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The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
Bad Arrangement.

Buds are differently arranged on the
young wood of trees of different gem
era The simplest arrangement is
where the buds are placed opposite;
they are then $50 degrees apart This
may be seen by rubbing out any bud
and moving the finger upward and
around the shoot; three shoots will be
counted before you reach one (the
fourth) perpendicularly above the one
removed These two arrangements of
buds are called primary laws. Follow
ing these other genera and species will
be found that have five buds in passing
upward around the shoot twice; others
eight III three times thirteen in I've
times twenty-one in eight times, etc
Possessed of this knowledge it is pos
sible to give the young tree whatever
form we desire BY removing certain
buds the branches, resulting from the
remaining ones. may be made to point
inward, outward, upward or downward
The main branches of a tree may be
arranged in the form of spiral or to
form vase-the two most popular
forms of the dwarf pear. peach, prune,
etc The Chinese have so thoroughly
studied bud arrangement that they
ram trees to assume the form of
quadrupeds, birds, etc 1t would amply
repay us to study these laws of ar
rangement To obtain symmetrical trees
and well colored fruits. Report of Po-
mologist, Z. S. Dept of Agriculture
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

with a hair-like fringe. as may be seen
on the detached male flower at the right
hand side of the engraving. There are
nearly forty species of Trichosanthes,
all supposed to be natives of India.
This one is t. anguina (snake-like).
and must not be confoun6ed from the
similarity of name. with the West
India Gherkin, which is Cucumis an
guina, and often cultivated with us for
pickles. The snake cucumber is cul-
tivated in various Eastern countries.
especially in Japan, where it is eaten
with vinegar, and is also cooked. The
.full-grown fruit is about three feet
long, and when quite ripe has strong
odor of melons; at maturity the skin
becomes yellow. 1t requires a long
season. and those who wish to grow
it as q curiosity should start the seeds
under glass, in pot. or on piece Of
inverted sod, sowing them on the
earth side
Jardini res and Their Kin.
The present rage for fancy recepta-
eles of every sort is often to blame for
the utter failure of plants contained
within them 1t is indeed well to have
tht plants in receptacles sufficiently
beautiful to attract and hold attention,
if the plants themselves are not worthy
a glance But it is hardly sensible to
endeavor to add beauty in fashion to
wholly spoil the original charm Of a
thing charming in itself. Silver Fern
'receptacles without drainage, enameled
pots without porosity, these are killing
in fact. One woman complains that the
florist has filled her beautiful silver
fern dish three times lately, the plants
dying with hardly enough interval for
decent mourning. Six into nothing
you can't Handsome plants IN an
drained vessels you can't, If they are
placed directly in such. drained pot
within another undrained but beauti-
fed is another matter, though many
plants resent even this.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
HATE.NoT.

Don't hate your neighbor If his creed
with your own doctrine fails to fit;
The chances that you both are wrong
You know, are weil-nigh infinite.
Don't fancy ,.mid million worlds
The CLEANS of all pure truth converge
Within the focus of your sight;
For this, my friend, is not the work
for you:
So leave all this for smaller men to
do.
Hate not the men of narrow scope,
OF senses dull, whose brows recede,
Whose hearts are embryos; for you
spring,
My dainty friend, from just this breed.
Be sure the years will lift them up;
They'll toiE beneath the patient sky,
And through the vista of long days
Will all come forward by and by
Hate not these men; this is no work
for you
So leave all this for smaller men to
do.
Despise not any man that lives,
Alien or neighbor, near or far;
Go out beneath the scornful stars,
And see how very small you are
The world is large, and space is high
That swee IS around our little ken;
But there no space or time to spare
In which 70 hate our fellow-men
And this, my friend, is not the work
for you
Then leave all this for smaller men to
do Sam Walter Foss.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
Lighting Great. Cities.

