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PUNCHED WITH ROOSEVELT.
President Mellen and His Assistant,

President Mellen and His Assistant, T.
 E. Byrnes, in Washington.
 Charles S. Mellen, president of the New Haven road, and his confidential assistant, Timothy E. Byrnes, were guests of the president on Tuesday at luncheon. They nave gone to Wash ington to attend the meeting of the National Association of Railroad Com missioners.
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lures of these particular dreams to somebody you may know. For surely the childrwen of Little Brook and the the children of Little Brook and the the other four to whom Hildegarde Brooks dedicates her six stories are not the only folk, little or big, who will like them D
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They Ask That the Ordinance to Pre- vent Objectionable Plays and Posters be Passed--AII Denominations Repre- san4ad in tI,a pro4os+
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

of the business. When a hen mouths
she stops laying eggs and no amount of
persuasion can induce her to again
commence doing business until she is
ready. The California Experiment
Station has been making tests with the
object of shortening the moulting sea-
o of laying fowls. Hens usually
commence moultlng in the early fall
and the plan of the California Station
is to hasten this time into early sum-
mer. This is accomplished by a method
of light feeding, followed with heavy
feeding. The egg-laying is stopped
and moulting is brought on by a one
half reduction of the supply of nitro
genous food, meat, middlings, and the
like. The hens, under this plan, stop
e~gg-laying and go to moulting. In
about a month, it is claimed, the moult-
ing process is all finished and then the
ordinary feeding is resumed; the hen
then begins to lay eggs early in the
fall. The experiments of the station
have not been concluded, so that it is
still unsafe to say whether or not the
new method will prove practically sue
cessful.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
MOOSE In NATIVE WILDS.
4NTLERED KING OF AMERICAN
FOREST ABOUNDS IN REMOTE
NORTHWEST REGIONS.

Senses Developed to Remarkable
Degree-Feed Partly Under water
in Summer-Many Bulls Killed IN
F~ratracidal Battles.
Few people have any conception OF
the a%stuteness of the moose, said a sue
cessful hunter who Is exceptionally
well acquainted with the habits of this
splendid game animal, in speaking Oh
a recent trip. They possess a keenness
of scent and hearing that is almost be-
yond belief, and an intelligence that Is
seldom credited to them by any one
except those who have devoted cons4d-
cradle time to studying them aud
their ways.
In the section of the country where
we were the larger part of our stay
moose were exceedingly plentiful, and
we had the finest opportunity to OBJ
serve their actions. We followed them
from one place to another. endeavor-
ing not to brighten them and all the
while noticing them very closely.
In the mating season, which com
mences around September 20 and ends
about the middle of october, the bulls
are exceedingly vicious, while the COWS
are timid and seek the deepest forests,
being easily frightened. 1t is my
opinion that the males kill many OF
their mates at this time.
The COWS soon betake themselves to
some island, in order that they may not
be disturbed by wolves or other wild
animals. The moose calves are about
homely and unsightly as anything
| have ever seen. Their heads are
nearly as long as their bodies. and
when they are three or four weeks old
they weigh about 100 pounds.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
To KeeD Err Records.

The Maine Experiment Station has
published a description of a nest box
which is claimed to be simple and in
expensive, and certain in its action,
for use where it is desired TO keep a
record of how hens are laying, in order
to weed out the poor mes of the flock.
station has used these nests in ex-
periments undertaken to establish
breeds of hens that shall excel as egg
producers. A description of this box,
and how to make it can be found in
farmers bulletin No. ia, of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

death cup. The former has been used
in Europe for hundreds of years as a
fly poison, and in Asia 1t was formerly
used as an intoxicant. Cattle are pois'
oned by this species as well as men,
and 1t is supposed that the flesh OF live
stock so poisoned is rendered unwhole-
some. The death cup is not quite so
large as the fly amanita and is not so
attractive in appearance to the mex
perienced and experimenting eplcure.
A large number of cases of poisoning
have been attributed TO this fungus; in
most of them it was supposed to be edi-
BILE, and in a few instances the mere
handling of the plant caused serious
trouble.
The bulletin above mentioned goes
on to describe the common poisonous
weeds and plants of the country, some
of which are thriving in abundance in
the East. West, North and South, and
il is believed covers the weeds which
bring harm TO the farmer of every sec
ton. The following is the list OF
plants described in the bulletin
Fly amanita mushroom, death cup
mushroom, false hellebore. pokeweed,
corn cookie. dwarf l%arkspur, Wyoming
larkspur, purple larkspur, choke cherry.
wolly loco weed, temless loco weed. rat
tlebox, caper spurge, snow on the noun
tain, poison Ivy. poison oak, poison su-
mac, red buckeye, water hemlock, Oregon
water hemlock. poison hemlock, broad
leaf laurel, narrow-leaf laurel, great
laurel, staggerbush. branch ivy, Unison
weed. black nightshade, bittersweet,
sneezeWeed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
Breeding Sturdy Lettuce.

