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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
A PRRlSlAN POLICE TRICK
How a Prominent yicomtesse Recovered a
Package of Love Letters.

A we'll known Partisan lady of unexcep-
tional social eminence was anxious to re-
| cover some letters from popular clubman,
whom she had first loved and then hated.
She addressed herself to the prefect of po-
lice at Paris and induced that functionary
to help her to recover the letters.
| There Is in France a law, more honored
in the breach than its observance, which or
dains that no one shall wear in his button
hole or lapel of his coat the rosette or rib
bon of any foreign order without previous
ly having obtained permission of the grand
chancellerie of the Legion of Honor. No
body except members of the French diplo-
matte corps and of the army and navy ever
goes to the trouble of getting the permis-
sion, and l have never known anybody to
be sentenced to imprisonment or even fined
for the infraction of this statute, if statute
1t can be called.
One afternoon the clubman in question
was visiting the annual exhibition of pic
lures at the Cercle de pUnion Artistique,
when suddenly, while in the act of leaving
the club, he was arrested by two policemen
in civilian dress, hustled into a cab and
driven off to the depot of the prefecture Of
police.
There he was kept for "a hours in custody,
and was only released late on the following
day, with severe admonition on the part of
one of the commissaries of police for wearing
in his buttonhole the light blue and white
rosette of the order of Charles III of Spain
without having obtained the permission to
do so from the chancellerie of the Legion of
Honor.
On returning home he found that during
his absence commissary of police and sew
eral assistants had visited his apartments
and carefully ransacked his papers-made
a perquisition, as it is called in official
phraseology-and had removed all the let
ters addressed to him by the vicomtesse in
question.
OF course it was hopeless for him to en-
deavor to obtain any redress for the outrage
thus perpetrated, for in France, and indeed
almost everywhere else ON the continent,
the magistrates and judges, instead of be-
ing independent, are merely dependent for
the maintenance of their positions, for pro-
motion, and for honors in the shape of Or
ders and decorations, upon the government
of the day. and especially to the minister of
justice, whose obedient and submissive
servants they are obliged to be.
That any of them should so far forget
what is due to his superiors as well as to
his own interests as to render decision in
favor of prosecutor against the govern
ment is deemed, therefore, out of question
Yankee Blade.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
The Douglas Fir.

Seven-eighths of the forest growth Of the
state of Washington consists of Douglas
fir so often in California miscalled Oregon
pine, because when the first mill was es
tabished in what is now Washington i'm
mediately under the bluff on which the
present statehouse now stands at Olympia,
Oregon and Washington were one terri
tory under the name of the former. Its
economic value can hardly be overesti
mated 1t is not only of immense & .owth.
but under every variety of test has been
found to possess the greatest strength Of
any timber grown in the United States
Some of these tests have been made by
railway men and government experts, and
the results have been most remarkable. -
San Francisco Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
HaucOck's Goatee,

When Garfield and Hancock were op-
posing candidates for the presidency, pho
tographed them both within few days of
each other They were truly great men.
placed my hand over the lower portion of
General Hancock's face and said to him,
you have fine head, fine nose, fine eyes
and fine mouth, but your chin is weak. "
He looked at me curiously for moment
and answered simply, You are right"
"You need goatee," l continued.
81 wore one during the war;" he replied
with little show of pride, as he straight
ened up his magnificent shoulders. My
suggestion that goatee be painted into
the photograph was accepted. and there
fore tuft of hair covered the generals
chin in all of his campaign pictures.-Na-
poleon Sarony in New York Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
MATCHED AND DRESSED FLOORING. ETC.
stilling the Waves with Netting.

Much interest is at present being mani
Tested in an invention which has been sub
mitted to the French Salvage society by
one Baron d'Alessandro. It consists in
covering the surface of the sea with spe-
cially prepared insubmergible and impu-
tresible thin netting. This reticular fab
ric does not rise sensibly above the surface,
and does not offer resistance to the wind,
and it plays, it is claimed, the part of a
bed of oil in that it has the effect of still
ing the waves and rendering navigation
safer and less difficult.
Baron d d'Alessandro's idea is born Of the
circumstance that sailors have frequently
observed the calm produced by the floating
seaweed technically known as flum,
which is met with in various parts of the
North sea. His netting is said to initiate
exactly the nature and characteristics Of
this marine plant of the Alg@ class.-Ga-
hgnani Messenger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
Where Things Are Made.

A clergyman in the neighborhood Of
Nottingham was complimenting tailor
In his parish on repairs which he had done
for him. In the course of conversation he,
however, incautiously observed: when l
want good coat l go to London; they
make them there" Before leaving the
shop he inquired, "By the bye, do you at
tend my church,"
"No," was the reply. "When want to
hear good sermon go to London; they
make them there."- ."-London Tit Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
CONTAGIOUS Diseases Among Plants.

