GUNS GUARD SEALS
Gannon and Rifles Bar Poachers
from Pribilof Islands.
W»wap ot Islands Containing Richest
Seal Rookeries in World Care
fully Watched by Government
Officials and Natives.
Washington.—Gatling guns, moun
*®tn howitzers anti Krag-Jorgenson
■tffles mfide last summer’s sealing sea
• tna in the Pribilof islands freer of dep
redations than ever before, according
to W I. Liembkey. United States gov
‘ecnment agent there, wbo has returned
to Washington to prepare his annual
import. This group of islauds con
tains the richest seal rookeries in the
-world.
The determined raids made on the
berd in 1S0C by Japanese pelagic seai
«ar», when they were driven off with a
bites of five killed and many captured,
introduced an element of danger to
•« good relations or Japan and the
XUxiled States.
Japanese schooners still hover out
*#de the three-mile limit of American
jurisdiction, but a revenue cutter pa
and a strong guard on the beach
have discouraged raiding attempts.
When at the opening of last season
•fir. Liembhey went to his post he took
weeerai Gatling guns and howitzers.
"There are about SO natives on the
Mauds of St. George and St. Paul, the
Mtier being the larger,” said Mr.
Svenbkey. "It has a shore line of
about &0 miles. The guard, which has
toea thoroughly organized, is posted
aft prominent lookout points. Tele
jtoune connection is maintained with
headquarters, where the Gatlings and
howitzers are kept- on carriages ready
tor instant transportation to the scene
■mf attack
The revenue cutters the Hear, the
Wanning, the Rush, and the Perry,
form a cordon around the Islands,
tore** of them always on patrol, while
tttra fourth goes to Unalaska for coal.
'Site officials maintain a sharp watch
?npon all pelagic sealers/ that is. cn
wil vessels which take seals by catch
sn« them from the sea outside the
ttfurce-nrle limit.
The taking of seals from the rook
eries ashore, where they are thickest,
*» restricted to the North American.
QUEEN OF ITALY GREETING THE CZAR OF RUSSIA.
The ruler of the Russian empire is bending over the hand of the queen.
The king of Italy is standing at his side. Around them are members of the
royal guard, every precaution being taken to protect the visitor from assassi
nation.
Commercial Company, to which the
government has leased the privilege to
take 15.000 fur seals annually. It costs
them $10.22% a seal. Therefore the
government this year derived an in
come of $150,000 from the fisheries.
"The lessee must not take those
above or below a certain size, and
must refrain from slaughter of the
young males annually marked for ex
emption in order that they may serve
the useful purpose of breeding and
prevent the rapid depletion of the
herd. Two thousand ‘bachelors' were
so marked last year.
"The whole herd now numbers less
than 140,000 seals, and of these less
than 50,000 are breeding females.
“The shore guard is composed of
Aleuts, who deem it, a distinct honor
to bear arms for the government. They
regard the seals as property of the
American government and themselves
as American citizens bound to protect
the herd as a matter of patriotic duty.
An alarm from a lookout that a raid
is in progress is sufficient, to bring the
whole native population to the scene
of danger, anxious for a fight. This
alertness has resulted In a steady de
crease since 190ti in the armed efforts
to raid the rookeries.
"We have made no thorough enu
meration of the herd for several years
because to do so effectively requires
that all the females should be driven
off the rookeries and this would force
many of the aintnals outside the three
mile limit where they would be ruth
lessly taken by the pelagic sealers.”
OF JEREMIAH’S DA Y
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Prof. Petrie Tells About Recent
Discovery at Memphis, Egypt.
Palace of King Apries Was of Great
Size—Even its Ruins Are De
clared to be Quite Im
pressive.
Edinburgh, Scotland.—Prof. Flin
ders Petrie, the Egyptologist, lectured
in Edinburg recently In the Royal
-Scottish museum to a large company
iirchaelegists on the recent exca
vations at Memphis. Egypt. His ad
dress contained many important
joints- and' in it was described the
discovery of a new palace of ancient
date. The recent - work, he said, of
tile British School of Archaeology In
Egypt had been continued at Mem
phis and also extended to Thebes.
