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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
To Load Logs.

Roll the log on a good-sized pole, back
the wagon, the butt end of the log
should be about the center of the
hounds, then get thick block, a, and
pry up with a stout pole, b, and while
the boy Is bearing down on the pole
quickly fasten the log chain, c, secure
ly around the log. Next insert a stout
pole, d, about 6 or feet long under the
chain on top of the log. While bearing
down on the pry pole have the boy
place thick block across the hounds;
the thicker the better. This takes the
strain off the hounds. Let the pole rest
on this and the log is loaded. In load
ing a large heavy log, pry it up and
place a thick block under 1t. Then
fasten the chain as before, insert the
pole, bear down on the pry pole, have
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Casting Farm Accounts.

Towards the close of each year the
farmer should initiate other business
men, take an account of stock, and esh-
mate as closely as he can how he stands
financially compared with previous
years. Do not omit this because the
account may not present so favorable a
showing as you would like. Not to be
willing to face facts is cowardly and
unmanly, even though those facts seem
greatly against us. Seed time and har-
vest do not fail to the farmer. He at
least is sure of his living. If he be free
from debt he is really the most indie.
pendent citizen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Care of Wheat in the Fall.

If the late heavy rains have left any
water standing in low places on wheat
fields burrows should be run through
these places, to take the water off or
diminish It's damage. Wheat will sure
ly be killed wherever water freezes
down to the ground over 1t. But usu-
ally with the opening of frost the water
sinks down to lower level. If there
is an underdrain near sometimes a
sheet Of ice will form over the water at
night, and by morning all the water
under it will have disappeared. In
such case the wheat is benefited rather
than injured.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Sheep in the Orchard.

have five acres that is partially COW
cred with apple trees, some of which
are quite old. For several years no
crops have been raised on the land. For
a few weeks in the spring it is used for
pasturing cows, and during portion of
the summer and fall sheep are given the
run of the field. They lie under the
shade of the trees greater part of the
day, where a good share of their drop
pings is left, which seem to be great
benefit to the trees, and all wormy and
defective aples are quickly eaten as
soon as they fall. 1 now raise more
and better fruit, and believe 1t will pay
any farmer who has an apple orchard to
keep sheep.-John Jackson, in "Michi'
gan Fruit Grower"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
A Cheap Bag-Holder,

We CLEAN the following idea from the
Farmers Advocate" Take an inch
board, three feet long by IA inches
wide, and slant it. Then take two stats.
three Inches wide and three feet long,
and nail them upright to the board
about five inches from the top, to serve
as feet. Drive a wire nail through each
corner Of board, and turn them up a
little to hook the bags on. Nail the
board down at the bottom, and one man
can fill and tie the bags as fast as two
men can clean the grain.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Onions. Cabbages and Flats.

"You see, it's this way" he explained
to the landlord. Il don't want to seem
unreasonable, and don't want to die
tate what man shall eat. l realize.
also, that you can't very well stipulato
in the lease that a recognized article
of food that is in good repute but bad
odor practically all over the country
shall not be cooked on the premises.
Again, l am prepared to concede that
onions and cabbages are all right in
the right place, but feel that. In ius.
tice to myself and the neighbors, must
protest that fat building on a warm
day, when the windows are open. Ia
not the right place, especially If the
day be Sunday and the time about
noon. l understand perfectly that Won
can't do anything as matters are now
but / rely upon Your support when I
introduce a measure in the council req.
ulating the use of onions and cabba res
in fiat buildings. "-Chicago Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
FaIl-Sown Lettuce

Lettuce Is so hardy that little sown
very late in fall and slightly protected
in winter will get an earlier start than
1t can if planted then. 1t is best not
to sow early enough to have the seed
terminate In the fall, though early
sown lettuce with pretty thick covering
has wintered safely In winters moder-
ately warm, or with plenty of snow to
keep the lettuce covered.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Poultry Notes.

