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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-02

The reiormer who always has his
little joke, and joker, with him, must
expect to have his efforts at refor.
nation discounted bit, The people
are shy, YOU knowl
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-02
THE WEATHER

Oregon and Washington : oeea-
sional rain; colder in the east por-
tons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Dairy Notes.

Never use musty or dirty litter.
We are often inclined to mistake
lack of "gumption" for hard luck. "
Keep the stable and dairy room
in good condition. fresh air, dry and
clean.
The imitation gives just as good
satisfaction as the genuine as long
as a difference is not known.
Good judgment is of more value
than either knowledge or skill, al
though each is desirable.
When calves are fed skim milk
it should be warmed to blood heat
before giving or 1t may cause
scours.
If every person were to receive
credit for intentions instead of &C
tions, many a one would he judged
differently than under the present
plan.
We must conclude that the slug
glsh spirited, dull eyed man must
have a poor chance in this world
when we remember that even the old
COW must have bright eye and q
highly strung nervous system in or
der to be a success.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
The earbed Wire Eanca.

"The luckiest invention in history" /"
said a patent Official, was that of
barbed wire. 1t came about by acci.
dent.
Isaac L. Ellwood was the inventor
of barbed wire. In his youth he lived
In De Kalb, ILL.,. and having a neigh.
Dor whose pigs t:espassed on his gar.
den. he put up one day wire fence
OF his own make. This fence had
barbs and points on it; It was queer
and ugly, but 1t kept out the pigs.
1T was real barbed wire fence
the first in the world, and there was
millions CT money in it, but young ELL
wood and his friends laughed at its
freak appearance.
"One day two strangers saw this
fence. perceived how well 1t kept Out
the pigs. realized how cheap 1t waI
realized, In a word. its value, and or
dered several tons of 1t from Ellwood
Furthermore, they contracted to sell
for term Of years all the barbed
wire he could produce.
"Ellwooo borrowed $1,000 and Sc,
up little factory. A few years late,
on he had paid back that loan. and
was worth small matter of $4,000.
600 besides. The Commercial.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
France Fears the TrombIon.

Every traveller knows that there
are certain restrictions upon the in
PRODUCTION Of arms into foreign coun.
tries. Among the weapons which it
is forbidden to take into France is the
"tromblon," which is expressly men.
toned In the Bengal code as a
weapon the carrying and sale of which
Is not allowed. And yet the "trom.
blon" is not a firearm which ia com.
monty used nowadays. for It is moth.
Ing else than the blunderbuss. a
weapon which old caricatures show to
have been carrieu by the guards of
coaches as a protection against high.
waymen and to have been hung over
his fireplace by John Bull at the
time OF the scare of Napoleonic in.
vasion 100 years ago. The blunder.
buss nao a flint lock, short barrel
and a muzzle like trumpet, the bell
mouth being designed to scatter the
slugs with which the primitive piece
was charged. Anyone who buys one
at an old curiosity shop had better
take care how he introduces 1t into
France, for the penalty for doing sc
is a fine Of 40 francs.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Is Niaht Air HARMFUL

The old theory that night air is n.
furious has been attacked recently by
a lecturer at an institute of hygiene
in London. who declares that it is
purer and far more beneficial than the
air breathed during the day. In the
course of his lecture he strongly ad'
vised walking during the night instead
of braving the 4eat of the day, and
deeply regretted that children could
not be taken out at midnight.
Whether one develops fancy for
noctural walks or not, there can be
no doubt that there is a growing fancy
for sleeping out of doors, not only at
institutions and where it is imperative
for lung .rouble, but in private fami'
lies. In fact, wherever there is a
lawn or veranda some member of the
family has rigged himself up a ham
mock or cot and insists upon Wanting
the superior advantages of night
spent under hit stars.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
THE INCORPORATION
OE TRuSTS.

