,000. Astor alone was plucked lor $2,000,000, and if he likes it he hasn't told anybody. That Is all of the story. You take your savings. If yoxi have an atom of gray matter left in your upper story, and hike for a savings bank. Three or four per cent and safety look better now, don't they? Des Moines News.

TAXING VTLLL NOT MAKE HE taxation of bachelors, liunnl thtii il:ivs mftrhf II I revenue measure. But I t ! tl Ill -

I magi ue luai it win resuu in uujuue ucnig forced Into marriage. If a man Is amenable to consideratiors of a pecuniary

nature In such a natter, he will unfortunately reflect that paying the fine is not half as exjcnsive as supporting a ;wife and family. The result will be that he will pay and remain unwed. It might be very nice if some way were found to force men and women Into marriage, and then again It might not. At present. In spite of occasional outcries about the number of the unmarried, there docs not seem to be any particular reason why the nation or any particular section of it should be disturbed. Enough peoplefitted for marlage are marrying every year to guarantee the continuance of the race ai d a reasonable Increase of population. As for the met who do not marry, the chances are that most of them are temperamentally unfit for It, and their union would be a cause of unhappiness to both man and wife. As for the women who stay single, they live In a time and a country where it Is not necessary for a woman to wed to secure an honorable support. The

THE PEASANTS' PLAYTIME. Jumping on Inflated Oaei a Popular IJuIgarlan Game. The peasants of Bulgaria have various iecu!lar games which they Indulge In during their leisure hours when they are not at their work or fighting the Creeks. One of the most popular sports . f . "t 1, ' ., " ' .: .. - ' ' ' t ' ' ABULGARIAN YOUTHS JUMPING Is that of Jumping on Inflated buckskin bag.. Of course, the foothold Is Insecure and the peasant rebounds into the air and often pitches forward on his nose. This delights the spectators, who beat on drums and clap their hands In glee at the collapse. The Inflated bags are strewn at Intervals In a line and one peasant after another tries his luck to see If he can break the skins. If he can, the skin I3 his as a prize. The costumes of the Bulgarian peasants are very picturesque and, as they jump In the air, their short skirts whirl about, giving them the appearance of ballet dancers. CHOPS OF GOLD. Vevr Kind of Farm Inn Made Possible the Cynnlde Procea. Ranchmen living along Canon creek, 1 few miles northwest of Helena, Mont., have a new occupation which they pursue each season, and in many cases the returns far exceed those s--cured from ordinary farming. The second operation Is mining and the farmers are now getting ready to open jp for this season, and on account of the unusual supply of water splendid results are expected. , During the palmy days of the Gloster mine, near Marysvilie, when $8,000.D00 worth of gold was taken out of the property, the cyauide process was aot 'known and the rich tralllngs were allowed to run down the creek and over the land of the fanners. It has been estimated that $4,000,000 was lost In the slime. Much land was ruined by the tailings and suits were brought against the compavy for damages. There was one farmer who built several dams across the creek on his ranch and allowed the tailing to run ill over the place. The other fanners laughed at him and called him crazy. When the cyanide process was dls-

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ACCOUNTING iL'RING HUSBANDS. of which much Is hi n siicroca A a no one can possibly .1 1 l.t covered this man bu:rt settling tanks on his place and, It is said, cleaned up nearly $100,000 from the tailings he secured. The Gloster Tias not been operated since 18SS, to any extent, but the farmers are still operating their cyanide tanks. Every ranch on Canon creek on which the tailings were deposited i : . . . . . ' - : - ' i ' .- : ' ' ' V ; I" '.. ON INFLATED HIDES FOR SPORT. is worth more than the ranch without the tailings. Tzie story is told that several yars ago a former Chicago policeman came out to Canon creek, and bought a ranch on time for $0,000. As soon as he took possession be built some cyanide tanks and In three months had paid for the ranch and had some moaey In bank in addition. A CauKtlo llejolnder. A physician who had for fifteen years been one of the doctors of the Actors fund, and who attended hun dreds of actors with no compensation whatever, wrote to a prominent manager and csked for some theater tickets. His request was refused, the man ager asking what the doctor had ever done that he should be entitled to receive theater tickets gratis. The physician Immediately replied. His letter contained a brief recital of his services to theatrical people. In conclusion he said: "Despite my services, as named above, I should not have thought of asking you for tickets had it not Ixen that upon the occasion of the death of Mr. Blank you assured me that If you could ever serve me In any way whatever, you would consider It a favor If I would call upon you. However, I bear you no ill will on account of your present action. I was very glad to attend Mr. Blank when he died In your box ofllce, and I should be happy to do as much for you at any time." A man is always disappointed In his wife's new dress for the reason that when he gave her the money It was So Much he thought Its results would be greater. Some people pose as peacemakers, to further their chances of butting Into the affairs of others. A setting hen is about the only loaf er that gets results.

