The Coalville times. [volume], November 11, 1898, Image 6

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H IUMES WJIO GAillHiK
B I'AMOUa WOMBN IN HIOTOHV
j WHO WON AND LOT.
V ntthnrnt ml I let latrftN Iil; Hash-
H ! anil Imi iMUtmlt I Im.1 Html
H tor ll.il!, l't.-1l... lltMitis
H Unwritten l'rirtltMt.
H llix rv u found to ronuia nwar
JJH InMn of women, queens and slave
B )ik in whom Hit passion of gam-
IJJH "k liu ssined complete mastery
Hj I ) iho Philadelphia Telegram Tnes
fHI huip'ii rem to Iom all restraint over
H-f-H thn .dtm they become transformed
H ua.i n thn i ad when all their Knar
JM li ilni u hart deserted them they link
H Into i In ulieimoai degradation It la
j notorious that I'nallsh women art
H fvn'i f iftilUK With the majority
fJH uf i hi i ihl. i i K a hirmles
H umu. mfiii nil. m lux I,. . i known
B to l"o everything tlnil lliry ptnaesaed,
H unit finally iu Intro gummed thtlr auula
H to Hi. hlghet bldrinr ami turn to hare
H erej awn) and nt ifn nl to tlilr
H wrr h.it 1Im Goldsmith's story of
H the ' 1 1 woman who, knowing thai aha
H hail not lung lu live played nrji with
Hj her un Icrtaker lor hr luneral axpeli-
j tee ! well known I'arallels are to be
H fmii I m everyday life The women
H ( I ram perhaps mi an-ounl of Ihslr
H warmer blooil, war at one llrnc the
H tnoM ardent gamblers In the world.
H In Iuul XIV ' reign o many faml-
H IIm were ruined through the pnslun-
H ate lore ot the miiiliera anil daughter
H for n came known in ' liuoa" that It
j wsji forbidden by law on pnln of death,
H At enuille nn exception won mide
H to I!, rulo uinl hero the queen herself
j freq lently lost Urge sum ot money
B The frrusl.it gambling ot Madame
H tie Mnnlespau hua beeomn proverbial
B In Trinre n "U Jeu de la Monte-
span At Hi Met the would play tor aa
J muih n H)oou, and woiilil grumble
J heartily and the king olo, If no ono
J Our I mmiir her stakes Hue Uhrlal
J ma.- i ning she loat an Immense for
tunc but recovered with thrt-e cards
J 3ik tii Three inmiilie later he loat
J Ij iO but mm It back Immediately
J Jn I' iJ the cmh oame. At "hoea"
V uloi) hi had played it way aa inuoh a
M0 in
H In 1 1 Hi. XV ' nine niatlera were In
H mui n lh' Mine atate. On June H.17M,
M fr iQntanre, the due ile lllrhelleti ihi-
H dertnok t tearh Mme ile llarrr lane-
M iiunifi in her boudoir Within a few
H mlnutre linw.rer. ho had loat no leal
Hj than $100 000 Thl liiiiutmeel; nuiii-
M id i kuiK who wm-. In kinjiii and
H who waa UelUhlml with hie fatorlte'a
H hxmI link Mine tie Pompadour, It .
B will be rfiiii'mtifrr.1. Ktnibl fur en- i
iimiouj elnkea
J In Charlra I 'a time women playl ;
H freely That they had few awupleii (
1 i.jont ao doliiR It ahown from tho taH I
H that the klnea will. llentlHU Mar!n, i
B Ilaaiomplrrre, a well krown " . n
P und lliicklnthmn. In 1CM, p ,, t,c
m etakea In it, window prlcxiklnk .- ..
H flJe whllo they waited for u prorat-
H alon to M.
M In C'harlea II 'a time, howerer. wom-
B en RUmbtMl In an extent hitherto un-
known In ltullih hUlory In thine
H rtliBolulo daya the plKiaurea of the
H l'jicll.h court h not fur different
H from tlioae ot the l'rcncli The
1 Durheee do Matarln. for Inattuce, n
1 pleeo of tho famoiu uinllnal, lout more
1 than a million pound and emlnl htr
H iltya In begsarf. Nell Owynne loat
H i:0.OOO to her rival, the tlucheaa ot
1 Cleveland, and tlila at one altllng The
H latter, lu her turn, aiiuaudervd an Itu-
H utnae fottune at the tart table.
