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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
BEST SOIL FOR PEARS.
Grow Nicely ON Clayey Ground and
On q Hillside.

Grow Nicely ON Clayey Ground and
"n a Hillside.
Clay soil is considered best for pear
culture, and still it should not be too
tenacious aud sticky. A pear orchard
will not thrive SO well, says Green's
Fruit Grower, on any soil that has not
clay subsoil. Next to friable clay
loan, a gravel loan is most desirable.
A light, sandy soil is the least desirable
of any. and yet pears can he grown m
sandy soil. Standard pears can be
planted 20 to 80 feet apart, according to
circumstances and habits of growth.
If planted 30 feet apart, dwarf pears
can be planted between the rows each
way. l prefer standard pear for gem
eral orchard culture, for the reason that
they require less fertility and cuitiva-
ton. and for the further reason that
they are longer lived and make larger
and more permanent trees. When the
question came up for q vote, however,
before the Western New York Horticul-
tural society, we found that the dwarf
pear was the favorite for orchard plant
ing or for garden. Dwarf pears have
the advantage of coming into earlier
bearing. The dwarf pear is not short
lived. 1t requires more pruning and
more attention than the standard pear.
Many varieties do better on the dwarf
pear than on the standard. 1 should
not locate a pear orchard or any other
orchard in low piece of ground. T.
should locate on hillside. The pear
is easily transplanted. I transplant
several thousand every spring, and they
do not lose on an average one out CT
one hundred trees. Pear trees come
into bearing earlier than the apple.
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Black Dye for WOolens.

To color WOODEN goods black, use one
ounce OF extract Of lOgwood and half
an ounce of blue vitriol for each pound
of cloth. Put the vitriol in water
enough to cover the cloth, and when
they are thoroughly mixed. put in the
cloth and let it scald 20 minutes. Then
take the cloth out and throw it into
clear water. Put the logwood into a
vessel with sufficient water for the
goods, press the water from the cloth
and put it into the logwood water aud
scald it 30 minutes. Then take out the
cloth and air we'll. Meanwhile put the
vitriol water into the vessel with the
logwood, and again put in the cloth
and scaId it Is minutes longer. This
will prevent the goods when pressed
from rubbing off.-Housewife.
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cannot be satisfied without making a
toy and play thing Of what is uuques-
tionably the most interesting being in
the world.-Chicago Journal.
Room, tor the .ChiIdren.

1t is desirable tina, growing children
should have a room all to themselves,
where they can be free to move around
and disarrange things if they feel like
it. In England the nursery is made
much more of than il is over here. and
the children's quarters, as they are
called. frequently consist of study.
playroom aud individual bedrooms at
tended by their own corps of servants
This is rather an eXtravagan; idea for
the average American home. but il
often proves possible to devote one
room to the sole use of the young men,
bers Of the household and their goods
and chattels. The mother is happy WI no
Knows that her young men.and v.om-
N are where they can indulge in mis-
chief to their hearts content without
danger of harm. The liberty. which
this gives her to devote certain portions
of the day to other occupations proves
valuable acquisition to her economies
Chicago Journal.
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DESTRUCTIVE FUNGUS.
How to Treat BrOwn-ROt ON Plums,
with Considerable Eject.

