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SESHSrS... I Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBYALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900. VOL. I. NO. 3.

LATTER-DA- Y MARTYR year-ol- d horse. Glrard, the lion-kille- r. TRUMPET CALLS.ese court he got the Empress' consentto look into his grievances and in the lfivr I? A rp T TO r TTQ" IVa-- 1 a VI LiL Ull O.

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declares that he has seen one of themcharge into the midst of 300 Arab horsemen on an open plain and drive themback to their encampment, the boldestof them with their horses remainingprostrate along his path.

In India a man-eatin- g tiger killsmore than a hundred people a yearsometimes four or nve and even sevenpersons at once. In some districts 300or 400 human beings are annually slainby tigerc and In lower Bengal as manyas 700 are killed. One tigress has beenknown to close the public roads, causethe desertion of thirteen villages andput over 250 square miles of territoryout of cultivation. They become boldenough now and then to penetratecity and are accorded its freedom untilthey are shot.

He Wonld Pay Him.The cultivation of his vote by the

watchful and flattering ward politiciansometimes arouses in the breast of thepoor dweller In the slums an exaggerated notion of his political importance.At a recent banquet of the FranklinTypographical Society of Boston, aprominent printer told a story whichillustrates this fact amusingly.

Not long ago a man came to this gen- -

NATIVES IN CENTRAL AFRICA

tleman and asked for work for his boy.The applicant himself was out of work,and his family were in want

"If you can give work to the b'y,"said he, "we'll git enough out of it topay the rint, and we won't be turnedout on the street anyhow."

The printer promised to do ivhat hecould.

"An' If ye do," the father went on, hiseye lighting up with a generous gleam,"we'll put ye in McKlnley's place!"

Mammoth Docks.The marine docks at Portsmouth,

England, are the vastest in the world,covering more than 300 acres, and em-

ploying some 10,000 men. Two of thelargest docks are 600 feet long and 85feet broad. All are what Is known asstone graving docks. They are dugout of a sufficient depth, length andwidth to enable vessels of a certainsize to be admitted. They are con-structed of granite and fitted withheavy gates; the vessel is floated intothe dock and properly shored up on thekeel blocks the gates are closed thewater then pumped out. Such docks,says a correspondent of the Provi-dence Journal, are all below the levelof the dockyard. The walls are builtwith stairs like the seats in an amphitheater, so that workmen may go upand down; and great cranes lifting for-

ty tons are used in handling materials.When a vessel is completed, all that Isnecessary to launch her is to open thegates, fill the dock, and she floats outwithout risk or trouble. The advan-tak- e

of a number of docks at a sta-tion Is the readiness with which a smallvessel may be put into a small dockand a- large vessel into a large one atonce, this being done with so mucheconomy of time and labor.

Long Names for Automobiles."What is the longest word in the lan-

guage?" is an inquiry that frequentlyturns up in an editor's mall. If someother languages were in question, hewould dread to see it; the answer wouldtake too much space.

Thus in Berlin one Herr Thien, whohas long been prominent in local trans-portation interests, has recently estab-lished a motor cab service. The pleas-ing German name for bis vehicles is"automobiletexameterdroschken."

It- - Is said that, despite the preposter-ous title, the new cabs are remarkablyhandsome and graceful. But if thereis anything in a name, the motor car-riages Introduced into some parts ofBelgium should Instantly become sway-backe- d

and top-heav- y. The Flemishword for automobile Is

Some Works Required.It Is well not to overstep the line be-

yond which the exercise of faith be-comes something like negligence.

"I tell you, brudders," exclaimed ayoung colored pastor, who was preach-ing a sermon on faith, "we haven't halfenough of it! De Lord will watch overour uprisin' an' our downsettin' ef weonly got faith like a grain o' musta'dseed! He ain't gwine to let no habmcome to us," he went on, fervently,"ef we Jis' exe'cise faith!"