The great result of the year's work
at Memphis had been the discovery
«af the palace of King Apries—the
Pharaoh Hophra of the blble, who was
contemporary with Jeremiah.
Hitherto no palace had been known
1* Egypt beyond the tower at M.edinet,
Hahn, and some portions of rather
vecriier date. Now they had a great
Mwflding about 400 feet long and half
s» wide perserved to ten or fifteen
fact high. The scale of the palace was
nnpreasive The middle court was
"well over 100 feet square and the
atone columns in it were more than
dorty feet high. The stone-lined
Mails which remained were over forty
fleet long and half as wide. The brick
halls were nearly as large and the
Trails were about fifteen feet “thick.
A still larger court extended on the
-north side.
The approach to the palace led up
through a great mass of buildings to
a platform at a height of about sixty
feet above the plain. These buildings
served to defend the entrance as outer
Ajrtificationa, Between these out
works and the palace was a trench
about thirty feet wide, which was
doubtless crossed by a drawbridge.
The roadway traversing the palace
was sixteen feet wide. On one side
wasre stone-lined halls and on the
jtfher the kitchen. Some of the fire
places of the kitchen were still re
maining. The great court was on the
nest and there was a court, the larg
est of -all, on the north. The farther
$wrt of it had been entirely washed
Away by the rains that had poured
wJWwn- th<* slopes of the hill for over
TjfiOO years. Little, he said, had any
mote thought that so great a building
remained on the top of the gray mud
hill which every tourist had passenl
who went by the road to Saqquara.
This great gateway and the im
mense walls descending deep into the
mound showed that there lay here
mins of successive palaces, probably
belonging to the whole course of
Egyptian history, and these palaces, it
was hoped, w'ould be unearthed. The
temple of Merenptah and the temple
of Ptah bad also been excavated. In
the former columns and capitals of
the fifth dynasty had been found; in
the latter pottery models of beads
of foreigners such as Karian, Spaniard
or Sardinian, and Bactrian could be
identified; also many varieties of
Greeks and other races.
Some work had also been done in
the cemetery of Thebes, which be
longs to the period of the eleventh
dynasty. Two long, dated inscriptions
were found, one of which names the
conquest of the country by King Uah
ankh-Antef down to some forty miles
north of Abydos. On the top of the
northern mountain of Thebes some
ruins were excavated, about 1,200
feet above the plain. They proved
to be of a chapel of a kind hitherto
unknown, being for the osiriflcation
of King Sankh-ksra. Parts of his
Osiris statute and cenotaph show the
purpose of it. Such a place for a
chapel is without parallel in Egypt.
Calls Hat Ugly; Fined.
Wilkesbnrre, Pa.—For making un
kind remarks about the hat which
Miss Ruth Devonde was wearing, MUs
Mae Carey was fined $25 by Alderman
Brown. Miss Devonde had Miss Carey
arrested and complained that while
she was In a restaurant and wearing
what she believed was a perfectly
stunning hat. Miss Carey entered and
criticised it, saying it was out of style,
ugly and showed uo taste. When
Miss Devonde remonstrated she said
Miss Carey made a scene.
The Pure Food Problem
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Recent Congress Held in Paris Ham
persd by Private Interests—
Defines Whisky.
Paris.—Dr. Edward P. Shatfter of
the United States department of Agri
culture, the American representative
who has been in attendance at the
international pure food congress here,
said after tbe closing session:
“In spite of the most active lobby
ing of private Interests, the result of
this congress will be of great benefit
the world over. I received assurances
that this lobbying, although very ani
mated. would have no Influence so far
as the purpose of the congress goes.
It shows, however, that any interna
tional efTort to get pure food will
bring about the same kind of fighting
and lobbying as was experienced by
the congress at Washington during tbe
pure-food agitation.