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failure to marry does not imply, as it once seemed to do, a half failure in her IfTo and mission. The most serious aspect of the marriage problem today is not presented by the failure of many people to enter into that relation. It coaies from the failure of many who have entered into it to realize its seriousness and lire up to their obligation. When the problem of divorce Is fairly well settled it will be time enough to consider the other and lesser problem. Chicago Examiner.

FOE RAILWAY DISASTERS. the first two months of 1907 Amer

ican railway passengers killed in collisions, derailments, and by other causes connected wit i moving trains numbered 170, or at the rato of 1,020 for the year. Compared with prior years this is astonishing, as is shown by the following table which gives the num

ber of passengers killed in train accidents during each of the last eighteen years:

Year. Killed. Year. Killed. 1900 182 1S07 00 1905 ;&0 ISDo 41 1904 270 1S93 SO 1903 IGt 1S94 102 1902 170 1S93 100 1901 119 1S92 : 193 1900 93 1S91 110 1899 , 83 1S90 113 1S9S 74 1889 1C1

The variation In these figures, the passenger traffic being relatively constant, is remarkable. In 1S93, when but thirty were killed, it looked as If an era of safety had been reached. Not until ?901 did the deaths in any year exceed one hundred. Why the decrease and the increase since? Railways, as a rule, have better equipment and roadbeds than ten years ago. There are more safety appliances. Superintendence has hardly lessened In carefulness. This suggests that the weeding out of employes during the business depression had something to do with the reduced dth loss. This explanation Is strengthened by noting how the death rate has swelled since with the introduction of a great host of new employes. New York Globe.

WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION. OBODY believes that the world Is ready to thla a serious step toward the limitation of armaments, but the" extent to which the project has been agitated and the certainty that it will be one of the topics before The Hague conference in June may be taken as a measure In the world's yearning for' re

lease from the ever-increasing burdens which armaments impose. There is certainly comfort In the belief that, whatever" the obstacles, that which the world wants badly enough It will getprovided It does not want the impossible. This, of course, leaves It as an open question whether disarmament is one of the impossible things, but until'that .hall be demonstrated the devout aspiration of the peace lovers will continue to be for escape from the milltirv monster that modem civilization has constructed for itself. Philadelphia Ledger.

