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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
AT THE MILLINER'S.

Superstitions 10 work-room are many
and varied. To drop an unfinished hat
on the floor is sure guarantee Of it's
success; and, as many are sold that have
taken tumble, and would be naturally,
the sign is considered infallible. To
drop your scissors means extremely bad
luck, if you stoop to pick them up your
self. You must step on them, and then
have some one else return them to you.
When you are so fortunate as to get an
order for brides hat, you must pluck
hair from your own head and sew it in
your work, then every girl demands the
privilege of trying it on. and she is sure
to get husband on her own account
Mary p. Waterman, IN the Cosmopol-
itan.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
POULTRY.

For the first two weeks feed young
turkeys on stale bread, moistened with
water, and twice a day will do if they
are not confined. After that they can
take coarser food, almost anything that
it may be convenient to give them from
the table or granary. When the time to
fatten comes. old corn should be used,
for green corn is not readily digested,
and often causes loss.
Most of the chicken breeds will. il
Matched in April and properly housed
and fed, begin laying by October, and
will keep it UP most of the next spring
and summer. The cockerels, if market
ed early, while prices are good, will pay
for the feed consumed by themselves
and the pullets until the latter begin to
lay.
Pullets, after laying year, should be
marketed before they begin to moult in
the fall. They will sell for enough to
pay for their food during their months
OF laying, so that their eggs will prac-
tically be all profit. Like any other bus.
mess, chicken raising will pay when
intelligence enough is used in the man.
agement.
Many keep fowls at loss, too many
of their flock being nonproducers, con.
Stunning the profits made on those which
have been busy. A slight variation in
management often means the difference
between success and failure. There is
nothing surer than that any one may
succeed who will.
Chicks Matched in June do not ma.
ture before winter; cold checks develop.
ment, and they will not lay until near
spring. 1t is not paying business to
keep them over. Market them as soon
as possible, and avoid the drop in prices
which takes place when every one has a
notion to sell; and cockerels kept until
November bring no more money than il
sold for broilers in midsummer, but they
keep on eating all the same.
For farmer either the Plymouth
Rock or the Wyandotte combines more
desirable and fewer undesirable qualities
than any other breed. The latter are
preferable in cold climates, because
their combs are not easily frosted Both
are hardy and good layers, have desira-
BILE marks for table fowls. and reach a
weight of from six to eight pounds.
Always breed from we'll matured
fowls. Mate pullets with cocks in their
second year. about Is to each male. In
breeding lowers vitality and lessons
productiveness; it is, therefore, necessa-
ry to procure new males each season.
Unless eggs are to be used for Matching
exclude the males, for unfertilized eggs
keep better.
To remain healthy and productive,
each fowl should have at least a square
yard of house room. II possible, the
foundation of the house should be built
up foot or more and filled within with
gravel; the same should be piled up
around it on the outside. This will en-
sure dryness, which ia more essential
than we sometimes think with the
poultry.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
HORTICULTURE.

1t is not sufficient that we dig hole
in which to set young tree. The soil
should be plowed as deeply as its nature
will admit. and if there is retentive
subsoil, subsoil pillow may be used to
advantage. When the whole surface is
mellowed it is put in the best shape for
the collection and retention of plant
food.
Every ambitious boy or girl should be
encouraged in fruit growing, and should
have little garden. with the profits all
their own. Nor under any conditions
should they be wronged out of these
profits. This will at least teach them
that faithful labor has it's reward, and
may prompt them forever to ways of
industry.
After deep subsoil cultivation of nur-
sery ground before planting it is shown
that better root growth aud healthier
trees are obtained in dry weather than
in wet. The dryness invites the roots to
dive deep into the subsoiled land, and
absence of rain compels frequent cult
walton to aerate the soil and hold the
moisture.
To make hedges bushy on their sides
a pruning is required in the month of
June, while the young shoots are still
succulent. Prune off the tops from above
the centre of the hedge to the top, but
do not cut below this. Checking the
sap there pushes the lower ones, adding
to their growth and Strengthening them.
Where the hedges have become bare
at the bottom they must be either cut
down almost to the ground and started
afresh, or they can be bettered by set.
ting here and there strong plants Of the
japanese honeysuckle. training them to
climb up and about the shrubs. where
they will make pretty, dark green
hedge screen, and massy.
A combination mixture to protect
from curculio and other insect attacks
and at the same time to prevent leaf
blights, is made by mixing one ounce of
Paris green with 10 gallons of the Bor-
deaux preparation. The addition of
lime lessons the danger of injury to
the leaves from the poison, and makes
the wash adhere better to them.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
AGRICULTURE.