“Between 1,200 and 1,300 persons
attended the international congress
here. There were delegates from
Brazil, Uruguay and Chile and an offi
cial representative from China, who
will probably return to his country
and demand that pure rice shall riot
be coated with paraffine.
"The work of the congress was to
establish a standard of purity for food
products. This was arrived at by
stating in exact terms what consti
tuted a pure food. Thus, olive oil was
defined as oil extracted from the fruit
of the olive tree.
"The congress also succeeded in de- j
fining whisky. It says whisky comes
from a distillation of port prepared
by the saccharification of cereals by
means of malt and then fermented.
"Some of the commercial lobbyists, ’
continued Dr. Shaffter, "wanted the
congress to sanction the putting of
borax iu butter for shipping, but the |
congress was emphatically opposed to
this.
“The congress demonstrated one i
thing clearly, and that is that the
United States leads in the war on
adulterated foods. They would not
believe it when I told them that the
American government spends $3,000.
000 each year on inspection and when
all the inspectors of the various states
are fully working the cost will be
nearer $9,000,000.
“The pure food question has never
been agitated in'Kurope as it has been
in America,” said the doctor. "The
congress had great educational value
in arousing public attention to the
question."
Boy’s Lie Saves Mother.
Sidney, Neb.—Pleading guilty to
murdering his father, Andrew Krup
nicke, aged 14, takes a life sentence
in the penitentiary, thus, perhaps,
saving from the gallows his mother,
first charged with the commission of
the crime. But later the boy claimed
his confession was false after it had
secured the mother's freedom.
Alligator Loose in Paris
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Saurin Accidentally Released Causes
Much Excitement — Bullets
Glance Off Its Back.
"Paris.—Some sensation was caused
am the Rue d'Amsterdam by the es
cape of an immense alligator which
was en route to an establishment at
Meuiily. This had arrived by train in
at large box, which was loaded on
board a dorry outside the Saint-Lazare
station. The box, however, was badly
Jbstened, and when the lorry was set
■fn motion fell to the ground. In its
bil it was burst open, releasing the
sanrln. At first the animal seemed
mstber dazed by the electric light and
Ms general surroudings. but after hesi
tating a ■ few moments, it started to
ettmb the Rue d’Amsterdam, causing
.Cener&l terror among the passersby,
■Upon the reptile’s arriving at the
worner of the Rue d’Athenes, a man
<trew a revolver from his pocket and
Mrad five shots at the alligator. They.
Mowever, glanced off the animal's thick
hide, fortunately without doing any
harm to anybody.
A minute!'later a number of police
arrived,-accompanied by the owner of
the animal. Cords, were thrown round
It and it was dragged back to the lor
ry, on to which, after some difficulty,
it was hoisted and sent oft to its desti
nation.
BITTER WINTER, SAYS SEER
Pennsylvania Man Watches Weather
at Equinox and Forecasts Three
Months Ahead.
Daruy. Pa.—Coming out at least two
months ahead of the usual crop of<
weather prognosticators, goosebone
prophets and others, John T. Roberts
of Darby, who declares he has never
made a mistake in foretelling the
weather for the last 42 years, makes
the unpleasant assertion that a win
ter of unusual severity Is ahead of
us. He says:
•‘I predicted that last winter would
be mild with an early spring, despite
the fact that the goosebone prophet of
Reading declared a big blizzard was
booked for around January 15 or 20,
with February unusually cold. I take
my observations'on the first three days
of the fall equinox, September 20, 21
and 22, and base my calculations on
the direction of the wind for these
three days. The first day, September
20, gives us the weather for the first
winter month, December; the second,
the weather for January, and the third
day for February.
Lightning Kills Ducks.
Lbilllcothe, Mo.—One of the queer
est freaks from lightning in this vi
cinity this season occurred at the
home 6f Jacob Eiruner, a fanner living
south of here. During a severe elec
trical storm a flock of ducks flew over
the Bruner home, when a flash of
lightning killed the entire flock, numr
bering 56.