Through the process of forcing"
owners of greenhouses are able to
produce crops, weeks and months
before they could arrive at maturity
through natural courses. In addition
the crop is made to develop far o
rapidly and to attain proportions
such as nature could not accomplish.
From $2,5O0,OOO to 100000 worth
of lettuce alone is forced" in the
United States each winter. Green
house gardeners in an endeavor to
get rich quick" have failed to note
that this forcing vas weakening
their stock until now the weak let
tuce often becomes so diseased In the
dollhouse that it is by no means rare
for a gardener to lose an entire crop
Of greenhouse lettuce by a disease to
which these overstrained plants are
particularly liable.
DR.. B. T. Galloway, chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, in order to
correct this evil, has been working for
two seasons ON this subject and has
at last succeeded in obtaining a crop
Of winter lettuce plants immune to
the lettuce disease. At the same time
the plants are of large size and capa-
BILE of developing as early as the most
specialized of winter lettuce. This
work has involved much time and the
sarifce of thousands of plants. Seed
of healthy winter lettuce was planted,
and at the proper time
the plants were crossed with
wild lettuce-a species free from
disease. Millions of seeds of these
cross-bred plants were sown in beds
a thousand in ~each-and out Of each
thousand two or three of the largest
and best were taken, while the rest
were destroyed. From these extra
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

The calf and its mother remain to-
gether for about nine months, the
mother, of course, providing food and
shelter for the younger animal. But
after that length of time has elapsed
she will try to get away. In order to
do this sic will often travel miles up
stream, SO as to leave no scent, and,
as a rule, she succeeds in accomplish
ing her purpose.
The bulls have a peculiar grunting
sound by which they call to the cows.
A mar can initiate the call after long
practice, but not so perfectly as to de-
ceive them. The only way in which this
ruse a be successfully carried out
is to make your call at the same time
that the moose make their noise. In
this manner | have called them under
the branches of the tree in which !
have been sitting from distances as
great as a mile or more.
The males also have an odd habit of
striking their antlers against trees
making a sound that rings clear as a
bell, after which they below long and
loud. On a quiet night they can be
heard miles away. This appears to be
their mode of expressing defiance and
challenging a rival to contest.
AntIers No Handicap.
1t is astonishing to see them go
through the woods while bearing their
immense branching antlers. They cal.
culate the distance between two trees
to a nicely and hardly ever strike a
branch. But perhaps the strangest
part of this performance is that this
does not seem to retard their speed
in the slightest.
In the summer they seek the water,
where they will not be pestered by
flies, and stay there during most of the
warm weather. AS they are moi built
10 reach the grass with their Jaws, be.
ing very high in the forequarters, they
feed on lily pads, roots, watercress and
moose maple during the summer. The
watercress grows chiefly in deep
water, and to reach it the moose dive
IN water from ten to fifteen feet in
depth, leaving only their heels visible.
They stay under from a minute to a
minute and a half, and usually do their
diving at night. When they have filed
their large jaws they proceed to sort
out such parts as they want and eat
them leisurely.
When autumn approaches they take
to the rocks and high places. where
they live on yellow birch and white
willow tops. They stand on their hind
legs to reach the top of a birch tree
fifteen feet above the ground, snap II
on, n then pull off the young shoots.
In the winter they sustain themselves
on lichens, ground hemlock and white
cedar.
When the snow becomes deep and
the temperature is far below zero. thew
herd together in some dense cedar
swamp and trample down the snow
OFTEN as many as sixty gather at one
time in this way.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
Tropical Fruits.


There is something fascinating in the
development of tropical fruits, those
things which we can not grow in the
emperate and colder climates, where
Jack Frost is sure to reap his annual
harvest. There is the mango, for in
stance, which the Department of Ag-
ri%culture is growing in Porto Rico, and
the alligator pear, a most delicious
tropical vegetable-fruit, the pepino, and
a score of others which will stand little
or no frost. To most persons there is
a glamor and a fascination about the
tropics and its products. We have in
the United States no tropical section.
Frosts or chills of atmosphere are
likely to visit us at all points. In
Porto Rico and the Philippines, how
ever, are found the genuine tropical
conditions where nothing worse occurs
than the hurricane which sweeps away
every vestige of vegetation, house and
occupants; but there is no frost.
While we have taken control OF
Porto Rico and the Philippines, never
theless, it is the constant endeayor of
the home government to ross and n.y.
bridiZe tropical with hardy fruits so
that they will stand the cold and
frost of northern climes. The artid-
cial evolution of the hardy orange is
an example of this.
By selection and cross breeding,
plants can become wonderfully we'll
acclimated and as a result the northern
varieties and species are gradually in
yading the southern fields, while the
northern orchards are constantly being
augmented by new species hitherto
exclusively southern in temperament.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

