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The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
suItan,s Wonderful Jewels.

A correspondent, writing from Con
stantinople to Paris journal, claims
as the result of personal inspection
to give details of the amazing collec
ton of Jewels in the Sultan's treas
ury. The turbans OF all the Suitans
since Mahomet II are there, all gilt
tering with rare and large gems OF
the purest water. There are also the
royal throne of Persia, carried off by
the Turks in 1914, and covered with
more than 10000 rubies. emeralds and
fine pearls. and also the throne of
Suleiman /, from the dome of which
there hangs over the head of the Caiiph
an emerald six inches long and four
deep. These two thrones are the
chief objects in the collection.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
oriqin OF "Toastinq.v

"Toastirg" appears to have origin
ated at Bath, England. 1t was the
habit 200 years ago for ladies to battle
in public. dressed in bucluam
in the company of their male friends
and acquaintances. One day a cele.
brated beauty was so bathing, sur
rounded by her admirers, who were
dipping their glasses in the water and
drinking her health One of these, be-
ing rather the worse for drink, swore
he did not like the liquor but would
get the toast" and could hardly be
restrained from jumping into the wa
ter He alluded to the practice OF the
day, of adding piece of toast to the
special wine or other beverage.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
WATER FOR PLANTS.

Our friend the scientist states that
Tor land to do its best it's water con-
tent should be steadily maintained to
within from 40 to so per cent of satur-
alton. Prof. King tells us that where
this has been maintained by the appli-
cation of the needed water their small
est yield was four tons of dry matter
per acre. and the largest seventeen
tons, and an average OF over seven
tons when twenty-five cases were
tried. We all know that this is very
much in excess of what most of us
are doing. We also know that all
plant food in the soil is soluble in
water under certain conditions, and
that all plant food with perhaps one
valuable exception, that of carbon)
is taken into the plant through the
moisture that is in the soil. This be-
ing the case, no matter how rich our
soil may be, If it is perfectly dry the
plant has no means of getting hold
of the plant food. The vegetable mat
ter is made available through the mil
lions of bacteria that are in the soil.
Our flint corn takes $3.50 gallons per
acre each day less moisture to bring
it to perfection than any other crop
we grow, using some go tons of wa
ter to grow one ton of dry matter;
Dent corn 800, and other crops vary
ing amounts, till we reach oats, which
use from 500 to 700 tons. An apple
tree, during the time 1t produces it's
fruit, will use $50 gallons per day, or
on an acre, with the trees 80 feet
apart, $3.50 gallons per day. Prof.
King tells of four stalks of corn that
used in thirteen days, as they were
coming TO tassel, 1905 pounds of
water, or nearly three pounds for each
stalk per day. This gives us some
idea of the Importance which moisture
has in the growth of plants.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
THE OLIVE IN THE SOUTHWEST.

Olive oil is now being shipped by
of Arizona and the business is on the
boom. The entire valley is being dot
ted with olive orchards, and at this
season of the year the trees are COW
cred with thousands of tiny star-like
buds, which viii soon be followed
by the frat formation. which when
matured on the trees will amount to
hundreds of pounds of fruit. Olives
remain on the trees until they are
thoroughly ripe before they are pick
ed to have the oil squeezed and press
ed from them.
When the olives are ripe it requires
large number of hands TO pick them,
for the work must be done quickly.
This is usually done by spreading
large canvas sheets around the trees,
upon which the pickers throw the
olives as sthey are plucked off the
branches. Once they are picked the
fruit is carried to the crushing ma
chine. which breaks the fruit up much
as apples are crushed for cider. The
pulp is then put into a machine which
presses the juice from it. which runs
off into tank, where by force of gray
ity the oil proper rises to the top and
is skinned off and put away for sew
eral months before il is bottled ready
for the market. II requires about
seventy-five pounds of fruit TO pro-
duce gallon OF oil.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