Chopped onions are beneficial II red
to your stock occasionally.
Squads are ready for market as soon
as they are we'll feathered just before
they leave the nest.
Provide your poultry with warm
coop and a good scratching place II
you want eggs In winter.
White Wyandottes lay brown sheiieo
eggs as rule. They are equal to Plym-
outh Rocks In this respect.
In order to secure satisfactory re-
suits it is customary to mate cockerels
with hens, and cocks with pullets.
Never use kerosene on the body OF a
fowl. Lard alone is sufficient. All
greasy substances will soil the feath-
prS
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Corn Busks for Beds.

There Is no nicer cheap mattress than
can be made from dried shredded corn
husks which every farmer can save
while doing the fall husking. They are
much cleaner and more durable than
straw mattresses, and to most people
more pleasant than the iron mattresses
now so common, although where the
bed has an iron mattress, it is likely to
be the direct point at which lightning
will aim when it strikes house. We
believe If farmers made more of their
corn husks into mattresses, they would
get we'll paid for their labor when peo-
pie learned where they could be had.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

mt one-fourth kerosene oil and three
fourths water and little sulphur, and.
when have a warm day in the winter,
apply behind the ears and front legs,
on the flank and root of tail. Give them
A clean bed at the same time. After
two or three applications find the lice
gone and nits killed. l have no hog
lice now, and my herd is In the best
condition it ever was.-W. II. W., In
American Swineherd.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

cling lawns and gardens, or for doing
grading of any sort. 1t is made from
a plank, beveled on one edge, the edge
being protected by strip of sheet iron.
Into this Is set the framework that Is
shown in the Illustration. Ash strips
can be bent easily into shape for the
handles, or old plow handles can be
utilized.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

The greatest depth, writes Prof. See.
ley In his STORY of the Earth" Mt
which earthquakes are known to orioi.
nate Is about thirty miles. 1t has also
been calculated that heat sufficient to
melt granite might occur at about the
same depth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Hog Lice.

| have been troubled great deal to
get rid Of hog lice, and the best way
have found yet, that is a success, is this:
(My pigs are not troubled with them so
much in the warm weather as cold: I
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

Armenia is not thoroughly Christian
country, as Is generally believed. Out
of population of $780, 05 nearly five
sixths are Mohammedan, the exact
number being 2,000,414, to only COB, 79l
Christians.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

Husband-l suppose Mrs Brown en-
joyed her European trip? Wlfe-Very
much; but she's delighted to be home
again. Husband-No doubt. This Is
the place to talk about It, Puck.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Honey in Butter.

Partisan restaurant-keepers mix
little honey with their butter. This
gives 1t an agreeable taste and flavor
and makes the inferior butter more
palatable.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20

the block placed across the hounds, and
the log is again loaded. By this sim
pie method one man and a stout boy
can load any reasonable size log with
out any heavy llfting.-Farm and
Home
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Hard.MiIking Cows.

There is nothing more provocative Of
profanity than to milk hard-milking
COW, especially If she is kicker, as the
hard mixer is apt to be. Farmers who
pray that they be not led into tempta-
ton ought to give more care to the kind
of cows they keep for their boys and
hired men to milk. 1t is pretty seri-
GUS business putting temptations to
swear in other peoples way. There is
another reason why the hard-milking
COW Is not likely to be profitable. To
easy-going people, too good tempered to
be profane, the temptation takes an
other form, that is, not to swear at the
cow, but to stop milking her before all
the milk is exhausted. Thus many a
COW has dried up prematurely and new
er given her owner any profit, while If
she had been an easy mixer she had
the capacity to become as good a COW as
any in the dairy.-American Cultivator.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
A Valuable Object Les.or.

At recent American Institute fair at
New York City, the State Experiment
Station made an extensive display of
fruit, grown on the station grounds.
There were 225 varieties of apples, each
specimen having been selected as typic-
al in shape, size, color, marking and
general characteristics of the variety
represented. The fruit was the result
of the highest knowledge of culture and
care and treatment known to the bust
ness. The collection was an object les
son in fruit lore Of unmeasured value
to those in search of knowledge in this
special direction. This station is doing
double service in thus giving to the
public exhibits of their work; first in
testing the varieties and showing their
merits, and second in giving an object
lesson of their type and characteristics.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Storing Vegetables in Easements.