1 B fat wua tho evil aprcndlnx that
In W Chief Jmtlce Krnon threat-
M tneil to aend nn lady to the pillory,
j however IiIkIi In ruuk alio mlxht be
j who ahotitd be (onvlrlrd lieforn him
H (if playlnit faro Tula provoked from
B (lllray. tho well kuiiwii ratlraturlat, an
H Imaxlnary picture of the flrat ladlea ot
M tho. land atatidlnii In tho pillory lie-
H neath waa the Inaerlpllou Daukhter
H of Tharaoh "
H Ihirlne tho followlna ywir nuuy la-
H (Una were heavily punlahed for refua-
m Ins to comply with hu law. Idy
B Ilucklncham for lnatnne. lnther
1 with Ijuly I.uttrell and Mra Sturt,
H were flnixl 1100 for playlnn faro Iji-
H dlea at tho preaeut day ilii not openly
B camble for atakea whleli amount to
H Ihouaaml of xunda It rwta only
H with their mnaeleueea to aay how
K much they loae at Motile Cnrlii and In
H prlvolc deala durlnr the rourwi of the
H ear
BH IVpalatlun f thn lalle.l l(li,(,l,
HS Tho llrltlah ralatnir aaneral, In tils
H Qiiarterly return ot blrtha, marrlaani
Hl aud death. Jutt taaued. atatwa that
H Ike impulatloii of the Unltnl Klntdnm
H In the middle ot IHU la eellmateil at
H t0 1S8 9l7 peraooa. that of llinlamt
jH mil Wnle in 11,397 01S that of Heot-
land at 4ttl8 ami that of Ireland
j it 4 till 802 In the Unite,! KlnRdom
j i4 61S blrtha and 1HS1 dmtti were
RHK reKtatered In the three runntha endlnit
lUBB June , laM The natural Increase
HH Of impulatlon waa therefore 111,011
HH l'he number of pereona murrled In the
HI nuarter endln( March II. IMS. waa
j I10.1SO The birth rale In the United
H Klnndom In the aerond iiiarter ot 1(93
Hj waa SO 4 suil tho death rate IT ler
H 1 000 The marriage rate In the drat
Ku quarter ot 1W8 waa t: per 1.000.
aH Iron ILlor. lu M.ilc.v
M Near the city of Uurauaii Mexico,
H la an Iron mountain W feat lilxb,
H and tho Iron la from M to TO per cent
H pure The metallic maaa epreada In
H til dlrMtloni (or a raalua of three or
B four mile The entire depoett la aa-
HH llmuied to be auWrlent to eupply all
H Ibf Iron rwjiiliod lu the world for I,-
H W0 yea
VALOB OF OAVALHY.
It ! IU Hakllllr Mhfth Ultra II UrMl
IStitee.
The mobility of eavalry glee It IU
power It mint be here, there and aoy
where, pot only before a battle, hut
during and after II, aaya Meat. II, U.