Limitation of Science.
Knowledge may be power, but the
college, professor can't always muke
the automobile go.
" —i 1 "npqnpMMHppMI
Scoundrel
By M. BERTIN
(Copyright, by Short Stories Co.. Ltd.)
And again today, like yesterday,
like every day, he found the envelope,
the feminine angular hand writing,
and It was marked “Personal" and
“Important."
As usual Alaujev's first impulse was
to throw ihe letter unread into the
burning log-fire; but, also, as usual,
be only burned the envelope after he
had looked into every corner of the
room to make sure that, he was un
observed. The letter Itself contained
the only and ever-same word "Scoun
drel.”
How long since he began to receive
day by day, wherever he might be,
such a letter! A rough oblong en
velope, bearing his address, in the
corner the words "Personal' and "Im
portant," and the letter itself contain
ing the cne word "Scoundrel.”
These letters affected Aladjev in a
peculiar way. Some outraged soul
kept track of him day by day, followed
him with unbated hatred and persist
ently threw in his face that terrible
insult. Aladjev started under this ac
cusation; he felt keenly its painful
sting, he hated to think t>f it, was al
ways expeci's- ' Atingly fear
ing It He trie.. v the letters
away unread, be* rce stronger
than his will, com. , _.ed him to open
the envelope with trembling hands, to
take out the letter, and to search in
It for the solution of the riddle that
tormented him. In vain. The letter
consisted always of the same single
word "Scoundrel.”
The letter in the obolong envelope
dominated Aladjev's life. An insig
nificant incident nearly overthrew him.
One day he met and old friend who
insisted that Aledjev come out in the
country with him and spend the night
there. Upon arising in the morning at
the home of this friend the guest
found on his dressing-table the oblong
envelope. His heart almost stopped
beating. He pulled himself logether.
opened the envelope. "Scoundrel," the
one word, nothing more. Even here,
In the home where he was by acci
dent, and where he remained for one
night only, this Implacable enemy had
reached him. Shivering from cold he
lay in his bed; an inexplicable dread
seised him. He was unable to subdue
bis excitement, incapable of collecting
hie thoughts.
.Th1; explanation of this incident was
simple. Before he left his home Alad
Jev had mechanically put the freshly
arrived letter Into his pocket; tthen
the servant was cleaning his clothes
the letter dropped to the floor, and the
servant put it on the dressing-table. In
spite of this obvious explanation,
Aladjev was deeply impressed and
could not forget the incident.
Years ago Aladjev bad begun to
write for a liberal newspaper. His
writings bore tbe stamp of purely
Russian liberalism, and were perme
ated with a far-off idealistic, high
minded altruism. They reflected a
vague longing toward the good and
the true, and an instinctive hatred of
the evil and the false. And he was
daring almost to foolhardiness. This
daring pleased the readers In the
provinces and gave Aladjev the repu
tation of the banner-bearer and leader
in the fight for freedom. But besides
some sort of reputation in regions
where even the foxes bid each other
good-night, and five kopeks a line,
these writings brought no return to
the author. However, he did not be
come embittered; he merely deter
mined to make a fortune for himself
along different lines. A small mori
bund paper fell Into his hands. Be
ing a clever man, Aladjev compre
hended that high-mindedness would
not make him prosperous. And so
he changed his tune.
To those in power he spoke in an
apparently daring, critical, unpreju
diced vein; but it always happened
that after his strongest attack the
mighty ones shone'far more resplen
dent than before. For'the weary and
heavy-laden he had words of fatherly
benevolence. With a show of com
passion and love he pilloried their
failings and vices. He discovered a
new formula in writing—a cringing
flattery, dad in the garb of high
minded unselfishness, combined with
an unctuous transceneental hatred
of humanity.
Th paper edited on these lines flour
ished. Some loved, others hated It,
No one respected it, but everybody
read it Aladjev had reached his goal.