Storing Vegetables In Easements.
Farmers whoare fortunate enough to
have barn easements miss the best adj
vantage Of them il they do not use the
basement to store a great variety of
roots and vegetables there, and thus re-
lieye the house cellar of the unpleasant
and also unhealthful doors from stored
and fermenting vegetation. 1t is not
hard to keep deep basement free of
frost all winter. If the basement is
near the surface, bank of earth out
side enclosing an air space will keep
frost out. In the very coolest weather n
few corn stalks thrown over vegetables
or roots or some loose blankets over
these will protect them sufficiently.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-01-20
Lawn or Garden LeveIer.

Our Illustration, which Is from the
Agriculturist, shows serv-
iceable, homemade implement for lev
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
Juveniie

The latest contribution to tho Criminology
Series" now In course OF publication by tho APP
pletons. 10 . volume entitled Juvenile Offenders,
by w. DOUGLAS MORRISON. This work derives
peculiar interest and value from tho fact that
tho author 10 dealing with q subject which he
knows At first hand. In q previously published
book, Crime and Its Causes" he pointed out
that one Of the formidable problems confronting
Civilized communities at tho close OF the present
century ID that of habitual crime. In France,
Germany and Italy the proportion OF old of
Tenders who come before tho criminal courts Is
constantly growing, while in England matters
are Just as bad. From n table compiled
for the committee on the Identification
Of habitual criminals. It appears that,
in Lancashire. the West Riding OF York.
shire, and Staflordshire. about 20 per cent.
of the prisoners tried were known to have been
previou'(y convicted; In Liverpool. Birming-
ham,, anG Bradford, 20 per cent. and In Nor
folk and SUFFOLK, 81 per cent. These data are
taken from the revised criminal returns for
England and Wales. From this enormous per-
centage OF old offenders among the prisoners
tried, Mr.. Morrison draws the inference that,
80 far ~ the bulk of the criminal population Is
concerned, penal law and penal nd administration
have broken down. He lays down the principle
that the supreme. II not the only. object Of q
properly constituted penal system is to prevent
the offender from repeating the offence. II q
penal system falls in this primary and funds-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

ments has increased nearly so per cent.
in ten years. The principle of deal.
Ing with juvenile offenders In speclal I'm.
stitutions has been most widely applied In Great
Britain. According to an Official report for
1894. the number OF children under order of de.
tentlon In ~reformatory. Industrial, truant. md
day industrial schools amounted to 1881.
During the last twenty years. Indeed. the num-
Der OF children cent to reformatory schools has
rem aimed almost stationary, owing to the fact
that until recently It was obligatory that overy
dergo q preliminary sentence OF Imprisonment
Magistrates became more and more unwilling
to pass these sentences. ana many Of the chill.
dren who used to be committed TO reformatories
were sent 70 industrial schools. In tho case II
committal to Industrial schools. a period Of pre-
liminary imprisonment was not required.
Partly "a q result of this fact. and partly from
other causes. the number of committals to these
schools has been increasing by leaps and bounds.
In 1870. the number Of children in Industrial
schools in Great Britain amounted to BITS,
schools are q class Of institutions in which
children who have been before the magis.
trates are detained during the day. but nrs
allowed To return to their homes at night,
These schools have been in operation for tho
last eighteen years, and there are now more
than twenty OF them In England and Scotland,
Their population was more than 5000 in 1894.
The expenditure In Great Britain on juvenile
institutions OF all sorts 10 now considerable.
According to the latest returns on the subject,
It amounts to over half a million sterling per
annuin. the larger part Of which Is paid by the
central Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
H.,