Davie. I' H A In the Journal et to
Military Service Inatltutlon A In
formation aa to the enemy la ot more
Importance to the rommander-lti-ehlef
than ever before the ratalry rouet be
able to furnlah all that la neeoaaary
and at the anme time keep up a acreen
agmlBet the enemy'a acouia and palrola
To "aee and not to be eeen la aa Im
portant liefore a battle a durlnK IU
progren and after the battle, loo, If the
beat rcaulla are expected from a vlo
lory. It la already required thai ar
tillery be attached to cavalry, If, In
addition to thla, the cavalry la armed
with a lonK-range tarblne, which It
know how to e, I lie aupportlnn col
umn of light Infantry uaually attached
for Important expedltlona may be left
behind with a gain ot mobility The
reotnnolaaance work l ot the utmoal
Imporiame Miid the proper iwrform
anre of II will bring more credit to the
arm and be of more Importance to the
commander In chief than anything elee
that It can do It haa been noted thai
all artillery will puah u the front to
open the combat, alao that It will here
be In danger from unaeen Infantry,
and will need a contan about Ita front
and Hank If Infantry la to eupply
thla guard (be artillery miMt do with
out It or wait till the Infantry ran get
up Here aeema an opening for r
blue cavalry, It can even prectle the
artillery and rind out Jutt what la be
fore It. With Ihla cavalry will ride tho
artillery omrer. who I to make tho
reeonnolMiicti and fix upon the artil
lery potlllone Aa anon na any ani
ons realsinnce la met the cavalry die
mount and throw out a line of aklr
mlaher lu front of the propoaed poil
tlon Thee may or may not be re- i
I levei I when the Infantry gel up The
opIMMlng force will, of roiireo, ilji the
ame thing and kltl In thla prelimin
ary work will toll In the (iibea,iiM
battle During Hie battle n eavalry
will have It hand full In watching
the llanka of ita own army and In dem
onatratlng on thoae of the enemy. The
exact progreae of the crown prlnoe nl
Konlggrali ahould have been known
to Ilenedek and hi arrival ahould not,
aa regard time have been In the leaet
a anrpriae
CAN'T SOAIIH Till! OHOW8.
A man, a maty musket, and a sleek,
wily black crow, tho man In an alibre
vlnlnl night dree, the niuaket eharitetl
nearly to the muule, ami the crow
cawing In perfect Indlffrreneo to the
man or gun, were the chief figure In
n eevne prevented at North Deorlng
Monday morning Tho crow waa but
ono of u Hock that had Leon keeping
the. man awake on u email tree within
a lew ynrda ot the man' alceplng
room The gun had hern In the family for
generation, and had not been fired for
many ywtra. being one of that kind
of gun that I uaed lu ornament the
mautcla ot innuy old house In thla
part ot the rounlry Hiasperated by
the rawing of thn trnwa, the mail de
termined on annihilating thn Hock It
possible, and decided to assume the
rlak of personal Injury attending the
firing of the ancestral wespon
The rruw began the solo about mid
night, uuJ continued without cestlng
until tho poor man could bear It no
longer, aud he started out of bed to
wipe, thn crow family oft the earth, or
that part of It lying rontlguou to bis
realdentlal property 1'olntlng the gun
at the crow, which eyed the man wllh
n look of utter contempt, the man fired
aud fell to the floor from the recoil
of the musket Ilia arm waa nearly
driven from hla shoulder, and hi
eplmi nearly telescoped by the force of
the fall
Untitling hi Injiirlca tho man rote,
willing to litr.r cien the loss of an
arm It the crow had been put out of
existence Htldenlly the crow wua In
wonderment at the action ot the man,
na when tho latter look another look
out ot tho window Micro waa the crow,
gating anxiously toward the window,
a look resembling n smile coming to
the bird vlsago a the man returned
to the window
I nUnl ImpuUtluit.
Among the atorlea told of Dr. Rm
minis, a well-known clergyman of a
former day and generation, there uru
many which show hi keen wit. In
the town where he waa pastor there,
lived a phyalclan who waa n pauthslat,
and took palrui to let overy one know
It. Ile had mailo frequent boast that
lie routd eell ctnu,uer Dot tor Ilui
iinini Id urginuent, and one day rame
hi ohaiice. He and the doctor met at
the hotue of a sick man ' Mow old
are you. slrr" uskttl the physician,
brusquely "Blxly-lwo," replied Doc
tor Hm minis, quietly, although hla
eye showed hk surprUe "May I aak
your age In turn?" ' l'o been nlho
since the creation In one form or an
other," said the phBlclan, curtly
"Ah, then I aupixw you were with
Adam and Hto In the (larden ot
HdenT" Inquired the doctor "Cer
tainty," couid the reply Urn!' said
Dootor Hmmou. placidly, meditating
on the other' face "I alwajs thought
thero u third person there, but
txitiiii have differed from me "
lilts at the li.in.lo.