An exchange very truthfully says:
whips are undoubtedly good things
in their places. but the hands of some
people that drive horses is not tho
place for them. How frequently it,
occurs that horses are whipped for
being afraid of some object The mar
who does this is fool, and should be
debarred by law from ever driving s
horse. Fear of the object which he
has had no opportunity to examine
and become familiar with. combined
with terror of the pain inflicted by the
whip, and associating the two to-
gether, will render the horse more
terror-stricken than ever when he next
encounters the object of his dread"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
EARLY LEARN TO RIDE.
Explanation for Famous Horseman-
ship of the Cossacks.

snip OF the CoSsacks.
or the Russian Cossacks writer
says: mo wonder the Cossack is a
famous horseman. At the age of 8
he learns to ride astride a horse in
the courtyard OF his fathers house.
Two years later he shows himself
on horseback in the village streets
and exercises with his young COM
rades. No wonder at the age OF 20 he
sturdy beast that carries him. Under
the present regime there are no less
than fifty-one regiments OF Cossacks,
under eleven main tribal divisions.
Chief OF these are the Cossacks OF the
Don. Besides these are the Cossacks
of the Kauban. Terek, Astrakhan, the
Ural, Orenberg, Siberia, Semirietchie,
the Trans-Baikal, the pri-Amur and
the Ussuri. The last five are repre-
scented in the $4,000 Cossacks report
ed to be available for service in Man,
churia. The Cossack has his own
manual of instructions. Every mem
Der of the squadron is a trick rider,
who could put the cleverest circus &C
robat to shame, and the firing exer-
cises introduce features which only
clever riders with clever animals
could perform. On campaign, more
over, the Cossack is particularly use
full, as he is accustomed to scanty
food and extreme cold, while no bet
ter forager has yet been discovered in
the armies of Europe"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
THE RAPE PLANT AND CABBAGE
WORMS.

It is said on good authority that a
patch of rape sown near the cabbage
rows will attract the millers which
infest the growing cabbage plant, and
thus save them from the ravages of
those pests, the worms. Every gar
den should also be provided with a
miller trap, made by hanging a light
ed lantern at night over a tub or
barrel. which is nearly full Of water.
with a gallon or two of kerosene oil
added. The insects will congregate
about the light in immense numbers
and fall into the oil where they will
be destroyed as they come in con-
tact with the lantern globe.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
HORSE NOTES.

Do not forget that fly nets and
muslin covers are due to these hard
working animal friends Of ours during
fly time.
Il is the horse smooth at all gaits
and that carries himself like gentle
man. and who is balanced at all rates
of speed, that is coming in vogue.
Moderate work does not injure the
mare or colt; in fact, It is beneficial,
but Judgment must be used.
Always speak to your horse when
you go near him.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
story Of ORANGE Blossom.

The practice of wearing the orange
blossom has been derived from the
Saracens. among whom the particular
blossom was regarded as a symbol OF
prospective marriage, a circumstance
which is partly to be accounted for
by the fact that in the east the orange
tree bears ripe fruit and blossoms at
the same time. You will also read
that the flower was introduced into
the wedding customs of our country
by French milliners, having been Sc
lected for its beauty rather than for
any symbolical reason.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

The great industrial combinations
show the farmers the way to get all
they deserve out of their farm prod
ucts.
1t is a pleasant task to record the
fact that the farmers of the United
States are gradually diversifying their
farming, paying more attention to in
tensive methods of cultivation and
preparing generally to grow more and
better produce on less area. This
tendency is visible everywhere, and it
will be accelerated as our population
increases from year to year, bringing
our consumptive capacity up to our
present productive capacity.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

When the weather is favorable
everything about the farm should be
set in order before the time comes
to go at the farm work in real earnest.
The yard should be raked and all
trash burned up. The trash in the
garden should be gathered up and
everything gotten ready for early
planting, and especially should every
thing be gathered up and burned in
the form of trash which is found in
the orchard.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
On the, pyramids.