Paris has about 100000 electric
tights, and London twice as many.
More than half of Berlins streets are
now lighted with gas glow-lights, per-
fectly white, and five times as power
full as the old fame, and the lamps are
being placed rapidly in the other
streets, and the city, with a consump-
ton of 10000, 900 cubic meters of gas,
will have fivefold the light heretofore
obtained from 100000. The 10000,
600 oil lamps burned nightly in Eng
land cause 300 deaths annually, and
l65 fires yearly in London alone.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
$50 Thou and do Likewise 7

A gentleman from neighborlng
city, while purchasing some strawber-
ries of a dealer in Pittsburg, said to the
dealer; Those are fine berries. | can
occasionally get as nice at home, but
am not always sure of them. The
dealer replied that he had not receiv-
ed a crate of soft or dirty fruit from
that grower for ten years, and he
could guarantee just such the season
through. Thereupon the gentleman
ordered six boxes sent him by express
three times a week for the whole sea-
son.
Passing through the Boston market
I noticed some neatly put up fruit at
one of the best stands in the New
Faneuil Hall market. / said to the
dealer: There must be money in that
fruit for you He smiled and replied
We'll, it is fine fruit and nicely put
up. I always give it the preference,
for | can depend upon it. If the grow
er telegraphs a shipment made
sometimes sell it all before it reaches
me There is not so very much mon
ey in it for me, but | like to see it in
front of my store. l consider it an
honor to any man in Boston to handle
these goods. Mass. Ploughman
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

Some who have grown this old ia
vorite for years affirm that there is
nothing to equal it in giving returns
for little attention. 1t likes firm pot
ting in a soil not too light If pot
bound, the time TO shift is after it has
finished Towering. Continental gar
dening prints call this bulb Imanto-
phyllum. 1t is imported in some guam
tity for borcing. but is not always pro-
durable. as doubtless. the eall is not
heavy, or stocks very large. The hand
some orange-red flowers fairly throw
themselves at the eyes in their insis-
fency for notice The grandifiorHm
form has larger, darker flowers, and is
sold. when procurable, at higher
price than miniatum. though even the
latter is never suited to a liugh purse.
This may be reason why many have
deferred making its acquaintance. A
satisfactory bulb. however, one that
will last, many seasons and multiply =
host Of teH-ssnts tk5AEs.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
The Gold Plum.

Gold is surely the right name for
this wonderful plum. 1t hangs on the
tree until one thinks it will never rip
en- then faint crimson blush appears
on the upper portion and in few days
it is mass of delicious jelly. Eaten
before this time the quality is inferior
Placed al dozen Gold plums in closet
where they remained three weeks, al
the end of which they were just as
sound and fresh as when placel there,
thus proving it to be remarkable
keeper and hipper-Exchange
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

So many people delight in the Hello
trope that it seems crying pity that
only the few should be able ia succeed
with it. The lack of heat and moist
ure in the atmosphere are doubtless
The great difficulties But is it not trus
that soil loose enough to reject un-
necessary water at the root would
sometimes turn failure into success
The Aeliotrope, when well rooted, likes
large quantities OF water for its heavy
crown of foliage. but it is very impa-
tient of stasnation. And one must al
ways. remember that its very name
stamps it sun lever.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
THE SNAKE CUCUMBER.
is Cultivated in various Eastern coun

Is Cultivated in various Eastern Conh
tries
Not many years ago, there were II
frequent cultivation number Of Or
namental Gourds,y small gOurds with
fruits the size of hens egg, and larg-
er, with very hard shell, which was
often curiously marked with brilliant
colors These were generally varieties
of Cucurbita, the genus to which be-
long the pumpkin and squash. These
Fancy Gourds," or Mock Oranges,
of late years have been but little culti-
waited Some of them are intensely bit
ter, and by hybridizing, crossing, or
otherwise mixing with the squashes
and pumpkins of the garden and the
farm, rendered the fruit of these un-
fit for the table, or for the use OF do
mestic animals. There are several re-
lated plants, cultivated in gardens es-
pecially in those of Europe, for the
strange form, size, or other peculiar
ity of their fruits; these are more near
" related to the cucumber than to the
squash. One of these. the Snake Gu
cumber." !" is not a Cucumis. but belongs
to the genius Trichosanthes, name
made up from the Greek words Ioi
hair and flower" the margin q
the corolla being beautifully edgee
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
The Toque a FavorEte.