Aoeordlug to the latest available
autistic lb Uwlled Bute has this
year canned 4.S00 000 oaaea ot toma
toes. Lea than fifty year ago peo
pie did uot know tomatoes were cooa
to eat.
FAlTIIDJXON'SIiAimKR
The weather waa warm even for the
tlret of May. and the soow est the
moantala-eM waa nn-liiag rapMly
The ranyona anil forges wsjrt wild
nnrtilng torrent roaring and tnmbllng
down to the attnn plain bHow, where
i hey became tmaajoii rlvere but all
were river, even the mtle bfsoka,
rendered m by ike rerent rein and
thaw.
lr up the mountain side naallnl n
dot of a bona, gad In It doer way
tlil pleasant afternoon 'toad young
woman with a baby in her inrrt.
She appeared to be anxlonaly look
ing for aom oM who mme not, for,
presently, ah dnspptered In tb
hotMe, only to rarnrn t the door with
a bonnet on htr head and a rttawt
wrapped about Hie baby
W must go and see if w cannot
rind papa Illy, darling He nevar
slays away from lit dlnnrr unleaa he
I detained by something iinutiMt.1
She was a alrong younx laaa, neeua
lometl to the mountains nil her lite, to
their dangere and pitfalls well hi
their nigged side, ami hi r atepa. oven
Incumbered wllh the plump youngster,
ere light and free.
I'altli Dixon wna a brutr girl natur
ally, but ahtt bad never supposed her
self lo be a heroine, or was conation
nf all the strength the possessed when
ronfrnnt! with great peril
liagerly she preaetl forwaid around
the mountain-aide, win re ahe know
her husband had been at work en
deavoring to turn the rourie ot a
reckless mountain stream n Utile away
from hla few acre of tlllablo land
When ahe reached the place where
her husband had been at work, ahe
found hla tools, and eten hla old Jean
eo.it lay near them, but no I'erry him
elf was In eight.
Knllh looked about her with wildly
beating heart, and lifted her strong,
clear voice In a loud rail
I'erry!. Oh, Perry!'
No ansirerl What rmild It mean?
WhAt bad heonme of bar huabandT
8ke turned her eteps now further
np the mountain, where near her. the
gorge wa deeper, and the water
daeketl along more Bernly
On. nn ahe pressed clinging In
bowlder awl viae for support. Utile
Hay In her arms enJolng It all In
baby delight, giving forth now and
then a Joywm Utile eon
the had gone In where the mountain
stream awept In through the narrow
ranyon walla, and Its roar wa almost
deafening
Here ahe paused and peered down
TUMHI-KD OVIlll,
It stiles, only to give forth a startled,
horrified cry, for there, on a narrow
ledge many feet below her, lay her
husband!
"Perry. Perry!" she eobbetl 'Oh
are you dead!'
Hut even aa she apflke ho moved
turned hla head and railed hi fare,
over which the blood wa flowing free
ly "Kullhl" he eallrd, "I'allh love, la
that ouT I thought im would comol
I missed my footing and fell over the
wall, fortunately I lodged here I m
only bruised and my head rut a little
but the wuler U rlslug gradually, and
before many houra will sweep nn
away If ou don't rind n rope'
' Oh, Perry, what tell me '
'On home! Thero arc ropta lu Hip
stable and on the beds, bring any
thing you can find"
"Yes, I will; don't toe heart I II
be back In trn minutes
Hut even aa alio spoke she thought
of her baby tond how hi would Imp,!,
her progre.
"I'll have to leave .ni darling n I
I'm no afraid; but jour father m,
demand It."
She carried Hay away some ,,
Unco, where a bush grew I'miir
thla she plural hlin "rsi lying in
chubby ankle with oin- apron strlni.
while wllh tho oilier ilm made it fi
to the buth,
'tlixl keep my bah) boy!" ),
breathed, at eh dasbtd uway
The water wne slowly U ,ur, i,
nearlng tho wor, prisoned father li,
watched II as It crept up imh b (ih
"It will reach me lu less than un
hour, aud If I'allh should not gPt hack
or meet with an aciid, m vn nlt
la aweeter a danger appraathee ami
she may b In time I wonder if kh
took Iwby wllh her Pooi Palih mv
dear Utile wltol"
In tho meantime seven mou ;
nay had mieasd his msmnm ,. n,
covered that he wa fast nd ,M n
a lusty squall.
