The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-06
sUnnEAars.

~ AIss IN 9ofea VI Nuons ytoiuo0 lVN
two-bushei sacls.
Ono OF the lazy farmers Of Utica. Neb., IA, ,
rootingchair attachment connected with his har.
vcsting machinery.
Manhattan, Kan. with three womsn's club. in a
population of s, 500, Is said to have moro culture than
any other town OF its siso in that State.
AT three Fourth Of July celebrations In Kan,..
the Declaration of independence was recited from
memory. In one case the speaker was a man 81
years old. in another a girl OF IL.
That there are vigor aud hardihood in Brooks,
Or. can hardly be doubted after publication OF the
Information that Brooks Ia the home OF John Slut
hammer, the Stagger twins. and Bud weddle.
Portland, Or, ia expecting the arrival OF a $500
ton. t'masted British bark, the Springburn. the iarr
est sailing vessel but one ever In that port. She In
2ee feet long. 4o.e feet broad. and q5.7 feet deep.
Five million bushels is the expected harvest yield
OF the Walla wallA Valley, wash, and at present
prices on the crops the farmers will realize enough to
lit a number OF mortgages on their places In the fall.
1t does not necessarily take gold to arouse people
to energetic activity in a new country. The people
who made up tho nrst rush to the oklahoma country
only q short time ago gathered in one day 1000
bushels of plums.
lin the neghborhood OF Jamestown. n. d. the
barley crop has increased 1873 per cent. in acreage
over that OF last year. tho corn crop 1870 Per cent.
the wheat crop e7.8 per cont. the oat crop e.s pep
osnt., and the max crop 8 per cent.
The Rev. DR.. Hancher OF the Grand Avenue Moth
odist Episcopal Church Of Kansas CITY hs. e.t.h.
iished not only . bicycle check room In the bassmsnn
Of his church. but also . room where motberr mag
check their babies while they attend divine service.
Electricity in the operation of the farm 1, to b.
como a factor presently on the far Paeinc slop,,
Jesse Kilgore OF Weston. UmatIla county, Or, has
employed an electrician and Is to install . 9a-inoh
dynamo to supply light and power for harvest work.
Most Kansas counties pay q bounty on wolves
killed. Yet wolves in that State have in a year
killed only 1,15o sheop. according to statistics col.
lected by 4 member Of the State Board of Asrtcul.
ture. while the l55.b7o dogs owned there have
killed 1894 sheep.
Tom Morgan OF Eureka, Kan. IL Of opinion that q
hoarpe shout at q steer fattening for market has az
bad an onect on tho animal a. an impatient word NAV
have on q very Ill person, which recalls q remark Of
Rarey. the horse trainer. who said that he had known
an angry word 70 accelerate the pulse Of q high
spirited horse many beats to tho second.
TO work on the sympathies Of a dentist who was
ut frst hardhearted. a tramp at st. Joseph, NO.. asked
him to pull out two OF his teeth which were filled
with gold; for. he asked, OF what Use were old-nIled
teeth II one hal nothing on which TO use them7 This
appealed 80 TO the dentist that he gave him soma
money instead Of drawing the teeth.
DIR. W. A. Roberts of Minneapolis. In the interest
Of a society which aids TO md a locality
where they may get relief or be cured, has been look.
ing about in Kittitas county, Washington. for a site
for a home. 1t does not appear that the people Of
that section have rs yet tried to discourage hopeless
invalids from coming there Ito raise the mortality
ngures), As some Western places have recently done.
AT Terre Haute. Ind, there is q Methodist church
on Maple avenue. of which the Rev. Frank Gee 10
pastor. where It has been the practice for the minister
TO announce on each Sunday the mtdweek run OF the
church bicycle club. Deacon James A. Dixon. who
objects to this practice and had protested in vain.
one Sunday sent up q request that the parson read .
notice Of the meeting Of a card club TO be held on s
coming week day evening. The parson refused to
read 1t and the deacon forsook the church. The mat
ter is not yet settled.
BY the last steamer in July from Japan a Jars.
nese resident of Los Angeles. Cal. received a circu.
lar from the japanese State Department telling him
that he was directed by the imperial Government to
collect forthwith the information asked for in som.
accompanying questions. The circular asked for in.
formation as to the number OF Japanese in the
county. the number OF them who were American cit
liens, the number OF the women, the nearest seaport.
and the various means OF reaching 1t, together with
the time in which, II might be reached, and the cost CT
transportation TO 1t, and the names and addresses ~
the chief Japanese in the county.