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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13
MISCEILANEOUS.

AN eX-aSSlStant postmaster at Blr-
mingham, Ala, has been arrested on a
charge of retaining 81, $40 belonging to
the federal government
THE household effects of the late DIR.
Thatcher Graves were sold at auction
at Providence, R. 1.
THERE were offered for sale to the
treasury department on the 9th 2S5, 00C
ounces of silver at prices varying from
1879 cents to "a. 25 cents an ounce. The
whole amount was declined at the prices
asked and counter offer made of 73.
cents an ounce.
WILLIAM McCREARY, Baltimore, a
coal dealer, who has been suffering
with dyspepsia, committed suicide.
BY the finding of a stray boat near
Deer Park, Mich, it was learned that a
fishing smack had been lost and eigh,
persons drowned.
The union miners on Canon creek,
Idaho, have decided to go on with the
strike and not accept the tender of the
mine owners for S. so for the miners
and IS for the carmen and shovelers.
The Butte union, which has loaned the
miners unions there considera BILE
money, sent delegates and they de-
manded that the strike be carried on.
ELEVEN sepoys who mutinied at Ca
bull. Afghanistan. were executed by be
ing blown from the mouths Of cannons
MORE than 400, 600 gallons of petrol
cum shipped from this country to Spain
were gotten hold of by the wrong par
ties last August.
1T is reported that the employees ot
the Chicago City Railway Co. are pre-
pairing to strike when the worlds fai,
closes
A TRAIN on the Big Four struck We
hicle at crossing near Middletown
O., instantly killing three of the occu
pants and fatally wounding the fourth
THRTY.Two new cases of yellow
fever were reported Sunday at Bruins
wick. Ga. Thisty-three wese rsportet
Saturday.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

A New YORK policeman arrested a
man the other night for looking mys-
terious. He took his victim to police
station where search revealed that the
person was wearing three suits of
underclothing, two pairs of socks, two
hats, five suits of clothes, with a silk
handkerchief in a pocket of each suit
Two overcoats We're slung over his arm,
and in his hand he carried several pairs
of gloves. The man was detained
while the police are looking for the
owner of the clothes
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

CHICAGO papers have curious story
of an incendiary. The insurance peo-
pie for year past have been puzzled
by fires which burned up small stores
with remarkable swiftness and COM
pletepess They have at length formu-
lated the theory that one man made all
the mischief He would find a mer-
chant anxious for a fire and would un-
dertake the job. Then he would scat
ter through the store pigs bladders
filed with benzine, which were ex-
ploded by time fuse. In this manner
the work was done and no traces left
The incendiary has not yet been ar
rested.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

SECRETARY CARLISLE has addressed
to Hon. J. c. Black and the other men,
bers of the Chicago delegation in the
house an answer to their communica-
ton urging that the Chicago public
building be vacated on account of its
reported unsafe condition The secre-
tary says that in the existing state of
legislation on the subject the secretary
has no power to vacate the building, or
to secure by rental or otherwise other
buildings. Congress alone has the
power to determine what shall be done.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

A VALUABLE letter from Henry Clay
was discovered at st. Paul, Mimi,
among the papers of the late Gen. H.
III. Sibley, which are now being exam
ined by the historical society. 1t was
addressed to David Lambert, st. Paul
lawyer, who resided at Little Rock,
Ark, in 1910. 1t has been often
charged that Mr.. Clay did not acquiesce
in the nomination of William Henry
Harrison, but this letter seems effectu-
ally to dispose of the matter
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

PosTMAsTER-GENERA BIssELL is de-
fermined that the patronage policy
shall not be exercised in the railway
mail service. Changes in the service
are to be governed by the merit system,
as he expects the record of efficiency of
the clerks to attain in the future a
much higher standard than ever before
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

NEW YORK state has passed school
library law authorizing the trustees OF
any free public library to establish a
''traveling library" For this purpose
the state gives 5000, the trustees rails
ing an equal sum by taxation. From
this books are to be bought for Ii.
brary to be lent for six months to COM
munities having no established library.
The charge of IS is made to cover trans
portation and other necessary expenses.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