This novel toque is a general favor
ite and very smart 1t has a fluted dou
BILE brim of mirror velvet. wider and
much uplifted on the left side. The
crown is also fiuted and is made o
plisse satin of velours and two large
full ostrich plumes, one black and one
white, and a graceful dropping Para
disc osprey stand high on the left side.
Several punches of the most natural
yiolets trim the bandeau and rest on
the hair
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

so longsas she nags him to wear por-
sas plfsesr.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

Never make explanations-your
friends don't need them and your en-
emies won't believe them.
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16
Dissemination Of Ser in Bees.

In the Archives OF Surgery for August
$ an article with the above title. which
suggests some interesting considerations
Summarized. it is as follows: There are
no "ueuters" in the beehive. The work
ers are all females. in whom the sex or
gans are present. but undeyeloped. The
developement OF the sex organs depends
upon the food supplied to the young bee
VIXEN in the larval stage. A certain
stimulating food, Jelly" is given by the
bees to any larva which it is wished
should grow into developed female-in
other words queen bee" Under the
influence OF this food the larva grows
more quickly. both as regards size and
developement: than one Ted from the
common food: and. as a most special fea-
ture. its ovaries grow and become cap
able Of forming eggs. without fecuuda-
tion. The queen bee can at will. il sae
has once been impregnated. produces
eggs which will hatch out either workers
or as drones. II queen bee has not
been impregnated. she can produce fer
tile eggs. but thev will all hatch out
males. Sexual impregnation is abso-
lutely necessary TO the production Of
females.
Thus i, would appear that there may
be some truth TO the old belief that
males take chiefly from their mothers
and females from their fathers. and one
can by no means feel certain that pre-
potency on the part OF one or other par
ent may not have some influence in the
determination OF the sex o, the offspring
Medical Record.
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

e food more delicious and wholesome

unto death. others ditto" to the roost
You can call those oa the roosts mites il
you prefer. They are mighty when It
comes to blood sucking.
II the male bird is still with the flock
take him away, eveu il you have to make
a seperate run for him. II it is intend
I'd to use him next season he will pay
you we'll for the extra care. and the lens
will moult better and do better If kept
BY themselves:
For qaickn ,ss o' growth the young
chick is not in it with the duckiins. but
they should be hatched early to catch
the high prices. 1t will not pay to raise
late durklings for market any more
than il Will late chicks. With both it is
the early ones that bring the large prc-
fts-Kansas Farmer.
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

When the figures OF 1897 were given
out the world admitted that they were
little less than wonderful, as tho grand
totals Of a state having been blessed
with but a quarter OF a cen'uryof exis-
tence. 1t was year Of prosperity. The
people saw the passing OF the panic
cloud and were awakened to the fact
that there was a future before then.
In one year Colorado stepped ahead OF
California ana stood before the world as
the greatest gold producing state in the
union. The factory, farm. mine and
mill showed material gain and develope
ment. So much for 1897.
Nov comes 1898. which brinrs tidings
even more glad than 1897. The Times
has compiled early figures which will
but little from the official showing. They
represent a recapitulation in round
numbers OF the gain in nearly every one
OF the states Industries and are proof
positive II the fact that Colorado as the
years glide by will leave the elder states
10 the union far behind With their own
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

while be was in the city recently, anil
consulted with him on the plans for ex-
tending the line. but the results OF the
conference were kept secret. At The
present time the Unsettled state OF Col
orado & Southern affairs rendered i'm
possible any action or even expression
O. opinion to be made by the officials OF
that road. 1t is. however, understood
that tho people OF the North Fork valley
are determined to have a railway and
that they are prepared to offer good in
ducements to the line that bulls down
the valley-Denver Timcs.
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

Too mach young stock is used for
brcsii. 6 purposes Tas yoan- chicks
will Ike harder aui mike larger fowls u
f,om year oil stock
The poultry hou-- should have plenty
% windows. and IL the sowls are permit
ted to rco-t in !; iE summer all the win
iows ehoull ne or.en.
Ksr,--n~ ar.i lar, vii prevent su-fher
loss % feathers sri pr'~iocr ne~ r-usth
on the heal frcm which the feathers are
falling out IN eummcr.
Better give your ~ster trcughs ard
dishes Thorough cleaning t,-fo-cis rrus
too long. II Gill heed od ecred thee
cs~rs os dropping aDcox she dvh.
n the ecsls can have the rus cf the
prrni.rs ercn shis out they uiIi ocuis
h-sser ssd ~ IN ascA better cpoaiticn
10 70 into winter thar R kers ccedseSi
;n The eree.iine ysrSs
rsr.snbsr. tss-s s-ss s.~ ~ sr-r,a
ss.s uo-.h. Scus sssck-sh - TIE eers
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16
.si43.O0.oco