All the fungus diseases of plants, such
as mildew, scab, blight, rust, rot, etc, are
contagious. The contagion is carried from
year to year In the diseased parts, be it
leaf, fruit or branch. The presence of any
of this diseased material in the orchard or
vineyard increases the chance of the ap
pearanoe and spread of the disease aH>ther
year. Nothing is so destructive to the fun
gus spores as fire, and all affected plants,
or parts of plants, should be cut out and
burped.-Chicago Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
A Pessiuist,

There was a very rich farmer who would
never own that he had anything to be
thankful for in the way of profits. The
parson once said to him during fine har-
vest season, "Come, Mr.. Jones. you can
have nothing to complain about this year,
at all eventsr' 81 can't say that, said
the farmer. "Still, you can't say what is
amiss." He thought n bit and then re-
piled very grudgingly, "Well, you see,
there will be no spoiled hay for the young
calves. Troy Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
The Demand Was Granted.

A certain city in England sent a deputa-
tion to Charles Fl, who was very ill, solicit
ing some favor. The orator, without any
mercy to the sick man, made long, tedious
discourse. Have you anything more to
say?" asked the merry monarch impatient
ly. Nothing" replied the orator, except
that if you do not grant our request am
instructed to recite my speech over again"
Charles ordered that all his demands should
be freely and instantaneously complied
with.-New York Ledger.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
A New Position.

Employer-Mr. Tops, have long OBJ
served with approval your assiduity and
devotion to business, and am now about
to test your abilities in new capacity, in
which feel sure you will acquit yourself
with credit to the house and-er-
Mr.. Tops (highly delighted)-I-I-Ishall
do my best, sir.
Employer-As was about to say, Mr..
Tops, the porter is i'll this morning, and l
shall have to ask you to sweep out the
office.-London Tit-Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
A Glaring Error in Mems Dress.

A glaring error is sometimes made in In
Producing the scarfpin into the small tri-
angular section above where the cross oc-
ours. This converts the scarfpin into a
purely adventitious piece of decoration and
takes away from the bit of jewelry that
phase of utility which gives to gentle
man the primal right to wear it.-Clothier
and Furnisher
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13

A small basement candy shop in the
French quarter adds to the seduction of
sweets the promise of prizes to all who
purchase in considerable quantities. A
pasteboard sign in the shop window bears
this odd legend: Look, looki For each
cent you will buy candy you get ticket.
Bring your tickets you get II preasant." In
the list of ''preasants" is mice tchain"
offered to the possessor of fifty tickets
New York Sun
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
A Fair Sample.

A lawyer sent very heavy bill to
woman whom he wished to marry. AS
she made some severe remark on the mat
ter the lawyer replied: II wished to show
you how lucrative is the profession OF a
barrister. You can now see for yourself
In what profitable business l am en-
gagged. San Francisco Argonaut.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13

We have much sympathy for the pris-
on.rs in Siberian mines, and we wax in
dignant over the conduct of the Russian
government; but we forget that in many
of the southern states of our own country
there is system by which convicts are
sold in gangs to labor. The cruelties Of
this system have been exposed by north
ern philanthropistsa and fair minded south
erners.-Boston Journal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
She Was a Mind Reader Maybe.

''Beg pardon, Mrs. Hastily" said the
boarder cautiously, butt
"Ahi what is it, Mr.. Spindlerf" inter
rupted the landlady with an encouraging
smile.
"Er-ah-um-that's just what wanted
to ask" replied Mr.. Spindler, gazing at
the stew with an inquiring look in his
eyes.-Detroit Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
He Meant Oxershoes.

clearing gentleman speak of his over
shoes as his gums" said a physician,
drought to my mind a story told of a
prominent Philadelphian, who, with his
wife, went to make a call on friend in
New York. On entering the drawing room
the hostess inquired of Mr.. - where his
wife was.
"'Oh, said Mr.. -, she's in the ves-
tibule cleaning her gums. "-Philadel-
phia Call
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13

Minister-And SO you read the Bible
every night?
Little Boy-Yessir. That's the only way
I can keep from beiu sent to bed before
Pm sleepy. GOOD News.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
One Sure Way.

Beaver--What is your idea in having
Jour collar and cuffs attached to your shirtf
Melton So my laundryman will bring
them back with it.-Clothier and Fur
nisher
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Fertilizers for Onions.