OLD RAILWAY TIME-TABLES. They Show Great Improvement in Transportation Facilities. There Is worse employment of you: time than reading old advertisements and time-tables in the garret of a rainy day. The perusal of old time-tables will, among other good effects, have that of reconciling you to your transportaSoa privileges by demonstrating that your father's were much worse, says the lioston Transcript You com plain because the shortest time by rail to New York Is five hours, attained only at the price of a special ticket But think how your poor father must have suffered, when In 1S09 the Boston and Providence reiniudixl the traveling public, with typographical emphasis, that the nmning time between Boston and New York was eight hours. Tlw Boston and Worcester and the Western railroads had become by consolidation, not to be outdone, resorted to black-faced type to advertise that It too, made the two cities In eight hours. Moreover, It announced that early In l$oU It would put on several "new and luxurious drawing room cars" on the Springfield line. That was the antePullinan era, at least hereabouts. Pullman built his first cars in 1S03, and organized his company in 1SCT, but it was not until the early '70's that the legend now so familiar appeared In train make-ups In, New England. The Eastern railroad was operating Pullman sleepers at the time of the Revere accident In August, 1871, and these were frequently referred to In contemporary accounts of the disaster, their great weight adding to the Impact of the "telescoping" train. Probably timetables were then, as they sometimes are now, the tabulation of things to be hoped for rather than expected. Eight hours was liberal time enough for the New York-Boston run by either line, one would think, to forestall even the possibility of delay save by "unavoidable accidents," but conditions were often unfavorable. The Shore Line transferred its tralus across the Thames River at New London by a big steam ferry boat and If the water was rough or the fog was heavy this was a slow operation that proportionately cut down the margin of running time left The Boston and Albany made Its promise of eight hours with a mental reservation, for Its schedule shows that one of Its three expresses took eight hours and tea minutes and the other two eight nours and a quarter and twenty minutes respectively. It was about 1875 that the railroads cut the time to seven hours and a half and took considerable pride In demonstrating that the feat could be accomplished. Thenceforward they made several reductions, until In the late 'SO's and early Ws the Gilt Edge did the distance In six hours regularly and held the primacy until the old New York and New England shaved off twenty minutes with its famous White Train that ran via Middletown and Willimantle. The New York and New England, so long a competitor working more for a place than in the hope of dividends, was the cause of much quickening oi time and general modernization of the older lines, especially in the early rail roadlng days of the late Charles P Clark. It gave us our first solid traiuj to Philadelphia and later to Washington. In 1877 it was a cause of greai satisfaction that it brought the President of the United States through from Washington to Boston without change via the Harlem River Transfer. The locomotive that drew the presidential train carried the proud Inscription on Its front, "Washington to Boston Id Twenty Hours!" That was epoched time then, though the same service is now performed In fourteen hours and will be reduced again when the Pennsylvania hac Its New York tunnels Lo operation.