llese t-ures snow reucrdl iuCIeaec
over last years figures Of something like
sao.oco.ooo.
Agriculture and horticulture combin-
ed will show a gain Of 100000 over
the figures OF last year. and this. too.
when il is admitted that the fruit crop
evidences a general falling of owing to
the unfavo-able spring weather. Agri
culture must have made a wonderiul
gain. as shown by these figures.
In the mineral line the gain has been
even a surprise TO those who were most
enthusiastic in contemplating immense
figures. The four chief metals. gold.
silver. lead and copper Sill reach the
grand total Of 42.&Jo.oon
The live stock transactions have not
shown the gain they would had there
been a larger number % cattle in the
country. but even under such embarras
sing conditions the industry has more
,taa held their own here. while in other
stock canters a decided falling oil will
be shown
Manufacturing will show healthy
gain.
Taksn as a whole. the general gain is
a matter ot sincere cougrstulation. and
as the citizen % Colorado gaxes into the
future. he can consistently say: The
half has never yet been told---DcEver
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16
Railroads on The Western Slope.

souttwestern Colorado is the garden
spot 81 horticulture. Years OF hard work
hsvs removed all doubt as to the fItare
Of thst section aud now all energies are
tuvocsi to the most complete deyelope-
meutof the vast resources that have
only Jpst been discovered and claimed.
Ia interest OF the Western slope
fruit tkrOwer is nov centered upon the
futut> OF the newly organized Colorado
4 6nQshern railroad, and all is specula-
tsoa y to the policy OF the road. IL the
rsogwnizers extend the line into south
Weu1tD Colorado it means ~ uch for the
olppemeut OF that section 1t is gen
erallx Thought that the new company
will q little TOW ard extending its lines
untilE has its present properties opera
ting hloothly under the new regime.
Ago il is argued that the road will
in0ediate steps to secure privileges and
rightoof way over the intended routes
and thht this will lead to renewed activ-
ity y sailroading there almost immed
lately, when the competition for privi-
legss , aroused between the new road
aud ~ powerful rival. the Denver & Rio
Grsnae
o., section Of the southwest that
would be benefited by the extension OF
the road perhaps more than any other
locality would be the valley OF the North
Foek Il the Gunnison. which includes
the hui districts Of Hotchkiss and Pao-
nia. This is one Of the finest fruit sec
tioas = the south western slope and the
devslopement OF the country which
voald follow the extension OF the road
uould mean a great boom for an already
psaspGrous district.
Hoeehkiss lis twenty five miles from
tho lrosd at Delta. and. when the or
cAso1 we're planted there fifteen years
go. II Vas hoped that the road would
CO. day come through there. The
sul Dion Of railroad activity several
ysa 60 n scticaily killed the plan. al
shd a. frsis gso~ess Al the valley
nevse 6p hope. Three years ago the
local cspitslists organixed and he'd the
line Of ~ road proposed 10 Anthracite
surveyed. but there was not money
enough among the local men to build it.
All this time the product q the valley
orchards has been increasing and the
fruit Of the district has attained a wide
reputation. This year there were freight.
ed out d the valley about 100 carloads
- IA.
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

The English ivy does not harm a tree
on which it Crews.
See IL a little less water on irrigated
land will not be better.
Fruit when placed in cold storage
should be firm and hard
Spriukliug plants with water when
frost is expected will protect them.
Pears to be pu; in cold storage should
be picked before they begin to ripeu.
watermelons ought not to b. grown
on the same ground o'terer tnan ;hres
years
The grapc vine trained 20 a singie
stake has never done its best ir our eX-
perieace.
Tomatoes are 50 hardy that they may
be transplanted after the fruit hcyios 10
set.
II grapes have been planted too cioscly
and become too thick. better ta..e out
every other vine
The Delta independent., 1898-12-16

The people OF this state are fortuaats
in tha, the most direct route by which
they can reach the great exposition is
one Justly famed For the excellence OF
its equipment and service. the courtesy
of its officials and employc- anj the al
trsciiveness ~ the couutry through
which IL ,.a~s-->. We rcfer 20 the Bur
hurton Pl-,t.
Iron County register., 1898-04-28
Some GoIdbug Reasoning.