"All de same, Bruddah Flint" spokeup the white-haire- d old patriarch uponwhom rested the burden of lookingafter the temporal affairs of the church,"we're goln' to keep dls yer meetln'house insured agin fire an' Hghtnln'l"

A Gigantic Sob Dial. j

The largest sun dial in the world isHayou Horoo, a large promontory, ex-

tending 8,000 feet above the AegeanSea. As the sun swings round theshadow of this mountain it touches,one by one, a circle of islands, whichact as hour marks.

end she gave him the great privilege olan audience. As a result an Imperialdecree, allowing him a residence in

u, a house like that de-

stroyed, and many other favors, waspublished. Since he has built two bigchurches In his bishopric, severalschools, three old people's homes, twofoundling asylums, as many orphanasylums, a seminary and a Chinesehigh school.

The missionaries have 2,000 acres under cultivation and teach all sorts ofEuropean trades carpentering, shoe- -

making, weaving, etc.

A shipment of American black basswas made to France, and they haveflourished so marvelously that to-da-y

they are common articles of diet in thehotels and restaurants. When the basswere Introduced the French streamswere practically deserted.

During the Franco-Germa- n war theGerman artillery flred 340,000 shotsand the Infantry twenty million. Thisterrible hall of shot and bullets re-

sulted in a loss of forty-fiv- e thousandmen to the French. Thus every Frenchman killed involved an expenditure ofbullets sufficient to kill a regiment.

A big piece of granite has been cutfrom the Palmer quarry, five milesfrom Vlnalhaven, Mo. It measures inthe rough state sixty-fou-r feet in length.and Is eight feet six inches thick byseven in width, the total weight being310 tons. When turned Into cyltndrical form It will be fifty-fou- r feet inlength by six feet three inches In di-

ameter, and will be the first of eightcolumns which are destined to supportthe great dome of the Episcopal cathedral of St. John the Divine of NewYork.

The Southwest claims that the larg-est orchards in the world are located Inits own territory. The largest bearlng apple orchard is the Wellhouse or-

chard of 1,450 acres, situated nearLeavenworth, Kan. The Olden orchardat Olden, Mo., contains 1,450 acres ofapples and peach trees; the McNalr orchard at St. Elmo over 2,000 acres; theHuber orchard at Senace 1,400 acres;the Parket-Wlnan- s Orchard near Seymour 1,000 acres; the Ozark OrchardCompany's orchards at several pointson the Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad inMissouri and Arkansas 2,200 acres, andthere are many orchards ranging from80 to 800 acres.

In the Yellowstone National Park isa curious freak of nature. Along alittle frequented trail leading to thefossil forest stands a great glacial boul-

der, twice as large as an ordinary streetcar, which has been split apart fromtop to bottom by a pine tree. The treeis thirty or forty years old, and itgrows entirely through this block ofgranite, spreading the pieces wideapart on one side, while on the otherthe crevice remains comparativelysmall. Everything goes to show thatthe tree has split the rock by its ownforce, perhaps assisted each winter bythe Ice. It seems to have thrived onthe task. Though it has moved apartthese massive fragments, each weigh-ing hundreds of tons, it is the healthi-est tree In that locality.

A Chinese Wonder.Eliza Ruhamah Scidraore describes

in the Century a great national phe-nomena which she has observed on oneof her many visits to the long-live- d

Chinese Empire."There are three wonders In the his-

tory of China," she writes, "the De-mons at Tang-cha- the Thunder atLung-cha- and the Great Tide atHang-cha- the last the greatest of all,and a living wonder to this day of 'theopen door,' while Its rivals are lost inmyth and oblivion. On the eighteenthnight of the second moon, and on theeighteenth night of the eighth and ninthmoons of the Chinese year, the greatest flood-tide- s from the Pacific surgeinto the funnel mouth of Hang-cha- u

Bay to the bars and flats at the mouthof the swift-flowin- g Tslen-tan- Theriver current opposes for a while, untilthe angry sea rises up and rides on, ina great,, white, roaring, bubbling wave,ten, twelve, fifteen, and even twentyfeet In height. The Great Bore, theWhite Thing, charges up the narrowingriver at a speed of ten and thirteenmiles an hour, with a roar that can beheard for an hour, before it arrives, themost sensational, spectacular, fascinat-ing tidal phenomenon a real wonderof the whole world, worth going farand waiting long to see."