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5 mti.l, . 11 1 II I II II Ai, . Buttermilk Ls given but little value on dairy farms, and where there are pigs they are allowed the whole of the buttermilk. It Is a rerj nourishing Jrlnk iu the summer for farm help, and is also excellent as an additional food for poultry of all kinds. Kerosene Is fatal to all kinds of Insects, and for that reason it is frequontb' used as a preventive of damage by the cabbage worm. An objection to Its use is that the kerosene Impregnates the cabbage with its odor. The remedy Is therefore as obnoxious as the work )f the cabbage worm. A concern has been organized la Massachusetts for the purpose of leasing sheep among farmers. It has already purchased 3,000 Rambouillet ewes In Oregon, and all It has to do now, to make a success of its undertaking, is to see that the American sheep breeder gets Into the bauds of the farmers who take Its sheep. A handful of sawdust sprinkled with carbolic acid and thrown in the nest box will prevent vermin. The sawdust so treated can be also scattered In the stalls and on the floors of stables, and files and insects of all kinds will be less troublesome. Crude petroleum will be found excellent as a liniment for seres, and will also ass!st in keeping vermin away. Denatured alcohol has not come down as much In price since the Internal revenue tax was removed, the first of this year, as had been hoiied. There were many experts, indeed, who did not expect such reductions as rere prophesied last year. It Is now obtainable at retall in cities at from 50 to GO cents, instead of at 15 cents. At the latter figure It would have been available for use as a fuel In motors in place of gasoline, which would, of course, have caused something like a revolution in the automobile and vapor launch industries. At present prices no one Is engaged in designing the especial type of engine in which it would be most effective. It Is now principally used as a heat-giving fuel In chafing dishes and other cooking. Bacteria la Milk Dottles. The host of bacteria that may lurk in a supposedly clean milk bottle has been the subject of Investigation by the Wisconsin Experiment Station. Bottles which had been steamed for thirty seconds were found to contain relatively few bacteria, possibly 13,000 to a bottle. However, when the steam was allowed to condense and the water so prodneed to remain In the bottle at room temperatures for possibly twenty-four hours, the number of bacteria multiplied enormously and varied from 2,000,000 to say 4,000,000. In a series of steamed bottles exposed to the air for twenty-four hours but containing no condensed water the number of bacteria averaged 300,000 per bottle, while in a slmiliar series which had undergone the same treatment In all respects except they were covered with a clean linen cloth, averaged about the same as freshly steamed bottles, all of which shows the very great Importance of keeping milk bottles, either empty or full, very carefully covered. 3Ianttre and Potatoes. Fanners are familiar with the various methods of planting iotatoes, for they are grown not only In every section of this country, but over nearly the Whole civilized world. They are one of the best of all crops, yielding largely, and also being among the Fstaudard articles of food. So familiar are farmers with the growing of iotatoes that they have been content to put thera Into the ground with a single manuring and good cultivation, trusting to chance of a favorable season and proficiency of the manure for a bountiful harvest. But the potato, like everything else, has Its choice of foods. There is a time In its cultivation when even manure will not make a good crop of iotatoes, but that Is owing to the quality and condition of ths manure. An application of fresh manure may injure the tuber;. It must be well and thoroughly rotted. In fine condition and carefully applied. System on the Farm. Does things on time and In good time. Is the screw that nver gets loose. Does away with guess work. Provides a place for everything and keeps everything In Its place. Makes a crooked wj straight Sees there Is one or the other product of the field, barnyard, dairy, or garden marketed every week. By Its very presence, generates habits of Industry and punctuality. Never wastes anything; but markets the by-products, skim-milk, surplus fruits and vegetables. Spends money in farming, tut little In farms. Stops the leaks and losses. Markets the farm product In good shape and season. Has the w Inter quarters ready wh.-'n cold weather approaches and provides soiling crops when pastures get short Maintains a rotation of crops. Is the lubricant that makes the farm work go smoothly. Watches each farm operation with the keen eye of the merchant or manufacturer who wisely follows up each move to its finish In the profit or loss column of his ledger. Is but another name for prudent foresight which looks far ahead, keeps au eye cn the present and profits by the past - Gro-nrinic Potatoes by Malchins:. It A. Emerson, of the Nebraska Experiment Station, says : "Seven years experience has shown mulching to be a fairly satfactory way of growing potatoes on a small scale. A strav mulch has generally Increased the yield over that secured from the very best cultivation. The quality of th product has not been hurt, except under very wet conditions. Tubers grown under a litter mulch have