with Considerable Eject.
1t is scarcely necessary to repeat tie
general remarks on treatment for fun
gus diseases published in several previ-
Gus bulletins. But concerning brown
rot (MOnilia fructigena) we may say
that only the most persistent effort can
hold this fungus in check. AS all grow
ers have observed, the decayed fruits
hang to the twigs and persist over win
ter. 1t is from these in the early days
of spring that an abundant crop of
spores are borne, and the petals of the
flowers. young leaves, and even many
branches, are attacked. These num-
mied fruits also hang on all summer and
continue to produce spores. Hence, by
the time the fruits become lf-grown
or begin to mature, the injecting spores
may come from the old decayed fruits
of the previous year or from more re-
cent infection on the young growth of
the current year. Whenever the fruit
has become badly attacked treatment
is quite useless.
The prope. plan is to remove I'll de-
cayed fruit from the orchard when tho
trees are free from foliage, as it can he
the buds swell in the spring. wash the
trees thoroughly with solution of
concentrated I've or of sulphate of cop
per. The first solution should be made
by dissolving eight cans of lye in so
gallons of water, and the copper SUI
phate (bluestone) in so gallons of wa
ter. consider the lye preferable. bnt
the latter may be somewhat plcasantcr
to handle. This washing is very i'm
portant and perhaps does as much real
good as all later work.
The later washings should be given
as follows: Weak Bordeaux just as
color shows plainly in the bloom buds.
and repeated soon as bloom has fallen.
If the work is well done to this point
very little infection will have survived
Concerning value of later sprayings I
much in doubt. If the early washing is
| not we'll done, ! have almost no faith
in later treatment.
All washing or treatment of orchards
should be done with spray-pMmp.
Poor. half work is usually Il dead loss.
William b. Atwood. in Bulletin Vir-
ginia Experiment Station.
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THE CHAMPION SNEEZER.
kentucky Man Who Could Break Cp
Camp Meeting.

kentucky Man Who Could Brcak Cp
Camp Meeting.
Did you ever know man whC could
sneeze loud enough to break up camp
meeting, to stop the taking of testimony
in court and cause believing COW to
stop in disgust and wonder what the
noise was that was drowning its thun.
derous voice? said an old fisherman
enc night recently.
On being informed that his sneezer
was entitled to the cake and all the ac-
cessories necessary to conduct an up-to-
date bakery, the gentleman consented
to tell more of his sneezing friend. He
said: .-......
while fishing in mountain town
iu eastern Kentucky last fall, went to
the village near by one rainy morning,
to attend circuit court. The judge was
delivering an impressive charge to the
jury, and every ear was listening to
catch each word, when the stiffness Of
the court was broken by an unearthly
ker-chew. ker-chew. ker-chew, ker.
chew. etc, etc., etc. The judge was
thunderstruck, and instantly every eye
was turned toward the rear of the room.
where little. unobtrusive looking old
farmer sat sneezing as if his head was
coming off. The judge ordered the
sheriff to bring the intruder before the
bench. The offender came forward and
the judge had fine entered against the
innocent cause of the disturbance.
1.-Two of the sneezer's friends were
called. who testified to the mans good
character and high standing. but said
they could hear him sneeze three miles
any day in the year. One said the
sneezer once broke up camp meeting
with sneezing spell and that he saw
an enraged bovine stop thunderous
believing fit to look in wonder at the
human who could make more noise
than a mad bull But the old fellow
couldn't help it. and the fine was re.
m;tted.-T.ouisville Post.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
STAFF CENTURION,
WISCONSIN DIVISION
CENTURY ROAD CLUB or A1FRlCA,
AN IDEA FROM WISCONSIN.

AN IDEA FROM WISCONSIN.
state will be divided into districts, CO.
extensive with the political divisions
set apart for the election of state as
semblymen. Each of these districts
will be in charge of captain, who will
see to it that his lieutenants obtain the
signatures of every citizen who is inter-
ested in road improvement. 1t is pro-
posed to have each assemblyman head
the list in his respective district, so that
the legislature will simply be petition,
ing itself.
Every wheelman and wheelwoman
who signs the petition agrees to give
one dollar for road building rs soon as
the state has made the appropriation.
When the monstrous petition is COM
pleted, it is proposed to have 1000
wheelmen visit the state capital and
present the document to the Legislature
in support of a good roads bill. OF
course the local centurions in all the
towns will lead their respective dele
cations to the capital. AS an aid to the
enterprise, State Centurion Marshall
has caused to be made a sketch of the
state in outline, with the proposed road
ways running through it. A cut of the
design is published herewith, and it
will be used on the backs of envelopes
by all enthusiastic cyclists and their
business friends. Speaking of the pro-
ject, State Centurion Marshall said:
Members of the Wisconsin division
have long realized that only by active
work could anything be accomplished
in the way of road improvements. In
such an enterprise we are dealing with
politicians and the only way to treat
with a politician is to allow him to
make no promises. Performance is the
thing, and we propose to make the pol
iticians perform. All the talk in the
world would not build n mile of road
What you need is sand. and perhaps
gravel, not to disdain a few rocks to
help out the plan.
81 have realized all along what
great task this is, but think it can be
accomplished. Our petition cannot be
ignored 10y the legislature, when it is
signed by all the members before it is
presented. 1t takes a Merry politician
to deny his own signature. We who
ride only on the highways are compe-
tent to judge of what is needed We
propose to give dollar for dollar with
the state, and shame the common
wealth into an act of civilized progress
The design have made is for use on the
backs of envelopes, and we want all the
members of the legislature to begin US
Ing these designs, even if we have to
present them with their stationery. We
do not expect to do much talking about
this matter. except where it will pro-
mote the project. What we need more
than anything else is u little action
Cor. Cycling Gazette.
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WHAT RAILROADS SPEND.
They Are the Great Discussing Agen.
ciea of the Country.