No Wonder It Was Stale.In a Metropolitan court a woman

was sued for the value of a certainquantity of bread supplied to her or-

der, and received daily.In defense, she stated that the

amount charged was exorbitant, as,owing to being stale, she was entitledto a reduction in price.

Aftei conflicting evidence, presumingthe case would be decided against her,the defendant placed her hand underher heavy shawl, and producing a loaf,she shouted

"Seeing's believing, your honor.That's a specimen stale enough for amenagerie, and hard as a brick!"

With a smile, the Judge tried to presshis thumb into the substantial evidencebefore him, but being baffled on allsides, he exclaimed

"My good woman, I quite feel foryou as well as the loaf. Judgment forthe defendant!"

It transpired afterwards that the de-fendant had saved the loaf in questionfor nine months.

The thieves will finally start a storythat honesty Is not the best policy, andgive reasons why honest men shouldnot be respected.

Barn's Horn Sounds a Warning Notto the Unredeemed.

VERY delight involves a duty.

Prayer is thecure for care.

The man who isa walking directory of his neigh-bor's affairs is apoor director ofhis own.

Friendship givesno license to dispose of courtesy.

A patent leather will pinch as painfully as a raw-hid- e.

Gratuitous advice may be valuable,but it is seldom highly prized.

It is poor economy to keep a carriageand pair to save shoe-leathe- r.

Men could not come near to Sinai,but they are drawn to Calvary.

The strongest argument for the divinity of Christ is the divine in the Christian.

The cross Is our measure of the heartof God and His estimate of the worthof man.

Vanity will paint your portrait as youplease, but conscience always furnishesphotographs.

It Is a good deal easier to pull a

man's reputation to pieces than it is to

put it together again.Fellowship with God is the climax

of religion on one side and fellowshipwith man its perfection on the other.

AN ODD SUPERSTITION.

Walks, Rain or Shine, Rather than RideThrough a tunnel.

"Nearly every man has his superstition," remarked a La sane streetbroker to a friend as they boarded acar. "I came across a little story theother day on that line. Every morning,year in and year out, with the excep-tion of Sundays, a prominent NorthSide business man gets on the Clarkstreet cable car at Fullerton avenue.rides to Illinois and Clark streets, thenalights and walks to his office, whichis within a stone's throw of La Salleand Randolph streets.

'The other day a gentleman who wasvisiting this man's house rode downtown with him, and on arriving at thecorner of Illinois and Clark streets expressed his surprise when the Chicagoman, with an apologetic tone, asKecihim to meet him at his office, as he always walked from this place acrossthe bridge and thence to the office. Thevisitor, rather fancying the walk himself, swung off the car with hisfriend.

" 'What's your idea in walking everymorning?' he asked the Chicago man.'Like the exercise, I suppose? "

" 'No, not particularly,' rejoined theother. 'Superstition, I reckon. Someten years ago I was riding through thetunnel with a friend and we occupieda seat on the grip car. The car wasvery crowded, passengers standingupon the foot board of the grip. Themovement of one of these passengersaccidentally brushed my friend's hatfrom his head. In making a franticattempt to recover it he pitched forward between the tunnel walls and the

f. In spite of frenzied efforts uponthe part of myself and others to draghim out he was crushed to death be-

fore the car could be stopped.'Since that time I have always had

a premonition that should I ever rideagain through the tunnel my endwould be the same. You may thinkme foolish and attribute this to superstition, but I have never been throughthat tunnel since. I walk to Illinoisand Clark streets in the evening andtake a car; In the morning I alwaysalight at that corner, rain or shine, andwalk to my office. If I accompany mywife to the theater I leave her on thecar at this corner and walk to the the-ater. I would not go through thattunnel again for $5,000. The strangepart of all this is that the other tunnelspossess no terrors for me. I frequentlyride through the Washington and VanBuren street tunnnels without athought of danger, but the La Sallestreet never.' " Chicago Inter Ocean.

