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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

points down through mud bottom into the rock
Tor nearly thousand feet, and from the shores
Of the river drills will be driven horizontally
until they meet in midstream. It is not ex-
pected, however, that any flaw will be found In
the ancient cradle of the Hudson TO prevent the
carrying out of the undertaking.
At the same time that surveys and borings
have been made to determine the route Of the
aqueduct and the site OF the dams, experiments
have been made OF various materials 70 be used
in the construction work. The experimental sta
ton Is at the foot of West 10th street. Among
other tests the one which has attracted the
greatest attention from the small boys OF the
neighborhOod was that Of typical aqueduct Sec
tons Concrete arches were built on concrete
foundations. thus forming what looked 10 be
gigantic hOrseshoes. These were tested as TO
various degrees OF pressure. such as would be
exerted II filed with water under high pressure.
In these tests consideration was Of course taken
Of the fact that the aqueduCt tube when COM
pleted will be half sunk I'm the ground and then
covered with a thick mound Of earth. The size
determined upon for the interior of the aqueduct
IS as follows: II will be II feet high and 1TIA
feet wide in its widest part. II will be large
enough for two talIyhos TO be driven through II
abreast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

themselves poor. listen more readily to an
apostle who lives a life of privation than 20
one who has a modest competence" Repeat
eddy l have heard the contrast made between
the style OF living adopted by the Roman Cath
olics and that of the Protestant missionaries,
and always in favor of the former.
OF Roman Catholic churches In Japan-usuaIly
more prepossessing in appearance than the
Protestant-there are 145, with $50 preaching
stations in addition The membership is now
10000 ministered to by 243 missionaries, Il9 Of
whom are priests and 124 nuns There are SO
japanese priests and 269 native helpers While
the Church has difficulty with the problem
of independence which veXes the Protestant mis-
Sons this is probably due to the fact that II has
given little attention TO the subject Of self-sup-
port. The $4,000 Japanese Catholics contribute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20
A REAL ROMANCE OF RELIGION
WHERE CATHOLICS ARE ABEAD,

only 1000 yen $4,000 a year FOR the sunnor-
OF their Churches. the funds coming from E-rnna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20
PERSECUTION AND PROSPERITY.

Lulled into a sense Of security by the coming
of the missionaries, the Christians openly avowed
themselves. But in 1868 the present Emperor
reiterated the ancient anti-Chrlstian edicts in
the following prOclamations:
1.-The evil sect called Christian is strictly pro-
hibited Suspicious persons should be reported
TO the proper officers and rewards VIII be
given" with respect to the Christian sect the
existing prohibition must ne strictly observed.
Evil sects strictly prohibited"
For several years the Christians who refused
TO forswear their faith were again called upon
10 pass through the fires of persecution. They
were eXiled and imprisoned and tortured to the
number OF than six thouSand-two thou
sand again paying the last full measure of de-
VOtion" Full religious liberty granted.
however, in 1873, and since then the Roman
Catholic Church has made remarkable progress
in japan, especially among the poor and lowly
10 whom II has particularly ministered.
There are 243 Roman Catholic missionaries
in Japan, all members of the Society of Jesus,
and practically all French Some antagonism
was shown to them during the late war, because
OF Frances alliance with Russia, but this
generally overcome by the tact Of the mission
aries themselves. The self-sacrifice and zeal Of
these men is praised by everybody. frequent
subject of remark is the manner in which they
share the poverty of the natives among whom
they live. One of the fathers himself says this
point:
THE mission requires that its workers should
live according to the precepts of evangelical
poverty, and So aside from lodging, IL allows
only % yen (S11 500 a month 10 European mis-
sionaries. II is misery To those who have no
private means. Nevertheless. there are several
who must content themselves with this pittance
and live such modest resources Strange to
relate II is just these last who succeed best in
eyangelization. The Japanese people. being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

the real nature OF their contents been discov-
cred.
This momentous chapter OF religious history
has several bearings. but at the present critical
period in Japan's religious life 1t is an impor-
tant evidence 10 tho fidelity Of the Japanese
character. Those who question whether the
native Christians will hold out should mission
aries depart have only 10 read this unparal-
leled page OF the Church's annals 70 learn a
lesson in heroism and steadfastness that is Moth
ing less than thrilling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