ILLINOIS has sent her attorney-gen-
cral to Washington to have the COM
missioners set aside and a master in
chancery appointed who will not also
disregard the order of the courts and
hold the middle of the uavigable chan
mel as the dividing line between Iowa
and Illinois instead of tine exact center
of the river
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

PRESIDENT BARRIos pronounces the
reports telegraphed to the United
States and European papers that Gaute-
mala is preparing for war, absurd. He
says the reorganization of the army
and the reforming of the armament is
only general effort to improve every
branch of the government.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

In the case of Pennsylvania against
the city and county of Philadelphia as
to whether John Bardsley was an Off
Ger of the commonwealth or city, the
supreme court decided that he was an
agent of the city. Judgment was there
fore entered against the city for 81 ,O21,-
600 The question was on the payment
of a tax on loans. The whole amount
was paid to John Bardsley, city treas
urer, and was by him embezZled
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13
A Protracted Stay.

sued for my money. I'm going to the
country and pose as poor girl, and
wait for the first man who offers him
self
Blanche Innit--Well, you can stand
the country in summer well enough;
but you'll find the winters just horridl
-PucL
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

In India twenty-five million acres
are made fruitful by irrigation In
Egypt there are about six million acres
aud in Europe about Eve million. The
United States has about four million
acres et irrigated !anas
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

MR. ROCKEFELLER has set the land
scape gardeners to work on his new es-
tate at Tarrytown. A tower seventy.
five feet high has been erected on a
hill near the center of the land for OBJ
servation uses in laying out the
grounds
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

SISTER LORETTA, directress of the
Georgetown, ID. c., convent, died the
other day. She had been connected
with the convent for fifty years and in
structed many of the women of the
country who have since become promi-
ppDf
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

The schooner yacht Zeta has returned
from the Arctic regions with DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook, Benjamin Hoppin, Rob-
ert ID. Perry and A. H. Sutherland on
board. All were in good health.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

WHAT is said to be the first gorilla
ever brought to this country is now in
New York. The creature stands six
feet high and was captured in the
Congo country
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

The foreign affairs committee has de-
cided to report favorably bill extend
ing for six months from the passage of
the act the provisions regulating Chi
nese registration.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

HoKE SMITH is said to have twice Of
fere6 the position of commissioner of
the eleventh census to Prot. A. T. Had
ley. of Yale, but owing to arduous col.
lege duties. he wss unable to accept
the place left vacant by Commissioasr
Porter
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

COMPTROLLER ECKELs ha. called for
report of the condition of the nation
al banks at the close of business Tues
day, October 3.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13

INFLUENZA is raging in Madagascar
1t has became verita BILE plague in the
capital and has caused serious deci-
nation in the Malagasy race
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Maritime exchange
estimates that the August hurricane
caused "a, O0O, 600 damage and wrecked
12S vessels
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-13
NEW zeALANo's INCOME TAX.
Income. Derived fro.f; sssincss or Employ.
ment Are Allowed FifreeI yaadred Dol.

Income. Derive fr6.f; Rssiuess or Employ
ment Are Allowed Fifteen Hundred Doh
lars Exemption.
lam enabled this week to give the
official text of New Zealands income
tax act. Il will be noticed that, as
in the ease of the land tax, the income
tax is so arranged as to bear almost en-
tirely upon the wealth and not upon
the poverty Of the country. Labor is
almost entirely free from tax upon in
comes, as no income less than fifteen
hundred dollars year is taxable, pro-
vided such income is derived from busi-
ftes. or. employment. But ali stock
companies ard banks Except savings
banks) are liable to ta:e upon the full
amount of their incomes, whetEsv paid
out as dividends, carried to reserve
fund, or credited to undivided profits.
Verify we can learn much from our
antipodal friends.
GEORGE. c. WARD.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27