St. Elmo's Light.St. Elmo's fire, or light Is the popu

lar name of an appearance sometimesseen, especially in southern climes, during thunderstorms, of a brush or starof light at the tops of masts of vessels,at the ends of the yards, or on spires orother pointed objects. It is occasional-ly accompanied by a hissing noise, andis evidently of the same nature as lightcaused by electricity passing off frompoints connected with an electric machine. It Is said, in Grecian mythology,that Castor and Pollux, who were es-

teemed mighty helpers of men, calmedtempests, appearing as the light flameson the masts of ships as described, andthe ancient mariners took the appear-ance of these balls of light on their ves-

sel as a sign that they had nothing tofear from the storm.

The "City of Champagne."The town of Epernay, In France, Is

a vast subterranean city, the streetsfor miles and miles being hewn out ofthe solid chalk, flanked with piles ofchampagne of all blends and qualities.There Is no light in this labyrinth ofstreets, crossings and turnings, exceptwhat the sputtering candles afford.All Is dark, dank and damp, with thethermometer down about zero. Thelargest champagne manufacturers in

Epernay possess underground cellarswhich cover no fewer than forty --fiveacres, and contain 5,000,000 bottles ofwine.

Potato.In Ireland the potato does not. occupy

the position which it held some yearsago. The cheapness of foreign flourhas done much to reduce the value ofthe potato in the diet of the Irish peasantry.

DEVOTED BISHOP'S TRYING OR-

DEAL IN CHINA.

Beaten with Sticks and Stoned andLeft for Dead in the Streets He WasSaved by a Royal Decree and Decor-ated by the Km press.

Tortured at one period like the an-

cient martyrs because of his efforts tospread the gospel in China, Mgr.Anzer, vicar apostolic of the Celestialempire and bishop of Shantung, hasby his rare courage and diplomacy soIngratiated himself with the controll-

ing power of Chinese affairs that henow, in safety and even with great cer-

emony, can conduct services In theprincipal cities of the land of LI HungChang. Mgr. Anzer met China's

Empress and she was so Im-

pressed with his rare virtue that sheextended privileges to him that werefar beyond all expectations. She alsoconferred upon the bishop the secondhighest rank in the empire by makinghim a mandarin of the second orderwith the red button. There are nineof these orders, and it usually takes aperson a lifetime to achieve the ranknow held by Monsiguor Anzer.

A Remarkable Career.The Catholic prelate has had a most

remarkable career. He was ordained apriest in 1876 and three years laterwent to China as a missionary to striveto attain for the Catholic missionariesof the present day the proud, almostIndependent, position they enjoyed inthe sixteenth and seventeenth centu-ries. Upon going to China, Mgr. Anzersecured a place as teacher In the HongKong Seminary, and at the same timebecame pastor of the Catholic hos-

pitals, but the new professor of philos-ophy and theology attracted so muchattention by his great knowledge andhis ability to adapt himself to nativeconditions, that he was soon promotedto the presidency of the college. Atthat time the Catholic Church main-tained twenty-seve- n vicarates InChina. These were distributed overfive ecclesiastical regions or provinces,

MGR. ANZER.

the largest being the apostolic vicarateof Shantung, administered by BishopCosi of the Order of St. Franclscus.

When Bishop Cosi heard of the prom-ising new arrival he proposed to Rev.Anzer to take over the three souther-mos- t

prefectures of his territory, calledFu and see what he could do withthem. The priest gladly accepted, eventhough he knew that the district wasthe most dangerous In the whole em-

pire.Beaten and Stoned.

In January, 1882, he took his depart-ure for south Shantung, which had

population, and among whomwere only 158 Christians. The wholesection was a hotbed of political andreligious dissension and the greaterpart of the population lived by robbery.When the robbers learned the priestwas there to oppose them, they be-

came his bitter enemies and threatenedto kill all Chinese who had dealingswith him. Finally, at Tsau-Tscho-F- u,

matters assumed a serious turn and anepoch of persecution opened. Mgr.Anzer endeavored to open a missionhouse, but the mandarin of the townsent a troop of evildoers to get himout of the way. They dragged himfrom his hostelry, beat him with sticksand stones and finally left him for deadoutside the city gates. He was caredfor by a native friend and was, afterseveral months, able to continue hislabors. He had considerable success,but again was attacked by a mob, thistime at the town of and wouldhave suffered death had it not been fora humane mandarin who interfered.