In publication and IN education the Roman
CathoHc mission IN Japan Iags far behind others.
although IL has three boys schools. with an en-
rolment of eight hundred pupils. and six girls
schools. with five hundred pupils In direct
evanSelization. the figures already given show
the creditable work Of the fathers But 1t is in
works Of charity and philanthropy that the Ro-
man Catholics lead ell other religious bodies In
Japan All the Protestant missions together
nave eighteen orphanages and homes. with sg3
inmates while the Jesuits have 1852 inmates in
fourteen institutions. OF hospitals and dispen-
saries the PrOtestants have thirteen. and the
Roman Catholics the same number. The former
treated last year 500 "in" patients with no fig
ures given for "out" patients. the Catholics
treated 200 In patients, and the enormous total
OF 4S,ooo out patients Prominent among the
charities OF the latter must be mentioned the aDsr
hospitals at GOtemba and Runamoto In VISITING
the hospitals and the sick the missionaries ave
tireless GU
IN word. may sum up the present situation
with respect 10 Roman Catholic missions bv SOW
ing that While from preference :hey work uI1iet
" ana IN obscurity, taking vacations doing
no advertising have found substantial evidence
OF thelr presence and labOrS In every mart ~
Japan have visited; and nowhere have heard
aught said Of them. by PrOtestants or bv Ian
shese' other than In terms of praise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20
THE FINDING OF THE CHRISTIANS.

Before Japan was opened TO commerce with
the world by Commodore Perry's mission the
Pope sent a band OF missionaries TO the Loo
Choo islands. 10 await and prepare for the day
when the Church could re-enter Japan. With
the signing Of the treaties in 1868 these men
took up their residence in the port cities OF
Yokohama and Nagasaki. church being built
in the former city IN 1862. Three years later a
church was dedicated in Nagasaki which had
been a Christian stronghold before the perse-
cutiOn to the memory Of the twenty-siX mar
tyrs who had suffered death in that city in. 597
Within month occurred dramatic event.
for which Pope Plus TX proclaimed a special
double feast. TO be celebrated perpetually in
Japan, under the title Of The Finding OF the
Christians" On that occasion, 10 the amaze
ment and Joy OF the officiating priest thousands
OF Christians came forward TO welcome the mis-
sionary and 10 acknowledge themselves 10 be
Christians.
The persistence Of the faith. despite these two
centuries OF persecution is little short OF mirac-
uous. II found that families had preserved
certain prayers and the rite OF baptism, and q
few Christian books and emblems. The ways in
which this done most ingenious
Sometimes crosses and pictures OF the Virgin
were placed in shrines and then locked. Over
the door OF the shrine was placed a warning
that II must never be opened. Here for two
latter OF course all ignOrantly. Certain of these
shrines became. with the passage OF time ia
vOrite places of worship, and as clear belief
passed into dim tradition nobody knew definite
~ to whom these shrines were erected, or why.
some OF the favOrite japanese deities have since
proved TO be Christian personalities Only with
the opening OF many shrines in recent years has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-20

The problem OF carrying the aqueduct from
enc shore Of the Hudson 20 the other has proved
70 be exceedingly complicated. II was first
planned 20 cross the river near New Hamburg.
ana borings were begun 20 determine at what
depth the tunnel should be cut. But ii was soon
touns that a crossing az this point was Inn
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
A COMPARISON

A farm which is continually drained by the production of large crops raised with reference to supplying the local or foreign markets becomes in time like the small town which has just been visited by the circus The farm sends forth its crops without core spending return of fertility to the soil; the town parts with its money without receiving prOportionate impetus and growth in business. In the one case the object sought is money, which gives nothing back to the soil. in the other case the object in view is pleas ure, which adds nothing to the wealth of the community. Each year that the farm loses it's crops the soil becomes that much poorer. Each time that the town has circus the people have just that much less money to spend for oth- CT things
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
CARE OE ORCHARDS.