cies of the Country.
The railroads of the United States ex.
pend in year sum more than $780,
GOO 900 in excess of the total expendi-
lures of the United States government,
and this computation does not include
nearly $3.50. OOO, GOO paid in the form of
interest upon railroad bonds or guar
anteed stock and from 0.OOO,OO0 to
$500, O0O, 900 paid in the form of divi-
dends to stockholders. The railroads,
indeed, are the great disbursing agen-
cies of the country, handling never less
than 81 900 900 900 in year and disburs-
ing it all, or practically all, for rail-
roads as q rule dc not keep large bank
accounts, and do practically cash busi-
ness, turning money rapidly.
An estimate made by one of the scien-
tific papers short time ago gave as the
average annual expense of American
railroads in maintaining the condition
of their roadbeds $75.0O0,OOO. besides
S35 600, 900 for the purchase of rails,
ties and sleepers, and $4,000, 900 for the
construction of new bridges. The rail-
roads of the country spent last year for
fences, signboards, signals and watch
towers $500, 900 and for printing and
advertising, $s,50G,O0O. Very few per-
sons have an accurate idea of the ex-
tent to which railroad expenses are to
he subdivided, supposing, probably,
that the largest items of expenditure
are for cars and engines, fuel, employees
and terminals. Such is the fact, but
there are other large items, and one of
the largest of these is the item of
taxes. Railroad corporations in the
United States are heavily taxed, and
they pay collectively in yeur. it has
been estimated, $40, 100000. There is
then another item which figures largely
In all railroad accounts, the item of
legal expenses, railroads being drawn
into almost constant litigation and re-
curing at all times the services of coun-
sci. 1t is estimated that expenses OF
American railroads for professional
legal services amount in a year to about
SIG 900, 900, and this is. of course, ex-
elusive of the sums requisite to meet
claims for personal injuries or dam
ages to property. Some of the large
railroad companies expend as much as
$3.50, 900 in a year for the settlement of
such cases or the payment of judgments
recovered. This item of expense on all
American railroads is ordinarily put at
about $5,OOO.OOO. A serious accident
may entail on railroad company dam
ages SO large as to offset many months
of profit, and some railroads have beer
crippled for long periods by such cases
There are in the United States SOC. OOO
railroad employees, 100000 station men
$4,000 engineers, 10000 firemen and
helpers. $4,000 conductors and dispatch
ers, IS. 900 trainmen, 10000 machinists
1000 shopmen other than machinists
10000 telegraph operators and THEN
helpers. $4,000 switchmen, fagmen ant
| wutchmen and $4,000 trackmen. The
daily pay roll on all American railroads
| combined, officers and clerical staff in
| cIuded, amounts to about S2,0Q0,0oG Z
day.-N. Y. Sun.
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MANAGING INFANTS.
Babies Need u Reasonable Amount
of .sLettinE Alone"