department; the first, lasting several
months, is a period of h~allucination
with defective eyesight, during which
the animal may cut all sorts of Capers.
Once acquiring a taste for the loco
plant the stock refuse every other kind
of food until the second stage is ush-
cred in. This second stage is a linger-
ing period of emaciation characterized
by sunken eye-balls, lusterless hair and
feeble movements. The animal dies,
as If from starvation, in periods rang
ing from a few months to one or two
years.
Various States have attempted to
adopt measures for the eradication of
the loco weed. but so far these at
tempts have not met with much sue
cess. Colorado, a number of years
ago, offered a reward of so much per
ton for quantities Of the loco weed
brought in for determination. The
Mexican greasers, with great thrift,
started in to farm and raise loco
weeds. One of the prime reasons for
failure TO eradicate this weed fy State
action has been the inability to prop
erly identify the loco plant. In some
States it has been one weed which
has caused the poison, and in others
an entirely different species has re-
suited in live stock destruction.
Experiments in Poisoning.
However, the Department of Agricul-
ture is now making experiments with
various poisonous plants of the West,
injecting the subtle poisons into sheep,
cattle and guinea pigs, and studying
every symptom, until it is hoped that
some measures may be adopted by
stockmen to prevent loss through eat
ing Of the loco.
But it is not only the West that Is
complaining to the Department of Agri.
culture on account of the presence of
poisonous plants, for there is no sec
ton of the country which does not
abound with some form of plant life
which is either of an irritant or poison.
GUS character. New Jersey recently
reported a few cases where children
were poisoned by water hemlock. Ore
gon loses cattle every year through one
species of cicuta. Familiar to us all
is the action of poison ivy. While it is
irritable to human beings, it has NO
apparent effect upon animals, horses,
mules and goats eating it's leaves with
impunity. A number OF people are i'm
mune to its action, but some lose their
resistant power in middle life; others
have been known to attain immunity
only through considerable exposure to
the poison ivy.
Deadly Mushrooms.
The meadows and pastures Of many
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
Secretary Bonaparte, Farmer.

About Is miles from Baltimore is
the farm of Secretary Charles j. Bona
parte of the Navy. Before he became
the head of the Navy Department, Sec
rotary Bonaparte used to spend six
months of the year on his farm. He
arose daily at $50 and always took a
look oyer the place before breakfast.
After breakfast he would drive into
the city, arriving usually about the
time people We're getting out of bed.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
To Shorten MOuIting,

The various state experiment sta
tons have been devoting considerable
time and attention to III feature of
poultry raising, which has been a
block in the way of obtain
ing the greatest amount of profit out
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
Came as q Shock.

Flosst@"Mamma, were you at home
when l was born?"
Mamma-"No, dear, l was at grand.
mas, in the country"
tlossie-"Wasn't you awfully sur
prised when you heard about iti
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

my ancestors came over In the
Mayfiower," boosted Blueblood, "but
1t isn't generally known"
That's all right old man." said his
friend, I'll never tell. You can't help
what your ancestors did,"
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AWRXSKE POISONOUS PLANTS OF @AN4SYG
EYWNNX THE UNITED STATES. |AXE7
WRTM ~W GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
oUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Farmers from time to time send In
complaints to the Department OF Agrl.
culture that not only their STOCK, DuI
even farm hands, have been slcKehea
and killed through the presence
of some poisonous plant on their farms.
So frequently have these complaints
arrived at the department mat ON
cials of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
under the direction of Mr.. Frederick v.
Coyille, the chief botanist, are now
making extensive experiments 10 as
certain the exact elements causing THIS
damage.
In order to aid farmers in the detec-
ton of the most common plants found
on their farms, the department has Is
sued a farmers bulletin, NO. 80, ell.
titled Thirty Poisonous Plants OF the
United States" This gives in detail
full descriptions of the plants, the
symptoms of the poisoning, and IN
many cases a~ntidotes for the relief OF
men or animals taking in the poison
II would be well for all agriculturists
to keep a copy Of this pamphlet among
their ready reference books. Inc ON
cials of the Bureau of Plant Industry
are only too glad to furnish this o
valuable farmers bulletin to all who
may apply.
Destructive to Live Stock.
Probably the most destructive pois-
onous weed in the United States is the
loco; the damage is so extensive that
during the period between 1881 and
1885 the State of Colorado paid out
over 5000. 900 in an endeavor to exter-
inmate the weed.
The foliage of the loco weed is not
the agent which imparts the poison 10
live stock grazing upon land impreg-
mated with it. it is the roots and stalk
which contain the poison. m
under the influence of the stimulant go
through antics as though they were in
toxicated, their eyes become CLASSY,
they sprawl around in maudlin fashion
until, with sheer exhaustion, they fall
to the ground in a stupor. The effect
of the poison is not acute, but in its
slow progress Stimulates diseases
caused by bacteria, worms or other
parasites. The stages of a locoed ami
NAL are recognized by officials of the
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