We have found out from practical experience in the care of an orchard that not very much reliance can be placed in the statement of some or chardists to the effect that the root borer will not bother the tree after it has attained an age of seven or eight years and the bark gets rough. An inspection of our orchard not long since shows almost as many of the borers at work in the larger as in the smaller trees. The only safe way in the care of the orchard is to keep the grass hoed away from the trunk, the waterspouts cut and to give the trees a careful inspection at least twice dur ing the season. Thousands of trees die every year from supposed sun scala blight or arboreal heart failure, when the only thing under the sun that ails them is that three or four lusty borers are eating their very vitals out under the outside bark and just be- meath or above the surface of the ground. If you have an orchard, whatever its size, look the trees over and dig these chaps out.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
HOGS.

Strange as it may seem, hogs, like people, are endowed with tempera- ment. That hog which is always nos ing and sniffing about and alert at the sound of every approaching footstep possesses a nervous temperament, and you want to feed him with special ref cerence to furnishing your bacon SUD- ply, while that old fellow over there in the corner, that never stirs unless it is to eat, you want to consign to the pork barrel. He has what is called .phlegmatic temperament. The treason for the distinctions made is obvious. For the bacon you want a streak of fat and a streak of lean, and you get that in the first because the fat is all worked off running around, but the second snoozes eontentedly all the day long and does nothing but lay on the fat, which is just what is wanted for the pork. Perhaps you have noticed that some hogs lay on more fat than others and have wondered why.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
HEED THE MORAL.

A little five-year-old made garden all by herself last spring. It was lit tie patch about eight feet square out back of the house, and into it the tiny fingers scattered beans and radish seeds. As this was the child's first ex- perience, she watched impatiently for the first green leaves and tendrils to appear. At last she was rewarded. The garden sprang up and fourished, and the child was happy, but one day she went with her mother to visit a friend. While there the child saw a beautiful garden, with long, even, clean, straight rows. She was inn pressed and compared it with her own garden. With disappointment in her blue eyes, she looked up to her mother and said, Mamma, I didn't know that the rows ought to be straight" The child's garden is a tan- gle of weeds now, and she goes there mo more. A little direction at first would have saved the day, and there would have been one less ,disappoint- ment
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
pxEvAyrrUN e0F RUSSIA.

Anteven superficial study of Russian conditions proves beyond doubt that the people of the ,czar's domain are suffering more from disordered and economic conditions abject want and starvation-than from a denial of political, social and reli- gious privileges. And yet history shows that the fight for the ballot has usually been a .forerunner or accompaniment in the struggle for bread. In this con- nection it is interesting to note that shortly after the people were granted 2 representative assembly the Russian government has taken under considera- ton the setting aside of some $7,OOO,- 900 for the immediate relief of desti- ute peasants, and what is of more vital and lasting value has in view a division of portions of the imperial and feudal domains among the farmers and laboring people of the empire. The salvation of Russia in her present crisis depends more upon giving all her people work at remunerative wages, either in factories or upon the soil, than upon any other single factor. Pc litical rights are bound to accompany economic independence, just as truly as that poverty and ignorance are the handmaidens of tyranny and despot- ism
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
LARGEST GRANGE COUNTIES
They Are Jefferson and St. Lawrence,
 In New York State.