II is said that Richard Harding Dav-
is once made joke about the pyra-
mids that is still repeated at Shep-
heards hotel, the famous hostelry of
Cairo.
Mr.. Davis was studying the pyra.
mids when guide approached and
said TO him:
at took hundreds of. years to build
them monuments, sir"
"a government job, eh?" said the
novelist.-Buffalo Enquirer.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

Be careful this year in harvest time
and get the wheat and oats shocked
UP good. We don't know how much
rain we may have before we get our
threshing done. Some men can't
shock wheat right. Maybe they'll
make good hands on the Binder
Wheat harvest doesn't last long on
the average farm, but If You can see
that a day longer will make better
work, take it by all means.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

The species OF currant from which
our cultivated varieties originated are
probably native of northern Europe,
as we do not find them mentioned by
any of the old Greek and Roman
writer's who were generally SO par
ticular to name every fruit known in
their day. The English name currant
or conans, as they were formerly
called, was given them because of
their resemblance TO the little
"Zante grape" which is called Cor
NTH. The black, red and white cur
rants. although known to the inhabi-
tants of northern Europe for centuries,
attracted but very little attention
until within the past one hundred
years. Turner, in 1867, does not
name them in his list of cultivated
fruits. Guarde of 1897. called the
currant a smooth-stemmed goose
berry.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
TEST FOR BEST LIGHT.
Simple Plan Which an Oculist De-
clares Effective.


clares Effective.
cit is easy" said an oculist, Ito tell
what kind of light most thoroughly
suits your eyes. The light that is best
for you is the one wherein you wink
least. The wink, you see, is the eyes
sign of WEAKNESS.
81 have experimental on myself
and | find that an electric light is
even better for my eyes than daylight.
In daylight | wink two and eight
tenths times minute. whereas in an
electric light | only wink one and
eight-tenths times. Candle light is
bad for me; in it | give six and a half
winks a minute. Gaslight is better
for in it only give two and third
winks."
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

We rarely think of cranberries OK
cept when turkey-time comes; and
yet. in the United States there were
last year more than twenty thousand
acres devoted to the growing of
cranberries, and the product was
valued at a million and a quarter OF
dCllara.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
reflections of Wise Thouohts.

Joy in ones work is the consum-
mate tool, without which the work
may be done, indeed, but without
which the work will always be done
slowly, clumsily and without its finest
perfection.-Phillips Brooks.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
% Your Feet Ache and BUMP

shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

It is matter for congratulation that
Mr.. Luther Burbank. of California,
originator of the potato that bears his
name. has by no means abandoned
the idea that further improvement in
This indispensable article of food is
possible. At present he is expert
menting with from twenty thousand
to thirty thousand seedlings and hy-
birds, having for his ultimate object
the production of "a potato that will
be sweeter than the common one, will
have more of the color of the flesh of
the sweet potato and possess other
superior qualities. Mr.. Burbank's won
derful success in the past amounts to
a guarantee that he will succeed in
his present most laudable effort.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

During the hot, dry weather OF sum
mer water the roots of the sweet pea
vines literally, being careful not to
wet the vines. DO not be afraid OF
using too much water. II you wish
zines to bloom freely do not allow
sySs seed TO form.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
German Toy Output.

The German toy industry has shown
steadily rising tendency for some
time. Reliable statistics OF exports
were not kept prior to 1896. but since
that date exports have risen from
1929, 900 to $13, 5000 per annum.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
q cough cure.--J. w. O'BRIEN 322 Third Ave.
~. Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. Q. 1900.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

The hand shaking American public
doesn't seem TO know the difference be-
tween q president and pump.
Any wise little fish begins business
on small scale.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

The religion that is laid on the shelf
soon gets moldy.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

There IS no necessary evils in a right
eous world.
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

mfr wragg invites contributions OF
any new ideas that readers of this de-
partment may wish to present. and
would be pleased TO answer correspond
ents desiring information on subjects
discussed. Address NJ. j. Wragg. Wau-
fcee, lowa9
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

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To,,;. Illumination u 100 per day and up Addrs"
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15

enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma,
A certain cure for Consumption IN first stages,
ana sure relief In advanced stages. Use at once
you VIII see the excellent effect after taking the.
brst dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. fargo,
bottles 25 cents and 80 can't
The Yale expositor., 1904-07-15
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CASToRIA.
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that Il
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16
Hearst and Publicity
(New York Globe.)