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been better for seed than others. Mulching is practicable only when the niulchmaterial can be obtained very cheaply. Tle cost of spreading the mulch is greater than the cost of good cultivatlon. Any coarse material can be used for a mulch. Old hay or straw, or even coarse stable litter, can be used if free from grain and weed seeds. The mulch should be about four Inches deeQ, and is best spread just before the plants appear, the ground having been first harrowed once or twice after planting. Rather large seed pieces give better results than small Ones where potatoes are to t.s mulched, since they give the plants the strength required to force their way up through the straw. The seed plecep should be planted two or three inches deep, and the hills can be as close together as lSxlS Inches or vi Chicken Pox or Sorebead in Poultry. Chicken pox is said by an Alabama bulletin to cause more mortality among chickens in that State than any other disease. There appears to be no wellmarked distinction between chickenpox, avian diphtheria, and roup, as these terms are ordinarily used. The literature relating to the subject is carefully reviewed. A number of inoculation tests were made with organisms obtained from cases of chicken pox. The author concludes that the cause of the disease is not definitely known. Some evidence Is usually presented to show that bacillus cacosmus or some siecie3 of bacterium or Pseudomonas may be factors In causing the disease, but careful experiments failed to connect either one of them with the disease as the primary cause. Chicken pox may be carried by various Insects. The period of incubation Is from two to twenty days. Chicks from 7 to 8 months of age are aiost susceptible, and affected birds may recover In from two to eight weeks. Mortality varies from 50 to 70 per cent The author reports satisfactory results from the application of iodoform and tannic or boric acid upon affected parts of the throat and eyes. A large number of other ai.tlseptlcs have been used with fair success. A bibliography of the subject Is given and mention is made of the chief points to be observed In the sanitary management of fowls. To Make Kerosene Cmnliios. Every fanner should prepare some kerosene emulsion now and keep it on hand all the time. You will need It as spring conies on. This emulsion is made as follows: Kerosene, two gallons; common or whale oil so?p, onequarter of a pound; water, one gallon. Heat the solution of , soap and add it boiling to the kerosene; then churn the mixture for ten minutes. Be sure to have the water fooilin,? hot when you add It to the kerosene, and churn It thoroughly; otherwise you will have trouble in making it a good emnlsion, which, when made right, should have a creamy appearance. To use ihis stock emulsion, dilute It with 20 gallons of water and apply It with a spray pump. If you are dealing with bogs and no spray pump is at hand, put the animals in a narrow chute and apply it with a common sprinkling can. Kerosene emulsion is one of the most useful remedies against insects, especially those that suck the sap from the plants or blood from animals wh'eh they attack and which therefore cannot be combated by the use of stomach poisons like Paris green. On the other hand, different plants vary In their ability to withstand the oil, so that care must be used to make the emulsion strong enough to be fatal to the insects without hurting the plants. The chief Insect pests for which it Is used are the various species of plant lice or aphids and the scale insects. Insect Injuries to Vheat. Since 1901 there has been in Nebraska, according to reports issued by the Lincoln Experiment Station, a succession of unusually wet springs and summers, which have resulted In the prodigious Increase of a number of Insects detrimental to the wheat crop, and these for a time threatened to completely ruin the crop of 10O4-1905. As it was, tb State suffered a loss of nearly 5,000,000 bushels of wheat at that time through the depredations of these insects, which annually destroy at least one-tenth of the crop. Bulletin No. 0(5 takes up these destructive pests, species by species, discussing their appearand, distribution and life histories, the nature of the Injury done by them, and the methods of control of each. The insects thus considered are the Hessian fly, the wheat stem-maggot the fritflies, the wheat midge, the wheat strawworm, and wheat Joint-worm, the stalk borer and the wheat louse. Pre-eminent' among these Is the nessian fly, which became so alarmingly formidable In the fall of 1904. This Insect has been present In the State since 1SC7, varying In abundance from year td year, but becoming ery abundant and harmful during wft seasons. It Is double brooded, and destroys the wheat by the larva? lodging between the sheath and the stem and absorbing the plant Juices. The lmiwrtant preventives against Its attacks are late sowing, .and burning of the stubble, while a rotation of crops and the destruction of volunteer grain are strongly recommended also. Such additional methods as the direct application of poisons or repellants, the planting of decoy strips, the plowing under of Infested wheat, pasturing, growing resistant varieties of wheat and the proper management of soil and seeding are discussed and commented upon with special reference to local conditions. The Wheat stem-maggot has proved to be a very destructive Insect also, and the burning of waste grass lands in winter is necessary to control It as It Infests certain wild grasses as well as wheat Against the wheat-midge the deep plowing of the ground after harvest and the burning of useless chaff after threshing is recommended. The burning of the stubble ls the most effective measure against the wheat straw-worm and wheat joint-worm. The stalk-borer and wheat louse, while destructive, seem to be well controlled by their natural parasites. Bobbs The prisoner didn't seem to mind It when he t'as sentenced to jalL Dobbs No; he has always lived in a boardins-housc.