of .Letting Alone"
Although the baby is an exceedingly
tiny member of the establishment. it
requires more steps and more care
than any other, and sometimes more
than all the rest put together. Espe-
cially is this the case if the child is
at all ailing or irrita bic, OF has been
spoiled during the first few months OF
it's existence. The doting fondness OF
mothers for their babies, especially the
first ones, is responsible for a great
deal of hard work and unnecessary
trouble as they grow older. There is
nothing SO beneficial to a baby of any
age as reasona BILE amount of judicious
letting alone. This does not by any
means presuppose neglect or even the
lack of sufficient attention, but it does
include among other things that rest
and quiet and freedom from continual
uervous strain that wrecks SO many
ba bies, and is one of the principal
causes of the remarkable numbe. OF
deaths that our statisticians are forced
10 chronicle.
Careful feeding, warmth and quiet
are three imperative necessities for
healthy and happy children. Continual
fussing over babies is the cause OF
great many bad ,empers and great
deal of illness. There is very much
more in the infant incubator idea than
the general public is willing to admit.
1t seems a dreadfully cold-hearted and
cruel thing TO put the dear little crea-
lures into a boxy place and shut them
up there, where one cannot get at
them to kiss and cuddle them, but all
the same this kissing and c1ddiing
business is just what does the most
harm. OF course, all of the mothers all
over the country cannot have incu-
bators and brooders for their babies,
but they can exercise little self-denial
and let the little ones alone when they
iced rest and quiet. They can dress
them properly. feed them at regular
intervals and prevent their being dis
turbed by enthusiastic friends. who
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

their ornaments. TO the shell is at
tached tiny gold chain that can be
pinned on the corsage by safety pin.
The illustration represents one of
these ornaments. tits a tortoise covered
with a fine trellis work of rose dia-
monds and brilliants in Louis Quinze
style. Some are ornamented with bril-
liants and rubies. others with tur-
quoises and emeralds. in some the
stones are set in the shape of mono
gram.
When not exhibited on their plush
background in the shop windows the
animals are allowed to crawl around in
q little doll garden in the store. which
is planted with real shrubs and has a
rustic bridge and gravel walks.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

A subscriber has two cows that give
bloody milk after calving. This is
caused by blows or commencing inflam-
nation from other causes; local con-
gestion, with increased flow of milk.
Give q dose of salts, restrict the diet
and rub daily with compound tincture
of iodine with three times its bulk of
water.-Westeru Plowman.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

Beat smooth four eggs and half a
pound of -four. melt four ounces of but
ter. add to the batter, in which has been
mixed teasponful of baking powder
with one ounce of sugar and half a
pint of milk. Heat frying pan very
hot. grease, put ip teaspoouful of but
ter at time, spread evenly over the
surface. turn until brown on both sides.
IN. Y. Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
WOMAN AND HOME.
--LATEST IN JEwELRY.

Live TOrtOises Are Now Used In Paris
for Ornaments.
The new Living jewelry" is all the
rage in Paris. In a show window Of
prominent jeweler on the Rue Royale
there are number of tiny living tor
toises imbedded in jewels and crawling
about on plush cushions.
The tortoises are from one-third to
one-half Of an inch long without the
head. Their shells are covered with an
ornament of filigree gold in which is set
q number of precious stones. The little
animals are in no way incommoded by
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

piece of plank two feet in length and
saw a notch close to each end of the
upper edge. In these notches firmly
stretch No. 16 wires and brace back
the end posts. The accompanying IL
Illustration makes perfectly clear this
simple and effective way of doing the
work. The advantages of keeping rasp-
berry and blackberry vines from
sprawling all over the lot will be best
appreciated by those who have tried
this method.-Farm and Home.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

Lemon juice will relieve roughness
aud vegetable stains on the hands.
After having the hands in hot soap
suris. rub them with a piece of lemon.
This will prevent chapping and make
The hands soft and white.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
ORGANIZED EFFORT.
Good Roads Agitation In Wisconsin
Assumes Practical Form.

