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on, carries burdens and for long dis
lance travel OutStrips the horse.
Equipped with emergency water tanks,
he can go for several days without
drinking. ana for this reason is of in
estimable value ON desert journeys. He
kneels to receive his load, though some
times with pathetic groans, and is as
dOcile as the horse. He has sometimes
been styled "the ship of the desert"
and seems 20 have beer fashioned for
this peculiar region. His large padded
feet do not add to his beauty, but they
enable him to cross sandy plains into
which a horses hoOf would sink.
The Bible says that the plague of
flies brought upon Egypt when Moses
was endeavOring to secure the release
of the Israelites was removed when
Pharaoh promised to let the people 60
but one is inclined to think that they
afterwdrd returned when Pharaoh
again hardened his heart, for nowhere
have we found flies like those of Egypt.
They bite with unusual vigor and are
very persistent in their attentions. At
first we thought it strange that peo-
pie should carry horse-hair brushes as
a protection against the flies, but we
were soon driven to follow their exam
pie. These flies seem to be especially
attracted to the eyes of children. AS
these flies, like those in other coun-
tries. carry disease. it is not strange
that sore eyes should be especially pre-
valent here. Blindness seems to be
more common than elsewhere, and a
very considerable percentage of the
people have lost one eye. So wide
spread is this affection that Sir Ernest
Cassel has established a fund of 1000
pounds sterling, the interest on which
is to be devoted to the treatment Of
diseases of the eye. Already the fruits
of this beneficence are being enjoyed
by the poor. The Mohammedan women
in Egypt wear Veils-a custom which is
but slowly giving way to western ideas;
If the eyes of the children were pro-
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tected with half as much care as the
faces of the women, what benefits
would result,
the government of Egypt defes def
milton. Nominally, the khediye is the
supreme authority, aided by a native
legislative council and assembly (theiT
business is to advise, however, rather
than to legislate), but back of the khe-
dive is Lord Cromer, the agent and
cOnsul general of England, whose pow
er is underlined and almost unlimited.
England's authority in Egypt rests
upon the articles of capitulation signed
after the bOmbardment of Alexandria
in 1882. In these articles ii was an
nounced that England'S occupancy
would be of brief duration, but in 1904
she secured from France, Germany,
Austria Hungary and Italy consent 20
postpone the fixing of date for her
withdrawal, she at the same time an
nOuncing that it was not her intention
to interfere with the political situation
in Egypt.
England's reasons for remaining in
Egypt are very clearly stated by Lord
Miner in his book entitled England
in Egypt" He says: ION the one
hand, our commercial interests i'll
Egypt are so great and growing that
her prosperity, which would be imme-
Giately wrecked by disagreement. is
a matter of concern to us SECONDLY.
and chiefly, the geographical position
of Egypt cOmpelS attention to her pO-
litical condition. We have nothing to
gain by owning the country ourselves,
but we should have q great deal to
fear from its falling into the possess
sion o. another power
England's interests in Egypt are nu-
merous. She takes most of the exports
of Egypt and sells more than any 9TH
er country to Egypt. In the Iasr re-
port of Lord Cromer it is shown that
Great Britain has the benefit of con-
siderahly more than half cf the con-
tracts (above $4,000 entered into by the
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The ghost who used to haunt old
houses and take up his abode in ia
vorite room, running it for the comfort
able living of flesh and blood people, is
quite out of date. That Old-fashiOned
specter had a most Objectionable way
of stalking about the corridors and is
suing out of shadowy corners at uneX
pected seasons. He was nebulous,
vague sort of person who diffused an
atmosphere of chill, and was distinctly
weird and uncanny. One was usually
informed that this ghost had either
been murdered or had committed a
murder, and that he or she was, there
fore, condemned for all time to wander
about the scenes of the earthly life.
I have never had the doubtful pleas
ure of encountering a ghost myself, but
| have had friends who had hobnObbed
with ghosts of the queer. old-fashioned
variety, and who described their sensa-
tons with much definiteness, as they
recalled their meetings with the super
natural visitors.
Sometimes the ghosts glided around,
making no sound. 1 never heard that
they spoke, but they were given to
rUstling curtains and making slight
noises, not unlike the spirit rappings
that a generation ago excited thou
sands of people in Europe and America.