Massachusetts, Ploughman gives an
account of some truck farmers who ex-
perimented last season with commercial
fertilizers alone for growing onions and
celery.
They purchased two brands of ferti-
lizer-Bradley phosphate and a special
onion manure-applying them side by
side in equal quantities-about 5000
pounds to the acre for growing onions
and celery. All the conditions were
equal in this experiment, except that the
cost of the special onion manure was
about s. per ton higher than the phos-
phate. Following is the result as told
in the words of one of the growers:
The season was rather unfavorable,
but when gathering our onions and
measuring them we found the yield per
acre to be 727 bushels on phosphate and
617 in the special onion manure, diff
ference in favor of the phosphate of 10
bushels to the acre. Our onions are the
finest we have ever grown, and the Gel
cry crop was large one of extra quality.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Good Horses Always Sell.

Don't think you can make anything
by saving the service fees of your mares
this year because horses are low. Some
farmers, at least, are not in any frame
of mind to listen to reason on this sub
ject. Horses do not sell any lower
than any other product, comparatively.
The common kinds of cattle are dull;
everybody knows the condition of
sheep; and hogs are about all there is
left in which there is any money. Sup
pose that horse breeders 60 out of the
business and undertake something else.
Will they raise wheat? If they do, can
they be assured of any more profit?
Wheat was never so low as it is now.
The same is true of all other grains.
A study of market quotations will show
conclusively that no one is in any bet
ter condition than the farmer. Horse
breeders can bear one fact in mind as a
guide. There is little, if any, complaint
from those who have bred TO superior
stations. The speed.speculative mar
ket is discouraging, but blood and per-
Torrance, especially if combined, bring
profitable returns. Good draft animals
are taken at prices which leave the
breeder a profit. Good-gaited saddle
horses are in active demand, and stylish
carriage horses are sought at figures
which pay well. If you are satisfied
that you know nothing about horse
breeding, get out ofthe business with
out delay. If you are opposed to pay
ing good price for the service of
good stallion, you better leave horse
raising to some one else who has money
to burn. If you think horse is merely
horse, you have missed your calling
and better quit before the sheriff levies
upon your possessions. But the man
who has well-assorted group of mares,
who understands how to mate mares
and stations so as to secure given
type, who isn't afraid to risk some
thing on high-clas stallion fees, will
succeed, even in face of present dis
couragements. Merit will always bring
good prices whatever the conditions of
the business may be.-Erchangc.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
New York Potatoes.

Nearly all the exhibits of potatoes
sent to the Worlds fair demonstrated
the fact that good crop can be grown
in spite of dry weather, by the aid of
constant culture and commercial fe1ti-
lizers. The Rural New Yorker tells
that the tests were confined to the best
four hills of each grower, and keg
from the field test. Some of the grow
ers failed to fill out all data, as request
ed, but an impartial study of the ex-
hibit gave the following facts:
The amount of seed used was quite
uniformly two to three eyes to the hill.
Hills and drills We're about even in num-
bers. Nearly all planted early in May,
and all used commercial fertilizers with
the exception of two, who used compost.
The largest amount of fertilizer applied
was 1,500 pounds, the smallest 300
pounds. The average was 735 pounds,
and the average yield of the best four
hills was at the rate of 1926 bushels The
lowest average of the poorest four hills
was 222 bushels.
When we consider THAI the average
yield in this state is said to be only IS
bushels, this makes a good showing,
even in an off year, for the fertilizers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Home Mixed Fertilizers.

The following conclusions are drawn
from a New Jersey station bulletin de-
voted to the analysis and study of home
mixed fertilizers and fertilizing mate
rails:
/. The use of fertilizers in the state
is increasing, and the present annual
expenditure of over 81, 500, 900 may be
very materially reduced by definite
knowledge of what and how to buy. 2.
In the preparation of formulas the quail
ity of plant food is of prime impor-
tance, and the proportion of the differ
ent elements as well as the amount of
the application should be determined
by the object of their use. 3. Farmers
can make mixtures which are equal to
the best manufactured brands and SUI
perior to the average-first, in mechan-
ical condition; second, in concentra-
ton; third, in quality, and, fourth, in
point of cost. A. In buying manufac.
turers' mixtures distinct advantages in
quality and cost are secured when
bought direct from the manufacturers
instead of from local agents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
The Small Grain Crops.