In a sane argument for the Federal
incorporation of Trusts, in the Allan
tic, the author says this does not nee
essarily mean either a federal license
or federal regulation for interstate
corporations; 1t does not mean an ex-
tension of federal government, though
1t may mean an exercise of the re-
strictive power Of the federal Con-
gress. Federal government is not
necessary il the federal power can be
used to attack directly and logically
the real evil, the abused power of one
state to license an irresponsible cor
poration to do business in other states.
The simplest course is sometimes SO
simple and so direct that, in our con-
fusion or timidity in an important
matter, we try to walk around it. The
remedial federal law should be SIM
pie and effective attack on the actual
abuse; it should be a self-operating
and effective prohibiting law, stating
in detail the conditions of incorpora-
ton, management, and governing
laws, necessary to enable a corpora
ton to depart from the state of its
birth to engage in interstate COM
merce. prescribing adequate penalties
and making void and unenforcible by
corporation any contract made in
violation Of it's provisions.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Domestic Slavery In China,

A species of domestic slavery ex.
lists in China to considerable extent
Oftentimes Chinese parents, poverty.
stricken, sell their girls to wealthy
families. The prices range from ten
to one hundred dollars, and If the girl
be very good looking larger amounts
may be given, as the buyer knows
that when she marries she will bring
in larger number of wedding pres.
ents, which oftentimes will pay the
purchase price three-fold, besides the
work she has done. OF course the
girls servitude ceases when she mar.
ries. Theoretically there are no
slaves in Hong Kong, which is Brit
ish territory, but practically, there are
thousands Of them following the Sc
dan chairs of their mistresses OF
watching over little Chinese babies.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
WASTE ON THE
FARM.

From authoritative reports by gov.
ernment officials It appears that some
2,es7,02 cattle die In the United
States annually from disease and ex-
posure, most of them from neglect
From the same source 1t Is also as
certained that the loss Of sheep from
the same causes is as great.
These figures only serve to show
what wasteful people we Are. One
Of the excuses the beef trust makes
for high prices Of provisions Ia the
enormous death rate of live stock on
the range and on the farm, most Of
1t due to pure triflingness of the herds
men and the grazer. Indeed, the losses
for highly neglect and exposure great
ly exceed the losses by disease.
1t would be impossible to estimate
the waste Of farm products after they
mature in the field, but 1t Ia enormous
some Of 1t traceable to thriftless
husbandry or, in plain speeches down
right laziness. One source Of waste
Is imperfect cultivation, for millions
Of farmers persist In half cultivation,
Of large areas when they would make
more by proper tillage Of fewer acres.
Then there is immense waste in the
disregard of intelligent rotation of
crops. This is the worst sort Of waste,
for it means devastation of soils that
require years of provident tillage to
replace. All over the East are aban.
doned farms that would to-day be gar
dens II they had been given intelli-
gent cultivation. That farmer is not
At for his vocation who does not in
crease the fertility Of his soil every
| year he cultiYates It.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Swedish Engineers Kite.

A strange kite has been devised by
Swedish engineer. 1t is made to fly
under water. 1t is made of light can.
vas adjusted to a light but strong
metal frame, and in shape is not dis
similar to the aerial kite except that
1t is made in two sections, the lower
and smaller one depending from the
upper, with which it is connected by
a sort of coupling. The object sought
by the engineer is to provide ships
with an ever ready automatic guard
or watch that will give instant alarm
Il the vessel enters shoal waters and
is approaching spot where the depth
is not sufficient Ior safety. The under
water kite is fastened to thin wire
cable attached to a winch on deck.
The purpose of the water kite is to
float beneath or beside the ship at a
depth that Is sufficient to insure safe.
ty. If at any time, day or night, the
lower section Of the kite strikes bot
tom a device instantly releases the
coupling with which it is secured to
the upper section, and an alarm bell
is sounded on the deck of the endan.
gered vessel. Precautions can at once
be taken to secure its safety. The
kite meanwhile is drawn up, read.
justed and thrown overheard to main.
tain it's faithful watch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Abnormal Twillahts.

Twilight, which is normally due to
the refraction of the suns light by
the atmosphere. is occasionally modi'
fed by other natural causes. Rosy
glows in the west after sunset are re-
ported to be particularly common in
the vicinity of Bordeaux, France.
These are not the usual sunset glows,
but appear in the sky As degrees
above the sun and are supposed to be
due to reflection from high clouds too
thin to b. seen in ordinary light. The
same invisible clouds may also cause
abnormal prolongation of twilight, as
on the first day of last July In this
same region. where watch could be
easily read up t. four minutes of 10
p. M, whereas on the following night
1t could be reao only quarter past
nine, a difference of Al minutes. Ow-
ing to the presence of the thin clouds
above described. these long twilights
are of use to .stronomers as an in
dication that the night will not be fav
orable for astronomical observation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
srLENcEp THn RowpY..
Happy Retort Of Politician which
e. Won Him q Majority.