Often the appearance of a family
ghost heralded a calamity or a death,
and those today who study psychic
phenomena claim that such warnings
are not uncommon still.
y1icf1IracuI1p story iS told a hoIlt y,
Irish country house. 1t Was a great
house, famous for hospitality and the
hosts were never happier than when
many guests were assembled under
their roof There was a wide hall at
one end of which was an open fire
place which was made the social CEN
ter for young and old, particularly at
the hour of o'clock tea. Opposite this,
at the other end of the haf1, there was
a staircase leading to At gallery into
which opened the doors of various
guests. One rainy afternoon when the
fun was at it's height. a lady observed
little figure wearing a red cloak with
a hood concealing the head and face.
This woman, who seemed to be young,
quickly passed the groups of people,
none of whom took any notice, being
occupied with themselves and the story
of the day.
The little figure in the red cloak went
upstairs, opened the door of certain
room and entered. The room was that
of a very popular officer who at the
moment was the gayest of the gay in
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IF YOU WERE A BOY.
Catholic Standard

IL
If you were a boy this morning,
| wonder what you would do?
Was ever a day more perfect,
Was ever a day more blue?
I'm speaking to you, grave senior,
/ noticed you as you went
Hot-footing it into the city,
To add to your cent per cent
/ noticed your sober manner,
Your very important looks.
And l noticed your boy beside you,
The schoolbcy with. his books.
L SaW-and you saW--Where the river
Sweeps down to the ''sWimmin' hole.
Another boy playing hockey
A boy with fishing pole -
If you we're a boy this morning.
| wonder what you would do?
/ saw you STOPPING to whisper
A word to the boy with you
1t seemed to me then you told him
That the truant boy was d fool,
That nothing ripens manhood
Like the moments spent in school.
With the fresh blue Sky above you
And the green fields under it.
How dare you utter such nonsense?
o liar and hypocrite
If you were a boy this morning,
A boy with a heart and soul.
You'd be in spite of a licking.
The boy with the fishing pole
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Do YOU BELIEVE nv eHOsTs7
BY MARGARET &. SANGSTER.

the circle around the fire. At dinner
that evening the lady who had seen the
visitant, being seated next her host,
casually mentioned the incident and
asked who it was in the neighborhOOd
who came and went with such freedom,
wearing a scarlet cloak. The host
turned very pale, gave vague reply
and changed the subject. No wonder,
for the visitor was no less parsonage
than the immemorial family banshee,
who never crossed the threshold or en-
tered any room unless to fOretell the
untimely death of one she had singled
out. This death was sure to happen
during the next tWelvemOnth. 1t was
as if the judge had put on the black
cap. The story runs that the captain
whose room the banshee selected died
in battle not long afterward.
\ \
A friend who spent her childhood in
the south, where she heard Familiarity the
superstitious tales of her old nanny and
for worlds would she have passed a GER
tain turn in the road after nightfall or
walked through certain wood beyond the
garden. She feared the presence of the
ghosts who slipped about there under
moonlight and starlight. More than once,
she tells me- she met ghosts in high
heeled slippers and satin gowns stealing
to and fro in the halls of her home, or
standing by the window in her room. but
she had no fear of them, and indeed re-
garded them with pride as comforting a
sort of dignity on the house.
Another friend, woman intensely mod
ern and practical, informed me that twice
in her life she had seen, very plainly and
clearly in broad daylight. the forms of
her children who had passed away. Once
when thrown fro ma carriage she fell on
q green bank by the roadside and was
for an instant unconscious. AS she came
TO herself she saw close to her the beau
tiful little daughter who had left her for
heaven nine years earlier; the child wore
a pink Bingham frock and frilled white
sunbonnet and her hands were full of
flowers. She smiled reassuringly at her
mother, as much as to say, Don't be
afraid: nothing shall harm you" The
other occasion was not extraordinary, but
was unexpected. Simply opening the door
of her drawing-room on a June morning,
the lady saw between the window and the
pacing as if on guard. Years ago he had
gone to-seep with other men-at-arms, and
the memory of his was growing faint ex-
cept in the home that had lost it's chief
pride. when the bullet that killed him sent
permanent ache to the hearts of those
who loved him. After moment this Wis
ion faded but the mother felt a thrill
half awe and half rapture. for while wide
awake and in full possession of her senses
she had been given glimpse of her boy.