What are the physical and mental character
istlos OF Juvenile offondors2 Prison statistics
show that tho average stature OF juvenile pris.
onors 10 from one TO two inches lower than the
average stature Of town artisans OF q sim
liar age. Tho average weight OF Juvenile
offenders has also boon proved to be inferior to
the average weight OF the town population OF \
similar age. Almost one-third OF them are
found to lave lost one or both parents. The
general outcome of the statistics Of prisons and
reformatory schools Is that tho delinquent pop
ulRtion OF these Establishments exhibits, on the
whole. a considerably larger percentage OF infe-
ferior physical material than does the general
population. Now II Is manifest that the defective
physical. capacity which exists among oue-half OF
the juvenile population would have 0 detri-
mental effect upon their industrial career. All
these young people sprang from q class which
has to live by the labor OF tho hand. Bono and
muscle 10 their stock In trade. II they are def.
cient In these requisites for success In the labor
market, intending purchasers will pass them by
and make their customers elsewhere. or course
inferiority In weight and stature Is not an In
fallible index OF physical incapacity, but II ia
the rough d-ready test usually applied In the
labor market just As the biological law Of
natural selection has a tendency to eIterminate
the weak. 80 has what may be called the
economic law Of Industrial selection \ similar
tendency to exclude the apparently feeble from
the functions, and, therefore, from the rewards Of
industrial life. One of the consequences Of this
exclusion. whether partial or total. Ia that tho
victims OF It are never properly Incorporated In
the army Of labor. They hang upon its out
skirts. and are compelled to live by picking up
what tho ordinary artisan has left behind. At
best this 10 q preoarious kind Of existence, and,
at the worst, 1t ceases TO yield a livelihood
In n ahana INhAA a,x .a- 49,
the decadent Juvenile, even IL he ha. no pro.
nounced criminal bent OF mind, is very. apt TO
DRIFT into criminal courses. The alternatives
before him are tho life of q criminal or tho l!fo
OF n pauper. The results, in short. OF Mr.. Nor
rison's personal experience among large num-
bers OF juvenile offenders rs we'll as. the eyi.
dencs furnished by statistics. have confirmed
him In the opinion that among the many
causes urhieh produce . criminal life the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

-. 49,. a. 49, ..k ~ fans
AN. ~ ,.,nrn. tr., ouo,.a
~ ~ rarisna ,ow-,bs ,,ne
80. 49, 90. %, r.consId.
- 49,. s.i..,a,.. % ~h,,h .xi.,ino nenai
nf..5 A. ,ono a. the,e m.thods
80 a. .S.,, nrs..n, condition of ,nes,ojepcy
-. .mwrat,. Iii, No, o,l, have 70 endure the
To-. a,.o,i.,rdo ana danger srie,up from the
..1,.nn.n % . oonn.c, hodv of hebitual GRIM
,n.i. hr, ,,uI nav. IN GO on amending millions
ma, .nnnm In nrotectIna itself against them.
VIVA, ,h. hsh,,ya, criminal costs the British
.omm,ni,v when in prison ia but n tribe COM
mod with what he costs when he is free to
roan, tho s,r,ets. Hs can be kent In prison for
sonr ar svo hundred thousand pounds a year;
when At liberty he costs In police protection
.,on. hat ~ ecn four and Ave millions Of pounds.
Tn IN, prescnt volume NJ. Morrison under.
.akes In sbow how habitual crime may be
diminished BIZ better method. Of dealing with
Juvenile offenders. A widv experience OF tie
criminal population has convinced him that. as
n rule. the habitual offender, the man who takes
to crime as n trade, begins young. Unless q
man has acquired criminal habits In early life.
IL 10 comparatively seldom that he degenerates
into On habituai criminal. How Is the Juvenile
offender to be prevented from acquiring con-
frmed criminal habits7 This question can
only DO answered after inquiry into the
conditions which produce tho juvenile
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
W.,

Before passing to the fourth ANIMAL message
It Is worth noting that President Van Buren,, by
an executive order dated March 81, 1870, d.
rooted that all persons. whether iaborers or
mechanics, employed In the city of Washington
by the Federal Government. should DO required
70 work only the number of hours prescribed By
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