ventilation. Warm, close sheds mean th.
DOWNFALL OF the sheep that are folded in
them. A sheep is warm in body. as its
o'ood temperature is high, and then tho
nature OF the fleece Is such q to be yerv
retentivs OF the body's hest.
The amount Of room required by q sheen
VIZ vary considerably, ranging from ten
SQUARE feet for the Merino and Southdovn
20 niteen square feet for the larger breeds.
including the Cotswolds and larger Downs.
Il u not advisable to crowd breeding ewes
INTO small area A breeding eve weigh
ing lo0 pounds viii require fully one and a
quarter feet Of space at the fodder rack.
sunlight particularly encourages the
growth OF the lambs, and it is to them that
the shed will do the most good. To fur
tner the entrance of sunlight, the windows
may be higher than they are wide.
In addition to these things shed shouid
% large enough to supply storage for suf-
ncient fodder to feed the sheep while thsv
must b sheltered. Estimating that A ton
OF hay requires 500 cubic feet, and that a
sAeep viii not eat over three pounds of hav
Per day. it would require about Us cubic
Zee. OF space to contain the hay needed to
maintain sheep during six months.
4nere should also be room available for a
root cellar and for storage of straw.
For the comfort Of the lambs and lamb
ing ewes an apartment should be provided
with small pens for them. This room
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27
THE SEATTLE MONDAY FEBRUARY p, 1884,

results between fall and spring planting.
he thought it Was oil matter ofcare. and
Il proper care were taken in packing the
earth between and around the roots such
work in the spring would be found just -
enecsive - II done in the fall.
Henry s. Cobbentx said that he had
oeen an observer merely in regard to
planting operations until last fall. He had
seen enough, however. to convince him
tnat 1t was safer TO plant fruit trees in the
TALL than in the spring.
henry 3. FOgg said that he had no doubt
IN the world that the proper time for fruit
tree planting in the Vaughn bay district
was in the fall. He had seen a great deal
OF such work done by orchardists in the
East. all OF whom set their trees out either
In the fail or in the beginning OF the
winter.
George NJ. Robertson, secretary. read q
letter from Leo du Frense (Tacoma) in
the course Of which he took occasion to
put himself on record a. q firm believer in
faii planting. Mr.. du Frense has an
orchard on Vaughn bay containing 800
iruit trees, principally apples.
Alfred Van Siyke said he believed in the
iaii Tor the reason that tuil time was
anorded for the roots to get properly set
tied IN the ground before being called upon
spring planting but, although having
taken extra pains. the result had not been
satisfactory. His knowledge of orchard
work had been derived from an old Cana
dian who had thirty acres of apples and had
been most successful in his field of effort.
The man referred to was q careful observer
and believed that the proper time to plant
was in the fail.
Andrew Lewis said that after giving it a
lair trial he Was not able to say q word in
favor OF spring planting. Men who are
very particular and plant only few trees
In a season. may be partly successful in
risk of being done In a slipshod manner.
The manner of delivering trees from the
nurseries was also to be taken into consid-
Grafton. Trees that come strnging along
In March and April, perhaps often greatly
DELAYED in transit, are really not ut to
plant, because of dry roots, etc.
Orchardists usually had more time for
planting in the fall than in the spring and
this was also strong argument in favor
of the fall.
George Henry Bassett. president. IN all
summing up said he believed that nearly
the members of the society were in favor
OF fall planting. Mr.. Lackey was the only
member who had spoken strongly for
spring work. As a consequence it was
well to have it known that he was forum.
ate in the ownership of q fruit place, .
pleasant and valuable feature of which
was Its never-failing supply of moisture.
On the proposition of Willis Bradley,
seconded by H. NJ. Austin. the following
resolution was carried unanimously:
That the Vaughn Bay Horticultural Society
recommends it, members to plant their fruit
trees as early in the fall as they can be obtained
from the nurseries. to hnish the work as speed
lily q possible, but IT delayed by bad weather. to
continue il IN the winter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27
Firewood Cheap In New England.
MiuueanDifx LINN hartman


There is no diminution in the forest area
Of New England. as compared with fifty
wears ago. 1t is true that there may not
be so much iull-grown timber as there was
half century ago, but there are n greater
number of trees now growing in New En-
gland than there were in the early part of
the century. This arises largely from the
fact that very much Of the pasture area
and rough land formerly used in cultva-
ton has been allowed 10 grow up,
first 10 bushes, then to shrubs and finally
TO trees. There never was 4 time in New
England for many years when iireWood
could be purchased SO cheap on the stump
as at present. One concern in the vicinity
of Boston. which buys $1,000 cords per an
mum, is paying between So and 81 per cord
less for wood today than the same parties
paid in 1865. One reason of the diminu-
ton in the use Of cordwood throughout
New England is the fact that almost all
the railways in early times burnt cord
wood for fuel. instead of the almost uni
versal material of coal now used for the
same purpose. This permits the growing
up of vast areas of woodland throughout
New England.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27