Judge Emory Speer, who presides
over the United States Circuit and
District Courts for the Southern
District of Georgia, and whose de-
cisions In peonage cases heve recent
ly attracted wide attention through
out the country, is the possessor of
nimble and facile wit. In earlier
days, before he had attained the er-
mine, Judge Speer was q politician
and q power on the stump.
Shortly after reconstruction he
ran against Allen D. Chandler for
Congress. 1t was his wit, his good
humor, and his unfailing courage
that carried him through the cam
paign without a serious difference,
and finally brought him to victory.
On one occasion when the young
candidate was addressing a very
democratic and hostile audience, a
brawny countryman was observed
fighting his way through the crowd
to the speakers rostrum. 1t was
evident that he had spent the pre-
ceding night with John Barleycorn,
for his clothes were rumpled, his
hair dishevelled, and his face of a
fiery red that rivalled the MONDAY
sun in brilliancy. Shaking q bellig-
erent lst under the nose of the ora
tor, he exclaimed:
Sir, you are a demagogue"
The crowd howled. but Speer war
not disturbed. He waited for the
noise to subside and then, with o
smile and in a tone of entire good
humor rejoined:
And you, sir, II you would wrap
a few wisps Of straw about you,
would be a demijohn."
The delighted audience roared
with appreciative laughter and the
discounted patriot skunk away. It
is said that in no voting precinct OF
the district was Speer's majority
larger than that in which this happy
retcrt was made.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05

MILKING MACHINE ECONOMY
Method BY Which it is Made a Fix
ture in Barn.

Method BY Which IL is Made a Fix
ture in Barn.
A prominent dairyman gives this
as his method OF installing milking
machines in his barns:
Instead of placing expensive pip
ing through eighty feet Of stall room,
with connections at each COW stall,
he has arranged something en-
tirely different. He has a special
stall or milking room to accommo-
date four cows, two animals stand
ing with heads to the right and two
with heads to the left. This neces-
states only short piping system.
The milking machine is thus practi-
cally a fixture at one spot. and the
apparatus, tubes, receiving can, milk
cups, etc., can be fixed at one point.
This makes 1t unnecessary to shift
the appliances so frequently.
The cows in this barn have been
trained to go to the milking ma
chine instead of taking the milking
machine to the cows. The animals
are taken in turn. They are assem-
bled near by at milking time, and
four cows are admitted to the room
at a time. They know they are to
be fed in this certain place and are
always ready for it. AS soon as they
take their places they are fastened
the milk cups adjusted to the teats,
and the cows are milked while eat
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
8. HOLMES, JR.
An Episode That Made Him Dispair
Of His Friends Ability.

His! Hist!' said Sherlock
Holmes, jr.
What is it. Sheriff" asked his
friend the doctor.
"Yonder man with the ruddy
complexion and the look of satisfac-
ton on his conference.-the you
see him?"
Yes. A friend of yours?"
II never saw him before. He has
been spending his vacation in Can
ada"
Wonderful. Really, your pow
ers as a deducer seem to be growing.
But perhaps somebody who knows
him has told you?"
No. As have said never saw
him before. | have spoken to no
one but yourself concerning him"
SIS there anything peculiar about
the tan one gets in Canada?"
mo. A man who fishes in north
ern Wisconsin or Michigan may ac'
quire the same degree of reddish
ness in the immediate vicinity of the
countenance that one gets while en-
Enthusiastically yanking four-pound
bass from Canadian waters"
Il can't see anything else about
him that would stamp him as one
who has just returned from the
great dominion. Perhaps you will
be god enough, Holmes, to inform
me how you have made your deduc-
tion in this case?"
MY dear Whatson, you are really
very stupid. You should have no
ticed it. am tempted to give UP
trying to teach you to be deducer
Did you not see, when he asked the
druggist for a stamp, a moment ago
that he pulled handful of Canadian
dimes from his pocket?"
With a gasp the doctor fell back
in silent admiration, while the great
detective sauntered on down CLARK
street, trying to discover whether
the reports that there was gambling
in town were true or not.-Chicagc
Record-Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
She Was Sympathetic.