Pope Leo was so pleased with Fath-er Anzer's progress that he orderedhim to report in person at Rome. Thecourageous missionary arrived at theVatican In the winter of 1884, andthough only 34 years old at that time,left the Eternal City with the title ofVicar Apostolic. Soon afterwards thedistrict south of Shantung was formedInto a separate bishopric. In 1886 hewas consecrated a bishop and imme-diately returned to the battle againstheathenism in China.

He located in but nosooner was his mission known thanthe city rose in a fury against him,drove him from outside the gates, lev-

eled a house he had bought and killedseveral of his servants. Next the bishoptried to install himself in the rich trad-ers' city of Tsl-nin- but a riot brokeout the minute his presence becameknown. Fearing complications, theauthorities stepped in this time, savedbim from the mob, and bid him awayuntil midnight, when he was forced todepart in the disguise of a beggar. Allefforts to obtain redress from the localmandarins proving futile. Bishop An-

zer finally decided to appeal to thecourt of last resort, the Empress. Af-

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OBSTRUCT RAILROAD WORK INCENTRAL AFRICA.

Voracious Beasts Kill Nearly One Hun-dred Men and Injure Many OthersTheir Frightful Ravages Committedin Africa and India.

Obstructing the building of a railroadIs a rather unusual feat for lions, yetthat is what two of them did some timeago in Central Africa, near VictoriaNyanza. The matter was referred toby Lord Salisbury in one of bis address-es in the British House of Lords.

Thesa lions were man-eater- s and formore than eight months they terror-ized 6,000 laborers engaged in the workof construction. Scores of these menthey dragged off and devoured. Thegreater part of the camp, having atlength movfd up the country beyondthe forging ground of the lions, severalhundred were left behind to buildbridges. Upon these the lions made astill more sanguinary descent. Nightafter night they would carry away oneand sometimes two men. They attack- -

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ed white engineers, doctors, soldiersand military officers as well as laborersfrom India, coolies and African na-

tives. On almost any night, and at anytime of the night, the men were liableto be aroused by the shrieks of theirabducted comrades, and to hear thecracking of their bones and the tearingof their limbs a rod or two away, whilethe lions growled and quarreled overtheir prey. Sick men In the hospitaldied from sheer terror at these horriblesounds and the horrible scenes theysuggested. The beasts were shot at inthe darkness, but seldom hit. For fire-

arms, fire or torches they cared noth-

ing. One of them leaped upon an offi-

cer, tore his knapsack from his backand then carried away and a devoureda soldier near him.

Many became so terror-stricke- n thatthey threw themselves on the rails infront of a coastward train and Insistedon either being run over or carried offon the train. Those who stayed for-

sook the tents and huts and campedout on top of the water tanks, on roofsand bridge girders or in beds lashed tothe-highe- branches of the trees. Onenight one of these broke, letting Itslodgers fall within a few feet of theUons. But, being already too occupiedwith devouring a victim, the brutesgave no heed to this "windfall," but letthe Intruders escape until anothermeal.

Killed Nearly One Hundred Men.During the eight months that these

lions lived upon these railroad menthey would be occasionally wounded bya shot and obliged to retire from activelife, thus giving the camp Intervals ofquiet But they killed and ate In allnearly thirty natives of India, twice asmany African natives, besides injuringmany others of various nationalities.

It was impossible to poison them because they confined their diet entirelyto human beings, to the neglect of everykind of game, with which the regionabounds. The white men were notnumerous enough to hunt them successfully and the Sepoys were too un-

skilled with firearms. At length an en-

gineer of the line who spent months ofhis time pursuing them, worn out byloss of sleep, sitting up in the moon-

light and tracking them during the day,succeeded in shooting them both andputting an end to these man-eater- s'

reign of terror. They were each overnine feet long.