They Are Jefferson and St. Lawrence,
 In New York State.
 The two counties with the largest membership in the United States are Jefferson and St. Lawrence, in New York state. Jefferson has 6,850 mem bers, and St. Lawrence has over 5000. The largest single grange is Wolcott, in New York state, with over 900 mem bers. In Jefferson county there are twelve granges with over POO members each and less than 300, there are five with over 300 and less than 400, and there is one with 467 members. Out of thirty-three granges in the county twenty-three own their own halls Ei- ther one of these two counties has a much larger membership than several of the smaller grange states, and lief ferson has larger membership than California, Minnesota, Delaware and Rhode Island combined There are 5,982 farmers in Jefferson county, so that there is an average of one and a sixth members to every farm in the county. There has been a gain of 5000 in membership in the past year In New York state.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
BINS OF SUGAR BARRELS.

An enterprising farmer that we know of made some good bins to store grain in from sugar barrels. These barrels were placed upon a firm foun- dation, where they would be secure and above dampness. After. the cracks were filled in so as to make the bins mouse proof heavy, square board cover was fitted over the whole on hinges These bins were a great satis- faction, in that they were clean and easy to get at, and more could be added if desired with but little work Some day when you have an ambitious fit and get to cleaning Up your barn let this idea take root.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

That there is good money in truck and intensive farming is shown by the bank rating of Peter Reard, market gardener of Sioux City, Ia., who is claimed to be worth $150,000. He owns 25O acres of land in the limits of Sioux City and owns twenty-nine houses in a nearby city. The income frc-m his property is $500 per month
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

The New England housewife in no way shows her thrift and foresight more than in we'll filled shelves of canned fruit, preserves and other sup plies for winter. If you see house wife in whom this tendency is strong ly developed 1t is quite safe to assume that she is New Englander by birth or traces her lineage. pretty straight to that thrifty stock.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

We note. that an Indiana agricultur- ist paper is still advocating the use Of nitro cultures in getting start with clover and alfalfa A word of advice that it will do we'll to follow is to have nothing to do with the so called cul- lures except on the direct recommenda- ton of ones own state experiment station or the department of agricul- ture at Washington.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

A good deal of crooked and dishonest work is involved in the methods a , good many men adopt in the packing of apples. If one Is in doubt, but
 means to do the right thing, good rule to follow is to put no apples into the barrel as packer that you would
 not be willing to accept at the other end of the line as purchaser. It's the only rule that is worth a copper.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

The. tendency of good and bad types and traits in farm animals, grains and grasses to perpetuate themselves ac- counts alike for scrubs and thorough bred products to be found everywhere. In a very real way scientific agricul- ture consists in systematic attempt to increase and perpetuate the good tendencies and discourage and exter minate the scrub or evil tendencies in plant and animal life.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

The railroads of the country are al ready sharing the general concern which is feS as a result of our rapidly decreasing forest areas and in particu- lar those varieties of trees which fur nish suitable railroad ties Tn 1902 the Pennsylvania Railroad company plant ed ,G00 lccusts on lands adjoining its right of way, in 1908 they planted 43,- O0n, while the past season they set out S0D,000 trees of the same variety. The Michigan Central is also experimenting with catalpas, having recently planted 80,000 young trees on a tract of 123 acres
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

By way, of illustrating that the faith of the tree planter is rewarded we note the, case, of a western farmer who has lately cut 1000 cedar trees from grove planted twenty-six years ago, selling them to a telephone company for use in the construction of it's lines, the price paid being. $1.50 apiece. This goes to prove that there is good money in the growing of trees if a fellow only has the right kind of faith and is will ing ito bide his time.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

There are good many people who wish that the reported development tof type of chickens by an eastern poultry fantier, whose merit consists i'll the fact that one leg was shorter than the other and that as aresult they walk in circles and never stray far from their own premises, were true and that the breed might be introduced as generally and rapidly as possible. We know of quite a number who we feel sure would supply their neighbors with eggs.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
Pennsylvania State Grange.