His financial resources grew daily, his
income became magnificent.
But the years of such feverish activ
ity left their traces. Aladjev grew
old and Infirm. Against his will there
arose in the bottom of his soul
old long-forgotten, forcibly-suppressed
longings. They brought in their train
tbe painful consciousness of a duality,
an unconquerable self-deteetatlon.
His youngest daughter—the only
one of his children whom he loved—
had left him after she had told him
that she was ashamed of her fathdr.
She became lost among the hundreds
of others pure of heart, unselfish ol
purpose and deep of feeling like her
self.
Over his desk hung her picture.
Her eyes looked reproachfully down
on him. Right under her beseeching
eyes, nay, in defiance of therm he
wrote his clever, cold, lying articles.
And yet Aladjev felt that there was
more holy truth In one of her mis
takes than in all his cold calculations.
Insomnia tortured him; in his sleep
less nights he could not drive away
the all-pervading dread of death.
The stillness of the night spoke to
him in mystic dreams. The figure ol
his sorrowing daughter gave battle to
his agony in loving kindness.
* He feared solitude. l>ate at night,
when he did his work, all the deep
shadows seemed to become alive.
His dreams were heavy. He stood
before the judgment seat and could
not justify himself. Unknown shades,
covered with blood, nbject in their
despair, passed before him accusingly
and their number did not end. "I
know them not,• he said. "I did not
hate them: if I have harmed them
it had to be, because it was to my
advantage.” Their number increased
continually, they grew up like a wall
between him and the Judge, they
reached out after him, showed him
their wounds—and, in nameless dread,
he crawled out of his bed. shaking In i
every joint.
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The first report of the massacres ■
reached the editorial rooms. His co
workers talked subdued, in whispers.
Aladjev said nothing. He wrote
an editorial in his usual mauner. He
said a few words of regret and
then he tried to show how unavoid
able, how inevitable, how almost
necessary were these events. He
made use of a knavish trick. The
massacres were not, he argued, the
result of deliberate incitement; no, on
the contrary, the massacres proved
how justified had been the cam
paign of incitement. He was pleased
by the thought that he did not in
cite the riots.
He ate his dinner with relish and
was in good humor. He went to
the theater to see a French farce,
lingered at supper, and came home
late, a little tired, but pleasantly agi
tated. On his dresslngn-table was the
oblong envelope; this time it had a
wide black border.
“So you are mourning for the vic
tims of the massacre!" he exclaimed,
sneeringly. He placed the letter with
out opening it under his pillow, and
immediately fell asleep.
He awoke suddenly. He did not
know what had happened. Icy dread
was strangling him by the throat.
The black border of the letter stood
in front of him and gripped his chest.
A terrible pain had made him
insensible. Soon he began to compre- i
hend. Yes, that was it Why had
he put the letter under his pillow? It
was the black border which had ter
rorized him. Suddenly he saw clearly.
Those hateful letters were the dread
ful shadows which tortured him. If
he could but get rid of them all would
be well, the shadows would disappear,,
and his soul would find peace. He
arose from his bed and, without put
ting on any garment, he tiptoed Into
his working room. The full moon
flooded the room with pale light. He
opened the drawer. There were the
letters. There were many, many of
them. He took them out one by one,
read each, and threw it away. But the
more he threw away, the more re
mained. Everything was littered with
them—the floor, the chairs, the couch,
the tables. He hurried in fear, for
tnese yeuowea sneets wmsperea be
hind his back—he was afraid to turn
around—they conspired against him.
They flew around like a flock of white
birds, and touched him with their
wings. He drove them away, but they
surrounded him in ever narrowing cir
cles, thier number grew and grew,
they slapped his face with their wings,
and every movement of their hissed
the one word, “Scoundrel.”
And suddenly the circle opened.
What was this? The letter with the
black border stood in front of him.