No explanation of ghostly phenomena is
wholly satisfactory. Literal and matter
of-fact people utterly refuse to believe
that ANYBODY has ever seen ghost. 9th
irn1 mi rCaniIU m a
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riage. The shops are for the most
part little open booths. and each line
of business has its particular section
On one Street silver and goldsmiths
monOpOllze the space; another street is
gay with red shoes; in another the red
fez, the universal hat, is conspicuous;
and still another IS given over to Vege-
tables. Some of the larger stores han
die Persian rugs, silks. brass ware. in
laid work and patchwork reproducing
the drawings found on tOmbS and tenn
pies. The bazars also abound in inter
esting reminders of the land of the
mummy, the pyramid and the sphinx.
We had not been in Cairo long be-
fore we visited the banks of the Nile,
that wonderful river without whose
fructifying waters there would have
been no Egypt. 1t is one of the most
remarkable-in some respects the most
remarkable-Of all the rivers of the
earth. No wonder the ancient Egyp-
tians included a Nile god among their
deities. for next to the sun, to which
they raised their Obelisks, nothing was
SO necessary to their existence as this
almost magic stream. The Nile rem
ders fertile two narrow strips, one on
either bank, 1000 miles long and but
few miles wide. For 1900 miles il
flows through a desert and receives
but a single tributary in that distance,
and yet. after supplying irrigation for
the crops of some 10000 900 of people,
it pOurs into the ocean a scarcely dim
ished stream. The annual rise of the
river not only supplies water, but it
renews the land by deposits of alluvial
soil.
Some one has described the Nile val
ley as appearing, if seen from above,
like strip of green carpet on a floor
of gold, so yellow are the sands that
hem it in. No one who has not visited
an arid country and noted the influence
of water upon the thirsty soil can i'm
agine how distinctly the line is drawn
between the Verdant field and the bar
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rem desert that adjoins it. Where the
waters of the Nile can be brought upon
the land, a farm will rent for $50 PEI
acre, while a few feet away the land
cannot be given away. Lord Cromer
in a recent report gives the income and
expenditure Of number of the fellah-
cen, or farmers. The statements show
that 800 worth of cotton is sometimes
produced from a single acre or about
$50 worth of corn The average i'll
come, taking all crops together, often
runs as high as $50 per acre.
An increasing quantity of land is be-
ing brought under the canals; but ir-
rigatiOn from wells is still the main re-
lance of a large proportion of the peO-
pie. Water can be found at the level
of the water in the river and the land
scape is dotted over with old-fashiOned
well sweeps and with water wheels
where blindfolded camels or oxen tread
their patient round. The land produces
so abundantly ard there is such a Va
riety of garden and farm products that
one recalls that passage in the Bible
in which the children of Israel are de-
scribed as longing for ''the f1eshpots
of Egypt" Coming from India TO
Egypt we could not but notice the diff
ference in the appearance of the peo-
pie, In the former country they looked
so emaciated and hungry; in the lat
ter they are strong and robust. and
seemingly well fed. In the markets,
too, the food is heaped up in big bas-
kets. while in India it is exposed for
sale in tiny piles that speak only too
plainly of the poverty OF the people.
For ages upon ages the fellah has
drawn from the inexhaustible store
house of the Nile. CheOpS, KephTen and
theis successors built pyramids, and
the fellah fed the builders; Thutmosis
and SethOs and their descendants con-
structed tOmbs and temples, and the
fellah supported the laborers; the RAJ
meses added gigantic statues to the
stupendOus works of their ancestors,
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EXTRA PREcAUTIoN.
(Chicago NeMs.l

Stranger in town, eh"' ventured the
New York man who was standing on the
corner of Halsted and Taylor streets.
Eyes, by gum" drawled the old farmer
with the yellow valise, "And Cynthia
sewed my pockets up twice befare she
would let me come to Chicago.