There were flied for record Saturday 80 deeds,
the considerations aggTegating $l3,S7L Follow
ing II the list as furnished BY Osborne, Tremper
Co.. abstractors of titles. l16 Cherry street, BE-
tween Front and Second:
J. A. Moore ct al to Janet Constable, lots is
and Is, block III, Brooklyn add, $500
l. W. Stetson to Sarah 8. Stetson, lots is to 20,
block 10, Yesler's I'd sup, 81
Sarah :: stetson to l. W. Stetson, lots II 70 Is.
block %, Yesler's ID supl, 81.
H. 8. Smith to II. Goetx, lots and s. block II,
Northern add, 5000
csns!.s :: too H Daniels lot block
c. II. French to Friend -Degginger Imp. Co,
lots to =. block 2. Frcnch's I'd add, 81.
A. J: Kirkpatrick to Max Glorious, Ms lot Z.
II. ". Higgins to Washington savings bank.
lot 4, block g. Denny Thurman add. S.
o. Tjoinssas to A. skatdal, lots a to a. block
/, salmon Bay paPk, $500.
Green Lake II. b. 4 G. Co. to c. 9. Nand, lots
and 2. block A, woodlawn add. $50.
JF Brewer 70 Emma Filler. lot S. block II.
K. Fraach to 7. R. Yoakam. lots in South
Seattle, 81.
Yves. Goa.. Imp CO. to George Guy ct al. lots
c. A. Mckenzie to W. J. Besgs, lots Is and II,
block 2, Mckenzie & Dsmpseys. $500
A. r spa9ldi ing to g. l. Upton lot ID, block l..
K. II. Morgan to W. J. Styled. part lot 10.
block 30. Edes & Knights, $500.
John Phil to J. r Swanson ct a.. lot !. block
~. salmon nay fafk, w.
H. c. Wahlberg to J. p Swanson Of al, lot l.,
block 10. Salmon Bay Park. q. C., 81.
Walter Jones to j. P. Gleason, lots and 2,
block l, Laws 1st, $l,701
J. p. Glea,on to J. N. Holland. lots and 2
block 1, Laws LIST, $500.
Rel L. & T. Co. to Annie Hughes, lots IS to IL,
block 40. River Park, &272
J. A. strat,on to C.. Blomquist. lot l, block 2.
/ Valentine ada, 5000.
d. B. Dixon to Mary Vernon, lots II to 50, block
IL, Ballard fark, $50.
Mary Vernon to Charles Mcdonnell, lots II to
so. block II, Ballard Park, $loo.
J. A. Moore ct al. to b. Z. Arnold, lot 20, block
Q, Brooklyn, $500.
Charles Delbover to II. 7. Williams, Ell sw1<
swL nwl. I. Is. u. 5, $50.
T. ID. Thomas to II. I. Williams, WI swl+
swl< nwl I, ID, 81, 5. 81
Gustave DittnocK to Anna Dttnock. VII lot 5,
block 2, syndicate add. 81, 100
&. A. Mckenzie 10 Samuel swanson, lots to
ii, blocks and 6, Eldorsdo add TO Kirkland, &.
John Robinson to samuei swanson. lot l,
block /, Valentine add, $4,000.
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should be made warm and we'll lighted
and the partitions removable, 90 that
when not in use during the fall and winter
It could be used a. . ram pen. This room
Is necessity, for it 10 almost impossible to
rear lambs with any degree of success un.
less the eve may be put in quiet place by
nerseif day or % previous to lambing.
and permitted to attend to her lamb un-
disturbed by Others for the course of three
or four days. These pens are of use also
for sick or injured sheep.
Another room should be opposite to
these pens to serve the purpose of a shep-
herds room, as we'll as supplying a shear
ing moor and granary. Have a stove in
this room. Figures l and represent a
building o feet high, 40 feet wide and 60
feet long. 1t has two stories, the first be-
ing feet high and the upper one 6 feet
from the floor to the caves. The studding
are Is feet long. 1t is advisable to make
the height OF the ceiling of the lower story
feet to secure the best results in ventila-
ton. The sills are 6x6 inches, resting pre-
ferably on wall, and il put on posts they
should be heavier.
The ground Of the inside a. we'll Al that
OF the outside should come close to the
sill. 20 that no obstruction is offered by the
stills to the free passage of the sheen
through the doors. The doors are all
feet wide, and those that are used for the
sheep are sliding. The windows are feet
wide and four feet high. In the center of
the sheep apartment there are double
doors 10 feet wide. When both are open
and the center post removed. a wagon can
be used to remove the manure from the
pens.
There are chutes at each end of the feed
racks. down which the hay is thrown from
the left. From where it falls it is easily
distributed into all the racks. At the ends
Of the racks are small gates, which open
into every pen.
The lower story is divided into four pens.
each Of which will hold at least twenty
tive large sheep. 1t would be well to re-
tain the pens at the south end for the use
of breeding ewes and their lambs. and the
other two for fattening sheep The doors
and windows have been arranged so that
these pens may be again divided. This
will be adYantayeOus when the owes Lamb
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27