The double sheet opened and began
to compress, to break his breast. No
help, no salvation? He wanted to cry
out; his weak groan was lost in the
joyous flappings of uncounted white
wings. In despair he looked up to the
picture. She alone would plead-for
him—she alone coulu save him.
The picture was no longer there. He
himself had removed it yesterday to
escape the everlasting reproach of
those mournful eyes. With a wild
cry he threw himself against the
black-bordered letter.
In the editorial rooms the night
force had. heard the shriek. They
hastened into Aledjev’s room. They
found him atop of a heap of letters,
his face distorted with horror. A few
weak signs of life remained in him.
They laid him on the couch. Everyone
had picked up instinctively one of the
letters. The solemn silence around
the dying man was broken by a sub
dued whisper. As they looked at the
letter eaoh one pronounced in an un
dertone the one word. “Scoundrel.”
Importance of Teeth.
Dr. Osier has stated that the ques
tion of preserving the teeth is more
important than the liquor question,
says Scientific American. No doubt
much dyspepsia is due to decayed
and defective teeth, which preclude
complete mastication of the food
Ueven if anybody in America had the
time to eat propqrly). Dentists, like
doctors, are now beginning to realize
that their true mission is not "a gen
eral rebuilding system,” but a sys
tematic and well-considered effort to
prevent and overcome the decay and
loosening at human teeth.
PLANS FOR CONCRETE
FOUNDATION OF SILO
Bulletin from Dairy Division of the Department of
Agriculture Gives Detailed
Instructions.
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Laying of the Foundation.
The accompanying illustrations and
description of a silo built on a ce
ment foundation are taken from bulle
tin 136 of the dairy division United
States department of agriculture.
To lay out "the foundation, drive a
stake in the ground at the center of
the proposed silo. Saw off this stake
at the height desired for the founda
tion wall, which should be at least
one foot above the ground on the high
side, If the ground is sloping. One end
of a straight 2x4 inch scantling, a lit
tle longer than is necessary to reach
from the center of the silo to the out
side of the foundation wall, should be
nailed on the outside of the stake
with a 40-penny spike. This spike
then marks the exact center of the si
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down straight, and to leave the bot
tom level.
The concrete should be made of one
l>ait cement, three parts sand, and
tive parts broken stone. The broken
stone may be of all sizes, np to pieces
that will puss through a two-inch ring.
Washed gravel, broken brick or
screened cinders may be need in place
of broken stone, if the graved con
tains sand, the amount contained
should be estimated by screening
some of it, and the proportions of
gravel and sand should be so adjust
ed as to conform approximately to the
above formula.
For mixing the concrete, a box
about four feet wide, eight feet long,
and one foot deep, may be used, or a
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Form for Foundation Above Ground.
!o. Krom it. measure off on the scant
ling the distance to the inside and
outside of foundation wall. and. hav
ing nailed on markers lay off the foun
dation.
The thickness of the wall should
va.y from 10 to 18 inches, depending
upon the size of the silo, the material
of the foundation, and the ground on
which it is located. The inside of the
foundation wall should be at least two
inches nearer to the center of the silo
than the inside of the staves. Where
the ground on which the silo is to be
located is not level, the markers can
be lengthened by holding a longer
board against either marker moving it
up or down to keep it touching; the
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simple floor or platform six by teu
feet will suffice. To measure tbe mate
rials an empty barrel (preferably a
cement barrel) with hath ends
knocked out will be most convenient
First measure up sand enough for a
batch of convenient Rise, and spread
it on the floor or platform. Measure
up the cement, spread it over thu
sand, and with a hoe or above), mix
them until no streaks appear. This
mixture is then built up into a low,
circular pile, with a crater-like basin
in the center. Into this "crater" pour
water, and, by drawing in tbe dry
mixture from all sides with a hoe, mix
thoroughly, adding more water if nec
essary, until the hoe will leave the
Form Filled with Concrete.
ground while the scantling is held lev
el. If the ground is very uneven, it
may be difficult to make the line con
tinuous, in which case points can be
marked every few inches, and these
joined afterward.
