The midland journal., April 23, 1909, Image 6

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CLEVER SNAPSHOT BY AH AMATEUR.
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Mr. H. Q. Simmons, one of the most brilliant amateur photographer*
In New York Cfty, was doing Coney Island In June, 1908, accompanied by
his comrade camera. Without thought of taking a picture, his peregrina
tions brought him abreast an attraction where the star actor was a diving
horse. He arrived just as the animal poised for his forty-flve-foot leap.
Intuitively Mr. Simmons aimed his instrument, took a skilful snap and
caught the above remarkable picture. Time: One-six hundredth seo
ond snap.
Tent Used as a Coat.
The problem of the transportation
of the tent has always been a difficult
one for the huntsman to solve. Be
sides being heavy, the tent Is cumber
some to handle. A San Francisco In
ventor has devised an exceedingly
unique and simple arrangement of
the tent which makes transportation
Section of Tent Makes Excellent Coat.
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easy. As shown In the accompanying
illustration, this tent can be disas
sembled into sections and oonverted
into one or more articles of apparel.
It can thus be conveniently and easily
transported by the members of the
camping party, making it of inestima
ble value to troops, huntsmen and
campers generally The tent shown
here is composed of a number of de
tachable triangular sections, each sec
tion being adapted to be folded upon
itself and secured at the edges, to
form a poncho. For connecting the
sections of the tent together buttons
and buttonholes are employed. When
using the tent section as a poncho the
arms are passed through the con
nected edges between the buttons,
and any device, such as a string, is
tied about the waist. The device thus
applied gives the wearer free use of
his arms and provides a garment fit
ting with closeness for comfort and
protection for the wearer. By join
ing two sections a shelter tent can be
madd. The pole Is constructed of a
number of convenient-sized sections,
which can be distributed among any
number of hunters, etc., together with
the ponchos, and the enttfe tent in
* this manner carried from one place
to another without entailing any in
convenience, but, on the contrary,
providing the hunter with a weather
proof garment.—Washington Star.
Our Love of Britain.
Referring to the navy, the Presi
dent of the Board of Trade informs
us that so far as Liberals are con
cerned they will never concur in the
Inclusion of the United States as one
of the two hypothetical powers
against whom we ought to build.
This, as we have hinted before, would
would be all right if the fact that
the Americans love us were as well
known in America as it is here.
London Punch.
Hob —“Would you like to see wom
en voters at the polls?” Nob—" Yes,
indeed. At the North and South
Poles. ” —Sawanee Tiger.
THOUGHTFUL WAITER.
Waiter—“Be careful of the soui, gentleman, it is so hot it hat
—f- 1
Some New Words.
A correspondent welcomes the new
words “aviator” and “aviation,” hut
asks whether, if “navis” gives “navi
gator” and “navigation,” “avia”
should not give “avigator” and “avl
gation.” However, he adds tolerant
ly, we must not have too great a re
gard for such niceties after having
allowed such words as “chlorodyne”
(literally “green pain”) to become
current.
Another new word, which I noticed
on the boardings of a neighboring
town, is “picturedrome,” which, be
ing strictly Interpreted, would be a
picture racecourse—not a bad name
for a cinematograph show. And this
naturally leads me to the skating rink
advertisements, which announce that
there are “three sessions daily,”
which, since it presumably does not
refer to skating accidents, gives u>
quite a new meaning for an old word,
remarkably different from its original
one.—Manchester Guardian.
For Catching Animals.
Any person who has tried to catch
a, pig or other small animal in even
a cofhparatively restricted space will
appreciate the value of the animal
catcher invented by an Oklahoman.
By means of this device the captors
of elusive little beasts is made com
paratively easy, and it will no donbl
be much in demand among farmer*
and butchers. The contrivance con
sists of a pair of grappling tongr
with pivoted curved jaws and fold-
Jaw Seizes the Leg.
able arms. One of these arms fits
over a pole and a rope is slipped
through a ring at one end and passed
through a ring at the end of the other
arm, at the same time being slipped
through a short chain at the inter
section. In using the catcher, the
operator seizes the animal’s leg witk |
the jaws of the instrument and pulls
the rope, which closes the jaws tight j
Conservation.
The resources of the earth are the I
basis of our national wealth. By j
means of them alone, in materia)
things, comes leadership among the
nations. The conservation movement
now fully under way embraces the
forest movement as one of its sources
and great divisions. Thus the cause
of forest conservation throughout the !
country has won a powerful ally and
a more effective support for the work f
that lies just before us.—Gifford Pin- •
chot, in New England Magazine.
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it FOWLS IN CONFINEMENT.
A Farmer reader wishes to know
it pure bred low is can be raised in
confinement?
It been repeatedly demonstrat
ed by experienced breeders that
either mongrels or fancy fowls can
oe successfully grown in confine
ment. However fcwls in confine
ment can not be neglected, they must
receive special attention. If birds in
confinement are not provided with
every requirement pertaining to the
wants of fowls tney will certainly
become unhealthy and die, for the
want of attention.