 The thirty-fourth annual session of the Pennsylvania state grange, held at Dubois, brought out an attendance of something like 1,500 delegates and vis- ftors. The secretary's report showed an increase of thirty new granges and seventeen reorganized granges during the past year, with total member ship of 5,4T2. There are about 50O0O members of the Order in the state A vast amount of business was transact ed, and the election of officers took place. There was a lively contest be- tween State Master Hill and Lecturer A. B. Cornell for the office of master. MT. Hill was reelected, however
 The national grange liked the report of its legislative committee so we'll that it ordered 100000 copies printed for distribution.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

While not always true, it is quite often the fellow who is belated with his spring blowing and planting who is also late with his harvesting operations and a tail ender on the thrashing list. This matter of being late is largely a matter of temperament and habit and a tendency that can to quite an ex- tent bediscouraged or encouraged at the will of the individual afflicted. While the forehanded fellow is sometimes un- avoidably delayed with his work, it is seldom that the slack and chronically hindhanded individual is caught doing any of his work ahead of season.
Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03

"Does the orchard pay?" is a ques- ton that every owner of such tract should be vitally interested in. In way of answering the question it may be said that some orchards do pay and others do not quite largely depending upon the intelligent care and attention which they do or do not receive. One central Iowa orchard of sixty acres of which we know showed return of $50 per acre annually during period of five years. This is doubtless far above the average, but yet it goes to show what can be accomplished by painstaking and intelligent care. Where there is one orchard like this there are probably a dozen large and smail, that do not give net return of $10 per acre.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-21

II can't say that / dislike house
work." said a young matron recently
in response to a question, but it has a
way of keeping one everlastingly busy
that is sometimes tiresome."
1t would seem hat one of the chief
charges against housework is that it
will not stay done. Rooms do not stay
swept and busted; pies disappear while
the APPETITE for the same remains. The
laundry basket, too, has a way of re-
plenishing itself.
Authorities say there is no work
more healthful than homework. or
none hat will drive away the blues or
dissipate ill-temper so quickly as sweep
ing a room or washing up the dishes.
l know one housewife who says:
when l am so that it seems
as though I should fly into a thou
sand pieces. Ego into some closet or
cupboard that needs o~verhauling and
begin to set it in order. and when it is
finished I have more than the orderly
shelves and boxes as a reward for my
work, for my ervous fit has disap-
peared. and I find myself clear-brained
and strong again. No wonder the doc
tors recommend light homework to
their nervous patients"
But this same woman admits that
she would not like to have to go
through her ~cupboards, closets and
storerooms every week, or even every
month.
She would much rather they could be
kept orderly for a season at least.
The housekeeper who has set her
house in order, who has filled the larder
with pies and puddings and other good
things, is often tempted to cry out, IF
this could only stay sol"
They don't, of Course for housekeep-
ing, like history, repeats itself, and be-
cause of its never ending, women early
learn the rhyme:
"a man works on till set of sun.
But a woman's work is never done"
Admitting that the last line of this
immortal couplet is true, a we say
the same for the first line?
Most of us must nave observed that
a mans work does 10 stay done any
more than a womAn's. The book
keeper adds his figures today, but other
figures confront him tomorrow. The
editor lays his pen down tonight only to
take it up again tomorrow. The trades
men close their doors at the close of
the day, but dawn will find them as
busy as ever.
And so it goes. There isn't much
room for the idler, after all.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-21
TALKING BEFORE CHILDREN

1t is indeed the part of wisdom to never
say before children anything you DO not
want them to know or repeat, for quite
often fbev do so. One woman in this city
is not liable to forget this. Some one came
in reporting the death of a nelghbor wom-
an, a very estimable lady, and the mother,
while sorry to hear of the death, made
the remark, Poor thing, she is a 'croppie'
now Late. some members of the family
went to the house of mourning and with
them q little daughter. The child, wishing
to express her sympathy, looked up at one
of the family and said, sorrowfully, Poor
thing, she is a 'croppie' now, amt she?'
1t is easy to imagine how the rest felt.
Such incidents are common. and it is due
to little ones picking up chance remarks
which are stored away for future use.
They often are listening when others think
they are playing.