and it becomes advisable to divide them up
into small lots. with the lambs OF equal
ages in each. The partitions between the
pens are all movable.
The loft above is given altogether to the
storage of fodder and straw. with the ex-
ccption of 4 small apartment above the
shepherds room. which makes place for
the storage Of wool. A stairway leads up
to it from the shepherds room. The loft
10 reached from the sheepfold by means of
two ladders, one at each end, where chutes
are situated.
Ventilation is provided for BY shafts,
which run from both sides under the roof
to the cupolas on TOP. These shafts are
made of inch boards. and run from three
different points on each side of the fold.
There Is a square opening at the lower
end. with cover that: by being pushed in
regulates the size of the opening. In ad-
dition. the hay chutes are open. The hay
is taken into the loft through An end door
with a hay truck; otherwise it would be
better to take il in through door situated
above the double doors Of the lower story.
Prof j. A. Craig.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-27
FRUIT TREES.
The Best Planting Standardization OF
the Vaughn Bay Orchardists.


the Vaughn Bay Orchardists.
At the regular February meeting of the
Vaughn Bay (Pierce county, Horticultural
Society further effort was made 10 arrive
At decision regarding the be st time of the
year TO plant fruit trees. II. Nj. Austin
said he believed November to be the best
planting month it the tree, could be had
from the nursery. He had planted in fall
and in spring. on each occasion observing
about the same amount OF care. The re-
suit was big difference in favor of the
fail planting. That which had struck him
most forcihly was the growth of the trees.
twas rather under the mark to say that
those set out in the fall had grown more
than twice as much as those set out in the
spring.
Willis Bradley said that he had planted
in the fall. winter and spring, and had
found by experience that the fall Sas the
best time. The roots of the trees settled
70 work quicker and were prepared To take
advantage OF the whole rainy reason. The
winter is also good when the weather is
favorable. HIS spring planting was not a
success, from any point of view. The
fight for existence seemed TO be quite
enough for the trees. while those OF fail
grew vigorously.
hi Il. Catcher said that he had set out
a large number OF fruit trees last spring,
and they had done well. lie thought 1t
TIGHT TO mention that he hal the trees on
his own place in nursery rows. When ali
tue holes were made he took up the trees
fItalian pruncsl as fast As he could plant;
them. The result was good average
growth. one limD measuring over six feet
Nevertheless. II ordering from the nursery
direct. he should get his trees and plant ID
the fail. ,
! a. Atkinson said tha; he had planted
in the fail and in the spring apples, pears,
plQms. cherries and peaches. The tall
nIantiuy Was a success. The spring plant
mo Was not a success. Most OF the trees
b,5 enough to DO 10 live Some grew a
few inches, but none looked well. He
should say that upland iarns should De
pianted in the fall.
charles l.. Iackey said that he hal II OF
been able TO perceive any difference In the