Hut a the equall did nm ttll, ,0
mend waiters, he bgn u u ,, ,1,
upron-atrlng UI all his iu u muh
until the many khk. aud i it , rot
tho frail strip ot cll i t ., . '
free.
lie proceeded to t i h,
. mountain-side. I ,'
to
And tie wa really maeMr nt hlntaair
Oa be went, of a truth vary slowly,
and with no cad of slips backward and
lib-wise but upward nd onward
j im-nheleas. until the Infant moun
i i iineer found blmself upon the vary
n'reme edge of that awful pratlple
I wr which hla father had Mian
Dab' dah'' chirruped Ray. and hla
I our father fancying he hoard eome
ililng glanced upward only to give
funh a low gasp of horror at sight of
that sweet. Infantile fact, wall daubed
with yellow clay. It I true but very
aw-et to the distracted father.
Oo back, baby ! ' he ihotitod. "Oo
b-i k' Ob my Ood' Where la PnltbT
Thi water I almost at my feat nd
bniiv Oh must hi life ba aaerlAead
ali'
Dah dah" leneated Hay, and J net
then his mother a volte, raltetl Into a
lei i tiled shriek M she discovered
whire he was fell upon hla ear. Ile
lurmil his mud-daubed, rosy fore to
ward her chirruped a gay cry of de
light and tumbled over the ennyon'a
wall'
I'allh never knew how she dragged
herself lo ibe spot and looked down
upon that whhh she felt must be
death to her child at least.
At Unit she could see nothing The
ledge whereon her husband had been
wa almost loierstl with water.
"Dead1 she moaned "both dead!
Oh, how i u I bear It? Too lalel los
latel
Then she fancied slip heard a voice.
a faint call and looking closer In that
mad whirl of waters, sho beheld Per
ry clinging lu the lower end of the
ledge an! yes with something In hit
arms!
"Make the rnpea taut quickly,
wlfey!' h allot. ' I cannot cling hero
very mant minute"
There wn a bush, n hardy one and
alrong, quite near In this I'allh tied
tlie ladder 'hi- had conatructed on her
way up Ho- mountain, and. with n
prayer to I. ml flung It oer the wall
and guided li wllh her own handa un
til It swung near her fast weakening
and nearly fainting husband
lie looked up and saw not n mere
dangling, frail rope aa ho had ex
pected, that he would havo had great
dimculty In rllmblng, and perhaps
could not hate climbed nt all Incum
bered as he now wa with the baby,
but a real ladder rudely constructed,
but with knots and strap here and
thers!
Wondering how Pallh could havo
done It, he seised It and liegnn slowly
In drag himself up up, feeling a
strange dlialneo reeplng over him,
but not only bis life, hut porhnp hit
child's, depended upon hi reaching
solid earth nrnc more
On, nn. slowly, slowly, far poor, lit
tle, limp Hay hung like n lump of lend
on bis arm, but at lust ho felt Faith'
strong, young irms scire him nnd pull
him over the dangerous edgo of the
cunyon and bo wa saved!
"My baby! oh. my baby! Is hs
dead' moaned the poor mother
"I don't know. I caught hlui a he
fell by hi skirts, and It threw me off
my balance and I tumbled Into the
torrent but managed lo grasp the
rocks Ah, he's all right, except the
shock and Jar! There! ho' coming
round wlfey thank Qodl"
The baby opened hla awettt eye, and
seeing hU mother weeping. Joined In
with a lusty squall for company.
"lint the rope." said Perry, when he
could speak calmly; "I don't see how
you managed."
"Oh, I did It on my way back. It
detained me a little, but grandfather
waa a sea captain, you know, and ha
used to teach na children all about
rope and ladder, nnd and I feared
you could not get up If I did not make
It eay"
"You saved my life and Ituy'a, anl
I guess my awn little wife I a real
heroine, though neither she nor I
knew It before."