Both Africa and India are in manyparts under the dominion of the lionand tiger. Against the lion of SouthAfrica the native has to be constantlyon his guard. The Arabs arrange theirtents in a circle In the center of whichthe herds are penned, and outside thetents is a rude hedge. When they hearthe animal begin roaring, and he can beheard plainly at a distance of threemiles, sometimes faintly nine miles off,they kindle the heaps of wood thathave been piled up before each tent sothat the occupant may hurl a lightedbrand at him. But some of the bruteshave become so wonted to the fire, theyelping of the dogs and the cries of thepeople that they pay no attention tothem. He boldly leaps within the

He drives men, women andchildren into their tents, silences thedogs and stampedes horses, sheep anddogs through the hedge and across thedesert.

From the sheep, too, frightened toflee, he selects his supper and carries itaway to the mountains. Or if themoods suit pursues the horses andcattle. Of these he will sometimes killthree or four and suck their blood,leaving their carcasses where he over-took them. The power of these blackAfrican lions Is enormous. The strong-est of them can clear an eight-fo- ot

holding In their mouths a 3--

are green all over, will not Injure themfor seed. E. E. Parkhurst in OrangeJudd Farmer.

Angora Goats.Iu Texas Angora goats have been

cultivated for some years, and Farmand Ranch says there are 75,000 of theanimals within its borders, while near-ly fifty tons of their fleece, commercial-ly known as mohair, were shipped lastyear from Uvalde alone. It now sellsat prices ranging from 25 to 35 centsa pound for average grades, while someof the very finest quality not yet mar-keted is expected to command 40 cents'Not only Is the fleece of considerablevalue, but the hides and flesh are alsosaid to be in active demand.

Apparently there Is an excellent op-portunity for many American farmersin the raising of Angora goats. It isasserted that these animals can be keptat much less expense than sheep,while their fleece is of far greater val-ue than wool. It requires a dry climateand short grass, while a country ofbroken and hilly nature, with scrubbytree growths, is well adapted to its re-

quirements. The statement is alsomade that breeding the Angora withthe common goat produces an animalof greater size than the latter, whilethe fleece is soon graded up to a profit-yieldin- g

quality.

Why Incubator Chicks Die.At th-- Rhode Island station careful

investigation has been made of thecause of the death of young incubatorchickens. The total number of deadchickens examined during the springand summer of 1899 was 826. It wasalleged that about one-thir- d of thechicks had been more or less injuredby uneven heat during incubation.Another common cause of trouble wasin overcrowding of brooders, resultingIn death by suffocation, trampling, etc.

Tuberculosis was found to be veryprevalent, and 15 per cent of thechickens were more or less affected.For guarding against this disease it Isrecommended to give the interior ofthe brooders all the sun and air possi-ble on pleasant days. Bowel troubleswere a common cause of death. Feed-ing should be as nearly as the time ofthe attendant renders profitable a con-

tinuous operation, but by no means acontinuous gorge. Sometimes too muchanimal food is given, but in moderatequantities animal food results in rapidgrowth. Lack of animal food some-times causes diseases of the liver andgall bladder. Orange Judd Farmer.

Queenless Hives.If any of the hives have a number of

bees hanging idly around the entranceduring March and April, and do notcarry pollen like other normal colonies,it is a pretty sure indication that theyare queenless. They will need watch-

ing until some pleasant day when theycan be examined. Queenless coloniesare in danger of being robbed, for dis-

couraged bees are not inclined to pro-tect their stores as a prosperous colonywould. If they are not provided witha queen they will gradually dwindleaway.

Simple Irrigation.The course of a hillside stream can

be changed to go around the hill In-

stead of directly down the slope, andby partially damming the stream atintervals the water can be turned offin small streams over the sward. Thewater is used to best advantage if notallowed to run over one place morethan four or five days at a time. Thepasturage on a hillside can sometimesbe doubled by this simple and inexpen-sive arrangement

Onions.Onions, unlike most other crops, de-

light in being grown on ground pre-

viously used for onions. An onionpatch, to be profitable, must be veryrich, and free from weeds. It Is lesswork to keep one clean If properlytended the first season. Great careshould be taken In the manure used,well-rotte- d stable manure being thebest.

General Interest to Farmers.It Is estimated that the loss of cattle

on the range in Montana the past win-ter will not exceed 4 per cent

Mixing about one pound of oil mealwith five of wheat and wetting it upwith skim milk makes a good feed forgrowing pigs.