For 'a concrete foundation, a ditch
must be dug before any of the earth
in the center is removed. The earth
between the two lines that mark the
inside and outside of the foundation
should be taken out, until firm ground
below frost line is reached, care be
ing taken to cut the sides of the ditch
mortar without the mortar chuglug to
it, after which the mortar is spread
out on one end of the platform. Now
measure up the broken stone or
coarse gravel. Drench it with water
to wash off all particles of dust, and
dump it on the wet mixture of sand
and cement. The final mixing In dons
by shoveling the material back and
forth until it is thoroughly mixed. It
should be shoveled at least three
times. The concrete is now ready for
use. and should be put in place with
as little delay as possible.
TRIM FRUIT
TREES YEARLY
All Dead, Diseased and Decaying
Branches Should Be Cut Out
First, Then Thick
Places.
In winter time the h<>ad of the
fruit tree is open to the light, and all
surplus and obstructing branches can
easily be seen and reached. The
trimmings easily slip down through
the branches and cause little trouble
in the progress of the work. The air
being cold, they can usually be burned
in the orchard without danger to the
living trees. In burning the trimmings
Insects and diseases are destroyed,
and the ashes, a valuable orchard fer
tilizer, are left on the ground, where
most needed, and there is no extra
labor in hauling them away.
In trimming trees at any time all
dead, diseased, and decaying branches
should be cut out first. After that
cut interfering branches and thin out
| places where they are thick. It should
be the aim to leave enough branches
for supporting a good crop of fruit,
but they should not be so thick that
when in foliage sunlight will be en
tirely shut out and some parts of the
tree top be in dense shade. Direct
sunlight is essentia] for the perfect
setting and ripening of good fruit of
high flavor and color. More apple
trees have tops with too much shade
than those that have too much sun.
The trouble with most orchard own
ers is that when they start to trim
they have not the courage to cut out
as many branches as they should.
Fruit trees should be trimmed a lit
tle each year, rather than to let them
go for several years and then cut out
a whole wilderness of brush. A very
heavy trimming of a tree at one time
is a shock to its vitality, especially
where branches more than two inches
in diameter are removed. A few
small branches removed at one time
are not felt.
1 Diffidence of intellect is true bumil
[ ity; the more one knows the more
I one is ready to believe others know.
FROZEN FLOWERS
KEEP FRESH
Picked In the Bud und Preserved
by Refrigeration While
Being Transported.
Freezing flowers to keep them fresh
is a modern idea. They are picked
in the bud and preserved by refreg
eration while being transported. They
can travel safely In this way for sev
eral weeks. When unpacked they are
found free of damage and w hen placed
in water and left alone they slowly
awaken and come into full bloom. It
appears that experiments are being
made in South Africa with a view to
dispatching them in this way ir bulk
at the seasons when they are scarce
elsewhere. The flowers undergo no
deterioration from the treatment eith
er in the beauty of their color or in
their longevity after immersion in wa
ter. Curiously enough growth sus
pended by refrigeration appeai-s to
resume so slowly that the blossoms
thrive in a room for a considerably
longer period than if placed there ini
mediately after being cut in the gar
den.
The process would also serve to in
troduce to our notice many beautiful
members of the horticultural family
with which at present we are unfa
miliar; such plants as the gorgeous
iris, which grows wild in luxurious
profusion in South Africa, or those
which abound on the slopes of the
Andes in South America.
Plymouth Rocks.
Plymouth Rocks are an American -
production, and seem especially suit
ed to our manner of growing poultry.
They are easily fattened for market,
and are not inclined to be wild; in
fact, they possess almost all the good
qualities and have very few faults or
defects. The very fact of their being
raised in such numbers is sufficient
proof of their popularity.
Folly of Fretting and Fuming.
Stevenson: To fret and fume U un
dignified, sulcldally foolish, and theo
logically unpardonable.