'Ha ha! That's pretty good on Chicago
You bet she wouldn't have to sew your
pockets up twice if you were going to
New York.
mo, by heck, She would sew them up
three orsfour times"
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No explanation of ghostly phenomena is
wholly satisfactory. Literal and matter
of-fact people utterly refuse to believe
that anybody has ever seen ghost. 9th
ers inclining more readily to the super
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HAVE YOU ONE?
lChicago News.

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is a mutual
friend?
PA mutual friend, nv scn. is one who
makes it his business to keep you in
formed of the mean Things your other
friends say about you.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-01-01

few years of their growth. But, while
shane is the primary object in prun-
ing. it is by no means the only OBJECT
had in view. 1t is necessary to have
sunlight in order that our fruit may
properly color and have the highest
quality. So we must keep the heads
of our trees open and this openness
of head must be kept in view from
the beginning. This is why the COB
let shaped tree is recommended in
stead of the pyramidal.
We must not wait four or five years
and then begin to plan for an open
head. 1t is true that we shall not
need the open head while the tree
is young, but we must plan for it
from the first what will this tree
be like when it comes into full bear
ing and the limbs are weighted down
with their fruit?" is question we
must be asking from the time when we
cut off the first limb or rub off the
first bud.
This matter of good color for our
fruit is vastly more important than
many would suppose. The writer has
known apple buyers to pay One-th1rd
to One-half more for the same variety
of the apple because of high color.
And we must remember that one-third
more for apples often means double
the net receipts. For instance, a box
of apples that sells for 60 cents will
not leave the grower more than Is
cents when all expenses are reckoned
in. Sell the same box of apples for
80 cents and the net receipts are more
than double. What is true of color
may also be true of better packing.
The writer once helped to fill a car
of prunes for Chicago. There were a
few crates of poorly packed ones and
they brought 40 cents less net per
crate than the we'll packed ones.
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ter December goth, resolution was
adopted that committee be appoint
ed to formulate some plan of organi-
cation among Whatcom county farm
ers. The chair appointed j. H. Kirk
patrick, Custer; w. H. Kaufman, Bel
bingham, 143 R. F. d. No 2, and G. e.
Flint, R. F. d. No. 2, Blaine.
There seems to be an almost uni
versal desire for some form of orga-
nization. Many were inclined toward
the grange, but the matter will be
held under advisement. Every farm
er in the county should at once drop
card to one of the above commit
tee, stating his preference. We will
be ready to send one or two speakers
to any neighborhood where some one
will see to posting notices and light
ing and heating the hall or school
house. c. E. Flint, of Blaine, will
speak on "Stra wberries' at North
Bellingham school house, Friday, Jan.
18th. Ladies are specially invited to
be present.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-01-01
FARM TELEPHONES A NECESSITY.

The utility of the telephone to the farmer
Is becoming more pronounced every year.
The endless satisfaction of being in close
touch with neighbors, the railroad station,
creamery, and city, appeals not only to
the farmer but his family as WELL The
Jul. Andrae & Sons Co., 93S W. Water St.,
Milwaukee, Wis, specialize in supplying
farmers and Independent lines with every
thing pertaining to telephone systems. The
Andrae people, who have been very success
full IN establishing. telephone systems
throughout the entire country, make a spec
ial telephone for farmers use. Their in
struments are constructed in such a man
ner as to enable them to be subjected to
extra hard usage. We would advise our
subscribers to write for the large book
that is being given away free by the An
drae Co.
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when they are many rods apart. We
do not give bees and other insects the
credit due them in this work. The
wind will carry the apple pollen to
some extent from one tree to another
but is by no means as efficient as we
have supposed and is very much limit
ed as to distance.
The way our experiment station
workers settle the question of cross
pollination is not by having trees near
each other but is done by tying paper
bags over the bloom. In this way each
bunch of bloom is confined to itself
for pollination and in many cases no
fruit is produced. l quote again from
the report above referred to: "At the
Vermont station the following varie-
ties were found to be self-sterile:
Rhode Island Greening, Ben Davis,
Hawley, King, Northern, Northern Spy,
Porter, Red Astrachan, Red Canada,
Roseau, Robbery Russell, Talman
Sweet, Wealthy, Westfield (Seek-no-
further), and William Favorite. The
varieties Baldwin, Esopus (Spitzen-
berg) and Fameuse were slightly self
fertile. One Baldwin fruit set out OF
$50 blossoms covered, one Esopus out
of sc blossoms covered, and one Fame
use out of 223 blossoms covered. AT
the Kansas station, Grimes Golden, Ar
kansas Black and Mammoth Black
Twig failed to set single fruit with
out ross-fertilization, and Huntsman
was practically self-sterile. The va
rietv Ben Davis, which was found
nd o1CO in Can
ada, proved self-fertile at the Kansas
station. Twenty-six out of 100 bios
some of this variety covered set fruit.