Tb iJttl "tin It In III Vtar.
The one hundred und fourteen daya'
a waa ended by the protocol for
peaie while Important operation wero
In progress In Tuba, Porto Itlco and
the Philippine Istund In Cuba our
warships had bombarded Manianlllo
all day and part of a night, and were
about to resume firing In the morning
l when new of tho protocol reached tho
merlcan romauder In Porto Itlco
Dm Miles' plan for Investing Ban
luan from four different point un the
land aide waa working eiicresw fully,
un I Ocn. Wilson, at Toamo, had Just
demanded the surrender of Albonlto,
il'er having shelled Iho enemy nt
Utimanta, nearb), when the order to
iso hostile, operation va rerolrcd
V Manila, Admiral Dewey and (len
Merritt, Ignorant of the peaco nego
nations In Washington, force! the sur
icnder of the city unconditionally by
t vigorous bombardment by the fleet
Ibe day after the proclamation of the
protocol. The really great event of
i tie war thus begun and ended beforo
iho Philippine oopltnl.
tslr lltlr (irottlu teres
Kulr-halrwl reoplo are said lo be
becoming lea numerous than former
ly. The nnclent Jew a wero a fair
haired rare; now the) ore. with few
exceptions, dark. So It la In a lesser
degree with the Irish, among whom
lW jeare ago a dark-haired person
waa alinoat unknown
Methods.
"I na here Drat," said Agulnaldo,
resentfully. "Why ahould Dewey bo
considered so muoh mure ot n man
than 1 mf "Well." replied the can
did ndviaar, "your methods are differ
ant. Dewey keep hla eye open all
the time and )Oti heap your mouth
open." Hx
Lore like Ice I awfully slippery
and It soon thaw
FARM AM) UAIIDM.
MATTBIIS OP INTEHB8T TO
AcnicuLTitmtmt.
'' I'lflO-ltsle HIMt Abml CSd.
Iltallm f id, mhi smI llrft
llirrnrr UnrllmtliMe. WWenlliira SMtl
lorltttHMr
'II tllrr ai- ror-k
To make on ton of dry matter 'n
our grain crops, the na of from MM
to KM tons of water la nectasary la
Wisconsin. King found that a two ton
crop of oat hay required over one
ihousaod tons of water per acre, equal
to about nine Inches of rainfall "he
average rale for flild crops at large
la given by European observers at US
time tbe weight ot dry matter pro
duced, being at the rate of about three
Inches of rainfall actually evaporated
through tb plant.
To etapnrate this water It Is neces
sary thai the ground containing the
roots ahould not be too full of water
One would suppose that with water
flooding the root of the plants the lat
ter would be able In take both food
and water with added ease but such
Is not the case, except with aquatic
and semi-aquatic p'anta With most
plants the action of the tools stop nt
tho point where they reach "Hood'
water Thus If at the depth ot eighteen
Inches "flood' water be struck, the
roots below tho eighteen Inches will
cease to operate, and If the water con
dition continue they will rot off A
bulletin of tho California experiment
station says on this point "Till I
amply apparent In eoino of tho Irrigat
ed orange groves ot southern Califor
nia, where the flnu roots of tho trees
fill tho surface soil as do the roots ot
malto In a cornfield uf tho Mississippi
(tales; so that tbe plow can hardly
be run without turning them up and
under In these sumo orchards II will
be observed, In digging down, that it
n depth of n few feet the soil la too
water-soaked to permit of tho proper
rxerclso of the root functions, and that
the roots mining Ihern ore cither In
active or diseased That In such case
abundant Irrigation and abundant fer
tilization nlone ran maintain an or
chard In bearing condition, Is a mat
ter of course, nnd there can bo no ques
tion that a great deal nf the conalnnt
cry for the fertlllxatlon ot orchards In
the Irrigated urtlnn Is due quite a
much to Iho shallowness ot rooting
Induced by oter-lrrlgatlou, as to nny
really necessary exhaustion nf the
land When the roots are Induced lo
como to nnd rimaln nt lb surface,
within a surface nyer of eighteen to
twenty Inches It naturally becomes
necessary to feed these roots abundant
ly, both with moisture and with plant
food This ha as naturnlly led to an
orcr-cstlmato of the requirements of
the tree In both resprrt Had deep
.rooting been encouraged at first. In
stead of over-stimulating the growth
by surfaot- fertilisation nnd frequent Ir
rigation, some delay In bearing would
have been amply compensated for by
leas of current outlay for fertllliefa,
and less liability to Injury from fre
quently unavoidable delay, or from In
adequacy, of Irrigation "
Tbe ubove Is an Illustration of tho
necessity of having laud well drained
It also shows why wcll-dralncd land
will stand drouth better than un
drained lund On tho lutter kind ot
land tbe roots of plants remain near
tho surface, and when drouth comes
they easily dry up. On well drained
land the roots strike deep and wheu
drouth comes they are protected by
several ftet uf earth lu which Is a fair
supply of capillary wator.