CT. FALLS, MONT, Apr. IS, 1898.
Ed. Register-I notice in the edi-
torial column of your issue of March
31st, the same problem that Prof. B.
Fox and | had such wrapgle over
during the campaign of 90.
I sent my solution and explanation
of il to the Republican for publication
that autumn, but, like the present Re
publican, it was too busy printing the
neighborhood gossip of its various
Irregular correspondents" to fool with
political harangue. have come to
the conclusion that if one wants to feel
any assurance of having his communi-
cations published, he'd better send
them to the REGISTER.
Now, | want every reader of the
REGISTER who has galped that mon
strosity down WHOLESALERS, claws,
and ALTO belch it up and masticate
it a little. before endeavuring to digest
c11O doolID1IobS H. dCGudl
1920, ,000r l wonder how many have
swallowed that whole with out attempt
ing to dehorn it. When man goes
into business, what is his actual invest
ment? the amount he puts into the
business? or the sum of the first two
entries one the debit side of his loss
and gain account?
There is no need of my entering in
to a lengthy discussion of this absurd
fal1acy. for it is as plain as a, b, c, to
anyone who knows the first principles
of percentage, that the actual invest
ment is the original 81. 100000. Think
of man with only $290,000 available
investing it in bonds at IS per cent.
premium and getting a million dollars
worth of them at par! | don't hardly
think he'd get his million L he didn't
put up the full amount of $1,180,0 900.
And what's that but the amount invest
ed? Aud what is your 100000 but
the premium of $18O,00O plus the
800. 900 for which you get no bank
Iron County register., 1898-04-28
MurrayvIIle, Ills.

The spring here is provokingly cool
and wet. Many. who have clay land,
have not been able to get oats in yet.
| Others have sown in the wet, which
not only forestalls good crop but
damages the land for years, unless it
is heavily manured before next spring.
OF course the war is a common sub
ject of conversation; and while every
one would be glad to see Spain driven
from the western hemisphere, they de-
precate the necessity we are under, on
account of our bad system of raising
revenue, of mortgaging unborn gener-
ations of our posterity to pay the cost
OF the war. Nothing shows SO glaring-
| ly our woful lack of genuine patriot
ism as our failure, in time of peace,
to prepare for such a contingency as
| this.
see that two of your contributors
have seriously broached the subject of
taxation in the REGISTER, lately; but
neither of them seems to have studied
the subject very deeply. Let me ask,
not only these gentlemen, but every
one interested in the subject-everyone
ought to be-to get and carefully read
Natural Taxation" by Thomas G.
Sherman, Geo. 2. Hampton, Edison
Building, Minneapolis, Minn.) They
will find the work classic on the sub
ject Of raising public revenues.
Permit me, also. to call the atten-
ton of your readers to an article in
the April number of the NeU Time.
entitled From New York to San Fran
cisco for One Dollar" in which the
author, railroad expert, says that a
four-track railroad can be built from
New York City to San Francisco for
$500, 900, 900; that twice as many men
may be employed upon it as are en-
ployed upon railroads now, and each
employee be paid 81 day; passengers
CdItISu lOI GlIGS C6HUS lOI OuS hUuuLSu
miles, or from one end of the road to
the other for one dollar; freight at
far lower rates than it is carried at
now, and yet with a moderate increase
of business $95, 100000 can be cleared
in year, or the road paid for in three
years. No wonder existing railroad
companies now are getting so rich that
they can afford to buy up our State
legislatures, and good part of Con-
gress, to leave the courts out of calcu-
lation.
Well, we can readily whip the Span
iards, no doubt, but the money power
will get new and stronger grip on
our throats while we are doing it.
Short as the war is likely to be we
shall realize the truth of Lowell's lines:
eff half the power that holds the world in
terror,
If half the wealth that's spent on camps and
courts,
Were used to free the human mind from
error,
We'd have no use for arsenals or forts"
April 24th, 1898. VIM. CAMM.