Dora was stupid, but she had one
redeeming quality; she was sympa-
thetic. At any rate, that was what
the old boarders told the woman
who writes, and 1t was what she
learned for herself on the fifth day
Of her sojourn in the boarding
house. For four consecutive morn
ings Dora had seen the woman
scribbling away at a furious pace.
Finally even her dormant faculties
were impressed by such literary ac-
tivity.
my" she said. admiringly, but
you must have brains"
The woman laid down her pencil.
Dora" she said, wearily. II haven't
an ounce of brains"
Clearly Dora's disillusionment was
painful, but her sympathetic ma
ture sustained her.
Nor" she said. We'll, you need
not mind me. l amt very smart
myself"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
A Punctual Pensloner.

A gentleman one day noticed q hun.
gry-looking dog prowling round his
yard, and struck by the poor brute's
famished appearance, he fetched a
large bone and by no means a bare
one, which he threw to the four-footed
vagabond. 1t was eaxctly twelve
o'clock when the bone was given and
carried off.
The giver thought no more Of the
matter, but evidently the dog did, for
on the following day at the same hour
he made his appearance, with an ex'
pectant look about him which told
that he hoped for further contribu-
ton.
Amused at the effort to establish
himself as an out-pensioner, and de-
sirous of finding out whether the dog 8
arrival at this particular time was a
mere chance, the gentleman gave him
a second supply Of food.
Punctual to time, the dog presented
himself on the third, looking even
more confident than before. He was
duly fed, and for great length of
time this self-elected pensioner made
his daily appearance at his patrons
door with notable punctuality.
One is led to wonder whether the
dog may have regulated his own move
ments by observing those Of some in
dividual in going to and from his
work, and whether when the four
footed animal was a few minutes late
It might be because the biped was un
punctual or his clock slow.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Spiritual.

In making a sharp turn, the rear
end of a street car struck an express
wagon laden with jugs of whisky
Nearly all the jugs were precipitated
to the pavement, with the natural
disastrous result. The driver of the
wagon alighted, and, pointing to the
pile of demolished earthenware, said
to a bystander, That's hell, amt
it,"
The spectator. who happened to
be a minister, replied, well, my
friend, don't know that would
say that, butts at least the abode Of
departed spirits"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Signs on the Links.

An Irishman was walking along
a road, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, when he was suddenly
struck between the shoulders by a
golf ball. The force of the blow
almost knocked him down. When
he recovered he observed golfer
running toward him.
Are you hurt?" said the player.
why didn't you get out of the
way?"
AN why should I get out of the
way?" said Pat. II didn't know
there were any assassins around
here"
But I called 'fore,'" said the
player, "and when say FORE that
is sign for you to get out Of the
way"
Oh, 1t is, is it?" said Pat. We'll,
thin, whin I say 'foive' it's sign
that you're going to git hit on the
nose. 'Foive.'"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Making a Poor Cow.

Physical comfort means much to
all sensitive creatures. With shelter
from the elements, hunger and thirst
satisfied, no aggravation from flies
or other insect pests and in no fear
of man or other creatures, the cow
stands some chance of showing what
she is good for, but let the sun and
rain by turns beat on her, or the
cold make her shiver, with scant
feed and water, and with a dog to
drive her to and from the fields, and
a man to yell at and beat her, no
wonder she becomes only poor COW,
one to dissapoint her owner and to
excite only the pity of the compass
sionate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Where Swallows Go.

The swallows all spend the winter
in Central America and the south part
of Mexico. They appear in the
southern states as early as the mid.
ile of February. but seldom get as
far north as New England until the
month of May. rhe robins winter in
the southern states and in northern
Mexico. They are to be seen in flocks
the winter through in the gulf states
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
NO BUTTER TRUST
POSSIBLE.