The attention of the democrats OF
the entire country is concentrated
upon New York, and most of the
democratic leaders, including Mr.
Bryan. are coming here in person TO
view the situation at close quarters
Many questions are agitating them
the first of which is, Can Mr.. Hearst
buy the nomination? Any one who
talks much with the democrats in
these parts knows that they are more
troubled about Mr.. Hearst than any
other one thing They ridiculed his
candidacy until they saw it making
Roadway in various parts of the land
and then got panicky about it. They
were in the latter condition during
last week. but the news of today
must have a soothing effect upon
them, for it gives unmistakable evil
dence that the Hearst movement is in
decided shaky condition in many
parts of the country.
From it's nature it has been newt
able. from the beginning that pub
licity should be fatal in the end to
the Hearst experiment. If presi-
Dental nomination is to be bought
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

for cash the bargain must be con-
Quoted in secret. In order to conduct
it in secret the man for whom 1t is
to be bought must have sufficient
qualifications for the position to JUS
tify his candidacy on other grounds
than money. AS Mr.. Hearst has alb
solutely no qualification of any kind.
and nearly every disqualification, it
was impossible to conceal the exclu-
sive cash basis of his BOOM The
larger the boom became the clearer
became this basis, for when asked the
reason for so surprising a candidacy
cash was the only answer to be made.
Every delegate who announced his al
ligiance under these conditions was
placed in a very unenviable light be-
fore his friends and the public, and
it is not surprising that many Of
them are wavering under the scrutiny
to which they are subjected. What
ever else may happen, it is quite evil
dent that a convention can not be as
sembled with two-thirds of it's dele
lates equal to the task of delivering
in public a nomination that has been
bought with cash. Enough OF them
will weaken at the last moment to
cause the collapse of the scheme.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16
TO PREVENT FLOODS

That the people of the eastern states
z,re taking an interest in the national
irrigation NOV ement is evident from
the following correspondence from
South Port Conn, which appeared
recently in the New York Tribune;
The damage inflicted by the Mis-
sissippi floods this spring, as we'll as
more or less every year. the late
damage in Kansas and Missouri and
the minor floods elsewhere serve to
direct our attention to matter that
should if possible be remedied even
if it costs some time and money to do
it. We are spending large sums an
nually under the river and harbor bill
and in other ways on the western riv-
ers, practically all of it being only
temporary in results. Now, If we
can adopt a comprehensive scheme
whereby the whole territory shall be
forever relieved of floods, it would be
worth many millions. To that end al
low me to suggest consideration of
the idea of constructing a series of
large storage reservoirs at different
points on the Mississippi. the Mis-
souri, and all of their important afflu-
ents to impound the excess of water
Ean, which may be used for several
purposes, towit:
Ffrst-For irrigating public and pri-
vate lands in the more arid sections
such rs the states of Kansas. Ne
bral<a. Colorado ETC.. such use Of the
water to produce a revenue.
SecohHIn some instances the wat
er as power could be used to create
electric energy. to be used in light
ing towns, heating buildings. running
car lines. etc.
Thdrd-After water had been thu
used It could be allowed to flow dOwr
to lower portions OF the rivers to i'm.
prove navigation. when the rivers ar,
JcSOE Possibly some Of this water
could be sold to some towns for &
water supply. SO that In the round VI
rthe government would derive larg'
1revenue from these sources. Thi'
work Ii large and would cover a tern
-Of years to complete. but would pu
1.-the immense valley Of the Mississippi
In the most substantial position agri
culturally in the world.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16
4 WORD OF EXPLANATION