On the great western plains there is
no question but that silos can be made
of any size in the ground, dry and air
tight. Good authorities say that in no
other way can farmer gather his corn
crop so cheaply as to silage it, and that
it's value is increased so per cent. This
would prevent all stock famines in the
future, for this food could be kept from
year to year.
The young plant must have moisture
nourishment, and, if not from above, it
must be searched for below the surface.
In subsoiling and stirring the ground
deep below the surface, we loosen
ground SO that the roots can easily PEN
citrate down to where their nourishment
lies, and at the same time draw this
nourishment up to them, as they always
do in loose SOIL
No farmer can afford to be an average
producer all the time. either of crops or
stock, for the profit is nearly all in the
hands of those who have climbed above
the average. There is lessened cost
in the greater yield, for the outlay is the
same to the successful and to the poorer
farmer.
The prejudice against American flour
no longer exists; the world is our mar
ket for high class -four, for it is the best
in the world. Like American meat, it
has gained wide popularity in Europe
solely upon merit, and has reached an
immense sale in Great Britain, supplying
a large percentage of the -four consumed
in all the divisions Of that kingdom.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06

The work Of the plant consists in con-
verting refuse animal and vegetable
matter into forms of health and things
of beauty-into that which delights the
palate and pleases the eye. 1t is kind
OF machine, capable Of doing much or
little work, depending upon food, mois-
ture. care. training and environments.
Irrigation is not possible in all regions.
but improved methods of preparing the
soil to stir up the moisture which nature
sends, and TO conserve it until needed
by trees or plants. are open to all OF US.
Nurserymen are miliar with the ad-
vantages of deep work in blowing land
intended for their trees and shrubs.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
ALICE cAREY'S DREAM.
dreamed I had a plot of ground

/ dreamed had plot of ground
Once when CHANGED asleep to drop.
And that green hedge fenced 1t round,
Cloudy with roses at the top,
I saw hundred mornings RISE
So far a little dream may REACH
And Spring with Summer in her eyes
Making the chiefest charm Of each.
A thousar d vines we're climbing DER
The hedge, 1 thought, but as tried
To pull them down. for evermore
The flowers dropt off the other side!
Waking. said. "These things are signs
Sent to instruct us that tits ours
Duly to keep and dress our vines
Waiting In patience for the flowers.
And when the angel feared of all
Across my hearth its shadow spread.
The rose that climbed my garden wall
Has bloomed the other side" said.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERsALISTv

breeding will bring us nothing until the
markets of 1900.
We can hardly feed our breeding sires
and dams too literally, il we give them
a corresponding amount of work or ex.
ercise. Our stations, bulls and mares
breed all the better for it, while idleness
often induces baroness. as we we'll
know. This is not the rule with COWS
and the smaller animals.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06

1.-TWO dollars and a folding bed"
said Mrs. Benton, with a comical
grimace. 81 am glad I have it for
her to sleep in, at any rate. And
when she has gone l will begin where
l left off, ripping up the Henrietta"
Good Housekeeping.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06

RS. BENTON sat in her
tidy little kitchen, rip
ping up her gray Henri
eta dress. She sat in the
kitchen, because it s
smooth painted floor was
easier to free from the
bits of thread and scraps
than a carpeted one. She
did her own work. There
was a little line between
hor owes xx,b,ob loaoopoJ
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-06
HOMEKEEPING PROFIT AND
LOSS;