One Of the FIRST executive orders signed by
Van Buren, was the following. whereby the ex-
President, Andrew jackson. received an excep-
tional mark Of honor; Gen. Andrew jackson.
ex-President OF the United States. being about
20 depart from this city for his homo In Ton
nessee, and the state of his health rendering II
important that no should be accompanied by q
medical attendant. tho President directs that
tho Surgeon-Genera OF the army
The ex-President to Wheeling. In the State of
Virginia, there to DO relieved. In case the OK
Presidents health shall be such as to allow II,
by some onicer OF the Medical Department. who
will attend tho ex-President from that place to
his residence. In giving this order the President
feels assured that this mark OF attention 10 tho
venerable soldier, patriot, and stAtesman now
retiring in inlrm health from the cAres of ONCE
to the repose of private life will be as grateful
to the feelings OF the American people as II Ap-
pears to tho President to DO suitable In itself"
In conformity to the above order, Surgeon
General Lawson was directed to Join tho OF.
President. and accompany him as his medical
attendant TO Wheeling. and, at his discretion,
10 the residence Of the ex-PreSident. at the Her
Ditage. near Nashville, In the State OF Tonnes
SEQ, and Assistant Surgeon Reynolds Was d.
rected to join the ex-President ut Wheeling.
and from that place, either alono or In con-
junction with the SurReon.GenerAl. to proceed
with tho ex-President to his residences.
IN the special session message. dated Sept. I.
1897. and referring TO the disastrous financial
crisis OF that year. there Is 4 memorable pas
rape. In which the Limitations OF tho duty of tho
Federal Government in such ciroumstapces are
clearly defined. - cAnnot doubt that on this,
as on all similar occasions, the Federal Gov
eminent will ind Its agency most conducive
10 tho security and happiness OF the people.
whom limited 70 the exercise of It's con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

Rather more than half Of the third volume
Of The Messages aud Pdpe,s Of the Preftdsnts
Washington. Government Printing once, the
advance sheets OF which are now before ne. IL
devoted TO documents emansting from the Ex-
ecutive during Martin Van puren's Admins
tration. The of1cial compiler. the Hon. .JAMEs
d. RICHARDSON, has prepared an unusually full
sketch Of the eighth President. some features OF
which are worth reproducing. because, with the
exception OF the biography In the American
Statesmen" series. very little has boon pub
lished about Martin Van Buren, during the
present generation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-14

came these mighty monoliths, when, by
whom and wherefore 50 engraved, is an
historical mystery beyond solution.
Up to the present time these In
dams have no metals, except in the
manufactured form, as obtained from
the English settlers and tourists and
the Brazilian traders. But they are cum
ming handicraftsmen in stone, wood,
bone and feathers, and are also clever
in weaving fabrics from fibers and cot
ton, and in fashioning garments and
other things from the skins Of the tigers
and other large animals that abound in
the forests. 1t is sheer travellers tale
to say that they are rich in gold orna-
mants. Of the gold that glitters on
their river beds even, they knew moth
ing until the white man came to look
for it and so taught them its value; and
of that which lay thickly under their
feet they had no suspicion, and even
now they will not take the trouble to
dig for It. Few even trouble to wash
the rivers. An Indian family will spend
a week weaving a hammock to sell 10
a white man for onc-tenth the amount
that one Of them could get for days
work in the river bed. They prefer to
live their primeval life wandering
about, planting little maize for bread,
hunting and fishing for meat. They are
gentle, timid creatures, of low intelli-
gence and no morality, instinctively So
cialistic in their relations, and they re-
tire as the white man advances.
Such is, in briefest outline, the coun-
try over the best portion of which
the great Anglo-Venezuelan dispute is
being carried on. Of little use for in
dustrial purposes, save cattle raising,
some day, when the dispute is adjusted,
it will surely be heard from as one of
the richest gold regions of the earth.
T 2. PORTER.