The main things to look after may
be mentioned briefly. Supply them
with every sort of foodstuff that they
would get on free range; arrange
to keep them busy. An ideal fowl
is like the ideal human being, likely
to get into bad habits, such as feath
er pulling, egg eating and many oth
ed evils. Hundreds of fine speci
mens are produced every year that
never saw a free range.
The writer scored a fine Single
Comb Brown Leghorn cock in one of
Kentucky's leading shows that the
owner said never saw the bare earth
in his life. He was tvpical speci
men indeed, which convinces us that
fowls of any breed or color can be
successfully grown in confinement.
The greatest objection is that they
cost more to produce, but possibly
they are worth more if they have had
proper attention. In a majority of
Instances where fowls are kept In
.'■lose confinement they receive more
attention than those kept on range;
hence, are finer specimens in many
respects. If you are not situated to
grow fowls on range and can grow
them in confinement do not hesitate
to do so. as you will find them very
profitable as well as a great source
or pleasure. Study the requirements
necessary for confined fowls and you
will have success in growing most
any standard variety.—J. C. Clipp, in
the Indiana Farmer.
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
Chrysanthemums of the “pompon”
type, of which each plant produces
from forty to one hundred blooms,
an inch or two across, are many of
them sufficiently hardy to be left out
all winter in central and Southern
latitudes. The blooms often remain
in good condition until long after
Thanksgiving.
These plants are the most capable
of resisting frost of any garden herbs.
Their peculiar merit is in blooming
long after successive frosts have de
nuded the landscape. Their vivid
colors are so unlike anything else
at that season that they are indis
pensable in the carefully made gar
den.
The flowers are not ruined until
their petals have been wet and froz
en stiff. The plants, are necessarily
used for mass effects as great size
is not to be expected. Masses of
red and t masses of brown side by
side make a siriking combination.
Crimson and pink varieties should
be kept by themselves because their
colors are variable and they make
a violent contrast with the yellow.
The culture of hardy chrysanthe
mums is simple. They need little
care and can be planted in any sit
uation so that the soil Is rich. They
are best propagated from cuttings
which should be made at any time
from October to May. The cuttings
may he obtained from any florist, and
should be inserted singly in pots or
sandy soil and as soon as they are
rooted, they Should be put in sep
i arate pots or set outdoors in their
I permanent location.—lndianapolis
j News.
FARM NOTES.
j Keep the orchard under cultivation;
plow In the fall and beginning in
the spring go through it once a
week.
Have yon a good-roads drag on
your heat? You may need it any
time now. Just as the mud is dry
i ing up on the surface, while the :
ground underneath is yet soft, is the
t time to use it. You can have good
, roads all summer by the proper use
j of a road drag and wide wagon tires,
j It takes JIO.OOO to stock and es
j tabllsh an up-to-date farm. One-
I fourth of this amount In poultry will
j beat it in profit.
The most prolific pullets do not al
! ways lay the earliest.
Both i-hicks and fowls should have
access to grit and Charcoal.
Sheep will not drink ice cold wa
ter unless compelled consequently
at times they do without water as
long as possible. The water for
: them should be warmed, as it is es
sential tor the ewes to drink a large
proportion in order to provide milk
for the lambs.
A gallon of cream weighs 8 pounds.
A gallon of cream testing 20 per cent,
will contain 1.6 pounds of butter fat;
adding one-fifth to this gives 1.92
pounds of butter. A gallon of cream
testing 45 per cent, will contain 3.6
pounds of butter fat, and adding one
firth to this makes 4.32 pounds of
butter.
Valuations of |IOOO per acre for
Nova Scotia apple orobards suggest -
away to put worth into low priced
huala to atier places.
Foot rot Of sheep Is best treated
by use of application of solution of
blue vltrol.
An application of 1000 pounds of
lime per acre was practically as. ef
ficient in case of oats as an applica
tion of 2,000 pounds, in a test made
at the New Jersey station. In the
case of clover tne large application
gave the better results.
RUSTY CANS.
The Wisconsin station has recently
been conducting some interesting ex
periments in determining the num
ber of bacteria secured from cans
that are musty and dented, and from
clean, bright cans, and their results
and conclusions are given below:
1. A better grade of utensils
should he used in the handling of
milk and Its products. The Iron or
steel plate should be heavier and
more thickly coated with tin..
2. No milk should be at
a factory which has been kept In
iron -exposed pails or cans.
3. The factory or creamery should
be an example of neatness and clean
liness, with all utensils in first-class
condition.
4. 00-operation among the pro
prietors of creameries, cheese fac
tories, and city milk supplies, will
tend to bring about cleanliness
among patrons, and the use of bet
ter utensils.
5. Milk should be 'bought on its
merits, by some satisfactory arrange
ment following well founded sani
tary and hygienic rules by which the
production of milk and superior
quality is encouraged, and milk of
low grade either rejected or gradual
ly Improved.—Weekly Witness.
AMONG THE ORCHARDISTS.