rrtiulng Ornamental Hhrutit.
Bbrubs muy be pruned at any ca
son wen the object Is only the re
moval of deud wood and other unsight
ly parts When Ihlng parts are to be
removed, however, the summer Is pref
erable, slnco wounds heal moro read
ily during tbe growing season. When
the aim of pruning la the production of
flowers, greater care and Judgment are
necessary. Shrub that bloom In the
early months of tho year demand dif
ferent treatment from those that blos
som In tho lato summer nnd early fall
months Tho former develop their
flower buds during tho season previous
to flowering nnd protect them by
means of hud scales, wax, down and
other devices during tbe winter. It
may bo seen, therefore, that If these
plants be pruned during tho autumn,
winter or early spring, the crop of
llowera may bo materially lessened
It tho late flowering species be pruned
during the summer tho samo result
may fallow Hence tho rule, prune ot
ter the blossoms fall Many of the
subject die back In the branch that
produce the flower head, leaving an
unsightly, withering or dead part
Other specie seem slow to overcomn
tho effort made In flower production
In any event Iho pruning done after
flowering will havo tho effect ot pro
ducing moro thrifty growth and an
Increased, development of flower buda
l.llar, Japan quince, flowering currant
and other early bloomer should b
pruned In early June, hydrangea,
burning bush, etc , lato In the.autumn,
or at latest beforo growth starts In
Iho spring In fact In the case of
all late flowering shrubs, particularly
If not perfectly hardy the pruning may
bo postponed until tho buda flrat be
gin to awell In the spring in thla
way tho ahrub need be attended to on
ly onte and nt n time when thero will
bo no danger of cutting out flowering
wood, na might often bo the oasa If
tho pruning were dono beforo cold
weather sets In
Non-flowering shrub may be hand
led In the same way as flowering, with
the exception that evergreens must not
be pruned late In the year or In the
winter alnee the wounds made dry
out bsdly nnd are slow to heal over
The best month In which to pruno
them Is April beiause they recover
most atehtr attar traalaant In that
month
The amount ot wood to cut ant at a
time must be decided by the operator
It will depend largely upon the speci
men, the vsrtoty and It behavior In
the) locality These matters will soon B
be learned by tbe observing operator
who will qui. kly learn how to hsndle M
bis specimens as well as s professions! Jg
sod probably a good Jest better than B
most of the men that pose as expe- B
rlenced pruners and tiavel from place I
to place hacking things to piece 1
Aside from the rules given all he need H
remember I to keep the specimen D
within natural bound and not to trim I
hi sabjert io one form, but allow D
them each to follow tbe (antral line B
of their natural growth, In which they p
will always be beautiful M. 0 It., In (mA
Farmers' Hevlew Wr
full Mntnlnri- nn I xll stirring.
The Kansas Experiment Station Is
studying the effect ot various mode .
of soil treatment upon soil moisture
That the well-known effect ot a mutch
ran Is approached by proper tillage of
soil Is a ft t not as widely acted upon
a good fatniltiu, dictate One of the
station fields which contained In round
tiumlter 18 ier rent of water In the ,';
first fool ot soil on Jul) T. ISaS, had
one portion plowed another disk-harrowed
and a portion left untreated
The ineulng dry weather In tho course
of four week notwithstanding several
llht rains, reduced the moisture ot tho '
untreated part to IS per cent and that
of tho disked laud to 18 per cent, th
plowed ground retaining 21 per cent. '
The last two woro In excellent condi
tion tor seeding, while the first would .
plow up lumpy ami unsatisfactory.