Why Is a ragged boy like a minister
near the end Of his sermon? He's
tore'd his close.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

homesteads TEEN with mushroom
growths, some of them edible and 9th
ers deadly poison. Among the latter
class the farmer has to contend with
two species, the fly amanita, or, as
some call it, the fly killer. and the
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

large early and fine heads another
crop was raised, and it is from these
that seed will be furnished to the
greenhousemen of the great cities. 1t
is believed that through this work
will be saved from ruin the winter
lettuce industry, which for the last
three years has been threatened with
extinction.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

HON. CHARLES J. BONAPARTE.
Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte has never ex.
pected to make a fortune out of his
farm, but simply supports it as a
means Of recreation.
Smile, a sign of happiness; miss, the
cause of much happiness. Hence the
expression, a miss is as good as smile.
The temperature in the Sahara Des-
ert often rises 10 $50 degrees in the
daytime and sinks below freezing
point at night.
"a little learning is a dangerous
thing.
Drink deep, or taste not of the Pierian
Spring."-Bacon.
And he that does one fault at first
AND lies to hide, makes two"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

The NeU Lettuce
GroWS Yery Rank.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20

The meadows and pastures of many
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-05
TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NAVY.
Admiral Rixey Makes Report on
Health In The Service.

tuberculosis has made alarming in
roads upon the personnel OF the
Navy and Marine Corps, in spite of
the measures taken by medical officers
10 check the disease.
The annual report of Rear Admiral
Rixey, surgeon general of the Navy,
which was made public Saturday,
shows that in 1905 the number of
tuberculosis cases in the service was
243, or 6.l for every 1000 men. In
1895 the ratio was only 3D. TO every
600. Practically all the cases are
pulmonary tuberculosis. The deck
force. mess attendants and cooks
were most affected by the disease and
the machinery force came next.
More careful examination of re-
cruits is urged by Admiral Rixey,
who also suggests that great care
must be taken in isolating tubercu-
losis cases. lie suggests men whose
work keeps them below decks should
be required To take exercise on deck
regularly. Admiral Rixey's report
shows that the marines who went TO
the Canal Zone on the Columbia and
were quartered there from May 10 July
of this year were great sufferers from
malaria. The ship returned to Boston
on July 81 and between July IL and
.the time of the arrival at Boston 10
of the 29S officers and men suffered
acute malarial paroxysms. The re-
turn TO Northern climate banished the
malaria rapidly and no eases proved
fatal. Most of the men were bitten
by mosquitoes while encamped at
Camp Reed. near corozal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-05
circuit Court

The Circuit Court practically com
pleted the trial of cases on the crimi-
nal docket this morning and adjourned
until Wednesday, when the civil
docket will be taken up. Chief Judge
Jones and Associate Judge Revell
were on the bench.
George Emerich, the proprietor of a
resort on the Magothy river, in the
Third district, was on trial before the
Court on the charge of selling liquor,
the sale Of liquor being prohibited in
the Third district. He was acquitted.
John Mccoy, colored, was convict
ed of the charge of larceny consisting
of the taking of clothes from John
Williams and John Britton, two other
colored men. He was sentenced TO
serve one year in the penitentiary.
Thomas Sims, gcolored, was convicted
of the larceny of twelve ears Of corn
from Steven Prout. Sentence was sus-
pended under the first offender act.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-05

The government will not dispose of
the little gunboafs Sandoval and AL
varado, which were captured during
the Spanish American War, but instead
the Navy Department has ordered that
they be placed in condition for use
by the naval militia. These little
craft were formerly assigned to the
Naval Academy for the instruction of
midshipmen in firing torpedoes and
for small gun target practice. The re-
pair work will be done at the Nor
folk navy yard and the ships are ex-
pected TO be ready for service some
time this month. The department
has also ordered that a survey be
made of the cruiser Newark, so that
thai vessel may be fitted os.t' 10 be
transferre3 to .s.e naval a.iiiiia of
New YorA. gns aatk Will be done
at The Brooklyn navy yard. The New
ark was until recently also assigned 10
the Naval Academy as a practice ship.