The self-pollinated fruit, however, was
not so large or so vigorous as that
from cross-fertilized blossoms"
The above quotations give some idea
of the nature of the results obtained
and also the manner of reaching them.
The conclusion drawn from the ex-
periments along this line is as FOL
lows: "The data secured at the above
stations show that a very large num-
Der of apples are self-sterile. Further
experiment with other varieties is like
lv to increase the list of self-ster1le
sorts. The practical conclusion that
can be drawn from this work is that
large blocks of apples of single var
iety should never be planted. Two or
more varieties should be mixed in al
ternating rows" This is large sub
iect and I have but touched the fringe,
as it WERE This matter will be re-
ferred to again from time to time. the
conclusion of the whole matter is, mix
your varieties and keep plenty OF bees,
whether they pay in honey production
or not.
We do not want any of our readers
to forget that the annual meeting OF
the Washington STATE Horticultural
Association will be held in North
Yakima, January 9-12, 1906. 1t is be-
lieved that this will be the most i'm
portant meeting of fruit growers ever
yet held in the state A very fine pro-
gram has been arranged. 1t will pay
any one who can to attend this meet
ing-it will be educational and along
the very lines most needed in the
work of fruit growing. The editor of
this department will read paper on
horticultural Laws, Wise and Other
WISE"
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Don't Forget that we handle large
quantities of Peaches, Plums, April
cots, Apples and Pears. Send us trial
shipment Send for Stencil. We want
only first class pack and shippers. A. D.
Blowers & Co.. Seattle, Wash.
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The Grange in Whatcom County.
w. H. Kaufman informs The Ranch
that at the Farmers Institute at Gus
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-18

Richmond Temple, Pythian Sisters,
held an important meeting in their
rooms in knights of Pythias hall last
night, when the annual election of
officers took place. Several matters
of Importance were discussed. After
the usual transactions of business the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year.; Most excellent
chief, Mrs. Rudolph Hoehn; excellent
senior, Mrs. George w. Dubois; ex-
cellent junior, Mrs. Abram Johnson;
manager, Miss Susie Marshall; mis-
tress of records, Mrs. Ida Bloodgood;
mistress of finance, Mrs. Eugene
Hemstreet; protector, Mrs. Stephen
Slower; outer guard, Mrs. August
Clarius; trustee for three years, Mrs.
John Marshall; grand representative
TO the grand temple to be held at
Elmira in July, Miss Susie Marshall;
alternate, Mrs. Jacob Velton. The in
stallation will probably take place at
their next regular meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-18
LOCAL ITEMS.

Miss Lena Mitterway, of .Amboy
avenue, spent Sunday with friends at
Keyport.
Miss Irene Porter, of Bayview ave-
nue., has entirely recovered from her
recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius c. andre
vette, of Amboy avenue, are spending
a few days with their daughter, Mrs.
John Knobel, in Port Richmond.
A number of people from this
place attended the concert given by
Arthur Kill Council in X. of P. hall,
in Tottenyille, last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Decker
spent last week with Captain and
Mrs. Peter Polworth.
Mrs. M. A. Brown was a New York
visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Albert Genslinger. of Wood
row, has so far recovered from her
recent illness as to be able to be about
the house again.
Alex Frerie, of Princes Bay, has al
most entirely recovered from an
attack of pneumonia.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sullivan, of Amboy avenue,
who has been seriously i'll with pneu-
monia. is improving.
Molly Stark Council, Daughters of
America. meet in their rooms in Am
icitia hall tomorrow night.
Jacob Finney has returned to his
duties in Manhattan after his annual
vacation last week.