OR, Contentment Better than Riches
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05

The kangaroo Courts have no juris-
diction. The are found almost en-
tirely in county jails in which petty
offenders and persons awaiting trial
are confined. During the day the
prisoners are allowed the freedom of a
large hall, and at night they lodge in
cells, the locks of which are some
times fastened and sometimes not.
The hall contains tables, benches, daily
papers. and, in some instances, stove
and kitchen utensils. The prisoners
can and do walk, jump, and play var
ious games. After a while these
games become tiresome, and The
kangaroo Court" is formed. It con-
sists of all the prisoners, and the
officers are elected by them. They
elect a judge, a sheriff, clerk, a
health officer and summon jurors
The courts try cases in regal style
They are both socialistic and auto
cratic, and at times they are very
funny. But wherever they are they
command the respect of jailbirds, and
if a prisoner insults the court he ii
punished very severely. Moreover, il
avails him nothing to complain to thu
proper authorities. He has too man.
against him, and the best thing hi
can do is to become one of them a
soon as possible, and get in and drill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05

This story is told by minister OF
the Episcopal church. travelling south,
who met citizen who claimed that
he was also an Episcopalian.
"To what faith do you belong" l
asked.
"Don't know nothin' bout any par
ish," was his answer.
"Well, to what diocese do you be-
long?" inqqired.
"There amt nuthin' of that sort in
this part of the country that l ever
heard Of" he replied.
"But who confirmed you?" said /.
Nobody" he said.
But didn't you tell me you were
an Episcopalian?" asked in astonish.
ment.
"Oh, yes" said the old man: on
tell ye how it is. Last spring / wen
down to New Orleans visitin' ant
while was there l went ter church
and it happened to be an Episcopalian
one, and among other things / heart
'em say that they'd left undone then
things they'd oughter done, and don,
them things they hadn't oughter done
and I said to myself, that's just m!
fix, too, and since then I've always
considered myself an Episcopalian."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
at the present time worthy of consid-

at the present time worthy Of consid
Grafton.
"The general elevation OF the ridge
between the two waters is 300 feet
/ All Indications are that the ridge is
composed OF gravel, sand and clay, and
that no rock would be met with in
making cut through. The absence
OF aproper water supply for high
level canal renders it necessary only
to consider sea-levcl canal.
The distance between waters ON
this line is almost exactly two miles,
and the cut would average about 2lO
feet deep. With bottom width OF 40
feet, depth of 2G feet, and side slopes
of | or Il, the amount of excavation
involved in the cut would be over ST.
100000 cubic yards. 1t is probable
that no route could be selected which
would lower this amount TO any ap-
preciable extent.
Besides this, it would be necessary
to excayate channels in the shadows
at the heads of Hoods canal and
the North bay, to enable vessels to
reach the cut through the divide.
This would involve about 100000
cubic yards Of dredging.
"In conclusion l beg to again sub
NIT the opinion that the slight advan-
tages to be derived from the proposed
waterway and channel, combined with
its enormous cost, render the improve
ment unworthy to be undertaken by
the United States government at the
present time"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05

in any direction. The trial OF the
armored train took place in the
presence of number of military men.
Twelve shots with service charges were
fired in the direction at right angels to
the track at a target moored out at sea.
Neither the Car nor the rails showed
any effects of the recoil, which was
absorbed by the turning platform and
the beams. Some shots were fired
without clamping it to the rails. OF
course the target offered to the enemy
by the sides Of the cars is of consider
able size, and Lord Beresford thinks
that the car should be concealed as
much as possible and that thin iron
plates would be sufficient protection
for the cannoneers from the light pro-
jectiles of the enemy. Lord Beresford
considers it preferable to arm the car
with a few small Iapid-tire guns. The
value of such trains for sea-coast de-
fense is very great.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
A MAMMOTH SCHEME.
ELECTRIC ROAD FROM CHICAGO
TO NEW YORK.
Gigantic Company Intend TO
Build an Elevated Electric Rail-
way Between Chicago and New
York to Transport Freight.