Farmers who grow grain crops often
speak of the danger of making land too
rich in heterogeneous fertility for the sue
cessful growing of small grains. If land
is so highly fertilized that it causes the
grain to fall down and not fill, they can
do better with it in some other crop.
Corn and potatoes give larger profits,
and for these no amount of fertility that
can be put into soil is too much. Even
for the small grains the results of too
rich land are mainly due to having fer
tility not properly balanced and espe-
cially to having an excess of it Just as
the grain is heading and filling, explains
American Cultivator, authority for the
following;
Land can be pretty rich and yet bring
all the better yields of sound, plump
grain if the fertility is evenly distrib-
uted through the year and has its due
proportion Of mineral plant food. Gen
orally speaking, land that has stored up
fertility produces grain with good straw
and plump berry. The injury comes
from the sudden increase of fertility by
dIpllNdblOilS VI idl 80 amounts VI htdDlt
manure. These do not supply much
nitrogen until warm weather causes their
decay, and they are usually deficient in
potash and phosphate. When the ma
nure begins to ferment, it gives off nitro
gen in disproportionate quantity, and
thus does injury rather than good.
Fertilizers for the small grains must
therefore be quick acting, and where the
grain is sown very early in spring they
ought to have a small proportion of solu-
BILE nitrogen. If the grain has a good
start early in the season, it stores up in
leaf and stalk most of the materials for
making the grain. If there has been
early a plentiful supply of plant food,
the grain crop will be all the better for
being somewhat pinched by crowding
and drought just as it begins to make
head. The common way of growing
small grain insures this crowding and
pinching of growth at the time of ripen-
ing the grain.
There is always in summer great in
crease in the heterogeneous fertility of cul-
tivated soils that are in any way rich.
While this is injurious to small grain, it
is equally true that an increase of nitro
gen early in the spring, while the plants
are small, will be benefit worth more
to the crop in many cases than its cost.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Digestibility of Ensilage.

Some experiments were made re-
Gently by the Pennsylvania Expert
mental Station to show the comparative
digestibility of ensilage as affected by
fermentation. 1t was found that the
crude fibre was made more digestible /;
but this was more than offset by serious
losses of the more valuable starch and
albumen by destruction, and by de-
crease in digestibilty. Albuminoids
are especially affected by fermentation,
and the kinds of plants which contain
most albuminoids are therefore not
fitted for preservation by ensilaging.
This result is, we think, in accordance
with general practical experience.
Corn is the great ensilage plant. Clo-
yer it is very hard to save in good con-
dition, as its strong tendency is to a
violent fermentation because of its al
luminous and heterogeneous constituents.
There is really no necessity in our eli
mate for ensilaging clover. Byputting
the cut clover in cock and keeping it
under cover of hay caps, it can be made
into hay with very little loss of nutri-
tive value. If it is also more digestible
than when put in the silo, the argument
against ensiagin g clover is made still
stronger.-Rural Ne,o Yorker.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Changing Feed.

When pigs are so well fed as to main
tain vigorous, thrifty growth, va
riety of food is necessary in order to
maintain the best growth and thrift at
the lowest cost. But, in order to keep
gaining to the best advantage, all rad
ical changes of feed should be made
gradually. A hog that has been given
one ration for some time, and has his
feed changed to something entirely diff
ferent, will, in many cases, refuse to
eat it. A half starved hog will eat al
most anything when it is given him,
but good, thrifty hog is naturally
more dainty. BY commencing a few
meals in advance of when the change
is to be made, giving a small quantity in
connection with the old ration, gradu-
ally decreasing the old and increasing
the new,-in this way change can
be made without detriment to the
growth of the animal. This is true in
changing from dry to green feed, slops
TO grains, or any other changes in the
feed that may be necessary. Careful,
economical feeding is one of the items
in essening the cost, and it will pay to
take little care when changes in the
ration must be made. = Nebraska
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Greenhouse Heating.

In the hope that those who have hith-
erto been deferred from putting up a
structure for their plants on account of
expense and care of boiler, American
Gardening gives the plan of a Maine
correspondent, as told by himself. He
says:
There is an experimental greenhouse
heated by kerosene lamps under tin boil
ers with iron pipe circuit. 1t is now
running for the third winter. 1t is dis
connected with other buildings-except
little lean-to shed ON one side-yet
have no difficulty in heating it at a
cost not exceeding 10 cents per day in
the severest weather. On cold nights,
when the mercury falls to 10 degrees
below zero outside, my greenhouse is
kept at 40 to so degrees. l have pipes
to carry off the fumes of the lamps,
movable cloth screens on inside, which
are put up every night, and Some 9TH
or special features. Without screens,
imagine ii might cost 10 or 30 cents
per day to heat in severe weather. But
the thing is so easily run and SO safe
that l should follow the same system
were the house four times as large. ]
can light my lamps and put up my
screens at sunset and need not go near
the house again until O'Clock next
morning. No getting up nights and no
worry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18
Popular Popcorn.

The best popcorn for market in New
York is the rice corn; next comes the
White Pearl. These sell for higher
prices than any other, because the pop
pers who do large business consider
that they pop better and give a product
of better quality. For the past two or
three years it has been almost impossi-
BILE to sell any other variety. In fact.
the popcorn market has been glutted,
and prices have been very low for all
varieties, according to Rural New
Yorker, which says; 1T is poor policy
for any one to engage in the business of
growing popcorn for market on any ex-
tended scale. 1t is very particular
crop to handle and requires special ia
cilities ~