In setting fruit trees I always plant
in the spring, digging large holes,
and dumping a wheelbarrow of good
loam into each hole before setting
the tree. Then I fill in around the
tree with good soil, free from stones
or rubbish, and take extra care to
'have the soil firmly fixed over and
around the roots. A board about
as long as the trunk of the tree is
driven into the ground on the south
side of the tree to protect the 'bark
from the sun during the first sum
mer. Lack of this precaution has
ruined hundreds of young trees,
which were grown so closely in the
nursery rows that the bark had be
come tender.—C. W. Bernis.
The young fruit trees /do not need
watering, as a rule, in this region.
It is better to put on a mulch of
four inches of coarse manure, which
will retain the moisture, and supply
mere steady conditions than water
applied to the surface. —A. S. Loomis,
in the American Cultivator.
POTATO SCAB.
Are you bothered with scabby po
tatoes? Many are, year after year,
and there is no need of it. Treat
ing the seed by soaking two hours
in a solution made by adding one
pound or pint of formalin to thirty
gallons of water will give the desir
ed results. The use of manure, while
it naturally encourages the growth
and development of potato scab,
does not, as sometimes stated, cause
a crop to he scabby. Rotation of
crops, not planting potatoes on same
ground on' which scabby potatoes
have been raised the previous year,
will aid materially in keeping the
crop free from disease, especially if
the seed planted is thoroughly treat
ed by the formalin method. Careful
potato growers employ this treat
ment yearly.—Farmers’ Guide.
SPRAYING SUCCESSFUL.
All of the fruit trees on the sta
tion grounds were sprayed with
scalecide, one part to fifteen ports
of water, in the fall, of 1906. When
examined on March 29 very few liv
ing scales could be found. Mr. Ives
also sprayed nearly all of his orchard
of several hundred trees with scale
eide. The results were satisfactory.
At Mr. Plant’s orchard about seven
hundred trees besides those record
ed in the stables were sprayed with
scalecide by the owners, and the
scale was kept well In check by the
treatment. —Prof. W. E. Britton,
American Cultivator.
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HONEST PACKING.
One man puts up fruit In packages
and if his name is on the package
it will sell for more than any other
package that looks as well without
a name. One will say that his name
is what sells the package. That is
true; he has protected his goods so
long with that name that the patrons
V"-ow the quality they are buying
when they see his name. His. goods
are honest and they are honestly
packed.—Farmers’ Home Journal.
Plates are to be substituted tot* Col
lection bags at St. Mary’s Church, Do
ver, mainly on the expressed ground
that so many buttons have been found
in the latter.
A medallion of M. Laveran has beer
.placed in the military hospital of Con
stantine, Algiers, where he discover
ed the parasite of malaria in 1880.
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New York City.—The cutaway coat
is one that is always liked for spring
and one that ia always pretty and
generally becoming. This one in
cludes the seams that extend to the
shoulders and which mean both grace ,
and easy fit, and includes the plain
back that is so much liked this sea- ,
son. It can be utilized for broadcloth
or for serge, for Panama cloth or for
any seasonable suiting, and for the
costume of one material throughout
; or for the wrap of plain cloth or silk
to be worn over gowns of harmoniz
ing color but contrasting material.
In the Illustration, however, it is
made of broadcloth, in one of the
very beautiful mulberry shades, and
is trimmed with bands of satin to
match while the brandenburgs are of
'■ black, Just a touch of black on a col
ored costume making one of the feat- .
ures of the incoming styles.
The coat consists of fronts, side- |
I fronts, back and side-backs, and can '
! be made either in cutaway style or
I with straight front and lower edges.
There are two-piece sleeves, and the
i neck can be finished plain or with a
j standing collar as liked. The coat
; ilso is perforated for shorter length.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is five and a half
yards twenty-seven, three yards for
ty-four or two and three-quarter
yards fifty-two Inches wide to make
as Illustrated, four and a-half yards
twenty-se ten, two and a half yards
'orty-four or two and three-eighth.
yards fifty-two inches'wide for short
er length, witli one-half yard of satin
for bands.
Blouse or Shirt Waist
The simple blouse that allows ef
fective use of buttons is one greatly
in demand this season, and this mod
el with its wide box pleat is excep- 1
tionally desirable. In this Instance it
is made from one of the new fancy
cotton crepes, but it will be found ad
mirably well adapted to linen and
madras and to all walsting materials.
The wide box pleat and the plain
spaces between it and the shoulders
allow unusually good opportunity for
the display of hand embroidery, and
embroidery on linen and materials
of the sort will make a notable feat
ure of spring and summer waists. The
small, close fitting one-piece sleeves
finished with three tucks at the lower
edge of each among the later
models and much liked, but regula
tion shirt waist sleeves can be substi
tuted if preferred. In short the
waist will be found an excellent one
for the odd blouse of.almost any sea
sonable material, and also for the en
tire gown, whether that gown is made
of linen, chambray or something of
the sort or from cashmere or similar
light weight wool.
The waist is made with fronts and
back. There are three tucks in each
front at the shoulders and the closing
is made beneath the wide box pleat.
The tucked sleeves are close fitting,
and can be either seamed for their
entire length or closed with buttons
and loops for a short distance above
, the lower edges. The regulation
; sleeves are gathered and joined to
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