OOO0 hOa0S AGITATION IN WISCONSIN
Assumes Practical Form.
The Wisconsin division of the Cen
fury Road Club of America has sprung
a sensation. Ever since the publication
of the fact that the Century Road club
members were going to shame the great
state of Wisconsin into building better
roads, there has been a real interest
manifest in the project. This newborn
activity is not confined to Milwaukee,
but extends throughout the state, as
wide publicity has been given to the
plan of building better highways.
Due credit should be given State
Centurion H. L. Marshall, whose untir
ing energy is responsible for the new
movement. Mr.. Marshall has outlined
the work in an ingeniously constructed
circular addressed to local centurions.
1t is proposed to petition the state legis-
lature to appropriate the sum of $780,
600 for road improvements. For every
dollar given by the state, another dollar
will be contributed by riders of wheels.
The whole arrangement is exceedingly
comprehensive. For the purpose of OBJ
tanning signatures to the petition, the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
RASPBERRY VINES.

How tn Keep Them from Spravvling
All Over the Lot.
My way is to firmly drive four-foot
stakes one rod apart and nail to each.
30 inches above the ground, short
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

Is it true that cows MIXED nearly up
to the time of calving, will drop smaller,
calves? asks a subscriber. That is the,
theory of some. but we have never seen
any evidence of its truth.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
Te. An south Caroli.a.

Tea An south Carolina.
A South Carolina man has 40 acres of
tea plants. The shrubs are about three
feet high and planted In rows six feet
apart
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

During the last Is years the Ameri.
can people have imported $3.50. 600 .0c0
worth OF precious stones.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25

Every gaol in England and Wales
now has Discharged Prisoners Aid
society working in connection with it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-03-25
A REAL DUTCH DARNING-BAG.

Knitted Stockings
Everybody
n
Holland
ribbon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-14
COr1T1ERCIAL.

Lisbon, March 14.-Spanish tours on
the stock exchange today opened at
SO 1-2 against So. the closing quotations
of Saturday. Later Spanish tours fur
Their declined to 80 1-2.
Paris March lion the bourse today
Spanish fours opened at "a 5-l6. 5-16
lower than Saturdays closing prices.
Madrid, March H.-Spanlsh fours here
the closing price Saturday.
New York. March 1.-THE market re-
bounded at the opening witn extraor-
binary buoyancy from the excessive
depression of Saturday. Sharp ad-
vances were reported from London for
Americans, but prices jumped far over
the London parity. Gains of over a
point were the rule all through the list.
burlington jumped So. The high
prices were immediately started by a
decline, enormous offerings to realize
being Invited by the high level Losses
in the standard stocks were between
one and two points and in Burlington
rs. Business was very animated and
feverish on the break. The market
became quiet in the second hour, but
rather strong, and prices of some stocks
touched the best figures OF the fore
noon. Sugar was In excellent demand
and crossed 126. by midday the mar
ket became somewhat reactionary on
realizations, the movement being most
important in the specialties
The bond market was moderately ac-
tive and strong.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-14

operative. the court says. there existed
no territorial law providing OF the taxa
tlon OF mines or their net annual pro-
ceeds. Subdivision II or section 20O9,
compiled laws of Utah. 1883. the court
finds. was In force when the Constitu-
tion was adopted. which expressly pro-
vldes. that mining claims. and the
products of mines. and the ore in mines
were exempt from taxation.
The ten mill special school tax, as
voted by the trustees of the Mercur
school district. without the vote of the
taxpayers, the court finds was In direct
violation of law and without jurlsdic-
tion and consequently Illegal and void
The court further finds that all the
taxes upon the net annual product of
the Mercur company's mine for 1896
had been paid before the commence
ment Of the action and that taxes upon
the product of the mine from June I,
1896, to June I, 1897, would be assessable
and collectable in 1897.
school tax Illegal as also that levied
upon the mine from June LIST to Dec.
81. 1895, because at the time of the
latter assessment there were no net
proceeds OF the mine for that period
OF time known, ascertainable or In ex-
istence, and no assessment could legally
be made thereon.
Finding no error In the record the
court then afiirms the judgment and
decree of the lower court.
Chief Justice Zane and Justice
Bartch concur.