Tho weight of nn acre of tho dry soil
to tb" depth ot one foot may he taken
as 1 COO tons ISach per cent of water
In soil to that depth represents about
sixteen tons of water per nrre, or one
seventh of an Inch The water appar
ently lost liy the untreated soil was
I'd tons per ncrc equivalent to over
one and one-half Inches ot rnln This
Is about one half what the soil would
hold after a soaking rain The real
loss was much moro than this, since
a water eocainnl from the upper foot,
other would be drawn up from below
by capillary attraction The figures
given arc minimum quantities, there
fore Stubble ground should unquestion
ably be plowet while the moisture Is
still In the soil ICxperlinents of tho
station show that simple plowing Is
quite ns cITcctlve for mulsturo con
servation as any tillage yet tested. If
tlmo doe not penult plowing, tho
speedy work of the disk harrow com
pares favorably lu elflrlrmy In either
cum If lain follows sufficient to start
tho weeds, kill them with a barrow,
Thla will nt tho samo time break up
any cruet nnd prescrvo the soil mulch.
Till treatment not only Insure u per
fect seed-brd for wheat In respect to
moisture, but tho soil has time to set
tin to tho firm condition so advan
tageous to wheat, and the bareness,
warmth and moisture are most favor
able to tho formation of nitrates from
organic matter Nltrutrs uro highly
Important for siiccesiful wheat pro
duction liunnillniit nt lliirllcullurlits.
Tho convention season I at hand,
and a few woitla on thn aubject will
not le out of place. To thoso that
attend tho manner uf conducting such
conventions Is of prima Importance.
Wheu people go n long distance to at
tend such assemblies they usually do
It for tho purpose ot learning now
things nnd better method. This fact
should bo constantly In lbs minds of
the officers. It too often occurs that a
very large part of tho time la taken up
wllh routine work and In discussions
that are not Instructive We have
seen some unimportant amendment to
the constitution tonsuma tbe entire
Ilm of a sesaton, wo have seon a
"fight" over officer take up another
session; wo havo seen the vludlcatloa
of somo officer bicomo tbe principal
topic In another srsslon. W hsvo at
tended conventions that were very j
profllablo by reason ot good papers I
and good discussions on horticultural
subjects, We lime attended other con
ventions that appeared more ot a
farce than anything else From suck
conventions we have gone away pain
fully Impressed with the Idea that the
pcoplo that hail been to the expens
of tomlng from a distance would prob
ably not do so again, Tho presiding
officer hold the situation largely In
bis bands If ho be Inert tho work ot
the ronvtntlon will lag, and foreign
topic will tut allowed to consuinv tbe
precious hours If ho bo energetic and
understand his business, tbe speakers
and thoso engaged In tho discussions
will be held to the topics beforo tho
convention, und tniuli will bo sccoiu
pHshed. livery presiding officer would
do well to study up on parliamentary
law H
Michigan Apple Crop, i: 0 Held, fl
secretary ot tho Michigan State llortl- 1
cultural Society, says. Although the H
crop ot Michigan winter apples Is not m
tn bo a largo one. nor In best ot rondl- 91
tlon, It will bo In excess ot that ot H
any state east uf the ltocky mountains, H
and Is already In exceedingly brisk do- I
round In the market Kverythlng of
tbe apple kind In Michigan this year
will command a good price Iluyer
aro already In the field for elder apples
and drying stock, many evaporators
huvlng been erected within the state
by men who havo ben engaged lu that
Industry elsewhere. The early fall
fruit Is selling at what would be very
high prices In ordinary years, com
manding thirty lo fifty cents per
bushel
The earlier the hens abed their old
costs the sooner they will begin to
maks a w Inter egg record
Don't bet on what you feel In your
bone unless it s rheumatism Q