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The words of praise bestowed on tha several Ingredients entering into Doctor Pierce's medicines by such writers should have more weight than any amount cf non - professional testimonials, because such men are writing for tho guidance of their medical brethren and know whereof they spjak. Both medicines are non-alcoholic nonsecret, and contain no harmful habitforming drugs, boing composed of glyceric extracts of the roots of native, American medicinal forest plants. They are both sold by dealers in medicine. You can't afford to accent as a substitute for one of these medicines of known composition, any secret nostnira. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. More than Eaoacra. When the Norwegian novelist BjornBon was In this country, he was on ona occasion the guest of a popular club, at dinner. A man with a wide reputation as a brilliant talker and speech-maker told an exceedingly funny story, at which. the Norwegian novelist laughed heart iiy. The man told1 a eccond story, ad Bjornson smiled. Then came a third story, and the novelist sat unmoved, even gloomy. 'It was a very gxl story, chided the novelist's mentor. "Why didn't you laugh V ' "I am forty years old, said Bjornson, firmly, and two stories are enough." The II Iff her Power. Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster, formerly of Detroit, told a story the other day which b ays is Mrs. Brew&ter'a favorite. It seems the bishop bad caught a small boy stealing appples In his orchard ; so, after reproving him severely for some time, he said, "And now, my boy, do you know why I tell you all this? There Is one before whoa even T m frr rr 1 i n U'lim Ac V- x. n mm vtnft im ttws s a w know who? "Sure," replied the boy promptly; "the missus. Harper's Weekly. Modesty of GreataeM. William Henry Harrison had won tt bettle of Tippecanoe. "Indiana has plenty of military cea who could have done tbe job as wel! as I did." be said, bct thy were all ta busy vriting novels that I hated to disturb them with a little affair of thii kind." Feeling sure, furthermore, that the nil itary fame of Indiana would be afe ia the hands of his iliustr'.ous grandson, be went back to Ohio, where he could Let? an eye on Foraker. Freaks of Fate. . Many wonderful things happen ra this country. One cf them Is the recent election to the United States Senate from a Western State of the son of an Immigrant who came to this country la the steerage In the middle of the last century and later married a fellcrvr steerage passenger. But this Is cot so wonderful as the presence In the Senate of another man who came over la the steerage himself and has risen to a position of power and Influence For Sick Children. In order that sick children of Providence, It I., may have the benefit of fresh air and sunshine In the summer, months, Mrs. Anne Crawford Allea Brown, widow of John Carter Brown, has given to the Rhode Island hospital her country home at Quldnsset Tho property consists of a fine 7ick house and about 100 acres of land. The value of the gift Is estimated at $40,000. The Usual Emperieaee. "When I was flush." said Ardluk. "and had more money than I knew what to do with, I was always reerivinc friendly oCTers of financial assistance from loan agencies; end now that I'm flat broke and can scarcely keep kouI and body together, every mail brings me a circular from some 'trust Company that wants me to put my suplus funds in gilt edge bonds. Blame it, that's what make poverty so hard to bear!" Wisdom of Experience. "Say, paw, queried little Tommy Toddles, "ay hat Is meant by carrying concealed weapons? It applies to women wh have occasion to keep their tongues between their teeth, my boy," replied Toddles, Sr. Too Good to Wast. The hobo had unloaded a weird tale of woe upon tbe man at the street corner. Take that story to the Sunday editor, said the man, who happened to be a newrPr reporte", and bell give you column rates for it." CHANGE IN FOOD Works Wonders In Health. It Is worth knowing that a ch'ng In food can cure dyspepsia. I deem It my duty to let you know how Grape-Nuts food has cured me of Indigestion. "I had been troubled with It for years, until last year my doctor reo ommended Grape-Nuts food to be used every morning. I followed Instruction and now I am entireiy well. "The whole family like Grape-Nuts, we use four packages a week. You are welcome to use this testimonial as you see fit" The reason this lady was helped fcy the use of Grape-Nuts food Is that It U prediger.ted by natural processes axd therefore does not tax the stomach as the food she had been using; it ato contains the elements Tequlred building up the nervous system. tor It that part of the human body Is in perfect working order, there can Toe dyspepsia, for nervous energy represents the steam that drives the erlre. When the nervous system Is run down, the machinery of the body worts badly. G nape-Nuts food can be used by small children as well as adults. It Is perfectly cooked and ready for In stant use. Read, 'The Road to We'lvlüe,' b pkgs. "There's a Reason."