Every time of high prices for butter
is the occasion of lot of silly talk
in the newspapers about a butter
trust. No one can organize a trust
in such a product for the reason that
every farmer is able to begin COM
petition and start making butter when
ever he thinks it may pay him to do
so. The real cause of nine-tenths of
the advance in the butter price is the
higher cost of grain. Dairymen, in
stead of talking of trust, are trying
hard to convince themselves that
there is still little profit in the bust
ness after payin; grain bills, and most
of them, if asked, would express the
opinion that the margin between cost
and selling price is less now than in
other times when butter was selling
for less money per pound.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
Mustard.

Mustard is the oldest Of condiments,
the Egyptians regarding it as an aid
to digestion. The ancients ate it
freely, and it was sold by peddlers in
Solomon's time. The Normans and
Anglo-Saxons in the earliest times
never went to war without an ample
supply of prepared mustard, they con-
sidered 1t both food and medicine.
The plant seems to thrive in all parts
of the world, and is eaten by every
civilized nation and many heather
tribes, either as a spring salad, for
which the young leaves are delicious,
as seasoning prepared from the
ground seed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
(A, BEES ] + ::
II; BEE KEEPING
w. a, -. 80. |..' '~..
ApIARv IN COLD WEATHER.
n Hive Entrance ls Too Small Combs
Get Mouldy.

Get Mouldy.
With too small en- entrance, in
damp climate, you will be sure OF
mouldy combs and more than the
proper amount Of dead bees. Tne
trouble becomes aggravated IN the
course of the winter by the clogging
of the entrance with dead bees. Let
the full entrance be given as In sum-
mer, and see that the dead bees are
cleaned from 1t every few weeks. Dur
ing heavy storms in winter 1t fire.
Quently happens that hives are entire
lv buried in snow. While the snow
is light and porous air will penetrate
At and reach the entrance of the hives,
but should the snow become crusty,
or ice form at the entrance, the bees
would be in danger Of suffocating. 1t
is we'll to have all hives facing south
ward, so the sun can snine on the
entrance of the hive and keep them
free from ice. After heavy fall or
snow we always sweep in front OF
the hives, leaving the snow banked
around the other three sides, as 1t
will do no harm there but will help to
keep off the prevailing winds. Bees
will take an OCCASIONAL fight during
warm days in winter, and sometimes
many are seen lying about dead on
the snow, but such are generally the
old ones that are easily chilled and
fail to get back to their hives. Such
losses are not serious. Even when
the snow is on the ground, and 1t
looks as II 1t would be a pity for SO
many bees to fly and rop on this white
sheet, we find that 1t Is the colonies
which take the most lively flight that
winter best, and we have paid parti-
cular attention to this fact.
Some people are Of the opinion
that IL we have cold steady winter,
in which the bees remain confined in
their hives for several months, there
is less danger of the overlooking Of
their bowels with fecal matter which
they cannot discharge in the hive,
without greatly endangering the life
or health of the colony. Diarrhoe-is
often brought about during the winter
season 1t is no doubt caused by fer
mented or extremely thin honey. 1t
has been found that bees located near
cider mills will contract the trouble
from feeding too much on the apple
pomace or can juice. Cold weather
dampness, or sudden change of tenn
perature have been known to bring
on the disease. No remedy has been
discovered. However, the bees should
be kept as warm as possible and the
hive should be well wrapped as soon
as the outbreak is noticed. During
the cider making season, the pomace
should be removed and fed to the
hogs or disposed of so that the bees
cannot partake of it.
During the winter months the bees
are huddled close together in com
pact cluster, the interior of which is
at a normal temperature, while the
space outside of it may be even be-
low freezing. AS the season advances
and the weather gets warmer, the
cluster is brought in, but all the work
done is on'y inside of the cluster, as
the temperature is too low outside oi
1t to admit of anything to be DONE
F, G. Herman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-05
A Winter Precaution,

The beehive should face the south
to prevent the entrance Of north
winds and cold. Yet in very warm
winter days the sun may SO heat up
the front Of the hive as to call the
bees out into the open air when the
temperature is really too low. In this
way many bees are sometimes lost.
A wide board placed in front of the
hive will help to ward off undue heat
and make the situation less tempting
to flight.