oh - w HChS
a Chicago dispatch OF the 30th ult.
gives the following details of one OF
the greatest enterprises OF the age, no
less than the construction of an ele-
waited railway between the metropolis
of the East and West. The Inter-
Ocean Electric Railway Co. has been
Incorporated, with capital of $780,
O0,00O. and some of the leading finan.
ciers of Chicago, New York and San
Francisco as its stockholders. The
intention is to construct an elevated
electric freight railway between Chica-
go and New York for the transporta-
ton of coal and grain. The plans
and specifications have been drawn
by a Chicago engineer, and the COM
pany own number of patents in cleo
trical devices to be used by the road.
John W. King, one of the incorpora-
tors and attorney for the new COM
pany, says:
THE road is decided step in ad-
vance OF the electrical roads operated
at present, Electricity is cheaper as
a motive power than steam and rem
ders much higher rate OF speed pos
sible. BY elevating our road we ex-
pect to do away with the necessity OF
buying a righ:-of-way, and all delays
incident to surface traffic will he
avoided. At present it takes six days
for freight to travel from Chicago to
New York. On the new road the trip
will take one.
< number of new innovations in
electrical transportation will he used
by the road, but ] am not liberty to
disclose their nature. The capital,
while large, is not ont of proportion to
the business we expect to do, but l
cannot at present give the names OF
the persons interested"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05

Philadelphia Times.

There is little doubt that an i'm
mense number of persons habitually
sleep on the left side, and those who
do so can never, it is said, be strictly
healthy. 1t is the most prolific cause
of nightmare, and also of the un-
pleasant taste in the mouth on aris-
ing in the morning. All food enters
and leaves the stomach on the righ!
side, and hence sleeping ON the left
side soon after eating involves q sort
of pumping operation which is any.
thing but conducive to sound repose
The action of the heart is also serious
" interfered with and the lungs un
duly compressed. Hence it is best t.
cultivate the habit of always sleeping
on the right side, although sandoV
and other strong men are said to in
variably sleep on their backs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
LOCAL LUMBER NOTES

The Burton sawmill has started uI
on full time at Quartermaster.
Axford & Paulding have started .
hand logging camp near Willapa.
The Port Blakely Mill Company ex
poets to put in its third band mil
shortly.
Marriott & Co., OF Seattle, hav.
leased the shingle mill at Manchester
Kitsap county.
The Edgewood Shingle company i.
building a shingle mill at Edgewood
capacity, 10000 daily.
The Royal City Planning mill at Van
couver, B. c., has been burned; losi
$4,000; insurance $500.
ID. H. Decann's shingle mill at What
com has been thoroughly overhaulet
and is running full time.
Neher. Ross & Co.'S new shingle
mill at Whatcom is running regularly
averaging $4,000 shingles daily.
A logging outfit, forwarded by Fischer
Brothers, of Seattle, has been sent tc
Mr.. Callopy's claim, near Edison.
S. A. Buck & Co., OF Snohomish
have arranged to sell their shingle out.
put direct to dealers at Davenport
Toledo and Indianapolis.
j. E. Fox's saw works in Seattle are
busy cutting down and retoothine
saws for mills at Victoria, Vancouver
and New Westminster, B. G.
The Seattle's Cedar Lumber Co.'s
mill at Ballard is again in operation
having received new Stearns engine
new boilers. and other improvements.
Six ship loads of cedar telegraph
and telephone poles have been sent
from Sound points to California this
year, and there is good prospect for &
steady increase in the trade.
The Canadian Pacific has lowered
the rate on lumber to the East $2.5(
per 1000 feet, and British Columbis
lumbermen expect to capture some o
the trade held by Puget Sound dealers
Michener & Taylor and o. b. and E
b. Caswell are building shingle mill
near Castle Rock, and when complete
ed and running along with mill al
ready there, about 800 men will be EN-
ployed there in numbering alone.
The following large logging firm
are in operation on the Snoqualmi
river and along the Lake Shore roa'
in Snohomish county: Hulberts
Cyphers & Stinson's, Gierin & Boyd
and Mosher & Mcdonald. McGilligal
Bros. and a Tacoma firm will sool
open up camp on the Stillsguamisl
river.
Tacoma's cargo shipments for ivy
months this year were: January, 3
30S,l73 feet of lumber, 263. 700 lath
February, 2.042 600 feet of lumber, /
59l 600 lath. The total rail shipment
were: January, 49 cars of lumber, 2
cars of shingles; February, SO cars {
lumber, 15 cars Of shingles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
WANT TO RAISE PRICES.
Spokane Lumberman are Anxious
TO Get Together Once More.