For the third consecutive day the
Teller has been obliged to suffer incon-
venience and delay occasioned by floods
here and elsewhere In the northwest.
The Lewiston Electric Light company
has suffered many washOuts on it's
transmission line between here and
Asotin and The Teller linotype has
been out of commission nearly half the
time for the past few days In adj
dition to this local trouble storms and
floods in the territory about Portland
has cut off Geographic service causing
other serious delays. These facts COM
bined have made the issues Of the pa :
per late to the patrons and have cur
tailed the news I'm each issue, but the
trouble has been wholly unavoidable
and will be remedied at the earliest
possible moment.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16
NEW YORK GOSSIP
WEEKLY RESUME OF
MEN AND EVENTS

NEW YORK. April 16.-The small
and insignificant fire in the woodwork
of the uncompleted subway on Broad i
way and Vesey street disclosed an |
appalling lack Of sound ju igment in
the method of conducting the under |
ground wires of the various tele- !
graph, telephone and messenger serv |
ice companies, and. it is to be hoped
that it has taught the authorities in
charge of the wire cOnduits a lesson. |
1t seems almost incredible that any
body. supposed to be an expert in
such matters would conduct such i'm
portant wire connections so careless
ly that so slight an accident as tri-
fling fire in the woodwork Of the sub
way would destroy those wires and,
for more than a day practically iso-
late the principal business part Of
New York from the outside world.
And, yet such was the case. The
wires. which included the main ca
bles from and to the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph company and
the gold ticket wires, had been in
stalled in the subway conduit in such
careless manner and with SO lit
| after the breaking out of the fire.
which was caused by the explosion
Of a gasoline blower every single
wire was put out of commission. The
main offices Of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies were
cut of completely. the connections
with the call boxes OF the District
Telegraph company were interrupted.
| ho OF no
business part OF the city was para
lyzed and the gold tickers were cut
OF and remained silent all day. That
SO trivial an accident could cause
such seious trouble Could only be due
to extreme incompetency or negli-
gence. esk --a@
District Attorney jerome has won a
victory over the gamblers and his
anti ambling bill. which he had
pushed with great energy, has been
passed by the state legislature. 1t
. was slightly changed before it was
passed by the state legislature. 1t
was slightly changed before it was
passed. but. Mr.. Jerome is confident
. that it will enable him. to carry out
v with success his plan Of prosecuting
the gaming house keepers of this city
and to make 1t so hot and unpleas-
q ant for them, that they seek other
s fields for their nefariOus business. I,
. it maintained that under the pro.
visions Of that new law Reggie Van.
derbilt can be compelled to testify
d against Richard Garfield, who hid:
= hitherto escaped the law, because i
i was Impossible to compel his victims
3 to testify against him. The gam.
l. blers ring made desperate efforts t
!. prevent the passage of the bill. ant
1t Is stated on good authority, tina
= over one hundred thousand dollar
he were used to argue certain approach
,e able members of the legislature int
-. opposing the measure. 1t Is scarcel.
% probable that the agent of the gam
bling ring brought any part of tn
hundred thousand dollars back whe
ol he returned from Troy to New York
~ but the investment proved unprofit
able.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

fact that the expectations Of the pas
tor of the church the Rev DR.. Wrig-
ley. were by no means distinguished
for their moderation. He had asked
for and vaguely hoped for 100000. but
the total OF the days contributions
reached fully $4,000. 1t is believed
that this is the largest amount ever
collected in any church on a single
day. Well, it is not without reason
that Brooklyn is called the city of
churches.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

Governor Odell having dropped a cool
$4,000 in his operations in the ship
building trust is a ready factor in fur
thering Jerome's bill for compelling
witness to appear and testify in all
kinds of gambling cases. 1t will be in
teresting to see how the governor will
now wake up the promoters who got
him into trouble.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

shipbuilding yards for the construc-
ton of five submarine boats. She
has learned from actual expert
ence how valuable this arm of the
navy can be in warfare.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-16

While the Utah ministers are plan
ming a campaign simultaneous poly
gamy, the. New York ministers are
proposing to do what they can to sup
press polygamy OF the serial kind.
ace to the welfare of the country as
the former.