Governor Richards of Wyoming hasIssued a quarantine proclamation withinstructions governing the shipment ofcattle Into Wyoming.

A bushel of wheat as an equivalentamount of flour, can be shipped fromMinneapolis to almost any point inwestern Europe for about 20 cents.

Every fruit-grow- and horticulturistshould have a scrapbook wherein he .

may place formulas, hints on culture,etc., and where he can also keep a rec-

ord of varieties planted.At the recent congress of veterinary

physicians at Baden - Baden, Dr.Hecker, of Halle, maintained that the

disease can be trans-ferred to healthy animals by birds,etc. a fact which, if substantiated,will call for a modification of legisla-tion.

The largest orchard in South DakotaIs owned by Mrs. Laura A. Alderman,near Hurley, Turner County, and con-

tains 150 acres with 8,000 trees. Twoacres are covered with plum trees. Be-

sides the trees, there are 1,000 currantbushes, 1,000 gooseberry bushes and500 grapevines. Three acres are devot-ed to strawberries. i

Derrick for Stacking.The arrangement Illustrated is In-

tended for stacking bay, fodder, etc.,out of doors, and is also useful, if ofconvenient size, for loading shocks offodder on to a wagon in the field, oneteam being used to haul the derrickfrom shock to shock. It can also beused to advantage m loading hay froma stack on to a wagon. A telegraph poleIs best for the center pole, which turnsin any direction. It is made with ashoulder to fit in the hole in the crossplank at the bottom. The bottomframe should be about one-ha- lf theheight of the entire device. It is madeprincipally of scantlings 4x4 and 2x6,as occasion requires. Three pulleysare necessary to operate the derrick.and the crane can be swung aroundwhenever wanted. This stacker can be

HOME-MAD- E STACKER.

built on runners and may be hauledfrom place to place. A correspondent.describing this derrick in an exchange,says one of the kind will pay for itselfseveral times over In convenience In

handling many heavy articles, and willfast a long time if well taken care of.

Measuring Irregular Fields.A method for measuring and finding

the number of acres In a field shapedas shown in the accompanying dia-

gram is to add together the widths ofthe two ends, halve the sum thus ob-

tained, and multiply this by the length.The result will give the area of thefield. The problem is one of the sim-

plest In geometry. When the twowidths are added together and the sumhalved, the width will be precisely asmuch as If one of the sides were cut

MK AST'RINGl A FIELD.

off and reversed, as shown by the dot-ted lines, thus making a rectangle ofthe same area exactly as the originalfigure. .

How to Raise Watermelons.An Iowa contributor to the Farm,

Field and Fireside says: Select a richloam sandy loam is best and digboles six feet each way, or in one longrow, and put a shovel full of well- -

rotted manure in each bill, coveringwith two Inches of dirt Plant about adozen seeds in each hill, covering oneinch deep. Plant from the 5th to the10th of May. Soon after planting these,say five or six days, plant a hill be-

tween each two of the first ones. Thesewill come up about the time bugs showup generally, and they will not touchthe first vines, but will destroy the sec-

ond planting. This is much easier thanputting ashes on the vines, and surer,too.

The main thing after this is to keepthe ground loose around the hill, andyou can raise melons in spite of drouth.Should the bugs come early and attackthe first vines, they are all gone beforethe others are up. A wheel hoe is thebest tool to use, hoeing twice a weekat least The seeds should be savedfrom the earliest and largest melons,providing they are sweet

Sunburned Potatoes for Seed.In answer to the inquiry of A. W.

Morton, sun-burne- d or green potatoesare all right for seed. Forty years agowhen we raised our potatoes on newburned land, we had a great manysun-burne- d potatoes, and, as they werenot good for cooking purposes, wesaved them for seed. It came to be thegeneral opinion among farmers thatthe green end of potatoes was muchthe best for seed. They were consid-ered more bardy and produced earlierpotatoes. I am not well enough in-

formed on this point to claim any ad-

vantage In this direction, but can safe-ly say that the green ends, or if they