Spokane Lumberman are Anxious
to Get Together Once More.
OF all the industries in and around
Spokane, the lumber business seems
to have the most varied outlook.
Viewed from one mans standpoint it
has gone to the bow-wows entirely.
Looked at from another side there are
good prospects OF a brisk demand and
fair margin of profit before 1895 has
ended.
Something over year ago, when
the price of lumber broke below
$40 per 1000, the dealers thought
life was very full of gloom. Then the
price sunk to $3.50 and the mills be-
gan shutting down. Now it is re-
ported that sales are being made free
ly as low as sc so per 1000 for rough
grades, and all kinds of scalping are
going OH among the dealers.
ave haven't tried to revive the old
union for more than a year." confessed
one OF the dealers to Chronicle re.
porter. at has been every man fol
himself and as usual the old boy has
caught several OF the hindmost. Yes
suppose it is true that some sales
have been made as low as sc so, though
don't see how the dealers could do il
even if they steal their logs.
"Why don't We revive the union
Well, we will some day. But just nov
there are fellows in the business VIII,
will stand by no agreement and vii
sell at any price that will bring then
a little cash. don't think they will
bother us long, and when they dro]
out the rest of us will try to get to
gether."
Another dealer said no one care,
much about the spring and summe
trade, but a good crop would max
lots of demand for lumber in tn
country next autumn. "And by tha
time we hope to have prices regu
lated" said he.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05

managed. Meters have to be changed
10y the writer, or tunes altered by the
composer, to fit in with some lea,
some intention, OF the other partner.
For instance, the writer may have put
a theme in one meter, and the COM
poser has tune in his head which
will Just suit the theme, but will not
tit the scansion, and so the lyrics
must be altered Each must try to
make the others part as easy as possi-
BILE. There must be no jealousy, no
bad feeling between the two. They
must be on the best of terms, other
wise there will be no success"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-04-05
Armored Trains for Coast Defense.
Scientific American.

SCicutiHC imciiCdH.
A few months ago an interesting
test of an armored train took place at
Newhaven, England. The idea of an
armored train is not new, such trains
having been used in our civil war, in
the Franco-Prnssian war and in the
Egyptian campaign OF 1882; but the
arrangement OF these trains were such
that the guns could shoot only in the
direction along the rails, unless the
car were propped up to prevent it from
being derailed by the recoil. The car
was designed by Col. Boxhall, of the
First Regiment of Volunteer Artillery
of Sussex, and was constructed at the
South Coast Railway company. The
car is made OF steel, with a vertical ar
mored wall all around it to protect the
artillerymen. Inside the car is 40
pounder cannon mounted on plat
form so that it can be turned in any
direction. 1t is moved by geared
wheels and crsnks. Underneath the
car are arranged extensible beams
which may be pushed out on one or
both sides of the car, and are arranged
to abut against the ground by means
of vertical screws at their extremities,
so that in case Of fire at right angles
to the track they transfer the shock OF
the recoil beyond the rails. Beneath
the car are also clamps which grip the
rails and prevent the car from being
derailed. In the old style of armored
train the guns could shoot only in the
direction of the rails, unless the cars
were propped up as already stated. In
the new style of train the cars can be
anchored in q moment and can shoot